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WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning March 23, 2016

To be on the run now been identified and two siblings with ties to new york remain missing. Sasha and alexander have family in the netherlands but living here in the city. Jonathan has more from brussels. Someone help me reporter passengers ran in panic after a bomb exploded in the departures area. A second blast followed. Very loud. It was not something that fell on the ground or something that, you felt kind of shocked. Belgium police say these are the suspects. Investigators believe the two men in black blew themselves up they wore gloves that may have hid detonators. About an hour later a bomb tore through a subway station that serves the european parliament. We received a big blast of air and the train stopped. The dark tunnels to safety. Security forces have been conducting raids here in brussels, one of them investigators say they found an explosive device with nails chemicals and an isis flag. There were three mission tears from utah, one blast knocked seth to the ground. The belgium businessman played College Basketball in michigan. His father spoke to his son on the phone. Saw people dead and people dying so thats, im sure that will stay with him for the rest of his life. Belgiums Prime Minister warned more attacks could be coming. He has called for three days of official mourning. Cbs news, brussels. In just a moment, a look at the response here in new york but first traffic and weather on the 2s lets begin with you. Hi everybody well see warmer temperatures, might not clouds over head, plan on those nice warm numbers. Theyll be a lot more variety for your thursday as far as high temperatures around the area. Flying high over the city no problems, 49 here is the fine print that southwest wind, southwest wind a warm wind up to 20 miles per hour. There is a front to the north we had mentioned the possibility of a few showers, parts of the Hudson Valley you could see a passing shower a little bit of light rain dont think the city will see much of anything except more clouds and numbers like this. Out the door right around 50, the 60s by lunchtime shooting for that high of 68 well above normal with a mix all day of sun and clouds i think more clouds though than we saw yesterday. What are we going to see on the highways and by biways. In engelwood, closed in both directions due to Fire Department activity. About as we take a live look outside well head to the bronx where we have an accident blocking two lanes you can see the traffic here on the eastbound cross bronx expressway, delays stretch back to the Alexander Hamilton bridge. Traffic has not yetreached the George Washington bridge. Alternate side parking is in affect city wide, chris and mary back to you. Thank you. In the wake of the belgium terror attack, mayor deblasio is stressing there are no known Credible Threats here in the city. Nypd is boosting security, we have janelle burrell. Reporter you can see this Police Presence here behind me right in the heart of times square. There are also Counter Terrorism units here as well as below times square part of this large show of force to the brussels attacks. More eyes watching, more heavily armed police on the ground, more security for one terror. We are the number one terrorist target in the country and potentially the world. It does make me feel good because of knowing what happened in brussels. In the wakes of the attacks at Brussels Airport and metro. Bill bratton and mayor deblasio stopped in times square touring the subway station under scoring the citys readiness and Immediate Response. All of these units were deployed literally between the time of the attack in belgium and the beginning of the morning rush hour. A 55 person unit started patrolling underneath times square tuesday. Now more than 500 officer, many with military assault rifles, are deployed at major transportation hubs including Grand Central, penn station, key city landmarks and airports Port Authority had this military vehicle outside an entrance. Youve seen the armor truck, makes me feel safer the guys Walking Around makes me feel a little safer. Reiterating theyll use all the sources available to keep the area safe. From radiation detectors dogs, moving through a crowd to special weapons teams. Now, nypd Officials Say there are no specific or Credible Threats against the u. S. Or right here in new york city, but they say you can expect to see Police Presence like this around the city in the coming days and weeks to come. Reporting live this morning from times square, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. Stay with cbs 2 and cbsnewyork. Com. The commissioners will be live beginning at 7 a. M. Holy week, a tragedy posted on twitter shows flails shooting through the roof of the First Presbyterian church. Firefighters say the fire was in the sanctuary of the church established in 1860. Cheryl saw the fire and called for help. I hear windows shat everything and there is fire and smoke everywhere. So then i call 911 and everyone shows up. We really were the home church of most of the persons who founded the town so it does hold a special place in the heart of this town. No