Pack of his car here at madison avenue and east 80th street when another car hit him. Police say the car with two people inside initially drove off but cops tracked them down on the Upper West Side, on west 71st street. They say the victim was taken to the hospital with leg trauma but is expected to survive. As for the two people in the car that hit him, theyre two men in their 30s and they are now in custody and police say charges are pending. Reporting on the upper east side, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. A commuter alert. The jersey turnpike just re opened moments ago following yesterdays fiery accident. Police say debris on the roadway led to the a crash and theres new video of the moment of impact. This is video taken yesterday afternoon. Mattresses fell on to the turnpike. And an suv swerved and hit the tanker which slammed into the guardrail and exploded. And another drive shot cellphone video and felt the intense heat. As we pulled up, i opened the sunroof and put my hands tot tak
Since two nypd detectives were killed in the line of duty. Touching honors this afternoon as the city pays tribute. Good morning everybody. Happy sunday morning on this christmas week. Thanks for taking a look with us at low manhattan. Nice and clear and cold. And a little seasonal on this sunday, december 20th. Very nice out. And not a fan of the cold but it does the feel like christmas. Feels good, right . I totally get that. Did you start your shopping yet . Shopping. So me and amazon are like this. I know, right. Done the. Yeah, i know. We were watching the 1970 movie oh, yeah. Hey people my kids are singing it. Amy freeze, do you know which one im talking about . Yes, i was feeling that out and the crowds were crazy. Too much. Yeah. Are you done . Yes, absolutely. I am an amazon prime shopper. Oh a prime shopper so i would like to the take that up a level. Raise to you the prime level. Next year. Yes, free ship, two days on some things. Anyway, its good stuff. And some people just
Rafael ramos and wen jian liu. A kristin thorn is live in bed sky with todays events. Reporter good morning. Well, following that memorial plaque dedication at the 84th precinct, which is where the officers worked, everyone, the mayor, the Police Commissioner members will come to the site where they were killed here in brooklyn. This is wreathlaying ceremony. It was one year ago today they were gunned down inside their patrol car on the street. Officers rushed to the scene but it was too late. Detectives raf yale ramos and wenjian lou were killed and their attacker turned the gun himself. The violence brought the Brooklyn Community out in mourning as a memorial grew in the spot where the detectives were killed. Their funerals brought Police Officers and Law Enforcement officials from around the country to new york as they detective liu was 32 years old and a sevenyear veteran of the force. He had been married just two months before he was killed a40yearold detective ramos was a father
Im going to have it on all the way until the end, okay. Reporter fans are still riding high off the teams 137 win over the dodgers. Firstever postseason game aet citifield and emotional roller coaster that came for cheers for an injured ruben ta ha that. Number 26, infielder chase utley. Reporter and fierce boos specifically for the dodger that broke his leg, chase utley. Carlos chimed in from his couch. He did something wrong. Everybody believes its not, i think he did something bad. Reporter utley sat in the dugout, even though Major League Baseball said he could play while appealing his twogame suspension, but fans like ernie who we drove past are still clearly seething. The joke of the day, and its a dirt you joke. What is it . Chase utley. Reporter players said the energy was lek drink after big granderson and with the possible clempbler sold out, emotions are at a fever pitch. Now as you probably know by now, the game is at 8 00 tonight, if, and only if, the mets cant closes it o
A little bit going on today. Her i err showers eastern long island. Theres a cold front out to the west. In between us were going to spend most of our morning and early afternoon before the front gets here. Twin forks, thats where heavier showers are falling right now. Drifting more south to north. Not moving back west. We should be okay basically from that point west other than a couple of sprinkles early on for the morning commute. Then varying amounts of clouds. By noon looking at 71 degrees. By 6 00, 69 degrees. A high of 72. Takes care of the weather. Lets find out whats going on, lauren. Not too much there. You can see mostly green traffic flows. We have an accident on the van wyck expressway. Headed to jfk airport, this is something youll want to know about. It blocks two lanes. Things moving pretty nicely. Hopefully theyll get that cleared out soon. Whether youan heading to manhattan, the bronx or the queens. We have more on the fdr drive southbound. Things are okay and well ha