if you travel on north jersey or northeast corridor, you can't get to newark and coming out of newark into new york running as well. we have seen no trains coming through this area unless they are coming through the raritan valley line. there are ways around this. for now, assume that service is suspended on the north jersey coastline and northeast corridor. we will keep you updated as control. reporting live over newark penn station, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, we are just getting this from the news desk. the midtown direct service is midtown direct trains are running in and out of new york city penn station. we will keep you posted on that story. >> absolutely. >>> now to breaking developments in the legionnaires outbreak. a new health department order was issued. anyone who owns or controls a building with a cooling tower is required to test and disinfect their cooling tower. >> we have just learned that the death toll is now up to 10. the number of cases is at 100. eyewitness news reporter marcus solis is in the melrose section of the bronx with the late

the newark bay extension. 14a, b, going over to the holland tunnel this is something to look out for. they're going to leave this here for a while. let's go over to our maps and talk to you about what's going on unfortunately in westchester county. we have an ongoing accident investigation. we have the sawmill closed north at exit 32 as a result. then as you head on to the cross bronx east at white plains road that accident has been cleared. garden state parkway southbound at the union tolls, that's a disabled vehicle and then we're checking out mass transit, long island railroad, new jersey transit doing fine. metro north waterbury branch that ongoing bridge work. showing you the bqe as you travel on the northbound side look how nicely that's eased out that earlier accident effort our street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> 6:19 new research showing how important technology is for teenagers. >> in today's tech bytes, samsung's next unpacked event. >> the company is expected to unveil phabletses as well as a

the dew points are creeping up. 65 at newark. that means the air is loaded up with the moisture once again. what is happening is high pressure is in control for the time being and this area of the low pressure with the warm front and the cold fronts that is swinging in this direction and destabilizing the atmosphere and bringing in more clouds and showers out there as well. here is what we have on the futurecast, the area with the low pressure is swinging in this direction and most of the rain not going until tomorrow morning, right about 4:00, 5:00 in the morning and dealing with the showers then and perhaps storms throughout the tuesday. by tuesday night around 10:00, 11:00 clock, it is starting to pretty much tomorrow is messy out there. sticky today and tomorrow as well. after that, things are looking good. today assist starting nice and going downhill. 77 still sunny by midday and high of 80. the clouds are gathering at that time and the showers are going early tomorrow morning. there you have it. there is a five day forecas

. >>> now to a scare in the air over newark airport. several commercial pilots reported seeing a drone as they prepared to land. >> we're live at newark airport with how close the drone got to the plane. janelle? >> reporter: mary, police say the drones were dangerously close and this morning they're still looking for the people responsible. four separate pilot crews spotting the drones from the cockpits as they approached the runway at newark liberty. >> we saw the drones at 3,000 here report report prompting this warning from air traffic control. >> caution, drone activity reported. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration says pilots flying commercial planes for expressjet, northwest and two united flights all reported seeing a drone between 8 and 13 miles from the airport sunday afternoon. dangerously close to the aircraft. >> 3,000 feet, it was close to the left side of the plane. >> how far off? >> a quarter of a mile. >> reporter: officials from the faa say they've seen an increase in drone sightings across the country, i

darla miles is live for us in newark. good morning, again, darla. >> reporter: good morning again, michelle. this is a slow moving system. we started seeing the outer bands this morning. we had steady rainfall over the last hour when i checked in at 5:30. at fenwick and meeker, this is east of newark liberty international airport. you see people are starting their morning commute and making their way to work this morning. now, this is one of those low lying intersections that is prone to flooding when we get the heavy rain falls, flash flooding that bill has been warning about. at this point the system is moving slowly. if you commute early you are in luck. you are not getting the heavy brunt of the system. we have been mon torque the system all morning as it comes in. we are seeing minor accumulation. we have waiting for the heavy bands to move in. low-lying areas are prone to flash flooding. again, take extra time to get out this morning. we will monitor the system on the social media pages and you can check it out on o

newark airport here. >> mike, i understand those are cumulus clouds? >> cumulus. >> cumulus. >> precursor what could be a thunderstorm. >> cumulus clouds. anything that looks like cauliflower or cotton ball is cumulus clouds. >> yeah. >> good stuff. it means to could rain? >> could develop thunderstorms. we're expecting that by tomorrow. >> mike will tell us what which come back how much a cloud weighses. not just thin air. no, they actually ha greg: this started an interesting discussion. we were looking at the cumulus clouds. how much does the average cloud weigh, mike woods? mike: 1.1 million pounds. greg: it looks look fluffy. mike: it is water. greg: average cumulus cloud. it looks like it is going to start raining. oh, man, millions and millions of pounds. mike: of water. teresa: it is just suspended up there. greg: so spread out in the clouds? water basically? mike: it is hard to say what is the average cloud, which size. thunderstorms have huge water content. teresa: heavier at the bottom then the top? mike: the majority of the moisture is. hig

