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>> AT EVENING.

THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS MONDAY.

I AM BRIANA VANNOZZI.

TONIGHT, A NATION OUTRAGED DECRYING POLICE BRUTALITY AND INSTITUTIONAL RAISED RACISM FOLLOWING FRIDAYS RELEASE OF BODY CAMBRIDGE VIDEO CAPTURING THE VIOLENT AND UNWATCHABLE FATAL BEATING BY FIVE MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS OF 29-YEAR-OLD TYRE NICHOLS.

WE HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO AIR THE DISTURBING FOOTAGE TONIGHT.

PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS AFTER THOSE VIDEOS WERE MADE PUBLIC, CLEARLY DEPICTING THE MAN BEING PULLED OUT OF HIS CAR BY OFFICERS ON SUSPICION OF RECKLESS DRIVING ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 7th.

NICHOLS IS KICKED IN THE HEAD, PUNCHED, PEPPER SPRAY, AND REPEATEDLY STRUCK WITH A BATON ON A CORNER OF A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR HIS HOME.

THE 29-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN DIED IN THE HOSPITAL THREE DAYS LATER AS A RESULT OF THE BRUTAL ATTACK.

ALL FIVE POLICE OFFICERS, WHO ARE ALSO BLACK, HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND THEIR UNIT DISBANDED THE MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TONIGHT, A SIX POLICE OFFICER WAS RELIEVED OF DUTY IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF NICHOLS, BUT HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

THIS LATEST INCIDENT SPARKING DIALOGUE AWAY FROM WHO IS CARRYING OUT POLICE VIOLENCE TO WHY AND HOW SYSTEMIC RACISM WITHIN POLICING ENCOURAGES BRUTALITY AGAINST BLACK MEN IN THIS COUNTRY.

SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT DAVID CRUZ REPORTS.

>> PROTEST FROM MEMPHIS TO NEWARK.

DISCUSSED AND OUTRAGE OVER A POLICE BEATING SO SEVERE THAT MANY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO EVEN WATCH.

TYRE NICHOLS, THE VICTIM OF BRUTALITY AT THE HANDS OF AN INSTITUTION WHERE, FOR MANY, IT IS MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A CASE OF A FEW BAD APPLES.

>> IT WAS OUR GENERATION'S RODNEY KING, IF YOU WILL.

>> Reporter: HE KNOWS HE COULD VERY EASILY BE TYRE NICHOLS.

DESPITE THE PREVALENCE OF THE VIDEOS AFFECTING BARBARIC ACTIONS ON THE PART OF POLICE AND THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT FOLLOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND EVEN THE CAUSE FOR REFORMS THAT FOLLOW THAT.

THERE IS LITTLE SURPRISE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 29-YEAR-OLD FATHER AND FEDEX EMPLOYEE.

SPIRIT >> GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO DRUG FLOOD, MICHAEL BROWN, SOME OF THESE CASES THAT HAVE COME ALONG THE WAY, WE OFTEN REFER TO COMMUNITY POLICING IS THE FIX.

CHANGES AND TRAINING AND SO FORTH.

EVEN THOUGH THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED.

MAYBE TRAINING HAS GOTTEN BETTER.

THEY HAVE TIGHTENED SOME OF THE PROCEDURAL ISSUES AND WHATNOT AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE CASE AFTER CASE OF POLICE MALPRACTICE, BRUTALITY, EVEN MURDER.

THE IN TUITION IS INHERENTLY ANTI-BLACK AND THE INSTITUTION TRAINS AND ENCOURAGES THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.

>> THIS HAS NEVER BEEN A WHITE TOP BLACK MOTORIST ISSUE.

IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM IN POLICING AND INDEED, OUR SOCIETY.

OUR SOCIETY OFTEN VIEWS BLACK INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPICIOUS.

IT JUSTIFIES CRUELTY AND OPPRESSION OF BLACK INDIVIDUALS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY PLAGUES POLICING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE ARE ALL IN THIS.

