Death of eric garner in that book. A number of years ago as a heartbreaking tragedy. How do you view the deaths here of george floyd and the one just recently, Ahmaud Arbery in georgia. George floyds arrest and death was absolutely appalling by all evidence. It is agonizing to watch that absolutely thenk whole country condemns this and its appropriate the charges were brought very quickly, we need to investigate the rest of , so the anger at that arrest is absolutely understandable. However it is not representative of policing in this country and incessantly on Tactical Training for officers, on deescalation tactics. Courtesy and respect, but i dont think its fair to condemn a Nations Police force of over 600,000 sworn officers who have three headed 75 million contacts with civilians a year based on this one appalling arrest. Because when that happens, the people who need help the most of the ones ive talked to for , the lawabiding residents of innercity neighborhoods who are desperate
Bit of rain on our parade today. Look at those clouds out there. Its coming. Happy sunday, im rob nelson. And im toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. Welcome to Eyewitness News this sunday morning. It was one of those mornings. Oh, my gosh. I have done this morning show for four days in a row. The fifth day, it was like, i woke up late. Every morning anchor has been there. Am i supposed to be. It happened this morning. And amy freeze is here, too, and umbrellas out, right . Absolutely. Youre going to need rain gear at some time today. From midtown to the Empire State Building. Trying to get down to the battery with the visibility. The drapes are pulled down over one world trade. The cloud ceiling is low at this point. Im not going to rule out a break of sunshine that could help the temperatures get the mid80s. We currently have 77 degrees, and we are going to be tracking showers through parts of the day. It did not cool off last night. It was muggy throughout the area. A bit of a b
Reporter problems right now on path train, bill. Well head right tot path trains and tell you whats happening. As you head newark to world trade, still seeing delays. Its all due to Police Department activity. Metro north, lirr running on or close. Subways on time. Lets take it over to the te conic northbound getting up towards peekskill hollow road in putnam county, an accident there. And problems continue on the fdr drive in the 50s with a collision back toward the 40s. The ed koch 59th street bridge starting to build into town because of the problems on the fdr drive. Heres a look at the southbound van wyck moving okay into kew gardens. And going over to our other camera, heres a look at the northbound van wyck. Thats moving slowly heading up towards hillside avenue. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back over to you, lori, ken. All right, debbie, thank you. Its 6 01. And this morning the nypd along with the fbi and secret service are investigating a suspicious package tha
The number of knives went up 30 . And stun guns have went up more than 1000 . Reporter now, the department of education responded this morning by insisting quote there is absolutely zero tolerance for any weapons in schools. In fact, they said they work closely with the Police Department to ensure the safety of all school communities. Were live outside city hall this noon, im lucy yang for channel 7 Eyewitness News. Lead testing continuing in newark Public Schools today and more planned through the weekend. The district will examine every single tap at all 67 of its schools for possible contamination. Newark Public Schools is in the process of also testing students for possible lead poisoning. Eventually, around 17,000 children will have their blood checked. The city of newark says there is no lead contamination in its water supply. The count down to spring is on. It officially arrives on sunday, but it is going to feel meteorologist bill evans is timing out a major storm heading our w
Unfolding overseas. A egypt airplane was forced to fly to the island of cyprus. The hijacker allowed all passengers except four foreigners and some crew members to get off the aircraft. The hijacker has been identified as an egyptian man and is wearing an explosive suicide belt. The motive is not clear. There are reports hes seeking political asylum in cyprus. We will have more throughout the morning. And breaking news at home. A huge fire in east elmhurst, queens. Janelle burrell joins us live from the scene with more this morning. Janelle . Reporter chris and mary, the good news is the fire is under control here on 91st street and elmhurst. We want to get you to video of the enormous flames coming from the home at 91st street. Morning in one residential home, quickly spread to another and the chief says there were about three garages in the back of those residences and the fire consumed those structures, as well. The good news is that everybody did make it out safely. Hes telling us