clean-up will take. >> thank you. trips to the airport, they can be challenging enough. now due to the construction at laguardia we are seeing passengers dragging their bags along the side of the road just to get in and out. the question was this the case of poor planning by the port authority and what's being done about it? lou young reports from laguardia. >> reporter: an airport already beset with terrible congestion problems tries to dollar makeover. what could possibly go wrong? building the new airport at the old airport was bound to cause problems, but no one was expecting this. we have seen it happen again and again in recent weeks. monday the workweek began with epic gridlock. people were dragging luggage into laguardia on foot from the taxi. it affected passengers and

their flights. a lot of people was upset. coworkers was upset trying to get here. nobody could actually get to their, um, you know, to the airport because of all the construction and the traffic. >> reporter: here's your big choke point. 94th street the entrance to the airport. because that entrance ramp is close, all the traffic has to cross at the intersection. gridlock here means you have to walk in from east elmhurst. that's what happened monday. >> people were double parking their cars and leaving their cars and walking into the airport. it was kind of look, you know, at the end of the civil war when the troops were straggling back home. >> reporter: he was trying to drop off his niece trying to get to the airport. >> we got a wheelchair for someone who was on the side of the road, look like she was going to have a heart attack. >> reporter: we saw this outbound passenger from outside the airport tuesday.

and didn't want to risk getting stuck on the way home. >> i just took a taxi over and asked him to drop me off. i didn't want to take any chances of sitting it out or trying to get into terminal b. >> reporter: it's a $.3 billion project sharing one square mile with a major airport. the project director said they we have all hands focused on it. >> reporter: new temporary road systems will be open from the end of the summer. air travelers should avoid the airport if possible until the early phases of this construction project are complete. >> reporter: it seems like a great idea. yesterday's meltdown we are told was exacerbated by 100 canceled flights due to weather on sunday night

was a false security breach yesterday morning and then the police officers that would normally direct traffic were in there looking for somebody who wasn't there and everything is backed up. innocent, they are hoping the temporary roadways that will be will prevent this from happening again. lou young, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. in the meantime new 5:00 of the fbi investigates possible hacking of the "new york times"! it targeted reporters but newspaper's entire network. investigators want to know if russia was involved. there's no word on how many reporters might have been hacked. the times is not commenting on the fbi investigation. turns out drivers have had concerns about a construction zone on the long island expressway for months. it's a location of a horrific weekend accident with 6 people killed. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff reports. >> reporter: heartbreak as 1200 mourners packed into funeral services for scott

him. he was a bright star. >> reporter: the political aide killed sunday when driving with his fiancee. an airborne car from across the median slammed into theirs. between exit 68 and 69. today cars continued to traverse two bumps which appeared in a construction zone two months ago. >> we were concerned when they first put the metal plate there with >> you go up! . >> it's like a speed bump in the middle of the highway! it's definitely dangerous. >> reporter: the bumps now part of the investigation into a crash that killed six people. police say witnesses saw carmelo speeding, weaving with his son, sister and two others in the car and come up too fast on slower traffic and swerve. some motorists say the bumps are jarring even at normal speeds.

my truck goes almost airborne at those speeds. >> reporter: this snapchat video posted before the pinellas car veered out of control, the family believes it proves carmelo behind the wheel was not driving recklessly but the department of transportation tells us the plates are only two inches high typical on highways with four times the normal lead-up to support speeds up to miles per hour. a warning sign alerts drivers. it's excessive speed. not bumps in the road. mourners today called it an avoidable tragedy. >> people got to slow down and be more responsible. you're not the only person on the road. >> reporter: friends say ironically martella was driving the speed limit on cruise control when he was killed something he always did to obey the law. in long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >> funeral services will be

