the city, pair 8s in white plains pair of 8s in bell mar, these numbered compared to yesterday, about 3 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. and when you factor in the dew points, dew points are on average 2 or 3 degrees. when you combine them and do the math the real feeling is around 92 already seeing some readings in the mid-90s as far as the heat index will we see a record? the record for newark is 97, central park is 95. the record for la guardia at 94. all are in jeopardy. could be broken today, it is going to be a very close call. so yeah. plenty hot out there, for more steamy stats let's go out to to the mobile weather park. >> reporter: hey, john, yes we have the mobile weather lab out here, we're getting a reading of 93.2 degrees, take a look at this heat index feeling like 97 of course that's not official but that is what it feels like in this spot.

now we can officially say as you heard john say, it is now a heat wave that is new this summer, but 90 degree heat and rising humidity, well, that's not new at all. >> a dangerous combination of heat and humidity is forecasted once again. >> being in a three piece suit is a little rough for me, but going to the beach would be perfect. >> i really hate it. >> why? >> i don't like the summer. >> we've already had 9 days where temperatures were above 90 degrees. we didn't get thee of those 90 degree days in a row we couldn't call them a heat wave. in fact the last official heat wave in new york city was in july of 2013. but people we spoke to say they don't mind battling through another one. >> i'll go to the beach if it is really, really hot and miserable i'd like to sneak inside and try to find something i had to do i didn't want to do when it was nice like this and do it inside air- conditioning.

>> winter took a long time to go away, i like the heat and hoping it lasts into september. well, at this rate we don't know if we can count on 90 degree heat lasting until september, certainly through this day, and people are out here some are enjoying you know their exercise as usual haven't really changed their routines you may want to consider that, though, again when it feels like it is 95 and 97 degrees at noon, employ your best heat- beating tricks we're live with the mobile weather lab. charges are pending for the driver accused of causing this chain reaction crash, happened before 5:00, police say a disabled vehicle was hit from behind by a lexus, it flipped over when it was struck by another vehicle, seven vehicle were hurt. the driver is in police custody, trying to determine if alcohol may have been a factor. new jersey commuters had a nightmare ride trying to get into manhattan buses got their

way into the tunnel because of a car fire. also major problems on the transit trains, emily smith is live at the port authority bus terminal with the very latest, emily. >> both incidents happened about 7 minutes and both caused head aches for commuters. >> this showed massive crowds as new jersey computers tried to make their way to new york. 12 hour delays can be blamed on the north tube of the hudson river tunnel. the train had 200 passengers on it. meanwhile another monday- morning head ache at the port authority where we found stress commuters arriving by bus, some delayed more than 2 hours. >> i got on the bus at 7:00, and here it is 9:30, and i'm on my way to work. >> how long does it normally take you? >> 20 minutes. they open at 8:00, yeah, terrible.

in this case, a vehicle fire caused them -- jerry says he left jersey late this morning in the middle of the mayhem opting for the bus. >> so then i was like no matter what i did i'm in trouble. >> you decided on the bus. >> decided on the bus because there is more of them, they come more frequently, and just hoping by the time we are on the bus that things cleared and sure enough they did. >> it seemed especially hectic for bus computers even at10:30 people say they left the house around 7 a.m. not a good day for new jersey commuters. we are live from the port authority, emily smith, cbs 2 news. from presidential contender to potential juror donald trumpreports for jury duty. >> of course there were countless cameras surrounding

donald trump as he showed up for jury duty here, you can see a lot of those cameras still standing by his stretch lemo waiting for donald to emerge from the courthouse, mixed in there are a lot of supporters who say he is performing his civic duty but others here who say it is simply all for show. >> how is this for jury duty? in true donald trump fashion the donald pulling up in a stretch lemo everybody eager for a comment. >> the 69-year-old billionaire seeming to take a moment for each reporter as they ushered supporter. >> i was holding this up, i like donald landslide, showed a fist bump. nearly 15-miles from fort lee hoping to get a glimpse.

