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WNBC News 4 New York At 11 March 11, 2016

Now at 11 00, gun fire steps from a school. Twouo teenagers are shot and tonight the shooter is still on the loose. Then, a man is busted charged in three separate slashings, but tonight the mother of one of the victims questi s whett. R police have the right guy. And an iteam exclusive. Longer than usual security lines causing a big backlog at a local airport ailport. Good evening, im chuck sc borough. Im sibila vargas. Two teenagers shot. The youngest was a 14yearold girl. It happened at franklin avenue and union street not long after thhie classes let out tlchlt were live with what witnesses saw and heard. Reporter well, chuck, sibila, every day after school teenagers hang out here on this corner and today started out no different. Then gunshots rang out and when hit and tonight the srooter is still on the loose. Ua as i got to the store i just heard like pop, pop, pop. Reporter three shots. F thats right. And all the school kids ran this reporter children ran for their lives after bullets started flying. You send your child to school to learn, not to get shot or killed or hurt. Reporter chopper 4 was reoerhead right after the shooting. Witnesses told us they saw a 14yearold girl limping from the scene. A bullet in her leg. Whenethe ran inside the gate she s like i dont want to die. An 18yearold boy was also hit. Sources say the teens were not lisckely the intended targets of the shooting. It happened so fast, witnesses said they dont know who pulled the trigger. When you have shots out from nowhere people for their lives. Reporter until the shooter is caught parents are worried my daughter could have been coming in from school and been shot. Reporter and both of the teens who were shot are reported to be in serious condition, but fortunately theyre both expected to survive. Were live in Crown Heights. Michael gege, news 4 new york. All right. Thanks so much. Also in brooklyn tonight a call about a possible Building Collapse tushed rned out t o be something totally different. Police sources say an emotionally disturbed man called 11 saying a Building Collapsed on km. They found nothing of the sort though. Instead he uffered minor injuries Walking Around a building under construction. Hospital. In breaking news in upstate new york, two teenagers who have been missing for nearly a year have been found alive. 15yearold and her sister vanished in april of last year. They were last seen waiting for a school bus and never arrived at the foster familys home. Well, today, a police tip led investigators say a woman had kidnapped the girls and held them against their will. That woman has been identified as amanda heldman. Police say she has no connection to the girls. Tonight she is behind bars and the teens are in Good Condition and safe tonight. A mother is demanding answers from the nypd. They have a suspect in custody in three stabbings. Two of the stabbings happened late last night in Prospect Park. The womans son was attacked last month on empire boulevard. Were ive with the story. Reporter cheers for the nypd at a meeting in Crown Heights tonight. Its for the arrest of the 26yearold. Investigators believe he is the person who stabbed a man in the back a month ago out of the blue and with no provocation. Am i happy if he is the person . If he is the stabber . Eporter the mother of that victim, he suffered a punctured lung but is okay. She is happy about the arrest, but not at ease. I they caught someone, they suspect him. I need a followup. You all agree with me . Reporter police say they caught him after he stabbed two additional people in Prospect Park last night. One unprovoked, the other robbed. Police found evidence linking him to this crime. Unless he has the exact same shoes, the kpablgt same clothing, we definitely got the right guy. Reporter since the attack police have added 1,600 additional tours in the in neighborhood, uut the community put the pressure on to keep t up. It was a hate crime. Hes a jew. As a parent or a mother whos gone t wough m ily own tragedy i can appreciate where shes coming from, but i feel they did reporter there was som concern tonight. The d. A. May not pursue the hate crime charge. After all, the victim was wearing religious garb, but the suspect did not make antti metic comments. As far as they know the charge will continue as a hate crime. In Crown Heights, news 4, new yo k. Well, we just checked and police in brooklyn are still trying to solve another knife attack. This is Surveillance Video of a man police say slashed a woman in Prospect Park. The witness says the woman was just walking down the street when a man came up and slashed her neck with a kitchen knife. He left the knife on the sidewalk and dropped an American Flag bandana as well. The woman is expected to survive. And turning now to the president ial race. Tonight the final four remaining republican candidates squared off in what could be the last debate before the field narrows after next weeks primaries. For grabs and heres jay gray with more. Reporter this debate, was different from the start. Please wait until you are called upon and please do not talk over one another. Reporter and early, thats exactly the way it was. No interruptions, no personal attacks, a full on