in 1969, and author wrote a book called the rms queen mary queen of queens. he referred to her as the ship that describe -- that survived a war, and the scrapyard, an english ship that carried more americans than englishmen. the ship they carry the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich. a legend in our times. may our queen live on forever. [horn] about ellen and edith wilson. first lady ellen wilson saw the creation of the rose garden and improved housing conditions for the poor in washington dc. after a year and a half serving as first lady, she grows ill and passes away. wilson becomes his companion, filter, leader, and guardian. she also becomes the first first lady to travel to europe. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies. examining the public and private minds of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influences on the presidency. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. american history tv on c-span3. >> this sunday night on q&a, 20-year-old college student kurt ion has been visiting the grace

plans to begin the queen mary and the queen elizabeth began in 1926. they were to be the largest and fastest passenger liners ever built. work began in 1930. where it stopped year later. eventually the british government offered qunar d a loan to finish both the ships if they would agree to merge with the rival shipping company which was the white star line. whitey of heard of the star line, the company that had owned the titanic. they took them ujp on that offe. it became the qunard white star line. work resumed on job number 534. that is all the queen mary was known as at that time. she was launched in september, 1934. and set sail on her maiden voyage may 27, 1936. passenger service between southhampton, england, and new york city. a shortstop in sherborn, france, until 1930 91 war was declared on germany. she was the first liner called up by the british mot for active war duty as a troopship. in march, 1940, she was drafted and became a carrier, a hospital ship and at the end of the war she served as the bride and baby shuttle. she went back into p

in 1969, an author wrote a book called " the rms queen mary queen of queens care coat he referred to her as the ship that survived a war, and the scrapyard, an english ship that carried more americans than englishmen. a ship that carried the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich. a legend in our times. may our queen live on forever. [horn] >> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on cspan3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. monday on "the communicators" -- >> he was into computers and sci-fi. yet heard about silicon valley and dreamed of getting to america. from a young age, that is what you -- that is what he pined to do. at 17, he ran away from home and did it. today he is been as this next steve jobs figure. there are bits of him like that for sure. he has this attention to detail. he pushes his workers hard. i tend to lean more toward this edison kind of idea, although i think elon has a lot to prove. what i have taken away is he

at queens really, eastern part of the queens. here's the radar this morning, these showers are heavy up the thruway through duchess and danbury. there's the heavy rain down the jersey shore working eastward. you can see the heavy rain nassau county, behind it drier weather that's pouring in today. we'll have a lot of sunshine. we'll be at 85. it will be humid. the humidity goes away and it's gorgeous tonight and tomorrow. heather's looking at the commute. >> i have an overturned tractor- trailer. i'll tell you where it is, outer bridge crossing staten island bound trying to get to the northbound side of the west shore expressway or 440 it's an overturned tractor-trailer being cleared away. we also have the bqe getting into the prospect expressway. that is a disabled vehicle, and then traveling on to the harlem river drive southbound 142nd street a missing manhole cover. going on to the palisades parkway closed north near exit 16. that is a fallen tree. princeton dinky is suspended because of mechanical problems. the long island r

queen" and with that i will put it aside and come back to "the queen" a little bit later. [applause] i was downstairs talking with mel and philomena about leadership. mel serves an extraordinary role assisting people to become leaders and i'm currently we are going to organize at least nine and as many as 12 debates and we are going to have media partners and if a candidate goes to a debate not on our schedule they won't be on our schedule. their rule that says in order to bring order and if you are going to be her media partner you were going to include conservative media voices, which is what a surprise, what a shock that in the gop presidential primary system you would actually allow someone from their side of the spectrum to ask questions that might be of primary interest to gop primary voters. that does not mean you exclude them and they will not be excluded, great journalist like chuck todd on "meet the press" or jake tapper of "cnn" or john dickerson of cvs. i believe it, chris wallace megan kelly and all the rest of ocsla to be doing their turn with vesper at the s

>> hinojosa: in 1978 she became the first american-born queen of an arab country. for the last three decades, she's been a world-famous advocate of cross-cultural dialogue and global peace. her majesty, queen noor of jordan. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. your majesty queen noor, what an honor to have you here. >> oh, i'm delighted. thank you. >> hinojosa: there's something quite beautiful. you know, most people now, when i was telling people that i was going to interview you, and i'd say, "i'm interviewing queen noor," they'd say, "oh, we love here, we love queen noor," this feeling of love. but people around the world know you as queen noor. >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: they don't know you as lisa halaby, the woman who you were. you were growing up as an american girl, and i think one of the things that people are fascinated by about you is the fact that you actually... you could make this decision to say, "i was lisa... i am, or was lisa halaby, an american girl, but i could also be this, i could also be royalty of someplace else." this ability to basically

