have a great monday. . this is new york's number 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness news with lori stokes and ken rosato, heather o'rourke with traffic, and bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news this morning. breaking in ferguson, missouri, gunfire erupts between police and a suspect at protests marking the anniversary of the death of 18- year-old michael brown. one person is in critical condition. eyewitness news is live with the details. >> here at home, another person has died from legionnaire's disease. today mayor bill de blasio has an update on the outbreak. >> brazen burglar wanted for sneaking into a home snatching luxury items from gucci to wedding rings.

we have the video police want you to see. good monday morning, i'm michelle charlesworth. >> i'm shirleen allicot. ken and lori have the day off. today is august 10th. meteorologist bill bill with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> we take a look outside, and we're going to be starting out with we're looking at 72 degrees. we're looking at 72 around ridgewood queens to whitestone to cambria heights. really nice numbers. 65 and 55 in monticello. we're looking at a continuation of our weather from over the weekend. 82 and sunshine today. you might feel a little more in the way of humidity. but, well, all good things must come to an end. showers and thunderstorms are coming your way for tonight and tomorrow. i'll talk about that next. happy monday. >> happy monday to you, sir. we're going to talk about our subway status.

the a and c trains will be running via the f lines until 5 a.m. that's because of that work they're doing there. long island railroad, new jersey transit on or close. metro north, waterbury branch have that bridge work in bridgeport. and the deegan northbound side 183 street to yankees stadium, that's a long-term construction project. in the car lanes you do have an accident. thank you so much. we are following breaking news out of missouri. one person is in critical condition following a police- involved shooting that happened in ferguson. >> it happened at an event where hundreds gathered to mark michael brown. eyewitness news reporter toni know. >> the one of year anniversary of michael brown's death began with peace, his father calling for calm and if hours that is exactly how it was until late last night. gunfire, injuries, protestors

facing off against police, officers returning gunfire, and they were fired on by one man. this is happening as the police chief was speaking to reporters. >> we want to be as patient as possible. >> that was just after 11 last night that that chaos escalated to this point. at a press conference this morning, officials say he ran around a building and turned and began firing. the officers returned fire hitting the suspect who is in critical unstable condition. st. louis county's police chief says in all during that violence at least 50 shots were fired in two separate incidents. one he called a clash between two different faction of protestors. >> there is a small group of people out there that are

intent on making sure we don't have peace that prevails. i don't know how else to say that. >> this is how that sunday observance began with michael brown's father leading a march. the group was formed in the wake of michael brown's death august 9th last year. he was unarmed when he was shot and killed by a white officer. the officer involved in the shooting last night have been placed on administrative leave. demonstrations took place here in new york city as well. the nypd says there were multiple arrests outside the barclays center in brooklyn people silently laid down on the ground for four and a half minutes. this symbolized the roughly 4 1/2 hours brown's lifely body was on the street in ferguson. many protestors say they want a different kind of policing. >> it takes us continuously being out here, continuously

talking about it and bringing awareness to every single solitary person that has been killed. >> demonstrators in union square in manhattan as well, a large banner had pictures of people protestors say were murdered by police officers. a new analysis says 24 unarmed black men have been shot and killed by police this year alone. we're seeing new images this morning of a texas teenager shot and killed by a police officer. surveillance pictures show is the-year-old christian taylor at a car dealership early friday morning where police say he was caught standing on cars and kicking in windshields. the police officer responding to the scene used a taser on taylor before shooting him multiple times. taylor was not armed. the fbi is assisting into the investigation of the shooting. this morning sports fans are remembering the life of a legend, frank gifford, an

important part of new york city sports history died sudden ly at the age of 84. he was a sports anchor at eyewitness news, one of the hosts of monday night football. he's still very fondly remembered here at abc. >> frank gifford was an exceptional man who will be missed by everyone who had the joy of seeing his talent on the field, the pleasure of watching his broadcasts or the honor of knowing him." . eyewitness news reporter lucy yang has the city's reaction from the upper west side. >> my father was a big fan of his. in fact, he named me -- my nickname was the giff growing up. >> after him. >> after frank gifford yeah. >> from fans who adopted his name to fans who considered frank gifford a must watch every monday night, the sports hero and sports caster was

fondly remembered. >> i especially liked the way he wouldn't criticize the officials when they made a call. he never said that they did it wrong. you see they pretty much caught it. >> celebrities took to twitter with their condolences. larry king tweeted rest in peace nfl and giants icon frank gifford, a star player and legendary announcer. i had many great interviews with him. nancy sinatra so sorry to hear about the passing of frank gifford. >> i thought he was a great player. he was multidimensional. he could catch the ball, run with the ball, pass the ball. >> he was a great football player a legend, a great human being. >> frank gifford leaves behind quite a legacy.

