, heather. truth it is yet another executive action. you guessed it you're paying for it. to be fair there is a fair amount of broad support on both edges of political spectrum for this one. show you what it is. this is executive action but this will get a lot of people talking t would require federal contractors to guarranty paid sick leave up to seven days for workers. it will affect about 300,000 federal contract workers. and workers use paid sick leave for themselves, family member, or absence resulting from domestic violence. the truth is this shouldn't surprise anybody because if you go back to the state of the union he sort of telegraphed this idea. take a listen to the president from back in january. >> today we are the only advanced country on that's right doesn't guarranty paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. 43 million workers have no paid sick leave. 43 million. think about that. >> reporter: think about it. so that means 21 cities now and states, have actually ena

bill: heather. heather: donald trump makes waves with his newly-released tax plan.s it really as great as he says it is? our neil cavuto weighsany, the head of planned parenthood on hot seat. facing tough questions about lawmakers or from lawmakers about the recent controversy in the organization. how release of a new under cover video just released this morning could impact the debate. >> cervical screening for cancer or -- heather: welcome back. of. afghan leaders vowing to retake a city seized by the taliban in surprise attack. kunduz is about 150 miles north of kabul, in a region that is one of the cornerstones of the country's economy. general jack keane, retired four-star general, chairman of institute of study of war and fox news military analyst. thank you for joining us. >> glad to be here, heather. heather: how significant is this loss? >> it is a provincial capital. listen, since we in the northern alliance took the taliban down in the fall of 2001, after 9/11, no major city has fallen to the taliban. that makes it significant. it is agricultural belt as

let's go to heather with nick saban. >> heather: chris, thank you so much. coach, what kind of tone does this win set for the season? >> well, you know, i think that, in a game like this, you know, you are always going to go back and say, where are we? where do we need to improve, what are the things we did well, what are the things we need to do better and there are certainly a lot of things we can do better in the game. it was a great win for us. wisconsin's got a good team. i'm really happy with the way our guys competed. i thought we played really well in the second half. >> heather: coach, a big question mark throughout fall camp was your quarterback situation. you said you needed to see game evidence. what is your takeaway now? >> i thought jake played well. cooper probably didn't have the same opportunities, but really pleased with the way jake played. he made good choices and decisions out there, and, you know, hopefully he'll only get better. >> heather: what are your thoughts on a two-quarterback approach moving forward?

heather: i'm heather childers in or martha maccallum.sident will use today's address as a final opportunity to press his global agenda. his speech said to focus on climate change and at war against isis. bill: bring it, you hav -- brita serious matter in the middle east. they weren't sure what putin was up to. how in the world does this happen. how could it be that we did not know what's going on? >> reporter: it can be this president has just about eliminated american influence in much of the world and certainly in that part of the world. and his influence with vladimir putin is at low ebb as well. putin is inserting himself and his military into the conflict with syria on the side of bar or al-assad. someone the president has advocated be deposed. he doesn't know what he's doing in syria. it's not too hard to figure it out. it's been u.s. policy for a long time to avoid russian influence in the middle east, now we have it. bill: reports are he's working with iraq and iran. i don't know how that gets by when you have air miss over iraq

connor, congratulations. >> thank you. >> heather: rece? >> rece: all right, heather. connor walking right on the edge of that line. and why not? this is an emotional young man who has -- who has really elevated his game, many times because of perceived slights. >> kirk: having a leader like that, shilique calhoun on the other side. even with this great win, they're going to keep things in perspective. they're not going to get too crazy. a little bit tonight. but not too crazy as they get ready for the rest of their season. because of leaders like that, it will be easy for them to get locked back in. >> rece: as the song says, on the banks of the red cedar, there's a school that's known to all and its specialty is winning and the spartans did play good ball. 31-28, michigan state beats oregon tonight in this big ten/pac-12 show jeon. we're headed right now for a complete wrapup of the day in college football. the ford wrapup show. vernon adams and the ducks fought valiantly, came up three points short. 31-28, the final. let's go to cassidy hubbarth now and the ford wra

connor, congratulations. >> thank you. >> heather: rece? >> rece: all right, heather. connor walking right on the edge of that line. and why not? this is an emotional young man who has -- who has really elevated his game, many times because of perceived slights. >> kirk: having a leader like that, shilique calhoun on the other side. even with this great win, they're going to keep things in perspective. they're not going to get too crazy. a little bit tonight. but not too crazy as they get ready for the rest of their season. because of leaders like that, it will be easy for them to get locked back in. >> rece: as the song says, on the banks of the red cedar, there's a school that's known to all and its specialty is winning and the spartans did play good ball. 31-28, michigan state beats oregon tonight in this big ten/pac-12 show jeon. we're headed right now for a complete wrapup of the day in college football. the ford wrapup show. vernon adams and the ducks fought valiantly, came up three points short. 31-28, the final. let's go to cassidy hubbarth now and the ford wra