and newark, we have an overturned truck with the ramp blocked from the turnpike to the eastbound newark bay extension. and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. back to you. >> thank you. >>> this week, we have been reporting how synthetic marijuana is ravaging harlem and other neighborhoods and. now a look at the toll the drug is taking on a family. >> they watched cbs 2 and were shocked to recognize a drug user we found on the street. we have the exclusive. >> reporter: harlem, hard hit by hard core users of k2 synthetic marijuana, many of them homeless. >> this neighborhood is riddled. it's infested. >> reporter: wednesday a camera captured these men smoking k2 at 15th. and a viewer recognized this homeless man in the black shirt. hard to believe he is the same person in this photo, celebrating his sister's wedding two summers ago. >> when you look at the picture of him happy and smiling, what goes through your mind? >> breaks my heart. breaks my heart to see a beautiful boy like that that could have been some

at newark airport, a drone was spotted around noon by the pilots of 4 flights on their final approach, leaving many flyers feeling unbefored. >> it could be dangerous, we hear about a lot of accidents that happened with the birds. inside the engine. and drone is metal it is cause more damage. >> reporter: kyle bailey, say that flyer is correct. >> depending on type of drone and the size it could be the same as a bird strike. but, one thing to keep in mind, with drones there is one flying in the sky, whereas with the bird strike it is multiple birds. >> reporter: the plane's run altitude between 2000 and 3,000 feet, and 8 to 13 mile from newark airport when the pilots saw the drone, faa said that drone reports wi-fi lots have increased last week there are 3 reports in as many days at jfk . >> there has been no incident, we've been lucky, but if this keeps happening, i we're pressing our -- our luck. >> reporter: in jfk, the faa said two planes attempts to land reported seeing a drone near them, they do not permit people to fly unmanned objects above 400 feet. >> you should be punished

this time at newark airport. four pilots reported seeing a drone close to their aircrafts as they came in for a landing. this comes after three sitings last weekend at jfk. eye witness news reporter rene stoll live at newark liberty with details. >> reporter: good evening. tonight the faa telling us none of the pilots had to take evasive action and all landed safely. again, this making it now seven sitings locally by pilots in the last ten days. what would you do if you look out your plane window and saw a drone? >> i'd be freak out. i'd be freak out. >> reporter: sunday around noon flights approaching newark airport for landings reported exactly that. >> we just saw the drone at 3,000 here. >> we just dropped our parents off and they're flying out. we don't want any sort of drones to effect their safety or the plane. >> reporter: faa officials tell us the flights were for express northwest west jet and two for united airlines. it was 8 to 10 miles out as they approached runway 4. at one point they put out a warn

they saw an unmanned aircraft near the runway here at newark liberty. the drone did not affect the flight, but the faa tonight says this is a growing problem. >> i mean, it sounds like a breach to security. you know, people flying drones around, you don't know what they are doing. >> reporter: at newark liberty airport, not one or two, but four different commercial thing, an up manned aircraft flying thousands of feet in the approach noon sunday. >> i think that definitely is cause for concern. >> reporter: none of the planes had to maneuver around the drone and were able to land safely, two united flights and express jet, and northwest aircraft noticed the drone. they flew in from portugal, and they are concerned about it. >> it's terribly frightening an artificial object like that gets in the way of a major intergnarl airliner and causes great danger to all the lives on board. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration is worried, too, saying a drone could cause a catastrophe if it hit the engine, and the number of drones flying near airports ar

for now, live here in newark. kerry and darlene, back to you. >> sheldon, thank you. >>> after 16 years of snarky political satire, jon stewart said farewell to the daily show. >> i got big news. this is it. this is the final episode. >> stewart kicked off the show pretending to report on last night's republican presidential debate bait. he joked he didn't have enough remaining correspondence to cover the candidates. correspondents were among several colleagues who made cameo appearances. >> you're finally getting canceled, jon. i hate to say it, but i knew you were going to run it into the ground. >> you didn't have to bring me a cake. >> of course i did. it's your 70th birthday, huh? >> fellow new jersey resident bruce springsteen provided stewart's last moment of zen with a special performance. trevor noah will make a debut as host next month. a lot of people will miss jon stewart. voted the most trusted newsman in america at one time. he's got so many fans and he was great at what he did. >> hysterical. no mat

two days in newark. a total of five people have been killed in a 30 hour period. new jersey reporter toni yates is in newark tonight with much more. toni? >> reporter: you know the mayor also announced that opalesces excounty -- some essex county police officers are going to be joining in some special patrols and also two days a week, state police will be joining newark officers in some high crime high drug activity areas. now take a look at that 30 hour period that prompted this response. 11 p.m. tuesday inside 323 stanford avenue. 32-year-old andre sing is shot and killed in? unit. another person inside is shot and survived. wednesday morning, 28-year-old deshare donaldson of irvington is found shot dead on ridgewood street in newark, just before 3:00 p.m. 34-year-old loses his life after police say he broke into an apartment. >> the occupant of the house encountered this individual. a physical altercation took place. and during the course of that altercation, the occupant of the house stabbed the indi

