basically, on the lower manhattan.oday we ceeloer manhattan has expanded quite a bit and in fact i'm standing on a lands fill right now. they decided to settle at the lower tip of manhattan. the implications of this is that as manhattan grew, as the city grew, much of the economic activity would take place in a northward trajectory. this is happening in the context that manhattan is long and narrow and what this is doing is it's compressing, if you will, or it's making more concentrated all of the economic activity that's taking place in the city. keep in mind that by 1900's, 1.8 million people were living on the island of manhattan. so it's a relatively small geographic area with a very high concentration of population. in what i like to call a tubular environment. much of the action is along this 13 mile axis. another key thing is here in this country, americans had traditionally voted with their feet by moving out to what i would call the suburbs. as i go through the talk i am not talking about the modest suburbs of

let's start with you, gale, and manhattan. are we better off than we were when this mayor came in to office? >> well, i think there are a really feeling good about getting their kids into the school at an early age, and it's free. um, i think that the cost of living in manhattan is so astronomical in terms of the rents and the cost of living. we still do not have enough affordable housing. i know that's a goal and an agenda, but we do not have enough. >> maybe the most important issue, do you think, if you had to put one important issue -- the most -- >> i would say the lack of affordable housing is an important issue, and the fact is how do we see that happening in i think the other issue is something that may not be in other boroughs. we are losing our mom-and-pop stores. people care desperately about the local drug store, local hat store, shoe store. that's a real concern, also. >> you see it in manhattan all over the place. >> yes. >> "for rent" signs by landlords who seem -- just from my layperson perspective -- seem to n

it started as part of the manhattan project in 1942. the manhattan project was the u.s. government attempt to build atomic weapon to drop on germany in the second world war and resulting in the atomic weapons that we are all dropping on japan, august of 1945 which did end the second world war. out of that laboratory. it was set up originally in 1943 as clinton's laboratories did not have a name of okposo ridak the time. the purpose was to learn how to produce plutonium which was a radio active element, split and relieving vast amount of energy like uranium. they did not know much about it. it was an artificial element that had to be created by man. they knew nothing about the characteristics of plutonium. this facility, graphite racket reactor as we know today completed by november of 1943 and came online as the first operating nuclear reactor. in this case, he used specifically to produce tiny amounts of plutonium which were recovered and ship up to the laboratory which is part of the manhattan project and chicago. so we can characterize up there. and other bits of plut

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light rainfall amounts in manhattan. threat the next two or three hours. eastern long island, jersey shore more than eastern long island. humidity is on hold for the next three days. then the dog days of summer will develop in the middle of the week. if you want the heat and humidity back, you get it by wednesday. we're down to 81 in long branch. tom's river, some showers are approaching you now. but it's still near 90 degrees. bouncing back on the lower the low 80. 87 in poughkeepsie. showers not far away. dew points are in the mid-70s. it feels tropical. off to the north and west, much drier air works in overnight. the best of both worlds. we get the drier air but not the cooling with the cold front. the humidity just way down. upper 70s to low 80s this night breeze develops during the afternoon. you have showers leaving connecticut. those may dive towards eastern long island. that will be over the next couple of hours. the showers over nassau falling apart over suffolk. neptune is going to rain. strongest shores going towards 195 in new jersey. you will

they did take manhattan. they had control of the whole area around manhattan. but they never got to albany. the army coming down from canada never got to albany either. it did not work, this scheme in 1776. and, guess what? everybody, the king, george washington, all the leaders in england and united states said there was nothing wrong with the strategy, the problem with how it was carried out. this is how all of that ended. here for king decided to employ the same strategy to next year. 1777, when she did. we had the army that was already established in new york. it did not immediately go up the hudson, it went to philadelphia. what is the logic of this? if the scheme did not work in 1776 and you are adding philadelphia to it, is and that's going to be a problem? no, his majesty said. we can do that easily. and the army coming down from canada would be increased and put under the command of general bourgoin. in 1777, armies did not fight during the winter, the new year began with spring. in the spring this plan was put into operation. t too failed. general bou

