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WABC Eyewitness News First At 4 October 15, 2015

Calling 911, she hears the sound of a thump. You can see this is an active scene behind the police tape. Police and investigators are at the scene. We can tell you at least three other Young Children were removed from the home. We can tell you that the mother was taken from the home as well. Obviously police are investigating what could have possibly lead up to this. Neighbors tell us they heard her speaking about the devil yesterday, speaking irrationalely and feeling like there was nothing they could do to stop what happened this afternoon. We will be here and let you know what went on in future live reports at 5 00. We are live in the bronx in the fordham sex, Social Security, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, so tragic. Two people are dead. An elderly woman and her adult son the victims of a late night stabbing at the hands of a family member. This happened in the bergen new jersey reporter teaneck. New jersey reporter Anthony Johnson is there. When police got a 911 call around 10 40 last night all they heard was screams in the background. They rushed to do seen. When they arrived the alleged suspect in the crime met them at the front door, his hands covered in blood. The suspect p keith knight has been charged with two counts of murder and weapons possession according to the Bergen County prosecutor. What he is accused of doing is horrendous but many who knew the Knight Family say keith had serious mental issues from the time he had a serious motorcycle accident over a decade ago. Neighbors say the accused killer was never the same after that accident. The house on this quiet residential block turned into a crime scene overnight as knight allegedly attacked his 84year old mother, victoria knight and his younger brother, Ronald Victor knight. Letter both suffered multiple stab wounds. The grandson of victoria knight spoke to us by phone earlier today and said its hard to determine a possible motive for this double murder. The one brother has mental issues. There was no real, you know, constant turmoil or anything like that, just one goes crazy. So, anything could actually start an argument. Reporter and keith knight is being held in the Bergen County jail. His bail is 2 million. That is the latest live from teaneck, new jersey, Anthony Johnson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, anthony. Former basketball star and queens native lamar odom is hospitalized after being found unconscious in a brothel. Employees are claiming that odom seemed down after he received a phone call on monday and that he asked to spend the a publicist for odoms wife, choy Kardashian Khloe kardashian has asked the brothel to stop talking to the media. Two hotels were raided accused of being fronts for brothels. The sunny 39 hotel was raided today. The operations are part of a brooklyn d. A. Probe with the help from the feds. Several arrests were made. Now to afghanistan. Word from president obama today that us troops will stay at next year. This will keep the force at nearly 10,000 americans. A major shift for a president bringing the troops home. Karen travers is in washington with more on the announcement. Karen . Reporter that was a key promise from president obama during his 2008 president ial run ending the wars in iraq and well, now, his top military commanders say they need to longer than the president planned and the recent surge in violence reinforced that. President obama today explained his shifting timeline in afghanistan. I believe this mission is vital to our National Security interests. Reporter nearly all of the 9800 u. S. Troops currently in afghanistan were supposed to be home by the end of 2016. President obama will now leave as many as 5500 on the ground. Its a remarkable turn for the president. Today he said that while the u. S. Presence in afghanistan will continue longer than he mission. Counterterrorism operations and training and assisting afghan forces. I do not send you into harms way lightly. That is the most solemn decision i make. Reporter why the shift in policy . Top officials belief afghan their own and a recent surge by the taliban and isis. One strike was catastrophic. Letter a hospital was hit, 22 people dead including 12 staffers from doctors without borders. President obama insists this decision is not disappointing. It wont be the last time policy adjustments are made the cessation of our combat role has not changed. It will still be dangerous. Already, 25 u. S. Service members have lost their lives in afghanistan. Reporting live from washington, karen travers, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Liz . Karen, thank you. Secretary of state john kerry is in talks with israels Prime Minister hoping to put an end to the escalating violence. Benjamin netanyahu is open to meeting with the palestinian president. Over the past few days there were a series of deadly stabbings and shootings of commuters and tourists. Forces are setting up checkpoints and restricting access to palestinian neighborhoods. Amid the violence in the mideast, michelle mayor de blasio is going to israel. Back in our area, stock on wall street rebounding after the release of a string of positive earnings reports. Financial stocks rose by strong Third Quarter reports by citigroup and key corp. Here is a live look at the big board. The dow rose 217 points on the nose closing at 17,141. Well, turning now to the mets. It all comes down to this. A must win game 5 in the National League division series. Back on the mound, jacob degrom. The team and the fans hope they can overcome the dodgers Home Field