we had cancellations for newark. 1295, 9212 between center city and newark.ute to 15-minute delays for the west trenton line and thorndale line. an accident on the paç turnpik approaching lansdale northeast extension southbound blocking the right lane. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> tracking a few scattered showers. you won't find them in the pocono mountains. the clouds are thinning out there. south jersey and delaware seeing a fee rain drops. they're not going to last. the clouds thin out and the temperatures warm up. a cloudy start at the bus stop, 70s this morning. we should be in the 60s this time of year. much cooler in fact, we should be about 10 to 12 degrees cooler this morning. it's going to be a warm afternoon. we'll see some sunshine later this morning and afternoon. back in the 90s today. >> steamy. >> we're prepared. >> the "today" show is next. we'll see you back home for local updates in a few minutes. >> always get updates on the nbc 10 news app. it's a free download. thanks for watching. have a great day. >>> good morning. brea

. >>> the faa investigates more drone scares in the air near newark airport. pilots from four flights reported seeing drones as they approached the airport yesterday. cbs 2's genel is live. >> reporter: investigators were trying to figure out who was responsible for these most recent cases. drones aren't allowd to flight within five miles of an airport and more than 400 feet off the ground. whoever was operating the drones yesterday, clearly breaking the law and putting thousands of lives at risk. imagine the pilot of your flight looking out the cockpit to see one of these, a drone hovering just feet away as they're flying thousands of feet in the air. >> it would be quite unsettling because, you know, you see a bird outside, that could bring down the plane too, right, but this is much more serious than that. >> reporter: it happened to four different flight crews sunday as they approached newark airport preparing to land. >> compass 5837, we just saw the drone at 3,000, 16 and-a- half dme. >> you saw the drone. >> 3,000 feet, it was probably about 400 off our

detectives spotted him on surveillance cameras at newark penn station after the murder. they believe he went to the norfolk virginia or myrtle beach south carolina area. and family members say the couple reunited after their 20- year high school reunion. they never saw any problems. >> nothing abnormal. everything was normal. he fooled us. and he changed our lives forever. >> everybody says do the right thing and turn yourself in. >> reporter: and the suspect is a father of four. a $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. reporting live in newark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> and exclusive video tonight of a violent police takedown in the bronx that left four cops hurt. the video you will only see on eyewitness news shows the officer chasing two suspects following a home invasion. one suspect managed to escape but police caught up with the other man and struggled to subdue him. during the takedown one officer suffered multiple ire injuries to his head. one suspect is in custody. the other still on the loose. >>> new details on a deadly accident in a shippi

we are love in newark where three homes went up in flames early this morning. three people are critically injured. this is a live look at the scene. we are gathering the latest information and we'll have live report at the top of the hour. >>> you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic together here on eyewitness news this morning. let's take a look at temperatures to start your day, clouds and sun out there, 71 degrees in the park. we have 66 out across long island, 68 around elizabeth new jersey. a little northeast wind. that is going to feel great today across the area. we're looking at a temperature of 75, 77, 78 by noontime. 84 degrees later this afternoon. it's weather then heather every 7 minutes. happy friday to you. >> happy friday to you. we have the sawmill river parkway still closed down. it's northbound right near exit 32. now if you are going on to cross bronx expressway eastbound near white plains road you have an accident and the new jersey turnpike truck lanes heading south. that ramp to the newark bay extension east has an

happened as planes were flying at altitude to 8 to 13 miles from newark airport. faa rules do not permit people to fly unmanned objects above 400 feet because was possibility of colliding with commercial aircraft. >> we've been very lucky at this point. there's been no incident. but if this keeps happening over and over again, i mean we're pressing our luck and wind up inside the engine of an airport. >> aviation analyst an pilot. >> depending on size of it it could potentially be same as a bird strike. >> increased just last week there were three other reports of drones all near jfk airport. the close call leaving flyers concerned. >> it was air traffic and putting peoples lives in danger. >> flying a drone near an airport is dangerous and illegal and could face fines up to 25,000, and faa says incident here at newark airport and incidents from last week are all over under investigation. latest live from here newark airport this morning. ben and juliet back to you guys. trchght thank you kerry drew we have more more still to come including what runners think abou