I LEARNED THAT DYNAMIC.

THE SUSPICION, THE LOATHING OF BLACK INDIVIDUALS.

THE FACT THAT WE SEE THIS BEATING ON CAMERA.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS SURPRISING.

>> Reporter: GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY ADDING HIS VOICE TO THE OUTRAGE.

>> ALL AMERICANS DESERVE TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND WITH DIGNITY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

PARTICULARLY BLACK AMERICANS WHO, FOR FAR TOO LONG, HAVE RECEIVED DISPARATE TREATMENT FROM OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

>> THE DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED LEGISLATURE HAS FAILED TO ENACT REFORMS LIKE GIVING SUBPOENA POWERS TO LOCAL CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD AND FAILING TO BAN CHARCOALS OUT RIGHT.

RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE.

JUST THREE DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE TYRE NICHOLS VIDEO, THEY WERE PREPARED TO HEAR TESTIMONY ON A BILL THAT WILL CREATE A FIVE-YEAR MANDATORY MINIMUM FOR SUSPECT WHO ASSAULTED A POLICE OFFICER.

THE BILL WAS EVENTUALLY PULLED FROM THE COMMITTEE'S AGENDA AND THIS IS COMMITTEE CHAIR LINDA GREENSTEIN.

>> PART OF THE MAJOR REASON WE ARE HOLDING IT TODAY IS IN SENSITIVITY TO THE CASE -- AND MEMPHIS.

THE NICHOLS CASE.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE INSENSITIVE IN ANY WAY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT POLICE AREA >> WITH RESPECT TO THIS BILL, WE FELT THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS THE RISE IN ASSAULTS ON POLICE BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORT FOR OUR MEMBERS.

>> WHEN LAWMAKERS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF TYRE NICHOLS AND, YOU KNOW, REMORSE AND THINGS LIKE THIS, THAT'S GOOD, BUT WE NEED TO CHANNEL THAT INTO ACTION TO MAKE THE MANDATORY MINIMUM WAS REMOVED FROM THE BILL.

ONE SMALL STEP FROM LEGISLATURE THAT CRITICS SAY SEEMS INTENT, DURING AN ELECTION YEAR, OF PUTTING THE FORCE OF LAW BEHIND POLICE RATHER THAN ON THEIR VICTIMS.

DAVID CRUZ, NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>> RESIDENTS PROTESTING IN NEWARK THIS WEEKEND ARE ALSO CONTINUING CALLS FOR MORE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF CARL DORSEY.

AN UNARMED BLACK MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY A NEWARK POLICE DETECTIVE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY TWO YEARS AGO.

A GRAND JURY RECENTLY DECLINED TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICER.

ACTIVIST SIR NOT STOPPING THERE.

MELISSA ROSE COOPER REPORTS.

>> TO ME, PERSONALLY, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.

I FEEL LIKE RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION TWO YEARS LATER IS LIKE KILLING HIM ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> Reporter: EXPRESSING HER DISAPPOINTMENT OVER A GRAND JURY DECISION NOT TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER, CARL DORSEY.

TWO YEARS AGO, HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT IN NEWARK AFTER BEING SHOT BY POLICE.

AUTHORITIES SAY OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO A CALL NEAR WOODLAND AVENUE AND SOUTH 11th STREET THAT LATER RESULTED IN THE DETECTIVE SHOOTING AND KILLING DORSEY.

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAPTURING THE FINAL MOMENTS.

>> HE WAS UNARMED.

HE PRESENTED NO THREAT WHAT HOWEVER TO THIS OFFICER.

AND FOR BEING UNARMED AND NONTHREATENING, HE IS DEAD.

SOMEONE HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

>> SOCIAL ADVOCATES ARE JOINING THE FAMILY AND THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.

CALLING ON U.S. ATTORNEY CYLINDER TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION.

