connecticut's highest court overturns the death penalty. we have reaction from both sides. >>> plus, the mta's reaction to make the subways run faster by saving a few seconds at every stop. >> reporter: is there a faster way to announce the next stop on your train? and if there is, meet the person who might get left behind. i'm andrew siff and i'll have that story. >>> those stories and much more all new tonight when chuck and i see you at 6:00. >>> new information on that toxic waste cleanup in a colorado river. we now know that tests completed in the hours after last week's mine spill show lead levels more than 3,500 times the normal exposure limit for humans. epa stresses those levels have dropped. in fact, in an effort to prove that the water is back to normal, colorado governor john hickenlooper drank from the river, but he cautioned others not to try it themselves. don't do that yourself. the governor says that he put an iodine tablet in the water to kill bacteria before taking a sip, and more than a day later, so far, he says he's do

a poll taken just a year ago in connecticut showed over 55% of connecticut voters supported the deathty, only 37 opposed. and they intended for people like the two men who slaughtered dr. petit's family to stay on death row and now they won't. >> we might all agree to murder a connecticut mother and burn her two daughters alive is the most ohorrific thing possible and those two monsters should be put to death but you would agree in general the death penalty doesn't act as a deterrent, it doesn't decrease the crime rate in the states that have it. >> in the first ten years of the 21st century the number of death sentences handed down in the united states actually increased 26% over the last ten years of the 20th century. in that same period of time, the number of murders in the united states decreased 21%. now i'm not saying the only reason -- >> but the murders were not necessarily decreasing in the state thas that had the death penalty. study after study shows african americans are more likely to get the death penalty for a whole host of reasons that white people who commit the same

but now their lives in the lives of nine other men on connecticut death row will be spared. the state supreme court ruled 4-3 that death penalty is unconstitutional writing for the majority justice richtd palmer said this no longer comports with contempt standards of deepghtly and doesn't serve a penalized purpose. the ruling is part of the evidence of the growing opposition to the death penalty. although applies only to connecticut, it could be sited in orr other states that are dealing with capital punishment. it rubs salt in wounds that have never fully healed. they were murdered an criticized ruling in a written statement he said death penaltying and its application is a highly charged topic with profound emotional impact. particularly on the victims and their loved ones. new york and new jersey do not have the death penalty either. so with the ruling in connecticut, there's effectively no system of capital punishment is at all a in the tristate area. back 230 -- to you in half a century american flag will fly above the newly reopened u.s. embassy in havana, cuba. >> joh

this is about justice. >> in 2012 connecticut stds legislator passed a law repealing the death penalty. they made sure that that would apply to future crimes so two of the states notorious murders would be executed. today, hayes and nine others have been spared. thanks to a 4-3 ruling by the connecticut supreme court with the death penalty for these convicted violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. speaking for the majority. the state wrote that the death penalty does not serve a legitimate surface. the government openly supported the repeal, signing it into law. >> in 50 years, the only people to be put to death in connecticut were two gentlemen. as for dr petit, hours after, they issued a statement saying how the four members of the majority disregarded key stones. the death penalty is a highly charged topic with profound impact. >> this is a solid day in connecticut. we have to keep in our minds how difficult this is for victims and victim's families. >> the last time connecticut carried out the death penalty was the 2005 execution of serial kil

the home invasion in gesture, connecticut in 2007. jesu ifer pet it was wickeen: i daughters, he lee and mchale led vrive slicken malaysian after the homeless set ablaze. mihaila was sexually assaulted. then sentenced to death for the p3ier lers but their lives and the lives of nine other men and cosu le,ticut's deathtwow will be r wared. state supreme court ruled 4-3 that the death penalty is uep onstitutionaare g justice richard palmer said this state's death penalty no longer comports with conteartorary standards of decency and no longer serves any lh pitrtuate and lr cical purpose. the ruling is evidence of the growing national opposition to the death penalty. in only p3plies to connecticut but it could be cited in other states that are grappling with cahein,l ted at cshment. for those whose lives have been topat apart thetwulingtwuns torltine wounds that never fully healed. dr. william pettit whose wife cnd dlvghted the were murdered in that home invasion criticized the ruling in a written statement torying the death pena sty and

