fairfield county, dry in norwalk norwalk. we're tracking dense fog in the hamptons. visibility down to .25 of a mile. that's the only spot. temperatures in the 60s and 50s in nassau county. 61 north merrick. 65 in massapequa. temperatures cooled down to the 50s. refreshing in morristown. 50 degrees right now. year. that's something. 52 in monticello. 55 in danbury. we have 60s out on long island. let's plan that weekend escape. starting out down the jersey shore tomorrow and sunday. lots of sunshine both days. great beach weather. temperatures are comfortable. back to the mid-80s. not too hot but more humid as the weekend goes on. patchy clouds and fog, especially in the morning. temperatures in the low 80s. more sunshine in montauk, sag harbor. temperatures rebounding into the 80s. north and west of new york city, tracking a couple of spotty storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. great weather for places like the catskills and the poconos. bright and hot on sunday with a high in the low 90s. here's a look at future tracker throughout the day. lunchtime, beautiful su

. >> reporter: which meant a waiting game for the hundreds who flocked to the office in norwalk today, standing in a line that stretched out the door, a scene that was played out at branch offices throughout the state. >> it's extremely slow. i mean, they have been stuck on the same number for -- i timed it actually, one number they were stuck on for 20 minutes. >> you sitting there and saying oh, there's only five more in front of me so it's going to be soon and it's not really that soon. >> reporter: the reason, today marked the first day offices reopened after being partially shut down for a week while the state upgraded its computer systems, ironically making it easier for drivers to conduct transportation online and thus -- transactions online and thus avoid a trip in person. officials predicted the first day back would be a rough one. >> we ask the public to please, please be patient as we have seen the lines are out here, but we are steadily working to address all those customers and take care of them as they come in. >> reporter: still there was a different kind of gridlock fo

before, right, the shock wave jet truck really does tear up the track at summit motorsports park in norwalkohio, this is its pre-race prep and precheck. right here that is a jet engine but that's the big one that you can see. there are three jet engines that produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 36,000 horsepower. >> trucks aren't exactly known for their aerodynamics. >> or their speed but this has both. >> right. >> cool. >> yes, this is where the crowd really starts to get wowed. >> w, f those flames go! >> the show being put on by driver chris darnell. he really knows how to wow the audience. once the thrust starts to fire up keep your eyes on the track back here. watch this. >> oh! >> look at that! >> it's tearing up the track. just like i said. >> literally tearing it up. >> you see chris takes his foot off the pedal, no. the show must go on and it does. there he goes full thrust down the track, 198 miles per hour, which is slow. he's gone 376 miles per hour, so that little 198 pass kind of history. >> what an adrenalin rush through my body right now. that was incredible. >> he put

paws, the pet animal welfare society in norwalk. >> i can see you with a cat. >> you can find shelters near you on nbc new york.com/clear the shelters. e-mail your rescue pictures at share and nbc new york.com. we've heard from 400 of you. >> cats are low maintenance. >> you can go days without seeing them. >> it's true. >> sleeping on the blanket somewhere. >> i need more love than that. i need a needy dog. they're great. >> what's coming up in sports? >> brace yourself. baseball stretch run is going to be fun. i mean, pass the pepto-bismol kind of fun. the yankees have a fight on their hands. the mets take a swing at a seventh straight win. they trailed three times tonight in tampa. you would have given up on the old mets. not these mets. that's ahead. >>> here's what jimmy fallon has coming up tonight. >>> thanks, guys. stef steve buscemi. taylor kitsch and jon rineman. also, thank you notes. don't change the channel. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. >>> tickle the ivories. it was an honor for new york city's oldest performer. irving