>>> this is trump tower in new york city, midtown manhattan and would you look at that. there is a man climbing the outside of trump tower. he is using suction cups. he's above the fifth floor. there's tari there's terrace outdoors on what is a muggy, new york city day, and he's doing the cupping thing up the side. a man is climbing trump tower. this is on fifth avenue. just above the fifth floor. he's been doing this we're now led to believe for some 45 minutes. what is his function? i do not know. but this is the -- the trump towers between 56th street and 57th street, which is just south of the -- of the park there in midtown manhattan and that's a big tower that everybody's come to know in recent months. the new york post has been reporting on this for a while, using this suction cups. a person came through the lobby, just to tell the building people that someone was in there.

happened near 107th street on the upper west side of manhattan. victim walking her dog when the suspect asked her for the time. he then put her in a headlock and tried to kiss her. she hit him in the groin and bit him on the lips. he let go and ran away. >>> cops tonight also searching for a gunman who shot an innocent bystander who was talking to a friend in the lobby of a building in the bronx. the 57-year-old woman was struck this afternoon by came flying through the window in the mount eden section. it struck her in the leg. she's now listed in stable condition. the bullet came from. >>> not in my backyard. that's response tonight from folks in queens, angry about the city's proposal to convert a hotel in to a for families. that led to a raucous public meeting. so what to do with a record number of homeless people in new york city if residents don't want them near them? josh einiger at the meeting tonight in maspeth. >> we've seen a tremendous amount of anger across the countr was on full bitter, vicious display here in maspeth tonight. an ent

this is, again, trump tower in midtown manhattan. you can imagine the spectacle this is making on fifth avenue well and continue to bring you updates. >> right now, charged in connection with a violent crime rampage. antoinee owe is charged with rape, sexual assault, rape and armed robbery. he also threatened to shoot two women an assault rifle the defendant is father of five. >> the rain seems to be a leave for many. >> needed it. >> there are still a few showers

lauren glassberg was there for in lower manhattan. lauren. >> hey sade, i want to sort of set up the scale of the number of people down here. a quarter of a million people work here. 60,000 people live down here and you factor in tourists. by the way, i think everyone in the group is here inside the oculus right now. that's why westfield is spending more than a billion dollars on this site because it believes people will come and spend their money at the world trade center. outside the oculus while inside commerce came to life. >> welcome to westfield world trade center, the new new york place to be. >> reporter: 350,000 square feet of sun drenched retail space with room in the center of it all for performances. today there were many, including one of the stars of hamilton, leslie odom, jr. westfield, which runs shopping malls all over the country actually took center right before 9/11. 15 years later the company is operating a whole new facility. 100 shops and eateries. about 60 of them open today. keel's was one of the first to sign

this is happening in manhattan. he has made it to the 16th floor. police and firefighters and a huge crowd of onlookers have gathered. some whistling and egging m at one point the man appeared to slip and the crowds gasped. he keeps going around the windows. we are monitoring the situation and we will bring you the latest in a few moments. >>> now to a story on 5, we caught people red handed hopping on trains without getting tickets. >> we have been hanging out here all day and some people said they fare jumped and we have watched people hop on the train without tickets. >> some people are bragging saying we get on free. >> you see people getting on without paying. >> sometimes. >> and are the tickets checked. >> no. it is not that big of a deal. don't have a ticket or not. >> not true. the rta is dealing with a 7 million-dollar deficit and attempts to make up this month's service got cut and fares went up for the first time in seven years. i asked the rta about the fare jumpers. a spokeswoman says they estimate three percent of riders scan the syst

that's actually trump towers in new york, manhattan, excuse me, 5th avenue in manhattan. apparently this is a guy who is an adrenalin junkie. you can see the broken window. mountain climbing gear. trump tower in manhattan. we don't know his motive but you can see live pictures. reports at one point he threw a computer down to the ground as he was climbing up the building, he threw the computer out of his backpack. you can see a broken window. some cloth and looks like moving cloth material there. this is out of manhattan. we will keep a close eye on this one. >>> do you knowha drinking water? research shows ohio has the most pfa chemicals. the chemicals have been linked to high cholesterol, obesity, cancer and lower children's immunity to diseases. pfa's are man mid chemicals used in every day products pizza boxes, popcorn bags and nonstick pans. 16 million americans had above the limit. water. military sites, bases and waste water treatment plants had high levels. the primary makers phased out production years ago and manufacturers in other regions increased it since peo