westhampton. they were killed in a third vehicle. caught on camera here. north brunswick police posted this dashcam video on facebook. on friday the department says an officer was following a car going more than 90 miles an hour swerving lanes. you can see the car then loses control and slams into the median. the driver a 32-year-old woman was not seriously hurt. she was arrested and charged with dwi. chopper 2 over a construction site in midtown where a work federal on a scaffold. at west 38th street. rescuers had to pull the man inside the building through a 16th floor window. we're told he is in serious condition tonight. there's no word on what caused the worker to fall. and a [ indiscernible ] faces child porn charges in new jersey. police arrested the president of the dunellen board of education. he was investigated after a computer in his house was used

in prison. new information in florida's fight against the zika virus. it appears the virus is spreading! florida governor rick scott says the state's department of health is investigates five new nontravel-related cases. one of those cases is in pinellas county and the four others in the wynwood neighborhood on the east coast. after being criticized for not going earli flood damage in louisiana. he met with residents in east baton rouge. floodwaters destroyed or damaged about 60,000 homes. the president says $127 million in federal disaster aid is now being distributed to those who have had to leave their homes. he also says natural disasters are not time for politics. >> i guarantee you, nobody on this block, none of those first responders, nobody gives

what they care about is making sure they are getting the, um, the drywall out and the carpet out and there's not any mold building and they get some contractors in here and they start rebuilding as quick as possible, that's what they care about. >> louisiana's governor john bel edwards says he asked the white house to hold off on a presidential visit until police and first responders had time to stabilize the situation. now to campaign 2016, donald trump was one of those criticizing president obama in his an hillary clinton. in the meantime, new revelations show more than half the people outside government who met with clinton while she was secretary of state gave money to the clinton foundation! >> we have already released, i don't know, 30,000-plus. so what's a few more. >> reporter: hillary clinton tried to laugh off the latest investigation in her email controversy. a federal judge has ordered the state department to review nearly 15,000 additional emails the fbi discovered during its investigation of clinton's private server and

>> have you considered using facetime instead of email? [ laughter ] >> that's a good idea. >> reporter: now according to the "associated press," at least 85 of the 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with clinton donated to the foundation or pledged commitments to its international programs. combined, the 85 donors contributed $156 million. at least 40 gave $1 million dollars. >> now we learn about another 15,000 emails she failed to turn over and they have just been discovered!! >> reporter: at a campaign event in ohio, donald trump sought to keep the limelight on the clinton foundation and focused on mounting claims its foreign donors got preferential treatment by her.

clinton's emails will keep them in the news. >> through october, probably right up until election day. she doesn't want that. >> reporter: a new poll signals trouble for trump. clinton may be leading trump against minorities 72-10%. this as trump reaches out to minority voters. >> what do you have to lose? i will straighten it out. we'll get rid of the crime. you'll be able to walk down the street without getting shot. >> trump is in austin, texas. tinton is raising money in california including one at the home of justin timberlake. in the meantime, the gold medal winning u.s. women's gymnastics team is back from rio. team usa is in the city today for a round of media appearances. but they did set aside some time to do sightseeing, as well. the final five made a stop at the empire state building to celebrate their olympic success, they posed for

>> they are on top of the world. >> how do they not look jet lagged? they have been through so much and they look bright eyed, fresh faceed. >> when you're 20 and superstars, that's the way it works. >> not even 20. [ laughter ] still ahead, stalked and robbed at her front door. a woman attacked on arthur avenue and she may not be the only victim. see the man police are looking for. >> a led to amputation. the infection that could have left this woman without a leg. >> plus, risky encounters, what researchers are hoping to prove by intentionally jumping in shark-infested waters. >> reporter: hey, everybody! i'm live right now in columbus circle. we'll be back to chat with everybody with the cbs 2 mobile weather lab and the

