that has not, he says, been the case in hempstead. carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >> a community action group has asked the nassau district attorney to investigate allegations of corruption in the hempstead school district. the d.a. says that investigation is ongoing. >>> robbery appears to be the motive for the murder of a cabbie on a quiet street in new jersey. 57-year-old [ non-english language ] was shot in the head after going to pick up a fare in rahway late last night. his taxi slammed into two parked cars. it appears there had been a struggle. the man was a father of 10. his oldest son says his father knew it was a dangerous job. >> he knew it was a risky job, you know, he would tell us i'm your father i work hard to get money. my job is not easy. i sit in a cab where you don't know who is sitting in the back. what can i do? >> investigators believe the victim was carrying around $80. >>> long-time civil rides advocate amelia boynton robinson has died. she died at a montgomery, alabama hospital after having a major stroke this mo

hempstead. carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >> a community action group asked the nassau county district attorney to investigate allegations of corruption in the hempstead school district. the d.a. tells cbs 2 news that investigation is ongoing. >>> up next, the day's top stories. >> the tributes are pouring in after the death of a rising star who made history on broadway. we will have the details. in brooklyn in 1907, four courageous ladies saw the despair of the poor, old, and sick and founded what would become mjhs. today mjhs provides quality home care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing, and advanced hospice and palliative care for adults and children, but the values of the brooklyn ladies still guide us. mjhs. caring every minute, every day. >>> a young star of the broadway show les miserables dies in a tragic accident. the moving contribute from those who loved him. >> a westchester family is in mourning after a man was killed operation. the incident. >> a sizzling start to the workweek. tempe

you have a 25 minute delay on the port jefferson, oyster bay and hempstead branches. greg and rosanna. >> thank you so much. >> so there was an explosion at a high school in the bronx. kind of mysterious. they were doing some construction, and a huge explosion. you can see some class rooms blown out, and several injuries. >> yeah. three contractors got injured at jfk high school. it happened during construction of a science lab at the school, and by the way, that explosion could be felt in the area. fox 5's robert moses in the marble hill section with more this morning. robert, what's going on? >> greg and rosanna, you mentioned that it could be felt in the area, that is absolutely true. i just is talked to a map who rents an participant -- a man who rents an apartment nearby and he said this impact was of greater or magnitude than anything he's ever felt, i'll step out of the way because you can see the end result. that is a gashed building, blown-out windows and classrooms in serious need of repair. from are the ground the damage to the sixth floor of john 236789 ke

cutting from hempstead to oyster bay and portions of suffolk county. that's the band we'll watch that could do damage through the morning as it continues to progress eastward. west of the city and from the city on west, we're fine. 74 degrees. back to the mid and upper 70s this morning. low 80s by noon and middle 80s, a high of 86 today with the sun making a return as well. emily westas returned. what's the latest? >> the fdr, first off there's a crash around houston street northbound in the right lane. the right and the center lanes taken up with flooding. also northbound on the fdr this morning. trouble with the trains, the a and the d. the uptown trains run local. your commuter checklist, which might be the way to go this morning, everything is on schedule. have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thank you. >>> new this morning, police want your help to find that man. he tried to rape a woman in brooklyn. take a good look at this video 6 the man police are looking for. he approached a woman from behind on church avenue an monday

they're part of the north hempstead community. >> they hope to continue the program by extending it to more veterans and other groups who are looking to help benefit the community. rona, who is deaf, blind, is pulling weeds out of pebbles. she works with nadia who uses sign language to communicate throughout the day. her skills allow her to distinguish weeds from flowers and clear the paths. >> banks feels most at home when she's in th garden. >> i feel i'm doing more goodness volunteering. >> reporter: the year round program has 30 to 40 volunteers and they're looking for more. green thumbs aren't even necessary. in albertson, jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. dari: turned out nice. gina rodriguez is a woman with many talents. >> reporter: i hear you're a fantastic salsa dancer. steve: therefore rodriguez gave simone boyce salsa tips. we'll see if she kept up. dari: looks like she didn't need a lesson. so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] bu