it is pulling out of queens. because of all the heavy rain we've seen, we have that flash flood warning in effect for queens. all of nassau county and southwest sections of suffolk county. it will expire in brooklyn, queens. as we improve through the next hour or so as the rain continues to move east progressing. pockets of rain, most of rain east of the city. a shower can't be ruled out. temperatures back into the middle 80s. emily west is back. >> heavy delays here on the outer bridge crossing. the ramp is going to be closed. that is eastbound to west shore expressway from a crash involving this box truck. looks like they are backing on maybe some help just to get everything towed out of the way. right now traffic is not moving there from that ramp. that is going to be closed. still dealing with delays on the gowanus westbound at the prospect. right lane is blocked. you'll see under the overpass. a couple vehicles involved in that. flashing lights as well. a tough go trying to get everything cleared. l.i.e. wes

level of the ed koch queens borough bridge. if you're traveling on the jackie robinson parkway t closed. the bqe is heavy, and stacked traffic making your way northbound to the brooklyn bridge, and luckily you're moving a sad bit, new does not help you with the delays back to atlantic avenue, and staten island as well. construction is blocking two eastbound lanes traveling on the staten island expressway at victory boulevard, the delays are back past 440 now. remember, be safe, don't text and drive. >> alex, thank you. happening today, john kerry will lead a historic flag raising ceremony to reopen the u.s. embassy in havana. henna daniels reports. >> reporter: in just a few hours the american flag will fly over the u.s. embassy in years. three u.s. service members took part in a rear is sal ceremony on thursday as the members of the community looked on. the change in diplomatic relations is something this woman is looking forward to. when it comes to politics, she say she's doesn't care, not when positive things could happen f

a shower developing over queens moving to the north and east. we zoom in to this big ticket item over orange county, a nasty thunderstorm cell that moved through monroe up to the newburgh area, not far from the interchange of the thruway and i-84. another thunderstorm moving near pine plains in dutchess county moving to the north. that's ahead of a cold front which will through the region during the day today. we are right under that fronted or ahead of it, we have a chance of a shower or thunderstorm hinted it much drier air moving in. as promised, tropical storm erica in the middle of the atlantic ocean. 45 miles per hour winds. we have to watch it fair -- carefully. it strengthens into a hurricane. first moving north of puerto rico probably during the day on friday then approaching the bahamas as a category 1 hurricane by sunday morning. you see that general direction moving potentially to the u.s. mainland. we have many days to watch it develop. thunder threatening. 87 for the high. it will be muggy out there. then the much more comfortable

queens boulevard -- let's start with there first. this is so important, and it has been delayed so long. a lot of people say, "why has it taken so long?" but i'm not gonna ask you that. i'm gonna say, "what do you have in mind to make this a safe street?" >> well, it is a very exciting project, one of really our signature projects under the mayor's vision zero initiative. and as you've played in your clip, we're investing $100 million to really transform what is this very scary 10- to 12-lane-wide highway that runs through very residential neighborhoods in queens. we're gonna make pedestrian crossing safer. we're gonna put in for the first time a protected bike lane. we're gonna do all kinds of redesigns to make the street feel safer and more inviting, make it a neighborhood amenity as opposed to just a terrible barrier. >> if it wasn't safe for pedestrians -- 185 new yorkers have been killed on queens boulevard since 1990 -- what's gonna make it safe for bicycles? >> well, again, we're gonna be putting in a protected bike lane, so t

a casino bus crashes in queens leaving a gaping hole in a building, several people heard. ben: emergency crews and building experts spent a good part of the afternoon and evening trying to remove that bus from the building. let's go to teresa priolo live there for us with a look at how it looked this morning. >> reporter: good morning. not every david you cover an accident like this and you see something like this behind us. typically this kind of thing is boarded up by the time we arrived. they built a fence around the building here on 60 third avenue but you can still see directly into the second-floor apartment, look at the books on the bookshelf, and a bunch of other personal belongings from the person that live in that apartment. it really is kind of remarkable to see that here. the resort world casino bus crashed into this yesterday afternoon. it was removed a few hours ago, crews spent 12 to 15 hours attempting to stabilize this building. is unclear especially as we stand here it is going to have to come down. when we arrived on scene there is lots of cameron and su

