their concerns. >> you cannot conduct that. we have to answer it strongly. >> reporter: coming off a four- mile run on the trail, he had his two labrador retrievers with him. >> people who do that are horrible. they should not be doing that. if they are, i hope they're caught. >> reporter: there are 11 and a half miles of trails in this 1260 acre park that straddled wayne and franklin lakes. many people enjoy the area. >> you know it pretty well then. >> i used to walk in the park a lot. >> reporter: frank cannot believe that someone would endanger people or animals this way. >> it's disgusting. put it right on the trail. for what? snooze what wayne police want to know. >> it was definitely intended to harm a human. >> reporter: wayne police also say that they're interested in talking with anyone who might have seen something here at the park. now, you can call the wayne

website at abc7ny.com. reporting live in wayne, tim fleischer, channel 7 news. police are trying to figure out what caused a fiery crash on a highway in new jersey. news 7 was over the scene right after the crash happened. all southbound lanes were shut down. we just got new cell phone video of the truck in flames. police say the truck driver hit the center divider and then veered right and crashed. the driver is said to be okay. the fire is now under control. however it's not when those lanes will be reopened. well, the grandson of the late mob boss john gotti is under arrest tonight for drug charges. police arrested 23-year-old john gotti, his girlfriend and five others as part of a larger fbi investigation dubbed operation beach party. the younger gotti lives in the same howard beach home as his grandfather. this was the first time that law enforcement agents were

for the public's help to help find the killer of a jogger in queens. a $10,000 reward is now being offered. 30-year-old katrina was sexually assaulted and strangled tuesday evening while on her daily jog in a secluded section of spring creek park in howard beach. lucy is there with the latest. lucy. >> reporter: liz, among the police are looking for we're told the woman's ear bud and sneaker. the jogger was only at 30 years old and at the peak of fitness. police believe that she fought with every ounce of muscle she had. she fought until she couldn't anymore. >> this woman put up a ferocious fight right to the end. so she was beaten quite severely. >> reporter: tragically in the

as her sexually violated and strangled body was left face down in these marshes. tonight teams of search crews continue to tackle the dense weaveds -- weeds 300 feet at a time with machetes. they don't want to damage any possible clues as they clear the area. >> we're clearing a vast area in the back, adjacent to the crime scene. and we're conducting a search for evidence. >> reporter: 30-year-old her nightly run in howard beach. it was early tuesday evening, still bright outside. several private security cameras caught her jogging by. but she never came back out. her father, a retired new york city firefighter grew alarmed, called for help and went searching along with police. that's when his worst nightmare came to pass. >> the mother and father just visibly shaken. they want closer, they want justice. they want to be able to bury

so the fib has jurisdiction and is now assisting the nypd. national park also lending a hand. detectives are looking into sex offenders in the area and searching for digital clues on her cell phone and looking for forensic evidence around her usual running path. >> we all jog and we all walk out here and enjoy, you know, the serenity. and now i'm afraid to go out. >> reporter: police are now appealing for the public's have only received three tips that were not specific nor very helpful. so the reward has been increased to $10,000. this as the city searches for her killer and as the family now prepares to bury their beautiful daughter. we understand her wake is scheduled for tomorrow. we're live in queens, i'm lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. outgoing new york city

in a briefing. he reported overall arrests and violent crimes are down. compared to last year, there have been nine fewer murders this year. 131 fewer shootings. and 439 fewer robberies. >> fewer crimes being committed. there are fewer criminals. what happened? we control behavior to an extent that we changed it. we were also reflective of the ct city is a much safer place. >> well, commissioner bratton will step down in mid- september. james o'neil will replace him. well, we now know the identity of an american woman killed during a stabbing spree in london. police say a 19-year-old man stabbed six people in london's russell square yesterday before being stopped by an officer with a taser. 64-year-old darlene horton from florida was killed. she was married to a professor

who had been teaching summer classes in london. the five other victims survived. police say the attacker has mental health issues and do not believe the stabbings were terror related. well, president obama gave an update a short time ago on the campaign to destroy isis. he spoke to reporters after meeting with his national security council. he says isis is losing territory in syria and iraq but conceded that it is shifting its tactics to plni inspiring attacks elsewhere in the world. he also spoke about an expansion of the mission against isis strikes he authorized this week on the libya city. >> beyond syria and iraq, we will work with allies and partners to go after isil wherever it tries to spread. at the request of libya's government of national accord, we are conducting strikes in support of government forces. and we will continue to support

