it was the silk city of the world, paterson, new jersey. and you might say, you got to be kidding me. we could not grow the mulberry bush. we tried to do that a long time ago. but we still developed the silk industry. the silk road from paterson, new jersey. great history. hamilton knew exactly what he was doing. he had a mind for financing and economics. he showed this city in new jersey as a place to begin this great industrialization. so i am very, very proud to be a part of that. we are proud to have a national park in our city, and it's growing. we have had some growing pains. it is welling up, and you have pains. we just completed the mariel and kramer park. she was the wife of one of the mayors of paterson, new jersey, who is still living. she is not still living. she was a great person. she got me interested in the falls. she got me into the preservation. preservation does not mean putting ropes around a place so people can't see it really or touch it. no, this is a very part of our community. it is a lifeline. we try to make it a d

paterson, new jersey. it's part of my district, my congressional district. i didn't live too far from the falls. i have a lot of great fond memories. this is where alexander hamilton brought george washington and developed really the first industrial city in the united states. with the technology that was brought from europe. so this site, this national site, which has been a national park for the last seven years, just is a new park. and usually, a park service was not into urban parks, but this is right smack in the middle of urban america, industrial urban america. with some problems, of course, industrialization, it's changed. even though there's still manufacturing going on, this combines the aestheticoffs the great falls which is the second greatest falls in the east, with the great historic happenings of the great falls. the industrial revolution, first submarine, first cars, trains. we had tremendous engines build in paterson, new jersey. more engines come out of paterson, new jersey, right in the

it was the silk city of the world, paterson, new jersey.ou might say, you got to be kidding me. we could not grow the mulberry bush. we tried to do that along time ago. but we still developed the silk industry. from paterson, new jersey. hamilton knew exactly where this was going. he had a mind for finding a system of economics. he showed this city in new jersey as a place to begin this great industrialization. so i am very, very proud to be a part of that. we are proud to have a national park in our city, and is growing. up, and you have pains. we just created the mariel and kramer park. she was the wife of one of the mayors of paterson, new jersey, who is still living. she is not still living. she was a great person. she got me interested in the falls. she got me into the preservation. preservation does not mean putting ropes around a place so people can't see it really or touch it. no, this is a very part of our community. it is a lifeline. we try to make it a destination, this national park, so that people will come here from all over t

. >> reporter: at west side park in paterson, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> pope francis is making news today on gender issues. he's setting up a panel to study whether women can serve as deacons. he's also making waves with comments that are not supportive of transgender community. the role of deacon is resve can preach and preside at weddings, baptisms, and funerals but cannot celebrate mass. vatican also released a transcript of remarks francis made last week in which he said it's, quote, terrible that children are being taught at school that gender can be a choice. >>> taking a quick look at wall street where stocks finished the day slightly lower. dow lost 91 points. nasdaq down 36. s&p 500 closed down nearly 14 points. >>> a healthier option as we news at 6:00, mcdonald's is making changes in the way it prepares some of its popular meals. >> lee says we're in for some there's one place where america's ?? and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ?? discover something one of a kind in new york. ?? new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan

we don't do that in paterson. they made a very severe move to make sure the communities involved day in and day out at paterson great falls. the park is grown in a short period of time. a lot of this coming from all over the world. now we have the stadium which we had legislation for. we got a pass thanks to the help of the resource committee and it's a very historic stadium. this is where the knee grow leagues played. this is where larry doby first african-american played in the american league with the cleveland indians for over 12 years. he grew up in paterson, new jersey. i knew larry very well. i just introduced a gold medal award for him into congress. we hope it gets passed by the end of the year so this is an addition. we are growing that we are not growing beyond what we can handle, what we can maintain, what we can sustain and we are getting young people involved and all the people involved in this preservation. preservation is important because we know history but we don't know culture and culture is mo

