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No injuries at this collision. Lou young, cbs 2 news. More breaking news. A jetblue pilot in federal court accused of flying drunk. Cbs 2s alice gainer live outside the courthouse in brooklyn with the details. Reporter maurice and kristine, Dennis Thomas murphy junior was arraigned today after being arrested at his home this morning. We are waiting to see if his wife, father or he might come outside. He was released on 50,000 bond. Last april, the jetblue pilot was pulled from his second flight of the day for random Alcohol Testing. The test showed he had a concentration of. 111 . Now, according to the complaint, any individual with a blood alcohol content of. 10 or more is considered under the influence. Murphy blamed it on gum he had been chewing instead of alcohol. His copilot saw murphy from a cup before and during both flights that day. Now, his first flight that day was jfk to orlando. 119 passengers were on board. The second was from orlando back to jfk. That had about 151 passengers on board there. We are outside federal court. He was released on 50,000 bond. He is facing 15 years in jail for this. As for jetblue, they have a zero tolerance policy. Murphy resigned last year before his disciplinary hearing. They also terminated him. Live outside of federal court here in brooklyn, alice gainer, cbs 2 news. Now to an accidental shooting inside a Doctors Office on long island that injured a doctor and a retired nypd officer. As cbs 2s Raegan Medgie reports, patients and neighbors are stunned. Reporter inside this building on long beach road in nypd officer was showing his licensed handgun when a gun went off. I think it was about 10 00 early in the morning right at the going of our day. We saw all the police cars, ambulances, s. W. A. T. Teams, crime unit. They were pulled into the parking lot. Reporter hope pearlstein was work your waying inside her spice outlet store when all the activity drew her and her sister outside. She was working inside. There were all kinds of cop cars and bulletproof vests and they took each person out. Reporter one Person Police say was the retired nypd officer. He seemed to look okay. Reporter police say the retired officer was struck in his thigh. The bulletined through his leg then hit the doctor in the right foot. He was on the gurney texting somebody. Reporter he was brought to south Nassau Community a hospital Spokesman Says the man recovering and in stable condition. It could have ended badly. Reporter police say both injuries are not life threatening. In oceanside, long island, Raegan Medgie, cbs 2 news. Police say so far no charges have been filed. The investigation continues. We have some breaking news in the president ial race now. Within the past hour, ted cruz named Carly Fiorina as his running mate. The announcement coming just a day after cruz was mathematically eliminated from getting the republican nomination unless theres a contested convention. Cbs 2s dick brennan here with the latest on campaign 2016. Reporter lots going on today. The Cruz Campaign desperate, trying to stay afloat after last nights drubbing by donald trump in five states. So he takes an unconventional approach months before the convention. My friend and the next Vice President of the united states, Carly Fiorina [ applause and cheers ] reporter ted cruz now has nomination. But that doesnt stop him from naming a running mate former rival Carly Fiorina. This is a fight for the soul of our party and the future of our nation. [ applause and cheers ] reporter cruz is in indiana for next tuesdays primary in his last stand. This morning before his announcement, trump ridiculed the idea of cruz picking a Vice President. He shouldnt be naming anybody because he doesnt even have a chance. He has no path to victory and he is naming a Vice President ial candidate. I guess thats cute. Reporter trump gave what the campaign called a major Foreign Policy speech that he read from a teleprompter. I will seek a Foreign Policy that all americans whatever their party can support, so important, and which our friend and allies will respect and totally welcome. The world must know that we do enemies, that we are always happy when old enemies become friends and when old friends become allies. Reporter on the democratic side Hillary Clinton was also pivoting to the general election taking on trump for saying she was playing the woman card. If fighting for womens healthcare and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in [ screaming ] reporter Bernie Sanders is campaigning ahead of next tuesdays vote. We are in this campaign to win and become the democratic nominee. Reporter to get a boost in the Hoosier State where they love basketball trump was campaigning today with legendary indiana coach bobby knight. Thank you. More than 100 people are arrested in whats believed to be the largest gang takedown in new york city history. Federal and local Law Enforcement officers swooped in overnight conducting dozens of raids targeting two rival investigators say these gangs terrorized streets in the northern bronx committing countless acts of violence thats gangs didnt distinguish between rival gang members and lawabiding residents of the community. If you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, you could be shot, stabbed, even killed. 