he's been called a fascist, compared to hitler. trump breezily dismissed his critics. >> look, most of these are opponents who have no poll numbers. they have 0, i'm at 35, 36. they're desperate. >> trump also blasted hillary clinton, her e-mail scandal and questioned if he's the nominee he'll question her health. >> hillary clinton doesn't have the strength or the stamina to be president. she's not stropping enough. she doesn't have the stamina to be president. she goes away. she does an interview and then you don't see her for five days. she goes home and goes to sleep. hillary clinton doesn't have the strength or the stamina. >> the great fear among many republicans is trump could bolt the republican party and run as an independent much like ross perot did in 1992. >> i don't think that's going i think i'll get the republican nomination. i have great friendships in the republican party. they're a little bit stunned at what happened because known expected a thing like this to happen but it's happened and one of the reasons it's happened is because i tell the truth. >> a new poll shows 68% of trump supporters would still vote for him if he independent rather than as a republican. 18% say he would not vote for him. that is an ominous poll for republicans. thank you dave. turning now to the rally in lower manhattan. city and community leaders voiced outrage over trump's comments about muslims. eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live at city hall billion that perspective. >> reporter: that rally lasted almost two hours. it wrapped up only a few minutes ago. you can still see some people standing around at city hall. donald trump is out of control they say and not only are his words offensive but they also say they're dangerous. about donald trump except that he is a disgusting, racist demagogue who has no business running for president period. >> on the steps of city hall, a who's who of elected officials along with community and religious leaders. all of them voicing a collective message that donald trump is a shameful and embarrassing want to be politician. trump's recent call for a complete and total shutdown of all muslims entering the u.s. has once again put him in the cross hairs of angry people aiming to destroy his campaign because of what they call his unapologetic bigotry. >> donald trump's most recent remarks are not only hateful and ignorant but they feed right into the hands of terrorists. >> trump has said there should be a database tracking all muslims living in the u.s. collette is a chaplain. >> as much as i'm seen as an antidote i'm still seen as a i choose to practice the faith i do. >> some fear trump's words will embolden anti-muslim sentiment and even acts of violence. >> anyone takes a target at them, they are taking a target at me. i am a christian minister but they are my brothers and sisters and we are in solidarity. >> with trump showing no signs of backing down it's anyone's guess if rallies like this will be enough to slow his campaign down. >> and in that very large anti- donald trump crowd there was a lone voice, a woman who stood in front of the crowd and yelled leave donald trump alone. he's a peaceful man. she was quickly overwhelmed by the large crowd and escorted out of the rally by security. live at city hall, dray clark channel 77 eyewitness news; a family in queens grieving after a deadly hit and run. a driver killing a 17-year-old who was on his way home from a funeral. he was in the crosswalk. praying for police to find the driver who struck her grandson and eyewitness news reporter stacey sager live in corona with this story! dave his grandmother also says she was always, always trying to watch her grandson's back but last night that just wasn't the case. the 17-year-old boy was crossing northern boulevard here at junction boulevard last night when he was struck, and now his family and police are looking for your help. >> tears and a lot of questions this morning about who would strike a 17-year-old boy here on northern boulevard last night and just keep going. >> that's just not right. how can you just go by, hit somebody and drive right off like don't you feel guilty or anything, don't want to stop, see if the person's okay. >> it happened at the intersection of northern and driver of a black toyota camry just kept going. 17-year-old ovideo herramia of east elmhurst died. this photo taken of his light hearted personality. they also say the boy who loved to be goofy was well on his way to becoming a kind and caring young man. >> one of those courteous, polite young men. always helpful if you're bringing in the groceries, mrs. green can i help you. a wonderful beautiful kid. i can't believe it. >> lives with his mom and grandma, you know, just a very nice boy. >> he would have been at school today his grandma tells friends this morning. ovideo was his mother's only child. now he was a junior at st. john's prep. he was loved by all in his neighborhood. anyone with information on this case to please call crime stoppers. they put up a sign behind me 1800-577-tips. we're live in elmhurst i'm stacey sager channel 7 eyewitness news. >> just heartbreaking. thank you stacy. and now to an eyewitness news exclusive. the engineer who was at the controls during the second deadliest crash in metro north's history speaking out only to eyewitness news two years after the crash in the bronx william rockefeller told n. j. burkett he can't forget the victim's faces. >> i'm just haunted by those faces. >> it's been two years though. it? >> it feels like yesterday. it really feels like yesterday. it feels like it just happened. >> four passengers were killed rockefeller has yet to face a disciplinary hearing. you can