Its nice to get him outside. Reporter Holiday Shopping may still be on the weekend agenda but many are thinking about their plans due to this december spring. Whatever the family wants to do. If we get out on our bikes thats something i would like to do. Its great. Lets us train a lot longer and get prepared. People hate running in the snow unless your really, really dedicated. Reporter not everyone we spoke with was thrilled with the warm temperatures. In fact, one vacationing californian was upset with the lack of winters weather. We have thermals with us, earmuffs, hats, gloves, and its 60 degrees out. What is this . [ laughter ] its too hot here. Reporter but for some, the warm weather also lightens the mood. I think people tend to get a little grumpy when its colder. No yeah. A little bit. So everybody is like smiling and happy. Ice cream reporter enjoy it while it lasts. Reporting from central park, mark morgan, cbs 2 news. Reporter popsicles, i have seen some other iced beverages though. Its going to be a stunning weekend. I hope you come out and join market. Back to you. Thank you. In other news, and a developing story. A guilty verdict for dean skelos the former new York State Senate majority leader skelos following former Assembly SpeakerSheldon Silver to become the second top albany politician to go down in disgrace in two weeks cbs 2s tony aiello live in Lower Manhattan with more on this. Tony. Reporter maurice, really a stunning onetwo punch for crusading u. S. Attorney. The jury needed only 8 hours of deliberations to convict the skeloses. We are obviously very disappointed with the verdict. Reporter the disgraced to shoulder with his son adam outside court. The men convicted of running what the prosecution called a shakedown. Quote, dean skelos had a great deal of power and paying his son was the way to tap it. Three 67yearold skelos portrayed here in a picture from governor cuomos office was one of the three amigos who ruled over albany controlling all legislation until last may when he was charged with bribery and extortion. Claiming skelos pressured various companies to pay his son in exchange for legislative favors. There was a mysterious 20,000 Commission Paid to adam skelos and a 70,000 no show job. The son portrayed as an arrogant hot head but the defense claims prosecution witnesses shaded their testimony in exchange for municipal. And insisted the in exchange for immunity and there was no quid pro quo. Quote, thats how the world works. Adams ego and temper are not evidence of wrongdoing. And four men on the jury needed only eight hours to convict them on all charges. This state gave a great timeline for us. They did a very good job. Reporter the evidence at trial included wiretapped phone calls. In one, dean skelos slammed governor cuomos leadership. You watch what im going to years. You watch what i do, he is full of [ censored ] what it says is looking back up toward albany is pervasive corruption. Tweeted his reaction. We have that for you. He tweeted a question how many prosecutions will it take before albany gives the people of new york the honest government they deserve . Tonight the governor is promising to push to clean up albany. Dean skelos and adam will be back on march 3 for sentencing. Live in Lower Manhattan, tony new at 5 00, the nypd is on the hunt for a man who got into a harlem Apartment Building and attacked a woman and then tried to rape her. Ilana gold has Surveillance Video of the suspect. Reporter the nypd says this man is linked to a vicious attack at 7 45 wednesday night. He somehow got into this secure Apartment Building on east 131st street and madison avenue and walked right to the elevator as he carried a red bag. Seconds later you can see him wander through an upstairs hall way. Police say he hid in the stairwell on the fifth floor and followed a 60yearold woman into the garbage room and attacked her. This is the victims daughter. Im scared and not comfortable. Reporter she showed us the cuts and bruises on her mother. Police tell us the perpetrator grabbed this woman by the neck, threw her to the ground and banged her head on the floor. Then he ripped off her clothing, stripped off his clothing and tried to rape her. When she screamed for help her daughter ran over and interrupted the crime and she condition. My mom her nose and everything had blood and teeth broke. Reporter she said she didnt get a good look at the suspect when he took off. Cameras captured him leaving the building a short time later and the tenants are alarmed. So all that took place there and people sitting in the lobby he come out like nothing happened. Oh, my god. Yeah, thats shocking. Reporter police need to find this man before he comes back here and possibly targets someone else. So today officers were back in this neighborhood and they put up these posters asking anyone to come forward with information. Scary frightened because i have daughters too that i worry about every day coming in the building. Reporter people who live here say they never have seen this man before. They think someone accidentally let him in. When people open the building, the doors to get in, they just walk in behind the other people and some people they just dont care. Reporter but after this, neighbors are on high alert and more careful about who they allow inside. In harlem, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Police say theres no the victim. She was treated at the hospital for injuries. Her daughter says she is still traumatized. People on the Upper