New yorkers against gun violence is trying to change that through legislative advocacy and education, with a particular focus on young people in communities prone to gun violence. Here today is leah gunn barrett, executive director of new yorkers against gun violence, the organizations education director, as well shaina harrison. Thank you, all, for being with us this afternoon. We appreciate it. Of course, youre doing wonderful work here, and what we really think is particularly interesting is that you have taken your program into the schools. Tell us about that. Well, we figure that its not just enough to do the policy work, which is very important, clearly, but its also educating young people who are living with gun violence on a daytoday basis about the problem and to let them know that there is something they can do about it. They can become advocates and activists in their community. They cant change where they live, but they can change how they respond to whats happening around
The video of the slashing attack was so disturbing, police say it caught the attention of viewers including one man who recognized the suspect and called police leading to the arrest of Kari Bazemore wednesday night. She was bleeding a lot. She was crying and she walked in and she said somebody slashed her in the face. Amanda morris left with two visible gashes on her face after the investigators say the had 41yearold walked alongside and. It happened on west 23rd street in chelsea as morris was on her way to work. Morris who had to have stitches writes on facebook i was simply in the wrong plus at the wrong time and put in an unfortunate situation. It was about 12 hours later that that Good Samaritan spotted Kari Bazemore walking near st. Patricks cathedral and called police. Morris now urging others to learn from her experience adding i did have a bad feeling about this man as soon his walk was irregular and he appeared under the in plus by his body language and stance. Always always
Yeah, its not so bad this morning because we dont have the strong winds that weve had recently but, yeah, its still definitely cold. Take a look at satellite. We are looking at plenty of sunshine coming up over the horizon later on this morning and its going to stay with us pretty much all day long because High Pressure is in control. Temperatures right now, though, are controlling us. 21 degrees right now in philadelphia. Just 14 degrees in allentown. 13 in trenton. 12 in reading and weve improved to 8 degrees in millville, how about that, 16 degrees in wilmington. Not much wind, though, so we dont have to worry about wind chills. As if those temperatures arent cold enough without the wind though, right. 22 degrees by 8 oclock so through the morning rush its still going to be pretty uncomfortable. Noon up to 34 and then by 3 oclock, looks like well be about nine or 10 degrees milder this afternoon than we were in most areas yesterday. Light winds, lots of sun and a high of 40 degrees
Morning so make sure you add the extra layers and the extra gear. Things are going to get a little better later this afternoon. Good news today we have High Pressure in control thats going to keep us under the sun and also knock those winds down so winds will be lighter today. As we take a look at temperatures though just 21 degrees in philadelphia. 13 right now in allentown. 14 in trenton, 13 in reading. We still havent gotten rid of that cold air that moved in a couple of days ago and your wind chills not too bad. The same as the temperature in a lot of cases because the winds are very light. As we take a look at our heading out the door forecast this morning mainly clear, still cold 21 degrees by 6 oclock, 22 by 8 00 a. M. No relief during the morning rush hour unfortunately. But later this afternoon it does get a little bit better. 34 degrees by noon, 40 by 3 oclock. That is going to be your high right around the time the kids are coming home from school and then down to 33 by 6 oc
See how the commute is going. Good morning. So far, its much better than yesterday. We do have some delays out there. Were going to take a live look at the van wyck expressway. As you make your way southbound through the kew gardens interchange, things really arent moving. Thats because of road work. Thatll get wrapped up in about a half hour to an hour. Then if youre headed towards the queens midtown tunnel, this is what it looks like. We have that overnight road work from 10 30 to 5 30 a. M. Every night now. South tube is closed, so the north tube is taking on twoway affic. Well have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. We begin with breaking news. The u. N. Plans to go into emergency session over north koreas explosion of a hydrogen bomb. At first, the nuclear test registered as an earthquake near the border with china. Then the north confirmed the explosion and called it a success. South koreas government went into emergency meetings when they got word of the test. It could be