around newark, you see around elizabeth, 88 degrees. a southerly wind which pushes some of the humidities up like jamaica queens and j.f.k. for the daylight afternoon hours pretty high. taking the ferry pack and forth, a great ride. you will be over the waters about 75 degrees and out in the sound the water temperature in the sound has warmed to 79 degrees if you go back from port jeff to bridgeport today. we will talk about the rest of the week, the weekend, all that in the accuweather seven-day forecast in a moment. ken, shirleen, back to you. >> very warm. thank you, bill. >>> the mystery behind a headstone found at a new jersey transit garage solved. >> a former police officer indicted for killing an unarmed man. this is as we see a photo of the victim moments before the shooting. >> two women conquer one of the most physically and mentally challenged courses on earth. they still have one more obstacle to tackle befo >>> a headstone found outside of a new jersey transit bus garage is no longer a mystery this afternoon. here is a loo

the port authority got them pulled from the shelves at newark liberty. dan bowen has more. >> reporter: is happening too often officials say, 650 drone sightings near plains in the united states already this year, more than double the amount in all of 2014. this audio from a pilot on approach last month near jfk. >> about a mile back there was a drone flying on a left side of this abandoned airport. >> joy we have 137 near misses last month 136 before that. >> senator charles schumer planning to propose legislation requiring drone manufacturers to include g of fencing in remote control devices. >> you put in the software of the drone where it can't fly. is built in and you could say they can't go within two miles of an airport, can't go above 500 feet, they can't go near a special building like the pentagon. >> reporter: it would be a welcome move by some passengers. >> it is and saved. not be allowed in public airspace. >> proposed rules may not have stopped recent oversight and newark liberty. report finding two stores had drones for sale inside the te

. >>> newark finance first superintendent attended the -- newark pop-up shower first superintendent attended a meeting yesterday. christopher cerf took over the district this summer. he was hand picked by the state to take over for cami anderson. so far some parents say they like what they see. >> he is about working with everyone. he is not just for public schools. he is for all schools that make the students great, greater than they are. >> anderson stepped down in july after four years as newark's superintendent. she had not attended a board meeting since january of 2014. >>> on this wednesday morning, a federal judge approved a big revamp for the nypd stop and frisk program. starting -- let's do that again. starting late next month cops must give information cards to frisking suspects that are not arrested. the cards will explain why the stop was made and provide the officer's name, rank and shield number. former officer and brooklyn borough president eric adams says any retaliation complaints will not hurt cops if they are not substantiated. >>> reports of a possible gunman at your chil

monticello and sussex 50 overnight. 63 newark. we are bringing the temperatures up a did agree or two. in the morning hours, we should see the 70s easily. we top off in the 80s which is normal for this time of year. showers off cape hatteras. low 80s with a forecast high of 82. by sunset, we will be back in the 70s. waiting for the heat and humidity, it's coming your way. i will have details on how hot it gets and when. debbie is kicking off the weekend. i hope it's smooth sailing. >> good morning, everybody. a couple of hot spots on the roads. i will tell you the inbound george washington bridge, five minutes into town. the problem is on the eastbound cross bronx into third avenue an accident. so, delays are building at the george washington bridge. lincoln and holland okay. staten island expressway eastbound slowing down through clove road with ongoing construction. keep in mind if you are taking a ride to new york avenue by jericho turnpike, huntington station a collision. out to the webcam, b.q.e. punching up big time to the b

abc news, london. >>> newark hit with a shaq attack today. the basketball alleged gent teamed up with the mayor to host a basketball tournament for high school students. it took right place in front of of city hall. shaquille left newark in high school but maintained a presence in the city throughout his career. >> a big phoenician, one of many nicknames. >>> lots of sunshine but how will it -- but how 130 yards now... bill's got a very tough lie here... looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. i believe that's a "kraken", bruce. it looks like he's going to go with a nine iron. that may not be enough club... well he's definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. if you're a golf commentator, you whisper. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. this golf course is electric... >>> hundreds gathered in tribeca for lip smacking chow and great tunes. it was the annual blues barbecue at the hudson river park. some of the city's best barbec

we are here as newarkers. we are representing the city of newark as a whole. >> the mayor's office organized the activities, which we called occupy the city. >>> new fallout from donald trump. what got him dis invited from a conservative event and how he is >>> flying blind. a plane forced to make an emergency landing with the pilots unable to see. what led to the trouble. >>> the second of the half of the weekend will be just as nice as the ava and i needed a little vacay. but we needed to watch our spending. meaning i needed to watch nikki. she's the spender. i'm the saver. so, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track... for both of us. she was just browsing... we gotta go. i'm ava. i'm nikki. and we bank human at td bank. what? >>> a federal clean-up crew has accidentally caused a big and west. roughly one million gallons of wastewater began leaking out of an abandoned colorado goldmine last night turning the river which flows into new mexico a yellow orange. it contains dangerous metals, lead and ar