East Side have endured days of street closure, honking and traffic and some even forced from their apartments because of bricks falling from a high rise. This afternoon, new information from the Buildings Department on fixing it. Cbs 2s lou young is live on the Upper East Side with the latest. Reporter the Buildings Department still doesnt know whether its material or design defect that caused the rain of bricks here on first avenue monday night. But it has taken them four days to get their heads around how to end the precarious and dangerous problem up ahead and reopen first avenue here. They now have a plan. Lets start with the good news. Those people up on top of the building on first avenue are now removing the faulty brick facade by hand individually. Are you moving as fast as you can . Yes, we are. We evaluated whether we could put a crane there and that was reporter mondays rain of bricks shocked everyone as they fell 30 stories to the street below. No one was injured forcing the closure of businesses on the avenue the evacuation of apartments and adjacent buildings and a snarl of rush hour traffic around the nearby 59th street bridge approach. Its been delicate work and a difficult problem and those in charge say its not something to be rushed. Listen, i dont want to keep first avenue closed any more than anybody else does but it has to be right and it has to be the safety of the people and the safety of the workers. Right . We didnt have anybody injured the first night this happened and im not going to have anybody injured as we go through this process. Reporter workers stabilized the loose bricks on the upper portion of the tower by injecting epoxy behind them so they can be removed without sparking a new cascade. One Restaurant Owner who has been out of work all week says it hurts but he understands. I can see these guys are working 24 7 since monday. They are trying their best. I hope everything falls into place and we can open on monday. Dealing with here. Youre looking live. 1966. These bricks are part of a the equipment on the roof. It isnt actually part of the difficulty. There was a space between the bricks and the wall behind it. And they are having to take it down without knocking it down and causing more problems. The city says the protective sheds and netting below will remain in place indefinitely while this work goes on. And the rest of the building is checked. The good news, first avenue should be opened on monday. We are live on the Upper East Side. Lou young, cbs 2 news. Farther uptown now dozens of people homeless tonight after a fastmoving fire ripped through a row of houses in the bronx. Nine buildings were completely destroyed. From across the street residents surveyed the damage hoping to be able to salvage anything that was burned in those remains there. Investigators say the fire broke out just before midnight on valentine avenue in the quickly spread. There was no time to do anything but run. My landlady knocked screaming fire, fire. I ran out, grabbed my phone, no glasses, no nothing. Freezing. 89. No one was seriously hurt. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Over to long island now, where bail was denied for the former Suffolk County police chief. James burke is accused of beating a burglary suspect and then coercing his officers to cover it up. The suspect was accused of stealing pornography and other items from burkes suv. A federal judge said the allegations against burke are, quote, shocking and says he is a danger to the community. Burke was arrested wednesday and pleaded not guilty to the federal charges. Department back in october. Flights into and out of Westchester County airport had to be stopped for about two hours this morning after a small plane skidded off the runway. This photo from the scene shows a tow truck pulling the the airport says the plane landed but then did not stop. The visibility was poor. No one on the plane was injured. An Appeals Court has granted an emergency stay that will allow draftkings and fan l0duel to continue business in new york. It comes just hours after a judge blocked the Fantasy Sports sites from offering contests in new york. State Supreme CourtJustice Manuel mendez issued the ban after hearing arguments last month. The state attorney general has called it a form of illegal gambling. Both draftkings and fanduel say its based on skill, not gambling. One of new yorks finest died in the line of duty. This morning the street outside the 105th straight 105 way. This is where he worked during his five years on the for the. Investigators say the 25year olds accused killer walked up to the unmarked patrol car and shot him. Detective moores parents are grateful for the street dedication to keep his memory his potential was unlimited but he went to work every day with one goal, he used to tell me he is going to work just to try to make the streets of new york a safer place for the people to live and to work. Trying to accomplish that, he wound up losing his life. Police commissioner bratton also spoke at todays ceremony. He called moore an exceptional young officer who made more than 159 arrests and received two Exceptional Police service medals. Coming up, a show of solidarity against a convicted Police Officer. He just picked the wrong yeah. Women who were sexually assaulted send a message to the man who betrayed them. What all the victims have in shopping trip turns a long island mother fights off a stranger who she is says also ahead, a mistake over a menorah. A feud in new jersey pits residents against their mayor. Have you planned your spring vacation yet . If you book now you could save ill tell you why coming up. We stop arthritis pain, so you dont have to stop. Tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The first is fast. The second lasts all day. We give you your day back. What you do with it is up to you. Voter reaction was tested to republican president ial candidate Donald Trumps proposal to temporarily ban muslims from entering the country. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer says there is a many feel its unamerican. Reporter donald trump world on its head when he sought to keep muslims out of the United States temporarily. More to be so politically yeah [ applause and cheers ] reporter but a new cbs news poll finds most americans come down on the side of political correctness. 58 say the United States should not ban muslims from other countries from entering 36 support the temporary ban and 67 say a ban would go against the founding principles of this nation. 25 say its in keeping with the founding principles. But this hot button issue has a sharp political divide. 54 of republicans support it. 73 of democrats and 59 of independents oppose the idea. Although donald trump is still the frontrunner, the poll shows movement for texas senator ted cruz who has moved into second place. Cruz now has the endorsements of Bob Vanderplatt a prominent iowa social conservative who has backed the last two winners of the iowa caucuses. I really believe and expect senator ted cruz to be the nominee in 2016. Reporter donald trump certainly doesnt think so. This morning he tweeted about cruz. Looks like ted cruz is getting ready to attack. Im leading by so much, he must. He will fall like all the others. Will be easy. People are looking for who is prepared to be a commander inchief, who understands the threats we face. Who am i comfortable having their finger on the button . Well, the poll also found that americans are divided about whether the federal government should keep a database on muslims in the United States. The majority didnt think they thought muslims were more sympathetic to terrorists than other americans. Governor Chris Christie showing a lot of life today. He is placing second in a couple of new polls in new hampshire. So given the fact that thats the first actual primary, he could turn out to be the [ laughter ] there too. He has. All right. Thank you, marcia. New at 5 00 now, victims officer in oklahoma, they broke their silence today. The women we are showing you are some of those who were attacked by daniel holtzclaw, the former Oklahoma City yesterday of 18 counts of rape and sex assault. Grandmother Janine Liggins was the first to report one of his attacks. He just picked the wrong lady to stop that night. Yes. I was afraid for my life. I kept begging him, sir, please dont make me do this. Dont make me do this, sir. He was accused by 13 women and convicted in eight attacks. He faces up to 263 years in prison when he is sentenced next month. Could sex lead to an disease . A frightening possible link. Cbs 2s dr. Max gomez with the reporter at 85, frederick and healthy. The first thing i do in the morning is do exercise. Reporter the retired history professor is taking part in an aging study at the medicine in the bronx. New research from the study and the elderly and memory decline. Participants who had the highest levels of stress were about twice as likely to develop Cognitive Impairment, this early stage of alzheimers dementia. Reporter for every 5point increase in stress core the risk of developing mild Cognitive Impairment increased by 30 . The past few years have been stressful for schweitzer. He was his wifes primary caretaker before she died last year from dementia. I feel this besetting sadness and loneliness. Reporter researchers say if seniors can learn to cope with stress they may be able dementia. Stress management physical activity, meditation, yoga. Reporter he is actively trying to stay positive and him down. We are living now, we must make the best of this moment, this day. Reporter for him that means doing the things he enjoys such as getting back to memoir of him and his wife. Dr. Max gomez, cbs 2 news. Researchers say about 15 of people with mild Cognitive Impairment go on to develop alzheimers dementia. Up next, controversy at the citadel. Students dressed in all white at the prominent college what do they have to say . A consumer alert for tea lovers. One brand recalled millions of bottles over something dangerous inside. Later the season of giving is also the season of tipping. So who should you tip and how much . Look at whats coming up at 6 00. Cbs reporter cbs 2 demands answer. This bodega owner says an mta construction fence was hurting his business. A fence that keeps customers away. Well, today we go back to the scene. Well show you what happened when the mta arrived. At 6 00. If you could see your cough, youd see all the sickness youre spreading. New robitussin cf max severe soothes and delivers powerful relief of cough, sore throat, stuffy nose and fever. New robitussin cf max severe. Because its never just a cough. Fact. 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She has to make the choice to be comfortable within herself. Reporter Oprah Winfrey is on board. She played the part in the movie. She allowed me to play the part and signed off and im humbled. Back but will she beer in instruments to but will she be nervous to perform for her . We have been working hard.