there are showers from eastern hudson river, long island, coastal connecticut. back to the west up morristown this is the cooler drier air that pours in tonight. by this afternoon, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, we will hit 70 degrees. much cooler tomorrow. be ready for that. tomorrow 60 degrees with the cool air that pours in out of canada bringing us back to fall weather which will be great for the fall classic friday night at citi field. morning showers, clouds and afternoon. the cooler air pours in out of old canada and 38 in the sub better. 48 in the five boroughs. tomorrow is a great fall day. normal weather, sunshine, 60. it will feel cooler because it will be 13 cooler than today. saturday is great weather for halloween, trick or treating. sunshine and clouds on sunday for marathon sunday looking great. set your clocks back. saturday and i got a whole bunch of jedi knights that are here. all the jedis are here for halloween. >> is that lul u's light safe very. >> our "star wars" gang is here. >> we have a busy day on the roads. >>> if mass transit is part of the plan

looking at rain from the hudson river valley around kingston, poughkeepsie, down did the hudson river valley to the city. showers out to the hamptons, coastal connecticut. 7:00. the second front has the cooler drier air behind it. the low is sweeping through the great lakes. a second front brings the cooler air. the noontime temperature will be 70. 73 this afternoon. warm and breezy with winds out of the west southwest. the front moves through 3:00, 4:00. that drops the temperature to around 60. at the bus stop, kiddos, have your rain gear. a few showers around. there will be one kid, the enforcer -- always is. >> she will be selling umbrellas at the bus stop. >> that does sound like me actually. >> weather then heathers. >> thank you for saving the purple one for me, lori. >>> let's show you a camera shot of the belt parkway around j.f.k. not moving badly in this spot. heading to our maps, there is flooding on the belt parkway and it's near farmer's boulevard into rockaway boulevard. close to j.f.k. heading to j.f.k., use caution. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken and lori, ov

. >>> a rescue tonight in the hudson river. the boat capsizing it. the man adrift in the hudson but with a flotation device. how the man was saved, that's the story. eyewitness news reporter jim dolan at the scene on the hudson. >> what a story it was, as his boat was taking on water in the hudson river today, the owner life vest, put it on before his boat capsized and sunk and there he was. in the middle of the hudson river, treading 58-degree water and nobody around to pluck him out. but that is when mike baker came along. he's the captain of a new york waterway ferry between haverstraw and ossining. he had a boat full of passengers but they were going to have to wait because he knew exactly what he had to do. >> in a life-threatening situation you respond immediately. anything you're doing has to be put on hold. it worked out well. we were able to get the guy out of the water in about 10 minutes and had him with ems in about 15. >> the guy whose boat sank, he was taken by ems to a hospital in sleepy hollow, phelps memorial hospital. he's doing fine

still moving fine across the board at the hudson river crossing. the inbound george washington bridge, a smooth ride heading inbound. once you're on the southbound harlem river drive watch for stop-and-go traffic into the construction on the southbound drive down into the 150s. are suspended. metered parking rules in effect. back over to you. >>> thank you. it's 5:10. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the desperate search for the crew aboard a cargo ship that vanished in the middle of hurricane joaquin. an update on what the coast guard has found so far. >> also ahead, the new warning >>> two coast guard cutters worked overnight in search for the missing cargo ship that disappeared in the middle of hurricane joaquin. authorities lost contact with the el faro thursday in the bahamas. the ship was carrying 22 americans and five polish nationals. ship. rescuers have also spotted floating debris and an oil sheen 35 miles from the ship's bahamas. the coast guard has not the el faro. family members of the crew are holding out hope. prayer. >> g

it's really warm, even up the hudson river valley. that will fuel these showers and thunderstorms that come in this afternoon. much of the day is dry and sunny and warm and very summer- like. noontime temperature, a great time to have lunch outside. we're looking at 72 to 74 degrees, and then 78 this afternoon. thunderstorms start coming in around 3, 4, 5:00 to about 7:00 tonight. at the bus stop, finally these children have taken a hint that after school -- >> i love this. >> you like this? >> that's nice. >> i picked out the green one for you lori. >> i love green. thank you. >> we moved the kids around because that one was rowdy. so [ laughter ] >> separate the children. we were having a little problem with the traffic gal. as a matter of fact she's away this week. she had some other problems on twitter. she lost her goggles or something, tried to snorkel. heather's having a good time. she's back on monday. debbie duhaime doing a great job this week. >> good morning everyone. we're going to start off by showing you pictures of sunr

