against him in a subsequent case by the goldman family, it just has no legal significance at all. >> reporter: now, the lapd says the case could be, quote, bogus from the get-go, meaning perhaps a hoax or just for lead that goes nowhere. -- another lead that goes nowhere. the testing should prove this and what this knife is. maybe we'll find out somebody. >> thank you. so where is o.j. simpson today? he is currently locked up in nevada on an armed robbery and kidnapping conviction. you can see how much he changed throughout the years here from when he was on trial in the '90s, the picture on your left, to now the picture on your right. the hall of famer was arrested in 2007 in connection with a robbery at a las vegas hotel room. told police he was just trying to get back stolen personal items that he claims were being sold as memorabilia. in october of 2008, he was found guilty on 12 counts and sentenced to 33 years at the love lock correctional center. in this case next year. other news now, an early- morning shooting in astor why left an unlicensed livery cab driver in critical condition. now police are looking for clues at the scene and talking to his passengers. cbs 2's sonia rincon joins us live with more. >> reporter: kristine, right here outside the club is where it all started this morning. a livery cabbie who was not licensed to be a livery cabbie was the target of a shooting. he was picking up passengers right here during a pretty wild and chaotic scene which a neighbor caught on camera. >> everybody go home. >> reporter: the neighbor shot this video across the street. the fire department was apparently clearing out the club at 4:30 a.m. drunk and angry patrons spilled into the streets. some of them fighting. >> these people are morons! they don't care. [ beep beep ] >> they came out and i think that's when the shooting happened. they were going around the corner over here to people serious. >> reporter: a bullet struck driver roberto castillo in the head but police believe the shooter may have been targeting one of his four passengers. the wounded driver crashed his suv three blocks away after clipping at least one other car. >> he is in very critical condition right now. bullet from his skull. but he is -- we're hoping that he is going to pull through, but we don't know at this time. >> reporter: fernando mateo a spokesman for many of the city's livery drivers says castillo made his living as a licensed. >> if he wasn't, he was doing the wrong thing by driving without a tlc license. but it would have been a licensed tlc driver he would have been in the same condition that he is in. >> reporter: he says the father of two was picking up passengers here at the club. passengers he may have dropped off earlier from the bronx where he was dispatched by a local car service. police are talking to those passengers looking at the club surveillance video, and going figure out who is responsible for the shooting. neighbors say it wouldn't be the first time there's been violence here. >> i know of three shootings here and at least two stabbings inside. and there are always fights. this place, horns blowing, families trying to sleep. >> reporter: the club is smack- dab in the middle of a residential area. now, police sources tell us detectives have been talking with castillo's passengers. they claim there was some sort of dispute inside the club right before the shooting. their involvement is not clear. but police tell us they are not expected to face charges as they continue to look for the shooter. live in astoria, sonia rincon, cbs 2 news. the nypd's deploying more officers to subway stations in the wake of a series of increases in slashing attacks this year. cbs 2's brian conybeare live tonight in harlem with more on the initiative. brian. >> reporter: yeah, maurice. starting tonight here it the and for the foreseeable future around the city, the nypd is putting on a show of force in an effort to make people feel more comfortable underground after a spike, a 20% increase in slashings and stabbings around the city. some 2 dozen nypd officers both from the transit bureau and from community affairs were being deployed at the 125th street stop at st. nicholas avenue in harlem tonight. they will do the same at other stations around the five boroughs in the coming days. they are handing out safety information to passengers on platforms, patrolling on the trains themselves, and trying to reassure people that the subways are safe even at night. straphangers we spoke with this afternoon welcomed the move. >> a lot of time people got hurt in the subway, got robbed. so it's easier for them to catch the person. >> reporter: does it make you feel more comfortable having we need more police in the station. >> there's a presence out there. people see the police officers, and if there's anything on the train that, you know, needs attention by the police it will be taken care of. >> reporter: a similar team of officers is patrolling subway stops