Nearly 300 people were killed. But with many areas inaccessible, that number could multiply. At least two hurricanerelated deaths in port st. Lucie florida. I just want to emphasize to everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. Reporter that danger now shifting towards georgia and the carolinas. Officials there urging people especially in coastal areas to evacuate as Hurricane Matthew makes its way north ward. This is going to hurt. Were trying to reduce the amount of lives lost or harm done as much as we can. Reporter while here theres some light rain and wind gusts left behind from matthew along with Power Outages and in some areas, a lot to clean up. Its time for a check of the forecast. Melissa magee is at the big bored. We continue to track Hurricane Matthew as it moves out of georgia into the carolinas. All of today we had been noticing that the center of matthew has been well offshore or at least off the coast of florida. Right now it is between jacksonville and
Led out in handcuffs and avoiding questions, we are getting our first look at the man just charged in the murder of a queens imam and his friend over the weekend. Good evening, im alice gaynor. And im dick brennan. We are live at the scene were police just took the vic them does the victim from police. Reporter the motivation behind the crime that he is accused of is still unknown. 35yearold Oscar Morrell was walked out of the 107th precinct, charged with two counts of seconddegree murder. Surveillance video captured the the intersection at pitkin and pine street and clipped a man on a bicycle. The accident happened less than a mile from where imam and his first friend, assistant thara uddin, were murdered, shot in the head in broad daylight. It happened at 1 50 saturday afternoon. Police say the crash happened just a few minutes later, the car matches the description of the onesie near the shooting. And they were identical. We looked at stickers and decals on each of the windshields a
Im worried. Im scary asked that guy liked like me. Im scared to go in the mosque now. Reporter as the trial begins the imams family says no matter the outcome, their lyes are forever change lives are forever changed. Its a broken house. Reporter morel faces murder and weapons charges today and Police Expect that hit and run charges may follow. Mayor de blasio sis as for security the nypd will be providing extra patrols around mosques in the area. Live at queens crim courthousing magdalena doris, gosh courthouse, maryland courthouse, magdalena doris, cbs2 news. A shooting in park slope. It involved an offduty Police Officer and attempted robbery and a man with a gunshot wound. Cbs2s Christine Sloan is live at the scene with more for us this noon. Christine . Reporter a crime scene spanning several blocks behind me and this quiet brooklyn neighborhood, police say it allstateed at a bar on this all started at a bar on this Police Officer tried to defend himself during a robbery. Markers s
Precinct. 35yearold oscar morel said nothing and gave no explanations for the murders of the Imam Maulama Akonjee and his assistant tharam uddin. Both men were buried yesterday. Mourners at the funerals say they know why the friends were killed. And they want justice. Two people just got murdered and nypd is saying this might not be a hate crime. What is it then . Come on then, somebody coming up behind and shooting for no reason an imam and his assistant, come common sense. Reporter the top brass says they have strong evidence to back up the charges starting with what happened before the double homicide. At 1 350 saturday afternoon a hit and run witness and Surveillance Video placed morels car at the scene of the crash. Moments later, three miles away police say they found surveillance sophomore else getting into that of morel getting into that same car after fatally shooting the two men. We have looked at the two cars and they were identical. We have looked at the stickers windshield
Bad as it is now. Reporter trottenberg says the department of transportation repaved 1300 lane miles last year and will fix about the same amount in 2016. So why do road problems seem worse to some . She says the answer is literally earth shaking. [ jackhammer ] reporter a construction boom in the city means more streets and roads are ripped up. Contractors are required to fix rough surfaces. The chief for manhattan. Do they do that enough . We better job. We have some other contractors who could use a little ruler to the wrist. Fix it, do something reporter road is your face can be wildly subjective. For example, one of the citys recent ones found that we have 70 , quote, good roads and that does not really hold true of different independent washington, dc that puts that figure for good conditions at about 9 . [ yelling in the background ] reporter live on the west side, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. Thank you, dave. If you are facing a lot of bumpy rides and would you like to tell us abou