we are looking at 89 up to riverdale in the bronx. 89 ridgewood. 88 over to cambria heights and around 91 newark and belmar. there has been a little more of a southerly wind component today so the heat index will be a little higher. 93 is the feel in the bronx. 93 in the park. 92 around laguardia. it will get hotter the next three or four hours. the humidity will hang in there as well. so, we are looking at the real feels particularly away from the coastal sections in the mid- to upper-90s to near 100. a little bit of that wind kind of coming out of the south. where you get the southerly wind coming in to the land, that's where you will find the heat index climbing up. we will talk about that and another heat wave, we are in the middle of it. it will be a heat wave tomorrow in the accuweather seven-day forecast. shirleen, back to you. >> thank you. as we mentioned, the extreme heat is causing some schools to send students home early. marcus solis is live in

connecticut, one of the school districts with an early dismissal today. marcus? >> reporter: shirleen, indeed, norwalk, danbury, shelton, bridgeport among the school districts dismissing students early with limited or no air- conditioning. the t-shirts are a clue. september may be upon us but the dog days of summer continue. for students in nonair conditioned schools, the reading and writing comes with a good deal of sweating. besides opening the windows, some districts are making special provisions, dismissing early. in norwalk the day will end two hours ahead of schedule with schools no limited or no air- conditioning. an e-mail to parents, district officials say early dismissals can create problems for families and administrators tried to give as much as advance notice as possible. >> up to 12 -- the schools will

wrap up around 12:50. after school activities are catch sealed as -- canceled as well. also tomorrow is expected to be a warm day. that decision has not yet been made. live in norwalk, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thanks a lot. new at noon, dramatic video of a pilot standing on the wing of a small plane after it flipped over. this happened in bay port. long island reporter kristin thorne is live with the story. kristin? >> reporter: dave, we just spoke to peter williams that helped rescue the pilot. he was sleeping in his bedroom around 6:45 and saw a plane looking like it was having difficulty and saw it crash. he jumped into his boat over here, went out into the great south bay and at that point the plane was about a thousand feet offshore. this is video williams took himself during the rescue. you can see the pilot, joseph canazaro sitting on top of the

plane that just flipped over. according to the registration, this is a homemade plane. we spoke to other witnesses as well who told us they saw him put the plane into the water on a small beach in bay port and then just take off on the water. again, this was around the great south bay around 6:30 this morning. then witnesses tell us they spotted the plane basically tipping over, crashing down. suffolk marine bureau a seven- day forecast in bringing the plane to shore. it was no easy task. >> quite windy. it wasn't easy. the wind was taking more of us than anything else trying to get it back to shore. >> reporter: so, just beyond this fence you are seeing here is where he took the plane off from. there is a small, small beach there known as bay port beach by the locals. according to the coast guard, he refused medical attention and according to williams, as

far as he knows, he just had a cut on his ear. kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> incredible video. thank you. new at noon, more than a half dozen people suffered minor injuries in a multivehicle pile up on i-280 in new jersey. newscopter 7 was over the scene neared branch in newark. as many as nine cars were involved in a chain reaction crash before 10:00 this morning. all lanes on the roadway are being reopened. meanwhile, a hit and run crash reaction crash on the belt parkway left one woman dead. 22-year-old sade eversley was thrown from her motorcycle in queens then hit by a white model minivan. the van didn't stop and police are now trying to track the driver down. moments later a second minivan ran over the victim but that driver did stop. traffic is finally back to normal on the inbound lincoln tunnel following a morning of huge delays. port authority officials say a greyhound bus and two cars

collided in the south tube around 6:30 this morning. as many as 8 people suffered injuries. at one point there were 90- minute backups into new york. so far no charges have been filed against any of the drivers. and more traffic troubles this morning. a fairy crash on the garden state parkway -- fiery crash on the garden state parkway. two s.u.v.s caught fire after colliding. the express lanes were closed for a short time. no one was seriously hurt. tonight there could be confusion at the port authority bus terminal. departure gates are changing for six bus carriers including new jersey transit and coach usa. most of the changes require riders to walk to new gates on a different floor inside the terminal. it is expected to reduce crowding and improve the flow of buses through the facility. senate democrats have more than enough votes to block