. ♪ god save our gracious queen, long live our noble queen, god save the queen! ♪ ♪ send her victorious, happy and glorious, long to reign over us, god save the queen! ♪ ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. i have the privilege and the honor of serving as the law librarian of congress. the law library here at the library of congress is custodian to the world's largest legal collection of legal materials, now at over 2.8 million volumes. that collection continues to grow every year and includes materials from all jurisdictions all around the world. the exhibition w

if you are heading into queens, try the rfk or queens midtown tunnel. this is the ed koch bridge traffic heavy with delays across the span. let's go to the maps, 6 train normal service resumed. problems in the bronx cleared. ongoing construction in bridgeport on the waterbury branch. garden state parkway south at 135 an accident in clark. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, ken, michelle. >> tha >>> a cab driver shot to death after a struggle with a robber. it happened in rahway late last night. eyewitness news spoke to the owner of the cab company. the cab was dispatched to bedford. when it arrived, a man got inside, tried to rob the driver. the cabbie was shot in the head. the owner said a similar robbery happened in rahway last week. no arrests have been made. >>> everyone from the coast guard to the nypd is resuming a search for a fishing boat that sank in sandy hook channel. >> reporter: the full scale search to find the missing boat will resume this morning. the missing boat was last seen yesterday afternoon reportedly sinking

she was the queen. yes, of course. that early scene where she is young and does not know what she's doing, and he is training her up, if you like. i love that scene. charlie: when you look at the career you have had, would you have had it any different? would you have liked more earlier? mirren: yes. i unfortunately hit -- you really want to talk about me, charlie. charlie: i do, very much so. mirren: do you? charlie: yes. as much as you may not want to. mirren: anyway, when i was in my golden era between 27 and 37, which is a great era in anyone's life, male or female. you are at the top of your game and beginning to be wiser. it was a very bad time for british film. terrible time. "confessions of a window cleaner," just awful. there was no real british film industry it -- at that time. it wasn't until i came to america -- prime suspect. charlie: it was huge in london, something like 14 million viewers in london, prime suspect. mirren: i had done a lot of very good tv at that point. charlie: so you would like to have

there's one in the borough of queens and that's where this was going, either from or to. dozens of firefighters on scene and producers has been watching as they take injured away on stretchers. a casino bus crashed into a building in queens. there's a lot of damage, damage to another vehicle. clearly horrible damage to a building, and we'll have muff more on that in a moisture. >>> the president of france giving his anything are top honor to the heroes took down a would-be terrorist on a train. the ceremony comping a day after the men described how they stopped the attacker. >> alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold, all three of us started punching him while he is in the milled. >> what we learned about the heroes from america and the gunman who they confronted. that is coming up. we're continuing to watch the dow and will thrghout the afternoon. the dow down three points, 2% on the session. 527 points. the finish is what matters and we'll track it with team fox coverage throughout the hour. we're glad you're in. you named it brad

queen latifah is here, john mcenroe is here. and muse trick minimic from mum. i went to see mumford and sons at the forum monday night, great show. afterwards we went backstage to say hello to the band. on my way out there's a big bowl of apples and i grabbed an apple from the bowl. and i started eating the apples. as we're leaving my wife said, i have to go to the bathroom. i figured i'll go too, it's a long ride home. as i opened the men's room door i realize i have a problem. i have to undo my belt and, you know, the buttons on the fly, and i can't do that with one hand. i also don't want to set the apple down in the bathroom. this is where resourcefulness koochls in. i jam the apple into my mouth. like a suckling big. pig. and i unbuckle everything. and as i stood there at urinal with an apple in my mouth i realize how ridiculous this must look. so i then went into my pocket and i got my phone and i took a picture of myself. and i believe we have it. yes. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i don't usually take selfies. i felt weird about taking a selfie b

problems in queens on l.i.e. accident cleared away eastbound. grand central parkway not a good alternate late running construction cleared away. two lanes blocked. delay on l.i.e. camera shot. traffic moving again but you have a slow delay because of that accident like i said just cleared away. right here by cross island parksway on to the l.i.e. all westbound, eastbound side you're fine. crossing george washington bridge if you're driving into the city this morning, you're fine on upper and lower level. no problem with the lincoln or holland tunnel. ben and juliet. >> all right ines opening bell will rain down on wall streeting a a lot of people will be watching to see what happens. >> yesterday dow jones industrial average plummeted immediately after trading began like 1,000 points remedy this up a bit. sort of a roller coaster, though, up and down and then recovered a little bit before falling again. joining us from the fox business studio is lauren simonetti. so how are the asian markets been done? >> today asia was a mixed bag. chinese mark