secure their country. >> the president also denied a $400 million cash payment flown to iran in january was a ransom to secure the release of four detained americans. now to the race for those who want to be the next president. several new national polls are out today and they show that donald trump's numbers are plunging against hillary clinton. trump's campaign continues to struggle to get back on track and back on message after what has been a bruising week fo nominee. political reporter dave evans is in the news room with much more on the presidential campaigns. david. >> liz, as you know a growing number of republicans say they are worried about the trump campaign. as you mentioned, a new poll gives hillary clinton a 15- point lead. it shows trump with only 33% right now. that is the lowest figure so farve this campaign. donald trump bad news week continued in portland, maine

up pocket copies of the constitution. at roughly the same time in las vegas, a tense moment when a secret service agent rushed the stage. animal rights activists got too close to hillary clinton. she lit into trump. >> apparently these people are here to protest trump because trump and his kids have killed a lot of animals. so thank you for making that point. >> reporter: trump's campaign republicans, including house speaker paul ryan. >> he has had a strange run since the convention. you would think we ought to be focusing on hillary clinton and her deficiencies. >> reporter: some republicans up for re-election are abandoning trump. >> female ask me, what do you think about trump? honestly i don't care for him much. >> reporter: lindsey graham

wrong. >> reporter: the latest polling shows clinton with a double- digit lead now. trump's running mate was even asked whether he is apologizing and clarifying for trump too much. >> what did you say that i have been doing? >> you've been kind of softening up on him. >> reporter: but today in maine, after the protest trump was back on message, riching clinton and the president. >> the obama she is a disaster. she is a disaster. the ob clinton foreign policy has handed huge portions of iraq, libya, syria and other areas to isis. >> reporter: and in that same news conference, president obama ripped trump calling it ridiculous, trump's accusation that this election is somehow rigged. trump is back in our area tonight at a fundraising event in suffolk county. despite his troubles he has raised $80 million since july. >> thank you,

eyewitness news at 6:00 on this thursday night. a firefighter from our area in serious trouble tonight after controversial posts on social media about the murders of several dallas police officers. also ahead, a remarkable and emotional introduction when a woman meets the stranger whose bone marrow donation saved her life. and i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. another beautiful day with a lot of sunshine out there. our temperatures at about 77 degrees. if you're heading out this skies and about

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>> following some breaking news right now. there has been a house explosion in vernon, connecticut. you're looking at some pictures right now from one of our sister affiliates, wfsb. we understand that seven to the hospital. four of those people had to be rescued by firefighters. at this point, there's no word on their condition. but you can see right there, that's the first real shot we have seen of this house collapse. and that house just crumbling there. again, seven people have been rushed to the hospital. four of whom were trapped and had to be rescued by firefighters. as soon as we have more information about this, we will

move on now. a mount vernon firefighter's instagram post fueling criticism and now he has been suspended by the department. a post by omar supports the gunman in dallas who killed five police officers. the message reads jorge for dallas and the real gangsters who took the shots, end quote. reaction among law enforcement has been swift. >> i would never wish death to other law enforcement officers of any color. >> he's a great guy. it was just a lapse in judgment on his part. >> last month mount vernon's mayor outlined rules for posting on social media. he has been suspended without pay. firefighters union does not condone any calls for violence but plans to meet with 8-year veteran to map out a defense. we're going to switch gears now. a heart warming surprise. the first meeting between a

[cheering and applause] >> got to love that hug. that's stacy. she met whitney jenkins today in lower manhattan. a mother of two with leukemia. jenkins is a 22-year-old college student. >> overwhelmed, excited, very thankful and grateful that she put herself on the registry. >> it's very surreal. how do you even comprehend what such a small thing on my part. >> she received the bone marrow back in 2012. her leukemia is now in remission. donating life. when we come back, lee with another night of august. gorgeous out there right now. look at that. beautiful.

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few mornings, it has not felt like august. more like september. >> early september. we're going to heat things up. humidity, you will notice a big difference. the problem is you have to deal with a couple thunderstorms. it will not ruin your saturday. but there will be a couple times that you have to go inside because of the storms rolling by. one thing i wanted to point out while the beach weather is spanningtacular, rip current risks go into saturday. not as bad on sunday. they go to moderate to high with this on shore flow. we're at 77 right now. south wind at 12. the high in the lower 80s. a few degrees below average. there's your sunrise and sunset times. weather headlines look like this. the humidity spikes tomorrow night. saturday, hazy skies. a thunder threat in the middle part of the day. later in the day, the storms leave the scene. then we're back to beautiful on sunday. jersey shore at 77.

