cbs 2's ali bauman has more morning. ali. >>reporter: well, this neighborhood is not used to any type of violent crime, but now police are investigating a 23- year-old man after finding his own mother dead in this back yard. now, take a look at dennis cullen charged with second- degree murder after police found his mother, 63-year-old elizabeth cullen dead outside of their home, believed to be intentionally drowned in her own back yard pool. lloyd harbor police were responding to a request to check on the home at 70 white hill road at 4:00 p.m. yesterday and found elizabeth department was called in to investigate and less than two hours later police arrested elizabeth's son, dennis. >> lloyd harbor police received a call about a possible intentional drowning. lloyd harbor responded to the scene and found the deceased who was later determined to be elizabeth cullen in the back yard. the evidence suggested that she was intentionally drowned as the home, and we placed him under arrest. >>reporter: police say dennis did not resis

cbs2's ali bauman joins us live from the scene. ali. >> andrea and chris, the street here is still littered with ha yesterday's fire melted the siding of some of these homes. today nearly 12 hours later firefighters still have the street blocked off. >> tearing through wood and clouding the streets of the staten island neighborhood on thursday evening, neighbors of benziger avenue were covering their noses and mouths as flames ripped through seven buildings destroying two of them. >> i see all the smoke and i'm like oh, my god. >> the 6 alarm fire spread quickly. it took fdny three hours to get 42 people homeless today. >> these houses are so connected together and the landlords are putting so many people in these houses there's no room. >> firefighters were forced to cut power as these engulfed homes were in danger of collapsing. >> my daughter grabbed her little sister. i grabbed the three boys, and then we just started running down the steps. i started skipping steps, jumping down steps and i was out the door. >> with power lines

that's where cbs 2's ali bauman is live in bergen county with more on this. ali. >>reporter: it was a little ferry police officer who happened to be driving around this area last night when he says he heard an explosion. he followed that sound here completely engulfed in flames. now, he called for backup, but that seven-person rescue, it took a whole community. seven people trapped inside their home tuesday night did whatever it took to stay alive when 109 washington avenue caught fire around 11:30 p.m. >> we just started trying breaking some windows and victims just started jumping out windows, and pull several people out of the building. >>reporter: three families father help his three daughters escape before jumping or falling out himself. >> one father was actually holding his children out the window and dropping them down and the firefighters were break the form and trying to catch them as best they could. >>reporter: they were all taken to hospital, the father now in back surgery, and today their grandfather is grateful. >> thank god that everybody is alive.

>>> dozens of residents are trying to salvage what's left of their property after a fire cbs2's ali bauman has this report from st. george. >> reporter: burning for more than three hours and damaging seven homes on benziger avenue on staten island last night, this 6-alarm fire has left 55 people homeless and 23 people injured. >> my daughter grabbed her little sister. i grabbed the three boys, and then we just started running down the steps. i started skipping steps, jumping down steps and i was out the door. >> 21 of the injured are firefighters. their chief says it is unclear if started the fire, but he says it certainly elevated the danger. >> it impacted our operation a lot. itst a very dangerous operation. we have charged electrical wires in the ground. >> across the street marla ferrera was frightened the flames were spread to her buildings. >> it was jumping to the other house. lines were cracking. you could feel the heat from there to here. front panels. fire stopped short at 224 two doors down from where it started, but its residents are among those displaced. soaked floors and cr

ali bauman is story for us. she's live in green lawn with the latest on the investigation. ali. >> reporter: jessica, on a sunny saturday like today, this park may usually be filled with families but today it is just empty fields as police here search for evidence in a homicide investigation. suffolk county police say just after 7 a.m. today, a man walking on pulaski road near broadway discovered a dead body of a man in the woods near the baseball fields. his body covered with significant cuts and slashes. able to say how long he had been there. today the park that's usually filled with children and family was closed for the homicide squad's investigation. >> that man flagged down a passing motorist who called 9-1- 1. the second precinct patrol officers responded. they contacted the homicide squad. they were on the scene. it's a very active scene. >> reporter: the body has been transported to the medical examiner to determine the cause of death, but information to give them a call. from green lawn long island ali bauman cbs2 news. >>> thank you. we're following breaking news

