. a man in custody tonight in that frightening slashing attack on the subway. right now the man cops say attacked a woman on the train is being questioned by police. good evening at 11:00 i'm sade baderinwa. >> and i'm bill ritter. the suspect caught on surveillance video and then by police. the victim, 71 years old and talking tonight to eyewitness news. >> in downtown man hattan with the breaking news. >> reporter: the lafayette subway station where word that a suspect is in police custody will come an a relief to riders of the b, d, and f trains tonight. police say this was a totally random crime. the slasher wore distinctive red sweats and a red wool cap. seen running from the station shortly after the attack. matching the description was picked up earlier this evening and is being questioned at this hour. it happened before 7 a.m. on monday morning. the victim, a 71-year-old seamstress on her way to work aboard the d train. the man was on the flat form when the doors opened and he seemed to fall into the victim and slashed her across the cheek. the knife or box cutter was so sharp the woman didn't realize she had been cut until she felt the blood streaming down her face. >> he just pretended that he fell, and he fell on top of me, and that's when he slashed my face: i didn't know because i didn't feel no pain or anything, you know. so he just ran. >> reporter: it took 20 stitches to close that gash on her face. again, the nypd confirming the suspect is in custody. i'm told he's being questioned but has not yet been charged. . and developing right now, spread of the moss kweet to born zika virus. tonight president obama meeting in the situation room with the nation's top medical officials who are now adding the u.s. virgin islands and the dominican republic to its list of places. 18 confirmed cases so far in 7 states, four of them in new jersey and new york, chug one in new york city. we -- including one in new york city. we have a link to more on virus on our website. united airlines are allowed to postpone flights to destinations the cdc has classified as a risk. to another developing story, a tale of betrayal a u.s. cab man under arrest stealing his friend's with friends like that, it true, who needs them? we are downtown with more details. >> reporter: we're talking about a third place prize in the powerball jackpot. you have a 1:913,000 chance of actually hitting four numbers plus the powerball. imagine the chances of hitting that ticket and then having your best friend steal it. you're about to see the moment most people dream of. a man checking a powerball ticket. watch the clerk's reaction when he realizes it's a winning ticket, a $50,000 prize, hand shakes and smiles all around, and the supposed winner walks out a happy man. just one problem. >> he is no winner but a thief who stole the winning ticket purchased by his long time friend victor castillo. castillo says he gave his tickets to a fellow cab driver to check at this nelson avenue store but instead his chambering only one of the tickets had won 4 bucks. cops say castillo kept his original pay slip with the numbers he chose and could prove the ticket was rightfully his. when police questioned rubelin he said he'd been to the raceway to claim the prize. he was waiting for the check so he could escape to the dominican republic. here at the bodega they're celebrating the winner. the rightful winner, the rightful owner, m castillo has yet to see that dime of that money. he's waiting to find out from the lottery commission exactly how they're going to handle this. it is under investigation. as for the suspect we believe he was arraigned on a charge of grand larceny. . a uber driver facing charges passenger's service dog. the women claims the driver, muhammad qayyum, refused to give her and her dog a ride last week in midtown after the passenger informed her that the animal is the service dog, the driver grabbed the leash a slamming the dog to the ground dislocating its hip and leg. the driver claims he was attacked. an open warfare. donald trump pulling out of thursday awe g.o.p. debate days before the iowa caucuses. he's cite sizing fox news for playing games and that meg tan kelly is the debate moderator. she asked him about his views on women at the first debate, and trump blasted her as a third rate reporter. over a newly proposed debate, the event not sanctioned by the dnc, would be held in new hampshire february 4th days before that state's primary. hillary clinton and martin o'malley say they will take part and bernie sanders says he will not take part in a debate not officially sanctioned by the party. why a young man in new jersey missing since a blizzard ended up dead in the hudson river? matthew genovese walked out of a bar in hoke ken supposedly heading home. he never made t so what happened to him? we have more on it. >> reporter: a night out with friends ends in tragedy for this young man. he becomes negotiate casualty of the storm. but there are -- he becomes another casualty of the storm. there are questions about his death he was at the dawn of his career, 24, working on wall street, living in hoboken until the blizzard struck this weekend. >> so sad. he was 24 years old. i saw the signs getting him. were excited to be here. >> reporter: neighbors in disbelief his body was found in the river three days after he disappeared. >> when he did not show up to work on monday morning, matthew worked on wall street, at that time immediately family members were called and they turned and came to us to report matthew missing. >> reporter: according to hoboken genovese was with friends when he decided to walk home and he never made it. his wallet and keys were found along pier a on