temperature is nice and warm. even the beaches in the mid-70s right now. sunshine through evening. clear skies overnight. another sunny day tomorrow and the low humidity lasts through the day. satellite pictures are clear. there's the high in cape cod with the on shore flow. that's our saturday weather maker right there going into the great lakes. that's a 24-hour loop. the storm is a hurricane making landfall in belize and it will be a depression in the next few hours. you see it leaving guatemala and going into southern mexico. a big rainstorm will continue here. several inches of rain for southern mexico. here is the storm track for the weekend. right through saturday evening with this. tomorrow morning, very comfortable. lower 60s. going through the afternoon, a few patchy high clouds.

change. a deck of high clouds come in. it's a hazy look on saturday morning. there could be showers. a skinny line getting into the catskills. there's line number one. mid afternoon is going into long island and the jersey shore. a second line might form and you may have to go through a brief shower late day and early evening. i think the most likely threat the early afternoon hours. the weekend get away look like this. a thunderstorm threat from mountain top to sea shore. a good breeze during the afternoon hours. 68 tonight. nice night. clear and comfortable. tomorrow a high of 83. pretty night tomorrow night. but more humid and sticky. 72. here is the 7-day. up to 88 on saturday. it's kind of a hazy, steamy day. thunderstorm threat at times.

and the breeze comes back. it's in the 80s but it feels like the upper 70s. monday and tuesday look great. even wednesday. it's a great stretch of weather. the next threat of thunderstorms on thursday. >> thanks, lee. laura is up next with sports. we knew that the crank s and mets had a rivalry -- the yankees and the mets had rivalry. last night it went up. did the round of golf yesterday

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>> some fireworks last night. >> yes. >> will we see them tonight.

we are about to find out. the final subway series game of the season as the mets try to split the set with their rivals and the yankees look for the win. as for last night, somehow it had to do with mark who had a go ahead three-run home run. then his next at bat, the not appreciate. it caused the benches to clear. no actual fight ensued. accused of stealing signs from 2nd base. that was his reaction. the jawing only continued. >> he is sore. that's why he is not in there. his leg is more of -- his shin is sore. i don't know how available he is tonight. hopefully he is a player

assessment, he is headed to the disabled list. the mets say there's no timetable for his return as they give him time to fully recover. the big question, did that round of golf the outfielder played before the game yesterday play any role in the injury? terry collins does not like that question. >> golfing had nothing to do with this leg. his leg last night it bothered him even more. we made a decision to put him on the dl i don't care the reality is he was okay to play last night. the reality is he came up after his last at bat and said my leg is bothering me again. >> there you have it. the jets got through a day of training camp today without ryan fitzpatrick which meant we could focus on football. rivas participated in most of the workout. he may not be that dominant corner back as he was a few years but he believes he can

jets team can do this season. >> i think the good thing is the contact of guys being physical. i think that's what helps you during training camp. build team chemistry. we're doing a good job of taking care of each other but playing physical football. >> the giants added depth to their defensive back field signing leon hall to a reported one-year contract. the 31-year-old is coming off of back surgery. as for the offensive side the receivers. but big blue is hoping it will be able to depend on a strong run game as well. the bulk of the workload will fall to jennings who is excited about the team's potential. >> we know what kind of team we have. we really do. and we can sit here and preach all day from offense to defense, special teams, why we feel we have a good team.

matter. >> bold fashion choice. russell westbrook was rumored to leave next year. it turns out that westbrook is not going anywhere. he and the thunder agreed to a contract extension worthed 85.7 million over the next three season. the owe olympic games officially get underway tomorrow night. you can't have an opening ceremony without to shore. this is a flame that knows how to make an entrance. >> after reports about the water. >> i don't want to think about that. >> that's the only thing that i can think of. >> thanks, laura. time for what we're working on for the news at 11:00. >> tonight at 11:00, we will update the situation in connecticut where a explosion destroyed a house. four people including a child was pulled from the rubble. a search is underway for more

day hot wiring of cars. hackers using laptops to rip . tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. president obama taking on donald trump just moments ago, asked about trump's contention that the election could be rigged. asked if donald trump can handle nuclear weapons. and what late today about donald trump's sons and why this image is now in the news. americans are attacked in london. what we have just learned about the wife who did not survive. also breaking at this hour, the severe storms hitting now. the funnel spotted, and reports of several buildings destroyed. collapsing as the storms hit. the race to help the injured. the urgent manhunt right now. authorities say a sniper on the loose in an american city has, in fact, struck again. and just in tonight, the new video.