job for a wildcat strike. even their own union didn't know about it. port authority quickly stopped all trucks from going inside and issued this statement. we strongly urge the ila members to return to work immediately and resolve their differences after they return. a spokesperson for the international longshoreman's association tells eyewitness news, those who went on strike say they are upset with the water front commission of new york harbor, an outside agency put in place to deal with corruption. at issue, interference in their collective bargaining agreement. drug testing, hiring, calling it all a culture of harassment. we shot this cell phone video of roadblocks at the front entrance and throughout the facility. trucks turned away. the main road to all of the terminals, corbin street, virtually empty. now, sources say that after the strike started this morning, those employees were, rather all employees were sent home for the day. sources are telling us that report live at port newark elizabeth, darla miles channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, darla. we're following breaking news out of california where police say they have captured one of the three fugitive inmates who escaped from jail last week. back tua was taken into custody this afternoon. that leaves two suspects still at large. the orange county sheriff's office posted video of duong being led into the department's headquarters. he's 43 years old, and was originally arrested for attempted murder. investigators say he turned himself in. >> approximately 25 minutes ago bach duong contacted a civilian on the streets of santa ana, and stated he wanted to turn himself in. >> duong along with the two other escapees broke out of the jail last friday using an elaborate plan that involved a teacher in the jail among those arrested for helping them escape. coming out of new jersey, we have just learned that the raccoon that mauled the young boy in elm wood park has tested positive for rabies. bergen county health officials released this flier warning residents to be wary of wild animals. the 6-year-old boy was walking to school with his mother on wednesday morning when the raccoon attacked him. look at that little face. a good samaritan who happened to be driving by jumped in and killed the raccoon. the boy has been released from the hospital. but again, the raccoon has tested positive for rabies. encouraging words about the growing zika virus. health officials say while the number of cases continue to rise, a major outbreak in this country unlikely. there are now 31 cases in eleven different states, including new york and new jersey. the virus has spread through central and south medical care, and today, bra -- south america, and today, brazil's olympics vowed we'll win the war against zika carrying mosquitoes. dr. richard besser is in brazil for us. >> reporter: when you look around rio, you don't see signs they're in the middle of a zika outbreak. when you talk to pregnant women, it's a different story. i talked to a woman yesterday who is very concerned about the chances that she could get a zika infection while she's pregnant. she's using lotion every two hours. she's using these plug-in repellant dispensers in her house, and citronella candles. she's very focused on this h. when zika was first found here back in october, she was already pregnant. she didn't have a choice as to whether she was going to get pregnant or postpone that pregnancy. she's due in june, and hopefully there will be no problems. in the north, they're doing more. they are spraying in the streets and going door to door to make sure that people's to reduce the chances of a zika infection. in new york, you know, this is something that's going to be seen there. there's a lot of travel between new york and parts of the country where there are zika virus infections, but the good news is mosquitoes are not active in new york city, so the risk of transmission is very very small. the mosquitoes plays the biggest role in terms of transmission of someone who's infected returns to the united states. a mosquito could bite them and spread it to other people. but there's no mosquitoes in new york city. you know, the one person who is pregnant and was infected with zika in new york city, that's more concerning. of course they're going to be monitoring her, monitoring the development of her baby, and when her baby is born, what they'll do is follow that baby. they'll do vision tests, hearing tests to see whether there's been any effect to that baby at all. eyewitness news in rio day. 37-year-old ross alula is accused of slashing a woman on a number three train in brooklyn on tuesday nine. the 29-year-old victim told her quote i will chop you up on this train. he hit her before running away. the nypd is increasing subway patrols in response to the increase in random subway attacks. new clues in the search for a missing college student in west chester county who disappeared five years ago. authorities searched a property in indiana in connection with the disappearance of lawrence spear row. investigators took boxes of evidence from a home of a convicted sex offender who is currently behind bars. spiro was last seen near indiana university in june of 2011 after a night out with friends. authorities in suffolk county say they have put a stop to a widespread robbery spree. four people are under arrest bank robberies. police say the