>> this is "good day wake-up". >> that humidity is on its way. hello, anyone out there. hello, anyone out there. it is going to go down, sunny skies continued, audrey in for mike wood that she has the full forecast. >> no you don't. you haven't been called. go back to univision. ben: the donald trump show, he forced that univision acre to leave a room during a press conference.

juliet: a massive search after report of a fishing boat capsizing. we will bring you the update. ben: apology to a group of black women who say they were booted from a tasting tour. i am ben simmoneau, wednesday morning, august 26th. juliet: wednesday, it is the middle of the week. ben: i don't think. juliet: she doesn't know because she is not here. mike always has of little hum dave fink of. >> meteorologist: we have to call him. start your wednesday night santa comfortable across the tristate, in the 50s nw, 59 in poughkeepsie, good morning monticello, checking off at 54 degrees, and central park, winds

store for a nice wednesday. temperatures running about 5 to 15 degrees cooler than this time yesterday, you and feel the difference outside. satellite radar showing a strike conditions with a few high clouds across the area but other than that plenty of sunshine across the region. a cold front swept through yesterday bringing a drop in humidity across the region, high pressure nosing its way from the west settling across the region over the next few days. future cast shows mostly sunny skies with a few clouds northwest but that is about it, nice and dry thursday, multi sunny conditions, sun and clouds in the afternoon and friday more of the same, nice repeat performance for the end of the week, sunny skies morning till night tonight, temperatures in the lower 80s which is average for this time of year, beautiful weather thursday and friday and saturday and sunday, temperatures rising in the

middle 80s, next week we will close 90 degrees across parts of the airy and humidity of little bit, overnight lows feeling good in the 60s to lower 70s. let's bring in ines who will give an update on the traffic situation. >> the commute doing pretty good, no problems in new jersey, 82, 87, smooth sailing, same in suffolk county, y. northern state, southern state looking good, let's look at staten island expressway because we have construction going on by a victory boulevard. we have that camera or we don't, traffic slowed because of construction, only one lane open east bound west bound same thing, as for the bqe construction going on. all lanes closed on the brooklyn bridge and a couple lane closures on occasion, a little stop and go here. no problems with the gwb towards the lincoln and holland, trains on or close.

dramatically with union square and prospect park station topping the list. teresa priolo live in union story. >> reporter: different hours, you often see kinds of people you don't want to encounter and things you normally see the middle of the day. all kinds of people, some in the right frame of mind, others are not. the new york post is reporting this subway station, a very busy subway station ranks no. one city wide for serious assaults. it is the kind of news no subway rider wants to hear according to the new york post, a felony assaults on the subway are soaring up 24% this year. crimes that may involve a dangerous object, victims may be

the nypd confirms 151 assaults were reported through august 16th compared to 122 the same time last year. the paper says union square and prospect park subway stops have seen the biggest increases due in large part to the influx of people from all different walks of life. we also want to mention we have been in touch with the nypd all morning and are waiting for more little more information. we would like to know what kind of crimes we are talking about, exact examples of things that happened in union square and what time of day. we have to get more information from the nypd later today. that is the latest from union square. juliet: investors on wall street hopes stocks follow the trend in asia. ben: asian stocks are following china's decision to cut a key interest rates in an effort to stabilize financial markets. the dow has gone down 6 days in

total during the last week or so. yesterday the dow lost 205 points but this morning u.s. futures indicate higher open. fireworks yesterday at a donald trump campaign event in ottawa. news anchor for univision was thrown out. juliet: he tried to ask questions about immigration before he was called upon and that set trump of. >> who is next? please. excuse me, sitdown, you weren't called. sit down. go ahead. >> i had the mic. >> no you don't, you haven't been called. go back to univision. go ahead. go ahead. >> you cannot build a 90 foot wall. >> sitdown please. you weren't called. >> that is trump's personal

security guy who is always with him. trump says he didn't order the journalistic kicked out but he looked at his security got. he did return to ask questions and had a lengthy argument with from about his immigration proposal. there is a confirmed case of legionnaires' disease at new york presbyterian cornell medical center. state and city health officials working to identify the source of bad infection and hospital cleaned its own water supply as a precaution. no word if it is connected to the legionnaires' outbreak in the bronx that killed 12 people and sickened 128 others. the source of the outbreak was traced to a hotel, rooftop air-conditioning unit at the opera house. >> city lawmakers trying to get synthetic marijuana office reads, the drug can lead to seizures, violence and death but right now it is legal to sell it. city council plans to change that next month, it will introduce legislation that would impose serious penalties against