live in new jersey, ali bauman, cbs2 news. >>> thank you. at least eight people are now dead from the flooding in southern louisiana. some towns are starting to see the water recede while it's cbs2's omar villafranca has the story from baton rouge. >> we're not going to give up. we're going to stick to the bloody end. and if it knocks us down we're going to get back up and we going the rebuild. >> reporter: overnight, voluntary evacuations were underway in ascension parish as flood waters from the overflowing amete river poured into the community. on monday, national guard helicopters pulled more people to safety from the unprecedented flooding hittin on a search and rescue mission into the flood zone. >> we're now flying over deadham springs, louisiana. as you can see, this area is covered in water right now. >> reporter: roughly 90% of the homes in denham springs have flood damage. the city's main highway is washed out. christina broad and her boyfriend brooks wilson return today their flooded home for the -- returned to their flooded home

cbs 2's ali bauman has the story. >> everybody has been online waiting to get their package. >>reporter: but things can get heated inside the church avenue as customers often wait more than an hour for a package. this man even bringing his own chair for his stay. >> i went for an hour, just stood for an hour >> most times maybe an hour plus. >> i come here to pick up packages and i wait for like two hours just to get a package. >>reporter: many customers say they turned right around when they saw the wait. some believe the post office needs more tellers, but say complaints to management fall supervisor, this happened. >> if you film it, i will break it. >>reporter: the post office says there's so much foot traffic at this office is because mail carriers can't deliver packages safely and sceurl in this neighborhood, so neighbors have to come here to pick them up. but residents say there has to be a better way. >> they don't even bother buzzing. i mean, i even have it on my amazon address. it says buzz, and then 35, and they don't do it. >> i just get a slip in the mail -- on a

jersey, ali bauman, cbs 2 news. >> all right, ali, thank you. >>> time now 5:02. time for traffic and weather on the 2s. let's get right over to john elliot this morning. john, good morning. >> good morning, chris and cindy, and you too. maybe you were awoken in the middle of the night with a little bit of thunder. yeah, we had some active storms overnight tonight. now this one little shower in rockland county as well, northbergen as well. that's about it. during the course of the day, we should usher in more sun, we should see the wind shift a bit. that will help put the humidity wn down, but if i'm going to put something down, i'm going to put humidity down, make it feel a little bit better this afternoon. so your real feel number will be more in line with your actual air temperature rearing. -- reading. so you're looking at a repeat high, with a mix of sun and clouds. i will say this, it is breezy out the door and it is going to be a bit of a breezy day with that shifting win, so be mindful of that. also some concern along the coast with rip currents. no concer

ali bauman is live in greenlawn with the latest on the investigation. ali. >> reporter: jessica, the park is basically pitch black here so when the sun rose the next morning stroll, discovered a dead body just under that tree. taking his routine walks through greenlawn park early saturday morning mike and his dog sunny made a gruesome discovery. >> he looked like he had sneakers on and his feet were pointing towards the pitchers mound. >> reporter: a man's body blow this tree that suffolk county police are investigating as a homicide. they say he had cuts and slashes all over but he kept his distance. >> i thought the guy was just -- had was -- nursing his hang over or, you know, his legs were crossed. another dog walker saw the body a half-hour later and called police around 7 a.m. they shut down the park saturday as investigators searched for clues. >> that man flagged down a passing motorist who called 911. patrol officers responded. they contacted homicide. >> reporter: a popular family greenlawn park is known for its safety. >> kids and families eve