>> HE HAS ISSUED PRESS RELEASES SAYING THAT HE HAS A COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE CIVIL RIGHTS ARE PUT ON THE FRONT BURNER AND THAT HE WILL INVESTIGATE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE'RE ASKING HIM TO PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS.

WE BELIEVE THERE IS MORE THAN AMPLE DOUBLE CAUSE FOR AN INDICTMENT TO BE RETURNED.

>> DECISION COMING ON THE HEELS OF AN OUTPOURING OF OUTRAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE IN NEW JERSEY OVER THE FATAL BEATING OF TYRE NICHOLS AND SOCIAL ADVOCATES SAY IT'S JUST ANOTHER INCIDENT OF A BLACK PERSON SINCE MOSTLY LOSING THEIR LIVES AT THE HAND OF POLICE.

>> PEOPLE SHOULD CONDEMN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TO TYRE NICHOLS AND THAT WE HAVE TYRE NICHOLS RIGHT HERE IN NEW JERSEY.

>> ALL OVER.

WHY IS IT THAT A YEAR AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED, AND THOUSANDS MARCHED HERE IN NEWARK, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, WHY WAS CARL DORSEY KILLED IN THE MANNER THAT HE WAS KILLED?

MY ANSWER IS THIS.

BECAUSE THE POLICE FEEL THAT THEY ARE A POWER INTO THEMSELVES.

MANY OF THEM FEEL THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW.

THEY DON'T FEEL THIS WAY WITHOUT A REASON.

99% OF CASES OF POLICE BRUTALITY DON'T EVEN MAKE IT TO COURT.

1% OF THOSE THAT DO MAKE IT MY AND IN SOME TYPE OF CONVICTION.

USUALLY INSUFFICIENT.

>> Reporter: FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS SAY IT TIME POLICE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

CONTINUING TO FIGHT UNTIL JUSTICE HAPPENS.

>> IF, IN THIS DAY, THIS COUNTRY, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING CALLED CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF THE POLICE EMMA COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE, OFFICERS LIKE HIM WOULD HAVE BEEN LONG GONE.

CARL DORSEY WOULD STILL BE HERE.

>> THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE DEFECTIVE -- DETECTIVE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE DUTY.

CONDUCTING ITS OWN INVESTIGATION TO MAKE SURE POLICE DID NOT VIOLATE ANY REGULATIONS.

>> AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR HIM.

DOES NOT HAVE TO SLAM EVERY DOOR IN MY FACE.

>> DORSEY'S FAMILY IS STILL PURSUING A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF SELF.

THEY SPOKE TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY AND HOPE TO HAVE A MEETING MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION.

FOR AN SPOTLIGHT NEWS, I AM MELISSA ROSE COOPER.

>>> WINFIELD IS ON EDGE AS AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECT WHO THROUGH A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SYNAGOGUE OVER THE WEEKEND.

THEY SAID THE BOMB FAILED TO GO OFF AND CAUSED NO DAMAGE, FORTUNATELY.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ARE BEING FELT BY RESIDENTS.

TERRIFIED AT WHAT OTHER THREAT COULD BE AHEAD.

TED GOLDBERG REPORTS AS PART OF OUR ONGOING SERIES 6 HEARING HATE, FOCUSED ON ANTI-SEMITISM, RACISM, AND EXTREMISM.

>> YOU HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THESE ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS.

YOU NEVER THINK IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR SYNAGOGUE.

>> WENDY GROSSMAN HAS ATTENDED TEMPLE IN BLOOMFIELD FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS AND SHE WAS HORRIFIED TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE THREW A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL OF THE SYNAGOGUE ON SUNDAY MORNING.

>> AM VERY PROUD OF WHO I AM.

AND I JUST FEEL SAD FOR THE PERSON THAT AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO TRY TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE THE STRUCTURE.

>> Reporter: LIKELY, THE BOMB DID NOT GO OFF.

>> WE HAVE A HUGE CHALLENGE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW WITH ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS.

AND HATE, AT LARGE, AS WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT DAYS.