. >>> well, a $50,000 reward being offered in a 4-year-old double murder case in norwalk. they were shot and killed while sitting in their car back on august 6th of 2011. police initially investigated the case as a possible murder/suicide. but now, they say both were murdered. >>> mayor de blasio unveiled an ambitious new mental health policy today designed in part to tackle what many believe is a growing homeless problem on the city streets. government affairs reporter melissa russo was at the table with the mayor when he made that announcement. >> well, experts in mental health and criminal justice seem to agree it's an unprecedented effort to get police and doctors and therapists all to dive in together to get help to new yorkers who could pose a risk to themselves or to the public. >> so many of these new yorkers are falling through the cracks. and that means the tragedy could be around the corner. >> the goal of mayor de blasio's new mental health plan announced today is to identify an estimated several hundred new yorkers who have the following things in common. a br

for now we're live in norwalk, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. also in connecticut, first for answers after a couple suddenly disappeared. jeffrey and jean it maven were last spotted shortly after moving into a rental home in easton, connecticut about three weeks ago. a pickup truck the couple owns was later found vandalized and police however don't suspect foul play. court documents reveal that they owe more than $2 million on a house that was -- went into foreclosure back in 2007. a company they also own reportedly owes $140,000 in overdue power bills. >> family is very concerned. the longer this goes, we become concerned. >> well, phone message at the couple's waste disposal business said that the pickups may be delayed due a family emergency. >>> well, a headstone found outside a new jersey transit bus garage no longer a mystery. here's a look at that headstone of 8-year-old max fuerrera. max was a rottweiler, the dog reportedly belonged to a former newark resident who passed away in 2005. it's still not clear how the headstone though ended u

hempstead 82 and norwalk 83. down to 73 in the catskills. the september feel. 82 in belmar. look at the difference. soupy stuffy on the island. feels like autumn across western new jersey and the catskills. partial sunshine gives way to clearing skies overnight. comfortable by morning. mid-80s in the afternoon. thunder threat is gone. there are a couple of specks on radar north and east of new york city. most remain dry. there is the cold front slowly inching through the area 15 miles per hour. this low is sweeping that front through. you have to watch out for the earn edge of cloud cover that may spill into parts of the northern and western suburbs during the afternoon. not a big deal. notice the according around the low. 50s in the upper great lakes. the lower humidity does get in. it's really the best of both world. nice thursday as well, lower 80s and another beauty t. a couple of clouds during the sank especially north and west. here is the accuweather forecast. the early storm threat is over becoming mostly clear, less humid. tomorrow 85, brilliant sunshine. clouds aro

right now we're at 73, kingston. 63 in monticello ready to dip in to the 50s. 77 at norwalk. 78 in nor -- in yonkers. 73 at 7:00 in the morning. patchy clouds at times tomorrow. nice breeze out of humidity stays low and highs in the mid and upper 80s. still higher dew point air, more humidity and it's just on the southern fringes of our area. that's why some of these thunderstorms have reached up in to ocean county. couple more hours of that. these storms off to the north should stay there. we're just mainly clear overnight. high pressure is going to build in over the next one to two days and then we're going to watch this broad area of low pressure track to our south. we'll be on the northern fringe of it. watch the futurecast here. few clouds tomorrow morning. there are those storms moving offshore later tonight. not perfectly sunny but sunny to partly cloudy. will turn mostly sunny. less humid. as we go through the day on thursday we start to see some of the impact of the storm to the south. a nice drive during the daylight hours. high clouds during the day. high of about 81. then h

yonkers at norwalk at 78. 71 in montauk, and 61 for ricetown, and 63 for belmar. what to expect today? clouds and a passing shower. not a downpour or drenching rain, but a passing shower. the front is keeping things unstable, and tomorrow morning, during the early morning commute, we could get scattered rain, again, not a washout, and not everyone is wet. that's the tricky part. there's the risk you will not see rain. humidity increases on monday, and here's the trickiness of the forecast going on now. the accu track is looking clear, and that's what is left over from the cold front, and also moisture trying to push in from the south and ever so gently we have it in the afternoon, and then chicago to the upper midwest, and it will slide in our direction, and today, a scattered shower, dealing with what is left here as the pressure leads so the east. an early shower is possible, and then we should get a decent part of the day tomorrow before the front comes in, and it's very interesting that it will be well intact before it crosses the jersey state line, and then i

