Them under the influence of this drug totally crazy. Superhuman strength, impervious to pain. Some of the normal takedowns we would use are not going to work. Some say this is a problem for years. But it has gotten worse over the last 12 months in harlem. Do you think the city and authorities are doing enough . Yes, police are in and out of here all the time. But as quick as they run them off they come back. Absolutely not. This wouldnt happen if they were doing enough. Reporter it is illegal to sell k2 but legal to smoke it. They have been raiding the Stores Selling the drug and promising a crackdown. Police say as fast as theyre able to identify the chemicals in the k2 the producers change the recipe the homeless problem is worse according a poll. Panhandlers are asking for money. A third of new yorkers say the quality of life is good or very good. Investigators are trying to pig out how a manhole cover was found in the floor of a bus. It happened noon tuesday at 10 seventh street an
If not, they need to do more to apprehend this person as soon as possible. Reporter now during the funeral, mayor deblasio also made a promise to this community. Saying starting today, there will be extra nypd presence, protect the mosques and the people of the muslim community. The nypd will be holding a press conference at 6 00 tonight, to update us on the murders, the mayor will also be there, and we will have the latest coming up on cbs 2 news at 6 00. For now, were live in cypress news. Hazel, thanks very much. Breaking news out of mexico, where Authorities Say armed men have abducted many people from an upscale restaurant in the popular beach resort of puertavallarta and gunmen stormed a restaurant. As many as 16 people were abducted. We dont know the identities of the people that were taken. And also, breaking news, in new jersey. Crushed by a freight container. Chopper two flew over the rail yard. And a spokesperson says a wire part of a crane lifting the container snapped. Cau
The street and a car nearly under ground. Crews at this hour still working to make repairs. Janelle burrell has more from hoboken for us this morning. Reporter chris, certainly a rough morning for the owners of that car. You can see, actually, see them here behind us, on first street, talking with some of the crew members, here, from suez water, as they wait to make repairs to the water main break, this is just the latest in what has become routine for many residents here. There is no way phil snyder and his girlfriend could ever have imagined starting off their workweek like this. It took several reinforced straps and a backhoe to finally pluck their car above ground. Look outside, and saw the street was flooded and only took a few seconds to figure was going off. Reporter the monday went from bad to horrible, this is the car a half hour later. Almost half of it underneath first street, outside of their hoboken apartment. Is what it is. Reporter the aging infrastructure, some of it ne
Death of a young Football Player in mt. Pleasant at the hands of the police. Cbs 2 dick brennan has more now from our newsroom. Dick . Reporter maurice, 20year old dj henry of Pace University Football Player, was shot through the windshield of his car as he drove away from a disturbance outside a bar in foreignwood in 2010. A police thornwood in 2010. A Police Officer knocked on his window and he yelled for henry to stop and stopped in front of the car before he landed on the hood and opened fire. The officer was hit as henry braked. Another man in the car was wounded. Cbs 2 has learned that the family of henry has accepted a settlement of 6 million from the village of pleasantville and the officer. The family is suing the town of mt. Pleasant claiming that officers failed to respond to his gunshot wounds. And last year, the attorney determined they would not file civil rights charges in the shooting. Dick brennan, cbs 2 news. Thank you. To the weather, rain and the showers continue to
You said run the other way. They didnt tell us what happened. Diane bilow had just left her husband and two of their sons inside the Visitors Center when shots fired. Her husband texted her to let her know what was going on inside. He said it sounded like a full clip from a handgun. Officers ran down the hallway. They shouted cover in place. Reporter the shots set off a scramble. Police told tourists to get out of the building. The capitol was locked down. And while congress is in recess, staffers here were told to shelter in place. And 66yearold suspect larry dawson is now undergoing surgery. Capitol police say a woman in her mid30s to 40s was also injured, but no Capitol Police were hurt. The investigation at the capitol Visitors Center continues tonight. But the lockdown has been lifted. Live in the newsroom, jessica schneider, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Cbs 2 is demanding answers sitting in pools of water at a new jersey cemetery. Many of the people buried here are war veterans. Meg ba