i'm joe torres. >> and i'm sandra bookman. first we will get to the breaking news in queens. an hour ago, police charged a woman in connection to the death of her young stepdaughter. >> this comes after a full day of questioning. mallory hoff has the latest. joe and sandra, she is expected to be walked from the precinct member tells us he knew there was something wrong when it came to the relationship between the 9-year-old girl and her stepmother. 55-year-old shamdai arjun is now charged with murder. police say she is responsible for the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter kaur. around 6:00 last night, a neighbor tried to use a bathroom in the home. locked. no sounds coming from inside. kaur was discovered in a bathtub. no water in the tub. police responded to a 911 call. they found her unconscious. she was pronounced dead at the scene. the father of the 9-year-old girl was seen leaving the precinct this morning, visibly shaken with support he walked from the precinct to a car. yesterday afternoon coming home from work and learning about the death of his daughter, he collap

i'm joe torres. >> and i'm sandra bookman. police say the mother will be charged with manslaughter in the death of the 15 month old. the toddler was found dead early yesterday morning. mallory hoff is in mount vernon now with new details about the police investigation. mallory. >> reporter: sandra and joe, an investigator tells me this woman's story simply did not they know. right now a make shift memorial continues to grow as a mother is accused of doing the unthinkable. mount vernon police say the 26- year-old mom has been arrested. >> from what we understand, the story continued to change and the information and based on the information available to our officers led to the decision to charge her with manslaughter in the first degree. >> reporter: one neighbor believes that investigators have it wrong. >> as far as i know, the mother was a good mother. she didn't let them go astray. she always had the baby in her hands. >> reporter: police responded to a 911 call at 5:30 yesterday morning. that call made by the child's aunt.

>> this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news with joe torres and sandra bookman, laura behnke with sports, and jeff smith with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. found dead. her stepmother charged with murder. the new details we're learning about this tragedy in queens. >>> and wild weather, a line of showers and thunderstorms drenches part of the tri-state area in an instant, trigger flash flood warnings and power outages. i'm sandra bookman and i'm joe torres. >>> a stepmother that's been charged with the murder of a 9- year-old in queens. >> the body of the little girl last night in a bathtub. she moved from india to queens three months ago. mallory hoff is in queens with our lead story. mallory. >> reporter: sandra, joe, that is exactly right. this little girl, this 9-year- old, moved to this country three months ago to live with her father and stepmother. the goal here was for this child to have a better life. from one member of this family that he knew something was wrong when it came to the relationship between the child and he

i'm joe torres. >> and i'm sandra bookman. police say the mother will be charged with manslaughter in the death of the 15 month old. the toddler was found dead early yesterday morning. mallory hoff is in mount vernon now with new details about the police investigation. mallory. >> reporter: sandra and joe, an investigator tells me this woman's story simply did not

in our next half hour, joe torres will explain some of the similarities to a murder in howard beach. >>> a young girl is in serious feet to the ground. witnesses say a basket on a ride at the green county fair got stuck and flipped over when the ride began to turn. the girls tossed out. all of them were alert and speaking before they were rushed to the hospital. all of the rides are now closed pending the results of an investigation. >>> new video shows a fire and flames broke out just before 8:00 last night and sent thick smoke across lower manhattan. the extent of th landmark building is still being set. 190 power recently sold for $55 million and supposed to be converted into an office building. >>> news copter 7 is on manhattan's upper east side as police search for two men. police approached the homeless man and punched him in the eye with a first or possibly even a gun. the victim's laptop and camera were stolen. detectives believe they may >>> now to the race for the white house. democratic nominee hillary clinton is under fire this afternoon for a guest at her rally. the fath

i'm joe torres. >> i'm sandra bookman. we're coming back at 11:00. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, tragedy at a major water park. details coming in at this hour. >>> donald trump facing dangerous poll numbers. the republican nominee losing ground. the huge group of voters lining up for hillary clinton. attack. >> honestly, i don't think she's all there. >>> crash course. the frightening wipeout. the cyclist crashing in the middle of a race, rushed to the hospital. and the french gymnast breaking his leg on the mat, then suffering another fall when paramedics drop the stretcher. >>> midair takedown. the crowded cross-country plane forced to divert. a passenger accused of attacking a flight attendant, taken away in cuffs.

in montclair, new jersey, joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> an overturned beer truck commute on the bqe. authorities say the tractor-trailer hauling budweiser was near the hamilton avenue exit when it tipped over and spilled its cargo. also a fuel spill involved. one southbound lane shut down during the cleanup. truck driver now in stable condition in the hospital. >>> call it a menu makeover. one large chain restaurant known for its burgers will soon be offering something different. >> and a nice comfortable summer day but warmer i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day s of harvoni. harvoni is a simple treatment regimen that's been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million patients. tell your doctor if you've had a liver transplant, other

i'm joe torres. >> and i'm sade bederinwa. and rob. for all of us here, have a great night and a wonderful weekend. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, salma hayek -- from "pitch," mark consuelos -- snoop dogg -- and music from grouplove. with cleto and the cletones. and now, more than likely, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for coming.