westchester looking good, no problems across westchester, the slow spot, construction by 95, southbound in norwalk, let's look at your commute this morning on the cross bronx, all construction cleared away on the east downside, some delays earlier, everything is on the west bound dandies downside. as far as trains, pass trains normal service reasons, signaled problems have been resolved. juliet: bill deblasio wants to prevent outbreaks of legionnaires' disease. testing and maintenance of all city cooling towers with annual certification and inspections. people have died, 120. >> implementation is needed in those areas with greater health disparities. effect immediately. building owners 30 days to register your cooling towers and if you fail to do so you could receive some fines of $25,000. robert: donald trump is using hillary clinton's own words against her in a new campaign ad. >> it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter. what difference at this point does it make? robert: the video criticizes her shrugging off of her e-mail scandal, she never knowingly sent a receive classified m

norwalk -- month monticello in the 50s. norwalk in the 50s. we've got dew points that are in the mid-60s to near 70 degrees which makes it uncomfortable, oppressive and definitely a day where you want to find a way to stay cool, whether it's in the ac or finding some place where you can get in the water or near the water, even the shade will help on days like this. 74 -- 94 is our forecast high. going from mid-70s to mid-90s. that's a 20-degree temperature climb during the day. there's also an air quality advisory. i'll talk a little bit about that and how long we put up with this heat coming up in the accu-weather seven-day forecast. >> thank you so much, amy. >>> back to the breaking news. we are mourning the loss of a powerful figure in america's sif rights -- civil rights movement. julian bond has died. >> he has long been considered the symbol for the fight for equality in this country. he died saturday night at the amazing legacy. eyewitness news reporter kristin thorne is live in midtown outside the naacp's new york office. good morning

. >>> the four year anniversary of a cold case double murder in norwalk. the two were shot and killed august 6, 2011. police hope someone will come forward to help solve the crime. a $50,000 reward is available for an arrest and could be victims. >>> police hope surveillance video helps them find four men wanted for a violent robbery and sex assault in the bronx. they say they forced the man in his apartment, put him on his knees and held gun to his head. one man sexually abused a woman who was showering when the suspects burst in. the men got away with money, a cell phone and a set of keys. >>> desist disturbing details about a sergeant charged with raping an underage girl. joel doseau was arraigned yesterday. nypd said he had an ongoing sexual relationship with the girl when she was 15. the two reportedly met online. the girl is in her 20s. the sergeant was released on $100,000 bail. >>> in new jersey, a police officer was arrested for an improper relationship with two teenage girls. eric reamy is the juvenile officer for the glen rock police department.

we've had is same high four days in a row. 89-degree weather. 85 in denver. 17 in norwalk. 86 in babylon. you can tell we're deep in the summer when the beaches can stay in the 80s. 92 in newark. seven days of 90-degree temperatures in new jersey. it's on the cusp of being sticky. it's not oppressive like the air we had last week. these dew points are close to 60 degrees. they're going to spike tonight into tomorrow morning and start to come back down again. it's more of a brief shot of high humidity. so tonight, a spot storm at 7:00. west. it's weakening. it's not a sure bet they get close to new york city. valley, connecticut, northwest new jersey, that threat will be over night tonight but isolated. tomorrow morning there are clouds around from that front still on top of us. but because there's still lingering humidity and a front nearby i have to allow for an isolated storm in the afternoon. you see the showers and storms over the catskills now. let's track a few of these. some lightning near olive. heading toward woodstock. but weakening. and more showers and thunderstorms over part

cross over to long island sound, 82 in norwalk. 82 in dan bury with plenty owe sunshine. 83 over new jersey. storms over the evening hours. moderately humid. by no means oppressive. it's sticky. but lower dew points by this time tomorrow. over the next 18 hours or so it's going to be rather sticky. especially tonight. a planner for this evening, partly cloudy skies at 7:00. with that time. there could be a scattered storm over western new jersey and the catskills at midnight a shower or thunderstorm any where going into the morning commute tomorrow. not that we'll all see them if they're widespread. but that threat could last through late morning or midday from new york city west. long island, you'll so watch out for a storm in the they're going to be scattered it's not a wash out day. you notice right there. there's the line getting to scranton. pretty good looking thunderstorms there moving eastward getting ready to get into the poconos and catskills as well. you see that swirl over the great lakes, you have a low there and a low offshore. and because they're sort of having a littl