i remember meeting him at an abc event years ago. he was as charming and friendly as ever. on the upper west side lucy yang channel 7y eye. >> thousands of people have been reading about frank gifford on social pages and our website. you can find more details plus some amazing photos chronicling his life at abc7ny. new this morning, we have video of a burglar who spent his saturday night ransacking a brooklyn apartment. here is a look at the man police are trying to find. he broke into an apartment at sheeps head bay and got away with $4000 in cash, six gucci watches. he also grabbed some earrings and three wedding rings. two serial rape and robbery suspects are in jail. police took joey cruz and isaiah rivera into custody. they're accused of luring at least three women online to meet them and attacking and

sexually assaulting them. they also robbed their victims. one of their accomplices was arrested friday. mayor bill de blasio is expect today hold a press conference introducing new legislation. officials have confirmed another case of legionnaire's disease. officials say there have been no diagnoses since last monday. also, no new contaminated cooling towers have been defected by workers test -- detected by workers testing buildings. the governor says he wants to establish a statewide registry of buildings with cooling towers and a system of regular inspections. ten people have died since outbreak started in the south bronx last month: 4:39 right now. in dutchess county the search resumes for a kayaker who's missing in the hudson river. 32-year-old ian jones and his girlfriend tali fruchtmann were

kayaking saturday when their two-person kayak capsized. the woman who's the daughter of rock star annie lennox was picked up by a passing boater. neither of them was wearing a life jacket and alcohol may have played a role. a new pedestrian mall next to madison square garden will open today. benches, tables and chairs are set up on west 33rd street from 7th avenue to the gardens loading to believes. the car free zone will feature vendors and fitness workshops. the plaza will be open until at least october when city officials decide whether to make it permanent. 4:40 right now. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> good morning ladies, we're looking from our camera at 4 times square past the empire state building, new york life building, got a great morning out here. kind of a nice day.

hours. humidity starts to pick up wind. a couple sprinkles are in eastern pennsylvania but back to our west we're seeing showers and thunderstorms. that pushes into the area starting tonight around midnight and will last through the day tomorrow. today is a nice quiet day noontime temperature 79. we're into the low 80s this cooler than normal. normal high this time of the year 83 degrees across the area. we'll have a great afternoon. we're going to talk about drenching rain tomorrow, flash flooding possible, gusty winds, all that and some that's next. heather's looking at your >> we'll show you a picture of the george washington bridge and show you how nicely the traffic is moving across the upper and lower levels. no major problems to report there. we didn't have major construction projects this morning. ac and f trains. the a and c trains are rerouted

by the f because of track work. that will be in place until 5 a.m. metro north, waterbury branch it's bridge work in bridgeport as you head to the deegan north, 138th street to yankee stadium long-term road work there. the western spur, new jersey turnpike north of exit 14 that is a disabled vehicle. thank you. 4:42 now, and still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, tragedy in texas, six children and two adults handcuffed and home. this morning we are learning more about what happened and getting reaction from neighbors. >> monster storms ramped up in the central plains threatening cities and suburbs. this morning cleanup is underway. science-based solution to combat weight gain that cuts

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a cleanup is underway in south dakota where a storm left large pieces of hail. severe weather hit several states. the central plains saw tornadoes with twisters spotted in nebraska and kansas. >> scary stuff. nothing like that here at home thankfully. it is 4:45. meteorologist bill evans joining us now with the exclusive accuweather forecast. look at gotham tonight. >> very nice this morning, yep, we're looking at a pretty morning, just a couple of clouds around. clouds. that's the intersection of 5th avenue, central park south right there. the morning has a nice temperature to it, 72 degrees and a humidity kind of in the moderate to low area. 68% for the morning hours. got a southerly wind and the

pressure right at 30 which is our mark of fair weather. yesterday's high 85. what a nice day on sunday. humidity. it was a great day. 8:01. muggier day. you'll feel a little more humidity west of the city in western jersey could be a shower that pops up. the drenching rains and storms come in after midnight. showers and thunderstorms for the commute and through the day. they'll be slow moving. they could be capable of producing heavy downpours of rain that could produce flooding around the area. a uv index of 9. a lot of sunshine. the pollen count is moderate. mostly grasses and nettle. that's because heather's been growing chenapods at her house. hauppauge 62, 59 towards east hampton 71 newark and 55 to 65 monticello to poughkeepsie. a 10-degree spread.

a calm wind this morning to a southerly wind around. it's going to feel great across the area. today a lot of sunshine, clear skies, there are those showers back to our west. this band of right here, this band of right here, that starts to march eastward and that gives us the rain tomorrow. simply you'll see on our futurecast this afternoon one or two showers pop up in here around morris county west of the hudson river valley, even maybe dutchess county in here and by tomorrow, 6 a.m., 7 a.m., we've got heavy rain tomorrow into the afternoon, into the evening. there could be a leftover shower as we go into wednesday. we've got a beautiful day today. we're looking at sunshine. we're looking at cloudy skies coming in tonight. we're looking at the showers and thunderstorms starting after midnight. showers and thunderstorms will be heavy tomorrow morning and then again in the afternoon. there might be a leftover shower on wednesday. the rest of the week is looking good. then we get into the weekend. it's hot. on saturday.