opposition to the iran nuclear deal. three more senators this morning announced their support for the deal including connecticut senator richard blumenthal. this brings the number of supporters to 41 votes. that is enough to block a disapproval with a filibuster this week. >> this agreement reflects the best path available now to prevent a nuclear armed iran using diplomacy, not other means. >> bloomenthal adds that he will propose legislation to ensure that sanctions are snapped back into place if iran cheats and enhanced security for israel. in lower manhattan, dealing with terrorism, members of the house homeland security held a field meeting at the 9/11 museum. speakers including commissioner william bratton and former mayor rudy giuliani. he said that iran poses just as

great a threat to the american homeland as isis. the hearing comes ahead of the 14th anniversary of the september 11th governor cuomo is wrapping up a meeting in puerto rico and how new york can help puerto rico pull itself out of a $72 billion debt. he attend and a round table discussion. he will tour a produce market and will return home later today. joe torres is on the island and you can see his reports later on eyewitness news and at abc7ny. a father shaken after the pit bull he rescued attacked his teenage daughter. how is the dog cleared to go home with the family in the first place. >> and pope francis makes a major announcement.

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pope francis is shaking up policy once again making it easier for catholics to annul their marriages. many applaud the changes but not everyone is pleased. kenneth moton joins us from washington with the story. >> reporter: this advertise the latest verse yacht reform by -- controversial reform by the pontiff two weeks away from touching down in the u.s. for the first time. pope francis has been called a reformer but is coming under fire by high ranking conservatives in the church. another radical reform. pope francis is allowing the catholic church to fast track decisions on marriage annulment and remove automatic appeals.

the major morning announcement from the vatican comes during the church's year of mercy. catholics must get a church annulment if they want to get remarch -- remarried in the church. it simplifies the procedural louing bishops to fast track the process. >> it's a good idea to help people with difficult times in their lives with difficult marriages to be able to look to the church for support. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports the moves by pope francis called more inclusive, more liberal and progressive are causing decent in the religious ranks. the dissenters are vowing to fight changes to the church's doctrine. pope francis said he would allow priests to absolve women that had abortions if they ask for forgiveness during the upcoming holy year. the open arms approach could be seen during this virtual audience hosted by

>> i made mistakes as a person, as a mother. >> reporter: pope francis applauded the single mother in her dedication to her family. pope francis will be a busy man during his upcoming visit to washington, new york and then philadelphia. he is expected to make more big announcements as he continues his agenda to reform the catholic church. shirleen? >> kenneth, thank you. stay with eyewitness news for all information on the pope's upcoming visit and head to our web site for details about public transportation, road closures and much more. that is abc7ny.com/pope. a virginia woman is back home after surviving a shooting that left two dead and was caught on live tv. vicky gardner is continuing her recovery at home. she underwent two surgeries after a bullet came within a hair of killing her. doctors removed one of her kidneys and some of her colon. she was being interviewed on

live tv when a former reporter at wdbj opened fire killing adam ward and alison parker. the gunman fatally shot himself after a police chase. two republican presidential candidates will visit the kentucky county clerk who refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. ted cruz and mike huckabee say they will see kim davis in jail at separate times. huckabee is scheduled to attend a rally with supporters this afternoon. davis was jailed for defying a law that requires her to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. >> minnesota dentist is back at work after a killing of a be loved lion set off a firestorm. protestors shouted extradite palmer. officers will remain outside the office to make sure demonstrators do not block traffic or hinder business in the area. an amazing rescue.

