eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is live in the newsroom with the details. tim in. >> reporter: the community has come together in an outpouring of grief. today they are being remembered. returning to their morning news program, those who watched in horror the brutal killing of alison parker and photographer adam ward made contribute with a moment of silence. >> they are choking back tears and their emotions show but they are covering the news. >> reporter: station general manager jeffrey marks was joined by alison's boyfriend, chris hearst sharing their memories on abc's "good morning america." >> i want everyone to know she was not only a fantastic journalist and well on her way to a remarkable career but she was good at everything she attempted. >> reporter: alison and adam ward had just started the live interview early wednesday morning when the gunman,

identified as vester flanagan opened fire killing alison and adam and wounding vicky gardner. >> it's senseless that her life and adam's life were taken by a crazy person with a gun. >> reporter: police say flanagan purchased the gun legally days after the recent churches killings in charleston. he sent abc news a lengthy fax in which he listed grievance, discrimination. >> i am not going to rest until i see something get done here. >> reporter: memorials and prayer vigils are taking over this community. 27-year-old adam ward was engaged to marry a producer at the station in the control room at the moment of the shooting. parker just 24 years old was in love with her boyfriend, anchor chris hurst. >> a pain that is really real for me now. the station is resilient. her family is resilient. they are strong. we will be back, folks.

>> reporter: in another show of support, other supporters and anchors came from their sister stations to help cover the news. shirleen. >> tim, thank you. you can find more information about the victims of the shooting in virginia on our web site, abc7ny and our eyewitness news app. also new at noon, police on long island searching for two people wanted in a heist at an armored car company that resulted in the death of $1.8 million. in all three men broke through concrete walls and penetrated a vault at the loomis armored car hicksville. they caught one of the people kemberly richardson has the other two. darkness, these suspects thought they would get away with what is described as the largest heist nassau county police have seen. this is loomis armored inc. it's covered with security cameras.

what makes you wonder, was this an inside job. detectives found bags of money in the trunk of a car. 1.8million. inside the building there was a total $20 million. inside the vault they were able to break in to. up to four men were involved at this burglary. one is in custody. edward medina was caught red handed with nearly $2 million in cash after an officer on routine patrol spotted the 53- year-old acting suspiciously in the back parking lot of this company inside the trunk of his car, $1.8 million. it was sunday, august 16th at 10:20 in the evening when detectives say the suspects are captured by surveillance cameras, casing the building then tampering with what appeared to be the security system. using hydraulic and scissor jacks they pride open a door then broke through doors and concrete and eventually got

into the vaulted to the mother lode. >> this particular case, to put it in perspective, you look at the size and magnitude of the amount of money kept in that location and it is a very sophisticated system to keep people out. we have video. the video shows the kids were all masked while they were committing the burglary. in this particular case, they did everything they can to foil the recovery of any evidence. but the investigation is ongoing. >> reporter: now, eventually, when he was spotted, medina got in a black jetta and took off. but that officer was able to stop him and the suspect surrendered. back live, medina has a ridge past, ten arrests. he was out on parole. again at this hour, police are looking for three others, several others tied to the heist and they are offering a $25,000 reward. at this point police are not yet releasing the video that

captures the suspects back here casing the joint. live in long island, kemberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> kemberly, thank you. on long island, a man is accused of leading police on a chase in a stolen jeep. a trooper spotted michael kessler using a cell phone driving on the southern state parkway. he tried to get away driving up to 100 miles per hour. police say he was arrested after jumping out of the moving vehicle in sea ford. investigators then discovered he had stolen the jeep. on staten island, a construction worker is recovering after falling in a trench this morning. newscopter 7 was over the con edison facility as firefighters carefully lifted the man out of the trench. no immediate word what he was doing when he fell. the fdny said his injuries were minor. >> reporter: investigators are trying to determine what caused a huge fire in plainfield, new jersey. it started after 2:00 a.m.

