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WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning April 28, 2016

Which is over the legal limit. Court papers also reveal he was tested again 15 minutes later and allegedly blew a. 091. According to the complaint, murphy said the results must have been caused by the gum that he was chewing, a likely witness fort prosecution is murphys copilot for the two flights that day who told investigators both times murphy was drinking an unknown beverage from a cup. Murphy, who lives here with his wife in ramsey, new jersey was released on a 50,000 bond. Passengers at Kennedy Airport dont like hearing any of this. Thats crazy. Thats insane. Very reckless and irresponsiblement reporter jetblue says it has a zero tolerance drug and alcohol policy an confirmed murphy no longer works there, saying he resigned. The federal Aviation Administration says 225 commercial Airline Pilots tested above the legal blood alcohol limit since 1995. To know that they should not reporter we spoke on the phone with aviation attorney and pilot daniel rose who says the problem is likely far worse than people realize. Obviously others that are getting by. Reporter if convicted, murphy faces 15 years in prison. At Kennedy Airport, dave carlincious cbs 2 news. Time now 4 32. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Johnny. Chris and mary, hi, everybody. Well see a dryer start to the day, but then its cooler and turns wet overnight and into your friday. Friday damp an dreary as well. Arent you glad you got up . Clear and 51 right now. Winds out of the northeast at 12 to 17. Its showing a little bit of patchy frost circling the city. Clouds filling in to the weflt. We start out with sun that gives way to clouds. An then by the afternoon drive were looking at some showers. Slow mover, though, keeps showers in the forecast for friday. 51 by 8 00. Still in the 50s at noon, still the 50s at 4 00, hey, were staying in the 50s today. Its going to be a cool day today, so a jacket. And if its going to be a long day or possibly even a standard day, that umbrella a good idea. Always a good idea to see whats going on for the roads. Alex is in for kyla. Reporter i am. Unfortunately an accident in a notsogreat place this morning. In the bronx, helix blocked on the eastbound cross bronx expressway, thats at the major deegan. It is causing delays. They are heavy and they go right back to grand concourse. Lets talk about mass transit this morning. Hudson,berg and light rail, theyre going to resume normal Weekday Service this morning following overhead wires in jersey city. Again today Long Island Railroad buses will replace trains from 9 00 a. M. To noon for babylon and hauppauge for inspections. Alternate side is suspended for orthodox holy thursday. But you do still have to pay the meters today. Several new jersey families have been left homeless after a car slams into the side of a building forcing an evacuation. It happened last night in plainfield. Now police are investigating what caused the crash. Police say about 20 people are now kiss placed because authority displaced because authorities believe the building is now structurally unsound. The condition of the driver is unclear at this time. Now tot new york city Corruption Scandal. The investigation into mayor de blasios fundraising has now reach to city hall. Some of his closest allies have been hit with subpoenas. The mayor has not been personally served and well have much more on this coming up in our next half hour. New this morning, he construction site but that turned out to be a disguise for a bank robbery. Police in queens have released images of a man they say entered a Sussex County bank on they say he showed a gun and demanded cash, but he left the area empty handed, fleeing on foot. Police in williamsburg, brooklyn, released Surveillance Video of a car breakin suspect. They say the man struck at least twice this month, both during daylight hours, on april 9th and on april 15th. Both times he broke the side wiis on cars and remove property from inside. In one case on north first street, that included a drone along with a nexus computer tablet. Now to campaign 2016. Two candidates who were once rivals will Campaign Together in indiana today. Ted cruz has picked Carley Fiorina as his running mate, even though his own nomination is more uncertain than ever. Cbs 2s tony iello reports. Reporter cruz v. P. Pick clearly intended to help him in fiorinas home state, california, the biggest prize of the last 10 states. With 502 delegates still to be allocated, donald trump needs 48 of them to win the comfortable playing the traditional v. P. Campaign role of attacker. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton both will be diastrous for this nation. [ applause ] carly isnt intimidated by bullies because shes faced challenges a lot worse than someone bellowing and yelling and insulting her face. Reporter thats a reference to a trump magazine interview when he said of fiorina, look at that face, would anyone vote for that . Wednesday trump was careful and measured. Were getting out of the nationbuilding business. Reporter making a rare teleprompter speech, outlining an America First foreign policy. Hours later he was rolling his eyes about the cruz v. P. Pick. First of all, you have to look, cruz cant win, whats he doing picking vice Vice President s . He cant win. Reporter it was quieter on the democratic side. Thank you, pennsylvania. Reporter Hillary Clinton had no public appearances after solidifying her lead with four Bernie Sanders vows to press on, even as he lays off dozens of campaign staffers. Our job, whether we win or whether we do not win is to transform not only our country but the democratic party. Hillary clinton is only about 200 delegates short of winning the nomination, but mathematically, she probably cant wrap it up until early june is. Happening