According to the department of buildings the Apartment Building has three outstanding violations for failing to correct elevator defects. The company that operates the building was not available for comment. Sad news from the entertainment world. Singersongwriter natalie cole has died. Outside the famed Apollo Theater a tribute to remember her. She died from congestive Heart Failure at A Los Angeles hospital last night. [ music ] unforgettable she followed in the footsteps of her father Nat King Cole and sang a virtual duet with him in 1991. Unforgettable too reporter she found her own voice an success along the way. Cole won the first of nine grammys in 1975 with the hit, this will be. In 1979, she received a star on the hollywood walk of fame. But through years of success, there were setbacks. Cole developed an addiction to drugs and alcohol and during a 1983. It was such a revelation, actually, for me to start years. I didnt realize i was still grieving for my father. Reporter she was diagnosed with hepatitis c and liver she had a kidney transplant in 2009. I am a walking testimony to, you can have scars, you can go through turbulent times, and still have victory reporter cole recently canceled several tour dates including a new years eve performance due to health. Natalie cole was 65. She leaves behind her sisters and a son. The family said, in part, natalie fought a fierce courageous battle dying how she lived with dignity strength and honor. Our beloved mother and sister will be greatly missed and remain unforgettable in our hearts forever. A fire that destroyed a piece of new jersey history is under investigation. A charred shell is all thats street in west orange. Around 5 a. M. , fire tore through the 150yearold building that some residents say defined their towns landscape. Its horrible. This was a church thats been here as long as i have been here. I live right up the street. The steeple which has become a iconic symbol of Downtown West orange dates back to the 1860s. Church leaders say members were in the building at midnight celebrating the new year. But no one was using candles or cooking. The building was empty when the fire broke out. And nobody was hurt. Israeli police are searching for the gunman who opened fire at a popular bar in tel aviv killing two people and injuring five others. The attack was captured on surveillance video. As cbs 2s brian webb reports its not clear if this was terror related or motivated by gang violence. Reporter closed circuit cameras show the gunman firing an Assault Rifle at a bar on a daylight as people inside run for cover. [ indiscernible ] reporter another video from a Security Camera at a store next door shows a man placing a backpack in a shopping cart. He then pulls out a gun, walks outside and starts shooting before running off. Its happening all over the world. Reporter after the attack a Large Police Presence swarmed the area with officers going door to door searching for the shooter. The attack comes amid more than 3 months of frequent palestinian attacks against israeli civilians and soldiers. Brian webb cbs 2 news. In germany a Security Officials say munich is no longer under a specific Terror Threat but the city remains on high alert. Hours before munich rang in the new year police evacuated two train stations and told isis suicide bombers allegedly planned an imminent attack. Nothing happened. Now police say they are looking for possible suspects. New information about the man arrested in rochester, new york for an alleged terror plot. A bar owner who says suspect Emanuel Lutchman targeted his restaurant that he attacked calls him an aggressive pan hammer with Mental Health issues. Emanuel lutchman wanted to join isis. He allegedly planned to use knives and machete to attack customers at the bar on new years eve. The owner said lutchman often loitered outside the restaurant. New years eve celebrations in times square went off without incident. Combine 1 Million People with mess. Cbs 2s jannelle burrell was there for the cleanup. Reporter the last of the confetti blowing away just as the final partygoers made good party again and new york city never sleeps. Reporter 47th street and times square getting another passthrough by street sweepers. As crews used leafblowers to get the last of the garbage from underneath the main stage in times square. Today the stage emptied after hosting the biggest new years celebration in the world. 3, 2, 1 whoo it was a great experience. Reporter Million People watched from the ground and a billion watched on tv while the ball descended. Also mixed into the crowd, 6,000 nypd officers both uniformed and undercover. There were no serious incidents. We were skeptical about coming out. It was great. Im glad we took the chance. Revelers returned home today, many promised to return. Theres nothing like new years in new york. Nobody does it better. And now thats all over, the planning process begins for next years celebrations. Breath in between though. I was in a cab last night going down ninth avenue and were crowding the side you cant see the ball drop still out there looking like they were having a good time smart, keep moving. A new years day tradition on cone of concern. The annual on coney island. Reporter oh, the insanity. More than a century now a bill chilling on coney island, the hale and hearty and hair brained. Just one question. Why . because everybody else is doing it. Whoo because we do it every year and we love it. Just a little cold. I cant feel my legs. Reporter why . Why . Not . Reporter because its ridiculously cold in that water. [ music ] as the band strikes