Transcripts For WNBC Today In New York 20160329 : comparemel

Transcripts For WNBC Today In New York 20160329

Whipping winds as they battled a raging fire on 91st street, not that far from laguardia airport. Today in new yorks cath s s Katherine Creag has the latest. Dat. Reporter its a frantic scene, one man grabbed his kids and ran for their lives. We want to show you, the top there of that house, you can see all of that smoke damage that came out of the window. Heavy smoke and flames when firefighters first arrived here. Thats what they saw about 2 00 this morning. Two houses and three garages have been destroyed in the fire. Agthain, neighbors describing heavy flames. And it didnt help that it was so windy. Fire investigators are concentrating on work being done in one of the garages, that it might be the spot as to where the fire started. Right now, were taking a look at it, it looked like they were doing Water Repairs in the we recovered four propane cylinders from the rear. And again, its under investigation, but we are looking to see could have possibly started in the rear of the buildings. Reporter as big as this fire was, no one, no civilians were injured. But there were six firefighters who had minor injuries as chief gala describes strains and sprains to those firefighters. They will recover. But, kerry, at this point, its still a mystery as to what started the fire. Fire investigators taking a look at those garages as to the possible spot where the fire started. Back to you. Right now, police in new jersey are investigating a crash thyoat may have cost a new jersey mother her life. Witnesses say it was no accident. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is at new Jersey Medical center with exclusive video. Reporter no accident indeed according to witnesses who kay kymeea walker was mowed down intentionally. And exclusive video shows how her loved ones reacted after they saw what happened. 4 investigates obtained this video showing wild skirmishes on Martin Luther king jr. And union street. Immediately after that mother, a security guard, was struck. Some of those involved is kymeea walkers relatives, angry that the young mother was hit. The vehicle barreled right over the curb and struck her. Witnesses say walker and the woman behind the wheel were in the throes of a heated argument. Those who know this mother, a security guard, are anxious about her recovery. Pray for her. Im praying that, you know, everything goes back to normal that she regains use of everything that she has and that she comes out of this. Reporter youre looking now at the light pole that was struck down. The impact from the car striking kymeea walker was that strong. On the corner there. She underwent surgery yesterday. At last check was in Critical Condition, darlene, the woman that hit her was also hospitalized as well. Tracie, thank you. Communities throughout our area are waking up to find a lot of downed trees and damage as well. Yesterday, strong winces brought down trees crashing all over long island. In brentwood, Islip Terrace, and grant park. There were several trees that fell on top of parked cars. One car, as you can see there, completely covered by broken branches. Fallen trees damaged even more cars in westchester county. One of these threes came down on three cars south 11th street in mt. Vernon. And in yompgers another tree was uprooted and crashed the top of a car parked next to it on raymond place just off of yonkers avenue. Really strong. 5 04, well check weather and traffic now, hey, chris. It was such a widespread event, everybody was impacted by it. You have to be aware of your surroundings. Temperatures in the low 40s. Well up into the hudson valley. Chilly at cornwall at 38. Still in mitt 40s across long island. Between 40 and 45. The potential is there through noon of gusts of 40 or 50 miles an hour. Northeast counties, the city, connecticut and through hudson valley. Later in the afternoon, well start to see gusts while windy more in 20 to 30 miles as opposed to 50 Miles Per Hour. For day planner, plan on the shades. Climbing to a high of 54 with a fair amount of sunshine. Warmer days ahead, weather days, too. Well talk about that in a bit. And, chris, not sure if the wind brought this sign down here or one of these cars but its down. The left lane is blocked. Thats the deegan southbound approaching the bronx. Only right lane. Your commute check, everything is running on schedule. We do have delays on the buses, b46 and new york city bus. More weather and traffic on the 4s. 5 06. Happening now, the nypd is asking for your help to find two suspects wanted for a violent attack in the bronx. Police released this sketch of one of men. He and another suspect allegedly ambushed a jogger last tuesday around 7 30 p. M. Investigators say the two men punched the jogger and left him with a twoinch cut on his face. If have any information, please contact police. Police have identified a woman found dead inside of a the 26yearolds body was discovered in her apartment in maple avenue on tuesday night. Investigators are now saying she was strangled. Union county Crime Stoppers is offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to the arllrest of her killer. Today, the driver accused in a fatal hitandrun will be arraigned on long island. The District Attorney says he was behind the car that hit and killed michael dora while in his wheelchair. December 17th of last year. The d. A. Said the driver is a convicted hitandrun driver. And