all part of paterson's budget plan. >>> what we have uncovered and a officer under investigation for fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. only from fios. >>> in new jersey, lawmakers in the city of paterson are weighing a budget plan that includes hundreds of layoffs. officers to issue an extra 30,000 traffic tickets per year. that's about 80 a day in an effort to generate $3 million in new annual revenue. city council will discuss this budget at its meeting tonight. >> it's not about layoffs. it's not about stopping service. it's about what is the plan that you have to bring revenue to the city, to move the city to the next level, to start the perception and image

this is a design to improve conditions here in the city of paterson. this is a real job. they clock in. they clock out. they have bosses. so really it's for the teens to understand what it means to have a job. >> good way to spend the summer? >> yeah, it's pretty fun. yeah. >> what do you think about the paycheck? >> i really don't care about the paycheck. >> why? >> i like helping out in the community and stuff. >> see, isn't that cool? we talked to a lot of those kids while they were out here working. coming up at 6:00, we'll talk to them and find out why it's changed their attitude a lot. you'll also hear more from the program director about all the benefits it's offered these teenagers. live here in paterson, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> i'm just doing it to do it. a lot of parents would be >>> still more news ahead. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 begins right now. >>> all new at 5:00, the major cleanup at a church preschool in new jersey flooded by more than five feet of water. >> a big shakeup in the nypd. commissioner bill bratton resigns amid turmoil with

fighting for their freedom inside of a mobile store on tenth avenue in paterson unsuccessfully climbing through the ceiling dropping stolen wednesday afternoon by a quick- thinking store clerk. a few minutes earlier the thieves had the upper hand. tommy torres was in a tough spot only thinking -- >> i got to go. i got to live. >> reporter: as the men searched for cash and cell phones, torres went for the back door locking it behind him. then running through the travel agency next door and bringing down the front gate. [ gate down ] >> reporter: the robbers are locked inside and police are called so naturally this story ends with two guys in handcuffs but there's not what happened. now changes to the department. >> we got them but the cops never showed up. >> reporter: with extra time to spare the robbers used tools found inside to get out. 18 minutes after the initial call, cops arrived at an empty disheveled store. the thieves gone with $115. >> it's alarming. >> reporter: the director of the paterson police department said this never should have happened. the emergency call wasn't cat

from paterson the friends and neighbors are concerned. >> reporter: kristine, this building behind me is equipped with security cameras all around. police are double-checking the video they have to make sure they did not miss anything. but right now, all they see on that video is this woman reported missing going into her building behind me, not leaving. why so many people who live here are on edge. police back a second senior complex in paterson, new jersey, looking for any trace of 73-year-old gloria briggs reported missing by her church august 12 after friends couldn't reach her. >> we know that she has some measure of dementia. it has been a very anxiety- laden two weeks. >> reporter: richard campbell says the last time briggs was seen in church saturday august 6. cameras show her straight street with a friend but police haven't found any video of her leaving the complex, troubling the seniors wh -- seniors who live here. >> we're upset and worried. >> reporter: briggs has no family, just a daughter in jamaica but she is loved by all her neighbors, who have been searching for her

john paterson ran, as he himself said later on, as a stronger segregationist candid. that is why wallace lot. at that point, i. he faced a critical kind of crossroads in his career. there was no place for him to go except to tap into the rising tide of anti-government conservatism, which was at that time built around the civil rights movement. >> then he is elected easily in 1962. what did he change? >> he became a much stronger opponent of segregation and essentially -- later on we associate him with a standing in the schoolhouse door. "i will stand in the schoolhouse door to prevent segregation." that is what he did, although he had to back out of the door pretty quickly. >> he ran for governor in -- but it in 1964. lyndon johnson had become president after the assassination of john kennedy. johnson insisted he was too busy, so he did not actually run as a candidate. >> when wallison announced he was. to run for the democratic primary, nobody paid any attention to him. he got about two paragraphs in the "new york times." when he went to the northern states in 1964,