. >>> you're watching new york's no. 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness news at 5:00 with joe torres, sandra bookman, laura behnke and meteorologist jeff smith. now eyewitness news continues. >> here's a look at tonight's top stories. the parents of a woman found murdered after going for a run at howard beach queens say soon the world will not the killer's face -- will know the killer's first time today since the death of karina vetrano last week. >> police are investigating the attack on a train in morningside heights as a hate crime. the attacker made remarks as he stabbed a man last night at the 110th street and broadway station. >> alex rodriguez announces friday's game will be his last as a player for the new york yankees. he will become a special advisor and instructor for the everyone. i'm joe torres. >> i'm sandra bookman. >>> a 79-year-old man is dead in westchester county after someone shot him in the shoulder. >> but he may not have been the intended target. eyewitness news reporter stephon kim has the details in new rochelle tonight. >> reporter: that gunman fired a shot from tha

i'm joe torres. despite the recent economic reforms in cuba and re-established relations with the united states, the island is far om tourist destination. so we'll give you some important tips you should know about before planning your trip to the beautiful island of cuba. that's coming up in just a few minutes. now, though, we focus our attention once again on puerto rico and the financial crisis plaguing the island and its 3.5 million u.s. citizens. recently, president obama signed into law the promesa bill. the bill will establish a federally appointed control board to run puerto rico's

in lewisboro, joe torres, eyewitness. in lewisboro, joe torres, eyewitness. >>> we're waiting on the news conference. we'll have that for you when it happens. 6:00 starts right now. >>> new information tonight about what sparked that chaos at jfk. how was it that no shots were fired but so many people believe that's what they heard? tonight we take a closer look at the response by police and by of mourners attending funeral services for an imam and his friend shot and killed execution style in queens. the nypd information about those killings. good evening at 6:00. i'm bill ritter. liz is off tonight. new york police questioning a man about those murders. they've been doing it all day. there will be a news conference held to give us the update. soon as it begins. cops releasing the sketch of the suspect. meanwhile hundreds of mourners today gathering in city line, brooklyn for prayer services for the victims. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer is in city line where mourners paid their final respects. >> in the searing

i'm joe torres. this morning, we take a look at a free -- that's right, free -- soccer camp in northern manhattan where there is a significant immigrant popu no news there. the camp, however, is in need of a little help. take a look at the field there. well, camp organizers want elected officials and community leaders to revamp the dyckman fields where the kids play. the details on that coming up in just a few minutes. right now, though, we focus once again on education. the new school year, just weeks away. and there is a model school in washington heights. the new heights academy truly sets the bar high for schools everywhere by preparing get into college. how great is that? this past june, 100% of the graduating senior class was accepted to four-year colleges and universities. all right, the question we have -- how do you do that? and what can other schools learn from the new heights academy charter school? here to discuss their approach to education -- christina brown, executive director of the s

joe torre's charity. called safe at home. it helps young people in domestic violent situations. greg: this is it. place. greg: you can see the water. rosanna: cyclones play there. greg: joe was the opposing manager. rosanna was our manager. we tried our best to be cordial. i wanted to win. i wanted to domestic -- best managers in baseball history. i have been to third base. greg: rosanna, yikes. hi, everybody. a couple of things, first of all, let's get to the play of the game. mike woods made a catch. rosanna: we have the all-stars here. greg: watch this. i thought the yankees would being calling you after this. greg: everyone is swooning and it was a big catch. mike's the hero. i saw the errors earlier. watch this. mikey is at second base, lj. what do i do? whay. duke: mike, on the way home, i called my dad, and because -- i said, dad, i was pitching great, all i needed was a double play, easy ball, and mike booted it. mike: one guy got out and the they didn't score. rosanna: joe knew what i had to deal with with this team. joe is on the phone, joe torre, congratulations on a w

