reporting mallory hoff is at the scene. mallory. >>reporter: joe, that fire is out. crews wrap things up as they head out after fighting this fire. look at these photos taken earlier this afternoon. the fire in east 5th street and isabella avenue. this because of dry conditions and some wind today. there's been an elevated brush fire risk this afternoon. at one point the fire was threatening the board of education bus expo. everything is okay now. the buses were not damaged in this fire. a fire boat went across the river to contain the blaze. fire crews were able to get this fire under control and eventually able to put it out. back out here, live, the cause of this fire is still under investigation. we're told in the hours ahead, these roads will be reopen as crews prepare to head out. live in bayo, mallory hoff. >>> more on the brush fire risk through the area you talked about. jeff smith in the weather center with more. >> we've had nice, dry wealth, but that's the problem. we've had nice, dry weather. 60 degrees in central park. look at the humidity levels. down

mallory hoff, channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> penn station and grand central terminal are going dry. the mta banning alcohol on metro north and it isn't just during the parade. it remains in effect until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. you can learn more on the web and your smart phone. we have a complete list of transit changes. send stuff in, your pictures to bc ae7ny. >>> 6:35. new details on a deadly attack in harm yell. police say the victim was illegally selling metro card swipes when he was stabbed. the 53-year-old man collapsed at the two train station at 110th street after taking the train to 116th street. started when the victim grabbed a dollar from a woman he was trying to sell a metro card swipe to. the man with the woman chased him out of the station and stabbed him the back. >>> a bloody night in newark. two people were killed in consecutive shootings at opposite ends of the city. one at the terrell homes in the east ward where two other people were also wounded. the second killing occurred an hour later with a woman shot to death on sunset avenue in the city's westward. >>> our t

mallory hoff is near the beginning of the parade route with key changes this year. mallory? >> good morning and happy sanity patrick's day. praep rigss are under with -- preparations are under way. the barricades will be put in place in the hours ahead, and this year, for the first time since becoming mayor, bill de blasio will march in the parade. the mayor is ending his two-year boycott. he will take part now that a long standing ban p on lesbian, gay, bi- sexual and transgender groups has been dropped completely. last year, only one small group was allowed to march in the this year, hundreds will march under the banner of the lavender and green alliance, an irish lgbt group that worked for 25 years to end the ban. >> i have tremendous effect for people who fought for years in the lgbt parade for inclusion and felt a great deal of pain they were excluded and kept coming back and fighting for change. it is a powerful moment. a moving m. >>. >>reporter: the parade will start at 11:00 this morning. festivities will continue until 4:30 early evening. last year, there were 2 mi

. >> mallory hoff is live in midtown. >> reporter: that's right. today could most certainly be a critical day for the candidates, some of them trying to keep their momentum, and others trying to stay afloat. lead in florida is in double digits, 44% to 24% for ted cruz, and just 21% for marco rubio who pleaded in west miami last night for cuban americans to rally behind him. >> i will never express enough gratitude for the support the community has given me. >> hillary clinton is warning democrats to unify around her to defeat trump in november. clinton is almost 20 points ahead of bernie sanders in ohio and even more in florida. but some polls show them neck and neck in missouri, illinois, and north carolina. >> it looks like missouri is ready for a political revolution. >> reporter: donald trump got in some final digs at john kasich, and according to some trump, but kasich said trump cannot make america great again. trump said he is as bad as chris christie who is feeling the heat for shadowing trump instead of attending a funeral for a new jersey

live in spring valley, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news >> thank you, mallory. >>> a developing story, some amazing luck for riders who survived when their train derailed and a car flip on its side into a california creek. the train was making an evening run from san jose to stockton when it hit a large tree on the tracks near sunol. passengers who were partially submerged in that car say it was a scene of total confusion and panic. 14 people were hurt, four of them were seriously injured. >> the train flipped over and then i saw people, you know, falling over from the other side of the train because the next thing we knew the water -- we started seeing water coming into the bottom of the train. >> the crash investigation ongoing. that train line will not be running today. >>> a new jersey state trooper is in very serious condition after being hit by a car during a traffic stop. it happened in gloucester county in south jersey. the unidentified trooper was hit on southbound i-295 in west debtford township last night. the driver stayed on scene. officials say the trooper got out

