Be a turning point working together they say is always better. In mineola, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. Long islands joint Heroin Task Force starts immediately. Tonight another slashing victim in soho at 2 p. M. In front of the supreme Clothing Store near prince and lafayette streets. Police believe the victim cut in line and thats what caused the violence. The 21yearold victims injuries are not said to be lifethreatening. Police are still looking for the suspect and weapon. Police also searching for a teen who slashed a restaurant worker in the face just a few blocks away from the other incident. Investigators released a picture of the suspect taken by a surveillance camera. Police say the teen was asking customers at silver spurs diner in the village for money for a basketball game. Bobby barbeau a bus boy asked the teen to leave. He did but then police say he it took more than 100 stitches to close the wound. 130 on the outside and 7 on the inside of his cheek. I just panicked and, you know, the first thing i did was just run to the hospital. We have been here over 20 years and nothing like this ever happened. Police believe the suspect used a box cutter in the attack. With three slash attacks in less than 48 hours, a nervous public demands to know, are these copycat crimes . Whats being done . And what about the attacks the larger attacks the public doesnt know about . Cbs 2s dave carlin tells us. Reporter with no signs of slowing down new york citys cluster of seemingly random unconnected slashings grows to more than 21 since mid december. And those are the cases reported. Ones that made news. Others did not. Thats when i felt the pressure on my face. Reporter like this woman who says she never even made eye contact with the man she believes was homeless who attacked her on january 15th in the morning outside her Lower East Side apartment building. Surface enough to heal without stitches or a scar. The suspect Tony Quinones is behind bars will get a psychiatric evaluation and is back in court march 2. If he is released and he comes back here, what i supposed to do . Reporter she started a victim support Facebook Page with an online petition demanding tougher laws to mentally ill offenders. Kari bazemore arrested for slashing two women has a known history of mental illness. Francis has what the nypd chief of detectives called a psychiatric history and prosecutors said Damon Knowles arrested for slashing a 71 yearold woman has a history of Domestic Violence. Victim after victim of slashings telling us their fear is an attacker an attacker able to attack again. Reporter i took her story to mayor de blasio and demanded answers. What would you say to the victims of the slashings who with a bandage . Look, were going to do everything we can. When it comes to anyone who has a Mental Health problem that we know about and also a history of violence, we are tracking those individuals and in the past that was not done. Reporter the mayor promises less red tape so victims learn when the attacker is release and and the city is keeping track of them. They say the plan is only going to be working when it stops. On the Lower East Side, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. Just this afternoon, Police Commissioner bill bratton said despite the nearly 20 jump in slashings and stabbings on the streets of new york, they are, quote, safer than ever. Campaign 2016. Pope francis engaging donald trump. The pope criticized the candidate today claiming he is no christian and found himself falling into a war of words with the billionaire. Cbs 2s dick brennan is here now with more on this. Dick. Reporter a lot more, kristine and maurice. A flight back from his visit to mexico. He was asked about donald trump wanting to build a wall on the usmexican border. He actually said that maybe im not a good christian or something s. Reporter donald trump is firing back and now blasting pope francis after the pontiff criticized trumps demands to build a wall between the u. S. And mexico. [ nonenglish language ] reporter a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be located and not building bridges is not a christian. For a religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. Reporter trump says the Mexican Government is feeding Bad Information to the pope and he even gave this warning. If and when the vatican is attacked by isis, which as everyone knows is isis ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. Reporter so why did the pope speak out . Its likely the pontiff was only trying to address the issue of immigration. I dont know him ever to have attacked a person but he will attack, um, an individuals ideology or or beliefs and so, um, i think hes attacking an issue more than a person. But i think its hard for us not to equate the two and thats why were seeing the reaction from the popes statements. Reporter ted cruz was asked for his response. He says, its between donald and the pope. Im not going to get into the middle of that. Clearly a watershed moment when someone didnt want to start a fight he steps out of it. Something that i noticed though that was one of the rare times that he read from paper, donald trump. Normally he just speaks off the cuff. He had something prepared. You get the sense that he might have been taken by surprise with this. It was going to issue a statement and said no, im going to go out and read this. Thats speculation but its possible. Thank you. Cbs news poll released today shows Trump Holding a commanding lead. Nearly twice as much as his closest rival ted cruz. Marco rubio and kasich are battling for third. Theres some unflattering numbers in a rutgers poll on new Jersey Governor Chris Christie who just ended his president ial campaign. Just 30 of New Jerseyans say that the phrase strong leader describes him very well. And when asked if christies effective, only 22 say that describes him very well. The nypd made four arrests after two separate Police Pursuits in manhattan. Three people were in a car. The Police Chased it down on the west side highway. A man inside jumped out but Police Arrested him at a parking lot of the Sky View Hotel on tenth avenue. Two women in the car with him were also arrested and four blocks away, another chase. Police arrested a woman who her car. The woman sped off after the officer ticketed her for double parking. Leg. His injury is not