i'm joe torres. this morning, we take a look at a free -- that's right, free -- soccer camp in northern manhattan where there is a significant immigrant popu no news there. the camp, however, is in need of a little help. take a look at the field there. well, camp organizers want elected officials and community leaders to revamp the dyckman fields where the kids play. the details on that coming up in just a few minutes. right now, though, we focus once again on education. the new school year, just weeks away. and there is a model school in washington heights. the new heights academy truly sets the bar high for schools everywhere by preparing

eyewitness news reporter joe torres is in little town with the details. joe. >> david and sandra, what was a tragic fire is now a fatal fire. firefighters here in little ferry got to the 5-year old girl floor of this washington home in little ferry. she was with her grandmother and her grandmother remain in critical conditions, but despite -- the little girl died. on washington avenue, balloons a teddy bear for a precious little girl. >> my gosh. i hope everyone is okay. >> cell phone video captured the flames that trapped a 5-year old of the home in little ferry. >> the whole house was in flames. it's something no one should ever seen and i seen the people laying on the floor. that was the scary part. >> before the fire, neighbors and one officer on routine patrol 23 veteran christopher heard an explosion. >> i looked out of the window and you can see the front of the the game was rushed in flames. >> firefighters rushed to save the 5-year old both trapped on the third floor. the girl's mother jumped out a window. lieutenant bowl and two of his colleagues

i'm sandra bookman. >> and i'm joe torres. thank you for watching. eyewitness news will return you're sure it's safe to go back to your apartment? rowan knows where i am. b613 always knows where i am. it doesn't matter where i go. (breathes heavily) i'm not the one who wants me to leave. jake. you're safer if i'm here. you and i both know i'm already being defended. by the president? does he know your father's command? does he? no. if he doesn't know who your enemy is? my father wouldn't hurt me, not physically. he put me in a hole, which was bad. what was worse-- every other day he had two guys haul me out of that hole, and he stood there and watched as they beat the crap out of me. they did things to me that you can't imagine. and then he had me bandaged up. set the bones, stitched the cuts, gave me a shot of penicillin, 'cause he wanted me alive and then back in the hole. that was just for fun. olivia, he would hurt you.

joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> now i want pancakes. >> me too. di for your -- ready for your next vacation, today is the cheap flights day and marks the start of the fall travel season. travelers could see a 10 to 20% decrease in ticket prices depending on where they are flying to and from. there will be good deals through that i can. >>> a strange and -- through thanksgiving. >>> what is causing fish to die on nypd intelligent gathering unit. the inspector general accuses the nation's largest police department of violating its own rules. the top brazil is responding. >> talk about a birthday i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare suppl

in little ferry, joe torres, throughout the day. we sent out alerts from our mobile app. you can also get breaking news alerts by downloading the abc7ny news app. >>> new at 5:00, chaos during a horseback ride as bees attack. one of the horses got spooked after stepping on a bees nest. nobody fortunately was seriously hurt. >>> new at 5:00, millions dollars in counterterrorism funds slated for new york city caught up in red tape. congress called on to release money for critical programs here in the city. eyewitness news reporter tim fleischer tweeting a video of some of the people who will be affected by the holdup. he's in herald square tonight with the details. >> what is most concerning is that the city, the nypd, and all of the first responders have anti-terrorism measures but now they find themselves with one more major hurdle. whether it's highly trained, highly sophisticated vapor weight k-9s, eyewitness news revealed in this exclusive report that detected explosives to the newly formed unit to respond quickly to a terrorist incident, to the hours of continuous tac

here he is, joe torre. and then, the captain, derek jeter, bernie williams, mariano john wetland throwing out the first pitch before today's game. and less than 24 hours after a-rod was cheered by yankees fans, the former third baseman no finds himself without a team. the yankees offically releasing the 41-year-old making him a , free agent and despite many reports saying he will retire that is not etched in stone just , yet. yankees say that rodriguez is eligible to sign with another team. let's take a look at ailey east action this afternoon. carlos correra hits this one down the right-field, putting the astros up 2-0. m.v.p. josh donaldson hits a solo shot to center. the blue jays go on to double up the astros 4 to 2. football news tonight. second overall pick from this past nfl draft carson wentz has been diagnosed with a hairline yards and one interception in thursday's preseason game for the eagles. as of right now there is no time , table for his return but the team hopes to have him back before the

