Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News 20151028

Whats left of patricia headed our way after causing flash flooding across the country. The remnants set to soak us here in the tristate. Good evening at 11 00, im bill ritter. Im sade baderinwa. Were in for some heavy rain. The aftermath of patricia affecting huge swaths of the country and theres been flooding. This is in louisiana. Lee goldberg timing it all out for us. Hes at the weather wall. You hit the nail on the head. Part of its dna is hurricane patricia. You can see this satellite and radar which goes back to sunday, compound fragments of patricia and expanding as moisture runs up the east two 3rds of the country. Rainfall to harrisburg. Closer to new jersey about 5 a. M. About daybreak, new york city, western long island, midmorning eastern long island, and eastern fairfield county. Slight change since 6 00 tonight, this little kink in the timing because i think earlier rainfall could shoot in to the Hudson Valley in going to be a 1 to 2 and a half inch rainfall. Closer to the inch along the immediate coach. 1 to 1 and a half inches for most. Closing in on the 2inch amounts especially north and west of new york city near the Hudson Valley. Coastal flood advisories. Thats going to be minor during the high tide. Maybe gusting to 40 along the coast. Heres what you need to know. Rain develops around daybreak. Morning commutes, probably steadier over new jersey. Heaviest rain and strongest wind, winds could gust to 40 Miles Per Hour along the coast. Theres going to be ponding on area roadways for the evening commute. Poor visibility. I say that because all the leaves on the roads keep the storm drains clean as well. More on the timing, futurecast. Weve got the halloween and marathon forecast coming up later in the show. A rescue tonight in the hudson river. The boat capsizing it. The man adrift in the hudson but with a flotation device. How the man was saved, thats the story. Eyewitness News Reporter jim dolan at the scene on the hudson. What a story it was, as his boat was taking on water in the hudson river today, the owner had just enough time to grab a life vest, put it on before his boat capsized and sunk and there he was. In the middle of the hudson river, treading 58degree water and nobody around to pluck him out. But that is when mike baker came along. Hes the captain of a new york waterway ferry between haverstraw and ossining. He had a boat full of passengers but they were going to have to wait because he knew exactly what he had to do. In a lifethreatening situation you respond immediately. Anything youre doing has to be put on hold. It worked out well. We were able to get the guy out of the water in about 10 minutes and had him with ems in about 15. Was taken by ems to a hospital in sleepy hollow, phelps memorial hospital. Hes doing fine thanks to mr. Baker, captain baker and his first mate. Quickly responding ems crew. The passengers of course on that ferry were a little late but happy to have helped. Reporting live from ossining, jim dolan, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Kudos to captain baker. The man accused of killing and shooting new York Police Officer randolph holder now indicted on murder charges tonight. 30yearold Tyrone Howard appeared in court late this afternoon while the wake was underway for officer holder. Meanwhile tonight, preparing for officer holders funeral tomorrow in queens. Josh einiger in jamaica. You can see this nypd tow truck towing a car out of the neighborhood. Weve been watching a lot of last minute preparations for the last several hours as police work to clear the neighborhood where they expect thousands to turn out tomorrow for yet another long and painful goodbye to one of new yorks finest. Reporter as the nypd honor guard carried the flag draped casket from the church through the night, not a word was spoken. The solemn ritual sadly all too familiar to the nypd as it prepares to say farewell to yet another fallen hero. He was a very humble man, very good person. And that what were going to really miss about him. Reporter today mourners came by the thousands to pay their respects. Officers from across the country came. A first generation american whose father and grandfather were also cops in their native guyana. When one Police Officer is hurt or killed in the line of duty, every policeman throughout the world is hurt badly. Reporter a string of deignuitaries including mayor de blasio, Cardinal Timothy dolan. Most of them will be back for the funeral tomorrow. Reverend al sharpton will not. I felt the attention must be on officer holder and the fact that the city has lost a Police Officer. Reporter hed been invited by the officers family to give the eulogy at the funeral but facing an outcry from angry Police Unions he backed out in this letter to holders father. Now he wont attend at all. There are those that want to make this about them and side shows and im not going to engage in it. Probably uncomfortable for him to walk in to a church full of cops just the way it could be uncomfortable for