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well as at the coast. it took hours for steady grass. streets and sidewalks remain too warm and remain clear as we speak. schools let out early along westchester-putnam line. but this is as bad as it gets. >> this go home early today. but this is a piece of cake deal. >> not bad now but in case it gets icy, there still would have been another 15, 20 minutes before the younger ones would have been dismissed. so -- >> reporter: just playing it safe? >> absolutely. >> reporter: you got plenty of snow days, don't you? >> we do. >> reporter: they got plenty. it's still snowing but the streets are clear. they are worried about temperatures dipping tonight and if that happens the trucks but they are not out yet. the dpw looked at the forecast and decided to wait. at the end of any other winter this would be a day we might not notice it snowing but it's been mild. so here we are snow in the winter. it's the news. live in yorktown, upper westchester county, lou young, cbs 2 news. it is going to be a very active week. this is just the beginning. keep the forecast in the palm of your hand with a cbs new york weather app free in the itunes store and google play for android. high drama at the tallest hotel in the u.s. the marriott at 54th and broadway two window washers got stuck this afternoon 62 stories up. cbs 2's tracee carrasco reports from the scene. >> reporter: kristine, the men are safe and not hurt after being stuck 62 floors above us here at the marriott. a co-worker who was helping with the rescue says for these window washers, though, it's just another day on the job. with wind and rain, they in the cold on scaffolding outside a 62nd story window of the marriott and courtyard at 1717 broadway. the fdny secured them with ropes before breaking a window to get them safely inside. lewis merced a mechanic with r & r scaffolding says the equipment malfunctioned but the workers are okay. how are the guys doing? >> they're fine. there was no immediate danger. they just couldn't move. >> they came off the rig laughing. they were laughing, joking and so that means it's not that serious. they were not hurt. nothing was wrong with them. >> reporter: once they were inside, the scaffolding was brought up to the roof. tourists and others just trying to get through west 54th street which was shut down could only watch. >> just trying to get back to my room, get my car and can't go anywhere so waiting it out. >> reporter: the hotel is 750 feet high with 68 stories. it opened in late 2013 and claims to be the tallest single use hotel building in today those on the ground just thankful that two workers are safe. >> it's scary. anybody who does that has a lot of guts. >> reporter: now, the new york state department of labor was on scene investigating along with the department of buildings. live tonight from midtown manhattan, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. now to a tragic early- morning house fire in brooklyn. firefighters found the body of a 2-year-old girl inside hours after the fire was first reported. cbs 2's dave carlin reports police are now questioning the child's mother. >> happy birthday to you >> reporter: the happy girl in this online video seen here celebrating her second birthday was killed in the early-morning fire that ravaged this three-story home on monroe street in bedford- stuyvesant. the fire started around 6:30 a.m. and after firefighters brought it under control about an hour and a half later, they initially and wrongly concluded no one had died. named kaleenah's tiny body was unseen on the top floor under a bed. her mother identified as leila aquino burst in on firefighters in a panic because her girl was missing. they checked the fire scene were confirmed. here's kaleenah's cousin lisa robinson. >> she was a beautiful 2-year- old girl. >> reporter: what investigators need to know is why the 2 nearly died alone. where was the supervision and where was her mother? aquino was questioned at a police precinct stationhouse. no criminal charges as police determine who should have been watching the girl. >> it's sad a little girl like that you know. i have a young kid myself so it touches the heart to hear something like that. >> reporter: kaleenah's family members couldn't account for aquino's early-morning whereabouts. neighbors shocked by the death say they feared the whole block might be destroyed and gave credit to the firefighters for containing it to the one building. >> i woke up to fire trucks down my block. >> reporter: more than one noticing the fire. fire investigators have not confirmed that or established an official cause. in bedford-stuyvesant, brooklyn, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. it was a tip from crime stoppers that helped lead to the arrest of a flashing suspect in greenwich village. investigators say the 16-year- old was caught on surveillance video near silver spurs restaurant in greenwich village last week. he slashed a bus boy with a box cutter after the employee asked him to leave. the arrest comes as the nypd and the mayor tried to assure is the public the city is safe despite a spike in stabbings and slashings. >> what has really gripped new yorkers is could it be randomly something that happens to me? thank god the answer is it's very, very rare and in the few cases -- >> the mayor and police commissioner say only a small percentage of attacks are random. a woman is arrested after a three-block joyride with