>> CONGRESSMAN JOSH GOT HAMMER VISITED TODAY.

IT'S NOW THE FOCUS OF INVESTIGATIONS BY LOCAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES ALONG WITH THE FBI.

THIS IS THE LATEST ATTACK ON THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS FACED A SHARP INCREASE IN ANTI-SEMITISM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGATIVITY AND ANTI-SEMITISM AND RACISM, YOU KNOW, AND XENOPHOBIA UNDER THE SURFACE, LIKE IN A BOILING POT.

SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOME NATIONAL LEADERS TOOK THE TOP OFF THE POT.

EVERYTHING FLOWED OVER.

PEOPLE HEAR THOSE THINGS AND THEY GET ANGRY OR GET ANGRIER AND THEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENED.

>> BACK IN THE DAY, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT YOU HATED, YOU MIGHT HAVE FELT ALONE AND ISOLATED.

HE DID NOT HAVE THE OUTLET TO GO OUT AND FIND OTHERS TO COMFORT YOU AND FEEL BETTER.

IF YOU HATE SOMEONE, IT'S EASY TODAY TO FIND YOURSELF FEELING MORE MEANS DREAM.

IF YOU FEEL MORE MAINSTREAM, YOU FEEL MORE EMPOWERED TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: JASON LEADS THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

HE IS PLEASED THAT THE CAMERAS CAUGHT THE SUSPECT IN THE ACT AND THAT THE DEFENSES HELD STRONG.

>> THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE.

THEY RECEIVED HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS AND HAD FORTIFIED IT SELF AND THEY HAD THE SHATTERPROOF FACADE, PROTECTING CLASS.

THE EFFECT OF THE COCKTAIL WAS NIL.

>> EVEN WITH THE FACT THAT HE DID NOT DO ANY DAMAGE, IT TERRORIZES THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS THE NATURE OF SUCH A.

IT TERRORIZES THE COMMUNITY WHO ALL WORRY WHAT COMING NEXT?

>> SCOTT RICHMOND WORKS WITH THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AND THE JEWISH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION THAT TRACK ANTI-SEMITISM AND OTHER FORMS OF HATE.

HE SAYS PEOPLE CAN FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM WITH EDUCATION.

>> A LOT OF THESE ISSUES WITH ANTI-SEMITIC ATTITUDES ARE ABOUT THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF NEW JERSEYANS AND ALL AMERICANS.

AND CHANGING THOSE HEARTS AND MINDS IF THEY NEED TO BE CHANGED.

IF THEY BELIEVE IN THESE COMPUTERS TO THEORIES AND TROPES.

>> Reporter: THE RABBI PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT READS, IN PART, EVERYTHING WORKED AS IT SHOULD.

OUR CAMERAS RECORD OF THE INCIDENT AND THE SHUTTER RESISTANT DOORS HELP.

WHAT A AND DO IS ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY NOT TO GROW DESPONDENT.

THERE IS HATE EVERYWHERE.

HATE WINS WHEN WE LET IT PENETRATE.

OUR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS CONTINUE.

NO ACT OF HATE AND STOP THE POWER OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

LINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED THIS VIDEO OF THE SUSPECT AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO CAN HELP IDENTIFY WHO THE PERSON IS.

IN BLOOMFIELD, I AM TED OLE BERG, NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A RULING TEMPORARY OR BLOCKING NEW JERSEY'S NEW LAW OF CONCEAL OR CARRYING FIREARMS IN SENSITIVE PLACES.

NOW ALLOWED IN PUBLIC PARKS, BEACHES, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND CASINOS ARE THE RULING NARROWS THE DEFINITION OF SCHOOLS WHERE FIREARMS ARE PROHIBITED AND CLARIFIES THAT CONCEALED FIREARMS ARE ALLOWED ON MULTIUSE AND SHARED PROPERTIES AND PARKING LOT.

