Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News This Morning 20160222 :

Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News This Morning 20160222

Traffic. Meteorologist bill evans with the forecast. It will be cooler than yesterday. We start with sunshine, though. Temperature yesterday was 55. The day before, 51. Today, were looking at sunshine and 49 degrees. Coldy tomorrow, 41. Next shot of rain is overnight tuesday into wednesday. We will look at temperatures probably in the mid to upper 50s with rain going into thursday. We will talk about this in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. You had a busy weekend, basketball, hockey. Yes, it was very busy, but it was not nearly as much fun as your weekend. Injuries, we have track work at 42nd street completed. Thats good news. The Service Suspended both ways between 242nd street and south ferry. There is a minor delay at the George Washington bridge, minor at the lincoln and holland. We have a downed tree at 46th at van houghton avenue. They may have taken care of that fallen tree. I will keep you posted on that. Queens midtown tunnel, one lane open both ways, thats ongoing construction, its basically sandy repair there. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect for today. Ken, over to you. Thank you, heather. New this morning, Police Investigating another attack in a string of slashings in our area. The latest one happening in the williams bridge section of the bronx on holland avenue. Toni yates is live with the latest in the investigation. Toni . Reporter good morning, ken. Three stabings in one day. All in the same general area of the bronx, one of them captured on video. Four people now recovering from their wounds. Now, were going to begin with the last one. This was at 5 20 in the afternoon in front of 3046 holland avenue. The car, they seem at first to taunt a couple of people walking along the sidewalk, then zoom in on the 26yearold woman. One stabs her in the stomach, the other slash her right here. She told police she doesnt know these culprits and police now say she may have, in fact, not been the intended target. The second stabbing in front of 920 east 73rd street. Someone slashed a 32yearold man in the face and ran off. This was saturday morning, the victim was taken to st. Barnabas hospital. The first stabbing was earlier than that. Two people were leaving a party in the bronx when they were stabbed. There are three suspects involved there and police say the victims and suspects were all at the same party. So far, no one has been arrested. Police are asking if anyone has information about the stabings. If you recognize the people in the surveillance video, please give them a call. Were live in the thank you, toni. Recovery efforts resume at 9 00 this morning as police look for a queens man missing since a small plane went down in long island sound. The single engine aircraft was raised from the inlet yesterday. It went down saturday night with four people on board. The coast guard called off the search of the 23yearold yesterday morning. Suffolk county police vow to do what they can to find him. Obviously the circumstances were facing now, this is a tough situation, but we havent given up trying to locate this person. Rescuers say that the cold water temperatures and pitch black conditions made the situation extremely dangerous for all involved. The men who were rescued have been identified. All three have been treated and released from the hospital. 4 34 now. Shooting of two anticrime officers in brooklyn. Police are trying to figure out if one officer was wounded by friendly fire after a shootout with a the weekend. Dray clark is live with more. Dray . Reporter good morning, ken. Were here at kings county hospital. The recovery is going well and hes looking forward going to be with his family. Meanwhile, the mayor came here to the hospital yesterday, where he had a brief exchange with the officer, but now the investigation is focusing on the alleged shooter. The gunman who turned his gun on the officers shooting to kill. Jamal funez has 15 prior arrests in new york city and another 11 in chicago before coming here. The brooklyn shootout was not his first showdown with politician. Funez was arrested in 2007 for assaulting a Police Officer and trying to take his gun. Sentence. Funez is muslim and has had contact with people, being monitored by the joint Terrorism Task force. Officials dont believe he has a terrorist leading. The mayor spoke about the injured officers during a religious service on sunday. Two of our Police Officers fired at and both came out of their ordeal, one Walking Around the hospital, thank god, the other one will be out soon, fully recovered. Reporter Eyewitness News learned ballistic tests show the shot that hut the officer in his vest was not friendly fire. It came from the gun found next to funez after he was critically wounded. The bullet free fragments are still being analyzed. And at least check, the suspect was still listed in critical hospital, recovering with multiple gunshot wounds. Were live at kings county hospital this morning, dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Its 4 36 now. We expect an arraignment this afternoon for the michigan man accused of killing six people and wounding two others in a saturday night rampage. Hundreds of people streamed into a Kalamazoo Church last night for a vigil to honor the dead and also pray for the wounded. A 14yearold girl shot in a restaurant parking lot, still struggling to survive. Uber confirms the suspected killer, jason dalton, is one of the drivers. Passengers are lookingin a report that he even picked up passengers between killings. The rampage spanned more than four hours in three locations, 15 miles apart. One passenger before the shootings was terrified when dalton drove 80 miles an hour, sideswiping parked cars. He starting driving erratically. We were running stop signs and and driving through the lawn, speeding along. Once he came to a stop, i jumped out of the car and ran away. Investigators are trying to pinpoint a motive. Neighbors say dalton appeared paranoid in recent weeks. 