. >>> a court appearance in norwalk for the mother accused of leaving her 4-month-old child to cook in an overheated car. she was arrested on july 15th. prosecutors say she left the child in the car while working out at a gym for over an hour then another half hour after that. the child's life was saved by a passerby that heard crying then searched for the child. >>> "good morning america" is up next. george stephanopoulos is live in times square. good morning, george. >> i saw the breaking news you had on the trees down in long island. the storms down across the northeast causing trouble including a tent collapse in new hampshire. two people have been killed. more than a dozen injured. lindsey janice is on the scene of that accident. >>> you may have heard this story, outrage over a child being handcuffed. parents are suing. questions over what rights parents have. can the police do that. we will get into that. dan abrams will be here. and a daredevil, he is serving with a motor bike. we will well. >> that's how meteorologist bill evans gets into work each day, amazing. >> he is a dar

but still 90 in kingston and poughkeepsie, a couple of storms headed your way, 91 in yonkers, 85 in norwalk. our long island numbers are in the low and middle 80s, 92 in west orange, parts of new jersey have had a heatwave now for seven days. 90 all weekend long and back to last week. now, the dew points are generally in the upper 50s, some low to mid-60s, even 72 in montauk, we are going to get into this sticky to uncomfortable range tonight and then start to settle back during the day tomorrow. so it's not a long-term oppressive situation. we have these spotty storms mainly north and west overnight tonight, clouds will break for sunshine, it's a partly to mostly sunny day and a spot storm in the afternoon hours. we will give you the locations for those in a moment. so there's that cell racing along into southern ulster that caused a severe thunderstorm warning, a few more cells weakening over southern sullivan county so that's the strongest one right here and moving off to the northeast so ellenville, bragsmoore, walker valley affected by our brief heavy downpour, does not last very long.

she faced a judge today who made the ruling, then she dashed out of court in norwalk. investigators say that she left her 4-month-old in her suv while she went to the gym for an hour last month. then the child was still reportedly left alone for another half hour. if her husband is not around she needs some other type of supervision with the child as the case moves forward. she also has to undergo a mental health evaluation. >>> and we are just days away from seeing the top candidates take the stage in thursday's g.o.p. debate in cleveland. and some of them got a little warmup in new hampshire but the elephants in the race -- elephant in the race was not in the room. >> reporter: just ahead of thursday's debate all but three of the 17 republican presidential contenders gathered in new hampshire for the voters first forum. >> every person is participated -- who is participating in this debate is far better than any of the democrats running. >> reporter: but the elephant not in the room, donald trump, telling he had skipped the event since he's not likely to get the pape

david marchetti was a languages teacher at brian mcman high school in norwalk, students told police in may that he had taken cell phone videos and -- under shorts and skirts. he's out on $25,000 bond and is due in court on friday. >>> we're learning more about the man accused of planning an attack on a train in europe before he was stopped by four americans and a british businessman. investigators say he watched a jihadist video on his phone minutes before attempting the attack last friday. he was tackled and detained by a group of bystanders you saw there. meanwhile, u.s. airmen spencer stone is sharing more stories about the moment he charged him. >> this guy just kept pulling his weapons left and right. pulled out another handgun and seemed like he had pointed it backwards and -- clicked it at my head. it wasn't working either. we just kind of held him there for a couple of seconds, i'm like what is he doing? i like lean over his shoulder and i see he's got like a six inch box cutter blade. >> meanwhile the young american heroes are getting the star treatment in france. anthony sadl

she faced a judge who made that ruling then she dashed out of court in norwalk. investigators say that she left her 4-month-old in her suv while she went to the gym for an hour last month. then the child was still reportedly left alone for another half hour. her husband is not around and she needs some other type of supervision with the child as the case moves forward. she also has to undergo a mental health evaluation. >>> and nypd trying to find the man who attacked a first gay couple to be married at west point military academy. police release this side picture of the man they're looking for. they say he punched a man in the face in a soho bodega. but then the fight went the other way. according to the nypd attacks against gays are down 20% this year. >>> new york city has created its first permanent task force to ensure there's no cheating at public schools. it's just one step in enforcing a zero tolerance policy for violations. the task force will provide training and resources to all schools to make sure they comply with policies and standards. also, an out

