Was carryi. T i think at 3 in the morning being n the park is, although it has been very safe, you know, it can happen. Reporter this week there were three more armed robberies in or near cenhial park n each case, a group of four or five teens robbed the victims at gunpoint. Its not clear if theres any connection between the crimes. Despite concerns ove the c ames pin central park, my t told us they still feel it is one of the safestarlaces to be. I feel safe. I feel very safe. A beautiful area. Always feel safe. Reporter no one was injured in any of these robberies. Now, in the last few hours, a park Advocacy Group released a new report on crime at city parks. They report that 541 people were victimized by crimes in the last year in city parks. We are going to have much more on that report later on today. Live on the upper west side, michael george, news 4, new york. One of the most expensive neighborhoods in new york. Thank iou. New here at noon, a transit bus shut down traffic in both directions on u. S. Route 9 this morning in marlboro. The highway was shut down near county road 520 around 9 a. M. That made a mess during rush hour a new Jersey State Police bomb squad arrived at the scene. There was no bomb in the end and allclear was given that road was reopened shortly after. In queens, elected officials are rallying behind a store owner who says he was viciously attacked because he is muslim. Yo at attack happened over the weekend in a story in news 4s John Chandler is outside that store today where the v tim jugost spoke. John . Reporter thats right, rob. As you can see behind merck the story is still going on, state and local politician and passers by here at astoria walking by, stopping and listening to support this local man who has been here for more than two decade has five children, all attending schools in this area and owns this store here on the corner. At this very store saturday afternoon. Noticed a man who was acting strange coming in. That man picked up a newspaper, referenced the San Bernardino killings on the front of it and then allegedly said to m hook, i kill muslims before attacking him. He was arrested by aypd who are investigating this s a hate crimli lothcal politicians here today say th ey believe we as a nation are at a c ossroads when it comes to deal g with re. Mr. Shook ahpill floor this community, here over two decades, as a small businessman, his children go our local schools and he has been so someone who we are proud to call aa neighbor and a friend. Its disgusting to me to think that somebody came into our community and committed this heinous crime and thought that that was okay. Reporter now, mr. Hook at this store here bn the corner actually once opened up his right in front here, offered free coffee to people and really seems to be a pillar in this community, as you heard some of those politicians speak. We are waiting for mr. Hook to speak himself on this incident. We will have t t for you later today at 5 and 6 here on news 4, new york. Until then, live in astoria queens, im John Chandler, news 4, new york. Thank you. Tears in a Sussex County courtroom this morning for a man who killed a person he says ctimized him as a child. Clark fredericks pleaded guilty last june to the 2012 killing f sussex sheriff s officer tennis peck. He says he was r eatedly rained ly ly raped by peg 40 years ago. The state agreed to a special manslaughter p. Ea aft evidence suggested that the officer had been a serial child abuser. E sentence here is expected at any time and we will have a full retoport coming up tonight. Police just released new arsonist in queens and what they spotted on that tape is also veis troubling. You can see the man reaching for a gun. News 4s Katherine Creag is in forest hills with more on the search for that suspect. Reporter you said it, rob it is scary enough for the residents around here to have an arsonist onethe loose. Now they are learn g that the suspect has a gun. That, according to police. A couple of the houses, one after the other, severely damaged in arsons rig here and theres one youre about to see, it was burned down to the ground. Investigator have described the arsonist torching houses in forest hills, queens, as y. Dangerous. Whats making residents around here even more from time to timed, police btlieve. He carries a gun n this new video released by the nypd overnight, police say it appears he is removing a gun from his left ankle and placing it in his pants pocket. It is disturbing. My car was parked down the block from where the house was burned down. Reporter the arsonist set fire to seven properties in this area under construction or being he first struck in midoctober, the most recent arson happened this hast sunday. E day before thanksgiving, the sonisth et on fire the house that used to be here on 67th drive. Several of the propertie damaged are large homes being ilt. I was totally shocked and shocked even more when every other day, it happened again. Reporter the rabbi says hut is trying to calm the fears of residents and hopes the suspectr caught soon. Cont ue, you know, being positive and trying to lift up the spirits, especially in special situations. Reporter the nypd set up a command center, saw detectives Walking Around the area. So far, no one has been hurt in these arsons. But the great concern is that its only a matter of time before someone does t hurt. Sergeant tells melt search goes on for the suspect. You can see more of that Surveillance