sunset tonight at 7:35. 79 should be the high in hempstead. 82 in hyde park. and in wattage, 77 degrees should be where we top it off. let the windows open and the cool air into the house. winds are out of west. but they're really light. 61 degrees in rye brook. 55 in arlington tonight. like this. seven days going to be gorgeous. just a little warmer. keep that in mind. 90 on monday. 91 on tuesday. 92 on wednesday. that's a heat wave. thundershowers. we'll watch it. and janice will continue to track erika through the day and gus. >> dave, thank you very much. still ahead on news 4 new york at noon, the soda ban revisited. what one lawmaker wants to do to help curb childhood obesity. hope you stay with us. >>> there is this noon a new push to ban the big gulp. staten island assembly man is introducing a bill to stop minors from buying sugary drinks over 16 ounces. teens will have to show i.d. if they're making the purchase. parents can still buy soft drinks for kids. he's looking for a sponsor in the senate. >>> we now have a date and time for the opening of th

hempstead 82 and norwalk 83. down to 73 in the catskills. the september feel. 82 in belmar. look at the difference. soupy stuffy on the island. feels like autumn across western new jersey and the catskills. partial sunshine gives way to clearing skies overnight. comfortable by morning. mid-80s in the afternoon. thunder threat is gone. there are a couple of specks on radar north and east of new york city. most remain dry. there is the cold front slowly inching through the area 15 miles per hour. this low is sweeping that front through. you have to watch out for the earn edge of cloud cover that may spill into parts of the northern and western suburbs during the afternoon. not a big deal. notice the according around the low. 50s in the upper great lakes. the lower humidity does get in. it's really the best of both world. nice thursday as well, lower 80s and another beauty t. a couple of clouds during the sank especially north and west. here is the accuweather forecast. the early storm threat is over becoming mostly clear, less humid. tomorrow 85, brilliant sunshine. clouds aro

hempstead's deputy mayor said pse&g did not show up to the complex until 11:00 last night when crews discovered an underground transformer had blown up. power is expected to return sometime today. love that quote, sometime. they set up a generator to supply power to the complexes. 400 customers are in the dark. >>> police want your help catching a suspect in a violent attack on a teenager in upper manhattan. take a look at this surveillance video. police say a man in the red hat stabbed a 15-year-old boy in the back several times before running off. it happened a little more than 12 hours ago on west 184th street in washington heights. the victim was treated at the hospital. we do not have any word on his condition at this point. >>> long island police using a man's video post and his own facebook page to arrest him for vanda legals red light cameras. suffolk police investigated this selfie video from stephen ruth. police say he tampered with cameras three different times this week including twice yesterday alone. >>> newark finance first superintendent attended the -- newark pop-up

same thing, pair of sevens in west hampton, a few high clouds in east hampton. 80 in danbury and 80 in hempstead right now. away from the easterly ocean breeze, 84 degrees in poughkeepsie, 79 newark and 80 in wrightstown. mostly clear during the overnight, a few patchy clouds, start the day mostly sunny tomorrow, a few high clouds connecticut and long island. you see the first area of cloud cover just brushing the twin forks right now, that's one low right here but there's a second one, it's actually right down here off the carolina coast and that's going to follow a similar track, sort of in between the two tomorrow so mostly sunny and with this one, a few patchy clouds, high clouds will probably brush the coast as we go into sunday but the good news is, the way the jet orientation is, it's just shooting these storms off to our north and east by a few hundred miles, makes all the difference, not within its wing span. so the storms are safely south and east tomorrow but 85 degrees. as we go into sunday, few more clouds may brush the coast, also a weak front off to our northwest. that may spark a

