good evening, i'm dana tyler. >>> her name was karina vetrano. and just about this time last night, the 30-year-old queens woman an avid runner should have been finishing up her daily run. instead, she never came home. her body found just blocks from her home in howard beach. cbs 2's hazel sanchez live at the scene where police continue to search for clues. hazel. >> reporter: dana, karina social media that her passion for running was an instant love affair. so it came as no surprise that she would still make her daily run in the state park hijacked me despite the fact that -- behind me despite the fact that her running partner dad was too injured to join her. now tonight there are dozens of investigators in this area trying to find her killer. karina vetrano was beautiful and admired in life. a stark contrast to the way she died. police believe the 30-year-old spring creek state park land just a few blocks away from her howard beach home. her lifeless body was discovered by her father. >> it's so sad. it's killing the neighborhood, all of us. [

cbs 2's dana tyler in the >> reporter: maurice, donald trump's message today the media is taking him too seriously. now the candidate is saying he didn't mean what he said about president obama's ties to terrorism. yet donald trump is still reinforcing the idea. >> obviously, i'm being sarcastic. but not that sarcastic to be honest. >> reporter: donald trump all over the map today with his claims that president obama founded isis. trump began changing his tune read, ratings challenged cnn reports so seriously that i call obama the founder of isis and mvp? they don't get sarcasm? >> go home to mama. [ laughter ] [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: there was some more obvious sarcasm this afternoon at a trump rally in erie, pennsylvania. >> and your mother is voting for trump! she is voting for trump! >> reporter: security had to remove protestors carrying trump is under audit by the irs and therefore did not release his returns. hillary clinton released hers and hopes to force him to do what she wants him to do. >> he refuses to do it. >> reporter: rnc chairman reince priebus campaig

. >>> i'm dana tyler. tonight at 6:00, quick thinking workers at a cell phone store pulled the trapping would-be robbers inside. where are the robbers? the mistake that led to their escape. is part of westchester on the wrong side of the tracks? >> the mayor of mount vernon is complaining about the conditions of these bridges over the new haven rail line. that's wood! they might be due for an upgrade. we have the story coming up. >> and otis live in washington with the jets game tonight. we'll see you at 6:00. >>> are you snacking instead of eating a real meal? that quick fix could lead to trouble. we have all been guilty of it. but as cbs 2's cindy hsu sneaky snacks that look healthy but only leave you wanting more. >> reporter: so what's your favorite snack? >> chocolate ice cream. >> reporter: does that fill you up? >> yeah. i can eat it 4 hours a day. >> reporter: when it comes to snacking you love? >> corn nuts. >> beef turkey. >> kettle chips. >> reporter: registered dietician willow derose says even

. >>> i'm dana tyler. at 6:00 a family's fight to keep their dying mother comfortable. she was given six months to live and put in hospice two years ago. >> queens boulevard often called one of the most dangerous roads. residents say there's a new threat bike lanes. hazel sanchez looks into the problem. and the jets play later metlife with a preview. see you at 6:00 >>> i missed the red memo >> i know. great minds think alike. got to catch up >> include me in next time >>> meryl streep is making a household name out of florence jenkins. she was a socialite turned opera singer now the subject of the oscar winner's latest film. jill nicolini has more on the real woman of who inspired the movie. [opera ] >> she is remarkable, isn't she? >> she is a little flat >> reporter: this is from the new movie florence foster jenkins starring streep and hugh grant. she thinks she can sing. the only problem is she can't. the real life jenkins seen here somehow managed to perform for a sold-out crowd at carnegie hall in 1944 fascinating fascinating concerts at carnegie hal. at 76 she b

. >>> i'm dana tyler. coming up on cbs 2 news at 6:00, sure there are plenty of streets like west 56th street very smooth. but others have potholes, dangerous conditions. at 6:00 cbs 2 "demanding answers" from the department of transportation answers, why does the first class city have third world streets? toys. plus a double-take on a brooklyn street. a home project like no other 15 years in the making. those stories and more at 6:00. >>> you've heard of 3d technology being used for everything from designing cars and houses to printing out body parts. now it's being used in back surgery. cbs 2's dr. max gomez says a new device is making that surgery safer and more accurate. max. >> reporter: that's right, there are few elective operations that people fear more and try good reason. there is a lot of vital structures in the spine that can be disastrous if damaged. here's how 3d technology called an o-arm makes it safer. a simple stroll with his wife used to turning into a painful experience for joe d'antoni

