i have to thank brooklyn all the time what it's done for me. >> training in brooklyn has made him tough. and brendan had to be stronger than ever earlier this year when aneurysm. after surgery, she could barely walk or talk. but her fight to get better has inspired her son to chase his dreams. >> my mom has drove me to be the best i can be. after her surgery, she was like, brendan, i can't walk but you go out there and run for me. she keeps pushing me. i'm just grateful. >> reporter: brendan is the third olympian that has come from liu brooklyn under the tutelage of their coach who says he has what it takes to capture olympic glory. >> he has what it takes to win a gold medal. you don't send a athlete out there to say i'm running for second place or third place. the ultimate goal is to run for gold no matter who you're competing against. >> i thank everybody from brooklyn back home, to my mom will be so happy. >> i'm bruce beck. news 4 new york. >> what an inspirational story. now. opening ceremonies air here on news 4 thursday night. >>> thank you for having us. sports final starts rig

coming up just after 6:00, here's our camera in brooklyn. looking down toward the battery, 75-degreings, going to be a great start to your weekend. no showers to speak of. high pressure from the great lakes to new england. going to make for great weather. here's the way it should be. sunny, pleasant, 76 by what a nice morning here. 79 by 10:00 to 11:00. hour here. to upper 80s this afternoon and moderate humidity. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. what's going on out there? >> we have a lot of action on the roads. we'll go to the new york state throughway and show you a look southbound getting down toward exit 11. all lanes completely closed. southbound new york state throughway approaching exit is 1. it's an accident involving a tractor trailer that caught fire. so as we highlight the maps again, this is the southbound state throughway. all lanes subject to closure. now heading over to brooklyn, you still want to avoid that area of hamilton avenue at 3rd avenue. that's an overturned garbage truck and a debris spill to the bqe re

>> well, i play a banker in williamsburg brooklyn in 1973. and, i'm cursed with a photographic memory that the local mob boss tries to exploit for his benefit. i try to, keep on the straight-and-narrow but, but, they kind of manipulate me into doing bad things. >> is this a comedy or tragedy? certainly not a tragedy. but it does have its funny moments. there is so much authenticity to it. you know the real italian neighborhoods in the boroughs have a lot of life and comedy. >> i saw paul sorvino from "goodfellas." it felt a little bit "goodfellas" issue. >> that is the weight of paul sorvino. you associate everything with his iconicol authorship of a film. >> i want to see troy in action. >>> shall we. >> oh gosh. >> troy in the brooklyn banker opens friday. >> manny told you this. >> absolutely. he said he would take care of us too. >> you don't understand. i don't want anything, okay? this is not me. this is your problem. it is not my problem, benny. >> what the hell is going on out here. >> never mind. it is okay. >> what? so you look good

for a little girl, brooklyn had been taking a lot of crazy drugs and her life was very chaotic. brooklyn has been able to move to a place where she understands that she has a problem and that she's an addict. and that's not easy for someone at 18 years old. >> but i'm going to admit and say honestly that i -- it's not all out of my system. i know that for a fact because i crave drugs all the time in here. >> i guess i'll get started on this tattoo. >> day's boyfriend jack spell is in the men's substance abuse housing unit. but spell and his new cellmate are risking their ability to stay in the program by violating the rules. >> it was somebody i knew from the streets, my friend garrett. we kind of met through pills and stuff. >> garret has been tattooing spell using among other things a staple and pencil shavings. >> yes, this is a little tattoo parlor right here. >> it's not helpful to have a cellmate that i knew on the streets who was doing -- you know, living this other lifestyle with it. because we're sitting up here, talking and reminiscing about all the [ bleep ] we used t

. >>> breaking news in brooklyn. police are searching for the driver who they say took off after a crash that left two people dead. >>> much of new jersey is at risk of more flooding today after rains over the weekend left entire neighborhoods under water. >> a mysterious death in manhattan. a man found bruised under his bed. good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this first day of au >> i'm darlene rodriguez. storm team 4's raphael miranda is in for chris cimino this morning. good morning. >> another muggy and unsettled day ahead. chance for showers and storms. grab the umbrella on this monday. on the radar, nothing going on in the city. off to the south, heavy rain towards ocean county. thunderstorms as well. in central park, it's 70 degrees. visibility is good. lots of clouds and showers popping this afternoon and evening especially. temperatures below average. high back to the low 80s. when will all this rain end? we'll look at your ten-day forecast in a few. here's lauren scala with your commute. >> a couple things out

brooklyn battery tunnel exit. overturned tractor trailer, all lanes are closed. news c above the scene. they are trying to get rid of the cab and they have to clean up all of this and this is beer. lots and lots of beer. let's go over here, back to the maps. delays all it will way back to 6th avenue. four trains mechanical problems fixed. a-trains signal problems. long island, new jersey transit okay. delta, all flights grounded. if you are going the airport, problems reported. belt parkway, we have this unauthorized truck, a problem on 35th with construction, closure until 7:30, street cleaning rules in effect. >>> cleaning up the subways is a dirty job, someone has to do it. hello! it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. wait, wait, wait. but you can call me, banking assistance & registration technology. hi amy. thank you. thank you. that is not protocol manager jenna. that's ok bart, it is here. at td bank we do things