you have a minor delay at our hudson river crossings. going on to the belt parkway, they are clearing away this construction westbound, flatbush avenue getting into knapp street. the eastbound side was taking two-way traffic. they were doing this all week long. it looks like they are in the process of clearing it. you can still see a little bit of a delay as you head through that spot. bqe north, that ramp to the brooklyn bridge remains closed down. our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. david and lori over to you. >>> thank you. the mets world series hopes are alive and well this morning after a huge victory over the dodgers in los angeles. >> what a game. and now they're bringing it back to new york. the mets were down 2, one in the 4th inning when a shift in the dodgers infield gave daniel murphy chance to steal 3rd. he scored on a sacrifice fly and tied the game. murphy's home run in the 6th pushed the mets ahead and the dodgers never recovered with a 3-2 win it was time for celebrations. how satisfying is that, the clubh

ground they pump water from up there work it's really flooded and they pump it back into the hudson river's. one is being used, one is not. >> said i have one pump. >> how many do they think they need. >> one pump that was online during hurricane sandy only took five days to get rid of the water. in comparison after i read, it took two weeks. >> you have $230 $30 million. that's a lot of money. it's been three years, the city could be underwater again, they have one pump. what have they been doing over the past three years? planning these projects. >> let me guess, was there a logo, was logo, with their consulting to mark. >> it appears that it was a bureaucratic red tape. the reality reality is the city it's been prepared for flooding when the hurricane hits or not. when it rains it floods here so they're getting ready for it. >> but they are not ready for that's the problem. here's the question. as don zimmer, have they taken the time to draft her remark when the storm hits as to properly grain blamed governor christie. >> i've asked what's been taking so long. they said they been in meet

there's a system out in the atlantic throwing this rain back towards the hudson river. then you see that front to our west. that goes by today but not really a big deal. we're going to be looking at 72, 73 degrees later on this afternoon. first pitch temperature this evening 66 degrees, and then much cooler weather comes in for tomorrow. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. that's the news for now. i'm michelle charlesworth. >> and i'm lori stokes. thanks for starting your morning with us. have a good day. >>> good morning, america. high stakes showdown. the democratic presidential hopefuls set for their first debate facing off in las vegas. hillary clinton takes center stage warming up at a protest one of donald trump's hotels. >> i don't think it's entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. >> the republican front-runner fires back. >> breaking this morning, the final report on that catastrophic explosion that brought down malaysian air flight 17. the report to be released in just moments. the families being briefed about what really happened to that pl

that's our camera at fort lee, new jersey looking across the hudson river. and all the way out east what a beautiful say. we have a great day coming a warm day too where temperatures today are really going to be on the warm side. 60-degrees to start the cry with clear skies and a -- day with clear skies and a southwest wind. lot of sunshine today and there's a front off to the north. with a couple of showers out ahead of it that slides by to the north this morning. the cooler air is back here to the great lakes, that's what comes in tonight. things off. so today we're at 65 by 10:00 and by the time noon comes arnold we're at 71 kegs and 77 -- degrees and 77 later on this afternoon. a lot of sunshine. and warm weather. so kiddos you might need a jacket or sweater for the morning but after psychological i give it an -- school i give it an a. plus. nearly 20 degrees cooler. that's next and your weekend in the accuweather seven day forecast. it's weather then heather every seven minutes. i have great news. >>> pretty food gauze for you, no major problems to repo

