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WCBS CBS 2 News At 6 February 28, 2016

Reporter a Family Birthday Party transformed to tragedy when Jose Contreras was killed by a driver in a black s. U. V. Getting on the cross bronx expressway at webster. The vehicle fleeing. The victims son found his father. He was trying to walk back toward the hall and it happened while he was crossing the street back. Reporter when you have the walk sign along here you have traffic barreling both sides to get on the cross bronx. In the middle of the night, 2 30 a. M. In jamaica queens a 22yearold woman hit in a crosswalk by a silver minivan. The victims condition unknown. The driver gone. 3 30 a. M. In manhattan, a 30yearold man on spring street at 6th avenue hit by a car. The victim is in stable condition. The car speeding away. 4 40 a. M. In queens 111th street another deadly hit and run. The man was here. And he was laying right here. Walking home when she saw something on the street. I was like and we looked and realized it was a body. Reporter a 46yearold died when he was getting something out of the back seat as a car smashed into him then sped away. Somebodys father, brother, son. I dont know but my prayers to the family. Reporter a 41yearold man in his bike on 5th avenue hit and killed by a gold colored sedan. The driver fleeing the scene. In the bronx, the son of one of the five victims posing the question all may ask. I would love to know who did this, why. Why they left. Reporter five hit and run drivers now at large in the tremont section of the bronx, steve langford, cbs 2 news. The mayor says the nypd is aggressively pursuing the perpetrators and looking at video to identify those response i believe. Breaking news in another the victim is an off duty nypd officer. Police say 25yearold Vincent Harrison was killed on the new jersey turnpike around 3 00 a. M. In elizabeth. He pulled over at and got out of the car when he was involved in car accident. He was hit by another car that fled the scene. A man is shot waiting for the sway in subway in brooklyn. The 22yearold Victim Told Police he was waiting for a 3 train when two teenagers shot him for no apparent reason. He is hospitalized but expected to be okay. The teens have not been caught. Now to the warmer weather which inspired some people to go golfing in the middle of winter. This was the scene at the Dyker Beach Golf Course in brooklyn. Elise finch has a look at the forecast. Hi, cindy. It was a warm one. 62 today. Central park 60 as forecast. J. F. K. 58. Bridgeport 55 and islip 523 53. It was inventory credible belly mild forecast. Temperatures today, as you can see the 60degree, that is the normal high for april 12th. Thats the kind of weather we had. Hopefully you had a chance to enjoy it. 59 in central park. 57 sparta and belmar. 56 white plains. 38 in the hamptons. We are seeing things cool down a bit. I will have more coming up because we have more of this springlike weather on the way. Cindy . Thank you. New trouble for the cruise ship that got tossed in a bad storm. Anthem of the seas is heading back to bayonne amid concerns of another storm and a possible norovirus outbreak. The anthem of the seas made headlines after traveling into 30foot waves in high winds rocking passengers for hours. Late saturday, Royal Caribbean tweeted the ship is returning a passenger said the captain made announcements about the norovirus. Its not clear how many were affected. New at 6 30, a gruesome discovery at park in upper manhattan. A suspected severed horse head stuffed in a cardboard box. A woman walking by Harlem River Park spotted the box around 11 00 a. M. Sanitation department removed the box. Police are trying to figure out where it came from. Heating up. Hazel sanchez reports while Hillary Clinton cemented the frontrunner status in South Carolina yesterday, it doesnt look like Bernie Sanders is ready to throw in the towel. Reporter as the clock clicks down to super tuesday, several southern states. After a victory from South Carolina, Hillary Clinton made her way to tennessee congregation to help keep her leading. I need your help tuesday. The primary in tennessee is important. I hope you will come out and vote. I would be honored to earn your vote on tuesday. Reporter senator Bernie Sanders spent time in texas and minnesota. Speaking on face the nation, sanders said he is optimistic. We have developed enormous momentum all over this country. It was a tough fight. We will do well on super tuesday and well in many states after that and we look forward to those state by state struggles. Reporter while republican frontrunner donald trump spent the weekend campaigning with his latest endorser, new jersey governor chris christie, he is denying support he is receiving from Klu Klux Klan leader david duke. He urgeed radio show listeners to vote for trump and volunteer for his campaign. I dont know if he endorsed me. I know nothing about david duke. Supreme mists. Trump believes he will sweep on tuesday. We are the only campaign that has beaten donald trump and we are the only candidate that can beat donald trump. I have been an underdog my whole life. We will do well. We will pick