you see showers orange county, olster county and dutchess county. mostly dry. you want the umbrella handy. we could seat storms popping up early from the morning into the early afternoon. it's muggy and hot. high of 86 degrees. we are turning less sunny and less muggy throughout the day. we'll break it down coming up. >> hey there, we have new problems out on the roads. we'll head out to the long island expressway, westbound, delays building quickly by marathon parkway. definitely head to the service road if you can right now. then heading over to another trouble spot. the staten island expressway eastbound there's another paving program taking place. richmond avenue to bradley. two lanes shut down. i'll have details on the 4s. >>> wall street may be in store for another wild ride today. the asian markets slide again this morning. but things appear to be up across europe. "today in new york's" katherine creag is down on wall street watching this. kat, not all bad news this morning, i guess that's a positive sign? >> reporter: right, exactly, michael. i don't th

then you have this big batch in dutchess county here. there's still some lightning that is popping up here just to the north of carmel in putnam county. behind it dry air. that's going to make for delightful weather tonight and tomorrow: rainfall totals quarter of an inch at poughkeepsie. 4/in white plains. and toms river an inch and 3/10 so far. our futurecast, our computer guidance showing that rain east of here at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 just virtually long island coastal connecticut where the last of the rain is, and then we've got sunshine and we're off to the races for some beautiful sunshine on saturday. notice saturday night there's a storm in the atlantic that the model is showing it's backing in some clouds in eastern long island. if you're out here in the hamptons might be a sprinkle saturday night and early sunday showing a couple sprinkles. we'll have to keep an eye on that. we've got these storms and rain this morning, southern clouds starting around midday in the afternoon. the humidity drops like rock tonight as we have low humi

still lightning being detected over northern parts of dutchess county. the radar showing a couple of sprinkles developing over northeastern parts of new jersey, rockland county and a sprinkle over western long island sound. 77 in the park. it's muggy. 70 morristown. low 70s down the shore and on the island. you can't rule out a storm. 85 by 4:00. drier air moves in later today. a down right comfortable air

we are talking parts of orange county, ulster county, dutchess county getting in on the action. cloud to ground lightning. just now a couple of showers developing over queens, parts of the bronx, western parts of nassau moving to the north and east. we can't rule out a shower or thunderstorm at any point during the day today. i think during the afternoon drier air moves in from the west. that will stop the possibilities of storms in those areas. 86 morristown. 87 in the park. lows as the more comfortable air mass moves in. upper 60s in the park. we send it to debbie duhaime. she has a look at traffic. >> we are deal with rockland county, northbound new york state thruway 14-b in spring valley. a car fire being cleared. lincoln is okay and holland tunnel. at the george washington bridge, e-zpass only from the palisades parkway into the lower level until 6:00. let's go outside and take a look at the staten island expressway eastbound through victory boulevard with ongoing construction. the alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, michelle, rob? >> debbie, thank you

, over parts of dutchess county. flash flood warning earlier for orange county, that storm has since weakened but this stuff over here in ulster county, especially up toward the catskills and up toward kingston right along the hudson river is showing signs of actually intensifying. also a particularly nasty cell not too far here from dover plains, the eastern section of [000:59:57;00]

up toward dutchess county, there's still this cell. and then down the jersey shore here right at the shore that's leaving neptune and brick and down towards toms river. this drier air pours in. the sun's going to be out. the humidity's dropping through the day and into tonight. heather is looking at your commute. it's weather, then heather. you've got your hands full. >> i do. as soon as i heard that rain when i woke up i knew i would. lets go to the webcam. this is the ramp from the outer bridge crossing into staten island. that ramp is coned off. let's go to our maps. that outer bridge crossing staten island ramp to the west shore expressway, an overturned that ramp is closed. subway status, a and d trains uptown local only. 59th street to 125th street with track work. as you head to fdr drive street north we have some flooding. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. shirleen and ken over to you. >>> thank you very much heather, and it is 6:10. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, tens of thousands of firef

we have the severe thunderstorm watch over dutchess county until 8:00. but i think the storms are going to stay to the north this evening. guy . >> that's good to hear. >>> a shocking and disturbing discovery. a crying newborn rescued from a bathroom. up next, the mystery that police now have to unravel. >> and a case of mistaken identity. we're going to introduce you to the man who's been mistaken for the hunter who shot join the millions who have already switched. we switched. and now, we're streaming netflix. who knew time warner cable's internet was so fast! mom switched. and now, we can watch our favorite shows together, on demand. i switched. so i can connect to the internet just about anywhere with my free twc wifi hotspots. join the millions who switched to time warner cable. for $89.99 a month, you'll get 100meg internet, and hundreds of hd channels. you'll also get unlimited calling to the us, mexico canada, china, and now india. call today. i switched. now i have a free app that lets me watch tv whenever i have the time. for $89.99 a month you