. >>> and from greenwich village, a plan to fix up a popular playing field along a pier on the hudson river. >>> a sun set on a beautiful day and the sun set on warm temperatures. changes in the forecast we'll from queens arraigned on murder charges stemming from a deadly hazing case. it involves the death during a fraternity retreat in the poconos two years ago. all five defendants weab members of the pie delta sigh. prosecutmrs say the men took part in the deadly hazing ritual or failed to step in and stop it. dang's death was a prank that went horribly wrong and not a murder. >>> new tonight, prime property along the hudson river is going to turn into affordable housing if mayor de blasio gets his way. they the complex would include hundred of apartment complexes designated for working families and senior citizens. the funding for it needs to approval of the hudsut park river trust board of directors. >>> a report you need to watch >>> coming up, the i-team uncovers some of the bus mpanies with the most violations. >> what's being done to keep your child safe. >> watch new york's biggest

taking the ferries today jersey city staten island coming over back and forth from the hudson river over from brooklyn the east river looking good here as well as long island and bridgeport and back looking at sunshine today a pretty sunrise at 7:00, noon time temperatures 66 and 70 this afternoon. we'll talk about thunderstorms for tomorrow we got your weekend coming up to talk about. debbie in for heather up in the traffic center. what's going on out there? >> mass transit running on or close to schedule. let's go to the maps with the problem on 22 westbound in newark an accident and still busy on south at 18 in new brunswick with construction. let's go out to the web cam. a look at the outbound side of the gowanus getting down toward still busy but that earlier problem clear also getting reports of a stall on the southbound bqe by the manhattan bridge. let's go up to john whose i above queens good morning john. >> good morning debbie. we found the accident here on the van wick expressway. we came out looking for a collision at van wick at jamaica. look like that cleared up but we foun

hudson river crossings moving okay. watch for a problem on east bay avenue by maple avenue in barn kit by route 9. 80 westbound a problem in paterson by exit 58. a jackknifed tractor-trailer. watch for a couple of of lanes westchester county, the bronx river parkway cross county in yonkers two lanes blobbed with a truck into the overpass. let's go outside to our webcam. the van wyck northbound still bumper to bumper traffic headed out to kew gardens. back to you. >>> thank you. 5:48. strong winds are already pounding our area and rain is coming up the coast. >> take a live look now at sea bright new jersey. communities along the jersey have you seen maria? abc7 and your tri-state ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. >>> it is 5:50. police have charged eleven more suspects in the hazing death of a student at baruch college. fraternity members physically abused chun michael deng during a hazing ritual in december 2013 in the poconos mountains and tried to cover it up. 26 people have been charged. a tot

. >> in the middle of the flag, you see the hudson river, and on the hudson river are two boats meant to represent commerce. atop the state seal is an eagle sitting on a globe. the globe shows the western hemisphere -- and that was meant to represent the new world and new york's important place as a port city in the development of the new world. >> finally, the word "excelsior" encourages new yorkers to reach ever higher to achieve their goals. maybe that's why new york city has so many skyscrapers. just about everyone knows manhattan, new york is called "the big apple." but did you know that manhattan, kansas has a similar nickname? it's called "the little apple." with "flag facts," i'm veronique. >> only two teams have never made the world series in all of baseball -- the seattle mariners and the washington nationals. however, they have both made the league championship series, but they just haven't got past there. the seattle mariners last made the american league championship series in 2001 when they won 116 games during the regular season, but they lost the series to the eventual

trains have often been delayed because of repairs on the crumbling hudson river rail new york. amtrak officials are warning wmakers that fixing those tunnels could lead them to close one at a time. that's a prokt ject that would limit service even more. the fear is that could be passed down to commuters. another example, from penn station to here in newark -- or from newark to new york penn station, the fare hike will go up $13 starting today for a monthly pass. that's pretty significant. coinming uhep in our next half hour, we'll talk about more of the examples on how the fare hike will impact commuters, michael, and who's getting blamed for this. here's a hint. it comes from the top. back to you. >> all right. i think we can get that, tracie. thank you so much. >>> 4:37 right now. ppening today, it's the deadline for the mayor's times square task force to submit recommendations for how to deal with street performers. the panel was created to respond to d complaints about aggressive costume characters and topless panhandlers panhandlers. "the wall street journal" an reports th

temperatures are around 56, 57 degrees around the five boroughs, and 52 up the hudson river valley, a little warmer than normal. when you check out these winds out of the southwest at 3 to 12 miles an hour, and ahead of that front, see those wind profiles, that's a warm wind the sprinkles are above i-80 and right there around i-84. kids at the bus stop need a jacket, need a sweater, it's in the 40s this morning. a little on the chilly side. by afternoon we're going to be well into the 60s. 67 today, which is about 4 or 5 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. this front moves through today, makes it brisk and cooler tomorrow. then that next front on saturday brings a real cold shot into sunday when we'll have a hard freeze sunday night. we have baseball into monday morning. there will be frost and that will end the growing season. this weekend looking really good if you want to check out the fall colors, particularly north of the city and northwest getting into parts of new england. it's starting to peak out in the catskills, beautiful fall viewing weather for the leave