in times square, ali bauman, cbs2 news. >>> our dr. max gomez says the delusions that he was experiencing are associated with more severe forms of bipolar disorder. >>> days after the brutal murder of a jogger in cream -- queens, local leaders held a meeting to discuss the case. the meeting was held with the intention of providing comfort and answers to a deeply shaken neighborhood. last tuesday, katrina votrano had gone jogging in spring creek federal beach in howard beach and never came home, she was sexually assaulted and strangled, sense of security. >> i hope they catch the killer quick so we can get back to normal life. and not be afraid to go out at night with my husband or children. >> investigators also thanked members of the community for their cooperation in the investigation. only days later another new york city woman found murdered aiello has more on this. >> reporter: the victim lived and worked in new york city but was found murdered 2 miles north and central massachusetts. 27 year old vanessa marcotte went out for a ru

ali bauman spoke to the homeowners. >> reporter: 12-foot t for donald trump has been towering on this lawn since may. the homeowner had it custom made to show his support. just after 1:00 a.m. on saturday morning while family of four was sleeping inside, their lawn t. was up in flames. >> i jumped out of bed and came down here. i can see out the window there, and there's a big orange glow. >> reporter: the fire marshal was investigating the damage and has not determined the cause. ground lights typically shine on the sign, but last night they were out. he believes someone was attacking his politics. >> you ignored my rights, trampled on my private property, and you're setting surprised because many in the area are trump supporters. while we were interviewing the owners on his lawn, many driving by made their support known. >> every once in awhile you get someone who doesn't like trump -- there you go, go trump, right? >> reporter: he is worried someone in the neighborhood could be putting families at risk for their first amendment rights. his lawyer came over to look at the damage. >>

ali bauman has this story. >> reporter: an unusual sight at the pond in east hampton as this water born machine tumbles their way through the algae- polluted waters. >> this is like a floating combine tractor that will collect algae. >> reporter: they are calling themselves friends of georgia capon raising more than $80,000 to rent the machine after discovering that toxic blue- green algae had once again made recreation. >> reporter: the pond is so saluted that you cannot go kayaking, you can't go fishing. >> reporter: or swimming. four years ago the dog died after licking the algae waters, which could make them sick. they question the overuse of now you're planting non-native species that will require more fertilizer and more irrigation. it becomes a vicious cycle. >> reporter: their neighbors need to be more responsible. >> i think it's a travel city that it is happening to the environment out here with people that make their living off the pond. >> reporter: the floating machine is now scooping up their nitrogen-fed vegetation. the algae-eating machine will be used in september when

we're live in the suffolk county courthouse, ali bauman, cbs 2 news. >> ali, thank you. >>> breaking news this noon in the ryan lochte investigation. robbed at gunpoint appear to be false. according to a brazilian police official. cbs 2's meg baker is following the latest developments live in the newsroom. meg. >>reporter: andrea, new details just revealed, a brazilian official investigating the olympians' claims says that the swimmers broke down a bathroom door at a gas station, a security guard did approach them. he confronted them. the official says the guard was armed with a pistol, but he never took that pistol out or ai airport where jack conger and gunnar bentz were pulled off their u.s.-bound plane and briefly detained. after a brazilian judge ordered their passports seized, saying there is little evidence to support the story that four members of the men's swim team, including ryan locte and jimmy feigen were robbed at gunpoint in rio. >> they pulled us over, they pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get claimed thieves posing as police officers pulled guns

cbs 2's ali bauman has more live from lloyd harbor this morning. ali. >>reporter: well, it's a quiet million dollar neighborhood on long island, but it was just in this back yard that police found one mother dead and now the main suspect her son. take a look. you can see 23-year-old dennis collins charged with second- degree mur after police found his mother dead, believed to be intentionally drowned in her own back yard pool.