in a home on east second street then spread to a house next door. no one was hurt. investigators say one of the homes appears to be occupied. police in brooklyn are investigating the death of an 8- year-old girl killed crossing a street. police say jadann williams was trying to cross the street in flatbush. she stepped out from behind a double parked delivery truck and was hit by an s.u.v. the driver stayed at the scene and was not arrested but the death has upset community members. >> this is not a highway. this is a side street for kids to be playing. they can't play inside of the house, they have to come outside. >> some good samaritans tried to save her performing cpr but she suffered head injuries and later died at the hospital. police got a look at two men they say are behind a dozen burglaries in manhattan. this is surveillance video of the two. the most recent was monday inside an office knowledge on west 46th street where they took off with laptops and

electronics. investigators say it was the 13th burglary since may. stocks surged on wall street extending the recovery from massive sell office earlier in the -- sell offs earlier in the week. suggestions that the federal reserve has put the brakes on plans to raise interest rates. here is a live look at the big board. the numbers are early but right now it's looking like 289 points. we are tracking tropical storm erika. right now it's bringing heavy rain to parts of puerto rico and causing flooding in some areas of the caribbean. a house collapsed in flash flooding in the lesser antilles. this is the island of dominica. the storm could intensify before it reaches the florida coast. people in west palm are preparing. the local power company has crews on standby. meteorologist amy freeze is in for bill evans. she is tracking the storm for us. amy?

>> this afternoon there is a cone of uncertainty which part of florida or the atlantic states will be affected by erika. here is the satellite. we go to where this is the location now of erika; the path of the storm. the national hurricane center will take all the information and predict hourly where it will go. right down the middle of the county of uncertainty. it will go over san juan and the leeward islands and head to miami. but the thing you have to remember is that cone of uncertainty gets wider the further we get from the time of the storm making it close to florida. this is monday into tuesday. look how the cone of uncertainty continues to spread. the reason for that, right now erika will be passing over an area that is difficult for it to intensify. right now 50 to 60 miles per hour winds. it will stay that way for a

time then into open waters that are warmer then the storm could intensify back to a category 1 storm and affect parts of the atlantic coastline, whether it's florida or the carolinas. that's what we will find out as we go into the weekend. this will be an important storm that captures a lot of headlines and something to watch as it has the potential to affect the east coast. i will have the accuweather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. see you then. >> see you soon. thank you, amy. president obama will mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina in louisiana. he departed on air force one in the last hour. in new orleans he will meet with people living in the hardest hit areas of the city. saturday marks 10 years since kat made -- katrina made landfall. a father and two children killed in a fiery crash. new information about the driver arrested and what a camera caught him doing after the crash. >> caught on camera, they were

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b for the second time this week the state of louisiana is remembering a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. henry nelson was shot to death in the town of sunset. the incident left a woman dead and two others in the hospital. officer nelson's death came two days after the shooting death of louisiana state trooper stephen vincent. lawmakers for a former ohio police officer says he can't get a fair trial in cincinnati. the attorneys are filing to have it moved to another county because they say media coverage contaminated the jury pool.

video from his body camera showed him shooting a man during a traffic stop in july. he has pled not guilty. authorities in connecticut are investigating a deadly accident involving a work crew. police say a man was killed when his truck toppled over in hartford. the crew was inspecting the road for the department of transportation. it's unclear how the truck became unbalanced and fell. no one else was injured. rosie o'donnell's daughter is no longer living under her roof. she went to wisconsin with her birth mother. this is days after 25-year-old steven sheerer was arrested and accused of sending the teenage girl nude pictures. she was found in sheerer's home in new jersey last week. a rapper from new jersey is back home to put on a show. he will perform a free concert this afternoon just for students in manage high schools

in his hometown of paterson. the concert starts at 3:00 at john f. kennedy high school. >> nice that he is giving back to his old neighborhood. the prep school rape trial enters a new phase. the former student answers questions for the first and we will tell you what prosecutors reminded the jury not to forget. >> wild video of a driver speeding, opening his door in