the devil to walk in to heaven. This is of course the fourth nypd funeral in just 10 month of officers killed in the line of duty. Jetblue airways flying officers in from departments across the country so they can take part in the ritual here in jamaica. Behind me after the Funeral Services at this church in jamaica, officer holder will be laid to rest in his native guyana this weekend. Live in jamaica, queens tonight, josh einiger, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Eyewitness news will bring you coverage on tv and online for the Funeral Service of officer holder tomorrow afternoon scheduled to start at 3 00. It will be held at the same church as todays wake. Meanwhile, the gun used to kill officer holder Authorities Say tonight may have some connection to an illegal gun ring busted today in new york city. Six people indicted on conspiracy and gun charges. Investigators say over the course of 20 months the suspect sold 74 firearms at east harlem and the bronx. Most of the guns were sold loaded with ammunition. Two of the final sales took place near the site of the shooting that killed officer holder. Each of the buys took place in residential neighborhoods in broad daylight with two of the final sales taking place on east 102nd street near the site of violence which culminated in the last week. The gun used to kill officer holder has been traced to a South Carolina gun shop, part of what cops call the iron pipeline. The gun traffic highway from the south right up to new york. The chief of the Suffolk County Police Department is resigning as news that a federal investigation focused on him has reopened but james burkes decision to retire has nothing to do with that probe, according to his attorney. Instead he says its for personal reasons. The feds have been investigating a 2012 incident in which a man says he was beaten by burke and other officers after allegedly stealing from burkes suv. Royals. Maybe youve heard the mets are in the world series. Game 1 in kansas city tonight. We have several reporters there. Tonight, the big headline, technical difficulties. The game went to black for tens of millions of americans watching it on tv. Rob powers with the latest. The game does continue. But before we update you on whats happening in there, lets update you on what happened about 100 feet away from where were standing right now. The primary generator for the National Television broadcast lost power in the 4th inning in kansas city. The game delayed not so much because of television because because the mlb replay system was affected as well. The teams had to agree to play without it until it was restored. Which it was. As for the game itself, we have seen just about everything else. Escobar with a leadoff inside the park home run off matt harvey on his first pitch. Curtis granderson has a home run off Edinson Volquez whose father passed away today. Its 43 mets in the 8th inning right now. We do have other major sports news back home today. Jason pierrepaul back with the new york giants. The giants released this photo earlier tonight of jpp signing his new contract earlier in the day. Hes been away from the team after losing a finger severely hurting his right hand in a july 4th fireworks accident. The former probowler will now begin working with the medical staff as he works his way back in to football shape, the giants hope pierrepaul sees game action by week 12. Well let you know what happens when we come back in sports. Live in kansas city, rob powers, channel 7 Eyewitness News. For the mets in the world series. Also invite you to share your mets moment abc7ny. A big shake of the ranks of the president ial candidates. When the contenders hit the debate stage thursday night, donald trump will no longer be the national frontrunner. A new poll shows trump at 22 trailing dr. Ben carson by 4 points. Ramping up the attacks. Robbed, tased, and tossed in to the train tracks. Its a terrifying attack caught on camera and well show you how it all ended. A cop in hot water after tackling a teenager in a classroom tonight. New reaction to video thats gone viral. We go live outside, rain in the forecast for tomorrow thanks to the leftover of hurricane patricia. Or treat forecast . Baby i love that were spending the weekend together. Oh i know hey, why dont you turn off your phone and all your stuff. Good idea. Its off. Mom . Oh my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. Did you like want to do something . I am doing something. Leave slow downloads behind. Its good to be back. The 100 Fiber Optics Network gives you the Fastest Internet available for all your devices. Dramatic new video tonight of a robbery victim being tasered then pushed in to subway tracks by his attackers. It happened in philly over the weekend. Police say a man and woman stole the victims bag. When he fought back they tased able to get up in time before a train came. New video tonight of a Deadly Police shooting of a teenager. This on the same day state prosecutors announced the officer wont be charged. The officer says he shot 19yearold Zachary