bergen county and westchester county, the heaviest rain, that's dutchess county. we have been watching the storms rumble through, and they are weakening with the front to the north and west that process underway today will leave the chance of a shower and thunderstorm in the mix. it's for parts of long island where they could be strong at times. 87 is feeling warmer why am i wearing a classic jacket? why do i have trees on my socks? i will explain that in a bit. now she has explaining to do. >> if you're traveling this morning, unfortunately the delays continue on the brooklyn bridge, and believe if or not, happy to say it's moving better than last we checked in. hopefully the construction will be wrapping up, and when it gets out there, we will let you know. the staten island expressway from richmond avenue and bradley avenue. blocking two lanes down to just 1. delays have started to ease out there, and an accident on the cross island parkway is blocking the left lane. delays back to 33 community drive. stick to the grand central parkway to navigate around this,

the accident happened in dutchess county. the missing man in jones was kayaking with a daughter of singer annie lennox when their boat flipped over. neither had a life jacket on. the body was found not far from the poughkeepsie yacht club. it matches jones' description but authorities are waiting for an autopsy to confirm the identity. the search for jones suspended until further notice. >>> amtrak is apologizing again for its aress trous week in late july when the northeast corridor broke down every other day and tens of thousanns were stranded for hours waiting to get to work or home on its transit. and a lot of a ologies are needed. look at thfs. 350 new jersey transit trains and 100 amtrak trains carry over 200,000 riders on the northeast encorridkr every day. railroad executives appeared at the state senate committee today, with hope, but also with a warning. news 4 new jersey reporter brian thompson has our story from trenton. >> i would like to begin by offering my apologies. >> reporter: an amtrak official apologizing

western putnam county to ulster and dutchess county. we're watching this area. they put out a flood advisory. we'll zoom in closer towards staten island and brooklyn and the south facing shorelines of queens as well into nassau county. we'll see heavy downpours as well. this progresses to the north and east. the city itself, may have to see the rain fire up. especially the lower half of manhattan. then eastward later this morning. the headline we're talking about, the heaviest rain winding down from west to east. it will go across long island. drier this afternoon. could be an isolated thunderstorm in spots. over the weekend, it's looking good. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast in a little bit. emily west in for lauren. >> the l.i.e. on the ramp to the bqe, you can see a couple emergency crews here. another vehicle is involved here. two left lanes are blocked. it's a tough one to get by. the ramp to the bqe, southern state westbound to fletcher avenue, a kwum of lanes with an earlier car fire and dealing with fastrack. the 1, 2, 3. the 2 runs on th

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 i

that has cleared in dutchess county. that is gone. stamford, fdr drive southbound right around the rfk bridge. we have center lane blocked with a disabled vehicle. you're going to see backup with that. the 1 and the n train, delays morning. alternate side meter rules are in effect. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thank you very much. >>> it's 6:18. in louisiana, police are recovering from a week of deadly violence aimed at their own. a local officer was shot to north of lafayette. he was responding to a family argument when he was killed. the shooter also suspected of stabbing three women and one of those women died. suspect was arrested after a standoff with police on sunday. louisiana state trooper was ambushed. >> walmart is insisting that the recent bloodshed -- a decision to stop selling assault-style rifles. that move involves ar-15s and similar semiautomatic firearms. walmart says the demand for the weapons was slumping and the company wants to focus on shoppers who are sports men and women. some big sha

taconic dutchess county lanes are closed. active investigation has everything shutdown at 9 partners road between that an bulls head road. after north of that you're fine. use 9 as an alternate tough to get around you can see traffic already jammed everybody trying to use it. tay congressic not going anywhere. cameras talk take a look at your commute no issue into manhattan. we have processing crossing hudson george washington bridge camera upper level accidents that's looking like just cleared away here. left with a 30men delay. ings right here on the left side. they just pushed it away there. so you're statistic with 30 minute delay. lower level that's batter option or lincoln and holland tunnel doing fine. trains are runnelling on or close to schedule. earlier report that metro-north, water bury branch had problems a mistake ben and juliet. >> thank you ines. complaints about the costume characters and topless women hustling pedestrians to drop. giving a better unit to better patrol that area. >> checking out characters ar

still lightning being detected over northern parts of dutchess county. the radar showing a couple of sprinkles developing over northeastern parts of new jersey, rockland county and a sprinkle over western long island sound. 77 in the park. it's muggy. 70 morristown. low 70s down the shore and on the island. you can't rule out a storm. 85 by 4:00. drier air moves in later today. a down right comfortable air mass overnight tonight. we send it to debbie duhaime with a look at the commute. >>> the hudson river crossings, outbound george washington bridge lower level a stalled car. lincoln tunnel and holland tunnel moving okay. on george a stall by the apartments. a problem as you head over to the staten island expressway. busy eastbound into bradley avenue with ongoing construction work. montauk is closed at cook dale, fire department activity. busy on the l.i.e. westbound into the cross island,ing an accident still being cleared. let's go outside. a look at the l.i.e. now. here is the l.i.e. west into the cross island. bumper to bumper with an accident stil

