make for delayed and crowded trains. roughly half the rush hour schedule runs on those lines. it's precisely the scenario the railroad was hoping to avoid. the damage from the freight train derailment was so severe rail workers could not replace the tracks and the switches and the railroad ties in time for the evening rush hour tonight. there is no question that this. there are those who are more philosophical tonight. >> you get used to it. you have to make a living. you adapt to situations and make the best of it. life goes on. there are worst things. >> reporter: and, so, the l.i.r.r.'s plan works like this. eastbound trains to ronkonkoma and port jeff are operating. but with delays and cancellations. they are not stopping in carle place and westbury due to the damaged switches. westbound service to new york has been suspended entirely on those branches as of 3:00 this afternoon. the railroad marie assume lam mid service after 8:00 but that

is not -- limited service after 8:00 but that is not certain. this is a long 24 hours and a long night on the l.i.r.r. tonight. live tonight, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> n.j., thank you. from long island to new jersey, fast action against the high school football player seen on videotape bashing an opponent with a helmet. the player from linden lill permanently kicked off the -- high school permanently kicked off the team and suspended from school. anthony johnson is the story for us. >> reporter: we are outside the imacculata football practice. they are just wrapping up the practice. we saw a number of the players including number 73. he is the one seen on the video that very disturbing video that many people across the country have now had an opportunity to see as you can see and they are now walking off the field. he has talked to a number of friends inside the school.

they are playing a game against baskin ridge this weekend and he is ready to go. the imacculata spartans are going through the drills as they prepare for the game on the 17th. the one person on the field in full pads, number 73, is in the spotlight for not reacting to what happened in this video this past weekend when his helmet was ripped off by an opposing player. the linden lineman then smashed the helmet into the player's head causing a cut that needed ten stitches to close. students say the player is handling this with dignity. has he talked about what happened? >> not in detail. he is a humble kid. he takes it in and going with it. >> reporter: authorities may be ready to file charges against the player from linden. the school has now kicked him off the team and on social media there is a claim that unsportsmanlike act was not done on purpose but still

the action on the field. >> he is doing all right. he is in school, healthy. >> reporter: has he said anything about what happened here? >> no, he hasn't. >> i thought the play was dirty. i know him pretty well. i know he would never do anything to provoke that response. >> reporter: linden players have been preparing for the next game, too and are trying to move past the latest high school show of foul play. as for the imacculata team, the focus is on the game against baskin ridge. the linden police and the union county prosecutor's office investigating the case and they as tomorrow. in somerville, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> anthony, thank you. a mother charged in the death of her 6-year-old daughter pled not guilty today in westchester county court. kathleen dymes faces charges including criminally negligent homicide in the death of her daughter lacey car at her home

last easter. an autopsy found lacey ingested benadryl, morphine and diazapam. her lawyer is suggesting that the child somehow got a hold of the drugs and took them on her own. a family of governor cuomo's aide issuing a statement saying that many carey gabay is brain dead. he was shot during a predawn celebration for the west indian american parade last monday. his family said they are grieving for a man struck down by a call last gun violence act. >> this is another painful reminder of the problem this nation has with gun violence and almost on a weekly basis we learn the same lesson over and over and over again. >> the suspect seen on surveillance video. nypd is using facial recognition software to try to

new at 6:00, a new york city science teacher that crashed his drone at the u.s. open said the drone malfunctioned. it crashed into the stands during a women's single's tennis match. the teacher faced a judge in court. the faa released a new warning about flying drones during the pope's visit next week. darla miles is in flushing meadows with much more. darla? >> reporter: liz, daniel burly is into technology, not tennis, according to his attorney. he says this is the photograph he wanted to take when that drone went haywire. are you saying that your client learned the hard way and he wants everyone else to learn from his mistakes. >> i think that is a fair assessment. >> reporter: a tough lesson to learn. 26-year old school teacher danly gurley in court after taking his robotic drone up for a whirl. it crash landed into the stands in the middle of the u.s. open

two weeks ago. >> he has no interest in tennis. he was there to photograph the sun setting at flushing meadow park. that was the sole purpose. unfortunately the drone got away from him. >> reporter: the unnice fear is next to the billie jean king tennis center. he parked at college point avenue and walked over according to the criminal complaint and he set up the go pro camera on the drone and when he took the drone up for the second flight, the drone lost its signal and flew away in the direction of the trees. >> he actually tried to regain control of the drone because avoid happening. >> reporter: the faa is trying to prevent the same mistake during the pope's visit to new york, d.c. and philly declaring the areas no drone zones. >> the faa has flight restrictions in place during