Advantage not to mention a good pitcher of their own on the mound. Laura behnke has more. Reporter hey, david, just because the mets did not want to have to fly across the country here to l. A. Does not mean they are not up for the task at hand. Terry cool lines assuring us his players are upbeat and ready to play what for many will be the biggest game of their career. Tuesday night they were set for a party in flushing then the dodgers crashed the fun. But the mets havent lost faith in themselves or ability to move on. Love that its going to game 5 and everything is on the line. Reporter whether or not they have been here before, the mets know it doesnt get much better than high stakes play off baseball. It will be fun to watch. Tune in. It will be fun. Elimination game. And dream about as a kid. Reporter all season long this group of mets have shown ability to bounce back from tough situations. Game 5 will be the ultimate test. This advertise the gal l goal, make it to the world series. Never give up and battle to the end. We have been through ups and downs but its baseball. You have to continue to play hard and have some fun out there. Now, the good news, its about 20 degrees cooler than it was last week for games 1 and 2. I dont know how much that affects the players but those of us covering the game are relieved. The mets want to treat it like any other game. It will feel like a july game, regular july not sweltering like last week. Live in los angeles, laura news. Nothing regular about this. Stay with Eyewitness News throughout the mets road to the world series which we all hope continues past tonight. We want to see your mets pride. Send your pictures or tweet or fab your photos to us using the bc7ny. A group of migrants in for a surprise of their lives. What had them running the other way. Plus, a high level county official on long island arrested. Mrs. Say he lied. The shocking past they say he was trying to cover up. Another invigorating day out here. Sunshine, a bit of a cool breeze. You will need the jackets tonight. Weekend. 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. A check on traffic. Route 80 and lodi, new jersey. Be glad you arent on that road. At the hudson river crossings, 20 minutes. Outbound lincoln tunnel 10 minutes. Inbound lower level of the George Washington bridge is about 10 minutes. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to bleed guilty to hush money charges as part of a plea agreement. His attorney told the judge that there was a plea deal. It will be presented at a Court Appearance next month. Sources say the case stems back decades with hastert paying millions of dollars to cover up Sexual Misconduct likely from his time as a high school teacher. The terms of the deal are not known. A video of a scare for migrants in france that jumped into a truck and came face to face with a polar bear. Fortunately the nearly 2year old bear was in a cage. The three migrants were inside the truck for about 10 minutes before police came and took them away. He finished his journey from moscow to england. Firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand in central texas. The fire about 45 miles east of austin has grown more than ten times in size in one day burning six square miles. Nine homes 400 have been evacuated. Flames are 50 contained yesterday but today it dropped to 15 . In texas, the punishment as announced for two High School Football players that tackled a referee last month. Year. The head coach was put on probation. The assistant coach told officials he can change. My dad coached a long time. He knows how intents i am, my style of coaching and he knows he always told me i dont need to be that way. Mack bread admitted to saying the ref need to play but was surprised what the players did. Emotional there. Ruined a lot of people. Yeah, exactly. Today was the first day that kind of felt like fall. You think so . Its brisk. I need a coat today. Its about the morning. When the sun goes down, gets cold. Mornings are crisp. Late afternoons feel great. Tomorrow will be nice as well. That metdodger temperature in the low to middle 70s. There is a 20 chance of a shower. I think it will be east of l. A. And they should be fine. A pretty afternoon over central park. A hint of color on the tree tops in central park. Still a few weeks away from any peak collar. I think its warm you have that i heard the misty softy bell around. There is still ice cream in the city. Pressure right now is holding steady. We have temperatures that are going to be around the middle 60s for your highs today. Just shy of 70 in a couple of spots. 59 ronkonkoma. 60 hampton bay. Ment interior new jersey in the middle 60s. 63 poughkeepsie. Here is the planner through the evening hours. Mainly clear early. Clouds that roll in late especially north and west of new york city. There is a small chance for a passing shower, northwest suburbs early tomorrow. Then partly to mostly sunny, breezy, just like today. The saturday is mainly clear. Easy to find a front over lake erie and lake ontario. That is coming this way tomorrow. See the lighter blues that are weakening over parts of northern ohio. We are getting pushed by this. The winds turn from west to northwest over the weekend. We are on the mild side of the front today and into tomorrow relatively speaking. Then brisk and chilly on saturday. See the second front to the north, that is what unlocation the cold air which comes over the upcoming weekend. 