up the rendition of aulde lang syne, they keep an eye on them from air and sea. The only harm they cause is to themselves which is why the fdny is here, too. Anybody get hurt . Not yet. Were good. [ screaming ] reporter its a scream, all right. You go into that water, its just sheer immediacy and intensity and clears your head. [ music ] reporter in the end, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation midwinter mayhem. The fact, the Polar Bear Club followers are performing a great public service, entertaining the rest of us, it would have to be a cold day in january to get us to show such courage and cheer. Coney island, steve langford, cbs 2 news. I think the fdny guys had it right with the hooded sweatshirts. The water temperature at 1 p. M. Today on coney island was 51 degrees. Thats not so bad 51. Thats kind of like a hot tub. You hit 38, 37, give it a month, folks. It gets cold. A big question now who is the real new years baby . Why two little bundles of joy from different boroughs are battling for the tight. And a sleepy bear draws a crowd in one new jersey neighborhood. Why this bear may not be moving out anytime soon. Temperatures were seasonal pretty much for this first day of the new year. Ill tell you what you can expect for the first weekend and the week ahead. From celebrity breakups to history making artists, we look back at the biggest year. For the girl scout meeting. Okay. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . at stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. Which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. Oh, baby there is a battle in the boroughs between queens and brooklyn. Which baby was the first in new york city . The results couldnt be closer. Scott rapoport reports. Reporter ball drop babies. At the stroke of midnight while a Million People were celebrating the new year in times square, not one but two incredibly precious little ones made their way into the world in new york city at exactly the same time. Say hi, everyone reporter 18. 5 and 7 pounds one ounce of adorableness was born straight up at midnight here at Coney Island Hospital. Meaning . This is the first baby in new york city. Youre sure . Im sure. My baby was born first. Reporter his proud parents stephanie and paul of coney island are over the moon about it. He is the first baby my son. Reporter but now it seems when it comes to the official title of the citys first born baby. Say hello to this little fella 7 pounds 4ounce son of daniela in forest hills. He doesnt have a name yet but doctors and nurses at the Medical Center in queens say he too was born at exactly midnight making him the first baby born in new york city. Shocking. Reporter the hospital even provided us with something called an in utero fetal tracking device showing he was born at exactly midnight. Note the zeros next to the date. We have gotten very used to timing milliseconds and seconds because we know everybody is looking for that new years baby. Reporter back at Coney Island Hospital where the other boy was born, they say they have the exact same test with the same results. But we were first. [ laughter ] contested baby battle of the boroughs whats really the most important thing . That he is here, that he is healthy. And were happy. Reporter the result is a tie. Scott rapoport, cbs 2 news. Tie for the cuteness. Now for the record the hospitals say both mothers delivered naturally bringing their baby boys into the world just at the right time. They were both 7 pounds. And little babies. But i think its great, you know, because normally we they have proof. I think the real winners are the parents because both babies were sleeping. For how long we dont know though. 2015 was an eventful year for many celebrities good and bad from criminal charges to breakups to weddings. The entertainment world had plenty of buzz. Cbs 2s alex denis looks back at some big hollywood headlines. Reporter some of the biggest stars in hollywood made the biggest headlines in 2015. Most recently bill cosby who just this week was charged Senior News Editor for entertainment tonight jennifer weighs in. This is a story that shocked the world. This famous comedian known to be the favorite father was uncovered as this, you know, alleged secret rapist. Reporter the world also got up close and personal with celebrities thanks to social media. I think the biggest story by far of 2015 was bruce jenner coming out and saying he wanted to be a woman. Its about all of us accepting one another. Reporter in june, caitlyn made her debut by appearing on the cover of vanity fair. The same day she started her own twitter account and broke social media records by acquiring more than 1 million followers in just 4 hours. Kim, kanye and big sister north welcomed baby number 2 sage west on december 5 with this instagram post. As sister khloe rushed to her husbands bedside. Lamar is overdosed in a brothel after days of hospital. Reporter the beginning of the year started off with shocking news about Whitney Houstons only child Bobbi Kristina was actually found unconscious in a bathtub in her home near atlanta right before the three Year Anniversary of her mothers death the same way that her mother died. Reporter six months later Bobbi Kristina was taken off life support and died. It was much happier news from the other side of the pond. Prince william and kate welcomed their second child in may Princess Charlotte of cambridge. Back home, while many heard weddings bells like Jennifer Mclogan and others, some favorite celebrity couples called it quits. Ben affleck and Jennifer Garner divorced. Gwen stefani did