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containment lines are expected to keep a force fire in southern new jersey from spreading further. the fire has scorched more than 1,000 acres. this is happening in woodland township. no one has been hurt and the fire is not threatening homes or businesses. take a look at this. residents in nearby towns and drivers on route 72 say they can smell the smoke for miles. it's not clear what sparked the fire. can you imagine dealing with that. >> right now 92 degrees out there. it's a hot one back home. >> yes, it will be hotter. it's 95. when you are breaking a record over 100 years old, close to 100 years old, 1919, that's significant. this afternoon, we are doing just that in the midst of september and the waning summer of 2015. it's hot. it's like early august, mid- august type stuff out there. a look outside from the camera

at 4 time's square, a look at that haze. this dome of highways and heat and humidity over the area. it's really mostly the city westward. coastal sections it feels nice south shore of long island, coast guard. that feels good because we have a south to a southwest wind. south facing shores, it's not bad. here at noontime, 92 degrees. humidity 39%. that's just enough to tweak up the real feel toward the mid- 90s right now. the temperature will go higher and so will the real feel in conjunction with that. west wind at 3 and the pressure hugging 30.04 and holding much of the day. the sun will set at 7:17. a pretty sunset later on. today is the hottest day and coupled with the humidity, it will feel like it's closer to 100. a potent cold front thursday that will bring heavy rain thursday and thursday evening then the front gets through thursday night and great

weather friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures are in the low 90s right now. normal high is 78 this time of year. association we are crushing that by 14 degrees. 93 newark. then we will add in the humidity and the dew points and the heat index about 93 in the bronx. 92 laguardia and down to coney island. 93 even -- 94 real feel at islip and i was saying it's a southerly to a southwest wind coming in. islip is further in off the shore. it is showing up hot. the highest number as far as the heat index. so, with a southwest wind you see it into islip about 12 miles per hour. it blows toward you here. we have sunshine and clear skies back through the great lakes. this front comes to us on thursday. these showers and thunderstorms. on our futurecast, our computer model, here comes the front. showers and thunderstorms start overnight wednesday night into thursday and get out of the way

by thursday night. it sets up a good weekend. hot, sun, humid, record heat. 95 this afternoon. that will break the old mark set in 1919. 75 tonight, clear, warm, humid. tomorrow sunny, hot and humid, high of 91. so, for all of you who said all summer long i hope this never ends, i hope you have it. it will come to an end. showers and thunderstorms on thursday cool us into the low 80s with sunshine into the weekend. >> wow. letter. >> riding the subway got real interesting for some people. oh, yeah. >> not going to be fun. thank you, bill. an outburst caught on camera. a protestor interrupt dick cheney in the middle of a speech. what happens next. >> plus, we will tell you about

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former vice president interrupted. and a bear break in. some of the stories caught on camera and caught our attention. we begin with the heck her who challenged former vice president dick cheney's credibility in the middle of a

speech. cheney was in the middle delivering remarks on the iran- nuclear agreement in washington, d.c. when a woman hopped on stage and carrying a banner that read cheney wrong on iraq, wrong on iran. cheney said nothing but the crowd jumped calling for security to throw the woman out. that they did. >> get her out of here. >> yikes. cheney thanked the crowd for their support. in his speech, he warned that if the iran deal is approved it will be catastrophic. congress has until september 17th to approve or reject that agreement. instead of looking up and seeing the under arrest boreal -- aurora borealis, here is a look down on it. the images were captured by astronaut scott kelly.

he described it as impressive. you know what, that pretty much sums it up. look at that image. look at those lights. absolutely gorgeous. also caught on camera, two bears looking for food broke into a home in wyoming and scared the owners. the owner that lived there hid in the bathroom and called for hi after she -- after she spotted the bears. her husband locked himself and their pets in the garage. the black bear and cubs were tranquilized and taken away. boy was that a scary situation for the owners of that home. >> can you imagine. do you see a pattern here. bears in pools, bears behind the wheels of cars. >> and they all wish to be tranquilizeeded in the end. >> we are encroaching on their space, that's for sure. >> no question. two sisters are not as

close as they used to be. their family could not be happier. surgeons at nationwide children's hospital in ohio successfully separated a set of conjoined twins after a marathon 16 hours in surgery. the 11-month-old girls from uganda were joined at the pelvic and hip region. they are expected to make a full recovery. we will have ahead in our next half hour. a long island family hoping to adopt a dog then it attacks their teenage daughter. the girl is in the hospital right now. details in a live report. >> a big settlement reached between the city of baltimore and the family of freddie gray

that died in police custody.

