police know just how tragic a situation this could have become. shortly after 8:00 this morning, fully armed police stormed this public housing building near the scene and escorted out this unidentified man in handcuffs. it was the beginning of the end for an ordeal that began about 10:45 last night. >> fortunately, none of our three officers. all of whom were engaged in the shooting, no injuries there other than being treated for the -- the ringing in the ears. good work on the part of the officers. proactive and fortunately ended well for them. >> reporter: three men were near the corner of north portland avenue and park avenue involved in some kind of dispute last night. when they were confronted by three plains clothed cops in an unmarked car. that's when at least two of the suspects suddenly began firing striking the car numerous times but not the officers inside. investigators marked the bullet holes on the vehicle and police released the picture of the .45 caliber begin they believe was used in the incident.

it was found under a car near the scene. >> got to get better because these young kids really have to start taking care of where they live it instead of destroying it and complaining about it. no sense. >> reporter: the officers returned fire and is suspects fled -- the suspects fled on foot. one of them a 23-year-old man was eventual lirassed at -- eventually arrested at beth israel center. he had a gunshot wound to the leg. the other two were found a short time later. >> we always see the commercials, 10:00 you know, do you know where your children are? fine example of did you know where your child was at when he was out shooting? >> reporter: now just a few minutes ago, chief of detectives robert bias wrapped up a press conference along with commissioner bratton. both addressed the crime. the smooter one of them in the case is now been identified as keyshaun smith who lives in the area is and is on parole.

another two shot four more rounds at police. the second gun hasn't yet been recovered but again bottom line this could have been a whole lot worse, reporting live in brooklyn, rob nelson, eyewitness news. turning now to the fiery crash on the new jersey turnpike. the road reopened for the morning commute 13 hours after the deadly accident. and right before that happened, video shows the tanker truck swerving to avoid hitting a mattress on the road. new jersey reporter anthony johnson in rutherford right now with more on the story, anthony? >> reporter: well, dave, the way it turned out the highway was a construction zone all night last night. fortunately, it did reopen before the morning commute began. but here's the latest on this story. the dramatic dashcam video is being used by state police investigators to determine the exact cause of that tragic fatal accident on the turnpike yesterday afternoon. the fuel truck violently swerving to avoid what appears to be a mattress along with other motorists on the roadway

before it jackknifed and tumbled over the guardrail before bursting into a wall of scorching hot flames. the truck driver who had his dashcam tried to rescue the driver but the heat at the scene was just too intense. the fuel fed flames were roaring for nearly two hours and a day after this tragedy on the turnpike, authorities are still trying to get a positive id on the driver. and autopsy is taking place right now and this morning, state police saying that the medical examiner may use dna to make the official identification. however, the truck company has most likely told the driver's family about the tragedy. as for the driver of the vehicle that had the mattresses on top, before falling off onto the turnpike, that person remained at the scene and no charges have been filed. state police now have 30 days to file charges which could end up being a motor vehicle violation for improper loading. and investigators are looking

but they also say the truck driver who perished was not at fault. the only thing they're looking at to make sure the vehicle carrying the mattresses had them properly secured on top of that vehicle before this tragedy took place. that is the latest live from rutherford, new jersey, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> anthony thank you. new information on the ill- fated voyage of the el faro cargo ship. we have just learned that one of the missing crew members is 26-year-old mitchell cufflink from brooklyn. the coast guard suspended the search for possible survivors last night. nearly one week after the ship went down near the bahamas during hurricane joaquin. investigators now focus their efforts on locating the ship's voyage data recorder which will emit a ping for 30 days after hitting the water. the mysterious death of a mother and her 5-year-old son in new jersey are being investigated by police as suspicious. police say a woman in her 20s

unconscious in a second floor apartment on lincoln street in jersey city last night. both were pronounced dead at christ hospital. prosecutors say carbon monoxide tests on the home were negative. new at noon, ev amorph wit announcing that she is not running against him in 2017. moscow wit she's been at odds with the de blasio administration over expansion and space for students at charter schools. she is also a former city council member. an nypd watchdog is backing up the excessive force complaint filed by former tennis pro james blake. surveillance video from last month shows officer jameses from coo tour key tackling blake outside the hotel. the complaint review board says the takedown was excessive and that officer will now face an administrative trial. in a statement, blake said i want to express my appreciation

