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WCBS CBS 2 News At 5 April 4, 2016

It will feel like the 30s with the wind chill. Thank you. The weather was wet, windy, and wild across the tristate area. Reporter good afternoon. We are on 210th street just off murdock avenue where evidence of the wild and really dangerous weather is still evident. Look at the huge tree blocking the street. People we spoke to had no trouble telling us what they really think about our spring weather so far. Its crazy like the rest of the world. It is unpredictable here. You cant know whats going on. Intense. The winds were intense. The rain was intense. Reporter an intense thunderstorm toppled a huge tree in front of this home. The tree took down power lines and landed on her car crushing it and two others. She feels like the treacherous spring weather is pay back for i guess its got to come sometime. Here it is. Hopefully after this is done, we will have a beautiful spring and not too crazy summer. Reporter the temperature roller coaster continues with day time highs a balmy 79 friday and will dip into the 40s tuesday. Its been really weird. You get teasers of nice weather and then its gone. Reporter replaced by devastating high winds and severe thunderstorms complete with hail and two systems that brought measurable snow to parts of the area. Now, this. Its pretty consistently gloomy and rainy and cold. Reporter people said all they can do is stay prepared by keeping rain gear and cold weather clothing close by. Nothing is put away yet. No, you have to anticipate were going to still have cold days. I think it is crazy. At least it is better than having the snow. Reporter others are dreaming of and waiting for the ideal spring day. Degrees is perfect. Reporter now, of course we are far from perfect. This tree is still down across the street. Com ed is working to untangle the power lines and then the tree can be lifted. We are with the mobile weather lab. Even though things are rainy, it is still relatively mild temperature wise. It will be sometime before we see the womans perfect 70 degrees. Back to you. Okay, elise. Todays weather postponed the yankees home opener. Fans who traveled on are took the day off to see the team excuse me if you hear the echoing. There are audio issues in our studio. Well have more in the half hour. Sorry, that threw me off but it seems we have it remedied. Get weather updates at any time by downloading the cbs 2 weather app. Get the forecast and temperature where you are. Itunes store and for android on google play. New information in the robbery turned deadly hit and run in brooklyn as police try to track down a suspect. We are learning more about the victim. Reagan is live with much more. Reporter good evening. It is still an active investigation behind me on 4th avenue and Green Wood Heights section of brooklyn as Police Continue piecing together what happened and who killed a 63 year odd man known in the community as a hard working family man. Take a good look at the Surveillance Video of a man running down 5th avenue if Green Wood Heights brooklyn around 9 15 this morning. Police believe this is the man responsible for causing so much pain and grief, accused of stealing a truck he used to hit and kill phil degrazia. Great guy, just family and work. Thats it. Seven days a week. It breaks my heart to see the family mourning and crying. It really hurts the whole community. Reporter workers say they were outside unloading equipment from their construction vehicle when all of a sudden someone got inside the vehicle and took off down the street. Thats when the owner saw what was happening and got in his truck and chased him down. Police say this, the two got stuck in traffic next to each other. He got out of his pick up to confront the man who took his truck. It was then when a local Business Owner heard something strange. They come here all the time, all the workers, to get food. I didnt think nothing of it. I kept doing what i had to do. All of a sudden i heard a bang. Reporter that was delagrazia getting hit. He ran him over. Reporter the suspect took cbs 2 obtained this Surveillance Video of the man. He is seen inside a nearby bakery moments after the crash appearing to change his clothes. Again, police need your help tracking down a man they believe hit and killed 63 year old phil delagrazia in the Green Wood Heights section of brooklyn. Thank you. New information, gurney iona college has claimed the life of a freshman student. A local resident is charged with murder. Lou young spoke with the devastated family. He was a good kid. He just went to school and worked. And he came home. Reporter a heart broken sister spoke with us hours after identifying her brothers body, the College Freshman died on a ball field in the early hours of sunday morning at the start of his life as an adult. He just celebrated his birthday two weeks ago, march 14. He was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Reporter he commuted to the campus and graduated last year he played basketball. Police say he was riding in a car with