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a brooklyn grandmother shot three times in what police say is random. she was simply sitting on a park bench watching her grandchildren play. cbs 2's emily smith has the story from cypress hills. >> reporter: you would never to this playground filled with children is the same place a grandmother took three bullets last night. >> it was real loud and no police was around, nothing. it sounded like boom. >> reporter: angel hea night. police say someone fired three bullets into 49-year-old yvonne in the shoulder, side and back while she sat on a bench watching her two grandchildren play. she is now in stable condition. and police say the grandchildren witnessed the entire thing because she was watching them as they went down the slide. >> bullets don't have a name. so you got to watch where you go, who you with, the time, the area, it doesn't matter where or when.

but i am getting ready to get the hell up. >> reporter: investigators say cops canvassed the area for surveillance cameras but didn't have any luck. and nothing indicates yvonne was anything more than an innocent victim. she doesn't have a criminal record and lives in an apartment building about a half mile from the playground where she nearly died. in cypress hills, emily smith, cbs 2 news. total knee replacements are done hundreds of thousands of times a year but t wrong it can be devastating. cbs 2's dr. max gomez tells us now of a woman who almost lost her leg after surgery. thankfully, doctors saved it. he is here with the story. max. >> reporter: that's right, kristine. an infected knee or hip replacement is i disaster. the prosthesis has to be removed leaving a useless leg for weeks or months before another one can be put in. if the infection or other complications get bad, it

great lengths to prevent infection in total joint replacements. surgeons wear special spacesuits, scrub themselves and your skin with germ killing solutions, but sometimes that's not enough. hazel was in a serious car accident that broke her legs. she ended up with one total knee replasticment that eventually loosened and got infected. >> several doctors in the hospital said that it was time to give up leg. it still brings tears. [ crying ] >> sorry. >> reporter: but hazel found a doctor who was willing to try to save her leg. normally that means taking out the artificial joint and placing special antibiotic- impregnated spacers but -- >> there's no commercially available spacers which can be put in a knee after removing the huge implant. >> reporter: so the doctor fashioned a custom implant using large amounts of antibiotics cement.

knee implant normally used in bone cancer patients. here's where the normal knee replacement looks like just caps on the femur and tibia. here's what that he normal replacement looks like next to hazel's new knee. >> amputation was a possibility because the nerves and the blood vessels are all entrapped in the scar tissue around the knee joint. >> reporter: hazel is walking normally and went to china and walked the great wall without a cane >> i play with my grandson. [ laughter ] >> i love it. >> reporter: now, hazel still has to take antibiotics because even a dental procedure or small skin infection can release bacteria that can take root and colonize her new implant but that's not unlike regular joint replacement patients but that's a small price to say for saving her leg. the first sign of an infection is usually pain. sometimes you'll have pain anyway but then the doctor has

>> imagine how she feels after you heard her say they were going to remove her leg. she still gets choked up years later thinking about it. >> thank you. great day for a stroll outside. that's for sure. or anything else. lonnie quinn is in columbus circle with the mobile weather lab with lots of folks, i'm sure, lonnie. >> reporter: i got to tell you, you pull out the mobile weather lab and we pull out the crowd -- maybe everybody is getting to know that this is where i am at this hour look at everybody out here! >> whoo! >> reporter: there's somebody down here, check out this, okay, i meet this little girl right here and her dad. now, your name is ? >> paige. >> reporter: and paige, you're from where? >> long island lindenhurst. >> reporter: you came up to me, right? you told me that you love the news, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: how old are you? >> 10. >> reporter: so you're a woman in the know. and you said specifically there's somebody at the station you wanted to say hi to? >> yes. >> reporter: who's that? >> kristine johnson!