mallory hoff is live now on the west side of manhattan. mallory. >>reporter: lori, ken, good morning. thousands of clinton supporters will gather here this evening to show their support for clinton. take a look at this video, though, and let's talk about a very positive evening. clinton solidified her lead yesterday. she won big in the biggest states, stacking up delegates across the board. her wins were decisive. she took virginia, tennessee, alabama, georgia, arkansas, texas and massachusetts. she barely mentioned her primary opponent bernie sanders. he took vermont, oklahoma, minnesota and colorado. he pointed out that with proportional representation he did gather enough delegates to stay in the race, but instead of focusing on sanders, hillary clinton's focus is now on donald trump. >> if we all do our part, we can restore our common faith in our common future. that's the spirit powering this campaign. >> you know why we are gonna win? because our message is resonating and the people where we stand together will be victorious. [ cheers and app

live on the wtdz, mallory hoff, -- live on the west side, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news >> mallory, thank you. >>> we've also posted all the results from super tuesday right now at abc7ny and on our free news app. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic, beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> all right. we take a look from our camera here at 4 times square, all the cameras are kind of bouncing around here with this wind. it is windy. we're going to have wind gusts up around, you know, 35, 40 miles an hour later on today. we got some wind gusts in the 20s already this morning. it's raining and this will continue through the morning. here we go, temperature 54, winds are gusting to 21 out of the south, coming right into our camera here. we're looking at temperatures in the 40s up to the north and west, low 50s, mid-50s in some spots, the numbers are way warm, around 32 -- should be around 32 in the five boroughs and about 22 north and west. here's the rain and the wind is coming out of the south, some moderate south

live in bayonne this morning, mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >> mallory, thank you. >>> new this morning, police want your help finding a man who attacked a woman on a rush hour train. investigators say the man kicked then spat on a woman monday morning on a northbound number 1. as he got off the train at 23rd street. police are investigating a possible hate crime in brooklyn. take a look at surveillance image of the 25-year-old victim who was stabbed in the back yesterday morning. he was standing there in full hasidic garb in front of a building in crown heights. the victim is expected to survive. borough president eric adams will hold a rally today in a show of sol date. >>> -- solidarity. >>> muhammad is accused of molesting a 9-year-old in east elmhurst. police say the case came to light during a sexual abuse prevention workshop when she told the instructor what happened. >>> the manslaughter trial of an nypd officer in court yesterday, jurors asked to officer on the night he shot and killed 28-year-old akai girly in the darkened stair well in brookline in 2014. if the j

mallory hoff is live in copiage with the very latest on this story. mallory. >>reporter: ken, good morning. just in the last few minutes detectives here at the scene told me that the driver involved in this crash has been charged with dwi. that person is one of three people now in area hospitals suffering from non-life- threatening, but very serious injuries we're told. i do want you to take a look at the scene right now. you can see investigators here at the scene. that pickup truck remains where it came to a stop this morning right on top of a pole. take a a look at this video. this is how the scene looked following the crash just after 3:00 a.m. suffolk police got a call about a vehicle swerving and driving erratically. investigators arrived here on great neck road. that's where they found a pickup truck that had crashed into a pole. police say it appears the truck struck the center drive and then went across the eastbound lanes before crashing into the poles. the fire chief on scene says when crews arrived they found three people on the road. the chief say

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live in copage with more for us. mallory. >>reporter: lori, good morning. an i do want to get you straight to the scene right now. as you can see suffolk county police have blocked off this area eastbound sunrise highway is shut down right now. i do want to show you some video of how the scene looked immediately following this accident. at 3:01 this morning, we're told suffolk police received a call for a vehicle swerving and driving erratically. police arrived at the scene and first down a pickup truck crashed into that pole. it appears according to police that the truck struck the center divider and went across the eastbound lanes before crashing. the fire chief on scene says fire crews found three people in the street when they arrived. one of those victims was struck by a car after he was ejected from the pickup truck. that person, we're told, was taken by helicopter to stoneybrook university hospital, the other two victims were taken to good samaritan hospital. now, back out here live, as you can see right now the road d

mallory hoff is live in patchogue with the story. mallory? >> reporter: yes, we can feel the snow starting to fall this morning and we're starting to get word about some cancellations and delays in this area of suffolk county. check our web sitefor that. this is a good example here of a lingering snow mound, a mound that just won't seem to melt and on top of this, fresh snow today. looking at the train station today, clearly a parking lot that's seen warmer days and today we six inches in the area. folks heading out today will have to make their way through. a lot of people around this area say, well, i guess that's what we should expect this time of year, but, still, they prefer things to stay dry for a little while. in the meantime, again, we're hearing about a few cancellations and delays in the area. check our web site for that. if you're heading out this morning, use caution. mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, mallory. >>> 5:33 now. a new safety plan is in place following friday's deadly crane collapse. as the investi

mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >> mallory, thank you. in addition to the rail system, the mayor wants to turn this that a year round magnet for culture and innovation. the city spent $300 million. the idea builds on cornell's planned campus on roosevelt island. the plan is to bring together entrepreneurs and budding technology firms. >> we were just talking about that southern state problem. we still have lots of delays you can tell from this camera shot there. the accident itself is past this scene. lots of police activity what looks like the shoulder and left lane closed down. we'll go to our maps to explain where it is. this accident investigation from the garden state parkway is still going on northbound right near exit 69. right lane and exit ramp are closed down as a result. contact your carrier that's not reporting any delays. it's not a bad idea to get in touch. >>> a look outside tells you everything you need to know. clouds, fog, drizzle. look at that right down the shore there. we'll have a temperature 56 degrees. we have the

"eyewitness news" reporter mallory hoff is live downtown. the new pictures of the east river streetcar. good morning, mallory. >> reporter: lori, good morning. we're standing in one of the most congested areas in brooklyn. the mayor says his goal is to ease up transportation. the projected costs to do that, $2.5 billion. i want you to take a look right now at these renderings. it shows where we are standing. this is what the proposed streetcar line would look like. because the project would operate on city streets, it's not expected to need state approval, meaning it would not require the blessing of and west and this would provide a north/south. this connector would run from sunset park to astoria, queens. it would run along the east river connecting the subways, ferries, bus routes and city bike stations. the three cars would travel 12 miles per hour, a trip between there and brooklyn would take 27 minutes. from what we understand, the project will wrap up in 2024. the mayor will make his pitch tonight. mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness

mallory hoff is live now in south beach with more for us. mallory? >> reporter: that firefighter is recovering after incredibly fire crews had to race, this time to save one of their own. take a look at this video from last night money what you can see are crews racing to put out the flames as family members in the home were able to escape the fire that started in the basement. at least five firefighters were injured in that firefight. a probationary firefighter had to be rescued after falling through the floor then into the basement. he was taken to staten island university hospital north being treated for second and third degree burns covering 5% of his body. >> we had a probationary firefighter collapse and fell into fire. he was rescued by members of rescue 5, taken to the hospital. >> reporter: that firefighter but he is expected to be okay. mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. >>> it's 4:43 and the health department is offering free testing of the zika virus after people have traveled to any of the virus zones. it is now bei

live outside of penn station, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans with your accuweather forecast. >> we take a look outside from the camera on the roof. we are looking this morning across the park. that's the sheep got cloudy skies. we have snow on the sheep meadow, six inches high. and it continues to melt. temperature 37 degrees. we will watch what will be snow showers coming your way off to the west. there they are in central the wind picks up out of the northwest and makes it colder after lunchtime today. get through the morning commute fine. snow starts around 10:00, 11:00. maybe a coating. maybe slippery up the road. be on the lookout. it's cold. it warms up this weekend. at the bus stop dress warmly. a chilly start. you need your warm gear. >>> hart has her hands full. >> two accidents fdr drive, one by 111 and one by 106th street. this problem, van wyck expressway southbound only the center lane is closed down. the center lane being closed down is never a good thing. where

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live at penn station with who is not happy. mallory, good morning. >> good morning to you. drivers are not thrilled with this situation. the bottom line, most people who need a ride would rather take the cheaper fair. take a look at this breakdown. you can see what issue baton rouge -- uber is working on. the per mile rate will drop by 15%. the permit will drop by 12.5%. the new york taxi worker alliance says uber wants to monopolize taxi service. they will hold a rally outside of uber headquarters in long island city. the tlc sets the fares for taxis. the taxi alliance is urging cab drivers to protest the uber cuts. in the race to the bottom, no driver wins. >> it's tough on me. no business, nothing happening. it's bad. it's tough. >> the government, politicians >> reporter: the rate drop will begin today. the impact on business, though, remains to be seen. live in morning outside of penn station, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and