suspects were involved in seven robberies beginning in late december and one attempted robbery last week. witnesses called 911 after the attempted robbery, and led police to one of the suspects. >> this is the great example of where information coming from someone at the scene led to the arrest of a perpetrator. >> well, the suspects face several robbery charges. police believe they were determined to continue the robbery spree. turning now to a developing story. hillary clinton in more hot water over her use of clavered e-mails. the news -- classified e-mails. the news coming days from the iowa caucuses. the obama administration declaring two dozen e-mails top secret. investigators looking into whether any of the information was classified when the e-mails were sent. abc news has learned 18 e-mails between then secretary of state clinton, and president obama will not be released. clinton is scheduled to speak later this hour. speaking of the iowa caucus,s the republican candidates zigzags across iowa heading into the final weekend for the all important caucuses. the candidates most notably, senator ted cruz are battling to overcome front runner donald trump, and trying to recover after several stumbles during last night's debate. abc's brandy hit is in iowa with the latest. >> reporter: it is crunch time here in iowa, and after several debates, these candidates are now out pounding the pavement, doing whatever they can to injury the final votes -- secure the final votes. it's all hands on deck in iowa. >> i will stand up and fight for you. >> the democratic and republican presidential candidates are criss-crossing the state with just three days before the iowa caucuses. the only one not in iowa, donald trump. the gop front runner left straight for new hampshire after boycotting last night's >> i did something that was very risky, and i think it turned out great because i'm on the front page of every paper. >> reporter: cruz becoming the prime target while center stage at the trumpless debate. >> you have a better picture of cruz, and i don't think that did well for him. marco rubio in the first hour had a good night. >> i had a little bit more time than unusual. >> reporter: on the democratic side, it's a close race between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. polls show clinton just three points ahead in iowa. >> another national poll, she beat trump by 7 points. that's good. we beat him by 13 points. that's better. >> reporter: she's bringing in the big guns, bill clinton campaigning alongside her, and daughter chelsea coming in this weekend. there are an estimated 30,000 voters in iowa who are still undecided at this point. these candidates don't just to convince them to show up and caucus. report live in des moines, channel 7 eyewitness news, liz. >> and political reporter dave evans is headed to iowa this weekend for monday's caucuses, live reports begin right here on eyewitness news. mayor de blasio is also heading to iowa, and his trip will prevent him from taking part in the ground hog's day. >> if there were a ground hog union, they would ask me to miss ground hogs day. if they were taking a vote, i would not be invited. >> back in 2014, mayor de blasio had a not so friendly run-in with staten island chuck when he dropped him. last year he chose just to observe the ceremony instead of picking up chuck. >> all the ground hogs therefore are very appreciative. teacher arrest z, accused of having sexual contact with a student. and miners trapped for weeks, how crews were able to get them out alive. and life after football. former running back eddy george is reinventing himself as a broadway star. i'm meteorologist amy freeze live on the upper west side just outside our studios. temperatures are chilly, and the winds are still gusting from time to time. we got 40 degrees on thermometer. we could have winds up to 25 miles per hour throughout the evening. that will make it feel colder than it is. monticello below freezing. a lot of spots will go in that direction. skies clear out. an overnight low of 26. coming up, we'll talk the it or not, in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in the hudson valley, with world class biotech. and on long island, where great universities are creating next generation technologies. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today at business.ny.gov 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that's a win. at the hudson river crossings, 20 minutes at the outbound holland, 15 minutes at the outbound lincoln, and more good news. no delays at the george washington bridge. alternateside parking will be suspended tomorrow. you better dig the car out after that. alternate sides are back in effect on monday. ethan couch won't be moved to an adult jail while he awaiting a court hearing in texas. the 18-year-old has been held in juvenile detention centers after he was flown back to the a judge ruled against the prosecutor and sheriff's request for that transfer. however, his case may be moved to indument system. couch fled to mexico with his mother after video surfaced of him violating his probation after a deadly car wreck in 2013. president obama ramping up the pressure on congress and american businesses to close the pay gap for women. >> we are proposing to collect and report payday that by race, ethnicity, and gender from businesses with 100 employees ormer, and the goal is to -- or more. and