stores that sell synthetic drugs including a year in jail and a possible $25,000 fine. officials say the city's on 220% increase in emergency room visits last year because of it. juliet: a search is set to resume of of sandy hook, new jersey after report of a fishing boat that capsized. ben: robert moses is live from sandy hook with the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning. i spoke to state police and the coast guard and they had no overnight updates. the search has been focused and concentrated at the coast guard station in new jersey, the search set to resume later on this morning. the monmouth county sheriff's office tweeted a notable folk. appears to be an object floating in the water. the coastguard says it believes debris that has been located did

although there's no confirmation of that. witness spotted the 40 foot steel fishing boat taking on water and sinking at 4:30 yesterday, the witness notified the coast guard. that started 8 huge search that stretched into the evening. anda huge search that stretched into the evening. and nypd dive team used sonar. ville vessel was last seen in the city hook channel, nothe vessel was last seen in the city hook channel, no word of any distress call, the search for the vessel is set to resume later this morning. that is the latest from island, new jersey. back to you. ben: robert moses, thank you very much. much more still to come on wednesday morning including the

fall seen around the world. multimillion-dollar masterpiece destroyed by a young boy. juliet: audrey keeping track of the forecast. we are riveted to the video. >> reporter: cabarrus 69 degrees, plenty of sunshine today, nice and warm but more importantly it will feel less humid out there. a beautiful day ahead. you can track the weather by downloading our weather apps at myfoxny.com, get your daily and hourly forecast for e as your google play store and the itunes store. we will have more "good day new york" coming right up. feel like a kid again with dunkin's new cookie-flavored iced coffees. for a limited time, dd perks members can enjoy any sized iced coffee for $1.99.

juliet: it is a nice day out. nice and dry across the area and pull in some spots waking up with temperature readings and the 50s. and in monticello. in central park, still in 70s. check out the dew points. and readings in the 50s is refreshingly dry, still a little muddy toward montauk but some good weather through the day today but a cold front swept through the area yesterday

taking rain to the east of us and ushered in try comfortable air. it is dry from the northeast for the mid-atlantic, high pressure will be dominating our weather not only today but the next several days. watching an area of low pressure toward the great lakes, cloud cover across the western part of the state but others in that we will be nice and dry across the northeast into new england as we go through the second half of the week. let's look at the tropics, where watching eric at, a tropical storm headed to the lesser antilles joel we're watching it closely because it is expected to intensify in the beginning of next week, passing through caribbean islands over the weekend we expected to cross border rico toward the dominican republic and all eyes will be on south florida by the end of the weekend to the beginning of next week, is expected to increase to a category 1 storm and home watching south florida to see how any impact that state of. it is going to be sunny and warm, temperatures in the upper 70s along the coast, mid 80s farther inland, less humid across the area courtesy of a

light northwest wind coming in. tomorrow more of the same, sunny skies, at 82 degrees. friday more of the same, plenty of sunshine, same thing saturday, another great week and ahead with dry weather, a few clouds sunday and looks like it is going into next week, temperatures start to rise a little bit, highs moving into the operatings close to 90 across inland sections of new jersey and we will turn up the theme the but the next several days nice and dry, to the end of the week into the weekend, overnight lows in the 60s and 70s. that is a check of your weather. >> right before labor day. here ago. got to go to work this morning the lie doing good in queens, no problems. if you're traveling in new jersey, union essex county 78, 280 smooth sailing, let's look staten island expressway by richmond avenue, traffic flow eased out approaching victory

boulevard construction once again set up leaving only one lane open, delays eastbound off of the bridge and west shore no problems on the west bound side. let's go to our other cameras, smooth sailing, jfk eastbound, west bound, if you are watching the george washington bridge upper level in a free ride, same to the lincoln and holland tunnel. juliet: black women from of about train have gotten another apology. >> the company says they were completely wrong in the way they handled the incident would the women all part of a book club were forced off of the train over the weekend after complaints the too loud. the women say they were booted from a wine tasting tour because they are black, they promised additional training for their employees. despite the new apology some of the women say they worth humiliated. this video had a staring at an earlier.

data 350-year-old italian master piece. juliet: it happens. he punched a hole. did he mean to do that? he lost his footing. and before walking away the owner of the piece of artwork says the boy will not be punished. and the painting has been repaired and is back on display. a little rope around it. me the encase it. a flimsy little -- >> those paintings are

the floor, ring change in your supposed to know -- and the know go. juliet: halloween is two months away. i am going to address -- i don't know. started thinking about that. you wear curtis last year. there is already one costume that tops in some people's eyes the most tasteless. ben: uconn dress up as the guy who killed cecil the lion. it comes with the replica of the beloved animal's head, spattered with fake blood and dentist tools. will cost you $60 on the plus side 15% of the proceeds go to the african wildlife foundation. costume went on sale yesterday and a ceo says they have not yet sold a single one.

