Basement behind a adjacent buildings basement behind a locked down. They hid it in the rear of the basement, unable to be accessed because the door was locked. Reporter so con ed never spotted the illegal hook up, even though they were there hours before the explosion. This is meant to send a message to contractors all over the city. Break the law, and we will find you and hold you accountable. Reporter all five of the defendants here in manhattan in criminal court have entered a not guilty plea. Four of these defendant, their bail set at a Million Dollars each. The master plumber, the one whos accuse offed falsifying document, his bail is at 100,000. For now jim hoffer, channel 7. The father of the one of the two killed in the blast says news of the charges have the family of a 23yearold have set up a shrine in their apartment in his memory. Their son was on a date on the ground floor when the blast happened. His date made it out okay. Well, im happy, i mean that theyre bringing these
All the weapons are purchased brand new. The training theyre receiving. A lot of this supported by the federal funding that were at risk of potential losing. Reporter the president s proposed budget would cut that funding to the urban Area Security initiative from 600 million to 330 million nationwide. New yorks funding would be cut from 180 million to 90 million. Not cutting them 5 or 10 , but close to 50 , it makes no sense. Reporter federal and city officials also point out the city is one of the worlds top terrorist targets. This is a time of increased threats. Its a time of more complex threats. Therefore the tools we use to prevent terror are more necessary than ever. The necessary Funding Police Officials Say help to create and operate the highly sophisticated nypd. Unconscionable and im just speaking about new york city. Reporter hundreds of officers in special units are now strategicically working the city with new k9 officers, portable Radiation Detection equipment and firepo
Laid out on the floor. Reporter todays incident eerily family. A little over a year ago, an 83 yearold was found submerged in a pool at the spa by other customers, not staff, prompting a city Health Inspection revealing dirty and unsafe conditions, conditions the owner insists have been fixed. Now heres Something Else daniel insists, he says they followed all the rules, that they had three cpr certified Staff Members on the third floor, but there are five pool, and the Staff Members were not at the pool where it happened, once again the Good Samaritan just happened to be there, and it was a last minute decision for her to even come to the spa, she did revive the little girl that was transported to to be okay. Stacey sager, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thanks goodness she came. Ty. Now to the cab driver that thought he was going to die, shot in the face and left for dead, he didnt even have time to react when suddenly two masked men jumped in his car in roosevelt and started pummeling him
This is on chicago avenue in massapequa. The damage can be spotted and it appears the homeowners were home when this happened and were told they are okay. Take a look at this video of the other damage we spotted. Power lines crashed down on two cars setting them on fire. No one was injured at the fire, but the flames, were told, grew quickly. Up on the north shore, downed wires and trees are a problem county. You are seeing one of the biggest problems, though. Initially 43,000 customers lost power on long island. 37,000 still dont have power this morning. The largest areas are in hempstead and oyster bay. I spoke with a man who lives in massapequa and says hes still taking on the situation. Its kind of sad, you know . Its one less tree. It is a very shady block. Its beautiful to come down this block. Reporter have you spoken with your neighbors who lived here . No, i just woke up. Reporter tell me about your yard. I have to go look. Have i to go look at my tree i have to go look at my
Im rob nelson. Or late birds. Im michelle charlesworth. Ann is taking a little respite. She works around the clock. Shes in a very nice spot. Good spot. So shes chilling. Jeff smith slumming with the weekend morning crew today and tomorrow. Good morning, sir. Hi, jeff money. Always happy to be with you guys. Well warm up as we head into him to. Were going from winter chill to springlike warmth as we head dep near the weekend. We see the first little glimmer of hope. We have temperatures in the lower 20s like white plains and 26 in teeterboro, 28 at jfk and la guardia. Of course you add in the wind and it will bring things into the Single Digits well north and west of north city. There is a squeeze play with the system well off to our north that will spread snow showers into parts of canada. Were south of that system, so that means a westerly and southwestly flow during the day. It will be breezy like yesterday, but not quite as cold. We take the edge off of that arctic air mass just a