in the bronx tonight and they will fan out across the city over the coming months until nypd officials tell me mosh subway riders feel safe underground at night. brian conybeare, cbs 2 news. police searched and cleared several high schools in bergen county after receiving bomb threat this morning. schools in oroville, englewood, a catholic school, teaneck, cliffside park, mahwah, and several others were affected. no arrests but last week, authorities did link similar threats to a prank called swatting. a smoky fire at harlem hospital forcing dozens of firefighters were called to the hospital around 11:00 this morning. one room on the tenth floor with smoke in the halls. hospital staff transferred about 50 patients down to the sixth floor. there were no reports of injuries. campaign 2016, donald trump is throwing out the candidate playbook yet again. this time he has decided not to address a major gathering of conservatives. cbs 2's craig boswell has more. >> reporter: donald trump announced he is skipping the c pack convention a major gathering of conservative voters. his opponents immediately pounceed. >> he really doesn't belong at a conservative meeting. he is not conservative. >> donald trump started gap lopping to the center before the primaries. >> reporter: trump mocked that he is not conservative enough. >> you hear these stupid people that are very conservative. >> reporter: cpac people are disappointed. >> i understand why he is not coming. he has important primaries and that's something he really wants to focus on. >> reporter: the bickering between the three leading candidates is no surprise especially after thursday night's very contentious debate. >> gentlemen, gentlemen! >> you ought to -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> reporter: trump went toe to tow with marco rubio and ted cruz for two hours. at the end, many voters were turned off. republican pollster tweeted out a few comments from viewers. ben carson is going to officially quit during the cpac speech. >> earlier in the day word surfaced of the plot to get paul ryan to run for president. he has no interest. new at 5:00 now the polluted passaic river in new jersey finally has a chance for revitalization. cbs 2's vanessa murdoch has the >> reporter: at a glance it's peaceful even pretty. but under the surface, potentially deadly toxins sit in the sediment. people fish on the river. they shouldn't because there's literally cancer-causing chemicals in the fish and the crabs. >> reporter: for more than a century, 100-plus companies contributed to the river's demise dumping dioxins, pcbs, heavy metals. >> please understand that there should be yellow crime scene tape around the passaic river right now. >> this city's main artery, the reason the city was founded, was the passaic river! it was stolen from us! >> reporter: today, the epa unveiled its plan to take the river back. dredge it for eight miles, remove 3.5 million cubic yards of sediment enough to fill read bull arena three times. the river will be capped from bank to bank to prevent any more toxins from surfacing. >> this was a very carefully considered plan. >> reporter: before the dredging begins, the cost of be acquired from the polluters a spokesman for one of the companies managing clean-up told us this. >> for 20 years, we have acted responsibly on the river. in cooperation with the epa under their order and today we are in full compliance with everything they have ordered to date. >> reporter: michael turner says they plan to work with the epa this time around, too. music to local franklin norton's ears. he recalls swimming, fishing in this river. >> we used to go down to north bay and go swimming. >> reporter: how long has it been since you swam in the river? >> 40 years. >> reporter: it could be another 40 years before anyone can swim or eat the fish again. >> it is going to take decades to heal the river. but this clean-up is the best shot. >> reporter: if all goes according to plan, the clean- up phase will take 11 years to complete. from newark, new jersey vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. >> for the most up-to-date list of companies responsible for clean-up, go to cbsnewyork.com. new information tonight cut short two trips due to storms is heading out into more wild weather. the royal caribbean anthem of the seas left bayonne, new jersey this afternoon on a three-day trip to nova scotia. and the forecast suggests it could be facing rough seas once again. last month the ship ended two trips early after facing severe storms even dealing with a norovirus outbreak on board during its latest voyage. >> we need to get some intervention on that ship or something, have it blessed or something. some new information about bobbi kristina brown after a medical examiner violence a dangerous cocktail led to her death. but one question remains. >> new fallout in a hospital tragedy. a fably speaks out about a woman's -- a family speaks out about a woman's final moments. why they say the nurses failed to act. >> didn't know how close this person was to me. i could just hear him. >> a woman sees a strange the other side her window in the middle of the night but before he was arrested, he had to be >> and then later, a wardrobe 911. a little girl calls for help when she encounters a problem getting dressed! 