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WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning April 25, 2016

Morning we all have traffic and weather on the 2s but first several families displaced after a raging fire sweeps a row of homes in brooklyn. And there have been injuries to report cbs 2 has more live from Cypress Hills, good morning. Reporter good morning, chris and mary. Yes minor injuries to report and all residents belongings have been destroyed. I want you to take a look at whats been left behind after this six alarm fire. There are piles of rubble and two buildings extremely damaged but one build in the middle of those two. Thats a home that is no longer standing almost completely leveled by this fire and residents we spoke to though they were shaken were grateful no one was seriously hurt. She watched with tears in her highs as her home on arlington avenue burned sunday night. She rushed over from work to find the flames. Dont know. Her multifamily home along with two others were destroyed by the six alarm fire believed to have started in a nearby garage, 250 firefighters battled the fire. This is an area of buildings are very tight together all wood Frame Buildings, very tight together large body of fire, fire extends rapidly in these types of buildings. In cell phone video you can hear the wind fueling the flames. The dark smoke climbing as residents watched in horror. Annahad was evacuated by her home by firefighters. The smoke was black black black and then the fire was there. Four members of the ortega family were home when their house started burning. But at least everybody is fine. Thats what i care about. My mother, grandchildren, everybody is fine and thats all i care about. My house, ill worry about that later. A life . So during the four and a firefighters were injured, two civilians were hurt but everyone is expected to be okay. The material is nothing but the people they got safe and everybody is out. And you can see the amount of devastation left behind by this fast moving fire. The red cross is temporarily housing one family now that was displaced by this fire. The f did into y though is still working to determine the cause of the fire. Cbs 2 news. Thank you. Time now 4 32 time for traffic morning. Good morning chris and mary. It was a real nice weekend today its actually a little warmer but well see more clouds fill in during the course of the day. In fact in the city central park is observing clouds and 53, theres variety out there northeast wind at three cooler in the suburbs little bit of moisture in the atmosphere into parts of the Hudson Valley. I think you are umbrella free today but overnight tonight front will ease down from the north to the south so you see a better chance of showers and lets not forget we still need that rain. Hour by hour a mix of sun and clouds today 65 by lunch time, 68 at 2 00 in the afternoon and the low 70s today, so thats a bump from yesterday. What about the next few days . Well bump our way through that in a bit. Hopefully no bumping on the highways. No bumping allowed good morning john, everyone. Well we do have just a little bit of trouble to talk about in brooklyn arlington avenue is closed westbound between lynnwood and elton streets due to the ongoing Fire Department activity that we just mentioned so your better bet to get around this is jamaica avenue would be your alternate. A live look outside with very good news here the George Washington bridge were looking great nice and early yes but still things are moving well. Same story at the lincoln and holland tunnels, mass transit schedule looking good on north pass trains, Long Island Railroad. Alternate side parking is in effect citywide. Chris and mary . The search under way for the man police say stabbed a driver repeatedly in an apparent road rage attack that ended in a car crash. Cbs vail castro has more from the scene. I was streaming and scaring everywhere. Reporter this woman said she witnessed a case of road rage turn into a violent assault on the Upper East Side saturday night all from the back of a taxicab. It was from a horror story. It all went down on 61st street. The woman says the car in front of her cab suddenly stopped and the driver got out. He walked over to a blue ford parked on the side of the road. The driver of the ford got out and started stabbing the other man in the chet repeatedly. The guy who got stabbed came over to us right in front of the hood of the car and took his shirt off. He had a white shirt on. And when he took it off the blood was coming out of his chest. The woman says she and the cab driver got out and ran to a nearby building for help iran in screaming we both did, call the police, call the police. It was crazy. But before police could get there both drivers took off. The victim tried to drive himself to a hospital but crashed into a parked car near 76th and madison almost 20 blocks away. Drivers in the area sunday night say the incident makes them think twice about who else could be behind the wheel. You just got to just calm down and keep it moving. I think thats crazy. I wouldnt get out of my car if somebody does something id just stay in. I think that as far as going to the point of trying to kill somebody its just very troubling how our society is of not having patience. Police say the suspect is driving a blue ford with rhode island lance plates. No word yet on the cause of front in bayonne, new jersey, broke yesterday afternoon on east fifth street. Large plume of black smoke could be seen for miles. The fire was from a parking lot filled with Bayonne School buses but they were not damaged. The fdnyhad sent a fire boat across the river to get the flames under control. It the third brush fire within a week. Calls from mayor deblasios impeachment amid federal corruption investigation into his fund raising, Community Activist tony herbert announcing plans to join a rally demanding the mayor step