>> we could use that water, use that water to drink, of course. to break up into its parts. hydrogen, oxygen. breathe the oxygen. hydrogen/oxygen is a great rocket fuel. >> right now only rovers like curiosity are on the surface of mars. with the discovery of water, a human visit becomes a bit more of a possibility. people down here on the original blue planet, having some fun online with the announcement. sharing this very literal take on the discovery. and this updated snapshot of the mars rover. >> in your face, neil armstrong. >> reporter: some joking on twitter that it's all an elaborate promo for a matt damon movie about a mission to mars. >> i've done the math. checks out. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm david kerley in washington, d.c. >> i wouldn't put it past that crafty matt damon. thank you, david kerley, for that report. thank you for watching abc news tonight. tune into "gma" first thing in the morning. as always we're online 24/7 on

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a near disaster. an international flight having trouble in midair and quickly turning back to jfk and when the plane tries to land, a fire breaks out. good evening at 11:00. i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm sade baderinwa. a major scare onboard that flight

to ireland tonight. you can see from the flight tracker aer lingus flight 110 made a big circle over long island before making the emergency landing. >> lucy yang at kennedy airport with the developing story. >> there was an emergency landing and plane fire here at jfk airport tonight. it involved an aer lingus flight to ireland, a boeing 757 flight number 110. >> reporter: the plane took off from jfk at 7:15 tonight, flying in to the sunset as seen in these photos from one of the passengers. the plane was going to shannon, ireland. 15 minutes in to the flight we're told the pilot reported hydraulic failure, problems with the landing gear and flap. the plane returned to the airport for an emergency landing. officials report the plane came in faster than normal and that there were flames and smoke in the main landing gear compartment upon landing which were put out immediately.

passengers were evacuated without incident. we have this control tower. >> we've lost our hydraulic system, one hydraulic system so we're going to have to return to we'd like you to inform kennedy, please, that we've lost please stand by. >> reporter: we spoke to one passenger just a short while ago who told us how surreal the scene was and how calm and excellent the pilot was. >> it looked like a sci fi movie, the actual touchdown itself was pretty bumpy but not out of control. and considering, he did job. right away we could see 15 or 20 fire trucks right on the runway immediately ready to drive up and they started spraying us like almost immediately and while they were still spraying the plane, the

pilot came out in to the cabin and made an announcement, explained what happened. he said if one of the hydraulic tanks had been linking, hydraulic fluid, and it started as a slow leak and eventually drained to empty and that this was something they practice every six months in the simulator but this was the first time he had ever done this in a real situation. >> so clearly practice made all the difference here tonight. so far no reports of any injuries. there were 104 onboard. we're now waiting to learn when they will be flown to ireland and when their next flight will be. again, an emergency, but safe landing here tonight. we're live at jfk. lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. >> a good ending indeed. we have breaking news to tell you about. two young sisters missing after a visit with their biological mom this weekend are now safe tonight.

3-year-old destiny mccoy and two-year-old ty were reported missing. investigators say the girls were dropped off for what was supposed to be a five-hour visit but were never brought back. they are now safe. new information about a shocking discovery in the bronx about a newborn found dead in the middle of the courtyard in the bronx. how did she get there? jim dolan with the heartbreaking story. >> a baby girl died here today, a newborn baby girl whose picture was never taken, who never got to wear a pretty dress or beat the boys at sports. a newborn baby girl who no one got to know, but whose violent death left this neighborhood in tears. >> reporter: neighbors looked on silent and stunned as word of the chilling story spread. who could do anything this coldly brutal? >> oh, just broke my heart. broke my heart. >> just crazy. it's really ridiculous. i can't believe

>> reporter: the doors of the medical examiner's van shut and it drove away with the body of a newborn baby police slowly pieced together the grizzly details of the baby's death. the infant was thrown out a 7 floor window, the umbilical cord still attached. >> to be honest, i've never seen something in my life. that was unhuman. people, i don't know what those people are thinking about. i don't know what kind of mother would do that. >> reporter: she was recoiled in mother when she saw the baby -- recoiled in fear when she saw the baby girl. >> how could you react? everybody would react the same thing. >> reporter: the child's mother was located and taken to a hospital. the man believed to be the hospital was taken to the 52nd precinct for questioning. >> i know him for over 10 years. he's a very good father. he comes from

a good home. his parents are very good parents. it's not like he's always in the street. he's mostly home with his son. he baby sits his son while the wife works. >> reporter: neighbors were heart broken over the death of a baby they never knew. >> it was crazy. just a bad turn of events. we're all still wondering what's going on. >> i'm hurting right now. i don't know how a person could do that. he's got to be sick in the mind. something is wrong with him upstairs. >> we want to stress that no one in connection with this case has yet been charged in connection with what happened. the mother is at the hospital under police guard but has not answered questions yet. the father, the person believed to be the father, was taken to the 52nd precinct but was later released. he's not believed to have been involved. jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> just tragic. also in the bronx tonight,