see n. j.'s full interview coming up on eyewitness news at 5. new york city police are looking for the person who targeted a plane with a laser as it approached kennedy airport overnight. the crew of the sky link express flight from canada reported a green laser shining into the cockpit of the plane around 1 this morning, pointing lasers at planes is illegal because the light can blind the pilots. the plane landed safely. the incident. new developments in the investigation into the california mass tore. the fbi director today said the two san bernardino shooters were radicalized at least two enrique marquez admitted he bought guns for farook. friends of marquez believe he may have known something about the plot in advance. >> he said something around the lines of there's a lot of muslims in our own backyard just ready to go haywire and attack. we didn't think nothing of it. >> authorities have put the mother of syed farook on the u.s. terror watch list days after his father was also put on the list. shirleen. >> air force officials say two afghan trainees are misses from georgia. the two men failed to show up to their regular maintenance training with the 81st fighter squadron on monday. they have been the the base since 2015. both were screened prior to coming to the u.s. more than a year ago. military officials say the men pose no threat. chicago mayor rahm emanuel apologized for the deadly speaking at a special city council meeting, emmanuel promised a total and complete reform of the city's police department. officer jason van dyke is charged with first degree murder in the shooting of laquan mcdonald's who appeared to be walking away from van dyke. >> we need a painful but honest reckoning of what went wrong, not just in with this one instance but over decades. >> he said some past cases where police shootings were determined to be justified will be re-examined. he also said changes need to go beyond the police department. an expolice chief on long island under arrest taken into custody by the fbi. fine out what he is accused of doing. >> and a tragedy on the water, the founder of the popular outdoor brand the north face dies while kayaking. what went wrong. >> and donald trump may be topping the headlines but who is time magazine's person of the year. sunshine out there but temperatures warming up to nearly 50 i'm chris bosh. when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto . hey guys! 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outside right now. today is no exception really. despite the lack of sunshine we still have temperatures which will be going well into the 50s across much of the area during the afternoon. a live shot right now down toward the empire state building. 49 officially in central park. that wind coming in from the south at 6 miles per hour. get down to about 40 earlier this morning. here's the next seven hours. temperatures getting into the lower 50s. probably topping off, i think, now around 54 at some point between 3 and 4:00 this afternoon. so clouds and areas of fog the next few mornings, much like we had this morning. it takes a lot for the sun to afternoon. i think it tries to by tomorrow afternoon and especially on friday afternoon, and that will get us warm. we're talking temperatures in the upper 50s for tomorrow and then by friday we're talking up near 60 degrees. could be records within reach on sunday. next shot at appreciable rainfall comes on monday. not really like late december type of cold. 45 in morristown, 48 at belmar. 51 at islip. a lot of clouds around. earlier we sea clearing over western parts of new jersey. i think sunshine will be in short supply during the course of the afternoon. that will keep temperatures hour than what they could have been. it will probably top off in the lower and middle 50s. as we head into the overnight hours, clouds around, a little with that maybe a shower or two, especially over parts of the hudson valley. and then tomorrow afternoon we try to break out into a little more sunshine, and that propels temperatures into the upper 50s and the same thing happens. the same pattern repeats itself on friday. clouds in the morning and we try to break out into more sunshine during the afternoon. here's your accuweather forecast for this afternoon. clouds, maybe a few sunny breaks, the high up to 54. some clouds around tonight. we're down to about 48. could be some areas of reduced visibility. clouds areas of fog for a while tomorrow, and sun developing during the afternoon. that will get our temperature to around 58 degrees. here's your accuweather seven- day forecast. again, kind of a slow start tomorrow. quite mild on friday despite the cloud cover. 60 degrees, still mild saturday. check out sunday, 64 is what we're going for for a high. the record is 64. that was set back in 1923, a long standing record which we could tie or break. very warm for mid-december. rain comes in monday, especially later in the day. still getting into the low 60s and behind that cooler. we're heading into mid- december. this is just incredible. >> normally it's not supposed to be that. >> oh, no, normally it should be low to mid-40s for highs. >> it makes you wonder, turn >> last year we had a very mild december and early january and then bam, winter. >> we're going to get something no question. >> a bizarre and disturbing post on craigslist, a mom accused of taking out an ad to try to get a baby for her teenage daughter. 