cbs 2's ali bauman has more from little ferry. >> reporter: seven people trapped inside their home tuesday night did whatever it took to stay alive. 109 washington avenue caught fire around 11:30 p.m. >> started trying to breaking >> reporter: three families live here. a father helped his daughters escaped before getting out himself. >> one father was holding husband children out the window and dropping them down and the officers were breaking their fall and trying to catch them as best they could. >> reporter: they were all taken to the hospital. the father is in back surgery and today, their grandfather is grateful. >> thank god, thank everybody. >> reporter: police say one woman was forced to jump from the third floor year-old girl and her grandmother inside. a neighbor dragged the woman away from the burning building while firefighters rescued the grandmother and child, but neighbors say the building lacks a proper emergency escape route. >> i met a couple that live there, you know, within the past year and they said that they had complained to the landlord that there was no way out if

firefighters spent the night battling flames and pulling people out of the burning building >> ali bauman joins us this morning live from little ferry. >>reporter: six people were taken to the hospital, one as young as a 5-year-old girl. you can see the fire chief still on scene here just how these people became trapped inside of a burning building. >> fire. extension ladder for me.

they are demanding answers about these delays, and, cbs 2's ali bauman has th heated inside the church avenue post office. patient is tested as customers often wait more than an hour for a package. this man even bringing his own chair for his stay. >> i went for an hour. just stood for an hour. >> i come here to pick up passages, -- packages. i way two hours to get a package. >> many customers today turned right around when they saw the way. some believe the post office need more tellers but some say complaints to management fall supervisor, this happened. >> reporter: the postal service says the reason there is so much foot traffic at this office is because mail carriers can't deliver packages safely and securely in this neighborhood. so, customers have to come here to pick them up. but, residents say there has to be a better way. >> they don't even bother buzzing. i even have it on my amazon address. it says buzz, and then 35, and they don't do it. >> i have been harmed. i get a slip on the mail, on the door. >> reporter: the line is affecting people's livelihood. >> i'm on lunch. i

ali bauman has the story. >>reporter: things can get heated inside the church avenue post office, patience is tested as customers often wait more than an hour for a package. this man even bringing his own chair for his stay. >> i went for an hour, us >> most times maybe an hour plus. >> i come here to pick up packages and i wait for like two hours just to get a package. >>reporter: many customers turned right around when they saw the wait. some believe the post office needs more tellers, but say complaint as to management fall on deaf ears. when i tried talking to a supervisor is this happened. the postal service says the reason there's so much foot traffic at this office is because mail carriers can't sceurl in this neighborhood, so customers have to come here to pick them up. but residents say there has to be a better way. >> they don't even bother buzzing. i mean, i even have that on my amazon address, it says buzz, and then 35, and they don't do it. >> i just get a slip on the door. >>reporter: the line is

authorities tell us it was a total of four men and one woman between the ages of 44 and in poughkeepsie, ali bauman, cbs news. >>> police are searching for a brooklyn mother and her daughters reported missing on thursday. the nypd released these photos of jeanette smith and her daughters. >>> police are looking for a robbery suspect who stole a gold main from a 4-year-old front of a laundromat. witnesses have identified the thief as pablo escobar. this mug shot is recent. he was arrested last month on other charges. >>> police in new jersey are investigating how a toddler wandered away from a day care center. the alleged incident happened wednesday police say the 2-year- old girl with developmental disabilities was at a facility on prospect plans road. a good samaritan found her police say they were never notified that the girl was missing. the day care center would not comment. so far no charges have be filed. >>> a man races to safe his twin brother after a shooting in brooklyn. terrell henry was shot and killed early yesterday morning after leaving a bodega. witnesses say they saw henry's brothe

if they vote yes, it may take a little while but this in north babylon, ali bauman, cbs 2 news. >> if approved, the library says it will ask a nonprofit group to move the existing home off the property to be used as affordable housing for needy families or veterans. >>> let's talk about this weather. lonnie quinn here. when is this going to end? a lot of people are just sweating it out. >> you're going to have a long run of this type of weather. it's so muggy. we were talking. that air felt thick, right? it's even thicker out there right now. here's your picture. i'm going cloudy sky. feels like 89 degrees. you were feeling like the trip trip out there. if you take a look at how i think things will progress, no changes for the next five days. what's going on here? you have this high pressure offshore so storms are allowed to enter our area from the west. they can't leave because you have this blocking high pressure that's just going to repeat itself and repeat itself and repeat itself. it's going to be hot and can't make a clean sweep and get in and out. would you much rather have a q