juliet: part tweeter extraordinary tour find why is this wishy does not like it. we have a lot more coming that. ben: stephen hawking mate have sold one of the largest black hole mysteries. wait till you hear what he has

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juliet: just wear you have been. ben: 5:22 on wednesday morning, still nice out there today. heather: feel like a nice holiday.

ben: give much thoug says just mail does not hot too much fast to be considered heart healthy as the label implies. the ceo of hampton creek says he

believes the fda is willing to sit down and see if there is common ground. good luck. juliet: like going into a black hole. most of the wi-fi airplane flight tests faster service. the company has been using air to ground connections. no it will taste the use of paid and antennas for speeds of seven times faster. the faa gave the green light yesterday. of test work out a faster service could go into commercial use next year. ben: you are wasting 74 hours of your life sitting in gridlock traffic in new york according to a new study by texas a&m university and the company that analyzes traffic data, 74 hours is bad but not the worst. this is hard to believe. washington d.c. driver's waste the most of $82 a year. you have been to d.c. quite a bit. i think the traffic is worse here. juliet: are they including being

they have got to be. ben: even then i don't think it is that data. los angeles clocks in at 80 hours. when all is that not drivers in the u.s. loses 7 billion hours every year in traffic so apparently when we started this news block we had lots of extra time but we talked away through that. juliet: we have to go to tease. top stories when we return. long island man flaunted the effectiveness tampering with red light cameras. some of us applaud him.

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audrey and mike woods has the forecast. juliet: the gorgeous day. a massive search will continue this morning off the coast of sandy hook, new jersey. there were reports from witnesses that a fishing boat capsized. we will give you the update shortly. ben: as for service busted for prostitution. yesterday on union square office, more details on that. juliet: a hero to some, any to the cops. long island man tampered with red light cameras, and post this on facebook. for all to see. maybe not for all to see. cops found out about it. ben: good morning, i am ben simmoneau. juliet: i am juliet huddy. juliet: audrey blend a is in for mike woods ended is different from this time yesterday. >> meteorologist: temperatures,

feels comfortable outside your door this morning, up 69 degrees, dewpoint humidity is feeling and looking, courtesy of the northwest wind flow, 9 months and our, northwest wind direction ushers in drier air from canada which is what we have in place this morning, it is beautiful across the northeastern new england, boston at 70 degrees, 61 degrees toward syracuse, 55 in pittsburgh, 69 in d.c. 70 towards the lead. satellite radar shows it is nice and clear across the area, high thin clouds picked up by satellite, no rain is on radar and will stay that way through the rest of the day. a cold front brought in prior cooler air across the region and high pressure from the west will bring us a nice second half of the week, wednesday looking good, plenty of sunshine, a thin clouds from time to time, temperatures in the low 80s, a

big difference, less humid than we saw the last few days. mostly sunny tomorrow, 82, this is good weather goes into boat began, temperatures in the mid 80s as we going to the beginning of next week and i think we will to 90. us? myfoxny.com uconn track daily and hourly forecast, take a look at radar images when we have something on radar but that is not the case today. let's bring in ines. ines: some construction northbound by exit 11. not a big deal. new jersey looks good. no issues in middlesex county, the turnpike smooth sailing, cameras have delays on staten island expressway due to

only one lane open, eastbound, such a headache yesterday, the gobbles bridge and west shore expressway, just been reopened. as for the bqe towards the brooklyn bridge traffic flow did construction, delays to atlantic avenue, one lane closed on the bqe and all lane closed on the manhattan bound brooklyn bridge, trains a good running on or close to schedule. ben: a massive search is set to resume off the coast of sandy hook, new jersey after reports of a fishing boat that capsized. juliet: robert moses has the latest. >> reporter: but at the center of the search has been here at coast guard headquarters in sandy hook. i spoke to state police and the coast guard this morning, no overnight update, the search will resume a little later on today. the monmouth county sheriff's office tweeted a photo of note late yesterday showing some

perhaps a cooler. authorities believe this debris did come from that fishing trawler although there is no confirmation of that. a witness spotted the 40 foot steel fishing boat taking on water and sinking at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. massive search ensued, multi agency search, the nypd dive team was using sonar to try to locate the fishing boat underwater but to no avail. the vessel was last seen near duke: which is right in the sandy hook channel. no word of any distress call before the boat sank and authorities have not said how many people were on board. no overnight updates from state police or the coast guard. the search is set to resume later on this morning.