Video on our erwebsite, nbcnewyork. Com. Nosend it back to you. Okay, hank youan shows one of the thieves wanted for ripping off oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrows popup store at columbus circle. Police say this man and two hers entered goop, which is a luxury boutique on saturday afternoon. They say the men stole items from a display cabinet while workers were distracted 0. The men made off ith more than 170,000 dollars in jewelry and watches. New here at noon, calls for agmore Safety Measures at the queens intersection where a teenager was struck and killed by a hit and run driver. News 4 cameras were there as the fahmily made an emotional visit to the site where he was kif lled. Police say the 17yearold was hit by a speeding driver at northern and junction boulevards in Jackson Heights tuesday night. His relatives were joined by local officials who want better lighting you and more speed cameras installed along northern ulevard. This year alone, there have been 25 accidents in this intersection. Resulted in injuries. Ai also calling for a Public Awareness campaign about the dangers of w king and texting. We have reached out to the city for a response on that. Investigators have not said that he was using a clrehone when ut was hit but a witness did tell us that. Police are still looking for the driver in tuesdays crash. Utility workers in brooklyn are still try g to c a gas line break. Four buildings were evacuated on 64th street near 11th avenue and burrow park around 9 45 last night a dozen families were allowed back into their homes at midnight after workers made a temporary fix. Workers from National Grid will have 64th street closed for most of the day to finish that job. A section of first avenue on the Upper East Side is still closed today, days after bricks came crashing down from 35 stories above. No one has been allowed between 62nd and 64th streets on first avenue since a huge slab of bricks fell from a building incredibly, nobody was hurt. Unclear when that section of first avenue will reopen. Jurors are expected to begin deliberating this afternoon at the federal corruption trial of dean skel lows and his son. Prosecutors have spent the last three weeks making their case against the former senate leader. He is accused of using his position to get his son a highpaying noshow job. Both men have pleaded not guilty to charges that include bribery, extortion and conspiracy. As soon as the jury reaches its verdict, we will bring that to you. All right, coming up next here at noon, Donald Trumps latest drama, canceling an important trip overseas. We will tell you why. Plus, the ceo of chipotle is apologizing after 100 more customers get sick. What the restaurant is doing now to make sure that its food is safe. Also, taken for a wild ride. Watch this. What happens when a cabbie confronted an uber driver on a busy street during a protest. And dave price here with maybe the best news of the day. You bet, rob. There the two big qu tions, how warm will it still get and how long will all of this last . We are going to answer tthse questions for you when we see t donald trump has canceled his trip to israel. He tweeted this morning he will reschedule the meeting with israeli Prime Minister birnt enjamin netanyahu after i become president. This afternoon, members of congress a. E learning secret details about the San Bernardino killers. Fbi director james comb smell giving them a closeddoor yesterday, he revealed that sayd farook and Tashfeen Malik pl otted other terror attacks long before their massacre. Urces tell nbc n ms that at tacks included a possible attack on a University Building and ween a publit gathering. Righ noig Police Protests continuing in chicago. Marc rs took to the streets yesterday, calling on mayor rahm emanuel to resign, expressed growing anger while Police Shooting videos are leased. One she is teenaged suspect being shot 16 times. An officer in that case is charged with murder. Th e mayor though refuses to step down. On wednesday, he apologized and promised to reform Chicagos Police department. The ceo of Chipotle Mexican Grill is apologizing to customers after two recent illness outbreaks linked to that restaurant. Stboe els was on the today show to apologized for the spread of norovirus that singed 120 Boston College students. It comes on the heels of a also linked to the chain. Els says chipotle is working on changes to make sure that this does not happenw again. We ar thinking about the ingredients. Put in place ractices that will not enable this to happen again. Practices that are so far above industry norms today, we will be the safest place to eat. And is our commitment. A big problem for chip potlism the Health Scares put a huge hit on one of the most successful stocks on wall street recently. It has dropped 19 so far just this year. Protest in canada took a violent turn. Watch what happened when taxi drivers rallied against er. [ horns honking ] and there he goes. B drivers wthe gathered ou ide torontos city hall when one of them grabbed on to that uber car as it sped away. Not too bright. He is okay. Like in other cities, taxi drivers in toronto feel uber is be from them. The cabbies also caused a traffic slowdown during the day. All right. In todays money report, walmart preparing to introduce a new way to pay. And check on the markets check in with cnbcs sharon ep rson. We will mook at where the stocks are now, higher but pared their gapes after being up as much as 150 points for the dow jones nndustrial average. Watchi oil pce and a dpossibe rate hike from the fed next week and looking at the dow, up about 42 points right now. Also looking at the nasdaq, up about 13 and the s p 500 up three points. Oi l d hit a fresh sevenyear low, just above 36. 