the suspected to be high. slightly higher than what was forecasted by those that stock talked about the highest estimate. we have to get the emergency services to where they are needed. that means we better know where the images is dark. so if you re clogging 911 we cannot find that out. we have to get the personnel to where people really need help. if your car is blocking the roads, we cannot do that. as to the current weather, the rank and i m happy to say it has passed. we don t anticipate anything more than a few showers are now one. in terms of the winds, they should go below the air force in the next few hours. they re already started to drop. as for the storm surge, a very big part of it is over the next couple of hours. the high tide was at roughly 815. it is not to:00. next low tide is at 6:00 a.m., so we are heading down. you will see a lot of the rose that have currently flooded the water we will drain off. most new yorkers have follow our advice. the cooperation
they plan to be doing it all throughout the month and in many different transit hubs. of course, we ll keep you updated on this. thank you, shirley, a lot of attentions lately on slashings and stabbings in new york city. here s the numbers. there have been 672 slashings or stabbings so far this year reported compared to 550 at this time last year and that is a 22% increase. l man trying to earn money picking up the man trying to earn money picking up fares is fighting for his life tonight. he dropped four passengers off at a club in astoria. the group entered the club, got into a dispute and ran back out to castillo s suv and someone began shooting. police say he does not have a livery license. case. was shot and i think that s the real deal. licensed or not, whoever was in the pickup would have received the shot. he remains in critical condition. doctors removed the bullet. the passengers were not hurt. the gunman is still on the loose. o.j. simpson back in the new
rafael ramos and wen jian liu. a kristin thorn is live in bed sky with today s 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 wreath-laying 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 seven-year veteran of the force. he had been married just two months before he was killed a40-year-old detective r
matter out of an abundance of caution they were racing this. in the service say that are put in charge of the health care law. supposedly unintentionally going after conservative groups. remember that? then it turned out to be hundreds a and then hundreds of individuals. an agency investigation that still is not happening in the fbi director doesn t know the name of the person in charge wises is the irs on the job and they re the ones who will oversee your health. it is enough to make musec. in to rudy giuliani who was not happy they keep running over health care? . [laughter] this is what we get when we elect a president who was prepared to be president in the first place. did not have the experience it is not done a good job to learn on the job. neil: but can we rethink to give the irs so much power when clearly it cannot handle the power or responsibility it has no or abuse is it? it has been a disaster to hire 50,000 additional irs agents to collect the tax which is no
now the race for mayor in new york city. this formed the latest in a series of debates between the candidates with less than three weeks before voters in new york city go to the polls. the democratic primary is scheduled for tuesday, september 10th. if no candidate obtains 40% of the vote a runoff will take place between the top two finishers. in a leading democrat and republican will face each other in the november 5th general election. the race continues to make national headlines, and it will put the candidates and their campaign in the perspective. joining us from new york, kate taylor for the new york times. thank you for being with us. a pleasure. three weeks to go, set up this race. what you re looking at? as you said, if none of the candidates get 40% in the primary there will be a runoff but when the top two candidates. what you have right now is three candidates all in a very tight race for who will be the two people who get into the runoff. the most recent