apparently train because it would be a lot worse for a lot of people. >> reporter: the train was carrying construction materials, no injuries were reported, while crews worked to get the train removed, only one track is being used right now for lirr passengers. so eastbound customers on the port jervis and ronkonkoma branches are experiencing 30 to 40 minute delays and will throughout the evening commute. >> rush-hour is going to operate on main line number 2 but going to be on restricted since only one line running so a little bit of a backup but run at full force. >> reporter: through 8:00 tonight all westbound service from port jervis, huntington and ronkonkoma to jamaica will be cancelled. a third of all normal eastbound services will also be suspended. there will be reduced service on all lines through the evening and overnight hours. >> there's probably about 100 feet of damaged rail. we are waiting for a crane to come in which will probably be after the rush-hour, roughly around 7:00, 7:30 tonight. >> reporter: and what you're seeing right here is a live look in westbury, obviously you

can see there is some train service here. we are going to try to show you a shot of that train if we can wait for this 39 to go by -- this train to go by because obviously crews are working to get this train removed as quickly as possible. there used to be some fence removed. there used to be a fence there. they removed that so they can get some of the debris out. again, they hope to have that crane in here as soon as possible, have the train removed by midnight so by morning everything should be back to normal. if you want to make sure that everything will be back to normal by the morning, make sure to check our website, app. we are live in westbury, i'm kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> fingers crossed they do. kristin, thank you. eyewitness news has learned mayor de blasio will unveil a major new education initiative tomorrow. it includes everything from improving reading skills of elementary school children to offering more college level classes in high schools. the mayor spoke exclusively this afternoon to our political reporter dave evans. dave is in the morrisania section of the bronx tonight. david. >> reporter: the mayor and i

talked about how much things have changed since we were all in high school and how much you could have not a college degree back then and still have great success in life but so much has changed since then. the question now according to the mayor is do new york city schools get our kids ready for college and for life? for the most part, the answer has been these last two years no but mayor de blasio is trying to change that. mayor de blasio is embarking on a radically different agenda for our schools. he unveils it tomorrow. crews are getting ready for his big speech at bronx latin and today we got a preview. >> let's be real about the fact that the modern economy demands a much higher level of education, we want new york city to continue to be a global leader. >> reporter: so tomorrow the mayor will call for all 400 high schools to offer a.p., advanced placement classes when it's fully rolled out that will cost 51 million a year. also the city will hire 700 new reading teachers to concentrate on the second grade and that will cost 75 million a year.

>> we have known this for years and years in the city, only 30% of our kids were reading at grade level by third grade, we weren't in the right place. so we have to do something different. >> reporter: the mayor says pre-k for all 4-year-olds will help a lot but now the focus is also getting kids reading at grade level before they are 9. the reasons, if you can't read while young, you likely won't read when older and that often determines your course in life. >> today more and more you need a higher level of education, at least a two-year degree, hopefully a four-year degree. that doesn't mean every kid will get one or every kid needs one to suck said but -- succeed. but for more of the jobs that are good paying jobs, some further education is necessary. >> reporter: about 1/3 of all high schools don't have advanced placement classes. tomorrow's announcement one more step toward long-term change and a foundation for success in life. >> no one has ever said there's going to be perfect equality in our society. we are human beings but we haven't even come close to

providing the kind of support to get our kids to be as good as they can be. and it will take several years to completely roll out all of these programs that the mayor is going to be announcing tomorrow, but some of the worst schools, some of the neediest schools, they will be getting this new help almost immediately. the speech is scheduled for tomorrow here at bronx latin. we will see you tomorrow. for now, reporting live in the bronx, dave in new jersey a police investigation underway tonight football. it field at imaculata high school in somerville. a player appears to pull off the helmet from a player and then use it's to hit the opposing player in the head. that player suffered a concussion, had to get 10 stitches to close the cut on his head. imaculata officials call it a serious incident. linden school officials are apologetic. gun fire this afternoon in westchester county. it happened near a day care center. investigators tell us someone