sources say a man she did not know approached her on skillman avenue in queen queens. he said, can i ask you a question and then threw a cup full of chemicals in her face. >> very bad. he's very -- too much. in two, three weeks she don't do good, they maybe have to the operate on the eyes and the face. >>> south korea says it's on high alert after a move by north korea leader kim jong-un. he has order toed military units to move. no casualties were reported. but south korea is now warning the north to refrain from what it calls rash actions. south korea is a key u.s. ally where roughly 28,000 u.s. troops are based. >>> there's a sure fire way to get rid of the topless painted ladies, just get rid of the pedestrian plazas that are there. but that's not sitting well with the ladies or a times square tourism group. >> reporter: one of the topless painted ladies the of times square says posing for pictures pays the bills and say police don't hassle her. she says she isn't feeling lover from new york city's top cop who wants to rip out the pedestrian plazas to curb the hara

queen lateefifahlatifah, john mcenroe, music from mumford and sons is on the way. on a personal level i'm glad the guys from mumford and sons are here. we used to hang all the time. we were in a band together in the '90s. you remember our band? >> guillermo: yes, yes. >> jimmy: do you remember the name of the band? >> guillermo: no, no. >> jimmy: do you remember our big hit single? >> guillermo: a little bit, yeah. >> jimmy: a little bit. for those who don't there's a documentary that tells our story, our history. i thought it might be fun to show you a little bit, just a little bit of that tonight. >> mumford and sons. international superstars who have captivated audiences with their unique blend of folk, rock, and bluegrass. but their path to stardom began with the very different look, sound, and name. >> we were -- we were really young. >> wow, that was a long time ago. >> look, everyone has an awkward stage. >> i've put it behind me. i don't really want to revisit, honestly. >> the year was 1998. and the band was -- >> ladies and gentlemen, mumtown! saying go g

a stranger called out to her wednesday near sunny side queens. she turned around. he allegedly tossed a cupful of clear liquid in her face. she suffered third degree burns. she's in the hospital in stable condition. police are now releasing the photo of a woman allegedly wanted for attacking another woman on a manhattan bound f train. the victim asked this woman if she could move her bags so she could sit. the suspect did not respond. when the victim tried to sit down, she allegedly scratched her, bit her and pulled her hair. the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. >>> police trying to find out if a serial arsonist is to blame for several recent fires. they've been centered in pomona. at least five cars have been set on fire outside that complex. including one that was found burning on wednesday morning. dumpsters have been torched as well. renters are concerned about what might be burned next. >> we're nervous that perhaps the decks will go on fire. i just think we need a little more security here. >> there have reportedly been more than a dozen

she was the queen. yes, of course. that early scene where she is young and does not know what she's doing. he is training her up, if you like. i love that scene. charlie: when you look at the career you have had, would you have had it any different? would you like more early? mirren: yes. i'd love to have done more movies earlier. i unfortunately hit, if you ale really want to talk about me, charlie. charlie: i do. very much so. mirren: do you? charlie: yes. mirren: anyway, when i was in my, sort of golden era, if you like, between 27 and 37, a great era in anyone's life, male or female. you're at the top of your game. you're getting to be wiser. it was a very bad time for british film. terrible time. confessions of a window cleaner. ust awful. it wasn't until i came to america -- i mean "prime suspect" was great. charlie: something like 14 million viewers in london "prime suspect." mirren: i had done a lot of very good tv at that point. charlie: you would like to have more film roles early? you could be, essentially,

to newark. 71 jamaica queens. a northwest wind here will make it feel look at these humidities low as well. so, it will be great. great weather for the ferry ride from jersey city or staten island or from port jeff this morning back and forth across long island sound, back and forth to bridgeport. sunshine, a beauty of low humidity. 83 degrees. it will be great. dolphins. heather o'rourke is looking at the commute. >> that's true, i did. >>> let's go to the maps. traveling on the staten island expressway eastbound from south avenue into victory boulevard, two lanes closed down with construction. b.q.e. south near the l.i.e. you have that accident being cleared away. then the l.i.e. on the westbound side right construction. down. b.q.e. northbound the ramp to the brooklyn bridge is closed down. then the brooklyn bridge is closed into manhattan. r trains fast track work. street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> authorities are looking for answers after a disturbing discovery. a child's gravestone found outside a new

queen" and with that i will put it aside and come back to "the queen" a little bit later. [applause] i was downstairs talking with mel and philomena about leadership. mel serves an extraordinary role assisting people to become leaders and i'm currently we are going to organize at least nine and as many as 12 debates and we are going to have media partners and if a candidate goes to a debate not on our schedule they won't be on our schedule. their rule that says in order to bring order and if you are going to be her media partner you were going to include conservative media voices, which is what a surprise, what a shock that in the gop presidential primary system you would actually allow someone from their side of the spectrum to ask questions that might be of primary interest to gop primary voters. that does not mean you exclude them and they will not be excluded, great journalist like chuck todd on "meet the press" or jake tapper of "cnn" or john dickerson of cvs. i believe it, chris wallace megan kelly and all the rest of ocsla to be doing their turn with vesper at the s

