Please do not let these savages accomplish what they want to accomplish. They actually believe that they can freak out america into a way that damages us. Of course, they cant. All right. But we encourage people to channel it into something healthy and then go on with your lives while we do the work you pay us to do. Reporter and also for the first time, the fbi is labeling a hatchet attack in queens last year as a terror attack. A man attacked and injured two officers and a civilian last year and in chattanooga that was an attack in which five military personnel were killed. The fbi for the first time is also calling that a terror attack, saying these are individuals who are radicalized after communications with overseas terrorists. Michael george, news 4 new york. Michael, thank you. And against this backdrop, the department of Homeland Security say us itll issue public advisories. The goal to provide information about developments when theres a terrorist threat. Jeh johnson spoke just a short my goal here with these is to to be able to issue these, if you see a new environment, were not going to wait. My goal is we have an agile process. And so we can issue one of these, lets say on a days notice. You know, this is the third federal Warning System since the 9 11 attacks, and many recall the first sys m with the various colorcoded warnings. New at noon, new jersey, police are looking to a breakin at elementary school. The wounded intruder found inside. The janitor spotted the man before 10 opened this morning. He was seriously hurt and taken to a nearby hospital. Students were directed away from the area where the wounded man was found. Now to long island where a family is mourning the death of a man killed in a hitandrun. The vehicle was stolen and now police are looking for the driver who took off on foot. News 4s katherine skraeg live, diflt morning, you spoke to some of his family members. Reporter david, so difficult. They are so devastated. We are at the site of the tragedy, and you can see some of the reminisce that remain from that collision. There are tire marks on the lawn, shattered glass on the ground, a stop sign thats knocked over, the victim, a 32yearold man lost his life last night when a man driving a stolen suv struck and killed him. The victim was in his honda at the corner of jaredine avenue. The driver took off running. The girlfriend of the victims brother says reggie was driving to his mothers home to take her tout dinner, and now the heartbroken family has a message for the suspect. How can you do something and have no regrets for human life . Why couldnt you just wait, that could have the life or death situation. And obviously hes not here. All you had to do was just call 911, you got in an accident, you stole a car, okay, but thats been saved. Reporter neighbors are also telling us they were informed by police the suspect at some point in the night may have also struck two cars, including this damaged. A man we talked with says his wife saw someone driving erratically in the neighborhood. She saw the guy. Reporter the suspect . Yeah. She was in the apartment, she saw the guy go over here. Reporter and reggie leaves daughter. And so many devastated and heartbroken family members. The suv involved in the crash, david, was reported stolen just last week. And we just checked with police, they are still looking for that suspect. Live in a. M. Anitiville. Thank you. The ntsb has just released hundreds of documents from its investigation into this years deadly metro north crash. The docket contains more than 1100 items including these never before seen photos that really show just how badly that train burned. Killed when the train crashed into an suv that was stuck on the tracks. The ntsbs investigation is still open. It says it will release its finding and a probable cause at a later date. Got an update on a commuter alert for you, southbound lanes of the van wink expressway now reopened. This. Follows a deadly crash involving a car and a truck. Chopper 4 was the first above the scene earlier this morning. It happened around 5 00. Causing a traffic mess, all the way back to to the whitestone. And again, one person confirmed dead and no word on what caused the accident. Happening now, a judge clears the names of three men convicted of setting a deadly fire more than three decades ago. William vast kez three were found guilty of arson and murder in the 1980 deaths of a woman and her five children. Today a review of the case found no evidence the fire was attentionally set. Yorks finest. There was a sea of blue as the coffin of Sergeant Donald connif was carried into the church. He passed away saturday night of complications linked to a drunkdriving crash nearly 18 years ago. He was on his way to a work detail in rudys inauguration. A car slammed into his car and left him with severe head injuries. The widow of an nypd detectives holding a news conference. Shes marking the First Anniversary much his killing by launching a foundation in his name. Detective rafael ramoss foundation will help