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firefighters in southern california got an unexpected shower after a car crashed into a hydrant. the geyser of water went 25 feet in the air. it took crews a half hour to get the water shut off. no injuries in the crash but upsetting scene for people experiencing a massive drought watching the water go to waste. >> that water is powerful. amy freeze joins us. picture perfect. >> gorgeous day. i smoke out between the shows. >> good girl. >> and did a walk around. when i came back in. >> first of all, you came back in. >> i did come back. david looked at me and said are

you going to tampa bay on the show. i said, yes, i am, because my out identified was different. >> he was in a jogging outfit. >> this is not always david. >> you are always glamorous no matter what. >> anyway, get real and get outside. whatever way you do that. spectacular day. head to the beach, backyard, hudson, east river spectacular. upper west side up to the gwb terrific visibility. we have cumulus clouds decorating the sky making it inviting. temperature 78 degrees. we will continue to see the temperatures climb into the low 80s. that will be comfortable for us. humidity is low. compare the temperatures that we are expecting in the low 80s to what we had this morning,ing 55 in monticello. 54 sussex.

we had a 54 in somerville, new jersey. it was chilly to start off the day. we have seen the temperatures come up quickly. belmar 79. terrific at the shore locations and down the shore. gorgeous day today. another tomorrow leading us into the weekend. the heat and humidity will increase over the weekend. we go back to more typical august weather with the muggies and hot steamy air and watching closely what is happening to tropical storm erica. each model run will give us more information. stay tuned. these cumulus clouds are trying to get over the mountains. it is thinning out helping some disappear. a few made it in west of the city. it's making everything look beautiful. sky is fantastic. nothing to slow down the temperatures. morristown the low 80s. sunset, we will be in the upper 70s. beautiful evening ahead, too, if you have plans. 83 turns into 84 tomorrow. control.

a real fine finish to the weekend. then the opposite side of the high pressure system. temperatures will crank up. we will see near 90 saturday and sunday. expect it to be pleasant. a few clouds coming and going. tonight clear skies. that will allow the temperatures to go from the 50s in the city to 6 s. accuweather seven-day forecast, we will have the get away forecast, the catskills, hamptons and jersey shore, the numbers and high temperatures to expect in those locations. we rebound big time with the temperatures going from low to mid-90s to the 90s monday, tuesday and wednesday flirting with the hot temperatures. that is more typical of what we would associate august with. i will take the next two days and savor them. >> you can deliver that forecast in a sweat suite, no matter what. >> in a few minutes, a little more on the weekend forecast

and the weekend showers we are expecting. >> sounds good. incredible survival story. >> waking up and going to the ambulance and then going to the hospital. >> a 12-year-old boy hit by a plane speaks for the first time about the terrifying crash and what kept him alive. >> a shock on the sidewalk.

wait unt swallowed by a sinkhole, road rage mystery solved and kitten emergency, some of the stories caught on camera and caught our attention. we begin with a heart-stopping moment in northern china. you will see as people standing at a bus stop are suddenly swallowed up by a sinkhole. at least four people went crashing down into the hole. you can see that one person was hanging on to the side. thankfully no one was seriously hurt in that accident. a driver's dash-cam video helped turn a highway crash into a road rage arrest in phoenix. a man drives aggressively tailgating another car on a busy highway. he speeds up and stops and opens his door in the middle of traffic. he then swerved and collided with another car. at first police got conflicting reports about the crash. but this dash-cam video from another car showed it was no simple fender bender.

they arrested him on charges of aggressive driving. a kitten in california trapped in a dangerous spot. the kitten's cries could be heard from the engine come a apartment -- compartment of a car at a mcdonald's parking lot. the fire department was able to get the kitten to safety. the kit ken now goes by the name mcnugget. he will be going up for adoption after getting a clean bill of health from the vet. >> i got a feeling mcnog -- he will have a lot of people wanting to take him home. the holiday shopping season may be here sooner than you may expect. walmart is kicking off the season two weeks earlier. tomorrow the layaway program begins. 40,000 items will be available in the payment plan. that is about 20% more than last year and the big feature will be toys tied to the upcoming star wars movie. well, there is a new

digital voice to add to help out your life. facebook is testing a digital assistant for messenger. it's like m. unlike siri and core tan that, it can buy things and book reservations. more than 700 people use facebook messenger. m is only available to a small group. a fiery crash takes the lives of a father and two young children. now prosecutors reveal new video of what the suspect did moments after the crash. a prisoner escapes police custody in newark and spends several hours on the loose.