Hammond in selfdefense. It happened during a drug sting in South Carolina in july. Hammonds family is suing police. Federal authorities are investigating. Action tonight against a sheriffs deputy caught on video violently man handling a female high school student. The video more than viral. Its infectious. The sheriff is white, the student is black. This local controversy has become a federal case. Reporter it started in a high school in the South Carolina capital city of columbia, a 16yearold girl being disruptive and asked to leave by the teacher. She refuses. So a School Resource officer, a cop, comes in, takes the students laptop and she refuses again to leave. Youre going to come with me. Reporter then comes the confrontation. Several students shooting it all on their smart phones. The officer grabbing the student by the neck, flipping her and her chair over, slamming her to the ground and then dragging her. Other students frozen, terrified, watching it all in silence. Sophomore Tony Robinson shot this video. Everybody was scared. Deputy came in there, we all knew what was about to happen. Reporter another student trying to defend her classmate stepping in and the officer arrested her too. They got her out the classroom. Then he came back and he was like, you want some of this too . Then he said you going to jail too. And he put me in handcuffs. I just walked out. Reporter 34yearold ben fields has been suspended pending fbi and School District investigations. Hes also a Deputy Sheriff and the High School Football coach who was honored, ironically, last year as an exceptional role model, but hes also been sued seven years ago for using excessive force. Now School Officials say theyre disturbed by what theyve seen. What we all watched on that shamefully shocking video is reprehensible, unforgivable, and inconsistent with everything that this district stands for. The girl now with her arm in a cast says she also hurt her neck and back. Police say theres another cell camera that shows the girl swing at the cop but they will not release that video. Meanwhile the naacp insisting this case has racial over tones. The Sheriffs Department disagrees. Its reaction, the deputy is dating a black woman. A woman who has a history of sleepwalking wakes up miles from her home. She went missing from their home in colorado today. Bloodhounds tracked her scent to a bus standup then lost it. She said she woke up miles away but safe near her uncles home. She rode the bus while asleep. Thats a heck of a sleep ride. How much rain are we getting . I think were going to get in the order of 1 to 2 inches of rain. An inch at the coast, higher amounts in Hudson Valley and lower new jersey. A lot of that is going to come in to the second half of the day in to tomorrow night. Thats why i think the evening commute is going to be a lot more challenging than the west. If you get in to new york city before 7 00, you probably get here dry though Staten Island probably has rain by 6, 6 30. I think it takes between 7. 52 degrees right now. East wind at 5. See the pressure is through the roof. So High Pressure still dominating and the air is still somewhat dry near the ground. The rain isnt getting here for several hours. Average high 60. There are your sunrise and sunset times. Not going to see much sunshine tomorrow. Rain could be heavy tomorrow especially in to tomorrow night. A balmy breeze follows this front on thursday. Were in the 70s. School and dry again by the time were trick or treating halloween. Maybe an early shower marathon sunday. Doesnt look like a big deal. Still a chill in the air in the Hudson Valley but these numbers will climb a few degrees overnight. 55 in belmar. So lighter rain, steady but the strongest wind gusts are during the afternoon and evening hours. Temperature is not the issue, we get in to low and middle 60s by late day. The rain is going through southern pennsylvania here. Look at the wind streams lines coming out of the gulf, atlantic, the remnants of patricia. Right now a lot of it is in to our west. By the morning, rain starting to come in. Over spreading the area during the morning. Heavier during the afternoon hours. Pockets of heavy rain here. Ponding for the evening commute. Might see a lull in the intensity as we go through the evening hours. Front still has to come through. Resurgence of thursday then things quiet down. Heavier rainfall amounts. Lighter but significant along the coast. Wind speeds will peak tomorrow evening. 