mallory hoff is live with the latest on the progress there. mallory? >> reporter: lori, good morning. significant progress has been made here in newark. we just took a good drive around. things look very different than they did just in the last few days. different than yesterday in fact. if you take a look outside of this school, you can see the sidewalk is, in fact, cleared. the issue is this. this is a concern in other areas in this area as well. but you can see half of this street still blocked this morning. this will be the scene as students make their way back to this elementary school here. if you take a look at this see crews out here hard at work picking up the snow and moving it to other areas. new jersey department of transportation was called in yesterday because of the issues on the roadways here. there were as many as 200 crews on the road. the mayor of newark work here will get done. >> we will do this block by block until it actually gets done. i know tensions are high. we will not leave anybody stranded or left behind. we will work unti

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff has more from belmar. mallory? >> reporter: lori, good morning. yes, it is. when it comes to these types of storms as we well know, preparedness is everything. here on the jersey shoreline, that means making sure the beaches are ready. you can see the sand dunes built up. a beautiful picture this morning actually. the sand dunes built up as far as the high can see. you can see crews yesterday actively preparing for the storm, building up the sand dunes taking this seriously. the hope with the sand dunes is if there is in fact coastal flooding, they would help to businesses and roadways in this area. tonight in bradley beach, officials will meet to talk about safety concerns. people in the area tell us, yes, they are concerned. >> we are in a spot where we are safe from the water. a bunch of nay worst were hit so we get concerned with the high tide and the full moon. >> reporter: as the saying goes, better safe than sorry. in the video, you are seeing folks stocking up on the essentials, preparing for a weekend that

mallory hoff is live on the jersey shore. we will start with dray clark live in soho. >> reporter: later this morning mayor de blasio will hold a shed in soho to give us more details on how the city deals with the storm. people across the five boroughs are stocking up on groceries and buying supplies. this is how it looked at a lowe's store in downtown brooklyn. shovels and rock salt at the top of the list for many shoppers. many people looking at snow blowers. store managers anticipated a big rush when it became clear that the storm would be bearing down on the city. they expect the crowds will get larger as we get closer to the weekend. everyone wants to be prepared for the first big snowfall of the season. >> got the shovels. everything else is good. got the kids. so, i'm ready to go. >> super busy. a lot of people are coming in since we opened, doors opening. they are all running in. a lot are looking for salt, things like that, snow blowers, shovels. isolation we are getting ready for this big storm. is hiding so late in

mallory hoff live in the soundview section with more. >> reporter: good morning, ken. this is where the brutal attack happened on this sidewalk. this morning commute leaders say that there was so much hatred here on friday that it's only fitting that as the students go back to school after a long beating that there would be a rally here in the same place but this time for peace. police say this newly released men suspected in friday's attack in soundview. detectives are asking for help identifying them. the bangladesh she immigrant was beaten as he picked up his niece from school on friday. it happened in front of ps 119 on pugsley avenue. they yield the word isis and muslim. we spoke to him through a translator. >> from behind my back, they started to punch me in my face. >> reporter: it's important for us to point out that the victim, the man's 9-year-old niece watched this entire attack happen. she saw the whole thing. she says now she is afraid to go back to school. that rally is expected to start here at 9:00. live in the bronx, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live in the mallory? morning. this is where the attack happened, right here on this very sidewalk. community leaders and activists say there was so much hate here that it's only fitting that as the students come back to school there would be a rally for peace. >>> reporter: police say this newly released surveillance video shows two men suspected in friday's attack in count view. detectives are asking for help identifying them. was beaten as he picked up his niece on friday. the attack happened in front of ps 119. the men yield the words isis and muslim. we spoke to him through a translator. >> from behind my back, all of a sudden they started to punch me on my face. >> reporter: important to point out that the victim's niece, a 9-year-old child, witnessed this entire attack, saw the whole thing. now she says she is afraid to go back to school. that rally is expected to start here at 9:00 this morning. live in the bronx, mall lour research -- mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> opening statements in the t

mallory hoff is there live. mallory? >> reporter: the off duty nypd officer fired a single shot at a man he said was attempting to rob him. take a look at the scene. you can see a single shell casing under the cone. we are at east 179th street in that is where we are learning that three men approached this off duty nypd officer and attempted to rob him at which point the officer fired a single shot. we know now the man who was hospital. he is expected to be okay. but the two men with that suspect, they took off in different directions. this morning we know one of them is wearing a black jacket and one a red. one armed with a gun and the other a knife. investigators are saying anyone in this area needs to be on the look out this morning. moll lori hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, mallory. >>> now on to the race for president. bernie sanders and hillary clinton debate before the february 1st iowa caucuses. with time running out before the first ballots are cast, the over gun control and the legacy of presiden