up a lot of delegates on super tuesday. I think trump will win all of them but you keep holding your own. Our Campaign Plan was to hold our own in some of these places and we will. Reporter late this afternoon, donald trump received his first endorsement from the u. S. Senate. Alabama senator Jeff Sessions announced his support standing al lock side trump at rally in alabama. Thank you. New information on a Police Officer from virginia killed on her first day on the job. Investigators arrested this man, Ronald Williams hamilton, an army staff sergeant. He is charged with murder, accused of shooting and killing she responded to a call south of d. C. Two other officers were injured. Police say hamilton was arguing with his wife and had already shot and killed her by the time police arrived. Troubling trend on the Long Island Railroad. On time performance is down for the fourth straight year. The railroad says the problem isnt their fault. A fight over shrinking seats. How Airline Passengers may be guaranteed space without paying more for it. Later, getting the gift of freedom. When does your body become a medical breakthrough . When 61,000 people look at it differently. While others only focus on healing your body with new medication, were researching bioelectronic medicine that will help your body heal itself. But raise the standard of health care. North shorelij is now northwell health. So, what moves me . Its the journey. The feeling of doing. Its making choices for a healthier me, a healthier us. Im on my path and i love it. The path to a healthier you starts with natures path pumpkin flax granola. Crunchy clusters of delicious organic oats, flax and pumpkin seeds, with all the goodness to nourish you and your family. Natures path granola. New tonight, a burglar breaks in a home in new jersey. The family with children were sleeping. Here are pictures from surveillance cameras that recorded a hooded man entering and leaving the house on wyoming drive in toms river. It happened around 4 30 in the morning. Police say he stole purses and then left. If you think the Long Island Railroad was moving slowly last year, you might be on to something. New statistics showed trains were late more often in 2015 than at any point since 2000. The annual operating report showed on time performance fell for the 4th straight year. Trains forced to end runs early before reaching the destination rose by 29 . Says a lot of factors slow down Train Service including derailments, east river tunnel issues and trespassers. The mta released a statement saying the l. I. R. R. Is undertaking extensive infrastructure renewal that will improve on time performance over the long term. Charles schumer is pushing flights. He wants the faa to have minimum seat standards. He said seat sizes are shrink. Nothing bothers people more than the fact that there is almost no leg room. The average passenger feels like they are being treated as sardines, squeezed and squeezed and squeezed. Schumer says the average distance between rose of seats in 1970 was about 35 inches. Today its 16 1 2 inches. Our weather roller coaster continues. Workweek. Elise finch has the extended forecast. It will change his life. Parents thanking stangers for giving their boy a gift he ahh. Ah. You probably say it a million times a day. Ahh. Ahh ahh. Ahh but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. Say ahh. Ahh. Cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your innetwork annual checkup. So america, lets go. Know. Ahh and take control of your health. A new jersey child with a rare disorder had a life changing day thanks to a generous donation. He can move around more freely because of a local foundation and a big surprise. Ilana gold has the story. Wheeled into garfield, new jersey. All the surprise gavin. This pricey medical stroller is his to keep. Its something gavin and his parents needed. It will change gavins life. He can do regular every day boy things. Reporter he a genetic condition that affects his heart. It will make getting around easier. We can do our every day normal things without getting a wheelchair for him. A local organization that helps new jersey children with rare conditions called let them be little heard gavins story. The founder was looking for funds and called up to help. I said what do you need. He said i need 3,500. I said you got it. You didnt think twice. I had no right to think twice. Reporter he saw his money was more than well spent. How much does this mean to you . Its i cant describe it. Im having trouble not tearing up. Reporter this Foundation Rare disorders to help so today is about fundraising. We just try to make each day is year for these families that are going through challenges. Reporter so they held a pancake breakfast to spread awareness. It prompted bill carol to make another generous donation. I will give another 10,000 because i want to help more children. Reporter his efforts making a difference in gavins life. Ilana gold, cbs 2 news. The foundation started a year and a half ago. It has helped 20 local children with rare health problems. Elise finch is here with the exclusive cbs 2 forecast. Beautiful day. This was a good one, especially on a sunday, so many people off, having an opportunity to get out and enjoy not just the sunshine but incredibly mild temperatures. Lets check in with our weather watchers. We start on long island. This is david. 