several friends when a a girl. The car was parked in a lot near lincoln park. We received phone calls from citizens about 3 15 in the morning on sunday morning. They heard what sounded like three different gun shots. Reporter whatever the beef, lawrence and one of the other occupants of the car parked in the lot stepped out on this ball field to settle it with their fists. It was during the fight that another occupant came up and shot lawrence dead and ran. When police arrived, they found the body, the car, and three witnesses. Police arrested the murder suspect at his home in new rochelle. At his First Court Appearance monday he decided to stay in the holding cell to avoid Police Released this mug shot of desir, arrested based on information from witnesses. They have not found the gun. Many supporters hid their faces as they left the court house saying nothing. The victims family struggles to make sense of it. He goes to work, church, school. He just went to a party at his college and came home and waited on his ride to come home. Reporter a Memorial Service is being planned. The defendant will be back in court for a bail hearing next week. Although lawrence played basketball in high school, he is not on the iona college squad. Friends tell us he belonged to the fashion club and was a member of the schools black student union. An Early Morning fire at Newark Airport forced widespread delays and cancellations creating travel headaches for passengers. Reporter the boiler room fire sent smoke billowing through terminal b as passengers, many arriving theyre saying i wont get there until 10 30 tonight. I have no idea. I come from pennsylvania. I am not happy. Reporter pictures show the plumes visible from the tar mack as crews worked to put out the flames that started in the boiler room ceiling just after 1 00 this morning. Around the time of flight to hong kong was scheduled to depart. A cbs news producer was among the passengers first evacuated. We started to smell smoke and you could see it rising over the top. About ten fire trucks showed up. Reporter hundreds were forced out as firefighters extinguished flames. Those passengers were eventually allowed back in only to be sent back out once again two hours later after a flareup. They just evacuated us back outside and no other communication other than just step outside. Reporter by the time the all clear was given around 5 00 am, passengers plans had already been ruined. Was your flight delayed . Reporter sherman porterfields flight canceled twice. It ruined my appointment for this afternoon. Not the greatest way to start my day but i will deal with it. Just ready to go home. Reporter no injuries to report but still plenty peopley cancellations and delays. If you are flying, you will want to check with your carrier. There is no word yet on what caused that fire. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused this fire, a warehouse fire in brooklyn broke out overnight inside a cold storage and Restaurant Supply facility on park side avenue. Fdny says pockets of flames kept popping up but may have been stored cooking oils that fueled it. Investigators say the building is a total loss but no one was seriously hurt. Campaign 2016, we are a day away from finding out who is the about eight inches cheese in wisconsin big cheese in wisconsin. The polls are indicating clinton and trump could lose. Reporter i hadnt thought of that one, big cheese. Wisconsin votes tomorrow. Two candidates came here today. Jon kasich and Hillary Clinton. Ladies and gentlemen, a big new york welcome to the next president of the united states, hillary rod am clinton reporter Hillary Clinton appeared with Governor Cuomo reminding new yorkers who vote april 19 that she has Home Court Advantage as a residents of west chester. I was so proud to be a new yorker all those eight years i represented you. I have always been proud, but i am even prouder today. Reporter the clinton and Bernie Sanders camps cant agree on a date to debate and sanders offered a touch of sarcasm. If we win in new york state between you and me i dont want nervous than she already is. Shes already under a lot of pressure. Reporter the latest cbs news Battleground Tracker shows crus with the lead in wisconsin and brought another provocative tweet from donald trump. We are at war. No one wants to admit it but humanity is under attack. Reporter trump went on the attack insisting kasich drop out because he can only win his home state. He is one in 30. He ought to get the hell out. I am not getting out. Why would i . Particularly when trump is worried i will get his votes which i always knew i could do. I dont think it is a state secret that donalds personal life has not been immaculate. But i have no interest in going there. Reporter trump admitted he made a mistake retweeting a photo of heidi crus. Trump said america is headed dick, thank you. In a moment, saved by strangers. A father and son risk their lives to save a woman trapped in a burning car. A turkey take over. The wild birds damaging cars and even breaking into homes. A major merger. The 