Violate the guard. A guard was slashed from his forehead to ear. Sources say the 41yearold testified to a grand jury friday afternoon in the thursday evening assault that will leave him permanently scarred. Here he is leaving after the testimony. The incident. Horrible, and ive reached out to the guard and look forward to speaking to him later today. Reporter the two teens accused of carrying out the assault left the bronx criminal courthouse in these department of corrections vans. According to the criminal complaint green placed both arms around the informants neck and jeezed, then the other approach squeezed, then the other approached him. The guard kicked him, but still he ended up getting slashed on the face and arm. Security was tight for both a cording to sources according to sources theyre wellknown gang members with long histories. I think the individuals that did it will have a long time in prison. Reporter the prison was on lock down all day while the Police Search for contraband. We need to reduce violence in jails. Where weve added programs and done new innovative training with the staff, those units are performing much better. Reporter now there are two other inmate ascussedded of participating in this incident. They werent in court today, but they didnt participate in the actual assault, but created a diversion so the assault could take place, and of the four inmates accused in the incident, three of them had prior charges of assaulting Corrections Officers before. Darla miles, channel 8, Eyewitness News. Thank you. Family and friends gathering in the bronx tonight to remember a young girl and her grandfather killed while trick or treating. A wake is going on now for the 10yearold and 65yearold. The two were killed on halloween when a car hit them on morris park avenue. Guests are asked to where her favorite color, sky blue. And a reward in the murder of a gas station attendant in new jersey. He was working at the gas station october 26th when two men in masks burst in. He was shot and killed in the robbery. No suspects have been identified. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward. New information about an elderly woman killed by a bus in queens. Police positively identified the vehicle that hit her. Miles in the rain to madison, connecticut, so key evidence washed away. Impounded. Detectives are trying to notety the family of the victim. Have you noticed . It doesnt feel like november. We broke a bunch of but the change is on the way, and it will happen soon. Meteorologist lee goldberg is outside, where you want to be on a night like tonight. No question about it. It feels like a late summer evening out here. Great breeze, feels beautiful, nothing windy or november about it. Look at the record highs today, central park hit 74, tying a record high. Jfk smashing the record, and thats four straight november days in the 70, havent seen that in 21 years, and were still at 72, and mild in the evening hours. Weve had gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour south of new york city, and youll still feel the warm breeze early on tonight, and were not seeing any signs of the chill just yet, but its coming, and the future scan puts those over new york city into the bronx lower west chester over the next hour or so, so well be watching those on radar. Meanwhile the chilly air is still back over the higher value and over the midwest valley, and over the midwest, so we still have a couple of thats all ahead in the seven day forecast when i come inside unimportantly. Back to you for you. Thank you. Stepped up security measures officially unveiled after the crash of the russian jet liner. The focus now on commercial flights headed to the United States, and both egyptian of a bomb may have brought the plane down killing everyone on board. Jim dolan is at kennedy airport. Reporter the us is focusing on ten airports in the middle east with two things in common. They all have Inadequate Security leaving them vulnerable to possible terror attack, and flight that is go directly to the United States. With no other explanation emerging from the charred wreckage in egypt, the world now has no chase. We have to consider the possibility that it was potentially a potentially a bomb. Reporter 224 people died last sashed. Isis claimed responsibility saturday. Isis claimed arent, but it also responsibility, but it also doesnt matter who did it. Someone was apparently able to they felt safe. It could happen anywhere, in the states, anywhere, and theyre trying to hurt the country with the tourism. Reporter Airport Security in the United States is as good as anywhere in the world, but in some middle east country its far more lax, so today the department of Homeland Security announced a safeguard flights headed to the United States, including expanded screening of baggage and other items brought on board, and assessment of security overseas, technological assistance, and additional measures including possible undercover agents on board. Its great to be informed of ways to update security, thats no problem, but i think the people there are doing their job. Reporter there are no direct flights from that airport to any place in the United States, if they want to improve security there they have to do it on their own. Theres no plans for the United States to ban all flights there as some alamosa countries have other countries have done. Jim dolan. The prison worker to helped two Inmates Escape in Northern New York has been slapped with a hefty bill for repairs. 