sunshine coming out over lower manhattan. 67 right now. the showers are not severe. brief heavy downpours and lightning and wind gusts near 30 miles per hour. where it has not rained, it feels like it's 95 to 100. parts of the hudson valley. all of this heat and humidity has been building and the atmosphere is boiling over a to courtland manner and another downpour over new york city. that will be over in 15 minutes or so. a downpour in staten island. we will be watching ocean county over the next hour or so. new york city north and west now pretty much clear. any way manhattan and the bronx. we still have to watch queens for the next half hour or so. wind gusts can be 30 miles per hour. if you're headed out this for a few showers. and then we dry out. you're going to love the rest of the 7-day forecast. that's a few minutes away. joe and sandra, back to you. >> thank you, lee. >>> you can get alerts all the time using the abc7ny app. >>> new details in the death of a 15 month old girl in westchester county. police arrested the toddler's mother and authorities are ho

. >> let's get out to robert who is live and lower manhattan. good morning. i have been moved off my normal perch outside trump tower because donald trump is expected to receive his first classified national security briefing and reports suggest that that will take place in lower manhattan. there is no confirmation classified precinct briefing. now to the shakeup ?it is very tumultuous. the campaign has been tumultuous as evidenced by the second shakeup in just two months. >> on the same day, his campaign announced a major shakeup . stephen bannon from the news website will be the new campaign ceo. manager. the campaign chair is expected to stay in his current role. the shakeup comes 82 days before the election. trout met with officials in milwaukee which is wracked with violence after police shot and armed black man. trump held a rally 40 miles north and west band and said hillary clinton is now friend of law enforcement. >> she is against the you know it and i know it. she knows it. those peddling the narrative of cops as a racist and our society ? it's a n

keep in mind, this is midtown manhattan, this is at 56th street in manhattan on the east side.op floors, and the climber has, in fact, reached about level 20. the "new york post" already nicknaming him spiderman, the motivation for the moment is unknown. it is being treated as a security risk. >>> the parents of two americans killed in benghazi are taking action against the person they hold responsible for their children's deaths. that person is hillary clinton. lawsuit seeks damages for wrongful death and defamation. part of it reads as such. this is from the legal papers. the deaths of sean smith and tyrone woods were directly caused by the negligence and reckless actions of defendant clinton who used a private e-mail server to send and receive secret, confidential and classified government information. one of the victims' parents describes exactly what happened. >> i jokingly say i keep my brains in my pocket, and i write down the important things that happen each day. what i have written down here, this is verbatim, that was written down soon after she spoke it, and here it

in the heart of manhattan at this hour. we'll keep an eye on the situation for you tonight. in the meantime, reaction is pouring in after donald trump's comments about hillary clinton. was he inciting violence or just asking for votes. >> vanessa: fox 25 political we know governor charlie baker is no fan of donald trump and he was asked about it again today. >> the reporter: yes, within the last half-hour, donald trump tweeted no such meeting with the secret service ever happened. he called that a madeup story. meantime, governor baker called trump's remarks enormously disappointing and he's not the only one weighing in. republican presidential nominee donald trump facing a tidal wave of criticism after making controversial comments about hillary clinton and the second amendment during a campaign stop if >> hillary wants to abolish essentially abolish the second amount. by the way, -- amendment. by the way, if she gets to pick, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although the second amendment people, maybe there is, i don't know. >> the reporter: trump

the manhattan democratic party. tammany hall from the mid-19th century was best known as the machine of machines in urban america. it was identified as a primarily irish machine. a machine that really depended on the neighborhood power, word power, and that was as much about taking care of your neighborhood and the coming up through the neighborhood as it was anything really about national politics. tammany hall is the most powerful force in new york city politics at that moment, but really in new york state, democratic politics. peter: how did tammany hall fit into the 1928 election? john evers: that was the brush that painted smith into a corner. we talk about the religion issue. this started at the convention in 1928. tammany hall would go to the conventions and they would always have -- new york was a key state. it would nominate the democratic candidates. many candidates -- we had both a democrat and republican candidate from new york like teddy roosevelt ran against alton brooks parker, the chief judge of the