to the civilian complaint review board for their quick and thorough review of the incident. police union president pat lynch blasted the ruling saying it is no surprise that the ccrb which continues to be nothing more than cop hating branch of the new york civil liberties union would substantiate the use of force complaint in a questionably public manner, volkswagen's american ceo in the hot seat on capitol hill. members of congress grilled michael horn about the emissions cheating scandal and when he first learned about the problem. abc's bazi kanani joins us from washington with details on the testimony and what's next. >> reporter: good afternoon david. lawmakers are pushing for answers about when vw management first knew of the emissions problem and who is to blame. in the hot seat, for his company's deception. >> i would like to offer a sincere sippling. >> reporter: apologized

repeatedly as lawmakers vent their anger over the admitted cheating on pollution tests in nearly a half million diesel vehicles in the u.s. inserting software that would only turn on the controls when the vehicle was being tested allowing cars to pollute the rest of the time up to 40% more than allowed by u.s. standards. >> vw has betrayed a nation. it's time to clean it up. or get off the road. >> i didn't think that something like this was possible at the volkswagen group. >> reporter: michael horn told congress he was just as shocked as they were and as disappointed as the millions of vw owners around the world who are now seeing their cars' value drop. it will be a costly mistake for volkswagen, facing lawsuits and lost business on top of recalls and today, a raid on the company's headquarters in germany as prosecutors seek documents for their own investigation. >> the american people, the epa and the their counterparts around the world have been defrauded by volkswagen. the company's word isn't worth a dime.

still not said how or when it will fix the recalled vehicles in the u.s. but promises to take full responsibility. >> we will find remedies for our customers and we will work happen again. >> reporter: michael horn also said vw executives were not aware of the so-called defeat device installed on the vehicles and he believes it was something done independently by a couple of software engineers. in washington, bazi kanani, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. new at noon one of the heroes who saved lived on a train in -- lives on a train in france stabbed here in our country. unbelievable. we'll tell you who he was trying to protect this time. >> dramatic video, a kidnapped teenager leaps from a moving car to escape her abductor. the clue police hope will lead to the person responsible. >> and new video of the huge fire. flames can be seen for miles. filling the sky. >> was the victim of domestic

the controversy over the exchange caught on camera. >> i'm meteorologist bill evans here in the weather center. what a nice fall day. check out these temperatures. 65 from the park and eastward out across island and 70 over there in morristown and 69 in newark and elizabeth just got a little wind there out of the northeast and the east/southeast. some rain and maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow. the weekend forecast all that join the millions who have already switched. we switched. and now, we're streaming netflix. who knew time warner cable's internet was so fast! mom switched. and now, we can watch our favorite shows together, on demand. i switched. so i can connect to the internet just about anywhere with my free twc wifi hotspots. join the millions who switched to time warner cable. for $89.99 a month, you'll get

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what sparked the fire or found any injuries. two survivors of the oregon college massacre were released from the hospital and are now back home. the first chris mintz being hailed as a hero after being shot seven times confronting the gunman. the other anastasia boilen played deader in order to survivor -- in order to survivor the massacre. president obama will head to oregon tomorrow to visit with both victims and the families of those shot. in spite of a presidential apology, doctors without borders is pressing today for an independent investigation into the hospital attack in afghanistan. mr. obama reassured the organization's president yesterday that the u.s. would carefully examine how the air strike which killed 22 people happened. but the organization once again this morning called for a humanitarian commission to conduct the probe instead. senator reid suing a company for $50,000 for making the flexible exercise band that broke and blinded him in his right eye. reid was using the band on new

year's day when it snapped and causing him to spin around and then hit his face on a cabinet in his las vegas home. he suffered broken bones tarp eye and fractured ribs and a concussion and cuts and bruises. an author known for chronicling the chernobyl nuclear disaster wins the nobel peace prize in literature. the books of the writer include the chernobyl prayer, the wars on womanly faith and last witness. she says she's interviewed -- she interviews as many as 700 people for each book she writes. she becomes only the 14th woman to win the which has been awarded more than 100 times. a selena gomez startling revelation, her surprising health diagnosis and what she's had to overcome. >> plus how did a man end up dangling under a bridge? see what rescuers had to do to save him.