we don't do that in paterson.e toa very severe make sure the community is involved day in and day out at the paterson great falls. the park has grown in a short deal of time -- a short deal of time -- a short period of time. thanks to the help of the resource committee. it was a very historic stadium. this is where the negro leagues played. this is where it was built the -- play for the cleveland indians for 12 years. he grew up in paterson, new jersey. i knew him very well. i just introduced a gold medal award for him in congress. we hope we can get that done by the end of the year. the stadium is in addition to it and we are going but we are not going beyond what we can handle. we are getting young people involved and older people involved in this preservation. preservation is important, because we know history but we don't know culture. culture is more important than dailyy, the facts that situations that we face in day out. what are your values? what you mean values? the industrial revolution a value point for

john paterson ran, as he himself said later on, as a stronger segregationist candid. that is why wallace lot. at that point, i. he faced a critical kind of crossroads in his career. there was no place for him to go except to tap into the rising tide of anti-government conservatism, which was at that time built around the civil rights movement. >> then he is elected easily in 1962. what did he change? >> he became a much stronger opponent of segregation and essentially -- later on we associate him with a standing in the schoolhouse door. "i will stand in the schoolhouse door to prevent segregation." that is what he did, although he had to back out of the door pretty quickly. >> he ran for governor in -- but it in 1964. lyndon johnson had become president after the assassination of john kennedy. johnson insisted he was too busy, so he did not actually run as a candidate. >> when wallison announced he was. to run for the democratic primary, nobody paid any attention to him. he got about two paragraphs in the "new york times." when he went to the northern states in 1964,

this is exit 58 in paterson. i saw a police vehicle go by. let's go to the maps and i can tell you what else is going on route 80 unrelated to the webcam i was showing you, near exit 19 we have an overturned dump truck. we have a couple of problems on the l.i.e., one cleared, that was eastbound near the grand central parkway and westbound at 80th street an accident one roadway near citi field an accident. signal problems at morris park. expect uptown delays. we have alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. lori and rob, over to you. >> all right, heather. >>> the dog days of summer are here. temperatures are soaring into the mid-90s today but the humidity will make it feel like over 100 degrees. >> that means an extra strain on the electricity grid across the ar. diana rocco is outside the office of emergency management in brooklyn. >> day two of the heat wave. air conditioners have been working overtime. the mayor will be holding a noon news conference at the office of emergency management to talk about the heat and staying

paterson as well as morristown, new jersey. awhether the of water rescues throughout the state of new jersey w trees down and roads shut down as a result of that. as we've been saying all morning long, this may be the calm before the next storm. again, here in wayne, new jersey, nodw as the result of flooding. but they're worried about the drains in this area. the police officer we spoke with said the drains may get overwhelmed. so they're trying to see how things could go within the next 12 hours after the storm we just endured. back to you. >> hoping for the best. thank you very much. >>> police want to find the man behind the voice who threatened to kill an nypd captain on a me in jail? i'm out now. i'm coming to put a bullet in your head, son. >> the threats against the captain started saturday evening and lasted several minutes. the captain did answer and even tried to draw out the suspect. >> remember, captain, i'm coming for you. >> where do you want me to meet, baby? >> a police dispatcher eventually jammed an illegal t

>>reporter: we do have changes making your way in paterson. an accident blocks the two left lanes on route 80 westbound. it's at exit fef. 57. we have minor delays making your way through the area. you can see that slower-than- normal traffic here. in new jersey, paramus specifically two lanes block on route 17. that is in both directions between century road and midland avenue. southbound delays are back to paramus park as you make your way through the area northbound delays are just minor. still moving well at the george sh report upper or lower level. lincoln and holland tunnels are flowing freeley for you. alternate is in effect city wide. be safe, don't text and drive. back to you. >> thanks. >>> we have more breaking news in new jersey this morning. a large water main has ruptured in hoboken. >> let's go right to the scene and cbs 2's andrea grymes. andrea. >>reporter: well, cindy and chris, this is a 16-inch water main we're told. we're standing on harrison street between second and first. you can see the water just paterson avenue, but