>> sharks him of might surprise you, but the second worst is connecticut.because of hedge funds. >> yes, but what people do not realize about connecticut is it is high highs and lows lows. they are some of the richest, those towns, but what you might not know is it is home to some of the poorest towns. historically, connecticut has had a budget these on taxing those very large bonuses you saw in the hedge fund community. they were able to benefit from those. since 2008, you have seen this bonuses get rained in. companies are less likely to do that any public domain. so connecticut is not really getting the funds they thought they would get. scarlet: you said chicago has 30%, where is connecticut? >> 40%. healthy pension, that is 80%. joe: wow. scarlet: thank you so much. joe: we will be right back. ♪ joe: what did you miss? scarlet: next week we have the release of the fed cost minutes -- fence minutes. every word. it is semantics and you are comparing words and he will get caught up in the fed it uses the words, several, many, and others. they are not chan

connecticut is "ct," so i was searching to stay in connecticut, but the address had "hoct."s in court and address and i realized it was in connecticut. by the time i was done, i into getting it for 36,000 $500 -- $36,500. with the fee, the closing cost was little short of $37,000. host: we want to continue to hear from you about the housing market in your community. again, the numbers are on the screen. pick the line that best represents you. for homeowners, (202) 748-8000. for renters, (202) 748-8001. if you receive some type of subsidized housing, (202) 745-8002. all others can call (202) 748-8003. it is tomorrow that the obama administration will unveil what is known as the clean power plan. this is the obama mr. shin's efforts to reduce carbon pollution in the united states. some of the details highlighted in the washington post this morning saying that the rule being released is tougher than the original rule proposed in 2014. the final rule achieves a greater college, according to a summary provided by the administration. moreover, although the final plan has not been

ere's ron in madison, connecticut. go ahead, ron in connecticut. yes.r: yes, driver, i ker truck haul petroleum and heating oil. for going to be voting trump because i was in construction prior to this and the construction industry has in connecticut has been overblown with illegals. don't pay taxes. as far as me going back into construction, that would be unlikely. and i'm worried about the security of our country because they drivese trucks, the tanker trucks, i have to have an fbi background check my hazmat tanker ndorsement and my card to get in the terminals and unload. i go to renew everything here in have illegals i standing in front of me to get stuff riving permits and and they don't speak english. i'm wondering is the same problems in construction with to overflow going into the trucking industry? because my -- my commercial river's license and my background checks is the only thing protecting me right now. temporarily laid off because the demand for diesel fuel is as and we're not hauling much to holding tanks, and i'm just worried about

long island, you are looking at additional showers and storms in connecticut. light to moderate rain you have seen so far you will deal at through the morning commute. new jersey, especially in the northern half, the rain has come to a close. 76 in central park, has been happening for the last couple hours. that one was looming through the rest of us, showers and storms. most of the rain came through the overnight hours. most of the morning commute for many of us, showers come to a close, skies break up and a decent amount of sunshine, a frontal boundary haines our of low pressure, that will keep us with some clouds as we head into sunday. checking the tropics we have danny, the little guy right there. is a hurricane at this point. the maximum sustained winds are at 80 miles an hour so it is a category 1 hurricane and the forecast track takes it right for the lesser antilles and year st. lucia and continues to head toward haiti and the dominican republic by early next week round tuesday, a tropical storm will bring in some decent rain to the west northwest at 1

we're talking about the outer loop at connecticut avenue. you can see the accident involving at least three vehicles and right now, we have just reopened. we have two left lanes getting by. we have a five mile backup right now. top of the beltway. if you're headed that way this going to last for some time. you'll want to take your alternate there instead. in gaithersburg, 370 at shady grove, still have the three week crash, waiting on a tow to get that out of the by. big look at the beltway that's really the only problem on the beltway. tom? >>> well, at least the pavement is drying out on this friday morning in the wake of those storms that did come on through. right now, they're exiting the atlantic beaches, headed out to sea. still some thunder and lightning. they packed quite a punch with some heavy rain. we had some roads closed from flooding, but now things are receding and it is improving beautifully this morning with lower humidity pushing in. a little bit of a breeze out of the north and west. afternoon highs in the mid and upper 80

