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Transcripts For WNYW FOX 5 News At 5 20151008

Gun fight with police in brooklyn. Authorities say the three plain clothed officers spotted the suspects in a dispute near park and North Portland avenues. The suspects opened fire on the officers, hitting their squad car several times, before fleeing the scene. One of the suspects was arrested while being treated for a gunshot wound at a local hospital. The other two were arrested this morning. None of the officers was hurt. Steve there will be more cops patrolling city streets. Hundreds of recruits were sworn in at the departments new stateoftheart academy. The 678 member class upholds a promise by mayor de blasio to hire more. 678 of you joining the finest police force in the nation, the finest police force on this earth. This is an extraordinary moment for each and every one of you in your lives, for your families. But its a great moment for new york city as well. Steve the commissioner says the officers will be on the streets training in the community. At 6 00, Lidia Curanaj will have more on the expansion of the nypd. Dari an american serviceman who stopped a terror attack on a train bound for paris is in stable condition tonight after being stabbed in california. Steve steve jen lahmers is here with more. Reporter the latest is that Spencer Stone is out of surgery and is recovering. Cops are looking for the guys who did it. The air force times reported that he was actually stabbed as many as four times in the chest. It happened early this morning. You can see the Surveillance Video right there. Just before 1 00 in midtown sacramento near a bar. Police say this has nothing to do with terrorism and they doubt the attackers knew who stone was. Was. Stone rose to fame after he tackled a gunman who was about to attack passengers with an Assault Rifle on a train in france in august. He and his two friends were credited with saving lives that day. As for the mornings scuffle, this was not in any way related to what happened in europe. Its believed mr. Stone was out in the area with a group of friends last night when a physical altercation led to him being stabbed. Immediately after the assault, the suspects fled the scene. Reporter those two fled the scene. Nobody else in the group was hurt. Police believe the fight was alcoholrelated and there were reports that stone was defending himself and a friend. Back to you. Dari okay. Thank you. Police have identified a woman accused of abducting a teenage girl in connecticut. The 17yearold girl says she was walking to school on monday when a woman lured her into her car, then assaulted her. The teen escaped by jumping out of a moving car in bridgeport. Police found the car earlier today. Now theyre searching for the suspect, who is described as a and freckles. Steve the nypd investigating if officers used excessive force. They were seen punching the suspect. The suspect stole an ems workers cell phone. Hes seen throwing punches on the video. The suspect is the only one whos been charged. Dari the nurse in new jersey who reused syringes while giving flu shots will not be giving out any more. Her nursing license has been temporarily suspended. State Officials Say she reused syringes while giving flu shots to 67 employees at a Pharmaceutical Company in west windsor, new jersey. Officials say the risk of infection is low, but the company is notified patients who may have been affected. Steve the head of a Charter School operation will not run against mayor de blasio. Dari this morning, Eva Moskowitz ended speculation about her political future. Whats next for her and the ongoing debate about city schools. Good evening to you. Eva moskowitz will continue doing that work and not run for mayor in 2017. I am not running for mayor in 2017. Reporter Eva Moskowitz saying she would rather stay in education than run for mayor of new york city. I am not running because i think what could be accomplished in Public Education is game changing, is life changing. Reporter moskowitz is the founder of Success Academy Charter Schools which operates 34 schools and educates 11,000 students. She is a long time critic of mayor de blasio and made the announcement on the steps of city hall amid loud cries from protestors. When she finished, her opposition from the alliance for quality education, jumped to the podium. What weve learned today is that Eva Moskowitz speculation that she fuelled about running for mayor was nothing but a stalking horse. That was a very visual representation of the polarizing climate and the war of words that has been heating up for the past several years. Reporter jeff decker, a reporter for chalk beat new york, a nonprofit education news organization, says even though she isnt running for mayor, the rift with de blasio and the fight over how to improve education is not going away. It will continue to be a very heated topic. People can shout and boo, but theres work to do on behalf of children, and im going to continue to do that work with all of my heart and soul. When asked, the mayor said each person has to make their own choice on whether they want to run. I welcome anyone who makes the choice. Im ready to have a spirited moskowitz says shes not ruling out a run in 2021. Back to you. Dari thank you, liz. Well, the house postponed the planned vote to determine nominees to become the next speaker. That decision came after majority leader kevin mccarthy, out of the blue, dropped out of the running. His ability to gather enough votes became unclear in recent days after he suggested that the House Benghazi Committee was formed to bring down Hillary Clintons president ial campaign. The current Speaker John Boehner is expected to step down at the end of the month. But he says hell stick around. Thats the story. Steve that was the plan. The ceo of vw grilled over the emissions rigging scandal. He apologized in front of a house subcommittee saying they want to compensate the owners of 482,000 cars that have devices set up to cheat on u. S. Emissions tests. We have broken the trust of our customers, dealerships, employees, as well as the public and the regulators. Let me be clear. We take full responsibility for our actions and we are working with all the relevant authorities in a cooperative way. Steve he says vw set aside 7. 