37 years after that daring crime. Nonetheless the verdict shocked the courtroom. Asaro thrust his fist in the air and said i cant believe it. He has not yet left the courthouse. We do expect to hear from him and his legal team. Much more on the developing story coming up on Eyewitness News 5 00 tonight. For now at 5 00 tonight. For now n. J. Burkett, Eyewitness News. A developing story on manhattans Lower East Side where police are investigating a Sexual Assault and robbery. Now were told that a 40year old woman was attacked inside the baruch houses, police say the suspect pushed his way into the womans apartment, sexually assaulted her and stole her cell phone. The woman was treated at mount sinai hospital. We have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you any new information as soon as we get it. Well, were going to turn now to the latest on the deadly house explosion in new jersey. This afternoon we heard from the father of the young man who was killed in the blast. New jersey reporter Anthony Johnson is in i liz best this afternoon with much more. The elizabeth this afternoon with much more, anthony . Reporter well, liz heres the latest from the scene. The cleanup is about to resume. It has been going on all day out here at the scene. We now hear from the Mayors Office that the building where the explosion occurred may have been a suspected illegal conversion. There was apparently another apartment on the bottom level and this house would only supposed to be a two family house. Let us show you whats taking place heriot the scene but we at the scene but we understand that the man with died may have saved his girlfriends life because his body shielded her from the weight of the collapse. Femi brown lived on the third floor of the home which exploded. He shared the apartment with his girlfriend who we understand is in the very early stages of pregnancy. Just two to three weeks, his sister and father also live in that apartment. For more than a year. When the last occurred the dad was going to work in princeton and he left his children not knowing that he would never see his 24yearold son alive again. The socalled gas episode happened in a second floor apartment and involved a family that had recently moved in and may have had trim paying rent and now appear trouble paying rent and now appears the power was shot off to the second floor shut off to the second floor apartment following an issue with the landlord living in a basement apartment. His father lost his son and everything he owns in the house which was destroyed. That you process your child femi is that child. Hes very, very intelligence and hes very ambitious. Okay . He know what is he wants, hes knows what he wants. I mean, he literally never looked for any easy way to make his own life. Reporter the brown family is from nigeria, the victims mother will be arriving here in the u. S. For her sons funeral very, very soon. Of femi brown has been set up to help the family. They lost everything in the explosion. And also pay for the funeral. Any donations can be sent over to the second macedonia baptist chunk here in i liz church here in elizabeth. Anthony johnson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. New at 4 00, terrifying moments in a subway stop when a person waiting for the train was pushed onto the tracks. Now this happened 3 45 yesterday morning at the f. Train stop near the intersection of east broadway and rutgers street. The victim a 58yearold man was not hit by a train. And was taken to the hospital for observation. The suspect escaped on a southbound train. A man with a track record of illegally operating different forms of Public Transportation expected in court tonight on new charges. Police busted Darius Mccollum in park slope, brooklyn. After they say he stole a Greyhound Bus from the Port Authority bus term normal. His friends terminal. His friends say he lives with aspergers syndrome citing the disorder as the reason he has served time in the past for a series of similar incidents. The first arrest was 1981 when he operated a train at the age of 15. To the weather now and the worst of the rain might be over. But theres another issue heading our way. All thanks to mother nature. Meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking it all. Hes outside with all the details. Lee . Yes liz, our focus will quickly change to the wind that tonight and tomorrow. Right now, that is kind of pleasant out. I mean a lot of the steady rain moved away. Were cloudy but its mild. Were near 60degrees and heres a look outside. Vicinities pretty good right now. Were at 59 degrees this still a little patchy light rain or drizzle around. The wind is right now out of the south at 10 and some gusts which are about 18 Miles Per Hour or so. Now rainfall amounts Vladimir Baptiste have been light have been very, very light. We had a Flood Warning but now thats been dropped. Theres the showers leaving the area, we have some light rain over the east end of long island but notice theres another batch o over pennsylvania. So we still have to allow for a couple of showers through the early opening hour and dont evening hours and the big story will be this huge low. This is the one that brought the snow and the Severe Weather to the middle of the country. Winds are cranking underneath that low and wind gusts of 40, 50 man across parts of into miles an hour into parts of ohio and and western pennsylvania. We have one more band of rain that will come through and then lit clear and rather breezy overnight. Tomorrow is not too bad. You have 25mileperhour gusts by dawn. But then, winds pick up to 30 if not 40 miles an hour during the afternoon and evening hours. And that could cause some problems obviously therell be some delays at the area airports and it will slow down your travel even on the roads. And maybe some tree limbs could come down and that type of wind. Its a gusty wind that