go out to dutchess county. 57 degrees in poughkeepsie. look at morristown, wear a jablgt jacket, 54. it's going to be terrific today. it's perfect right now and we improve on that. 68 right now all the way up to 79 at the noontime hour to head outside and have lunch. today's high 82 degrees. a pleasant evening. that's a quick look at the weather picture. emily is standing by with the traffic. >> first ofo dealing with construction on the fdr. between 34th to 71st. 79th to 96th. a live look at the george washington bridge. the upper level inbound has cleared. the lower level, still dealing with that. take the upper roadway and alternate side meter rules in effect. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily x thank you very much. >> now to horrifying murders of two journalists. the town of roanoke and the television station trying to process what happened. sarah daloff is in roanoke for us. what a difficult day to put their show together as they did yesterday morning. >> reporter: started out as a normal day yesterday and became

something to be aware of around sullivan, ulster and dutchess county. sunday, mostly sunny again. this is picking up some rain here. i'm not going with that yet. i'm going to keep it dry for sunday. we'll keep an eye on it. probably sparking up something because of the heat and humidity. mostly clear, mild with readings in the 60 to 70s in the city. tomorrow, mostly sunny, hot and humid. readings inned in the mid 80s to low 90s. the hamptons will be fabulous. plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the middle to upper 80s. same for the jersey shore. into the water. they're feeling good, in the 70s for the water temperature. hot and humid weather will particular with us. we -- it stays humid next week. we'll throw in the chance of afternoon scattered showers and storms thursday and friday. definitely feeling like summer it's august. summer. kerry: quote of the day. we could all use a little more i love it. thanks so much. speaking of heat and summer, the time between the end of one school year and the beginning of next is supposed to be a summer vacation. for some kids it's the beginni

the dutchess county sheriff's department says a man and woman went into the water while paddling near mills mansion this morning. the woman made it out to shore but the man is unaccounted for. that area is about 30 miles north of where vinson vivafor drowned in april. his fiancee is charged with murder. >>> newark activists took part in a multipart anti-march and rally today. marchers started out from the five wards. they came together in unity at broad and market streets in downtown newark. >> this is not something that's just we are coming out here to march, but we are coming out here in unity. it doesn't matter what background you report. we are here as newarkers. we are representing the city of newark as a whole. >> the mayor's office organized the activities, which we called occupy the city. >>> new fallout from donald trump. what got him dis invited from a conservative event and how he is >>> flying blind. a plane forced to make an emergency landing with the pilots unable to see. what led to the trouble. >>> the second of the half of the weekend will be just as nice as the ava a

we had a severe thunderstorm towards dutchess county earlier, but most of us should stay dry for the rest of the night. let's look at the numbers. that's the big story. the heat wave continues in central park with today's high of 90. we hit 91 at newark-liberty airport. 90 in sussex. 93 was the hotspot on the map today. that's in poughkeepsie. 86 was the high in montauk and bridgeport 88 earlier this afternoon. right now we're sitting warm across the region. we're at 78 in montauk. 81 in islip. it's 83 in bridgeport. 90 in poughkeepsie. 88 in sussex. 87 in newark and down the shore in belmar where it was nice, the current temperature is at 82. it's all about the dew points. that's a measure of moisture in the atmosphere. when we see readings in the 60s and 70s, it makes it feel uncomfortable. it will stay that way for the next couple of days even though our highs will be coming down into the 80s. there are the showers i talked about. we had cells come through the hudson valley earlier, but everyone else remained dry. we will expect increasing clouds tonight. they're coming in ahead o

extending through dutchess county. not much going on around the city. we could have pop-up storms from now until lunchtime. and we're going to see a gradual drying trend. 89 in ridgewood. high humidity. it's steamy, it's a little uncomfortable. everyone for your high in millstone. tonight drying out. 67 in the city. low 60s in westchester county, fairfield county. a nice night ahead. you can crack over the windows and let the fresh air in. humidity take a hiatus. but it will be back. we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast and tell you when it will be steamy again. >> what's going on? >> we have fastrack maintenance against, 1, 2 and 3, just in case you foregot or unaware. this will wrap up shortly. between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., plenty of service changes on the 1, 2 and 3, use the a, c, d and qr to get around. and a live look outside at queens, where it meets the grand central parkway. you can see road work, the exit to get on the l.i.e., westbound, and as well as the service road. delays not so bad. >>> it's 4:54, it's been almost three years s

the search for a missing kayaker on the hudson river will resume this morning in dutchess county. 32-year-old ian jones and his girlfriend were kayaking near mills mansion saturday morning when their 2-person kayak capsized. the woman who is the daughter of rock star annie lennox got separated from jones and was picked up by a passing boater. the dutchess county sheriff says neither of them was wearing a life jacket. >>> to california now, 6:40. the toxic sludge from an abandoned gold mine is still flowing south contaminating rivers. it now stretches 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 but it could make it all the way down to the grand canyon. turns out the release is 3 million-gallons and growing three times what the epa first reported. >> what a sight there. >>> you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans. >> let's take a look outside, every picture tells a story. here's ours in high definition lookin

