Moment he was blindsided by a Violent Group of men. And a warm and rainy start to the weekend. How long will the rain stick around . Cbs2 news eight morning starts right now. Good morning. 6 00 on this saturday, april 23rd. The days top stories are straight ahead. Verse Vanessa Murdock with a look at our forecast. Yesterday it was great outside. This morning a little rainy . Yeah. We need the rain. Thats going to last through roughly midday and we are going to see a few more showers. Ultimately, the second half of your day looking great. This morning a little bit soggy. Not bad either. We need that rain. Lets go ahead. Take a look at whats happening on the Virtual Reality text satellite and radar picture. We have late rain. On the south shore pockets of heavier rain. Way through through roughly midday. After that skies starting to clear on out. We could have a few stray showers. Generally, i think the afternoon is looking pretty good. 62 in the city. 62 bridgeport. As we roll through y
Reporter what should have been a cute photo session went down one awful rabbit hole. A disagreement erupted between a parent and the easter bunny as a child may have slipped from a chair after having her picture taken with the character. Supposed to be a fun, family thing. It wasnt. Reporter jersey city Officials Say the bunny may have initially been the victim but then he through a punch at the parent. But the show must go on. A new easter bunny in position a day after. Mall management in no mood to discuss the mayhem. Referring all questions to the company that hires the easter bunny. They tell us we are cooperating with the Police Department who are leading this investigation and have assigned other employees to fulfill the role i think it was a disgrace. Behaving that wane in front of children, not that way in front of the children not cool. Reporter arrested on aggravated assault. Shoppers are appalled at the sight of this. Parents have to understand their reaction in front of the
Val that i cold air trapped dunn to the surface it is 31 degrees and below freezing in quakertown. Twentyeight, 35 in willow grove. Storm scan three is quiet so a nice saturday is shaping up. We have clouds in washington d. C. , that will start to roll in this morning into the afternoon but overall a mild day. 64 degrees in philadelphia upper 50s at the shore. Even at poconos break go into the mid 50s for afternoon temperatures. Then we will talk about that rain moving in second half of the weekend into the start of the workweek. I will time it the out and when you will need umbrella the the most in a few more minutes, rahel, back to you. Rain and warmth, thanks, justin. New Jersey Transit and rail Union Workers reached a tentative agreement to a avoid a strike. Were still awaiting details of the the new and, threatened to walk off the job at 2 00 a. M. , if no deal was agreed upon. At center of the the dispute it was wages and amount that employees can contribute for health benefits.
As the dockery interview played, the family of officer guerra and officer rodriguez herself watched without expression from the courtroom showing no emotion. Dockerys attorney jesse young alleges his clients confession was coerced during what he calls a grueling 2 1 2 hour interview with police. The chamber of hell that he endured during that interrogation. Reporter dockery is charged with seconddegree murder. The judge says he expects the dies go to the jury by next tuesday. Scott rapoport, cbs 2 news. And in his videotaped confession, dockery admitted to setting fires going back to when he was 9 years old including once trying to spell his name out in a bathtub in flames. To some breaking news. A Mysterious Oil slick in the water north of the George Washington bridge to report. Joe biermann has been monitoring the situation from chopper 2. Route up here to try to figure out where this oil slick is coming from. One of the key indicators is theres a marina up here in Englewood Cliffs t
Opposite of that. Reporter the two new jersey counties with the most unaccounted for sex offenders are union and passaic. They each have 13. We did reach out to the prosecutors offices in both counties. We wanted to get information on how they plan to remedy this. No word back yet. Live in new jersey, madalena doris, cbs 2 news. An explosion in bayonne, new jersey, injures three contractors and two police officers. Pseg crews were installing a new gas main and conducting a pressure test when the small blast happened this morning. The line was being pumped with air not gas. Authorities say two of the contractors have serious injuries and another worker and the two officers have minor injuries. Police were on site directing traffic when the explosion happened. Tonight several people are hurt and more than a dozen brooklyn families homeless after a fire torched a row of apartment buildings. The damage is so extensive, buildings will collapse. Cbs 2s ilana gold reports from bushwick. Repor