yes, she was the queen. yes. yes, of course. you know, that early scene where she's young, she doesn't quite know what she's doing and he's training her up, if you like, i love that scene. >> rose: but when you look at the career you have had, would you have had it any different? would you have liked more earlier? >> yes, i would have loved to have done more movies earlier. i, unfortunately, hit -- if you really want to talk about my, charlie -- >> rose: yes, i do, very much so. >> do you? >> rose: yes. oh, god! (laughter) anyway, when i was in my sort of golden era, if you like, between 27 and 37, the great era in anyone's life, male or female -- you know, you're at the top of your game, you're getting to be wiser -- it was a very bad time for british film, it was a terrible time. confessions of the window cleaner, it was awful. so there was no british film industry at that time. so it wasn't until, actually, really, until i came to -- i mean, prime suspect was great. >> rose: i got 14 million viewers for "prime suspect." >> ye

. >>> a tour bus into a building in queens. these are live pictures from rego park with a gaming hole. a casino bus smashed into a built on 63rd avenue yesterday aff rnoon, shearing off a large unk of that three-story structure. six people were hurt including intojured. he had actually had to be cut out of the wreckage. police say he was cut off by a driver trying to make a turn. cell phone video shows paicked tourists scrambling to escape as neighbors raced in to help. >> i watched this other lady saying get me out. >> they were banging against the windows. >>ci the vehicle driver charged with cutting off the bus has been cited for making a wrong turn. trans express has been cited 20 times in the past two years however none of the violation, serious. >>> 4:34. time for the weather on the 4s. it's very august out there right now. >> yeah, feels like an august morning for sure. humidity, some storms as well. you see the headlines there's a wet commute for some, especially north of new york city. that storm chance is going to li

reinforcements are needed, queen mary does the job. faster than enemy submarines, the vessel continues to play an important role in the war. make 72ueen mary would wartime wages, transporting eight hundred thousand troops between 1940 and 1946. she began in 1940 with chips of of0 soldiers -- with trips 5000 soldiers. by 1942, 15,000 soldiers. passengers,umber of 16,683. that still stands as the largest number of human beings ever transported on the vessel in the history of the world. >> coming up next, james perry examines diplomatic relations among the allies in world war ii, and the impact on military strategy in the pacific. this program is part of a symposium that marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the pacific war in august 1945. perry is the vice president of the institute of the study of strategy and politics, which hosted the event. it is about one hour. >> let

there's a lot of people moving into queens. demand has been very high. apartments are moving very fast. >> reporter: the median rent in northwest queens is up 14 percent over last year at $3016 and exceeds that of brooklyn. the closer to manhattan the neighborhood is, the more it's booming. >> the neighborhoods that are growing are the western part of queens more rapidly, long island city, than astoria, then sunnyside and woodside and jackson heights. >> reporter: while some acknowledge rents are pricing many out of the neighborhood -- >> i've seen a lot of people move out of the neighborhoods because of the increase of the rents. people can't afford them. >> reporter: -- others feel they're getting their money's worth. >> i guess to be close to manhattan is what's important to people. that's where the money is. that's where they make their money. and i think queens is happening. >> a lot of new buildings are being built. it's a really good developing neighborhood. i know in these buildings amenities. >> a lot of restaurants and bars and businesses bring

in queens this is over by casino traffic slow westbound already. thrg t there's an accident in the area so block a lane there. tough to see but right around here. eastbound side you're fine. the grand central parkway as you approach q garden interchange traffic we all lanes are open but a little slow. joule avenue to the q garden interchange eastbound an accident here quickly cleared away police activity had two lanes blocked even though it has been cleared delays are still there. a little while to ease that out of the way. signal problems affecting a and a b train. northbound only between 59th street and 125th street. rest of the trains are are doing fine one with new jersey transit princeton shuttle and dinky having service so buss are replacing those trains. back to you. >> 6:06 three people were injured after an explosion tore through a city high school. >> this happened just after a 8 p.m. last night at jfk in the marble hills section. let's get right to robert moses who is live there this morning. >> good morning to you. about ten hours after