the papal visit. leave your drone at home. flying a drone anywhere near the areas pope francis visits is against the law. violators could face stiff fines and possible criminal penalties. >> reporter: the no drone zone will be in effect from september 22 to september 27th. reporting live in flushing, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> darla, thank you. new at 6:00 a big push to close what health officials call the treatment gap involving heroin addicts. users that overdose in new york state are immediately released. it's a risky time for addicts to try to withdraw. in suffolk county, a new strategy. don't release them, treat them. here is kristin thorne. >> these people are in crisis. they need assistance. that is a vulnerable time. if they don't get the help they need they might be back on the street using.

>> reporter: instead, people who overdose on heroin, in nassau county can go from the emergency room to mary haven new hope crisis center in freeport 24-7 free of charge. >> i lost my son three years ago. undoubtedly new hope will save lives in that crucial time after an overdose. >> reporter: crisis center workers will use these advance to pick up patients at hospitals or agencies and bring them to mary haven to undergo withdrawal treatment, counseling and get them in a long-term rehab program. the center can hold 30 patients at a time. >> this is a big step in being able to realize treatment on demand and connecting people with the help that they need. >> reporter: where is the money coming from to do this? acting district attorney says she has committed $585,000 from the county's criminal asset forfeiture funds to fund the program now through the next year. long-term funding is expected

to come through a state medicaid program. >> my offices funding will allow new hope to higher medical and psychiatric staff who will be available to provide medications to those who need them. >> reporter: the average patient will stay 10 to 12 days. stocks rallied today. dow up 140 points. nasdaq picked up 28 and s&p 500 picked up 17 points. as we continue with "eyewitness news at 6:00" on this wednesday night, pope news. a new plan that will make it easier for people to get from new jersey to philadelphia to see the pontiff. >> students in new york city

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transit officials in new jersey are down playing concerns about potential commuter chaos during the papal

visit next week. they say there should be plenty of seats on commuter trains returning from southern new jersey to philadelphia during pope francis' visit. cars can park in lots in camden across the river from philadelphia. also new at 6:00, the pope is coming to new york city. maybe you heard about it. for those that get an audience with the pontiff, not many people but it's a big deal for them. >> we will meet elementary school students at a school pope francis will visit in east harlem. we were there as they rehearsed the song that they will sing for him. >> here is marcus solis make me a . >> reporter: not unusual for students to sing church hymns at a catholic school but this is no rehearsal. they are getting ready to sing the prayer of st. francis for

pope francis. >> he looks to st. francis as his role model, someone that gave up his riches and basically gave up everything in his life to just worship god. >> reporter: the three boys and three girls will meet the pope with three other schools in harlem. each group is working on various projects on issues important to the pontiff. before meeting them the 7 and 8 year olds say francis made an impact in their lives and understand his message. >> all love -- love all people the same. treat people the way you want to be treated. >> he is very special to me because he cares about others. he loves us no matter what we look like. >> reporter: all 24 students from the four schools will sing for pope francis a song specially chosen for the holy father. >> the clock is ticking. it's stinking in how fortunate we are to have this once in a lifetime opportunity.

verses in english and two in spanish. >> i noelle like it because i want him to. >> reporter: it just might make his day. in east harlem, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> on our web site, abc7ny we have a special pope section, the pope's schedule, local street schedule and ticket scams, warnings about that as well. we hope you can look that up on our web site. >> if siting. just ahead on eyewitness news, a dream car but you can't drive it on the roads. we will explain. >> sounds like a great dream car. >> lee says we are in for more perfect summer weather.