heather is looking at the commute. weather then heather. happy wednesday. >> happy wednesday to you. >>> let's go to the maps. a trains uptown delays because of track work near hoyt street. that was running late. it was clear then happened again now the delay. northbound side of the b.q.e. eastbound into the brooklyn battery tunnel, disabled tractor trailer. brooklyn bridge should reopen shortly because of overnight construction just about cleared away. we will talk to you about what is going on here, fort south near 79th street, disabled vehicle causing heavy delays from the 90s. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >> thank you. >>> today the opening bell will sound for more than a million new york city schoolchildren as they head back to class for the new year. thousands of new york city's youngest learners won't be left out with the city putting in extra emphasis on universal pre- k. dray clark is live on staten island where the mayor will make the first stop today. dray? >> good morning, lori. almost that time to get

over to heather with the commute. >>> not a great commute. the bruckner is subject to closure on the southbound side at 138th street. we have an overturned cement truck. northbound side red up to this spot because of police activity. all lanes are subject to closure as a result of that accident. this is a new one, the hutch south near mill road. that accident is being cleared away. then as you head to the staten island expressway eastbound side exit 7 to 11, two lanes are closed. check out the eastbound delay back to the goethals bridge. staten island delay westbound you have two lanes closed down. 15 minutes inbound george washington bridge to the upper level. lower level doing great. minor delays at the lincoln and holland tunnels. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. >> heather, thank you. >>> checking your health this morning, new numbers show fewer americans are smoking cigarettes. according to centers for disease control only 15% of americans are smokers. if the numbers hold true through the end of the year, it woul

heather is looking at the commute. how is it going? >> celebrating yom kippur and you want to get out of the city early they will provide extra metro north, new jersey transit on or close to schedule. path trains are okay. swats no major problems. 84 east at exit 19 a truck fire and a brushfire about a mile before you get to the scene. you can see we have a bit of red through that spot. stone hill at old stone hill road in pound ridge we had an accident that has been cleared. minor delays at the george washington bridge. 10 to 15 inbound at the lincoln and holland tunnels. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect today. major parking restrictions in manhattan. leave the car at home if you can. >> thank you, heather. >>> closing in on 6:30. still ahead this morning, rolling out the red carpet for the holy father. we will take you back live outside the nation's capitol [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going. it's also about the going home. and being connected all along the way. whether you're working

heather o'rourke has a look at the ride. hopefully things are better than yesterday. >> they are at this point. long island railroad is on or close to schedule. metro north is okay. new jersey transit on or close to schedule. again, long island railroad, we will keep our eye on it. i got a tweet from justin james. he said i hope the long island railroad is running smoothie not like yesterday. justin, me too. me too. i hope it stays as it is right now. new jersey transit western spur the ramp to exit 16-w the accident cleared. slow on the george washington bridge. lincoln and holland, no major problems there. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> breaking news this morning. a driver is in police custody after apparently setting off a dangerous sequence of events beginning with an accident on the long island expressway then ending in a 7-mile police chase. eyewitness news reporter marcus solis is live in holtsville with details. marcus? >> reporter: it was a wild sequence of events.

i couldn't resist, heather. you know me, always stirring the pot. >>> weather and traffic every seven minutes. >> brooklyn bridge is closed inbound side into manhattan. the b.q.e. up into the brooklyn bridge, not a bad ride for you. let's go to the maps and i can tell you that it should be reopened at 6:00 a.m. so, once you get up to the brooklyn bridge area, you will not be able to come in to manhattan but you can go outbound back to brooklyn. the bayonne bridge has been reopened. earlier construction picked up and put away. we have a little bit of a residual delay, nothing terrible. alternate sides are suspended today but the metered rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> tighter border controls have not ended the flood of migrants into europe. but starting at midnight, two border closings were closed use. serbia is a safe country where migrants are not in danger. up to this point, 200,000 refugees reached hungary this year. >>> in australia, swearing in of a new prime minister. he

heather is looking at the commuted. weather then heather. >> sounds like dora, the explorer. >> it kind of does. >>> all right, let's explore what is going on with long island railroad. grab your backpack and map. let's look at our maps. we have long island railroad, track work in hicksville. darla miles is on the scene. she will be with us in a bit to give us more information. at this point, long island railroad, port jefferson, ronkonkoma branch on or close to schedule. same situation with new jersey transit trains, path trains, metro north doing fine. earlier accident i tweeted out, facebooked it, pelham parkway,ing that accident has been cleared away. that use the new england thruway. street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> we continue our coverage of the l.i.r.r. we go to darla miles live in westbury. >> this is the news that l.i.r.r. passengers want to hear this morning, that the morning commute will be back to normal. i want to show you where crews are working all night long. in the last half hour, we have seen