opened fire from an suv in new rochelle. cops believe the target was another vehicle. one victim showed up at mt. vernon hospital with gunshot wounds. moments later police followed that vehicle to yonkers, a passenger jumped out taken into custody. the driver still on the loose. unprecedented security is expected next week for pope francis' visit to new york city. tonight commuters are being warned that mass transit will be the best way to get around. new jersey transit is adding trains and buses to meet demand for people wanting to get into the city. a number of traffic changes visit. >> we think it will be crowded. we think there are regular commuters, we are telling them please be patient. we think there will be some delays. >> crowded indeed. to help ease congestion on public transit, officials suggest commuting during off peak hours if possible and buying round-trip tickets up front and we invite you to stay with eyewitness news leading up to the pope's visit and during his visit we have an entire

section on our website, abc7ny.com where you can find his schedule and traffic information. an unusual accident in brooklyn and tonight a garbage truck needing a crane to get it out of a jam. actually get it out of a hole made by the truck itself on the top floor of the parking garage. fortunately no one was hurt but what a mess. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer at the scene. he's in flatbush. tim. >> reporter: it's not any crane, this is this massive new york crane that was brought in in the last half hour to an hour ago. they have been preparing this crane to make this big lift. this is what they are working for. they are going to strap these straps under this truck and then lift it up out of this hole. this is the only way, this large crane that they can pull the carting truck from its precarious position after it broke through the upper level of a parking garage. the three sets of rear wheels stuck in a large hole.

>> doesn't look like it's going to fall any further, though. it looks like that's it. >> you think? >> i hope. >> reporter: fortunately it came to rest on steel support beams as seen in this picture. but large chunks of asphalt and concrete were left dangling overhead in the garage below. residents did not know of any structural problems. >> i don't believe so. i have never used it because i walk the neighborhood but i guess it's possible. there it is. >> the driver jumped out safely but his truck was going nowhere. the company owner would also not talk about the accident. >> no comment, guys. >> reporter: city buildings inspectors are on the site checking for structural damage and integrity and issued this vacate order for the parking lot only, not the four businesses that use it. >> people love the fact they can park here, they feel safe parking here so this is going to be a tough one. >> reporter: the only way to pull the truck out is with the large crane that was brought in by new york crane after an calculations. >> how big of a crane, what

type of rigging, what kind of straps, what kind of capacities they will take. >> reporter: back live now, you can see the workers here, they are taking this steel cabling or straps as they call them and they are taking them up underneath that truck. they will then hook it onto this big hook that is dangling way overhead right here. it's a double hook and they will lift hopefully that truck out of there. the only way they have been able to do it and will do it probably in the next hour, maybe two hours at most is this very large crane. reporting live in flatbush, tim fleischer, channel 7. >> we will stay on the scene and bring you the video tonight on eyewitness news at 11:00. some disturbing details revealed today in that hazing death of a baruch college student. authorities in pocono summit saying fraternity members of pi delta psi zeroed in on 19-year- old pledge michael deng during a brutal hazing ritual back in 2013. they tackled him, hit him with such force, he slipped and hit his head. court documents now show suspects didn't take him to the

hospital for more than an hour. one suspect said because it would cost too much. five fraternity members have been charged with murder. police say they have hit a road block throughout the investigation. >> to individuals who had hid evidence and individuals who fled the scene. >> fraternity has been banned from baruch college, 37 frat members in all face charges in this case. taking a quick look at wall street right now where stocks rallied today. the dow gained more than 228 points. the nasdaq was up 54 and the s&p 500 picked up 25. as we continue with eyewitness news on this tuesday, cracking down on fake car inspection stickers that authorities say could be putting unsafe cars on the road. and new information in the case of an mta driver accused of being drunk behind the wheel of a bus. and a picture perfect afternoon turning into an excellent evening right now. temperatures dropping through the lower 80s, low levels of humidity. the warmest days of the week are definitely still ahead of us, though. i'm meteorologist jeff smith in

for lee goldberg.

