Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News Sunday Morning 20151213

WABC Eyewitness News Sunday Morning December 13, 2015

Manhattan. It happened late last night. And six trucks somehow went up in flames. We are live in chelsea with what we know right now. Reporter thats the question, how did this all was this one truck that caught on fire and then spread or multiple trucks . We dont know. Im going to pan up and show you where this happened. Right up this and taking a look at the third floor of the Maintenance Facility. Hankfully no one was thankfully no one was hurt. Six trucks at the u. S. Postal service off the west side highway in chelsea caught fire. This was a threealarm fire. The video was provided to us by a viewer passing by at the time. The trucks on the third floor of the building. Other offices so its unclear if any of these holiday packages were on the trucks at the time. The u. S. Postal service about that and what caused this fire. And new this morning, police are investigating a collision at an entrance to central park that critically injured a scooter driver. Investigators say a 29yearold man was thrown from his vespa when he collided with a livery cab. All this happened at 85th street at 3 30 this morning. The scooter driver may have run a red light and then hit the suv which was turning on to 5th avenue. One person inside that suv did suffer minor injuries. Police have increased patrols around Rutgers University following a series of robberies this weekend. Three robberies occurred between 1 and 3 in the morning yesterday. The victims were held up at gunpoint, all of this happening in new brunswick. In one case police say a man attacked two people on the street, punching them several times. It is the latest in a series of crimes that has the university kind of freaky. Doesnt make you feel that safe on campus. Most people who live here know that this is a college area, so, you know, they understand that these are kids and they could be preying on them and waiting on them. Police are trying to determinewhether or not yesterdays attacks are in some way connected. Rutgers has increased security in response to the crimes. New information now in a hit and run that killed a teenager in queens. Police have released surveillance images of a man they want to question. Police say this man was caught on camera getting out of the passenger side of the hit and run vehicle a short time after the accident. Detectives would like to interview him to get information. A black toyota camry struck and killed a teenager on tuesday night at an intersection in corona. Police have made an arrest in a double murder that happened in new jersey. Two body were discovered in a home in raritan friday. Police have not released the identity of the victims or how yesterday officers arrested ramon cadiz as he slept in his car in north brunswick. Hes been charged with murder and held on 2 million bail. The nypd got its wish from santacon. There were no reports so far of any arrests during the big annual avent. Hundreds of folks dressed up at santa and headed to a few bars in lower manhattan. Participants say they dont understand why santacon has gotten such a bad wrap when its simply all about getting together with friends and having a little bit of fun. We come here for the last three years and we have a great time every year. A good time to get together with friends and get in the spirit of christmas. We try to get in the spirit, we all sing along with Christmas Carols while walking everywhere. If people oppose santacon then i have to conchewed there antifun. Organizers started planning with police more than a month ago. They did get a permit to assemble in the park. They sent out reminders to participants about safety. So unlike other years, at least what we know so far, no arrests, santacon has changed its image. Turned the corner. Yes indeed. Our jobs are in jeopardy. We have a new anchor. Elf the musical is in the house. Have you to see it and hes here in the studio. How are you. Im doing well. Hi, elf. You seem festive. Are you in the holiday spirit despite the warm weather . Every day. I brought the snow for you. Real snowflakes are smaller than buildings. Thats so true. I never thought about that before. Its frightening. [ laughter ]. We have a lot more coming youre hanging with us, right. Im working. Hes in the scripts. Were in trouble. Hang tight this morning with us. Good to have you buddy. Thank you. I cannot wait to see what thegreen screen with tamy, with the amy. The weather wall. We have duties for him. It will be good. Amy will be right back with the accu weather forecast. When we come back, eyewitness sunday morning continues right after this, on a mild sunday. One of the most treasured holiday hits of the past decade is on the stage. Efl ends up in the north pole and comes to new york in search of his family n this years production theres a real life family story you must see. So awesome, buddy in the house. Hi youre dressed very warm. Well, it comes in handy. Its kind of like from uniglow. Exactly. So good. I brought you a treat. Yes. So nice. This is my favorite food of all time, its maple syrup. It goes great with everything, burgers, spaghetti. Its left over, has to be cold. Five major food groups in the north pole. Shes ahead of us. And shes the het night. Go ahead. Its a condiment. Not enough people know that. Do not try this at home. If you want to drink maple syrup. My good friend charlie didnt. He had a problem with this. Sugar, sugar, suingar. Sugar. Happiness to everybody. Youre at the garden until the 27th. Madison square garden until the 27th. The cast is great. I love the special effects of the ehves dancing. I have charlie, bambi, braidan and hailey, those are my favorite he elves. Tell us how you ended up in santa clauss sack. I am an orphan and santa came to deliver presents to me and other orphans and i crawled into his sack and he took me back to north pole and the elves took me in as one of their own. And you thought you were an