3 billion to pay for the scandal, but it may not be enough. Dari Companies Like uber and lyft are making it easier than ever to be your own boss. Steve can you pay the bills as a free time freelancer . What you have to consider before you go solo. Dari and well explain why a potato farm is sprouting up next its not about being wasteful either. You just gotta find that balance. Where taking care of yourself takes care of more than just yourself. Lease an mkz hybrid for 299 only at your lincoln dealer. Switch now, new york and get installed as early as today. Mom switched. We switched. I switched to Time Warner Cable and knew exactly when they were coming. Thanks to their 1 hour appointment window. For 89. 99 a month, youll get 100 meg internet, hundreds of hd channels, and unlimited calling across the u. S, and 34 other countries around the world. And for a limited time, you could get a 300 reward card plus tv equipment and epix included. Get installed for free as early as today. Call 18003419716. Steve Ride Sharing Companies and others like them have caused a boom in the freelance job market. Dari while the economy might be like the promised land, joining us is Alison Morris to tell us more about this. Steve it seems alluring. I want to be my own boss. The heck with it. Theres a lot of stuff to think about before you make the plunge. I dont want to work for the man. Everybody says this at some point. You cant do tv from your home office. But a lot of people have talked about it. You know, youve seen the adds on the sides of buses promising a great job with uber. But you rarely hear about quarterly estimated taxes or the labor law protections that you wont get, but these are real issues youll have to deal with if youll try to make real money in the economy. Over 50 million americans have given up their 9 to 5 jobs in favor of freelance work. But this author of survive to thrive says while anyone can go out, better do your homework. What are people getting for the kind of offering im giving . What kind of skillset do i have . Thats a driver for pricing. If youre too cheap, people wont hire you because people think you dont know what youre talking about. If youre too much, people wont hire you because youre pricing yourself off the market. Reporter rethink your resume. Prioritize past projects over experience. Education or past employment means nothing. Its about the output. You have to have a portfolio that shows what you have done. Gig jobs run the gamut. Uber and lyft drivers, grocery delivery, coding technology and consulting. But the Business Times says theres more to think about than just getting paid for the work. You owe more in taxes. You dont have labor law protections that you have as an employee. Youre not covered by antidiscrimination laws. Youre not covered by minimum wage or overtime laws. Reporter you need to get your own healthcare. You want to buy a plan if youre over 26. If youre under 26, you can get on one of your parents plans. You can make 15 an hour to a couple hundred dollars an hour. Also, you can have projects that are 5,000 to 100,000. It all depends on who you are, what kind of work youre doing, and who are you doing the work for. Reporter something to think about. Why not moon light as a gig worker . Try to do some freelancing work on the side before you quit your day job to see how it goes. Theres great web sites. Freelancer. Com is a good place to look for available work. And freelancers union. Org, thats the union site. You can use it resources. Good to dip your toe in before the plunge. Steve good to make the moves, but a little bit at a time is the better idea. Dari amazon is giving etsy competition. This is a marketplace that offers all types of handmade items and crafts. It offers more than 80,000 items, from sellers all over the world. Handmade at amazon is free to use and sellers will be verified to make sure theyre made by hand. Steve thats another way people are making money. Lots of competition in that world. Lots of people doing that. What can we say . A nice day. Nick we keep cranking them out. Well have a little bit of a change tomorrow. Then well set up for great weather to return in time for the holiday weekend. Timing is everything when it comes to weather. This one will be another winwin situation. 72, 59 today. Above average. And well get more above average in temperatures tomorrow for one more time. 87 the record high. 37 the record low. And your sunrise at 7, setting at 6 27. There are a few scattered clouds, but its mild at 66. The wind has come to the southsoutheast. Thats cooled temperatures a bit, along with the cloud cover. Pressure is 30. 10 and continues to rise. Fox 5 sky guardian, no rain nearby at this hour. It will be about 24 hours from now when well see showers around. A few may pop up north and west before day break tomorrow. Its more likely tomorrow afternoon into the first half of tomorrow night well deal with showers and an isolated thunderstorm. It doesnt look like a lot of rain. We still need rain for the deficit, but we wont be getting a lot as we go into the forecast. Another mild day. 72 in the city. 70 at poughkeepsie. Upper 60s to the north and west. Jersey shore, 66. And 67 at islip. Same coming from montauk. Were in the 60s along the coast. Its cooled a little bit. 64 in islip. 64 at montauk. 66 bridgeport. 72 still at allentown. Wind out of the southsoutheast. It will be a southerly wind tonight. It will stay out of the south for the most part, south and southwesterly tomorrow. We will see some clouds come in tonight. Most of them are off to the west. They will be arriving as time goes along. A couple of weather feats causing that. One thing is a storm in canada, a cold front, and a warm front that will be trying to pass through. First the warm front comes by. Tomorrow, well get in the middle and upper 70s tomorrow. Then you notice this thin band of showers here associated with that front. Thats our shower activity that will be happening mostly mid to Late Afternoon tomorrow in towards the first half of tomorrow night. 