120 alleged gang members were arrested now charged in federal court with racketeering, narcotics and firearms offense. Police are searching for a brooklyn mother of two who never came home after going out for dinner last wednesday. Now the womans boyfriend and mother are at odds in the investigation. Cbs 2s ali bauman reports. Im tore up. I want my child. [ indiscernible ] like everything is all right. Reporter seven days since police say 21yearold destiny dawson left him home in bed destiny lives with her two daughters and her boyfriend, who reported her missing the next day. Now destinys mother says the man isnt help returning the woman they both love. I have been calling [ indiscernible ] thats what i been doing. I have not seen him. Reporter destinys boyfriend has been impossible to get hold of but when we went to the couples apartment the man was there and says he has been doing some searches of his own. [ indiscernible ] reporter he says he signed on to destinys Instagram Account with his own phone after she disappeared and found messages to other men from just hours before destiny left. I think shes out doing her out having fun. Shes spending time with whoever she knows. Reporter back in harlem, destinys mother says her daughter would never walk out on her two children and fears rasheem is being evasive and be delaying the investigation. I dont want identify her body. So if he know something, say something. Dont hide. Dont lie. Tell me what is going on. Reporter lasheem says while he was helping destiny raise both her daughters, he only is father of one. They are not married. He doesnt have custody. The girls are now staying with their grandmother. Ali bauman, cbs 2 news. Police say they are looking at destinys prior relationships but havent zeroed in on a suspect. With state and federal prosecutors sniffing around, how he raised campaign cash, mayor de blasio has been arguing that other mayors did the same thing. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer explains why he may have had a hard time doing that. Its an undisputed fact that former mayor Michael Bloomberg believed inputting his money where his mouth was. 7,170,000 to various political committees and candidates from 2006 to 2012. That included large donations to Senate Republican and Assembly Democrat Campaign Committees. So when i first asked mayor de blasio in october 2014 about charges that there was something wrong with the way he was raising money to unseat Senate Republicans in order to further his agenda, this was his reply. Its something thats been going on for a long time in the state. Its a very normal thing to provide support for party organizations. Pay to play . Its not. Nothing new here. For years and years, people have supported party organizations. Reporter but the Good Government Group Citizen union begs to differ. He says its the way de blasio raised the money thats the problem. The mayor accused of raising specific money for a specific committee for a specific candidate for a specific cause. So there was a, you know, very seamless transaction raising money going into the candidate committees and candidate committees. Reporter so is that wrong . It is wrong. Reporter u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Manhattan District Attorney cyrus vance are trying to determine whether Team De Blasio violated the law by circumventing Campaign Finance limits and earmarking large donations for specific candidates, which is a nono. Also there are apparently several things that differentiate bloombergs largess from Team De Blasio. Mayor bloomberg gave his own money to Campaign Committee accounts with no strings attached. Mayor bloomberg raised it for general purposes. Mayor de blasio has raised it for specific purposes with the idea of funding specific candidates. That is what the law particularly says is wrong. Reporter this just in. Were learning within the hour that some members of the mayors inner circle have received subpoenas in the case. They include emma wolf a top political adviser and the citys director of intergovernmentable affairs, a top fundraiser Ross Offinger rosen which works on the mayors political can pain. Being subpoenaed means they can be questioned and must also preserve documents. Spokesman karen hinton said, quote, were not commenting on the details of the investigations. All involved followed the letter of the law and are cooperating fully with the investigations. She described emma wolf as, quote, a highly regarded Public Servant whose integrity should not be questioned. Maurice and kristine . Thank you. The city of newark gives uber the green light to pick up passengers around town as part of the 10year 10 million deal. The Company Must Pay the city 3 million up front also provide commercial Liability Insurance and conduct driver background checks. The mayor ras baraka says the agreement is about fairness. What we are trying to do is make sure we have a competitive Playing Field here that we can help the taxi uber must also pay a fee for operating at newark airport. First he refused to remove his airplane from his driveway. Now a long island man is accused of threatening town supervisors with a crossbow. Once a powerful washington politician, now a convicted sex offender the judges sentence