THE DECISION EXPANDS ON A TEMPORARY OR RESTRAINING ORDER ISSUED BY THE SAME FEDERAL JUDGE EARLIER THIS MONTH BLOCKING THE LAW FROM BEING ENFORCED IN LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, RESTAURANTS, AND BARS, IN VEHICLES, AND ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE THE OWNER HAS NOT GIVEN PERMISSION TO CARRY.

GOVERNOR MURPHY'S OFFICE TODAY SAYS THE STATE WILL APPEAL THE RULING WITH CONFIDENCE IT WILL BE REVERSED.

>>> THE JANUARY 6th WRITER CHARGED IN THE ASSAULT ON POLICE OFFICER BRIAN 6 WAS SENTENCED TO NEED NEARLY -- THE 80 MONTH SENTENCE AND A $10,000 FINE HANDED DOWN TO A FELLOW NEW JERSEY MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY LAST YEAR TO USING COMICAL BEAR SPRAY DURING THE INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITAL ON JANUARY 6.

SICKNICK DIED IN THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY.

A SECOND ALSO PLED GUILTY TO BUYING THE BEAR SPRAY.

THE JUDGE SENTENCED HIM, HAVING PREVIOUSLY SERVED MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS BEHIND BARS AND ONE YEAR OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.

A SEA OF UNIFORMED OFFICERS PACKED THE COURTROOM FOR THE SENTENCING, OFFERING EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY ABOUT SICKNICK'S DEATH AND PUNISHING WORDS FOR THE LARGER MOB THAT ACTED THAT DAY.

>>> THE HIT AND RUN CASE INVOLVING JERSEY CITY COUNCILWOMAN IS FAR FROM OVER.

THE BICYCLIST HAD BY HER SUV LAST JULY FILED A $1 MILLION CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT.

THE VICTIM, ANDREW BLACK, FILED THE CLAIM IN AUGUST, BUT IT DID NOT COME TO LIGHT UNTIL LAST WEEK'S COURT HEARING WHEN SHE PLEADED GUILTY FOR FAILING TO REPORT AN ACCIDENT AND LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURIES.

THE BLACK NISSAN ROGUE STRUCK ANDREW AT A JERSEY CITY INTERSECTION AFTER HE RAN A RED LIGHT THE MORNING OF JULY 19th.

THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WHICH SHOW THAT HE DID NOT STOP, AND WAITED SIX HOURS BEFORE TURNING HERSELF IN.

SHE WILL NOT FACE JAIL TIME BUT LOSES HER DRIVERS LICENSE FOR A YEAR AND MUST PAY A $5000 FINE.

>>> IN THE SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS REPORT TONIGHT, MILLIONS GOING TO THE ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ UNVEILED ROUGHLY $5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING PROJECT THAT WILL GO TOWARDS AIRPORT OPERATIONS.

THE MONEY IS PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL THAT PASSED CONGRESS IN DECEMBER AND WILL BE USED IN PART TO PAY FOR DESIGN COST OF A NEW TAXIWAY AT THE AIRPORT.

ACCESS TO A PROPOSED CARGO TERMINAL AND DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THAT WILL OPERATE AROUND THE AIRPORT.

MENENDEZ JOINED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND NATIONAL AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK.

THE PROJECT WILL CREATE NEW JOBS AND HELP LOCAL, SMALL BUSINESSES.

MORE THAN $1 MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY WAS RECENTLY ALLOCATED TO THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD'S 100 EVAN TEAM FIGHTER WING FOR A TRADES TO ITS BASE LOCATED IN ATLANTIC CITY, CONSIDERED AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT BASES IN THE COUNTRY.

HERE IS A CHECK ON TODAY'S CLOSING TRADING NUMBERS.

>>> A NEW STUDY BY RUTGERS RESEARCHERS IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.

IT RUNS THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BIG DIAGNOSED IN PARTS OF NEW JERSEY IS RISING SHARPLY.