80,000. Mitchell is serving up to seven years for providing the men tools they used to escape. And scheduled asaros started today. He blew his 750,000dollar take at the racetrack. No deal, president obama ended years of political plug on the keystone xl pipeline project. It would have moved 800,000 barrels of petroleum from canada to the gulf coast every day. Supporters say its key to americas energy, independence, and will create jobs. We have been consumed by the debate whether or not this pipeline would create jobs and lower gas prices, weve gone ahead and lowered gas prices and created jobs. Officials in canada still want to find an environmentally sound way to expert their oil. Meanwhile the Supreme Court had the president S Health Care plan again, the issue was contraceptives. Faithbased organizations says making the complies sit in making contraceptives available s. Most appeal courts found this is not a violation of federal law. Republicannic president ial candidate ben carson setting the record straight on whether he was offering a scholarship from west point. Carson says he decided that the military was not where he saw himself going. Former senator and actor Fred Thompson remembered today for his booming voice, sincerity and wit. A Memorial Service in nashville, tennessee today. Senator john mccain recalled thompsons funny comments on the senate floor. Thompson died from a recurrence of limb foe ma. Coming up limb foe ma. Reporter coming up, a man caught stealing from a Church Donation box. When he did before stealing the money. Who meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. Thats why we switched to Time Warner Cable. You can too. Call now. Now we can connect more devices, at the same time. The wifi in this house is amazing. So is my guacamole. 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Reporter he understands the fans being critical of his timing to seek treatment. There was no other option for me but to get help, and i understand where fans were upset. Reporter goalie interference penalty a chance to given a chance to reflect, yankees fans feel he did the right thing. His family comes first. Hes no good to himself or family, so i think he did the right thing. He did the right thing, and will have a great year next year. Reporter with the support of his wife and four children he believes hes on the right track. The fact that a sports star of his magnitude admitted the addiction might help others. Many times they have family support, theyre employed. Those things help them to get on track with the recovery process. He appears to be ready to go next and. His demons exposed, made public, and his 12yearold son knows hes doing what he can to cure the disease. Thank you. Tonight the ntsb is investigating if driver fatigue was the cause of a bus accident killing six people. The bus was headed from michigan to texas when it crashed in arkansas this morning. The impact ripped off most of the roof and ejected some passengers onto the interstate. The driver did survive. Police say a nineyearold boy shot to death in chicago was daughterred from a park lured from a park into an ally and investigating. Lee was killed because of his fathers gang connections. He was on his way to his grandmothers house when he was shot in the back of his head monday. The Police Superintendent said its the most cowardly and unfathomable crime hes seen in his years of policing. The Us Coast Guard is looking for a cruise ship passenger that tumbled into the ocean while on a cruise. This is cell phone video of the search. The man appeared to try to jump onto a lifeboat from the seventh deck, missed, clung to the edge of the boat as other passengers tried to help. The water. Youre back . The temperatures are in the low to mid80, light chop, no big storm, so hopefully hell be okay. Right. Lovely today. Yes. I woke up this morning though and thought the trees must be very confused. Oh, yeah. Trees and people are very confused. A lot of mixed reviews. Want some coolness. Yeah, great breezes out here. Great foliage went in central park. The colors peaking. A lot of leaves were stripped today because of the gusty breezes, but some still out there, and its a beautiful friday evening, like a bonus late summer evening. 72 the temperature. The barometer on the rise, and high today 74, good enough to tie the record set in 1948. The average high is 47. No rain fall yet, but some on the way in the next hour, and there are the sun rise and sunset times. Highs today, 77 in morris town, still 76 in kingston right now. Fair amount of clouds around. Showers, the win toe is really the window is really the next few hours, 9 00, 10 00 oclock latest. Then they move away. Mostly cloudy to partly sunny tomorrow, i think the numbers just hold. We start the day at 60. Great launching pad, but dont go anywhere. Humidity comes down, feeling a lot cooler. Not chilly, but cooler than today. Theres this showers along i80 patterson along i80. If they hold together theyll go to upper manhattan and the bronx, and Staten Island maybe an hour away. Theres the cold front. Not much with it, and cooling lags behind too, thats why were still in the low to mid 60s tomorrow, and theres a wave weighting it, not allowing it to get offshore. So maybe a fair amount of clouds over southern new mexicoling in. A decent new jersey. A decent day, but more of a transition day. Cooler tomorrow night. So we have the evening shower, partly cloudy, late run south and east, band of rain could return to southern new jersey late, but much of the night is dry. Cooler and drier, bit of rain over ocean county. 65 tomorrow, and then the chill tomorrow night. Clearing, coder wasnt colder wind. Upper 30s to the north and west. Could we drop down the freezing by monday morning . Thats coming up. And theres a chance of rain tuesday, but some parts area might avoid that . And back to 70 by veterans day . Well talk about that. And new information on the popes planned trip to the Us Mexico Border. Also for the first time the teen missing for years breaks his silence and talks about what he hopes will happen now. Preparing your home for winter, seven things you can do to prevent damage like this that could cost you thousands, this song thats life song thats life song thats life song thats life thats life. You diet. You exercise. And if you still need help lowering your blood sugar. This is jardiance. Along with diet and exercise, jardiance works around the clock to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. It works by helping your body to get rid of some of the sugar it doesnt need through urination. 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Or up to 25,000 in cash with the new i love new york scratchoff. The pope is expected to visit the Us Mexico Border next year in february. Concern for migrants and refugees has been a focus of pope francis who wanted to visit in september but was told it was impossible. The trip to mexico hasnt been if i believely announced by the officially announced by vatican. The Unemployment Rate was down to 5 percent. The report boosted fears the fed will increase interest rates. We may be enjoying a late seasonal warm up, but we cant dodge winter, and now is the time to winterize your homes. Nina pineda has seven ways you can get ready and save money with the cold weather comes. Reporter changing the filter and cleaning your furnace makes it more efficient and takes just a few minutes whether you do it yourself or hire a professional to check for leaks. Check it before you actually need it. Reporter simple maintenance in and around your home now makes certain you get heat with the first cold snap hit, and could prevent hazards that could harm your home and we asked mike jackson, a technician to take us around a customers house. You want to make sure this is attached to the house properly. Doesnt wiggle and its water tight. What happens if its not . Youre trucing water to a introducing water to a power supply. You could burn your house down, somebody could get killed. Reporter there could be an electrical fire if its not protected. It causes shorts and electrocution. Reporter unplug hoses and turn off water supply for those outside your home, and drain the pipe. It expands out of the pipe, breaks the pipe, then you have a broken pipe in the home causing flooding, damage, insurance, the nightmares you dont want to deal with. Reporter clear gutters to prevent roof damage, and make sure water drain as way from your homes foundation. Also reverse ceiling fans to save money. All the hot air is pushed down. You get out in front of a problem early, it will save you some money. Reporter the Maintenance Plan is 25 bucks per month, in his opinion money well spent because you could have burst pipes and the damage could run into the tens of thousands. Nina pineda, channel 8 Eyewitness News. Its video thats shocking a lot of people. A man caught an camera stealing from a church. What hes doing just before stealing from the donation box. And bill bratton with strong for the girl scout meeting. Okay. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. New information tonight about the murder of a gas station worker in new jersey. Police are offering a 10,000 dollar reward for information about the shooting death of patel, and tonight were hearing from his heart broken coworker. New jersey reporter toni yates has the story. I knew him, he was like a father to me. Reporter monday october 26th, two masked men entered the gas station and shot his father figure and friend patel dead. He was in the auto shop yards away with wharton a gunman when a gunman killed his friend. We heard a gunshot, so we stopped, then a couple of seconds later we heard the door, and screaming. By the time i came over here he was lying on the floor already. I didnt see nobody. Reporter investigators gathered video recordings from several stores in the area because minutes before patel was shot dead two masked men robbed a restaurant across the street. They come to the counter with two guns. There was a lady working here. They asked her to put the money in the bag. Reporter the two men tried but failed to break into the phone store next door. Right after that they heard gun fire. They tried to get as much as they can in the same sear. The lady area. The lady hear a gun shooting four times. Reporter patel was a father, a long time clerk at the shop where candles now stand in his memory, and for customers. Everything in the area knew him. A lot of people come by to give sympathy, and say what a nice person he is. Even though he was arrive. Repo