the university of union paterson. police were telling us earlier today and describing them to us. let's show you the rest of the pictures. this piece of board with more than a dozen screws in it under leaves and other debris. there was a piece of barbed wire strung across the trail between two trees. it was a height where whoever ran into it might have cut their face or throat. they found a rope in a similar position. then a thick broken bottle that was placed what they believe was geostrategically next to a rock, and they say all this happened between june 23rd, the last one all by the same person who finally came in and told police. >> they were disguised with debris on top of them. the intent was obviously to hurt a pedestrian or bicyclist, basically hurt a person. >> who uses the park? are atvs permitted up there? >> no. no horses. you have bicyclists, tons of hikers, scouting it's on the property of william paterson university, as well. there are university kids that go up there during the school year. >> anything could have happened. >> sure. it's a well-used piece of proper

those objects were found on a small area on a bike path behind william paterson university in wayne. just because the area is not that big, doesn't make this less disturbing. >> i didn't see anything. i'm looking at the ground the whole time trying to dodge it's good they got them out of there. -would be more afraid on a bike. >> reporter: eric ran seven miles today in regular running shoes. imagine had he encountered this, a board rigged with a dozen two-inch screws aimed upward intended to do harm. one of several booby traps who brought the attention to police, including a huge jagged glass bottle geostrategically placed on a and barbed wire. >> rope strewn between trees at your neck and chest level. >> reporter: this is no accident. this is not debris. >> it's clearly intentional. >> reporter: people could have been hurt. >> severely injured. >> reporter: people who hike and run in this park are upset by word someone is setting up traps intended to hurt them. tommy is not surprised. broken glass so you get flat tires. >> reporter: it's deliberate. >> definitely deliberate. >> repo

news channel 8's jeff paterson shows us now he's facing criminal charges. >> i don't know if he came out of that pond, there's another one over there by the fence. >> reggie is 74 years old and has lived in florida all his life. he knew something was wrong when horses in this field started acting very strangely. >> i took my gun with me when i went out there. because i didn't know what the heck was out there. >> reporter: he saw an alligator just a few from the horses. >> i think he was after the mini horses. >> reporter: he took out a nine millimeter and shot him. >> i shot at him four times and they said i hit him three. >> his son and law arrived and walked over close to the alligator. >> it was just a surprise. >> reporter: the gator clamped down on his leg. the next surprise came later when a deputy arrived arresting them, a report from the florida sites blanton for unlawfully killing the alligator. blanton hired an attorney and he believes he has the right to protect his horses. jeff paterson, news channel 8. >>> a librarian is laid to rest one week after a police officer accid

. >>> we'll look at flooding happening in paterson, new jersey, where people were driving down those flooded streets. the roads turned into a river in said she never in her life has seen a flood like this in paterson. >> rain also falling nonstop in wayne, new jersey. that was early in the day. several reports of several caress cues. >> get out! get out! >> now to howard county, maryland, right outside of d.c., where good samaritans formed a two people are dead. virtually every building and business along that historic main street has been damaged. the damage so bad that the governor of maryland declared a state of emergency. >> it's devastating to see some of the businesses that are totally gone. totally gone. i don't even know where to start. >> government officials are promising to get help out to the victims. officials are calling the floods half century. you can see all that destruction. >> terrible. >> fatal injuries. >> so disturbing. 4:34 right now. let's look at the weather around here. raphael is in for chris this morning. obviously feeling grateful, but so sad for people d

they demanded paterson mayor joey torez leave office. council was expected to act on a massive layoff of municipal workers and furlough of nonessential employees. also residents fears about words of a planned ticket blitz to bring in extra money. >>> police are looking for the thief who has been stealing investigators are trying to determine if it's the work of this man. this picture was taken outside a home where a wicker patio set was stolen monday night. police tell us there have been 24 things stolen in front porches and yards in nuttily in the past year. they include nine religious statues, four u.p.s. packages and gas grill. >>> still to come, local testifies in the middle of a fight and it's all over the american flag. why they had to remove the fgs >>> and then later, an olympic moment gone viral when a u.s. runner shows the true menning of sportsmanship. now she may get another shot at a medal. you're watching "today in new fios is not cable. we're wired differently, you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in,

