Reminding them how al gore lost the state by fewer than 600 votes. Donald trump, a twopoint lead in florida and almost has to win there to have any hope of winning the white house. At this point, every day is crucial, and it takes Something Big to get trump off the campaign trail, but there he is right here in the district. Steve handelsman is live outside the trump hotel with details. Steve . Reporter hey, chris, thanks. Well, was a decaying host office on pennsylvania avenue, not far from the white house, now its a glitzy hotel. Donald trump came here to dedicate it, not as a break from his campaign, but part of it. Off the campaign trail, but on tv. Donald trump opened his new hotel in washington. One, two, three. Reporter five stars, claim the trumps, with a fiveword message. Under budget and ahead of job creator. This is what i want to do for our country. Reporter outside, protests, taking a shot at trump from florida was Hillary Clinton. He relied on undocumented workers to make
Reporter a 26yearold woman slashed in her torso and right here saturday evening at five. Police are looking for these two suspects in that incident. Earlier saturday, two men leaving a party were slashed at 3 00 a. M. , 30 minutes later, a 32yearold man was slashed. Both on east 173rd street in the bronx. More police are coming, which is the best way to address this problem. And the police we have are targeting any area where we have a problem. Thats the bottom line. This is what com stat is all about. When we see an area of concern, we put more focus on it , more police on it. I understand a hundred percent why it worries people. Reporter on valentines day, a 24yearold man was slashed. And on sunday, a female nypd officer was slashed in the face with a box cutter after an arrest. We put Additional Resources on the subway, were going to keep doing that. Last year, mayor de blasio says the slashings are up 20 . As he mentioned in the piece, there are going to be more nypd officers on th
Confirmed two people have died in a multivehicle crash on the new jersey turnpike. It happened this afternoon at the westbound toll plaza in jersey city. One vehicle rear ended another, causing the second vehicle to get in to a headon collision with a van. There are big delays for drivers coming out of the holland tunnel right now. Want to go ahead and check in with shannon sohn. Shes over the accident where you can see crews are still there. This is going to be an ongoing accident investigation. Its been out here since 3 30 this afternoon. Its really affecting both the east and westbound sides of the roadway. On the left side of your screen, thats your traffic heading eastbound in toward the holland tunnel. And truthfully all night thats been the best, really not too much of a traffic delay here. If youre traveling westbound out of the holland tunnel heading to the newark bay extension youve got only two lanes getting through that toll plaza at 14c. Look what this has done to traffic.
Im ken rosato. Its friday, february 26th. Heres bill evans. Looking at temperatures. We start out with what will be cold numbers. 35 around islip. As we move toward the east, about 37 toward montauk. Were going to be looking at numbers that will be quite chilly with a little wind that goes with that. With the winds going in at 29, we will have a chilly day today. Well look at whats going to be sunshine, but by the time we get into the afternoon, 36. Northwest wind at 15 to 35. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Heather orourke, whats going on out there . You are on or close to schedule at the Long Island Railroad and metronorth doing just fine. We have ems activity at franklin avenue. The 2 and 3 trains are running George Washington bridge trying to go outbound. We have construction there and construction at the lincoln. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. A night of partying turned violent when one woman was shot and a man stabbed outside of a
Wintry mess moving our way. Lobby. Relatives say the suspect was defending his family after good evening. On maurice dubois. Im kristine johnson. Tracee carrasco has the exclusive story live in Washington Heights where she spoke to the suspected shooters father tonight. Tracy . Reporter the suspect claims he was protecting his mother when he shot a man inside the lobby of his Apartment Building here. The suspect says his family his family says he is actually the victim. Surveillance video shows the moment david polanco, seen in the dark hoodie, reached his boiling point when he shot 50 yearold Francisco Davila are inside his apartment polancos father, ralph polanco, sr. Says saturday nights shooting is the result of taunting for the past five years. This is an accumulation of all that harassment. These people want us out. Reporter he says his 31 yearold son went to the lobby to check the mail. When he encountered the 50year old victim drinking and cursing. What he was doing is calling