wave. >> hi, sweetheart! tell her i said hi, lonnie. >> reporter: she is saying hello, sweetheart. paige told me she wants to be just like you, kj so i'm going to expect to get some notes to you. i'll relay them to paige. >> reporter: you want to be an anchor woman of? >> yes! >> reporter: thank you for coming out here to give us energy for this weather. say hi to whoever you want. 80. yesterday were you running about 2.5 degrees cooler than the actual temperature. today about a degree and a half cooler than the actual temperature. outside now another picture and it's another great one because it's another great looking day looking out over the city. the satellite and radar is working. it's working just fine. there's not a drop in sight. for tonight, there will not be a drop in sight. you will have clear skies,

there. 66 degrees and then for your day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. it's going to be warmer about 85 degrees. so we're starting to heat up a bit but where we're really heating up in the atlantic basin. hurricane season approaching the statistical peak of the season september 9 through 13th. right now i have three different systems to talk to you about which i will do later and paige back here live, it's been a pleasure. listen, say hi to everybody one more time. >> hi! >> there you go. dick and kj, back to you guys. >> thank you, lonnie. get her i'll send her a picture, okay? >> okay. >> fans everywhere. in other news, a consulate you would think would be secure so how did burglars get into one in new york? >> plus, balancing safety with independence. at what age should you let your kids walk to school

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>> to walk or not to walk. should you let your child walk to school without you? cbs 2's elise finch got some advice in weather watchers county. >> reporter: how old is old enough for a child to walk to school without a parent? the answer depends on who you ask. >> probably like 15 years old, 14, 15. >> i would say, like, over 8, 9. >> depend on how close you live. if you have any older siblings or neighbors to walk with. i was allowed to walk last year. >> how old are you now? >> 11. >> if there's not much traffic. >> i was walking by myself. nowadays i guess 10. >> reporter: 10 might sound too young to some but it's the benchmark according to many safety organizations. that's because several years ago, a study published by the american academy of pediatrics found that children 10 and over were significantly better at identifying safe places to cross the road, detecting traffic and road dangers, and coordinating information from

environment than younger children. pediatrician vicki iannotti says each parent needs to assess the child and make a decision based on the behavior. >> it's a matter of knowing that the child knows the basic safety of crossing the street, looking both ways, not being distracted by someone who might be talking to them if they are walking with a buddy. >> reporter: experts say parents who choose to let their children walk alone to school this year should do at least one practice run before the first stuff like that, probably go to the crossing guard and do what she says. >> i would say that just talk with them at nighttime on even right before they go to school. >> reporter: only parents know what their children can handle. don't feel bad about saying no. elise finch, cbs 2 news. >> always tough. >> it is. up next, taking aim at a

front door. the precious memory the accused attacker got away with. >> i can't wrap my head around the fact that someone would just destroy something it's been here for over 200 years. >> crime at the cemetery. american history becomes a target to vandals. >> plus a happy meal recall.

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breaking news. these are live pictures from chopper 2 at port newark where crews are battling a fire. let's check in with joe biermann for more details. joe. >> reporter: yup, it's actually well inside port newark as you can see. the cab of a tractor-trailer fully engulfed in flames. port authority fire and police fire out. we do believe the driver got out of the vehicle. live in chopper 2, joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. good evening, i'm kristine johnson. >> welcome back to the broadcast. i'm dick brennan. seniors stalked and robbed right at their front doors. the belmont section of the bronx on edge after two ruthless attacks that sound very similar. cbs 2's steve langford reports. >> reporter: two sundays, two elderly victims mugged on or

and safety of their iconic neighborhood shattered. 81-year-old laura passero showing what happened to her. her face obscured at the request of her children. are you okay? >> um -- i'm -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: she is scared to go out anymore. she adds in italian. surveillance video showing out the attack began a suspect lurking outside her building as she struggles with a bag of fruit. the man then pounces, once inside grabbing her necklace from behind, ripping it off her neck then kicking her to the floor in the vestibule. >> he didn't taker money? >> no, no. >> reporter: he just took the necklace? >> the necklace. >> reporter: a necklace give to her by her family with the birthstones of all eight of her grandchildren. three blocks away, the sunday before, 90-year-old frances robbed too under similar circumstances as she returned

