for "gma." >>> and developing at 4:30, the search is on for the attacker who slashed a hatzolah emergency worker in brooklyn. >>> the coast guard searching for the boater who vanished in the long island sound. >>> and we also are learning more this morning about the child shot and killed chicago. police are hoping a reward will bring in new leads. and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> and thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. it is wednesday, november 4th. and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> yesterday's high 72 degrees. today, we're looking at another warm day today. and our temperatures starting it's 58 it might drop another degree or two. normal overnight low is 45. so we're way warmer than that. 41 kingston and poughkeepsie. 53 white plains and 51 bridgeport. 48 islip. it's kind of the cool spot as well as wrightstown at about 42. we'll have sunshine today we're going to get to 70 degrees one more time. we're going to do it again maybe a record high by friday and talk

for the person who slashed an orthodox brooklyn. the hatzolah worker was off- duty when he was attacked in crown heights by a complete stranger. eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live on the scene for us. good morning dray. >> reporter: good morning, lori. where is the suspect and why did he do it? those are the two leading questions this morning. the investigation for now has wrapped up here an the scene -- at the scene and they are still very much looking for the suspect who quickly and quietly approached the victim and just stabbed him. >> i've been stabbed. >> reporter: a desperate call for help from an off-duty volunteer medic with the crown heights hatzolah. the victim stab by an attacker that he never saw coming. this cell phone video shows the chaotic scene. and the victim minutes after he was stabbed. and being rushed to king's county hospital. the stabbing happened at eastern parkway and rogers avenue. investigators say a man possibly wearing a mask approached the victim from behind and slashed his neck and then ran away. sirens so i came over here and i saw the

moments ago they did the grid search looking for the weapon used in this attack. that hatzolah member who was slashed called for help right away. moments later first responders were on the scene loading the volunteer to atotretcher. this is news 4 obtained bade witness who saw the aftermath of e attack. here's what we know. the suspect came out from behind the hatzolah volunteer who was t on duty but had his radio and was able to call for help ri t away. police have been here doing a grid search looking for a weapon - . police do not have someone in custody and folks who saw this are concerned tonight. what's going on in the world with, it's scary. somebody walking on the street and gets stabbed. >> reporter: again, police right now have not recovered the weapon used in this attack. that's why you see there's a large presence of officers out here in crown heights. again, this is an eastern parkway and rogers avenue. this is here police focused their investigation. we have also learned right now preliminary reports is this does not appear to be a hate crime but they are looking

of a jewish ambulance corps. cell phone video shows hatzolah volunteer david katz getting treatment after the attack. katz was off duty and not in uniform when he was slashed in crown heights last night. he tells police a man wearing a mask came up from behind and attacked him without saying a word. >> i have been stabbed, i have been stabbed. >> that's the type of hate we don't want in crown heights, we don't want in brooklyn and we don't want in the city. >> katz was carrying a radio so he called hatzolah dispatch for help. there are two separate $5,000 rewards for information in this case. >>> dropping somebody off for or picking them up at the airport could cost extra. the port authority says it's considering charging taxicabs and ridesharing cars a fee at our airports. cbs 2's christine sloan has the story. >> reporter: in front of terminals at newark liberty international airport, traffic backs up as passengers are dropped off or picked up. congestion a problem even though cops tell drivers to move along. why the port authority says it's considering slapping for hire vehicles

he made around 8:30 last night. the victim is a worker for hatzolah, a group of volunteer emergency responders that serve predominantly jewish communities. he actually had his radio on him as he was walking on eastern parkway all by himself. authorities swarmed the area after that man reported feeling pain in his upper right shoulder. he suffered a two to three-inch attacked him and then took off, heading eastbound on eastern parkway. so far, police are not calling this a hate crime, but those who saw the aftermath of the attack last night aren't so sure. >> i'm actually from israel. i was born there. with what's going on in the world, it's scary. walking on the street, and somebody gets stabbed. >> reporter: so far, a weapon has not been recovered in this attack. police did search for it last night. they also searched for the suspect, who was last seen wearing black jogging pants, a black hooded sweatshirt, and a hockey mask, almost like jason from "friday the 13th." attack. no items were taken. the borough president will be holding a meeting this afternoon with jewish community le