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some lovers of fall out is there. saying this is the kind of weather i like. >> who can complain about this? >> cool and comfortable. >> this time tomorrow it will be raining. >> right. >> another shoe -- >> yeah. little caveat to that. let's take a look outside here at noontime shall we?

because it's absolutely gorgeous. here's our camera in brooklyn looking over to the lower east side and just a moment ago i saw all kinds of stuff going on. police boat going up and down and circle line going up and down. there's the sea streak and there's the ferries on the other side over south street sea port. really nice day and you see we have some high thin cirrus clouds up top. and there's a little although cumulus micked in -- altocumulus mixed in there too. a really nice afternoon with a nice high pressure ridge that's changed the winds around to the northeast. a dry humidity and temperature of 66-degrees and the pressure 30.17 which is awesome. normal high temperature is 7. we're going to be above that by the time we get to the maximum heating time which is about 6:30. so a few clouds those high clouds you saw and this is going to make it a few degrees cooler today than yesterday but still above normal. rain returns to the area tomorrow afternoon. and there could be a thunderstorm possible in that mix too during the evening commute tomorrow. we got a nice fall weekend ahead by the time we get to sunday might even approach 70

so sunset park is at 67. ridgewood 68. river dale 65. staten island, right around great kills bay is about 68 degrees there at oakwood and oakland and right around the northwest, northwest of the area, up to monticello, 63. with this little northerly wind to the northeast coming around out of the southeast. so you see the wind profiles here. we added on hardly any clouds. and still winds are coming around this high pressure ridge. so it's kind of a bubble of a high that will slide eastward and then coming from the west is going to be this cold front. this right now headed towards chicago, that keeps sliding south and east and will gain us tomorrow. and can give us a shower and a thunderstorm. but it looks like that's going to be about -- 3:00 in northwest new jersey to 5:00 in the city. right at the evening commute. popup showers and might even be a heavy downpour. a thunderstorm in here. fall cold front you get these kind of fronts in the spring and in the fall. and it's about the time we get that pushes out east across long island and the flick and

out overnight friday night and as we go into saturday. with some nice weather. so tomorrow, we've got this rain and it warms up to 76. really warmer than a brand new high pressure ridge sweeps in. we'll have a cooler breeze right around 65 degrees. nice sunshine this afternoon. 70. tonight, we got 58. and 50 north and west of the suburbs. tomorrow, we got this warm day right around 76 degrees. it's breezy and it's warmer. there'll be a shower and a thunderstorm. and we're looking at temperatures that are going to be a little warmer than normal again tomorrow but it cools down. 65 on saturday. 68 on sunday. and then back to 72 by monday. >> oh it's working its way down slowly but surely. winter is coming. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> hey, hey. >> he's been waiting to say that for a very long time. >> "game of thrones" reference there. >> of course. >> you wanted to jump on that first. >> he really did. >> if he says the term the >> then he's -- >> it's all over. >> he's done in his book. >> no. no. we'll have --

>> you guys will no longer be friends. >> right. >> thank you bill. all right. rupert murdoch under fire, the tweets about president obama and ben carson that sparked outrage. >> and the simple mistake that left a woman with her eyes glued shut. honey, we need to talk. we do?