. >>> crews are expected to resume their search for a missing kayaker in dutchess county. the sheriff's office said a kayak carrying a man and woman capsized in the hudson river near historic hills mansion in staatsburg. a passing boat picked up the woman, tali fruchtmann but the man is nowhere to be found. he's 32-year-old ian joevenlts the two were not wearing life jackets, vment. >>> this man attempted to rape a woman on her way home. investigators say he approached her on 16th street in sunset park and asked her to let him into the billing. when she refused he exposed himself and pushed her to the ground. the suspect ran away when the woman screamed. >>> new information now. a queens mom is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of her baby. police sources say the 21-year-old rashida choudhury confessed yesterday to throwing the 19-day-old baby out of a fourth story window saying she believed he was possessed. a neighbor found his body friday and called 911. the medical examiner said the infant died of blunt impact injuries and skull fractures. >>> a brooklyn

county into sussex county. i don't see that line pushing to the south. low pressure to the north. that's the culprit that gave us a couple of showers today. you had strong storms out there north of the city. i think the same thing could be said tomorrow because the low is not going too far away. it will be in the general vicinity. similar set-up for tomorrow. then luke at this channel of beautiful air. that's the wednesday i'm talking about. that's your pick of the week. and then behind it the spin that you see around salt lake city, this low pressure system is going to be to our area thursday and friday. it's going to give us another chance of rain the end of the week. i think the other big game changer with that system is it's going to lower the temperatures. i am not talking temperatures around 90 degrees. i am talking temperatures around 80-degree for high temps thursday and friday. so for tonight slight rain chance out there. the big stuff is done. it's mainly north of the area. 76 degrees. if you take a l

they are not going to go well south but they could make and dutchess counties. if you are in the mountains that same trend is more so for you. your rain chance in the mountains 30% chance for saturday. 84 to 88. sunday 20% or less but a slight risk, not major. mountains or beaches it's a go this weekend. it looks really nice. if you look at the heat, it's all coming in from those areas south and west for us, where this air mass is coming in from. [ mispronunciation ] >> it's not moisture. it's going to be rainfall. it's going to be the humidity. you will feel the humidity on the way up. otherwise it will be a nice beach weekend. rain possibly making its way down into sullivan county and you willster. not a big problem. a big day, make you can find a shower in the mountains. i don't think mother nature subscribes to this computer model but it could drop down a bit so i put in a 30% chance for a shower if you are heading north or west of the city. not a big risk if you are at the beaches for saturday. then you get into your day on sunday. looks good. is there any

corner of dutchess county. then the heat will be building tomorrow into monday and tuesday. 105. lows tonight 75 in the park. a lot of 60s in the suburbs. warmer. 94 in the city. accuweather forecast tonight, patchy clouds this evening. could be a shower or thunderstorm well north and west of the city then mainly clear down to 75. mostly sunny, hot, humid tomorrow. 94. the record 96 set in 1944. we are within a couple of degrees of that. tomorrow night, 75. clear, warm and humid. i predict record heat monday and tuesday. 96 and 93 respectively. thunderstorm late tuesday. the only day not up to 90 is wednesday. 89 then back up to the 90s thursday, friday, saturday, as well. another update coming up tonight. >> you are so excite. >> ed. >> i don't know about that. >>> anthony johnson is in for sports. >>> anthony is in for laura starting with baseball. >> baseball of course. yankees show up in toronto. they need another win to stay on top of the america league east. what a way to stay on top. carlos beltran goes

. >>> it appears the body of a missing kayaker has been found on the hudson river in dutchess county. the sheriff's office believes the body is 32-year-old ian jones, and jones was kayaking saturday morning with his girlfriend, the daughter of singer annie lennox when the kayak overturned. she was rescued by a passing boat. >>> a crew of rescuers in the right place at the right time with the right skills saves a family of boaters on long island, and the family was struggling to stay afloat yesterday after their boat capsized in the great south bay, and the boaters passing by spotted one of them in the water and rushed to help. and onboard the boat were three volunteer firefighters. >> we realized it wasn't just one person sittingen a board. it was five people holding on to each other and holding on to a little piece of boat that was sticking out of the water. >> we are happy, grateful for everyone to be safe. >> all of the family members were wearing their life vests, and the suffolk marine patrol says the engine on the 18- footer stalled, causing the boat to take on water. >>> a majo

there is a search going on in dutchess county for a missing kayaker. the sheriff's office says a man and woman were kayaking in the hudson river near historic mills mansion in staatsburg this morning. the woman made it to store. the man didn't. >>> a brooklyn couple is facing charges after reportedly leaving their children locked in a car while they gambles. cbs 2's dave carlin is live outside the queens casino with the details. dave. >> reporter: diane, police say it's in here that these parents chose gambling over their daughters' welfare. and now the parents are behind bars. these two sisters, six and eight years old, spend much of the early morning here at the stationhouse their mother and father now charged with child endangerment brought to the stationhouse in handcuffs, 33- year-old mother marie in a loha and 33-year-old father gunned da jap -- segundo japa. they gambled in queens and put their daughters in jeopardy. >> they were left alone in the back of the suv in the parking lot for about an hour. >> really crazy. >> reporter: a security guar