the fbi has successfully unlocked an iphone. It forced apple to unlock the phone and in turn ended its fight with the company. Apple says the case should never have been brought. The fbi is not saying how it broke into the phone, phones content but has not said what if anything has been found. And a vigil on the victims of a terror attack in pakistan. In a show of solidarity, people of different faiths came together to express their outrage over a suicide bombing that targeted Pakistani Christians in a city park in lahore. At least 72 people are dead and half of them are children. We are not going to succumb to those who say we will attack christians, we will attack muslims, we will attack other groups, jewish communities, that is not what were going to allow. Pakistans Prime Minister has promised to hunt down the faction that has claimed responsibility for that attack. The nypd has prepared for the possibility that new york may one day be the target of another terror attack. Department executives took part in a tabletop exercise yesterday. It simulated coordinated strikes around the city. Similar to recent attacks in brussels and paris. Its kind of suppress tressful. Its stressful for executive its. They werent given notice. We put together simulated radio transmissions. We turned to the commanders and said youre sitting in office, what are you going to do . The nypd has held several of these exercises to make sure everyone in the department know whmeat is they are responsible for in the event of an attack. New york state and new york city are now banning all nonessential government funded travel to North Carolina. Both Governor Cuomo and mayor de blasio say they object to a recent move by that states legislature. Lawmakers overturned local laws that allowed transgender individuals to use bathrooms in line with their sexual dent identity. Taking his view on the impact of powerful open piece ioids including oxycodone. The president would like all state Medicaid Programs to cover drug abuse treatment for the poor. Happening today, the commute is getting smoother for new jersey bus riders. A longawaited bus station is opening in secaucus today. Nj transit said the bus will be bigger with canopies to protect passengers from snow and rain. The station is opening ten months later than planned but were told the 8 million project came in under budget. 10 months time and underbudget. Up next panic on capitol hill when Police Open Fire on a man with a gun. What were learning this morning about that suspect. Then, later, a young fan see what happens next. Plus, your weather and traffic on the 4. Coming up in just a minute. 45 degrees out there. Youre watching today in new fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our coicmpetitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. 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The products contain more than the trace amount of milk listed on the table. Uconns womens team is heading to the final four. They beat texas 8665. Theyre seeking their 11th National Title since 1995. A gusty morning out there, no rain to worry about but the gusty winds continue through at least the afternoon. Still with that wind advisory. Then the temperatures take a nosedive tonight into the 30s and even the 20s for the suburbs. A nice rebound continues and warming trend continues for the rest of the work week. We could get close to 70. Allergy forecast, tree pollen, a little washed out. Moderate level. Mid40s in the city. Jfks 47. White plains, 42. You dont see a big spread at temperature with the air mixing up with strong winds. Lower 40s north and west. Mid40s to the city and the coast. Monticello monticello, and upper 30s showing up. Wind gusts close to 40 miles in newburgh, same thing in islip. Th yoe city over 20 Miles Per Hour. And 50 during the second last of the day. Drier air as the air sinks it does dry out and loses theability to hold moisture. A big edge of dry weather actually for all of the country. And a chilly feel for the air throughout the day today even with the sunshine. Temperatures going to be back to low to mid50s in parts of the area. Cold tonight, youll need the blanchetts. 34 the your night low in the city. 20s in the suburbs less wind overnight. Thats the good news. That far chilly start, a nice bounceback. Full day of sunshine. Less wind, temperatures in upper 50s could be 60s for the int terior sections and that will be the trend for the rest of the week. We do have the wind advisory through noon. Northeast new jersey, the city, long island, connecticut, hudson valley. Gusts of 40, maybe reaching 50 miles an hour but the good news is the trend is to see the winds rain moves in overnight thursday into friday. Thursday during date, fine, upper 60s to 70s. Friday is going to be a soggy day, maybe some showers. And colder air moves in. Saturday starts in upper 50s and 60s but highs only in the 40s, we think on sunday. Most of the time on saturday night there could be a snowflake or two in the air. Bite my tongue. 70 thursday, 69, friday. 60 saturday, and then the temperatures drop. As it dries out to near 50. Heres emily west. Tell us something good. Something good, the speed restriction on the george cleared but it is still pretty windy. But we do have trouble in east ruther ford. Highland to cross, go with union avenue instead. Speed restriction theres on Staten Island crossings. 