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a judge under fire and a red carpet protest, here's some of the stories that were caught on camera and caught our attention. well dramatic rescue in the lone star state. a man found himself dangling under a bridge in houston after he slipped while performing marijuana nance work yesterday. for thes attach -- maintenance work yesterday. firefighters attached a pulley and he was pulled to safety after an hour. florida judge jerry collins under fire after she was caught on camera chastising a domestic violence victim before sentencing her to three days in jail for ignoring a subpoena. the victim sobs uncontrollably as she tries to explain to the judge why she should receive leniency. >> i'm homeless now. i'm living in my parents' house, i had to everything i own. my 1-year-old son and i try the take care of him by myself, i'm begging you please. my anxiety -- >> you think you have anxiety now?

you haven't even seen anxiety. >> this judge is talking to the victim -- the prosecutors say of domestic abuse. the victim's husband was accused of strangling her at knife point while she held their child. because the wife didn't testify against the husband her husband was allowed to plead no contest to a lesser charge. he gets 16 days in jail but many now believe his wife was treated unfairly. and on the topek of domestic abuse, this was a carpet raucous. a group of protesters stormed the london premiere of the new meryl streep film suffragette." a lot of you know -- controversy surrounding this. meryl streep wore a shirt that had people very upset. in the end though members of the cast embraced the demonstrations. >> it's a perfect opening to -- for this film. that's exactly what this film is about. that you feel so strongly about something and if justice isn't

being done you protest. >> wow, art imitating life. more demonstrations took place outside the premiere, both sides of the cause, by the time meryl streep came along the carpet the protesters had left. so just a couple of the stories that were -- opening our eye. >> got a lot of people talking for sure. all right thank you david. a simple mistake leaves a florida woman's eye glued shut. a friend was using a leaf blower and debris blew right into her eye. she asked her friend to grab her eye drops. >> no. >> oh, yeah. instead, the friend yikes. the mistake wasn't noticed until it was too late and that was more than a week after the incident. >> i felt it burn and i closed my eye and screamed. called 911. >> i mean, how horrible is that? look at her eye. making things worse, the woman says that her doctor turned her away because she didn't have payment. she says her next step is going to the e. r. for help. and possible surgery to save

her eye. much more news ahead in our next half hour. a tv celebrity chef arrested in manhattan. >> also, developing now, a from the france train terror attack stabbed overnight. >> and the latest on the search for the woman who abducted a teenager in connecticut. eyewitness news is coming right back. but first the live look at the new york state lottery drawing, good luck to all of you and

our top stories this afternoon, three people accused of opening fire on nypd officers in brooklyn are now in custody. the three officers were in unmarked cars in fort green. the officers were not hurt but the bullets though hit their car. the suspects were in a dispute and one of them was shot in the leg. we have learned one of the missing crew members from the cargo ship that sank during hurricane joaquin is from brooklyn.

26-year-old mitchell cufflink was one of the 33 crew members on board. officials stopped searching for any survivors last night. but are still trying to find the day recorder. new jersey state police using dashcam video to investigate the fiery tanker crash on the turnpike. you can see it right here, the driver of the truck died and officials say mattresses were in the road at the time. hello again, i'm david novarro. >> and i'm shirleen allicot. we begin this half hour with that teen in connecticut scared for her life jumping out of a car. >> yeah, investigators say the 17-year-old was abducted by a woman and released this video of the teen escaping from the moving car. now this happened monday in bridgeport. now police are trying to find the woman. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer live in bridgeport with the very latest. tim? >> reporter: and this is where the bridgeport police are hoping the public might be able to help. they're looking for this female driver who tried to -- who old teenager.

think that her car might very well be the best clue. the scariest moment for a 17- year-old girl came when she can be seen rolling from the passenger's side of this car out onto the pavement. the sudden move police say is as she tries to escape a female driver in her 40s who tried to abduct her. >> maybe if it was a man tries to get her in the car she wouldn't go in the first place but seeing that it's a woman, it's just strange because she doesn't know who the person is. >> reporter: the incident began at the corner of boston and pal side in bridgeport early monday morning. the driver of this charcoal gray toyota lured the girl who was on her way to school into the car police say. and began to assault her. >> that's what she do. maybe she just bail out. she would be dead. >> reporter: here's where police need your help. the car seen in this video released by investigators is a toyota yaris and its rear bumper is missing exposing the white styrofoam beneath it. it was caught on several

