this fire and their deaths may have been intentional. that mother, father and their two young sons, found in their home here behind me on joline avenue, here, in long branch, where this afternoon, police are still investigating and they say they are looking into murder/suicide. >> reporter: the nyely renovated jersey shore home, horror. the family of four dead, killed in what first appeared to be a house fire, but investigators say they quickly realized the fire may have been intentional. >> when the fire department went inside, they located more than one origin of this fire. we can tell you that based upon what we see, that this is not an accidental fire. that we are looking at this as a potential intentional fire that was set. >> reporter: 35-year-old linden bahari, known as shane, his common law wife, 29-year-old amanda morris, and their 2 two sons, 4-year-old brian and 7- year-old brenden bound together

in a second floor bedroom at their home. 636 joline avenue. in long branch. what began as multiple small fires quickly consumed the inside of the house. firefighters opening the door around midnight to a wall of smoke and flames. >> they tried to get upstairs to the second floor. the house was already fully involved. they couldn't make their way past the smoke and fire. they tried their hardest to get up to the second floor. >> they were trying to knock the door down and trying to get in and try to help save some of the people that were in there. so that is what i could see from this point, you know. >> and they just couldn't get past the door. no, at one point, they did finally get through, but they were knocking out windows also, and up on the roof. >> investigators say all four family members had other injuries unrelated to the fire exposure itself. sources telling cbs 2, each person had gunshot wounds. >> we are not ruling out the potential that there was a homicide and then an ultimate suicide at this point. >> reporter: linden bahari

worked at the long branch department of public works for 16 years. his co-workers today describing him as a family man, whose sons were his life. those who knew them stunned this entire family is now gone. >> it is tough. i just know they were a good family. >> reporter: now, this afternoon, we have seen investigators and police going door to door, asking neighbors if they saw anything unusual leading up to the fire here last night. the prosecutors still awaiting the official cause of death. reporting live in afternoon, from long branch new jersey, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >> janelle, thank you. and now to breaking news, a foreign policy win for president obama, on the controversial iran nuclear deal. cbs 2 political reporter marcia kramer here with more on this. marcia? >> reporter: the massive lobbying effort mounted by president obama and secretary of state john kerry to secure support for the controversial iran nuclear deal has paid off. the president now has the votes to ensure it goes through.

the key vote, maryland senator barbara mccullski who announced support a short time ago. deal. 34 votes are needed to prevent a disapproval resolution from becoming law. it has divided senators. charles schumer and robert me den dez are against the iran deal. and new york store kirsten gillenbrand is for it. position. and it comes up for a vote in the senate next week. mary? >> marcia kramer, thank you. a nightmare morning for thousands of commuters as a long island railroad service was shut down in and out of penn station. right now, we are still seeing an hour and a half delays. live at noon, let's gets to cbs 2 steve langford. he is at penn station. live with the very latest. steve? >> here is the headline from penn station. your afternoon rail commute home to long island, it is still up in the air. after a power outage in queens this morning that made things a

mess coming here to penn station. let's take a look. >> it stinks. >> a succinct spot-on summation of this morning's commute between jamaica to penn station and woodside to penn. >> i have been here for two hours already. >> jamaica and woodside, the end of the line for so many weary long island commuters this morning. herded into the subway stations below in a chaotic crush. new york city transit cross honored lirr tickets such as they. could even the mta sounded miserable about the power outage in queens that turned off the signals, stopping trains from the island, into the city, delaying commuters for hours. >> obviously, this is not the way you want to run a railroad. >> reporter: head spokesman for the mta, declaring this summer a wakeup call for funding rail travel in america. >> this illustrates why investing in our railroad infrastructure is so vital for new york, for everyone. >> reporter: as bad as jamaica

station was at times, some passengers who finally made it to penn station say they would have appreciated a heads up before sitting on the tracks into manhattan for ages. >> they didn't give us the opportunity to get off at jamaica. part. >> reporter: so currently the lirr is reporting delays 90 minutes averages system-wide. shuttle trains are operating jamaica. and woodlawn. woodside, that is. reporting live from penn news. >> steve, thank you so much. tough commute. september is off to a steamy start. how long will this last? john elliott is in the weather center. john? >> i will tell you what, you hear about delays that steve is reporting on and the helmet and the -- the heat and the humidity makes it that much more uncomfortable. 85 in white plains and babylon. a little cooler for the jersey shore. these numbers though on average about, two or three degrees warmer than yesterday. we hit 90 yesterday. we can do it again today. extending the heat wave. it is not just that number.