good morning, matt. >>> good morning, heather. family, friends and an entire community are grieving for fallen police officer shot and killed on the job yesterday. just before he lost control of a radio he reported he was involved in a foot pursuit of the suspect. the ladies and gentlemened shooters who are still at large at this hour. a massive manhunt to find the suspect after more than 100 officers helicopters and dog teams searched the wooded area north of chicago. >> we are asking residents to please be on the alert if they see anything suspicious dial 911 immediately. no tip is too small. we are asking the community's help on locating anything suspicious. >> gliniewicz is described as a family man and dedicated police officer you want on your side. >> he was a soldier. he loved his community. i can't understand how this could happen to someone like joe. >> tension remains high along the illinois wisconsin border. three suspects considered armed and dangerous are on the lose. very little description other than they are two wh

>> heather, thank you. >>> 5:11. still ahead this morning, a shootout, fear at a gas station, forcing innocent people to take cover. >> a man hit in a hail of bullets talk about the chaotic moments, next. >> also ahead, once a friend, now a foe. donald trump says you're fired it's not about hugging trees. it's not about being wasteful either. you just gotta find that balance. where taking care of yourself takes care of more than just yourself. lease an mkz hybrid for $299 a month . >>> 5:14. some high octane moments caught on camera, when bullets fly at a georgia gas station. bystanders ducked for cover behind cars and pumps when the chaos erupted. surveillance video shows a man hopping out of a white suv to talk to people inside a silver car. then moments later, the car sped away, triggering the shootout, which left one man injured. he says during the gun battle, seconds felt like hours. >> i waited, stood up, finished pumping my gas. i put the pump back and i says, honey, don't panic, but i've been shot. >> the man

we heard heather run with the earlier construction here. it was late running and they got it out of the way a little later than normal. all lanes now reopened at the queens midtown tunnel. you can see just a minor delay at the tolls, really things moving without a problem here. if you're headed this direction, though, a little farther out to the east coming down the bqe look for bumper to bumper volume. we're live over the queens midtown tunnel, john del giorno channel 7 eyewitness news. >> things improving there. thank you john. it is 6:18. amazon may be delivering plenty of sticker shock with its newest tablet. >> in today's tech bytes amazon's new low priced tablets. >> it features a 7-inch screen, front and rear facing cameras and a price tag of $50. it goes on sale september 30th: t-mobile and sprint are expanding international coverage plans, both wireless carriers just added thousands of destinations. >> plans for both companies include free texting and cheapers. >> and a pennsylvania mom has taken to facebook to make a plea to her s

heather's looking at your commute. it's weather then heather every 7 minutes. let's go over to a webcam. somebody needs to clear up this construction stat. you can see we have a lot of delays as you go northbound. we'll explain where this is. bqe northeast from the kosciuszko bridge to queens boulevard. you have only one lane open, and that is for construction. your 1 trains if this is what you normally take you've got the wrong number. this weekend tonight starting at 11:30, lasting throughout the entire weekend there will be no service until monday at 5 a.m. they're doing lots of work along the route. we have our street cleaning rules in effect. shirleen over to you. >>> thank you. advocates for the homeless in new york city are waking up outside city hall this morning. demonstrators gathered last night on the 4th anniversary of the occupy wall street movement. they spent the night outside city hall to pressure the de blasio to do more for the huge number of homeless on the streets. protestors are demanding the affordable housing for the homeless. >>> a new r

heather is looking at the commute. weather then heather. how is it going? >> we are doing fine. heading into the city, that's the way you want to go especially for those going to the east side. new jersey transit trains and buses doing okay. long island railroad is on or close to schedule. metro north no major problems there. track work, 5 trains suspended between east 180th and dyre avenue and f trains suspended between church and still well and 1 trains suspended between 14th and south berry because of track work. we have alternate sides suspended today and tomorrow for religious observances. the metered rules are in effect. >> thank you. >>> we are following a developing story out of queens. police are searching for the driver of a car man and then took off. right now that victim is in eyewitness news reporter kala rama is live in queens with good morning, kala. >> >>reporter: lori, good morning. now police are looking for a jeep burgundy in color seen leaving the area here just after 10:00 last night. that man in his 30s was crossing this intersection to get to the shops as

hi, kristin. >> hi, heather and ainsley.t is impossible to stand here this morning and not feel like you are about to witness something very historic and very special. it is the largest catholic church in the united states. preparations have been going on for weeks. let me show you what i am talking about. look at all of these seats. 15,000 of them. there will be 25,000 people here total. just beyond them are the security barricades they have been setting up. the cardinal of washington told me the barricades are set up just as much to keep the crowds away from the pope as they are to keep the pope away from the crowds. he is the people's pope after all. just beyond the bare kids is the altar. it was designed by architecture students at catholic university. that's where the pope will be celebrating mass this after of noon. this is not just any mass. this is the canonization mass where a catholic missionary a man by the name of junipero serra will become a saint. he touched down yesterday at a commercial airplane where he was