>> seems trump has your support. >> trump 2016! making america great again, i'm a veteran, i'm a new yorker. so i want to see things change. >> trump just back from the iowa state fair over the weekend one of the major campaign stops for candidates this really in the election season making it back in time for court. >> we're inside of the courthouse today, he apparently jumped ahead of the long line of jurors. >> stood in line for like two minutes and skipped everybody. >> that's what he is good at. >> some fellow jurors admitting they are skeptical. >> indicates his character, motivated by the publicity but i could be bias. >> you're not voting for him. >> probably not. >> trump has been inside the courthouse here for the last three hours it was not clear whether he was picked for a jury or if he has been dismissed certainly a lot of excitement here today reporting

live this afternoon from lower manhattan, cbs 2 news. the boyfriend accused of stabbing morgan freeman's granddaughter to death has been charged with murder. staying he stabbed her multiple times sunday morning, happened in front of their apartment at west 162nd street in washington heights, had studied acting and taught underprivileged youth in memphis, neighbors say davenport appeared crazed. >> heard the guy say something about devil be gone, or jesus, and god and i said, ut oh, i watched somebody get murdered. in a statement morgan freeman said, the world will never know her artistry and talent how much she had to offer her star will continue to shine bright in our thoughts and prayers. a man hunt underway, police say the man broke into the home in the middle of the night, we

have this report. >> reporter: now warning the public to be on alert for 32- year-old daniel. >> police are looking for this suspect have you ever seen him before? >> gnome. >> police -- nope. >> in connection with the sexual assault of the port richardson neighborhood in staten island. >> wow! >> alarming for torres, she has two granddaughters around the same age. >> it is very disturbing. i feel violated and it didn't even happen to me. >> investigators tell us the crime happened thursday august 6th. they say at 3:00 in the morning he snuck into a home through ab unlooked back door went into the child's bedroom. >> to have the nerve to break into someone's home and my god, that's horrific. >> police say after the complete stranger allegedly sexually assaulted her, he tried to leave the property, but authorities tell us the victim's relatives noticed him running off and thought it was suspicious.

so they went after him and held him down until police showed up. >> officers took him into custody on a trespassing charge, they claim at the time the girl's family didn't know the extent of his supposed crime. >> i can't even imagine seriously, i can't. >> police say the victim from this neighborhood came forward with the allegations the next night. but here is the problem, he was already out of custody on that trespassing charge and detectives have been trying to track him down ever since. >> that is really crazy. >> so police want everyone locking their doors and windows. >> i just put alarm on my windows and stuff within the past two or three days i'm glad that i've done that. >> right now they need to find this suspect before he possibly targets someone else. in staten island. >> police say they believe they have no connection to the suspect. >> investigators are still trying to determine what caused a deadly plane crash in new jersey.

the 50-year-old pilot died when crashed. authorities say the pilot radioed the control towers saying he could not maintain power. the pilot has not been identified, no one else was on >> another deadly plane crash this one on long island is under investigation, the plane crashed on to the long island railroad tracks bursts into flames around 8:00 sunday morning the pilot was killed the soul passengerred identified was ejected from the aircraft and survived. investigators say the pilot reported having difficulty maintaining altitude before the crash. coming up, a bomb kills at least a dozen people in a popular tourist destination in thailand. the fierily blast injured dozens more. and out of control flames

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. police in thailand say a bomb exploded at a popular shrine in, investigators say another explosion was found in a bag but it was diffused, the area where it went off is usually packed with tourist workers and shoppers so far no one has taken responsibility for the bombing. at least 80 wildfires are

burning forcing thousands to evacuate one woman died when she tried to escape. cbs 2 was there as the flames surrounded one community. >> severe doubt and scorching heat have turned much of the u.s. into a tender box. central washington, crews are struggling to control several wildfires. at least 6 have surrounded the city, where 1500 people have been forced to evacuate. >> the sheriff is coming around get out now, get out now, get out now. close to 50 homes have already been destroyed and that number could skyrocket. >> pretty scary i've never seen a fire storm travel this fast. >> more than 700 firefighters have poured into the area. armed with air tankers dumping fire retardant. >> it was a panic zone, still we had enough time people coming up and just telling us hey man, it is heading your way get out.