4 38. And happening today, family, friends and fans will say a final goodbye to reality tv star angela, big ang, layola. She was the star of mob wives and died thursday after a long battle with cancer. She was 55. Funeral services will be held this morning in diker heights, brooklyn. Starting today, Nassau County has a free pass of sorts for scofflaws. It is an Amnesty Program for traffic and parking tickets written before the start of 2014. During the program, offenders have the opportunity to pay their fines without affecting their credit. Offenders even have a chance to negotiate, reduce fines and a payment schedule. Time is 4 39. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. We look from the camera here at 4 times square looking south. We have a great morning. We will have a nice day, it will be cooler than yesterday. But were going to be dry. You need gloves, scarves, hat, kind of chilly this morning. Here are the temperatures around. 40 in the park, 34 around monticello. 31 across long island. About 40 degrees you can see near montauk. The temperatures may drop a little more going into the morning and by the time we get into the afternoon, well, well be looking at temperatures into the mid and upper 40s again. Temperatures today, going to feel fine later on today with a mixture of sun and clouds. Weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. Heather orourke . Not much going on here on the belt parkway. You can see it through the area of jfk airport. Traffic is moving fine here. Belt parkway. Going over to the other map here to talk about that, it is a disabled vehicle. Now, its nothing serious, but on the eastbound side, you may experience delays near exit 9, which is knapp street. The disabled vehicle blocking at least one lane. N trains, construction has been completed. The 1 trains, we have track work there. Service is suspended both ways between 242nd street and south ferry as a result. Long island rail road doing fine, new Jersey Transit is okay. We have a minor delay at the George Washington bridge. Construction alt the lincoln and holland tunnels. That should be cleared away by 5 00 a. M. , minor delays inbound. 46 going west alt van houghton avenue in clifton, the downed tree has been taken care of and cleared from the roadway. The street cleaning rules are in effect for today. Back to you. Thank you, heather. 4 40. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, the difference between life or death was just home salesman in oklahoma before the house exploded. As he stood on the property. Details on the close call just ahead. Also, the coast guard rescues three surfers from rough waters out west. The dramatic rescue captured on camera. This is the aftermath when a mega bus goes up in flames with means board. Stay with us. ugh. does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty . Dont avoid it, resolve it. Our formula with a special conditioning ingredient, softens your carpet with every use. Its resolve, so you know it cleans and freshens. But it also softens. Resolve. A carpet that welcomes you. And to clean pet messes, passengers board. We will tell you what happened when firefighters arrived. Stay with us. 4 43 and a few surfers are safe this morning after the coast guard rescued them from strong currents off the coast of washington state. A helicopter crew jumped into action after getting a call that two surfers were in a third person who tried to help the surfers got caught in the rough water. The coast guard hoisted the three epeople out of the water and safely flew them to waiting paramedics. Theyre all said to be in good condition. A scary situation when a mega bus caught fire on a highway outside chicago. It happened yesterday near the wisconsin border. The driver and about 40 passengers were on board. They all got off safely before firefighters got there. Most of their luggage, though, total loss. The cause of the fire now under investigation. Did you see there was a print travel reporter on board traveling . Whoops [ laughter ] do you think theyll recommend mega bus . [ laughter ] timing is everything 4 44. Lets check in with bill. I think that was part of the excitement portion of the. [ laughter ] you know . You can get lit up on the mega bus boy, thats excitement all weve got high clouds, the lights on here at the rink and were looking at 5th avenue and nice, calm weather to start the day. There will be a lot of morning. Were looking at temperatures around the five boroughs. 34 at monticello. 31 in sussex. 39 around bridgeport. Its a morning where well start out with a temperature around 40 around new york city. 34, 38 degrees here toms river. 36 here around morristown. Today, you know, what ive been looking at here is temperatures little bit above normal for this time of the year. There are going to be temperatures that also start out right at normal, up to our north and west. Around newark, 38, 39 degrees. 41 around lad. We will look at temperatures today that will continue to be 38. 40 is close to our normal High Temperature for this time of the year. Degrees on saturday. 