50 a barrel. Borrowers are expecting the fed to raise Interest Rates and they are rushing to apply for mortgages before that happens. New mortgage ppli tions last week jumped 1. 2 according to the Mortgage Bank s association. The fed is expected to announce in more than nine years when it ets next week. As you mentioned, walmart is unch g walmart pay, to become the first u. S. Retailer to offer the free ser ce is going to be introduced in select u. S. Stores this week and will be available nationwide by the first half of 2016. So, another reason to get people in the store and to get to them at the checkout. Wally world. Much. All right. 56 degrees outside at 12 16. Just starting. Is it december . December 10th . It is december and we are on our way up into the 60s before all is said and done. Some big changes and sustained changes, rob, in the forecast. Lets get to it right now. Taking a look at rockefeller center. There is the zamboni out there amazed that it is driving over ice and not water at this standpoint. But we are going to see these mild companies stick with us, sunny skies now, rob mentioned we are already above the mid60 mark, 56 degrees in the city ahead, folks, it is going to stay warm for the near term, record territory on sunday, where we most likely will tie or break a record which stands from 1923. And heres whats fascinating about the forecast, is that there are no changes in the near term. So as we head into the extended, like, tenday period, it looks like things are going to stay relatively above normal and stat its quo. 56 in the city, 56, poughkeepsie, 57, sussex. Head out to eastern end of long island, warm everywhere, no matter where you go outside right now, it is certainly pleasant. So far, we are well above where we typically should be this time of year. The average temperature for december, 52. 8 degrees, up above that average by about 6. 4 degrees, precipitation, well below. We desperately need this rain. There are your warmest tests decembers out of the water. Temperature drop significantly. I want to give the stats. Looking ahead through the week, the temperatures are warm and will stay warm. We have that chance of precipitation but most likely, that is going to come monday during the latter portion of the day into tuesday, but see, those temperatures stay warm, maybe dropping into the lower 50s, but at this point, we should be at about 45 degrees or so. So, while we get cooler, we dont get typically cold for this time of the year. 47 tonight should be where we wiped up, patchy clouds, a couple of 30s in the suburbs. As we head into the weekend, look at this, 62 on saturday, 64 on sunday. And again, i think we are feeling pretty comfortable, going to be right at or around that recordbreaking mark, breezy and cooler on tuesday but we are still in the mid50s, wednesday and thursday, before we make that turn to christmas week. Do we cool down for christmas. Those numbers and track all of them. This is madness. It is odd and prolonged and odd. So many different ingredients for why this happened. We will talk more about that later when we join you during the afternoon. I think calmer from the last two years, dave. Thanks so much. New york live next here at 12 30, here is sara and jacque with what your summer dresses on . Wearing a pant suit. What are you talking about . Women wear sleeveless throughout the year. No, its warm. Dont you watch new york live . Coming up on new york live, a wintertime classic gets a kcow new york twist. We will take you inside three places putting some creative spins on gingerbread. Definitely want to try these. Looks delicious. What do ryan gosling, christian bale, brad pitt have in common, all in the film the big short and we are at the premiere. Bring you that and more at 12 30. Dying see that 64 this weekend. Lets go to the pool. You ready . Lets do t. Ladies, thank so much. Nominees are in, which of your favorite films and tv shows are up for Golden Globes this ar . The first lady rapped about the Reach Higher Initiative to encourage kids to seek out higher education. The nominees for the 73rd Golden Globes are out. In the film categories, todd haines 1950s love story carol led with five nods including best actress for stars te blanchett and rooney mara. Best director and best drama. Also up for best drama, mad revenant, room and spotlight it mr. Robot excellent and outlander picked up three nominationd joined by empire game of thrones and far this cos. See a full list of the nominees on nbcnewyork. Com. The winners will be revealed january 10th right here on nbc a hollywood ending to a basketball game in minnesota between north field and austin, right here, player on north field misses the second of two free throws, looking at this an austin player picks up the rebound, lobs a fullcourt shot at the buzzer when they are down by two. The shot narrowly went in giving austin the 5 655 win. Tonight at 5 00, protecting r seniors. A specialeries starts tonight loldoking the two common sca involving a sweepstakes or lottery. We will have what you need to knirow. For breaking news and weathther any time, go to nbcnewyork. Com. Is beautiful outside
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