the sinking of this boat. juliet: reports of subway assault going to dramatically, union square, prospect park station's top the list. ben: teresa priolo -- >> reporter: at 5:30, given the kinds of people here right now, if you come 3 you have people making their way to and from work at this early hour. you have transient making their way and homeless people sleeping on the benches so you get all kinds of people from all walks of life. that is essentials in new york city and union square but the cops are telling us this is an unsafe place. and up 24%, crimes that would cause some sort of serious bodily injury. these are crimes that may use a weapon or dangerous object and

the face, something that would be more akin to a punch that breaks a job. they are telling us there were 151 assaults, compared to 122 assaults the same time last year. some people in union square riding the subway. >> things happen. and people get a angry over it. >> i am very aware, at 3:00 in the morning talking by bronx. something that is not right, according to my gut instinct. >> they are telling us the new york post is reporting union square ranks number one,

the third happens to be in the bronx. and these felony assaults on the rise. back to you in the studio. ben: the fed busted what they're calling the largest male escort service in the world. is based in man and. agents swarmed the offices of rent boycott, near union square. the ceo, prosecutors say the site made $10 million, charging male prostitutes a fee to advertise a client. after being released on $350 bond ceo and his lawyer insisted his business was a legitimate companionship service. >> bring good people together. and spent five years in prison across -- long island man is

busted for tampering with red light cameras. juliet: police say this is 42-year-old steve ruth using an expanded joel to push a red light camera in license plates. posted this video, we arrested him. he tampered with several traffic cameras along long island expressway south service road. he has been charged with criminal tampering and obstruction of governmental administration. there he is and both are misdemeanors. let's go to audrey for a check, the red light cameras can snap you. >> i have gotten a few. sometimes it is hard to engage when the light is going to turn

juliet: you don't know how long in yellow is going to be. you're going too fast and go through. >> it is always 3 to 5 seconds. at most you have got 5 seconds. >> there is no excuse. that is why cameras are there for people like us. let's talk about temperatures. i can give information about that. is feeling cool northwest of the city, 50s in poughkeepsie, 6 and monticello. you may grab a sweater on your way out the door, 69 degrees in central park, feels really good in the city, 66 in islip, we're still at a mideast 74 towards montauk point. it is all about the dew points, these numbers of come down nicely in the 50s, refreshingly dry and comfortable. not the case for montauk, muddy for you but things will be gradually improving as we go through when is the political front swept through the area wednesday into last night and

taking humid weather across much of the area bringing in private weather from the west, that will stick with us over the next few days and so are clear skies we are experiencing, high pressure is the dominant weather feature of reason next several days and we expect a beautiful second half of the weekend will stay quiet as we go into the weekend, dry air will be in place at the only thing we will be watching as clouds sprinkling of the sky over the next few days. we're keeping our eyes on the tropics, tropical storm erika heading for the lesser antilles and you will pass through the islands over puerto rico towards the dominican republic, by hamas and soon after that watching south florida for the beginning of next week. is expected to intensify into a category 1 hurricane but the beginning of next week. isil leon south florida as it makes its approach by monday. in our area nice and quiet, beautiful day, plenty of sunshine, less humid with temperatures in the 70s to low 80s, more of the scene thursday and friday.

saturday and sunday, temperatures warming into thes by then, a humidity will climb next week but until then it will feel nice and dry across the area and if you want to track those daily and hourly forecast you can do so at myfoxny.com. search for on your google play and itunes store, join us in the with the department and track along any situation with as. cialis looks on the roads, we tracked that withines with an update. ines: a lot better than yesterday, no problems on long island, nassau county with no issues at the moment and new jersey doing fine. take a look your commute on the 59th street bridge, across the hudson, george washington bridge, and no delays, one lane there, you are fine for the most part, they're looking good and the lincoln and holland tunnels.

juliet: a lot more coming up. kurt shelling, the pitcher, former pitcher, people up there is in hot water. in the center hitler related tweet. feel like a kid again with dunkin's new cookie-flavored iced coffees. for a limited time, dd perks members can enjoy any sized iced coffee for $1.99.

juliet: checking headlines, republican presidential candidate donald trump continues to stir controversy on the campaign trail. they univision a anchor was thrown out of a news conference in iowa for asking questions and was allowed to return. >> the search continues after first wife. the 40 foot trawler is believed to have capsized yesterday. juliet: reports of some way going up 24%. union square, number one and 2, stenson street. do it is on assignment, the mets we start out with making it five