one was injured the pastor says they still plan to hold Easter Sunday service. Well for the third time in a week a new york city student caught with a gun at school. Reporter this is the 9 millimeter handgun found tuesday afternoon in the here at ms61 in Crown Heightsbrooklyn. Police sources say the gun was not louded but the teen was carrying two clips with 9 bullets. Students after school still unclear what all the commotion was about. Some people telling me it was a knife at first, after that people were telling me it was a gun. According to police sources, the teen allegedly told a school dean he was having a personal problem with someone outside the school and told the dean he would handle it. The dean became suspicious and asked School Safety to search his backpack thats when the gun was found. Is it scary to hear someone might have a gun in school . Yeah pretty scary right now. As department of education spokesperson tells us there is zero tolerance for weapons of any kind. This marks the third gun found in the students backpack in one week. Gregory floyd, president of local 237. Metal detectors need to be strikes. Catastrophic incidents. How long can we continue to avoid these incidents . We are very lucky. That 14yearold was brought here to the precinct where he told officers he got the gun from a friend. Hes been charged as a minor with criminal possession of a weapon. Reporting from Crown Heights cbs 2 news. New information on the shooting of an aide to Governor Cuomo killed during last years parade. Police released photos of four people there looking for three men range in age from 25 to 35 a woman is said to be between 18 and 20. All are wanted in the shooting that killed 43yearold carry in brooklyn. The commissioner bratton will talk about the case this afternoon. To campaign 2016 in results from yesterdays voting in three western States Hillary clinton and donald trump were big winners in arizona, ted cruz and Bernie Sanders took the caucuses in utah and here is a look at the updated delegate counts donald trump remains 735. Ted cruz with 447. 1237 are fielded needed. Hillary clinton leads Bernie Sanders with 1684, sanders 924. 2383 are needed to win the democrat nomination. Time is 4 40. The husband of a real housewife of new jersey about to enter a jail cell. Also this morning, home left in limbo, a sandy victim scammed out of thousands of dollars, we tracked down the contractor who allegedly made off with the cash. The long fight is over, why Madison Square garden and the attraction. 4 42. Big change today. Feel a lot more like spring, skies may not be as pretty. Here is nice numbers it is a matching set of fours, thats from andy dunnburg, he is going to get ready to ride. I like this from bruce adams did you know that in 1839 the material okay is introduced so today is okay day. Old kinderhook. And 42. Also World Meteorological day, formation of that agency. The World Meteorological association and his dog says you know what, so what. It is also puppy day so yeah thats a whole lot to celebrate and i like that is daniels puppy as well. Soaking in the sun. Maybe not as much sun to see today well see warmer temperatures so the dogs will want to get out there and walk and youll want to ride in the city relatively quiet, we do for many theyll be a few passing showers, maybe a sprinkle into parts of the Hudson Valley, 49 wind out of the southwest at 20 thats that warm up. 47 in babylon, 49 in the hamptons 48 in belmar. Coolerreadings in the north not by much. 10 to 20 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. Boy that beautiful moonlit sky, how many people saw jupiter . In the studio folks saw jupiter. Thats what were looking at now with the clouds filling in harder to see venus and jupiter. Sullivan, maybe down to orange that front should stay to the north you can see it stretches all the way out west. Here we see a mix of sun and clouds, front on top of the tv screen the push will lead to cooler temperatures along the coast and warmer conditions inland. Look at early friday. If friday is a travel day or good friday, thats when we see some showers, numbers not that cool friday, we do see a cooling trend in the works for the weekend before were right back in the low 60s first part of your week. Unfortunately we have action out there to tell you about this morning already in jersey city, pacific avenue closed in both directions at cavin point from a fire. The goethals bridge is closed for construction until 5 a. M. , youll want to stake with the bayon bridge as your alternate. We have an accident in the bronx. It is blocking two lanes on the eastbound cross bronx expressway at jerome avenue you can see we have delays there. Stretching back to the Alexander Hamilton bridge. Alternate side parking is in affect city wide. If you are just waking up good morning here is a look at stories making headlines. In the death of robinson, stabbed in a park. And charged with say salt. Now he allegedly hit robinson in the head with a bottle as he day dying. In albany the state assembly voted to legalize mixed martial arts fights. That became the last state where the sport is allowed the bill must be signed into law by Governor Cuomo who says he supports legalizing mma. The husband of