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[ laughter ] >> you know what? i'm always taking the blame. let's put it on mo! >> yesterday's storm at one point during the 11:00 news i was saying let's call it a storm-ette. not much of anything. it's long gone, sun out. look at the sunburst. 39 degrees, nice sunset. high temperature of only 39. low was 30. not much of a spread there. and you know, you're below average in both the categories. typically up to 46 degrees. so that snowfall that we had, central park .4." we thought we would see -- i said as a general rule, a trace to two, maybe more at the shore towards the east end of long island. toms river with the biggest number 4.5" of snowman hawk cheesequake with 2." we talk about snow possibly for saturday into sunday. i don't think it's going to be too much of anything. this system moves out. there's a little something coming in from the west but we're talking little to no accumulation. i'll talk more about that later. not a big storm fight is into sunday. maurice and kristine, back to you guys. tomorrow, students will be taking a new improved s.a.t. test. we'll have a breakdown of the changes including one part that's now optional. >> plus, this may look like a school project. but it's all too real. a woman busted for a homemade license plate. and that's not all. by a legendary singer. why an officer got a free and gladys knight. coming up tonight on cbs 2 news at 6:00, it's sentencing day for a serial killer. >> sincerest condolences to the families of the victims. >> hear what else he had to say that has family of those victims leaving the courtroom. and a disturbing discovery. dozens of knives, box cutters and blades found at a city homeless shelter. that's at 6:00. it's early to bed tonight and a good healthy breakfast nationwide taking a retooled s.a.t. test tomorrow morning. >> remember that? it has undergone extensive changes, however. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff tells us what students and parents can expect. >> reporter: number 2 pencils, still standard issue. but the old school s.a.t. is changing. on saturday, the college board rolls out a revamped s.a.t. plunging the high states college placement test into uncharted territory. >> i'm not saying the old one was bad. this one i feel more confident. >> everything seems a bit easier on the new one. >> reporter: juniors at malverne high school took prep classes based on the few practice exams the college board released. content is closer aligned to what children are learning in school. >> i think they have done a good job in aligning the exam with the classes. >> reporter: gone is the penalty for guessing. >> they have eliminated one of the choices so now the children have four choices to pick from. right answer go up. >> reporter: less geometry, too. the essay will be optional. so the perfect score reverts back to 1600. and gone are old arcane vocabulary words. new generations can skip the flash cards. >> now vocabulary is in context. you don't just get random words. you can figure it out. >> reporter: why change? the college board says redesigned s.a.t. is built from the most current research in what students need to be ready for college. we removed the tricks and mysteries that previously left some students at a disadvantage. but educators say they were losing ground to rival a.c.t. and some private test prep centers tell students to sit s.a.t. develops a track record. >> what we're advising students is to take the a.c.t. for right now. on top of it, we don't even know how the schools are going to look at a score from the s.a.t. real test will be whether the new s.a.t. levels the playing field and is a more fair indicator of college success. that assessment could take years. in malverne, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >> nearly half a million students are expected to take the new s.a.t. this coming month. and i just can't wait to relive that with my kids. >> oh, my goodness. >> oh, gosh. >> good luck to those taking it this weekend. >> you bet. >> just relax. it's a disturbing discovery in the middle of the night. >> a woman find a stranger hanging outside of her window. the frightening overnight surprise ends with a rescue and an arrest. >> also, an intruder on the run in a westchester county school. tonight, the criminal act that truly shocked students! >> and the healing power of music. a man who nearly died now walking and talking again a man dangling outside an apartment building in chelsea is in the hands of police. residents startled by this overnight surprise. it was a frightening overnight cbs 2's meg baker in chelsea with