straight to heather o'rourke. >> let's talk about route 22. route 22 is closed on the westbound side. all traffic is being diverted to county line road. it's because of a transformer fire at ridge road in redington. then we are finding problems here on the new york state thruway south near exit 14 another accident. making your way to the tappan zee, you are doing okay. when you get on the tappan zee, you have to reduce your speeds and that is because of the weather. we have street cleaning rules in effect today. ken and lori, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," a lot of lottery loot is up for grabs tonight. the giant jackpot that could make you an instant multimillionaire. >> we continue our coverage of this accuweather alert in effect right now. quite the mess. i'm michael douglas, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. and there's no time to see it like the fall. take metro north to take in the beautiful fall foliage from high above the hudson. swing a club at one of

weather then heather every seven minutes. overturned tractor trailer and flooding in brooklyn. >> a lot of messes. we will look at the webcam we were showing you earlier. they are in the process of moving it around. a lot of activity on the scene. firefighters out there. it looks like this is the overturned truck. look at that debris. we will head to our maps and explain where this is. l.i.e. westbound side exit 26 to 27 overturned truck. all lanes are subject to closure. eastbound one lane closed down. it doesn't look like they will get this cleared away soon. l.i.e. west at maurice avenue, two lanes are closed down with another accident being cleared away. b.q.e. at the williamsburg bridge an accident. flooding at flatbush avenue, two lanes are closed down. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> we are following breaking news in japan. rescuers are plucking people off rooftops. destructive flooding hits the city north of tokyo. nearly 40 people have been lifted out of the flooding

heather will talk about this. it slows things down at the airports. 74 hauppauge, massapequa. 73, 74 down the shore. winds are out of the north and northeast here. flood advisory for the five boroughs of new york city, western nassau and urban areas of new jersey for this batch of rain moving through now. flood advisory remains -- be advised there could be flooding at roadways. some of these downpours are heavy. they are just to the south of long island, moving into fire island and south of the l.i.e. you see the lightning strikes at hempstead. where there is lightning, there is heavy downpours of rain and more to come off to the south and west. our futurecast will show just that. rainfall amounts, you see, have you been mostly heaviest in the park. the match goes through this morning then a break midday. watch the afternoon. heavy rain around 3:00, 4:00 through the evening commute and into tonight tapering to showers. showers and storms, some heavy, flooding possible. temperature 80. allow extra travel time. you

take route 66, huh, heather? >> yeah, sure. nowhere near us but okay. >> that's true. 87 this afternoon. kiddos, after school it will be warm but low humidity. drink lots of water. great at the bus stop. looking at gorgeous weather as we go into the afternoon. 66 degrees and just beautiful weather for today. have a great day and enjoy. >> all right, thank you, bill. [000:59:49;00]

heather has a look at the commute. >> we go back to the maps and talk about what is happening on the bruckner expressway. as you head on to the southbound side into 138th street, you will find and overturned cement truck. the northbound side they are dealing with police activity there, tending to the accident on the southbound side. all lanes are subject to closure as you go through that spot. an accident on the hutch south of mill road with another accident. we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect today. lori, over to you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news in the bronx. a big fire quickly tore through several homes early this morning. eyewitness news reporter dray clark tweeted this photo from the scene in our last half hour. he is joining us now from the katonah park east section with the latest. dray? >> reporter: good morning, lori. the fire is contained but technically still not under control. the fire department wants to make sure that all the hot spots are extinguished before calling the fire under control. the sense of urgency out here has been scaled back

heather is looking at the commute. how is it going? >> a little delay across the verrazano bridge into brooklyn. we can go to our maps and show you that delay. it's just a slight delay as you come across the verrazano bridge up to the gowanus expressway inbound at 92nd a disabled vehicle. northbound b.q.e. eastbound the ramp to the brooklyn bridge is closed down and the brooklyn bridge is closed into the city until 6:00 a.m. we have our street cleaning rules in effect. lori, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> residents in monroe, orange county are wondering what the future of their town looks like after the town's board voted to annex land to a hasidic village. >> he will get 164 acres from the town of monroe after the heated vote. some monroe residents may haveched -- marched through the town urging the board to vote against it. with 164 acres handed over, nobody is happy. >> this whole thing only has to do with hate against a group of people. >> it's not about a clash of culture. it's not about a clash of religion. this is about

