One officer spotted the shooter and opened fire. Reporter Vincente Montano had been arrested once before. The individual had an arrest in 2004 for assault and resisting arrest. Reporter the 29yearold had a history of significant psychiatric issue. His mother says he was a diagnosed schizophrenic. He showed up here armed with a pellet gun and a hatchet. Me also had on a surgical mask, possibly to protect himself from the pupper spray. He was shot and killed by the s. W. A. T. Team. Authorities later detonated one of the backpacks he was carrying. There were items in there we think were made to resemble a hoax device, however, after detonating it, it turned tout be pardon meful. Reporter this man thanked police for the quick response. It gives me faith in humanity again. Reporter police do not have a motive for the attack. Police looked in his second bag and said nothing harmful was found inside. Time for traffic and weather on the2s. First up is john elliott this morning. Reporter good
After an accident forced the roadway to close in both directs in lyndon, tonight, traffic is still backed up. Sky fox over the scene tonight. Now. The traffic is still backed up for miles hopefully will be cleared up by the morning commute. Stacey deli it cant secaucus now. Stacey. Reporter well, dar i, it was not just the jersey turnpike that was backed up. Nearly every major roadway in new jersey was clogged up this evening as drivers tried to maneuver their way home. Route 3 cleared up around 8 30 tonight. The northbound lanes are open on the turnpike. The southbound lanes do remain closed. The backup is still 8 miles long t. They tell us tonight, they do expect to have everything reopen bid the morning. So this is insane. Rodney summing up the ex earns on the new jersey turnpike today. We if went from bumpertobumper with the detos to bumpertobumper on ear. It is frustrating. Very frustrating. The backup stretched for miles and miles after a dump truck overturned and caught fire at
Officers. Reporter as long as k2 is on the streets, First Responders will continue to get hurt. Its the firefighters being exposed and the police officers. But mainly its us, the primary emergency medical care, the paramedics and emts. York city. The Health Department issued warnings to bodegas to remind them of that. Im liz dahlem. Back for you. Ernie thank you very much. Lets talk to izzie miranda. This is a very important subject. We saw the story. Youre concerned about ems workers as well as the police. Tell us what youre thinking and whats going on. This is a very serious situation. Im very concerned. You know, our members do a very dangerous jobs. They do 1. 6 million jobs a year. The last thing we need is more dangerous work. Ernie this is adding to the problem. Talk about some of the workers who have been hurt. Well, i was talking to one member today. Hes been at it a few weeks. He was attacked by someone who was smoking k2 and from one second to another, he was ballistic. Abou
Reaction. Plus on media week selloff, subscriber losses, advertiser declines weighing on companies. And the morning after well recap the gops best debate moments last night, the big winners and the losers. First up, the jobs number. The u. S. Economy added 215,000 jobs in that month. Unemployment remains unchanged at 5. 3 . Weve been watching wage growth average Hourly Earnings up by five cents. Thats about 2. 1 on the year. Just a smidge below the estimates. The Unemployment Rates, 5. 261 is not far from being rounded down to 5. 2 . Coming into this, i think a lot of, you have this core set of economists saying you dont need a strong number. You need a weak one to put it back. The interesting question for the next couple of hours is how many stock Market Participants are there with those economists that a rate rise is coming. If theyre not there, notable monitors of sentiment, if theyre not there, if they make that transition, what will that mean for the stock market over the next mon
Before the American Express news broke, the dow was under a lot of pressure. That number came in line with expectations. It wasnt terrible. The fed rate hike could still nbt cards. The dow is down 85 points. We have someone who says the Current Employment report is not measuring jobs properly. Hell explain why next. Also, more on twitter. Its falling yet again today. That stock has been cut in half in just four months. Its now 1 away from the ipo price. Well look at whether investors should be cutting losses or holding out hope at this point. Crazy. And maximizing your airline miles. Wait until you meet the guy who has flown nearly five million miles for free. I love this story. Hes looking to make a business out of helping others do the same. Bill, we have to talk about he is taking advantage of the system or just finding out the way to benefit it. Its all legal much its all ethical. Hes just found a way to gain the system. Well tell you exactly how hes doing that if a little bit. Let