the story new at 5:30. >> reporter: residents of the chelsea court apartment building thought they were dreaming. little did they know, a nightmare was unfolding outside their windows. >> i was sleeping around 3:30 or 4:00 and i heard all these people outside. i thought it was a party. i thought people were going out to have a cigarette or something like that. and there were these super bright flashlights. >> reporter: these lights were police searching for an intruder. >> heard them saying, you know, be careful, come down, we're on the way with a helicopter. >> reporter: a resident on the fourth floor says she was awoken at three a.m. the man on the scaffolding outside her window. >> i heard footsteps going across scaffolding. and up and down the fire escapes. >> reporter: scaffolding surrounds the back side of the building on 2st and ninth. and that's where police found this man, the 51-year-old man. nypd says he was attempting to >> i also heard somebody shouting out nonsense gibberish. >> reporter: police say the man was spotted on the roof then fell and got caught in the scaffolding. it was pitch black so helene wasn't sure where he was. but she knew he was near her bedroom window. >> i didn't know how close this person was to me. i could just hear him. >> reporter: runs rescued, lewis as -- once rescued, lewis was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and illegal entry into a building. >> you feel it's a safe building and this happens. you no longer feel safe. you want to know how it happened. >> reporter: police are investigating how he got on the property. the front gate was locked and surveillance video does not show him entering the front door. helene is just glad it's winter so her windows were closed and locked. in chelsea, meg baker, cbs 2 news. from a home intruder to a school intruder, police are looking for this man wanted for entering maria regina high school in hartsdale last week got into the men's bathroom in the main lobby, undressed and exposed himself to administrators. he then put his clothes back on and left in a bright sky blue compact car possibly a chevrolet. parents and community activists are calling on the city to release the names of teachers accused of abusing students. they gathered at city hall demanding action. a teacher was charged last week with assaulting a boy inside ps 194 in harlem. this week we learned about a 4- year-old east harlem boy left alone in a stairwell at ps 198. >> this teacher treated my son unhigh mainly! -- inhumanely! it's unacceptable! if a parent is sending a child to school with a violent or abusive teacher they should know. resigned others reassigned away from students or suspended. police searched for an armed robber attack old women in brooklyn and now they have increased the reward. magdalena doris spoke with one victim who says she feared for her life. >> reporter: this is surveillance video of the man police say walked through brooklyn targeting at least two women over 70. investigators say he followed them to their doorstep pushed them in and held them up at gunpoint. >> a 250-pound brute. >> reporter: the search heightened. >> i have every officer in the 78th and in brooklyn outlooking for him. >> reporter: on wednesday, investigators say he followed 91-year-old elizabeth gioino inside her home on 9th street and prospect park west. we spoke with her the next day. >> he come in here and he choked me. shut up, shut up, give me money. >> reporter: now the brooklyn borough president is urging the public to help find him adding $1,000 to the nypd's $2,500 reward for information adams taking it one step further, reimbursing gioino the $175 that was stolen from her. >> that's the least i can do of saying that there are people in this borough that still respect their elders. >> reporter: police say gioino was not his only target. i spoke with the 71-year-old victim from february who says this man spent over an hour and 15 minutes inside of her home terrorizing her, threatening her, pointing a gun to her mouth saying four other men were coming if she didn't hand over money. meanwhile, his most recent victim is terrified. >> he said we catch him, we catch him. how will they? >> reporter: police hope the video, reward and flyers help. in brooklyn, madalena doris, cbs 2 news. this consumer alert tonight. more than 400,000 ford pickups may be on the road with faulty brakes! 150s from the 2013 and 2014 model years. and they have a 3.5-liter engine. national highway traffic safety administration is investigating reports that the brake pedals can suddenly go to the floor with a complete loss of power. there have been 33 complaints from drivers most of them over the past year. a homemade license plate behind bars. here's the plate. it's made especially entirely of cardboard and paint and it certainly didn't fool an eerie county trooper. police say the driver, 28-year- old amanda has a suspended registration and no insurance. she now faces felony charges. >> that's creative bright colors. now she will be making real ones behind bars. we continue here at 5:00. turning to technology for pet care. you don't need to be home to feed and communicate with your furry friends. the gadgets that are making sure our pets are never forgotten. spend a year in space? astronaut scott kelly opens up about his historic mission and impact on his body. the only thing we have to fear is fear itself! 