Here on staten island. Back to you in the studio. Now we want to get to the bronx where dozens are homeless for the holidays nearly 90 people forced from their apartments because of an Early Morning inferno. Tonight we know the red cross is helping them find a place to stay. Thats right, and Michael George explains the loss is even tougher to handle during the holidays. Reporter that Early Morning fire gutted nearly half a city block. But the biggest concern right now is for 89 people who just lost their homes. Flames Strong Enough to destroy nine homes, leaving d ens of people homeless. Two weeks before christmas, no one wants to go through this holiday time. So its a sad situation. Reporter crystal perry considers herself one of the lucky ones. Her home has smoke damage, but its still standing. 89 others werent as lucky. We dont know what will happen now. Were homeless. Reporter how the fire neighbors woke up to flames spreading quickly from rooftop to rooftop. It took 200 firefighte
Operate in that state right now. Our malini basu is here to explain. Thats right. A Gaming Commission efficiently suspended all daily Fantasy Sports from allowing players to play in the state. Now, that includes right here the boston base draft king. So regulators said that they cant operate in the state without a gambling license. It comes after a backlash by investigators and regulators over the sites which have grown or so. There are also pending lawsuits and state investigations against some of the sites, including an alleged inside trading scandal. Now, regulators say that the site, they can apply for licenses to begin operations once again. And tonight we could tell you fox 25 reached out to draft kings tonight for that they have not gotten back to us yet. Live in the control room, malini basu, fox 25 news. A man struck by a firefighter telling us he wants now. Two lives. Ted daniel has only what youll see on fox 25. This is the first time that firefighter, joseph, crossed the he
On the loose right now. S. Boston base defy draft king has been banned in the Gaming Capital of the world. The he nevada invest gaming control board says they cannot operate in that state right now. Our malini basu is here to explain. Thats right. A Gaming Commission efficiently suspended all daily Fantasy Sports from allowing players to play in the state. Now, that includes right here the boston base draft king. So regulators said that they cant operate in the state without a gambling license. It comes after a backlash by investigators and regulators over the sites which have grown in popularity in the past year or so. There are also pending lawsuits and state investigations against some of the sites, including an alleged inside trading scandal. Now, regulators say that the site, they can apply for licenses to begin operations once again. And tonight we could tell you fox 25 reached out to draft kings tonight for that announcement for a statement but they have not gotten back to us ye
We talked to one worker at the building here on the corner of 7th avenue and 37th street who says they started smelling the gas around 2 00 this afternoon and then it progressively got worse. Thats when someone notified the authorities. Again, authorities out here with fdny and con ed looking for the source of the leak, searching a gas main on 7th avenue 37th street near 7th after. Well have for you as it develops. Now to the bronx where a 67yearold man was roughed up and robbed. Manhandled, choked and tossed to the ground by a trio of thieves desperate to get his cash. The violent scene playing out in the bronx. Michael george is there tonight. He spoke with the victim. This is horrifying. Reporter it is. And the victim told me that he doesnt want to go on camera because he fears for his own when you see the video of this attack, you cant blame him. The Surveillance Video is tough to watch. It show as teen choking a 67yearold man. He drags the victim to the pavement then robs him. Its
And credible intelligence homeland. Reporter president obama addressing the nation on the white house just after security team. President obama so as americans travel this weekend to be with their loved ones i want them to to know that our counterterrorism, intelligence, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement professionals at every level are working overtime. Reporter indeed, governor baker points at the cooperation between local and federal Law Enforcement and says the increased visibility of police will continue. We have tremendous amount of presence at any big public event the airport as well and thats going to continue as well through the end of the year. Reporter here in boston, mayor walsh telling us he has daily calls with police. Were making sure the streets are safe. Were also patrolling the community neighborhoods. Heaven forbid that something happened but theres no intelligence out there that anyone should be fearful. Reporter Boston Police commissioner bill evans telling us