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a concept car lee knows it. the bay gotti is racetrack ready. meets no safety regulations so it can't be driven on the street. they will turn it into part of a video game. it will have the digital version out soon. lee, you cannot drive this. >> it's eyewitness news blue. >> soon to replace the news van. >> right, can you imagine. >> there goes that sports car. >> my son and i always want to see the bogatis at the auto show. you have three minutes to text me the top speed of that car. >> savor the last few days of summer. >> outside we go, a gorgeous night again. the park looks fantastic. a nice evening. temperature at 83. the humidity makes the difference. feels great. westerly wind at 5. a high a

13 above average. sunset under an hour at 7:04. hi pressure here inches off the coast through late week. we remain in a nice warm westerly flow with the longer nights and patchy fog inland. light winds and low humidity. here is the headlines, summer on extended play the next four days. the next front not until sunday and rain is no guarantee. the dry stretch continues. more seasonal temperatures next week as we get into the 70s. 78. riverdale 83. whitestone 84. upper 70s, lower 0s across the area. a nice cool comfortable night in the suburbs. dew points are in the 50s. comfortable range. mostly sunny to mainly clear overnight. bright sunshine. light winds low humidity and highs in the mid- to upper-80s. radar and satellite nice and quiet now. huge area of high pressure here will inch offshore. then we have to watch two things.

southeast and this cold front here. instead of working together, they almost avoid each other late week into the weekend and early next week leaving us in a channel where i think it's dry. cooler ocean winds will cool the temperatures down. tonight numbers in the 50s and 60s. last night in the 40s north and west. a couple of upper 40s in the catskills. very warm tomorrow. on friday just have to watch the cloud shield to see if a few extra clouds sneak in the coast. most offshore. 86 and more of the same on saturday. clear, comfortable, 50s in the coolest spots north and west. tomorrow 87. mostly sunny and very warm. another beautiful night for the thursday night. seven-day forecast, summery on friday. saturday looks great. changes on sunday with the front. at the least extra clouds. probably stuck in the 70s. not a bad place to be. stray shower. a couple of shower threats but

by no means any siff knife can't rainfall. >> top speed of the car do you want to know it. >> i do. >> 250 according to our producers. >> i will check my phone at the break. >> rob powers with sports. >> rough time for rutgers football program. straight ahead, the scarlet knights head coach suspended from his duties. late this afternoon he responds. on the flip side, college

the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia.

more trouble for the rutgers university -- . >> resolution. suspended three games, fined $50,000. that is coach kyle flood's punishment from the president

after contacting a faculty member to discuss the academic of a at let. flood gets the punishment what the school calls severe and justified and has been in contact with the ncaa to see if any of its rules apply. rutgers football had what number of players kicked off after arrests unrecollected -- unrelated to this discipline for flood but part of evening going on on campus. part of flood's statement, we adhere to a higher standard, one that i am responsible to be aware of. i take full responsibility and accept the consequences of my actions. wilson will step in for flood. on the nfl, no -- big blue making one thing clear. they are moving full steam ahead to the falcons, putting the embarrassing ending of the game in dallas behind them. the blame game, the apologies. letter they did enough to win the game. after a loss that disappointing, there is a

challenge to get ready for this week's game. >> the challenge is simply to be recognize the encouraging things that happened in the game. i thought we played hard, we were aggressive. we got to continue obviously to do that. and we got to get our xs and os better. jets wait until monday night to play the next game. they are at indianapolis 1-0 after beating the browns. that's how they go into the colts game. antonio cromartie in a limited role. the injury looked worse sunday. >> i am taking it day by day. see what goes on. you see me at practice, you know something is going well. >> all right. baseball now, mets-marlins. division lead 8 1/2. the magic number to clinch the

last night's game, toll colon nailed cespedes. colon said it got away. mets are still going to forget what happened. >> it bothered us a little bit. so, we will answer in our own good time. >> yeah. yankees back at it against the braves. lost last night. the tampa bay's cabrera had to leave the game with a knee sprain. franklin knocked the two-run home run to seal the deal. finally from us, jake olson, life long usc football fan on the field as a long snapper for the trojans. number 17, freshman, on scholarship but not for football. he had cancer in his left eye. it was removed when he was 10* months old. when he was 12 lost his right eye. the night before that surgery, what did jake want to do?

watch the usc trojans practice, one of the last things he would see. he agree up to be a long snapper in high school. the trojans see him as an inspiration. jake sees himself as a trojan. >> wow. >> phenomenal. >> i happen to know a couple of students there of course and they are impressed with this kid. you know more than football than i do. the long snapper is the first one down-- >> snaps the guy. >> then he goes down field. >> typically the gunners on the sideline. >> sade is here to see what is coming up at 11:00. >> an emergency in the air. an international flight diverted because of a dog. why the pilot says it was a life-or-death situation. plus, that late night cup of coffee doing more than keeping you awake. those stories and more on "eyewitness news at 11:00". >> on that note, that's it for us for now. i'm bill ritter. >> i'm liz cho.