reporter: manhattan is booming, between residents and visitors, there are more than 4 million people in manhattan every day, all this activity, means, success. >> you had a record number of jobs created last month, people are working, getting to and from work and restaurants, then we have the huge number of people come to new york, health care or school or shop. reporter: next time you sit in great it is, for the economy. linda schmidt, "fox 5 news." ernie: that is something to think about. joining me now is city councilmember daniel garatnek . a subject that everyone talks about we all face difficulties however we're commuting, talking about cars today, good news, city is doing well. mess, right. >> no question about it, traffic and congestion is worse and worse, new york city. and there is a variety of reasons for that. we've seen construct permits going up, 7% since 2009. you have impact with people at every intersection blocking or even buses or bikes. ernie: and car services. >> yes, and uber and lyft, people are using them in way they did not use them 3 years ago. ernie: i driv

it's long island railroad coming to the east side of manhattan, not just penn state. long island railroad coming to laguardia airport. you don't have to get into a car. >> reporter: the second track will also allow service. one to two trains per hour. eventually a third track will be added in central nassau. commuters just relieved the project is moving full speed ahead. >> anything to lighten up the traffic would be fantastic around here because it's crazy. >> reporter: the governor stressing that the second track here will not be infringing on any of the area homeowners. it is expected to be complete in 2018. trying to escape to jamaica. clifford perkins never showed up for his sentencing hearing earlier this month. he was found guilty previously for his role in a deadly motorcycle crash two years ago. he will be sentenced on wednesday. >>> coming up, ever wonder how burglars decide which homes to rob? tonight convicted burglars reveal their i-team exclusive. >>> a six-year project to clean toxic chemicals out of the hudson may not have been effective. >>> the tempe

that inmate a restaurant consultant from manhattan sat down with me behind bars. you feel violated. >> disgusted. it's disgusting what happened to me. >> reporter: he is now being held at the manhattan detention center. in may, he was a pretrial inmate obbcc. >> goes in on him. starting calling him a [ bleep ]. starts calling him a stupid [ bleep ]. i finally look at him. he calls him the n-word again one more time. i said what's wrong with you. the kid is not arguing with you. he's not listening. you sound stupid. >> reporter: he says that a few hours later the guard singled him out. >> he grabs me by my collar. throws me face first he is grabbing me very aggressively. he's grabbing my genitals and butt cheeks. >> reporter: how did you feel at that point? >> i felt like a piece of trash. he said don't worry. i know where there's no cameras. i'll get you again. >> reporter: he was kept in the for more than a month and repeatedly intimidated. >> it is troubling that these allegations of sex abuse were known by the department and they kept our client with this alleg

east, youok to the see all of manhattan. all the way upy, through midtown, all the way up through riverside church. manhattan mountain range of skyscrapers and apartments. and i know if hamilton could see that now, he would say this is why i came here. this is what i worked to build. thanks very much. [applause] hasscholet: mr. brookhiser been gracious enough to take some questions, and to answer them. and please, for consideration of other people, if you can keep your questions short, not statements. you will see a microphone, if you want to come up with a short and terse question. thank you. mr. brookhiser: this is not the constitutional convention. hamilton gave one speech that was six hours. we will not emulate. >> did hamilton have any economic interest built at great falls? mr. brookhiser: well, you know, i cannot say he did not have a dime in it, but he was probably the poorest treasury secretary we have ever had. his money came from being a lawyer. a lawyer. and he was a very good one, very well paid one. and after h

greg: roosevelt island tramway, manhattan side. rosanna, i'm not going to stop bringing it up until you see the movie. rosanna: you're like a broken record. greg: when i see that tram, that takes you to roosevelt island in the middle of the east river, think of nighthawks with sylvester stallone, rutr at the end of the movie, the bad guy hijacks the roosevelt island tramway. sylvester comes in a helicopter. it gets very interesting. great soundtrack. rosanna: i think of the time it got stuck. greg: it gets stuck every other week. rosanna: we haven't had a big problem on it. anyway, let's talk zika. they were doing some spraying in our area on the upper east side of the zika virus. doctor, what is going on. dr. rashedi raj. >> officials announced we have 500 cases of zika right here in new york city. five are apparently due to sexual transmission. the residue to people who have traveled to places, a lot of people to the dominican republic where zika is prevalent. no local transmission here in new york. up to almost 500 cases. 340 wo