our top stories this breaking heat. it could get up to 95 degrees today. in connecticut, some schools are releasing students because of heat concerns. >> the heat is expected to get worse later this afternoon. meteorologist bill evans will have an update for us on these extreme temperatures in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> dramatic video on long island shows a pilot standing on the wing of a plane after it flipped over in the bay. the pilot used his phone. he tried to take off from a small beach. a resident saw what happened

and used his boat to rescue the pilot that did not have serious injuries. i'm david novarro. >> i'm shirleen allicot. all new this half hour, a teenage girl attacked by a dog. the family was hoping to adopt it. >> here is a picture of the pit bull. it has been euthanized the 16-year-old is in the hospital this afterno stacey sager talked to rihanna's father. >> reporter: what a nightmare for this family. they were trying to do the right thing and save a dog that was about to be euthanized. now their 16-year-old daughter is here at stony brook hospital with part of her lip missing and severe injuries to her arm. this is a picture of the 16- year-old girl, briana. her injuries are so severe we are blurring some of the picture. her dog said this happened

quickly, way too quickly. they saw an ad about this two- year old picture of alex about to be euthanized. they decided to foss tear alex last thursday. they pick him up in harlem. the ad suggesting he was sociable and could go to an average home. within two minutes of returning to the family's home, absolute horror as alex attacked the oldest daughter. daughter. a full lunch. not a sniff, not a check. he was in the house ten seconds if that at this point in time. he went right for her face, for her throat and it was just -- went into a wrestling match after that, awful. >> it went from us doing this, you know, great dog saving rescue and adding a new family member to defending for her life and then now, you know,ing

people out there saying that, you know, i'm blaming the dog and that wasn't the case. i just want the entire process to slow down. that's what i want. the people involved in the fostering and adoption process feel the same way i do. >> reporter: now, once again, briana's father making it clear they do not blame the 3wr50ed or the dog but -- breed or the dog but they have a lot of questions about the adoption process. should it move along this quickly. they don't want this happening to any other families out there. we will have more later on today. stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> stacey, thank you. new at noon, an announcement of a $6.4 million settlement between baltimore police and the family of freddie gray was the man who suffered a critical spinal injury after being taken into police custody and later died. six officers faced criminal

charges in connection with his death. the april incident sparked protests in baltimore and around the country. the settlement needs final approval from a board that overseas spending. in the bronx, the search is on for a robber that attacked a man inside the lobby of an apartment building. it happened near grand county course in east mount eden avenue. he approached the victim entering the elevator, punched him in the head and snatching a gold chain from his neck. the robber got away. the victim sustained minor injuries to his lead. a former auxiliary inspector with his wife and future son-in-law were killed in a car crash in upstate new york. this happened late yesterday afternoon near exit 112 on route 17 in the sullivan county town of rock hill. 58-year-old was killed. he was a first responder to 9/11.

his daughter and two sons survived the crash. all were members of the orthodox jewish community. now to a harrowing ordeal for a family after a young boy and his dog fell down a well and were trapped underground for hours. this happened in mississippi and it took dozens of rescuers to get him out. elizabeth hur has the story. >> reporter: cheers from family and community for a job well done. >> a big relief, big relief. everybody coming together. >> dozens of emergency crews gave their all for more than 3 1/2 hours to rescue a 4-year- old boy stuck in a hole 23 feet deep. >> probably the most hard thing about it. >> the family called for help after 5:00 p.m. that's when gabe albritton heard his missing dog barking outside the home.