we'll keep an eye on that. >> all right, so chenapod i had to look it up. the plants which include spinach, beets and goose foots. wouldn't that be goose feet. >> those of us who grow chenapod know this. it's great for your salad. >> i saw her having a chenapod salad yesterday. >> you're the expert. >> cracking me up. >> you learn something new every day. we're going to talk about your subway status. if you take the ac,s ac and r rerouted by the f because of that ongoing track work. metro north waterbury branch bridge work in bridgeport and as you travel along the deegan heading northbound to yankee stadium this is long-term road work. i have to change that. western spur of the new jersey turnpike north of exit 14 we have a disabled vehicle and the

new jersey turnpike car lanes south of exit 13 that is another accident being cleared away. east river crossings doing just fine. our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. thank you. a massacre in houston, a family of six children and their parents handcuffed and shot one at a time in the head in their very own home. now a man with a violent criminal history is in custody and charged with their murders. >> investigators say the man behind the rampage inside this suburban houston home climbed in through an open window on the side of the house, handcuffed the entire family that was inside, and then shot each one of them in the head. we're talking two adults and six children including his own son. >> a welfare check inside a home in a quiet northwest harris county neighborhood turned into a three-hour standoff saturday night. that standoff included shots fired at deputies. when the dust settled eight

people were found dead inside, and this man, david conley was in police custody. >> telling everybody about this guy, for my kids to stay away from him. >> the family of one of the victims, valerie jackson says at one point she and c onley were married. >> we had the last period of school together. then we always said we're going to try to make the nfl together. >> hours after the most horrific scene anyone in this neighborhood could have ever imagined, a local pastor led friends of the family in prayer on the doorstep hoping to find some semblance of peace. >> my prayer for this family even in the midst of this horrible situation will feel the love of this community and the love of the city of houston. we will come together and uplift them and embrace them through the most difficult times. >> david conley is charged with three counts of capital murder. i asked the d. a. office if

they're going to go after the death penalty. reporting from houston, tracy clements channel 7 eyewitness news. to colorado now, the toxic yellow sludge from an abandoned gold mine is still flowing south contaminating rivers. it has already stretched more than 100 miles shutting vacation spots and killing business. the epa says the brew of heavy metals will not harm wildlife but the epa is under fire for waiting 24 hours to notify state and local officials of the spill. it turns out the release is 3 million-gallons and growing. that amount is three times what 4:51. a new nonprofit research center is promising to be the voice of science about healthy lifestyles, but critics say the global energy balance network is being funded by coca-cola to obesity.

critics say coke is trying to convince the public that physical activity can offset a bad diet. studies have shown exercise has only a minimal impact on weight, and what you consume such as sugary sodas is much more important. 4:52 on this monday morning, caught on camera, a small plane is force today make a tricky landing. what caused the trouble. verizon subscribers, big changes you'll need to know about are coming to america's largest wireless provider.

we have the d your tri-state ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. when do we want it, now >> there are concerns the battle to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour for fast food workers will be lost once a comes time to enforce it. the u.s. bureau of labor estimates 1.7 million workers were paid less than the federal minimum of 7.25 per hour last year. the problem is the federal government doesn't have enough investigators to catch businesses breaking the law. $270million in back wages was recovered nationwide last year. you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill

bill and the accuweather forecast. >> we take a look outside, 72 right now, a high today that's going to be around 82 degrees across the area. temperatures out across long island 61 at islip, 64, 61 down the jersey shore. new city in rocklin county. rocklin county about 64 degrees, low 70s to 70 around the five boroughs into the urban areas of new jersey. we'll have a lot of sunshine. we're looking at 76 by noontime and 82 this afternoon. heather o'rourke is here. >> yes. >> what's in my lunch today? can we have one of those nettle and chenapod salads today? >> yes, i made one for everybody. just a big whatever it is. let's go over to our maps. the deegan has a long-term construction project from 138th street to yankee stadium. western spur of the new jersey turnpike, north of exit 14 we have a disabled vehicle, and the new jersey turnpike car

lanes south of exit 13, that is away. a, c, and f trains that of very shortly. 4:57. a small plane landed safely without wheels in fort lauderdale florida. yesterday the single engine plane came down smoothly on its didn't work. after landing the man got out almost as if nothing had happened. firefighters were on hand in case they were needed. fortunately they were not. we are closing in on 5:00. just ahead on eyewitness news this morning, we're following breaking news in ferguson missouri. overnight shots were fired as demonstrators marked one year since unarmed teenager michael brown was shot and killed by an officer. we're live with an update. and we'll have a repeat

bad thing, but you know . this is new york's number 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness news with lori stokes and ken rosato, heather o'rourke with traffic, and bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news this morning. good morning, it is 5 a.m. breaking news in ferguson missouri, at least one demonstrator is in critical condition after he was shot by an officer in an exchange of bullets. we're live with the chaos unfolding overnight. >> and there's a new push to end the legionnaire's outbreak in the south bronx. >> and we will have another beauty today, but changes are a coming with storms on the way. good morning everyone. i'm michelle charlesworth.

>> and thank you for joining us, i'm shirleen allicot. today is monday august 10th. lori stokes and ken rosato have the morning off. >> you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> let's take a look outside. temperatures down the jersey shore, we start out with really pretty weather, great for a walk down the boardwalk. long branch at 64. brick about 60. wrightstown inland about 62. as you go to the west, sayreville 64. 64 long island. really nice weather today. comfy sun, by 8:00, 73, 82 this afternoon with humidity and a few clouds. we've got showers and thunderstorms coming for after midnight and into tomorrow. we'll talk about that next. it's weather then heather every 7 minutes. >> my mother-in-law is a little upset about tomorrow morning. >> the thunderstorms.

