The person who called 911 was also taken into custody. The officers injuries are not life threatening. A mother and child are in Critical Condition after a ferocious fire in newark. The fire began early this morning on the third floor of a home on bergen street. Flames quickly spread, several people were injured and dozens of families faced the weekend without a home. Today residents returning to their charred homes searching for whatever was not destroyed but grateful that no lives were lost. Three of them, boys, and they are too young. How did you get them out . Thats why i have to leave everything, i have to just bring them outside. And they are okay . They are okay. We thank god. The calls to the the cause of the fire is under investigation. New york senior senator Chuck Schumer fending off a lot of criticism right after deciding not to back president obamas deal with iraq. Schumer is in line to lead the senate, a major Party Fundraiser and while advertise decision wont likely dera
Role in the republican party. If clinton said that it worked. This map posted by google shows the most surge the republicans. All that red is donald trump. He put glasses on so people will think hes smart. Reporter he would like tonights event to be civil. For donald trump to say he wants a civil debate it seems like hes breaking the theme. That wouldnt be the first time donald trump contradicts himself. Reporter carly fear renee didnt make the cut. That also includes bobby jindal trying to breakthrough with the political stunt. In a push up contest sporting a tie. Still many have to say most pressure may be on jeb bush. Fairly or not the presumption is, the perception is as trump gains steam its jeb bush losing his preimminent place in the field. Reporter donald trump says he has never debated before. His aids insist theres been no rehearsing. They say what you see tonight will be the real donald. All right, peter. Thank you. One thing is for sure its going to be an interesting night.
A water main burst yesterday under the weight of a 300ton crane. The crane was removed overnight, but sections of the boom remain and both the burst water main and the roadway itself need to be repaired before life can get back to normal here in downtown Cliffside Park. The roadway has extensive work to be done in it and thats going to take a long time. Reporter its worth mentioning that there were no injuries in this crane accident. United water is testing the water they expect to lift that boil water advisory later tonight or tomorrow for residents here in Cliffside Park and Englewood Cliffs and fort lee. The investigation, though, is under way into what this crane that weighed 300 tons was doing here on anderson avenue which is only rated for 40 tons. Thats the latest live from Cliffside Park, new jersey, im jen maxfield, news 4, new york. Its been a long week for parts of long island where 3500 homes and businesses are still without power. Pseg has spent the last two days repairing
Superstorm sandy. We are going to be live throughout the night. We have reporters all across the region. And msnbc meteorologist bill karins on hand here in new york. Now, as of 11 30 pennsylvanias Utility Company reported more than 1 Million People were without power in that state. The Associated Press reports thats about 20 of the states electric customers. Joining me now is philadelphia mayor michael nutter. Mayor, its good to talk to you again. Weve been talking about how fluid the situation is. You and i talked about two hours ago. Since then i understand one person was killed after a tree fell on a house in berks county. Whats going on in philly . In philadelphia we do have some significant, for us, significant power outage. About 40,000 customers without power. Pico energy is our provider. They do an excellent job under these circumstances, getting people back online. About 400,000 in the region, and so, again, thats a significant number, but i am quite confident that they will
Upper 50s through 11 00 a. M. , and a gradual warmup in the afternoon to the lower 60s. Thats it for today. Well talk about the clearing conditions. Now to traffic and jessica boyington. Thanks. In westchester we had an accident on route 202s northbound side at boot road. Headed northbound, you see traffic is green on the map system. Everythings moving, but watch for that. Heres route 422 and cameras at route 29. So far, so good here. Here we typically see more of a delay on the eastbound side in the morning time. Right now everythings moving. The p. A. Turnpike looks good, too. Well check the drive times, route 1 to valley forge, still 22 minutes in both directions. Speeds into the high 60s. Now to breaking news in southwest philadelphia. A driver hit and killed a man trying to cross the street. The driver sped away. It happened last night on south 67th street. Matt delucia has more from the Accident Investigation Division in brewerytown with more on what police know about the driver.