Days of this year, new yorkers who got the chance to get outside it was just glorious. Reporter its dinnertime at glen island park. No reservations needed. We have shrimp, kabobs and all. I brought some hot dogs. Reporter the ambience perfect, dress code not enforced. Short sleeves, feels great. Reporter on the upper east side, hot dogs from the cart on fifth avenue hit the spot for lunch. As for getting around today, people took to the sidewalks, steps of the met jacketfree. Kayakers on the Long Island Sound are jumping at the chance to get paddling. This is unusual obviously because of the weather conditions. So we couldnt wait to get back into the water pretending spring has arrived. Side working outside just got easier and more lucrative. You can make a trip two, three time. In the wintertime zero or one. Reporter you make two or three times more when its warmer . Yeah. Reporter its the perfect day to show off your creativity. Peace and calmness. Reporter for others, just enjoy the
Direct action on the ground. Amy the white house has announced a team of special Operations Forces will be sent into syria. This comes after the first u. S. Combat casualty in iraq in four years with troops on the ground in iraq and delayed withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. We will speak with author Phyllis Bennis as well as retired colonel Andrew Bacevich, about obamas endless war. In the islamist government of the turkish president erdogan has regained its poetry majority, but opposition protest are continuing. Turkish people do not celebrate the result of the election cheerfully. Although a Political Party has received almost 50 of the votes, why . Because significant number of the people are living in fear. Everybody is uneasy over how far can the ruling party go. I can assure that nobody needs to be afraid or concerned because we are here. Amy we will go to Patrick Cockburn in istanbul to find out what the comeback victory means for the country. All that and more, coming up.
Opportunistic attacks against isil or conducting such visions to agree whether by air or direct action on the ground. Amy the white house has announced a team of special Operations Forces will be sent into syria. This comes after the first u. S. Combat casualty in iraq in four years with troops on the ground in iraq and delayed withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. We will speak with author Phyllis Bennis as well as retired colonel Andrew Bacevich, about obamas endless war. In the islamist government of the turkish president erdogan has regained its poetry majority, but opposition protest are continuing. Turkish people do not celebrate the result of the election cheerfully. Although a Political Party has received almost 50 of the votes, why . Because significant number of the people are living in fear. Everybody is uneasy over how far can the ruling party go. I can assure that nobody needs to be afraid or concerned because we are here. Amy we will go to Patrick Cockburn in istanbul to
So what is being done to help them past this situation. Reporter we didnt see any outreach but the Port Authority has commissioned an Organization Called the volunteers of america who are there every night to offer their services to the homeless, although many times they refuse it. They said they will continue their work. All right, meg, thank you for that. Another exclusive story tonight. For months mayor de blasio has been under pressure to fix the citys homeless problem. Finally ousting the commissioner and announcing a new plan to improve things. Today the first interview with the man now in charge of degree something about this. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer with this exclusive story. I ride the subway to work every morning and i see what people see. And im as troubled as anybody when i see suffering on the streets. Reporter meet steven banks the man selected by mayor de blasio to deal with the york city huge numbers of homeless living on the street, begging and making ma
Bundle up. This bitter cold temperatures are here, and snow is a possibility this weekend. Good evening, everyone. Im muhr reece dubois. Im christine johnson. We hit our high of 57 degrees this morning. Temperatures arent expected to top 40 degrees tomorrow. In some areas, it will feel like its in the teens. At long last, snow in buffalo, about 2 00 in the afternoon, the first flakes fell in the buffalo area, which marked the latest date they have seen snow since 1899. Vanessa murdock is in for lonnie quinn, talking about well, finally it will feel like december. Temperatures topping out in the low and mid40s this weekend, but tomorrow will be especially cold because winds will be gusting to 30 miles per hour. Windchills will be in the 20s and low 30s for just about all of us tomorrow afternoon. Right now, it is 39 in the city, 41 in hamptons. Coupled with winds, feels like 34 in the hamptons. Feels like 20 in monticello. Windchill in central park, 36. Windchill. 7 00 a. M. City. Feels