riverhead 66. 76 around newark. look at the winds out of the south pumping up the moisture. 88 is the humidity over jamaica queens. j.f.k. 91 newark. taking the ferries water temperature of 75. look at that water temperature in the sound. 80 degrees going back and forth from bridgeport to port jeff. if you swim it, still kind of comfortable. >> naturally. >> i know you like that kind of stuff. >> i do, i swim it every day. >>> let's go to the maps. we will talk about something that is not going swimmingly, the fdr southbound side 96th to 79th street. one lane is closed down. ongoing construction f. your plan is to cross the ed koch, 59th street bridge that is doing fine but you encounter that problem traveling on to the fdr drive. we had earlier problems exchange place, world trade center that have been taken care of on the path trains. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect today. michelle and ken, over to you. >> thank you, heather. >>> the sketch of tom brady in court is gaining as much attentio

that's the latest live at newark airport this morning. i will send it back to you. >>> a small boat packed with people is under water in 4 minutes flat. one adult and four children between the ages of 57 and 13 rescued the coast guard after the boat had trouble and flooded. no one on board had time to put on their life jackets. the children's father remains missing this morning. >> a similar scene off the coast of hawaii prompts a desperate call as a catamaran starts sinking. >> mayday, mayday. star borden begin under water. we have four engine in the water. taking on too much boughter. >> the coast guard immediately searched 40 miles off oahu shore to find three people and their dog on an orange lieft raft and the boat almost completely emerged. the people hosted on to a life raft. >> dottie fisher was sleeping when her normally standoffish yorky jumped on her lap and started judging her chest. she felt a pain in her arm and decided to go to the hospital. that's when doctors found a possible deadly blood clot. she needed surgery and she

eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live in newark with details. dray? >> reporter: good morning, later on today, the department of transportation secretary, anthony fox will meet with governor christie along with senators menendez and cory booker. the topic of discussion will be the gateway project. the multibillion dollar project to include building a hudson river tunnel project. there was a plan in the work and progress but in 2010 governor christie pulled state funding because of possible cost overruns. there are only right now two rail tunnels and they are 105 years old and in dire need of major repair. in fact, yesterday a new jersey transit train with 200 passengers got stuck inside the tunnel causing significant delays for a lot of commuters and last month you may recall electrical problems inside the tunnel caused days of delays and diversions. of course superstorm sandy is getting a lot of the blame for causing significant damage inside the tunnels a few years ago. now, amtrak operates the rails and tunnels and the equipment that is also used b

look at the humidity, 89% around newark. i call that 90 if you ask me. we have a south, southeast wind about 10. that pumps up the moisture. in the sound 80 degrees. today we are looking at 85 this afternoon. the real feel will be 90. it will be a mug eye night overnight. heather was cleaning out gutters all night. >> i did. i climbed out of a window and cleaned out a gutter yesterday. it was awesome. a lot of rain. stop laughing at me. we have to go to our mass transit chart and tell you there is something you don't want to laugh about at all. we have new jersey transit suspended on the gladstone branch between gladstone and summit all morning long because of downed wires. street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> federal rules say you can't fly drones near airports. why are they being sold in airports. that is exactly what the port authority wants to know. eyewitness news reporter josh einiger goes looking for answers. >>> reporter: the order immediately bans retailers like hudson news and brook stone from selling drones. the port authority spokesman te

and usually picked up high end clients from newark airport. no arrests have been made but we should note this is the sixth murder in newark since wednesday. now to the deadly shooting at the federal building in soho. we're learning new details about the victim and the shooter. the gunman, kevin downing's, motive still unclear. as for the man he killed, turns out he's a father and immigrant who worked late to pick up overtime and as news 4's sheldon dutes report, the family is left to plan his funeral. >> this is a family that was really making the american dream, working hard to make the adopted country their home and now their lives have been shattered by this. >> reporter: 53-year-old idrissa camara moved from the u.s. to the ivory coast. he had been working as a security guard at the federal building to support his family in harlem. >> he was a good father, a good brother, a good neighbor. he's everything. and he loved his job. >> reporter: camara died doing what he loved. he was supposed to finish work at the federal building around 4:00 p

this is right across newark airport. so, here you have the inner roadway which is known as the car lanes. you can see traffic is barely moving. it's at a crawl. to the right of that is where the track lanes are. there is no traffic. they diverted everybody into the car lanes. they are taking everybody down to the area where that fire has occurred and they are diverting everybody off. this is some place that you definitely want to avoid today in the meantime. david and shirleen, back to you. >> just a nightmare. thank you for that, heather. >>> new jersey reporter toni yates is on the way to the scene. we will check in with her when she gets there. keep sending the pictures to abc7ny. >>> now to the storms that are causing big headaches this afternoon, especially on long island,ing from power outages train suspension. >> thunder and lightning moved through the area in the middle of the night. we have this incredible video in brooklyn. >> this is dix hills in suffolk county. a fallen tree branch dangling on power lines. at