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 a hoverboard goes up in flames at a mall. a jewel thief hits a museum, and a town hall meeting turns violent. just some of the stories caught on camera. one of the hottest story this is holiday season literally is on fire. overnight crews had to respond to a fire at a mall in washington state. a battery powered hoverboard overheated erupting into flames not once but twice getting shoppers very upset. other hoverboard owners nationwide have reported similar issues. authorities are investigating the exact cause of these fires. >> a clue from police on who walked out of a museum with $81,000 worth of gems. investigators in cleveland released surveillance video of this man leaving the building about the same time the precious stones were taken effort the suspect smashed a display case and took off with the valuable gems. >> cameras were rolling as a meeting in a small town in indiana. it started after the board passed a motion making darrell mccullough the new marshal. the man he replaced lungs at mccullough and hits him in the face several times. another man also goes after mccullough. this incident. >> there you go. thanks david. next half hour. former police chief on long island taken into custody. the serious charges he's facing. plus a former uconn basketball player reportedly arrested. wait until you hear what he's ,. you're watching new york's number 1 news channel 7 eyewitness news at noon with david novarro, shirleen allicot, and meteorologist bill evans. now eyewitness news continues. our top stories this afternoon, donald trump's political firestorm, the republican presidential candidate refusing to back away from his plan to ban muslims from coming to america. he appeared on live with kelly and michael and then spoke one on one with political reporter dave evans. meanwhile there was a rally on the steps of city hall a short time ago. new york city leaders and members of different religious communities spoke out. >> a teenager walking home from a funeral in queens killed by a hit and run driver. in corona when he was struck. police are trying to find that driver. i'm david novarro. >> i'm shirleen allicot. we begin this half hour with new details about the suffolk county police chief arrested by fbi. >> jamesburg is facing federal assault charges, long island reporter kristin thorne live outside the federal courthouse in central islip with more on this story. >> reporter: dave and shirleen, this is the federal indictment just unsealed against former suffolk county police chief james burke. it sames burke assaulted a suspect in his custody who was handcuffed at the time. it also says burke pressured his officers to lie to authorities who were assault. the fbi arrested 51-year-old james burke at had his mother's home this morning and brought mehlville for processing. burke had been with the suffolk county police department for he resigned in october he said to be with his family and for personal reasons. prosecutors say in 2012 burke assaulted 28-year-old christopher lobe. lobe had stolen burke's gun belt and other items from burke's department issued vehicle which was parked in his driveway. lobe was arrested and brought to the fourth precinct. >> at that point the defendant burke entered the interrogation room and is alleged to have repeatedly slapped and punched lobe about the face, head and body. while lobe was in custody and handcuffed. >> prosecutors say burke pressured detectives to lie to federal agents who were investigating lobe's claim about being assaulted. when defendant burke met with members of the suffolk county police department who had witnessed burke's assault of lobe to agree on ways to get their stories straight. >> lobe's attorney issued this statement to eyewitness news. we are grat foyeed that this long overdue prosecution has seeing that justice is done. we will continue to cooperate with federal prosecution as needed. >> he has vigorously defended himself to date, and will continue to do so. we believe the charges are unwarranted and will not guilty stand up later in court. >> reporter: burke's attorney says burke will plead not guilty at his arraignment here in federal court later on this afternoon. if he is found guilty of these charges he faces five to five and a half years in prison. we're live in central islip, i'm kristin thorne channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you. a 15-year-old boy is under arrest in florida accused of shooting and killing a brooklyn rabbi. rabbi joseph raxon was kilned while walking it miami-dade last august. police believe the suspect deandre edwin charms was on a sabbath. new at noon, a wasn't a ferrari but a former university of connecticut basketball star reportedly charged with taking a car on a joyride ferris buehler style. jeff adrien was outside a hotel when he spotted a valet with a mercedes. he got the keys and drove off returning six hours later. he was reportedly arrested for grand theft auto. he was on the husky's team that made the final four in 2009. now to the new information about the mass shooting in san bernardino. fbi revealing this morning that they now discovered that the couple responsible for the attack were radicalized before they met online and started dating each marci gonzalez has the new developments. >> david and shirleen, the fbi now revealing new findings about the killer couple saying their discussions about terrorism started long before the massacre they carried out >> new insight into the couple who carried out last week's terror attack in san bernardino. the fbi director vealing today syed farook and tashfeen malik were radicalized even before they started dating. >> as early as the end of 2013 they were talking about jihad and martyrdom. >> investigators say they may bring gun charges against farook's former neighbor. the 24-year-old accused of boying the two assault style rifles used in the massacre. marquez who posted on facebook the night of the attack