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>> reporter: pam ryan shows how she can check on oscar and reggie when she is not home. >> hey, oscar, reggie? >> reporter: she can talk to them, see them, take photos >> it's nice to see them at home and what they're doing and i can give them a treat. >> reporter: the treat cam is a number of growing number of tech gadgets to help owners. the whistle pet tracker a gps device alerts you if your pet left his safe zone and helps you find him if he runs away or gets lost. >> you can track him in real time on your smartphone like "find my iphone" or similar solutions. you can find the pet even if there's no one in sight. >> reporter: the wearable device tracks how much exercise and sleep they are getting. for owners who want to keep the dog or cat more active during the day the pet cube letting them play with the pets with a touch of finger. >> you can exercise them and give them action with a laser pointer and they will be feeling better. >> reporter: there are even devices now that let your pets call you, play games, and win and speak with a human voice. >> i usually get hungry now. >> reporter: but as more pet tech gadgets come to market experts caution owners against relying on them. >> the technology is useful as an adjunct a way of enriching your relationship with your pet but not a substitute for time spent with your dog. >> reporter: for many of today's pet owners staying connected applies to all members of the family. shoe, cbs 2 news. >> you know what does freak me out? is when a nanny cam like someone's talking on the nanny cam and you just hear a voice? my kids think that's normal. now what i mean? >> i do. >> the dogs? i don't know. >> i was going to say i wish i had some of those devices for my kids. [ laughter ] >> exactly zap em from a distance. how about luxury restrooms while flying? boeing is apparently making this happen. the aerospace giant says it is developing a self-cleaning restroom for its passenger jets. it would work by using uv for three seconds after being used. essentially killing more than 99% of the germs. toilet seats would raise automatically to be sure the surface is exposed. the project is still in the testing phase. and no word on what happens to the remaining 1% of the germs. [ laughter ] >> sounds good to me, though. 99%? not so bad. some of the biggest names in hollywood are back on the big screen. among them comedian tina fey who stars in a new movie about love and laughter and war. we have a sneak peek just ahead. >> legendary singer gladys knight pulled over by police. wait until you hear why she started singing. >> i was hit in the face with this cloud of smoke. >> part of me said not to go in. >> a daring rescue at a local animal shelter. workers being honored for fire. 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 buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. and in syracuse, where imagination is in production. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - today - at business.ny.gov pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. complete allergy relief or incomplete. flonase. 6>1 changes everything. astronaut scott kelly is talking about what it was like to spend nearly a year in space. he -- he says that time does >> it seemed like i was there forever. seemed longer than i thought it would be. >> kelly returned to houston wednesday after 340 days on the international space station. the first thing he ate was a banana. he says physically, he is dealing with more muscle soreness and fatigue than he had after previous missions. soon after he stood on solid ground he lost the inch and a half he actually gained in space. scientists will compare kelly's condition with his twin brother's to see how body. >> truly. it has been a while since we had some real blockbusters dominate the movie world but that could soon change. morgan freedom, christian bale and tina fey among the "a" listers coming to the movie theater this weekend. peek. >> you folks are all the unmarried personnel in the bureau. >> how many people do you need. >> reporter: tina fey stars in "whiskey tango foxtrot" based on a memoir. it follows the story of a who also happens to find love in a war zone. >> work all day party all night. i def identify with that where your work is everything and the people you work with are your entire world. i definitely identify with that. >> reporter: mar gotrobbie and christian bale, a hollywood screenwriter addicted to success and women including cate blanchett and natalie portman. >> something