here's the bqe coming into the brooklyn bridge. the brooklyn bridge is doing just fine. you have your typical volume there. garden state parkway southbound near exit 138 accident cleared. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today >>> a dally shooting inside a deli in the bronx. >>> we are posting updates as we get them on our facebook page. >>> evacuations spreading by the thousands as a wildfire grows even larger in southern california. >>> and a plan to ease fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. ice this good. >>> nearly 10 square miles of silver lake. drought has left the area in incredibly dry shape. >>> a daycare owner is under arrest in connection with the death of a 2-mo

but brooklyn side gowanus traffic jammed approaching brooklyn battery tunnel an accident there blocking two of the center lanes. a for loik tunnel driving into the city normal delays. 20 minutes inbounds. holland and washington bridge five to ten. hi tina. first gold, second, bronze see how u.s. women continue dominating these olympic storelines as red, white, and blue sweep a podium in rio game and that's coming up in sports. >> plus latest in the entertainment world i singer ade is apologizing to her fans and she got on camera to actually make the big apology. good day is come right back stay with us. it is 6:43 it shall ? ? at the the lincoln summer invitation sales event, it's time to relax. from the moment you take your foot off the brake, the brake stays engaged and you stay put. taking the legwork out of stop and go traffic. and even hills. that's the more human side of engineering. this is the lincoln summer invitation, hurry in now to your dealer for limited time offers. s and just announced $1,000 summer invitation bonus. we love the new york state fair! two words.. piglet rac

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this way will bring you up the bqe in to the brooklyn bridge. the inbound side, northbound side, eastbound side is closed. southbound, you have the left of delays to go along with that. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. mass transit is doing okay. delta airlines with the flights grounded. check your carrier. >>> still ahead on eye witness news this morning, the pending lawsuit against irving plaza set to be filed by rapper troy av after he shot himself there. >>> alex rodriguez set to retire from the yankees but not good. when he will be in ?? ? 4 by 4 by land, 4 by 4 by sea ? ? 4 by 4 by air - 'cause i like to fly free ? ? 4 my country and how it all started out ? ? 4 the brave and every boy scout ? ? 4 doin' it yourself cuz you want it done right ? ? 4 by 4 the top down - stars keep ya up at night ? ? 4 by 4 every one of our seventy-five years ? ? 4 by 4 the wave - that's how we say 'cheers' ? >>> rapper troy sr is expected to file a lawsuit where he shot himself this year. the lawyers are expected to announce the suit agai

eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is live in downtown brooklyn. hey, diana. >> reporter: lori and rob, good morning. we are using a lot of energy with everybody trying to stay cool in this heat. the mayor will be holding a noon press conference at the office of emergency management to talk about the heat and excessive temperatures later today. that starts at noon. temperatures. air conditionings are running overnight putting a strain on the power grid. yesterday con edison said they reached a maximum high for energy usage at 12,000 megawatts citywide. today's intense heat, expected to be worse than yesterday, they anticipate record breaking power usage. they have tips to keep homes cool and cut down on the power use san. >> one simple tip that people can do is close their blinds or windows. about 40% of unwanted heat actually comes in through open windows. that is an easy way to conserve energy. >> reporter: new york city cooling centers will be open through sunday with extended hours. to find out where those are near you, call the city's 311 hotl

they say he was a father around brooklyn. now, his loved ones showed up here to the scene just a short time ago, so distraught that the mother of one of his eight children had to be carried away back into her vehicle. she actually collapsed upon seeing that 2007 mercedes-benz that he was shot inside around 1:00 this morning. brown wasn't alone inside of that vehicle. he was with a 22-year-old woman who was shot in the torso. brown, however, was transported to interfaith hospital where he was later pronounced dead from several gunshot wounds he sustained here at the scene. now, crime scene detectives have been going up and down the street. not only looking for shell casings but trying to figure out who would do something like this. that's something the mother of one of his children wants to know as well. >> >> how many children do you have? >> reporter: that woman very distraught and speaking. her father, however, tells us that ernest brown was actually shot a year ago in brooklyn. they say it was miraculous that survived that

