christine sloan, cbs2 news. >>> christine thank you. now if you have stepped outside today you know the heat is still on steamy and sticky and now storms are in the forecast. people headed to brooklyn heights promenade for some relief by the water and hopefully a cool breeze off the east river. it looks nice right now but john elliott is on storm watch and he's tracking it all from the weather center. john? >> good afternoon cindy. hi everybody. so yeah you're right. heat is on. and the numbers as far as the that doesn't tell the whole tale. the heat index is 91 right now. we have a heat index of 98 in toms river. heat advisory continues until 10:00 p.m. for the city and much of central and southern new jersey. with those real feel numbers between 95 and really 100 plus. one active cell right now, this is some moderate rain in through parts of ulster county. that's about it for the time being. you can get a sense of a break. it's the winat the south bringing in that warm air and those higher dew points. this is the front we're waiting a

christine sloan is live with the developing story. have they caught up? >> reporter: they are trying to, dana, there has been lots of cancellations, 360 flights, lots of delays, some waiting as much as 7 hours right in the middle of the busy summer travel season. >> this is outrageous. >> reporter: frustrated delta lines, going nowhere, at newark liberty international airport, only the be told their flights canceled, airline officials say an overnight power outage at the airlines atlanta hub causing a system wide computer failure affecting everything from screens to ticketing, advocacy group says the system should not be this vulnerable. >> it's surprising the airline did not have a back up to their computer system that simple power failure in ta take them down worldwide. >> we got delta teams working around the clock to restore our system capabilities. i'm sure you can appreciate, it's a all hands on deck effort. >> reporter: check the status of your flight before coming to the airport right now, all flights can be changed for free. christine sloan, cbs

christine sloan reports. >> reporter: a resident stands in front of a fire department that had to take these american flags off trucks. >> we're going to wave the flag so if they won't hang it on the trucks, the commissioners won't do it they are we are going to stand out [ sirens ] >> reporter: firefighters with the arlington district in the town of poughkeepsie furious, too. they are seen here during a ceremony putting away the flags after they were ordered to remove them from the back of trucks. >> i was very disappointed when the board members that were against having the flags on the vehicles gave me the directives to have them removed. >> reporter: the removal order coming from the fire board of commissioners, joe armstrong who didn't want to talk to us one of three who voted for the voted for the flag to be taken off? [ door closes ] >> reporter: the board's chairman stands by his decision saying, the flags pose a danger to drivers on the road if they fly off and to firefighters climbing up and down trucks. he says two of the flags were just too big. >> for example, one flag is

cbs 2's christine sloan has the story. >> reporter: pregnant women in our area on edge because of the zika virus. many canceling vacations to florida and the caribbean. >> i'm actually from puerto rico, too, so i have family that are there that i want to visit and i can't go. >> reporter: some airlines including united offering refunds to zika-affected areas because of the cdc travel warning. >> we checked the cdc website. while zika-carrying mosquitos only found in the u.s. in a small north miami neighborhood, everyone needs to be cautious especially in their backyards to prevent mosquitos not known to transmit zika in our area but could be capable of it from breeding. that means getting rid of standing water everywhere from trash cans to lids. >> it could be in a bottle cap turned ump side down with a little bit of water in it -- little bit of water in it. >> it could be old tires. >> reporter: it's not just standing water that attracts mosquitos but also grass, weeds and vines. they use these areas to rest on hot days so keep everything trimmed. do you do anything to stay safe from

cbs2 kristine johnson with more on -- christine sloan with more that has tempers flaring. >> reporter: long lines wrapping around several motor vehicle agencies in new jersey including in lodi. customers forced to stand on sidewalks for hours in the heat after the wait some never making it inside where the lines are just as long. it's happening all the time say drivers like this woman who stood in this massive line last week caused by a computer >> reporter: did you go in? >> no. >> reporter: on our quest for answers, more nightmare stories. this man on his third trip in a week to the agency takingoff work every time. >> i came back thursday around 4:00. they close at 5:30. the same thing. >> i came here saturday, but it wrapped around the building twice. >> reporter: i reached out to the motor vehicle police commission. a spokesperson declined an on- camera interview saying it is the beginning of the mont they're very busy inside. the reason for these long lines. despite what the commission tells us on the phone, drivers tell us that it is happening constantly and randomly, not at en

