Developing right now, after an entire day of delays, traffic on the new jersey turnpike is finally moving again. In the last half an hour, all the lanes were reopened, almost 12 hours after a fiery crash killed a truck driver. Good evening im maurice debois. Kristine is off. You can see the traffic moving steadily along a welcomed sight for those who need this route for the morning commute. In linden they were hoping to meet the midnight deadline, and they certainly did. Valerie . Reporter maurice, we were here when the crews wrapped up their work in the last half an hour, and you can see the traffic is moving freely behind me, and as you mentioned, it was an all day ordeal that left drivers finding new ways to pass the time. Reporter nearly 12 hours after crash first happened, road workers and emergency crews were working to clear the scene in the southbound lanes of the turnpike near linden, new jersey. Chopper 2 flew over the area, and you can see where the roadway remained closed a
Temperatures. Similar in the low 90s. More humid and more clouds. Generally a mostly sunny day on tap and a hot one. The current temperatures, 76 in the city. 59 in monticello. 69 for yaphank and 68 in cranbury. Most of us in the 60s and 70s out there. As we look at the vortex satellite and radar we had a few showers making their way to the north of the city early this morning. They are starting to dissipate. The sprinkles, you may see a few more fall before all is said and done. By this afternoon, skies will be mostly sunny under an air quality alert. We have high levels of o shown in the atmosphere. 9 00 a. M. 79. Feeling like 82. By noon 86, mostly sunny. Feels like 88. At 3 00 this afternoon, we peak at 92 degrees. It will feel like 94. Skies will be mostly sunny. In the first forecast, the full heat wave of 2013. I will have details shortly. We begin with breaking news out of east harlem. Police are on the hunt for a man who escaped custody while still in handcuffs. Ilana gold joi
Your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. Bruised and bloody and elderly man targeted by violent thieves in his home. How new yorks strongest came to his aid. Inside the mind of a gunman and his feud with the government. The lawmaker who tried to help the man before he opened fire on a Federal Building. Plus we just heard the guns go the gun go off and he screamed, go. Here owes on a highspeed train heroes on a high speed train how americans prevented a massacre overseas. Im dick brennan. Cindy hsu is off. An innocent man is in the hospital and three suspects on the run after a Home Invasion this morning. Now two sanitation workers are speaking out about helping the victim. Cbs 2s mark morgan has the story new at 6 00. Reporter known only to his neighbors as tony, this 76 yearold man sat dazed and bloody at his home in queens following a terrifying Home Invasion shortly after 6 a. M. According to police one suspect used a ladder to climb into the second floor window of the vict
Always on. I was struggling with it. What am i going . Maybe hes 29. Bruise bud not broken. Tied up. His message to the robbers on the run and the sanitation who came to help. Im dick brennan. Cindy hsu is off tonight. Who would attack an elderly man in his own home . Earlier this morning, he was treated at the hospital, and he returned home to find many of his possessions were stolen. Dave carlin with the interview new at 11. Reporter hes home after spending most of the day at the hospital, and hes talking to cbs 2 about his ordeal. I didnt take no crap from nobody. Reporter when anthony puzzio was robbed and beaten, he did his best to fight back, but the Early Morning Home Invaders had the element of surprise. He hit me once here with the gun and then punched me. Reporter he woke up, never imagining a masked man with the gun would go through the trouble of getting a ladder up to the open second floor window. Wheres the money . Wheres the money . I got no money reporter the ordeal las
Is known to have gang ties and a criminal history was under the influence of methamphetamine. Doctors diagnosed him with drug induced psychotic disorder. I had an emotional response to that video. I dont imagine anybody could watch it and not have an emotional response. I have been that is a fraction of the story. Reporter taseurs were unsuccessful. Tasers were unsuccessful. He likens the case to the rodney king beating in los angeles. It doesnt matter what happened before hand. Each individual blow, whether with a baton, a fist, whatever, the question is, whether any of those or none of them justify it. And on the video it appeared that none of them are. The suspect suffered a fractured leg and is in jail. The last officer hitting the suspect has been assigned to desk duty. The other officers are working patrol. Azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. The Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office cleared deputy in the killing of a woman who lunged at her. In 2013 deputies responded to a bu