>> i'll outline it for her. we'll make sure your mother-in- law feels okay. >> thank you for that. we're going to talk about long island railroad doing just fine. new jersey transit's okay. bridge work in bridgeport. our subway status service is running on or close to schedule, and then we have this long-term work on the deegan north 138th street up to yankee stadium. that might cause a little delay for you. a disabled vehicle western spur of the turnpike north of exit 14 and an accident on the new jersey turnpike car lanes south of exit 13. that is another accident being cleared. expect some delays as you go on to the southbound side. you're okay with your east river crossings. no major problems. our street cleaning rules are in effect. thank you so much. 5:02 right now. we're following breaking news overnight out of ferguson missouri. gunfire erupted after demonstrations that were marking one year after a white police officer shot and killed

an unarmed black teenager. toni yates joins us live in the newsroom. >> reporter: yes, you know michael brown senior asked that the day remembering his son's death be peaceful. that is how it was during the afternoon but as night fell shots were fired and violence took over. what you're seeing in this video, police and reporters ducking behind cars. police trying to get civilians to safety as those shots rang out. two different groups of protestors began firing at each other as police tried to regain calm. at least two cars were hit with gunfire. this morning one man as you said is in critical unstable condition after police shot him. this is after officials say the man fired on an unmarked police van with four officers inside. none of the officers are hurt. there is word others may have been injured during the violent end to this day. >> several shots rang out, i'm

guessing 40, 50, probably over 45 seconds. i can tell you that it was a remarkable amount of gunfire. >> the brown family set the peaceful tone that began that day with a moment of silence at the spot where 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed by a white officer august 9th of last year. officer darren wilson resigned but was not indicted. marchers passed a memorial for brown where his father stopped and said miss you. now police have not yet given any numbers on arrests. the detectives involved in that shootout with the gunman are on administrative leave as a back to you. thank you. new this morning, a tragic situation on a brooklyn veto as a man was hit and killed by a car. it happened along atlantic avenue in cobble hill. a 66-year-old man was trying to cross atlantic avenue at clinton last night when he was hit by mercedes. hospital. the man who was in the

crosswalk at the time described the horrific scene. >> the car hit him. he went up in the air about this high, and then the vehicle over there on the windshield, the car caught him again and flipped him up a little higher. >> the driver stayed at the scene. filed. witnesses say the victim was a store owner that area. all right. michelle, 5:05. happening today, a new push toward finding solution to end the legionnaire's outbreak in the south bronx and an effort to prevent future outbreaks. eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live with us right now from city hall. >> reporter: shirleen, the mayor says it's time to roll out new legislation because basically nothing is working. the mayor says this is contained and he wants it to stay that way. let's take a look at the numbers just released here. there are 109 people reported with legionnaire's, 76 individuals have been treat sod

for a and discharged. ten people have died but everyone who passed were adults with underlying medical conditions. according to the mayor everything about tackling this legionnaire's outbreak has been a learn as you go system. they didn't have a comprehensive list of cooling towers in the bronx which is basically where the bacteria can breed. over the we could the governor stepped in -- over the weekend the governor stepped in to test more buildings in the bronx. let's listen to the governor. >> a few days ago i said that the state would test for free any cooling tower. that increased the number of cooling towers that were asking for testing, so i think we made good progress. i think we are ahead of it now. unfortunately ten people have died. over 100 people have gotten ill, and that is the sad story here.

>> and the mayor's agreeing with that, so today he's going to hold a press conference around 12:30 at city hall. he'll talk about the new legislation and provide an update on the latest numbers of legionnaire's here in the city in the bronx and of course we will be there. live in lower manhattan, kala rama channel 7 eyewitness news. 5:07, drones continue to create scares in the air for pilots navigating the skies in our area. >> we just saw the drone at 3,000. >> chopper 1637, saw the drone. >> 3,000 feet was 400 off our left wing. >> that's one of four commercial pilots who spotted a drone as they landed yesterday at limited regulation is creating lots of concern. >> it's a new thing. it's like the internet when it first came out, people didn't know how to police it.

>> it's cool, but it's not anymore when you think of the safety side of it. >> the faa is trying to figure out the source of the drone. yesterday's incident came after three sightings. whoever is responsible faces jail time and fine of $25,000. 5:08 right now. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. happy monday beginning bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> let's take a look outside. we're looking from our roof camera past the jackie onassis reservoir. we'll have a great day today. it will feel great today. you might notice humidity later on today but hey, it's august. it's going to be great. off to our west there's a couple showers west of redding. those are popping up. they'll die out. there's a few down around delaware bay. later on this afternoon, those creep into western new jersey, more of that thunderstorm

activity creeps in for tomorrow morning. 81 by 1:00. in the afternoon the temperature will be in the low 80s across the area. we'll talk about these showers and thunderstorms coming up in your accuweather seven-day forecast. boating today, wind is northeast going southeast 5 to 10 knots. heather's looking at your commute. >> let's look at a picture of the new jersey turnpike right in front of newark airport new york city may job problems. northbound traffic, southbound traffic that's the brake lights you see. let's go over to our maps and i'll tell you what's happening south of the airport. that's an accident in the process of the being cleared. the western spur of the turnpike north, you do have a disabled vehicle and don't forget about long-term road work, deegan north into yankee stadium. new jersey transit no major problems. metro north waterbury branch,

it's bridge work in bridgeport. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. 5:09 right now. still ahead on eyewitness news this monday morning, a pistol decision expect -- a pivotal decision expected in the case of the 13-year-old girls accused of stabbing a classmate.