>>> we have breaking news in brooklyn. a deadly double shooting, and hours later, the street is still blocked of learning about the 33-year-old man who was killed overnight. >> a robber caught on camera in the subway wearing an mta uniform. >> and concerns about zika spreading up the east coast after an outbreak of cases in florida. >>> first, breaking news on your commute. a deadly accident causing big trouble on route 3. we will go right to john del giorno. >> reporter: you can see the busy stretch west of new york the reverse commute. outbound on route 3, big delays here. an earlier accident happening around 5:00 this we are told apparently a person exited a moving vehicle here, westbound on route 3 before the new jersey turnpike, and this is just before the meadowlands, and police are on the scene. it's being tapered down to only one lane, and the far left open, and big delays back to secaucus, and rubber necking delays on the western spur of the turnpike to the meadowlands, and john del goirno. channel 7 eyewitness ne

and switching problems in brooklyn. we have coney island-bound "n" trains running local from barkley center to 59th street. alt faith in side parking is effect citywide. be safe, don't text and drive. >> thank you, alex. >>> an official crackdown on robo calls is under way. 30 companies are joining the u.s. government to form a robo call strike force, developing tools and solutions to block the automated phone calls. they're the number one consumer complaint to the fcc. >> no surprise there. >>> here's anthony mason and nora o'donnell now with a >> good morning. we start in miami with what students doing to protect themselves against zika as they head back to school this morning. >>> and the donald trump you didn't know. from claims of childhood bullying to people with the strongest influence on his life. the "washington post" journalist and authors of a new book will join us. >>> and basketball legend kareem abdul-jabbar is here in studio 57. we will see you in a few minutes. >> looking fwd to it. see you at 7:00. >>>

she in brooklyn. she told me she is defending herself this time. the problem with the city begin in january 2015 when someone reported the bunny colony in her backyard causing authorities to investigate mncs nearly 200 bunnies that were living in her backyard. i originally chase the story when it was happening. i was was there before the bunnies were taken away. what i saw in her backyard work cages and huts filled with bunnies. bunnies everywhere. she is facing is facing trial on charges of animal cruelty. i asked her about that. >> some people say it is animal cruelty for you to have them back there, so many many one place. >> know the rabbits are -- [inaudible] when i asked a question under the oath she was not able to speak. i have a transmit. >> in the urine have since the bunnies were seized she says that there has been a lot of false information. >> the group said they had sicknesses and of course a stupid story about sickness infecting rabbits. >> i spoke with the aspca and they are getting back to me with details on that. there were report

i'm a lottery aficionado news in brooklyn, two men killed in a terrible crash overnight. we are learning new information about one of the victims that search for the driver who caused this mayhem continues. high stakes rescue caught on camera when a teenager gets in to trouble in a national park. >>> demolition derby goes wrong. >>> we are going to look here exit 26, francis lewis boulevard, an accident being cleared away. street cleaning rules in effect for today. we will amy freeze is here for bill evans. no rain overhead, there are showers happening toms river, cell behind us. a flash flood watch in effect for north central new jersey in the city, you will need your when we became teachers, fortune. but i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. they've been negligent in their responsibility over the years of not funding this pension the way it should have been funded. they have made a promise, they've made a commitment, here's to the explorers. those diagnosed with cancer who d

brooklyn and queens, heading to nassau county. up around grand central hazy, stuffy in the low 90s by lunch. this afternoon humidity will feel like 105 to 110. there could be a thunderstorm. we will talk about the rest of the weekend coming up next. long island expressway is a dumpster fire. >> this is true. look at route 80. looks like a parking lot and this is because of an accident involving a tractor trailer. we head to the maps. 80 near exit 58. and a fuel spill. two lanes are closed down. if that fuel spill gets bigger, they have to close down 80 to sand the roadway. overturned dump truck. grand central parkway west citi field an accident. westbound on the l.i.e. an accident. 5 trains signal problems at morris park and street cleaning rules are in effect today citywide. lori and rob, over to you. >> thank you, heather. >>> in new video that we got a brutal assault on an elderly man. what is behind the unprovoked attack. >> also, intense flames inside of a refinery. the questions lingering over exactly what caused it. >> outr

what is brooklyn bizarre?s into a graffiti artist and local organizer who has a mission to bring art to the streets. >> usually when you get a mural with your face on it, you're dead. i'm very much alive and well. ali: i see. got it. >> it is better for me to put these things up all over the neighborhood as development is growing and demand is so high. rather than looking at boarded things, i would rather look at art. ali: yeah, yeah. exactly. >> if you look, they will write over everything other than the art. ali: yeah, that is true. it is good that they respect that, you know. narrator: while ali isn't involved in street art anymore, it's not hard to see the traces in his work. this painting is from 2008, where graffiti art seems to confront the persian miniatures. many artists make sketches in preparation for the big paintings. ali is turning that idea on its head. he is making charcoal drawings, some of them quite graffiti-like, derived from parts of his bigger oil paintings. this painting is taken from a

it's a street in the heart of brooklyn heights lined with mansions. cbs 2's emily smith has the tour. ?[ music ]? this five-story brooklyn heights brownstone has a typical traditional jim cornell gave us the tour. >> the kitchen as you can see, there are many, many feet of marble, countertop, this is statute wear marble. if you look up, this is a nautilus shaped spiral staircase. it's got a mahogany handrail here and then the stair treads are i believe the same five inch white oak that the rest of the flooring in the house is. >> reporter: dining room seats 10 easily. >> this is a very sort of informal sitting room. this would be great for if you were having a casual dinner up here and you wanted to retire here after dinner with your guests. there's a much more formal living room in the front of the house that we'll go to in a minute. ?[ music ]? >> this is the formal living room. >> i counted three-family rooms/living rooms so of. >> that's right. you will find a place to hang out in this house. >> reporter: plenty of room for guest this is here with