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the ryan howard woul! slurring his words, using expletives, you can see right here. >> get ready [bleep] juliet: the crowd loved it. he admitted he took medication and mixed it with alcohol. pat hayden said in a statement he is disappointed but no word whether the university or n.c.a.a. will discipline the head coach. yesterday he made an apology. >> it was inappropriate. i feel bad for the university of southern california. i feel bad for pat hayden, i feel bad for our players and i

the way i acted was irresponsible and something that i obviously don't condone. juliet: moving on, and espn suspended former red sox pitching great courage coming after he posted a tweet comparing muslims to hitler. >> 5% to 10% of muslims are extremists, in 1940 only 7% of germans were not these. how did that go? he said the tweet is completely unacceptable so they removed him from his current little league assignment. he is covering the little league world series. they can take further action. bling later tweeted he accepted suspension and said he made a bad decision. green nice start. no umbrella yesterday. >> you might need a sweater. >> get out of here. you can start already, not in

>> 50 degree readings in monticello. >> hoboken cheerleading uniforms, the bottom is exactly is that. >> it is adorable. just of little shorter. >> not mine. >> people wouldn't mind that. >> start with cool temperatures this morning northwest of the city where you may grab a sweater as you head out the door, 50s in poughkeepsie, monticello, 6, refreshingly try cool air in place, 69 in central park. in islip and bridgeport this morning, these numbers running 5 to 10 degrees cooler than they were at this time yesterday. satellite radar showing quiet and mostly clear conditions across the tristate area. a few-clouds northwest of the city but that is about it,

dominating much of the weather from the midsection of the nation from the great lakes to the northeast so we expect a beautiful son joel day wednesday. it will feel dry with load humidity and a few clouds sprinkling of the sky before sunset northwest of the city but others in that it will be nice and quiet. more of the same thursday, mix of sun and clouds, temperatures in the 80s, same thing friday. let's take the weather into the weekend, nice stretch of whether for the next several days. cheers from the peanut gallery. tropical storm erika headed for the lesser antilles and pr as well as the dominican republic. we saw rainfall in a drought this season so there will be beneficial rain and we will watch closely by the end of the weekend, it will increase into a category 1 hurricane and is aimed for south florida's a we have to keep our eyes on fantasy

no rain in our forecast. plenty of sunshine, and the same friday, into saturday and on sunday a few extra clouds, the beginning of next week, high temperature in the 80s. 90 degrees in new jersey, it will get warm, the beginning of next week, no complaints in this department. i don't think i will hear any complaints in the traffic department either. ines like the warm weather too. ines: let's talk about the commute looking at good in queens, westchester in great shape. as far as staten island expressway construction this morning going on. let's go to the camera shot by victory boulevard. only one lane open, delays eastbound on the west shore, everything running on or close to schedule.

ben: complained about audrey's description of the weather. it was not sweater whether. is not a complaint. it is the huge stretch. >> a lot more coming. >>-joy that in the ashley madison hat.

be right back. >> a beautiful morning, the sun has not yet risen. >> that is very true and speaking of beautiful anna gilligan is here. anna: what an introduction. actress lisa bonet is keeping quiet about the bill cosby scandal but daughter tells the guardian her mother's, quote, disgusted and concerned about the accusations against bill

cosby and says if she had any information they thought would help the kids or the 50 women have a come forward her mother would say something but she is saying of it saying it was news to her mother when this news broke. bill cosby has denied the accusations and has not been charged. he is expected to testify under oath in a sworn deposition. bobby brown has returned to stage for the first time since the death of his daughter bobby christina. jimenez surprise appearance sunday at joy hollywood bowl. they performed their duet real love and he spoke briefly thanking you all for your prayers. his daughter die a month ago, she was in a coma after being found unconscious in a bathtub in january. snooki is denying reports that her husband had an ashley madison account. the stock as to the picture on her instagram account along with a long defense of her husband saying, quote, it couldn't be further from the truth and went

on to say doesn't deserve his name to be tarnished by reports linking him to the web site for cheating spouses and pointed out all the reports were allegedly and he may have done something. the only reason she has even issue a response is when her family is being bashed mama bear will stay up and if he wanted to cheat he would go out and do it, not sign up for some latent web site. very snooki defense. ben: thank you very much. juliet: we are a couple minutes from the top of the 6:00. it is 5:57. the we're coming the next hour, a federal court rules on efforts in new jersey to allow legalized sports betting at.