. >>> in connecticut today the state supreme court ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional. that means none of the prisoners on the state's death row can be executed, and a victim of two of those inmates who lost his wife and daughters in a savage home invasion that made national headlines says this evening that ruling is devastating. our justice correspondent pete williams reports. >> reporter: the crime was shockingly brutal. two men broke into the house of a connecticut doctor, william pettitte in 2007, beat and tied him up, forced his wife to withdraw money from their bank, raped her and killed her and their two daughters. ages 11 and 17. two were convicted and sentenced to death. then in 2012, connecticut abolished the death penalty but only for future crimes, not for any prisoners already sentenced to death. but today, the state supreme court declared the death penalty unconstitutional for all death row inmates. that means the two will spend life in prison with no possibility of release. tonight, in a written statement, before pettitte criticized the position, it has p

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because it's what's right for the public of connecticut and it's what's right for our baby population. >> reporter: there haven't been any recent shtings of the bear. it's unclear when state officials may have a chance to uth euthanize it. in burlington, connecticut, max reiss, news 4 new york. >>> one man's trash may be another man's treasure. however, here in new york city, it's much more for an nyu professor. for robin noggle, the trash offers a peek into our private lives. noggle spends time picking through what we throw out. she is the sanitation department's anthropologist in residence. for nearly a year, she has been riding along and rolling up her sleeves with the workers. she says we have become throw-away society. >> we also therefore are creating a kind of waste stream that will probably outlive even our children's children's children. >> noggle is giving pep talks to new sanitation workers. she also has a book kalg her look at new york city's trash. >>> if you are planning an end of summer trip to the beach in greenwich, swim at your own risk. lifeguards will not be on dut

though he begins his narrative in connecticut, he would have been and can't -- and camped -- encamped in newport. he took advantage of his year-long interval before the march 2 yorktown. "from january 15 1781 until may 25 when i arrived in lebanon, connecticut, i wasn't a single week in one place. i crossed new england, the continent, new york, the jerseys, pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia." he rejoined the army at the end of june. at the moment, it was not clear where the army was headed. he says "the entire army was ignorant of the mission. some said we were going to cross the north river, reaching the jerseys and then south to capture staten island." as the army passed through new jersey, it became clear the goal is yorktown. he described the route where they traveled by sea to annapolis after pennsylvania. in his journal, the other general kept a record of the trip across the atlantic from france to america and documented the arrival at newport and subsequent march the yorktown. the journal does not mention the siege at yorktown, the picks up again as the french troops march n

connecticut had not actually executed anybody since 2005. while 30 other states have capital punishment, in recent years seven states have moved to ban it. >> ron, thank you. >>> we're going to turn to the other developing story at this hour, the race against time in china. tonight they are still franticly digging an urgent search for survivors after those powerful explosions felt miles away, the blinding white light and the boom. as we've been showing you in the last 24 hours, entire neighborhoods went up in flames, at least 50 now dead, hundreds injured. 24 hours later, the rubble still smoldering. a parking lot incinerated, only their shells remain there. officials testing the air for deadly chemicals and abc's bob woodruff in china taking us right to the scene. >> reporter: the explosions hit like an earthquake, and today the view from above shows fires still burning, row upon row of burned out cars, piles of crumpled shipping containers. >> there's still smoke. it's still burning. there's flames in there. >> reporter: whole buildings re

it's out of connecticut's highest court i. overturned the death penalty in the state ruling it unconstitutional. the ruling could mean that the 11 men on connecticut's death row would no longer be subject to execution orders. it includes joshua kambakakis and steven hayes who killed a mother and her two daughters in 2007. the state passed a law in 2012 to repeal the death penalty only for future crimes. >>> in queens, police are investigating after an mta bus struck a pedestrian crossing the straight critically injuring him. police say the 40-year-old man was hit by a bus turning left on roosevelt avenue in flushing this morning. the victim was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. the bus driver was questioned at the scene. no charges have been filed. >>> meanwhile, a man hit by car in manhattan is expected to survive his injuries. police say the man was struck after he got out of his own vehicle on 8th avenue in chelsea about 3:00 this morning. the driver remained at the scene and was questioned by police. the v