low humidity. 66, islip. 70 in newark. lots of sunshine tomorrow. a couple patchy clouds. light northwest wind. we'll get in the low and mid 80s. humidity will remain low. satellites mainly clear for the time being. that little dip in the jet stream is starting to lift off to the north and east. we still have its influence tomorrow. once it departs, the waft comes back on saturday. humidity creeps up. more noticeable by the time we get to sunday. fine finish to the work week. 84. tomorrow is a stellar day. saturday is very nice but that high is moving offshore. more of a southerly flow means we get in the upper 80s. humidity low to moderate where it gets a little sticky by the time we get to sunday. the weekend getaway, great here on saturday. high clouds in the catskills, low and mid 80s at the beaches. maybe a spot storm sunday afternoon. most of the weekend is going to be dry and another nice beach day. this is an enhanced satellite of erika and i show you this because you can see how this multiple circulation centers areas of thunderstorms. still not that organized but

abc7 news reporter david louie shows us how the newark plant came to be and how it's helping now. >> this desalination plant is proving to be a major benefit during the drought, but the drought wasn't the reason it was built. >> it helps to mitigate or offset some of the supplies during a drought, and it is actually a cost savings for us, as well. we're saving about $4 million a year in that we don't have to purchase more expensive water supplies. >> it was built 12 years ago because of saltwater incursion into the groundwater basins that supply the cities of fremont, newark, and union city. area creeks and runoff feed into quarry lakes. the water percolates into the ground, but salt water from san francisco bay has mixed in. without desalination, the water is undrinkable. >> there was historic pumping issues here in this local area that drew the groundwater basin down, and so it drew water from the bay, actually, in toward our groundwater basin. and we have an active recharge program to continue pushing that water out towards the bay, and the water in this area still tends to be a l

the dog reportedly belonged to a former newark resident that passed away in 2005. it's not clear how the headstone ended up at the garage. >> you flow there is a big story behind take -- you know there is a big story behind that. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> here is our brooklyn camera. you can see things are clearing up but at the same time getting steamy across gotham. when you have a thunderstorm and the sun comes out and heats it up, it will be hot and humid around now. temperature of 73 degrees. humidity picking up to the 70, 80 raping. the shower is heading to the bronx. back to the west a big front around the great lakes. that mass comes to us as we get to thursday. i can't rule out a pop up thunderstorm in this heat and humidity again. noontime temperature 90. them 91 this afternoon. the humidity this morning is higher than yesterday. real film 95 to 100. a pop-up shower or thunderstorm as we go into the afternoon. heat index will be around 95, 98, 100

right around 80 in newark and bridgeport. and 79 in islip. very comfortable conditions across the region. now it is going to get muggier as the system approaches. lots of moisture coming up from the south, and southwest. and the flash flood threat will really be from tomorrow morning into tomorrow afternoon. heaviest rain will come tomorrow commute. isolated sprinkles north and west of the city, nothing bad yet. but all of this energy and moisture is going to converge on our area, coming in from the great lakes, the ohio valley, and even parts of the southeast, some of that moisture. that's when things get dicey around here. from now, though, through the evening, no problems. you might see a peek -- break in the clouds here and there before the sun sets and one or two sprinkles. then the heaviest rain starts to push in around 4:00 in the morning, from the west. so our western counties are starting to get it first. then it spreads over the city shore. and then it continues slowly to move through the area into our counties north and east throug

in fact, the rights become a cover story for whites in cities like newark.we were driven out of the city by the riots. i often call bs on that because people did start moving out of the cities in the 1940s and 1950s. federal government aid them low interest a fha loans to move out of the city, construct interstate highways, all that stuff, make it easier for a white middle class, white working-class population to escape from the cities. but the stigma deepens as a result of the rise of the rebellions to the point that now the city is packed with or associated with those events. >> i appreciate that distinction i just feel compelled to say, that empowers people to protest. a historically disenfranchised group of people who feel they have nothing to lose and perhaps nothing to gain are not empowered enough to protest the that's why i will not intentionally use of the term rebellion because it is a reaction to circumstance, a living condition, a state of mind that i think dozens allowed you to protest properly. spewing. [applause] >> we are going to turn to the

highs today up to 92 in newark. newark is in the middle of the heat wave. they've had six consecutive days of 90 plus. it'll be a week long heat wave and we haven't had a heat so far this year. 89 was the high in the park. 86 on the island at islip. temperatures falling off nicely well north and west down to 66 in middle town and monticello. 68 at kingston and poughkeepsie. humidity starting to creep up right now. feels sticky. 73 at belmar, 76 at islip. we're watching a front moving through lower michigan and the great lakes. this has a line of severe thunderstorms associated with it. it'll move through tomorrow night versus tomorrow afternoon. that's a big difference in terms of what kind of thunderstorm activity we get around here. because it moves through not during the hottest part of the day, the storms won't get a chance to turn too strong in our area. there could be a heavier gustier storm north and west of new york city. we'll track it for you on the future cast. you'll wake up to sunshine tomorrow morning. during the course of the day th the front