paterson, without compromise, we cannot be secure or respect abable both here and abroad. >> preciselyuld welcome a true compromise. >> it was politics hard at work with different groups advocating their particular positions, but there was also understanding that in politics, you don't get everything you want. and what emerged was a compromise. >> the great compromise breaks the impasse among the states, creating a congress with two houses, the senate, where all states have equal power, and the house of representatives, where representation is based on population. but the deal gives slaveholding states an opportunity to hold the convention hostage. >> gentlemen, a call to vote. virginia. >> aye. >> new york. >> aye. >> pennsylvania. >> aye! >> new jersey. >> aye. >> north carolina. >> nay. >> this will not work! >> in order to get southern states to agree to this compromise, they need to appease those states somehow. southern states insist that their slaves be counted towards that population to determine how many representatives they would have in the house. and so we get the three-fif

. >> from outside this looks like every other in paterson but on the inside it is a safe haven for addicts, i am taking you inside, a facility in new jersey working to prevent spread of hiv and hepatitis c, giving out clean syringes to supplies are running out. >> we have been closed last two months due to lack of supplies, this is frustrating and sad. because, we care about what we do and people we serve, we can't provide a service we know they need, that bother us. >> jerome king founded hope in 2008, last career he gave out more than 450,000 clean sir syringes. >> we're not creating drug use, these people are already using drugs, we are making sure it is safe. >> jersey has yet to give them funding, for years they have relied on private donation and federal grants but that money drying up in june, christie vetoeds there are 5,000 dollar >> as a result now addicts are being turned away. >> we have them to hand out it is like lottery, and we don't have them, it is like wow what are we going to do. >> many are signing up to help, last week they got more 2000 needles donated but king said t

this is at exit 58 in paterson. three lanes are closed through the area. there's also an accident on the westbound side of th atlantic avenue blocking the left lane that's causing even heavier traffic than the typical delays we see through the area. another accident on the bqe, this is eastbound at the williamsburg bridge. the l.i.e. is on the outer road, there's an accident on 80th street. lincoln tunnel is a 15 minute wait. same with the holland. the george washington bridge is moving well. be safe, don't text and drive. >>> thank you. a grieving family furious over the state of their loved one's grave site. they say it leaves a lot to be desired. >> as jessica layton reports. >> it's very hurtful we have to come here today and find it like this. >> la tonya smith wasn't prepared when her brother passed away after an illness and visiting his grave site she definitely wasn't prepared this. the area all dug up and the vault holding her brother's body visible from aboveground. >> who wants to visit a family member likes that. >> tam isha smith was even more

. >>> in new jersey, protesters paterson city hall calling for the recall of the mayor. the group is angry about recent cuts to the city's recreation budget. summer camps and pools closed on august 12th, two weeks earlier than normal. >> we had to find out why this man is attacking the smallest portion of the budget to satisfy whatever his personal needs might be. >> today' surrounding torres. in march, the news 4 i-team uncovered evidence that appeared to show public employees working at his home when their time sheets showed they were working for the city. >>> another sexual harassment lawsuit against roger ailes. unlike the suit filed by has named the channel and several of its highest ranking executives. we have andrew siff outside of fox news headquarters tonight with more on this. >> reporter: this is the lawsuit right here. it seeks more than $30 million and accuses top executives here at fox news of running the network like a, quote, playboy mansion like cult. one month after roger ailes resign sexually harassed several current and former female employees. today

those objects were found on a small area on a bike path behind william paterson university in wayne. just because the area is not that big, doesn't make this less disturbing. >> i didn't see anything. i'm looking at the ground the whole time trying to dodge