discussion of the issues. Like free trade. We have to sort of take a strong good hard look and come up with plans that work. Reporter immigration. Were going to build a wall, triple the border patrol, were going to end sanctuary cities. Reporter education. First of all i would take 125 federal education programs, put them in four buckets and send them back to the states. Reporter and social curity. Anyone that tells you that Social Security can stay the way it is is lying. Reporter lying. Thats an accusation that was but tonight the candidates owed some restraint and even orespect. I will let donald speak for himself. Reporter donald trump even acknowledging how the discussion had changed. Were all in this together. Were going to come up with the solutions. Were going to find the answers to things and so far i cannot believe how civil its been up here. Reporter they d nt always agree challenging eac prh others plans, policies and ability to lead, but the polit ical free for all of the last several weeks that resembled a cage match more than a conversation was gone. Giving way to, well, an actual debate. The question now, will this tone continue on the campaign trail with just five days left before the next round of primaries . Jay gray, nbc news miami. Meantime sources tell news 4 ben carson will endorse donald trump tomorrow, a person close to carson tells us he sees trump as authentic and an outsider. Strike talks. Negotiat ns do resume toorm. If they walk off the job they could face consequences. The strike deadline is drawing near. O sides and counting for the two sides to cut a deal. John chandler with the story or us. Reporter nj tranks sit says its required by law to let its workers know if theyre going to be suspended. The union was wrank led by that thought and come monday, if there theres a strike theyll be the ones who ultimately lose. The threa of a new Jersey Transit strike loomed of the thursday evening rush and the calm is misleading. Coatuters fear chaos is coming. The morning commute w re its a heavy rush, i can see that being a problem. Catastrophic. You know, theres hundreds of thousands of people trying to get in. Reporter eric gants is already planning to work from home if a deal isnt reached and friday, another commuter worries that elays will reach hurrica sandy levels. It took three and a half hours going home. To avoid this, two hurdles must be cleared. You want it in language. Right . And the other is in numbers. S reporter but nj transit notified over 4,200 rail workers theyd be suspendede ithout an agreement along with sick leave and benefits. Notice to the Coalition Members represent retaliatory action and harassment o the Coalition Members. Reporter that talk has many of the 60,000 daily riders considering alternatives. I take thedsrain and the buses have been crowded. Reporter how often do you travel on an nj train . Very day but im moving to the city tomorrow so im good. Reporter new york waterway is looking into having extra ferries on hand for monday morning and several towns planning shuttle bus service. For more information on that you can head to nbc new york. Com. First lady miche e obama will r resent the white house tomorrow at Nancy Reagans funeral service. Mrs. Reagan passed away last weekend at the age of 94. Were told that more than 5,000 people paid their respect the past few days as she lay repose at the reagan library. Well be Live Streaming mrs. Reagans funeral tomorrow afternoon starting at 2 00. It will be on our website, nbc new york. Com. And coming up as we continue, an iteam exclusive. Reporter missing flights because of long lines at Security Check points. Viewers told us about the outrageous weight times. What we found wasnt pretty. Live report is coming up. s well the warmup has been nice, but now some rain and cooler temperatures are coming our way, but just how cool . Ive got your storm team 4 forecast coming up. All right. And later, a special delivery. A new dad delivers his baby boy on the side of a road and hes talking only to us. Well be right back. Slow, building africanstyle music its the little moments that make the biggest waves. Kalahari resorts conventions the worlds coolest indoor waterparks. For the spring break adventure of a lifetime, visit well, we have new information tonight on a leak in a pipeline that provides fuel to the airports. Firefighters have contained the break. People started smelling a strong fuel odor in brownsville, brooklyn, around 5 30 this evening. They managed to turn the valves off. There were no delays at airports. Passengers forced to wait on extra long lines in Newark Airport to pass through security. So long that some are issing the iteam looked into this problem. Were joined now from the airport with the answer. Reporter things had gotten so bad over the past few weeks that some airport workers actually thought there was a work slowdown. Well, the tsa says no such thing is happening, but what is happening is that theyre asking screeners to be extra thorough when checking bags so thats taking longer coupled with the fact tdit s cfing is hawn. In fact, they say that staffing is down 12 from over five years ago. Frustrated passengers arrived at Newark Liberty airport this afternoon surprised to see the line forwsecurity, which actually began on a lower level to