trains are often delayed, and there are issues with the hudson river tunnel. a lot of people questioning why they're paying so much more starting today. back to you. >> thanks, tracie. >>> one more check of traffic right now. lauren scala has that. new ones for long island commuters. two accidents on the long island expressway. one of them westbound after exit 51 in dicks hills. that blocks the left lane. another out there westbound after -- or right before exit 41. that's on the shoulder. delays building quickly as well. over on the major deegan southbound after the cross bronx expressway, an accident blocking the left lane for about 30 minutes. delays go back almost into westchester county. into new jersey where 78 eastbound, an accident out there by 287 blocks a lane. >> all right, lauren. thanks very much. raphael, so much going on. where do we stand? >> hurricane joaquin may be going out to sea. it's too early to say. we'll have the latest information at noon. stay with us throughout the next few days. 64 degrees for your high for today. breezy and sweate

that moves west of the city at midnight and up the hudson river valley, 11:00 tonight, we'll have that update and overnight we start to see this winding down. it's very balmy tomorrow. the front itself, actually the cooler air comes in late in the day tomorrow right here. the model is showing a shower popping up. mostly you'll just notice the cooler air filtering in tomorrow night. the rainfall amounts start to get heavier. we're looking at tenth up to a half inch. tonight look how heavy that rain is this evening and tonight and we'll talk more about that in your accuweather forecast. as well as world series baseball weather. the fall classic, halloween, the new york marathon, all that this weekend to talk about in your seven-day forecast. david back to you. >>> thank you for bringing up the mets because that's what we're turning to right now. if you stayed up all night for that game, you are a real mets fan. it lasted more than five hours, ended with a loss. the mets are hoping to even things up against kansas city in game 2 of the world series. >> the 14 inning game is the longest wo

hudson river crossings moving smoothly. stop and go southbound fdr drive into the 70s with construction, and the inbound gowanus by 92nd street, its emergency construction in the hov lane. let's go to the webcam. this is that inbound gowanus moving slowly through bay ridge. emergency construction in the hov lane. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back over to you. >>> thank you. newly released video shows a driver on a demolition derby in brooklyn. one car after another slammed. dashboard cameras recorded the whole thing a mile long hit and run on saturday night. at least a dozen cars were damaged. the driver finally stopped at a dead end street where some people tried to intervene. the driver faces a dwi charge. >>> a student from fordham university sending a great big thanks to tom hanks after the oscar winning actor went out of his way to return her lost id badge. mr. hanks found a student id badge on the ground in central park with the name lauren on it. yesterday he tweeted a message saying hey lauren, i foun

it cuts right up here up the hudson river valley and through new jersey. all that's looking really good. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. i've got great news. >> and i have unfortunate news. if the northern state is usually the way you go, we have an ongoing closure in dix hills. this is a fatal accident being investigated. we'll explain where the close is between exits 41 and 42. you have all lanes closed down and that is in both directions. 7 trains no trains between queensboro plaza and 34th street. that's ongoing track work. a and d trains also have suspensioned. our street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> heather thank you. the heads of the cia and homeland security may have good reason to be embarrassed this morning. >> a hacker said to be a high school student claims he broke into cia director john brennan's personal e-mail account. some material from brennan's account has been posted online and the fbi investigating the breach. >>> closing in on 5:00. also gathering details on two breaking stories right now. a stretch of the northern

whitestone 54, 52 long island, 50 around bridgeport, 50 around white plains and up the hudson river valley. flood advisory for this wind that's coming in out of the east, southeast at 25, 35 miles an hour, so a flood advisory for the afternoon, coastal sections, western long island sound, jersey shore. here are the showers kind of scattered around monmouth and ocean county. they keep developing through the day, and the showers become heaviest this afternoon with the wind. wind swept rain, it will be heavy for the afternoon and into the evening commute. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. heather says she's got some great advice for you. >> i do. you want to use mass transit this morning so when you're leaving work this afternoon you event won't have to deal with the rain and flooding. in roxbury we have an accident, should be cleared shortly. 17 both ways between century road and midland avenue, that earlier construction is clearing. subway status, service is running on or close to schedule, and we have long island railroad, metro north, new jersey transit all running on or close

