two heroes in my youth. i learned a lot from underdog. i used him as an inspiration in my political career. it did not take long to put their spirit on full display. the best part is being with my crew from new orleans. it s so great to be here in beautiful new york. we brought some of that new orleans weather back home. even with an abundance of security on this day let s all be thankful there s still plenty of innocence as well. what s your favorite part of the parade? santa. big balloons. i like the floats. spongebob with the san ta hat on. i like the star balloons, the macy s star balloons. i like the turkey because it s thanksgiving. are you going to eat some turkey later? yes. how much? a lot. reporter: i think she speaks for a lot of people, a lot of turkey coming. the parade ends downtown near 34th street and then it s dinner with the family for a lot of people and then begin. rob nelson, channel 7, eyewitness news. leave it to you to f
because of a noticeably larger police presence. 2500 extra officers on duty today. three heavily armed hercules teams along the parade route. and a lot of security we couldn t even see. we have a lot of officers plain clothes working the crowds, moving amongst the crowds. we will have a safest. not many people stayed away. they re here? reporter: in columbus circle, there was excitement apprehension. i thought about it. my family and friends were like you re crazy. pay attention. and just trust that all these people around here are here to job. it looks like they are. reporter: most of the parade goers mentioned a thanks to police and a determination to terrorism. as new yorkers we don t want to live our lives in fear. and that s what you did today. yes. i enjoyed myself. i ain t scared. reporter: this is the first big event in new york city since the attacks in paris two weeks ago. that s even why the secretary of homeland security was here to assure his fell
the fire department are actively looking into it. we hope we hope soon we will have more information. but we do not have a suspect whyet. i hope police them, who is doing this. reporter: investigators saying tonight that they do not have a suspect in this case. but they say there is a man they would like to talk to. there was surveillance video captured back during that november 17th fire. we re told around that time a man wearing all black and carrying a black backpack was seen in the area. investigators say they would like to speak with him and they would like people from this area to come forward with any information that they may be able to share with investigators. live in forest hills, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. what a story unfolding there. now to thanksgiving. supposed to be a day of giving thanks. for some the main activity is shopping. like these folks on long island. yes, the merchandise folks will be there next week. maybe cheaper. for some
new york tonight he smashed in to several other cars. eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim is there tonight with our lead story. to give you an idea of the impact of the collision, take a look at the white suv sitting on this side of pennsylvania avenue. according to the sister of the woman whose suv that is, she says the crash forced that vehicle to jump the median and land on this side of the street facing oncoming traffic. if you look way over there you can see the suv s tire flying from the impact. police say it happened a little after 7:00 tonight here in east new york by stanley avenue. according to cops, a woman was struck by a car as she was getting in to her vehicle. police say the driver tried to flee the scene. he hit six other cars in the process, slamming in to them, investigators say then that suspect got out of his car and tried to take off on foot but he did not get very far. he was arrested not too far from here. witnesses describe a chaotic scene. from the
for some people the holiday shopping rush starts tonight. to get a jump on the deals and discounts. but first, a developing story in brooklyn. another pedestrian hit by a car and within the last hour we ve learned that victim has died. good evening at 11:00. i m bill ritter. sade is off tonight. the woman tried to get in to her car. that s when she was hit by a driver who just took off or at least tried to. instead in east new york tonight he smashed in to several other cars. eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim is there tonight with our lead story. to give you an idea of the impact of the collision, take a look at the white suv sitting on this side of pennsylvania according to the sister of the woman whose suv that is, she says the crash forced that vehicle to jump the median and facing oncoming traffic. if you look way over there you can see the suv s tire flying from the police say it happened a little after 7:00 tonight here in east new york by stanley avenue. accordin