salvadoran-american day festival on long island between front street and washington avenue in the town of hempstead. the festival starts at 11:00 a.m. and finishes tonight at 7:00 p.m. also today, if you're in connecticut, you can enjoy the hartford latino fest. there will be live entertainment, a wide variety of hispanic cultures on display. that runs from noon to 9:00 tonight at mortensen riverfront plaza. lastly, next saturday, in the bronx at the concert hall at lehman college. that show starts at 8:00. all right. that does it. much^simas gracias. we thank you for spending part of your sunday with us. if you missed any part of our show, great news. you can watch it at abc7ny on the web, on your tableta, even on your smartphone. that wraps up another edition of "tiempo." i'm joe torres. thank you so much for watching. enjoy the rest of your weekend.

salvadoran-american day festival on long island between front street and washington avenue in the town of hempstead. the festival starts at 11:00 a.m. and finishes tonight at 7:00 p.m. also today, if you're in connecticut, you can enjoy the hartford latino fest. there will be live entertainment, a wide variety of hispanic cultures on display. that runs from noon to 9:00 tonight at mortensen riverfront plaza. lastly, next saturday, salsero tito rojas performs in the bronx at the concert hall at lehman college. that show starts at 8:00. all right. that does it. much^simas gracias. we thank you for spending part of your sunday with us. if you missed any part of our show, great news. you can watch it at abc7ny on the web, on your tableta, even on your smartphone. that wraps up another edition of "tiempo." i'm joe torres. thank you so much for watching. [000:29:22;00]

good chance of missing out on some of the rain from this friday into early saturday. 84 in danbury, 89 hempstead, 83 in west hampton and 80 in east hampton. our northern suburbs coming in in the upper 80s, think the cool front done through monticello, 75 there, newark eight straight days at 90, 89 at wrightstown. the dew points are dropping. where you see dew points from 66 to 74 and at least close to 60, this is where there's still enough humidity in a front nearby that a shower could still flare up but we are getting into the dew points now that go from sticky to pleasant by 11:00. it will be pleasant just about anywhere. this 7:00 thunderstorm could be the jersey shore, otherwise looking at parcel clearing tomorrow night, lots of sunshine and low humidity. most of the storms to our north today, tornado warnings across massachusetts, a couple of storms have been going across sullivan, ulster and dutchess, a few tried to flare up on the island, no dice there. we are watching some storms that are over the mid-atlantic and may just come far enough north that they get into southern ocean county du

seaford-oyster bay expressway north near hempstead that is another accident. up to the connecticut turnpike north near exit 18 you have that crash being cleared away a down. close. new jersey transit on or close. metro north, waterbury branch, doing bridge work in bridgeport and alternate side of the street park goes rules are in effect today. ken, over to you. >> thank you. >>> several people are injured this morning including a police officer after a wild chain reaction crash. this happened last night in jersey city on ocean near myrtle avenue. kristin thorne is live in jersey city medical center. good morning. >> reporter: the exact condition of this officer is unknown at this point. but we know that this officer is one of just multiple people brought to the hospital after this accident. it happened shortly after 8:00 last night. as you mentioned, ocean avenue near myrtle. the driver of this minivan was speeding, loss control, forced another car up on the sidewalk where it crashed into a group of pedestrians standing there including the jersey city police o

northbound at hempstead turn tike. now take a look at brooklyn. an accident blocks two left lanes on the belt parkway and bay parkway. not a great alternative through the area. take a little extra time to get through there. a look at the george washington bridge. no delays. through the hudson river crossings this morning. and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect citywide. >>> and a violent weekend in the city and the community is demanding answers. >> at least 50 people were shot across the five buroughs. ilana gold joins us live from city hall in lower manhattan. >> reporter: the community leaders have so many concerns about the weekend shootings. and they say the mayor needs to provide more resources to stop the violence. >> the surveillance video shows the suspects opening fire on the sidewalk, during a house party in east new york. they shot and injured nine people, on stanley avenue, early sunday morning. police now looking for multiple gunmen linked to the chaos. >> what did you see? >> i see a whole bunch of people runni

