norwalk connecticut is a fighter. they know know them as a dark force here and around the island. he is a career lobster fishing providing 39 years of the best and worst action these waters have to offer. the lobster population has suffered over the past three years, 4 million pounds of lobster, that number dropped to 135,000 pounds of lobster. thousand pounds of lobster. >> this has been the best summer we've had in years due to the fact of environmental conditions have balanced out and lobsters have migrated back to the area. we are very grateful for that. >> as for the reasoning for the change he said connecticut has banned a pesticide that was to prevent west nile virus but new york just keeps on spraying. he took matters matters into his own hand. >> the probe detects an element in the water that isn't natural. it's going to fill up on the grass. >> when hoping they will have an indirect effect on it. >> it comes to fish and it's the exact opposite. the lobster industry was almost wiped out because of overfishing

eyewitness news reporter marcus solis is in norwalk, connecticut, with more for us. marcus? >> reporter: it happened at a few districts in fairfield county, norwalk among them, sending kids home early, canceling after school activities, telling parents, quote, the health and wilk of our students and staff is the first priority. >> the sets get hot if you are not moving. >> i blanked out. it was too hot. >> reporter: these middle schoolers were more than happy to head home early. in norwalk classes came to an end before the afternoon's peak heat kicked in. >> it's hot at school. there is no air-conditioning. >> for the kids they get muggy, asthma, tough to breathe, i don't have a problem with it. a couple of days. >> reporter: the new school year is barely underway but seven elementary schools and four middle schools wrapped up two hours early. not all parents and guardians, many who had to rearrange child care believe in the decision. >> this will negatively affect their education. >> we never had days off when i went to school. >> reporter: school officials say the heat and

live in norwalk, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thanks a lot. >>> new at noon, dramatic video of a pilot standing on the wing of a small plane after it flipped over. this happened in bay port. long island reporter kristin thorne is live with the story. kristin? >> reporter: dave, we just spoke to peter williams that helped rescue the pilot. he was sleeping in his bedroom around 6:45 and saw a plane looking like it was having difficulty and saw it crash. he jumped into his boat over here, went out into the great south bay and at that point the plane was about a thousand feet offshore. this is video williams took himself during the rescue. you can see the pilot, joseph canazaro sitting on top of the plane that just flipped over. according to the registration, this is a homemade plane. we spoke to other witnesses as well who told us they saw him put the plane into the water on a small beach in bay port and then just take off on the water. again, this was around the great south bay around 6:30 this morning. then witnesses tell us they spotted the plane basically tipping over

let's see what is happening on 95 in connecticut, very busy southbound by exit 14 in norwalk. a waving projecting on. that is causing the slowdowns. still moving okay at the george washington bridge. smoothly. let's go outside and i will show you the westbound belt parkway. belt moving okay out to springfield boulevard. over to the other camera, the van wyck southbound moving fine into kew gardens. alternate side parking rules are suspended. metered in effect. back to you, michelle and lori. >>> happening today, mayor de blasio and police commissioner william bratton will announce the security plan for pope francis's visit to new york city next week and we are working to get information on a threat that was disrupted in connection with the pope was visit. dray clark is live outside madison square garden. dray? >> reporter: good morning, lori. since the official announcement that pope francis would visit new york city. the security plan has been a work in progress. today mayor de blasio and the police commissioner will meet with other city leaders and federal security officials

it's 72 in carmel. 69 poughkeepsie. 77 norwalk and across long island 75 and 73 down the jersey shore. we will hit 92. it will feel like 91 to 95, 98 with the humidity tacked on. thunderstorms on the way for tomorrow. we will talk about that next in the accuweather seven-day forecast. heather, how were the kids at school. did they get the professorship. >> yes. college. fantastic. >> one day. >> fourth grade masters. >>> let's go to the maps and talk about mass transit. long island railroad, metro north, new jersey transit on or close to schedule. 7 trains suspended between time's square and queensboro plaza. you have the g trains suspended between hoist and church avenue. track work between union and 8th should be cleared way by 5:00 a.m. gowanus expressway inbound 92nd street we have a disabled vehicle. farther north the ramp northeast to the brooklyn bridge is closed down with overnight construction. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >> thank you. >>> nearly three weeks after a gas explosion rocked john f. kennedy high school in the bronx, students will return