security cameras and police are hoping someone will recognize the car. a bit later today we'll also be talking to the police chief so we'll be able to update the story on eyewitness news first at 4:00. reporting live in bridgeport, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you tim. developing at this hour, danger found him in france and only to come to america and have it find him again. one of the three americans attacked again. now we've just learned that spencer stone was stabbed several times in the torso sacramento. remains unknown what led up to the stabbing. with the short haircut. but it appears stone was protecting a friend. right now, he is listed in stable condition. new at noon, a celebrity chef who owns a restaurant in manhattan's upper west side now facing child pornography matthew tivvy was arrested at his home at 6:00 this morning. the 54-year-old accused of distributing explicit photos

jersey, florida and ohio. the fbi said it also found text messages where he discussed the sexual encounter with a bronx high school of science student who police say is 14, 15 years old. police say a livery driver was hit as he got out of the car at madison avenue and 80th street just before 2:00 this morning. the car believed to have been involved was stopped a short time later on the upper west side at 71st street and west end avenue. two people are being questioned the driver is expected to survive. the arrest of a man wanted for stealing a cell phone is now the subject of an nypd internal investigation. because of what showed up on a security camera. this happened september 11th in a sunset park brooklyn bodega. police surround the man wanted for stealing an iphone and start beating him.

victim a paramedic, joins in. the suspect 21-year-old daniel shevchenko apparently he's a tooth. his -- lost a tooth. his stepfather says they need to be punished. >> i understand that people do crimes but this doesn't allow police officers and other people to just haul this -- hold the wrong guy down. and beat him up. >> he pleaded guilty to fourth degree grand larceny and will be sentenced later this month. happening today, a former fdny captain convicted of sexually molesting two young brothers is scheduled to be sentenced in a los angeles court. wilbert riera carried out the assault in l. a. last year while visiting family. the 51-year-old from bay shore. long island negotiated a plea deal. he must serve 270 days in county jail. he must also undergo a year of therapy and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. well, now an update on the historic and deadly flooding in the carolinas.

they've left at least 19 people dead. rivers though are still riding at this hour and as the region braces for more flooding, there and canals breaching. abc's elizabeth herr is in columbia, south carolina right now with the very latest. elizabeth? >> reporter: david, more than a dozen dams very failed and the columbia canal behind me here a portion of it collapsed just yesterday which is alarming because this canal is the city's main source of drinking water. a call for residents to conserve water this morning in columbia, south carolina. after the work of sandbagging and plugging in earlier breach was temporarily suspended when a portion of the columbia canal collapsed. >> the plan here is to close the breach and the wall between the canal and the river. if we're able to do that, then we'll be in good shape for the long haul. >> reporter: meanwhile, these new images from above, the before and after of a dam break showing just why authorities

are on thigh alert. already at least 14 dams have failed and more than 60 others are threatening to burst. >> we're working around the clock to remedy this. >> reporter: and this dramatic video just released providing more proof of the power of the rushing waters, this man and his grandmother clinging to a cross outside the local church before being rescued five hours later. today, all eyes remain on the rising rivers expected to stay at a major flood stage through the weekend. this, as many residents are just beginning to assess what they have already lost. >> it's smelly and it's wet and -- even though today i think it's showing some improvement today. but i know i've lost at least two cars. >> reporter: speaking of improvements, the sun is out and the rain maybe gone but i have to tell you the situation here is still quite dire. thousands of people are still without water, they've been without water for five days now. and the university of south carolina, well they moved their game against lsu this weekend

to louisiana. reporting live in columbia, south carolina, elizabeth her for channel 7 eyewitness news. >> beth thank you. turn now to meteorologist billy rans and he has the -- bill evans and he has the afterschool accuweather forecast, temperatures around 70 for the afternoon. >> 66 to 65 and 70 will pop in there. in the evening hours we've got partly cloudy skies tonight and a great night. after school we're looking at about 68 to 70 degrees a little northeast wind. it's going to be very light. and we're looking at a great day. we are looking at rain for tomorrow. that's next in your accuweather seven day forecast and we'll well. shirleen, david back to you. all right bill thank you. the mets playoff ride opens tomorrow in the city of angels. against the l. a. dodgers. before the mets hop on a flight to the west coast. they had one more workout at citi field with everyone there. the team broke in their new playoff caps focusing on game

time cy young award winner clayton kershaw. sports reporter laura behnke has the first report tonight on eyewitness news at 11:00. >> boy i'm a yankees fan but i'm rooting for the mets. >> it would be nice. well the billionaire behind fox news rupert murdoch now under fire, the backlash over his comments about president obama and the comparison he made to ben carson. >> plus, hundreds of thousands of dollars found buried in a backyard.