serious. Uber. Banning the appbased car service from pickups and dropoffs at its major transit hubs. Cbs 2s meg baker explains why new at 6 00. Reporter opening up an app and getting picked up at Newark Liberty International Airport may not be as easy anymore. It doesnt cost a lot. Its less than getting a limo to the airport. Reporter jill is talking about uber, which starting monday may not be able to operate here anymore. It shouldnt be. Its so convenient. Reporter drivers were given a warning that they could be towed in or around the airport and by newark penn station. Karin lives and now drives here in new jersey and hopes to keep doing so. [ indiscernible ] [ heavy accent ] reporter the newark mayor says its a license issue. For example, background checks. In a statement, he says, it is inherently difficult to enforce our order masses nance when uber does not follow this our ordinances when uber does not follow them. To step in to create legislation and policy to regulate this matter. Reporter this uber driver gets why they are cracking down. Traditionally, taxi driver, they lose money. Reporter i spoke on the phone to the president of the Limousine Association of new jersey. Authorities are finally recognizing the Public Safety ultimately is in jeopardy because of the concern with lack of insurance lack of background and fingerprint checks. Drivers. All other for hire passenger drivers have to comply with. Reporter uber has not told its drivers to stop operating in newark saying instead of trying to restrict competition and consumer choice, newark should be welcoming the thousands of drivers who use uber to earn income and support their families. In newark, meg baker, cbs 2 news. It came out of nowhere a huge piece of machinery plunges to the ground at a construction site. What caused the deadly he put his life on the line for our country. Tonight, a long overdue honor for a world war ii veteran. I said, my god its like being in a movie this couldnt be happening to me. Oh, but it was. And were on long island for the special presentation. And what is the latest on all that talk about another winter Storm Brewing out there for next week . Ill break it down for you in just a bit. And coming up on the cbs evening news at 6 30, scott pelley talks with Hillary Clinton. Scott joins us live from las vegas with more. Scott. Reporter kristine, maurice, great to be with you. Were with Hillary Clinton in las vegas because she really needs a win on saturday at the caucus here in order to turn the momentum of the race around. We spoke with the former secretary of state a short while ago. Do you think donald trump and Bernie Sanders have tapped into . Its a powerful thing. People are angry. And that anger, um, comes out of frustration. It comes out of fear, insecurity. The vast majority of americans havent had a raise in 15 years. We have more of our interview with Hillary Clinton tonight on the cbs evening news coming up at 6 30. Thank you. Also the mets on a mission to defend their National League title. It all starts tonight in port st. Lucie florida. This is a live look. Otis is there, too. Later in sports. One worker was killed another injured at a construction site in hanover, new jersey. They were part of a crew attaching a generator to a crane when it appears two of four support belts snapped. The generator landed on two workers. Morris county prosecutors are investigating the accident. Construction site is the future home of the whippany fire station. Hoboken has approved a modified plan for bike lanes. Last night they scrapped a plan to add bikeonly lanes to washington street. Merchants and residents along the busy thoroughfare expressed concerns that losing a lane is bad for business. So as a compromise they approved marked shared lanes for bikes and cars. Considering adding protective bike lanes on less busy streets. More than 70 years after the end of world war ii an honor for a long island veteran. The u. S. Army air force received the police for of war medal. Prisoner of war medal. I said this is like being in a movie. This couldnt be happening to me. Im only 21. Reporter now at 92 years old, brooklyn native stan the man recalls thinking im too young to die. When he served as a u. S. Army air force staff sergeant. This is me over here. Reporter his b24 bomber took enemy fire over hungary. He ma i had it down safely. I jumped into a haystack. Reporter then 20 minutes later the germans came with nair machine guns and told me out reporter he says he spent 30 days in a solitary dungeon. [ indiscernible ] where he was for nearly a year. We had a very limited food supply from the germans. Reporter finally in 1945, all was quiet. The germans were gone. We didnt know what happened. But it was general pattons forces that came to liberate us. Reporter today, he finally gets his recognition for all those months lost. The prisoner of war medals bestowed on him by u. S. Representative kathleen rice. He truly is one of the Great American heroes. Stan the man thank you so much reporter he tells us today is a dream come true and insists he is no hero just one of the lucky ones. The ones who are really the heros are the boys that were sent to do their jobs and never came back home. Reporter he salutes them and thanks them. We thank you, stan the man, for your service. Vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. Stan is the man. You might wonder why the delay of more than 70 years. Many world war ii vets as it turns out never discussed their service or even no recognition was available. If you know someone who hasnt received the military honors they deserve, contact your local representative. Get that done right. They are a humble group. Special man. Lets get a look at our foreign with lonnie quinn. It was sure sunny. Pretty. But didnt help the temperatures. Yeah. You didnt get too much warming of the sun out there. Day. But a bright day. Theres your picture. Kj, thats another good looking shot right there looking right over the arpaio. I know the sun has set but still nice clear skies. Cloudless sky 33 degrees i was talking to kj because she saw a picture earlier of the 33 currently outside. We talk about a cloud in the sky. Satellite picture not finding a cloud anywhere. This is moving right now. Its active. Its working just not finding anything. It cant trace a cloud or track a raindrop. Bigger picture will show you whats out there. And