mallory hoff joins us live with more on the story. good morning. >> reporter: michelle, good morning. family members say the woman has a seizure disorder and does her. investigators set up a command post here last night. this morning still no sign of this missing woman. i want you to take a good look at this photo. this is a picture of devorah stubin, 22 years old. she was last seen thursday night when she was pulled over by police for a traffic stop. maywood is not far from her home in passaic. passaic p.d. heading up the investigation. the command center is set up near the area where she was stopped. she was driving a gray mitsubishi, pink wool coat and a long black skirt and rainbow colored sneakers. family members told investigators the last time they heard from this woman, she told them she was lost. again, investigators set up the command post last night, worked into the evening and have taken the last few hours off. they are expected to be back this morning. live in bergen county, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> st

mallory hoff is in kips bay mallory. >>reporter: shirleen, good morning. that man now under psychiatric evaluation and family is saying he has a long history of mental illness. law enforcement officials, though, say they have no record of that, and they are looking into other similar cases that they believe he may be tied to. take a look at this video from yesterday. you can see 41-year-old kerry baysmore led away from the 13th precinct. he was wearing a white jumpsuit provided by police. investigators took his clothing the chelsea slashing. police say surveillance video shows baysmore slashing a woman's face before running away. a man who saw the video on tv later recognized the man in the red jacket which then led to an arrest. 24-year-old amanda morris was walking to work early wednesday morning when her face was slashed. baysmore now faces charges in that chelsea attack, but he has now been i.d.ed in a new year's day attack in the bronx. in that situation a woman was slashed with a razor blade and needed 150 stitches. police say he may be linked to two

. >> mallory hoff is live in hoboken with more. mallory? >> reporter: the largest jackpot in history is right. a lot of people will be making there way to stores like this sure they pick up a ticket. take a look at this. in the last few minutes this store updated the jackpot number. there it is. $675 million. wouldn't that be nice? take a look at the lines yesterday. while there was no jackpot winner, there were 14 tickets that matched the first five numbers. the prize for that a not so shabby $1 million. one of those tickets was sold in another in connecticut. the clerk here tells me yesterday there were very long lines. when it comes to winning the lottery, one thing is for sure. if you don't play, you can't win. the clerk here says he is feeling lucky. he said it would be nice to sell that winning ticket. live in hoboken, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> these true, thank you. numbers: the next drawing is saturday and we will air that live on channel 7 and the watch abc app. that happens before news at 11:00." >>> eight locati

mallory hoff is live in hoboken with more. people are dreaming, mallory. >> reporter: we have to dream. we don't have a choice. that is the largest jackpot in u.s. history and stores like this one had lines out the door yesterday. again as the saying goes, if you don't play, you simply cannot win. take a look at these lines yesterday. while there was no jackpot winner, there were 14 tickets that matched the first five numbers. the prize for that, a not so shabby one million dollars. one was sold in upstate new york, another in connecticut. when it comes to winning the jackpot, your odds are, well, not so good to put it likely. you have a better chance of winning an oscar or being elected president. but what if you did win? >> i will take my best friend, two best friends on vacation and do something with my family. i don't know, invest. >> buy my daughter her dream house. college fund for my granddaughters then get me a shove officer. >> we all got a lot of ideas, don't we. somebody has to win. that two dollar ticket gives you

eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live at the scene with the latest. andrea caruth's friends are more concerned in the last few hours. in the past half hour the medical examiner arrived. investigators appear to be focusing their efforts on the backyard. friends tell us she is not the type to run away. >>> reporter: caruth is 5 months pregnant. a crime scene unit rolled up to her home. her best friend said she sent her a text message inviting her to sunday brunch. her boyfriend reported she was not found. >> she didn't take her keys, jacket, it's baffling. >> reporter: a canine train tracked her scent. last night investigators were going through the house again and the backyard. >> she is not the vanishing >> reporter: investigators tell us they have spoken with caruth's boyfriend. at this time they have no suspects but it's clear they are not going anywhere right now. live in the bronx, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> now a developing story overseas. north korea says it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb overnight. it spa