turns into a cold wind over part of the weekend. Thats that in the accuweather seven day forecast a little later on. Back to you for now. Police in newark say an officer shot an armed suspect after interrupting an Early Morning robbery at a gas station. The suspect was critically wounded and another person was taken into custody. The officer was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Also in newark a search is underway for two men posing as Police Officers who shot an off duty postal officer. Investigators say the men convinced the victim to pull over near 18th avenue and winans avenue just before 4 00 this morning. A fight broke out and shots were fired. The victim was shot in the hand and he was treated and released at the hospital. The gunmen got away in a White Ford Crown victoria. A major breakthrough today in the fight against isis. Backed by u. S. Led air strikes, Kurdish Forces seized a strategic section of highway in northern iraq. It resulted in cutting off an isis supply line between syria and moe sill. This advance is a key initial step in a major offensive to retake the strategic town of sinjar. Which became overrun by extremists last year. Officials say the Islamic State has well prepared defenses in the area and they expect a and we have learned that next week president obama will huddle with World Leaders in turkey to disdoes the fight against isis. It comes during a planned economic summit. Well, after days of protests and racial tensions at the university of missouri, a new president has been appointed. This, as the student accused of threatening to shoot black student and faculty appeared before a judge. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the details. Legal cause. Reporter the university of missouris wasting no time naming their new interim president. Michael middleton. A longtime law school professor. We already know that the university has faced its share of troubling incidents and we recognize that we must move forward as a community. Reporter it was just on monday that now former president tim wolfe and the university chance already announced theres chancellor announced theres nices, bowing resignations, bowing to pressure. [ chanting ] the turn of events in missouri inspiring students on campuses across the country [ chanting ] now marching and rallying for change. Really what that question here is a Racial Climate on campus. Reporter raising concerns and some already getting results. I committed to them that we will work to make this the best yale it can be. Reporter yale devoting 50 million to increase Faculty Diversity and ithaca creating a new chief diversity officer position. But back in missouri, the situation still tense. With the legion of black collegians tweeting the photo of a vandalized sign outside the black culture center. And social media pictures showing nearly empty lecture halls after two Missouri College students posted threats online against black students. Both students were raced and today arrested and today 19 yearold hunter park was in court and denied bail. Prosecutors say he told investigators he had a quote deep interest in the oregon mass shooter. Im Elizabeth Hur for channel 7 Eyewitness News. Liz and david back to you. Thank you liz. Major de blasio spoke today at a Memorial Service commemorating the 148th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines flight 587. The mayor arrive in bell harbor a half hour early this morning. Many remember that last year, the mayor showed up late and missed big part of the service. Today he told family members that he hopes the prayers will help heal their pain over the loss of their loved ones who died in 2001. Those who are lost, they really never vanish. Enduring grace of memory sustains them. And their legacies continue in that way their lives continue. 265 people including five on the ground were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from kennedy airport. Well, stocks on wall street suffered a big loss today. Led by a drop of energy stocks, stocks continue to limp along in november after a surprisingly strong october. Gold and silver prices declined for a tenth consecutive trading day. The dow dropped 254 points today to close at 17,448. Well, a woman kidnapped forced to drive from atm to atm depleting her Bank Accounts until a hero stepped in. See the man who saved the day. And hundreds of students on it is 4 13. Right now. So lets check the traffic. And we have video live at the fdr drive. Near 73rd street and traffic is moving plenty of brakes there but its moving and thats biggest thing. At the hudson river. The outbound upper level of the George Washington bridge is only about 15 minutes right now and inbound and outbound lincoln tunnel only about ten minutes. Well a startling discovery in a piece of luggage at newark airport. The tsa says tsa says screeners discovered a strollen 40 caliber stolen 40 caliber glock handgun concealed in the lining of a passengers checked bag. Temperatures not loaded but they it was not loaded but they found a clip with it. A female passenger from jacksonville, florida was set to fly to mumbai, india when screeners made the discovery. She is now charged with illegal possession of a stolen firearm. We want to take you back to breaking news. At this point . Well actually we were working there may be an announcement from Vincent Asaro the person in the case, when we learn more about that well break away and go to that live because were waiting to hear from him. Police say is a store clerk was suddenly a hero in pennsylvania. Surveillance video shows a man and a woman. Hes accused of abducting her, enter a pennsylvania gas station and try to tyke money from the atm. The clerk thought something about the pair seemed strange. So then they went to leave to clerk told the woman to stay behind. He used my phone. I dont know. Im good. And you help you. The clerk yelled at the suspect