the tour will take you all through the sights of lower manhattan. we begin at the world trade center. >> reporter: we then head up the east river to the south street seaport and up to the brooklyn bridge. >> what a nice shot of lower manhattan, wall street all the way down bowling green. >> reporter: then we go along the brooklyn waterfront to governor's island and out to the harbor to see the statue of liberty and ellis eyed. the tour lasts about an hour and if that is not enough there is a two and a half hour tour @adam has over 30 years experience on the waterways. our trip was exciting and safe and trust me, the new york water tastes great. >> i have been boating in new york for 30 years and i will tell you it is cleaner than it has been in 100 years. >> come see the city with sea the city, one of the most fun, picturesque and memorable times you can have on the water. >> when it's too hot, here's how you cool off. >> you get all the fun jobs bill. >> reporter: also if you want to see an jet ski tour, head to our website at abc 7 new york. >> ho

we hear about the economic history behind the skyscrapers and lower and midtown manhattan and learn whyre's a gap in the iconic sky line. the skyscraper museum of new york city hosted this event. it's about an hour. >> first i would like to thank

bank of the manhattan company is called today? jpmorgan chase, yes, thank you. so i will lend the story by telling you how colorado -- in new york city because i think it's instructive. eventually new yorkers move the well from there too out there on the crimson river but they didn't do it he cut his they wanted to uplift the public health. they didn't do because the people of new york were screaming for better water which they knew would make the more healthy. they did it because the local brewers wanted better tasting water for their beer. they felt like the water was putting their beer at a disadvantage especially 12 brewers in philadelphia so finally cholera vanish from new york city. a century of cholera pandemic links ended in the spread throughout the country and throughout europe as well. so the question i have is of course we can do a lot better today in our era of emerging pathogens but as the story to me says it's not necessarily about our technology. it's really about whether we have the political will to do it thank y

from news copter 7, over brooklyn, locking over lower manhattan. as we look toward the brooklyn bridge, it is a pretty morning, you can see the haze from one world trade to brooklyn. got a lot of moisture, humidity a hot and humidity period of weather, heat advise have i in effect. >> reporter: you see our camera in brooklyn looking over to one world trade and wall street. 80 degrees, high humidity. normal high is 83. 90 as a high today. you add on the humidity to that and that is what makes it feel uncomfortable. heat advisory in effect for the five boroughs. the thunderstorm risk through right around sunset. with this real feel 105 to 107 possible. air quality good the pollen count low. temperatures around 80 to start your day. a hot day today with the humidity and the 70, 80% range starting out. it will make it feel uncomfortable today with the real feel around 100. a high-risk of rip currents at the beaches so be ready for that today. heat advisory in effect through saturday, heat warning in there you see the rim, of this high pressure rim. one

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 school, and milenny then, a latina instructor from the school, teaches italian. i'll hear about that in j

patrick's old cutheteeral on basilica in manhattan, granted special privileges by the pope. it is a prime location for catholics to pray and deceased to rest in peace. >> including the del monaco family, thomas exert, the president of western union, and a confident of abraham lincoln. >> a limited edition burial ground underneath the church, the crypts, hiten behind tall wood-- hidden behind tall wooden doors, some house 20 bodies. >> what is important, and an honor, to be connected to this church for eterny. >> the general public can use the krift for a burial-- crypt for a burial sight. karen king recently paid $10,000 to store her late husband's ashes here, johnny chacha, known as the mayor of little italy. is a calm i never experienced anywhere else. >> aside from ashes being stored, there is room for just 6 bodies, but it will cost a fortune. the last vault will cost $7 million. money that will go towards repairing the antique 1868 pipe organ. >> it is a priceless, priceless instrument. >> would you consider $7 million? >> i don't have $7 n, did, i don't know, i would n

into lower manhattan. here's what alooks like outside. feels nice. temperatures other long island in the upper 60s. right now checking in with homestead at71 degrees. a north wind bring -- at 71 degrees. temperatures limited to right around 80 degrees, because of this new weather put in place behind the cold front. it soaked us, it washed us, and now we go for a sparkling monday afternoon. temperatures in the mid 70s by the lunch hour and a high of 80 today. when the heat and humidity are back in the accu-weather 7-day forecast. >>> thanks a lot amy. volume here on the l.i.e. westbound moving slowly, getting out to our jericho turnpike. that is an accident reported here as we go to the maps, want to warn you about that problem. up to john del giorno, he is problem over in queens. good morning to you john. what are you checking out for us? >> we have first live pictures along the grand central parkway. these are live pictures over laguardia airport. you can see emergency vehicles there, along with big delays now as you head inbound toward the city rig