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both girls are charged with attempted murder in adult court bars. prosecutors say trying them in juvenile court would take away crime. the victims survived after being stabbed 19 times. we're following the latest developments out of texas where police continue to investigate the horrific murders of six children and two adults. 48-year-old david conley is facing capital murder charges after being arrested late saturday night. investigators say an official with texas child protective services had previous contact with that same family, and police say one or two of the children killed in the houston area home may have been conley's own children. 5:13. right now emergency crews in northern california are battling yet another wildfire. this is amateur video of the new fire north of napa valley called the jerusalem fire after a nearby road.

it has already burned more than 3,000 acres. firefighters working to contain the 60,000 acres rocky fire have been diverted to the new scene. some areas are under a mandatory evacuation order. bill evans joins us now with the accuweather forecast. hi bill. >> hey, we're going to take a look outside, and we're going to look at beautiful weather across the area to start the day. partly cloudy skies, going to be looking at a beautiful sunrise. going to be a great day. weaver looking at more humidity. as we look to the east and towards the sunrise right at 6:00 this morning. 72 degrees the temperature. the humidity 68%. the pressure at 30.07 which is a mark of fair weather and yesterday's high number was 85. we're looking at pretty weather today, maybe a little cooler. a little more humid. 64 north port and massapequa,

going to take a walk downed boardwalk at fire island this morning, it's a beautiful morning, 55 at monticello. nice and cool in spots in here. a calm wind to a light wind mostly out of the northeast. there are a couple showers in eastern pennsylvania. those will kind of creep eastward. they'll die down and refire this afternoon. the showers and thunderstorms we get tonight are here in the ohio valley. those will slide eastward coming into the area tonight generally after midnight. you'll see in our futurecast, our computer model. here are those afternoon showers that pop up west of the city. then tomorrow here come thunderstorms morning commute time. 6 a.m., 7 a.m., heavy drenching downpours of rain. then we're looking at pop-up showers and thunderstorms again with the front sliding through thier. rainfall amounts you'll see some of these can be drenching downpours with flooding possible. newark on the computer model

showing 2 inches, trenton 3 inches of rain. this could be a little high. it's computer guidance. it gives you an idea of how much rain is possible in the system. if you're boating today, getting up going out early this morning, northeast wind starts out this morning, great morning, 5, 10 knots. a rip current risk at the beach is moderate. today we've got sun to clouds, here comes this front and this low sliding eastward. out ahead of that, showers and thunderstorms, and then eventually the front pushes through the area. a little chance of an afternoon shower with that sun coming through. sunshine and clouds this afternoon, a bit humid i high 82. a nice august summer's day. tonight it's cloudy and humid. tomorrow we've got these showers and storms, flash flooding, gusty winds, temperatures around 80 degrees. after a late shower wednesday with the front coming through,

it's drier with low humidity and a mixture of sun and clouds on thursday and we warm back up on friday. saturday and sunday we're looking at august days of some august heat but still no 90- degree weather. in central park we've only had three 90-degree days all summer. so we are very charmed. it's been a great summer season so far, and we've got more to go. left. >> tons left. >> i love that attitude. that is what we want to hear. we're just getting started. >> and if we don't have it, it. >> there you go. >> fake it until you make it. >> i'm wearing flip-flops until it snows. i don't care. >> if you normally do it by the g train, we do have work going on on our g train. they're trying to repair signal problems so you have downtown delays as a result.

the new jersey turnpike car lane south of exit 13, that is an accident that has cleared away. that's good news for us. as you travel on to 84 quarterback westbound from exit 6 to 3, two lanes are closed down. that is also road work and our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. 5:18 now, and still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, verizon wireless is making a big change to its payment plans. what it means for your wallet. >> and new clues police have this morning just hours before the search resumes for the

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ng 5:21. it is three days and counting until a major change to the nation's largest wireless carrier. as of thursday verizon wireless is doing away with two year contracts. they will stop offering phones at discount prices. verizon says it's making the move for the sake of simplification. the change could also leave some customers paying more for service. >> don't like to hear that. >> we take a look outside this morning, and here is the current temperature as we look to the north, 72 degrees. going to be a nice start to your day. it's 63 at sussex and new city and 69 bridgeport connecticut. 64 around islip.

71 laguardia with a little southeast wind. feels nice out there this morning. newark is showing up at 87% humidity. you really don't feel that stuff until the sun gets going. looking at a nice wind there out of the south, a little light wind. water temperatures 73. we'll have sunshine today, a nice day. 76 by lunchtime, 82 this afternoon. but we've got gusty thissts for tomorrow. we'll talk about that coming up. heather's looking at your commute, weather then heather every 7 minutes. we'll talk about our subway status. as you travel on to the new jersey turnpike car lanes south of exit 13 that accident has been cleared. 84 going west exits 6 to 3 two lanes are closed with road work. as you travel to your mass transit systems as far as long island railroad, new jersey

transit you should be type. metro north waterbury branch we do have that bridge work in bridgeport and the lower level on the george washington bridge, you knees e-z pass. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect for today. thank you so much. it is now 5:23. still ahead on eyewitness news, remembering football legend frank gifford. the tributes shared this morning. >> also ahead at the weekend box office, mission impossible takes opt fantastic 4 -- takes on the fantastic 4. who came out on top and the huge disappoint for one group of fans.