today, 82 degrees as we go local once again. 82 in hempstead. 80 in rye brook. widening out the picture, gohgeous through the day. into tonight, into the 60s once again. great sleeping weather under a moonlit sky and that five-day forecast. se'sven days of great weather. warming up, high humidity and thunrer shtuers on tuesday. that's a quick look at the weather picture. emily has traffic. >>> construction eastbound has been picked up. delays from the goethals. slow to woodhaven boulevard. the george washington bridge, we'll look at where the earlier accident passed the toll plaza, an hour delay on the upper level. the lower, that is about 25 minutes, also the lincoln about a half hour. the holland, the turnpike approached ten minutes. maybe head to the holland much that's the better option for youalthis morning. now, the fdr southbound, right by the rfk bridge, we have a disabled in the center lane. still have that backup just trying toaget around and then in berkeley heights, 78. crash here eastbound that's around exit 44. so some delays as well trying to get

cutting power to two apartment buildings including the senior center, hempstead deputy mayor said they did not show up until 11:00. an underground transformer blew up. power is expected to return sometime today. >>> newark has a new school superintendent. christopher cerf attended the first board of education meeting last night. the former doe commissioner hand picked by the state to take over for cami anderson. she stepped down after her reform policies lead to numerous protests by parents and students. >>> a long island man is out of jail after recording video of himself tampering with red light cameras. the video was on stephen ruth's facebook page. he used a policy to point the -- pole to point the cameras into the sky instead of the roads. >>> "good morning america" is up next. robin roberts is live in time's square. >> coming up, we will pick up on your coverage of donald trump's news conference in iowa where he butted heads with univision. he joins us to open up about the testy exchange. he will talk to george about that. also the latest on the prep school trial in new hampshire

this is hempstead turnpike, exit 7. one lane blocked for crash. if you're taking george washington bridge, upper, lower level, looking good. no problems inbound. lincoln and holland tunnel looking fine. trains, everything on or close to schedule. ben, juliet. >> thank you very much. 5:04. another drone sighting by pilot landing in jfk according to air pilot from virginia spot ad drone next to the runway, about 30 feet in the air. >> also on friday, two other pilots of jfk saw drones as they landed. pilot from orlando said the drone was one unhad feet below the plane's right-wing. this is leading on charles schumer calling on drones to to keep drones away from planes. >> there is elegant solution the faa can implement called geofencing. build into the drone software the inability to fly within certain places two miles of an airport, above 500 feet, near sensitive areas. >> drones are not supposed to fly within five miles of an airport without notifying the control tower. >> for bronx residents concerned about the outbreak of legionnaires' disease t

the town of north hempstead is hosting week long clinics for kids four to 16 all summer. they learn the basics of golf like driving, chipping and putting and lessons for life. >> not only do we do individual competitions, but we put them in team. they understand what it's like to rely on each other. you can see good sportsmanship developing. >> reporter: and that's your new antwan: do you always buy a certain kind of jeans or the same brand of cereal at the supermarket? alison: you're not alone. >> polo. >> diet coke. >> reporter: the consumer is bombarded by a barrage of brands. >> ziggy's. >> head & shoulders. >> reporter: brands confront us everywhere we turn. to avoid from exploding from product overload, we must rely on the brands we trust. >> chipotle. >> i am an apple man. my son is an android man. >> experiences, positive and negative had in our teenage years, form our brand loyalties. >> a lot is what we're exposed to and what we learn from the media media. >> reporter: this grows out of a desire to belong. >> as part of the brand loyalty, we become part of that