15 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Some gust as you see here near 40 Miles Per Hour along the coast. Not damaging but definitely a wind driven rain. Speaking of tomorrow evening, no problem in kansas city tomorrow. We dont have a rain threat, just an isolated shower. Breezy light rain tomorrow morning. Windy with periods of rain, especially heavy during the early evening hours. Rain and thunderstorm and nasty travel in to tomorrow night. Sevenday shows the soaking rainstorm. Thursday, 73. A spot shower could be with us in the early afternoon hours. Upcoming weekend, halloween, early evening not bad, trick or treaters. Lower 50s. Light wind. In to marathon sunday, after we turn the clocks back, 53 and a 20 chance, even 15 chance of a shower sunday morning. Its actually a mild beginning to november. Looks might not have seen our last 70degree day. Up next, what happened to dozens of kids when they gave up sugar for just nine days. Plus, two unusual scenes. Behave for uncle pete. Bye, see you guys later. [boys screaming] now Time Warner Cable makes your internet go faster. Up to 300 megs. Are you having fun . Yeah its ok. Its good. Inhome wifi powered by the latest equipment available to cover all your devices. So when you need more from your internet, its there for you. Discover how much more is included. Get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc. In tonights health alert, cutting back on sugar can pay off quickly when it comes to your health. Obese children who had foods with added sugar removed from their diets saw dramatic improvements in Blood Pressure and cholesterol after just 10 days. Thats despite no reduction in calorie intake. The study was financed by the National Institutes of health. Mega drugstore chain walgreens is buying its rival rite aid for more than 9 billion cash. The deal will combine the largest and Third Largest chains based on store counts. Nearly 18,000 stores. The Rite Aid Stores will maintain their name with at least for now. The buyout is worth more than 17 billion. Two unusual rescues to tell you about. One disturbing theme, kids with their heads stuck. Both incidents happening in china. On sunday the first one, a 10yearold boy getting his head stuck between two glass doors. Authorities had to take apart the doors to free him. Then yesterday a 2yearold boy got his head stuck between steel bars. Cut the bars. The boy tonight said to be fine. Two bizarre stories out of china. Hopefully not a bizarre story out of kansas city. How are the mets doing . What are they doing . How close to the end is it . Rob powers is there for us. A day like none other, bill. Game 1 of the world series not in the books just yet. Straight ahead, game 1 has just about everything that you would want and everything that you wouldnt want to happen at a baseball game. Well have everything tied up for you. That was a hint. Channel 7 is your home for the tcs new york city marathon. Were take you mile by mile introducing you to who youll find on the course. This is mile 20 in the south bronx. We need to cheer on our runners. Theyre hitting the final stretch. Lets get them some water and cheer them on. If youre a player and you cant get pumped for the world series, what can you get pumped for . Mets and royals pumped tonight. The players said this is exactly what theyve been dreaming about since they were little kids. Game 1 of a world series but i bet you nobody dreamed it would end up and turn out how it did. This game has had everything. Right now it is 43 mets in the bottom of the 9th inning. Theyre just minutes away possibly from taking a 10 lead. The goahead run scored in the 8th inning on an eric hosmer error. The mets have a 43 lead in the 9th inning. Earlier today mets manager Terry Collins was named the Sporting News National League Manager of the year as voted on by the other managers. Im thrilled by it. Certainly an honor but were blessed as managers because i have good players. You better look behind you and see the reason why you get those awards. We can now update that score. Its 44. Eric hosmer just hit a solo home run. 44 in the bottom of the other big sports story of the day, its football. Jason pierrepaul is back now with the giants. The team made it official earlier tonight tweeting out a photo of jpp signing his contract. Hell return to the team immediately, start working with the teams medical staff. Pierrepaul lost a finger, did more damage to his hand during a july 4th accident. They hope hell be ready by week 10 or 12. Tonight is the first night of the nba season. The cavs and bulls, what a lot of people think will be a preview of the eastern conference finals, all eyes tonight on lebron james and he delivered. Of course a couple highlight reel dunks as well. The night did belong to derrick rose,wearing the face mask to protect his broken orbital baron. They get the win 9795. We do have hockey tonight. The devils look ing for their fifth win in a row. They took on the columbus blue jackets. Columbus picked up two goals in 45 seconds in the 3rd. First it was jenner then cam atkinson. They tacked on a 3rd. Devils lose at the rock, the final 31. Were still awaiting a final right here in kansas city. Game 1 of the world series now tied in the nijet inning. Well stay here. Well have everything wrapped up for you tomorrow morning on Eyewitness News. Its been a heck of a night. Well see how this one join the mets conversation on facebook, twitter, instagram using abc7ny. You can always follow the entire Eyewitness News team at 11 00. Thats the news for now. Im sade baderinwa. Im bill ritter. Thanks for watching. Jimmy kimmel is next. Eyewitness news returns tomorrow at 4 30. Have a great