today, Vice President joe biden headed to the vatican in a push for Cancer Research and will advocate for Global Cooperation in the fight against cancer tomorrow at the International Conference of breakthroughs in regen raitive medicine. The Vice President is expect to visit with pope francis. Bidens son died of cancer next year. If you have student loans, the Obama Administration is launching a website to figure out your best repayment option. One program called pay as you earn caps monthly loan payments at 10 of income, but a government watchdog found too few people know about the the information is at studentloans. Gov, repay. A manhattan fortune teller is facing serious charges this morning after police say she scammed a woman out of more than 1,000. Investigators say chris teen evans charge the woman huns of dollars to remove a curse from her family. The woman reported evans to police when she refused to give her a refund. Evans was arrested sunday and charged with larceny and scheme to defraud. Service on the metro north is back on schedule this morning after a train collided with a car in Westchester County. It happened yesterday afternoon on the harlem line in bedford hills. Crews spent several hours removing it which set off major delays during rush hour. Police say the cars stalled on the tracks. The driver and passenger were able to escape safely. The driver was issued a summons for illegally blocking a Railroad Crossing. No one was hurt in the crash. Well, time is now 4 38. Still ahead, how far would you your phone . The entire time while it was going on, i just i was just waiting for it to be over. Hear from a teen who was held at knifepoint. An update this morning on uber in newark. The deal that gives the Ride Sharing Company the green light. Good morning, moon. Beautiful moon, and the fact that you can see it means, yeah, those clouds havent taken over yet, but we are going to see fading sun by midday. Its wet later and then, utoh, split wean. We have to talk about that. Traffic and weather on the 2s sorry, chris. Cool start to your thursday. Only 51 degrees out there at 4 51. Welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning. Severe weather has been slamming americas heartland as a tornado touched down multiple times in nebraska. Looks like were about to have a tornado here any minute. This is just one of several tornadoes to hit the region. No major damage was reported in nebraska, but it was a different story in texas. Tree that killed a woman and injured five other people. Dozens of homes in the area were also reduced to rubble. Time now 4 42. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s once again. Lets get over to john. Well, and the bad news is its a slowmoving front, so we could see the same scenario fire up again today. So theres the risk of Severe Weather into parts of the Central Plains and down into some of the gulf states as well. What are we looking at . Numbers. Look at that, 45. Walter says, though, that, yeah, were going into a stretch of rain. Absolutely were going into a stretch of rain. He really just wants to go to the beach. If youre planning your weekend, go saturday. Saturday really the better of the two weekend days. Sunday it looks like rain is back in the mix. A little warmer here in the city. Doug has 51. And this comment, bella is ready for a road trip. Who is bella, you ask . Now, isnt this just adorable . Bella obviously a little my optic, but is ready to go on i thought that was funny because wouldnt you know it, its just animals everyone. Elaina sent in kamal. Hes getting ready for the day. And charlie, his bud waiting, watching the bir feeder. Not raining cats and dogs, but weve got them in the weather watcher wii. We do love animals. I love animals. Numbers for you, 51 and clear. Win out of the northeast 12 to 17. Kind of a moisturerich wind helping to prime the atmosphere for rain. Variety of temperatures . Absolutely. Its a 20degree spread from the city to the hamptons. Numbers compared to yesterday, you know, its kind of a wash when you average them out. Its actually a little warmer in the city. Ultimately, though, its a cool day today and a cool day again tomorrow. 58 at lunchtime and thats about it. Your high earlier in the afternoon, and just in the upper 50s. May see 60 on a thermometer here and there, but itll be the exception, not the rule today and thats well below normal. Some thin clouds filling in in more into the hudson valley, connecticut and long island. More in the way of cloud cover in new jersey. Bigger view for you shows the heavier rain in through parts of illinois and indiana, but with the heat of the day, we could see more storms fire up to the south. In our area, we are not talking about stormy weather. Were talking about some showers. In and through lunchtime youre fine, the morning commute is okay. Off to school, many kids coming home from school with no problems. Its later in the commute where we see a few showers. And then its on an off overnight. Tomorrow morning, again, some hit and miss showers. We do have to leave rain in the forecast. An, again, for your exit on friday night, thats when you could see a shower. Saturday should shape up, but then by sunday were waiting for this to roll through. So sunday turns wet by midday we think, and its cool again. Those showers will linger into your monday. Look at these days below normal. They break through middle part of next week. Hey, were off the brakes now. Lets get you going with kyla. Reporter yes, john, good morning, everyone. Accident to tell you about already this morning in the bronx. This accident has two lanes blocked in the westbound cross bronx expressway at the major deegan and its causing heavy delays back to grand concourse. Then we head to the verrazano bridge where we have a disabled tractortrailer. This is blocking two lanes on the brooklynbound upper level. Youre going to want to stick wt lower level