a couple of showers from great neck, oyster bay, hempstead and down the jersey shore to neptune to brick along the garden state parkway. those are sliding eastward, too. those will push through the next hour. those are gone after 7:00. by noontime, it steams up. you get thunderstorms in the morning, you get all this moisture coming up. it will feel like 95 later on this afternoon. a perfect day tomorrow. we will talk about the weekend next in the accuweather seven- day forecast. thanks for joining us. heather is looking at the commute. this is why we do the weather and traffic together. >> let's show you the progress on the b.q.e. with that accident northbound at metropolitan avenue. all lanes are now reopened on the b.q.e. both ways at metropolitan avenue. the accident involving the overturned truck has been cleared way. you have a lot of delays on the staten island expressway eastbound side out to slosson. all that earlier construction has been picked up. let's go to the maps and talk about long island railroad. port jefferson branch suspended between port jefferson and huntington. ron

a live look now in north hempstead where we have an accident blocking the h.o.v. lanes on the eastbound side of the l.i.e. between 35 and 36, and alternate-side parking rules in effect citywide. remember, don't text and drive. >> alex, thank you. >>> some new jersey towns are concerned about chopping the budget, and one community is focused on chopping the tree. >> the council borough heard from residents upset over removing a tree. town leaders say it's an accident waiting to happen. >> reporter: the great tree debate in chatham. >> leave it stand as it is. >> reporter: for more than 150 years this majestic oak tree has graced the public space between the train station and borough hall, but town leaders are considering taking it down. >> it's a safety issue. >> reporter: gerald helfred said the reports indicate it's rotting on the inside. >> it's a concern that at some point in time, something happens with the tree and someone gets hurt. >> bark looks great, and the leaves are all green. >> reporter: outraged members with the tree shade commission say they have t

they staked out their pots in the parking lot where in just a few hours the lights will go out but on hempstead turnpike. >> sad to see it go. an iconic building. been here for a long time. >> candidacy the coliseum itself that's moving out to be renovated and rebuilt by the people behind brooklyn's barkley center and nothing other than a piano man himself will help say goodbye to an arena that's been here for 40 years [ music ] >> reporter: when word got out billy joel will play the coliseum's last concert, tickets sold in five minutes more than 50% to long islanders. joel may be the island's biggest big shots, he's one of them and his die hard fans are keeping the faith. >> what is long island about? it's about small communities, my father was in the service, my grandfather was in the service. they lived in lefttown and -- levittown and he was able to capture my family's history and that's endless because we always have it. it's written down. >> reporter: these guys are not going to get tired of singing billy joel songs anytime soon. there's still a couple of hours to go before the concert be

eddie and i would get lunch, long island, takes me out to hempstead, long island. and we're sitting there, we're having lunch and one guy comes over, a fan comes over and goes, "eddie murphy, wow, man." and we're there just trying to eat and he goes to eddie, "you are the greatest, man. 'saturday night live.' you are an icon. you are brilliant. hi, joe." [ laughter ] >> seth: it's even worse if they didn't know your name but knowing it's even worse. but i wanna say something and i mean this in all sincerity, because that was, i feel like, that '80 to '84 period was the time that the show was most at risk of being cancelled. and i feel like you and eddie were the people who kept it on the air. and everybody on the show, myself included who was on after '84 owe you a debt of gratitude. [ cheers and applause ] so thank you so much. honor to have you here. joe piscopo, everyone! "the joe piscopo show" airs weekday mornings on am 970 the answer. we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're talking to

eddie and i would get lunch, long island, takes me out to hempstead, long island. and we're sitting there, we're having lunch and one guy comes over, a fan comes over and goes, "eddie murphy, wow, man." and we're there just trying to eat and he goes to eddie, "you are the greatest, man. 'saturday night live.' you are an icon. you are brilliant. hi, joe." [ laughter ] >> seth: it's even worse if they didn't know your name but knowing it's even worse. but i wanna say something and i mean this in all sincerity, because that was, i feel like, that '80 to '84 period was the time that the show was most at risk of being cancelled. and i feel like you and eddie were the people who kept it on the air. and everybody on the show, myself included who was on after '84 owe you a debt of gratitude. [ cheers and applause ] so thank you so much. honor to have you here. joe piscopo, everyone! "the joe piscopo show" airs weekday mornings on am 970 the answer. we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like m