community and police and provide Financial Support for the families of fallen officers. Detective ramos and his partner were gunned down in their patrol car last year. And the hunt is on for two men wearing hoodies seen in this video. Police say theyre wanted for an armed robbery. Kerry barrett has more. Reporter employees say these robbers were bold. Walking into the store in broad daylight, the middle of the afternoon at the height of the Holiday Shopping season, waving around a gun. It was sunday afternoon right around 3 30, police say these two entered a tmobile, flashed a gun, and ordered two employees and one customer to a back room. Take a close look, they got away with nearly 40 iphones and samsung galleries. And about 2500 in cash. Even going as far as to swiem the dimes and pennies from the safe. All of the sudden, boom, the gun, guys go to the back, and in a minute, 30 seconds after another guy comes in, and forced into the back. Reporter you can see two victims forced to get on all fours while the suspect orders another to dump the phones into a bag. Just did what he told me. And you know, hope for the best. Reporter the employees say theyve never seen either before and they hope theyre caught before they see them again. If you have any information, give the nypd a call. David. Kerry barrett reporting, thank you. Police say this is the getaway car used in an armored car robbery in the bronx. It is a red fourdoor honda with tinted windows. Police say a thief wearing a suit took off in it after pulling a gun on an armored truck guard in soundview. There was a shootout, but no one was hit. And the robber got away with nearly 80,000 in cash. And right now, fire investigators in jersey city trying to figure out the cause of an overnight fire that jumpled from home to home. Cell phone video here shows the video, excuse me, the fire in its early stages on the avenue. You can see the flames shooting out of the roof. That fire damaged at least four homes and forced 34 people, including four children out. Some of them though have been allowed to return. She just started yelling, she was getting everybody out, come out, come out. I was scared. I started crying. We had to call the people, they were sleeping next door. And then we came outside, we saw all the smoke. All the three houses. And then we saw that one, as it lot of fires. Understandably, a lot of frightened people, thankfully no injuries reported. Police say theyve arrested a suspected copy cat arsonist in queens. 36yearold man is charged with criminal miss chief, reckless endangerment, and arson. He dumped several in forest hills. Investigators do noz believe hes to blame for a string of arsons targeting homes in the same community. Students are back at one Long Island High School just a day after manchester reduce fumes made dozens of people sick. West Babylon High School was evacuated yesterday. Students and teachers started having trouble breathing. 36 people were taken to the hospital. Students are worried because the school still doesnt know where the fumes came from. We dont even know what it is. So its like yeah. Yeah. Scary. The fumes filled a hallway near the Home Economics class, everyone taken to the hospital, now okay. Coming up next at noon, a big and possibly historic announcement coming from the Federal Reserve today. Well tell you how the markets are reacting. Plus youre never going to be president of the United States. Presidency. Doesnt matter. Im doing better. Doesnt matter. Oh, they were a bit testy. Hear the fireworks from the final republican president ial begins. And we are going to begin a cooldown. But dont get used to it because that. That, of course, and rain heading in our direction tonight. Well go through the timing and there is word of a slashing in the whitestone section of queens. This happened this morning near the cross island expressway. Police tell us a 16yearold Exchange Student from china was walking to school, a man wearing a surgical mask slashed her and then ran off. The young girl has been in the United States for eight months. The pressure is on with the iowa president ial caucuses just 46 days away. And the republican candidates came out swinging at last nights debate. This is a tough business to run for president. Youre a tough guy, jeb. Leader real tough. Youre never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency. Donald trump and jeb bush traded bogs in las vegas. Nine contenders were in the prime time event including senators marco rubio and ted cruz sparred over immigration. He was fighting to grant border. Does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people in this and people in the audience applauded donald trump when he pledged not mount an independent candidacy, that if he doesnt get the gop nomination. Congress is working out details of the trillion dollar federal budget deal for final passage tomorrow nap plan includes an extension of the zadroga act. They lobbied hard for this. Congress now says itll pay the medical bills of those who got sick at ground zero for