one of the new jersey real house wives is supposed to report to prison, begin serving a 41 sentence for bankruptcy fraud. And stocks, Airlines Cruise companies declined following the attacks in belgium. The dow jones lost 41 points, u. S. Airlines are waiving rebooking fees, American Delta and united issued new tickets, additionally some passengers whose flights were canceled could qualify for refund. Starbucks wants to donate all of its left over food from its 7,000 u. S. Locations. The company says the items will go to feeding america which runs a National Network of food banks. Starbucks plans to get ive 5 million meals, they make sure the items remain safe to consume. The recovery from superstorm sandy. Saying she has been ripped off by one particular contractor. As Steve Langford reports, she is not the only one. A few hundred yards the home thats been in marys family now at the center of one nightmarish dispute. Unfortunately i gave him the money, wasnt thinking very well i gave him about 137,000. A 61yearold woman who struggles with a neurological disorder says she handed over most of her Sandy Recovery money to handle rick. He was supposed to raise the house. I think it was 8 feet. The house elevation job never happened and rick water disappeared last year, no longer returning her calls. But we found rick at his office in florida. What happened to the work on her home . Complete, he says. Thats not what she says. He would not agree to have his voice recorded, denies getting 100,000 says he is no longer in business. You are saying the company no longer exists so you dont it shows his name as the corporate agent. And in new jersey the department of consumer repairs reports 7 complaints last year. And the Mercer County Prosecutor Says it has one criminal complaint for theft by deception on a Home Construction deal. Now she says she could lose everything. If i dont get the house completed with their money, they take the house. The storm that never ends in new jersey. A former mayor rob ford died after an 18 month old battle with a rare form of cancer. He was marred by drinking problems and illegal drug use, reportedly seen on video intoxicated in public. His cancer diagnosis forced him to drop a bid in 2014. He leaves a wife and two children, rob ford was 46. Time is now 4 49 still to come the blue angels what caused the smokey situation that had the commuters on edge in light of the belgium attacks . Well have another check of traffic and weather on the 2s on cbs 2 news this morning. Our bacteria familys been on this cushion for generations. 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Construction crews are in the process of picking up the construction on the lower level of the George Washington bridge. Alternate side parking is in affect city wide, deep breath as we start our hump day, right . Okay. Thank you. What turned out to be a modifier sent people in a panic with many people on edge. Firefighters quickly responded it was the only area evacuated Train Service was not disrupted. In our next half hour, what to do with a terror attack like the one in brussels strikes here . Should you run and hide . Well get tips from a security expert. The new steps to find the drivers trying to beat the trains to the crossings. Next seven decades of thrills, what the blue angels are doing for the trip to the beach. This is cbs 2 news this morning. Blinds to go faux wood blinds combines the warmth of natural wood with modern durability to make any room beautiful for years to come. Spruce up your home today with up to 30 savings on hundreds of styles and colors. Spring is here. 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And they are that close, thats the amazing thing. Jones beach folks we are coming towards you still ahead, on alert in searching for a terrorist well update you on the very latest coming out of brussels. A brother and sister with ties to new york still missing the desperate search for information. The next time you hit the atm you may be able to leave bag, the new trend that lets you use smartphone to take out cash. Do they have what it takes to belt out the National Anthem . In citi field. Live from studio 46. Morning. Coming up on 5 00, 49 degrees on this wednesday march 23rd. We are heading into the 60s today, well stay there at least until the weekend well have traffic and weather on the 2s in a molt. Security around new york city is as tight as it can be in the wake of the terror attacks in belgium. Teams patrolling subways and other vital locations. In brussels a search for a terrorist intensify as they identify two of the attackers as brothers the third terrorist wearing the hat is still at large. Good morning im chris wragge. Im mary calvi. 31 people are con if i confirmed with 260 injured, they confirmed them as brothers, known for past crimes but as in terrorism. To new york remain missing, sasha and alexander have family in the netherlands but living here in the city. Reporter tuesday night in belgium candles cast a glow with sadness in fear in a nation thats been on edge for months. It was not a beg surprise it was expected. Several exits all the luggage stays here. At least four terrorists hit two targ

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