you can see a heavy cell right now along the 95 corridor in norwalk. as we zoom on into other areas on into duchess county. you are still going to see some rain f tror at least the next half hour, 45 minutes. heavy rain. even poughkeepsie seeing moderate rain at this point as well. the city received over an inch so far. we're not out of the woods yet. i think tht'ugh the day today, we'll see spotty showers popping up. there's plenty more moisture to the west. today's high, 76 degrees. we walk out the door at 74. areas of rain still around. wet roadways too. really sloppy commute. lauren will talk about that in a minute. spot shower through the day, mainly cloudy tonight, down to 67. thhren big changes in temperature as we head through the rest of the week. and we're watching tropical storm joaquin right now. that could be a significant weather headline as we head into the weekend. all right. lauren standing by to get you where you need to go. >> thanks, dave. we have flooding here and there on the roads. the biggest of the problems right now bed delays

. >> rush hour took on new meaning in norwalk, connecticut, police helped a woman in labor on i-95 duringorning commute. a ambulance was able to get to them that's where the baby was born. the mom will take 6-pound brian home tomorrow. >>> anna henry created the concealed carry corsett she became fed up with awkward holsters. in the first quarter of business, she she has sold over quarter million dollars. >>> fast food workers in new york are finally getting a raise. details at 6:00 a.m. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm, at three in the morning? who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? uh, khakis. she sounds hideous. well, she's a guy so... another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. live look into new york city, the freedom tower there rising where the world trade center used to stand. the tallest building at 104 stories in the western hemisphere. a constant rem

despite a shower through kingston. 91 yonkers. 96 norwalk. 83 andover. a shower to your west. and down the shore, no theft of showers. 84 belmar. 92 in west orange. so s hazy skies right now. an isolated storm during the overnight. best threat of a shower may be the first part of the day tomorrow. the front isn't totally through, limited sun then lower humidity about this time tomorrow. drier by the weekend. notice the showers. looks like they are trying to make inroads into the hudson valley and catskills. this is falling apart over ulster and orange county. gusty near kingston but a sprinkle at new paltz. this area will fall apart and stay to the west as high pressure noses in. with this front not totally getting in, it may be around us tomorrow. you could wake up to a shower and a fair amount of clouds. the clouds could linger into early afternoon. best chance of sun north and east later in the day. still a shower threat later in the day west of the city. we are in the process of drying out. we clear it out friday into saturday. cooler clouds tomorrow, limited sun. passing

temperatures are warm. 74 carmel. 73 norwalk. 73 around belleair -- bin laden march to wrightstown. temperature should be 56 around the park and south and 46 north and west. it's warm and humid. the heaviest rain cutting up through connecticut, hudson river valley and central and southern new jersey and it continues to be partly cloudy to cloudy down to the south where the rain is starting to piper -- taper off to the west. the cold front comes in with cooler, breezy weather this afternoon. today you need the rain gear. off and on rain through the day. you still have rainy weather today and it will cool off later today. much more rain is on the way this week and into the weekend. we will talk about that in the forecast. amy freeze is in hoboken. what is the latest there. >> reporter: well, bill, you know this place pass flood prone at madison and 10th avenue. less than an inch of rain and we have issues. there is flooding on this street, madison across from the shop rite where we have cars with water up to their wheels. people parked last night thinking it would be okay. this mornin

looks good in norwalk and greenwich, long island fine in nassau county, let's look at staten island expressway, bradley avenue east bound and west bound smooth sailing, driving in to the city from new jersey our other cameras, george washington bridge, minor delays, and lower-level open, closed for wow, time warner cable really upgraded their network. 300 meg internet, clearer picture. i know, we get almost 20,000 movies and shows on demand. our new dvr records six shows at once. why didn't we switch sooner? right? everything's better. [bad violin playing] well, almost everything. we're making things better. enhanced dvr, nearly 20,000 on demand titles, and up to 300 meg internet. including free wifi at home and on the go. switch today and ask how you could get a $300 reward card. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's always worth remembering... that icing the cinnamon rolls is a privilege not a right. unleash the power of dough. ben: anna gilligan