to drop the womans keys and the guy drove off. Police say the man had kidnapped the woman at gunpoint and forced her to drive him around to atms emptying her bank account. Good news Police Caught up with the suspect a short time later. Well, an emotional ceremony today for an army captain who received the militarys highest honor. Captain florant groberg had tears in his eyes as he was awarded the medal of honor. The captain also a former track star survived a deadly suicide bomb attack back in 12012 in afghanistan. He tackled the bomber but another suicide bombers weapon detonated. Four of his fellow soldiers died but his actions prevented an even greater tragedy. And every day that he is serving, he will be wearing a bracelet on his wrist as he is today, a bracelet that bears the names of his brothers in day. Well, the captains leg was badly injured in the attack. He dedicated the medal to whose who were killed and their those who were killed and their families saying they are the true heroes of this story. Hes the only hes only the receive this honor. You know theres a lot of heroes in a story like that but and he just its so important we make a note of it. He has endured 33 surgeries on his legs so he was also severely injured in that take. Thats right. He was willing to sacrifice his life at that moment. How about his expression there . On that stage. Wow, its inspiring and i mean. I get a chill whenever i hear that story. No doubt about it. Meanwhile we have wind heading our way. Yes we do. And i mean its so calm now and it will be so different when im out here tomorrow afternoon. And everything will be whipping around out of the northwest and some sunshine tomorrow to be a prettier day but boy it will be gusty. Right now we have a lot of cloud cover around. Theres not much rain across the areament were at 59 and most comfortable part of the day right now. The barometer is actually still on the fall and thats key because that means the front hasnt gone through and that means we have one more shower threat. The numbers over the Hudson Valley generally in the low and mid 50s. Several stations not reporting there but 55 cold spring and 56 in armonk. In the morning mid 40s and low 40s overnight. 58 islip and 57 in belmar. So your planner for the evening hours i would not put the umbrella awail until after account, 10 00. Still one more round of showers, over monmouth and ocean county you probably escaped them but city on north and Hudson Valley and long island, connecticut we still could have another round of showers into the evening hours. Then skies will clear up pretty quickly with that wind. By morning we have wind gusts by noontime 35, 30mile an hour gusts and partial sunshine and theyll be gusting over 40 miles an hour dug the afternoon hours. A couple of showers over the twin forks and really just light rain. So you can run into a little drizzle or sprinkle with the wipers going on but its nothing heavy and by no means is there any ponding or flooding on area roadways. But there is more batch of one more batch of rain there coming through pennsylvania. Actually some thunderstorms, with the actual front still could be a brief shower and a heavier shower that comes through during the evening hours and that will shoot off after shut off after about 8 00. 9 00. That means for for thers maybe for the, thers maybe for the First Quarter for the bills and jets a brief shower that rolls through. Not last long at all and then skies will clear out. During the day tomorrow its all about that wind just continuing to crank up during the afternoon. Its a little unstable and it will probably be a few extra clouds north and west of the new york city, worst case is a sprinkle actually sneaks into the Hudson Valley and into parts of the catskills. Then that wind continues on saturday but instead of having a high of 58 you only have a high of 50. So it feels like the low 50s. Thats 40s. Thats a blustery chilly day and probably the coldest feel of the season so far. Then well warm things up the second half of the weekend. A brief evening shower tonight. Clearing breezy down 49. For tomorrow its a high of 8 a. More sun in the morning. Partial clouds mixing in during the afternoon especially north and west. But very windy. Thats the thing to concentrate on. Two hands on the wheel. Its 58 degrees tomorrow night and to 42 windy and chilly partly cloudy and in fact that 42 will feel like freezing by the time we wake up on saturday morning. But like all of the cold spells so far this season, it is brief. And the warmup begins on sunday and wait until you hear how mild we can get next week. More on the wind and that warmup coming up in the accuweather seven day forecast in the next half hour, dave and liz back to you for now. I like that. Yes i know you do. Thanks a lot. Well, they were taking Birth Control pills but more than 100 women got pregnant anyway. Now that they know what went wrong, theyre and find out how they want the drug company to make amends. And one company says she was a customer says she was box of grapes, its the holidays. Which means a house full of people who all want to get online. So its the perfect time for verizon fios. It has the Fastest Internet and wifi available. With speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, youll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for your first year. And with a 2 year agreement, well give you all the premium movie channels for a year. Plus, 400 dollars back. So go online or call now. Well, a would be rapist got more than he bargained for when police say he tried to attack a woman. She fought back and this right police say the woman hit the suspect with a frying pan. That happened in the western pennsylvania town of sharon. Investigators say that the woman woke up to find the man forcing himself on her. So she hit him in the face and as you saw, there it is again. It left quite a mark. Dangerous