. >> and i'm joe torres. night fall hasn't brought much relief from the heat. tomorrow is going to be another scorcher. summer storms today sent five people to the hospital. three are in critical condition after lightning struck a park. >> and take a look at the clouds over yankee stadium before tonight's game. ominous indeed. these storms and hot temperatures are putting quite a strain on the power grid. power has been reduced in some we begin with meteorologist, jeff goldberg. he's on the upper west side. >> is this heat and humidity at another level. the average high, 83 degrees, that's your average mid afternoon temperature. check out temperatures right now, 84 degrees and it's almost midnight, and we'll be lucky if we go below 80. hour, nearly 90 degrees in central park. it still feels like 93 at laguardia. it got up to 93 for an actual high temperature in new york city. you don't see that too often. an excessive heat warning, all weekend, right through sunday at 10:00 p.m. and where you don't have an excessive heat warning, you have a heat advisory over e

i'm joe torres. despite the recent economic reforms in cuba and re-established relations with the united states, the island is far om tourist destination. so we'll give you some important tips you should know about before planning your trip to the beautiful island of cuba. that's coming up in just a few minutes. now, though, we focus our attention once again on puerto rico and the financial crisis plaguing the island and its 3.5 million u.s. citizens. recently, president obama signed into law the promesa bill. the bill will establish a federally appointed control board to run puerto rico's commonwealth's $72 billion debt. despite this legislative action, puerto rico was not able to honor all of its debt obligations -- has defaulted now for a fourth time. many critics of the bill say it still won't be enough to save the island. and here to talk more about this this morning, lydia valencia, c.e.o. and president of the puerto rican congress of new jersey, and franklyn p?rez from the national puerto rica

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joe torres is in the news room with the latest. joe. call it severe weather. here is one reason why. shortly after 4:00 this afternoon, a lightning strike indirectly hit five people in a park in duchess county. we can show you photos taken after the strike inside mansion square park in poughkeepsie. first responders rushed all five people to area hospitals. now, they were standing or sitting under a industry, near some park been benches in the the ground and into the victims. three victims were unresponsive at the scene. they are right now in critical condition. the other two were taken to mid hudson regional hospital. moments ago we obtained this awed of police responding to the initial calls for help. >> priority one for multiple patients struck by lightning. mansion square park. 60 north clinton re between the two entrances of mansion street. >> we're obviously pretty sure this was a lightning strike by accounts of people in the area. and also due to the types of injuries that appears the victims suffered. and we're looking obviously they were underneath a

i transplanted joe torres's brother. i used to sit in a duck out for the yankees game, but i have been to a game worth watching in a while. maybe a rot retiring prematurely will give me a chance -- alex rodriguez retiring prematurely will give me a chance. >>> i have something for dr. ross, i went to three high schools, talk about traumatic. >> now i understand exactly what's going on with steve. >> thank you. we do have some fog, but it is burning back. it looks like a typical summer pattern. 50 some of kos, 70s inland, i do not see much changing until about thursday. there is just not much of a breeze. if you are in the fog it is on the cool side and that is not going to do much. 60s, 70s, a few 50s. temperatures a few degrees warmer persona. the big news continues to be if you are headed to, say lucas the worst is over. the tropical storm has moved north, but all of that moisture is streaming towards arizona. very cool pacific northwest. 60s, 70s, 80s, a few low 90s. temperatures are getting ready to go and then it is

live in little ferry, i'm joe torres, eyewitness news. >>> the coast guard rescuing hundreds of people from a ferry boat that caught on fire off the coast of puerto rico. we have smoke pouring off the vessel. a coast guard spokesperson says the fire broke out in the engine room and spread to the rest of the ship. the spokesperson says passengers slid down onto rescue rafts to escape several dozen people. they had to be carried aw stretchers. most were being treated for dehydration and shock. >>> the family of a missing mother is heartbroken this afternoon. the body of 41-year-old teritta julia of linton, was found in long branch yesterday. she had been missing since m arch. right now, two people are in custody. eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is in long branch with details. diana? >> sandra, after five months of family is simply devastating. her body was found here in this home late last night. as crime scene investigators continued to look for evidence. they said they knew jennifer sweeney, one of the two people now charged with murder. she's been to their house before and knew t

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norman torres of california with a tweet, hope to see you tonight in celebrations across the 35th district for a national mat out. also a good night for baseball in fort wayne. video of joenhats, the minor league team. the hour-long news conference today with president obama and singapore prime minister lee. >> ladies, the president of the united states and the prime minister of the republic of singapore. i'm honored to welcome prime minister lee and his delegation. nd i always value his insight, counsel and our thoughts today are with former president and we join the people of singapore in praying for his full and speedy