he ran out to follow the sound and ended up falling into the same hole as the dog. >> him and the dog were out in the yard playing and he was running like normal little kid does and fell in the hole. >> reporter: the hole was a foot and a half wide, too tight for rescuers forcing officials to call in a trench hoe. >> people all showed up to help. >> reporter: a rescue was lowered but too hard for him to figure out. a second device worked. freeing gabe and his dog unharmed. >> officials say he was called and hungry but no injuries. for being so brave, he was promised a ride on a fire truck. elizabeth hur, channel 7

eyewitness news. >> good ending there. breaking heat. records in the city. bill evans has the after school accuweather forecast. >> indeed. after school sometimes the kids go to central park and you will see that in the park not a lot of sunbathers here at noon but a few around the park. it will be hot and the temperature will continue to rise as we continue into the afternoon to high of 95. it's 92. the humidities are in the 40 to 50% range. that is enough to turn up the heat a bit and make the real feels higher. water temperature at the beach in sandy hook is about 76. around the harbor, you will take the ferry back and forth, a little southwest wind. that should be a nice ride. after school about 95 degrees. real feel closer to 100. parents picking up the kids today, you got after school sports, make sure they got lots of water, favorite sports drink. you need that, david was a big

football star and shirleen a big athlete. you understand that stuff. >> yes. the memories. >> hydrate. >> thank you, bill. >> good to know. i didn't know that about you. big changes are coming to the wave at connecticut and other northeast states getting their electricity in an effort to reduce high bills. department of energy is working with other states and canadian officials to secure long term deals for natural gas, energy storage. the deals will eventually cut winter heating bills. we got much more ahead. new this half hour, a man buried alive in a home in upstate new york. what happened? >> police on high alert out west after a disturbing 911 call. now new concerns of officers being targeted. >> and a

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harold ortiz is charged with attempted murder and unlawful imprisonment. police officers in colorado have become the latest targets of gunfire. on sunday, there were reports of shots fired in aurora, colorado. those shots came only four hours after a threatening, quite disturbing 911 phone call saying police were going to be executed. still no word on if the two incidents are related, but authorities aren't taking any chances, especially after a spat of frightening confrontations. a police officer wounded ambush style in las vegas while a man fired at him and the officer was inside his squad car. 3300 passengers on a carnival cruise ship stuck in the virgin islands will find again. access to rooms were restricted but passengers have been

allowed back in them. the ship will serve as a hotel until it can leave port. turning to the latest in the migrant crisis, a dramatic scene on the border between serbia and hungary. hundreds of migrants clash wearing police as they tried walking to they said conditions in the holding area were intolerable. buses eventually brought most of them back. the white house is considering ways to be more responsive including refugee resettlement. a shot through the heart for bon jovi's fans in china. his first ever scheduled concert there were canceled by the government. a specific reason was not given but some reports say that it's because the band used an image of the dalai lama as a backdrop a few years ago. the first concert was supposed to happen next week in shanghai but it will not be happening after all.

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call 1-800-341-9716. a whole flew view at -- new view. >> sandy kenyon has the scoop on joy behar's second round of the show. she is back. >> sir lien, dave, the have you is bringing back -- the view is bringing back one of the original ladies on the show. almost two years to the day she returned to sit side by side with a few recent editions to the family. the result is a whole new view. whoop by goldberg is moderator

for season 19 that kicked off in the hour before "eyewitness news at noon." paula faris from abc news becomes a regular and so does actress candace cameron burr. next year's presidential election is one reason behar decided to return. >> i think that trump being in the race and hillary and another bush, you know, come on, it's too good. then bernie sanders who i like very much. i think it's the year for politics. a great year to talk. >> joy told me she was happy with life away from the view minding her own business when she got a call from the show's consultants. the deal for her to return came quickly, very quickly and the show's cocreator approved. barbara walters sending her a note saying she was thrilled. >> she is part of the winning

success formula that worked in the past. >> she is knowledgeable and she is funny. >> and the rock in all of this, whoopi goldberg. we will have more with her at 4:00. >> they have a special chemistry. >> thank you, sandy. bill evans joins us with the forecast, mr. hot stuff. >> it's hot, not as hot as that report. >> you are too kind. >> we are looking at temperatures running 14, 15 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. it will be hot for the afternoon. tack on the humidity and it will feel like it's between 95 and 100. look at the haze. purple haze around my brain. as we take a look at the afternoon, that is kind of hazy and that's a look at the camera through the haze, statue of liberty, bayonne. if you look far to the left sandy hook, new jersey. so, it's a hazy afternoon. it's hot. temperatures should be around 78.