they'll be parts of sullivan ulster and dutchess county that gets very heavy rain. the upper hudson valley coup streams and -- could have streams and creeks and there's the potential for flooding in a very quick period of time dumping a lot of moisture. early tomorrow morning, you will need the rain gear. it looks like everything will clearly mid-morning and -- by mid-morning in central park though, breaking it down hour by hour, after midnight tonight is when the showers get started. temperatures will be in the 70s but heavy downpours and lightning and gusty winds are likely. i'll have much more on the flash flood watch and what to expect for the upcoming weekend in the accuweather seven day forecast. >>> all right thanks a lot. well new at 6:00 newark mayor has ordered more police officers on the streets tonight after a violent two days in newark. a total of five people have been killed in a 30 hour period. new jersey reporter toni yates is in newark tonight with much more. toni? >> reporter: you know the mayor also announced that opalesces excounty -- some essex

county, frankly and eleanor of course lived here in springwood, and hyde park, and the morgenthaler's live not too far down the highway in fish company. franklin and eleanor spent their young adult, franklin and henry spent their young adult years together becoming fast friends and political allies. when fdr first became governor of new york he appointed henry who farmed 300 acres of apple orchard which are still in existence today. he appointed him as chief agricultural counselor and then the conservation commissioner of the state. after fdr fdr became president, henry became his secretary of the treasury. now this isn't widely known but henry junior was perhaps f dr's closest advisor. really intimate advisor. he he helped developed a new deal with fdr and he re- arms the country,, ordered the rearmament of the country in preparation of world war ii. the two men loved hatching novel ideas. when war broke out in europe, they wanted to help england but they wanted to do it behind the back of congress, which was dead set against u.s. involvement in world war ii. so, they assembled many

dutchess county authorities spent yesterday looking for the man. helicopters, boats and divers searched the waters and shore. roouugh river conditions complicated the search effort. neither of them were wearing live preservers. >>> if you're looking for love own line, police are trying to catch a group of men of gang raping women when they met up with them. this happened twice in manhattan, including an at ck at the grand hyatt hotel. news 4's michael george has the story. >> reporter: these happened in gramercy and a room here at the grand hyatt hotel. they share two things in common, the brutal nature of the attack and each time the victima cu her attacker online. three gang rapes, three cations. police say three men are responsible. one has already been arrested they're still looking for these two men. isaiah rivera and joey cruz. >> very, very frightening. this is a safe neighborhood pretty much. >> reporter: investigators say the first attack was in june in the bronx then it happened two more times last week. once in a room at the grand high a

. >>> authorities in dutchess county have suspended the search for a kayaker missing in the hudson river. they have been looking for ian jones since ten this morning. jones and his girlfriend's kayak capsized in the water. the woman made it to shore, but jones is still missing. the sheriff's department says neither of them was wearing a life jacket. expected to resume in the morning. >>> some new yorkers are heading out west to help with the wildfires that are raging in california. the governor announced 0 employees and volunteers from the state's department of join those. weeks. meanwhile, cooler weather is helping crews to make progress against the rocky fire, which has scorched 70,000 acres and dozens of homes. >>> the fbi has been asked to help investigate a deadly police shooting in texas that killed a college football player. 19-year-old christian taylor crashed his suv into a car dealership in arlington at about 1:00 yesterday morning. taylor refused to surrender and tried to leave the scene. one of the officers opened fire, shooting the angelo state university student. taylor, wh

there were some heavier thunderstorms over parts of ulster and dutchess counties even northern fair field got in on the act. just little boundary shifting on through the area right now but it's weakening as it moves to the south. we don't have to worry about any more activity overnight. hot and humid during the day tomorrow. the high up to94. the record for tomorrow by the way is 96 degrees that was set back in 1944. on monday, i do expect to perhaps break a record. the record on monday was 95. set back in 1944 as well rob was saying he remembered that. -- that southwest wind coming in acting as heat pump in the atmosphere, the sea and sand weather for tomorrow if you're going to the beach, waves about two to three feet and water temperatures in the lower and middle 70s. the rip current risk is we want to emphasize that. if u yo going to be swill -- if you're going to be swimming swim parallel to shore until you're out of the current and coastline. for tomorrow air quality you don't want to exert yourself too heavily outdoors and uv index is 8 which is very high and we're getting into the

ines: i was hoping for the same thing, problems in dutchess county, serious accident northbound, you can see traffic jam, and accident investigation, route 9 as an alternate doing fine on the other side of the hudson. as far as your commute goes, and look at the commute this morning on the lie. issues eastbound westbound, let's go to other cameras, the bqe traffic jam approaching the brooklyn bridge, one lane closed on the bqe so you see where the delay does, traffic backed up to atlantic avenue. juliet: this story disclosed the home for us. we don't want to make it about us. it is about these young journalists who were just doing their job trying to bring the news to people live in their airy and were viciously and savagely shot dead. ben: they were out on a routine story in a shopping complex, recreation complex interviewing at chamber of commerce official, story about tourism, not a dangerous area, nobody thought. the gunman in this story identified as vester lee flanagan, former and obviously disgruntled employee of the cbs station in roanoke, va. wdbj. he had worked as a reporte

