outside of this starbucks. that huge crack is where the front bumper of his car made contact with the building. they were seeing. >> as soon as i saw the guy hit i ran in and grabbed the phone and called 9-1-1. >> this is what rich saw in this surveillance video. the camera's facing south at the corner of 69th street. first you see the black toyota in the far lane. suddenly it veers to the left, crosses the bike line. >> i was in awe and the response from the police and everything was really fast. really really fast. it was just after 9 this morning, witnesses say the man in the corner who they believed was making a delivery for fresh direct, he was right in the path of the car. >> and all of a sudden like right now, that's when we saw him. he just like jumped out of the way, but i can't believe he wasn't hit. it was a miracle. >> the unidentified man was hurt.

we're told his leg. he went to the hospital. there was a female passenger in the toyota. the woman there in the gray believed to be the driver's wife. witnesses say the sidewalk luckily was not packed with people. the morning commute had just ended. had it been an hour earlier, this probably would have been a much different story. kathy visiting from out of town tells me what she saw this morning was amazing in so many ways. >> i am just amazed at your wonderful citizens here in new york that were just so concerned. struck me. >> reporter: it appears the driver of that toyota, which has florida plates suffered some kind of medical emergency. he was taken to the hospital. at this hour, no word on who he is or how he's doing. side, kemberly richardson channel 7 eyewitness news. new information about a queens. police say the driver had some kind of medical episode.

the man was behind the wheel of a box truck that was heading boulevard. after he had the episode he crossed into on coming traffic and hit a parked car. the owner of the damaged vehicle said it was fortunate more people were not hurt. >> knock on our door in the morning, i will just wake up and then we saw a big ball of fire, car, everybody is here. i hear from the other detective that they had a cardiac attack on the truck so that car impact two other cars and come to my car. >> an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death for the driver whose identity has not yet been released. the bronx river parkway has reopened after an accident in yonkers forced the partial commute. news copter 7 was over the scene where emergency crews rescued the driver of an suv that crashed into the bronx river at about 7:30.

police say the driver was on the roof of the submerged car when they arrived and helped them across the river. all northbound lanes were closed for about an hour and a half. new at noon, a new jersey man accused of trying to join isis is back in the u.s. and under arrest. nadir sade was placed in federal custody this morning. he had been in jordan where investigators say he was trying to link to the terror group. his brother was arrested two weeks ago after traveling to jordan. a criminal complaint linked the two to terrorist activities. new at noon a rare summertime hearing in trenton new jersey. lawmakers putting off their vacations to deal with the recent new jersey transit delays that have impacted hundreds of thousands of commuters. eyewitness news reporter anthony johnson joining us from the state capitol with what can be done about those frustrating delays. anthony. >> reporter: right now david an amtrak official is still on the

stand talking before a senate committee telling them that the resources for the system stretched to the limit. he's also saying if a new tunnel is not built right away, any upgrades made to the system, these problems that we saw during the week of july 20th will continue to happen. these problems need to be addressed right away. now the warnings are dire. the future of the region is at hand and amtrak claims if major improvements are delayed any longer, the problems like we saw for a week will continue and become much more frequent. the age of the system is the number one problem. thus the call to move forward with the new tunnel called the gateway project. the damage from superstorm sandy still haunts the entire rail system. the electrical equipment dating back to the early part of the last century under tremendous strain from the 200,000 plus passengers coming from new jersey into new york and back and forth each and every day. problems with the electrical system plagued amtrak and new

jersey transit during that week of misery starting on july 20th. >> they need to be clear that given the age, the ongoing damage from superstorm sandy and the intense utilization of these tunnels issues like the recent disruptions are not likely to be entirely preventable and in fact may increase over time until the tunnel can be renewed and modernized. >> reporter: now that new tunnel that they're talking about would not be completed until the year 2025. along with that the states of new york and new jersey have to have the political will to move forward with the projects and, oh, yeah, they will need to get the money to build the tunnels and make the other improvements that are necessary to keep the system up and running. that is the latest live from trenton new jersey, anthony johnson channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you. a day of peaceful protests in ferguson missouri were marred