norwalk 5. 55 over to armonk to white plains to rockland county. 54 around belmar. 71 by 7:00. 76 noontime. 78 this afternoon. it will get warmer. a little taste of summer to end the week. we will talk about that in the accuweather seven-day forecast. debbie duhaime, summer is going out kicking and screaming. >> i like it. i like the heat. we will keep it. >>> good morning, bill and everybody. let's see what is heating up on the roads. new jersey transit, new timetables available for you stations. on time. metro north waterbury branch ongoing maintenance in bridgeport. 7 trains 34th street hudson yard open as you have been hearing on channel 7. westbound disabled car. new jersey transit south car lanes by exit 11 watch out for a car fireworking over there. we will go outside and i will show you the inbound side of the holland tunnel. holland. expect delays. alternate sides are suspended. back to you, lori, michelle. >> thank you so much. >>> breaking news in lower manhattan. police made an arrest in an overnight stabbing. the attack happened before 4:00 this morning in front of the fulton

norwalk schools were among those dismissed two hours ahead of schedule. and construction workers had to work on the roads in midtown manhattan today. all of this as parts of new jersey battle not just the temperatures but concerns over a growing drought as well. it's impacting everything from lawns to produce. we have that part of >> reporter: you got the keep the beautiful tomatoes growing as long as you can. we are familiar with these guys. they have the farm stand at union square and they hold one on saturday mornings across from our studios at 66th columbus. it's a business that has to monitor dry and drought-like conditions but they're not adversely affected as other businesses outdoors like landscapers. >> like powder sugar many the bakery. >> reporter: the dirt is dust but that's long the pathways too to and through feels -- pathways to and through the feels. >> water just sweats out very, very slowly. right now. if you see people watering their lawns over half the water >> reporter: and a waste of water too which is why they have mandatory water r

bound side you are fine, your commute in connecticut doing fine, 95 corridor especially southbound, norwalk traveling northbound, let's take a look at first avenue by the united nations, 42 st. the tunnel under task closed but expect closures especially with the pope visiting. here is what you should expect, 72 street, already closed, will remain closed until 8:00 in the morning, buses will be diverted to 79th street if they are heading to the west. fifth avenue from 72 and 74th, fifth and madison, that is closed and you want to avoid, the united nations, robert will be there a:00, 8:30 until 11:00, closures will be in place throughout the session which includes first avenue, 48th street toward fdr drive, the pope will make his way to the 9/11 memorial so that will be shutdown, already closed as of midnight and between 11:00, and 1:00 p.m. more street closures in place, right now the 9/11 memorial closed, west street will be closed southbound by mary street towards battery park, they closed the northbound, and madison square garden, a lot at midnight tonight. and 79th street towards 59th st

carmel 54, 61 new city, 64 around norwalk. we're going to be looking at wrightstown and 61 in belmar to start your day. 87 later on today. another warm day but changes are coming. we'll talk about that in your accuweather weekend forecast. heather's looking at your commute. happy friday. >> happy friday to you. let's go to our mass transit chart. everything is running on or close to schedule. catch long island railroad, metro north, new jersey transit trains, 6 trains we had sill problems at morrison avenue. they have been repaired. the 1 trains this weekend starting at 11:30 tonight lasting until monday morning at 5 a.m., there will be no service and that is for track work. 280 westbound near exit 15 in newark, that's an accident still being cleared away, and then we had this problem over here as you travel south near webster avenue, that police activity cleared. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. >>> thank you so much heather. 6:01, we begin with breaking news in the bronx. a cab ride ends with a passe