49 where he is. Beautiful day. Keep them coming. I know. We are getting ahead of ourselves. Lynn in bloomfield, such a nice day, Brookfield Park at capacity. Can it last . Lynn, you know where im going with this one. Hudson river valley we have low 50degree temps. Morgan, 54 where he is. What kind of temps in the city . Take a look, warm, clear, 59 is what we will call it. Winds out of the southwest at 13 miles per hour. Taking a look at the High Temperature today. 60 degrees. That is what we made it up to today t. 60 degrees. A full 15 above where we should be for this day of the year. The low this morning 38. This was definitely a nice day. As we continue on here, we are taking a look at the temperature trend. We did 60degree temps today. Yesterday closer to normal at 51. We will do it again tomorrow. Then we see a bit of a decrease on your tuesday. Mild. Above where we should be. Vortex satellite and radar showing the impact. A wider view and you can see that we have a front. So, basically we got activity on this frontal boundary. We are enjoying a nice surge of melted air in advance of the front. We are watching for this to move across the area. This is how it plays out. As we continue through your monday, here is what happens. An increase in cloud cover. Rain into your monday morning. Not a huge rainmaker but a chance to see rain. That is your monday. As we continue on, we will see really a little bit of a wash out late monday. Through tuesday, not a lot of activity t. On wednesday the next chance of rain. Clouds, chains of rain early then we are watching this line poised to move through wednesday afternoon. Monday morning then we are watching wednesday. Tonight mostly clear. Not nearly as cold as it has been. 45 degrees the low temp. Tomorrow, well, in spite of the morning chance for rain, it stays mild. 60 degrees. We are expecting to do it again on monday. Of course we are doing the official countdown to spring. There are 21 days officially left so, three weeks until spring. It will feel like spring again tomorrow with the 60degree temperature. 53 for tuesday as we say hello to march we have mild rainy conditions on wednesday then we are watching something for friday. We could see snowflakes. Talk about a mixed bag in one workweek. We are getting it all. I am happy about tomorrow. I know you are. Thank you very much. You can get weather updates by downloading the cbs 2 weather app. Get the forecasts, send is your live pictures and video. Its free. Still ahead a four legged pest makes himself at home. Trade. A lot of College Basketball today. Steve overmyer is here with sports. Great story in new jersey. 10 years, thats how long it has been since seton hall made no more sweating out selection sunday. This team can stop worrying about getting in and focus on how far they can go. They have reached 20 wins. Today they bumped heads with xavier. This is a team in conversation with one of the top seeds in the tournament. Seton hall man handled the musketeers. Game high 27 points for bronx born december see rodriguez. Pirates improve. 9 point win. First home win over a top 5 team in 12 years. St. Johns went from bad to worst. After the ugliest loss of the year. Creighton couldnt miss. Chris mullen said i will just get ejected. They lost 16 consecutive games earlier this year. Today they tied for the worst loss a 41 point loss. Me out on Live Television for not being a fan of pasta. I remember. Everybody does. I have heard about this nonstop. This week he took me to lunch to coach me on italian cue sin. We will have the results at 11 00. And mets short stop talks about a perm story. He weighs in on the turmoil in his home country of venezuela. That is tonight at 11 00. The rangers have made a big trade at the deadline. Welcome to new york eric stall. The former captain of the Carolina Hurricanes gives the team a much needed shot to the 22nd ranked power play. He leaves his brother jordan in carolina and joins his other brother mark with the rangers. Mets away from the first spring training game. The newest member of the hall of fame, mike piazza. He joined as a special instructor. Players were flocking to him for advice. Cooperstown in july. A week later the mets will host a mike piazza weekend. Knowing that they will put my number on the wall and the fans are so special to me and its great to share with them. They have been in my corner since the day i got here. So, to have them celebrate with them is great. I find baseball grounds keepers are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the field. Sometimes that means going the extra mile. In tampa, he had to ride the lift at home plate to remove a raccoon. They dont appreciate human interaction. Lets see how this ends for the raccoon. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my lord. After a 40foot drop, the raccoon scampered away. He was okay. Completely unharmed. A little scary moment there. 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