cbs 2's christine sloan is live in newark with new information. christine. >> reporter: dick, a female passenger has died and the driver of one of the buses is dead at the scene. he was a 27 year veteran of critical condition and five others in serious condition here at universit hospital. take a listen to what happened this morning. twisted metal, passengers trapped after two nj transit buses collide in newark during the morning commute. >> the light changed and the other bus t-boned the 13 knocking it into the air. >> reporter: people at the bus stop taking matters into their own hands before paramedics arrived. >> me and a couple of er the windows and pull, like, pieces of the chairs and stuff out of the bus to get to the people. >> reporter: inside nj transit bus 13, more than two dozen passengers including [indiscernible name] injured and trying to get out. >> i was in the back so i see the bus when the bus come to the middle. >> reporter: you can see him on the bus rolling cell phone video seconds after the >> yes. very fast. going very fast.

cbs 2's christine sloan is demanding answers from new jersey governor chris christie. >>reporter: customers waiting in wrapping around -- waiting in lines wrapping around customer services bureaus in new jersey, some taking the day off work because of computer failures. we took our issues to the the problems at the motor vehicle b4vt: in line, being sent home? >> christine, a couple of things. i'd like to urge the public, i know this may be a vain attempt to not wait until the last three days of the month to do what you need to do. >>reporter: customers say it's not just the end of the month or the beginning. a lot of customers we talked to say it's random, it's the computer outages. it's not just confined to the end of the month. >> christine, the numbers just don't prove that off. >>reporter: he says it was because of offices and he's appointed a new figured out the cause of the crash of the antiquated computer system. >> because we've so modernized and invested more in the mdc, it was not catching up to the state's main frame. the state's main frame is older. >>repo

we are live section of the bronx christine sloan cbs2 news. >> thank you. new information in the murder mist rift new york city google employee who was killed while jogging in massachusetts. police are now asking for the public's help to find whoever did it. the body of 27-year-old vanessa marcott was found sunday near her mother's home in princeton. she went out for a run and did not return. investigators are not sure if the attack was random or if she was targeted. have seen anything suspicious to come forward. this attack on the one that left the young woman in queens dead is making safety top of mind especially for women out running alone. coming up at 6:00, tracee carrasco talks to self-defense experts about what you should do if you're attacked. >>> campaign 2016, donald trump taking criticism tonight after some comments he made at a rally this afternoon. a supporter that appeared at hi cbs2 dana tyler with more now. >> reporter: during the speech in wilmington, north carolina this afternoon, donald trump was talking about hillary clinton choosing sup

live on the east side, christine sloan, cbs2 news. >>> was it a hate crime? fireworks thrown on the rockland county. now police are trying to figure out why. alice gainer has more from new city. >> reporter: this tree went up in flames tuesday night after someone through fireworks on the property here on tarryhill drive. >> my daughter said she heard a loud book and said ma, someone is throwing firecrackers on our lawn. she heard a loud loom. she said marks the tree is on fire. >> reporter: the home belongs to the family of rabbi [indiscernible name] of nearby chabad lebovitc. another rabbi shows us a spot in his driveway where a firework was also thrown around 10:30 on tuesday night on phillips hill road. it landed under a parked car. police recovered the m98 firework remnants at both locations. >> we heard a very loud boom outside the front door. we ran outside. there was a lot of smoke and dust. >> reporter: both attacks happened within moments of each other and within feet. at this home. the adl held a rally this afternoon with local leaders condemning it

christine sloan reports from warren county. >> reporter: in new jersey, residents in this rural town in warren county say they see a lot of bears. >> there's one really big one, um, some say it's about three, four hundred pounds. they do get pretty big. >> reporter: do they usu walkway or do they go about their business? >> they go about their business, pretty much. >> reporter: but a 58-year-old man who lives in this house on county route 627 made a 911 call wednesday morning telling police a 500-pound bear swatted him as he fed a cat on his side porch. the division of fish and wildlife spent the morning investigating looking in the yard, police say finding no evidence of a bear attack. >> the laceration that was on laceration. can i say if it was from a 500- pound bear? absolutely not. >> reporter: this guy says he was attacked by a bear and it doesn't appear to be a bear. what was it? >> i don't know. at this point, it's too early to tell. i would not call this a bear attack. >> reporter: investigators say the cat food wasn't touched, either. the man is being kept at the hospital