see, look, its working. Its just not into our area. So western pennsylvania with some clouds a little bit of moisture around the northern great lakes and believe it or not it will give you a chance for snow flurries friday night. Out west theres a talk about a storm next week. Is it big or not . Pieces are starting to come together. Yesterday we checked in on this moisture. Its really further out until the atlantic. This is going to swoop in and this teams up with some of that moisture diving down to the gulf of mexico emerges on the eastern seaboard and tracks up the coast. So well watch everything whether or not its coming to town or not. Still is not a for sure thing because the track is still tuesday night into wednesday. Maybe even thursday nipped a little bit by this whole system so were going to watch t cold enough to snow. The normal high for this time of the year would be 44 degrees mid next week. I think its going to be close. I think its going to be close. I think our temperatures will be coder than the average. 36 is your high today. The average is 42 so youre off the mark for your day tomorrow similar to today 39 but you will see extra clouds later in the day and thats going to be that, um, well maybe that snowflake chance especially north and west. Saturdays high temperature, here. The big warmup for the weekend, 56 on saturday. Come on, lets somebody find a sunday 52, sunshine. 49 monday and then its tuesday, wednesday, thursday with some temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. You could possibly find that all right. Thank you. Livingston live in port st. Lucie, florida for a look at whats ahead in sports. Reporter yeah, kristine. The mets pitchers and catchers will hold their First Official but we were able to catch up with a few of them today including position player lucas duda. Can you imagine making the biggest mistake of your career on the biggest stage . It happened to lucas in the every day. [ male announcer ] 20 minutes after you quit smoking your Blood Pressure decreases. After 2 days your chance heart attack drops. And 1 year after you quit your risk of Heart Disease is cut in half. But right now. Youre a heart attack waiting to happen. Every cigarette makes you sick. Quit smoking today. [ siren wailing ] there are over 400,000 square feet of toys. From edible bubbles to entering Virtual Reality local toy wonderland. And traffic and weather on the twos with john and alex. Tomorrow. Letsgo to port st. Lucie. Reporter kristine and maurice, the pitchers and catchers for the mets didnt work out today. Instead taking their physicals so their First Official action will be tomorrow morning during their workout and expectations down here in port st. Lucie, florida, are sky high after getting to the words last year. But the grind of a 162game regular season and run to five games in the fall classic can take its toll on a team and especially a manager who came under fire last season. The roller coaster emotions were exhausting for terry collins. I spent my entire life with tremendous intenseness and energy. I was gassed last year. I want to do it again. When youre older i may be but i want to do it against pretty excited about tomorrow. What we did last summer our players have to be better because of it. So many ups and downs during that world series run. The lowest point the throw in the 9th inning of lucas duda allowing the royals to win in extra innings and celebrated the title at citi field something that has haunted lucas duda all off season. I took what happened and used it as a positive. You know, what happened last year happened last year. So learn from it get better and hopefully make sure it doesnt happen again. Meanwhile, across the state in tampa, report day for the yankees pitchers and catchers and one of the bombers strength this season is the bullpen led by the new closer appear chapman acquired in the off season. He is facing possible criminal charges in Domestic Violence case. Investigation because of insufficient evidence but chatman faces potential discipline under the new Domestic Violence policy. Today chatman said he would appeal any type of suspension. Joe girardi was asked why he named chatman the closer all the uncertainty. Well let Major League Baseball handle that. Um, and just wait to see. I mean, i its hypothetical to predict whats going to happen. But we felt that when were acquired him he had been a closer most of his career. And thats where we 30 put him. But i understand its a very sensitive issue and well be sensitive about it. And basketball news. The nets name their new general manager, name sean marks as the guy to come over from the spurs to run the show in brooklyn. By the way, no movement from the knicks or nets at the trade deadline. And not too much pro athletes like the panthers jared allen get the opportunity to retire and head off into the sunset. Ride off into the sunset literally. Was going to ride off into the sunset. But seeing how theres no sunset, im just going to ride off. [ he rides off ] the sun is setting here in port st. Lucie, florida. Well be back at it bright and early when the mets pitchers and catchers start their work out tomorrow morning. Live from port st. Lucie, florida, otis livingston, kristine and maurice, back to you in the studio. Best retirement tweet ever. I mean my goodness. Back in just a minute. Coming up tonight at 11, floors covered in mud ceilings ripped apart. A homeowners nightmare in new jersey. And how to make sure the same thing doesnt happen at your house. Im all about finding good bargains and cute clothes. Fashion finds at a great price. And they are just one click away on social media. But is it real or a ripoff . Thats tonight on cbs 2 news at 11 00. Coming up next on the cbs evening news with scott pelley a former football star takes his fancy feet to broadway. Thanks for joining us here at 6 00. Have a great night, everyone. Comments captioncolorado. Com pelley now its a holy war between trump and the pope. For a religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. Pelley also tonight, two days before the nevada caucus, a personal side of Hillary Clinton. My mother met me at the door, and she said, there is no room for cowards in this house. Pelley a hospital pays ransom to hackers to get its computers back. And from football to footlights. I got good feet. 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