BUT CONTRARY TO PREVIOUS FINDINGS, THE HIGHEST INCREASE IS NOW BEING SEEN IN KIDS WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND IN YOUR CORRESPONDENT BRENDA FLANAGAN HAS THE LATEST.

>> IT CAN BE VERY REWARDING, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE VERY FRUSTRATING.

>> SUE OBERMAN IS A SPECIAL ED TEACHER WHO SAYS THAT THE REPORTS SHOWING AUTISM RATES SURGEON FIVEFOLD IN NEW JERSEY ONLY TELLS HALF THE STORY.

TEACHERS OFTEN STRUGGLE WHEN SO MANY STUDENTS NEED INDIVIDUAL HELP, EVEN TO MAKE FRIENDS.

>> IT IS NOT JUST KNOWING ACADEMICS.

IT'S MAKING SURE THAT AS A WHOLE, YOU WANT THOSE KIDS INCLUDED.

YOU TAKE THE EXTRA TIME WHEN YOU SHOULD BE LESSON PLANNING, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO BE KIND AND BE INCLUSIVE.

>> THE IMPACT, MEASURABLE.

THE NEW STUDY SHOWS AUTISM RATES IN NEW JERSEY 8-YEAR-OLDS SPIKED 500% FROM THE YEAR 20 TO 2016.

ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE KIDS WITH AUTISM ALSO HAD INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

HERE'S THE SURPRISE.

THE REST DID NOT.

TWO OUT OF THREE COULD DO THE SCHOOLWORK, BUT SUFFERED BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS.

IS THIS IT IS AUTHOR EXPLAINED, IT IS A TRIAGE SITUATION.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE, IN UNDERSERVED REGIONS, THERE IS A GROUP OF CHILDREN NOT GETTING SERVICES.

LIKELY TO HAVE AUTISM.

BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING WELL ACADEMICALLY AND MAYBE THEY ARE SEEN AS HAVING BEHAVIOR ISSUES, THEY ARE NOT GETTING SERVICES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.

THERE IS BETTER IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN WITH MORE CHALLENGES.

THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING TO ATTENTION FASTER.

>> THE STUDY ALSO SHOWED BLACK CHILDREN WITH AUTISM BUT NO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES WERE 30% LESS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED AND MEANWHILE, KIDS FROM WEALTHIER AREAS WERE 80% MORE LIKELY TO BE IDENTIFIED.

SUZANNE McCANN AND WITH AUTISM NEW JERSEY EXPLAINS.

>> SOMETIMES, DIAGNOSTIC WAIT LISTS CAN BE 6 TO 24 MONTHS.

EXACERBATED BY THE PANDEMIC.

A LOT OF TIMES FAMILIES IN POORER COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE MEDICAL SPECIALISTS TO GET THOSE EVALUATIONS DONE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES, PARENTS ARE LOOKING TO THE SCHOOL TO BE THE EXPERT WHEN THE CHILD IS DIAGNOSED, OR WHEN CERTAIN BEHAVIORS ARE BEING SEEN IN SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL IS OFTEN IN A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE.

THEY ALSO HAVE A BUDGET AND OTHER STUDENTS.

>> REBECCA WOLINSKY TRANSFERRED HER 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, MOLLY, TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN CLASSES FOR KIDS WITH AUTISM.

THE STAFF IS HIGHLY TRAINED TO DEAL WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.

SENSORY ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP OVERWHELMED KIDS COPE READ BASIC TUITION HERE RUNS AT $70,000 PER YEAR.

SCHOOL DISTRICT REFER AND PAY FOR MANY STUDENTS WHO NEED INTENSE SUPPORT GRID >> WE'VE GOT TUNES FROM ABOUT EIGHT COUNTIES AND 40 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SENDING STUDENTS TO US WHEN THEY CANNOT SUPPORT THE STUDENTS.

>> THEY'VE GOT A WAITING LIST AND WITH A NUMBER OF KIDS WITH AUTISM RISING, HOW CAN SERVICES BE IMPROVED TO KEEP PACE?