by more gun violence on the one- year anniversary of michael brown's death. right now a man is in critical condition after he opened fire on police. this as we see new video of the violence. abc's now we details. >> protestors have made this a day of civil diso'bead year- end. obedience. >> more protests planned in ferguson after a chaotic night. a black teenager shot by police after they say he opened fire on officers. the violence and looting following a weekend of peaceful protests and marchs. >> give all my love to my family. >> commemorating the first anniversary of the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown by police officer darren wilson. >> there is a small group of people out there that are

intent on making sure that we don't have peace that prevails. >> police say the 18-year-old shot last night, tyler harris was not a part of the protests but was in this crowd when gunshots rang out around 11:15 between two rival groups. investigators claim harris ran and started shooting at a police suv with four detectives inside. authorities say as the detectives got out of the vehicle harris continued shooting at them with a stolen 9-millimeter semiautomatic weapon and all four detectives fired back. eyewitness tony rice pointing this video on twitter of what appears to be harris on the over him. and harris is still hospitalized listed in critical condition. meanwhile at least three officers are recovering after two were pepper sprayed by protestors and one was hit in the face by a rock. reporting live, marci gonzalez channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you.

and stay with eyewitness news and abc news for the latest on the unrest in ferguson. you can also follow developments at our website abc7ny and we will post updated on our twitter and facebook pages. the mayor holding a news conference to update the public on legionnaire's disease as they introduce legislation on inspecting and maintaining cool towerrings. city health officials have announced another case. ten people have died since the bronx last month. we will keep you posted o'en what the mayor has to say. police want to find two men captured on a surveillance camera firing shots in the crowded courtyard of a public housing building on the upper west side. happened at the douglas houses on columbus avenue. the two men opened fire on a large crowd of people. fortunately no one was hurt. there has been yet another

drone sighting in the skies over a local airport. this time in newark. >> drone activity reported, left side of the localizer. >> that was the alert the faa put out yesterday after four pilots reported seeing a drone as they attempted to land at newark liberty airport. all of them landed safely, but there the skies. >> we just saw the drone at 3,000 here, 16 1/2 dme. >> 1637, saw this drone. >> 3,000 feet. >> the faa is still trying to figure out the source of the drone. whoever is responsible faces jail time and a fine of $25,000. yesterday's incidents come after three sightings at kennedy airport last weekend. the tributes continue to pour in for nfl legend frank gifford. gifford died of natural causes

yesterday at 84 years old. he's being remembered for his talents as a star on the new york giants and as a blaster. this morning nfl hall of famer live with kelly and michael co- host michael strahan called gifford a trail blazer and a friend. >> as an athlete i got to know him. and then on a personal level to be able to spend time with him and his family and have him come to games. he was a guy that did what i'm doing now before i ever did it. he's a guy who did come men tating. he kind of set all of us up for what we do now. . >> they played tribute to gifford on live by playing clips of his many appearances on the show with his wife kathie lee gifford. you can read more about the lifer of frank gifford at abc7ny. >> anyone who has known him personally, nothing but wonderful things to say about that man. >> great guy, great guy.

arrived. we'll take you to the community finally getting back its round the clock emergency care nearly three years after it was wiped out by superstorm sandy. >> plus trouble on the hudson for the daughter of annie lennox, a desperate search underway for her above who vanished after a kayaking accident. >> i'm meteorologist bill evans. as we look at the radar, we're keeping an eye on showers and way to you. as a matter of fact there's some way back to our west we're keeping an eye on. outside. 81 around the five boroughs, the urban areas in jersey. we're looking at a little bit of a southeast wind.

feels grea shots were fired at the u.s. consulate in turkey. she claims to be part of a far left turkish political group called dhkp. after firing shots she and the other suspect engaged in gunfire with the police. no one was hurt. however before that seven were injured from another attack nearby at an istanbul police station. part of the building was set on fire and collapsed. now to the race for president. democratic candidate hillary clinton making a bold commitment to higher ex. today she's expected to unveil a $350 million plan to make college more affordable. the announcement is expected at a campaign event in new hampshire this afternoon. she says that if elected she will also work to cut student loan rates and make repaying college debt easier. meanwhile questions are still swirling republican presidential

candidate donald trump. will he run as an independent if he does not win the gop nomination. we'll hear what his team is saying in the next half hour. the search is continuing today for a missing kayaker on the hudson river. 32-year-old ian jones and his had girlfriend were kayaking saturday morning when their two- 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 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