>> at least two more wildfires sparked in california on sunday super scooping planes picked up water to help the beach goers to help fight the fire outside of los angeles. sundays flamed burned down several structures and left 10 firefighters injured. calmer winds in the area should help firefighters stay ahead of the fast-moving flames. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. crews are working to restore power to about 9,000 people who power. saying weather was hampering the plane lost contact with air traffic control and the country's remote region yesterday, 54 people were on board including 5 children, people say the search will resume tomorrow, weather permitting. coming up record heat today

in our area how long will it last john elliot has your complete forecast. oscar pistorius, while he is being released after serving

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. the city health department will spray the area of queens to help spread the west nile virus, health officials say a brooke lan man tested positive after he was tested and treated and been released. 10 months into his five year sentence, oscar pistorius is scheduled to be released from prison on friday. prosecutors today filed an appeal for a murder conviction if he is released he'll undergo house arrest. pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide, authorities electronic tag. let's talk a little weather right now, boy, is it hot official heat wave? >> yeah we do. technically the first heat wave we've had in two years and it happened just at the last observation top of the hour. we shared that together we sweating even more, you have to

be careful about that. the weather watchers watching a lot of heat as well 91, 86 i like this comment from mike in slate hill, he would like to, 86 the noontime reading of 86 see what he did he'd like it a little cooler this one warmer readings, this is brandon in east rutherford, 92, he has a heat index of 96 right now, we could see heat indexes indices close to 100 in the city, ralph has a good idea in planeview, probably a good idea to stay in doors with the ac on. they've extended that air quality alert we'll show you that map in just a bit. in the city right now, yeah, it is lazy, hazy, it's crazy, it is summer the dog days of summer 91, calm winds, wind out of the south, so you've got heat look, 90 in morristown, 88 for the jersey shore, 88, and benefit of the south wind warmer in new york than it is

in philly and d.c., they are not that far behind and you have the heat up state 82 in buffalo, 86 in detroit. 95 today, would tie the current record we're at 91 now, so that's possible and when we've got some good heating hours to go, small consolation i know 7:52. if you're going to be out make sure you have the sunscreen on, going to the beach not only the sunscreen but the buddy system, moderate rip current risk and air quality alert includes the city in west chester in long island until 11 p.m. due to the elevated ground ozone. the pollen count continues to be high, looks like it will be an oppressive week as well. you don't see a lot of activity on the map, the models not as bullish, we'll leave that chance of a pop-up shower in the forecast this afternoon and then a chance again tuesday afternoon it looks like wednesday we could see really a better chance maybe even some

showers in the morning the rain chance will actually go up through the end of the week thursday into friday peaking on fridays, still the upper 80s are right through friday. all right johnny. just get through the next couple of days. whether you plan on eating indoors or outside this summer there is a summer treat that goes great with any meal. >> here is the fresh grocer. the taste of the day is going to be with white corn. i did a tip on corn not too long ago, a couple months ago, it is august. this is corn time. this is when it peaks and this white corn is so fresh, you can eat it raw. when you peel it back you smell the freshness of that corn that's what you have to look for, the white, all the colonels plump and packed together, nice and firm when you peel it back it has to feel nice and fresh with that crispy sound as you can hear just like that. look how beautiful that is. when you bring them home store them in the refrigerator right

away, don't hold them for too long even though this is super sweet friday, means it takes 6 to 7 days before that sugar turns to starch. enjoy it when you buy it you get that full sweetness of best time corn. if you took it too much you'll nutritional value. quick cook, bye-bye. always remember to eat fresh time. >> delicious. still ahead a special fans. the new late show host held a super secret shoot in the city we'll tell you what it is all

about.

>> held in union square, a super secret shoot, later he tweetedthanks for braving the heat, big thumbs up the late show with steven colbert, it would be great to meet him one day wouldn't that be nice? we sure couldn't wait that's going to do it for us at noon, for john and the entire news team thanks so much for joining us. >> cbs 2 news is back at 5:00 we'll see you tomorrow morning beginning at4:30 have a good