tried to grab a teenage girl off the street. cops say rahim bryce pulled up next to a 13-year-old yesterday afternoon and tried to pull her in to his car. a passerby stepped told bryce to leave the girl alone. a second man got out of the car. he had a knife. the girl kicked bryce and he got away. residents say they're concerned. a new jersey high school football player who collapsed on the field died from internal bleeding. the medical examiner said 17-year-old murray's spleen ruptured after a hard hit. the quarterback walked off the field under his own power but was later rushed to the hospital where he died. >> the most frequent cause of an enlarged in someone who is young is a recent mono infection. a blown to an enlarged spleen can cause massive internal bleeding. >> it's not known if murray had mono. an enlarged spleen can

drop below the ribcage and could be vulnerable. no evidence of head trauma or heart disease. his funeral is thursday. another outbreak of legionnaires' disease in new york city. this time seven new cases not tied to last summer's out break. these new cases are also in the bronx. seven patients, all them living, working, or visiting the morris park seck. are -- morris park section. are we in for another legionnaires' out break? aj ross. >> seven new cases with one common denominator. this morris park community. the health department learned of these cases all within the last week and they've since been aggressively testing all the cooling towers in this area hopefully trying to narrow down a source. >> quite concerned when i heard about it earlier today because i know it had been relegated to the south bronx. >> i thought it was under control but it's not. >> reporter: it's a term bronx residents have become all too familiar with and one that's haunted them for months. legionnaires' disease is back again but this time it's in

morris park and just where the bacteria is coming from is a mystery. >> because we identify this as a cluster doesn't mean we know what the cause is of these infections in these individuals but they are geographically linked. >> reporter: seven new cases have been identified in the last week according to the health department and no one case is the same. nun of -- none of the hospitalized individuals live or work in the same place, which has experts suspicious of an outdoor air source. >> i think that the city learned a lot as we all did from what happened in the summer, the south bronx and hopefully we're going to be able to contain so it does not reach the levels of outbreak. >> reporter: in the meantime, health officials are aggressively testing every cooling tower in the area and reassuring residents this cluster is completely unrelated to the outbreak in the south bronx earlier this summer. still people who live and work

here understandably upset. hoping they'll get more answers soon. >> i know they're taking measures in terms of i guess the department, building with water towers. i guess if we could get more information out there to the public that would be a lot more helpful. >> the department is reaching out to over 40 organizations that work closely with vulnerable people like the elderly to make sure they know which symptoms to look out for. aj ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. their icy relationship being called the new cold war. after today with dueling speeches here in new york at the u.n., president obama and russia's president criticizing each other over syria. the cold war now going in to a deep freeze. but tonight their first formal closed door meeting in two years face to face. >> reporter: the dour handshake says it all. there's still a deep divide between the two nations. but tonight the first face to face meeting lasting a

the 90-minute exchanged labeled by the white house as business-like. today at the u.n. both on the attack, airing out differences on the world stage. obama slammed russia's invasion of crimea. >> we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation is flagrantly violated. >> reporter: vladimir putin known for his tough guy image now making moves in the middle east, sending russian military equipment and troops to support syrian dictator bashar al-assad who putin said today is doing more to fight isis than the u.s. >> reporter: obama disagrees, instead saying it's assad who's behind the terror of his own people and he wants him out. >> when a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own

of one nation's internal affairs. >> and perhaps a slight thaw on the freeze. secretary of state john kerry describing tonight's meeting between obama and putin as constructive. mr. putin calling it very good. some showers moving in and they're going to stick around for a while. meteorologist lee goldberg tracking it in the weather center. >> we now have tropical storm joaquin in the atlanta, likely impact our area later in the week. meanwhile, couple sprinkles out there right now. just the beginning. we're still very warm but lots of changes in accuweather coming up. plus, crashing down. heavy equipment

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near 6th avenue. the vehicle fell over while trying to get in to a construction site. it fell in to an unoccupied nypd van. fortunately no one was hurt. lane shut downs on the george washington bridge as an aging span gets much needed repairs. new york bound lanes on the lower level are shut down until 5:00 tomorrow morning. workers are removing temporary they'll be closed again from 11 p.m. friday to 8 a.m. on saturday. similar closures are expected through mid october. a final farewell tomorrow for one of the greatest yankees of all time on and off the field. yogi berra buried tomorrow in new jersey. services for the 90-year-old berra held at the church of the immaculate conception. services will be aired on the yes network. nasa confirming tonight what its scientists have been

evidence of flowing water on mars. scientists have been monitoring mysterious streaks on the red planet's slopes during different seasons and using data from the orbiter, they were able to detect signs of liquid water on the surface of mars. pope francis back at the vatican tonight after his first ever visit to the u.s. on the flight home, the pope needing one word to describe his time in new york city. >> [ indiscernible ] >> that means exuberant. on the flight home, the pope asking to make a detour and got that picture. circling the statue of liberty and ellis island, the site where so many have immigrated to america. you're keeping an eye out on the tropical storm. >> joaquin, tropical depression 11. the big takeaway with this storm, you're not going to like

the track. the big takeaway is we've got a lot of rain coming this week. there's going to be wind and coastal flooding. we don't know the intensity or if there's a land fall. we have a tremendous amount of rain potential this week. we're down over eight inches for the year. would not be out of the question if by the weekend that entire deficit could be wiped out. that much rain. 73 degrees right now. south wind at 5. the pressure is on the fall. high today shy of 80. running 8 degrees above average and we have one more day where we can do that, tomorrow near 80. fair amount of cloud cover. there are a couple spotty showers by day. but it's a soaking rain later at night. probably really kicks in around this time tomorrow night. then it's rainy the remainder of the week in to the weekend and we have to track tropical storm walk. numbers again were around 80 in islip. upper 70s in newark. hudson valley comfortable, muggy. 72, ridgewood. these numbers aren't going to move very much. there's going to be patchy fog by morning and looks like it will be fairly muggy.