>> just give me your money. >> reporter: her attacker also taking a precious necklace, dear to the memory of her late husband. we have spoken once again with a victim from a week and a half ago. she says she can't tell from the video if this suspect is the same man who robbed her. but there are a couple of similarities. her assailant followed her home right in the door and ripped the necklace off her neck. both victims immigrants from italy, decades same church here. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: 50 years living here, she says, and never a problem until now. in the belmont section of the bronx, steve langford, cbs 2 news. >> police sources confirm they are looking into a possible connection between the two robberies. the nypd is investigating a security breach at the indonesian consulate. two robbers were able to break in with surprising ease. they say this surveillance video shows the two burglars sneaking into the building on

home. they got in through an unlocked door. a bunch of personal effects were taken like a case of volunteered car, a suitcase and a computer. they also stole etan 2004 honda odyssey van used for consulate purposes. they don't think there's political motivation. police continue the investigation. police in new jersey are looking for vandals who destroyed pieces of america hoping surveillance video may help provide some clues. >> reporter: the old colonial cemetery in metuchen is so old, that the trees have grown up and around some of the headstones. >> this is the [ indiscernible ] of metuchen and he is my great-grandmother mable's great-great-grandfather's second cousin. >> reporter: evelyn grant was walking through the cemetery

gray stones knocked down some of which the historical society had just restored. this tombstone from 1806 was literally ripped out of the ground and others date back further. >> i can't wrap my head around the fact that somebody would just destroy something that's been here for 200-plus years. >> reporter: more than 60 revolutionary war veterans are buried here. >> it takes a lot to shock me. but when i saw this, to desecrate freedom? >> reporter: 90-year-old martin questions the lack of respect. >> people don't seem to be interested in old things as much as they used to. >> reporter: walter put up a fake camera when someone kept stealing the american flag from the cemetery. now he wishes it was real. >> you need to understand what freedom costs. and that these people are long gone but there's people now that defend your freedom and give you the right to do

>> reporter: police need your help. >> we don't have any suspects yet. typically it's juveniles. >> reporter: the historical society has yet to estimate how much effort and money it will take to restore the memorials. but they say they will get the job done to honor those who lived in the town before them. in metuchen, new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. he looks like any other 9- year-old but this little boy is making medical history. ahead, the double hand transplant that change his life. >> and next, iv we give you a glimpse of this rather exclusive property [chuckling] and the very famous family who owns it. >> and today in history, 16- year-old the finale of the first season of "survivor" aired a show that triggered the reality tv phenomenon. 51 people tuned in to watch richard hatch one the $1

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what do you keep in there? >> secrets. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the sunroom faces the long island sound filled with furnishings from denmark. >> matched marble floors. >> reporter: the dining room includes a morgan family heirloom a table from england that dates back 200 years. the family spends most of its time in the kitchen a cheery renovated space with a double height ceiling. another family favorite, library filled with antique books. upstairs we took a peek inside the master bedroom. >> the woman who built this house was a rockefeller and they lived here from the '30s through the '70s. they lived here for many, many years. >> reporter: the next owner, john morgan, who we sat down with in the breakfast room. >> i first saw it, i went by it on a boat. and, um, it was very simple. and easy to get to.

about 50% of the asking price. >> reporter: to live large in stamford, connecticut, the home's listed with halstead properties for $8.9 million. >> you get a whole island? pretty good. >> guess so. >> yeah. and you also get this. listen to this. two guest houses are also on the property. >> wow. >> but currently, staff lives in both. >> you will need staff to take care of that property. beautiful. coming up, why lonnie is already looking at that's thousands of miles away. >> plus, cheating yourself. the creative ways people are getting around the truth on their fitness trackers. >> and breaking news in new jersey. hundreds of thousands of fish washed up dead what's killing them? >> plus, new guidelines on how much sugar your children

