In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest on a bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package that failed to pass a Senate vote Wednesday, after months of negotiations.

The vote was 49 in favor, 50 against. Democrats say Republicans reneged on a bipartisan bill they had negotiated for months after Donald Trump mobilized his supporters against it, and Republicans in the House vowed to kill the bill.

ABC's Em Nguyen has more on the wild day in Congress.

Meanwhile in New York, a battle is brewing to replace disgraced and indicted former Congressman George Santos.

In less than a week, voters will head to the polls in the special election that could have implications on the balance of power on Capitol Hill. The candidates in New York District 3 are Mazi Pilip, a Democrat running as a Republican, and Tom Suozzi, the Democrat who held the seat before Santos.

Eyewitness News reporter Chantee Lans interviewed both of them as the two candidates attempt to cement their case for the job. Larry Levy, Dean of the Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, also joined the show to offer his take on the race.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest details after the federal government busted dozens of NYCHA workers on Tuesday.

A total of 70 NYCHA employees were charged in the largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Department of Justice.

The allegations involve nearly one-third of NYCHA's 2,400 buildings in New York. The workers are accused of taking $2 million in kickbacks from contractors. The U.S. Attorney's Office calls it a "classic pay to play."

Eyewitness News reporter Kemberly Richardson has the story from Lower Manhattan.

Meanwhile, food insecurity in New York City continues to be a growing problem. Food banks nationwide are struggling to meet the need for food assistance. 

Economic challenges forced food banks to cut back on services as inflation caused prices to climb for many food items. In our area, food centers that already see high demand now face an additional concern: the growing number of migrants in need.

For this week's edition of Tiempo, we spoke to Leslie Gordon, the president and CEO of The Food Bank for New York City, the largest hunger-relief organization in the five boroughs.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, controversy continues over last week's attack on an NYPD officer and lieutenant near Times Square.

Fourteen people were involved, and the six individuals arrested so far have all been migrants.

On Monday, there was a push for changing New York City's strict rules limiting the NYPD's cooperation with ICE agents. They want to make it easier to deport migrants charged with crimes. N.J. Burkett has the story.

Over on the west coast, eight counties in California are under a state of emergency due to an historic storm that has unleashed record levels of rain over parts of Los Angeles.

ABC's Jaclyn Lee joins us from Santa Barbara.

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In this episode of ‘Extra Time’ we begin with American forces launching retaliatory strikes on targets in Syria and Iraq. President Biden had promised a military response after three American service members were killed in a drone attack in Jordan – a sharp escalation in the war in the Middle East.

We also discuss the death of a construction worker on-site in Brooklyn. Investigators say the basement of a three-story building underneath collapsed. To add confusion to the tragedy, there was a stop-work ban in place at the site.

Up next we discuss a major announcement out of Connecticut where Governor Ned Lamont announced Friday that his state will be the first in the country to wipe out medical debt for 250 thousand people. 

Plus, the District Attorney of Manhattan is speaking for the first time about two NYPD officers who were attacked last weekend in Times Square. Alvin Bragg has been under criticism after several migrants accused of the attack were released on bail. 

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In the latest Extra Time, we unpack the latest developments in the brutal assault on two NYPD officers in Times Square last weekend. 

So far six people have been arrested, and cops are looking for eight others. Most of those arrested are migrants, investigators believe some of theme have apparently skipped town after being released without bail. 

Eyewitness News reporter Anthony Carlo joins us and reveals how advocates for immigrants now worry this case will hurt their efforts to help migrants who need help.

Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic resulted in a lot of loss in so many ways, and to this day, people may be losing out because of it. A mental health phenomenon dubbed the "pandemic skip" has caught viral attention on social media.

It's the sense that someone's mental age is younger than their chronological age because of missing important life experiences. Young adults in particular may feel this impact. 

Joining us with more on the psychological phenomenon is John Paul Simon, Director of Clinical Interventions in Schools for Care Plus New Jersey. 

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we analyze Wednesday's State of the NYPD address.