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new at 6:00, a new kind of scam out there these days but this one comes with a warning because it could be putting anyone who drives on the streets and roads in danger. >> yeah, we are talking about fake inspection -- cars bypassing a real inspection that could uncover serious safety problems. >> here's eyewitness news

reporter stacey sager. >> reporter: on the surface it would seem like they are looking for a victimless crime, counterfeit car inspection stickers. but in reality authorities say it's a growing threat to public safety here in suffolk county. >> somebody will get hurt eventually. we all know if you don't get your car inspected, you don't repair your struts, your tires and things like that, something is going to happen. >> reporter: the problem was first brought to the attention of suffolk police after authorities here in babylon village busted nearly 100 car owners in the past year. the phony stickers professionally done, but the primary giveaway is color. >> colors tend to be off on the stickers. this is a 2015 sticker, which is almost buff in color. the sticker should be bright yellow. >> reporter: and the 2016 ones should be a darker red, and if you think authorities can't prove these are fake, well, they got an app for that. >> we will run the state dmv report on the license plate and

the sticker number and we always find they don't match. >> reporter: if you're busted you could pay up to $400 in fines but worse yet, suffolk police say seven car owners have actually been arrested and charged with a felony just for having the stickers on their cars as police try to pinpoint who is creating the problem. >> it's like a drug deal, it's like a network. >> it's that bad? >> they are afraid to say who is handing these things out. >> we are actively looking to find out where the source of these stickers are, where they are coming from and to prosecute that person to the fullest extent that we can. >> reporter: suffolk county police are also looking for your help in this case. they say if you have any information that could lead to an arrest, call crimestoppers at 1-877-tip-news -- 1-800- 220-tips and say there could be a reward. i'm stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. attorneys for an mta bus driver accused of taking a city

bus on a joyride say he was not under the influence of alcohol. 52-year-old alexander copeland was arrested sunday after police received complaints about an erratic bus on the northern state parkway. police say copeland failed a sobriety test. today his lawyer denied that copeland was not authorized to drive the bus at the time but he strongly denied that he was intoxicated. >> there is a medical issue that we are looking at. i can say categorically it's not a psychological issue as far as we know so far but there is a medical issue. he is under a doctor's care and we are examining all possibilities to try to figure out what happened. >> mr. copeland will be in court on reckless endangerment, unauthorized use of a vehicle and dwi charges later this month. >> disturbing story. still ahead, jeff smith in for lee goldberg and, hey, if

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ti a slightly cooler crispiness, a nice change. >> don't get used to it, huh? >> lee goldberg likes to call this chamber of commerce weather and this will continue into the rest of the week. we are going to be warming things up quite a bit, though, upper 80s tomorrow and thursday but humidity stays fairly low and the overnight periods will get cool enough in the suburbs that it does get kind of cool and crisp, as liz was so astutely pointing out. we look over toward the george washington bridge right now, looking pretty out there. even the gw bridge looking pretty under that sunshine. temperature right now, 81, that wind coming in from the southwest at 3 miles per hour. got up to 84 for a high today after a morning low of 62, way above average for this time of year, typically on september the 15th we get up to 76, our record was 92 back in 1927 got down to 44 in 1873 and the sun setting at 7:05. here's a planner if you're planning your evening. 72 at midnight. down to 67 by 7:00 in the morning. the only fly in the ointment in the forecast during the next

several mornings would be a little bit of fog in valley locations, especially well outside of new york city, patchy fog around daybreak, that would burn off quickly, up to 82 by midday. 83 in newark, you're down to 76 at jfk, little bit of a sea breeze there, same deal on the jersey shore and on long island, mid to upper 70s, still in the low 80s up the hudson river valley and why am i showing you radar satellite like this? there's nothing on it. how often do you see that and as we zoom things out, there's really nothing much to show you all through the eastern 2/3 of the country, big ridge of high pressure in control right now pumping in that warmth during the next couple of days with that wind coming in from the southwest and also protecting us from any of these features moving in from the west coast. these will kind of get shunted off to the north up toward canada. one of them might come through here by, say, late saturday night into sunday and that could provide a shower and just -- in a few spots, but that's about it. 50 in morristown, 49 tonight in sussex so cool in the suburbs but look at the recovery