how did he manage to slip away. our top stories, community members in southwest virginia offering support to colleagues and loved ones of a reporter and photographer gunned down during a live television broadcast. >> on long island, one person is in custody. police are searching for several others accused of breaking into an armored car facility taking off with $1.8 million. >> a driver and a chase reaching up to 100 miles per hour all allegedly in a stolen jeep. i'm david novarro. >> i'm shirleen allicot.

prosecutors released new details in a devastating crash on the southern state parkway that claimed the lives of a father and his two young children. >> authorities are saying o'neil sharp junior was driving drunk when he hit the car causing it to burst into flames. n.j. burkett has the details. >> reporter: outside the suffolk district attorney's office in hauppauge where the d.a. is holding a news conference at this hour. we have wondered for weeks what it was that lead up to that horrifying crash that killed a father and his two young children. now that picture is a lot clearer today. prosecutors revealed that shiane richards was driving up to 95 miles per hour on the southern state parkway that night, that he blew past o'neil sharp and prosecutors say sharp, who was allegedly drunk, decided he would catch up to him at speeds estimated to be

120 miles per hour. well, the result, dave, as we all know, was a catastrophe. o'neil sharp plowed into the back of the victim's car, propelling it into the -- over the divider into the opposite lanes of the southern state parkway. the man was killed along with his son and daughter. what is more, the d.a. says sharp and his friends did nothing to help the victims. >> at the time when dying people needed help the most, the defendant dance, some of them, literally stood by watching the family, children and dad perish. they displayed no concern for the victims of their actions who were trapped in that burning vehicle screaming for help. >> contrary to the representations that is were made, mr. sharp was actually rendering aid to other

individuals in the accident, individuals who did require hospitalization as a result of this accident. >> reporter: and sharp's attorney is denying that his client was drunk. prosecutors are saying his blood alcohol level was .06 at the time of his arrest which was four hours after the crash. they have now done laboratory tests and extrapolated that to indicate that his blood alcohol level was actually .12 at the time of the crash, far above the legal limit. his attorney is denying that. we will have much more on this developing story coming up at 5:00 tonight. live in hauppauge long island, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. new at noon, a robbery suspect that escaped from police in newark is back behind bars. officers arrested michael majet at his home this morning. he was arrested yesterday on robbery and weapons charges. he told officers he was injured

and was taken to the hospital for examination. that's where officials say he got away from officers guarding him. in new jersey, police need the public's help identifying two people wanted for robbery. surveillance video shows them taking a woman's pocketbook at the food town supermarket august 20th. the woman's credit cards were used shortly afterwards. investigators know the two women were driving a large black s.u.v. a young firefighter in new jersey is free on bail after being charged with calling in more than a dozen false alarms himself. 18-year-old justin tran joined the volunteer unit this summer. investigators say the fake calls began last month. as for a motive -- >> when he was interviewed by our detectives, he said he was looking to -- he was a probationary fireman, new to the department and was trying to get experience. >> he is charged with causing a

false public al later. long awaited conclusion into the cause of the crash of mail flight in -- malaysian flight in the ukraine will be released in the fall. dutch safety board, which is leading the international investigation says it will release the final report october 13th. western authorities believe the boeing 777 was shot down by a missile. closing arguments are underway in the high profile rape case in new hampshire involving a former prep student one day after the 19-year-old told the jury he did not sexually assault a younger student. we have more on what he said happened that night. >> reporter: this morning the jury hearing about the humiliating rumor mill that began after an encounter between a 15-year-old girl and a senior at new hampshire's prestigious st. paul prep school.