a scare for the mta and it wasn't the first time she cbs 2's magdalena doris has more from east harlem. >> she may be looking for work. [ laughter ] >> reporter: a former mta bus operator back in the driver's seat this time illegally. the woman from the bronx took the m101 for a three-block joyride this morning. >> she did some work there. >> when i see the bus, the school bus not driving normally. >> reporter: the mta says around 7 a.m. a bus driver asked headley to stop smoking or get off the m101. she refused and at the next corner at 9 7th and third, the driver transferred the passengers to a new bus for their safety. katherine headley a former bus driver herself [ indiscernible ] fired for extended absent got back to work on her own time. >> he left the keys in the bus knowing that he had to be something mentally wrong wow. >> reporter: police say headley traveled north on third three blocks later stopped by 100th street. screen you can see the bus driving by caught on surveillance video. >> it was two buses, one was in front of other stopping the other one from going. >> reporter: that's when the police showed up. >> there's about four or five of them i noticed they had lady in the car. >> reporter: the woman was taken to metropolitan hospital for an evaluation. she is now facing a charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle. in east harlem, magdalena doris, cbs 2 news. >> and the suspect headley faces up to a year in jail if the convicted. tears and handshakes as dozens of police officers and firefighters gathered for a big welcome. [ applause and cheers ] [ sirens ] >> officer william reddin and his family welcomed the show of support with gracious smiles. reddin suffered a gunshot wound to his hip saturday morning. police arrested fred jamal funes after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers drove away and then crashed into a patrol car in bed-stuy. in his bulletproof vest was released from the hospital yesterday. president obama today laid out plans to close the guantanomo bay detention center. the proposal involves transferring about 3 dozen of the remaining detainees to other countries and moving the rest to the united states. the white house says it will cost up to $475 million to move them and renovate or build a new facility. but it will save some $85 million a year in operating costs. >> we can ensure our security, uphold our highest values around the world and save american taxpayers a lot of money in the process. >> the administration is looking at 13 different locations including existing prisons in south carolina, kansas and colorado. the plan must be approved by congress. republican leaders say congress will not change the law to allow terrorists on american soil. campaign 2016. donald trump is on the verge. the last major poll ahead of tonight's caucuses gives trump 45% of the vote. that means the real battle now is for second place and the bragging rights it brings. marco rubio and ted cruz are in a tight race both candidates spent the day trying to win voters. >> the democrats know i will win. they spend more money attacking me than any other republican. >> now it's our time. >> yeah. >> the men and women of nevada will decide. >> 30 delegates are up for grabs in the caucuses and they will be awarded proportionately. the caucuses begin at 5 p.m. nevada time which is 8:00 our time. complete coverage on cbs 2 news at 11:00. who is the man in the hoodie seen poking around the home of a murder victim? that's what the police want to know. coming up. [ coughing ] >> a very familiar sound this is it a cold or something serious? dr. max helps us decipher your cough. >> the 9-year-old girl taking ring. >> and derek jeter is playing yankees team. we'll explain how live from it's next. new information tonight on the zika virus. the centers for disease control reports more than a dozen infections that may have been sexually transmitted. health officials say the 14 cases involve men who visited areas with zika outbreaks and may have then infected their female partners. zika is confirmed in two pregnant women. so far there are 82 zika infections in the united states. well, it is a familiar sound this time of year, that hacking cough. >> colds, congestion and something worse can take over in the winter months but as cbs 2's dr. max tells us not all can coughs are the same and their treatment can be very different. dr. max. >> reporter: that's right. right now they can be hard to shake. there's one going around called the 100-day cough. they have to run their course usually. antibiotics won't help. but others need medical attention. [ coughing ] >> reporter: mariel felix has had it with her nagging cough. >> i have been, um, ill for a week or so now and i haven't gotten any better. bronchitis. >> reporter: so what exactly does your cough mean? mount sinai urgent care doctor says this time of year most patients have a cold and cough from post-nasal drip. >> what starts out as something like a cold with nasal congestion and a mild cough gets deeper into the upper part of the chest and >> reporter: if a person has a dry cough that ends in a rat tell may be asthma. sometimes a dry cough can be eased with an over the counter mucous out of the lung. >> something that prompts someone to go to a doctor early is coughs associate with difficulty breathing. >> reporter: a dry cough that gets worse when someone lies down or eats can mean acid reflux and a severe hacking cough followed by a high pitched