It's not easy to run the nation's biggest police department. Case in point: Saturday night's attack in Times Square, where two NYPD officers were seen in a video being attacked by several men. The men were arrested, but immediately released back to the street without bail. 

So, what the plan for 2024? Eyewitness News reporter N.J. Burkett has more on Extra Time. 

Meanwhile, a contentious hearing took place on Capitol Hill Wednesday as the CEOs from Meta, X, TikTok, Discord and Snapchat testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle took turns slamming the CEOs for exposing some children to predators online and extracted an unusual promise for causing harm to children.

Joining Extra Time about this is Dr. Warren Ng, the Community Health Director at the Center for Youth Mental Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. 

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest on an historic rebuke of New York City's mayor by an overwhelming majority of the City Council.

The How Many Stops Act requires officers to record the apparent race, gender and ages of people they stop in so-called low-level encounters when police ask for information from people who aren't suspected of a crime. 

This amounts to millions of encounters every year, and the NYPD says filling out a form for everyone is simply too time-consuming for cops and keeps them away from solving a crime. But even more Council members voted to override the mayor than voted for the bill in the first place.

Eyewitness News reporter N.J. Burkett has more on what's next.

Also in the city, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine recently issued a report listing several properties in Manhattan that have been shrouded in scaffolding from six to 13 years. Levine calls the scaffolding an "epidemic" in Manhattan and says the system needs to be reformed.

Levine joins us with more on the issue.

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A huge tussle over restaurant tipping is on the menu for this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time.

The debate involves restaurant owners and workers, and the New York State Legislature. There's a proposal to force owners to raise restaurant workers' wages to the minimum wage.

Right now, it's lower than that because workers get tips that, supposedly, level the playing field, but many workers say nothing's leveled. Owners say raising the minimum wage will be unfair to them.

Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas, a co-sponsor of the bill, breaks down the legislation and what it means.

Meanwhile, animal researchers have some new findings that may surprise you! People have always assumed dogs wag their tails because they are happy, but now animal researchers say there may be a different reason. In fact, these researchers say it may be because it actually makes humans happy.

The researchers studied wolves and dogs, and found wolves hardly ever wag their tails, but when dogs do, people react in a positive way.

Taylor Hersh, the author of the study and a post-doctoral researcher at the Marine Mammal Institute of Oregon State University, joins with more details on the study.

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In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we break down the verdict in the defamation trial against former President Donald Trump, and have details on a massive fire that claimed the life of a firefighter in Plainfield, New Jersey.

A jury awarded an additional $83.3 million to columnist E. Jean Carroll on Friday. She says the former president damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. Trump insists he was falsely accused, and vows to appeal.

Eyewitness News reporter N.J. Burkett is in Lower Manhattan with the details.

Meanwhile in New Jersey, a community is dealing with immeasurable grief after 32-year-old firefighter Marques Hudson lost his life battling a fire at a home in Plainfield Friday morning.

The mayor says Hudson reported for duty at 8 a.m., but by 8:20 a.m., they received a call that he had been gravely injured in a fire. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

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The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report into the derailment of a No. 1 subway train earlier this month.

A northbound train collided with a disabled train, then partially derailed just north of the 96th Street station on January 4. About 22 passengers and three crew members suffered minor injuries.

Eyewitness News reporter Josh Einiger is in Lower Manhattan with more on the report on Eyewitness News Extra Time.

Meanwhile, we learned more Thursday about the professional dancer who died from an allergic reaction to peanuts in a cookie she ate.

The peanuts were not listed on the cookie that was bought from a Stew Leonard's in Connecticut. Orla Baxendale was only 25 years old and a well-known dancer in New York City. Her reaction to the peanuts was so severe, even an EpiPen injection could not save her life. 

Eyewitness News reporter Raegan Medgie has the details, and Dr. David Rosenthal who heads up pediatric allergy services at Northwell Health joins us with a look at food allergies and what you can do to avoid potentially deadly consequences.

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