the same with her husband. As her romance with another man heats up. Jennifer lawrence became the highest paid actress in hollywood. And publicly spoke out against pay disparities. Misty copeland became the dancer with american ballet theater. Everyone that came before me that got me to this position and all the little girls that can see themselves through me is giving them, um, a brighter future. [ music ] reporter this smash hit musical hamilton brought hip hop to broadway with the multiracial cast performing the life of founding father alexander hamilton. Last month Charlie Sheen broke his silence admitting to the world he is hivpositive. [ music ] reporter while adele was busy breaking records with her longawaited album 25 the top selling album of the year. Star wars the force awakens broke multiple Box Office Records and may become the top grossing movie of all time. And after 33 years, legendary king of late night tv David Letterman signed off. Its been great. Youve been great. The network has been great. But im retiring. Reporter as Stephen Colbert took over as host of the late show. Alex denis, cbs 2 news. To the weather now. Cloud most of the day at least where i was. Yesterday. Yes. Today. Today, yeah. And today. All week we have been under a cloud. Elise finch has the all important weekend forecast. Absolutely. So we do have some weather it talk about. Lets talk temperatures on this first day of the new year. New year highs bridgeport, connecticut 44 degrees same for jfk Islip Laguardia and newark all reporting highs today of 43, central park 42. A couple of degrees where we should be. Should be in the upper 30s. We made it to the 40s. Heres your current temperatures. Definitely feels different. 28 degrees in monticello so its definitely cold. A pare of 35s for sparta and white plains. 38 degrees in central park. 40 in the hamptons. But you factor in the winds and it feels a little different. It feels like 18 degrees in monticello, 30 for sparta and central park. It feels like 31 in the hamptons. A little bit of clear sky but of the day the a lot of locations seeing flurries northern locations seeing some flurries throughout the afternoon and early evening. That will continue. Taking a bigger look at your vortex satellite and radar see whats going on we have a few flurries here circulating around parts of the northeast. So this is what you can expect tonight. Partly cloudy skies, 32 degrees. Thats in the city. 20s for the suburbs. Well continue to see flurries north and the west. As far as your overnight temperatures, well, take a look. Theyre cold. Well below freezing for most locations only a few of us are either at the freezing mark just a few above but heres what you can look forward to for the first weekend of the new year. Temperatures in the low 40s. A little sunshine and breezy. Earnings at ski resorts on the east coast have gone down thanks to the recent warm weather. Ski lifts are empty and the slopes are bare. Some 70 resorts across the northeast are closed. Many owners say they have never seen it this bad before but they are hoping the ski season turns around and the colder temperatures persist. As long as its a little winter is just starting. Its just starting. January, february, yeah. Theres plenty of time to make it up. New yorks attorney general wants to make everyone a winner. The new action he is taking that could put thousands of dollars back in the hands of fantasy football fans. Could your childs baby teeth sierra his life down save him down the line . A full house in the control room at cbs 2. You can stream cbsnewyork. Com. A manhattan pastor accused of stealing from his church. Coming up tonight at 6 00, how much Church Members say he took and how they caught him redhanded. And if getting fit is your new years resolution, there are plenty of options for 2016. Well show you the top Fitness Trends for the new year. Stem cells hold promising for curing disease and grow replacement tissues for the skin muscles and nerves and while some forms of harvesting those stem cells for example from embryos are controversial, there is a new way to do it to save your childs life. Reporter alex is in replaces his insulin pump. At age 9 he knows exactly how to manage his type 1 diabetes. I dont really remember life without it. Reporter alex was diagnosed at the age of 4. His parents knew it was chronic and concerning. As you get older when you have type 1 diabetes you can lose your eyesight, your feeling in your feet, your legs. Reporter Jennifer Hess read about Promising Research using stem cells to find a cure for type 1. They had not banked his cord blood but jennifer found another avenue. You can get stem cells out of baby teeth. Reporter alexs dentist used a kit like this. Two years ago, he pulled four of the boys baby teeth. Packaged them up and shipped them off to be stored. Its nice to be able to have that option. We dont have treatments for certain things today. But that doesnt mean we wont have them tomorrow. Reporter the doctor focuses on developing therapies for diabetes. Researchers have recently in the past two or three years made insulin producing cells from dental cells. Services can cost from about 900 to 1,800. Storage fees are 120 a year. Jennifer and john hess consider storing alexs teeth an insurance policy. Hopefully when he is my age, he will no longer have diabetes. Reporter scientists caution that while stem cells are studied for treatments for diabetes, spinal cord injuries, heart attack, other diseases, so far these treatments are still experimental. Very promising but not yet ready for prime time. Dr. Max gomez, hazel