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commute to be messy. we have a couple fronts. here's a look at midday today. it looks great, does it not? there. there goes circle live boat down south headed down towards lower manhattan. the ferries working back and area. noontime. not bad. it's going to feel really nice for the afternoon. the humidity's dry. pressure right at 30. all this points to really nice weather around the area. normal high temperature now is 83 during the afternoon and the normal overnight low is about 69. sunsets at 8:00 this evening. we'll have a pretty nice sunset, but a little more humidity today. drenching rain and thunderstorms come in overnight tonight and for tomorrow. now the storms are going to be slow moving and i'll show you on our futurecast our computer guidance what that looks like. that means we'll have a lot of rainaround and gusty winds and the chance power gets knocked out.

first off we've got a nice afternoon, murray hill to ridgewood queens 81. you go to the north and west, 80 poughkeepsie, 72 here at monticello. southerly wind will pump up the moisture, and that's exactly what a southerly wind is good for is bringing in a lot of moisture. ahead of some showers, there's a few popping up, pike county pennsylvania, these will slide into sussex and warren county. back to the showers and thunderstorms developing. the front itself is back here across lake superior and lake michigan towards minnesota. those showers keep running to our west this evening on the guidance. they're a little farther east than the guidance has. northwest new jersey, you get a shower this evening. watch tonight overnight. we get to 4 a.m., 3 a.m., 4 a.m. in western jersey getting a big batch of rain here. there probably could be, you know, some rumbles of thunder in this, wake you up really early tomorrow. very heavy rain.

rain heavily through the morning commute and by tomorrow afternoon a line of showers and thunderstorms comes plowing back in for the evening commute. a really rainy day, even into tomorrow night on our futurecast. sunshine, humid, we've got a temperature of 82 this afternoon. tonight cloudy and humid. these showers and thunderstorms develop after midnight. showers, storms, flash flooding possible; gusty winds. as they say on 6th avenue, the whole 9 yards. we're looking at sunshine returning for wednesday but just a chance of a shower in the afternoon. the front pushes through on wednesday, and that will make it drier and nice on thursday and friday, and then we warm back up for the weekend. upper 80s for the weekend. >> there's a better song. gray skies are going to clear up. >> from now on you do the singing. >> okay. thank you, bill. >> there you go. good job. >> a big soda switch. we'll tell you one thing you

won't find in diet pepsi a rare whale sighting, a horse in need of rescue, and a comedian takes a stage dive. just a few moments caught on camera and getting some attention this afternoon. we're going to begin with the talk show host that took that tumble. take a look at what happened to wendy williams during the show in houston.

she wanted to get close to the crowd, things become a little too intimate when she misjudged the stairs, went flying into the crowd. the only thing that was hurt was her ego. next a horse in california back on solid ground thanks to a team of rescue workers with high-tech gear. when the animal fell into a 14- foot hole filled with mud and sewage, firefighters used a crane to hoist her out. it took nearly two hours for the crews to fasten the horse and get it out so she could be moved. fortunately it all worked out. the animal was take ton a vet and given a -- taken to a vet and given a clean bill of health. and a rare white whale off the coast of australia. experts are trying to determine if it's migaloo. it was named by aboriginal elders. migration begins at the end of the month where calves and

their mothers journey south of the great barrier reef. >> what a beautiful animal. >> isn't it amazing. >> sight to see, for sure. and diet pepsi has a new recipe without the artificial sweetener aspartame. bottles and cans with the new formula are going on store shelves this week. there's no proof aspartame is harmful but many consumers are starting to avoid. experts hope the change will stop the decline in sales of diet pepsi which were down 5 percent. >> in our next half hour, a grenade found at a park on long island. >> plus one community getting a new er years after superstorm sandy. >> and donald trump not backing down. we'll tell you what he's calling for after the controversial remarks he made

about you're watching new york's number 1 news channel 7 eyewitness news at noon with david novarro, shirleen allicot and meteorologist bill evans. now eyewitness news continues. our top stories this afternoon, surveillance video shows a car slamming into the outside of a starbucks in the upper east side. it nearly hit a delivery man standing on the street. a passenger in the car was hurt. no one else was injured. new jersey lawmakers are trying to zero in on the recent new jersey transit delays. an amtrak official told a senate committee that the system is stretched today limit. he claims if a new tunnel isn't built and no upgrades are made, thens delays will continue. >> and we've learned mayor de