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visitors are short change themselves if they don't hit the hudson river and head north. >> reporter:ou will find it 50 miles north of new york city and 250 years back in the history of this nation. >> reporter: george washington found this to be what he called the key to the continent and thought if he could control west point and the hudson river again the largest navy and largest army in the world, we could cure the united states. it was an tight-year war in the revolution. >> reporter: west point. george washington's brain child. the nation's oldest it in academy. known for its stone architecture and cadet chapel. it trained grant and lee, pershing and patton, macarthur, eisenhower, petraeus and o o -- ierno. you got that, right? caused into the granite hills i it golf course. it's the proved a legendary course designer robert trent jones and built during the world war ii years using an unusual labor source. german prisoners of our transported from the battlefield of europe to this american army post. i recently played with brigadier general malcolm frost. in 1983 he was a lowly p

sofrito has a new home in manhattan now along the hudson river. joining us now are the owner and congratulai>>s on your new space.onow you're at riverbank state park at 154th street. >> we have a terrific new space right on the hudson river overlooking the george washington bridge.hait's 10,000 square feet. we have an out door patio. we have valet seven days a week. we have extensive space to do graduations and weddings. your food is always the star of latin cuisine with a little bit of a twist. speaking of that our first dish here is something that maybe if you're going for brunch at your restaurant you might have to have some french toast. >> this is a pina colada french toast. >> wonderful. consumers want their latin >> this is ourthried calamari salad with a sweet ginger glaze and pineapples. >> chef, i've always loved your plan plantian sandwiches. >> this has the beef, chicken. and we have the yucca steak with our mojitod >> since you're on the water do you have more seafood dishes? >> we have a wonderful veal in the restaurant. but this is

the liberty bridge, roughly 250 feet above the hudson river to allow for the maritime traffic. people could walk, run, or bike across, giving another option. >> they would be happier by the time they go into the office. >> reporter: thomas duffy said the bridge is feasible, but there's challenges. >> pedestrians bridges are typically very slight, and you have issues with seismic vibration feeling up that high. >> sweet! that would be good! >> reporter: would you use it? >> only with bike lanes. >> reporter: there's already an online petition signed by 1,000 supporters who want to see this idea become a reality. >> don't look down. >> that's right, look straight ahead. >> everyone came out, and they were scared. >>> backed in the back of an 18 wheeler for 5 hours. how the human smuggling operation was uncovered. >>> bitten by a shark, and the attack saved this man's life. >>> you think your commute is bad? check out this traffic jam. >> i get it, and i hold it. yourself delivery, next. >>> dramatic rescue of a group of undocumented immigrants in texas. police captured the first

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[laughter] >> we livewhen you live on the hudson river with the greatest view of new york city, it isll: i had to ask. thanks, david. >> in annual road rally. people often do not realize that we have highlands in new jersey. >> pumpkin spice bagel. >> pumpkin spice bagels. bill: i hate them. >> new jersey highland coalition holds an annual road rally, a 60-mile competition. you need a driver and navigator. we joined the race. i was the navigator. >> what was the next step? >> right right. >> the trees were changing. itchanging. it was absolutely gorgeous. we had to answer questions along the way. >> the hospital, rv. >> rd? >> rd. >> one of the organizers of the event says that they do this to raise money. >> people often do not realize that we even have highlands in new jersey. the primary and most important one is 60 percent get some or all of their water. >> i just finished the road rally. we survived. i am going to turn in my time. >> so much fun. yes. >> you enjoyed it? >> it was great. we most definitely -- >> we may have gone too far. >> i am guessing that we are last. >> actua

we're looking at 53 up the hudson river. should be about 50 around the park to 40 to the north.