temperature is 92. we have a dry to borderline moderate humidity for afternoon hours and 39% with the west wind. pressure holding at 30, the mark of north port 87. so is massapequa. 91 when you get to great neck. 92 around the park. a little bit of this southerly wind comes up and brings in the moisture creating this higher value as far as the heat index. cooler air will arrive. tomorrow it will be poised to the west. it will get in the area on thursday. friday the front pushes eastward overnight into friday. drier, cooler air makes a come back into the weekend. in time for the weekend and that's how we have been all summer long. raining the middle of the week. sunny weekends. the front is right here. we have another hot day today. a hot day tomorrow, then the front nears and as you see on the futurecast, a few prephone tall showers about 5:00 then

11:00 as we go into overnight wednesday into thursday we will see the showers during the day on thursday. the front moves through the area and gets on by by friday night. here is another view. you see as this front and showers work south and east, skies will clear out friday night and we will see beautiful weather for the weekend but lower humidities and temperatures closer to normal for this time of year. later on today, heading to the beach, watch out for moderate rip current risk. low rip current risk down the jersey shore. it's hot. it's like early august and not early september. 95. real feels will edge closer to 100, particularly in urban areas of new jersey. warm and humid tonight, 75. sunny and hot, humid. 91. thursday the thunderstorms could bring drenching heavy toad strangling rain to the area. that will be overnight thursday, into the afternoon. so, we could have flooding, potential problems on thursday. we dry out with a nice weekend

coming up. >> if we turned every time you said hot into a drinking game, we would have been in a lot of trouble today. you said it a lot. i am getting the feeling it will be hot. >> drinking a lot of water. >> that does the trick. >> that's what we are talking about. >> yes. >> thank you, bill. well, we will be right back. here is a look at what is coming up next on "the chew." >> hey, guys. >> season 5. can you building it? >> this year we are making "the chew" about you with even more surprises and more dishes you will love. >> heartwarming stories and a little fun, too. >> stick around, the big season five premier starts

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r good afternoon. later on eyewitness news, a homeless man in new jersey is about to be reunited with his daughter. how the community made it happen and is helping him get there. plus, 7 on your side has seven things you should not charge on your credit card because it could end up costing you a lot more in the long run.

we will have those stories and more beginning on "eyewitness news first at 4:00." see you then. >> see you then. thank you, liz. we know the man behind the music for the new james bond film. it was revealed that sam smith recorded the new them song called writings on the wall and kept his role secret since january, james bond like. smith says this is the highlight of his career. the bond flick called scepter will be released in november. it worked for adele. >> it will be good. with the tragic news about police officers harmed in the line of duty, one woman's act of kindness means more than she could have possibly known. >> this picture is amazing. herges stour to a police officer in colorado caught on camera in a photo that has gone viral. the woman stopped into the arvada police department and just gave a police officer a big hug. she told him she was upset about the recent killings of officers around the country and

was praying for the department. the 20 year veteran, christineer said he was the lucky recipient to the hug. >> nice to be on the positive side of things. sometimes you need to put something in the bank. after all the things we see on a daily basis. >> the woman did not leave her name or herges stour is getting a lot of likes on the arvada facebook page. she wanted to do the right thing. i love that this was shared with so many people. >> there are a lot of great police officers out there and i know they saw that moment and were touched. >> before we go away, a quick shot of the weather. >> be careful later on today. it gets hotter, more humid and watch out for the kids and make sure that they are all hydrated and that kind of thing. another day tomorrow. that will make it the third heat wave of the summer. we had a great summer but there are stretches where it's hot.

thursday afternoon at this time we will have thunderstorms. be prefaired for that thursday. then we sail into another nice weekend of weather. >> but the drought concerns continue. >> we will get much needed rain on thursday. could be an inch or so. >> that will do it caring about the things