it is the dew point. and right now, close to 70. so it really feels like 93 or 94. that said, the atmosphere capped off and that means the ozone just sticks around. elevated ozone levels at the surface have an air quality alert now in effect until 11:00 p.m. and yes, you're right, more of the area included now. rockland, wefdz, the city, long island, and more of connecticut. unlike yesterday, more of the area, dealing with that compromised air quality. and scanning the skies real quickly, the rain we need, yes, not here, today. but we may see some of that tomorrow. we will talk more about that. and we have your holiday forecast, coming up in a bit. right now, back to you, mary. >> john, we will see you then. a long island man arrested after allegedly shooting a construction work worker with a pelt gun. timothy brazinski shot a pellet gun because he was being disturbed by construction zone. officers recovered the pellet gun and other firearms from his

home and the victim was treated with a pellet gun wound to the upper back. he faces assault and weapons charges. the woman who escaped from custody in lower manhattan over the weekend is defending her aks. >> i broke out -- her actions. >> i broke out of the hand can ofs when i was out of the hospital after they almost killed me. >> kimberly was arrested on theft charges. police say she escaped from a bathroom at presbyterian hospital after allegedly lying about being pregnant. the investigators say surveillance video captured newman at a newsstand using a credit card she allegedly stole from a woman at a south street sea port bar. she was captured tuesday morning when she showed up at her aunt's house on the upper west side. a baltimore judge has refused to dismiss charges against six police officers, accused in the death of 25-year- old freddie gray who was in their custody. the judge denied a defense motion for the charges to be dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct on part of the state's attorney. gray received a severe spinal

cord injury while in police custody, april 12. he died a week later. a man hunt is under way in northern illinois for three men suspected of gunning down a veteran police lieutenant. 52-year-old joe glennowitz, a 30 year veteran of the fox lake police force died during a foot chase yet. s.w.a.t. teams and police dogs are helping in the search. as the search for the alleged cop killers continue, the department and the community mourn. >> we lost a family member. many residents here new him at gi joe. and remember him as someone deeply committed to fox lake. to the profession. and his fellow officers. >> several school districts in the area have canceled classes today. as a security precaution. there is much more ahead, here on cbs 2 news at noon. countdown to the papal visit. we will take you live to madison square garden, where they are getting ready for the

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she stopped issuing licenses to all couples in june, when the supreme court legalized same- sex marriage nationwide, after four couples sued davis in july, a federal judge ordered her to issue the licenses. an appeals court upheld the decision. davis is due in federal court tomorrow, she could face fines and possible jail time if the judge finds her am contempt. with three weeks to go, in thele papal visit to new york, cardinal dolan unveiled a chair made for the pope made for the mass at madison square garden. lou young joins us live from the garden where workers are putting the finishing touches on a portrait of the pope. lou? >> reporter: take a look at that, mary, high above 8th avenue. putting the finishing touches on the pontiff's right hand. and this is directly across from madison square garden, where the pope will say that mass. we are talking about it, on friday, september 25. an event that will immediately follow his motorcade through central park that was added to

his itinerary just a few days ago. and is causing some anxiety to security people. we were inside the guard an few moments ago to see the chair. i want you to take a look as they unveil it, guard nal dolan unveiled it -- cardinal dolan unveiled it. >> is this pope giving the security guards arduor at all? >> i think he is. >> they are so good and such pros and used to everything but obviously their major preoccupation and sure glad it is, is to protect him. and yes, i think they are a little nervous to say we've got a guy who has immense trust in divine providence, more trust in divine providence than he does in us and we va guy who doesn't want to be -- we have a from the people. >> it is established he has more faith than a lot of us but the police are still worried. we are told today he will green from the mass at madison square garden and from the

altar will speak english, spanish and latin as he prays and preaches. five other languages will also be used during that ceremony to reflect the ethnic diversity of this city, and the theme of the mass, catholic masses have slight variances in them that they give them theme, the theme of this mass will be peace and justice, reflecting pope francis's emphasis on the dispossessed and marginalized of our society. and as we were mentioning, at the top there, he will also, when he gets to this place, step into a mini popemobile and make a circuit of the 20,000 member arena, all of those people there to mingle with them. that ask one more thing that is -- that is one more thing that is giving police a little bit of anxiety as they prepare to get security ready but again the secret service and swiss guard and police working hard to keep them safe. live at madison square garden, lou young, cbs 2 news. >> so many looking forward to having him. lou, thank you very much. cbs 2 is your source for the papal visit, he arrives september 24 and leaves the 26th.