down. He says there are three websites with petitions calling for mayor deblasio to leave office. This weekend we told you about a report claim the mayor violated Campaign Finance laws in the 2014 state senate races. We are concerned that youre leading this city in the wrong direction because you can not honestly represent this city having these criminal investigations on your back. Mayor deblasio tells a port concerning contributions to his campaign. A spokesperson offered a written comment saying they believe they did nothing illegal. Today president obama is expected to announce a plan to send an additional 250 u. S. Troops to syria to fight isis joining 50 special Operations Forces already in the ground. The president is expected to announce his decision during a speech. Now to campaign 2016 and Donald Trumps republican rivals joining forces a last ditch effort to deprive trump of the delegates he needs to win the nomination. Cbs 2 reports. Reporter the effort to stop donald trump took a new turn sunday night in coordinated statements ted cruz and john kasich announced plans to team up to beat the gop front runner in three upcoming primaries. The new strategy encouraging cruz supporters in oregon and new mexico to back john kasich while he asks his supporters in indiana to help cruz. Campaign based on yelling and screaming and cursing or unite behind a positive optimistic forwardlooking conservative campaign. Trump called the move desperate saying in a statement these two washington insiders had to revert to collusion to stay alive. He will wrap up more wins tuesday including delaware rich pennsylvania. Campaigning maryland sunday he pivoted to a general election match up with Hillary Clinton. I dont know if it will be easy or hard. Clinton is eying her own victories in four of the five stays, wins that would badly hurt Bernie Sanders bid for the nomination. I would be so honored and humbled to have your vote on tuesday. The vermont senator is vowing to press on. We are going to continue and fight this out until the last vote is cast. Connecticut, delaware, maryland, pennsylvania, and rhode island have their say tomorrow. The mayor of new jersey ed parker died. Parker was bergen countys first black woman together mayorelected in 2014 and she passed away at the hospital yesterday but the cause of death is not known. We do know she had previously fought cancer and she was 44 years old. The world is still mourning prince but likely no one more than his beloved hometown. Minneapolis city hall, again city hall paid tribute to the legendary bell tower yesterday and it chimed some of princes classic songs including nothing compares to you. He was found dead at his famed home thursday. Time is 4 40. Still ahead new questions about school safety. Now a child disappeared and ended up on the beach alone. But first a consumer alert that concerns parents should have about those popular detergent pods. Changes it will be a little warmer still dry, but those conditions will change soon too. Coming up. At 4 42 traffic and weather on the twos. Other than the graphics everything is so crisp and ready to go and ready to get you going as well. Weve got variety 52 in brooklyn, head up to yonkers at 50 but in the 40s, 46 this is tony with 46 and ill tell you what pretty pictures i love this. How about all these gorgeous flowers in bloom. I know pollen count is a pain but it sure does look nice in fact i like this too, beautiful sunset from yesterday, yesterday was just such a sweet day, and before you take flight get ready i appreciate this. A little silhouette of a little dove there and maybe a pigeon. Its a silhouette we are going today and then we get ready for the wet weather tomorrow and in the city right now, lady liberty hanging out shes got a few clouds coming in 53 wind out of the north east at three miles an hour relative humidity at 63 . Numbers around the area there is variety 53 the hotspot in the city but the hamptons at 42 so there is a 10degree spread and we have cool readings north and west, white plains is at 47 right now and on average its a little warmer than it was yesterday, exceptions being the hamptons and the jersey shore and thats going to be the case today even though many of us are three, four, five degrees warmer it will be cooler along the coast. Moisture in the atmosphere through parts of the Hudson Valley, but were waiting for this front to kind of ease through. We think that it happens overnight tonight into your Tuesday Morning so lets time it out for you. Into the afternoon its going to be that mix of sun and clouds likely more clouds to the north a little brighter for the island central south jersey tomorrow morning, yeah look at that. Little bit of activity heavy rain and isolated thunderstorm, and then a break not rest of the commute. But then into the afternoon we see a few more showers here comes that front. This is 2 00 tomorrow, a busier afternoon commute with this line of showers, with the potential for an embedded thunderstorm pushing through and then wednesday is a break before we get ready for a little bit more rain that likely will roll in on your thursday so its a bit of a busier week. I think if i had to pick the days it would be tuesday definitely and possibly thursday so its a little warmer today and him of sun and clouds and 71. Overnight tonight showers start to roll in and then you have a chance of rain on tuesday with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm, a break wednesday, and few more showers thursday into the first part of your friday and then notice thursday that will usher in slightly cooler air as well. I dont want toshier you out the door but if you have to go, kyla is here to help. You john. We do have one trouble spot in brooklyn arlington avenue is closed westbound between lynnwood and elton streets due to on going fdny activity so your best bet is to stick with jamaica avenue as an alternate but good news is as we take a live