the girl insisting it was rape. the 19-year-old telling the jury it was not. >> she giggled. i giggled. it was, you little bit. i thought she was having a great time. >> he said he liked the new 16- year-old accuser who listened to his testimony from the front courtroom upset. during his testimony, he showed jurors how she raised his arms sweatshirt. >> did she say anything? >> no. >> did she do anything? >> no, she didn't. >> reporter: he said they rolled around kissing and just as he was putting on protection, decided against having sex with her. >> i thought to myself, maybe we shouldn't do this. it wasn't my intention going into the night having sex. >> prosecutors reminding him he told his friends he did have sex with the girl, part of 119 facebook messages he deleted. >> during closing arguments,

the defense attorney told the jurors the prep school failed the children by tolerating a, quote, senior salute tradition in which older students hook up graduating. he testified that the accuser the tradition. the jurors could deliberate as early as this afternoon. in austria, police found what they believe to be dead migrants inside an abandoned truck. the truck parked on the shoulder of a highway near the hungarian border has at least 20 and as many as 50 decomposing bodies inside. the state of the body has made it difficult to say the exact amount of bodies. in vienna, european leaders are meeting to come up with a plan to deal with the migrant crisis. the deaths have prompted some to call for a crackdown on human traffickers.

record numbers of migrants from the war-torn middle east are making their way across the europe. to that. let's turn to amy freeze forecast for us. >> a lot of people will be making a run for the shore and beaches, some place close to the water will be a good idea. water temperature off sandy hook 76 degrees. the board. so, you are -- your sea and sand forecast, goes northwest winds 5 to 10. water temperature going up to 78 degrees. rip current risk is low. a reminder to check in with your lifeguards whatever beach you end up on. coming up, i will have the weekend get away forecast. >> thanks. e-mail controversy may be clinton.

she is -- i will tell you about that in a moment. a potential challenge from joe biden. >> several firefighters are

hurt. turning to the race for

president, a new poll shows hillary clinton maybe losing some steam her e-mail controversy may be to blame. >> reporter: hillary clinton things getting hairy on the trail in iowa. >> most are just trump without the pizzazz or hair. >> reporter: she joked about donald trump. but when it come to the e-mails this time, no laughing matter. >> i am confident that this process will prove that i never sent nor received any e-mail that was marked classified. >> >>reporter: she issued a mea culpa about the scandal that plagues her campaign. >> it clearly wasn't the best choice. i should have used two e-mails, one personal, one for work and i take responsibility for that decision. >> reporter: but when it comes to joe biden's decision to run against her, clinton says it's his to make. >> he has to make what is a

difficult decision for himself and his family. he should have the space. >> reporter: biden speaking to party leaders during a conference call wednesday said he is undecided following the death of his -- his son beau in may. >> that was cecilia vega reporting. a fire in chicago injured five people. officials say it started in a neighboring building and the flames spread. four firefighters and one civilian suffered nonlife- threatening injuries. the building is expected to reopen this week. >> i heard all the comedy stuff didn't get damaged. rapper 50-cent is putting his mansion on the market after filing for bankruptcy. the 50,000 square foot home

will be for sale after the wrapper tried to lease the mansion. he was born curtis jackson and listed it for $18.5 million in 2007 before dropping the price several times. he filed for bankruptcy last month. is driving in and around new york city isn't stressful enough, this may make you want to slam on your horn in frustration. new research reveals the average new york city driver traffic. not only do local drivers waste hours sitting in traffic but they waste their money on gas and contribute to smog, all the back. >> oh, my goodness. we can relate to that. the list of the top baby names is out. a well-known girls name is making a come back. >> and small boy hit by a small plane that made an emergency landing on a california beach talks for the first time about

the terrifying ordeal. an abc news exclusive. we are hearing from the 12-year- old boy hit by a small plane as it made an emergency landing on a beach in california. >> unbelievable. incredible survival. >> reporter: for the first time since this plane crashed into a crowded beach on july 4th, nicholas fair who was hit by the wing is speaking out. >> what was the last thing you remember? walking in the water. >> yeah. i was kind of transitioning to skim boarding and then i guess the plane just came down. >> we have one plane down at the water's edge. >> reporter: watch is the single-engine plane bounced on the surf, tumbling on the hitting nicholas in the head. >> we thought nick died. we thought the plane was on top of him.

he started to move and then he was alive, he is alive. >> reporter: the pilot was uninjured but nicholas needed help. shocked bystanders rushing in to hold him steady until paramedics arrived. >> i remember walking up going to the ambulance and the hospital. >> reporter: despite a concussion and fractured skull bone that required surgery, he stayed in the hospital four days. his recovery, amazing. his new nickname miracle dude something he could do without. >> i don't like the name. i'm just another person that got hit by a plane. >> reporter: in a show of support, 12 of his buddies shaved their heads as well. it. awkward. >> reporter: happy for friends like his and first responders who worked to keep him alive after the terrifying crash.