the water front. new york city police divers found his body in the hudson. this tragic end leaving big questions tonight, how did he end up here instead of at his apartment? >> we saw items were left, and he was very, very close to the vicinity of that, but there's no confirmation of how he entered the water. >> reporter: now authorities add there was no evidence of foul play may never know exactly how and why he ended up here. . we're already getting about a half a dozen school delays and cancellations for tomorrow because of saturday's blizzard. we have it at abc 7. schools in newark had reopen wednesday for the first time since the blizzard. students are urged to be cautious as they make their way to class because many of the city streets are still covered in snow. crews continue to make program clearing the roads of more than 2 feet of snow. in new york city the department of sanitation saying nearly every single street hats seen a plow including ones in queens, but this street is covered in snow still. a front end loader showed up and started removing the snow. 35 ice melters are working sending how much snow has been plowed since saturday's blizzard? more than 7 tons, enough to fill yankee stadium 66 times to the top and fill the empire state building 24 times. as we continue on this tuesday night, important new details about what caffeine does to your heart. wait until you see what happened to this neighbor in new jersey when a garbage truck exploded. this copy is learning from the comptroller how much money they had left behind in unclaimed funds. do you have lost money? how easy it is to reclaim it coming up. a day and night of melting. 47 degrees at 11:00. you'd be surprised how easy it is to get a good low-cost health plan! you might even get help paying for it! go to nystateofhealth.ny.gov or call 1-855-355-5777 . new tonight, dramatic video of a garbage truck exploding in new jersey. the trucks operators got out when they smoke filling the cab. the truck burst into flames sending debris flying around. no reports of injuries but the explosion was so big, four homes surrounding the blast were damaged. a developing story in oregon tonight, that three week takeover of a federal wildlife refuge tonight is over but not without bloodshed. bundy, a leader of the militia under arrest as are several of his follows. this after a shootout with authorities. they were stopped on a highway, one the gunfire. he didn't act in his first nipple until he was 50, a jew from brooklyn playing an italian mofiosa in the god gather. abe vigoda died today. on the hit show "barney miller". died jersey, riding out the blizzard in the home of his daughter. you have money hid nen in a pocket or bag, there are billions of dollars in you be claimed cash, and a sliver of it could bhong to you. all have you to do it chamber it and it's yours. here is how. >> the largest account no one claimed is how many million? >> 1.7. >> reporter: the state comptroller wants to give you back the money you left behind in an old account. million dollars a day. >> reporter: the first step to be reunited with your money, type in your last name and first name and hit search. try your maiden name, too. try searching with no first name. we searched the the names of people 7 on your side had helped with problems. matsio had 100 bucks claimed in his name. a brooklyn businessman who wanted to remain anonymous, had 3,000 in lost money. we were there when the comptroller called this woman and told her she had a check coming. >> wow! >> reporter: and the big takeaway, this there are plenty of websites that offer to help you but they'll charge you a percentage. if you want to find out for free if you have unclaimed fines, go to our website, abcny, it takes a few second and won't cost you a good luck. new steps to pave the way for increasing tourism in cuba. the u.s. is easing travel and export restrictions. airlines will be allowed to enter air space that was previously blocked. changes come a year after the beginning of direct talks between the u.s. and cuba. the times they are a'changing. we had great melting weather. >> 10 inches have been melted in the park and you figure we're continuing tonight and into the next several days. couple of snow showers at the end of the week. so outside tonight, the snow piles continue to shrink. look at the street signs, cs knocking back and forth. the wind is pick up. 47 degrees, the west wind at 8, and the high 48 degrees. but 47, we're above our normal all the snow pack. lingering shower activity at the shore early tomorrow morning and that had leave the scene. clouds will break and then the breeze continues to build tomorrow. a little gusty at times. snow showers would be the worse late week and more melting coming up for the upcoming wengd. saturday not far from 40, maybe a newery to the north and it -- flurry to the north and on sunday we could be in the mid to upper 40s. we will drop close to freezing in these areas so icy roads well north and west. 43 brentwood. there's the wind shifting to the west. so a cold front is coming through the area right now. we'll notice a northwest early tomorrow morning. clouds early, and skies brighten through the day. wind gusts to 20 miles an hour. we'll hit the hoe and middle 40s -- feels like it's in the middle 30s with the windchill. across the sound, a few showers. there is a break and then a couple of showers with the front and see there are a few snow naks two. a couple of rain showers overnight and they should move off-shore. how this part of the cold front is making progress, this one is hanging back and connected to is a storm in the gulf of mexico. this will stay way off shore. however, there is system behind it. they remain separate. no big coastal storm but a big brisk clipper and it will carry snow showers on friday so i think north and west a couple of snow showers and coatings around the area. a gusty day on friday as well. clouds and sunday tomorrow, low and middle 40s and a gusty wind. 37 at sunrise, cloudy skies, slick spots to the north and west. clouds break for some, sunset at tomorrow night, keep this in mind. a colder night. 