it happened near staatsburg in dutchess county. she was rescued by a passing boat. her boyfriend, ian jones, disappeared in strong current. helicopters, boats and dive teams have been searching since saturday morning near mills mansion. neither kayaker had on a life jacket and police say alcohol may have been a factor. >> it may have played a role. we're still investigating what caused the canoe to capsized but alcohol may have played a role. >> search crews will be back in the river around 8:00. >>> detectives in new jersey on the hunt for suspects in a car theft ring. robert greg callahan and his son greg lewis are accused of running an illegal chop shop. police say that they tracked a number of stolen vehicles to a home in englewood and they found tools and a stolen snowblower. the father and son fugitives face a long list of charges. >>> drivers are seeing a break at the pump. the average price dropped $.11 to 2.71 a gallon. analysts say that's $.81 below last year. >>> parents will put the extra in extracurricular this year. according to the latest study by ame

they are mainly up the hudson valley coming through westchester into putnam and dutchess county heading to the east, fairfield county, slow cruising line of showers and storms and putting down a lot of rain in a short period of time, looks like what widened coming through, it could be run along the lie because the rain will provide ponding on the roadways and localized flooding along the jersey shore. the line doesn't seem to be making quick progress. is stalling and out for us here but that is what we expect, the frontal boundary to push off shore and hang out for a little while. even though most of us see drier conditions to the east it looks and the front makes its way off shore. and at central park in poughkeepsie, in monticello, dew points has still very high, we should see drier air working into that area but right now the dewpoint is at 71, pretty good number in the of received range but drier air behind this front is working its way in and it will take some time to get your. altogether the front is offshore, high pressure does knows its way in on the future cast and clear skies

. >>> crews have suspended the search for a missing kayaker in dutchess county until tomorrow morning. ian jones' kayak capsized on saturday. he was paddling with his girlfriend, the daughter of annie lennox. jones is still missing after she was reused. crews spent the day searching for him. boaters say the currents in the area can be dangerous. >> current can be 5 to 6 knots, and it's difficult to swim against and difficult to get to shore, and pretty serious. nothing mess around with. >> neither were wearing a life preserver when they went into the water. >>> at 11, police are searching for a burglar who stole $4,000 in cash and jewelry, and according to police, the suspect in this video entered a building on bedford avenue around 11:30 last night, and police said he stole six guchi watches, and the suspect was last scene wearing a black shirt and blue jeans with white shoes. >>> the number of diagnosed cases of legionnaires' is now at 109. ten have died, and 76 have been treated and discharged. the mayor is city council will introduce legislation tomorrow to fight the outbreak, and

. >> 6:08 search cruse back on hudson river today looking for a missing kayaker in dutchess county. sheriff department says 32-year-old ian jones disappeared while kayaking with his girlfriend. 22-year-old talley lenox. this happened saturday morning. she's the daughter of grammy award winner lenox. kayak overturned into stats burg. the daughter was picked up by a boat and not hurt. jones is still missing. police say neither was wearing a life jacket. >> legendary football player frank gifford passed away. >> before entering the broadcast booth load the giants in the nfl title fox 5 duke castiglione is here now with some reaction and a look back at his life and career. good morning. >> tremendous player, tremendous broadcaster as well. fred passed away from natural causes yesterday. he was 84 years old. hall of famer was a legend on field and, of course, off it as well in the broadcast booth. remarkable career really a man that helped grow the nfl into what it is today. >> his resume is beyond impressive all american at usc first round pick in 1952, playing multiple positions. six t

. >>> crews are expected to look for a missing kayaker in dutchess county. a kayak carrying a man and woman capsized near historic hills mansion in staatsburg. a passing broet picked up the woman, 22-year-old tali fruchtmann but the man disappeared. he's identified as 32-year-old ian jones. the two were not wearing life jackets. >>> new information a queens mom is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of her nooub baby. according to police sources, rashida choudhury confessed yesterday to throwing her 19-day-old son out of a fourth-story window saying she believed he was possessed. a neighbor found his body. the infant died of blunt impact injuries and had skull fractures. >>> a new jersey woman is in critical condition after her husband allegedly shot her eight times when he found out she filed for divorce. the woman identify mark harrison as her shooter after the police found her bleeding in her jersey city home. the three children were not home at the time of the shooting. >>> a man hunt is under way for two accused serial rapists. the police r

the dutchess county sheriff says neither was wearing a life jacket. >>> more scary moments on the water for one family. five people including two children had to be rescued from a boat off long island. we're going to tell you what happened to them. >> and taking a live look outside, ooh, great start to the workweek. way. meteorologist bill evans is up next with your exclusive accuweather forecast look how beautiful it is... honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know - and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the difference. so think about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. i did a little research. with a medicare supplement plan, you'll be able to stay with your doctor... oh you know i love that guy. mmmmhmmm. these