heather is looking at the commute. weather and traffic every seven minutes. >>> a webcam, things aren't moving too terribly as you travel around the area. this advertise the l.i.e. doing fine. to talk to you about as we go to our maps. the sprain brook north near route 100-b a multivehicle accident being cleared away. on to the merritt parkway, that is slow southbound at exit 49-n with another accident that is being cleared. we have route 80 east near 287 that unfortunately got cut off. we have a vehicle fire there that has been cutaway. five minutes in george washington bridge. lincoln and holland ten minute delays. best bet utilize mass transit. leave the car at home. street cleaning rules, they are suspended. metered are in effect. lori and ken, over to you. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," the huge drug bust by the nypd. the surprising place that officers found, get this, about $10 million worth of synthetic marijuana. >>> also ahead, creativity on display at a local pizza parlor just in time for t

heather is looking at the commute. >> how do you not have coffee? isn't it national coffee day. >> it is. are excited about free coffee. >> well, that's the best kind, isn't it? >> yes. >>> let's go to the maps, i will show you a free map of the hudson river crossings. minor delays across the board. no major problems to report. you have the lower level reopened. that looks like a good ride. not a good ride traveling on the east side of manhattan. u.n. general assembly in town. 49th street closed between third and alexander. 45th and 41st between first and second. first avenue closed between 42nd and 48th. 34th is subject to closure between fdr and 5th avenue. ramp to 42nd street is closed and ramp to 53rd street is closed down. alternate side of the street parking rules are suspended. metered are in effect. >>> we start with breaking news. an american and afghan security forces launched a major offensive against the taliban overnight. strike and continues right now in the city of kondos. you see the taliban raising the

heather is looking at the commute. whether then heather every seven minutes. how is it going? >> it's a mess. you heard kala talking about long island railroad. she is on the scene. let's talk about what we have on the chart. long island railroad eastbound service at 6:00 a.m. no service to ronkonkoma, huntington or port jefferson. you will find the westbound side bypassing westbury, bypassing carle place and you have bus service to mineola from there you can pick up a train. you can expect a lot of delays, cancellations, overcrowding, confusion. all of the other mass transit times, new jersey transit, path trains, metro north on or close to schedule. subways are doing just fine. street cleaning rules are back in effect. ken and lori, over to you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," rising death toll as devastating floodwaters sweep through utah. the very latest on the search for survivors coming up. >> plus, before graduation it's hope and circumstance for 12 lucky high school students set to greet the pontiff when he visits new >>> developing in

. >> heather, thank you. >>> breaking news in brooklyn. firefighters are on the scene of a four-alarm fire burning through two homes. the flames broke out a little more than an hour ago at a home on glenwood road in flatbush then spreading to the home next door. also just learned that at least five people are hurt. we have a crew heading to the scene. we will bring you more details on this breaking news as soon as we learn more. >>> we are following developments on long island where police caught up with a suspect after a crime spree that included a stolen tractor trailer, a police chase and a crash. eyewitness news reporter marcus solis live in holtsville, suffolk county. >> good morning. it was a wild seen spanning seven miles, two tones before it ended here at exit 62 of the l.i.e. now, we will show you video. this is when it all was over. the suspect being taken into custody in patchogue arrested after he lead police on a chase involving a stolen truck. as we said, it started with a car accident near exit 62 of the eastbound l.i.e. app

good morning john. >> good morning to you heather. we have an accident on the cross bronx expressway. this one's a little unique. we're on the eastbound side of the cross bronx near white plains road. there were two tractor-trailers involved in this accident. if you look closely that is a new car carrier involved in the accident. it looks to me as if there's a pretty expensive car hanging off the top of the car carrier. that's what the issue is going to be, getting that secured before they can get this accident cleared and out of the way. eastbound side two lanes are shut. on the westbound side we had one lane closed. that's been reopened. look for heavy delays both ways. >> i can see rubbernecking delays on the bridge with people checking that out. let's go to our maps. 440 making your way into victory boulevard, ongoing construction, two lanes are closed down as you head through that spot. 78 west at exit 18 that is a vehicle fire, and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. >>> thank you very much heathe

thank you, bill. >>> let's send it over to heather o'rourke. lots of closures to talk about. >> today is the day that you want to leave your car at home, utilize mass transit. we are going to head over here and talk about the street closures around the 9/11 memorial. the pope will be down there at 11:30 this morning. the west side highway will be closed down on the northbound side. i would suspect they may start closures on the southbound side as well. avoid that entire area of lower manhattan if you can. if you see the pope, you want to use mass transit. let's take a look at the maps and talk about some of the changes because of the pope's visit. mta buses dealing with detours today. you have new jersey transit buses giving you extra service if you want to come into the city and the subways is your bet. they may skip stations because of overcrowding. alternate sides are suspended today. the metered rules are in effect. ken and shirleen, over to you. >> thank you, heather. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning this morning, the road f