tomorrow, getting up to 87 in midtown, 83 at sussex, even mid- 80s on the beaches. so very warm tomorrow and if anything, that ridge of high pressure retro grades or moves off to the west and that means summery sunshine continuing into the day on thursday. accuweather forecast for tonight, clear and comfortable, we are down to 66 in midtown, 50s in many of the suburbs, could be some patchy valley fog late. mainly sunny, very warm afternoon tomorrow but humidity staying pretty low, we are up to about 87, mainly clear tomorrow night, barely getting below 70 in the city so not quite as comfortable for tomorrow night. very warm again thursday and friday, mid to upper 80s, 84 on saturday, maybe again a shower saturday night into sunday. i don't even see the chance high enough to include in the seven-day forecast 81 on sunday, mix of sun and clouds and closer to normal next week in the mid to upper 70s. >> that forecast reflects the radar you just showed us. >> nothing on there. >> yes.

thank you, jeff. rob powers up next with sports. >> eli manning we hear from one of his teammates about the way in dallas ended and the quarterback who stood up. plus the mets have another big game tonight but before anybody plays, the mets make a special visit remembering so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder]

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research department looking at the last time the mets were up by 9 1/2 games. >> long time ago. >> couldn't find it. not yet anyway, but we are only to 1903. >> it's rare. the magic number down to 10 with 18 to play. the mets take on the marlins again tonight at home. they face tom kohler, who went to school at new rochelle high and tom has got his work cut out for him.

mets go for a ninth straight win. jacob degrom pitches. nobody in the game is hotter than -- than anybody in the bigs since september 1st. here are the numbers just with the mets, came over to trade at the deadline 41 games, 175 at bats, 17 homers, 42 rbis, .309. among the team leaders already. ses panus leads the game again tonight. every year they visit a firehouse sometime around september 11th. today some of the players stopped by, had lunch at fdny rescue company 4 in woodside, six members of this company killed in the attacks 14 years ago. >> you don't see that every day. you don't see people willing to trade their lives to help other people's lives. >> you know, for us to be able to come show our respects several years later, it's -- the smallest things we can do. >> then a chance to put on a

different uniform and talk baseball. this team knows how special this ride is for the fans because it's special to the team as well. >> my first year up to be in a team that's winning like this, it's a lot of fun, the fans are into it and that's what makes it great really. the yankees get back at it tonight on the road against the rays, trail by three games for their division lead by lead the wild card race by three games over the rangers, four games over the twins. last night down the final out, tied the game and then slade heathcott had a home run to cap a 4-1 win. the yanks seem to say, hey, don't forget about us. >> i'm up here to try to contribute and try and help this team win. >> no question today is probably the biggest game of the year. and hopefully 24 hours from now biggest one of the year. that's the point where we are at right now. giants and jets get ready for week 2 in the nfl. the giants get the falcons at home sunday.

report today suggesting jason pierre-paul's hand is worse than thought. missing the tip of his right thumb, middle finger -- lots being made about the giants loss in dallas. eli manning admitting he told the running back not to score late in the game so the clock would keep running. manning had mixed up the timeouts dallas had in its pocket. a professional stop, we managed to slip in a little football, talk about what happened the other day. jennings appreciating manning taking the heat. >> that's all he is is a leader, first in, last out, always will be and, you know, he's a guy that we can count on. the wnba playoffs open friday at the garden, the liberty against washington, game one of a best of three. the liberty the top overall seed. and finally from us at the white house today, university of connecticut women's basketball team won the national championship, the huskies 10th title, third

overall, president obama joking that the team coming to washington so often that they will be certified to conduct the white house tours. check in with sade and see what's coming up tonight on news at 11:00. >> an uprooted tree and an ancient mystery, a thousand- year-old tree comes out of the ground and what was tangled in the roots has stunned scientists. plus obesity, heart disease, now you can add a new side effect from too much sitting. and this one might surprise you. we are going to have those stories and much more tonight on eyewitness news at 11:00. bill. >> got to get up and dance. that's what we need to do. >> yes, and i want to know what's in the tree roots. >> we will find out at 11:00. >> we will. and that's it for us for now. thanks for watching. i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm liz cho. world news tonight with david muir is coming up next. eyewitness news returns tonight at 11:00. have a great night.