Outside of Lower Manhattan on this saturday december 12th. I walked outside with a jacket this morning, and i was kind of like i dont need this what am i doing. You dont need that jacket either. No. A tank top, it feels great out i know, i know. Good morning, thanks for 12th of december. Im rob nelson. Im Michelle Charlesworth. Lets head to amy freeze weather. Its just not getting me going yet. Its not getting a lot of people in the holiday spirit. Thats one thing. Theyre looking for the colder air. This will be a december to remember, you guys. Temperatures trending above the average, not just warm, though, not just mild and comfortable but were talking record breaking temperatures. We start this morning with skies that look really good across the area, and later on this afternoon we take these temperatures in the upper 50s already in central park, 57 for 64. Now the record for this date is 68 degrees set back in 1931. Coming up in just a few minutes, we will be talking about how we can potentially break the records going here over the weekend all the way through monday on the accuweather sevenday forecast. Youll be able to see that temperatures are trending 60 degrees or better. Those details are straight ahead in just a few minutes you guys. Get ready for a very mild shopping weekend because less than two weeks from christmas and heading into the new year its feeling a lot more like october than december. Details are straight ahead in full weather. Thank you so much amy. Some say the naughty list is going to get a lot longer. Others say let the celebrations begin. Hoards of people in santa suits are going to be bar hopping from brooklyn to manhattan for what is called santacon. The nypd is issuing a warning for anyone taking part. Marcus solis joins us live from williamsburg with more on this reporter good morning michelle. This is the start point of a day of organized day drinking. Santacon is here. For some its harmless fun, for others its a bit of a hassle and for police its a little bit of a headache. It is a twoborough bar crawl. Theyll start gathering here around 10 a. M. In past years there have been problems with revelers dressed in santa suits, some brawling, some passing out, some puking. For the first time they publicized the routes which will be williamsburg to the Lower East Side and end at Madison Square park and theyve gone to the Parks Department for permits. Police will be out there making hand. You can be naughty, but you have to be nice. Were in trying times all throughout the world, and to have to expend more resources on an event like this at times, its frustrating. And so, again, it gets underway around 10 00. They start organizing. Afternoon, and to try and limit some of the pre, pregame festivetives, mta banning alcohol on trains. Thank you very much. Moving on, new video this morning of the moments before a gunfight that ended with Police Shooting a suspect in brooklyn. Security cameras recorded several men attacking a man after he walked out of a bodega in fort green last night. Two people chased that man across the street where witnesses say several shots were fired. One man was shot in the leg. A worker at a nearby business described the scene. I was, you know, in the store and i heard some gunshots like four or five. After that i see one person outside and i go outside and close the door. Police officers heard the gunshots and responded. Officials say an officer fired one round and shot a suspect in the shoulder. The hospital. One person has been arrested. Were seeing video this morning of the suspects who were wanted in a string of robberies in central park and other spots on the Upper East Side. Police want to talk to the five men in this Surveillance Video about three armed robberies on monday. Police officers say they pushed a 19yearold man, stole his cell phone. Fortunately no ones been hurt. If you recognize them call police. There is video this morning from the Upper East Side where one of the feeder streets leading to the 59th street bridge is closed because of those falling bricks, and it will not reopen before rush hour on monday. Last night high above the street, crews were working around the clock to remove those remaining bricks one by one. 1st avenue between 61st and 64th streets closed since last monday. Thats when bricks fell off the buildings facade. Amazingly no one was hurt. On Staten Island there was off of each other and careened out of control. News copter 7 was over the scene last night. One driver left the parking lot, lost control, then jumped the curb and hit four parked cars before colliding with another passing car. They both then slammed into this building. Two people went to the hospital with serious injuries. We are learning new details about a scary encounter between a long island mother and a stranger who she says tried to take her baby. Police have now released a description of that suspect. The woman says the suspect approached her, said give me the baby, and then grabbed his arm. It happened at a bathroom at a kohls in valley stream. The mother pushed her away. Police say the suspect is around 5foot 5 with long blond hair. She was wearing a blue jacket, a yellow shirt, and also a multicolored skirt. Another form early powerful politician in new york is now a this time it is former new York Senate Leader dean skelos. He and his son were convicted. The elder ask lows used his influence to strong arm a 300,000 salary