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
Faith in their police force. Lets just get real about the facts. There are some individuals who may have made a mistake. They will suffer those consequences. But the entire police force deserves respect for the extraordinary job they are doing. The probe centers on two businessmen with ties to mayor de blasio and his campaign and also former chief of department phillip banks. Thank you. Much more at 6 00. Much more. Thank you. Developing now in brooklyn. A special hearing could change the fate of a former nypd officer convicted of killing an unarmed man. A juror is accused of hiding Key Information during jury selection. Cbs 2s dick brennan is live in downtown brooklyn with the late details. Dick. Reporter the hearing was to decide were to throw out the conviction of officer peter liang. He was convicted of shooting the defense says a juror lied while being chosen saying that nobody in his family had been accused of a crime but later the juror told a newspaper that his father went to p
For the biggest stupidity such as a history of moving violations. The feds seized files including records of a man who in 2013 was approved for and obtained a license to carry a firearm at all times. Prior to his application the man had been arrested for forgery, received approximately ten moving violations, received three vehicle related summons and had been the subject of at least four Domestic Violence complaints including one in which he was accused of threatening to kill someone. He is being charged with one count of bribery and one count of conspiracy which carries a maximum of ten years in jail. The big question is if this is the end or the beginning of the probe. I will have that part of the story coming up tonight at 6 00. I am marcia kramer, cbs 2 news. Thank you. We are following breaking news in mid town. Bricks fell from a building hitting someone on the sidewalk. Reporter this is 34th scene on the west bound side of 34th near 5th avenue. About 4 00 apparently some debris
Bandaged up in the back of an ambulance. A Woman Tells Police shes the victim of another slashing in our city, this time on a busy sidewalk in broad daylight. Im kristine johnson. And im used to walk. Cbs2s sonia rincon is following the developing story, live in Lower Manhattan with Reporter Police are investigating a very disturbing allegation from a young woman who came running into this building on broadway just after 4 00 this afternoon with her face bleeding. This 20yearold is being treated for a small wound to her face according to police. She claims a stranger attacked her on broadway at the corner of wall street right in front of the historic trinity church. She reported that when he slashed her he made a statement to the effect that she was a terrorist, and he continued to flee northbound on broadway. Reporter nypd assistant chief William Aubrey says the young woman is of middle eastern descent. She called her dad when this happened and her sister called the police. Now theyre
Good morning. Its 5 30 on this wednesday april 6th. David is all. Well head over to karen rogers. Shes got your accuweather and matt pelman has traffic. Good morning. Good morning. Were off to a cold start again, temperatures colder than yesterday morning in most areas. A freeze warning once again this morning until 9 oclock. Protect any of the potted plants. Hopefully you already brought them in. Look at these temperature. 20 degrees in martins creek, one in coatesville, 23 in pottstown, youre a little better in center city itself sitting at the freezing mark but its still cold. In new jersey 21 in hammonton and vineland. 22 in glassboro near rowan and 27 degrees in dover, delaware. Heres what satellite6 and action radar look. Clouds until tomorrow and add some rain to the picture tomorrow but today were dry. Lots of sunshine. Just a few clouds. And this afternoon its not as bad as it was yesterday afternoon. Temperatures will be about 10 degrees warmer so by 9 00 a. M. Its 38. Still