28, teens in many suburbs so the refreeze more widespread tomorrow night and icy roads. storm off shore on thursday. blustery on friday, and a couple of coatings but temperatures being north and west enough for that to stick with a couple of coatings. saturday a flurry north, upper 30s and sunday the better half of the weekend, i mute be conservative about 46 on sunday. i can see how a couple of spots flirt with the 50 degree mark. mild into the new week. >> thanks, lee. up next, caffeine and your heart. new health information on what drinking it regularly means for your heart health. it may surprise you. . but first, let's check in with jimmy kimmel to see who is on the show tonight. >> tonight jock flack, we have [car starting] [engine revving] [crashing] [sirens] "many patients and their doctors unfortunately are not aware of the options available to patients with bone cancer. patients with bone cancer deserve a specialist too. "the advantages of being treated at cancer treatment centers of america is that we have all the specialists under one roof to take care of every aspect of that patients cancer care. we want our patients to survive their cancer but . so-called affluenza teenager now expected back in the within two days. ethan couch in mexico but dropped an appeal dwens deportation. beings returned to texas this week to face charges possibly as an adult. probation which was his sentence for killing four people in a drunk driving crash. in tonight's health alert, good news for all of you caffeine drinkers, regular caffeine intake does not trigger heart palpitations. scientists say caffeine might be good for your heart health but nor research needs t and a new report urging doctors to screen all adults for depression as part of routine health care. the u.s. preventive ter advices task force screening everyone, asking about symptoms even if patients don't bring them up but the new guide line does not say how often adults should be screened. patrolling the roads is one thing, delivering a baby in rush a new york cop is becoming a mid--husband on the fdr. the expectant mom going into labor this morning. michael sharp on his way to traffic court when he responded to the mnl si call for help on the side of the road. -- emergency call on the side of the road. both mother and the baby, nikola, are doing fine. good for them. big night tonight. the knicks play without carmelo anthony and give oklahoma city everything it could handle. it goes down to the wire and then some for the knicks. net fans, take a you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ . another exciting knicks game tonight. >> a fun night. exciting night. could have been a better night. carmelo anthony said he didn't want tonight's game a carmelo anthony versus durant game. he didn't play tonight. anthony now day to day. and the knicks, 0-4 without him in the lineup. porzingis did play tonight. its here's his quick back. here comes grant, knicks up two at halftime. they would build an 11-point fourth quarter lead. galloway led with 21. the heed would go away. durant season high 44 points with the thunder. the knicks scramble to send this to overtime. they go to overtime but it was he and westbrook combined for 74 points. knicks lose 128-122 in overtime. 0-5 without anthony. at toronto and thursday. the nets beat thunder on sunday, tonight at home against the heat. bosh, look at him go, 27 points. the basket here muss the foul. the nets were playing well. the heat started pouring it on. oh, man, nets get 20 out of bog nani. heat. at dallas on friday. in town today for his physical a couple of hours ago all is well, cespedes signed the contract. he and the nets agreed to a three year deal. he can opt out after one season. the net fan base want an official word, everyone can settle in now. rangers and islanders played their final games before the all-star game last night. the devils were tonight. two time mvp sid sidney crosby. 25 saves from flurry. the devils lose 2-0. giants corner rodgers cromartie has been added to the roster. nelson pleaded guilty. probation, community service, the plea, said to be a typical offer. former giants safety tyler sash who died nast year was diagnosed with cte a condition linked to brain trauma. we go back to brooklyn for this. the heat, driving for a basket, bogdanovic, into the basket. hard to make that if you were trying to make that. >> see you do that again. >> somehow he did it. >> that kind of season. >> right. >> great basketball highlights. >> oh, my gosh. >> could have been a better night. we're out of bud light. beer run? no. minibar delivery. female anchor: get the golden can and you could go to superbowl 50. sfx: door bell beer's here! jb smoove? we're going to the super bowl! order bud light with minibar delivery our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy those building materials. amex helped me buy the inventory i needed. our amex helped us fill the orders. just like that. another step on the journey. will you be ready when growth presents itself? realize your buying power at open.com you'd be surprised how easy it is to get a good low-cost health plan! you might even get help paying for it! go to nystateofhealth.ny.gov or call 1-855-355-5777 .

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