focus on the village administration parked with local real estate agents and developers allegedly turning a blind eye. >> i certainly feel that this is part of a bigger corruption scheme. >> reporter: sousa has halted construction. >> we need someone to come in and justify what this village government is doing. >> reporter: our calls were not returned and e-mails requesting interviews not granted. the village acknowledges it has received subpoenas in the investigations. but denies any wrongdoing. jennifer mclogan, cbs2 news. >> a county investigator jennifer spoke with said in many cases there may not no room to accommodate a propane tank. a hiker fell in upper nyack. police believe the man fell from an upper level plateau to a lower one and once crews arrived, they rushed to get him to safety. they had to race against the fading daylight and dropping temperatures. >> as soon as i pulled up, we herd him yelling for-- we heard him yelling for help. >> the man was taken into a waiting ambulance and to nyack hospital. the extent of his injuries is unknown. a pedestrian is injured after getting hit by a car in qees. this happened around 11:00 this morning in ridgewood. police say the man was hit crime crossing the street near metropolitan and woodward believes. the victim is believed to be in miss 20s was taken to the hospital. the driver of the car stayed at the scene. no charges have been filed. two people were injured when a fire truck collided with a car in east harlem. firefighters were -- where responding to another call. were taken to harlem hospital. noun -- non-life-threatening. we have new information about the bronx father who confessed to killing his baby. 51-year-old jose feliciano is the infant. the police believe the baby's saw. police say the child's mother admitted that she and feliciano drove to brewster he, new york and buried the child's body. >> how can you do to a baby, you know, something like that. it's shocking. i don't know. i feel sad. >> feliciano remains in custody tonight facing multiple charges, including murder, manslaughter and manslaughter of a person less than 11 years old. we're hearing tonight from the wife of a new jersey boy scout leader who was attacked by a bear inside its cave. during a hike at the split rock yesterday, chris petronino showed three scouts a cave when a bear grabbed his foot and pulled him inside. the 50-year-old hit the bear with a rock hammer, pulled his coat over his head and curled up into a fetal position and the bear sat on him for more than an hour. the scouts called 911. food. the bear was then scared away by the scout's little dog. >> i've been a police officer for 29 years. this is the first time i've that. >> petronino was airlifted to hospital. and is being treated for bite marks. his waif said she want toos commend the three boys who truly saved my husband's life because of their quick thinking and brave actions. we request privacy as chris begins his journey to recover i. workers are terrified by an violent robber. this one happened at a babies are us. >> reporter: 5:00 a.m., a marked man is lurking outside this babies 'r' us when he follows an employee arriving for work pushing his way into the store and confronting it another employee right inside the door. >> this a handgun, he pointed at both gyms and the subject ordered the victims in the back office. >> reporter: the gunman handcuffs the two women but not before getting into the store safe where he gets cash and flees the scene. >> it appears that he's looking at stores that do employ females. >> reporter: this is armed robbery number 14 in a series of similar heists that has nassau and suffolk county on edge. two employees at this tanning salon tied up while a masked man with a gun robled the place. in november, employees and much like this victim, shopper a few days ago. >> i walked into the store and i was robbed. he was hold us at gunpoint. there were ladies behind the counter. >> reporter: police say the suspect generally wears a black ski type mask, wields a semi- automatic weapon and immobilizes his victims with hand toughs or zip ties. this one-man crime spree police say is their number one priority. >> they are all out there, they are in closings, openings, intensifying the patrols of all of these establishments. >> reporter: the suspect very lucky or very good. in west bury long island, steve langford, cbs2 news. a different take on new york city's whom les problem. the mayor has been under attack accused of not doing enough. now homeless people are administration has gone over board. meg baker has more. >> reporter: a trash truck and sanitation men drag sheets blankets and more to the dumpster. the new york civil liberties union says this video shows city workers removing the belongings of homeless sleeping on the sidewalk in east harlem in october. >> taking all of my belongings, taking all of my property. >> reporter: floyd mark said he was kicked awake by nyp and in the cleanup lost his social security card, birth certificate, i.d. card and medicine. today homeless rallied. [chanting] >> reporter: we asked city officials what they thought of this video. the mayor's office responded it is illegal for individuals to trespass and sleep on school grounds. and we will not tolerate it for security and safety reasons. we will review our protocols concerning the seizure and disposition of personal property to ensure it can be reclaimed by its rightful owners. the city has more than 50 boots advocates like the ones you see behind me in the green jackets manhattan. but many of the homeless refuse another. to agreed. bad. people are afraid to do that. people would rather take their chance out on the street. >> reporter: one option, expansion of daily drop-in centers where people can get food and services of but don't sleep there. it's a path to getting off the streets. the number of drop-s in were cut in half under mayor bloomberg. meg baker, cbs2 news. >> and for the homeless who do try to use city services, new york city released an audit of 12,500 families. they were placed in apartments with mold, rodents and broken windows. >> no child, no child should live in the conditions we found. this is happening on our watch people and we are responsible for what happens in this city. >> the audit comes just days after a change in the leadership of the city's homeless services. should mayor deblasio get a raise? who is proposing a 30 plus thousand-dollar pay hike. benched. odell beckham junior learns his punishment for bad conduct during yesterday's game. how long he will have to sit out. also, last-minute, low price. gift ideas for shoppers who have gone over their budgets this year. it was a good 12 degrees above normal. but the first day of winter will bring even warmer temperatures. i will have the details coming up. and coming up on the cbs evening news, reports of u.s. troops killed in a deadly bombing. >> we are gonna lead the broadcast tonight with new details on the six u.s. troops killed by that suicide bomber in afghanistan. that and much more, all of the world news justate head. i'm here in honduras. i want to send christmas greetings to my mom, sonya, my children and just want to say merry christmas and a happy new year. unun. ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. amtrak has added new safety features on some of the rails in our region. this comes seven months after a deadly derailment in philadelphia left eight dead and injured others. between new york city and philadelphia, the feature would automatically apply brakes on a train when it goes over the speed limit. we caught up with the rail construction foreman who has installed the equipment before. >> you have 60 seconds to, you know, make some kind of move, start slowing down apply the brakes and if you don't, the computer system will recognize that and it will sit on the train to stop itself. >> the major freight and commuter trains have until the year 2018 to get their systems in place. raises could soon be in store for mayor deblasio and city council members. a commission appointed by the mayor this fall is recommending pay hikes. more than $33,000 to a salary of $257,750. and city council members would get raises of more than $25,000 increasing their salary toos $138,000. the mayor says he won't accept a raise this term. the city council will review the recommendation. if you haven't finished your christmas shopping yet, you are in good company with just days to go. a lot of people running out of time and cash. emily smith reports on how to get those last-minute gifts on a budget. >> reporter: and estimated 75% of americans are not finished shopping for christmas yet and many admit they don't have much money left. that means it's time to get creative. >> at the same time give a gift from the heart but if you were very close then obviously it gets a little bit more extraffic gant. >> reporter: we enlisted the help of this personal shopper, ideas for those low on cash. the most inexpensive, give iou vouchers. >> this is $7. you are giving them kind of unlimited gifts. >> reporter: the book includes and iou for decoration removal, toy assemblied and kitchen cleanup. >> it's kind of a funny thing, they open it, oh, great. i have a task for you right now. >> reporter: an ornament can be a way to spreadholiday ch >> you could get a tree like this for $20 and you walk in with a tree. it's funny and cute. >> reporter: peter suggests gifting baked goods and serving them on a new cutting board or plate. >> put them on the plate and give it a nice bow, wrap it up. it's a thoughtful gift where you've only spent say $15, $20. >> reporter: another idea if you have one of those families known for its recipes, buy recipe cards and put four or five of your favorites inside. if you have it in your budget to spend a little more money, add a cookbook to that present. inexpensive purse fill it with lip gloss,ful peter says it's all about creating a theme with a low-priced item calling it the best way to get around being out of cash for christmas. in jersey city, emily smith, cbs2 news. >> if you want to stick to more traditional ideas like clothing, retail experts say with each passing day the sales are expected too get larger. remember, selection can be limited. a man upstate who legally changed his name to darth vadder is asking for help during the swirl of the film's release. a newspaper in rochester said the 43-year-old has leukemia and needs $15,000 for a transplant. he was born eric welch but switched names last year because he was raised in foster homes and says he has no strong family ties. lonnie quinn off tonight. counting down to the holiday, for those who celebrate unusual weather for us all. >> it is. we got a taste of winter over the weekend. some people were really excited. some weren't. >> no. >> if you weren't excited, don't worry. >> we started the warmup today. it continues as we head into the week towards christmas day. we're taking a live look outside from our camera high atop the empire state building. it's mostly cloudy 53. winds out of the west at 13 miles an hour to about 22. we take a look at your headlines. this is a very warm wok. it started already. we're expecting record-breaking temperatures before the end of the week. fog and rain start to roll in tonight and they hang around for several days, even though winter officially begins in a few hours. take a look. where is the snow? clearly we're not getting any snow, not with me temperatures. normally by this time, we have 2.9 inches. we're talking rain over the next couple of days and we could use it. the deficit on the year just over 10 inches. we need more than 10 inches of rain we'll put a little bit in the bucket. so tonight, just about a 5% chance of seeing some rain, that chance increases to 50% on tuesday. wednesday, 60%. we're expectth rain to be heavy at times on wednesday. thursday, still a chance for some rain and even for your christmas day on friday, we could see showers before things tort things -- things start to clear out. let's take a look at vortex satellite and radar. cup see -- you can see the clouds have already started to move. here is the bigger picture. it shows you what's going on. we have this area of high pressure. it's just offshore. . the circulation around it tapping into milder air bringing that into our area. we're getting a nice surge of warm air out in advance of the system. here's the cold front. like we so often we, we get a the cold front move through. but it's the surge before the some headlines. we turn on your future cast, we'll show you the rain as it approaches. overnight we see thickening clouds. very slight chance of showers. we have a better chance tomorrow morning to see some showers, although not that widespread. but you can see north of the city we're expecting some rain by the afternoon, we see some more widespread rain a lot of it light but we'll have a few pockets. where we see some moderate and heavy rain. more significant rain is expected on wednesday. we'll see more widespread rain and some heavier rain. but the temperatures, there is the big story. in spite of the rain, expecting of 0-degree temperatures for tomorrow. the first day of winter. yeah, 60 degrees. wednesday we'll do it again expecting a high of 61. again, we get that with some of the heavier rain and then thursday for your christmas eve, that's when we're expecting a record-breaking 71- degree temperature. the record -- the current record 63. the forecast high, 71. christmas and dry out. >> did you really say that? >> i did. crazy. >> it is crazy. the nfl disciplining one of the giants today after that game yesterday. steve is for otis. >> odell beckham has been suspended for one game. while he's being 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