stay wit on the money this morning, markets in asia surge on hopes for new stimulus measures. >> japan's nikkei is up nearly half a percent. hong kong's hang seng dropped a fraction. on wall street the dow jones starts the day down 46 points at 17373. the nasdaq composite and s&p 500 begin lower as well. prices at the pump continue on a summer slide. abc's phillip mania and reena

ninan have this morning's business headlines. >> topping america's money, gas prices continuing to drop. >> aaa says the national average for regular gas line 2.59 a gallon. that's down $0.16 from a month ago and $0.88 lower than this time last year. the fantastic 4 with an anything but fantastic opening weekend. mission impossible rogue nation held on to the number one spot taking in $29 million. >> and fantastic 4 opened with just over 26 million, and the gift debuted in third place. if you love hot sauce there's a new restaurant for you. >> the company that makes tabasco sauce is opening an all hotted sauce restaurant in louisiana. it's called 1868. the menu features a 7 spice chili dog, jambalaya and raspberry chipotle ice cream. looking forward to that. when you're doing a movie about ghost busters who are you

going to call, bill murray. the original ghost buster confirms he's going to join the reboot. dan aykroyd is going to make a cameo in the movie, and melissa mccarthy, the movie comes out next june. >> those are some funny ladies. that's going to be a good one. 5:28, coming up in our next half hour, breaking news in ferguson, missouri. peaceful protests end in gunfire with one suspect shot by police as demonstrators mark one year since the death of unarmed teenager michael brown. >> get out and enjoy another gorgeous day. it's all going to change tomorrow. bill evans breaks it i thought activia was for big digestive issues. until i realized our body handles a lot. 1,100 meals a year...

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news, channel 7 eyewitness news this morning. >> breaking news in ferguson, missouri. one protestor is in critical condition after shots were fired at what started as peaceful demonstrations to commemorate the killing of michael brown. >> we are looking back at the life and legacy of giant's star and football hall of famer frank gifford. >> we are going to have a repeat today of that beautiful weather we saw over the weekend, but changes are in the works. say it isn't so. good morning everybody; i'm michelle charlesworth. >> thank you for joining us. i'm shirleen allicot. today is monday august 10th. lori stokes and ken rosato have the morning off. >> you're never more than 7 minutees away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> good morning everybody. what a great weekend of weather we had. it continues today. here's a look at the chrysler building. sun is up in 29 minutes from right now. 72 degrees, a southerly wind, we're going to have a nice way.

southeast wind, 72 in the park, 71 around queens. 63 up the hudson river valley from newburgh and kingston and poughkeepsie. 69 coastal connecticut. clouds increase this afternoon, then clouds come in tonight and after midnight we have showers about. drenching downpours and gusty wind, all that for tomorrow. we talk about that next. heather's looking at your commute. >> we still have issues with our g trains because of signal problems at fulton street. you can expect downtown delays. we had an accident on the new jersey turnpike. that accident has been cleared away. going on to route 84, exit 6 getting into exit 3. two lanes are closed. that is also for road work. as you travel along long island railroad, new jersey transit, you're doing fine. metro north, waterbury branch, that is in bridgeport. lower level palisades parkway

approach to the george washington bridge. you need e-z pass to do that. lincoln and holland, minor delays. no major problems if you want to cross the east river. i can show you a webcam and show you the williamsburg bridge. outbound side doing okay. street cleaning rules are in effect. thank you so much. multiple shootings interrupt demonstrations in ferguson missouri one year after a white police officer killed an unarmed black teenager. overnight a gunman exchanged fire with police. >> that man is now in the hospital in critical condition. the officers were not hurt. eyewitness news reporter toni yates joining us live in the newsroom with the details. >> reporter: yes, you know the one-year anniversary of michael brown's death began with peace, his father calling for calm. and for hours yesterday that is exactly how it was. gunfire, injuries, protestors officers returning gunfire after they were fired on by one man, and this is happening as

the police chief was speaking to reporters. take a listen. >> we just want to be as patient as possible. >> message to those -- >> ] gunfire ] >> there you go. that chaos escalated to this point. at a press conference this morning, officials say a suspect last night fired several rounds at an unmarked police van with four detectives inside that van. they say he ran around the building and turned around and began firing again. those officers returned fire hitting that suspect who is this morning as you said ladies in critical and unstable condition. st. louis county's police chief says in all during the violence at least 50 shots were fired in two separate incidents. one he called a clash between two different factions of protestors. >> there is a small group of

people out there that are intent on making sure that we don't have peace that prevails. i don't know how else to say that. >> well, take a look at this because this is how it began sunday with the observances with michael brown's father leading a march for peace with the community and having prayers with the members of black lives matter. that was a group formed in the wake of 18-year-old michael brown's death august 9th of last year. he was unarmed when he was shot and killed by white officer darren wilson. he later resigned. the officers involved in the shooting last night have been placed on administrative leave. they were wearing bullet proof vests and were not hurt. thank you. and the demonstrations stretched from ferguson to the tri-state. the nypd says there were multiple arrests across new york city. outside the barclays center in brooklyn people silently laid down on the ground for four and a half minutes.

