Attack add elderly woman with a hammer killed her nbc bay area peggy bunker is live in front of the home and you talked to a neighbor who ran into the woman and she was holding the hammer. Yeah it is a wild and horrible story all at the same time in the quiet neighborhood. Richard freeman says he lived 70 years his entire life. The night of the murder he found the alleged suspect in his backyard naked holding what he believed to be the murder weapon. Take a look here this is the mugshot released by the Sheriffs Department. She say Suzanne Fernandez is the suspect here. Arrested on saturday morning. She is 39 years old, a resident of los gatos. The Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department arrested her on suspicion of killing the woman a longterm resident who lived alone in the house. Freeman says he found fernandez and naked and holding a hammer in the backyard the night of the murder. He says she yelled at him asking if he found jesus. Did you hear me jesus i said go put clothes back on.
Commodity trading. Lots of damage to report in the new york city area, more than 50 homes were destroyed by fire last night in breezy point queens. Just east of cone any islands, more than 170 firefighters were on the scene. And separately more than 200 patients were evacuated last night from new york universitys Medical Center after power went out. Patients some on respirators operating on Battery Power were taken to other hospitals. And check this video out. A crane on this luxury high rise building, thats under construction, topping over on 57th street, the 90 Story Building looks over central park. Luxury apartments telling for tens of millions of dollars. The crane could be seen blowing in the wind for most of the night and officials there trying to figure out how to get that down eventually. To find out how much rain and wind sandy will be packing and where its heading next, jen carfagno has the forecast. Between morning. So we are still dealing with central winds of 65 miles an
Illinois 10th Congressional District has one of the most expensive races in the country as democrats try to take control of the seat for the first time in more than 30 years. Theyre aided by the recent remap of the district which makes it the most democratic Congressional District in the country that is held by a republican. The newlydrawn 10th Congressional District runs along Lake Michigan and up to the illinois wisconsin border and includes northern sub you ares such as buffalo grove, lake forest and glen cove. A couple of quick notes. This forum is being streamed live on our web site, wttw. Com chicago tonight, and you can join a live chat. If you have a question for the candidates, you can ask it there, and we may use it on the air. Also a note about our format tonight. This is not a formal debate. The candidates will not give opening or closing statements, their answers will not be timed, and they will not necessarily be asked the same questions. I will use fairness as my guide t
Welcome to cbs this morning. As daylight arrives on the west coast, much of the east coast is getting to see the full devastation of super storm sandy. The massive storm is blamed for at least 18 deaths at least 7. 5 million utility customers have lost power in 16 states and washington, d. C. It is estimated that sandy has cause edd 10 to 20 billion in damage, making it one of the most expensive storms in America American history. Financial markets are closed again because of the storm. Here in new york city, the subway system could be closed for days because of historic flooding. Our correspondents are on the ground across the east covering the impact of superstorm sandy. We begin our coverage in hardhit new york city. President obama has just declared a state of emergency in new york and new jersey. Jim axelrod is at battery park in manhattan, which was inundated with water. Jim, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. High tide has come here. At least in this part of battery p