the father is being questioned at a nearby precinct stationhouse. live in baychester, the bronx, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. to a developing story now. the search is on for a man who slashed a woman as she walked to work in chelsea. surveillance video captured the suspect running up to the victim leaving her with cuts on her face. she grabs her cheek here as he runs off. the unprovoked attack happened around 5:30 this morning at 23rd street and seventh avenue. coming up tonight at 6:00, the victim tells the story. she describes what happened and also see the injuries he left her with. well, tough talk tonight in response to north korea s hydrogen bomb claim. the white house is casting doubt on the claim. cbs 2 s dick brennan has the global reaction. reporter: if it s true and that s a big if, it s a dangerous step forward for one of the world s most unpredictable nations,the claim of the underground blast condemnation from countries around the world. [ non-english language
this is and good. i could tell that he was waiting for me kind of. reporter: investigators say a man who saw the surveillance video on tv spotted bazemore near st. patrick s cathedral wednesday evening. and flight down two mounted officers including officer ogunad. morris, who was on her way to work, had to have stitches, now out of the hospital determined to face her alleged attacker in court. i haven t seen his face, so i don t think it s going to sink in until i do see his face. but i m willing to do that if you with him behind bars and he s not able to hurt people anymore. reporter: detectives say bazemore is expected to be walked out of the 13th precinct station house later this afternoon. he is charged with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon. live from gramercy park, janelle burrell, cbs studios. they got out of their home just as the fire moved in. we have the story live from ronkonkoma. carolyn? reporter: the damage is extensive. two cars and a
investigation. they have not yet determined if this is a crime. but they say it s a very active investigation. people could have died here. in ronkonkoma, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. no one was injured. but the house is now uninhabitable. an update tonight about the slashing attack caught on camera in chelsea. police say the suspect is under arrest and now the victim is speaking out as her alleged attacker sits in jail. cbs 2 s dave carlin live at the 13th precinct in gramercy park. dave. reporter: inside this precinct stationhouse the suspect is being put in line- ups for other potential victims. while that was happening we were talking to the victim in the chelsea case. apparently he had 32 owe peninsula before this. 32. reporter: in pain, with her face stitched, 24-year-old amanda morris says she is angry the man police say attacked her 41-year-old career criminal kari bazemore has a rap sheet with dozens of in trouble with the law for allegedly atta
gramercy park with that story. dave. reporter: the suspect is in this stationhouse and we are told by sources he has been taking part in line-ups with other potential victims. meanwhile, the victim in this chelsea case is talking about getting justice. if he has this on record he shouldn t be on the streets at all. reporter: 24-year-old amanda morris struggles through the pain of the gashes on her face and the discomfort of stitches to tell us about the anger she feels to learn the extensive criminal history of the man police say attacked her. 41-year-old career criminal kari bazemore is the razor- wielding man in this surveillance video according to police, from 23rd street and chelsea early-morning wednesday. at first walking in front of her, the attacker waits for morris to catch up and be side by side then suddenly he pounces, slashing fast, then running away. as you watch you on this video, what goes through your mind? it s scary. my logic was if i look at the
the video of the slashing attack was so disturbing, police say it caught the attention of viewers including one man who recognized the suspect and called police leading to the arrest of kari bazemore wednesday night. she was bleeding a lot. she was crying and she walked in and she said somebody slashed her in the face. amanda morris left with two visible gashes on her face after the investigators say the had 41-year-old walked alongside and. it happened on west 23rd street in chelsea as morris was on her way to work. morris who had to have stitches writes on facebook i was simply in the wrong plus at the wrong time and put in an unfortunate situation. it was about 12 hours later that that good samaritan spotted kari bazemore walking near st. patrick s cathedral and called police. morris now urging others to learn from her experience adding i did have a bad feeling about this man as soon his walk was irregular and he appeared under the in plus by his body language and sta