blasio will update us on the legionnaire's outbreak at 1:30. he is also expected to introduce new legislation to combat the problem. we'll stream the news conference on abc7ny.com. >> i'm david novarro. >> i'm shirleen allicot. all new this half hour, residents on long beach finally getting around the clock emergency care. >> superstorm sandy destroyed the long beach medical center, but this morning a new er opened nearly three years after eyewitness news reporter n. j. more. dave. the new er opened just over three hours ago, and they're already seeing patients, patients who would have had to have been driven up to 20 center. that was the problem for nearly three years, but it is a problem no more, dave. yes, the new er replaces the old long beach medical center er which was destroyed along

the with hospital by the super storm. the new facility is being operated 24/7 by south nassau community's hospital in ocean side which as you know is just across the bridge on the mainland. that is where the critical cases and, in fact, all of the cases have been taken. it is one of the er's first patients here was a woman taken here with dizziness and fatigue. she said she was relieved to know that she didn't have to be her potentially serious symptoms checked out. >> you're feeling better. >> yes, i am. i'm feeling better that it's here. they're very nice, the nurses and the doctor also. there's a lot of older people here in long beach, and it's them. >> when long beach closed people did feel vulnerable. ems felt vulnerable. the patients had to go where else. now we can be not only a stopping point but we can be an end point and help them,

resuscitate them, treat them and get them back into the community. >> reporter: to be clear, this is not a hospital, and it is not intended to replace the long beach medical center but for routine emergencies and critical cases that cannot wait to get to the mainland this is going to be a lifeline. >> thank you. new details on the sayreville high school hazing scandal. eyewitness news has learned that two of seven high school football players charged have been acquitted. that is according to the attorney for one of the teens. the attorney says the three and a half week trial in juvenile court ended friday. some of the other cases have been resolved but others are still pending. the case led sayreville high school to cancel its football season last year. new at noon, frightening moments at a playground in suffolk county where police say they safely destroyed a grenade

children found at a park in lake ronconkma. children picked up what they thoughts after rock. authorities evacuated the area and used a robot to destroy the grenade. no one was hurt. new at noon the nypd making a big commitment to stun guns. the department will pay 4 1/2 million to expand its arsenal and train officers. this is an effort to give patrols more non-deadly alternatives when dealing with suspects. the stun guns will be given to all supervisors on patrol. two serial rapists and robbery suspects are in jail. police took joey cruz and isaiah rivera into custody. the men are accused of luring at least three women online to meet them and attacking and assaults them. the suspects also robbed the victims. one of the alleged accomplices was arrested on friday. we have video of a burglar who spent his saturday night ransacking a brooklyn apartment. here's a look at the man police are trying to find. he broke into an apartment in sheepshead bay and got away

with a pretty expensive haul. $4000 in cash, six gucci watches. he also grabbed some earrings and three wedding rings. suffolk county family safely on dry land after their boat sank off the south shore of long island. this picture shows a police marine boat pulling the sinking vessel out of the water. the engine stalled in the great south bay yesterday afternoon with a family of five on board including two children. a passing boat happened to have three volunteer firefighters on board and they helped pull the family to safety and called police. now to vote 2016 and donald trump's latest controversy, his campaign is regrouping after an internal shakeup, and the republican front runner is defending himself from comments he made about a debate moderators. abc's stephanie ramos is in washington. >> donald trump still out front in the polls, and he's not backing down from his comments about fox news host megyn kelly.

>> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> trump during an interview on cnn saying he felt attacked by kelly during the gop presidential debate. on fox news she defended her questioning of trump. >> he felt attacked. it wasn't an attack. it was a fair question. >> the gop backlash more intense than what trump faced over his controversial comments on mexican immigrants and american pows. the billionaire did try to clear things up insisting he has no problem with women and he was not implying anything about menstruation. >> i was referring to nose, ears, they're very common statements. >> what about trump's refusal to take a pledge not to run as an independent candidate. a senior advisor to trump says trump under increasing pressure under party leaders may take that pledge after all. >> trump is battling with the gop while shaking up his team.

