Historical park and its about an hour and 10 minutes. Noah there are some odd themes going on here. Want to knowledge, i agree with him to a great degree. I will note that for this writer, there was a case where i think to tell an important story, you find yourself moving into realms of speculation where the evidence may not exist, but the suggestion of what has happened seems reasonably solid. A lot of what i am going to be talking about is the process of this book. All of you have seen the dvds with the special features section, and i guess this is the making of this book. For me, it took me into areas i had never gone before in terms of having to handle material. All the battle books ive read the information, a value weight the nature of sources, try to piece it together in a way that made sense, both in terms of the topography, what we knew, and what they were saying. Out of that comes the story. This particular story, the 16 days in march and april of 1865 that Abraham Lincoln spe
Collapsed, trying to determine if weather played a role here. The building next door evacuated as a precaution. We have several reports on the weather tonight which is changing by the moment. We begin with lee goldberg. Just heard a big rumble of thunder, flash of lightning in the distance. Well be able to get this weather cast then run inside. Hudson valley and northeastern new jersey, a watch will go until 2 00 in the morning. The Weather Service has kept the tornado watch for parts of new jersey till 1 00 in the morning. Wind advisory as well. Lower hudson valley, connecticut and coastline until 4 a. M. The wind gusts have been over 50 Miles Per Hour in spots. The damage reports have been piling up. The most recent one in ridgewood, new jersey with roads closed because of trees and wires down but all across new york city and western long island weve seen big gusts. Flood warnings up across new jersey. Slow moving squall line. Were going to push 2 inches across parts of new jersey. L
Good evening at 6 00. Im liz cho. And im bill ritter. More on those stories in a moment. First a scandal and shakeup at the nypd. Four high ranking officers have been reassigned as the fbi widens its corruption investigation. At issue, did officers do special favors for the Orthodox Jewish community in exchange for gifts . Eyewitness News Reporter n. J. Tonight. This case is all about favors, special treatment. Funeral. Of Course Police officers are expected to protect and serve the community but federal agents want to know did these officials go too far . This is not a particularly good day for the department. Reporter the commissioner acknowledged that the 66th precinct investigation is now focused on at least four nypd commanders, as well as others who have left the department. Sources say among them is former chief of department phillip banks. Relationships in borough park. The investigation began in 2013, looking at the relationships among two brooklyn businessmen and several high
Again, one female passenger was struck with shards of glass after a stray bullet hit this b13 bus. Reporting live, shannon sohn channel 7 Eyewitness News. Very frightening report. For now were going to turn to the mets. Ever world series game. The mets are back home trailing the royals 2 games to none in their best of 7 series. Before you write the mets off, the 1986 World Championship team exactly in the same spot before it turned things around. Starting on the mound tonight for mets, Noah Syndergaard, and fans are hoping the pitch e flowing blond locks will be able to vanquish tonight. Shirleen, the series starts tonight really. There are mets fans and there are royal in the blood mets fans. Are you willing to stand for the whole game, maybe extra innings. We met some fans who will not only stand but stand at a disadvantage. Were not that tall so we figured we better get here early. That height thing is going to be important for ann and claire both about 5 feet 1 inches tall. They ha
The sun is rising. The excitement level is growing by the second. More than 50,000 runners gathering here right now. From the shadow of the bridge right here on Staten Island thank you for being with us. Good morning, robin. Good morning to all of you. In less than two hours, the streets will be filled with marathon runners, young and old, professionals and those running for the very first time. We cant wait to do this. We have every angle covered. First, we do want to check on what is always important to everyone on Staten Island the race day forecast. So nice to be out of the headlines this morning. Rob and laura, so nice to be out of the headlines because the weather is not an issue. The wind is not howling at 50 miles an hour. It is nice and comfortable. The runners are saying it might be a touch too mild. A look at the finish line central park. 56 degrees. A south wind at a light 3 Miles Per Hour. Beautiful. Cloudy skies. A couple sprinkles around the area. You can see a few showe