Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News First At 4 20160818 : c

Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News First At 4 20160818

A bathroom door at a gas station, then getting into a fight with the security guard. Rewind to last week and the controversial interview lochte first gave to nbc news. A guy pulled out his gun, cocked it, put it to my forehead and said get down standby put my hands up i was like whatever. Reporter lochte now saying the gun was only pointed in his direction. The 12time olympic medalist is back in the u. S. His teammates, and gunnar bentz all remain in brazil, two seen in a rio Police Station after being pulled from a flight bound for houston. Brazilian investigators look into the whether false statements were given to police. Members of the ioc conducting their own investigation, and talking about forgiveness. Lets give these kids a break you know. Sometimes you take actions that telling brazilian tv network the only truth is that they say they were drunk. Reporter we do know now that false statements were made to police as to the fact there was no robbery. We do also know a federal Police Source has told abc news that at least two of the swimmers, if they continue to cooperate with authorities, could be given back their passports and flown back home to the u. S. Possibly as early as tonight. It is quite a story. And quite unbelievable. Police in new jersey looking for a man who they say exposed himself to children. And they say it happened multiple times in the union county communities in rosell park and linden. Stephen kim has more. Reporter david it is not only disturbing, the boldness of the suspect has many here alarmed. He is stretching with more frequency, in broad daylight. Playground. I got nervous. The kids play here all the time. Reporter it is a vial act that has become a pattern. A disgusting pattern that has residents in linden on edge. It happened eight times since may, with six of those incidents occurring in the past few weeks. A man exposing himself to young kids, each time in broad daylight, and each time in a quiet, residential neighborhood. I cannot even think about this. Because it is, absolutely. An image of the suspects car released by cops. It is a darkcolored older model 4door vehicle. Police say the suspect in each case targets Young Children alone or in a group. He calls them over to this car, exposes himself, then drives away. He struck twice yesterday in rosell park. The victims just 7 and 9 years old. One of our incidents yesterday he approached an 11yearold girl and the girl ran away. Causes great concern he is that brazen to do that. So it leads us to believe that he is very desperate and he wont stop until he gets what they want. Reporter police are asking the public to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicles. Cars that seem out of place or unusually circling the block. Cops saying what they really need help with is getting the license plate number to there car. Meanwhile the victims left shaken. They are upset and their parents are upset and understandably so. I have children also. School is going to be starting in another week or so and its a real concern of ours. Reporter when the two earlier incidents, the one in may and the one in june, that suspect had lighter colored hair in a white car. It is unclear if that is the same man in the august incidents. Coming up later tonight on Eyewitness News well tell you what the linden Summer Camp Program is doing to keep its kids safe. Stefan kim Eyewitness News. Also in new jersey fire officials are trying to this clark. The impact blew out all the windows of the home on fairview road. The homeowner was inside at the time. He is being treated for burns. Fire officials are still trying to determine what caused the blast. Bail is set at 8 million for the man police say confessed to drowning his mother in their long island swimming pool. Prosecutors say 23yearold Dennis Cullen jr. Got into an argument with his mother about taking his psychiatric medication of the they say he put 63yearold elizabeth a headlock while swimming at their home in lloyd harbor. Prosecutors he then dragged her to the deepened of the pool and drowned her. Her body was found behind a shed in the backyard. Coming up at 5 00, well tell you what prosecutors say cullen did after the killing. Mystified, that is how mayor bill de blasio is describing new yorkers as Police Continue to look into a motive for the killing of an imam and his associate. Meanwhile, religious leaders hate crime. Eyewitness News Reporter nj burkett is live in the garden section of queens with details. Nj . Reporter thats right. The mayor says people are mystified and he is absolutely right. No one more so than the citys muslim community. There is no known connection between the alleged killer and the victims. Police say they have answered virtually every question about this case, except one. The motive. On the steps of city hall this the victims demanded to know why not. Why cant prosecutors charge oscar morel with hate crimes for murdering two muslim men as they left their mosque . The 55yearold imam and his 64 yearold assistant, each thought point blank in the back of the head. We want to know what is the reason for it, and we want justice for t then well be able to have peace from it. With the world a better place. Reporter the fact morel has not offered an explanation because he continues to insist he didnt do it. That he is not the man in the surveillance video, running up from behind and executing the men in broad daylight. A search of the home offered any insight into a possible motive. Although investigators say this revolver re is a ballistics match to the crime scene. Even mayor de blasio was at a lot this more. People are mystified. There