whoop could be pertussis. if you are coughing up blood or experiencing pain when trying to breathe, you need immediate medical attention. mariel suffers from asthma, a chest x-ray ruled out pneumonia and determines she has bronchitis. >> unfortunately, that's not uncommon for bronchitis that typically lasts two to four weeks. >> reporter: he recommended an asthma medication to open her passageways and dark honey to soothe her throat and cough. another reason coughs can last a long time is coughing irritates the windpipe and breathing tubes of the lungs. irritated airways make you cough so coughing leads to more coughing even long after and if it goes on for a long time a course of steroids might be needed to bring down natural healing take place. >> and it irritates everybody else's ears by the way. >> that too. germs, right? they're, like, get away from me! thank you, dr. max. let's turn to spring baseball in florida where the 2016 yankees continue to prepare for the new season and we hear there's been a jeter sighting. some yankees legends showing up in camp. otis livingston at yank camp to explain. >> reporter: this training complex in tampa is yankee stadium south. they are constant reminders of the yankee tradition and glory like monument park out front. i bumped into joe torre and ron guidry today. there are no bigger names in the tradition than derek jeter or yogi berra. presence is constantly felt in the organization. derek jeter is the epitome of what it means for yankee. he is retired but he is still providing wisdom for prospects recently surprising them during dinner at the end of captain's camp. >> it's special. everything they say about him is dead on. he is humble. he changed the game of baseball. he had good things to say and good advice. >> there's a lot of experience that dj saw that he is able to impart so great respect and appreciation for him trying to help mold the yankees of the future. >> reporter: then there's the link to the storied past. this marks the first spring since the passing of the beloved yogi berra. the yankees are honoring the greatest winner in his history by stitching the number 8 on the jersey sleeve just a reminder of what he meant to the organization. >> there's stories going on every day in here. his memory lives on. he is one of the most unique, um, yankees to ever put on a the sleeve but forever he is one of those guys i don't know how many pinstripes are in the uniform, one of them you can call yogi's. >> it's very difficult the day he passed away the weeks and months after, and, you know, you get into your off season and, you know, you miss the call at thanksgiving, you miss the call at christmas. >> it's hard, you know? i think there was always that spring training or if he wasn't in spring training you would see him opening day. that's changed but it's nice to continue to honor yogi because i think he meant so much to this organization. >> reporter: you can certainly feel the emotion when everyone talks about yogi berra. he will be sorry missed. coming up at 6:00, the yankees are still awaiting word from mlb as to whether their closer chapman will be suspended and yoenis cespedes arrives in that and more coming up in sports. >> thank you. the weather picture now rain and snow not the end of winter weather just yet. elise finch has a look at the forecast. >> this is round one. the next round is more of a soaker but take a look at this camera behind me. light rain in the city and snow north and west. 36 degrees currently is our temperature. visibility reduced down to two miles in white plains so fog remains an issue in addition to the wet weather that we have for this evening commute. 32 in sparta down to freezing. monticello already at 28. so you are below freezing. wind gusts, teen wind gusts from monticello to edison, 30- mile-an-hour gusts in new york city, 23 in the hamptons, 26 greenwich, 31 in babylon. here's your vortex satellite and radar. snow in northern new jersey. everybody else seeing rain. rain in long island. the lower hudson valley into the snow. but take a look. we have a huge break here into sullivan county and ulster county. we have dry air moving in. this is system 1. this is system 2. this system is going to move in, it's going to give us a soaking rain for wednesday into thursday and i'll have more details about this system and the timing of it coming up in your full forecast. thank you. coming up next, a new york mayor's proposal to let heroin addicts shoot up with supervision has some other lawmakers fighting back. >> why sarah jessica parker and broderick's plans for a new home are creating neighbors. i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms . no growth-promoting antibiotics, coming up tonight at 6:00, police commissioner bratton loses his cool while being slashings. >> oh, [ censored ] that [ censored ] is my response to that. >> question that triggered that answer today. >> and inside the millennial mindset. a 25-year-old's open letter to her boss goes viral and gets her fired. now people are asking is she a victim of her generation? tonight at 6:00. as we continue here at 5:00 an upstate mayor is proposing a first-of-its-kind heroin clinic where addicts could legally inject themselves. the mayor says that it would save lives. but opponents are lining up against the idea. cbs 2's dick brennan explains. >> reporter: 28-year-old ithaca mayor marric is asking the state health department to approve a heroin clinic where medical professionals would