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. >> we want to mention quickly norwalk public schools in connecticut two-hour early dismissal due to the heat. >> no after school activities because of the discomfort that, you know, we will feel with the hot temperatures and the humidity. that's what makes it difficult and hard on the body to handle. we had consecutive days of 90 or hotter. today 93. that will be the peak of the heat if you will before a cold front comes in, cools us down friday and saturday. back to the hot temperatures sunday, high of 86. labor day itself 90 degrees. >> okay. thank you, amy. that it will it -- that will do it for us. i'm lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. [000:59:51;00]

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right now, poughkeepsie at 66, the cool air coming into the catskills, 70 in yonkers and it's 67 in norwalk. on long island 67 and belmar is coming in at 70, 72 in west orange, new jersey so pretty good wind now for all locations. that means that the front is essentially through everywhere but montauk that has a southwest wind so just the cold front on the eastern end of long island ready to slip to our south. so really it's all about a lot of cloud cover this evening on the cool side, 6:57, 60 at midnight, 50s tomorrow morning, and mainly cloudy through tomorrow with a cool breeze and nothing more than a sprinkle, maybe a brief shower or some drizzle around the area. you notice we have a couple spotty showers here, that's the cold front going through and a couple of sprinkles in the wake of that front. i don't think the main clearing line gets here, we just stay mainly cloudy. the front is going to hang up along the coast and rain that develops with an area of low pressure here is going to ride up that front. but if you notice with these -- where these arrows are, the heaviest rain going t

we're looking at 57 around norwalk. it's a little on the cool side. 61 around belmar and towards montauk 61 degrees. wind out of the northeast. it's kind of ironic heather we close out today and tomorrow, but fall on wednesday's going to feel like summer. >> that's good news. we'll talk about our subway status. this was going on all weekend long continuing until 5 a.m., 1 trains, no trains, 242nd street to south ferries. there is local service. long island railroad, metro north, new jersey transit doing fine. throgs neck bridge heading into the bronx we have construction in place until 7 a.m. at least two lanes closed down. george washington bridge e-z pass to the lower level and our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. lori and ken, over to you. >>> thank you. following breaking news in the bronx. right now police are searching for the killer who shot a cab driver and left him for dead in his car. it happened early this morning at east 189th street and beaumont. kala rama is live now in the belmont section wi

and we don't have quite the problems of the fog that other places did. 61 for new city, and 66 in norwalk, and then all the way out to the shore. the fork, montauk at 68 rice town, mid-60s, and everyone looking for mid-to low 80s, and having the temperature climb 20 degrees, we will need heat and sunshine, and that's exactly what will burn off the fog first, and then we will see the improvement in the sky conditions, and from there a nice afternoon, and really nice weekend in front of us this is the last official weekend of summer and we will close out the summer. looking far soaking rain, the next chance on monday, will look like a spotty shower. no real chances for a heavy rain fall. if you're waiting for the lawn to get a soaking, not going to happen, looking at the future cast this morning, we will see how the front quickly disappears into the northern county. a few shift of the winds, and that's about it. there's the front right there, here on the main map, and you can see the low pressure system, and the trailing cold front is in front of it. there's higher humidity than we have tom

health care i think that is important we buildings that those fees come back at us and so if we are norwalkse fees in a future development for the dignity health hospitals or for chinese and camtc we're specific to the community they serve that make sense than rolling it in as a mechanism to support the infrastructure in the city thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm sutter street i work at chinese hospital and provide health outreach into the community as you may know chinese hospitals is a no point hospital we're nonprofit as the other hospitals what i like to talk about the programs we develop and what we work with with all the hospitals we partner with all of them and the projects include the sf free program with the nexus and the diabetes initiative without the partners of the hospital a lot of those programs wouldn't survivor of sustain themselves chinese hospital is is about planning we want to expands into the community and with the additional taxes that envelopes our ability to expand the clinics and extremely e extremely challenging to meet the fees a lot of the work in th