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 guard spotted the girls in the suv around midnight and police were called. an officer told the girls to open the door and come out of the suv which they did. >> in the car while they were gambling. it's unbelievable that a parent could be so irresponsible to do that to put their own pleasures before the welfare of the kids. >> how do you do that? how do you do somet

towards queens. slight delay by queens boulevard noa normal delay. as far as trains, water waterbury branch a 10 to 15 minute delay. everything else on or close to schedule. duke what's going on in sports? duke: coming up in sports. yankees with a nice come from behind win against the twins, while adding to their lead in the al east plus a scary situation. we'll tell you about it when we come back. plus -- the latest in entertainment news. >> if you have wanted to real like a real house qief wife in new jersey, with you could get your chance. >> 6:45 let us check the governor chris christie scheduled to meet with the u.s. transportation secretary today to talk about new hudson river rail tunnels. this comes just a day after new jersey transit commuters faced more long delays. >> hunt is on for a man who police say brutally railed a woman in brooklyn. police say assaulted and raped 52-year-old woman early a yesterday morning near putnam street in bed-stuy. j new york state approves new rules following a massive legionnaires' disease outbreak. building

coming up next, we're heating things up in queens. >> reporter: i'm katherine creag live in queens. we're looking at the arthur ashe stadium. a huge day for sports fans, for tennis stars, but also there might be a little bit of traffic. this is also a big day in terms of money making for new york city. we'll tell you about it coming up. >> reporter: and it's happened yet again. the nypd is on the hunt for an escaped prisoner from a hospital. i'm tracie strahan live in lower manhattan with the photo they want you to see. >>> if you're about to head out the door, take us with you. keep watching "today in new york." download the "news 4 new york" app on your mobile device right now. we'll be right back. hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. it's intelligent enough to warn of danger from virtually anywhere. it's been smashed, dropped and driven. it's perceptive enough to detect other vehicles on the road. it's been shaken, rattled and pummeled. it's innovative enough to brake by itself, park itse

. >>> a teenager in critical condition struck by a taxi as he rode his bicycle in queens. but first we learn new details about the gunman who killed a federal building. a string of misfortunes but what made deafen kevin downing finally snap. >>> kevin downing had been fighting to get his job back with the bureau of labor statistics. the building inside the federal yesterday. >> tonight a lawmaker revealed the suspect has struggled in recent years with the death of a fiance, financial and health problems. >> all this as -- gone down in aj. >> lauren, family and friends are still grieving over the vicious killing of -- described as a hard working father of 4 4 that was doing all he could to provide for his family. all day people have been coming and going from his home as authorities still try to >> he is everything and he love his job. >> it's a sudden loss that has left a tangible void in this community. he was known as a man of faith and dedicated professional working hard to provide for his wife, 4 children and extended family from the ivory coast. even his neighbors fou

raw sewage flooding into south jamaica houses in queens. we want to show you what it looks like inside. this is inside somebody's apartment. water spewing out of the toilet and sink and bathtub for hours. she called her councilmen who called news 4. >> no one should have to deal with that type of donation with water flooding. >> it's sewer water. it's disgusting. >> workers of has zmat have come into the apartment. holmes' family has been moved to temporary housing. the city plans to reimburse her for items destroyed in the flooding. >>> it's time for weather and traffic. >> hey, guys. a wet start out there. we have rain in the north. and storm chance will linger a bit into the afternoon. and a much better weather trend as we head into your wednesday. here's a live look at storm tracker. the heaviest rain in orange county and dutchess county. you've got a wet start to your day. right around blooming grove and newburgh. it's beginning to dry out in duchess county. it's muggy and warm. and want you to bring your umbrella. high of 86 degrees t

. >>> turning to a vicious attack in queens. a woman becoming the victim of a senseless act when a man threw an acid liquid on her face without any warning. police say the attack was random, hammed in the sunnyside section of the queens and that's where darla miles joins us live with more. darla? >> reporter: david, we have breaking details here near the scene. sources are telling eyewitness news that this may not have been random at all, that this 56-year-old woman may have been targeted because she may have been alerted to some type of fraudulent activity. first of all, i want to show you the command center that has been set up here near the scene. this is a contingency of nypd officers, detectives from queens, command centers and homicide detectives. they are hear canvassing this industrial area trying to find if the suspect was caught on surveillance camera nearing the scene -- coming or going from the scene. let me show you video of the so far. the suspect allegedly ask you a question. that is what he said before splashing

great for the races in queens tomorrow and great for everyone heading to the beach as well. a little bit of risk of rip currents. a storm offshore won't be directly affecting us. there is a shot right now of the bow bridge in central park. that was shut down for renovation for a while. as you can see it has opened up and people have flocked to it. one of the iconic spots in central park and a lot of people out there on their row boats. temperature right now 80 degrees. humidity at 42%. very manageable. wind coming in from the southeast around seven miles per hour. the high on the day only getting up to 82. so we were actually below average for this time of the year. the normal high for august the 8th is record. the record 99 in 2001. sundown at 8:04 it rises before 6 a.m. another nice day tomorrow. rather low levels of humidity. it does turn decidedly muggier on monday. the daylight dry for most, although a shower or thunderstorm late in the day north and west of new york city. that leads into a very stormy monday night into tuesday. there could be some flash flooding from h

