The family, the mother and the two children, they are still in the hospital, two firefighters were also injured, rescuing that family. One was cut on the wrist, the other one had problems with his knee after that rescue. Of course at this point still no cause on how this fire started. For now we are live, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Police in queens are questioning a mother after her infant son was apparently thrown out of a fourth floor window. The baby was found in the concrete courtyard of an Apartment Building in richmond hill. The child, father, two other adults and two children were in the apartment at the time. Sources say they initially denied the baby even lived there. The 21yearold mother was taken to the hospital for observation. A rude wakeup call for some drivers in new jersey. Nearly two dozen people came outside only to discover their tires slashed in the middle of the night. Now police want to track down who was behind the frustrating and costly crime. It all
Changes, he said, quote, quite soon. Live from times square. Back to you. Steve thank you, liz. Former subway spokesperson jared fogle agreed to a plea deal following charges he had sex with minors and possessed child pornography. Sharon crowley is joining us with more than. Reporter he will agree to pleading child pornography and molesting 14 children. Two of his victims are 16yearold girls who accuse him of having sex with them at hotels in new york city. The long time subway pitchman will pay 1. 4 million in fines and serve at least five years in prison. Jared fogle shot to celebrity status and became a subway spokesman after he said he lost weight eating subway sandwiches for a year. Now fogle is in the spotlight for a serious reason. He will be going to jail. Hes agreed to plead guilty to charges of paying for sex with minors and possession of child pornography. Jared fogle has been charged and has admitted to participating in a fiveyear criminal scheme to exploit children. His pl
Thank you for joining us, im ken rosato, and you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Good morning everybody. Happy friday. If youre about to head out the door, grab your umbrella. You are going to need that. We have rain across the area, we have temperatures in the upper 70s. Its a morning where we start out with a muggy morning out here and a morning where were looking at whats going to be these showers and thunderstorms. 76 right now and passing through the area, its muggy. Were looking at the line from kingston to poughkeepsie down the toms river. Western jersey is shower free now and so is manhattan. Theres a little shower coming across Staten Island heading towards brooklyn and queens. Theres showers and thunderstorms up there at newburgh, and those are heavy along 84 and 87 and back to our west, drier, cooler air for tomorrow, which will be delightful. Well talk about that coming up in just a moment. Im doing okay. Southern state parkway, different story,
Im not sure how many, maybe three, four. I want was like a brawl on the train. About an hour later another rider assaulted a different motorman aboard the c line in east new york. This was then followed by another separate attack where a suspect spit on the face of an operator at g line. Police do not believe the incidents to be related, but the Subway Workers Union would like to see more protections in place. The union said quote transit workers are exposed to assaults daily. The police need to protect transit workers. District attorneys have to stop making excuses and not enforcing the law for assault on transit workers. There are several cameras that police are reviewing hoping for some leads. Live in lower manhattan, a. J. Ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A. J. , thank you. Another wild and gut wrenching day for wall street. The day started with a rally. Then it came to an end. The massive sell off in the last hour of trading. The do i down 204 points. The nasdaq down nearly 20. S
That was an extraordinary thing to happen. Reporter the dow down 8. 5 on monday. At the opening of the asian market, they saw some improvement, but china failed to gain tax. The u. S. , europe, and china are the three economies that matter the most around the world. Reporter the dow finished down 558 points, the worst singleday loss in a year. Onethird one of my retirement is dependent on the stock market. Reporter for those wondering what to do . How about nothing . How about sitting tight and sticking to your game plan . When you decide to take a knee jerk decision, you usually regret it. I would hate to see people look back and say gosh, why did i get out again . I had 10 or 20 or 30 years to go before i needed the money. Reporter the major index closing down 7. 6 , and we will see how the markets on wall street will do later this morning. Janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. Another day of holding on tight. Traffic and weather on the 2s, john, good morning to you. Buy fear and sell enthusi