norwalk, connecticut, about 64 the overnight low. a mild, comfortable night. we start out in the lower 80s on saturday. near 80 by sunday with more clouds in the picture. then a front drops through, so the wind goes northeast. th t means cooler temperatures come monday and tuesday. also tends to mean more clouds. 88 today. 85 and 83 for friday, saturday. a few more clouds sunday at 80. there's the 70s next week. maybe spotty drizzle monday into tuesday. let's see if there are any trouble spots for the commute on this thursday morning. >> yeah, we have a few, chris. first of all, queens ride l.i.e. from the clear view to an accident on greenpoint avenue. the accident cleared, but the delays are still there. huge delays, too, due to an accident on the bqe eastbound near hamilton avenue. that blocks a lane. let's take a live look at the gowanus this morning. pretty heavy approaching that accident up at hamilton avenue. you can see the backup toward the belts. if that wasn't bad enough, let's head back to the maps where the verrazano is closed now due to an overtu

health care i think that is important we buildings that those fees come back at us and so if we are norwalk those fees in a future development for the dignity health hospitals or for chinese and camtc we're specific to the community they serve that make sense than rolling it in as a mechanism to support the infrastructure in the city thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm sutter street i work at chinese hospital and provide health outreach into the community as you may know chinese hospitals is a no point hospital we're nonprofit as the other hospitals what i like to talk about the programs we develop and what we work with with all the hospitals we partner with all of them and the projects include the sf free program with the nexus and the diabetes initiative without the partners of the hospital a lot of those programs wouldn't survivor of sustain themselves chinese hospital is is about planning we want to expands into the community and with the additional taxes that envelopes our ability to expand the clinics and extremely e extremely challenging to meet the fees a lot of the work i

can have impact i think the 5 m with no special use district will be aquate to consider if we're norwalk a plan for the mission how wide we know you're coming to follow that plan if you're not following this one we don't want to carve out 5 m but preserving our cultural and the club. >> thank you. >> hello commissioners my name is lisa with cultural action i support the action demands i wonder with the working-class neighborhood gets to be considered a valuable resource in the city it seems like to be less and less something we preserve as value and instead becomes a place of an opportunity to change. >> where's the analysis of the displacement for increased rents and evictions this project whether cause what you add this 5 m project we've seen it in the mission i'd like to continue to see the diversities in the city and just every time we come here if so about taking away from a community that has been here forever and adds its own flavor thank you >> hello commissioners peter culture action network i run the theatre i wouldn't want to reiterate we're seeing this around the city now i i

restrictions when deliveries a can be made we wanted to discourage occur years from in and out we're norwalk the exact time we thought after 6:00 p.m. would be a down time but the neighbors said this is what when the restaurants get busy so before 10:00 p.m. like 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. only use for non-administrative purposes. >> kwhaepz downstairs. >> well, the downstairs dispensary is going to operates for the term - >> it - a is in the back a normal kind of in and out it has not signage and the same applicants and operators that came before this commission that took a couple of years and upstairs it it entry for a few years downstairs started upstairs it is no excuse but part of the building has not been maintained by trying to work and get permitting someone is power washing the building 3 times a week for 2 most approximately cameras have been insult we have a quote to refinish the marble on the facade of the building we're going to finish it and adele i didn't coffee shop that as gotten a lease we're limiting anxious to accomplish the same kind of cleans up that commissioner moore a po

restrictions when deliveries a can be made we wanted to discourage occur years from in and out we're norwalk the exact time we thought after 6:00 p.m. would be a down time but the neighbors said this is what when the restaurants get busy so before 10:00 p.m. like 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. only use for non-administrative purposes. >> kwhaepz downstairs. >> well, the downstairs dispensary is going to operates for the term - >> it - a is in the back a normal kind of in and out it has not signage and the same applicants and operators that came before this commission that took a couple of years and upstairs it it entry for a few years downstairs started upstairs it is no excuse but part of the building has not been maintained by trying to work and get permitting someone is power washing the building 3 times a week for 2 most approximately cameras have been insult we have a quote to refinish the marble on the facade of the building we're going to finish it and adele i didn't coffee shop that as gotten a lease we're limiting anxious to accomplish the same kind of cleans up that commissioner moore a po