county. this cold front will work its way towards our area. it won't be much of an impact. it will fall apart and leave us with a muggy air mass next week. along the front we could see a couple of isolated showers pop up tomorrow afternoon. most of that will happen towards the hudson valley. everyone else should stay dry. northeast. we're going for highs in the 90s in many locations from chicago around new york city. 91 will be the high in same in new orleans. it's hot across the nation with 90s extending to the west. the west coast will be in the l.a. futurecast is showing we'll be mostly clear tonight and tomorrow, that's how we'll wake up for saturday. most of us will see plenty of sunshine, especially along the jersey shore and long island. to the north, we could spark up a couple of isolated showers along the front i mentioned. but that's it. the rest of the weekend looks really good. sunday, plenty of sunshine again. a few high clouds will be in place. this is picking up some shower act

county area. there's an a accident northbound by exit 18 blocking a lane. westbound. traffic slow approaching exit 2 because of a tractor-trailer that caught fire. go to our camera 106, 107 no issues westbound an eastbound. smooth sailing and trains looking great morning. metro-north thrilled railroad, new jersey transit, and path trains running on or close. ben and juliet. juliet: 6:33 nearly two dozen people were shot over the weekend in knox. >> shootings leading to new call for action to to the violence. outside the 75th precinct station house in east brooklyn. good morning kerry. >> good morning to you ben and juliet. a total of 22 shoot physician at various locations in the bronx, and here in brooklyn now community lead reverse calling on city hall to step in and try to do something to stop this violence. we do have video to show you of one of the shootings this is surveillance video outside a house party in east new york. a gunman opened fire. nine people were wounded thankfully all of thos

few storms are out there around dutchess and ulster counties not all that impressive. they have rock 'n' roll action, and shoot together north and east and moving quickly too. at this point there's not a lot of coverage other than what's going on there. but we still have potential for more showers and storms as we get further into the day. right now it is 73 belmar. 75 in islip, and bridgeport, 77 at central park. dew points are high again so that's a lot of moisture, fuel for the storms that do get going from 65 to 70 around our dew points are. another sticky day as this cold front is sliding on by. that area of low pressure is trying to drive it right through. but that will continue to be the case with some scat erld storms coming at you later this evening that's it for a while. we have to take look at the trop tix that right will is yet another tropical storm this time its name is erika. has maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. juliet's mom's signal. erika winds of 45 miles per hour. however it is forecast to strengthen and become a hurricane. you can see i

there was a severe thunderstorm that rolled through dutchess county earlier that produced heavy rainfall. there was one cell that just sat over an area in orange county there. flood warning in effect. everyone else south of the hudson valley, nice and dry. we had a few high clouds and no rain is being found across long island or new jersey or new york city. to the west, we have a disturbance that will affect us as we go through the overnight. we'll leave in a chance for a couple of isolated showers. that will be the case tomorrow as we await a cold front that's bringing rain to minnesota and iowa and heading to illinois. that's going to be a rainmaker for us as we go into thursday night through thursday giving us a good amount of rainfall. our futurecast shows mainly dry conditions. we'll have increasing clouds and tomorrow we'll wake up with mostly cloudy skies and isolated showers. clouds. more clouds than sun but peeks from time to time. in the afternoon, a couple of isolated showers like today and on thursday, a lot of clouds, a couple of showers in the morning, and then the front we

cbs2's lou young has the story from dutchess county. >> reporter: after three days a search ended not far from where it began here in the hudson north of poughkeepsie, not far from fdr's historic home in hyde park. search times pulled away from the river mid-afternoon after finding the remains of 3-year-old manhattan photographyen jones. >> it's a tragedy. going in the water out a life jacket is awful. >> reporter: it was a friday night of partying and a bad decision saturday morning that led jones and his girlfriend to the middle of the hudson river on a trip only one of them would return from. the survivor, 22-year-old tally fruchtmann, the daughter of singer annie lennox, was found swimming in the river alone mid-morning saturday. alcohol may have played a role. we are investigating that. >> she was pretty intoxicated? of alcohol. >> reporter: the two drove down from a bed and breakfast in columbia county to a party. after daybreak they decided to take the kayak trip rather than drive back. a fatal mistake. >> the river is as dangerous as it is beautiful. >> reporter: mike are arch

. >>> crews are expected to resume their search for a missing kayaker in dutchess county. the kayak carrying a man and woman capsized in the hudson river near historic mills mansion in staatsburg. a passing boat picked up the woman, 22-year-old tali fruchtmann but the man disappeared. he's 32-year-old ian jones. the two were not wearing life jackets. >>> new this morning a queens mom is now facing second-degree murder charges in the death of her newborn baby. according to police sources 21-year-old rashida choudhury confessed yesterday to throwing her 19-day-old son out of a fourth-story window saying she believed he was possessed. a neighbor found his lifeless body friday and called 911. the medical examiner said the infant died of mrunt impact injuries and skull fractures. >>> police are looking for a man who groped a woman on the subway on friday. this is the man they want to talk to. the woman was on the platform of the atlantic subway in park slope at 6:30 in the evening when this man touched himself in front of her. he boarded the train with her and grabbed her from