the goal is to help businesses that are trying to do the right thing. >> on the 7th anniversary of the signing of the lily ledbetter fair pay act, the president said more must be done to get women into high paying jobs. only average, u.s. women make 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. meanwhile, today, vice president joe biden joined new york governor andrew cuomo in paid family leave. >> we have a ramping economic injustice that not only invalues the worker but degrades the worker. >> there's a way we can make a significant dent in the gender gap. there's a way that we can do all of these things that are totally within our wheel house, and totally consistent with american values that aren't radical at all. >> the vice president endorsing governor cuomo's plan calling for 12-week paid family leave program in new york, and one that he hopes will serve as a model for the rest of the country. liz. a big day for stocks on wall street, the dow jumped 400 points. u.s. stocks rose sharply after a surprise rate cut by japan. the dow finished up 396 points to close at 16466. four miners are safe after spending 36 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine a mine in east china's shadong province collapsed on christmas day leaving one killed and many missing. they rescued four survivors, below the surface. 11 other people made it to safety. >> 36 delays in that situation. we've got meteorologist amy freeze in for lee goldberg. she's outside, and liz and i were talking that we felt the temperature drop throughout the afternoon. >> it's cold. >> i know, not only is the temperature dropped off a few degrees, but also the winds have gotten a little stronger, i feel like, late this afternoon, and we're reading maybe 21 miles an hour gusts in the park. we could still have windy conditions throughout this evening, but the weekend is looking not only brighter but also quite warm in some areas. we'll start first with a check of the temperatures around the area. 40 degrees in central park. the skies kind of have this dark cloud lining the skyline, evening, 20 to 30 miles per hour winds can't be ruled out. most places are expected to become a little more mild late tonight into the early morning hours, but until about ten, 11, we could see these winds gusting out of the northwest, especially long island and new jersey, up to 30, 35 miles per hour. the last of the weak flurries flurries and light showers have moved to the east, and the next 7 hours we're expecting temperatures to drop below freezing in the city by 11:00 tonight. you can see the skies clearing out. the winds that have come out of the northwest still at this hour, gusting 20 to 25, 30 miles per hour for newark, and 31 miles per hour for jfk. those will swing out of the west and eventually the southwest. and that change will bring temperatures up pretty dramatically. sunny on saturday, with a chilly start. and we see the temperatures climbing a lot more mild by sunday, and what that means is the current places with snow still at about 10 to 15 inches i think that will help with anybody's car who's been encased in snow. we couldn't with the melt down and temperatures on sunday getting into the 40s will certainly help with that. this clear and cold pattern overnight will also allow the winds to diminish and the below freezing temperatures that we wake up tomorrow to will see the winds start to settle down. we go up to 38 degrees tomorrow, so still has a chilly feel to the atmosphere through saturday afternoon. it's really sunday that we get the warmth and temperatures climbing to the mid-40s. that sounds pretty good. saturday, 46, and then sunday, we see our temperatures, like i said, temperatures will be going into the 50s and next midweek, we're almost at 60 degrees. so that's going to be a real nice feel to it. all right, we'll close out this weekend, you guys, or this week with chilly temperatures, and look forward to the weekend. more melt down coming in the second half of the forecast in a few minutes. we'll talk timing of that potential warm up. that could get near 60 degrees. that would feel pretty good and what a change it would be. >> it would feel glorious. >> and the long-term patterns for the first couple of weeks of february are looking above average. that's good news. >> we like to hear that. >> that's right. >> thanks amy. >> thank you, amy. when it gets cold again, and it will, there's no question about that. a lot of you like to warm up your car in the morning by starting it up and leaving. it sounds like a good idea. that practice could put you at risk in more ways than you think. and perhaps a surprising 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 roast a parade, and a shine any pudding pup. washington, was named as the woman of the year by harvard university. the honor includes the roast through harvard square and the presentation of the gold pudding pop. it picked washington who appears on abc's hit show scandal because she is talented, socially engaged, and continues to break barriers in hollywood. >> we need more voices at the table. we need our art to reflect all of us. >> well this isn't her first honor either. washington has been nominated for awarded by the screen twice for a prime time emmy award. scandal returns february 11th. a movie based on a real life rescue hitting the theaters this weekend. it features actor chris pine who leaves a brave coast guard