for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Iphones are popular with muggers but now theres a new twist. What the crooks are forcing the owners to do before giving up their phones. And this time of year we start filing away frost and freeze advisories, right . Well, you might want to open that up filing cabinet and find a sweater in there well talk about it coming up. vo the Health System with a history of delivering world firsts in patient care is now delivering. Convenience. And with our expansion into westchester and the hudson valley, stateoftheart healthcare is just down the road from you. vo we developed the worlds first transvenous cardiac pacemaker, performed the worlds first coronary bypass, and have worldrenowned specialists taking on complex cases others cant handle. Thank you for dining with us. 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Is he an angry man . Yes. Is he ever going to hurt anybody . Absolutely not. Reporter mark is his attorney. He was in a Nassau County court after allegedly threatening town of hempstead employees with a crossbow. Prosecutors say the man was angry with the town for dismantling his plane while he was away. Police say the man called the town Supervisors Office monday and threatened to hurt two employees with his crossbow. Police arrested him tuesday. His attorney says, the man is harmless. He is an angry old man e called up. He made a threat. He is know the going to carry it out. If i had a nickel for every time somebody threatened my id be a millionaire. Reporter the man has been arguing with neighbors since to store his plane at the airport and parked it at home on yale street. Then he said why theyre picking on me i dont understand. Reporter his attorney wouldnt tell reporters if his client even owns a crossbow. Hazel sanchez, cbs 2 news. The man is charged with two counts of aggravated harassment and was being held on 2,500 bail. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is now headed to jail. A federal judge today sentenced him to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release well beyond the sentencing guidelines. Last year everyone the 74 yearold pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about hush money he paid a former student to keep quiet about sex abuse. Prosecutors say he abused at least four students while working as a High School Coach outside of chicago. Hasterts attorney had asked for probation only in light of his poor health and his remorse. He becomes one of the highest history to be sentenced to prison. Sentencing today for robert dustst. A federal judge in new orleans sentenced him to 7 years and one month in prison on a weapons charge. Durst accepted the sentence in february as part of a plea deal. He was fined 5,000. The real estate heir still faces a murder charge in california where he is accused of killing a female friend. Wild weather in the southwest. A tornado touched down in tulsa, oklahoma, as Severe Weather tore through several states overnight. In texas a 62yearold was killed by a tree. Heavy rain in kansas city and wichita. Lonnie quinn has our forecast. We started off in winter this morning. It was cold out there this morning. Its going to be cold again take a peek at what we have currently. Thats a goodlooking shot. Its mostly sunny overhead. 59 degrees your current temperature reading but its going to get cold tonight. All right . So cold that we have frost and freeze advisories that will go into effect at midnight until 9 a. M. Frost advisory for all those areas just outside the city north and west. Also very east end of Suffolk County with a frost advisory but the real cold air will be inland fairfield county, putnam and orange counties. Theres your freeze warning. Sullivan, ulster and dutchess will be just as you cold if not colder. Its just all about the growing season when it begins. Vortex satellite and radar, all right, tale of two cities here because theres your dividing light right there right through monmouth county. North of it a lot of sunshine today. South of it more clouds have been hanging out there. I think he is getting to tonight a lot of that will start to break up. So youre doing okay with the sky overhead. Its cool. 45 in the city. Again, dropping well below 40 north of the city. Tomorrow 59 degrees. The clouds come back to the area and then afternoon shower chances, as well. Forecast coming up. It looks like a bicycle graveyard. Stacks of broken station. Is it just an eyesore . Inconvenience, too. Credit cards embedded with chips are supposed to be safer but crooks might have found a the new warning. Also, a new gene test could help determine if breast chemotherapy. Coming up here at 6 00, an alleged heroin ring busted on long island. Drugs are a major problem around here and i want to keep our children safe. Five suspects accused of selling drugs under arrest tonight. Investigators say they are connected to more than a dozen overdoses. And a neighborhood divided. A plan to help boat owners by dredging the creek have some homeowners heading to court. Still here at 5 00 now, abandoned bikes are creating an eyesore in brooklyn. Cbs 2s Magdalena Doris reports from the bicycle graveyard in williamsburg. Reporter a mounting of metal covers north 7th and bedford avenue on the bike rack between the ten speeds long forgotten rods.