When she told us a man followed her. He pistol whipped her. Other elderly women were robbed at gun point and knife point. They tell news 4 this robber is making them afraid and hes even lives. Im carrying a whistle, and i terrifying. They put a poster on the front door of our building, but ive told all my friends and were all being as careful as we can be, but its very scary and the police theres been a good Police Presence here since that happened. Of course, it scares you, but what can you do . Reporter police are encouraging people to walk in groups, to be out and to make sure they keep their head out looking around the area. That robber is wanted for targeting at least seven people and a reward is being offered immediately. Im mark santia, news 4 new york. Thank you. New at noon, a man accused of crashing a drug rejected a plea deal. The victim, william pena was a veteran of nyc transit and his family turned up in court today for a hearing and news 4s andrew siff was there. Reporte
Live from the cbs Broadcast Center in new york city, this is cbs2 news at 11. Breaking news tonight, power lines and roofs ripped apart as dangerous tornadoes tear through the countrys midsection. Dodging death, a child surprisingly okay after getting knocked to the ground by a deliveryman. A parent says this is part of a bigger problem, a cbs2 exclusive. First, controversial comments on abortion from the republican frontrunner. Other candidates take donald from a familiar face. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im maurice dubois. And im kristine johnson. Cbs2s tony aiello is in the newsroom with the latest from the campaign trail. Tony . Croak trump quickly corrected himself and supporters say he simply misspoke but even prolife leaders are calling him out for saying if abortion were banned, women seeking them should be punished. Critics say this is more proof trump fails to think deeply about important issues. People misspeak all the time. But with him, everybody wants to make a big dea
Strahan is in kensington with new video. This came out overnight. Reporter thats right, michael. Its very clear. The latest incident that happened in this area, the nypd said there have been eight attacks on the elderly so far. The images were about to show you show someone not so young himself. You can see him in the black jacket and glasses. His hair completely gray. The nypd says the images were taken from a Surveillance System in this area. Hes been robbing and attacking elderly people in brooklyn since march 2nd. The latest victim of the alleged suspect is an 83yearold woman. You see her there. Erin van shind he will. She was still swollen and bruised. That man spoke to her on saturday. Pistol whipped her and tried to take something. But nothing was taken in that incident. The nypd says other elderly victims have been robbed of hundreds of dollars that were with a box cutter and some targets. Again, eight people have been attacked as a result of this. The nypd is asking michael, f
Breaking news on manhattans east side. A pane of glass fell from a hotel hitting a person on the sidewalk. Valerie castro has more. Reporter maurice, we are here on 51st just east of lexington and the sidewalk below from where that glass fell is actually still closed right now. Its across the street. You can see where that section of glass fell from, its about 25 to 30 feet off the ground. Within the last hour, a worker was sweeping up the broken glass from the sidewalk. We know one person was hurt as they walked by and the glass fell. This happened around 3 30 this afternoon. Witnesses say the person was transported to the hospital with a cut on his face. They say it was a slash across the nose. They were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The Fire Department responded and called for the department of buildings to investigate exactly how that piece of glass worked its way loose. Back out here live, you can see the glass is not part of a functioning window. Again, one person wa
With it, we could still have some spotty light rain. And a closer look at the snow that continues to fall in the sierra. Were expecting the possibility of over a foot of snow in some of the Higher Elevations. So great news all around. And weve had in many spots over an inch of rain. Now it is clearing out. Were getting a chance to dry out. Were seeing some breaks in those clouds. And now our temperatures will stay steady right around the mid60s heading into the afternoon. But we cant rule out another popup shower or thunderstorm. Ill detail that and well take a look at some of those rainfall totals coming up in a few minutes. Now back to you scott and kris. Ill tell you, when theres rain in the bay area, you know theres going to be snow in the sierra. Our sister station is up at Donner Summit with something we havent seen in a while. Reporter sierra saw heavy rain overnight. It wasnt until about 3 30 this morning that the rain turned to this. Weve got good snow coming down here on Donn