rain in central connecticut. then a band to the west here into passaic and bergen, essex, hudson, union county. this is sliding eastward. another ban to monmouth and ocean county. sunny, hot and humid after the showers move through. a spotty storm is possible. tonight clearing, comfortable. wind northwest. that sets up a beauty of a day. less humid, warm, sunny and breezy. great day. 87. as we get to the weekend, cooler rain on friday. that is out of the way early saturday. saturday afternoon the sun comes back out and we are around 80. sunday a great day. that will feel really nice across the area. >> i don't think i know a name of any of the band members of one direction. do you know a name. >> john, paul, george. >> don't forget ringo. >> the kid on the drums, goes pete bass. >>> how are things on the commute? >> it's such a mess. let's go to a webcam. on the b.q.e. northbound side by metropolitan avenue, we have an accident being cleared way. all lanes are closed down once again. they were letting at least th

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connecticut has never been a hotbed for executions. the state has only put one criminal to death since 1960. still, this court ruling could have wide-ranging implications and it is another signal that this country has soured on capital punishment. the crime was shocking and heinous. home invasion in cheshire, conn. in 2007. jennifer hoch had it was raped, strangled and murdered. inhalation after the home was set ablaze. joshua and stephen presentence to death for the mergers but now their lives and the lives of ten other men will be scared. the state supreme court ruled 4-3 that the death penalty is unconstitutional. writing for the majority justice richard palmer said the state's death penalty no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency and no longer serves any legitimate and a logical purpose. is evidence of a growing national opposition to the death penalty although only applies to connecticut, it could be cited in other states that a grappling with capital punishment. for those whose lives have been torn apart the rul

. >>> the death row prisons of connecticut about to be empty. the state supreme court said the death penalty banned for killers in history. >> reporter: brutal, violent, senseless. the wife of two daughters raped and murdered in their home in 2007. dr. pettitte brutally beaten and barely escaping. the home set on fire by two madd men. steven hayes and joshua sardebtski. they were sentence to the death. >> i think forgiven -- the essence of evil is not appropriate. >> reporter: so much anger over the killings that when the connecticut legislature banned the death penalty in 2012, they did it only for murderers in the future. not wanting to let the pettitte family killers avoid execution. but today the state supreme court ruled that applying the death penalty ban in that kind of split enforcement is unconstitutional. this state's death penalty, the court ruled, no longer comports with the standards of decency and no longer serves any ideological purpose. so ten inmates will now spend their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. >> this

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low 70s across long island, coastal connecticut. low 70s to upper 60s and mid- 60s well north and west of the city. so,ing the southerly wind makes it feel humid outside this morning. you need the umbrella, light raincoat, boots, right shoes, your proper weather gear. flash flood watch in effect. it could create flooding in a short period of time. the heaviest rain is hudson river valley down the jersey shore. rain to the west. the heavy rain is up 95 in connecticut, l.i.e. in nassau county. a couple of tenths down the jersey shore. updated rainfall totals as we go along. totals are at the top of every hour. computer guidance showing the band of rain around 8:00 intensifying by 10:00. so, as that inner ten see -- intensifies through the morning commute then in the afternoon, we get another round of showers and thunderstorms because the sun will heat up this soupy air mass. no good boating and no good beach weather today. rip current risk is high. small craft advisory in effect today. wayne off and on ahead of the front. tomorrow the

. >>> new developments tonight in the search for a missing husband and wife from connecticut. sources tell news 4 the couple's son is now a person of interest in the case. police spent last night combing through his bridgeport home. his parents disappeared on august 4th shortly after losing an appeal in a $2 million foreclosure case. relatives say there are no indications that money played a role in their disappearance. >>> you may recall last night we told you about the search for the family whose baby got locked in a hotel safe. tonight, we know exactly how it happened. >>> also a deady collision between a commuter train and a car on the tracks brought the morning rush to a grinding halt. what the engineer did that may have helped prevent a catastrophe. janice? >> the morning rush around here may be a mess in some areas tomorrow as we track more heavy rain headed our way. the latest on that and the flash flood watch coming up next. >>> lester holt has a look at what he's working on for 6:30. >> hi, linda and shiba. working on "nightly news" after faith, hope, acceptance and

the commander in chief celebrated with close friends out at camp david. >>> in connecticut, police are cracking down on distracted drivers. $500. >>> and music legend billy joel is going to close out his coliseum. the piano man showed out at the last event at the coliseum before it shuts down. they're doing a big renovation, $260 million renovation. but the old coliseum to me is long island, 1970s, that time and place and billy joel. >> and the original scene. >> and the kol colosseum in rome. >> the last time i was there, i think i saw a marc anthony concert. >> there you go. >> i did see billy joel back in 19 -- hmm -- >> what? >> you were a child. >> that's a great way to go out. >> absolutely. >>> meantime, the star of the thunderstorms. island. we'll get to that in a second. in the city, everything is wet. big puddles out there, part of the story, lightning, about a half hour or so ago. quieting down now in the city and west getting cooler in the east. still showers out there for the next hour or so. northwest sections of suffolk county, thunderstorm warnings at 5:15. we are talki

connecticut turnpike is where there's trouble. i'll give you full updates at 5:30. >> thank you very much. it's 5:25. he's known for stealing the spotlight at awards shows. we'll talk about what kanye west said this time. >> also ahead, a scare at the airport. why police had to evacuate a terminal at newark liberty airport. >> reporter: woman on the run. i'm tracie strahan live in lower manhattan with more on the prisoner that was in police custody until she gave them the slip. >>> if you're about to head out the door, take us with you. keep watching " day in new york." down lloyd load the "news 4 new york" app on your mobile device right now. we'll be right back. hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> right now, a first look at the woman who pulled a fast one on police and is on the run right now. new this morning, a crime on camera. what sent this robber running out of a local restaurant. >> soaring temperatures to start the week. "tod

joining us from stamford connecticut, always a pleasure.: coming up on "bloomberg market day," netflix is one of the darlings of wall street, but that may be about to end. we will tell you why. ♪ matt: netflix shares are up today, erasing losses from yesterday. it was a wild day is netflix sought all over the place, but remain for the most part in the red. the stock is down about 15% over the past week. bloomberg editor at cory johnson is in san francisco. why is netflix the poster child for the way down? no stock better reflects what's going on in the market becauselast year, netflix sort of amazingly among all of the companies among the s&p 500, was the one company that was of the most in the last year, and the same company down the most on thursday, and again on friday. of course, selling off quite a big yesterday as well. hadever drama the market is , it is the market was catching a fever. initially the fever had it hot for a year. the last two days or so, it has reflected what the market has done a little bit of, it's an a lot of. i th

still might be a linger shower eastern connecticut. if you're headed towards the hamptons you might run into a sprinkle. comfortable tonight with low humidity. sunny and nice tomorrow, saturday is just perfect no matter where you are. 83 a mixture of sun and clouds and a passing shower. >> you'll be out east right? >> i'm going to be east and then easterly and then northeast and way east. >> that's right. had his grand voyage. >> yes, ask nantucket, martha's vineyard. >> you have to document it on your facebook page. >> british isles. >> our producers are like we don't the to hear anymore that's enough of that. >> an extraordinary shark tale, a young girl bitten, how she saved not only herself but her fr >>> kayakers to the rescue a. man trying to paddle away from a storm, puppies trapped in a pipe, just some of the stories that were caught on camera and caught our attention. we begin with kayakers in wisconsin who gained the trust of a full grown buck by speaking its language. the group was on lake superior when they saw the buck stuc

. >>> connecticut supreme court has ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. a state ban on the death penalty in 2012 only applied to future crimes. but today's decision means that a 11 inmates currently on death row will not be executed, including two men convicted in the grisly murder of a connecticut woman and her two daughters during a home invasion back in 2007. coming up at 6:00, ida siegal will have reaction to today's ruling. >>> we'll stay on top of the legionnaires' outbreak in the city. and today mayor de blasio released new information and thanked health care workers for how they're handling this potentially deadly disease. melissa russo is here with the latest. >> reporter: city officials stopped short of calling the legionnaires' outbreak over, but they are calling it contained at this point. take a look at the latest numbers. a total of 121 people have now been diagnosed in this legionnaires' outbreak. that's two new cases identified since yesterday. the death toll remains at 12, where it's been since monday. and to the city's knowledge, there h

showers running up 84 in connecticut. here is the band i was talking about right here sliding eastward. >> we should be 83 to 86, 87 by noontime. 90 this afternoon. the real feel 95 to 98. maybe a spotty thunderstorm. much better weather tomorrow. heather is looking at the b.q.e. and all the other problems. >> you want to look at the b.q.e.? i will show it to you. this delay, activity northbound side. we have only the right lane getting by. northbound side is the right side of your screen. this is an overturned vehicle. southbound side only the right lane open with emergency vehicles on the scene. we will go to our maps now and talk about mass transit. port jefferson branch suspended with a downed tree in stony break which means downed wires. alternates. subways 5 trains signal problems at east 180th street. 4, 5 and 6 have delays because of problems at 125th street. street cleaning rules are in effect. >> big mess for the morning commute. thank you, heather. >>> still ahead on this busy tuesday, a burglar in queens accus

some in connecticut and rhode island are going out of business ending a centuries old way of life. scientists say one of the biggest reasons is that the ocean is getting warmer. the lobster population, however, climbing in the cold waters off maine. >>> the ice budget challenge pays off with a breakthrough and is now making a comeback. more than 17 million people rose to the challenge last year getting soaked for charity. the viral campaign raised more than $220 million to fight als and some of that money helped researchers better understand a protein in the brain that is dysfunctional in nearly all als cases.

the rest is pushed in towards connecticut. along the l.i.e., the southern state there, that will be moving towards montauk highway, sunrise highway. look at this air mass that's clear all the way back to the great lakes. the rain 3/10 around the park, belmar. sussex. some good rainfall amounts in isolated pockets. now our futurecast shows by 9:00 suffolk county on long island you've got that rain that will keep pushing eastward. we clear out for the afternoon. we clear out tonight. saturday there's a little system out in the atlantic that backs a shower by saturday night in the eastern long island. look at the rest of the air, pretty much quiet except sunday showing clouds that will be backing in off the atlantic. here's our futurecast again. there are those clouds by # a.m. on sunday, it may be a shower pops up, a passing shower. we're looking at this rain pushing eastward across long island, sun and clouds now, warm and humid weather will drop off. the humidity drops off. we'll have a nice afternoon with 85 and comfortable t

was struck and killed by a metro-north train while she tried to get her wallet from the tracks in connecticut. pictures showing the aftermath at the cos cob train station in greenwich. the mta says the 28-year-old woman's wallet had fallen. the train headed from grand central terminal to new haven this morning hit her. her identity hasn't been released. >>> a wild scene in the bronx today as three nypd officers were injured responding to a home invasion call at university avenue after getting a 911 call from someone in an apartment. investigators say two men went into the building to rob an apartment. when police got there, there was a scuffle in the hallway. and it spilled out on the street. there are reports one of the police officers had a broken leg. one of the suspects was arrested and another got away. the owner of the apartment was arrested on drug charges. >>> senator charles schumer is getting some praise for his decision to vote against president obama's nuclear iran -- iran nuclear deal. sources say schumer had not planned to make his decision public until after he told his senate

so 7:00 sunday morning, we've got some isolated storms in and around the city in parts of connecticut. still clear at the jersey shore until you get to sunday afternoon. there's going to be a slight chance over inland areas. more so over parts of the hudson valley and into monday morning as well we may still have a couple showers here and there. in the meantime, hurricane danny is now a major hurricane. category 3. winds up to 115 miles per hour. it is expected to continue to weaken, moving into an area not as favorable for development. so it will weaken a bit. but a tropical storm will mean a lot of rain to parts of the leeward islands to puerto rico, which is in a drought situation. they don't want it all at once but may get quite a bit of rain and over into haiti and the dominican republic on wednesday or tuesday night. we'll keep tracking that for you. a lot of rain for those caribbean locations. 87 for our high temperature tomorrow. enjoy your saturday. a little stormier in spots on sunday. nice monday. and most of next week too into the 80s. guys, back to you. >> janice, thank y

in new jersey making its way into is the city, in connecticut, intensifying as commute will head downhill pretty quickly here. 73 in montauk. it is not a fast-moving system. and beyond 4:00 this afternoon it does become more showery as opposed to the solid rain with these thunderstorms. barista look for of lingering around and that could fire up a quick shower. if anything does happen with that most of that is to the north of the city but still we have to put a small shower chance out there tomorrow too. showers and storms for the first part of the day, temperature 75 by midday and it breaks a little in the afternoon but not gone completely it until we get to tonight or tomorrow. 85, sunny thursday, friday and saturday and isolated storms. let's get over to ines rosales and find out what is going on, wet roadways. ines: new jersey there is 78 westbound, local lane, a flipped over tractor-trailer northbound, by 15, and one lane closed, watch for an accident on the willis avenue bridge blocking a lane, the deegan, construction where we have traffic slowed their, a couple lanes closed. no pr

even with the death penalty, connecticut had not actually executed anybody since 2005.luding connecticut, have moved to ban it. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >>> relief overnight in the battle against a wind-driven wildfire in northern california. firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures to clear brush and widen containment lines, but the fire still spreading and threatening about 50 homes. it's already burned 38 square miles of thick brush in lake and napa counties, and it's now 50% contained. >>> from extreme heat to rain. today, forecasters gave their strongest prediction yet for a record-setting el nino. the current weather pattern is now the second most powerful on record for this time of year, but what will it mean for bone-dry california? kabc's rob hayes looks at the impact. >> reporter: el nino, the little boy with the big promises. >> southern california stacks the dice for a wetter year. >> reporter: but those very same climate forecasters say even if el nino happens this year, it doesn't guarantee the rain and snow needed to ease our current d

low to mid-60s long island, connecticut, down the shore, interior new jersey as well. during the afternoon hours, fair-weather clouds in the mid- 70s in some spots north and west. 69 tomorrow afternoon in monticello. we could reach an 83 or 84 in new york city. there is erika. on the final flames, the thunderstorms are scattered. nothing is really organized or consolidated. the center is here and all the thunderstorms are on the right- hand side. that is lopsided. that is not a show of strength. winds at 45 miles per hour. here are the adjustments to the track. the track toward puerto rico to the virgin islands is the same. that was forecasted with 50 miles per hour. we have taken that down. as it goes to the north, what does it do in the southeastern bahamas. now looking less likely it will go through the florida straits into the gulf of mexico. instead of that track taking it into south florida, a trend that may curve it a little earlier and hopefully make it stay offshore. we will watch that tendency. the computer models are includes stertd after the bahamas recur f

it's 90 right now in queens. 80s across connecticut too. right around 90 in point pleasant. longbranch, 87. englishtown, comfortable 70s. 80s as you go farther south. tomorrow 86. thursday 82. the potential for a lot of rain coming in friday into early saturday. >>> man's best friend caused quite a few headaches for long island railroad commuters today. this little guy dodged an mta officer. the officer tried several times to coax that dog to safety but had no luck. trains experienced delays up to half an hour. the dog has not been seen since. >>> man's less than best friend showed up on a south carolina beach this weekend. this was at paulie's island. wildlife officials wrangled it out of the water. police say they get visits -- that's how they described it -- visits from two alligators every summer. >>> coming up next, stranded in open water without a life jacket. >> we're going to hear from a man who treaded water for four hour, four hours, until help arrived. what kept him going. the amazing story when we come back. >>> we have quite the story of survival to share with y

sick and left back to tokyo leaving the three younger ones, two in washington and the other in connecticut. american education became and earnest but they stuck together. they became extremely important to each other along a country of three because no one understood them as swell as -- as well as they understood each other. the youngest one grew up in washington, graduated from high school, fun family from the land of the sun, she went to school and forgot every word of her japanese as he grew. the middle one and the older one, who were in new haven were schoolgirls, that's their college, at this point was only about a dozen years ago. the middle of the three girls studied music. it's hard to see here but she's in the red circle, she was accepted for the full four-year, the first japanese women to earn a college degree anywhere. within a year she was elected president of the sophomore class. she was a suck -- completely successful girl. now it's time to go back to japan, which has largely lost sight of the fact that they sent in the first place. their mission is to go back and change wome

a imaginal environment with tropical butterflies at the maritime exhibit in connecticut. check out exotic animals in new jersey, and in the bronx, firefighter of ladder number 17 fight the summer heat with a day of games, food, and music at the fdny's 150th summer block party. >> magic and fireworks a good time at the westchester otisville favorite. the best of blues music with the best of barbecue foods to make it an incredible experience on the hudson at pier 26 in manhattan. >>> movies under the stars presents annie. for more on these events or possibly to submit an event that >>> welcome back, everybody. of course the perfect time for a dip in the family pool is during the hot weather, but what if it's not their pool, and it's not people? a family of bears checking out a new jersey backyard pool and finding it just right. darla miles with the story. >> i have seen them so many times, it's not a surprise anymore. >> there's bears in the pool! >> reporter: until about 24 hours ago this mama bear and her five cubs were just local celebrities in rockaway township, new jer

storm lurking out here in could throw back clouds to the eastern end of long island and eastern connecticut and the cape and martha's vineyard. most of that can slide farther east. you see the fetch out here. the southeasterly winds create showers this way and showers to the west. the cold front that comes in tonight at midnight is back here to the west. this will give everybody a shot at a shower or thunderstorm into tomorrow morning. on the futurecast, in the afternoon, there is pop ups to the west. the front itself comes in after midnight. 1:00 a.m. starting in new jersey, up the hudson river valley, showers and thunderstorms down the hudson river valley, jersey shore 6:00 in the morning sliding across connecticut, long island. that slides eastward through friday. it's out of here friday 4:00 in the city then friday evening to the eastern end. then skies are clear as we go into saturday morning. but the storm will lurk here. you can throw back clouds on the eastern end of long island for saturday. it's looking like enough dry air that filters in for saturday that everybody has a lot of s

temperatures in the mid-70s and we're looking at mid-70s to long island, coastal connecticut down the shore. wind out of the south pumping up the moisture here across long island out of the southeast, and then the winds turn to the north up toward monticello north of the area. flood advisories in parts of area where the rain is the heaviest. that's dutchess county and down towards monmouth and ocean county. that's sliding eastward through nassau county and around brooklyn and queens. behind that we clear out. rainfall amounts look at sussex an inch and a quarter of rain so far, and toms river an inch and 3/10. >>> i've been looking at this webcam in queens as you travel on to the l.i.e. getting on to the bqe ramp, and it looks as though we still have some kind of activity on that ramp. this looks like it's a tractor- trailer just about to pull away, so this tractor-trailer may have been involved in that accident, so we may have that ramp reopening shortly. let's go over to our maps and i'll just pinpoint where this is. it's the l.i.e. eastbound side, the ramp to the bqe where that acc

that was also vote bid legislators there in connecticut.ey go out, beat my brother-in-law repeatedly in the head with a bat while holding a gun to him hoping hi would die. they rape my sister 11-year-old strangled my sister, and doused the girls with gasoline and light them on fire while they're still alive as the police are waiting oids. that's extremely cruel and unusual, and no, let's see, prison computers, televisions, books, educational classes, workout facilities, three meals a day, heat, air, medical, dental, eye care, it doesn't bring me satisfaction of if i kind, i wish it did. >> i think we'll end it right there. cynthia, thank you very much. well said. >> thank you. bye bye. >>> coming up in our noon hour,ly speak with jameis winston himes about his thoughts about the state supreme ruling. >>> how you can be a lifesaver for from four-legged friends. what's the first thing he does? the tobin stance. but when we open up the windows, you can see the dust floating around. there's dog hair. pollen. more work. (doorbell) whoa! what's t