brooklyn. what police are saying about the investigation. >>> why police are in trouble and not the driver. cbs this morning at 5:00 begins in 90 seconds. t for only $7 a, rid-x helps break down waste. >>> it is 5:00, and we have got temperatures until the 70s on this monday, the first day of august, and it's a warm day ahead with the chance of >>> nypd officers threatened over their own radio frequency. >>> the search for a driver who struck and killed two pedestrians. >>> good morning i'm chris wragge. >> and i'm mary calvi. >>> heart break in brooklyn after a hit-and-run driver fatally mowed down two people. >> driver abandoned his took off. magdalena doris is live from the scene. >> reporter: good morning. friends are arriving on scene, telling us about the victims. they were walking home after hanging out at a bar just up the street when they were struck and killed by the vehicle. police say the driver of the silver car got out and started to run after he saw what happened, and he did not

tonight dana takes us into brooklyn where you might find some real surprises. >> reporter: brooklyn is a diverse borough with endless food options. along eighth avenue and sunset park, you might be surprised to find brooklyn's very own chin chinatown. rene is the executive director of the sunset park business improvement district, and the past 40 years. she says in the 1980s, it felt as though brooklyn chinatown developed overnight. >> we watched it from going empty store to empty store to 24/7. there's people there all the time. every store has got some kind of business in it. and the best thing for us actually was the food. >> reporter: and the food is as authentic as it gets, according she invited us to scarf down chicken and broccoli. >> we bring it here and share it with the neighborhood. it's special for the food. >> reporter: and just 20 blocks away, here we are in the heart of bay ridge where locals say there's a strong irish community with a pub on almost every corner. irish food is comfort food. lots of meat and we got to try some. customers say skin flint's irish pub has bee

live in cyprus hill it is section of brooklyn this morning. back over to you. >> liz dahlem thank you very much. one roughly handled by a new york city police officer. >> complaint against police saying a uniformed officer bare hugged it him lifted him up off the ground and slammed him against gate that happened he says sashed at the governor morris house it is in claremont section of the bronx. he was trying to break of an argument between neighbors. the officer reportedly said blake put a hand had on him and apologized after the incident. the nypd says it is reviewing that complaint. all righty let's talk some business with fox. lauren simonetti who is celebrating the birthday of one of the biggest names in the music industry. mtv kids. : audrey got the quiz right that first video that ever aired on mv was video kill the radio star by the buggles. >> second? >> wall of pat benatar change the way we listen to and viewed music. so turns 35 today but do you remember a 30th birthday celebration isn't being like 30 bigger than 35 in terms celebra

johnny is over brooklyn looking back over lower manhattan. see the clouds there to the north and east. you get a nice look at manhattan there governor's island in the lower left and a good picture of the battery and the brooklyn bridge and the ninth street, good visibility here. between 800 and 1200 feat beautiful shot. in high definition. we have clouds and showers looking at a few more of those for a couple more hours. 90% humidity, 73 degrees the temperature. yesterday's high was 85, 83 is normal. 7:49 the sunset, it is going to be pretty. showers continue for a few more hours this morning. thunderstorms come in sunday evening. big game changer for next week when it is going to be cool and start of school. good air quality index a 9. mid 70s right now. 72 down the jersey shore. we are looking at a light to calm wind, not much of that out there the wind will start developing, kind of pick up out of the west northwest later on. showers coastal connecticut, long island, the back edge ever that is eastern pennsylvania, western jersey. clearing

over in brooklyn heights, now you can see the clouds filling in overhead. we are going to see more clouds during the course of the afternoon. and a chance for a thunderstorm. it's a really pretty mix of sun and clouds though around the area as far as temperatures go. well, it's hot. we have the heat and humidity here. and the read there is with the mobile weather lab -- reading there with the mobile weather lab right there with 86 of it's a telltively right -- relatively light wind. the view from brooklyn to the park, we have, well partly cloudy skies 866 degrees here as well and winds are calm and relative humidity at 61%. 82 in greenwich and feels warmer. 83 in the hamptons and look at babylon and belmar though at 87. numbers are down maybe a degree or two. but dew points are way up there in the 70s and when you factor the math in, we're going to have the real feel numbers in the mid 90s and dew points are up two to eight degrees from yesterday. it's back up tomorrow and thursday. uv still high. air quality moderate. and humidity on the rise. that one sto

brooklyn itself is "another brooklyn" now-- gentrified, with whites moving back in.s she always wants ta tell the bigger story, beyondte her characters. it's always been me in the context of the bigger world, and the context of the greater good, and the context of what is this story trying to say, and why is it trying to say it, and what does it mean to someone outside of this experience. so even as i'm creating the characters, and putting them on the page, and having them movepa around, i'm thinking what does it mean when i put four black girls on the page, what is it going to mean when it goes out o into the world, how are they going to be represented, how are they going to be digested, and what is my responsibility in all of that? >> brown: jacqueline woodson now has another responsibility: lasa year the poetry foundation named her young people's poet laureate. from brooklyn, new york, i'mly jeffrey brown for the pbsbr newshour. >> sreenivasan: you can see jacqueline woodson read herue poem, "bushwick history lesson" on our website at: pbs.org/newshour. >> ifill:

allison: a new golf game in brooklyn. reporter: welcome to shipwrecked a mini golf course in brooklyn. based in a warehouse, have a unique experience. >> we wanted to mix theater and miniature golf. and a new experience for folks. >> i love the interaction. >> the course is really user friendly for kids that have never played. >> the kids love it. reporter: some of the holes have a new york city theme. right now you will take the subway into brooklyn. 80% of the materials used are recyclable. >> we ended up taking recycled films that that would've gone in the garbage and modify them to fit us here at the miniature golf it sounds like shipwrecked is a and check this out. this is a grandmother celebrating her 100 birthday with a game of your palm. everyone looks on in amazement. the video has gotten thousands of views. they do not move onto cake stands or anything [laughter] steve: you have to keep your mind sharp. allison: you have to get there first. steve: take care, we will see okay, we've got power to the laser. i shou

a search is underway for the missing brooklyn family. >>> smoke coming off one of the guys, actually. one of the guys that was laid out. >> a lightning strike in a poughkeepsie park. >> >>> it was rod's career. >>> good morning. it is 6:00 on this saturday, august 13th. i'm andrea grymes. >> and i'm cindy hsu. the day's top stories are straight ahead. first the dangerous heat remains today. meteorologist vanessa murdock is here with the latest. >> we have an excessive heat warning in effect today. for most of us it will feel it will be the worst feels like day of the summer out there. let's see where we start off this morning. we have temperatures for the most part in the 70s and low 80s. 83 is our normal high for today. 77 right now in the hampton. it's 73 in andover. 81 in central park. looking really good out there right now. we have winds out of the southwest. nay are pumping in the heat and enhanced humidity for toda mid70s. this is nearly unprecedented. these are incredibly high dew point levels. the higher the dew point the more uncomfortable it feels out there. when we get int

this is by the brooklyn battery tunnel exit, that's where all lanes are closed . tr big mess happened around 4:00 this morning so track traffic backed up from the verrazano bridge as you head toward the brooklyn battery tunnel area all traffic diverges off a side street and onto union street so anything past union street moving fine, it's before the brooklyn battery tunnel you have this delay. let's go to our cameras, take a look at the bqe heading toward the coast is clear here between atlantic avenue heading toward the brooklyn bridge. george washington bridge upper-level, a 15 or 20 minute delay. if you want to take the lincoln tunnel, a 30 minute delay. duke is here with big news and sports. >> coming up in sports, a-rod will play his last game of the yankee friday night. he was emotional at the press conference yesterday. might not be his last game ever. we will hear from alex after the break. >>juliet: bad reviews keep fans ofsuicide squad away from the theaters, it set a record in the box office . >>carrie: time now 6:42 on this when we became teachers, the

a man in brooklyn. gerald cummings was approached by four men on snyder avenue after 10:00 last night. cummings was shot in the head several times and rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. >>> a queens jogger found dead in howard beach was remembered at a candlelight vigil. friends and neighbor's say they're shocked to hear about the death of 30-year-old karina vetrano. jogging through a marsh yesterday. her father usually jogged with her but he wasn't feeling well tuesday afternoon so she went running alone. >> her life taken out like that because she went for a jog in the afternoon. doesn't make sense. she was traveling the world. she was in the prime of her life. >> reporter: an autopsy found vetrano was strangled and may have also been sexually assaulted. >>> hurricane earl is weakening as it moves inland. hurricane force. now clocked at 75 miles per hour. just hours ago, the category 1 storm came ashore in belize. earl is expected to dump up to a foot of rain as it moves towards the

no one was injured. >>> drivers lined up for free gas in brooklyn this morning. a church in crn the gas and organized the give-away. miracle center international planned to fill up at least 150 cars. the pastor says they are simply trying to spread love. >> we just want to put a smile on the faces of the people just to let them know that jesus loves them. people are going through difficulties and hard times. sometimes a kind gesture like this let's them know that we're out there. >> i'm sure the drivers were smiling. >> absolutely. >>> how about this, new york city summer streets program returned to manhattan today. from the brooklyn bridge to central park and then park avenue were closed to cars so people could go out and, well, have fun. biking up and down the stretch was one of the more popular activities. an obstacle course for dogs was one of the special events there as well. summer streets returns next saturday and the saturday after that. >> always a good time. >> checking out the course there, wasn't he. u this evening for jeff smith. we love having you h