the chief for manhattan. do they do that enough? >> we better job. we have some other contractors who could use a little ruler to the wrist. >> fix it, do something! >> reporter: road is your face can be wildly subjective. for example, one of the city's recent ones found that we have 70%, quote, good roads and that does not really hold true of different independent washington, dc that puts that figure for good conditions at about 9%. [ yelling in the background ] >> reporter: live on the west side, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. >>> thank you, dave. if you are facing a lot of bumpy rides and would you like to tell us about those streets, post that information on our facebook page at facebook.com/cbsnewyork. >>> a developing story right now at 6:00. police search for a suspect who slashed a good samaritan on the upper this happened around 1:30 this afternoon at 79th and broadway. police say the suspect got into an argument with a man and his child. and when another man tried to intervene, he was cut with a knife and the suspect ran into riverside park. >> i

no one was hurt. >>> new count down clocks are getting a trial run in manhattan subway stations. the mta is testing the screens on eight stops along the n, q, and r lines. the clocks tell passengers when the next train will arrive. they've been numbered on numbered train lines. the goal is to have clocked in all 269 stations on the lettered lines. the tests will run for the next 90 days. 131 buses will also be outfitted with the digital orchard beach. the health department says a swimming advisory remains in effect at the bronx beach and swimming is not recommended. , but some people this morning did not heed the message and were in the water. the health department says tests reveal high levels of bacteria that could come from bird feces. officials will test the water again tonight. >> that's not good news, especially with a great weekend on the way or a decent weekend. better sunday than saturday. don't want to steal your thunder. let's get over to vanessa murdock right now who has the weekend forecast. how are you? >> showers and storms may alter plans, especially tomorrow afte

steve: lots of good stuff, especially in manhattan. manhattan second shand stuff ait bad. we'll see you tonight at 10:00. alison: and here's ernie. >> i'm standing by with the latest on what's happening tonight. we're tackling a question asked a lot lately. what does affordable housing really mean, especially can snag a unit on the west side? a live guest will join me to talk about that. plus we continue our international food week as we celebrate the olympics with a trip to manhattan's little brazil. check it out next at 6:00. ??? across new york state, from long island to buffalo, from rochester to the hudson valley, creative business incentives, infrastructure investment, university partnerships, and the lowest taxes in decades are creating a stronger economy and the right environment in new york state for business to thrive. let us help grow your company's tomorrow- today at business.ny.gov fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg int

that's a shadow over low ur manhattan moving eastward now. still have warnings in new jersey. the heat, though, is also a big problem for us for the next several days. we saw it kick in today, and we have now an excessive heat watch for most of the tri-state area where the temperatures will f the way through saturday, maybe even sunday as well. keep that in mind. it's another sticky day ahead. isolated showers and tropical downpours are possible once again tomorrow afternoon and saturday and possibly on sunday. remember this air mass is from the tropics, all the way from the gulf of mexico. when you add that with the heat, it feels like 95 to 100. and when it rains, it pours when these downpours come and cause flooding. vulnerable, your children, elderly friends and family, and your pets. temperatures out here right now ranging across long island from the 70s in the hamptons to 82 in brooklyn at this hour. 83 in middle village. it's 82 in long branch where you've had showers. you cool down a little bit, well, 70 in monticello, but it feels worse than that because humidity leve

a downpour effecting manhattan moving into queens and the bronx. there's the main line to our west moving to the east quickly. and that's why the severe storms prediction center has put a severe thunderstorm watch in effect in central and western parts of new jersey. watch for the possibility of strongest severe thunderstorms during the evening hours. temperatures falling we love the new york state fair! two words.. piglet races! there's so many bands. the bands! those pigs are just so cute! cheesecake, on a stick. a rollercoaster! the great new york state fair just got greater. with all new fairgrounds, more rides and more fun. from august 25th to september 5th in syracuse, new york. order tickets before opening day for just $6. it's all here, it's only here. at the great new york state fair! [ grinding metal ] whoa, that doesn't look good. ordinary fuels can clog your engine with dirt. it's like lugging this around- it's dragging down your fuel economy. but over time, using new and improved bp gasoline with invigorate helps clean up that dirt, li