watch as addicts shoot upstanding at the ready to intervene if someone overdoses. some clinics have worked in europe and canada do prevent addicts to shoot up alone where they wouldn't be helped if they were overdoseed. >> it kills families and kills communities. it's not safe under any circumstances and it's destroying new york. >> reporter: on long island alone more than 160 people died in nassau and suffolk counties last year from heroin. it's why nassau and suffolk counties called this heroin summit last week to announce more money for police and treatment centers. ed ross says that is a better approach than what ithaca's mayor is suggesting. >> have we ever really fully funded the treatment system and adequate beds? >> no matter where you are on long island, heroin is available and it's cheap. >> reporter: residents are divided on the idea of a legal heroin clinic. >> i think that's a crazy idea. we should be helping addicts recover, not encourage their use regardless of whether it's in a protected place. >> not in favor of just people using the drugs. but something has to be done. so if that's going to help them, i'm for it. >> reporter: unless the state health department declares a heroin health crisis in ithaca, the proposal would need state and federal approval. dick brennan, cbs 2 news. >> statewide, there were less than 200 deaths from heroin and other opiates just a decade ago. 1,000 deaths. up next, accused of turning a public park into a toxic dump. today, a father and son construction team get their day in court. how prosecutors say they poison the community and turn several sites into environmental disasters. >> i'm very scared. very, very scared s. >> it's a murder mystery that has neighbors frightened. who was the man seen prowling woman found stabbed to death? a mystery in jersey city. could this be the person who killed an elderly woman? good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> welcome back. i'm maurice dubois. police have released surveillance video of what they are calling a person of interest. and as police search for the killer, cbs 2's meg baker tells us neighbors are on edge. >> reporter: rosary beads on the gate outside the woman's home on lexington avenue in jersey city. a memorial to the 81-year-old woman brutally murdered on february 7. the atrocity that occurred. >> reporter: take a look at this black and white p.m. the night before. a man in light clothing approaches the front door with >> someone had to have seen him. what we really need is anyone in the neighborhood who was passing by at about that time at 10:00 that would have seen him or seen something and come forward if they will help us and try to solve this. >> reporter: police found the elderly woman on her living room floor with multiple stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. >> it was surprising. it's never happened around here. >> reporter: neighbors say this is normally a quieted block but after hearing -- quiet block but after hearing the news, one residence says -- >> not in this neighborhood. down there it's bad. >> reporter: lucy would go to church at st. aloysius every day. >> she used to help everybody. everybody. >> when i was sitting on the porch in the summertime, and she passed by, then she always like wave. >> reporter: elizabeth hurley has lived across the street since the '80s and wonders if it's random. i always ask who is it? you know? before i open the door. and if i don't know you i am not opening the door. >> reporter: authorities hope someone recognizes this person of interest in the case. in jersey city, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> police say in addition to looking for the killer, they are also trying to find a motive. some new information tonight. a staten island man is facing charges after police say he raped a woman in her office. 28-year-old marie scott was picked up not far from the scene last night. investigators say that he posed as a job applicant to get into the forest avenue office friday. police say he has prior arrests for robbery, assault and public lewdness. a mount sinai doctor accused of sexually abusing patients appeared in court today. dr. david newman was arrested in january following one of those women has filed a lawsuit against the hospital and the doctor. a woman claims dr. newman assaulted her while treating her in the emergency room for shoulder pain. the woman says that there's dna evidence to confirm the assault. the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. >> this type of failure on matter of of the doctor as well as the institutional failure here needs to be addressed and people need to come forward and say this isn't okay. >> dr. newman's attorney did not comment today and the judge adjourned the case until april 18. opening statements today in a highly publicized case of alleged toxic dumping on long island. dumping that turned a popular public park into a crime scene. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff was in court and she has this story new at 5:30. >> reporter: father and son waiting nearly two years for their day in court on charges of criminal mischief and public endangerment. how confident are you going into the trial? no comment. talk to my attorneys. >> reporter: they allegedly dropped tons of demolition debris and tried to pass it off as a donation, fill that was full of hazardous materials used to level land for housing for gulf war veterans and refurbish soccer fields at roberto clemente park in brentwood. >> it's turned into poison park and that's a crime against this whole community. >> reporter: it was called an environmental disaster asbestos and pesticides found in debris dumped at 4 sites including wetlands. prosecutors say the two were motivated by greed avoiding fees and permits, endangering long island's drinking water. >> guy says [ censored ] >> reporter: it was that line from the movie my cousin vinnie that the day try's attorney use to the launch defense. everything you heard is bull, a stinking pile of bull calling them a prominent political fundraising family the most decent people who ever came out of long island and the case rubbish, a >> so many people with hostile intentions toward the family that it's mind-boggling. >> reporter: the attorneys say they committed no crime. the park used to be a town dump so soil samples are tainted. >> every member of the family acted in this case in good faith with good intentions and they are the last people in the world to do anything that would put anybody's health at risk. >> reporter: they say they will prove the donated fill posed no health risk and was legal. >> it was a political attack. he hasn't done anything wrong. >> reporter: the two men and their company on trial but also the suffolk d.a. accused of orchestrating a malicious conspiracy and the town of ice little faulted for mismanaging a park. the trial could last three months. in central islip, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >> roberto clemente park is still closed since the dumping plans for remediation and monitoring wells are still in the works. it changes new york skyline. >> we are in one of the tallest buildings in manhattan, 157. look at the view over my shoulder. these are sweeping views of central park. >> the views aren't the only way these homeowners are "living large." we take you inside. >> plus, a small wonder why this little gorilla's birth was so rare. >> in 18 1 president-elect abraham lincoln avoided an assassination plot. it was supposed to unfold in baltimore as he stopped on his way to washington, d.c. in 1861, instead he skipped washington. when 61,000 sets of eyes look at health care differently, a hospital curtain can be more than just a curtain. so we invented a new one, that reduces the spread of infection. in every one of our 21 hospitals and over 450 community and research facilities, we're not just looking to raise our standard, but the standard of health care. north shore-lij is now northwell health. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to stay free from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet. fill your cart with small victories like stop & shop's nature's promise brand. eat well for less. only at my stop & shop. it's a building that changed the city's skyline becoming the tallest residential in new york city. cbs 2's emily smith takes us inside 157. [ music ] >> reporter: this glass above the city with 90 stories. we met noble black on the 62nd floor for a tour of 157. >> we're in 62a. this is the iconic central park view. this is what they used to say is a helicopter view. now it's the billionaire view. >> reporter: with 12-foot ceilings and lots of volume. >> the great room is about 1200 square feet with an open living room and then a formal dining room here. easily see it 16 or 18 people and then it's also very comfortable layout. you open into this gorgeous kitchen. >> reporter: the kitchen has double appliances. is this not the most beautiful thing you have seen? >> this looks like a yacht. looks absolutely beautiful. >> reporter: what is it? lacquered like -- >> it's an exotic wood. you have a big wine fridge, great pantry space. and, of course, the great you have the park hyatt downstairs. if you don't cook you have room service every time you want. they come up, housekeeping comes up and cleans up after. >> yeah, please. >> reporter: a wide hallway leads to each of the three bedrooms. they have the same gracious proportions with bathrooms. >> they use different stone for all the baths. >> reporter: another guest room has more western views. >> a lot of people would probably make this into a den. depends how they are going to use it but it's a huge room. >> reporter: it could be a closet. [ laughter ] >> it could be. >> reporter: the master suite faces south and west with a king-sized bed. >> which again looks tiny in proportion. >> reporter: you have a choice between two bathrooms within the suite. one fully clad in marble with a steam shower. >> picture getting ready here every morning. >> i can. >> reporter: and a glass enclosed shower faces the tub, which puts the view on display once again. finally, the powder room. >> this is probably the best >> reporter: any powder room in the city. i mean, this is just ridiculous. how much does it cost to live large here? [ inaudible ] >> reporter: that's "living large" at 157. >> which is a deal. >> i love it when they say only. >> compared to this duplex penthouse in the place, sold for more than $100 million and change, mystery buyer shattered the record for highest price for a single family residence in the city. >> $100 million. >> ever. >> that place right there i think i'd never leave the restroom. where is he? in the bathroom! enjoying the view. up next, more winter weather is ahead of us. when we could see more snow coming our way. >> talk about girl power. meet the tough new jersey 9- year-old going toe to toe with competitors in the boxing ring. >> and