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customers can return the bands for a replacement toy and food. in the meantime a lot of adults wear trackers. but are you being truthful with yours or are you a cheater? it's called fitness fraud. and in this case the cheater is only hurting himself. >> it's very addictive when you get, you know, you see those steps rolling in. >> reporter: for lisa billington, wear a fitness tracker has inspired friendly online competition. but she says turning in questionable results. >> it was astonishing to me that maybe my friend was getting over 30,000 steps in a day. >> reporter: billington says she doesn't cheat but has discovered some creative ways to up her own step count. >> just the movement of my hands going back and forth. >> reporter: plus her dogs are getting longer walks making lunch a more energetic

to the music. >> it all goes into the same pot at the end of the day: there's implications around this in terms of privacy and what happened to your data. >> reporter: it's not step count but user data that insurance companies are after. they are using it to offer discounts to customers who maintain a certain fitness level. artists and engineers took that as out hacks to cheat. >> [ indiscernible >> reporter: fitbit fixed with metronomes. bicycle wheels, even back and forth on a string can significantly up the step count. >> some people respond to it as in like oh, great it's fraud. right? and then other people are like, no, this is empowering. this allows me to work outside the system. >> reporter: a psychologist says you're cheating more than the system.

cardiovascular health. so that you're able to move around and not live a sedentary life. and not so you can tell your buddy, i did 30,000 steps today! >> reporter: and fitness trainer natasha forrest agrees. cheaters may be missing the best part. >> you can walk into your next training session knowing that you didn't slack off like you did what were you supposed to do. and that's rewarding. >> there's no hard data by the way about the number of cheaters out are a lot of creative hacks on social media. and just know that you are only fooling yourself if you are not getting in those steps. >> the whole idea is to get the steps for your health. >> yes. >> so you yourself can benefit. >> cheaters never prosper, right? >> just like our teachers said. >> third grade. >> okay. today was a great day to run and walk. get more steps in. lonnie always gets in a lot of steps. you have been running back and forth greeting the crowds.

story to be talking about. we have to get right to that. check this out. the mobile weather lab is parked right here. boom, we're on the sidewalk at columbus circle and somehow we get permission to do that so we love it. look at the winds, guys, okay? nothing right now. recording a wind speed of 3.7. the biggest peak gust over the last hour, 7.7. big difference from what we had yesterday. so the winds are gone. same beautiful blue sky overhead. now i want to and show you that pretty blue skies out over central park. 80 degrees the current temperature reading.

we'l??n?have another e looking night out there tonight. winds looking to be fine, as well. off to our west it doesn't look all that organized. we have a trough back like around the northern plains. we are going to have maybe a 20% chance at a shower or storm on thursday late. maybe% but not too much of anything. let me get you down to the tropics because this is what i want to spend some time talking about. a lot going on out there. [ signal breakup ] one of which is tropical storm gaston with 65-mile-per-hour winds. [ siren ] >> off to the west of that, fiona south of bermuda is finished. it's not going to be a threat to anyone. let's not worry about that. but south of fiona, you have an area of suspicion that's, like, maybe a 60% chance of

that one! it does not have a name. it does not have a number but it could get one. look how the computer is handling this. the spaghetti graphs take it to the bahamas. is it south florida after that? does it turn north? we have to keep an eye on it. if that comes to florida, i'm on a plane going down to track it. i want to show you quickly how we see strong cat-1 or cat-2 hurricane. it will probably be cat-2 on sunday. it will turn north somewhere east of bermuda. if the it doesn't, if it doesn't make that important turn, i'll stay on top of that one! >> today we're out here, i appreciate your being here but had so much to talk about.

well, if you are multitasking right now stop and make sure you see this next story. take a look at this happy healthy boy from baltimore. 9-year-old, you would never know it but last year he had a double hand transplant. he was the first child in the u.s. to undergo the surgery. since then, he has learned to use his new hands as if he had been born with them. >> i feel happy about hands and i don't feel different. my next goal, convince mom to let me play football. [ laughter ] >> this is my son. i gave birth to him. sometimes i can't believe it. >> oh, boy. he needs to have his original hands amputated when he was 2 after he had a serious infection but look at him. [ laughter ] >> i remember that story. he's grown. >> look at him. >> got tall and cuter.