hempstead, oyster bay, coney island, fire island. 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. th

you see most of the power outages from the storm. 72 around hempstead. these numbers feel great this morning, particularly the 55 around monticello. that is refreshing. brand-new air mass in place. we don't have much going on. a little bit of clouds here that will keep riding up and into the area tomorrow. the storm we are talking about for friday is this one out of missouri. it looks like it will stay to the south and ride to the south as we go friday into saturday. you see this on our futurecast, this is our computer guidance. you see tomorrow there is a few clouds and then there is that storm system staying to the south on friday into saturday. a nice sunny weekend. i guess we have to live with it. 87 today. tomorrow a few clouds around the area. that is the storm we are talking about. if you are traveling to d.c., that's where they will be, the showers. sunny, warm, low humidity. 87 degrees. a few degrees warmer than normal. we will have great weather as we go into the weekend. clouds tomorrow and 85. then 80 friday. saturday and sunday into the low

northeast new jersey, this area between 90 and 95 today. en out west, hempstead. it will be toasty too today. 76 the low in the city. generally low to mid-70s long island. we'll see a few 60s north and west of the city with that warm, muggy condition. out at citi field, phillies and mets. hot and muggy. stay hydrated for this game. 87 degrees first pitch temperature. the hottest days, wednesday, thursday. 92 and 93. a back-door front shoul knoc tk the wind to the north and northeasinto the weekend. that should allow the temperatures back down a little bit. along with the humidity too. steamy today and the rest of the way. friday, back to the middle 80s. nice saturday and sunday. good deal of sunshine and temperatures in the middle 80s with nighttime lows in the 60s. let's see how nice the commute is treating ur. emily? >> sub wap delays on the 2 and the 5. the downtown trains running with delays. the d trains, that's running back to normal. we have puntures from chopper 4. live above the scene of a crash. dennis pros coe up there. thste van wyck northbound right a

hempstead deputy mayor said they didn't show up until 11:00 last night. and underground transformer blew up. pse&g ex folks get the power back on today. >>> time to check the commute with debbie duhaime. >> we go to the webcam. the southern state parkway eastbound at the meadowbrook an accident blocking one lane. watch out for slowdowns there. and the subways, over on the 2 and 3 uptown delays signal problems at 34th. d train uptown delays with signal problems at 9th avenue. at the ed koch, 59th street bridge, outbound lower level accident still out there. watch out for extra heavy traffic. southbound new york state thruway, exit 11 into nyack an accident being cleared. alternate side parking rules in effect. back to you, ken. >> thank you. >> meteorologist gee smith is in for bill with the forecast. >> the beautiful weather we are advertising is here. look how clear and crisp it is. 67 in the park. 50s in the suburbs. 54 sussex and monticello. many areas in the 80s, warm but less humid. tonight back into the 50s outside of the city. 84 tomorrow. 84 frida

. >>> city leaders in hempstead are declaring war on synthetic marijuana. kate murray will outline the plan to crack down on the substance known as k2 or spice. governor cuomo banned the sell of the substance, but the punishment is simply a fine. murray wants drug felons screened for k-2, and today she will reveal a new medical marijuana test kit. >>> a casino bus was sent slamming into an apartment building. >> witnesses said the driver swerved to avoid hitting a car. diane macedo has more. >> reporter: the bus is gone, but the aftermath of the crash is very apparent here in regal park at the corner of wood haven boulevard. you can see the gaping hole in the side of the building. crews have been working overnight to establish a safe perimeter, and we are told many are lucky to be safe. >> i just saw the back of my apartment missing, and i ran out. >> reporter: collette lander was about to step into the showers when the bus crashed into her building and tore down her wall. >> it was just the impact. there was no screeching or anything, so i was confused wha