from atlantic avenue to the brooklyn bridge you should have no problems. lincoln tunnel into the city, 15 minute delay, holland, george washington bridge 5 minutes. gunmac police would like your backpack thief. gunmac detective say this guy walked behind a man, put a sharp object to the man's neck and ran off with the victims backpack. it happened early last tuesday morning in harlem at the 125th st. saint nicholas avenue stop, the victim suffered minor injuries but is okay. gunmac a long island engineering firm cheating sandy victims out of money. pled guilty to is not guilty to fraud, forgery and practicing engineering without a license, project manager at high-rise engineering which is a firm hired by insurance companies to evaluate damage from sandy in 2012. he and his company illegally changed home damage inspection reports to make it look like structural damage to a home was not caused by sandy. the client will fight the charges. >> is completely innocent, he vindicated in court. gunmac robert: eric schneiderman has uncovered evidence of other allege

eric adams telling eyewitness news they're looking in to the one brooklyn fund. but adams insists he's done nothing wrong and says he's cooperating. n.j. burkett with the story. he's at brooklyn borough hall for us. >> that's right, borough hall is question tonight is this. did the borough president use rent collected from this building to fund his non-profit foundation? tonight the borough president in an eyewitness news interview says the answer is simple. >> our records are very clear and it shows the two separate accounts and shows every dollar that came in and how each dollar was spent. >> reporter: eric adams says the answer is no. the rent money paid for office space in brooklyn borough hall go to his nonprofit foundation but the borough president confirms tonight agents with the department of investigation are pouring over business records from his one brooklyn fund. the foundation established by adams to help pay for community programs for kids and seniors. at issue, whether money for his foundation comes at least in part from rent collected for office s

low flying helicopters as they treat non-residential areas of staten island, bronx, queens, and brooklyn. they'll bow back out there again the most spectacular pathways in new york city, but alas, peace is sometimes elusive on the iconic brooklyn bridge. the bike and pedestrian promenade is typically overcrowded. so why can't it be winded? tonight, it can be. here's josh einiger. >> reporter: if you're the kind of jaded new yorker who gets hives at the thought of walking around times square, well, have you seen the brooklyn bridge lately? >> it's the best bridge ever. ever. marvel of engineering has been overrun by tourists brandishing selfie sticks and maps, by baby strollers, by hucksters galore. >> we're kind of like squished like tomatoes. >> reporter: they found the ancient walkway a tad cozy and not all that friendly. >> the people on the bikes. they're almost going to run you over if you don't get out of it because they're in your way. >> reporter: he was a tourist when he arrived from ireland eight years ago. now he's just trying to get to work on a path that hasn't grown in 133

live from downtown brooklyn, sarah wallace. news 4 new york. >> thank you. >>> the white house is denying a $400 million payment ton earlier this year, that it was a ransom for the release of four american prisoners. the state department had announced the settlement terms on january 17th. that was one day after the americans were freed, but it says the money was part of a larger sum owed to iran over a failed arms deal dating back to 1979. >> the military equipment as it relates to this $400 million was 1979 because the shah of iran was overthrown. >> secretary of state had said while the two were not directly related, he believed the diplomatic process was eased cue to the nuclear talks. >>> the cdc expanded its travel warnings into the caribbean today. kerry sanders in miami where people are taking ext kerry? >> reporter: natalie, it's all about making sure that you are vigilant. that means using bug spray. and we have seen lots of people out here using repellant, wearing long sleeves, and it is 91 degrees. they're also doing

in our next half hour, overcrowding on the brooklyn bridge. a new plan to ease pedestrian congestion, but can the iconic landmark support the 5:00. >>> but, first, citi bike fight. bikes have been rolled out in a dedicated play street and neighbors say they don't want them. this morning cbs 2 demanding fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things fferently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. >>> it is 4:55. welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning. 73 degrees already this morning. we'll have traffic and weather on the 2s coming up in just a forecast for today. >>> but, first, city bike is rolling into another manhattan neighborhood and some i

that is what we're getting in brooklyn. this is beverly. she's in brooklyn and that it's 81 degrees where she is and she's giving us the rain icon. her common moderate rain and falling temperatures in bath beach, brooklyn and that is pretty much similar to what we're seeing across the board as we head into the lower hudson valley where we have seen some of the heavier rain. this is adam in middletown. it's 72 degrees, again, with the a good steady rain with falling temperatures and decreasing humidity. a win-win. and that humidity falls majorly behind the system and we'll get to that in a second. >>> first, we're taking a live look outside. it's gray out there. tons of clouds, light rain, 75 degrees at this moment and this is what you can expect. the rain comes to an end from west-east the with the passenger and the cold front. we'll have clearing skies overnight tonight and then really, some prefreshing air in -- refreshing air in place we'll be in the 50s. talk about refreshing. so 86 degrees. that was our high temperature today. four deg

crest 3d white. >>> breaking in brooklyn. police identify the victim deadly double shooting in the last half an hour. the uptaint the search for the kill her morning. >>> dramatic new video of a deadly crash involving a truck in new jersey. it's an eyewitness news exclusive. >> crews were spraying for mosquitoes overnight, and we are live with details on the historic travel warning due to >> and i'm lori stokes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic with jeff smith. >> reporter: we have been watching the shower activity well north of new york city. we have a flood advisory now in effect for north eastern sullivan county right now at6:45. northern sullivan and orange county. cloud-to-ground lightning over north eastern orange county, into south western parts of newburg. also storms over central and northern parts of fairfield county, and connecticut could have downpours all the way down to bridgeport in the next hour or so. radar estimates are 1-2 inches of rain over sullivan county, and that's why

