with a small pocket knife. so the mayor continues to point out the attacks on the subway, and the number has gone up from last year. we need for police officers out here. we need to be more careful, i guess. reporter: here are some of those troubling numbers on the subway slashings and stabbings. actually, 609 victims so far this year. slashings and stabbings are throughout the city, not just on the subway. 503 during the same time last year. that is up 21% over the same time period last year. as for the statistics on subway crime, still troubling numbers. 367 serious subway crimes in the city this year. 311 during the same time last year. that is an increase of 18%. the mayor will say are still quite rare, the number of them, the number of them during this time period this year is up since the same time period last year. once again, another attack in the middle of the morning rush, and police are system looking for the subway slasher tonight. live on the upper east sid
southwest winds will help boost our high temperatures into the lower 60s. the best part of the weekend forecast, though, is that we )re not expecting any rain! we )ll see plenty of sunshine on both saturday and sunday. on monday and tuesday, highs will be in the mid and upper 60s. we )ll likely be near 70 on wednesday, just in time for showers and thunderstorms to move in. rain will linger into thursday. then, highs will cool back into the mid 40s by the end of next week. a community devastated after a deadly fire in ocean view. newschannel 3s nadeen yanes is nadeen? walk and talk well the crews who were out here today say them. here but dififult because this duplext was hard to get to - being behind a building it took firefighters time to get back here - and for one woman who trapped upstairs - it was too late. pkg dispatch: 27:06 it will be a duplex thats on fire. stairwell is on fire as well as the duplex people are banging on the door trying to get the residents out. 28:0
ca steve osunsami, bessemer, alabama. now, there s something of a problem for the ceremonial start of this year s iditarod sled dog race. there s not enough snow, in anchorage, of all places. this was the event last year. it usually winds its way through the streets of city along an 11 mile course. but temperatures this weekend will be in the upper 30s. and the lack of snow has forced saturday s event to be short bed to three miles the official start of the famous sled dog race is sunday. and speaking of snow, american skier lindsey vonn won t be on it again this season. she crashed saturday during a race in europe, but was back racing the next day. instead of a less serious injury, she says she suffered three significant breaks where her shin bone meets her knee joint. she says instead of risking further damage, she will sit out the rest of the season. must have been a hard decision to make. i m glad she s going to take care of that. it was a festive mood at the white
the 11-year-old hitting the shot of a lifetime in front of one of the greatest golfers of all time, tiger woods epic reaction this morning. and good morning, america. how good is it to be taylor crozier, that little 11-year-old boy right there? first shot and a brand-new tiger woods golf course. you saw it was a par 3. you can guess what happened. hole in one like that you could not have scripted it any better. another person having a great day is astronaut scott kelly. back here in the gold old u.s. of a touching down in houston reuniting with family and friends. we ll have the latest on that just ahead. we do begin with that breaking news in the race for the white house. mitt romney set to launch a major new attack in the gop establishment s battle with donald trump as the candidates get ready for another crucial debate tonight. abc s tom llamas is on the scene in detroit where that debate will take place, good morning, tom. and i have a copy of mitt romney s speech
mark those calendars maggie s plan hits theaters may 20th. that s going to do it for us today. i m megan telles in beautiful las vegas. we ll see you next time. ok! speech, clinton never once mentioning trump s name, but her message was clear. we know we ve got work to do. but that work that work is not to make america great again. america never stopped being great. we reporter: turning trump s make america great again we have to make america whole. we have to fill in. reporter: taking him on with a message of unity over you know what, it works. instead of building walls, we re going to break down barriers. reporter: but clinton still fighting off bernie sanders, too. at railly in maine, the senator defiant, still turning out the crowds, and turning up the heat on his rival. we were up against a candidate supported by the entire political establishment. somebody almost universally known, someone who had been anointed as the inevitable nominee. well,