Car that veered in to its lane. It swerved and went out of control. Jim dolan, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Just incredibly sad. Were going to turn now to tonights game 3 and the drama unfolding on and off the field. A start of the mets versus the dodgers game is just two and a half hours away at citifield. Chase utley is not in the dodgers starting lineup even after he appealed his twogame suspension today. All this drama only adding more emotion for mets fans about to see their teams first playoff game on home field in nine years. We have two reports. Cefaan kim is with the fans but well begin with rob powers outside citifield tonight. This is the first postseason game of any kind here in citifield. Its the first time the mets have been to the playoffs in a long time. All that plays second fiddle to what happened at 2nd base in los angeles and all of the sudden this National League Division Series is anything but your normal Division Series. By now you have seen the video. Mets shortst
He maintains there is a strong possibility that both men may have been drugged inside the strip club in an effort to get them to spend more money with the dancers. The only way to conclusively prove that abboud was, in fact, drugged, is my testing his blood sample from that night. That has not happened. When that happens they can make the determination. His next court date is december the 8th. Dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. New at noon, a School Van Driver in new jersey has been fired after she was caught on camera texting and speeding with at least one student on board. 16yearold ashley chase sent these videos to her mother on tuesday. The teen capturing her charter van driving up to 80 Miles Per Hour on the garden state parkway. The substitute teacher was caught on camera taking pictures of a stuffed animal as the van was speeding along. No one was hurt. Also new at noon, a collapse at a building that was under construction in queens. The project in astoria. The cl
Saturday october 17th as the city wakes up we are glad that you have made time for us. Good morning, im Michelle Charlesworth. And im Lauren Glassberg. We have some breaking news on long island. Police are searching for the driver who hit a man in a wheelchair and took off. 40yearold michael dora died after being hit on great east neck road in west babylon. It happened just after 9. Investigators say he was in the right lane in a wheelchair going southbound when he was hit by the driver of a dark colored vehicle. They say the car which is probably a nissan has front end damage. Not even 50 degrees outside, meteorologist jeff smith is in for amy freeze. He joins us now with a look at i said chilly. Its kind of cold outside. A little bit. The coldest air mass since april has descended upon the tristate region. We have some freeze warnings and freeze watches in effect. Were expecting temperatures below that critical 32degree mark tonight and tomorrow night lets check out those freeze warn
Offense came through with big hits too. Big long hits. Daniel murphy, darnaud. Youve got to have leadership. Youve got to have strong leadership, especially in the post season. Theres going to be some bad nights and those veteran guys, athena how to help those young guys get through it. The energy the Young Players bring this time of year is priceless. When you bring Young Players here theyre energizing. The veterans have taken these charter planes for ten years, seven years. Isnt that great . First pitch just after 8 00. The mets try to extend their lead in this series. In just a few minutes, mets 1st base coach will join me. He knows a thing or two about winning championships. Until then we are live at citi field, rob powers channel 7 Eyewitness News. Well see you right back here on the field in just a bit. Thank you rob. Even frigid weather cant stop mets fans from whipping they want this team to achieve legendary status. Eyewitness News Reporter cefaan kim is right outside citi fie
Have your accuweather forecast as temperatures take a dive. Good evening, im sandra bookman. And im joe torres. Tonight the mets continue their journey on the road to the world series. How about a live look out at citi field where about two hours from now the amazins will take on the cubs in game 2 of the National League championship series. Chicago hopes to even the series after the mets dominated in game 1. Eyewitness news sports anchor laura behnke begins our coverage from the newsroom. Joe and sandra, the cubs swept the mets in the regular season, but this is the post season, and last night the amazins halted their ninegame losing streak in chicago in a pretty big way as the mets made a statement in game 1 of the National League championship series, Daniel Murphy got things started with the first inning home run and matt harvey pitching a gem on a chilly night at citi field as the mets took the game 1 win 42. Tonight the mets have a chance to take a 20 series advantage. If game 2 g