for his son and other benefits for his son adam. Skelos conviction follows that of former speaker sheldon silver. The computer hard drive used by accused killers. That is one of many things. The fbi received that a small lake in the park about 3 miles from the attack might hold a computer hard drive. The tipster told agents the shooters maybe in that very same area the day of the attack. The search could last several days. Was this a target of hate, about an hours drive away from the massacre a mosque was set on fire. Its leader says it was ignited by a fire bomb. Center of palm springs in coachella california heard a loud boom and saw flames in the front lobby. No one was injured. Afterwards workers prayed on the sidewalk. The fbi is investigating to determine if the mosque was deliberately targeted. New york mayor bill de blasio will spend this warm weekend recovering after hernia surgery. His office told us the mayor is resting at gracie mansion. He apparently developed a hernia recently. De blasio will have no public schedule this weekend but he will be back at city hall monday morning. Coming up on Eyewitness News saturday morning, donald trump opens up a 19 point lead on his republican competitors despite the many, many controversies surrounding him. But there are some signs of trouble ahead. Well explain. And what are your plans for the weekend. We would love to know. State ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. Hey, welcome. Well, hello. How are you doing there stranger . You come here often . Shes head and shoulders above the rest. I would like to have my seat adjusted in the correct spot, which if you dont mind. We always do. Could we all sit on the same one. Look how high i am. There we go, there we go. Okay. Its nice to be tall. Yes. As i say at home, i do everything in this family [ laughter ] yes. Thats true there. Mother nature is doing everything. Thats whose doing everything. Oh, she is. You dont have anything to even talk about. Its so good. Its perfect. It will be different next month. We all know its coming. For now this is beautiful. I know. Well, you know, its unusual but its not unheard of to have warm weather in december, but usually we get it one or two extremes here or there. Were getting these long stretches of mild weather. We saw it all through november, but this is a december like i said earlier, a december to remember because we are in record breaking territory day after day after day. While were in the mid60s were shy of the record but tomorrow were really going to go for it. That could be the day that puts us over the top even into monday. We do have some limited visibility in spots, so fog here and there but its not enough to ruin the morning. As soon as the sun comes up at 7 11 this morning, we will be able to see some improvements with the sky conditions. Expect a mix of sun and clouds and a rainfree weekend. The next chance to get showers and it looks like well get a couple, maybe a half inch to an inch of rain moving in. So looking at temperatures across the area, 57 for new york city. That temperature, of course, above average for daytime highs, so overnight we were even warmer than we typically would be for this time of year. So thats pretty impressive. New city right now 50 degrees. Were looking at paramus, 47. 57 for the boroughs and 49 in islip. As far as the big picture goes, we do have some clouds here and there across the board really thats the case as far as seeing our temperatures and skies cooperate. Nice southerly flow of wind and everything is working together. The perfect recipe to get our temperatures up where they need to be this time of year. Were about 10 degrees above the average for this time of year. We can go over to the weather producer and you can see the a high of 64 is what were looking at. Once we get into tomorrow, its near record warmth. 68 degrees. That would beat the record that has been around since the 1920s. Thats pretty impressive. The southerly wind, it stays dominant right through christmas week, so this is a pint, warm pattern that doesnt show any signs of slowing down. In fact, very impressive right through monday going for the 60s. Todays record is 68. Looks like well fall short of that. Tonight well see the sun going down at 4 28. This tomorrow could be a record breaker with 68 degrees. Now the accuweather sevenday forecast shows a change on monday. This is the one where we will see late rain developing, half inch to an inch of rainfall is expected, and some wind comes in behind that dragging down cool air from the north. We only drop off about 6 degrees, just shy of the 60 degree mark, and that is what keeps us really still above at 57. Thursday another chance for rainfall, 56, but friday 50 degrees. Thats the coolest day down the stretch, and really, were looking at a stronger cold front on friday that could put us become into the 40s by next weekend. I think youll remember last saturday and sunday we were talking about the potential for record breaking warmth. Yeah. And we also saw the long term pattern which is the 10 to 12day pattern, and it showed us exactly this. Wed stay above average heading into those last few days before christmas. Shop on. Thats what i say. Is there any chance that christmas itself will be i know we dont know. We have some time but is there a chance. That it would be this warm . And just mild like it. 60s would be i think a reach. However, above average would be a good bet based on the patterns weve got in place. All right. That being said, climate means nothing, weather is everything and it could even snow on christmas. There you go. Huge no answer answer. I love it. Shes very noncommittal. You should run for office. Thanks amy. Straight ahead on Eyewitness News saturday morning, it has been five months since sandra bland was found inside her its jail cell. There there now be charges in her death. 