crew in the new movie, the finest hour. the entertainment reporter here sandy kenyon. >> the finest hour is based on a true story. it's been more than a decade and a half since two of hollywood's biggest stars fought the perfect storm. i wonder how would this compare. the new movie isn't all wet but it's no perfect storm either. chris pine doesn't have the star power of george clooney and ben foster is no mark wahlberg. but casey affleck is just as good an actor if not better than his brother ben. >> we have maybe three hours. >> if these are not the finest hours i've ever spent at the mute valleys, seeing these guys race to save a crew isn't boring. the true story is set in massachusetts back in the 1950s when a violent storm claimed the life of a captain and his officers, so the remaining crew medical examiner must fend for themselves. >> every fellow here wants to live. the only way that happens is if we work together. >> reporter: affleck's character comes up with a plan to run what's left of the ship aground on a sand bar until help in the form of a small coast guard boat can arrive. their story inspired a movie that gets exciting when the actors who play those sailors are tossing and turning among huge waves. i was white knuckling the armrests of my seat before and dropped aboard a boat built to hold 12. any tension that develops is dissipated by doings back on land where bernie's fiance is waiting. >> they're sending him out to die. >> i don't want to be unkind, but holiday granger is stuck in dry dock. she still manages to flounder, though. so a mixed rereview for me on this one, but if you do go see it, make sure you watch it in 3d on the biggest screen you can find. the finest hour from disney owned by the same parent company as abc7 and you can see my review kung poo panda 3. that's fun for you and the kids. >> definitely so. there's been a drought of kid movies out there. i'm looking forward to kung poo pan that. >> finest hour, that has me written all over it. >> go for it dave dave. the former football star make ago big splash on broadway. and uber dropping prices in new york look at health care through our eyes and you'll see healthcare differently too. across 21 hospitals and over 450 community and research facilities, but raise the standard of health care. north shore-lij is now northwell health. now, new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news. and recapping our top stories, a group of longshoremen have walked off the job at several ports in new york and new jersey. it's all part of an ongoing labor dispute. no shipments are being accepted. >> and police in southern california have captured one of the three inmates who escaped from jail last week. duong turned to a man on the street saying he wanted to turn himself in. the other two escapees are still on the loose. and also new this half hour, a teacher from new jersey in court today on charges he sexually assaulted a young student. that student is just 10 years old. >> new jersey reporter toni yates is in patterson with the details. >> reporter: he's a 36-year-old gym teacher, edward clark, and his attorney says clark insists he did nothing to that child. sat at first with his face in his hands, awaiting his turn before the judge. patterson police investigated this complaint made by the family of that 10-year-old girl who attends school number 8 in the city of patterson. they determined there was enough cause to charge clark with aggravated criminal sexual contact with a child, and endangering the welfare of a child. clark was arrested two days ago. here's his appearance in court after his attorney ronald richie entered a plea of not guilty on clark's behalf. >> you are to have no contact and no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18 years. and you also must surrender your passport and travel documents. do you understand that. >> reporter: clark is free on $75,000 bail. coming up at 6:00, we hear from his attorney. we also get reaction from the patterson school district. for now we're live in patterson, toni yates channel 7 eyewitness news. on long island, a behind bars accused of having sexual conduct with a teenage boy. 48-year-old kieran bunt was arrested thursday morning after police say they found him in a car with a 14-year-old boy in a parking lot. he is a level one sex offender. uber is cutting prices and yellow cabs in the city are not happy about it. the drivers new york taxi city workers alliance protested in long island city queens. uber is cutting rates by 15%. and traditional taxi drivers say they cannot compete with that. >> we call on uber to reinstate their fares, we call on the city council to legislate a minimum fare requirement across this industry. >> competition is good for riders, drivers, competition is good for everyone. the tax industry isn't quite used to that. >> we'll hear from uber and yellow cab drivers coming up on eyewitness news at five. as the standoff continues at a federal wildlife refuge in oregon, the fbi released new confrontation with one of the protesters. investigators say protester lavoy finicum did not surrender with other protesters, including the leaders on tuesday. they say he sat in his truck for nearly four minutes before speeding away. eventually a roadblock forced him off the road. when he got out of the truck, he appeared to be reaching for something. oregon state troopers opened fire and killed him. investigators