good evening i'm dana tyler. busy cars slamming into a pedestrians. joe bearman is live in chopper 2. new information, joe? >> yes, i guess it happened at 5:40 just minutes away when it happened at east union turnpike near the park road right out in front of the success center. and that car is out of control no word on anybody's condition yet, but a major police investigation is underway here. live in chopper 2 joe beardman cbs2 news. >> thank you, joe. >>> a brooklyn woman had no idea when she took her dog out for a walk on friday that it would be their last together. they were mowed down in bedford. just a block and a half away from their home. the woman named andy killed. while witnesses were able to get the license plate number there has yet to be an arrest. chris wragge has this exclusive story. >> he was so happy and healthy and he was 5 years old. and that it is just so awful that he's not here anymore, you know? >> reporter: the emotions are

. >>> i'm dana tyler. coming up on cbs 2 news at 6:00, we'll have more on fighting zika in florida and here at home. how you can keep mosquitos at bay at your house. plus, what you need to o you have plans to travel to florida. also tonight, a controversial decision to allow dredged material to be dumped into the long island sound for the next three decades. governor cuomo weighs in today. and could a beloved dog breed be on the brink of extinction? those stories and the subway series game 4 tonight. see you at 6:00. >>> hurricane early is downgraded to a tropical storm, but not before it hit belize. caribbean nation overnight. the category 1 hurricane packed 80-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain. earl is expected to dump a lot of rain in southern mexico through the weekend as the tropical storm crosses the yucatan peninsula. >>> back here at home today nothing but sunshine. a few clouds, though, every once in a while. >> pretty good. >> no complaints. >> no complaints. lonnie quinn is out there now in col

good evening, i'm dana tyler. >>> boat after boat at a south shore marina burning. a drone camera with the video you see here showing flames and smoke in the sky. these are family boats, now destroyed or damaged at the height of the summer vacation season. cbs 2's jennifer mclogan talks to distraught owners in st >> i'm devastated. it's like losing your home. >> reporter: boat owners rushed to the marinein a for a look in person overcome with emotion after seeing photos and videos posted by concerned neighbors on social media. the patchogue shores marina blaze raged out of control sparked by high winds and difficulty responders had in maneuvering to reach all threatened boats. boat after boat caught fire in the basin. >> this is our home where we live and socialize and make family memories. >> reporter: the marina owner is grateful nobody was seriously injured. >> they saved my business, the building and the gas tanks from going up. >> it was tough, windy with the boat. it was definitely a hard time getting into the small cove here. >> reporter: several firefighters

dana tyler joins us. >> everybody is just glued to this man climb. emergency workers at one point did try to get him down by coming through a window. we saw esu officers break the glass but this climber, he moved the other way. and he went around them. >> kind of the ultimate cat and mouse game. >> yes. did you just hear also, i just heard people in the crowd go oh, no! >> right. >> looks like they cut another a live picture we're looking at, correct? yes. so -- no, this is from earlier. okay. so earlier when he was around the fifth or sixth story this is what we were referring to when they broke at least one window to try to talk with him. you seage officer trying to reason with him. he wasn't -- you see an officer trying to reason with him. he wasn't having any of it and now he is about 19 stories above midtown high about avenue at 56th street making some kind of statement as he scales trump tower in midtown. once again this is a live picture and you can see an officer there on a bucket one of those window washer type buckets. he is around the corn

. >>> good evening, i'm dana tyler, chris mcclain shut down times square in june. he was dancing naked and taunting police for an hour before jumping three stories to ali about what led to the meltdown. >> reporter: runway model and columbia university student, mcclain is used to weening being the public eye. nothing could have prepared him for the gaze of thousands during his manic episode of paranoia. >> i felt there were tons of now that he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he is trying to make sense of his actions and remembers everything that days and walked me through the painstaking hours of terror. >> i felt alone and scared. i didn't want to involve my family. >> reporter: walking to his apartment singing to soothe his anxiety, he felt advertisements were urminging him to strip tried cleaning up the litter. he did not trust the police officers approaching. >> pigeons came and they excreted on to a police officer. i took taas a sign of wows the animals are protecting me. i can't trust that he is