maximum heating, these are your maximum temperatures that we got up to today, 90 in the park, 91 at newark, so not quite approaching record levels like we had yesterday but still continuing the heatwave nonetheless, but it really is winding down and nowhere i think is going to get up to 90 during the day tomorrow in the tri-state area. 83 in the park, 83 at laguardia, 87 at newark. still a pair of eights at sussex and morristown, upper 70s, though, on the island with that southerly wind really bringing in some cooler air off the atlantic ocean. what i'm concerned about, though, is even though we lose the heatwave, humidity if anything is going to be increasing the next several days, eventually a storm system will interact with that humidity and that could mean some heavy downpours later on in the week. we will detail that in your full accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. liz. >> jeff, thank you. >>> following breaking news right now, two children seriously hurt after they were hit by a vehicle. this happened in new rochelle a short time ago. police say the children were walking behind

newark will open five assistance centers to help with enrollment. mayor says it's part of returning the schools to local control. newark school district has been under state control since the mid-1990s. the enrollment centers will be open august 27th through september 10th. >>> a study reveals that young students are dealing with too much reading, writing and arithmetic at home. first graders receive up to three times more homework than they need. the recommended amount is 10 minutes per night. parents say the first graders received nearly 30 minutes each night. >>> now to vote 2016. donald trump is feeling the heat this afternoon. the first attack ad of the campaign is targeting the republican front-runner. the ad shows him praising democrats including hillary clinton. the newest poll shows nothing is slowing his momentum. >> reporter: the first attack ad against donald trump of the 2016 campaign. >> in many cases i probably identify more as a democrat. >> it seems that the economy does better under the democrats. >> reporter: senator rand paul aim

temperatures in the opera enumclaw's 1190s, 93 degrees at newark, not quite 90, 89% are, in bridgeport and iceland band it was pretty warm, storms were nasty yesterday for the early-morning hours. it wasn't so bad. 86 in sussex was your high temperature. where do they stand? 59 degrees in sussex, feels pretty warm to me, 73 at newark, 62 in freeport and the islip and 65 in montauk, the dewpoint should be coming data and humidity coming down the next couple the is. >>> in the forecast. remember we were talking about joy of low pressure as we head towards the weekend. will be pretty close but just to the south of us. there will be at a fairly potent area of low pressure but as it goes further south we probably won't and much of of it. we didn't expect much, just a sunny day with slightly cooler temperatures, and 84 by midday and i have 87 this the afternoon. it comes down a little more and friday-our chance out there, most of the rain will be to the south, high-temperature 39 degrees, cooler over the weekend but at this point it looks pretty joy ride, not bad at all. let's bring in ines

we made up to 90 in central park, 91 in newark as well as the 6, 80 in belmar, 86 was your high in islip. reduced and not? 75 isis and same in bridgeport, 77 in central park and 56 degrees in monticello, mild temperatures out there this morning, partly cloudy skies in the tristate region, no problems for which showers and storms at this point possibility we will with this scenarios the same as yesterday with high pressure in control, a lot of hot humid care on top of us, high temperature 86 degrees or so. the stickiness sticks around for awhile but storm chances are going up over the next few days and looks like greater chances will be thursday into friday, 30% chance not too bad. let's bring in ines rosales and see how we are starting off this wednesday morning. ines: starting with some problems. construction going on like the bqe, let's go to the fdr drive, causing delays the past few morning, traffic northbound by seventy-second street by construction that had to leave the lane closed, and equipment problems that there are delays with pedestrians, signaled problems between exchange pl

in newark this morning, there's an alert for you. a car fire blocking the right lane on the new jersey turnpike western spur, and stick to the eastern spur, and if this is is a portion of your ride, also construction blocking two lanes in the city, northbound on the fdr drive at 86th street, and unfortunately delays are back to 66th, and the westside highway is a smooth ride if you choose to take that instead. remember, be safe, and don't text and drive. >>> a commuter alert this morning, governor chris christie taking on the problem of commuter trains that have been inconveniencing commuters all summer. ilana gold is live at newark- penn station with details. >> reporter: governor christie will be here in newark, to discuss the problems on the tracks, and commuters have had enough of the recent problems, and they want a solution. governor chris christie cannot ignore the images from penn station, and this was the scene yesterday when the crowds dealt with 2 hour delays for the morning commute, and because so many people took the bus