say they found a loaded handgun in a jacket pocket. an interesting new theory about oj simpson now surfacing from the ground breaking doctor featured in the movie concussion. dr. bennett amalu is responsible for discovering cte in nfl players. the disease is the result of repeated blows to the head. and he believes simpson is a victim. the doctor says he can identify the telltale signs of cte's impulsive behavior to criminality. >> oj simpson was exposed to thousands of blows to his head. >> it's important to note that this world renowned forensic pathologist has not examined simpson personally, and cte can only be diagnosed after death. from the football field to the stage, the broadway spotlight is on eddie george. we're talking with the former running back about finding a new life in the theater. i'm neil patrick harris and new york is my home. no place has more world class culture. come winter, i can't wait to visit our must-see collections of art and superb photography and film. new york has beautifully restored theaters, that are now important centers for the performing arts. and museums that preserve the glories of the past. winter in new york state means more great things to do than ever. plan your trip at iloveny.com y, xerox best known for copiers is splitting into two companies. the office equipment make certificate expected to be divided into two separate hardware and service businesses as part of the split. customers have started switching from buying, printing equipment and supplies to using print management services. the names of the two companies have yet to be determined. astronomers at the hubble images of a huge crowd of hydrogen gas. it's outsided mille way but astronomers say it's on a 7000 miles per hour crash course right toward us. when that happens 30 million years from now, they expect it to create a new star formation. one of the cars used by pope francis during his u.s. visit is going to hit the auction block today. live auction starts tonight. bids will be taken for one of the fiats as part of a fundraising gala at the philadelphia auto show. proceeds go to the archdiocese ministries and the children's hospital of philadelphia. he was a football star with a heisman trophy in an impressive pro career. when he left football, who knew he would end up on broadway. eddie george starring in the broadway production of chicago. sports anchor rob powers caught up with him and joins us with the story. football player, super bowl, and an actor, broadway, and to have two dreams come true, that's amazing and that's eddie george. >> you can still see him coming toward you with that awful look in his eye, and get this, you both reach for the gun. that's your ground, self- defense. >> a time to pinch myself, like i'm really doing a musical on broadway. >> the prince of the courtroom is the super star of the gridiron. eddie george in his broadway debut as billy flynn in a limited engagement of chicago. he'll be here through february. we had to meet up at the ambassador theater. we talked in the mezzanine. >> over here, it's like wow, i couldn't imagine being on that stage. this is a historic theater >> oh, yeah, here's here all broadway, the dream. eddy's been lucky enough to live, too. the record setting running back from the ohio state university athletics theater, not that different, really. play book, game plan, strategy, a team, and those doubts that just cannot creep in. >> all that stuff creeps into your mind. i go back to telling myself, listen, i have been here before. >> it's my pleasure to announce the winner, eddie george ohio state. >> yep, won the heisman in 95, even more success came in the nfl. >> eddie george on the toss. touchdown. >> turns out eddie's been giving them the old razzle- dazzle for a while now, from football's biggest stage to broadway, destiny right here in new york city. >> you couldn't be more a part of the city. >> that's what i'm saying, i get chills when i think about it. i really do. i'm like, i could do this for the rest of my life. >> sometimes on the stage as on the field, it's best just to play be the thing, and all that jazz. >> to my knowledge there has not been a heisman trophy winner and a tony award winner. >> oh, wow. >> you could be the first. >> that's a possibility. it's possible. it's possible. >> anything is possible, right. >> but my goal is to do this for the rest of my life. >> and eddie's life has had at least two acts so far. his run in chicago goes through february. he's going to give it his all and look for the next door to open. this is a guy who has done things the right way. he didn't ask for anything. he has done shakespeare, and he earned this right to be here. >> did people in the sports world know he could sing. >> i don't know. it was a shock to me. >> i didn't know he could sing. >> such a huge talent. >> i'm an ohio guy, i watched him play football, the super bowl he played in, and to see him on broadway, it was really something. he's so excited about this. >> that's wonderful. and i think it's a great point. perhaps tony award winner. >> two mantles. >> that's something else. thanks rob. we have another sports figure to tell you about. olympic swimmer michael phelps in a speedo at a basketball game. do i have your attention yet? why he was the team's secret weapon. also healed, everyone hate to get into a cold car in the winter, but there's an important warning you should taking control