The Pension System is in crisis to the tune of 100 billion. It is underfunded we got future unfunded liabilities. Governor Chris Christie talked about it today. He had couple of solution, the question is goff for, you have been in office for eight years. Where were these solutions sneap Ashley Johnson has all the details. Ashley, what do you got for us . New jersey governor Chris Christie at News Conference wednesday issued a warning to the sk sores democrat phil murphy about the dire state of the state pension fund system. New jersey is more than 100 million in the hole to pay for current and future retirement benefits. Lets get rid of the myth which started was Public Employees underpaid. You know . We have the highest paid Police Officers in america. We have think highest paid firefighters in america. We have a month of features in america. Where are they suffering exactly . And most of those public make more than all of you . Special commission on Public Pensions and Health Benefit
Very heavy snow amounts, very strong, heavy downpours of snow at times in this. Back to our west, some breaks of sunshine for the afternoon that is coming and were going to be looking at those temperatures hanging around, 37 degrees, but itll feel like the 20s. Well talk more about the weekend coming up next in your accuweather forecast. Looking a lot better. Shirleen okay, thank you, bill. We are following a developing story in brooklyn where a serial killer was just sentenced to 75 years to life in prison for the shooting deaths of three brooklyn shopkeepers. And there were some fireworks inside the courtroom. Eyewitness News Reporter stacy seager is live in downtown this. Reporter reporter well, shirleen, it was really a bizarre sentencing. Were talking about a serial killer known as the son of sal, rambling and rambling for at least 25 minutes minutes during brooklyn. In the end the judge had the final say. Now, take a look at this defendant. He was convicted of killing three brook
In a moment, but first, breaking news. A slashing on a bronx subway train. It happened early this morning during an attempted robbery. It comes as felony assaults are on the rise. Magdalena doris is live. Reporter this latest slashing marks 900 attacks this year, and police in mont haven are searching for the suspect. Reporter a man was approached by two people who tried to rob him. He resisted, and he was slashed. This is the lastest in a number the number is going up, and thats the latest addition we are putting into the it. Im confident that it will go down. Reporter they are adding more Police Patrols overnight near bars and nightclubs and tracking different statistics. Last friday brought two more slashings, one at penn station and another at the a. Train station in manhattan. The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. Magdalena doris. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. How about that cold out there . Its brutal. As promised it will be a chilly way to st
40caliber gun clip in the water but still searched for the murder weapon. Authorities are searching for reasons how a career criminal could be let out of jail again and again. There are some people that have to be in prison. And we need to work harden to ensure that they get to prison and more importantly that they stay there. Reporter now, a spokesman for the criminal court system actually says that howard was in his words a perfect candidate for that drug program that commissioner bratton was so critical of. In the meantime howard is out of the hospital in custody still being questioned by police. Live in east harlem, dick brennan, cbs 2 news. Officer holder knew his job was dangerous. But he was passionate about it. He was starting to plant his own roots in this country. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez reports from far rockaway, queens where officer holder called home. Reporter Police Commissioner bill bratton and mayor de blasio spent time at the family of randolph holder to pay their respect
Elected by the people to represent the people. They should share our outrage. Instead they shared in the circling of the wagons. In my opinion its the board of supervisors that represents the police department, not the people. Reporter there is one thing the county still has not released concerning the john geer shooting and that is the internal Affairs Report of the investigation of that outburst adam torres had in the courthouse. Coming up at 6 00 hear from the geer family attorney about that. Im peggy fox, reporting live, wusa9. As you can see from peggys live shot, its a pretty gusty evening with the wind chills dropping to Single Digits and the winds whipping. First alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us now. It sounds like a night you want to be indoors. Oh, yeah. Get the pets indoors, too. Were looking at wind still gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour. We have a wind advisory covering the entire metro area. 35 mileperhour wind gust in frederick and 30 in hagerstown. If its