elf. For 30 years. And then you found out you were not. And what was that moment like really an elf. I was scared. But santa gave me my satchel, he gave me my trusty map. Do you know which it plays music. Oh. [ laughter ]. Thats so romantic. Yeah. So santa. Stop flirting with the elf, amy. If you had a snow globe like that you might find romance. Maybe i do find romance so maybe i do, and you saw the show. Spoiler alert i went straight from the bottle, i went straight, you know. We need some insulin. No, its very good. Very good. Go straight for the forecast. I know its not the north pole around here but were talking about above average temperatures, and since youre above average in your happiness and much more. Ah if i start the forecast will of course. She likes you, buddy. Get your game on. Get your game ton. Lets see what we can do. Today may be a record breaker for us. The record for today is 64, it was set back in 1923. Im sure santa remembers that year, it was a good one. 65 is the forecast high for today. So thats how we could potentially break this record. So, looking up the Upper West Side all the way to the gwb, were trying to get a little bit of the bridge in range but the visibility is reduced because of the fog that weve had around here. Now, welcome to the Weather Center. Over here in the Weather Center this is where we put the temperatures together and we look at the readings and all that kind of stuff. Youre perfect. You see yourself in the camera. Yeah, o. Oo. The viewers can see whats happening. Is it cold there . Its very cold there. Traditionally the temperatures below freezing all the time and sometimes even below zero. So im sure thats why you get a lot of work done in the winter, right . Yeah. So this is what weve got going on today. Highs in the area in the upper 50s and 60s. Thats very nice this. Is our radar and satellite picture, and you want you to get a picture of the north pole. Ooh. And not only has it been warm but weve been rain free. The you see whats happening there on the map . [ sings a note or two ]. It is rain that is coming across the country and eventually gets in here to new york. So what new yorkers need to know is that mild weather continues, they can leave their coats at home tomorrow. Okay. You dont need to overdo it with the coat. I always wear this. Everybody else at home, just will be rainy. Here is the futurecast. Aim going to let you talk about the futurecast while i make my way to the weather wall. When do you think its going to rain, buddy. The futurecast it will be raining monday at 9 p. M. Thats exactly right, monday at 9 p. M. [ laughter ]. Between 5 and 10 p. M. There will be rain across the area and then it clears out just in time for tuesday and the sun will be back. Thats another broadway musical, annie, the sun comes out tomorrow. Thought id put that in there. We clear out nicely and tuesday. So as the forecast goes the next couple of days, 65 today. That does mean that the record is in jeopardy and if youre going to the Football Game it should be fantastic weather for tailgating. First kick at 1 00. In the mid60s. Tonight temperatures go to the mid50s. And then were 63 again tomorrow and you need the rain i thought this would be fab tas fantastic for everyone to see. Oh my goodness, i swallowed the sun . Yes, yes this is why you cant wear oh, that is pretty cool. [ laughter ]. Its magical, isnt it . Hmm. I could have you hold me and that would be i was on air no, excuse me. That was over the top. There you go, buddy. We walk back to the wall, and were not quite done. I can stay here because they can see through you. Were not done with the mild weather. All the way through thursday were staring down records, i think thursday is the best bet we could get temperatures even warm enough to break another record. We cool it off on friday, 50, and 45 on saturday. Buddy, thanks for being a great sports. He brought snacks and i hope you get the girl. Its not supposed to be a full on romance, but. It is very romantic. It is. It really is. Especially at central park. Its so cute. Go see it. Elf the musical at the garden. Oh on oh. Oh. Buddy is stepping out. He has the moves. Chaos. There iss chaos. All right. My favorite forecast, ever. Straight ahead, weve been talking about it all morning and of course the elf as youve seen is here in the studio with us. Its the holidays. And of course, Everyone Wants to get online at once. To watch things. Buy things. But slow internet makes it hard. Thats why its time to get 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. Get out of the past. Get fios. M beings. Welcome back. We have a musical for you and your family to see to get you in the holiday favorite. The holiday favorite is back as musical at Madison Square guard zblen weve. Guard zblen we have square garden. Elf has been here, hes been good. Hes a tough act to follow. So this is a lot like the film. Absolutely. The musical. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And this is perfect for a family. A great family show. We tip our hat to the movie because its iconic. Its the new family classic that people gather at christmas time and watch the movie. You can come to the garden and see it on stage. We tip our hat, he eats spaghetti and does all the things he does in the movie and wu get a big broadway show with singing and dancing and we get to exflor the chashg explore out of this . Theres a great thing, he goes to new york, and theres nothing like new york at christmastime. Amen to that. A special thing. I take my daughter and son here, we bring them to new york every year at christmastime. We see the tree and holiday things. And buddy goes to all those places so we go to those places in the musical. But also the show is the point that buddy comes to is its more than santa. Christmas is more than santa, its about spending time with your family and thats what makes it magical and special. He realizes that. Thats a great family message to send, so proud to be a part of it. Its beautiful. A lot of the music