we're looking up the hudson river valley here. we're starting out with temperatures around 52 to 48 to the north and 43 monticello, 50 around newark, and 55 around jamaica queens. southwest wind today will warm it up really quick. the humidities are like dry in the parkway little warmer around newark and over towards jamaica queens. taking the ferries back and forth, you're coming in and out of the city, great today and across long island sound as well from bridgeport over toward port jeff. heather's looking at your commute. she's back. >> it's nice to be back. let's go right over to our maps and tell you something that's not so nice this early in the morning. you can see this red line getting up into exit 10. that's the new jersey turnpike northbound. it's an accident in the truck lane. they're out there doing guardrail repair. street cleaning rules are suspended. metered rules in effect. >>> 4:57. dozens of activists gathered in staten island to pressure new york's police department to make some changes in the wake of eric garne

. >>> new at noon, the woman accused of killing her fiancee during a kayaking trip on the hudson river was back in court this morning. angelica grass walled attended a hearing about a wrongful death suit that may be filed. grass within wald is accused of deliberately removing the plug causing the death. >>> police shot and wounded a man suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend and son by strangling them. police cornered jose santos alvarez last night in a hackensack duplex. two women who answered the door tried to mislead officers but police went in breaking down a bedroom door. shot him. we're also told his injuries were not life-threatening. a small fire set off sprinklers at newark liberty airport. that fire broke out in a restaurant in terminal c near gate 91. firefighters quickly put the flames out. no one was hurt. flight operations were not affected. >>> we're following a developing story, escalating violence in israel with attacks on people and a holy site. israeli forces firing tear gas and live rounds in gaza at protestors who were throwing rocks. the palestinians say at leas

. >>> as for the hudson river crossings, 20 minute delays outbound at the lincoln and holland tunnels. no issues at the george washington bridge. >>> "first at 4:00", the 17- year-old is killed in connecticut and police need your help finding who is responsible. have a good look at the top of your screen. you can see the teenager walking toward the back of a house at madison avenue and frank street in bridgeport last month. shortly afterwards, three suspects are seen running toward them. they pull guns and fire rounds. the teen is hit multiple times and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. if you have information about this, call police. >>> pentagon investigators are at the site in pennsylvania where a run away military blimp came down but not before air force jets were scrambled and power was knocked out to communities along the way. broke free from its mooring yesterday afternoon. a 60-foot metal cable hanging from the blimp knocked down power lines and left thousands in pennsylvania in the dark. the military was unable to stop the blimp as it drifted 150 miles for a

ben: trains that run under the hudson river have been using the same tunnels for more than a century. dari: two senators from our area are urging the feds to help pay dan bowens has that story for midtown. >> reporter: senator cory booker and senator charles schumer building urgency on capitol hill to build new rail tunnels beneath the hudson river and the clock is ticking. >> we have a crisis. the tunnels are in bad shape. >> speaking at the municipal art society summit for new york city, senator booker and schumer painted a grim picture of what could happen if existing rail tunnels fail. >> without it, there will be a recession in the new york-new jersey economy, the whole northeast which depends on these lines from boston down to virginia, and it could send the whole country into recession. >> governor christie and governor cuomo agreed to fund up to 50 percent of a $20 billion plan to build new tunnels called the gateway project. schumer says finding the federal funding and convincing critics is on going. luck. but it's hard. it's not easy. >> reporter: creating new tubes faces an

this time of the year we take you up the hudson river valley. 41 monticello. these numbers are cool and crisp. they are warm too, 50 in islip, 57 montauk, 52 bridgeport. a gorgeous day today. perfect parade weather this afternoon. the temperature's going to get to 75 degrees. about noontime it's about 70. 10 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. we're going to talk about a shower or two, some baseball weather, some fall weather returning, all that in your accuweather seven-day forecast in just a moment. she is back. >> yes, i am. >> fresh off her vacation. >> the south will never be the same again. >> i'm not going to make a comment. let's go right over here to a webcam and show you how things look as you travel on the l.i.e. this is near exit 23. 138th street. you can see traffic is really starting to pack in there. let's go over to our maps. l.i.e. going west right near exit 21, which is 108th street. there is an accident there, just tweeted and i facebook'd that out. subway status at queens plaza, 1 train signal problems at south ferry and t

sullenberger on the hudson river saving everybody on board river saving everybody on board. >>julie: miracle on the hudson >>julie: miracle on the hudson. one of the best stories because one of the best stories becauseed it such a happy ending. >>> looking at the roads, the expressway wide anticipate from the braintree split into the city. pike moving along nicely from framingham through the weston tolls and through brighton, smooth sailings. the live drive times. nine minute on 24 from 123 to 128. 16 minutes on route 9 from 495 to speen street. 23 minutes on 495 to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. shiri, i know yesterday that maybe dealing with some raindrops this morning. how is that looking. >> yeah, i got rain drops on the map out toward upton, hopkinton, showers, berlin as well and lancaster. we will see central massachusetts take on a couple of spotty showers early this morning. i had another batch of range between rindge and new ipswich. one minute ago a little batch of green there, and very limited wet weather this morning. weather thr