in minutes, this road in paterson, new jersey, turned into a river. you can see rushing water passing those parked cars. >>> heavy rain falling in wayne, new jersey. this video, just in to our several car rescues, a dangerous situation out there. we'll head over to storm team 4's erika roe. >> flash flooding tends to happen when you have small concentrated areas of heavy rainfall. in the city we have heavy rain falling in manhattan. flash flood warning is in effect for all the burroughs. hoboken and jersey city areas. flash flood warning in effect for pasaic and bergen for another half hour. a flood warning is in effect even though it's no longer raining in somerset county. the water is starting to filter there's a flood warning in effect for millstone river in the reardon area in effect until 2:00 pm tomorrow when floodwater finally recedes. >>> we'll take a look at the threat for more rain in the forecast. >> erika, thank you. you can get the latest updates using the nbc 4 app. you can track the storms going on with our live interactive radar. downl

city of paterson new jersey. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court public employees have a right not to be demoted. it does not matter if you are affiliated with the specific party or you are not affiliated. it does not matter if you are mistakenly perceived by your employer or supervisor that you are engage to and political association to be protected by the first amendment. >> how would you do find the right at issue in this case? >> the issue here. >> how would you define the right that your client. >> i am defining the right pursuant to tell ron that there is -- it is not necessary to have any affirmative acts that by virtue of being a public employee has the right not doing gauge in political association. >> that's just a restatement of l. ron. would it be fair to the proposition that you are putting in to say that you were asserting the right to be free from government inquiry into an oversight, would that be a fair statement? >> that would be a fair statement justice kennedy. speith it sounds to me fro

nor let's turn to steve paterson. he is covering developments from oak hills, california.bout an hour outside l.a. steve? >> reporter: steve, you mentioned it. when we talk about firefighters battling against this, it is hard to get your head around. you mentioned more than 30,000 acres, 82,000 mandatory evacuations. those acres equate to 49 square miles. that's bigger than the city of network of communities. firefighters dealing with 30 mile-an-hour winds, triple digit temperatures and this five-year drought, all of which has fueled this fire into what it is now. meanwhile, residents are seeing the fruit of what happened. we are walking into it right now. this is a door way. we are still walking in the door way. just a little bit different. it's on the ground, obviously. this appears to be a living room. it is hard it tell at this point. this is a the home of a person who lives next door. she was a manager at the summit inn tp next door. literally touching her business. she not only managed that since she was 19. that business started in 1952. famous inn served people lik

in paterson, new jersey jessica more. >> the battle over the tax levy led to 36 summer camps closing early. it's unclear what other city services could be affected -- they meet at 7 pm tonight to discuss and take a bow. >> >>> keeping an eye on the chance for storms in the area -- lonnie quinn has an update. west of the city and we will see rain. rain in stormy weather coming through new york city -- further east ago they are showing me a sign that they're getting weaker as they get closer to the water. outside with the picture -- that's what it looks like -- currently over the city over the hudson looking to the west and northwest you have a temperature of 84. it feels like 89 because the humidity is up there at one point we went from a temperature 87-81 in 10 minutes because of a cell that through dropping the temperatures. >> i'm going to call for storms in the area -- after 7 pm. for new york to be eight or nine. 87 was the high today. 83 should be the high -- 4 degrees above the average. the low -- the morning low just really got below 80 -- 78 -- 10 degrees warmer than the typi

show for people outside by out smarting would be robbers this happened at a boost mobile store in paterson, new jersey wednesday. men walk in and demanded money a and phones. while they looted the place the clerk ran out back door, lock it and pulled down the security gate trapping them inside. people outside watched and laughed. police say they were able to break out and they are still on the loose. >>> well, nature put on quite a show in central america. >> this was the scene as a volcano in guatemala erupted sending ashes miles away. we will show you why this remarkable display is only part of the show, katie. >>> we are looking here, to the upcoming weekend, of course, all important forecast that goes without door plans. it is half and half. we will end up with nice weather but wet weather that will ruin outdoor plans. we will time out this system and tell you about the nice pattern that >>> take a look at this video which shows moment volcano erupted in guatemala yesterday morning. the eruption was so powerful, it actually sent volcanic ash about 13,000 feet into the air. now some of