55 degrees yesterday. We will cool down a little bit well, the winds will be light and variable, too. We will look at the wind changing around to the north today and a northeast wind at 8 miles per hour. And around newark and elizabeth, a 9mileanhour wind. That will make it feel cooler today and temperatures continue to rise going into the afternoon. Wind chills this morning have been low, 30, 35 degrees, 39 toward paramus. Lets look at the accuweather saturday forecast. The humidities are drying out, its going to be a nice day today. The ferry will be a nice ride from Staten Island to new york city. There is a light wind. Dress warmly with the coats, hats, that sort of thing. Sevenday forecast, sunshine tomorrow with clouds by afternoon. Rain comes in tomorrow nights. We were talking about last week, a winter storm or some kind of rain, snow and sleet mix, but you can see how warm the temperatures are. So its going to be very hard to get a lot of frozen stuff, even to the north and west. Mid50s. Okay. Just rain. We can deal with just rain. Darn it just rain. You werent wishing for snow. Oh, yeah [ laughter ] you know how much i love snow, lori. Your pjs turned insideout. With the trap door. [ laughter ] some of the and backwards. Dont forget, you have to wear them backwards, too. 1 trains, we have track word, Service Suspended both ways on 1 trains 1 trains between 242nd street and sudden ferry. Taking long island rail road, north, theyre all doing just fine. We have a disabled vehicle on the belt parkway. Its eastbound near exit 9, which is knapp street. You may find a delay. You can see coming into that spot, but nothing serious and then the queens midtown tunnel, one lane open and thats both directions, both ways because of sandy repair. So this should be taken care of by about 5 00, 6 00. Were going to keep our eye on that. We have this closure of the hugh kerry brooklyn battery tunnel. There is traffic there until and the bayonne bridge is closed until 5 00 a. M. , again, because of construction. Theyre not doing the traffic hold over by the goethals bridge. The George Washington bridge is a minor delay. Lincoln has construction, holland has construction. So, minor delays coming inbound, but just think about the construction work they have going on there. 46 heading west near van houghton avenue in clifton, a fallen tree was taken care of. Its been removed from the roadway. Now somebody has extra firewood. N trains, track work is completed. Looking at the queens midtown tunnel, you can see the cones is the up. Everyone is forced over to one tube. Street cleaning rules in effect today. Back to you. Thank you, heather. Webster hall is saying it is investigating a massive brawl that broke out on stage during a hiphop concert over the weekend. A concert gore sent us these videos by a rapper. Skate and his fans brawled with Security Guards. No reports of any arrests. Denver investigation. The woman who reported the video says the whole thing began with a fight between two fans. Two fans started fighting in the crowd, so the venue stopped the music and turned the lights back on and then skate asked if they could just finish the show, hes almost done, turn the music on and security said no. Skate kept asking. Then security came on to drive skate off the stage and then more fights broke out from there. Now, skate later tweeted and this is a quote, that kicking me on the ground, shaking my head after i tried to save my fans from being choked out, we stay blessed. I will die for them. Ones again, nothing but love for every single new york city fan. Two women are waking up in the hospital this morning after a taxi crashed on manhattans upper east side. The taxi jumped the curb yesterday morning and hit a light pole at east 84th street and 5th avenue. The falling utility pole hit a woman who was walking with her the woman in the cab was also hurt. The driver told police he swerved to avoid a collision. The incident is being investigated. Anger feeling Florida Community in the weekend killing of a 6year old. 1th grader king carter was the victim of a driveby shooting. This little boy wants to be a Police Officer. What he playing outside his miami apartment complex saturday when this happened. No arrests have been made, but the family says its not just up to police to catch kings killer. A 6yearold and the community is silent. A 6yearold, and the community didnt see anything in broad, open daylight . Police are offering a 25,000 reward for information leading to kings killer. Officials say there have been more than 60 children shot and 24 killed in miami over the last 12 months. And it looks like a tornado pounded this Oklahoma City neighborhood. It was a natural gas explosion, it leveled one home and damaged four others and a new development saturday afternoon. A salesperson listen to this, a sales porn went to the home to check the Sprinkler System and when he opened the garage door, he smelled gas and turned to leave. Fire Officials Say he made it five steps before the home exploded. Amazingly, no one was injured. That is a lucky person. Wow. Yeah. 4 51, coming up this morning, new evidence shows your morning cup of joe may be very good for your longterm health, especially when it comes to your liver. The results of a new study just ahead. New details released overnight on the search for a suspected rapist. The new Photos Police want you well, it appears that Drinking Coffee may do more than just keep you awake when you drink alcohol. Thank god. Okay. New Research Really jumping to things, arent we . Two cups of coffee each day may reduce your chance of liver cirrhosis. However, researchers arent sure why. Cirrhosis, of course, kills more than 1 Million People worldwide each year. In addition to alcohol, it can be caused by obesity and diabetes. How many years have people been gullping down black coffee for hangovers . Then they say it doesnt work because its dehydration and coffee does the same thing. They say take honey. Honey . Yes, this is what i read. Id do whatever lori says. Honey and dry toast. Lets check in with bill. Theres a meal. [ laughter ] yikes what if you just put the coffee and the alcohol together . Thats right. A little sambuca. Kalua [ laughter ] skies are cloudy looking from 4 times square all the way down. Theres the verrazano narrows bridge. Weve got a good morning here this morning. 34 to 38 from belmar to toms river. 39 bridgeport. Hours of the our normal High Temperature for this time of the year. And so by afternoon, also were going to look at a lot of sunshine. Temperature in the low 40s to mid40s and then climbing on up afternoon. Which is a nice day. We have rain on the way. We will talk about that next. Weather then heather every 7 minutes. Whats going on out there . We have a disabled vehicle on the belt parkway. This is the belt, eastbound near exit 9. Thats near knapp street. A bit of a d

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