. >> meteorologist: another start to the day, 60 degrees at central park, 67 in newark, 59 in monticello, temperatures on the cooler side, dew points are lower, committee is lower, it is a lot more comfortable than we had a couple days ago. 55 degrees at central park, dewpoint said 56 in newark, 54 in poughkeepsie, generally speaking 55 which is comfortable, we never mainly clear sky and the tristate region, not happening at all, as much will come to us that will change things up for a while, just that cold front that came through trying to bring scattered showers and storms a couple days ago the school board right rest of and behind it, high-pressure takeover and that is the weather feature for the next several days and even into next week. for the most part-sharing control, temperatures going up but not a lot into a comfortable range. where we should be this time of year, 77 by 9:00 a.m. 82 for high-temperature later on today and as we go through the next seven days the anyone tomorrow, humidity staying away at the next three days but it does start making a come back early next week an

i would not group what is going on in newark with what we are seeing in baltimore and st.nd ferguson. itferguson. it has not evolved into the state of anarchy. newark is historically a troubled city, residents are ingratiated in this never-ending cycle of violence, poverty,, poverty, disdain for authority, and like every other inner-city resident susceptible to the propaganda of the black lives movement and the ferguson affect and we are naturally seeing some kind of spike. charles: some fallacy? do you think that it is misguided? >> obviously it is counterproductive. it is no mistake this is related to something recent and has much to do with that people are forgetting this is not about black versus white but trying to repair a damaged relationship. charles: newark has been damaged like this going back to after the riots when martin luther king was killed. they never cover. it is crazy when you have people of authority and influence to have encourage this. i thought we saw that in baltimore with the police were told to stand down. i think ultimately it takes decades if yo

nj.com reports two stores at newark liberty are selling the drones. the port authority is demanding that they stop. federal law prohibits operating drones near airports. some passengers were surprised to hear they're available right in the terminal. >> this is a place not meant for this kind of toys, if you want to call it toys. >> you can sell them. it's a matter of being able to fly them in harm's way where people will be impacted. christina: pilots have reported seeing drones at newark airport including four sightings on august 9th. >> mayor de blasio and governor cuomo are on the same side when it comes to keeping topless women from taking over times square. they wear a thong and body paint and nothing else. they pose for pictures for tips. if they do it aggressively, that's illegal. walking around the streets topless is not. which has the governor and mayor looking for ways to keep times square a family-friendly place. times square. and this is starting to remind me of the bad old times square. >> if she's happy, why not? >> as a mom, i don't kno

. >>> violence between two groups of rival soccer fans in newark, new jersey. this is taking place before the game between the red bulls and new york city football club. they can be heard chanting who are you? a phrase often used by english soccer fans. >> a drone was spotted flying near newark airport sunday. >> 58-37 you just saw the drone. >> three thousand feet it was probably about 400 off left flank. >> the federal aviation administration said the drone was seen by the pilots of four commercial aircraft between 8 and 14 miles of newark airport. they all landed safely. >> the private search has been called off for two missing teenage fishermen in florida. the families stopped their search. they say there was no new evidence or clues to guide the search. the teens had gone fishing on july 24th. >> a woman is recovering after being attacked by an alligator in central florida. she was swimming in the wekiva river saturday when the alligator attacked. one witness described what she saw. >> she was backstroking, just swimming like normal and when she went under

record back in 1916. 72 right now, 73 at newark so you have temperatures in and near the urban areas in the middle 70s but you head outside the suburbs, all the way down into the upper 50s. this is how comfy this air mass is. 63 at pick ipse. dewpoint is measuring the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, they were stuck, now they are in the invigoratring to pleasant categories and they will stay that way tonight and then humidity starts the radar is showing some low clouds steaming in from the atlantic ocean. that trends will continue overnight and some of that cloud cover will make it west to new york city. and with those clouds and that moisture a couple of showers are possible during the day tomorrow. we have tropical storm danny just downgraded to a tropical storm earlier this evening, expecting to pass pretty near to puerto rico. this is actually good news for the island because they need the rainfall. not much in the way of damage from that. thunderstorm around tomorrow, the high getting up to around 82. heading into monday, maybe a morning shower, 86 for a high temperature. a

raymond boulevard delays to newark because of an accident. cameras tack a look at your commute this morning. driving out there traffic doing okay. cross bronx normal delays by bronx river parkway. as for george washington bridge into the city, 30 minutes on upper level. 15 lower. 495 to lincoln tunnel. about a 30 to 35 minute delay. holland tunnel ten to 15. back to you. >> are you going to batter up with us today? >> got my own issues. playing softball in coney island should be cool. first 2,000 peel get bobbleheads. [laughter] that's nice rosanna let's look outside please. i think it is grotesque actually. >> the game starts around 5:00 so be there. mcu where they play -- >> how many of those heads will be still on our torsos before people get home? >> after the gaming i'm not sure. >> they're very funny. >> decapitate you right now. >> leave me alone. >> the world famous building on the left might be. >> in the kaft pay. anyway. they used to have all of these recordings studios, they still do. >> was that where carole king went and recorde