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WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning March 28, 2016

More from kensington with magdalina. Reporter this victim has struck five times since january, and police are hoping to catch him. Police have been searching for this man since january. His pattern is clear after striking on january 20th in ridgewood, queens. Hes targeting queens residents. Typically approaching people entering their home in the afternoon. Many of the victims are vulnerable like 91yearold elizabeth jurino. She spoke to us after the incident. Im a single woman, and i live alone, leave me alone, and he he and he said give me the money. I have every officer in the 78 and in brooklyn out looking for him. And since then he has rob the three more people. This saturday afternoon we followed an 87yearold woman into her apartment, she was hit in the face with a blunt object and he ran off. A 94yearold man was held up, and he also approached an 83 yearold woman at gunpoint, showing a box cutter, and its believed that was his third victim. She is plagued with anxiety, afraid it could happen again. How are they going to catch him is this. Reporter the nypd and brooklyn county expect are offering a 3,500 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. Elise finch is in for john elliott. Its a good morning. Temperaturewise we are good. 42degrees as you head out the door. The light rains variable at 6 miles an hour. Not a huge rain event for us, but theres light showers as you can see there. Theres moderate rain, and some folks are not really seeing anything at all. A few more showers with this event, but it looks like it will be wrapped by your morning compute. The High Temperature 59 degrees, and thats good news. Now i want to send it over to your time saver traffic with kyla grogan. 96th street in both directions from broadway over this is because of a water main break. And we head to the koi smith midtown tunnel, and you can see we are going just fine here. One tube is shut for construction, and the other tube is shut down. Mary, over to you. Kyla, thank you. New this morning, the east harlem teenager found shot in the head has died. He was known has chico harris. Its unknown if he was the intended target of the shooting. Police are searching for the gunman. The search for a teenager missing in yonkers. Police say rivera apparently a silver alert has been issued for an elderly Upper West Side man. He was last seen his residence on friday. He is just over 6 feet tall, weighing over 160 pounds. New video of a trunk plunging off the turnpike. Two men from the bronx were driving off the western spur of the turnpike when they lost control. Men were injured but will be okay. An investigation is underway this morning in Washington Heights after a 28 yearold man was stabbed after an argument. When officers arrived on the store early head morning, the knife was still stuck in the victims back, and he was rushed to harlem hospital in his attacker is still more at large. Two her americans are confirmed among those killed. Justin and Stephanie Schultz has just dropped off her mother at the airport. Yesterday a remembrance for the victims turned violent when right wing members disrupted the rally. The protesters chanting antiisis slogans, and they are declared soccer hooligans, and they normally fight each other. We start and stand up. Reporter police with Water Cannons cleared the area. At least ten people were arrested. Were wounded in a terror attack. Christians were the intended target of the taliban. Police said they received no threats before the bombing. Minnesota left a real tombstone engraved with Donald Trumps name near tavern on the green. One witness says it took several workers to lift the heavy stone to the golf park. The Parks Department is not investigating at this time. Much happier news for the candidate again, he is a grandpa again to a boy named theodore this is trumps eighth grandchild. Hillary clintons daughter, second child this summer. Sanders had three victories over the weekend, and the republican race is featuring tacketyic of a lawsuit. Don champion is report featuring the threat of a lawsuit. Don champion is reporting. Welcome to the Republican Party. What is going on in the Republican Party is a disgrace. Reporter even though cruz narrowly lost to trump, cruzs campaign has been trying to sway 10 candidates including some for marco rubio, and cruz is facing more criticism for his proposal to patrol neighborhoods for muslim attacks. What it looks like is proactive law enforce. And addressing the problem and engaging the problem. Reporter john kasich said i dont know how you would do it, and we cant be aggravating the people whose cooperate we need. Reporter Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton dismissed the proposal. Sanders will try to build on his caucus victories in washington, alaska, and hawaii over the weekend. We are doing extremely well with young people, and we think we have a path toward victory. Reporter all the candidates will campaign in wisconsin are the voters will head to the polls next tuesday. Don champion, cbs 2 news. The new plan to test every school in North Carolina for lead. Also filling prescriptions that actually bans you have physically carrying your request to the presidency. Why your next chocolate bar could be more expensive. We are going to need our we have a wet morning, and things are gusty later in the day. The good news, the sun will return tomorrow. The full forecast. Nothing seems to work your hair is still thinning. You may have inactive follicles. Reactivate them with womens rogaine foam the only once a day product, proven to regrow new hairs up to 48 thicker revive your va va voom the faithful packed st. Patricks cathedral for the most faithful day on the christian calendar. Hundreds taking part in the easter celebration remembering not only jesus resurrection, but praying for the victims worldwide. Cardinal dolan is explaining how easter can be found in every daily. We celebrate the resurrection of jesus, yes, but if you think thats good news, try this. Jesus shared his victory, his resurrection with us. Outside the