he fired his senior advisor roger stone saying stone personal publicity. stone insists he quit. in washington stephanie ramos channel 7 eyewitness news. it's 81 degrees right now. let's turn back to meteorologist bill evans. beautiful day right now but he's tracking some storms in >> absolutely. and today enjoy. it's 81. we have very low humidity outside. as a matter of fact, the humidity are at 44% in laguardia. really there's no heat index out there with the humidities at that level, and you're going to be taking the ferry back and forth a little southerly wind at 15, gusting to 17. the water temperature about 75 here in the sound so you're bridgeport. going to be a pretty good afternoon. boating forecast out and about, moderate risk of rip current at the beaches. new york city beaches, jersey shore is a low rip current risk. the wind will come around to the southeast later on today.

we're going to be talking about a nice afternoon today with showers and thunderstorms are headed your way for tomorrow morning for the morning commute. we'll talk about that in your accuweather seven-day forecast in just a moment. david, shirleen back to you. thank you. a new pedestrian mall next to madison square garden opened today. benches, tables and chairs are all set up on west 33rd street from 7th avenue to the gardens loading docks. the car-free zone will feature vendors, performances and fitness workshops. the plaza will be open until at least october when city officials decide whether to make it permanent. >> that's great. >> another questionable shooting, an unarmed college football player shot and killed by a police officer in texas. what police are saying about the shooting as his family demands more answers. >> and the wrongful death

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a tragic plane accident in upstate new york taking the lives of two couples who were long-time friends. officials say the plane went down minutes after taking off from the add iron deck regional airport. the last radio transmission from the plane seemed normal. the sheriff says the plane came straight down with extreme force completely destroying the aircraft. meanwhile this other story to tell you about. there are concerns the battle to raise the minimum wage to

$15 an hour for fast food workers will be lost once it comes time to enforce it. the u.s. bureau of labor estimates 1.7 million workers were paid less than the federal minimum of 7.25 an hour. the problem is the government does not have enough investigators to catch businesses who break the law. $270million in back wages was recovered nationwide last year. authorities in dallas texas are investigating the police shooting of an unarmed black teen at a car dealership. the last few minutes of his life captured on video. surveillance shows 19-year-old christian taylor a college football player climbing over a barricade at the dealership. taylor was then seen jumping on the windshield of a mustang before driving his car into the showroom. 49-year-old rookie cop brad miller and his training officer responded to the scene and confronted taylor off camera. >> they made verbal contact with mr. taylor through the glass wall, instructing him to

lie on the ground. mr. taylor was not compliant. >> miller firing four rounds striking taylor multiple times. the fbi is now investigating. taylor's death has only added fuel to protests in ferguson marking the anniversary of michael brown's death. the families of two teenage boys missing off the coast of florida have called off their own private search for them. the 14-year-olds have been missing for more than two weeks after going on a fishing trip. their boat was found abandoned two days after they left. the coast guard called off the search after a week of not finding the boys. the families say they're praying that they will be returned to them somehow. they also plan to launch a foundation in their honor focused on promoting youth boating education. nascar champion tony stewart is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after hitting a fellow driver on the track a year ago. the family of kevin ward junior is accusing stewart of gross negligence.

stewart's car skidded into ward after the two crashed during a race and ward got out of his car. ward's parents say stewart showed reckless disregard for the safety of others. the family's attorney spoke exclusively to abc news early this morning. >> a caution flag was up. four other drivers missed kevin ward and yet the man who's supposedly the best driver in the world revs his engine and runs over and kills him. >> a grand stewart calling ward's death an accident. dealing with stress at work or at home often has many turning to candy for comfort, but going after sweets may not actually be your fault. >> and it's a nice day outside, but storms, they're heading our way. when will they hit your neighborhood. meteorologist bill evans has the answer.

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i've got some breaking news right now. an ocean rescue in new jersey. news copter 7 was over the scene a short time ago in sea bright. we're told a swimmer was pulled under the water by rip tides. it took about 20 minutes to get the person out. there is no word on that persrson's condition right now. lifeguards say there is a red flag warning today for dangerous rip tides. people are only allowed into the water up to their ankles. we'll let you know about any updates in this story. many of us find as stress gets worse so does our desire for sweets, but it's not just in your head. a recent study that says that participants who experience even moderate stress were more likely to choose food that tasted good over healthier options. stress changes brain chemistry making self-control harder. >> people are under stress, their body actually wants to have glucose. that's the brain's preferred source of energy. you can get it in many ways,