ali bauman has the story. >> on two feet or four, riverside park is usually a peaceful walk for upper west siders. >> it feels very safe. beautiful, i forget i'm in new york. >> nypd now searching for the year-old woman walking her dog through the park near 107th street friday at around 5:20 in the morning. >> i wouldn't come down to this part of the park at 5 a.m. >> police say the man put her in a head lock and she hit him in the groin. he let her go but put her in head lock again and tried to kiss her opt lips. the woman bit him in the lip. women in the park applauding the victim for doing what they hope thewo courage to do if ever in that terrifying situation. >> that would be my gut reaction to just give him hell and hope for the best, but i think that's all you can do, fight or flight takes over. >> police describe the suspect as hispanic between 20 and 30 years old, muscular with brown curly hair. >>> the virginia teenage scaled the side of trump tower is facing charges and undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. 19-year-old steven regatta is trespassing. he used suction cups to r

cbs2's ali bauman is there live with the breaking details. >> reporter: that's right sources tell us the two men killed were father and son and you can see from the damage left behind the flames just store through their -- tore through the front porch here, the mayor of belmar confirming today that two people have died at 212 14th avenue. the mayor says this is a year- round rental. after the fire started at around 9:30 last night, it departments to finally put it out. the cause still under investigation. but the flames peeled paint and shattered through windows and ate through front beams. leaving the walls inside charred. we spoke with one neighbor who says he woke up to smoke. >> i didn't see any flames. what i saw was -- what i saw at that point in time was nothing but a billowing of smoke. you know. column of smoke going up ands the a shame that this has happened -- and it's a shame that that hassen this has happened because again it's one they rebuilt pretty much -- pretty much rebuilt from the ground up. >> reporter: the investigation continues as to what caused these flames y

ali bowman, -- bauman, cbs 2 news. >>> donald trump is defending the comments he made about parents who criticized him last week. clinton and tim kaine were campaigning in ohio today, but in between the talks with the voters, the democratic presidential candidate couldn't help but speak about the war of words, and the father at the center of the controversy ripped into his character. >> he's a black soul, and this leadership of this beautiful country. >> he doesn't know that. i saw him. he was very emotional and probably looked like a nice guy, to me. >> he has, throughout the course of his campaign, consistently insulted and demeaned individuals, groups of americans, people around the world, and one doesn't know where the bottom is. >> reporter: a pocket version of the u.s. constitution that he displayed during his speech is now a best seller on amazon. >>> police revealed the pilot's criminal history and a history of complaints against the balloon company after the crash yesterday. the critical clues that could shine a light on what went wrong. >> every time it rains, there's a huge p

from island park, long island, ali bauman, cbs 2. >> scully says his wife is recovering but she has three broken ribs and a fractured unwanted robo calls seem to be getting worse, even for people on the national do not call registry. the new technology that can weed out spam calls. >>> also ahead, cbs 2 demanding answers and getting action. what lawmakers are now doing about the computer glitches an long lines at the dmv office in new jersey. >>> plus an update on ad good deed at a local supermarket, a stranger offered cash to a woman in need. now the supermarket is also >>> going after a foul ball ended in an epic fail for a baseball fan in pittsburgh. watch as the fan in the crisp white t-shirt extends his arm to grab the ball, but he he had beer. his beer sails away. >> all over -- >> and the ball smacks him in the face. chile and cheese colors, it helps them blend in. those are the colors, right? pirates lost to the san diego padres 4-0. the fan lost, by the way, about $40 worth of food. >> it is a direct hit, the full plate of nachos. we've seen the beer go flying, stuff like that be