just an isolated shower early and a popup shower during the day. rumble of thunder not out of the question. we make a run at 80. later tomorrow night the rain gets heavy. already we've got a couple sprinkles around. no big deal there. high pressure offshore. big wind flow coming off the ocean. here comes a cold front from the great lakes. you can see how it's drawing moisture toward the northeast. this is something we haven't seen in so long, tapping the gulf of mexico and the atlantic. winds at 40 miles per hour. southwest movement right now at 5 miles per hour. that's going to get drawn up the coast. looks like tropical storm status staying off the east. the idea of eastern virginia to southeastern new england in play here for tropical storm impacts. heavy rains, gusty winds, coastal beach erosion. if you look at our futurecast here, several waves of rain to go through. spotty showers tomorrow. heavy batch coming in

ponding and flooding on area roadways for your wednesday morning commute. a little break in the afternoon. next rond would be later thursday and the one that would be the impact from walk would probably be friday night in to saturday. for tomorrow it's just a shower or two. look how this huge slug of moisture comes along that front. that's when it's really pouring. we start it with wednesday morning. that initial shot could be a couple inches of here's your muggy and patchy fog. isolated showers early . tomorrow it's lots of clouds. couple bright spots in the middle of the day could get us in to the low 80s. then an isolated shower or storm. then heavy rain tomorrow night. rumble of thunder, flooding possible. lighter later in the afternoon. lighter thursday maybe to start but getting heavier late then maybe tropical trouble later friday in to saturday. this will be the first time we'd have five days of measurable rainfall together since december needing in to christmas. it's been a very long time. bill evans with an important update tomorrow. coming up next, the simple

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after a bow and arrow attack. someone found the injured bird and brought it in. authorities say whoever shot the canada goose committed a crime. they're hoping to identify a suspect. the chance to get free furniture sparked a frenzy in middle america today. take a look. as soon as they were allowed on the property, people sprinted across the parking lot at the new ikea in st. louis. the store doesn't open until wednesday but the first 41 customers will get a free sofa. these folks apparently don't mind camping out a few nights to get one. why 41? this is ikea's 41st shore store in the u.s. let's talk baseball. they had the chance to advance to reserve their spot in the postseason tonight and wouldn't it be satisfying to do it against the red sox? straight ahead, we'll get you to the stadium. nice plays but would it be enough? as far as

football, giants fans hope to

to get the magic number, you've got to play a little magical. and sometimes you're not. >> maybe tonight would be the night. or maybe not. yankees clinch a wildcard playoff spot tonight. if they beat the red sox and the twins, the angels lose, first thing's first. nothing mattered if the yanks couldn't win tonight. jackie bradley, jr. in left field. carlos beltran in right field. nova pitching well until he didn't. nails a two-run home run. then bradley goes deep to left field. before you knew it the yank were down. too many missed opportunities. they lose the game 5-1. you add in a blue jays wins. five down with six to play. scoreboard watching the rest of the night doesn't mean a thing. the mets having already clinched the east have the night off.

get home field advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. scary night for the cardinals in pittsburgh. st. louis rookie steven biscotti takes a knee to the face. down for a long time. he was strapped to a backboard, taken to a hospital. he did wave to the crowd on his way out of the ballpark. giants back at work today to get ready for sunday's nfl road test at buffalo. victor cruz ready to get back on the practice field for the first time since mid august. inactive, first three games with the calf injury. hasn't played since a season ending injury last october. hopes to practice and dance sunday. >> will there be tears of some sort? maybe. not going to confirm or deny that. i'm very macho when i talk to you guys. it's definitely going to be an emotional game. >> as for the jets, willie colon, sprained knee. after yesterday's home loss to the eagles.

first loss for the year. this sunday against the dolphins in london. >> i think it's exciting too. i think guys think it's cool to go over there, the unique experience for all of us. hopefully bring the team together even more. training camps open tomorrow in the nba. today media day for the knicks. always a time for high expectations and positive feelings about the season. the knicks only won 17 games last year so no bold pricks this year. at least not yet from anybody. >> to be quite honest i don't really have any expectations at this time. it's too early to kind of put expectations on anything. the nhl regular season opens a week from wednesday. preseason continues tonight. islanders lost to washington 3-1. rangers at home against the flyers. a minute left in the 3rd period. rangers down a goal. chris kreider tied it up. they go to overtime. keith yandle hooked on a breakaway. he's going to get a penalty shot. here comes yandle for the

win. how about that?