accommodate the number of people. Many passengers seemed worried about making their flights and with good reason. According to frequent flyers and airport workers this has become the norm in recent weeks. I was immediately forced down where luggage claim is. An they werl using that as a staging area, because the lines were so incredibly long to get through including tsa precheck that they were staging everybody in the basement. Rep ter Steven Alexander first alerted the iteam to this problem everyone though he was prescreened he waited an hour to get through security last week and made his flight with only n minutes to spare. As the crowd become a little rowdy, the threat was first talk to United Airlines and then the second threat was that if people didnt calm down they were calling the Port Authority police. Reporter his colleague would have missed his flight to West Palm Beach had it not been delayed due to bad weather. The tsa issued a statement saying the recent increases are caused by the rapid growth in travel volume combined with a renewed emphasis on rigorous screening. Our security is now improved and that is our most important obligation to the public. But if you ask tsa union that because of an overtime that has led to a staffing shortage. An entire check point at terminal c they say, has been shut down because there arent enough people to work it. If theyre saying that the security measures are being beefed up, then they should get adequate notice to the travelers, passengers so they arrive in time reporter the tsa also blames an increased number of travelers, up 7 from last year thats only expected to get worse as we head into spring break season meanwhile, theyre urging everyone to get to the airport two hours before a domestic flight and three hoursalefore an international one. Yo live from Newark Airport tonight, news 4, new york. Thank you. New tonight, new York City Housing Authority says its completed the first step to making Public Housing safer. Its finished a 5 million lighting project. The new closed circuit tv cameras were also added and extra controls had been similar improvements are planned at 14 other housing sites. A crafty climb has landed a trucker in trouble. Hes accused of rigging his trutactor trailer to avoid paying tolls. He could pull on the string and move the plate out of view. He is now facing a long list of charges including tampering with public records. And a ferry that might be best known for its direct service to red hook ik might have to shut down this fall. New york water taxi says it wont be able to c pete if the citys Economic Development corporation awards a contract for the new ferry system to another company. The mayor hopes to have the new city wide system up and running next year. An edc Spokes Person says he is surprised by new york water taxis announcement since the new system would not be a direct competitor. Well, now to a consumer be in your freezer. Nestle is recalling rozen meals. They found pieces of glass in certain meals. Theyre looking to whether this glass came from the spinach in the products. No injuries have been reported. All right. So the people spoke yesterday and Mother Nature listened but weve been a little concerned about all that green behind you. Weve got a little rain coming and some cooler temperatures. We wont see 70s and 80s for a ile, but still above average for the next few days and the sun will be out during the day tomorrow. Lets take a look outside right now. A few light sprinkles showing up and the Empire State Building is in orange tonight for the National Kidney foundation and world kidney day. Thats today. Hope you had a great day today with all these warm temperatures. Its still mild out there. 69 degrees, cloudy skies. The rain hasnt moved in over the city just yet, but its on thbee way and its light rain thats coming with the front. Ntoday, mor temperatures set. This was central park. 79 degrees. A little over 30 degrees above average yet again, second day in a row, but now we go back down another say maybe 10, 15 degrees. Still going to be above average though and the pollen showing up already. You may be feeling it. Tree pollen is high on the scale, so were going to see possibly one o the orst allergy seasons coming up with so much mild weather overthhe winter. Meantime passing showers tonight. A Beautiful Day tomorrow in tlehe atafternoon and sunday night into monday weve got some more rain coming our way with cooler temperatures from the 60s down to the 50s by monday. Right now youre in the 50s in the hamptons. 60s tk. Ugh from white plains to the city down to long branch. Its 68 in bridge water, but youve cooled considerably around monticello and the cool air is just behind that. Stretching pack thwarts williamsport and pittsburgh. The record flooding through louisiana,s mississippi tonight. So the front will sag south tonight. Well get the showers in here later overnight and they clear the coastline by 7 00 a. M. A beautiful sunny day tomorrow afternoon. A little on the breezy side and definitely cooler, but keep in mind that the average daytime high is still in the mid to upper 40s and tomorrow were looking at 62. So enjoy that. Mid60s saturday. The best day and then we get that rain coming in sunday night into monday. 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