county. temperatures are comfortable. the wind is calm. high, thin clouds across the area means a fair-weather day coming your way for the day today. and we will have a lot of sunshine, too, even though we have high clouds across the area. up to the south and west, there are more clouds. more build in as we go into tomorrow. but today is a comfy day because of the low humidity. the storm system you see over missouri and northern arkansas, that should stay around the base of this high-pressure ridge over us and keep it to our south. so, you see our futurecast is showing maybe a pop-up shower way up north. we are pretty dry, especially as we get to the important weekend where friday afternoon and even into saturday, you see saturday morning we have clear skies. boating forecast today, we are looking at a northwest wind late in the day 5 to 10 knots, 12 to 13 miles per hour wind. yesterday waves were 4 to 6. rip current risk on the new york beaches, south shore of long island, moderate. low risk

county. as we go through the day, yes, there is a slight chance of showers well north of the city and generally it is going to be a mostly sunny skies day for us. an air quality alert does go into effect today at 11:00 across much of new jersey and reason being, awfully hot out and humidity levels on the rise the next few days. today, what the temperature reads, it will be very close to the feels like temperature. here is what the day looks like. 82, feeling like 82. and 2:00 this afternoon, 88, mostly sunny and we will feel 89. this afternoon. and then 11:00 tonight, if you're out and about, 79 degrees. and we will feel about 80 degrees today. and comfortable compared to what is in store as we move forward. details on that, shortly. andrea and diane, back to you. >> vanessa, thanks. >>> now to the top story, an injured staten island firefighter may be coming home from the hospital today. he was shot yesterday, during a violent confrontation. >> the gunman, a suspected gang member, is dead af

through the afternoon hours, the severe thunderstorm watch over dutchess county was cancelled so now the severe weather threat really moving away from the area. we are just about in the clear, all of the activity has really been to our north, a couple of light cells over sullivan, ulster and dutchess. we will have to watch the east end of long island and the jersey shore for the next hour or two. another couple of hours before we can just say okay, no more cells are going to form along the coast. watch that and your seven-day forecast is just a few minutes ago. back to you for now. >> thank you. >>> new details on the legionnaire's outbreak, new cases connected today and the urgent steps being taken to stop the spread. >>> also is this a case of excessive force playing out in this cell phone video? a lawsuit filed and the offensive slurs this man says nypd officers called him. >>> and billy joel ready to close the nassau coliseum. we are with fans who have already lined up to see the off! outdoor refresher course. air. look familiar? it's called "your backyard." a world you've sealed

only folks are seeing around orange county into dutchess and the ulster counties hit middle into putnam county not a lot in terms of coverage but storms that are there are a little intense. the risk of scattered storms around a region as we get into the morning, 77 at central park, actually quiet with mostly cloudy skies, we are in the clear because we have enough going on to see potential for scattered storms coming for theresa: the 6 in philly, the warmer side as you get closer to the coast, cooler to the northwest, cooler air will come in the tristate of and a cold front and driven in by a cold front end as the cold front swings by we will have risk of showers and storms so a little happening right now and as the front swings through will increase potential for you as we head towards the afternoon and for the evening is leading clear of the tristate region, high-pressure takeover and the dryer skies takeover as well. later receiving a quiet weather pattern and temperatures should come down as well. here is what we have today, partly sunny skies, scattered storms, high temperature 86

, one in particular nasty cell over the eastern part of dutchess county, that tending to weaken during the past few frames. this is what's going on in the radar satellite. we have a storm system offshore between new jersey and bermuda basically that's going to affect our weather by later on in the week, because it's going to stop this bigger storm near minneapolis from continuing to move off to the east so that system will stall right over us, i think, thursday night into friday. not as hot in the meantime tomorrow but still every bit as humid if not more humid, the high getting up to 84, maybe a late day stray thunderstorm like we have had the past couple of days. sun to clouds on thursday, these showers and storms get more numerous, i think, thursday night so here's your accuweather forecast for tonight, a thunderstorm in a few spots early this evening and then just muggy, down to 75, clouds and sun tomorrow, maybe a stray afternoon storm, 84, we are partly cloudy, muggy tomorrow night, down to 74. next half hour your seven-day accuweather forecast and we have a tropical storm which

white plains 60 and 56 up in dutchess county. clear skies back to the great lakes. calm, quiet weather across the area. there are showers and thunderstorms with the front in the great lakes. but as that slides eastward, that dries out and poses no threat to us this weekend. we have a west to a southwest wind later on today. 10 to 15 knots taking the boat out. wind will go southerly. rip current risk will be low. that is a good thing. 87 today, low humidity. this high slides eastward, the winds more southerly, gets more humid around the area. we have low humidity today, 87. tonight is a great night. clear, partly cloudy. 72. 62 in the suburbs. hot and humid tomorrow. plenty tf sunshine. u.v. index between an 8 and 9. half hour, 45 minutes a turn burn. sunshine on sunday. 92, nearly 10 warmer than normal for this time of the year. next shot at a thunderstorm is tuesday. put on the sunscreen, sunblock. have a great weekend. >> that is nice. >> very nice. >> what is that about. >> what is funny about that. >> great advice. >> talking to our stage manager. >> nice to hav