life. Congresswoman Caroline Maloney says shes happy they no longer have to fight for their health care. Oh, its a wonderful victory for the first responders, the survivors, the volunteers, the residents. All those who sacrificed their Health Working to rebuild or to protect and save others on 9 11. Congresswoman maloney plans to meet with a bus load of survivors and supporters traveling down to washington ahead of tomorrows vote. If todays money report, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve which is expected to raise Interest Rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Lets get details on and this Bill Griffith from the global headquarters, hello, bill. Already weve had a volatile day on wall street, the dow was up over 100 points on the open this morning. Then it gave it all back, and now were up a little bit more right now. But the fireworks dont start really until 2 00 when they announcement comes. Let me tell you, will with whab to expect today from the fed, it is widely considered that they will raise the what is called the fed funds rate. Which has a great influence over other loan rates, from 0 to a quarter percent. Its been at 0 for seven years now since 2007. Or 2008, its been an incredible low rate for such of a long time, but the feeling is they will raise them a quarter percent. So your money market may make money. 2 30 is the news conference, and everybodys listening for hints about when they will raise rates again. That will be a very big question to be asked at that news conference. And then well see how the market responds after that. Meanwhile, one stock that is not participating in this rally lately is what has been the biggest stock in the land, apple. There are reports of mash iphone sales are slowing down. One of apples key part suppliers says that its business has slowed down appreciably, so analysts are connecting the dots and concluding that maybe the days of runaway sales for apples most popular product may be over, at least for now. And the stock has acted cardingly. So far, no comment from apple on that. A but, so the big day, its like super bowl around here. I know, we know what your newsroom is engaged with, bill, all right. A lot of energy. See you later. Dave, i stepped,000 morning and it was a little nippy. Might have been offended. Interest rates going up, potentially, temperatures going the other way. Short term though. Okay. All right, lets talk about it right now. Well go outside, david, look at this beautiful picture. You dont get tired of it at, its the Christmas Tree at rock center, its going to be up straight through the holidays in the first week of january, 51 outside, partly cloudy skies at 12 16. Headlines right now, shall we . Temperatures start cooling for now. Because as we head into next week, what happens . A trend goes right up again. Well talk more about it and how far out we can see. Rain heads our way tonight, most likely the significant rains going to be tomorrow, but we could see some scattered drizzle or a passing shower tonight. Bundle up for the weekend though, temperatures are going to feel like its winter. And it almost is. 50 degrees in poughkeepsie, 48 in montawk, up by three in bridgewater and down by three to trenton and long branch. All right, lets go and look at the temperature trend. All right. Here we go. It went all the way up and sunk all the way down and its climbing today and then it is going to begin to drop as we head into the weekend, 43 is the average high, and we are going to be right at that point as we head to saturday and sunday. But with breezy conditions, its going to feel cold too. Right now, were seeing high clouds and a mix of sunshine, but this is our storm, and its working in our direction as we head into tonight, what happens first . The clouds really thicken, you see a scattered bit of drizzle or a light shower pop up, but then, the rain really gets here as we head into the late morning, early afternoon tomorrow, it continues through the day, its a soggy day, its an awful commute home. And then it clears on out by friday night at midnight and we get at dry weekend. We are going to see temperatures again today, much cooler than yesterday, 52 degrees. Sunny and cool, not as breezy, everyone, as we head into tonight, well dip down to 48 degrees. Cool stuff stays to the north and west once again. Well above this time of the year. Watch for some sog overnight. Especially around the coastal areas. Just keep that in mind, could hang around until early tomorrow morning, and as we head into the weekend, 42 degrees, but the cold wind is really going to provide a nip in the air. Seven day forecast looks like this, there are those temperatures, climbing up again by next week. Monday, tuesday, and look at that, wednesday, you see temperatures back up to 63 degrees, and winter begins on monday. With a High Temperature at 53. Thats good look at your forecast, daitd. There tough, thank you. New york live is next, whats up, next . The force awakens in the big apple. 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