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W welcome back, w following a developing story out of africa, 21 people were found fatally shot in a neighborhood. Authorities are investigating whether the victims are linked to the attacks on three military installations in the the violence has been increasing in that country since the president s disputed reelection back in july. A grand jury in texas met friday to determine whether or not to press charges in the case of sandra bland. The 28yearold woman was found dead in her jail cell three days after she was arrested in july. The medical examiner ruled her death a suicide. However, the incident raised concerns about the arrest and how bland was treated in prosecutors say it will take time to present the grand jury with all of the evidence and information surrounding the case. The process has been much more complex than we anticipated when we took on the job just because we want to do the right thing. We want to make sure justice is done. The grand jury will meet at least once more before the end of the year. Blands family has filed a wrongful death suit against the trooper who made the arrest and the jail as well. Turning to politics now, republican president ial hopeful rival ted cruz for the first time after a poll shows the texas senator is gaining some ground in iowa. Trump slammed cruz for his ties to the oil industry and for posing ethanol subsidies which are popular in the state. The two had avoided attacking each other so far during the campaign. Earlier this week, audio emerged from a fundraiser where cruz raised doubts about trumps judgment and said he planned to inherit his supporters. The Democratic Front runner Hillary Clinton says she is the only candidate qualified to take on isis. Clinton said her time as secretary of state does give her the Foreign Policy experience to defeat the militant group. Clinton made her First Campaign stop in oklahoma where she told supporters she would dismantle isis without sending american Ground Troops into combat. Cruz is kind of surging so new hampshire, chris christie, its interesting to see. Christie doing well in new hampshire. And less than two months to so fasten your seat belts meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. Thats why we switched to Time Warner Cable. You can too. Call now. Now we can connect more devices, at the same time. The wifi in this house is amazing. So is my guacamole. Hi grandma and grandpa ha, look at that [laughs] Time Warner Cable even has an internet plan for us. Get the Internet Speed thats right for you. From 3 megs to ultra fast 300 megs they even made it easy to switch with a onehour arrival window. Why settle for less, when you can get more get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call now. 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The game comes up tomorrow, yet practice for the jets jadell reevus. Suffered a concussion, he is feeling better now. He was full go at practice yesterday. He said after the workout he expects to be on the field. Jets 7 and 5 looking to close in on the playoffs against 3 and 9 tennessee. The giants waived defensive end yesterday. After three years it wasnt working out. Big blue cuts its losses and miami, monday night football still means plenty. Growing up it was always the game, and you got excited when your parents let you stay and watch it. To know what it means for this team and this organization and our playoff hunt. Yep, monday night football, the giants at miami, you can catch it all right here on channel 7. Our coverage begins monday night at 8 00. On ice last night the rangers 2, 5, and 1 in their last 8 games at edmonton. The ranger president helped build those strong oiler teams. They honored him. Then hockey, mac zuccarello to tie the game at 1. Led 31 after the opening period. Kris kreider strike in the second. The oilers come back and win last night at home. Devils played at home against the red wings. 3rd period that made it 22. They go to overtime, less than 40 seconds to go. Kenny danico called that an alleyoop, 32. Knicks and nets had last night off. They get back to work today. We go to boston where the Golden State Warriors tried to push their record to 24 and 0. Stef curry 38 points helped push the game to overtime. The celtics kelly olitic hits a 3 to push the game to double overtime, and Draymond Green did the damage there. One. They go to 24 and 0. Wow. Finally from us an exhibition game for nycfc at puerto rico. Their first action since the regular season. The 91st minute. At puerto rico. Whatever happens this covered. Im rob powers. Ill see you right back here monday for the giants on monday night football. Much more ahead including a live look at todays top stories. Ready or not, here it comes, santacon 2015 is today. All the details coming up in a live report. Thank you, marcus. Also ahead a former Oklahoma CityPolice Officer convicted of multiple rapes will likely learn his fate next month. This mornin