lab a lot of investigation done, a huge, now he. Task force, in effect, was put together to find this individual. And there has been a lot of followup since he was apprehended still isnt clear. Reporter frustration shared across the citys muslim community, many of whom believe motive but sectarian hatred. The hug of a father will never be felt again for these two families. And the tragedy is not just theirs, it is all of ours. Reporter this happened last saturday afternoon in broad daylight. You dont need to prove a motive to make a successful homicide case. But you do need one to make a hate crimes case. We are going to look at the legal challenges in all of this news at 6 00 tonight. Nj burkett channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you nj. The parents of a murdered jogger in queens once again going public and urging her killer to come forward. The search for Karina Vetrano began on august 2nd. Hours later her father found her dead in a nearby park. Today her grieving parents spoke outside their home in howard beach, saying it is time you are being driven crazy. I know that you want to do the right thing. Reporter the reward for finding vetranos killer has climbed to 253,000. Going to turn now to the race for president and Hillary Clinton bringing her president ial campaign back to new york city this afternoon for a meeting with top Law Enforcement leaders. Clinton met with nypd commissioner bill bratton along with other Law Enforcement college. It comes amid claims by donald trump that clinton is quote against the police. Aides say clintons meeting had been planned for weeks and builds on her ongoing outreach to Law Enforcement. Reporter people around this table are pioneering, they are reforming. They are on top of the debates and concerns that have been expressed over the last couple of years. I think we can come together said recently trumps lack of depth on Law Enforcement issues scares me. Meantime trump maintained his theme as being a Law Enforcement candidate. Trump told the crowd he had just stopped by the gun range for some target practice. Turning now to the weather, another day of cooler temperatures. Meteorologist amy freeze is in for lee goldberg today and she is outside with your exclusive accuweather forecast. How is it out there . Reporter go my friends. Saying hello to everybody out here. It is a beautiful, beautiful afternoon. Very summer like of the it is a little muggy this afternoon but not bad. Temperatures mid80s, somewhat bearable and very predictable augustlike weather right . We are going to have a few changes coming and starts with hot temperatures chiming in for tomorrow as we head into the weekend. Lets get busy. You can see clouds are building in. Temperatures are at 84 degrees. Above these numbers but 87 still in toms river. Out on the island islip currently at 82. For the rest of the evening, we are looking at temperatures falling off into the 70s. Doesnt cool off a whole lot tonight, and we get a head start tomorrow. By 8 00 a. M. We are at 77 degrees. 81 by 10 00, and temperatures soaring into the upper 80s maybe 90s showing up on thermometers as we kick off the weekend. Details on your weekend get away forecast. In ill have the accuweather 7day ready for you. For the second training day in a row there has been movement for stocks on wall street. Stocks made small gains this afternoon after on the rise in the price of u. S. Oil. Oil prices have rallied but remained between 40 and 50 a barrel the last four months. Heres a live look at the big board. The dow gained 23 points. Sentencing day if a former football star coming up. For Darren Sharper after he was convicted in dozens of rapes. Plus it is a dramatic image from the violence in syria. This heartbreaking photo now going viral. Well tell you the story behind it, next. Just today, after it was auctio fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Time for a look at your commute home. This is route 23 in west milford. There are delays because of an earlier overturned tractor trailer. Lets check with shannon stone in news copter 7. Shannon . Reporter it really is bad. He overturned into the center this afternoon, they still have to do repairs on the center median. So the dent itself happened on the northbound side of route 23 by hamburg turnpike. Look how far back they had to put this closure. That is where that closure is in place, forcing everyone to turn around to the southbound side of route 23 and look at this volume. It is a bumper to bumper delay that takes you well back into butler, and unfortunately not a great way to get around this unless you really know the local streets. Route 23, shannon stone channel 7 Eyewitness News. Somebody is going to miss dinner at that rate. At the hudson river crossings no delays at the lincoln tunnel or the George Washington bridge at this time but we are told there are about 15 minute backups at the outbound holland. Former nfl star Darren Sharper was sentenced to 18 years and 4 months in prison for drugging and raping up to 16 women in four states. Before he learned his state, sharper said he would like to times to his victims. Sharper was originally sentenced to 9 years by an arizona judge but a u. S. District judge rejected that saying it was too lenient. Sharper played in the nfl 14 years. Restauranting images today of a little boy who become what many believe is the face of the deadly civil war in syria. The video shows the 5yearold boy bloody, dazed after being pulled from the rubble of an Apartment Building last night. The air strike. The boy sitting inside an ambulance at one point, wiping the blood from his face. So hard to watch his parents and siblings survived the air strike. But five other children were killed the heartbreaking video has gone viral around the world. Some