heather is looking at the commute. problems on the new england thruway. >> this is true. >> let's go to the maps and tell you what the problem is. heading to the northbound side near exit 20 we have an accident being cleared away. you can see the delay starting to back up. we will keep our eye on that. another problem is l.i.e. eastbound side near exit 26 overturned vehicle francis lewis boulevard. overturned vehicle has been cleared. all lanes are reopened. you will find residual delay eastbound. route 10 dover chester road an accident with a downed pole. one lane open. alternate side of the street parking rules are suspended. metered are in effect. >>> >> thank you. >>> breaking news out of utah. eight people are dead after flash floods sweep away a dozen women and children. this is dramatic video from overnight. five people are missing. rescue teams in the town of hildale are expected to resume their search the victims were inside an s.u.v. and a van carrying a total of 16 people when both were hit by a wall of wate

let's go to heather with nick saban. >> heather: chris, thank you so much. coach, what kind of tone does this win set for the season? >> well, you know, i think that, in a game like this, you know, you are always going to go back and say, where are we? where do we need to improve, what are the things we did well, what are the things we need to do better and there are certainly a lot of things we can do better in the game. it was a great win for us. wisconsin's got a good team. i'm really happy with the way our guys competed. i thought we played really well in the second half. >> heather: coach, a big question mark throughout fall camp was your quarterback situation. you said you needed to see game evidence. what is your takeaway now? >> i thought jake played well. cooper probably didn't have the same opportunities, but really pleased with the way jake played. he made good choices and decisions out there, and, you know, hopefully he'll only get better. >> heather: what are your thoughts on a two-quarterback approach moving forward? >> i don't have any right n

heather? >> what you can expect is a lot of closures. let's go over the closures we are dealing with on the upper west side of manhattan. those closures between 77th street and 61 traffic tracker between columbus and central park west. the mass in central park begins at 5:00 p.m. the closures last until 7:00 p.m. if you got a ticket, you want to use mass transit to get there. let's go to the maps. the buses will be dealing with delays and diversions because of the closures not only on the upper west side but throughout manhattan. another great way to go into manhattan, come into manhattan, utilize the ferry systems. >> look outside this morning, 5 minutes from sunrise. gorgeous as we look across central park to that sunrise. high, thin cirrus clouds. clouds and sun, nice fall day. 64 degrees. a little warmer than normal. 50s up to the north and west. by noontime 72 for the papal mass later on in the park around 75, 76 degrees. beautiful weather today. it's perfect outside. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness desperate attempt to

. >> ainsley and heather, good morning to you. i am not going to pick a winner or loser because people get on your twitter account if you do that. you have to give kudos to carly fiorina. she did herself a world of good. she probably had the most point nent moment last night. she owned the place when she made this statement about planned parenthood. listen? >> i dare hillary clinton barack obama to watch these tapes, watch a fully formed fetus on the table. this is about the character of our nation and if we will not stand up and force president obama to veto this bill, shame on us. >> the crowd absolutely ate that one up. adds expected carly fiorina got into it with donald trump big time. you remember the comment who would vote for a face like that about a week ago then there was a sharp back and forth prompting chris christie admonish both of them. listen to this. >> there are a lot of us americans who believe we are going to have trouble some day paying back the interest on our debt because politicians have run up mountains of

i am heather childers. >> i am heather childers.s highly anticipated secondary pub candy bait is here. gop rivals are looking to break out and steal the lead from donald trump. >> can they do that. john roberts is live in sem knee valley, california. john? >> ainsley and heather, good morning to you. the fox news debate in august really set the table for the campaign. now the candidates are sitting down to eat many hoping to dine on donald trump defying the laws of political gravity. a big patriotic rally aboard the uss iowa at which trump promised as president he would do everything he could to strengthen the u.s. military. >> we are going to make our military so big and so strong and so great, it will be so powerful that i don't think we are ever going to have to use it. nobody is going to mess with us. we are going to make our country so great. >> trump doesn't have any plans to do that. most of the xed tor competitor will look for a breakout moment. on fox last night trump, carly fiorina and marco rubio talked about how they wer

thank you, heather -- they are mayor. >> thank you, heather. >>> the pope was visit to america generating a buzz in more than one way with unique honors on tap. >> a thief caught stealing packages from the front steps of a home in queens. the details coming up. close call with a shark. baby! i love that we're spending the weekend together. oh i know! hey, why don't you turn off your phone and all your stuff. good idea. it's off. mom? oh my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. did you like want to do something? i am doing something. leave slow downloads behind. it's good to be back. the 100% fiber optics network gives you the fastest internet available for all your devices. >>> get this, beer drinkers laying hands on papal inspired bruce. bars in the nation's capitol and baltimore -- do you know where that is? >> i do. >> near catholic university, i think they tip back a few. i had a few friends that went there. magic bishop and sweet baby jesus. one is serving resurrection ale. you have to have the angels in the background going awe. >> meteorologist bill evans joins us with