of your health isn't easy. but cigna is there for you. literally. just download our free coach by cigna app. for personalized programs from a team of health coaches to help you achieve your wellness goals. cigna. caught on camera, a version of tug of war helping to prevent a bank robbery in north carolina. the bank manager was standing by the door when he happened to see a man dressed in black running across the parking lot. the man grabs the door, but the manager holds on. the man then fled. the bank employees had to push the alarm button. police arrived to find everyone safe but fundraise eled. a massive sinkhole in oregon. the video shows the ground opening up under a highway near the california border. and take a look at it from the sky. a drone flew over the scene yesterday. you can see just how large that sinkhole is as it causes problems for drivers you can see in both directions of the highway. officials say torrential rains may have caused the giant sinkhole to happen. surveillance cameras at a church were rolling just as a florida. the wiped whipped up furniture and debris. one man was outside struggling to get inside an open door. the storm knocked down trees and tore tiles from the church's roof nearby. in the end, very fortunate no one was hurt. last weekend's snowstorm resulted in big money in the form of parking tickets. parking agents wrote more than $1 million in tickets during the blizzard. here's the good news, the district is now saying it will forgive more than half of the 5000 tickets it handed out during the storm. as expensive as that storm is to fight, we got money back for paying for the tickets. >> which half. you get excused but i don't. doesn't seem very fair. >> got to live right, liz. i'm sorry. the rules for our parking are back by monday. >> yes, monday. extended to saturday, monday it comes back. >> hopefully by then the snow will have melted. >> i think it's happening in a lot of spots. places where the cars are still encased. good news, warmer temperatures over the weekend. we have one day that's still pretty chilly. that's tomorrow, and then by sunday, they'll climb with the numbers once again going above average for this time of year. right now we've got 40 degrees. we're losing the daylight and a nice little patch of the sunset there on the left hand part of your screen. west winds gusting to 21 miles per hour in the park, and pressure is on the rise. high today was 42. i think we'll be colder tomorrow. we improve in time for the weekend. here on accu track, it has been blustery on and off. winds are picking up right now, we are seeing gusts up to 30 miles per hour in and around the burros, what's left of the showers and flurries is completely moving off . we isolated the radar and we can see the rest of the precipitation moving out and skies will cloud cover tom wind gusts, monticello, 32 miles per hour. and jfk and even newark, we have seen gusts up to 30 miles per hour within the last hour. we are watching this pretty carefully. overnight, the chill does remain. we wake up to it. then the wind start to lessen and pull back a bit. and that's going to make an improvement in the way things feel by saturday afternoon. these flurries, by the way, do exit as the winds do remain strong, and then by early tomorrow morning, those winds let up and we see improvements coming our way. once we get through the weekend, we'll actually see the wind helping to eat away the rest of the snow, and the temperatures going up as well. we can call it more melting here over the weekend, and right now looking at the current snow depth across our area, the real bull's eye where we have the top numbers, 10 to 15, central new jersey a foot of snow melted and the winds and temperature cooperate with that here over the weekend. we'll call it clear and cold tonight. these winds start to diminish you wake up to suck freezing temperatures across the area. sunrise tomorrow is at 7:09:00 a.m. it's still a chilly feel to the day. once the winds pull back, i think we'll see improvement. though 38 sounds cooler than today. it ends up feeling better, and sunday turns out to be a terrific day. we look at the accuweather 7- day forecast. we look at some of these days a little closer. certainly warmer on sunday with 46. then monday, it's mild with a midday shower possible at 50 degrees. that's actually not the warmest it will get all week. tuesday looks good, partly sunny a weak little front coming through that day, and if we extend into wednesday, high pressure takes over again, and this day, we could see temperatures pushing 60 degrees. 56 is what we're calling for right now. that's what the numbers support. if this pattern develops, we could be looking at 60 on the map somewhere in the middle of the week. this long-term trend that we have seen really for the past couple of days, getting our temperatures well above average february look to be holding on pretty good. thursday, a high of 40 degrees, and friday 42. the other thing is as we go into the middle part of the day on monday, this is when you could see the showers, so it's not a rainout all day, but certainly is a day where we could see the potential for showers. a reminder that you can search abc7ny online, and this is the place where you can download the free app, track showers and temperatures and anything else you need to know about the accuweather 7-day forecast. i'll have more for you guys coming up