She was attacked, she was robbed, she was held hostage in her own home. An 84yearold woman talking to us exclusively about her ordeal, and how she tried to win over the robber by making him a meal. But first, all new at 11 00, a frightening series of armed robberies. Many of the victims targeted when theyre getting out of taxi cabs. Good evening at 11 00. Im liz cho. Sade is off tonight. Im bill ritter. The robbers point a gun. The vulnerable riders give them their money. The bad guys already striking at least 14 times. Aj ross is in richmond hill, queens with the latest. Its an alarming robbery pattern police are anxious to put an end to with the recent incident happening nine days ago. Its the same m. O. Armed thieves targeting taxi cab riders and drivers. Theyre hoping surveillance behind bars. Reporter cold and calculated, police are on the hunt for an armed pair of thieves targeting cab riders in queens. The two seen in this Surveillance Video robbed more than a dozen people at gu
In about a half hour. Then later tonight a star studded fundraiser at radio city music hall. Josh einiger with more for us. Were here at the north pavilion of the javits center. A little hard to hear you because this rally is well underway here. A large contingent of Hillary Clinton supporters, union members, volunteers waiting to meet her at a homecoming rally. In the meantime theres breaking news in the republican primary. Dr. Ben carson reportedly planning now to suspend his campaign. This development announced late this afternoon by Ohio Governor john kasich. Reporter saying he sees no political path forward after losing big on super tuesday, retired neurosurgeon announced hed skip the next republican debate. For the party establishment, its still not enough to coalesce around anyone but donald trump. Well, they can always do that. Then theyll just lose everything. Developer swept seven states last night. Today senator marco rubio cast his early ballot in his home state of florida.
And a while ago we spoke to someone about the struggle this neighborhood has gone through. Its another strike or whatever you want to call it. You own five houses on this block. Whats going through your mind . Got to do it again, fix them up. Same thing. Just keep going. One of the houses that burned was being rebuilt from sandy. Yes, the party has two weeks to go and they would have been moved in again. Theyre not going to move in for quite a while now. Got to start all over. She was over at our house before and just unbearable. Shes in tears. Frustrating. Right there you get a sense of what these folks are going through. Its a neighborhood known as american venice. They struggled after superstorm sandy. Youre looking at east Santa Barbara road. Because of these winds residents tell us the winds were swirling. People were hosing down the roofs of their homes was everyone was concerned about their homes and you heard that gentleman, what he said. One of the homes that burned, these fol
Of those suicide bombers were deported at the Syrian Border last year and made his way through europe to belgium. With one dangerous terror suspect still on the run, police are chasing every lead more than 36 hours after those deadly attacks. Turkey detained one of the brussels bombers on the Syrian Border last year, but then deported him according to the turkish president , he slipped through europe making his way to belgium. So far the belgium prosecutor identified two of the suicide bombers, and ibrahim la crowy laachraoui. He said i dont know what to do. I am on the run, people are looking for me everywhere and if i give myself up i will end up in a cell. Reporter the brothers had criminal records but nothing related to terrorism. Authorities say their focus now who Authorities Say left behind the most powerful bag of explosives at the airport, which, fortunately, only detonated after the bomb squad arrived. As for the victims, tributes and prayers continue across the country and a
Its in the 30s in cleveland. Chicago just below freezing. St. Louis in the 30s. 20s and even teams ens over the far northern plains. Right now were tracking the rain as moves away from the area. Were still seeing some pretty heavy downpours over parts of long island right now out toward the hamptons and also toward the north. For the rest of this evening, the rain tapers off, but the cold air will start pouring in. Well talk more about that in just a few minutes. You can stay up with the forecast with the app. Tap the logo in the corner and select the weather tab. And you can set the weather page as your home screen. Download the app on the app store right now. Now to new information on the arrest of pharmaceutical bob martin shkreli. You may remember when he and his company were criticized for hiking the price of drug by 5,000 . With securities fraud in connection with a company he ran from 2012 to 2014. He and a former coworker are accused of improperly channeling millions in cash an