the latest on the commit with respect heather o'rourke -- commute with heather o'rourke. >>> staten island expressway has construction set up. this is the eastbound side. this is the westbound side. construction in both directions. let's head to the maps and pinpoint where that is for you. eastbound the construction avenue. westbound slosson to richmond and street cleaning rules in effect today. ken, over to you. >> >>> nearly 250,000 apple iphone users are the victims of hackers. malaware need key raider targeting jail broken iphones. it allows owners to access part of the file systems that otherwise would be restricted. once infected it will give up all of the owners itunes app information to hackers. >> if you don't have a jail break on your phone, you are good to go. if you jail break the phone you don't have the security that apple build in and susceptible to viruses or hackings or incontributions into your phone. >> the malaware started in china. it has spread to 18 countries including, you got it, right here in the united states. >>> we are closing in on 5:00 and continuing to follo

heather, back to you. >> what a mess. thank you for that. >> now we head to the maps, north of there, north of hamilton avenue accident, b.q.e. northbound ramp to the brooklyn bridge is reopened. brooklyn bridge is reopened as you head into manhattan. long island railroad on or close to schedule. metro north, new jersey transit doing fine. l.i.e. heading west at exit 16 we had an accident there. that accident has been cleared away. we have residual delays. let's show you the delay traveling into the scene. all those brake lights heading on to the l.i.e. going west. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken and lori, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning" t new information on a deadly plane crash in alaska. we learned the pilot was among the survivors and he is from the tri-state area. we thought we'd be ready. but demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding. fast. our amex helped us

heather is looking at the commute. heather had her cassette tape going. >> i had my pencil because it was wound up. so i unwound it. i know nothing about what you are talking about. let's go to over newscopter 7. now the south tube is shut down. this is because they are trying to get an accident cleared from out of the south tube. so, as you make your way down the helix this morning, that's the side street which looks a lot better. as you come around the helix down to the tube, it will be a 30 to 40 minute delay inbound because of that accident. and we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. >> the nation's top college football players took time during last night's game to remember two journalists murdered on live tv. stickers with wdbjbj. ward was a devoted hockeys fan and was going to attend the season opener with his father and best friends. >>> still ahead, a bizarre accident overnight claims the life of a woman on a motorcycle. we will have a live report with the investigation in queens. >> a to

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i am heather childers. >> thank you for waking up this early with us. search now for the three gold blooded cop killers. police expanding their hunt in illinois. as we hear from the slain officer's wife for the first time. m matt fin is live for us. >> with those suspects being called cop killers they are still at large. there have been no concrete sightings in the search. >> a woman lied about see two suspicious people in a cornfield. turns out she was apparently looking for attention and will be in court later today. that false alarm aside they have forensic evidence and surveillance tape to comb through and video of a truck driver passing by but no witnesses. there is very little description other than two white males and one black male. as this investigation continues to expand officer family friends and community paused at two vigils. >> he was my best friend, my hero, the love of my life for the last 26 and a half years. he was my rock as much as i was his rock. every night he came home to me. he was the most wonderful, caring, loving father to ou

c heather, clouds and sunny. >> okay. all right. let's go over to our maps and talk about what's happening as you travel throughout our area on the l.i.e. westbound near exit 19 which is wood haven boulevard. that is a disabled truck. throgs neck bridge we had construction. it cleared early. wasn't supposed to be cleared until 7 a.m. george washington bridge doing fine. it's minor at the george washington bridge, the lincoln and holland tunnels. as you travel on the garden state parkway northbound near exit 151 that is an accident still being cleared away. subway status, that earlier track work has been completed. our subways are all running on or close to schedule at this point. we do have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. lori and ken over to you. >> thank you. still ahead on you eye this morning. the former pro tennis star at the center of a wrongful arrest by the nypd takes a stand today. >> an update on one of the deadly fires out west in california and one of the worst in state history there. made everyone

good morning. >> good morning, heather and ainsley. we'll be tracking some areas of heavy rain across parts of the northeast and new england. that's all with a cool front on the move. but behind that system, much cooler air. so that's going to be welcome news across parts of the northeast. i want to take you to the plains. we have another storm system tracking out here. this one has the potential to produce some severe weather today, widespread across the state of kansas, southern parts of nebraska and western parts of missouri out here. we're looking at potential for isolated tornadoes today. that's something of concern, of course. if you live in kansas city, wichita, heads up, potential throughout the day today. now current temperature, we mentioned that front that is moving eastward. behind it, much cooler, look at chicago this morning. 58 degrees, going to feel like september and fall across parts of the midwest. ahead of the system, mild in places like new york city, 73 degrees. want to look at the rockies, out here you're also on