then at 6:00, city ambulances without navigation systems. first responders forced to use paper maps. >> plus, a library book 72 year overdue? what's the penalty for the found it in his attic? smoking causes 16 different types of cancer. ones that can kill you fast. ones that can kill you slower. ones that can change how you see yourself. ones that can take away life's most basic pleasures. there are 16 different types of cancer caused by smoking. you have one clear way to reduce your risk. you can quit smoking. look at these nasa images as they give us a look at a history making cyclone before and after it made landfall. it's satellite photography of tropical cyclone winston on the day it hit eastern fiji. the storm made landfall on hurricane. the wind gusts were at more than 200 miles per hour. from a massive cyclone to some eye-catching waterspouts here. three side by side waterspouts were spotted in louisiana's lake pontchartrain about 35 miles north of new orleans. it was caused by a strong line of storms moving through. time to talk weather. elise finch is here and we have all kinds of disturbances in the atmosphere. >> you said bring all your rain gear. >> you needed it all through the day. >> a little bit of everything today. as so we continue to see a bit of a mix out there. our weather watchers see what kinds of temperatures and conditions they are reporting at 5:47. as we look you will see a lot of these temperatures here there's a lot folks in the mid- 30s about now. we'll start on long island. this is john in patchogue. he says it's 35 degrees where he is. windy all day with gusts of 16 miles per hour. can't wait for spring. got some rain there. so we have lots of temperatures in the mid- to upper 30s. we have some folks already below the freezing mark so this is scott. scott is in greenville. he says it's 29 degrees where he is. so of course they have also seen wind chill 28 off and on snow and sleet so that's in greenville. we are getting a mixed bag. a live look outside things better from this particular camera right now. light rain 36 degrees in manhattan so winds out of the 14 to 24 miles an hour. 40 was our high. the norm is 43. we made it to 40. over at not terrible when you consider but yes, we are started with our northern counties where we are seeing that snow. ramapo, mount pleasant, light snow. what happens is so much really a dusting for most locations but unless the snow falls on grass it's not accumulating. so on the roads especially those well traveled ones the roads are just wet. a dusting for some locations and because we still have another couple of hours of snow, likely to see anywhere from a trace to two inches of snow before it's over. most of the area now into that rain. new york city long island most of new jersey that's you. we are going to see continued rain for the next couple of hours. not a huge soaking though with this system but the next one has far more moisture so we are expecting more significant rain amounts. as far as snowfall just a dusting just over an inch maybe two inches at the most of a wet snow. freezing rain 8 to 9:00 in the northern counties. one of the reasons we still have a winter weather advisory. wednesday morning a lull some drizzle but look what's with the next system. it arrives wednesday afternoon. we start seeing more significant rain and then as we head into your wednesday evening that's what we are expecting heavy rain flooding rain. how much rain altogether? both systems anywhere from one to three inches of rain. tonight we continue with the wintry mix. keep your rain gear for wednesday and maybe a jacket versus an umbrella because it will be windy. >> thank you. very special delivery at a british zoo. veterinarians had to perform a rare emergency c-section to deliver a western lowland gorilla: the now 11-day-old female was born at the bristol pounds 10 ounces. the baby's mother showed signs of a potentially life- threatening conditions forcing vets to do the emergency c- section. >> working that little bottle there. looking hungry. superheros and superpowers it's the stuff that movies are made of. >> but in the real world ordinary people with extraordinary abilities actually walk among us. imagine only have night vision or having a body that's magnetic. how about knowing wamu sick is on a record without ever seeing the label. >> it is rare. but these things have been reported probably since the 1800s. >> tonight at 11, cbs 2 introduces us to real people with real superpowers. pint-sized powerhouse from bergenfield new jersey has her eye on the 2024 olympics. introduces us to the boxer. >> reporter: she may only be 9, but pound for pound she arguably has more heart and age. >> i just like the sport. my dad do you want to go to the gym i always say yes. >> reporter: she has been boxing since she was 7 after lose weight. she begged to wear the gloves and then her gift was undenial. >> i noticed her starting to pick up things quicker than me so i was like i was surprised. >> reporter: how does that feel when people tell you that you're phenomenal and special and you're so talented. >> it makes me feel like happy and i'm not just doing this for nothing i'm doing this for everybody and for myself so i can become something big when i get older. >> reporter: this 74-pound phenom works out four hours several days a week. boys like the 10-year-old in this video. she had one sanctioned fight. her championship belt hangs in the boxing gym where she trains. >> i won my first