50s in the burbs. A couple of breaks of sun in the morning. The shower threat gets going mid to Late Afternoon. 76 tomorrow. Could be an isolated thundershower in the evening. You see in the futurecast not a lot of rain going on as the front barrels through. Later tomorrow night into early saturday morning, starts clearing out. Saturday, beautiful, just a touch breezy. Well look for sunshine in the 60s. High pressure builds in. Youll like sunday and monday. Were starting to roll back up towards the 70degree mark or greater as we head into columbus day. A lot of clouds tonight. 60s in the suburbs. Tomorrow, its clouds, a couple of breaks of sun in the morning and the shower threat comes in in the afternoon. There will be a breezy southsouthwest wind. Temperatures push the upper 70s. By saturday, thats gone. Its sunny and 65. 68 sunday. 72 columbus day. Showers may arrive on tuesday. That doesnt look like much rain. Around 70. Well hover in the upper 60s wednesday and thursday. Most of the days are above average for this time of year. Steve this is the time of year you dont take them for granted. Theres not an unlimited supply. Nick well enjoy them. Steve theres a new law that will force businesses to keep doors shut when the ac is on. Doors open wastes energy. Cafes and restaurants will be exempt. Store owners will face fines of a thousand dollars. That law goes into effect next summer. Dari get ready for the sounds of tractor joining the roar of jet engines at kennedy airports. Jetblue is getting into the farming business. Steve how the potato crop will get from the ground to the sky. Reporter jetblue is going green with the new farm at the jfk terminal. This space will promote new york agriculture and aims to enhance the traveller experience by tapping into the organic community. Everyone likes fresh foods. Everyone likes green space. Why wouldnt you put those things at an airport . Jfk is basically a small city. There are tens of thousands working here, millions of travelers coming through. If this is what we love at home, lets put it here. Reporter there are 3,000 crates of food. Being handled by katrina. Everything from planting, transplanting, pruning, harvesting, watering, pest management, the whole gamut of what farming is. The farm completes a full cycle of Food Production through composting. Every day jetblue takes 300 pounds of left over food from the restaurants and brings it to the hudson valley. It is brought back to the farm and is used to grow potatoes and produce. The herbs and produce will be used in the terminals restaurants and the thousands of blue potatoes will find their way onboard flights. Every bag of chips has a few potatoes in it. Most are grown in family farms around the country. What we did was bring some of the potatoes into the urban farm. Over time, were hoping to incorporate those potatoes into the bags on flights. Reporter items from the t5 farm will be donated to local foods pantries and schools. By spring, grow nyc plans to have Educational Programming at the farm. Audrey puente, fox 5 news. Steve interesting. Farm to table. The city now the center of the pop culture world. Dari simone boyce is taking us inside the amazing world of new york comiccon at the javits center. Steve plus the role an old airstrip on long island could play in the ever growing world of drones. It took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks technology designed for you. So you can easily master dari pop culture worlds are colliding at the javits center. Steve fans of movies, comics, video games and more are there for comiccon. We sent simone boyce in to check it out. 170,000 characters have invaded new york city, making this the biggest, baddest new york comiccon yet. Right . I work in accounting. Normal life is boring. This is like seeing the action live. This is like the most exciting part of the year for me. Since 10 00 a. M. To get his hands on this godzilla figurine. You have to have a plan when you come to comiccon. You cant be awestruck. With his Shopping List complete, he plans to see some of his favorite artists up close in artist alley. Its really about the art, about comic books. It is the cool place to be. Shes a teen cop who goes back to the 80s to fight crime. Its all in new york. Reporter just down the hall, kristin creates heros with jelly beans. Ill do a rough painting on the background of my little board. I start at the bottom with the glue and then go row by row until im done. Reporter you never know who youre going to find at new york comiccon. Stars of hbos Silicon Valley t. J. Miller got the Party Sponsored by smirnoff. Cheers. Has anyone ever told you you look like these two actors from Silicon Valley . Yeah. I said that to you earlier today. I thought you looked like t. J. Miller. We rode tripped to comiccon, road tripped to comiccon, from los angeles, california, where we both live and work in hollywood. On the way, we encountered people, places and spaces that reminded us anybody can be a superhero, especially these two weirdos. Im simone boyce. May the force be with you. May the force rule forever. Steve we did get the worst advice. Youve got to do something sensible. Do this. This will be the big thing 30 years from now. Dari parents are practical. Steve they are practical. That became big business. Good stuff. Still to come, a sports convicted domestic abuser goes viral. Greg hardy has to pretend to respect women for 12 minutes. Just 12 minutes. And he couldnt even do that. Dari well tell you about hardys criminal past and the comment that set the reporter off. Steve and intriguing new clues about the possible intentions of the new owner of this old steve

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