the whole los angeles today. we need families and neighbors to work together with our schools and with our employees. authorities working with building managers will spend the rest of today searching every building at every school looking for anything suspicious or out of the ordinary. district officials acknowledged receiving threats before at individual schools or buildings, but they say this threat was different, a threat against students at many schools. i think it is important that i take the precaution based on what has happened recently and what has happened in the past. as for the situation here in new york, again, officials received the same threat concluded it was a hoax, decided not to close any of the schools here in the five boroughs. we heard from mayor de blasio there s all sorts of hoaxes, all sorts of threats that come in and have for years and years. as leaders, it is our job to protect public order and to keep things moving forward in this city, and
the stars on the red carpet for last night s world premiere tight-lipped about the huge movie, even luke skywalker. i m afraid to talk about it because i ll leak things. i m so paranoid. a whole new generation about to go to a galaxy far, far away. and good morning, america. star wars the main event in hollywood last night. there you see it right there, the stormtroopers going up the red carpet. and all you guys are going to a top secret screening tonight. that s yep, cannot bring our phones tonight. tomorrow. no spoilers here. i m on debate duty. look at the strip right there. hottest ticket in town. donald trump right now, the strong front-runner. they are preparing for a prize fight. we ll tick a look inside the venetian where the debate will take place, nine candidates up on that stage, donald trump center stage once again. even stronger in the polls topping our new abc news/ washington post poll with 38% but that trump rally last night got ugly and abc
the decision to close schools in los angeles that publicized the apparent hoax. to disrupt the daily schedules of half a million schoolchildren, their parents, day care, buses based on an anonymous e-mail without consultation, if in fact consultation did not occur with law enforcement authorities, i think it was a significant overreaction, yes. reporter: tonight many security experts are praising the decision here in new york to keep the schools open. we will hear from one of those security experts at 6:00 tonight. live in fort greene, brooklyn, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. n.j., thank you. the lapd so far says 80% of the schools have been cleared. authorities hope to have the systemwide sweep completed by 7:00 p.m. our time. administrators are defending their calls to close the schools. reporter: well, sade, the latest reports are that this was a hoax and that comes from u.s. representative adam shift from los angeles and a ranking member in the house i
another mta bus,another pedestrian struck, and another driver being asked, did you not see that person? good evening. i m chuck scarborough. and i m shiba russell. we learned the one that hit tonight has died. the 62-year-old was struck at the crosswalk at the corner of 17th street and avenue z in brooklyn. checkey beckford is here to tell us more. . reporter: the pedestrian was crossing here at the same time the bus was turning the corner and the bus slammed into her, killing her. but it s a terrible thing, it is. another pedestrian tragedy. a 62-year-old woman run over by a bus. this is a tough route because there s a lot of buss. you got the 49, you got the 36. the mta says it was, in fact, a b-36 bus making a left on to east 17th street that hit the the accident happened just before 6:00 p.m. at the height of rush hour. well, there s a train station very close by. you have several bus routes on a knew z and east 17th street. so there s a lot of traffic, espe
looking at 60 in poughkeepsie. temperatures will drop a few degrees. back to the mid and upper 50s. forecasting high, 62. we ll get back to the sun but we will have a gusty wind. let s find out from emily west how the wet roads are doing. there is construction. that s what you have to worry about aus travel. be cautious. the bronx river parkway, a couple of lanes blocked. a few stretches of construction. 144th to 155th. 106th to 116th. right now police are looking for a murderer in brooklyn. an elderly woman appears to have died of natural causes in her home. now weeks later investigators today lori bordonaro has the story. reporter: myrtle mckenny has been found lying on the kitchen floor. they said she died initially of natural causes. now more than a month later the medical examiner is saying she has been stabbed in the head and also she had blunt force trauma to her head and neck. now they are calling it a homicide. at this point, michael and door lean, no arrests o