sanchez, cbs 2 news. Dr. Max says other rich source for stem cells include umbilical cord blood and bone marrow. Letting a sleeping bear lie in the middle of a neighborhood. Still smoldering after 24 hours. The latest on the highrise fire in dubai. Plus the trip of a lifetime for a group of long island teenagers. The rare invitation they got a street in summit, new jersey got a new years surprise. A black bear that decided to stop by, shall we say, for a visit. Good evening, im alice gainer. Welcome back. Im dick brennan. Couldnt believe what they saw. It was a large bear in a tree. People couldnt believe what they saw. Meg baker reports the bear could stay for a while. Reporter neighbors were up and out early this new years day while this black bear slept in. I was surprised i found the bear because it was hanging out of a tree and sleeping and hibernating. Pajamas and shorts and ran to see the bear. Reporter residents received an alert that a bear was in a tree in this residential neighborhood on ashland road in tanglewood drive. Its really amazing that he climbed all the way up there. I looked out my window and all of a sudden there was a bear in the tree. I was like what, theres a bear . What a great way to start the day, wake up and walk and see a bear in the neighborhood. Reporter Police Arrived on the scene to make sure everyone stayed back because as cute as this bear looks, its dangerous if aggravated. I think that if it comes around to find out because it could end up being something bad. Reporter the Watchung Reservation is only a few miles away and some say they have seen bears in this area before. Oh, i think its great i mean, i love living so close to nature. This is why we moved out of the city. And black bears arent going to hurt anybody if you are just aware you should leave them alone. Reporter patrick spotted the bear move a few times. It was sleeping but then everyone once in a while it started waking every once in a while it started waking up. Reporter it wont be tranquilized while it is up in the tree. For now it will be left alone with the hopes it will leave everyone else alone when it finally does decide to make its way down. In summit, new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. Maybe he was just out partying late last night. Right . The let him sleep. The fish and Wildlife Department says they go into dormancy in the winter but can leave the dens on mild winter days to search for food. Fantasy Sports Betting for legal battles in 2016. The new York State Attorney general wants them to return all money loves to players last year and pay fines up to 5,000 in each case in a lawsuit he filed. The two companies took in a combined 200 million statewide during 2015. Schneiderman filed a previous lawsuit trying to stop the companies from operating in new york state. Both sides are due in court in that case monday. The fire that ripped through a luxury hotel in dubai is still smoldering. Firefighters are in the process of cooling down hot spots. Flames engulfed the 63story tower as crowds gathered for fireworks around a nearby skyscraper the tallest in the world. 14 people had injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The new year is beginning with the honor of a lifetime for a Long Island High School choir. Listen to this. They boarded a plane for rome today after being invited to tony aiello reports from jfk. Reporter a crescendo of excitement outside terminal 5 at jfk. 43 students from the glen cove choral stepped off a bus to go to rome and vatican city. I have never been outside the country before and this is my first time and im glad its with these people singing for the pope. Reporter two years ago they performed for president obama. Now they will sing for the leader of the worlds billions of catholics. My family looks up to the pope. He is an important individual. So ill be feeling that. [ music ] reporter the Group Practices up to 4 hours a day to perfect their latin. Some of the songs chosen are 600 years old there will be performances at several historic rome churches but they join francis on epiphany. The peoples mass on choirs and two formal concerts open to the citizens of rome. Reporter 25 parents chaperoning many just as excited as the students. First time at the vatican. First time with the pope. I cant wait to go through the holy doors. Reporter the choral raised nearly 50,000 in donations. In addition, the students are kicking in 2,000 each. The long flight, the last hurdle for these amped up teenagers. Sing for the pope is like a huge deal. Itch never done anything like that so thats just insane to me. Like thats crazy. Reporter an amazing opportunity for some very talented teens. Tony aiello, cbs 2 news. The glen cove choral will arrive back home next friday. They are great. The pressure is on. Do you have a new years resolution . Well think of a few along the way. Think you can keep it . Up next some suggestions to improve your odds of success. And the potential legal plan that could keep the so called affluenza teen from and today in history, in 1863, the emancipation proclamation took effect. Freeing slaves in all states. Meet the moores were the moore family, and were always looking for ways to enjoy more. So we called Time Warner Cable and got even more than we expected. Call now to get more. More speed. 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Reporter we found a family [ indiscernible ] resolution. We have to eat healthy, exercise. Reporter and keeping them on track . The fact that we have a 3. 5 yearold that needs to expel his energy. Reporter but we heard of many failed resolutions from one year ago what was your resolution last year . It was to really not get too fast. It didnt work out. Couldnt control myself. Reporter he is making the resolution again. This time, with hightech help. Im going to get a fitbit. That should help. Maybe an ipad touch with one of those life trackers to make sure i dont, like, eat myself until i explode. Reporter so, in other words, youre going to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars . If thats what it takes. Reporter did you make a resolution last year . To go to the gym and that didnt happen. Reporter local gyms see a big spike in memberships in january. And part due to resolutions and the cold weather. As your will fades, enlist friends to keep the pressure on. And one psychologists recommends keeping a resolution clear and reasonable. Positive very specific and very clear and achievable. Reporter whats your resolution this year . Kind of breaking it already. I didnt want to eat fast foot or anything like that and as you can see im going to one. Reporter what would help you stay on track . Make a meal plan. In the power of new years resolutions. Because you dont stick to them. Reporter did you make a resolution last year . At my age, i forgot already. Reporter thats one way to prevent failure, just forget what you vowed to do in the first place. Janet wu, cbs 2 news. Dont go overboard in the beginning especially with exercise because you will burn yourself out. And dont forget, were all human. So dont be too hard on yourself. You sound like an expert. For example, i ordered french toast and milkshake to my apartment [ laughter ] protestors take to the skies above the roseburg. The message for one president ial candidate that can be seen for miles. A church divided after the pastor is charged with stealing. How some Church Members say they caught him redhanded and why others are still supporting him. And whats in your wine . Why whats on the label may getting. Lawyers for ethan couch have filed an appeal stalling his deportation to the united states. The 18yearold who cited deadly drunk driving wreck claims mexican authorities violated his human rights during his arrest in Puerto Vallarta monday. Police say couch and his mother fled there after a video surfaced allegedly showing him at a party where people were drinking, which could violate his probation. College sports fans had something other than football to think about at the rose parade. A message attacking donald trump was written in the sky high above paradegoers in pasadena it read, in part, anybody but trump. Trump is disgusting shifting gears now to the weather, and they had blue skies there. Here, it felt like winter. Elise finch here with that. It felt like a real winter day for a change. We havent had many of those since winter officially began but we definitely started off the new year with a day that felt like winter. Still, not the coldest new years day. Thats for sure. Taking a live look outside, where its cold, its breezy, 38 degrees right now. Of course, feeling a little bit colder though with the winds. 12 miles an hour gusting to 18 miles an hour. 42 degrees. That was the High Temperature on the day. We hit that shortly after 1 a. M. Normally we would be at 39. 39 is the average for new years day. The record 62. So we are looking at the warmest new years day of course 62 degrees, colders 4 below zero. Clearly we were nowhere near that. The wettest 1888, two inches of rain just over. Anded snowiest, 186 the and the no its, 1869, 9 of snow. We have seen flurries but not measurable. So your temperature trend goes like this. Pair of 48s to end 2015. A pair of 42s to ring in 2016. It was our high today. We are looking to do it again tomorrow. Just one degree warmer for sunday. Again that norm is 39. So we actually are a few degrees above where we should be. Your vortex satellite and radar, the clouds, although as you look at these last little frames here you can see the its been pretty cloudy for a good portion of the day. Youre looking at your vortex satellite and radar, you can see those flurries that we do have in the northeast. So things will remain very chilly. So cold and breezy. That is tonight. As we head into the day tomorrow, we get some chilly sunshine, however, so we will see more sunshine tomorrow than today. That is the good news. More of the same story for your sunday. Saturday and sunday are going to look and feel a whole lot the same. So for tonight partly cloudy, flurries continuing north and west 32 degrees in the city, 20s in the suburbs. Tomorrow we are at 42. Heres a look at your seven day forecast. And for the most part temperatures down monday and tuesday next week, tuesday cold. High and low temperatures at or below freezing. So thats going to be a cold one. Everything else above norm for this time of the year. You know those ski areas upstate got to be thinking keep it very low. They have a lot to make up. Still ahead, new year . New you . And if your resolution is to get fit, you will have plenty 6 00. An adorable update for you which is the real bear . A bear abandoned is progressing. She was born november 6 and was just 8 weeks old when her mother stopped caring for her. Staff removed her from the den. They say they are taking things day by day as she gets better. You can imagine how quickly youre not going to want to get that close. All right. Well, thats it for the news at 5 00. First we would like to thank all our employees at cbs 2, many behind the scenes, who Work Together to bring you the news and the programs that you see all year long. 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