it's weather then heather every 7 minutes. >> hello. >> that's all i got. that's all i go. >> all right. that's all you got. i got a lot. let's go right over here and show you what's going on with the george washington bridge, which is a quiet ride, no major problems at all. we have the cross county parkway east near midland avenue, an ongoing accident investigation. route 100 another accident is being cleared away. we have alternate side of the street parking rules suspend ed today and that included metered rules as well. ken and lori over to you. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the new move made by the county clerk in kentucky who refuses to issue same-sex marriage licenses. her new pleas from jail. >> and new england patriot's quarterback tom bring i did breaking his silence in the >>> a kentucky county clerk is appealing a judge's decision to put her in jail for refusing to sign same-sex marriage licenses. kim davis filed a formal appeal. davis objects to same-sex marriage for religious reasons as she stopped issuing all marriage licens

heather? >> ken and lori, we have limited service with long island railroad as dray has been saying and as a result a lot of people could start heading on to the roads. if you use metro north, new jersey transit, they are okay. long island railroad, that's where the problem is. long island railroad customers can use 2, 3, 7 or e trains. they will cross honor long island fares. getting there, that's the hard part. will you use your car? eastbound at routes 106-107 an accident on the l.i.e. westbound side is picking up volume exits 33 into 19. that is a lot of volume with people opting to use their car instead. this is a huge problem for staten island commuters. eastbound 440 into richmond road, construction until further notice. look at the red on the staten island expressway. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >>> two suffolk county police officers are among four people hurt in a chain reaction crash in hauppauge. the officers just pulled over a car when a third car rear e

heather. >> thank you very much. many expected governor scott walker to be a decider in had the presidential race. he didn't live up to the hype. >> he he was the guy that seemed to have the achievements they were looking for. they are constantly campaigning the leaders don't fight. he had been in the bruising fights with the labor movement out there and he won them. but the man we saw on the debate stage in neither debate projected the image of much of a fighter. he said very little. he was bland in sort of a classic midwestern way, classic bland. people were looking for something else. they didn't see the scott walker the man they had heard about and his support dried up and his money dried up. >> carly fiorina stopping by the "the tonight show" talking about the best advice his mother ever gave her. >> when i was a little girl what you are is god's gift to you and what you make of yourself is god's gift to you. >> no matter what they are, what they look like how they start or what their circumstances they have the

>> good morning heather. unfortunately the folks that can hear the helicopter, we're over the staten island expressway. this is about as good as things have looked here in the last half hour or so. we're on the eastbound side of the staten island expressway at clove road. this was an accident involving that tractor-trailer and you sigh that small gray car out there. there was an injury and that gray vehicle was out in the third lane. they had to get that person mansion. just loaded into an ambulance and taken away. doesn't look like there were serious injuries but few wasn't until that happened they could get the accident vehicles off to the right shoulder. for a while there was only one lane open. as a result these delays already all the way back to the west shore expressway. you can see the activity cleared to the right shoulder. all lanes are reopened. very heavy leftover delays. >>> we are going to head to our maps and talk about montauk highway closed both ways at north ocean avenue because of an acciden

heather?p to 7 years behind bars for helping richard matt and david sweat break out of new york's clinton correctional facility. she pleaded guilty to hiding hacks saws in frozen hamburger meat which they used to help cut their way out of jail cell. a weekended with matt shot by police and sweats captured police. >>> theo bronhorse is in on trial. it forced palmer in hiding for months. the united states has not responded to zimbabwe's request to have him extradited. >> now the race for the white house. donald trump getting ready to unleash the details of his tax plan as the latest fox news poll shows both he and dr. ben carson are jockeying for the top spot. kristin is live for us with the 2016 roundup. >> today is the day donald trump will unveil his tax plan. he says it will be very specific. he will lay it all out at a press conference later this morning. he gave a preview last night on 60 minutes. his plan will include a zero tax rate. a 0 for a large segment of low income americans and bi

heather o'rourke. >>> we have the b.q.e. accident southbound has been cleared. northbound at hamilton we have the accident. we have flooding on the harlem river drive south in the 120s. that is blocking a couple of lanes. 95 north express lanes north of route 80 and accident. i just got word that 80 has an accident in paterson. you have 17 suite of -- south of route 80 more flooding. l.i.e. west at exit 25, you tap i don't parkway an accident. mass transit is okay. 2 and 5 trains with problems. 6 trains, n, q trains. so, we will keep you posted on what is going on there. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori and ken, over to you. >>> more trouble for my cut hurt. >>mine hurt more. >>mine stopped hurting faster! neosporin plus pain relief starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria neosporin plus pain relief kills the germs. fights the pain. use with band-aid brand. (wolves howling) when heartburn comes creeping up on you. fight back with relief so smooth and fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongu