Invasion on long island. It happened in uniondale. A man attacked in his own bedroom. His teenaged son coming to the rescue. New at 6 00 tonight, cbs 2s Jennifer Mclogan talks to the victim and homeowner. Not going to steal from my family. Youre not going to steal from my community. And i did what i had to do. Reporter in this usually crime free uniondale neighborhood, the victim, who agreed to go on camera but didnt want his name used, said he was getting ready for bed when he heard a basement window cracking and found himself in the midst of a violent home invasion. Curtains was blowing. He took the window out. And we got to fighting. I drug him upstairs. He grabbed a paddle. Tried to hit me with it. I took him down. Reporter police say 19 yearold keno ramsey with a welt on his forehead from the struggle began pummeling the 53yearold father with a wooden paddle slamming his hands to his chest, demanding cash and valuables. The victims son heard the commotion and sprung into action dialing 911. I did listen to the call, okay. The 15yearold was very, very calm throughout the whole thing. It lasted about 7 minutes and he gave appropriate identification and exactly where the individual was in the home. Reporter Police Rushed to adam court to make the arrest calling for an ambulance for the homeowner and calming local residents. Im glad they caught him. Reporter one family was just returning from a wedding. When its random like that, it disturbs you. Very unsettling and scary. Reporter joseph has an alarm system and surveillance cameras. Everyone here is grateful the victims son responded so courageously. The son is a hero. Hes a hero. Reporter police say the suspect from queens found 500 worth of glass knickknacks from the family stuffed into his pockets. He told the judge he is not guilty but he is in jail tonight 150,000 bail. In uniondale, Jennifer Mclogan, cbs 2 news. And after disarming the suspect of his wooden paddle, hold the suspect with the help of his son until police arrived. Dozens of Homeless People are pardon me, dozens of people are homeless tonight after an explosion rocked an elizabeth neighborhood. Cbs 2s Christine Sloan has more on this deadly blast. Reporter the momentum an explosion pancakes the second floor of this duplex in elizabeth new jersey on to the first level the video shows the roof going up and the fireball coming out. I could hear my wife screaming, my son crying. Reporter next door, Wayne Sheppard tells his wife to run with their 10monthold. I told them to get out of the house. She said just taken out his bedroom. His bedroom window is directly across from the house that exploded. [ crying ] reporter fire trucks arrived and searched for people trapped inside the house on magnolia avenue. They pulled 15 people from the rubble including an 11year old girl. All of them injured, two critically. Victims surviving because they are upstairs sleeping on a holiday ride the fall down. Firefighters say they werent killed because there was no big fire after the explosion. Sheppard says he smelled gas the day before but he didnt report it because it went away. Everybody watching this and listening to this, if you smell gas, call the appropriate people. It may be nothing but its better to find out its nothing than to go through Something Like this. [ crying ] reporter firefighters also rescued a dog from the rubble. Seven buildings affected. Three of them will have to come down including this one. And right now, 30 people remain homeless. In elizabeth, new jersey, Christine Sloan, cbs2 news. Police in brooklyn asking for the publics help to help find this missing teenager. 15yearold joshua cruz was last seen this morning at 1576 green avenue in bushwick. He has down syndrome. He does not speak. He was wearing a blue fleece jacket, blue sweatpants and black sneakers with spiderman on them. Fantasy sports websites are fighting for their very survival in new york state. The attorney general saying the sites, quote, amount to illegal online gambling. The ag ordering them to cease operations, so are all bets off . Cbs 2s dave carlin here to answer that and more. Dave. Reporter dana, this is a crushing blow for the companies. They plan to go to court to keep their streaks going. What do you think . Im all about it. Reporter he enjoys Fantasy Sports betting unhappy that new York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman ordered the fanduel and draftkings to stop accepting bets in the state. Its just a new version of online gambling. Reporter he sent notices saying cease and desist that the contests are neither harmless nor victimless. It lures in people who are the most prone to gambling addiction problems. We are going to use every avenue to stay open. Reporter that is fanduel in a phone interview. He said its a game of skill law. A spokesman for draftkings said we strongly disagree with the reasoning in the opinion and will examine and vigorously pursue all Legal Options available. It would be better to meet in the middle. But instead of shutting them down, why not work with them to actually generate some good out of this for the public . Reporter according to Industry Research more people are playing this in new york than any other state and now, some of those players are signing petitions. Both companies rolled out online campaigns to get fans signatures and fight schneidermans order but new york is not the only state looking into the legality of the sites. These states also declared that daily Fantasy Sports is gambling. And some people say they dont like professional sports organizations getting cozy with fanduel and draftkings. I dont think its a good idea to mix gambling and professional sports in ownership. Reporter both companies have been around for years. Recent advertising blitzes by both raised their profiles and profits but also made them bigger targets. Dave, thank you. One of the defendants in the George Washington bridge scandal wants the federal trial moved out of new jersey. Former Port AuthorityDeputy Director bill baroni filed a change of venue request claiming a fair trial is impossible because of media coverage. Broken in a and Bridget Kelly baroni and Bridget Kelly a former christie aide are charged with conspiracy and wire fraud accused of having bridge access lanes in fort lee closed to punish that towns mayor for not supporting governor christies reelection. We are honoring our nations heroes on this veterans day, november 11. Thousands of people lined up fifth avenue for the annual men and women who served and who are active in the military today. Cbs 2s Vanessa Murdoch spoke to veterans and those grateful for their sacrifices. Reporter the 96th annual americas parade piled on the pomp and circumstance. [ music ] reporter but the reason thousands lined the streets was never lost in the crowd. Just indebted to these guys. They do a lot more than i ever did. Its an honor to be here. Im just here honoring all the vets before me and after me. Reporter like this lieutenant junior grade. She is serving on the uss new york right now. It doesnt get any better. This is amazing we are able to bring new york back to our city and enjoy all the hospitality that the city has to offer. Reporter the bullock siblings are here to support their mother an air force veteran among the masses marching. What do you want to say to your mom . That i love her very much and i was appreciative that she was willing to give her life for others. Im here to honor that i left behind personally that meant the world to me. Reporter he tells us he was a musician in belgium when i told my mom that i [ she said somethings wrong with him. Reporter he laughs now at this memory. But coping with the horrors of i cant forget it. But i find a way to deal with it and try to move on. Reporter he saw action and got injured. Getting back being able to function, walk and do everything, it took me about 3 1 2 to four years. Reporter now he is free to stand here beside thousands of strangers and honor his fellow veterans. From the 96th annual americas parade, Vanessa Murdoch, cbs 2 news. And in lower manhattan, more tributes to veterans. The 9 11 memorial and museum yellow roses are left for each veteran killed on september 11th, 2001. Hashtag veteransday. We thank our veterans. Coming up next, heres at cbs 2 news at 6 00, busted for stealing a bus and police say its not the first time. More on that. Also ahead, new information in the murder of a Westchester County millionaire socialite who police talked to today. And lonnie, what do you see in this new art in a park . A big question for new yorkers. Oy or yo . Depends what side of the sign you stand on. [ laughter ] all right. Guys, what i have for you weatherwise, a break from the rain. Im going to explain why. The rain is coming back. Coming up on the cbs evening news, rating the republican candidates after last nights debate. Charlie rose in for scott pelley this evening at 6 30. Reporter tonight on the cbs evening news we fact check last nights gop debate including the one target all the candidates were unified in attacking. Major garrett and John Dickerson are in iowa for us tonight. And well have more on that and more ahead on the cbs evening news. I come out to honor the veterans from my group in afghan war today and to march for the guys who fought alongside of me. I got their names in my pocket sacrifice. [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging, do Business Travel on your terms. Acela. Take off. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. Fewer than 10 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. New at 6 00, a man who has been arrested more than 2 dozen times for posing as a transit worker was arrested again today after allegedly stealing a greyhound bus. This is video from a previous arrest. Darius mccollum is in custody tonight in brooklyn. He hasnt been charged yet. The 50yearold has posed as a transit worker to drive routes, take tolls and fix tracks until being caught and arrested. New information in the murder of an 83yearold socialite in her Westchester County home. State police spoke today with employees at the office where lois colleys husband eugene runs his mcdonalds franchises. Eugene colley was not accepting visitors at the north salem hom they shared. She was found bludgeoned to neighbors say crimes like this are unusual in their quiet community. It doesnt happen around here. Who goes to a house there was no robbery, nothing missing and they murder this poor woman. Police searching for a hand held fire extinguisher missing from the home two letters of the alphabet bring two distinctly new york expression to life in a brooklyn park. Cbs 2s elise finch says an artists waterfront sculpture has plenty of people talking. Reporter from manhattan, this art installation spells. Yo. Yo. Y o, what you doing . From brooklyn it spells. Oy reporter as in oy vey its an expression of exasperation. Reporter she was inspired to put her twist on the 1962 painting of the world oof. It just came to me oy so i made a painting that said oy. It was up in my gallery in chelsea. And, um, a friend of mine said, you know, i passed by the gallery and i saw the painting. The reflection said yo. I said, i think i should paint that. Reporter and she did. Eventually she wanted to see the two words together and in 3d so she created a small oy yo sculpture. Aluminum sculpture. Its clever. Typical of life. What your perspective is. I think its a good conversation piece. Reporter kass says it doesnt matter what side you city from or which word resonates. She just hopes people identify with her artwork. I think thats what we want out of our culture and what we want out of our art and out of the world around us to see ourselves. Reporter this sculpture will be on display at Brooklyn Bridge park in dumbo through august. Elise finch, cbs 2 news. The fact that those letters are yellow is just fantastic right, lonnie . The sun we saw a little bit of it today for veterans day. A little bit. Just a bit. The funny part about it is we talked yesterday about how today would be a day where the skies would get brighter as you go along. You had to keep going. Its getting clearer right now but the sun is gone. Taking a peek at weather watchers, 40s and 50s around the area. 50 degree, 50s in new york city. Skies cloudy but clearing as we speak. The folks are out enjoying a nice skate in bryant park. 56 degrees and clouds are breaking apart. So clearing while youre asleep. Cloudy while youre awake tomorrow. So we are under the influence of a High Pressure. It brings about good weather. Its going to be while youre sleeping that thats the player because once you get into your day tomorrow, another low pressure will come into the area so cloudy with a bit of a rain chance. And then we are talking a chilly and windy saturday. Not necessarily so concerned reading. Its going to feel like youre in the 40s on saturday. Take a look at the winds. Here we are thursday 8 30. The winds havent kicked in afternoon. Wind gusts at 25 miles an hour for everybody. Friday the same deal. Here you are at 2 p. M. Then saturday, okay, 22 Miles Per Hour or stronger but keep in mind saturdays High Temperature is only about 52 degrees. So the wind chill, we have to use that term, is going to be feeling like the 40s in the warmest time of your day. Tomorrow well be 58 degrees. Mostly cloudy with a light shower chance. Showers could start kicking in around, say, 9 00, 10 a. M. Showers through 7 a. M. At any point you could see wet weather. Off goes one system skies starting to clear out. You can see the cloud cover sort of just breaking apart right there. Bigger picture will show you what is at play. So one system moves out, High Pressure moves in overnight. Then this system over omaha moves in tomorrow. Heavy rain will be north of us, lighter rain will be making its way in here. In comes the system around 12 noon with leading activity earlier. Could see heavier rain but the bigger part of the system goes to canada. Friday 10 30 a. M. The sunshine is back but we have to talk about the temperatures. Today 58 degrees. Tomorrow well hit a high of 58 degrees, as well. But you do have, you know, that rain chance which will come back to the area. Again, it looks, dana, like were talking about. 25 would be the bigger number for anyone to picks up rain. 56 on friday but that wind is blowing and its blowing in on saturday at 52 feeling like youre in the 40s. Sunday better portion of the weekend at 58. Get ready for some warm temperatures again. Wednesday next week 64. Im not that old. Really. Will you still need me, will you still feed me [ laughter ] otis has sports. Metlife stadium look the site of two important will be the site of two important Football Games as we steamroll toward the 3rd quarter of the nfl season. Giants and patriots on sunday, jets and bills tomorrow night. Well have previews of both coming up after the break. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . at stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. You dont look a day over 70. Am i right . Jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, you stay young forever. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. You make me feel so young. Its what you do. You make me feel so spring has sprung. This price cant be right. Thats the right price its that low. What other things on this list cant be right . Looks like a list of cant be rights. Seriously . At stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. Otis is here it talk about the giants. Got a big one coming up on this weekend. They do against the patriots and not lost on all this rex ryans return to the meadowlands dubbed the giants taking on the pats who are undefeated looking like a strong bet to defend their super bowl title. And we have heard the words, giantspatriots and super bowl a couple times before. Super bowl xlii big blue crushed the patss hope of an undefeated season with the late touchdown. Four years later giants got the best of the pats again late winning 2117. But, of course, the giants at practice, these new England Patriots who look like the class of the nfl again one of three unbeaten teams. Lets face it, accomplish is the right word but also remember they are undefeated. Undefeated at this point of the season is quite an accomplishment in itself. Havent been beaten yet. Its going to be a big game. You know . We all look for the challenge. Giants and patriots from metlife stadium, can big blue end another patriots undefeat season . Find out sunday afternoon right here on cbs 2 at 4 25. Before that big game the jets and bills will play tomorrow night at metlife stadium. Afc east showdown under the bright lights of thursday night football. Yeah, theres a lot of hoopla about rex ryan facing his former team for the first time but this is also a chance for the jets to improve their play off chances and hurt the bills chances. Ryan fitzpatrick solid in his first full game of that thumb injury on sunday looks to keep in going in what could be a metlife melee. We all know, you know, all the different aches and pains were going through. Were doing it for a reason. You know, its to be out there on the field with our group, with our unit, playing. And, um, you know, i think that brings you closer together, too. Its just that team toughness. All right. We get you start for the jets bills with our pregame show game night beginning at 7 30 tomorrow night. I will be joined in studio by craig karten and well hear from jim nantz, phil simms, boomer esiason, so tune in. Yankees making a trade today sending catcher John Ryan Murphy to the twins for outfielder aaron hicks. He is seen as a fourth outfielder or could be the first step in moving brett gardner. How about the knicks . They will be in charlotte tonight working on a modest twogame winning streak. Remember we talked about baby steps. 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