for the hatzolah jewish first aid squad. he was off-duty last night and had just left evening prayers in crown heights when he was attacked from behind. he was not wearing his hatzolah jacket but did have his radio and was able to call for help. the hate crimes task force is investigating whether it was a bias crime. police don't have a suspect at this point. >>> also in crown heights someone is in custody after another possible bias attack. an orthodox jewish man was walking on the avenue when the suspect allegedly made a slur punched him in the face and took his -- officers quickly took the 36-year-old suspect into custody. police don't think it's related to the attack on the ems worker. >>> well, funeral services were held today for would be of the victims kill -- one of the victims killed in the bronx. the funeral for 24-year-old kristian leka was held this morning. he pushed his sister out of the way of the swerving car on saturday while they were out for halloween. she survived but leka, 10-year- old nyanna aquil and her grandfather 65-year-old louis perez were killed. police be

walk away. >>> our other top story, the volunteer hatzolah ems worker slashed in brooklyn, the 34- year-old was off-duty when a man walked up from behind in the crown heights section and slashed him. investigators are trying to figure out a motive. >>> and mta bus driver charged in the deadly hit and run crash is in court. 48-year-old paul roper was driving an mta bus when he hit and killed 70-year-old carol bell. when she street with her walker. yesterday in east new york. hello again, i'm david novarro. >> and i'm shirleen allicot. we begin this half hour with a proposal that could cost you more to get to newark, kennedy and laguardia airports. >> the port authority thinking about implementing a $2 to $4 airport access fee. now this would involve vehicles for hire like ayubier and lyft and -- uber and lyft and that could be added to your bill. >> new jersey reporter tony jason taylors is -- toni yates is live. >> reporter: we saw uber drivers with the new jersey limousine tags and we saw the drivers with the new york state taxi commission service tags on their cars. and we also

want justice for david katz, a volunteer for hatzolah emergency medical services who police say was viciously attacked without a word or provocation. it happened on eastern parkway near rogers avenue around 8:30 tuesday night. uniform. police say a man wearing a mask came up from behind and slashed his shoulder. [ beep beep ] >> reporter: this cell phone video shows him being helped by some of his colleagues. friends say katz always carries his radio and used it to call dispatch. here's audio of his plea for help. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: extra police patrols, flyers asking for the public help and thousands of reward money to catch a man neighbors fear will lash out suddenly violently and >> we're very concerned in the neighborhood because people are walking there. >> reporter: katz told police his attacker wore black sweatpants, hoodie and white hockey mask. >> a person does not adorn a mask and attack a security patrol unless they are up to premeditated hate and that's the type of hate we don't want in crown heights. we don't want in brooklyn. and we don't want in the city. >> w

trying to figure out why. was this a bias attack? the 34-year-old victim a hatzolah worker is now occupant hot as police -- out of the hospital as police search for the suspect. >> reporter: that's right. a few blocks from the crime scene and yes police are investigating this as a bias attack. senseless, random and unprovoked. residents here say it could be nothing else. that the had to be a hate crime. nearly 24 hours after the attack, crown heights is on edge. because the suspect remains at large tonight. >> the person who did this, wasn't out to rob somebody and give me your money or. they used a knife and stabbed somebody. what was that all about? right now, we don't know. >> reporter: it happened at 8:20 last night. the victim, an off-duty volunteer immediatic simply -- medic simply walking down eastern parkway when the suspect slashed him across the back. he used his portable radio to call for help. >> i've been stabbed. >> reporter: eyewitness news has learned tonight that the victim has a four inch stab wound to his right upper back. that the knife cut into his lung cavity

hatzolah worker in crown heights were caught on cell phone video. the man off-duty last night last night at eastern parkway he is expected >>> 8:28. heather o'rourke has the commute. >> the issue on route 287 for a while now. on the northbound side right near exit 26. overturned tractor-trailer. now route 202 is usually your alternate here but you can see that 202 is jam-packed from 206 getting all the way entomb al cot -- up into al cot square. expect some delays there. going to the queens midtown tunnel. that's going to be rough ride for you coming inbound. that's because of a disabled vehicle that is still being worked on. mass transit is doing okay. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken back to you. >>> heather thank you. meteorologist bill evans with your accuweather forecast. >> lots of sunshine today. going to be a beautiful day. once again temperatures are going to climb to 70. we're looking at sunshine and 60 light now and a pretty afternoon. weather temperature will be about 12 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year, we're looking at a lot of sunshine tomorrow