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there is a new craze in the city, one in two-wheeled transport devices are mixing it up with pedestrians, bikes, and cars, but are they safe or even legal? cbs 2 meg baker shows us will is confusion over the way some are wheeling around the city. >> reporter: they are taking over the streets. but are they a danger to pedestrians at speeds of up to 18 miles per hour. >> i joke around that it is like flying. it feels like a hover craft or something. because you're going so fast and the wind is blowing. it feels great. >> right now i'm standing on a motorized uni-cycle, new technology hitting new york streets about but are they allowed? >> not ad, e-boards, segways, electric books and scooters and we spoke to all sorts of

authorities who are supposed to enforce this rule and they seem confused. >> you don't know? >> a new technology, i don't know. >> are they allowed in the park? >> yes. >> they are allowed? >> yes. >> according to the department of transportation, motorized self balancing devices such as segways and other personal transporters are prohibited in new york city. but it is up to the nypd to enforce. william kenyan created the jetson wheel. an electric personal transport device he sells for $900. he says he can ride it anywhere. >> are there any rules to riding them on the streets and the sidewalks? >> no problem. no problems. >> he says he even sold a few to police officers in the neighborhood. for personal use. >> i sold a couple of them, maybe like three police officers already. >> the personal transport devices cannot be registered with the department of motor vehicles and therefore are illegal. police can give you a summons for riding one but the nypd says it is unsure how the law is being enforced.

or if any violations have been written. meanwhile, it is all the rage in the city right now. legal or not. on the upper west side, meg baker, cbs 2 news. >> so some companies sell the devices as self balancing uni- cycles and others call them self-balancing scooters. i think john elliott needs one of these. zip in and out of traffic, john. >> what could possibly go wrong? >> i worry about the falling. you know. you hit a pothole at 18 miles an hour. all right. i will tell you the breeze would feel good on your face, normally. but when you've got this much moisture in the atmosphere, due even get the benefit of -- you don't even get the benefit of evap tive cooling. you are just stuck with the kind of wet wind out there. 86 for the south shore. and 84 for the north shore. look at some of these readings. big ed has 87. i call him big red. it works both ways and i checked and he said he is okay with that. not that far behind. a neighbor, barry goldberg, 86. and barry, he is all set up, he has awful computer guidance, too, and he is picking up on

what we are picking up. a lot of the area stays dry for the next seven day, which is not good news. a few pictures. nice from elena here in brooklyn. we appreciate that. here is the fleet with adele. hazy skies for bruce. and mark and janine demartin. hey, mike, mike, mike, what day is it? sending a picture of a camel for hump day. i like that. >> your camel will need lots of water today. so will your other four-legged friends. hazy sun in the city and 87, and winds are variable at 3. predominant wind we are watching is a southwest wind. the readings in the 80s. and dew points in the mid to upper 60s. so when you do the math, it feels a lot warmer than it did yesterday. dew points are up. the real feel in the city right now is 89 degrees. and we are shooting for 90 for a high. 10 degrees above normal. not a record, but still oppressive. with that humidity. sunsets at 7:27. and speaking of, v forecast,

still a 7 -- u.v. forecast still a seven. it is still a summer. and maybe the first afternoon after schools, kids get out and play a little bit, you use the sun screen. in and out of the pool, make sure you reapply it. another sign of the summer season, the high pollen count. pollen report today and forecast over the next few days stays high. jumping right into the future cast, we want to show you what is going on. we've got a few clouds, and this afternoon, and then, as we work our way into your thursday afternoon, there is a chance for a shower. but a lot of the area will miss out on that. and there is another chance on friday, but then i will tell you what, it just turns dry again. so for labor day weekend, saturday, the best of the three- day weekend. but then it is warmer, and more humid. sunday into monday. and make sure you are ready for that. and then it is going to still feel like summer. next week. as we head back to work and school. more of us, do on tuesday. >> what a holiday weekend. >> it will be pretty nice. >> summer time. >> for sure. >> john, thank you very much. find out the weather any time, by going to our web site.

and now, here is fresh grocer tony tantillo. in the produce aisle. >> well, today's tip of the day will be italian gray squash. and mexican gray squash. i don't know why. because it has a light green color. it is not gray at all. but that is just the variety. the tactical name to it. when you select, make sure they have beautiful color all the way arn. you see the light green stripes and the hint going into the white? that is perfect. and as long as it is free from cracking or bruising. check the tip where it has been cut. nice and clear. and when you bring them home, in the refrigerator right away. and now when you cook with this squash, you have to cook with it, very -- put it this way. two or three minutes. that's it. it is a very slight squash. it cooks up like that. don't overcook it. or it will break down. mexican gray squash. the name is one thing. but it is green squash as far as i'm concerned. i'm tony tantillo your fresh grocer and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy and right now available at great prices. >> good to hear. and we'll be right back.

after this. coming up on cbs 2 news tonight, beginning at 5:00, you use it to keep your child safe

but baby moistures with internet access -- monitors with internet access could put you at risk. the new warning. and then at 6:00, a long island teen defies the odds, paralyzed after a swimming accident at jones beach, today, he walked again, and invited our cameras to capture the emotional moment. those stories and much more tonight on cbs 2 news, beginning at 5:00. and that is it for us at noon. for john and the entire cbs 2 news team, thanks for joining us. i'm mary calvi. we will see you tomorrow morning beginning at 4:30.