to brooklyn. got a lot of moisture, humidity a hot and humidity period of weather, heat advise have i in effect. >> reporter: you see our camera in brooklyn looking over to one world trade and wall street. 80 degrees, high humidity. normal high is 83. 90 as a high today. you add on the humidity to that and that is what makes it feel uncomfortable. heat advisory in effect for the five boroughs. the thunderstorm risk through right around sunset. with this real feel 105 to 107 possible. air quality good the pollen count low. temperatures around 80 to start your day. a hot day today with the humidity and the 70, 80% range starting out. it will make it feel uncomfortable today with the real feel around 100. a high-risk of rip currents at the beaches so be ready for that today. heat advisory in effect through saturday, heat warning in there you see the rim, of this high pressure rim. one or two thunderstorms. you have to be on the lookout for that late in the day. each day, today tomorrow saturday and s

it is about an inch per hour in brooklyn. noted -- notice in parma headed your way, that is 3 inches notice in parma headed your way, that is 3 in./h. that is torrential rainfall. stay off the roads. rates have shifted. energy has moved farther south and the heaviest rainfall is moving out from centre city. some very heavy rain when driving here in lakewood. again, headed toward cleveland. it is about 10 to 15 minutes out. also watching some thunderstorms a little farther south in wayne county. a lot of lightning flower -- showers with this. he will fill the thunderstorms pick up any minute now as we continue to watch sales here to the north pick heights, seven hills, willow and this will continue to shift east. the -- severe thunderstorm warning until 5:15 pm. it will likely be expended as that rain is slow going and causing problems even bringing down trees and power lines as it begins its track east. >>> tonight severe weather coming as people are still struggling to clean up the mess caused two nights ago. a microburst up

. >>> a plan to possibly alter an icon perhaps expanding the brooklyn bridge? >>> and calls to bring in cougars to control new jersey's deer population, would the state ever go for it? >>> one of the nicest things about the weather today is how low the humidity is. that's going to change,ly tell ? ? ? you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. ? ? ? we love the new york state fair! two words.. piglet races! wine slushees. bonding time. fried everything! there's so many bands. the bands! those pigs are just so cute! cheesecake, on a stick. a rollercoaster! the great new york state fair just got greater. from august 25th to september 5th in syracuse, new york. order tickets before opening day for just $6. it's all here, it's only here. >>> tragic death of a 10 year- old boy at a kansas city water park, caleb shaub was riding down the water slide sunday when something went terribly wrong. the body was found lying on the ground. no one said huh how he died. the slide, drops 170 feet, has been closed

back out here live, this latest attack a scare for women here in brooklyn. you may remember similar attacks in recent months. just last month, a woman was raped inside her apartment after a man broke in. in june, a woman evaded being raped, but was slashed in the neck. we're live in brooklyn checkey beckford, news 4 new york. >>> a driver is recovering from minor injuries after a car slammed into an apartment complex in new jersey. police say that driver lost control, crashing through the column and the front windows of a home. right now officials inspecting the damaged area. no word yet on what exactly caused the driver to lose control. >>> police are still trying to determine what motivated the associate. today, nypd's chief of detectives say morrell's cell phone and social media accounts don't hold any clues about the motives. they talked to morrell's family and friends who say they are baffled by the allegations. >>> decision 2016. now a shakeup in leadership of the trump campaign. also new this afternoon trump classified intelligence briefing. natalie p

saturday looks a little good look at the man who robbed two homes in brooklyn. police say the suspect got into a home on lauten street in bushwick and stole a laptop and cash two weeks ago. he allegedly stole packages from the lobby. the same suspect stole a cell phone through an open window in the neighborhood earlier in the month. anyone who recognizes this man is asked to call the nypd. >>> new tonight, a bizarre incident has landed one kimbell of newtown deflated the tires on a car that belonged to a student who parked in his parking space. apparently school security told the teenager to park there because the student parking lot was full. kimbell is now facing reckless endangerment charges and he is due back in court next week. >>> the public service commission approved a plan today to generate half the state's power from renab the year 2030. it's an ambitious plan mirrored by california. it will kick start solar and wind energy projects. >>> "cats" is back on broadway getting a second life. the revival of broadway's second longest running show opened last