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in newark, new jersey, detectives hope you can help them catch two suspects in the man. here's video of the men police are trying to find. arthur demarisco just steps away from his home on sherman 25th. he died the next day. police have not released a motive for the attack. the number of uber drivers skyrocketing. there are now more than 30,000 ayubier drivers work -- uber drivers working in the city. that's a 15% increase in the last four months, the company says drivers' salaries are also on the rise. because of increasing demand. well, turning now to vote 2016. and billionaire rupert murdoch tweet. carson. he tweeted quote ben and candy carson, terrific, what about a real black president who can

divide and much else? it didn't take long for backlash over the words and people questioning murdoch for getting involved and bringing up the issue of black in this race. they have not commented. hillary clinton's private e- mail server was the target of attempted cyber attacks from overseas after she left office in 2013. the revelation comes from a congressional document recently obtained by the associated pres, it held 55,000 pages of e- mails. the cyber attacks were blocked by a threat monitoring product but there was a three month have that protection. a wild scene at a home depot in michigan. a woman could face criminal charges for shooting at a shoplifter as he tried to escape. story. >> reporter: shoplifting in action tuesday afternoon. the suspect with more than $1,000 worth of merchandise

starts running at the home depot security guard in auburn hills, michigan gives chase, but the guard was the least of their worries it turns out. >> the customer then fired shots at the vehicle. believing to have hit one of the tires of the vehicle. >> reporter: that's right. a shopper in the parking lot, a 48-year-old woman taking matters into her own hands. opening fire on the suspect's suv. witnesses in disbelief. >> it's just scary the thought that somebody is going to shoot at somebody over material things. >> reporter: the shopper who does have a permit to carry a concealed weapon cooperating with the investigation. but police not convinced she should have shot at that car. >> base on the information, write down a description of the car. either wait for the officers to arrive or contact the police department by phone. >> reporter: prosecutors are weighing whether to charge the woman for shooting at the suspect's car. even though there may not have been imminent danger to herself or hers. for channel 7 eyewitness news, gio benitez, news abc news.

>> fbi agents found $600,000 from an armored car heist buried in the backyard of a california home. the fbi says clues about the million dollar robbery began streaming in over a year ago and they say that's when they arrested two former loomus truck drivers. and charged them with taking the cash. about 8 found -- $85,000 was found at one of the home. a pop superstar opening up about a health condition. coming up what selena gomez has been diagnosed with and the treatment she's already receiving. >> a radio host with some very questionable tweets about a commentator.

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conventions back at the center this year. also be a panel discussion at the hammerstein ballroom and friday and saturday. if you can't make it to the continuic con but still can't -- comic-con but still can't wait. we have a comic-con live stream on the website. abcny7. new at noon, pop princess selena gomez reveals she is undergoing chemotherapy after doctors diagnosed her with lupus. concerns about the 23-year- old's health were first raised in 2013 when she canceled a tour of asia and australia. lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease where the body's immune system becomes hypaque they've and attacks -- hyperactive and attacks normal tissue. its exact cause still unknown. later on eyewitness news at 4:00, abc's c. richard besser will talk to us about it and the symptoms of the disease. building. >> good. >> well, a cage to be more

was on the loose for a month in orlando. elvis gave one woman quite a jolt as she was doing laundry and noticed him under the dryer, she was smart and called animal control. the snake put up a fight they tell us but was safely captured. the snake's owners face charges though for improper caging of the animal. but get this, the snake was given right back to the owner, let's hope that that owner has learned a lesson from all of this. >> a hunk of burning snake, thank you very much. >> i was hoping for that. thank you. bill. >> the biggest one is the king right? isn't that a king snake? >> yes it was. >> it was? >> named him elvis. >> yes. >> all connected. >> thank you. thank you very much. let's look outside and show you how beautiful it is at the noon hour, let's look across the park shall we? we always like to tweet these pictures out at evans weather or on our eyewitness news twitter page. facebook pages because it's really pretty. we have some high thin cirrus clouds a few little altocumulus clouds.