volunteers with plenty of muscle are helping the victims of flooding in louisiana. The university ever louisiana Football Players came by bus into one hard hit area and got right to work helping residents. The federal government is moving in to help. President obama has signed a disaster declaration and the Homeland Security secretary is also there. Our hearts are broken but our faith is strong. The federal government is here, we have been here and will be here as long as it takes to help this community recover. Reporter more than 85,000 people have registered for federal disaster aid. One sign the situation is lo the number of people in shelters that dropped to just about 4000 from a high of 11,000. I cant imagine this kind of a disaster. It is amazing. But when i saw the Football Players show up to help out it was so heartwarming to see. Just great. So lets check in with meteorologist amy freeze she is in for lee goldberg. It is beautiful right now. What is going on . Reporter average august. You know acceptable august. Feel very summer like out here without the extreme discomfort of really hot temperatures, really high humidity. Temperatures in the mid80s will take it. We could have a stray shower or two off to the west this evening. For the most part really pleas ant conditions the next couple of days heading into the weekend. Hotter, more muggy. But you cant complain too much about the weather pattern we are under right now. Over the park right now, the latest Temperature Check in central park humidity 53 . A calm wind with pressure falling. High temperature today at laguardia was 85 degrees. Through central and southern jersey a lot of 80s showing up. 87 for the lie. Well see if we can get everybody else back in the hot temperatures by tomorrow, pushing the upper 80s. Just a few showers overnight. Mainly west of the city and the humidity increases again into the humidity and a really nice weather pattern for tuesday into wednesday of next week. You can see the showers trying to creep in to well they are going past right now parts of eastern pennsylvania and coming through upstate new york. Making their way sullivan, ulster, duchess county, really losing their steam. I wouldnt be surprised to see a spotty shower make its way north and west of the city. Humid, less muggy today. The temperature certainly goes up upper 80s, 90 degrees showing up on the thermometer. Overnight, we start with a good deal tomorrow and that is what is going to put the heat on for us. By early to midafternoon, a shower but these arent really widespread. And not too promising. Could see it pop there. Those look to be maybe to the south and eastment by the time to build up, we get another warm day here again. A spotty hour shower cant be ruled out but definitely doesnt look like rainfall. This is a High Resolution grid so it is definitely showing us a lot of detail. Overnight low 74. High calling for 87 tomorrow, 88 degrees right there is going to be our range and the humidity will slowly increase. It becomes very humid on sunday even though our temperatures drop to 84. Will trigger showers. Morning shower on monday turns into a very refreshing air mass of the we could see a stray shower into tuesday morning. But tuesday night into wednesday looks terrific extending that all with low to mid80s. So very, very nice. The weekend doesnt look bad you guys. Coming up in a few minutes well have the weekend get away. The catskills. The jersey shore and the hamptons if you are head in were tagging sharks. Youll love this next story. Hang in there for a second. Humpback whales a Close Encounter with them caught on tape. A group of kayakers paddling in the water north of vancouver when they spot the humpback and her calf. They didnt realize how close they were. Jump right out of the water they backed up safely, nobody got hurt. They were huge. Kayak out of kayaking to ride sharing to sharing a robot, it may be out of this world, but selfdriving ubers are on the way. Plus he went from working my son has meningitis b. But how did we end up here . His mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Fter a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. . . . Across new york state, from long island to buffalo, from rochester to the hudson valley, from albany to utica, Creative Business incentives, infrastructure investment, university partnerships, and the lowest taxes in decades are creating a stronger economy and the right environment in new york state for business to thrive. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today hulk hogans final take down was more than the blog gawker could the company says the decision to shut down next week comes days after univision bid 135 million for gawker and its related sites. Gawker filed for bankruptcy after hulk hogan won a 141 million judgment for invasion of privacy. The site also blames peter teal for its demise, the Silicon Valley billionaire had secretly a livery car without a driver will soon become a reality. Uber is testing selfdriving cars on the streets of pittsburgh where the company has its own selfdriving research lab. But passengers wont be alone, at least not at first. There will actually be backup drivers in the cars to keep an eye on everything. Probably a good idea. You know this past season british singer al if i boa finding neverland and les mis. Even more so it is an accomplishment when you realize what he used to do. Reporter his story begins in the north of england, where al if i boa worked in a factory, making sports cars. His salary the equivalent of worldwide fame. . [ music ] . . Reporter al has paid tribute to the military men and women, sung for the queen of england from the balcony of her palace in london, and been the toast of

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