35 Miles Per Hour. Its very windy but the speed george as i mentioned but now at cross bronx, deegan, traffic looks like its moving better. Lets take a look at the gowanus, that is moving good, too. North of the city, we do have a few things working as well. 684 southbound at brewster, exit 9. And then a tree down in both lanes, a lane blocked both directions. Alternate sid metering rules in effect. Were learning more details about the man at the center of a chaotic shooting at the capital. This isnt the first time hes had a runin with the law. Tracie potts has new information. Darlene, good morning. Capitol Visitors Center is expected to reopen on time this morning after that shooting. And we are learning that this man who was shot is someone known to capitol police. Reporter Larry Russell this morning, after surgery, shceot by police after brandishing what sources later tell us was a pellet gun at the security entrance to the capitol Visitors Center. Theres no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act. Reporter authorities cleared and moved his truck overmight. Dawson had been ordered to stay away from the capital after this outburst last fall. A warrant was issued after dawson wrote the court claiming hes exempt from the law. Dawson is listed online as a pastor from tennessee, records show hes been arrested there twice before. Neighbors describe him as friendly. Never in my wildest imagination would i have pictured this which makes me think maybe this is not the guy. Or if its the guy, then hes got two separate lives that he leads. Reporter dawson is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. And assault on a Police Officer while armed. And one other person, a woman, a that shooting, darlene. Tracie potts in washington. Thank you. It is 5 19. Today, president ial candidate ted cruz could pick up an an endorsement at an important time. Scott walker wants an endorsement himself his endorsement would come just one week after a wisconsin primary. Donald trump plans to speak at a Wisconsin Hotel that is where several antitrump protesters were arrested after staging a sitin demonstration. Turning to the democrats right now, Hillary Clintons camp dismissing calls for a debate here in new york. They call it a, quote, stunt. New yorks primary coming up in three weeks. Clintons latest move sparked backlash under the hash tag turn down for what. And during this summers theyre fighting for equal Playing Field with uber and lyft drivers. Along with the boycott, the coalition of more than 3,000 drivers plan to shut down the city with traffic jams during the convention. All right. 5 20, up next, a new way to detect concussions. Well tell you why something in your blood may be the key. Plus, facebook wants to replace your wallet. Well tell you about the social media sites new payment plan. Youre watching today in new good morning, in this mornings cnbc report, facebook is reportedly ready to take on apple and android with a mobile pay service. Facebook lets you send money to friends through the service. But social messenger will allow users to pay for goods in person. A young knicks fan got the chance to hug his hero. But there was one problem, it happened in the final minute of the game. Yeah, the knicks taking on the pelicans, thats when a young boy ran on to the court and hugged Carmelo Anthony. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, he patted the boy on the head and the boy ran back up in the stands. Carmelo said he was surprised and shocked. By the way, the knicks did lose the game 10199. Aww. He saw that as his opportunity. And took it. Priceless. What are you going to do . You got to give him a hug. Meantime, lets talk about whats going on weatherwise. Weve got wind to deal with for a little longer. We have that advisory in effect until noon. Still could see gusts between 40 to 50 miles an hour in areas shaded in blue in hudson valley. And look for sunshine throughout, the wind will subside toward evening. A High Temperature generally in the low to mid50s. A colder night tonight, 34 in the city. Well see 20s this hour tomorrow morning. Spring is taking a spring break. Yeah, it took a break too. A little hiatus. We all need a break. Yeah. Leverage looks everything looks good. Commuter rails. A little chilly on the platforms but at least the trains are moving along. Lets take a live look at the Alexander Hammel ilton bridge where that is fine as well. Deegan, just minor delays there. News 4 your health. Theres a new study that suggests that doctor may one day be able to test a patients blood to try and diagnose a concussion. It works by measuring certain proteins in the blood. Researchers believe that these proteins which are usually found in brain cells can leak into the bloodstream after an impact. Years away. 5 26, coming up next, an update on that break news were following in queens. Reporter im Katherine Creag live on 91st street. The scene of that raging fire. Well tell you what neighbors heard and saw. Also the kind of conditions firefighters were dealing with. Also, chaos on camera when a new jersey mother is run down in the street. Witnesses tell us that that driver hit her intentionally. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you, keep watching today in new york, download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device right now. Breaking news a passenger jet hijacked by a man claiming to have a belt with explosives. We have new details just coming into our newsroom. Also breaking right now in queens, flames tear from

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