they are around stamford and into the area of greenwich, norwalk, west port, north shore of long island. another batch to the west. it reaches from sussex and warren county to about allentown. that won't be that severe. it's losing its punch. another shower over the next hour. then behind that, we will have sunshine. futurecast shows up a pop up thunderstorm later on today. rainfall amounts out of this, the park has it recorded a heavy downpour. we will see that report at about 5:00. futurecast shows these showers going away and they are out of here by 8:00. then this afternoon, there are some pop ups, particularly around this area. sunny, hot, humid. 90 will feel like 95. could be a spotty thunderstorm coming through tonight. tonight that pushes through and drier more cooler air out of the northwest. sunny, breezy, warm, tomorrow is the best day of the next seven at 87 degrees. cloudy thursday and rain and cooler weather friday. the sun comes back out saturday afternoon. and we will have sunshine on sunday. interesting week of weather with that blast of -- break of cool air that comes

it's 77 from norwalk to poughkeepsie to kingston. up around dutchess to ulster county. we are looking at a humid day today. 85 the high. it will feel like 90. thunderstorms tomorrow morning across the entire tri-state area. and then we will have a humid weekend with a chance of a scattered shower or thunderstorm. shirleen? >> bill, thank you. that is the news for now. "live with kelly and michael" at 9:00 a.m. >>> happy thursday here at "gma." we're out here in times square, of course, it is thursday. that means we've got a lot of incredible "deals & steals" coming your way. huge savings as always. tory johnson will bring that to us in just a little bit. >> all right, right now, though, george, let's talk about jennifer aniston. she's speaking out for the very first time since her surprise wedding to justin theroux and the new bride has a new movie coming funny that way" with actress kathryn hahn. abc's nick watt got to sit down with both of them. >> reporter: jennifer aniston has a new movie out this week. she's funny that way and, of course, the famously private anist

norwalk, lots of sunshine into westchester as well. temperatures around the city are mild. you probably have the ac on overnight. 74 in queens. 37 at sheepshead bay. tribeca, 73. staten island at 67 degrees on this sunday morning. city island, 73. we do have cooler spots north and west of town. we have 50s in places like monticello. 57 degrees in sussex and 60 in poughkeepsie. 67 in trenton. starting to warm up already. we had a lot of 50s earlier. the sunshine is boosting those temperatures. baseball weather today. looks good. it feels nice. pleasantly warm for the nationals taking on the mets. 80 degrees at the first pitch. temperatures fall through the 70s throughout the rest of the game. here's a look at future tracker. around 11:00 this morning, lots of sunshine for brunch. not much going on. sunshine and warm temperatures near 90 away from the water. great day at the beaches. 4:00. set it into motion again. overnight, as we head into monday morning, this is your commute tomorrow. 8:00 a.m., it's quiet. you need the shade for that sunshine. watch what happens during th

. >>> heavy delays southbound on the connecticut turnpike because of an accident by exit 14 in norwalk. those delays go back to exit 19. a slow ride there. also a slow ride on 287 southbound because of an accident with a fuel spill out by exit 66. that blocks the right lane. and you have delays on the throughway as well because of this. back to you, darlene. >>> let's check the weather. today mostly sunny, hazy, hot, turning more humid with 90 degrees. tonight, partly cloudy, isolated storms, tomorrow mostly sunny, possible thunderstorm high of 89 degrees. coming up on the "today" show, meryl streep stops by. the spinning pinwheel of death. the disappearing wi-fi icon. the frozen download bar. you don't need a magician to fix these things. you need fios internet. get fios 50 meg internet, tv and phone now for $79.99 a month, price guaranteed for 2 years. or, double your speeds for just 10 dollars more a month. and only fios gives you uploads speeds as fast as your download speeds. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past, get fios. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up,