TREATMENT IS MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN IT IS STARTED EARLY.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RECOMMENDS THAT ALL KIDS BE SCREENED BETWEEN 18 AND 24 MONTHS.

>> FROM MY RESEARCH, I KNOW THIS IS NOT HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY.

CHILDREN ARE NOT SCREENED CONSISTENTLY AT THOSE AGES.

>> EVEN INTO ADOLESCENCE, WE SOMETIMES SEE KIDS WHO ARE MISDIAGNOSED OR NOT DIAGNOSED.

YET STILL STRUGGLING SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY WITHOUT ANY ANSWERS.

>> EXPERTS SUGGEST ASKING PEDIATRICIANS TO HELP SCREEN AND DIAGNOSE KIDS WITH AUTISM EARLIER AND GET TREATMENT FOR THE DINNER BEFORE CHILDREN BEGIN SCHOOL AND PROBLEMS MULTIPLY.

I AM BRENDA FLANAGAN, NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS.

>>> A BIG SHOUT OUT TONIGHT TO 15-YEAR-OLD MOUNT HOLLY NATIVE ISABELLA VITO, WHOSE GRACE AND POISE OF THE U.S.

FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ON FRIDAY, HELPED HER CAPTURE THE GOLD.

AND SHE WON HER FIRST WOMEN'S NATIONAL TITLE ACTUALLY DELIVERED A NEAR FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE, ELEGANTLY LANDING.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN SAY THIS NOW.

TRIPLE LEFT HALF LOOP SEQUENCE CAPTIVATING THE AUDIENCE AND DRAWING A STANDING OVATION.

THE SOUTH JERSEY TEAM SAYS THE SECRET TO THE SUCCESS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH KEEPING HER NERVES CALM.

JUST NOT BOWING TO THE PRESSURE.

BUT SHE COULD NOT QUITE THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE HER WIN.

SHE NOW MOVES ON TO THE 2024 NATIONALS, BEING HOSTED BY U.S.

FIGURE SKATING IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FINALLY, TONIGHT AM OF THEIR WINS WERE WORKING JUST FINE ON SUNDAY.

THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ARE HEADING TO THE SUPER BOWL.

THE MATCHUP IS SET AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, WHO WILL BE IN ARIZONA FEBRUARY 12th THE BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE LOMBARDI TROPHY.

OF COURSE, ALL THE BRAGGING RIGHTS.

THE WIND --WIN DID NOT COME WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSY SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIT UP EAGLES GREEN AND WHITE IN THEIR HONOR.

THE GIANTS FANS, NOT HAVING IT AND STILL SOUR OVER THE LOSS TO PHILADELPHIA OVER A WEEK AGO, WHICH KNOCKED THEM OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS.

TAKING TO TWITTER TO BASH THE DECISION.

THE EMPIRE STATE FOLDED AND LIT UP RED FOR THE CHIEFS.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF EAGLES FANS IN THE GARDEN STATE READY TO WATCH THEM WIN.

THAT'S OUR SHOW TONIGHT.

MAKE SURE YOU GO OVER TO THE NJSPOTLIGHTNEWS.ORG AND FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS ON THE GARDEN STATE.

I'M BRIANA VANNOZZI.

FOR THE ENTIRE NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS TEAM, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

MAKING PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREAT FOR EVERY CHILD.

RWJBARNABAS HEALTH.

LET'S BE HEALTHY TOGETHER.

AND ORSTED.

COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF A NEW, LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE, CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE FOR NEW JERSEY.

LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR EXPLORING HAGUE IS PROVIDED BY THE SOVIET A AND SIMON B PROGRAMMING POINT OF ENDOWMENT TO FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM WITH ADDITIONAL MAJOR FUNDING SU AND EDGAR WACHENHEIM III.

THE PETERSON AND JOAN GANZ COONEY FUND.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY THE TIGER BARON FOUNDATION.

NANCY AND MAURICE W MOFFAT AND JOSH WHISTON.