the radar picture earlier was showing big storms over brooklyn, queens, nassau. those moved offshore, the one cell that tried to develop over the hudson river, heading to midtown. that has weakened as well. tonight we barely go below 80 in new york city. 60s in the suburbs. tomorrow a couple of degrees warmer than today. 96. to give you a perspective, the record was 95 tomorrow set in 1944. we predict the high temperature to break that record. we will tell when you the heat will come to an end in the seven-day forecast, coming up. >>> you can get weather updates any time. look for our weather planners on your facebook feed. you can download the news and weather apps by searching w abc7ny. >>> a developing story in new jersey, a suspected gunman is in a stand off with police. eyewitness news reporter josh einiger is at the scene in warren, somerset county. josh? >> reporter: sandra, let me set the scene for you. we are at the corner of mountain boulevard and mount bethel road where police have it blocked off. they blocked a perimeter seemingly for miles around the

laguardia, northern queens also in the 90s, even out on the island. islip was on the hot side at 90 degrees. right now, 79 in the park, 82 jfk, 78 into southern nassau county. we're in the 60s from morris town through sussex. inland areas tonight, we'll drop into the 50s with the clear skies that we're seeing as high pressure starts to west. a couple of clouds and a couple of spot showers. notice how clear it is across the ohio valley. this is tomorrow's weather. high pressure builds in. plenty of sunshine again. it's a warm day. temperatures in the mid to the winds in place. comfortable. but there is a disturbance building up in canada. and that will approach the area as we head towards monday. it will bring us late-day storms on monday and ahead of that system, the winds go southerly on monday and that will increase the heat and the humidity. now, heading towards the beaches tomorrow, it's going to be a beautiful day. temperatures, at least for long island will be in the lower 80s. you go down to jersey shore and you're going to be in the upper 80 s

. >>> tragedy in queens. a house goes up in flames and kills two people. >> never thought i would be here in this position. it is unreal. >> still waiting to wake up. this is all just seems like a movie scene or something. >> american heroes, 3 buddies recall their terror takedown on board a train. >>> i'm joe tore reshgs sandra bookman has the night off. we begin with the tragic house fire in queens. two people died when a home in far rockaway went up in flames. an eyewitness tweeted this picture as the home burned. it broke out on the first floor on cornaga avenue around 1:00 this afternoon. kemberly richardson at the scene in far rockaway with our lead story. >> joe joe, fire marshals are going over each and every part of this house. as the chief told me, there is, quote, something odd about this. he said it is highly unusual to have this much fire shooting out of all of those windows right there on the ground floor at this time of day. just after 1:00 this afternoon. typically a fire like this is able to

a huge hole in queens apartment building after a frighten accident. the driver swerved to avoid the car with several injuries. and diane macedo has more. >> reporter: crews working overnight to try to stabilize the scene here, and there's crews back here again this morning, surveying the extensive damage left behind. you can see i straight bind into the apartment here. the bus was traveling northbound in the bus lane of woodhaven boulevard when the suv cut in front of it to make the right turn. the bus swerved out of the way into the building at the corner of 63rd and wood haven boulevard. one woman who live the there said she was ability to step into the shower when -- was about to step into the shower when it happened. >> it was just the impact. there was no screeching or anything. i was not sure what it was originally. >> reporter: other witnesses are seen immediately jumping into action, helping to get passengers off the bus, and the driver was trapped, but emergency crews were able to use the jaws of life to get him out. we are cold the bus drive

brooklyn and queens two separate problems. garden state parkway northbound exit 98 in wall township an accident being cleared up. george 56789 lincoln 15. holland 5 minutes in. inbound b.q.e. back to brooklyn we go. inbound b.q.e. heavy traffic to the brooklyn bridge with construction. >>> today the massive cleanup begins at the site of a wild crash in queens that left a gaping hole in the corner of a three story building. >> it's the most read story at abc7ny. a bus from new york world casino lost control and smashed into the home in regal park. six people were hurt including the bus driver and several passengers. kala rama is live on the scene with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: michelle, good morning. in addition to the passengers, one person inside the building was hurt. based on the damage, we are lucky there weren't more people hurt. look at that. looks like the wall has been peeled back after the bus slammed into it. you can clearly see into the building. a resorts world casino bus had five people on boar