easter celebrations continued with people taking part of the elise finch is in for john elliott today. The good news is the weather held out for your easter activities. If youre celebrating today, you need the umbrella as you head out the door. Lets check with our weather watchers to see if theres rain out there. Its hit or miss at this hour, and we will check in right now, and temperatures are tightly clustered, and starting on long island this is bruce. Its 41 where he is, and in 1972, Elvis Presley reported his last major hit. I appreciate that. Some people are waiting if the rain this is barry. He said a shower earlier produced a trace of rain. Not seeing anything at the moment, and into the lower thompkins cove. Rain, and he is right. We actually do need it lets look outside this morning. We have certainly clouds and a little bit of fog and light rain, and currently 42 degrees, and as you look at temperatures around the tristate area, 36 for monticello, and 39 for the hamptons, and we are looking a at a couple of locations in the 30s, and everyone else low to mid40s, and the vortex radar showing the rain moving in. There are certain locations note seeing any rain, maybe a tiny bit of drizzle, and thats about it. We are sort of zooming in here for nassau and Suffolk County, and we are seeing widespread rain and pockets of moderate rain as well. Heres the Bigger Picture that shows you what we have to get through before we get to clear skies. Putting the futurecast in motion, you can see the morning commute, its a wet one. The rain fear gear. We will see things tapering off, and the evening commute will be dryer for you. Thats the good news. Tuesday into wednesday, rolling through, and skies are clear. Thats the good news. Today, we have rain, and we will also see winds picking up later in the day. 59degrees will be the high, and tonight, we are looking cool with blustery conditions. 48 is the temperature for tonight, and then headed into tomorrow, its cooler, but we get bright sunshine. Winds gusting blustery tomorrow, and we will be in the 50s, and theres a spike in temperatures for thursday and friday, and of course, you will need to break out the umbrella once again. Now i want to send it over to kyla. The rain is coming down, and unfortunately we have an accident in brooklyn. One lane of the belt parkway westbound is blocked. Is closed in both directions from broadway to west end avenue. This one not an accident, but generalry road work from a water main break in sea port we have sunrise highway closed eastbound because of a crash. You can see the lights, and you want to stick with merrick road as an alternate. Kyla, thank you. If youre just waking up, heres the news this morning. Steve sweeney and two others will unveil a plan today to test all schools for lead. No word yet on the cause of a deadly easter morning fire. An 88yearold man, retired Army Engineer was killed. His name not yet released. Glen graves will be on cbs arrest on st. Patricks day. He was handcuffed by four plain clothed officers. Cbs this morning beginning here at 7 00 a. M. Stock futures are higher as traders return from the holiday break. Markets had a mixed performance on thursday. The nasdaq added 4 points, and the s p 500 fell by less than a point. Not something you hear every day, airline cabins becoming more comfortable. The economy seats will be 18 inches wide longer than the airbus competition. Airbus says it comes after customer criticism over a lack of space. Enjoy the Chocolate Easter bunny while you can. The price of chocolate is about to go up. The demand is growing in asia, and as a result, the one key ingredient is up 10 compared to last year. Doctors in new york are going high tech. Paper prescriptions for residents are out. Carolyn gusoff reports. Reporter gone are the days of walking into the a new york pardon mesy to drop off the prescription. The old paper script is history. 60,000 doctors, dentist, and others now required to submit the prescriptions electronically. Overall, its an excellent change. Reporter aaron kim says theprescribing reducing errors. You dont have to drop it off and wait. It will be waiting for you. Reporter the motivation behind the system called istop was addiction, authored by eric from shopping for doctors. We are going to curb the incidents of the criminal acts and also reduce errors in handwriting on good faith prescriptions. Reporter drugstores held up and lives lost over prescription. Oxycodone has been the gateway to the heroin epidemic in new york. Its a tremendous initiative to combat that. Reporter he wants the system to go further with doctors required to install sometimes expensive software, and they are hoping it will mean more time with patients. Its time consuming, and now everything in the computer, i know what the patient is on theres less room for errors are. Reporter pharmacists will continue to honor paper prescriptions for some time, but doctors who write them could face fines and even jail time. The epic battle in the box office, and despite bad reviews, i will tell you, this thing was super over the weekend. New york city is a step closer to smokeless tobacco at yankee stadium. When the mayor says they are have a new law. We will have a check of weather and traffic right after for years to come. Spruce up your home today with up to 30 savings on hundreds of styles and colors. Spring is here. And so are the savings. 