at 5:00. see you then. >> all right. thanks amy. 56 is going to feel nice. here's what's trending on this friday. in a touching message to one of our abc colleagues from his wife is being shared and re- tweeted on this, the day she calls her husband's happy alive day. leewoodruff posted a picture, her personal story of gratitude her husband bob woodruff was wearing when a roadside bomb reporting in iraq. it happened ten years ago today. the boots she says a powerful reminder that a decade later, like so many military families, we are all still standing. happy alive day, bob from all of us. liz, i know you shared that on your facebook page as well. >> we all are feeling it. we're so happy he's still with us. and it was a very emotional and beautiful letter she wrote to him. >> it's beautiful. let me get good stuff here. louie tomlinson is sharing love for his new baby boy. his instagram picture with boy cradled in his arms, pushing back the 1.6 million like mark. meet my little lad freddy. congrats to louie and mom. arizona state fans have a reputation of coming up with creative ways to distract basketball players shooting free throws. they hit a new high by getting michael phelps to pop up behind a curtain wearing the crowd goes crazy, and the guy shooting the free throw was so distracted, which was the master plan, he missed the shot. >> can i say olympic medals are huge, and they look like tiny little trinkets on him. >> he is a big guy. and kristen bell and her husband, are trending for putting together a vacation video. they put their safari trip to africa to the toto song africa. >> there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do >> i loved it. >> he kind of knew the lyrics. >> my vacation video is nothing like this. it would be fun to go on vacation with them. >> we have to shoot a music video. finally, listen for a baby say oh, no, after sneezing. listen for it. we confirmed this, because i >> oh no. oh, no. >> politest baby ever, right. >> so cute. >> get a grip ladies. >> as always, check on the trend online. abc7ny.com. and send us your trend ideas. can i get one little baby sneezing. >> oh, no. >> mission accomplished. >> very cool. we should tell you, we're following breaking news right now. a car went off the road. this is happening on the garden state parkway in kennel worth. you can see emergency crews have just arrived on scene. shannon sohn is over the scene in news copter 7. shannon. >> yeah, this is a bad accident. the car went off the roadway. you can see the top of it completely gone as it went through the fence separating the southbound side of the garden state parkway from the galloping hill country club. you can see the right two lanes are blocked off. if you drive in the morning you've probably done it. maybe you start your car to heat it up before you drive it. >> and it may be convenient but it may put you in danger more anything else. >> reporter: watch these car thieves roll up on this car in denver, seeing it's empty, moments later they steal it. this man walks up to the car that's on but it's locked. the owner scares the thieves away. the owner comes out to try to stop him but it's too late. cars left running to warm up on bad guys call them a golden opportunity. and police departments across the country are warning drivers to not leave their running cars unattended. >> came out, started up the car. less than 60 seconds. >> reporter: that's all it took to steal gregory carol's car. bad enough but the thieves also got away to the keys to his second car. later that night they came back to steal that one too. >> give me back my car. >> reporter: some people may not realize that in many states it's illegal to leave a car idling with the keys inside and depending on your state and county that could even mean in your own driveway. but more people seem to be doing it. nearly 45,000 cars stolen in 2014 had the keys in the ignition. >> we got people leaving the cars running everywhere. >> reporter: in lakewood colorado, we hit the streets with sergeant hoover. within minutes, they find dozens of puffers. while you're inside the store, you can't do that. >> i want to sit in a warm car on the way to work. >> reporter: rick boyer's puffer car has just been stolen. >> went inside, maybe four minutes, came back outside, the car is gone. >> reporter: car puffers can cause a ripple effect. >> we've seen them used in car shootings, burglaries. we've even found a crime ring that was stealing cars to go stealing. >> that's what they make gloves for. >> hopefully he got the message there. eyewitness news at 5:00 begins right now. a wildcat strike by dock workers in newarka and stanton busiest ports in coast. a community on alert, authorities confirm that the racoon that attacked a little boy was rabid. and good evening at 5:00, i'm diana williams. >> and i'm sade baderinwa. that 6-year-old now getting rabies shots. that boy was attacked when they were walking to school. >> reporter: diana and sade this is the actual flier that has been going around a rabid racoon found in elmer park. and with the school around the corner they want to make sure everyone in this community is aware. >> i come out at all times in the day. it's horrible that it happened to this kid because i can handle it more. >> reporter: brent goswiler and his wife are extra careful as >> i'm worried that it could attack him.

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