match i felt good. it was my first match and i won and i'm undefeated but it was only fight. i can't wait for my next fight. >> reporter: jesselyn is training for the games in march. her coach a former boxer with 30 years experience says he has never seen talent with her discipline at this age. >> i don't have to ask her to do anything twice. sometimes she is right on me. coach what do i do next? she has that desire to be different and that's the unique thing. nine years old to want to be different now? she has that work ethic. >> reporter: you're a role model. >> i have a lot of people following me on instagram. it's good. >> reporter: she may only have one win under her belt but you can see for yourself this little girl is no one-hit in hackensack, new jersey, hazel sanchez, cbs2 news. >> boom, boom, boom. wow. she says along with her olympic dreams, jessylyn wants to become a lawyer. oh. >> tough. >> amazing. up next here at 5:00, a celebrity couple's construction controversy. how sarah jessica parker and matthew broderick's new house is ruffling feathers before they even move in. >> and then at 6:00 a legal victory for the family of eric (baseball on tv in background) with heart failure, danger is always on the rise. symptoms worsen because your heart isn't pumping well. 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(dog whimpering) sarah jessica parker and her husband have reportedly inked a deal to builds a huge home in the west village. as jill nicolini shows us not everyone is happy about it. >> a megamansion is really a mansion that's wider than 25 feet. >> reporter: he says that sarah and her husband matthew are used to living the good life. they reportedly own this $19,000,000.6800-square-foot townhouse in greenwich village. but now, have purchased not million. >> the property is so appealing because of the exact locations. people kind of leave celebrity alone in that area. >> reporter: this property was used for nonprofit and currently is almost 14,000 square feet. it has nine bedrooms and 8 bathrooms and will be combined into one megahome. >> right now it's basically a blank slate. so would you have to come in with an architect and kind of create another mansion from the bottom up. >> reporter: they denied there was any pending construction on the homes of. >> i don't think we have anything to say. >> neighbors are going to be, you know, upset because they are going to be walking under scaffolding and see construction on the street. >> there's going to be more protection. big money come big police come. >> reporter: celebs like madonna may have started the trend. >> she has a 57-foot-wide mansion with private gates, probably about 18,000 square feet on the upper east side. and she really defines the >> reporter: he also said there are great schools in the west village as well as chessie which is close by -- chelsea which is close by a better location for people with children like parker and broderick. that's it for the news at 5:00. the news at 6:00 starts right now. your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. [ police commissioner cursing ] >> is my response to that. >> tough talk from police commissioner bill bratton today while being questioned about city slashing. what exactly triggered that response at police plaza. >> reporter: a heartbreaking discovery in a burned-out home. a small child found dead inside. was the little girl left alone? >> and when seconds could mean the difference between life and death, it's frightening to know many local ambulances are not equipped with gps. the push to replace paper maps. wind, rain and snow tonight. round one of another wild weather week. good evening, i'm maurice dubois. >> i'm kristine johnson. dana tyler is off tonight. winter is not finished with us yet. snow and rain much of the day, roads messy tonight. so how long will this round last? cbs 2's elise finch in for lonnie with the latest. >> we have several more hours for this continue round of weather, winter weather alerts are in effect. all the areas in purpose are winter weather advisory. they are posted until 9:00 wednesday morning. we'll see if that stands because we are seeing a lot of dry air being pulled in already so you can see a lot of areas actually getting a break from any form of precipitation right now. still, this first round is not quite done with us. here's the bigger picture that shows you that we still have quite a bit of moisture moving across the area. a lot of light rain. still some light snow and, of course, the thing we are concerned about with the winter weather alerts any sort of sleet and freezing rain that moves in that makes for that's round as far as the rain is concerned. it hasn't been a huge rainmaker. that's round 1. belmar half in: round 2 is going to be a soaker. that arrives tomorrow. so what you can expect between now and then mostly wet roads especially around new york city. some slick spots north and west where we have seen wet and slushy snow. slushy one to two inches on the grass and round 2 comes in tomorrow. details coming up with the full forecast coming up. questions about the number of slashings in the city. the commissioner lost his cool and became defensive when asked whether the nypd has a quota system for arrests and tickets. cbs 2's political reporter marcia kramer has the story. >> reporter: it was a press conference to talk about technology advances in the nypd. and the department's comstat

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