they are so thankful this afternoon that they were sitting in the back o we're live in newark, christine sloan cbs2 news. >>> thank you. new information ryan lochte says he is sorry for triggering an international incident with his false story of being robbed at gunpoint. cbs2's ben tracy has more from rio. >> ryan lochte says he's learned some valuable lessons. want to apologize for my last weekend. he goes on to say it's traumatic to be out late with your friends in a foreign country with a language barrier and have a stranger point a gun at you and demand money. several security cameras captured what happened early sunday morning. lochte and his teammates disappeared down this walkway leading to the bathrooms. they're seen lingering behind a wall and pulling down what appears to be a poster. when they attempted to leave, security guards blocked their taxi. drunk and belligerent, vandalized this bathroom and left $50 to pay for the damage. >> stupid is the operative word. >> nancy armor says lochte's subsequent actions only made things worse. >> you pay the damages, you apologize for being a

cbs 2's christine sloan live in far rockaway, queens, with precautions taken there. christine. >> reporter: dehydration, heat stroke, especially with the elderly, serious concern with this kind of nasty weather. excessive heat warnings because this hot, muggy weather is going to be with us right through the weekend. hot, humid and unbearable. what's it like out here? >> really humid. trying to that's why we came to the sprinklers. >> reporter: the only way to get relief from the intense heat outdoors running through these water sprinklers. >> since i went in the water, kind of feels kind of cozy, not that hot. >> reporter: city officials warning all residents to stay inside in a cool place. >> in new york city, more than 80% of heat stroke deaths in recent years involve people who were exposed to heat and homes without air- conditioning. turn it on. >> reporter: more than 500 cooling centers open for those without air-conditioning. if you are at home keep your thermostat at 78 degrees to avoid a strain on the power grid and the mayor warning everyone not to go to the

driver who survived, james christine sloan, cbs2 news. >>> a queens neighborhood is unnerved tonight after a woman is stunned to find a burglar inside her own house! cbs 2's dave carlin reports. >> reporter: this woodhaven, queens, homeowner wiped away tears as she was escorted to an ambulance after coming face to face with a stranger. the suspect is white, skinny, 6'2", may have seen the woman's husband leave for work. place say he used a back -- police say he used a and put a knife to a woman's throat and put her in the closet. she was there as he left the house and he bumped into a neighbor. the neighbor said the man ran through the gate with his head held low. >> i'm trying to see his face. glasses, sunglasses, he had the hoodie on. and then whoo, took off. >> reporter: the family says it appears nothing was taken. the victim did not want to be taken to the hospital. later in the day we talked to her. hello, ma'am. are you okay? that. neighbors say it scares them the criminal was so brazen in daylight hours on a block with foot traffic for a public library and park. >> very frigh

live in paterson, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs2 news. >>> a brooklyn grandmother nearly loses her life after she was shot three times while sitting on a park bench. 49-year-old yvonne was hit in the shoulder, side and back as she watched her grandchildren play in a cypress hills park last night. investigators say it's unclear who shot her. there are no nearby surveillance cameras. innocent victim of a random attack. >>> bullets don't have a name. you know what i mean? so you got to watch where you go, who you with, the time, the area, it doesn't matter what place or what time. you just got to check your surroundings, honestly. >> yvonne is being treated for her wounds. >>> the fbi is now investigating a possible hacking of the "new york times." it appears the cyber attacks targeted reporters and did not compromise the newsp investigators want to know if russian intelligence agencies were involved. there's no word on how many reporters may have been hacked. the "times" has no comment on the investigation. >>> imagine leaving a restaurant to leave and then find your car smashed, rui