said i'm very sorry guys. it was a pleasure. he may have known about the terror plot in advance. >> he said something along the lines of like there's a lot of muslims in our own backyard just ready to go haywire and attack. we didn't think nothing of it. >> today both of farook's parents are now on the terror watch list. >> i don't think maybe the fbi know contactually what their role, if there is any role. if you add them to the no fly list they can't return home and it makes them at least available to be interviewed. >> investigators also looking into a deposit of more than $28,000 into farook's bank account in the weeks before the attack saying they believe he took out a loan with an online lending company to help care for the baby daughter they were leaving behind. >> and law enforcement officials tell abc news on cell phones and computers the couple tried to destroy, investigators recovered images of other targets they may have been marci gonzalez channel 7 eyewitness news. back in our area, a letter of hate targeting muslims and defending donald trump was sent to a mosque in new jersey. the islamic center in jersey city received a letter yesterday calling muslims "evil and telling them to" go back to it's one of several hate-filled letters recently sent to the mosque. >> a person running to be the president of all americans is abusing millions of americans because muslims in america are millions right. so he should not say what he said and to fabricate lies. >> leaders at the mosque also say they have received several threatening phone calls, one in particular from a woman. we want to turn now to meteorologist jeff smith. he has the after school accuweather forecast. >> we don't have a whole lot of sunshine out there guys. because temperatures are already near 50 we're expecting them to get into the middle 50s during the afternoon. 54 for 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right new at noon, police in new jersey have arrested two men accused of a violent home invasion robbery. police say jason thompson and clemente carlos entered an apartment in paterson wearing shifts with sheriff logos and replica sheriff's badges. they tied the up the residents and threatened them with guns. helped lead to those arrests. the men are charged with robbery, aggravated assault, and impersonating law enforcement officers. a warning for bruce springsteen fans buying tickets right now for the boss' new shows, mainly dancing in the dark. so tickets are listed for sale on stub hub, ticket network and vivid seats. some going for as much as $6000 a pop. new york's attorney general says don't go for it. these are posted by scalpers and the sites have been ordered to remove the listings. real tickets go on sale friday. a strange story out of georgia where a family went looking for a baby on the internet. police say 47-year-old elaine williams placed an ad on craigslist seeking a newborn baby. the posting calls for unwanted babies to be dropped in a so- called baby box. police say williams told her that her 14-year-old daughter wanted one. the teenager talked to a reporter but she is not identified. >> it wasn't for illegal the reason was, okay, if you don't want your child, if you can't afford it or whatever situation you're in, then, okay out. you never know. >> okay. williams is charged with unlawful advertisement and inducement for adoption. her daughter faces similar juvenile charges. a carolina panther's linebacker luke key collie made some birthday dreams come true for one of his biggest fans. jessica hayes suffers from autism, and excessive fluid in the brain but for her 21st birthday party that didn't seem to matter as much as having kekley as her surprise date. >> it hopefully can make her night fun and she can make my night fun in return. it's kind of cool. yeast it's not a one way street. >> he was asked to appear by a fulfill the dreams of young and developmentally disabled people. clearly he's got a big good guy gene in him. >> absolutely. very cool. the duggar family opening up their world turned upside down after josh duggar admitted to molesting his sisters and cheating on his wife. >> plus a new warning people are shocked, that this process is so easy. every person that i helped, it just made me feel good. come into work everyday, and just knowing that i was going to make a difference in people's lives. come get health insurance, it's easy. i can help you. i just love helping people. i don't want anybody to be without health insurance. armonda? abc7 and your tri-state ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. now to the duggar family opening up for the first time since they were rocked by a series of scandals. >> the christian reality stars are talking about how they are coping in the wake of josh duggar admitting to molestation and cheating on his wife. abc's mara schiavocampo has more. >> early this year 27-year-old josh, the oldest of jim bob and michelle's 19 kids acknowledging allegations he molested five girls when he was a teenager including four of his sisters. popular show. for months the family presented a united front, sisters jessa and jill, two of those who had brother on fox news. >> i do want to speak up in his defense against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile. >> but then another bomb shell. josh duggar admitting to cheating on his wife after his ashley madison membership was revealed during the adultery website's hacking. now for the first time several family members are speaking out in tlc's new three-part special, jill and jessa. >> you're angry and hurt and all those emotions mixed together. >> the sisters saying they wish they'd known the full story before defending josh publicly. let us