look outside no delays on the Southern State parkway at melbourne avenue, South Hempstead also clear on the meadowbrook parkway and Northern Tier state parkway. Lets take a live look at new jersey route 46 is clear at east homestead avenue and that was looking good alternate side parking is in effect citywide. If just waking up here is a quick look at the stories making headlines the search continues for a man who tried to rape a 24 year old woman in a Lower East Side Apartment Building this is Surveillance Video. The Woman Told Police he followed her into the elevator of her building saturday afternoon and groped her and followed her to her apartment but ran off when a man in the apartment came out. Continues today in brooklyn. Hes accused of setting a mattress on fire in the hallway of his building in coney island back in 2014. Responding Police Officer was killed and his partner was seriously injured and shes due to testify today. Public advocate joins hundreds of parents teachers and children at a city hall rally today. They will call on the city to include funding for 31,000 summer programs in the executive budget. An autistic boy is back home today after wandering away from his Brooklyn School and ending up naked waste deep in the ocean. Cbs 2 reports close call is a reminder of another queens tragedy. Reporter somehow a non verbal autistic 14 year old managed to walk right out of ps721 on avenue x in coney island just before 2 00 saturday afternoon during a Weekend Program for special needs students. An autistic boy should not be allowed to walk out of a school like that without anyone watching over him because its the department of education released a statement sunday blaming a Community Based organization that runs the program saying this is a deeply alarming incident. Nothing is more important than the safety of all students and staff. We are working closely with the organization that hosted the event and the nypd to investigate this incident. Police then got a strange call about a naked male on the beach neat west 12th street in coney island an hour and a half when the boy disappeared. When police got here to the board walk the boy whose name hasnt be released was out in the ocean and refusing to come out of the water, so they went into get him. He could have drowned. He was also nonverbal so he couldnt call for help she council says door alarms required should have prevented this. The 14 year old autistic boy who walked out of his Queens School in 2013 and was eventually found dead along the shore of the east river months later. Ps721 did go off saturday but no one knows why the boy was still able to wander off so far. This is happening over and over and over again. You would think that by now we will get this right. Senator Chuck Schumer is recommending gps tracking devises. If everyone who had autism had one of these bracelets or the device sewn into their clothes when they wandered we could find them right away and prevent the death that occurred. Thankfully, that didnt happen this time. In coney island, cbs 2 news. Now for money watch stock futures trading down on wall street friday the dow gained 21 points to close above 18,000 and s p was flat and nasdac fell by nearly 40 points. More warnings for parents about the dangers of popular detergent pods. A new study shows an increase in the number of children o who are getting hurt after biting into the colorful packets. The record says that 2013 and 2014 there were more than 22000 than six. Thats an increase of 17 . Experts are calling for new National Safety standards. The time is now 4 49. Still ahead, it was the huntsman winters war versus the jungle book. The film that came out on top. Well tell you next. First a one of a kind Space Mission how an astronaut ran a marathon from the International Space station. Well get you a check of the traffic and weather on the after this. A solar powered airplane has completed a risk ski three day flight across the pacific ocean. The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Mountain View south of San Francisco before noon saturday after 62 hour nonstop sole o flight from hawaii without fuel. Two swiss pilots were taking turns flying the plane around the world. A long long trip. 62 hours. Traffic and weather. John . They do not want cloudy skies that is an amazing story if youre following it. We are seeing clouds in the city and 53 right now, so some changes. Were going to work our way toward that 70degree mark with clouds filling in for your day today a shower and thunderstorm threat late tonight into and through your day tomorrow on and off and then a brighter mid week watching for rain coming in on thursday. You can see theres the front well to the north and west a lot of cool air waiting to come in behind that, also a little bit of wet weather out west. Its mild in the midwest but we are going to see the rain tomorrow. What will you see behind the wheel . Thank you, john. Good morning, well we do have a little bit of trouble this morning in brooklyn and that is because arlington avenue is closed westbound between lynnwood and elton streets due to ongoing Fire Department activity so your best bet to get around that is jamaica avenue as your alternate. A live look outside looking at the harlem river drive at 15 pretty well and we take a look at the Staten Island expressway and we like that looking fantastic you get the road all to yourself. Alternate side parking is in effect citywide. Chris over to you. Thank you. A british astronaut completes the London Marathon 250 miles above earth. Tim peak ran the 26 point 2 mile course strap today a treadmill on board the International Space station and he could see the london streets pass in his feet realtime and he finished three hours and 35 minutes and according to begin us world record officials its a record for the fastest marathon in orbit. Isnt it the first too . He

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