that's the latest live from downtown brooklyn. back to you. >> jen maxfield in downtown brooklyn. thank you very much, jen. >>> right now two robbery respondents are on the run in queens. police say they used some kind of taser victims. while we don't get a great view of his face, police say he and his men are responsible for three robberies. in some cases they approached the victim from behind and used something that contained a strong electrical current right on their back. >>> a violent attack in the bronx and police say the thief was not after the money. >>> it's the fried foods at the texas state fair that will they may turn your stomach. >> depending on what you're in the mood for. "weather and traffic on the 4s" is coming up. you're watching "today in new maybe almond breeze tastes so good because it's the only almondmilk made with california blue diamond almonds. but if you ask our almond growers... there's no maybe about it. the best almonds make the best almondmilk. >>> welcome back, looking at the belt parkway, 73 degrees. >> looking at the heartbreaking floods in louis

it featured some of the best soul man william bell and brooklyn's own taran. the vendors certainly did business today. it was a perfect afternoon to enjoy all of that outside. >> good soul food, soul music. >> yeah. >>> we have to showing you something before we get to lee goldberg. take a look at the newest edition of the eyewitness news family. that would be jordan smith, the son of jeff smith and his wife little boy. look at that. >> gorgeous. >> that is great. >> jeff's life changed forever. >> yes, incompetent deed. >> no more golfing, no more sleeping. >> don't even tell him that. >> he could be playing nine right now. we don't know that. >> i don't think so. >> that is going to be one smart child. he is already doing calculus, i bet. >> he probably has a good golf >> we will see if my kids drive me crazy. outside it is a beautiful afternoon. very little evidence of the downpour we got a couple hours ago. sunshine over lower manhattan. many of you may be asking are we done for the night. in many places we are. just a few showers left over in a few places

we found a bar that's serving up a taste of rio in brooklyn. we're hanging out with ivy mix in cobble hill brooklyn and cocktails. >> we want to celebrate rio, brazil, and other cultures being represented. this is brazil's drink. fresh lime and sugar is delicious. put chocolate in it and it's more delicious. we put a lime into quarters. we take normal sugar and a big spoonful and put it in. we give that a little bit of a muddle. i'm the sweetness goes well with the lime. two ounces of that. then you add ice and shake it up. >> reporter: that is so refreshing on a hot day. >> this is cool because we're doing this and tequila. we put a little mint in there you put a little sugar in watermelon juice and a little vodka to stabilize it. we have jalapeno infused tequila. this is the white. this drink is the say anything. the last cocktail is really popular in brazil because it's hot. it's a frozen of coconut milk and cream, lime juice, vanilla syrup, a little passionfruit and we're going to do this again. this one is the maiden name. it's our hour sp

brooklyn bridge going over in to brooklyn. construction blocked at least two lanes. head up to the manhattan bridge instead to get yourself around that problem. then taking a look here at hill crest road, this is in watchm, southbound doing water main break[h8 there. if you normally drive on to 78, you take local lanes to get there, local roads, you want to keep this one in mind and then 2s you washington bridge construction has 0.0 alternate side of the street parking rules aren?ot: >>> it's 4:50. the chiropractorb+ accused of sexually assaulting some of his patients. sexual contact charges7 lewdness. two female patients claimed the 45-year-old doctor who irby spine care assaulted them during treatment. a third patient claims she was inappropriately touched by irby. >>> a driver accused of hitting and killing two men in brooklyn: has beeng-z 21-year-old efrin lanfranco-perez=ku including leaving scene of a deadly accidenth?s: ?k hit and killed israel turcios and del mar maldenado monday in cypress hills, then got out of his car and ran away. >>> 4:51. the parents of

safety concerns for pedestrians and bike lifts might force a change on the brooklyn bridge. >> the city busier than ever, and record numbers of tourist crowding streets and landmarks. the tight walkway across the and that has the city thinking about expanding the historic promenade, changing the appearance of the iconic bridge. news 4 has more from lower manhattan. andrew? >> reporter: well, you're exactly right. what a recipe for congestion. a record number of tourists, a record number of cyclists, all on a very famous bridge. today the city said it's time to start thinking about doing something about those crowds. on the city's most famous crowd does it get? >> super disgustingly crowded. >> reporter: sarah of park slope said a surge of cyclists and tourists has jammed up her daily walk across the brooklyn bridge. >> usually i'm getting slapped in the face by tourists using selfie sticks. >> reporter: many blame the bikes which whiz by within inches of people's arm and legs. >> i think they come down here too fast sometimes. it's not necessary. this is a pedestrian walk. >> there's a

big accident there from the tipped over by the brooklyn battery exit, that right lane getting through but traffic backed up to 38 street on the gowanus so far this morning. you see the pre-police activity,southbound side not affected with this accident on the northbound side. train doing great, no problem with that, e on a close. terry and juliet, you will tell us about delta . >>carrie: delta airlines grounded all its flights due to a computer outage . >>juliet: flight operating normally butthose waiting to board are being delayed this morning several passengers posted on twitter reporting problems with check-in and boarding. and on to delta responded that its system was down everywhere . it hasreplied to some passengers saying the airline hope the outage will be fixed soon. we will keep keep an eye on this story. >>juliet: traveling is so powerful and passionate words from the parents of a murdered woman from queens . >>carrie: and kathy vetrano vallen to find their daughter's killer and that justicewill be served area we are live in howard beach with the latest and liz, this was an

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