petrone a park in the bronx, manhattan, when in queens, there dampening their routine. we are live in prospect park, back to you. greg: renewed focus on the heels of the murder of karina vetrano, big meeting last night in howard beach, the whole community is upset, there has been no arrest in this case. they are still searching the park for other evidence. the queens da vigilance is going to reward itself with an apprehension. rosanna: the nypd is offering an award leading to the arrest and her family is heartbroken about this. our condolences. greg: the most popular bridge in the world is extremely crowded rosanna: and rollerblade are's. greg: rosanna have mother or sister? rosanna: mother was not down by someone on rollerblades. greg: the city have commissioned a study to figure out how to increase capacity. gunmac are they going to change it? it is only 10 feet wide in some spots, costing the city $370,000 including a structural analysis to figure out the safest way to expand the wood and concrete halfway. don't know how you can expand, bridges a bridge. abridges a b

tracie strahan in lower manhattan. and trump also had a major briefing today. >> reporter: that's right, he has to come down here to the fbi field office because this is a briefing that has to be con tukted in a secure location. but is this all going down as donald trump is trying to shore up his campaign leadership. we learned of an overhaul. kellyanne conway will become donald trump's new campaign manager. she's already a senior adviser to his campaign. she'll be joined by stephen bannon, co-founder of breitbart news. he will become the campaign ceo. a shakeup that follows weeks of slumping poll numbers showing in key battleground states. when asked about he's changes by the "wall street journal," trump simply said, quote, i want to win. trump did speak with law and order ahead of today's security briefing during an address outside of milwaukee after days of unrest there. >> i'm asking for the vote of every african-american citizen struggling in our country today who wants a different better future. it's time for our

here's kerry drew with her trip to manhattan's little brazil. ? ? >> reporter: a taste of rio street. you'll find some of the best brazilian restaurants in the city. the street is known as little brazil. you can watch the olympics while sampling some of the culture from this year's home country. >> definitely brought a lot of people here that would never have thought let's eat brazilian. >> reporter: victor is the owner of empa ins >> it created the atmosphere my dad wanted here. >> he showed us his favorite brazilian classics on the menu. >> this is shrimp and coconut, mashed potatoes on top. we'll be eating a popular steak in brazil, top sirloin on a platter that's sizzling. perfectly ripe and battered and fried. >> reporter: you have to wash it down with the most well known brazilian cocktail. tell us about the signature drink of brazil. >> we'll be making brazilian's national cocktail. it's a refreshing cold drink that a lot drink on the beach. >> reporter: he muddles the sugar and lime and adds this. >> and loves watching his city on the global

she worked at google in manhattan. >>> in campaign 2016 today, focused on the economy. hillary clinton and donald trump talked jobs and trade. cbs 2's tony aiello is here with more. >> reporter: the democrat spoke in michigan and promised to promote policies that would create 10 million jobs. the republican was in florida saying his opponent lacked vision and energy to get it done. the former new york senator toured a precision manufacturing plant near detroit and claimed a kinship with workers on the factory floor. >> i am the daughter of granddaughter of a factory worker and proud of both. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: secretary clinton said her plan to grow jobs and the economy includes investing $275 billion to build infrastructure, rewriting the tax code to penalize companies that move jobs overseas, and new tax incentives for firms that share profits with employees. >> donald trump wants to give trillions in tax breaks to veterans, our kids, our police officers, and so much more. >> reporter: trump says clinton has failed on the economy for years pointing t

drove -- took a train into manhattan, met up with his sister, explained to his sister what happened. she notified the father. and then the three of them returned to the residence where he was placed under arrest. >> reporter: colin junior lived in the house with his mother, 63-year-old elizabeth colin who comes from ranking military family. her brother, george casey junior what's a former chief of staff. her father was killed helicopter crash in vietnam. colin junior's attorney says he met with him this morning and that he was quiet and calm. >> at this stage, there's a lot of work to be done. i have to determine if he has a psychiatric background. i have to determine if he is have to look at a videotape. >> reporter: sources tell us that colin junior was diagnosed several years ago with paranoia schizophrenia and is being held on $8 million bail. >> thank you, kristin. >>> a demand for hate crime the community want oscar to be charged with hate crimes. new york cops don't know what the motive was. >> reporter: that's right, bill. without a motive, the d.a. can't make a hate crimes c