christine sloan, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> breaking news now in newark new jersey. a roof collapsed, joe biermann is in chopper 2 showing us pictures. a lot where is it? >> reporter: newark south 8th street and 15th avenue, a large roar and cloud of dust, upper floors of an abandoned building and roof collapsed on the street. the fire department says the good news is no injuries to report. joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >> thank you for the update, joe. >>> a risky surgery for this little girl from queens to remove a life threatening tumor on her face. and look normal. >> we're with her doctors and family before the complicated operation. >> a devastating flood at a church. their preschool is nearly destroyed. can they salvage anything? lonnie quinn. >> the rain situation out there right now, nothing is making its way to our area because of the northwest breeze. with once that northwest breeze turns, temperatures will start going up. i will tell you when that's going to happen. >> charlie rose is in for news. >> tonight on the cbs evening news. >> you can get the baby ou

communities and offer the disadvantaged a chance to live in better neighborhoods but a cbs 2 christine sloan reports, democrats in new york city are the ones opposing it. >> under the housing section eight apartments in poverty stricken neighborhoods would get less money while those in upscale ones like the upper west side, would get more. and the goal to give the poor a chance to attend better schools and live in safer neighborhoods. >> i think for sure, there would be access to better things. if they're in a better place. >> and actually, it is not a good idea. because then you will be take forecast the lower income people, and taking lower income people, and putting them in higher income places, but senator chuck schumer and council speaker melissa mark vivarito is saying as well. >> the amount of the vouch ser going to drop. meaning that the person who is the recipient of the voucher will is have to pay more for rent and that is impossible. >> she says half of the 110,000 voucher recipients in the city would get less money for their current apartments. and those cluing to go to upscale a

we are live at newark liberty international airport, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. >>> a homicide investigation is underway in massachusetts where killed while jogging. police found vanessa mar coat's body in princeton. her family reported her missing after she went jogging alone on a wooded road and never came back. the 27 year old who grew up in boston lived in new york city where she worked as an account manager for google. >> less than 24 hours in to the investigation, we believe this is a homicide. we cannot tell whether or not it was a random act at point. we are asking residents to be vigilant. >> marco was in massachusetts visiting her mother. google released a statement offering condolences saying she had a you bick you douse smile. >>> there is no known connection, nypd was scouring the scene in queens searching for clues to track down a suspect. community has come together. >> reporter: it is day 6 of the investigation here in howard beach, as you can see behind me, an entire army of police officers have not slowed down, in their hunt for ca trina vetrano's killer. vetrano's mother c

cbs 2's christine sloan is live at far rockaway, queens where a power outage hit a senior center. kristine. >> reporter: these seniors almost 24 hours. they just got their power back thank goodness. at least been an excessive heat warning for all five boroughs. the tri-state area, and officials warning people to stay indoors. >> reporter: the water and cooling bus brought in today after a resident says she >> backup generator is providing cooling in the common areas. >> reporter: the mayor responding from the office of emergency management where city officials sent out a warning about the heat. >> reporter: more than 500 cooling centers open for those those at home, city officials say keep thermostats at 78 degrees. no air-conditioning on the platform only on the trains. >> you in are traveling on the buses or subway, make sure you're hydrated. bring water with you, et cetera. do what people are doing cool >> it's super humid. really thick hard to breathe. >>> check on the elderly neighbors because a lot of the elderly people keep their air- conditioners on. >>> we are following t

nypd could stop protecting major stadiums and venues because of the contract about to expire christine sloan has the story. >> reporter: fans watching the mets game in citi field say they feel safe knowing nypd officers in uniform keep an eye on the stadium. >> the nypd is program we have around the country. >> reporter: nypd officers who patrol citi field and many other venues including a constadium and madison square garden are part of the nypd detail program. with the precinct of the work on their days off for extra cash alongside private security officers. many gomez is a former officer. >> the paint detail was named so that organizations such as york city active-duty officers working security on their premises. >> reporter: on thursday and old nypd contract with dozens of different organizations runs out the new one requires venues to accept legal responsibility for these officers. sources said many organizations will not do that because it is costly. that means you might not see nypd officers the next time you go to an event >> compensation or disability etc. gets passed on to the orga

more from christine sloan. >>reporter: long lines wrapping around several motor vehicle agencies in new jersey, including in rahway and lodi, customers forced to stand on sidewalks for hours in the makes it inside where the line is just as long. it's happening all the time, say drivers like this woman who stood in this massive line last week caused by a computer outage. how long did you wait? >> 2 1/2 hours. >>reporter: did you go in? >> huh-uh. >>reporter: on our quest to demand answers from the motor vehicle commission, more nightmare stories. this man on his third trip in a week to the rahway agency, taking off work every time. >> we get around thursday at 4:00, they close at 5:30 and twice. >>reporter: i reached out to the motor vehicle commission. a spokesperson declined an on- camera interview, saying it's the beginning of the month and they are very busy inside. the reason for these long lines. despite what the commission tells us on the phone, drivers say this is happening constantly and randomly, not a

in brooklyn, christine sloan, open for times in three different centuries and counts the rich and famous among its members. tonight shinnecock hills golf course is in the spotlight over an unusual road request. cbs 2's jennifer mclogan explains. >> reporter: not far from main street southampton where tourists flock for the summer, the renowned shinnecock hills golf course in rolling hills. the oldest formal organized golf club in the united states finds itself steeped controversial public-private debate over a road. >> it's certainly generated a lot of community input. some pretty emotional. >> reporter: southampton's town supervisor explains, the town's tuckahoe road slices through the club's private property. when the course was built in 1890 horse and buggy used it. now it's a favorite shortcut of commuters trying to get to work on the east end. a growing safety issue between golf carts and commercial the traffic here near saint andrew's road. >> it sounds fair. but i would want to see their plan. >> golf courses are a privilege and it was built around the road. >> no i don't think th

. >> the plan is opposed by some prominent democrats and more the cbs2's christine sloan. >> reporter: under the housing choice voucher program, also known as section 8 apartments in poverty stricken neighborhoods would get less money while those in upscale ones like the upper west side would get more. the goal to give the poor a chance to attend better schools and live in safer neighborhoods. >> i think for sure there would be access to better things i mean if they're in a better idea because then you'll be taking from the lower income people and taking lower income people putting them in higher income places. but everyone loses. >> reporter: it's exactly what many new york city democrats including senator chuck schumer and council speaker melissa mark-viverito are saying as well. >> the amount of voucher is going to drop. meaning that the recipient is going to have to pay more for rent. >> reporter: she says half the 110,000 voucher recipients in the city would have less money for their -- money for their current apartments and those choosing to go to upscale areas wouldn't be able

cbs 2's christine sloan tells us what that means for fans. >>reporter: a contract for venues large and small to hire extra uniformed nypd police officers was set to expire thursday. >> what will happen if the big venues like the yankees and the mets don't accept the liabilities that have been placed on them on the contract? >> i'm not familiar enough with the contract, so i want to make sure to get you a more cet mayor bill de blasio on the revised nypd contract that will now hold organizations like yankees and the mets legally responsible for the actions of cops from the nypd's paid detail program, an npped np official calling us -- an nypd official calling us back late this afternoon. he says organizations like the yankees have about 60 regular nypd cops assigned to the stadium by the city, and that the venue can hire 10 or as many as 100 extra uniformed program. new yorkers like that. >> i want more cops, yes, i do. >>reporter: the nypd official says many of the 100 organizations they've got contracts with on the paid detail program have s

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cbs 2's christine sloan has more on the flag fight. [ horn honking ] >>reporter: angry, a resident stands in front of the fire department that had to take these american flags off of trucks. >> and we're going to wave the flag. so if they won't hait trucks, if commissioners won't do it, then we're going to stand out here and we're going to do it. >>reporter: firefighters with the arlington district in the town of poughkeepsie furious too. they're seen here during a ceremony putting away the flags after they were ordered to remove them from the back of trucks. >> i was very disappointed when the board members that were against having the flags on the vehicles gave me the directive to have them removed. >>reporter: the removal order coming from the fire board of commissioners, joe armstrong, removal. why can't you just tell us why you didn't vote -- why you voted for the flag to be taken off? the board's chairman, jim beret a, though, stands by his decision, though, saying the flags pose a danger to drivers on the road if they fly off, and to firefighters climbing up and down trucks. he say