4 billion deal that could shake up the Airline Industry and what it means for flyers. A bit later, determined to be a mom. How a super model overcame a heart condition and survived a laughing theres nothing like making their day. Except making sure their tomorrow is taken care of too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. Controversy at the United Nations today. Parts of an exhibit on israel were banned at the un because some thought it was inappropriate. The un reversed course but the debate is not over. Hazel sanchez has the story new at 5 00. Reporter before this went of 13 panels on zionism, injure use lem and jerusalem and others calling we will fight for the truth and we will make sure that the full exhibition will be presented at the un. Reporter a spokesperson for un secretary general says there was a misunderstanding about a photo on the Zionism Panel though he wouldnt plain what that was. After discussions with a Permanent Mission of israel the un reversed the decision and allowed it to be displayed. The other two are still banned. To say israel matters should not be an exhibit is saying you dont believe israel should exist. Thats wrong. Un spokesperson defended the decision saying displays need to be in conformity with purposes and principles of the organization. Country that should not be done at the expense of others who cannot immediately respond. We cannot accept the fact that the un is still disqualifying exhibition about democracy in israel. Stand with us says the un reversal of the decision is an important victory that sends a clear message about the importance of standing strong for what you believe in. The group says it wont stand down until the entire exhibit is allowed to be displayed. A un spokesperson says it deals with 193 Member States and regularly looks at the process to best serve everyone. Big deal in the Airline Industry. Alaska air is buying virgin america. The deal would be worth more than 2 billion. It would combine Airlines West coast presence, expand route departures and would give access to east coast airports including kennedy and la gardia. An escalator malfunctioned sending fans flying. People were thrown from the escalator and crashed into a pile as they reached the bottom. Some tried to bail over the sides to avoid the pile up. Several people were banged up but thankfully no one was seriously hurt. Not the Opening Night or day local baseball fans had in mind. Metz had a case of dajavu and it rained on the yankees parade. Hopefully tomorrow the sun will come out. The mets and yankees. From placing dallas who was 30 against them last season. It was called about 4. 5 hours before the start time because of inclimate weather. As far as the mets, they had to watch the royals celebrate world series win for a second time. A rough start, ugh, misplays a routine fly ball and that led to a run. Mets got down 40. A strike out ends it with a tying run on third, not the debut the mets wanted against defending champion royals. There are no royal victories. We are still 01. You dont want to go down three or four runs in the 7th, 8th 8th, 9th against those guys. There will be nights when theyll win a game but the next night we got something for you. Both teams will be back on their first wins of the year. 161 to go. Royals had the ring ceremony this week with the mets. A lot of emotion on that side. A rough start. We will rain on their parade tomorrow. Thank you. What will the weather be like for tomorrows game . Lonnie quinn is here with another look. It was yucky. Today was not a good day. Tomorrow for the game you are talking sunshine back in place. It may be every bit as cold tomorrow as it was today. We have freeze warnings and watches that go into effect tonight. North of inland west chester county, northwest new jersey you dont see a freeze watch or freeze warning because the growing season has not yet begun for the areas. Trust me, everybody is dropping look at the future temps we are forecasting. 28 is the warmest reading you will find in the area. We get to your high temperatures. I think it will be around 40 for new york city. It is showing 39 at 5 00 p. M. , 27 liberty, 40 toms river. Tuesday night into wednesday, a repeat performance. We are dropping down below freezing once again. That freeze warning we have tonight will be in effect again tomorrow night. Here is what we see on the vortex radar and satellite. This will be clearing the area. It will be colder tonight than it was last night. Any rain finishes as snow with no big accumulations. Thank you. Still ahead, common core testing starts tomorrow in new york. Will students even show up . A massive Money Laundering ring exposed with World Leaders accused of corruption. Who is behind the unprecedented leak . A suspect gets away from police but not for long. Helped officers find their man. T mt ard twk. Nogesurst00eginrn tanphe r st699 r nt li. Cae nofr teetspdshifa aa icthodon fs n. Finding colon cancer early gives me the best chance for treatment. Doesnt always come with symptoms. 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