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. And so are the savings. Blinds to go. Blinds for life. Well, its not the greatest start to the day, thats for sure, but its monday, the start of the new workweek, and its march 28th. Its going to warm up out there, and john is off this week, and elise is in with traffic and weather on the 2s. Good morning to you, and i know its dreary when you walk out the door, but keep this in mind when you walk out the door. We need rain. The door, and for a lot of us at this particular movement, a little cloud cover, fog, and drizzle with more significant rain right now on long island. You can see the Bigger Picture showing we have the cold front, and we need to watch the moisture push through, but the system is weakening as it moves into our area. This afternoon, expecting temperatures mid to upper 50s, and a few low 60s thrown in there. You need the umbrella this morning, and then later this evening, things turn gusty, and be prepared with an umbrella. Its time to slow down this morning as we have rain out there. In brooklyn, two lanes of the belt parkway westbound at knapp street, blocked. And then west 96th street is closed because of emergency road work from an earlier water main break, and another seaford this is closed in both directions at washington avenue, and its due to another accident investigation, and stick with merrick road as your alternate. Smokeless chewing tobacco will soon be disappearing from sports arenas. Mayor de blasio will make it illegal for players and fans to use smokeless tobacco. Similar laws have been enacted in boston, chicago, and other cities. 4 54, and in the next half an hour, calls for a crackdown on the costume characterrers in times square. A Westchester Community opens its hearts and wallets for a mother with cancer, but was it all a scam . The new batman versus superman movie is a big hit. This morning. Stay down if i wanted it, you would be dead already. A strong showing of batman versus superman at the box office. Despite the weak reviews, dawn of justice took in 170 million in the weekend debut. Its the sixth best opening of all time, the best ever for warner brothers. Batman versus superman followed up by zootopia, my big fat wedding 2, and miracles from heaven and divergent rounding out the top 5. Its amazing with the reviews. All right, john is off, a quick look. We have rain today, and just if it bums you out, we need the rain. The weather will slow you down. The big key here, its better to get there safely than dealing with the rain and flying all over the highway we have accidents to tell you about. The search for the man preying on the elderly. Chaos erupts in brussels at the spot of the terrorism attacks. Theres rules you need to know for filing your taxes after you say i do. A ring was stolen and then suddenly found. More when we come back at 5. Straight up at 5, 42 degrees for this monday, march 28th. We will have showers this morning, and it will clear out for the next several days. Traffic and weather on the 2s in a moment. Time and time again we hear of costume characters behaving badly. Calls for around the world to make this a harassment free world. Good morning im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. Targeting seniors around brooklyn. Magdalena doris is live. Reporter the latest victim is 83 years old. She opened her door after he knocked and was assaulted. The suspect has attacked five times since january, and they are releasing video to hopefully catch him. A 250pound brood. Reporter his pattern is clear after strike in ridgewood, queens, hes now targeting brooklyn residents, typically approaching people entering their homes in the afternoon. Many his victims are vulnerable like 91yearold elizabeth gurino. She spoke to us after the incident. I said police leave me alone. Me alone. He said give me the money. I have every officer in the 78th and brooklyn out looking for him. Reporter that was march 4th, and since then he has robbed three more people this saturday afternoon, he followed an 83yearold woman into her Apartment Building and hit her in the face with a blunt object and ran. On march 19th, a 43yearold man was held up. That same day, he approached an 83yearold woman making away with 300. Its believed that mrs. Gionio is his third victim. She is plagued anxiety, afraid it will happen again. Reporter theres a 3,500 reward being offered for the mans arrest, and police are asking you to check your getting into the your home. Live in the kensington section, magdalena doris. Thank you. Elise finch is in for john. Reporter make sure you bring your umbrella as you go out the door. Lets check now in central park. Winds out of the east at 9 miles an hour, and theres a number of locations seeing rain now, and others have seen rain and will again. You can see the most widespread and steady rain is over long island right about now, and theres more rain coming our way as we widen out the vortex radar, and you can can see theres more moisture. Theres a couple more hours to deal with as you bring the rain gear out this morning. The hourbyhour forecast this morning. We start in the 40s, and we will get to 59 degrees today. Thats the good news. Headed out late in the day, and of course it will get windy headed into the Late Afternoon and early evening, and first its rainy and then gusty and i want to send it over to kyla with time saver traffic. Keeping an eye on things. Rain mixes with the oil on the roads, and its very slick roads. Thats what we are seeing this morning. In brooklyn, two lanes westbound at knapp street on the belt parkway, blocked. Closure between broadway and west end avenue, and thats because of road work from an earlier water main break and there is a 3car crash. And thats going to be a trouble spot for you this morning, and in seaford, we take a live look there. Sunrise highway, you can see, has a lot of Police Activity. Its closed in washington avenue, and thats due to an accident investigation. Its busy out there, everybody, take it easy. Alternateside parking rules in effect citywide. Chris, over to you. Thank you. The man accused of attempted murder against a prisoner. Sheldon levanon is accused of shooting mark collins. He was placed in a medically induced coma during his recovery, but he did testify during the trial. The east harlem teenager found shot in the afternoon has died. He is known as chic orchestra o triveras. Police are still searching for the gunman. Kim jongun is recordedly testing a new rocket system, and they also fired five short range missiles off the countrys coast. Married couple are confirmed to have been killed in the deed in the brussels terror attacks. That brings the total number of americans killed to four. Right wing member protesters chanted antiislam messages yesterday during a vigil. They are selfdescribed as the soccer hooligans, and normally they fight each other. Riot police with

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