christmas classic kicked off today in midtown. ?[ music ]? >> there they are. the world famous radio city rockettes were high stepping with the radio city christmas spectacular. performances begin november 11. >> working out a little early, aren't they? august? >> it's never too early to up next, searching for sharks. we hit the water with researchers who are trying to prove a presume more about great -- prove a rumor about great whites. >> and dogs chasing away geese on

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the montauk waters are where great white sharks give birth to their young. it's a theory among finger fishermen. cbs 2's raegan medgie takes us on board a research vessel.

waters around montauk point until this team of fishermen an scientists found what they are looking for. >> it's baby white! ya!! >> reporter: last friday a 4- foot long 50-foot pound female shark was found and named montauk. the next day. >> white shark on the line. >> reporter: a male five feet long weighing nearly 70 pounds was captured and promptly named hudson. >> this is the first believe that will be tagged in north atlantic history. quite a bit bigger fish. >> reporter: it's the mission of this group and scientists focused on finding juvenile white sharks in the area, capture them, tag them with gps tracking devices and release them back into the wild. earlier this is week, we joined the months long shark expedition. >> we have been targeting

we've caught juvenile white sharks a typical nursery close to shore. >> reporter: anticipation stayed high among everyone on board. >> like a dream come true. >> it's a tremendous feeling. >> reporter: but this day, no sharks were found. that changed three days later when montauk and hudson were spotted and it was all hands on deck. once the shark is delivered to the boat, that's when this shark lift is put into action as you see lifting up. it then goes into the water to the shark, takes several samples and attach this tracking device to its fins. >> we are looking like a pit crew to take as much data as we can for all of our fellow scientists. >> reporter: the tracking device helps the ship and the public follow the sharks' every move. >> now we waited for the first ping. we'll figure it out now. >> reporter: understanding that puzzle is important because sharks are considered the lions of the ocean critical to keeping the

in montauk, long island, raegan medgie, cbs 2 news. >> swimming with the sharks. you can follow both montauk and hudson using the shark tracker. we have put a link on our website, cbsnewyork.com. you can also follow the other sharks that have been tagged throughout the world. and that's it for the news at 5:00. i'll see you at 9:00 over on tv 10/55. the news at 6:00 starts right now. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. breaking news. hundreds of thousands of dead fish float to the surface in new jersey the massive die-off happening right now. >> a missing person mysteries. a woman vanishes from her senior living home. even security cameras didn't catch her leave. >> plus, car after car crushed on long island, totaled while parked at a restaurant. what happened? >> and a wild goose chase on the west side. this team is clearing geese by land and by sea. good evening, i'm kristine

we begin with breaking news in new jersey. a huge fishkill in keansburg. from chopper 2, you can see they are covering the surface of this marina sending a smell across the area. cbs 2's tracee carrasco is live at the scene with more on what is killing the fish. >> reporter: kristine, this is just one of the affected areas. take a look. that is all dead fish. they are even spilling on to e environmental protection estimates hundreds of thousands of dead fish here in the creek over the past couple of days. the dep says this is the peanut bunker, usually very small, just a few inches long. they were likely chased into the creek by bluefish or others. the low oxygen level in the water is killing the fish. dead fish have washed up all

keansburg. the smell is overwhelming. how overwhelming is it? >> it's bad. it's enough to gag you. it smells like a sewer pipe backed up right out in the water. >> when there's an algae bloom it depletes the oxygen and because the peanut bunker swim in mass schools of fish, they just -- the fish kill happens because of it. behind us in the creek we can do much about it because it would be a massive clean-up effort but on the beach where they washed up our of public works is taking care of it. >> reporter: the mayor tells us the beach is currently being cleared and that should take the next day or two. live tonight from keansburg, new jersey, tracee carrasco, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. in other headlines, a mystery in new jersey. a 73-year-old woman vanishes from her home. security cameras show gloria briggs going into her building but never comes out.