right across the park. to the jackie onassis reservoir, you can see the metro museum of art but in the distance is flushing bay and beyond that long island. really good visibility here at noontime. 66 degrees and dry humidity. barometer is above 30.00. that's a nice mark of fair weather. north port and massapequa it's 62. up knot north 63 and 640 just a really pretty fall day. a little bit of the northeasterly wind coming in a few clouds. that's really it. we find ourselves with a nice little bubble of high pressure. but in the fall, as well ass in in the spring. the weather systems move pretty fast. this front is going to be coming in this high pressure ridge will last until the morning hours. tomorrow then we start to see clouds increasing during midday and the afternoon here comes showers and maybe even an embedded thunderstorm in this front. you know it's a fall front just like a springtime front. and as that pushes through, some heavy downpours but you see it's a short window. very short period of time and lee goldberg of course is here tomorrow and there happens to be some type of watch or

warning posted with that. but the heavy downpour as you try to get in the city and get out of the city that could slow you down tomorrow evening but it's gone tomorrow night and sets up what will be a great weekend. 76 tomorrow and warm with this front moving through. and then it's cool and dry on saturday. a cooler breeze right around 65. so tonight, is great night to be out. 58 in the park and 50 north and west. and tomorrow, it's a warm day. nearly ten degrees warmer than normal. for the weekend looks great. sunshine on saturday. so sunshine on sunday and 68. could approach 70. 72 on monday. >> okay. a lot of 7s for channel 7. i like that. >> we like that number. it's a good one. >> all right. thank you bill. all right, be right back but first here's a look at what's coming up next on "the chew." >> hey guys if you want to save time, money and calories, don't miss today's show. daphne is making a deck definite fried chicken sandwich then michael is making one just as good with half the calories and i'm giving our audience a chance to win some serious cash.

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what it found about sleep problems and poor school performance. plus, green roofs, yes that's a roof. they are becoming more and more popular. you're going to see why the new roof on the center is not only helping save money, but it is also helping the birds. we can all tweet about that. those stories and more beginning on eyewitness news first at 4:00. tweet, tweet. >> oh no you didn't. >> i did. >> i know. bad me. bad me. >> that's all right. >> i know. >> we still love you for that. all right we'll see you a little later then. you know what? it is time for the feed, the stories that are being shared and liked on social media and we're going to begin a woman who made history becoming the first woman to call a major league game for espn and i wish -- i wish that was the focus. but sadly it's not. >> right. >> you know jessica mendoza 34- year-old olympic softball gold medalist who was tapped

tabbinetswork to provide -- by the network to provide commentary, but mike bell didn't congratulate, instead he tweeted an offensive sexist comment about her and it didn't take long for people to lash out at him. even the nfl. slapped -- why bell works for the station at the falcons games. and they issued a tweet that you can see here calling his comments inappropriate and disappointing. now bell has since apologized and mendoza what does she think about? she says she forgives him. >> when you put something else out there and everybody else defends you and goes to war for. >> she does a sport and i watched her play softball. excellent. and her commentary i thought was very good. i really enjoyed it. speaking of going social, one california family decided to go mobile. using their car to bring attention to their daughter's need for a kidney. but in the case of i guess true irony here, it was a tweet

garnering them more attention. they have a 21-month-old daughter and decided since l. a. the city with millions and most people drive, that they'd hit the road. but thanks to a chance drive-by and one tweet, their story has now gone viral. talk about the power of social media. >> i'm going to say it's like the new corner -- you know, town crier, they get the message out with the tweet and a lot of times it makes a difference. >> you no longer have to put a for sale sign in your car. just put it on the internet. well, that's going to do it