., a baby is dead after being thrown from a window in queens. police are now questioning the baby's mother. >>> another case of legionnaires' pops up this time outside of the bronx. >> good morning, everyone. looking at a gorgeous shot there of lower manhattan, one world trade, brooklyn bridge and the sun is just glistening off. >> yes , it is. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being with us. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. >> good to have you back again. michelle is wrapping up her vacation, good to see you. >> that is a long vacation. >> she is enjoying it. she's a shore girl in her heart. she's having a good time, perfect weather. >> you have given her a nice week off. >> reporter: the weekends we have had, looks so nice. there was one weekend i was off. i can't be responsible for that when it rains, but every other weekend has been so nice. the temperatures are right on the climate average, normal for this time of the year. let's get started, august 8th, and wow, 84 would be the normal, going for 85

let's see what is happening in queens. the grand central parkway west at 168th accident in the construction zone. ed koch 59th street bridge inbound a disabled truck to watch out for. inbound brooklyn bridge ongoing construction. volume on the inbound b.q.e. right into the brooklyn bridge. keep in mind taking a ride to the southbound side of the new york state thruway approaching the tappan zee, ongoing construction heading to exit 12. let's go to our webcam, southbound thruway, traffic to the tappan zee, we will keep an- on that as -- we will keep an eye on that as well. >>> we are following a developing story in ohio where police are continuing to investigate the death of a 45- year-old man at an amusement park. james young died after being hid hit by a roller coaster. he dropped his cell phone riding the raptor, a famous roller coaster at cedar point. he got hit in the back of the head by the roller coaster looking for his phone. >> he jumped into a restricted area looking for his personal belongings. he was struck by t

. >>> we're continuing to follow that breaking news out of queens. a tour bus crashes into a building in rego park. six people are injured. the driver in serious condition. emergency crews are on the scene working to stabilize the building before the bus can be removed. and this whole operation could take a while. we'll continue to keep you updated. >> that stabilization is going to take a while, obviously. considerable structural damage by the impact. >>> tonight investigators want help tracking down thieves who swiped two cars from a bronx parking garage. >> unbelievable story. all it took was to distract a lot of attend ants to get the keys. john chandler shows us the suspects. >> reporter: this whole scheme was nothing if not bold. two men distracting the parking attendant here at this garage and then driving off with a pair of cars. it's something that long-time customers here say just doesn't happen. this is surveillance from 6:00 a.m., august 17th, on that monday morning. the lone parking garage attendant is distracted and the office is empty.

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we have a flash flood warning which covers all of nassau county into brooklyn and queens. traveling through that time through that ariane at that time could be a big problem. at least some localized flooding if not more widespread flooding. in parts of monmouth and ocean county in new jersey and flash flood advisory in effect until 8:00 so this line of stores with a front crossing through taking its time getting through causing problems and for the city most of it has passed by but there are some showers left over, just a little bit left over but the drier air is trying to take over as high pressure will be building in later today and you will get sunshine out there before too long. 75 current temperature, central park, dew points on the high side in the lower 70s, morning island or connecticut it will take a while longer for showers to clear the area but in the city it is passing on out. high temperature 85 degrees later this afternoon and we will see sunny skies tomorrow, slosh our chance on sunday but let's bring in ines rosales, waiting to hear back on potential of flo

also a power surge in south queens early this morning affected service at that airport. power to the airport was only out for about 30 seconds. it was right around 2:00 this morning. did lead to some residual delays. the cause of the power surge is under investigation. >>> now to the presidential race. donald trump says latinos love him but an nbc poll out this morning shows they did not. tracie pots has more on these new numbers. plus, another big-name democrat could be considering a run against hillary clinton. >> reporter: "the new york times" reports vice president biden is quietly testing the waters and could decide whether to run for president by september. >> if he runs, he runs. >> reporter: donald trump says he's not worried about that or thursday's debate. >> i'm not looking to take anybody out or be nasty to anybody. >> reporter: including former texas governor rick perry. they've been going at it. trump tops our latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll, with 19%, followed by scott walker and jeb bush. new, the poll shows 3 in 4 latinos don't like trump. in the l

like the lochness monster of queens. police named him jaws. he was spotted several times this weekend. now, as of this evening, police say the hunt for the gator continues, so watch out. >> yeah. cute little guy. >> i don't know if i want to see it right next to me. >> somebody's pet got too big. >> question. >>> on a quest to see how man and machine relate. intriguing social experiment sends a robot on the road. >> hoping hitchbot travels the country are human help until the plan hit a snag. >> hello? >> reporter: unlike other robots designed to help people -- >> woah, he talked again to me. >> reporter: hitchbot's mission was to see how many people would help it. >> please pick me up and put me in your vehicle. >> reporter: in a huge test of human kindness. >> i'm hitchbot. >>. >> reporter: this robot counted on stringers to get around. >> like walking around with a celebrity. >> i think the opportunity, you know, for people to actually engage unsupervised, you know, with this kind of technology was really part of the charm of it. >> reporte

brooklyn queens, you're kind of free of the rain. 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 eyew