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this is 56th street and fifth avenue in manhattan. he's six stories up. he's been climbing for an hour and a half. he was over here. he came up this area of the building and straddled across this and went around the corner here and now you can see the police a little while ago way up there, i can't reach that high. they cut the glass out with a circular saw and they are above him. over here is another -- what are you saying, mark? over here there's more police officers. down below there are a lot of cops. they put up an inflatable thing

what's the likelihood of any rain here in manhattan tonight? >> on the radar right now, we definitely have cloud coverage. we've got this instability because of the heat and humidity but there are no showers imminent here. on the accutrack, we don't have anything coming up. our satellite and radar combined shows we're socked in with clouds. as it gets closer to sunset, of course darker and darker it are at east 56th, it's dry for now and we've got at least probably an hour at the very, very minimum before anything would develop. >> certainly esu workers there and for this young man, no matter what his agenda is, jim, you heard the detective say they're not going to attack politics, despite the friendly conversation they're appearing going to talk politics. >> i'm sorry. they are trying to break out a pane of glass. i'm working down here on the ground. they are trying to break out a pane of glass above him. i thought it was two floors, may be three floors above where he is right now as that scaffolding comes down, they're going to try to box him

a man, look at this, is climbing trump tower in manhattan. he's using suction cups to make his way up the side of the building. good grief. police are on the scene, talking to the guy, trying to get him to come down. rescuers have cut through vent grills, window glass in attempts to grab him. they have also lowered a window washing platform in another attempt to reach him. officials tell us they believe they know who this man is, but they cannot yet confirm his identity until he comes down. we've got a producer on the phone, that's on the scene right now, adam reece. adam, i -- you know, only in new york and only in this campaign, what more can you tell us? >> chuck, good afternoon. it is quite a new york scene. hundreds of people gathering here on the corners of madison avenue and fifth avenue to watch there guy climb. he has just passed the 16th floor. he's now approaching the 17th floor, despite efforts from the esu unit. there are about a dozen officers up there. you can see them in this live picture. they opened up two vents. they opened

would cut you a story that took place not to long ago in a big conference room in a building in manhattan in thatad many pastors conference room. read about 55 people. we had many pastors and ministers. two rabbis. rate people. -- great people. maybe six months ago. it was before, we had a number of meetings. i noticed the tremendous strength and power from these people.

and manhattan is so interesting always. i never ever get boring. 15, 20 different manhattans in tokyo, for me. >> yasuda: oh. >> anthony: i mean, if you -- >> yasuda: all right, okay. >> anthony: shinjuku, shibuya, roppongi, from my perspective, these are completely different cities. >> yasuda: yes, yes. >> anthony: even building to building. a shinkoda here. nightclub for men. nightclub for girls. nightclub for rock and rollers. a hair salon, but all up. 50 different businesses at one building, one building. i can spend the next five years just doing shows on this one building. [ laughter ] ♪ what is weird? what is strange? what do these things even mean anyway? sure a lot of what you've seen looks different from maybe the mainstream. it's certainly different from the way we like to portray ourselves, see ourselves. at least, our daytime selves. but roughly 50% of all movies rented in american hotel rooms are adult films. the american porn industry catering to exactly the kinds of dark urges we've been talking about, but even nastier is a $12 bill

lower manhattan, hot temperatures. temperatures max with muggy conditions, a little higher humidity than yesterday. then tomorrow we have a change coming in. not only will we have showers but the new front will usher in a brand new air mass. you are looking for the heat that's on the way. 75 degrees through central park. pressure is holding steady. out on long island right now, 73 for hampton bay. merrick 71. we're going to start with the temperatures up by 10, 12 degrees by the afternoon. we have a good deal of sunshine and a mix of sun and clouds coming and going. the humidity creeps in making the air mass soupy. by the time the front gets here, we have the late thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. they are possibly heavy at times and also gusty winds with them. a refreshing breeze follows with low humidity on monday and temperatures gusting in the low 80s. heat for a bit. no threat of showers. we roll through the futurecast just fine. the clouds do come and go. the humidity indicated here that it will be ar