this system blue blue symbolizes the 4 and a half hours. >> it takes us continuously being out here, and bring awareness to every person who had been killed. >> a large banner had pictures of people protestors say were murdered by police officers. a new analysis by the washington post shows 24 unarmed black men have been shot and killed by police this year alone. stay with eyewitness news and abc news for updates on the chaos in ferguson overnight. we will continue to bring you updates within the newscast and good morning america will pick up our coverage beginning at 7:00. we are seeing video this morning of a texas teenager moments before he was shot and killed by a police officer. surveillance video shows 19- year-old christian taylor at a car dealership friday morning

standing on cars kicking in windshields. an officer used a taser on taylor before shooting him. the fbi is assisting into the investigation of the shooting and that officer is on routine administrative leave. we have video of a burglar who spent this saturday night ransacking a brooklyn apartment. here is a look at the man police are trying to fine. he broke into an apartment in sheep's head bay, $4000 in gucci, six gucci watches. he also grabbed earrings and three wedding rings. two serial rape and robbery are in custody. the men are accused of luring at least three women online to meet them and then attacking and sexually assaulting them. police say the suspects also robbed them. one of their alleged accomplices was arrested on friday. in dutchess county, the search resumes for a kayaker

missing in the hudson river. 32-year-old ian jones and his girlfriend tali fruchtmann were kayaking saturday when their two-person kayak capsized. the woman got separated from jones and was picked up by a passing boater. >> we're still investigating the incident and what caused the kayak to capsize by alcohol may have played a role. >> the dutchess county sheriff says neither of them was wearing a life jacket. 5:37 this morning, frank gifford is being remembered by both the sports and entertainment worlds. the pro football hall of famer who played his entire 12-ier career with the giants died yesterday of natural causes. he was at his connecticut home. to a generation he was known as the calming voice on abc's

monday night football sitting with howard kasell. another hall of famer talked about the impact gifford had on his career. >> it meant a lot to stand in that tunnel, anybody who walked out of that tunnel who has played so well and pleased the fans so much and over there career brought them championships and to be in his presence, i'll never forget. >> gifford leaves behind his wife today show host kathie lee gifford. funeral arrangements have not been released. football fans are remembering gifford's career on and off the field. >> i enjoyed the monday night. he did a night job with that. they were a great team and it changed the way night football was done. >> most people know him from his time after football but my family remembered him as a great football player. >> giants president john mara released a statement calling gifford the ultimate giant and

a treasured member of the team's family. you can read more celebrity reaction and leave your own tribute on our facebook page, abc7ny. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. >> we take a look at 4 time square looking south. fair weather cumulus clouds over gotham. we start with sun and clouds and a look all the way down to the statue of liberty. here's our camera looking across over to the east side. sun's going to be up, sun's up in about 20 minutes from right now. 72 degrees, partly cloudy skies, prettied morning out here. a couple of showers are to our west in pennsylvania. those will slide and dissipate this morning sliding eastward over into western jersey. a few will pop up this afternoon. then we have this band of showers and thunderstorms that start to work into the area. today sunshine by midday. 82 this afternoon. some very nice weather, a little more humid before those thunderstorms get here.

they'll be here this time tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that coming up next. it's weather then heather every 7 minutes. >> we still have difficulties with our subways. i'll show you that our g trains downtown delays with signal problems at fulton street and your e trains are suspended between briarwood and jamaica center because of track work. as you travel along the new jersey turnpike car lanes south of exit 13 we have an accident there. the accident has been cleared away. route 84 westbound heading from exit 6 to 3 you'll find two lanes closed down because of road work and traveling to your mass transit systems we're doing okay. long island railroad, new jersey transit, metro north waterbury branch, we do have that bridge work in bridgeport. lower level george washington bridge, e-z pass only. you have minor delays across the board. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. thank you so much. time now is 5:40 on this monday morning.

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welcome back, 5:43. new this morning, a suffolk county family is safely on dry land after their boat sank off the south shore of long island. this picture shows a police marine boat pulling the sinking vessel out of the water. officials say the engine stalled with a family of five on board including two children. a passing boat happened to have three volunteer firefighters on board. they helped pull the family to

safety and called police. 5:43 right now. the toxic yellow sludge from an abandoned colorado gold mine is still flowing south contaminating rivers. it has already stretched more than 100 miles shutting down vacation spots and killing business. the epa which accidentally caused the disaster now says the brew of heavy metals will not harm wildlife. the epa is under fire for waiting almost thousands to notify state and local officials of the spill. it turns out the release is 3 million-gallons and four times what the epa first reported. bill evans joining us now with that gorgeous accuweather forecast on top for today. >> we've got one more nice day before we get showers and thunderstorms. sun's coming up. it's officially up just after 6:00, 6:01 this morning.

the sleepy upper west side. the temperature's 72 degrees. the humidity at the low end of moderate which is normal high 83. we're down a degree. down on the downside of the our normal high for the average temperature during the day. the sun's officially up at 6:01. a muggier day today with a few showers to our west. we're going to be looking at drenching rain and thunderstorms this time tomorrow morning into tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. the storms are going to be slow moving. they can produce flooding rains, gusty winds that sort of thing. uv index at 9. the pollen can you not, the grass is moderate. 63 around white plains. 72 around the park. 63 wrightstown. the wind today is going to be out of the southeast across the area. it's calm over much of the area right now. a couple showers are here in eastern pennsylvania.