. >>> new details about a new proposed rail tunnel under the hudson river. new jersey's transit board agreed to conduct an environmental studies project. the project required before construction can start. it could take as long as three the focus will be the area between is a caucus junction and the existing tunnel. >>> want to turn now to meteorologist bill evans. he's got the after school accuweather forecast. >> it's going to be gorgeous. look at these temperatures as we go into the afternoon. we get to 69 by 3:00, 64 at 6:00, dropping on into the 50s tonight. once that sun goes down the temperature really drops off. after school today, great weather. 68, sunny and breezy. great for after school sports. we're going to talk about another great day like this for tomorrow. rain friday with a big cold front coming through with a november shot coming at all for the weekend. all that in your accuweather seven-day forecast coming up in just a moment. shirleen, david back to you. >>> new at noon, a young new jersey boy saves his mother. coming up what happened in

. >> at the hudson river crossings, 20 minutes. outbound lincoln tunnel 10 minutes. inbound lower level of the george washington bridge is about 10 minutes. >>> former house speaker dennis hastert is expected to bleed guilty to hush money charges as part of a plea agreement. his attorney told the judge that there was a plea deal. it will be presented at a court appearance next month. sources say the case stems back decades with hastert paying millions of dollars to cover up sexual misconduct likely from his time as a high school teacher. the terms of the deal are not known. >>> a video of a scare for migrants in france that jumped into a truck and came face to face with a polar bear. fortunately the nearly 2-year- old bear was in a cage. the three migrants were inside the truck for about 10 minutes before police came and took them away. he finished his journey from moscow to england. >>> firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand in central texas. the fire about 45 miles east of austin has grown more than ten times in size in one day burning six square miles.

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we take a look at the hudson river valley 54 at new city, 59 newark and manhattan and over toward elizabeth and staten island just light wind and great ride today on the ferry. just a little bit of wind going to be a beautiful sunrise and a great day. temperatures today still above normal, normal highs about 67, we'll be at 70 this afternoon. debbie has issues again on the gowanus, why don't you gowanus tell us about it? >> i certainly will. good morning bill, everybody. problems on the outbound gowanus as you head south bound on the gowanus getting down toward 39th all lanes subject to closure with a serious accident. inbound two lanes blocked with emergency activity. now also the staten island expressway westbound victory boulevard construction over on the new jersey turnpike northbound western spur at 15 w all lanes reopened that accident investigation finally cleared. over on the cross bronx west it's construction and let's go outside i'll show you more road work here the north bound van wick bumper to bumper traffic through q gardens with ongoing road work. alternate side in effect. ba

from staten island, jersey city or from the east river over to the hudson river. some pretty weather today. temperatures today that are going to be around 60 to start the day but in the afternoon well we're going to be looking at temperatures that will be warming up to about 77 degrees, all right, weather and traffic together every seven minutes. >>> we have new accident on the new york state throughway. it's the new york state throughway just south of the yonkers tolls. where we have an accident being taken care of. we have the subway status and service is running on or close to schedule. no major problems. metro-north and new haven line you have that track work, long island railroad and new jersey transit doing okay. truck routes 1 and the in jersey city that army e earlier -- earlier accident has been cleared away. a couple of lanes are closed down there and our street cleaning rules are in effect. ken? over to you. >>> heather thank you. 5:55. big changes at the port authority bus terminal come up for a vote today. that include a plan to replace the entire ter