>> i just want to thank them for, i guess, saving my life. >> reporter: abc news, san diego. >> how lucky is hey. >> he is a miracle dude. >> just another kid hit by a plane on the beach. a regular guy. >> >> what is his teacher going to say? what did you do this summer? >> hit by a plane. top that. >> and survived. >> best to him and the family. we are holding on to summer. >> we are. if you want the heat and humidity, we have some for you down the stretch. today and tomorrow, discomfort, low humidity. temperatures are easy to take. i love this shot today. looking up the upper west side to the gwb, you get a great vantage point of what the skies look like. you can almost feel how comfortable it is outside. currently 78 in the park. letter pressure is on the rise. this time of year we can get temperatures as hot as 101, the

record set in 1948. that is over the 30 year average. sunset tonight 7:37. mark that down, another spectacular sky as the sun goes down. 75 for hauppauge and massapequa 74. great neck 77. a lot of places climbing quickly at the noon hour. 80 for newark at this point. we have clouds sneaking in from the northwest. they are not doing too good of a job getting southeastward. you will see clouds decorating the sky. we will call them patchy clouds. that's what we are expecting the rest of the day. plenty of sunshine pushing it into the sunset into the 70s. tomorrow fine finish into the weekend, high pressure overhead. shower free. lots of sunshine into the weekend. then things heat up, especially in the city, upper 80s. making the weekend get away, catskills cool. 80, looking good. not a shower until the end of sunday.

closing down the weekend is when we could see the showers popping up. 86 saturday. 90 sunday at the hamptons. jersey shore low to mid-80s. hot in these spots and increase will make it feel a few degrees warmer than it is. so, goes today, we take the 83. tomorrow we go 84. then we are staring down really the upper 80s and 90s through the rest of the stretch. the accuweather seven-day forecast calls for heating up saturday. sunday temperatures in the upper 80s as well. a possibility of an afternoon and evening thunderstorm. monday hot and humid. tuesday hot and humid. wednesday hot and humid. temperatures around 90 and an afternoon shower or thunderstorm possible. coming up "first at 4:00" today, you don't want to miss the updates on erica. meteorologist lee goldberg will be here taking a look every hour to give us new progressions on certain portions of the storm and the path. he will watch that this afternoon. >> remember the fuss around

american pharoah, what a big deal? the triple crown winner is back on new york soil again. >> the history making colt arrived in saratoga ahead of the traverse state. if american pharoah wins he will be the second horse to win the triple crown and the traverse stakes and the first to do so in 74 years. how cool. >> put my bet on american pharoah. >> i think so.

we will be right back. i'm diana williams in the newsroom. later on eyewitness news, there is a new plan to protect new york city from another major storm. mayor de blasio is set to unveil his $100 million proposal this afternoon.

we will share that with you. plus, "consumer reports" reveals its highest rated car ever. we will tell you what makes this vehicle so special. and you will see other cars of the future. those stories and more beginning on eyewitness news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 to follow. the question is not highest rated car but what is the best greatest car ever. >> takes it to another level. >> '56 mustang convertible. >> you knew already. >> is that your car. >> yeah, in a dream it's my car. >> great car. >> we will talk more about this. i like the choice. we are learning the top u.s. baby names of 2014. there are some classics as well as newer names on the list. for boys the top spot went to noah the second year in a row followed by liam, mason, jacob. for girls emma number one followed by olivia, sophia,

isabella and ava or my mom would like to say ava maria. that will do it for this edition of eyewitness news. have a great day. i'm david novarro. >> i'm shirleen allicot. make sure you are back this afternoon for "eyewitness news first at 4:00." enjoy. >> have a great afternoon. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans.

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