came from the ideas of course in the film. Absolutely. Theres a tap dance. Our elves tap dance. With their little knees. They do. How does it work . Theres a theatre imagine thaik goes on there. This fantastic tap dance and yes our actors are on their knees and they do a spectacular yob. Job. Its fun. What is it taking a movie to the stage. It goes to a lot of locations so Christine Peters we sat down and wanted to make the show move like the movie does. You go from location to location. The theatre at Madison Square gardens, everybody has a great seat, and they start at to go. Aboslutely. And have a real street. And cotton candy at intermission. Spaghetti with syrup. Thats what im saying. Thank you, san. Were having great time. Merry christmas to you guys. Merry christmas. Elf on tour. Com or ticketmaster. Com. Its the holidays. And of course, Everyone Wants to get online at once. To watch things. Buy things. But slow internet makes it hard. Thats why its time to get fios. 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. Get out of the past. Get fios. I just want the most wonderful holiday ever. You should get holiday scratchoffs from the new york lottery. You can talk . Come on, brian. Theres more chances to win than ever. With a sweepstakes to win 500 a week for life. wife who are you talking to . Nobody new holiday scratchoff games et elfontour. Com or lets talk about a little sports when we come back. Holiday spirit after that. [ laughter ]. That was good. Its 9 24. Time for sports. Good morning, everyone. Well, just under a month ago the knicks had one four straight and were starting to make people believe in them. Entering last night new york was the owner of a second four game losing streak in the last the knicks met the trail bladers. Portland with the fast stuff. The knicks trying to keep up. Lopez against his former team, meanwhile the blazers were building a heed. Lead. They led 2211 at that point. The knicks making the charge before the half. Anthony broke in the perimeter for the three and the knicks nets trying to keep up their home success hosting the clippers. Jordan is good and powerful. Dunk. The nets were keeping it close in the first. Bogdanovic the triple. Brooklyn took the onepoint lead, the nets trailed by 13 at the break. But they made things interesting in the second half. Spin and floater in the lane,ed lead. Griffin put this one away, 105100, the nets fall. And one day after their Double Overtime thrilling win in boston friday night, last night the warriors were trying to stay perfect facing the bucks. Golden state off their game. The bucks took advantage. Its the sixth win streak of 12 or more that milwaukee has snapped in franchise history. 10895. Warriors 28 game win streak now over. The rangers stretch of 9 straight wins seems like another season ago. They were trying to salvage one win. Late last night. Rangers facing calgary. The give and go here from new york. Stalberg to miller who flips it in. That made it 10 rangers. But the flames come back and the rangers lose their third in a row. The islanders also on the road last night visiting the blue jackets in columbus. They had a lead in the third period until right now. Atkinson, evening the game, ninth of the year, overtime, okposo finishes it 32. The islanders get the win. Cuddyer officially announced he is retiring. The 36yearold spent last season in new york and had one more year and 12. 5 million quits. Making the announcement on derek jeters players tribute website saying it goes against every grain in my body to consider a future without the game but after 15 years the toll on my body has caught up to me. And one other note for you. Alabamas Derrick Henry is the winner of the heisman trophy. That will do it for morning sports. See you later tonight at five. Much more ahead on Eyewitness News on this sunday morning including a live look fire officials have investigating how six u. S. Fire. Also ahead, police in Southern California opening fire on a man as he appears to be walking away. The video sparking outrage from the family this morning. And dozens of patients were trapped as fire raced through a mental institution. Devastating and deadly fire. And you heard amy, were on track for recordbreaking warmthed today here in mid 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. Hi grandma and grandpa ha, look at that [laughs] Time Warner Cable even has an internet plan for us. Get the Internet Speed thats right for you. From 3 megs to ultra fast 300 megs they even made it easy to switch with a onehour arrival window. Why settle for less, when you can get more get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call now. You could get free installation, no data cap, and access to over 400,000 twc wifi hotspots with select plans. Welcome back everybody to Eyewitness News. Taking a look outside right by our studios on columbus and 6th 6th 6 he have. 6th. You dont see all the winter madness out there. Potential record breaking warmth on this sunday morning. Man, here we are. Good morning, everybody. Thanks for being with us. Hope youre staying cool this sunday morning. Windows open, im sure. Welcome to Eyewitness News on sunday morning, the 9 30 half they want to, as a fashion everybody is out, everybody in a good mood. Amy giving today a what on a freeze factor scale. Its a nine. Its a nine. A really comfortable day for climate, compared to the actual weather, its a beauty. I wish there was a little more sunshine thats why im keeping it shy of a 10 on the scale. You get my drift . So, Beautiful Day out there. 62 already. Thats where we begin. There has been some limited visibility here is what you need to know as far as the fog goes. Its not everywhere and its just patchy in spots. So monticello has limited visibility. Long eye hand and bridgeport, 5 mile visibility right now. Islip yesterday, a record for you. Possibly more records going down today. Central park, the official reporting station for new york city, ma

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