to get past that one. And some construction, as we take a live look here blocking two lanes on the northbound fdr drive at 79th street. As you can see, no major delays there yet. So some good news there. Alternate side parking is suspended today for orthodox holy thursday, but you do still have to pay those meters. Chris. If youre just waking up, heres some of the stories making headlines today. The nypd accused of stomping on a drug suspects head says thats not what happened. Joel stephwold says he stepped on the hand as he resisted arrest in july of 2014. No charges filed in what long island doctors office. Police say a retired Police Officer was showing the gun through the podiatrist. Police are searching for a brooklyn woman who vanished more than a week ago. 21yearold destiny dawson left her home in bedstuy at dinner and never returned. Police say thieves are targeting teens in a popular Manhattan Park and stealing their iphones, but its whats happened next that has some people especially concerned. Cbs 2s allana gold reports. Reporter a walk along the water at Riverside Park and 72nd street turned into a frightening one for ross kennedy and his friend. It was pretty scary. Reporter kennedy says two teens on a bench started talking to them, then they suddenly showed knives on their waistbands and demanded their wallets and cell phones from their pockets, but the robbery didnt stop here. The criminals stayed in contact with the victims for longer than most holdups. The entire time while it was going on, i just i was just waiting for it to be over. Reporter he tells us the crooks made sure the iphones couldnt be trace. They force the victims to delete the app called find my iphone and turn off their icloud settings. That way kennedy and his friend couldnt log into their accounts from another device and find the phones exact location. Its an app people commonly use if their phones are lost or ripped off. Kennedy says the thieves also made them hit reset on their phones and wipe them clean for possible resale. They basically got a brand new phone . Yeah, pretty much. Reporter kennedy tells us he used a street phone to call 911 and then canceled the line with his Service Provider an he had to shell out a few hundred dollars for a new iphone. Other iphone users in the area now concerned about their phone getting stolen this way. The iphones are ridiculously expensive. Im also a film student, so i have so much stuff on my phone that i need for school. Reporter police tell us this is definitely a new tactic that crooks are using and that they havent dealt with many of these cases, but they say if this happens to you, dont fight back. It feels like a violation. Reporter investigators say kennedy an his friend did everything right. You may never see your phone again, but the device isnt worth risking your life for. On the upper west side, allana goal, cbs 2 news. Monch money watch, stock futures lower after a mixed performance on wall street yesterday. The dow rose as the Federal Reserve left a key Interest Rate unchanged. The dow up by over 51 points. The s p 500 rose by 3, but tech stocks were battered by weak earnings reports. The nasdaq composite lost over 25 yesterday. Well, newark gives uber the green light to pick up passengers city wide, part of a 10year deal, 10 million deal. The Company Must Pay the city 3 million up front, provide commercial Liability Insurance and conduct driver background checks. The mayor says the agreement is about fairness. What were trying to do is just make sure that we have a competitive Playing Field here that we can begin to help the industry which i think is important for folks to begin to do. Uber must also pay a fee for operating at newark airport. Earlier this year the city drivers at the airport but later backed off that. Would you want to live forever or spend an afternoon with a deceased spouse . How about asking your parents for advice long after theyre gone . My dad, hes ea pretty cool person. This is one opportunity for us to start thinking about changing the way we look at what it means to be human. Cbs 2 goes nz the world of cloning, now bringing a loved one back from the dead is no longer the stuff of science fiction, thanks to digital immortality. See for yourself on cbs 2 news at 11 00. Time is now 4 49. Sometimes they get a bad wrap, but it turns out we could learn a thing or two from millennials, especially when it comes to money. We will explain this coming up in our next half hour. Up next, First Lady Michelle Obama makes a stop in new york. The big event she took part in for some members of team usa. And we will get you another check of your traffic and weather on the 2s. Well be right back. Live look outside for you right now here at 4 52. Its 51 degrees. Expecting a little rain today, but well get more from john in just a moment. But first, First Lady Michelle Obama help kick off this festival in times square yesterday to celebrate u. S. Athletes head of the summer games in rio. The Opening Ceremony for the games now less than 100 days away. Mrs. Obama was there to cheer on team usa yesterday along with olympic great carl lewis. As part of the celebration, the Empire State Building lit up in red, white and blue last night. Look good in those warmup suits. 4 52. Traffic and weather on the 2s. Good morning, john. Usa i thought everybody would chime right in. Clear and 51, wind out of the northeast 12 to 17. Its chilly out there. Thats why everybody is in here. Frost advisory until 8 00, a little bit after the fact, but it does speak to the fact its chilly to start. Opposite of yesterday, though. We see sun, then clouds, this afternoon and tonight. Its going to take a while. Weekend 50 50. Looks like weve got some showers in the works for your sunday. Hey, whats in the works for the ride . Hi, kyla. Reporter hi there, good morning. Everyone waking up unf

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