usually the fastest cheapest cookies soda. the best plan to beat unhealthy stress eating, you should do a lot of planning. have all sorts of healthy food ready to go for different situations so you won't grab something bad for you. comfort eating. i feel better already. >> you blame it on the brain, that's what you said. >> okay. well, let's blame it on the rain. >> nobody just likes a cupcake, you know, i mean. >> it's much more than that. >> not just a cupcake. let's take a look outside, if you're going to enjoy your lunch outside here's a good day to do it. tomorrow not so good. we have sunshine as we look across central park. it is pretty. there are all the sunbathers in the park looking at the sheep meadow. we have a pretty afternoon in place, temperature 81 degrees, a little southerly wind in here

will pick up the humidity for the afternoon hours just a bit. by the time lee goldberg is here first at 4, he'll be telling you how that humidity's a little higher than yesterday. massapequa 78 degrees. 79 bell mare, 82 around toms river. with a southerly wind in some of these spots it creates the rip, and so you see right here where sea bright is located right here, they have pretty much kind of a southeast wind coming in. so for the jersey shore, a southeast wind creates more of a rip current, a southwest wind creates more of a rip current for long island, the south shore here and also around the new york beaches. that's where there's a moderate risk of rip currents. that's why you should always ask. even walk by the lifeguard station and say where's the rip. they'll let you know. there are showers off to the west that will glide into western new jersey. more of these will come up from the south and into the area and so will these showers and thunderstorms off to the west. you see this on our futurecast, here come those thunderstorms

for the overnight hours from the south and west. they really build up. for the morning commute you'll need to start early and have all your rain gear. this will go through the morning commute. kind of get a little break at lunchtime. then another band sweeps through at 4:00, another band at 7:00, 8:00, so tomorrow suffice it to say, a rainy day, a windy day around some of these thunderstorms. could knock the power out, could knock trees and power lines down. our futurecast is showing some of that rain could be as much around white plains. suffice it to say 1 to 2 is a good number here. tomorrow. the downpours to get this could come down hard all of a sudden. that creates a flash flooding threat across the area. for the afternoon we're looking good. 77 to 82, and then we're going to drop on off tonight to some really nice weather. you see we've got this rain tomorrow starting in the morning and through the afternoon across the area. sunshine, then clouds this afternoon, 82.

tonight we're around 71 and the thunderstorms come in after midnight. after midnight. since we've been singing all hour long, we have sunshine returning on wednesday, and there's a shower threat in the afternoon with the front that pushes through, and that makes thursday and friday some great weather days this week. >> i like that. keep it going. >> after midnight >> i'm always going to encourage. >> such a great band. >> thank you bill. you love hot sauce? >> yes, yeah. >> there's a new restaurant just for you. the company that makes tabasco sauce is opening an all hot sauce restaurant in louisiana called 1968, the year tabasco was created. >> i know just the place where they use all those ingredients every day, and right now we're going to take and find out what's coming up next at the chew.

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chicken dinner and round two of hi everybody. i'm diana williams in the newsroom. here's what's coming up a bit later on eyewitness news. a street name has been causing confusion. we'll tell you about the problem, why it was so bad in queens that the mayor just actually renamed the street. >> plus residents in the bronx not getting their mail for months. why they say their management company abandoned them and what it took for us to get the problem fixed. go nina. those stories and more beginning on eyewitness news first at 4. we like to fix things here. don't we. >> go nina, go nina. >> thank you diana. when you are doing a movie

about ghost busters, who you you going to call, bill murray of curse -- of course that is. the original ghost buster confirms he will join the new reboot. his former costar dan aykroyd announced he'll make a cameo in the movie starring kirsten wig and melissa mccarthy. >> it's been a year since at the time a 5-year-old boy stole the hearts of an entire nation when he went to his local county fair in pennsylvania and gave new meaning to the word apparently. >> i never ever been on live television. >> are you excited. >> and apparently i only went down the super slide. >> love it. >> apparently. a year later noah is a lot more familiar with family after being on gma and other talk shows. he still goes to the county fair where he's surrounded by fans of the apparently kid. there's been a little change since the last trip to the fair. he's a year old, and he's got two ipads.

>> i'm six and i have two ipads. one from grandpa bought me. >> how funny is that. okay, and there you go. look, he even has time for the slide. they always love him at the fair. the guy is apparently doing very well for himself. >> i think he should moderate one debate. >> he should. >> i'd vote for him at this point, you know. >> that will do it for this edition of eyewitness news. i'm david novarro. >> and i'm shirleen allicot make sure you are back this

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