at the hudson river crossings, the outbound holland tunnel looking at 15 minutes. the outbound lincoln tunnel about 10 minutes. things looking very good at the george washington bridge. >>> a frightening close call at the los angeles international airport. a jet was forced to abort its takeoff after a car made a wrong turn on to the runway. compass airlines with 78 people on board was bound for kansas city after the vehicle made the wrong turn yesterday, an alarm sounded in the control tower. pilot applied the brakes, reportedly coming to a halt car. thankfully no one was injured >>> two wendy's employees are out of the job because of a note many felt was racist. the fast food chain says two employees in colorado wrote racist remarks on a card and put it in a kid's happy meal. even though the workers were fired people have protested outside of that wendy's including the mother of the children. >> i had to explain to my child what the n word means and she's never heard that term before. my child is now very aware of what racism is and what that word means. >> once t

a light northerly wind, a beautiful sunrise in progress right now. 48 up the hudson river valley from carmel, newburgh, 56 degrees west orange in the urban areas of new jersey, white plains, rocklin county 52. at noontime we're around 67 to 70 degrees, and this afternoon we hit 74, a perfect weather day. it's cool and sunny tomorrow, but rain comes friday and we've got the weekend to talk about in your accuweather seven-day forecast. hang tight. debbie duhaime problems on i- in norwalk connecticut. the nutmeggers are having a big problem with the commute. >> problems on 95 south in norwalk and we're also going to john del giorno. he's going to tell us about a problem in queens. >> good morning, we just stumbled across this problem in queens. you see fire department and ems on the scene. this accident is on the service road, the westbound service road, astoria boulevard just past laguardia airport. you can see a lot of local traffic as a result. you'll see all the local streets clogged up. you'll also see some exiting delays on the grand central itself as a result of that accident. if

we have clouds as we look up the hudson river here. it is a nice fall day. up toward the hudson riverheaded on up toward poughkeepsie and a lot of barges this time of year making their way up the hudson river and the east river, taking home heating oil in anticipation of the winter coming. we're looking at cloudy skies, and kind of a nice fall afternoon. these are clouds out ahead of the rain that is coming. the rain holds off until tomorrow. until tomorrow these clouds are in advance of that. it's 58 degrees, dry humidity, east wind at 6. that pressure is way up there. if the remnants of patricia were not off to our south throwing these clouds up in here, we'd have a perfectly nice fall day. hopatcong is at 50, 55 here at hackettstown at centenary college, 59 around hanover and looking up to 55 at white plains to 52 around poughkeepsie. these numbers are right at or maybe a couple degrees cooler than normal. there's rain down to our south. it will keep slowly creeping into the d. c. area. we're looking at this rain extending back to memphis and down to l. a

our normal high in the afternoon at 3:00 is 66, so today we're going to be very warm, up the hudson river valley. 54 at kingston, should be about maybe even 38 there into pike county. 59 white plains, rocklin county, big old southerly wind ahead of a cold front. those showers and thunderstorms get to us this afternoon. have your rain gear handy. thunderstorms come in this afternoon around 3:00 lasting until about 8:00 tonight. we're going to talk about the weekend which is going to be a gorgeous fall weekend coming up. debbie duhaime in for heather this week. you've been doing a great job. >> thank you so much. i'm enjoying it, and we're going to take you outside and show you what's happening as you head over to the bayonne bridge. no problems to report, goethals bridge minor, throgs neck, whitestone and the rfk. overnight construction cleared at the rfk. over on the southbound bqe at meeker morgan an accident being being cleared. i'll show you sunrise highway. heading over to sunrise highway they're still wrapping up this problem with the downed pole over by the wantagh. again, heading t

the view is from the hudson river. the sky is lit up in dark purple color, the lightning is given a light pink hue. a pretty picture. >> reporter: a little dangerous, but pretty. >> reporter: let's go live on sky6 live hd. a nice, quiet morning as the storms have rumbled out to sea. now the skies are beginning to clear. it's a canadian cold front in the process of slicing through. the muggy air we experienced yesterday that's long gone at this point. double scan live is crystal clear, improving conditions. it's been a nice week. a lot of sunshine monday, temperatures in the upper 60s. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, 76. mid 70s throughout a good portion of the workweek. yesterday we topped out at a summer-like 80 degrees, now we're down to 56 as the cooler air rushes in, dewpoint, 41. 41 degrees in tannersville. slatington 50. quakertown 49. coatsville, 48. kennett square 49. at the same time tomorrow morning, everybody be will be down in the 40s. glassboro. 53. buena, 56. gandys beach, 56. hammonton, 53. satellite and r