. >>> first though dana tyler hi, dana. >> maurice and kristine, hello, we continue to follow the breaking news in queens today. a police officer opening fire, a suspect shot. we're live with the latest developments. >>> and family greeting the remains at la guardia airport today. more than 60 years after he left for the korean war. >>> jennifer mclogan with the family as they prepare to finally lay their hero to rest. and those stories and also live pastime is preserved for all time. ?? and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ?? discover something one of a kind in new york. ?? new york. it's all here. it's only here. >>> police on long island say that someone used a cross bow to shoot a swan at a wildlife preserve this weekend. now they are looking for whoever did it. >> and the attack has a lot of people outraged. >> reporter: investigators on this female swan. the swan was shot with two darts from the cross bow, becoming embedded in the swan's wings, narrowly ignoring the internal organs. >> it could have caused that serious view. >> reporter: he spends his da

. >>> i am dana tyler, tonight at 6:00, we know a firefighter's job is tough, but just geting to the call can be dangerous, especially on new york city streets. a fire truck rushing to the scene of a call hits a sinkhole so hard that lieutenant conley's back is broken. will it cost you to be buried? we explain on cbs 2 news at 6:00. >>> right now at 5:00, if is move-in week for college students across the tri-state area. >> time for excitement, anxieties, the students begin to resume college life or, just get going. cbs 2 news's elise finch found how they are coping. >> big orange bins, cars loaded with necessities, nort as students move into the dorms at iona college. >> there is a tonf opeople sdp you and have-- and you have a ton of stuff. >> it can be scary, especially for freshman. >> i think i was excited to come and be in a different atmosphere with my team and friends, but at the same time, it was rough leaving my family. >> not being able to see them every day and not having them there for me, yeah. it was sad. but got to move on. >> the administrator in charge of student li

. >> since riots took over crown heights controversy over how >> >>> dana tyler is off tonight. throngs of people to late and in the dark right now at jfk. >> the power has been off inside the terminal for more than an hour -- let's get more in this from lou young outside the terminal -- but can you tell us? >> this is terminal 8 at the far end where this is happening -- home to american eagle and small overseas carriers. the problems happened four hours ago. the power outages and a partial block out -- first affecting the elevators and escalators and more importantly the security screening which coming up the works. we saw images of darkness in -- in the terminal and emergency lighting -- no reports if the air-conditioning is affected -- this is important on this hot afternoon. >> this is the second weird incident to happen at this terminal in the last few days. shooting that was not a shooting at all and evacuations -- it turned out it was celebrants watching the olympics. it got out of hand. >> now there is an electrical problem and people are waiting -- american airlines is

. >> dana tyler joins us with what's coming up. >> i am a flosser like all the time. >> this is surprising. >> concerning. >> also at 6:00, more on the change of command at the nypd including what commissioner bratton's resignation means politically for mayor de blasio. cbs 2 demanding answers about dmv offices. what governor christie told kristine sloan. >> a church devastated at flood waters destroy a nursery school. see the story and what can be salvaged. if you want to soar along the highest, longest and fastest zipline in north america, there's only one place to do it. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ?? new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com for all those pokers, prodders, shuckers and sniffers, [ inhales ] all stop & shop produce is triple checked. farm, crate, and store. we're focusing on fresh... ...so you don't have to guess. my stop & shop. which you are you? be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara? just

dana tyler is off. and we begin with a miraculous story of survival. lightning while sitting at a park bench in poughkeepsie on friday. one person died and four others lived and tonight, one of the survivors is sharing her story, exclusively, with cbs 2 brian conniebare. >> these storms are dangerous and time for me to go and i got up and i was thrown all the way over there. >> karen brooks was sitting on a poughkeepsie park bench with friends under this tree friday when suddenly lightning struck. >> my head felt like it was going to blow up. >> she just got released from the hospital today. she says the force of the volts according to the national severe storm system threw her some 20 feet. left burns on her legs and feet and set her purse on fire. >> and that's what the lightning did to my pocketbook. >> one of the friends sitting on the bench she calls ritchie was killed. >> she was completely purple in the face. and not going to make it. i knew that. >> this is where the lightning hit the tree. a person's chance of getting struck by lightning in an