speak our words without having the full knowledge of what he was hiding. >> the special also features candid interviews with josh duggar's wife anna speaking out husband admitted cheating on her. >> i was just like i'm going to wake up and everything's going to be okay, and this really -- this can't be true. >> the show follows jill and jessa on the next chapters of their lives, jill moving to central america, jessa starting a family of her own. >> we will come out of this fire stronger as a family unit. >> for channel 7 eyewitness news mara schiavocampo abc news. now to our obsession with social media. do you go online all the time. you're not alone. a new pew research poll surf rayed 2,000 people, and they found 73 percent of americans use the internet on a daily basis. of that number 1 in 5 or 21% constantly, just once a day. by the way the pew research center says this is the time it's included almost constantly as an answer option in its survey. you can tell. if you just walk down the street people are just like -- >> constant is the keyword. cannot stay away from these things. number one going online, number two is water. number three is food. >> is that the hierarchy. >> scary but true. >> mild out there today. >> it's pretty decent throughout despite a lot of cloud cover. it's going to keep getting warmer each day. peeking out during the day on sunday, at which time we could be breaking records here in the tri-state area. a live view over towards central park. we have temperatures near the 50-degree mark. it looks dreary. looks gloomy. sunshine in short supply for the afternoon. still getting into the 50s. 49 right now. cloudy skies, that wind coming in from the south around 6 that light wind lasting into tonight. that can allow fog to develop. don't have much wind to scour out the atmosphere. 46 in somerville, 50 at belmar. check out tops river all the way up to 54, eventually i expect these 50s to populate areas of northern new jersey as well. 43 in monticello. middle and upper 40s there during the day. low 50s on the island. 50 in southwestern connecticut at bridgeport. a lot of cloud cover on the radar, satellite picture. a couple of breaks moving into parts of ocean county. that's probably why toms river was up to 54. if we see a break or two of sunshine this afternoon, these temperatures can outperform what our computer models are showing which is in the lower 50s. mid-50s this afternoon. we get down to about 48 overnight tonight. could be some fog developing after midnight. kind of a slow start tomorrow where you have low clouds and fog during the morning. then you get sunshine developing during the afternoon that will propel our temperatures into the upper 50s. then it's unusual warmth as we records are going to be challenged. north. opening the floodgates for a lot of mild air to move in. warmest air. 10 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of the year. normal's in the mid-40s. we could be talking about temperatures in the middle 60s by sunday. in the meantime accuweather forecast for the afternoon, breaks. the high getting up to 54. fog and low clouds in the morning giving way to some sun in the afternoon, upper 50s, quite mild despite quite a few clouds on friday. 60 on saturday and that 64 sunday could be tieing the record which was set back in 1923. maybe some rain coming in by late monday. behind that 50 degrees on tuesday. usually behind cold fronts this time of the year it's in like the low 20s. >> anybody worried about this warm temperature. i'm starting to get a little concerned. >> i don't know. >> i haven't heard many complaints yet. >> i've heard complaints. people really want the winter and the colder temperatures. i guess they'll have to wait. >> stay calm, dave. i see what you're saying. >> thanks jeff. now to a health alert about possible dangers with e- cigarettes. researchers from harvard say a flavoring chemical linked to respiratory disease can be found in most e cigarettes. the chemical has been linked to what's known as popcorn lung. the disease first appeared in workers who inhaled artificial butter flavoring from microwave popcorn. 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posted it on facebook social media responded in a big way with thousands of cards and more on the way. if you would like to send her a card we put the address on our facebook page as well as abc7ny. >> i have the chills all over. everybody came together for her and sent her a card for christmas. speaking of, you know, good doings during the holiday one mother is looking for the secret santa who helped pay for their christmas presents on lay away. robin tweeted this photo saying she went to make a small payment at wal-mart and was told a payment was already made. that's the photo she tweeted. a stranger paying more than half of what was left of the balance. airs who lives in new hampshire is so grateful she shared the note and what the person paid for. she says her boys are going to be so excited. >> great. great people out there. >> good stuff, and from new jersey, a police officer engaging with the community in a positive way. atlantic city officer jesse oliver logan tossed a football with neighborhood kids on sunday. been viewed thousands of times. oliver logan was only recently hired as a full-time patrol officer. he says he was having fun. >> it just takes a football. >> that's happening again and again but we only get video once in a while. >> loving all the positivity. >> that's going to do it for this edition of eyewitness news. i'm david novarro. >> and i'm shirleen allicot. make sure you are back this afternoon for eyewitness news first at 4. now for jeff and

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