has to reach it what you dreamed of and guy? >> you need something done, he is on it. >> they're all slot? is played by jason bateman to solve a mystery. >> they duke it out. >> reporter: the film features pop star shakira as a gazelle. world leaders happen to be in the same place at the wrong time in another movie when terrorists attack. on the upper west side, jill nicolini, cbs 2 news. >> a traffic stop leads to a surprise birthday gift for a utah police officer. the officer and his wife posed for this picture with the legendary singer gladys knight. she sang happy birthday to the officer after the car she was a passenger in was stopped for speeding in salt lake city on wednesday. >> he asked her to sing after learning she was in the carpet the driver got a warning for speeding but not a ticket. >> hm. a shame we can't sing. as it turns out. at least i can't. >> i don't know. >> turn on the radio. [ laughter ] >> turn up the radio. we had a little snow to start the day. as far as the weekend goes, look, i think for the most out there. it's not the really good stuff that's looming for midweek but check this out. now. it's really better than what we started out with morning with some cloud cover and snow flying around. it was a pretty march snow. and there's a nice looking sunset. it's 39 degrees outside right now. here's what i put together for what to expect going ahead. we are talking about another chance for snow this coming weekend, believe it or not. it would be late saturday into early sunday overnight into sunday morning. this is not a lot of snow. a lot of it's not even measurable and then the story becomes warmth. midweek warmth which is on the way could be record setting now, take a look at the snow chance for this weekend. 9 p.m. snow showers getting close. this is a computer rendition of how we think this is going to play out. a little bit of snow at 9:00. not for everybody. it doesn't hold together. there's a little activity behind it. i don't think it's going to be too much of anything. taking a peek at what it looks like, okay, there's the system we dealt with today. down on the shore 4" of snow. most people got 0 to 2." this system in minneapolis is going to give us snow chance very light little snow chance overnight saturday into sunday then we'll focus our attention on this warm air. you can see the flow in the atmosphere. this is a ridge in the jet stream. right? well, this warm weather ridge if you will is going to be set up right on top of our area by the time you get to, say, tuesday, wednesday of next and the numbers will be pretty good-looking. weekend outlooks good. cold and 20s. sunday 46 degrees. but there's that chance for a late overnight snow shower into monday morning. so then my seven-day forecast will show you those midweek numbers i'm teasing. 42 for saturday. 46 sunday. 55 monday. 64 tuesday. 69 wednesday, 66 thursday. 62 friday. i will tell my pals here at the anchor desk that, um, i look at some long-range stuff for the next two weeks. and it looks like nothing really brewing out there. looks like 50s or 60s. >> april fool's surprise? >> april 15th, all right. thank you. breaking news to tell you about, everyone, tonight. ben carson has officially presidential bid. no surprise. he did make the announcement at the conservative political action conference, cpac. two days ago he said he no longer saw a realistic path to the republican nomination and he chose not to take part in last night's debate. carson is yet to endorse another candidate. well, a toddler's call for help may have earned her a new friend. >> hello, 911. >> hi. >> that was little 2-year-old alie yeah on the line with a 911 dispatcher in greenville, south carolina. it appears she needed help putting on her pants so a deputy went to her house and helped her. >> the door opened up and she comes running out to the front with half a pant leg on and, um, she just like hey! >> came home to the police helped your daughter put pants on. so it was like, oh!! >> well, the little girl's grandfather was home at the time. had called anyone let alone the police. >> someone is going to be talking to grandpa. >> thankfully it was a slow day at the police department. >> it was okay. well, the sound of music giving patients hope. doctors using songs to help a man recovering from a coma and it's also helping people with parkinson's and autism. how this therapy is changing lives. >> then at 6:00 new information on the efforts to bring a legoland theme park to the tri-state area and the obstacles standing in the way. vo: across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes with non-insulin victoza . for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza . he said victoza works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. it's taken once a day, any time. victoza is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza works with your body to lower blood sugar in 3 ways: in the stomach, the liver, and the pancreas. vo: victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. victoza has not been studied with mealtime insulin. victoza is not insulin. do not take victoza if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to victoza or any of its ingredients. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include itching, rash, or difficulty breathing. tell your doctor if you get a lump or swelling in your neck. including inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis). stop taking victoza and call your doctor right away if you have signs of pancreatitis such as severe pain that will not go away in your abdomen or from your abdomen to your back, with or without vomiting. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you have any medical conditions. taking victoza with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. the most common side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. if your pill isn't giving you the control you need ask your doctor about non-insulin victoza . people who stutter may not when singing. it works through different brain networks than speech. dr. max gomez says that's led to combining music therapy with speech pathology to help brain injured patients. >> he was unconscious not breathing. his heart wasn't beating for over 30 minutes. so he is basically a miracle that he is still here. >> reporter: linda recalls those tense days back in november 2014 when her son andrew overdosed on opiates. the 26-year-old was in a coma for two months. when regained consciousness, but thanks in part to neurologic music therapy andrew has made huge strides. >> music aids our brains' ability to heal itself. so music strengthens connections that we have in our brains and build new connections around where the damage might be. >> reporter: unlike some therapies which focus on specific brain centers, music therapy hits them all. >> they are responsible for movement and language and emotion and cognition all activated but we just passively listen to music. >> it wasn't a struggle like getting up and walking physically or using his hands, using his arms. [ singing together ] >> his voice just started coming out and really wonderful to hear his voice again. >> reporter: therapists use music that patients enjoy but they start with slower paced numbers to work on fluency an articulation. >> he likes rap music. hopefully the in the future who knows maybe he will be rapping to a song. >> reporter: now 15 months has regained much of what he lost. >> we walk, we talk. [ music ] >> we sing. we laugh. we're living. >> reporter: music therapy can help with a variety of brain disorders like traumatic brain injury, stroke, parkinson's and perhaps even autism and it seems to be helpful for patients of all ages. dr. max gomez, cbs 2 news. >> that's all for the news at 5:00. the now at 6:00 starts right now. -- the news at 6:00 starts right now. captions by: caption colorado [email protected] three shopkeepers killed execution-style. today their families come face to face with a man who did it. >> you will pay for this crime behind the bars alone. may this animal rot and suffer. >> this convicted serial killer has plenty to say, as well. hear his bizarre message to the court. >> surprising discovery in the simpson case. a knife found buried on his former estate. is it the weapon used to kill his ex-wife and her friend? >> i opened the door i was hit in the face with this big cloud of black smoke. >> part of me said you shouldn't go in there. >> a daring rescue at a local animal shelter workers risking their lives to save a dozen dogs. good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> i'm maurice dubois. dana tyler is off tonight. tears, outbursts and dramatic exits, a sad and strange day at the sentencing of a serial killer. sal perrone was convicted of murdering three shopkeepers in brooklyn and today their family members faced him in a courtroom. cbs 2's steve langford has the story. >> reporter: 67-year-old sal perrone entering court to face sentencing and hear from the families of the three brooklyn shop owners he is convicted of shooting and killing in 2012. >> may this animal rot and suffer in jail for the rest of behind the bars alone. >> reporter: but perrone guilty of three counts of murdering three men [ all foreign names ] in separate killings has plenty to say, too, whether the victims' families like it or not. >> my sincerest condolences to the families of the victims. from there. perrone not only denied he killed the three men but claiming in mind-numbing detail how he says he didn't get a fair trial. >> absolutely no one appeared in this courtroom for my defense at the trial. >> reporter: all this dodging and rambling from the man convicted of destroying their families is too much to take. >> every friday night we have dinner in the basement. >> you're a liar. >> liar! >> reporter: in short order the families exit the courtroom en masse unwilling to listen to this serial killer. the families finally returned