60s and 70s in the northeast and ohio valley. In the teens west of hudson bay. Just sniffing some of that air will make us cold. Tomorrow is mainly dry. Mix of sun and clouds. Nice breeze. A lot like today. Here is where the changes come in saturday. Brisk and cooler. Might be a shower north of the city. Wind 12 to 25 Miles Per Hour will make it feel like 50, 52 degrees. Colder by sunday. The true polar air comes in saturday night and sunday. I havent said that in a while. Shower late north and west. Spot shower early. Sunshine with a few clouds. More clouds early than more sun midday and afternoon. Breezy at times. A second cold front comes through tomorrow evening, weak but it could spark a brief shower north and west then a chilly breeze behind that. We drop to 48 degrees. We told you about accuweathers winter outlook. Now noaa officially released their winter outlook. We will address that. Accuweather called for not as brutal. What are the signals from noaas forecast. We will address that and the forecast for the weekend in you are trying to see color, even though the wind will blow the leaves by sunday. Lee, what are you doing . You used snowflakes and used the word polar in the forecast. What is up with you. What is going on. Im not going to smooth talk it. I have to get you you need to get ready. Speaking of getting ready thank you. For the cold. See you in a bit. This next script starts it may not feel like the holidays but according to lee it should. The rockettes offered up a sneak peek of the Christmas Spectacular with a rehearsal on the west side. They performed the new york at pizzazz. Live performances begin 3rd. Cant wait. Coming up, this could be what a sell, right . Take a look. How a famous gorilla signed like sign language, its desires for baby. What it got is viral greatness. An assistant principal on im bobby flay and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. Come fall, i like to get a taste of everything the state has to offer. Like this famous winery nestled in the hudson valley. Or the awardwinning vineyards of long island. This cooperstown brewery belongs in every beer lovers hall of fame. You can even try new yorks exceptional cider and spirits. This fall, drink in the beauty of new york state. Plan your trip at iloveny. Com. Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. A building in Lower Manhattan honors the legacy of former mayor dinkins. Mayor de blasio unveiled the plaque today. The Municipal Building at one Center Street will be called the david m. Dinkins building. De blasio spoke about how he inspired the staff. We felt called to virus because we had an example. A leader that truly believed. And he walked the walk. My heart is full today and the memories of a lifetime happily race through my mind. He talked about the accomplishments of the dinkins administration, among them the safe street safe city, fashion week and u. S. Open. Tom hanks is back on the big screen teaming up with Steven Speilberg in a movie generating oscar buzz. Sandy kenyon talked to the star about what it was like to team up with spielberg again. Events depicted in bridge of spies took place during the cold war. In the air between russia and the u. S. So the movie has new relevance. The story has a special connection to our city. The character tom hanks plays was born in the bronx and raised his family in brooklyn heights, even served on the board of education in the city but James Donovan was a man forgotten by history until his role in the cold war was brought to life by steven spielberg. My generation lived under the threat of the atomic mushroom cloud. We were terrified that we would be incinerated. Reporter the director has often turned to history for his best films and the chance to make a movie about a slice of new york history proved irresistible. Acting on a tip in 1957, the fbi picked up a russian spy and an american lawyer, James Donovan was hired to represent him. Later the same attorney was called upon to negotiate a swap, an exchange for an american pilot shot down over the soviet union. Where do they want the negotiation. East berlin. Reporter bridge of spies marks the fourth time spielberg directed tom hanks who had a message for his fellow cast members before shooting. Lets make sure that we have ideas here because otherwise the boss will give us a stern talking to. Another decent character. I hope so. Reporter spielberg says hanks brings out the best in him. I think i bring out a good character when i work with him. Reporter now one more portrait gets added to the gallery they are creating together. So confident was hanks as donovan his director and pal was a bit intimidated. Thats what spielberg told me explaining 9 star was so strong in the role. Bridge of spies is from disney owned by the same company as abc 7. I cant wait to see that. My review is tomorrow at noon. Looking forward to it. A famous gorillas maternal instincts kick in when she a litter of kittens. She can communicate with sign language and celebrates her 44th birthday by meeting her new family. Cocoa let a note through sign language she wanted babies of her own. So, okay, they werent gorilla babies but they were kittens. It was love at first sight. She directed them, put them on my head and they did and she loved it. Isnt this great video. Amazing. Mom is a mom is a mom. Mom is a mom is a mom. I love that. Still to come, we will shift gears. A frightening situation after an s. U. V. Erupts into a fireball with a man inside. How police, an officer on long island, braved the flames and pulled off a risky rescue. And fallout from a campus food fight. Im giving you a gallon of bp gas. Because youre my best friend. Im giving you a gallon of bp gas. Because youre my best friend. Why are you giving me a gallon of. Because youre my best friend. Im giving you a gallon of bp gas. Because youre my best. 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