those slide eastward but die out also. the showers and thunderstorms we're looking at for tonight and tomorrow are here to our west. wednesday. out ahead of this we'll get these showers and thunderstorms firing up this afternoon. you see this afternoon here are those showers we're talking about coming with that southeast wind building here to northwest new jersey. then overnight here we go tomorrow morning, 6 a.m., 5 a.m., 6 a.m., 7 a.m., you've got showers and thunderstorms tomorrow morning. then we get pop-ups by afternoon and then another round tomorrow evening, and then the front itself moves through on wednesday. our computer guidance, our futurecast is showing this rainfall out about an inch or two around the area. that's enough for drenching downpours, 3 inches down towards trenton. they could get two out of this across the area. winds are northeast, voters, fishermen, northeast wind 5 to 10 knots. great boating day. moderate risk of rip currents.

not the new york city beaches, long island beaches, 82 today. the front moves through on wednesday. so sunshine and then a few clouds this afternoon. it's a bit humid. we're at 82. 71 tonight. and after midnight the showers and thunderstorms roll in and tomorrow is a rainy day. showers and storms and flash flooding possible. gusty winds, 80 degrees. your accuweather seven-day forecast, front moves through wednesday afternoon with a shower. then it's drier, less humid, comfy on thursday, 80 on friday. upper 80s for the weekend. >> not bad. >> i think it's okay to look at the weekend right now already. >> nothing wrong with that. >> i was looking at this weekend on saturday. >> yeah, heather starts on saturday looking for the next saturday. heather was looking out there. >> all right. so we have a camera to show you and show you how things are moving along.

we have the grand central parkway right in front of laguardia doing fine. then we can take a look at the webcam and show you the l.i.e. as you travel in to the cross island parkway. let's head right over to our maps and we'll talk about your sub way status, g trains downtown delays because of signal problems. our street cleaning rules are in effect. thank you. 5:48, it's huge move today on the road to recovery following superstorm sandy. the desperately needed emergency service opening today almost three yores after the storm came ashore. also ahead the emotional surprise for seven children waiting for what they thought was one of their dad's friends

returning home tri-state ford

dealers thank you for helping protect our children. 5:50 right now. long beach long island is finally getting back the round the clock emergency care that was swept away by superstorm sandy more than 1000 days ago. south nasa community hospital is opening a stand alone emergency department. it's an $8 million investment. it replaces the long beach devastated by sandy. a north carolina family is all together this morning after spending several days months apart. >> that is after a surprise at the airport. >> yep, army sergeant jonathan duncan told his family to go to the airport to greet a friend returning from overseas. instead, his seven children found themselves reunited with their dad, and that included his 4-month-old son who was

born while he was deployed. >> going to take some adjustment to figure out who i am. different face feeding him. but yeah it's pretty awesome. >> and after five months apart, this family has a lot of catching up to do. and dad says the first stop now that he's home will be the beach. >> i feel like maria from sound of music, seven children. >> he's got some diapers to catch up on, some bottle feeds to catch up on. >> that momma was looking great too. still ahead one eye this morning, the newest pedestrian mall debuts at madison square garden. >> and meteorologist bill evans

returning with another look you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic together. i'm meteorologist bill evans. there's some showers and thunderstorms in eastern pennsylvania, sort of trying to

creep over to the jersey border. really the thunderstorms we'll be watching are back to our west in the ohio valley, down there in virginia. all that's going to be coming to us later tonight and overnight into and tomorrow. temperatures 72 in the park, 69 connecticut, a little southeast wind this morning across the area. the humidities are not that bad. what we'll have today is a little more of a humid day, and the high gets to about 82 degrees. we'll talk about those thunderstorms because they'll be rolling this time tomorrow morning. heather's looking at your commute. >> not a lot. it seems like it's been a quiet morning for a monday, and we're hoping it's going to to stay this way. here is the staten island expressway. traffic is moving along and traveling on the east side here's fdr drive near 79th street. that traffic moving away from us, and here is the henry hudson parkway.

up through the water treatment plant into the george washington bridge in the distance the bridge is doing fine. west side highway is doing fine. i can tell you that we do have downtown delays on our g trains because of those ongoing signal problems at fulton street. our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. shirleen over to you. thank you. 5:56. and cleanup is underway after severe weather hits several states in the central plains. in south dakota a storm left yards covered in large pieces of hail. the storms also brought lightning to nebraska. they were also tornadoes in several states with twisters spotted in nebraska and kansas. happening today, a new pedestrian mall next to madison square garden will debut. benches, tables and chairs are going to be set up on west 73rd. the car free zone will feature vendors, performers and fitness workshops. the plaza will be open until at least october when city

officials decide whether or not to make it permanent. 5:56. we are closing in on 6:00 and just ahead on eyewitness news this morning, unrest again on the streets of ferguson missouri. police exchanging gunfire during a protest. what will this latest outbreak mean for a community struggling to rebuild. >> the family of those teenagers from florida are giving up school starts tomorrow, and they're not ready. with staples they'll be 110% ready. notebook, folders, glue sticks. 25 , 15 , 50 . aw, now i'm not sure if i'm ready for them to go back. i'm so ready. make low prices happen. make 110% ready happen. staples. make more happen.

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