Like it. I dont think it helps the environment there. Reporter from a Law Enforcement perspective, the easiest thing to do is just get rid of the plaza altogether. And put broadway back where it was historically and thats an idea Police Commissioner bratton has discussed with the mayor. The mayor acknowledges that is still an option. You can argue that those plazas have had some very positive impacts. You could argue theyve come with a lot of problems and a lot of the surrounding Business Community certainly cited the problems, well give that a fresh look and i think thats consistent with the man date for the task force. Reporter ways to make times square comfortable but also uphold the constitution and that is something mayor guiliani went through in the 1990s. I have never been accused of sounding like rudy giuliani. Reporter well, that sentry true. The task force will report to the mayor on october 1st. But what to do in the meantime . In the meantime, they are planning on using exi
Scene which literally happens on route en route to the tunnel along varick street with the intersection of west houston so keep in mind as you travel through if you can take it to the lincoln tunnel, one of those nights where i would say it would be a better bet for you. Reporting live over lower manhattan, shannon sohn, Eyewitness News. Please keep on top of that and keep us in touch with the situation going on right there. We are tracking breaking news that happened within the hour, this happened down in lower manhattan. There was a shooting inside the Federal Building at 201 varick street from, a Security Guard has been shot. He has been taken to lenox hill hospital. We have been told by the nypd that the gunman then turned the gun on himself and killed himself. There has been a Massive Police presence down there and traffic, as you can imagine, on a friday night in the summer, traffic is at a stand still but again we are continuing to follow all of the developments. As soon as we g
Theyre getting ready to pull that bus out. Reporting live from rego park, jim dolan, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you. The roll er coaster known as wall street living up to its name again. The dow down nearly 1100 points. Then a wild swing back to a small loss and then by the end of trading a huge loss again. Here are the specific numbers. The dow fall ing ing 588. Thats a loss of 3. 5 . The nasdaq down 179. The s p 0 r50 50 500 down 77 and change. Half of all americans, this is a very big deal for most people. The word from experts, dont panic. Go ahead, try to not panic. Tim flesher is on wall street with the latest. Reporter for investor and trader alike it was a weary day. This jolt according to financial analysts teaches us a very important lesson. Right now were learning that stocks are volatile even though they havent been for the past 5 or 6 years. Within the first 4 minutes after the opening bell the dow a continuation of the market slide from last week. People start to g
Im not sure how many, maybe three, four. I want was like a brawl on the train. About an hour later another rider assaulted a different motorman aboard the c line in east new york. This was then followed by another separate attack where a suspect spit on the face of an operator at g line. Police do not believe the incidents to be related, but the Subway Workers Union would like to see more protections in place. The union said quote transit workers are exposed to assaults daily. The police need to protect transit workers. District attorneys have to stop making excuses and not enforcing the law for assault on transit workers. There are several cameras that police are reviewing hoping for some leads. Live in lower manhattan, a. J. Ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A. J. , thank you. Another wild and gut wrenching day for wall street. The day started with a rally. Then it came to an end. The massive sell off in the last hour of trading. The do i down 204 points. The nasdaq down nearly 20. S
Stunningly posted horrific video of the attack which we will not show. He sent a 23 page document to abc news saying the Charleston Church massacre had stoked his rage and bullying he faced because he was a gay black man. Parker and ward were natives of the roanoke area and worked together about a year. They were young and in rips with coworkers, only deepening a tragedy that has shaken their newsroom. You can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. Its just really hard to its hard to comprehend. During the shootings, wards camera fell on its side but still captured this haunting image of the shooter gun in hand. The woman being interviewed by alison, Vicky Gardner was shot during the incident but is out of surgery and in stable condition. Abc news has talked to robert avon, his former roommate from 2006 to 12 00. He texted with flanagan minutes after the shooting. Rob says flanagan, known to say odd things admitted to shooting two people and says flanagan was on the phone with h