. >>> police are trying to find two armed robbers who got trapped inside a cell phone store in paterson. they eventually escaped after a slow emergency response. the men with guns approached the store manager, tommy torres wednesday afternoon. he said take whatever they that connects to another business. he told everyone to leave. once outside the door, torres shut the store's front gate and locked the thieves inside and called 911 several times but the police never showed up. >> you can check the walls, take the phones, what ever you want. when they were busy, i ran to the back. >> 911 says they were not told about a gun until the third call. they then did dispatch police. by the t through a back window. >> now to a story that's almost overshadowing the olympic games. four u.s. swimmers scrutinized after a robbery that authorities say never really happened. "today in new york's" kerry barrett is following the developments. >> we will start with a cover of the "new york post" because that seems to sum up most peoples thinking about this situation. it reads liar liar speedo on fire. vict

it happened early today at a chase bank in paterson, new jersey. police say a suspect was robbing the victim at the atm when the victim took charge, locking up the thief in the vestibule until cops got on the scene. >>> sending a message to president obama is now as easy as logging on to facebook. facebook users can now contact the white house using facebook messenger. the white house says president reads 10 letters every night to help keep him in touch with what's going on around the country. >>> meteorologist amy freeze here with the accuweather forecast tonight. it has settled down as far as storminess across the area but as far as the muggies go, we're still in it. 84 degrees. very humid air mass. the kind of weather that's difficult to sleep. storm reports that came in, we had the tornado earlier this a few storms pop through, drenching downpours. actually weakening as it moves east. i actually think the air is a little more stable tomorrow during the day. while we can't rule out the risk of a shower or thunderstorm, i don't think we're going

this happened this afternoon in paterson, the driver is 53, but her family says she just started driving. they say she confused the gas for the brakes and accelerated by mistake. she suffered minor inspectors surveyed the building and allowed families to return after the damage was temporarily repaired. >>> a mechanic says a burst fuel hose caused a fire off the northern coast of puerto rico. more than 500 passengers had to abandon that cruise ship and ferry as it burned. taking emergency slides to coast guard boats and other vessels. the fire started in the engine room and apparently had been >>> if you've ever lost your bags while flying, you know how annoying it can be, but that could be a thing of the past. right now newark airport is testing technology to keep track of your luggage and keep you safe at the same time. news 4's michael george got a first hand look at how this works. >> reporter: olivia and johan are taking a family vacation to rome. the kids can't wait. about the only thing that could ruin this trip is if their bags get lost. >> it's roh traveling to a place and don't

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paterson police say internal affairs is looking into why it took police so long to get there. robo-calls could soon be... a thing of the past? how some big tech companies could be your allies in stopping those changes are coming to your twitter feed. the new features that let you hid harrassing comments. you're watching fox5 news at 4. david was proud to be an american soldier. and i know i'm prejudiced because he was my son, but i don't think he had a mean bone in his body. i felt nothing to say..."trage.d if donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. none of you like getting those annoying robo- calls... the biggest tech, companies are trying to do something about it. apple, google, microsoft, comcast and verizon are among dozens of companies participating in a "robocall strike force" meeting in washington. the group and the head of the fcc are working to provide customers more control over incoming calls. robocalls are currently the number one complaint the fcc receives from consumers. some robocalls break t

. >>> police are trying to find two armed robbers who got trapped inside a cell phone store in paterson. they eventually escaped after a slow emergency response. surveillance video shows the men with guns approaching store manager tommy torres wednesday afternoon. torres told them to take what they wanted. he left through a back door that once outside the store, torres shut the front gate locking the thieves inside. he called 911 several times but said the police never showed up. >> you can check the walls, take the phones, what ever you want. when they were busy, i ran to the back. >> 911 says they were not told about a gun until the third call. they then did dispatch police. by the timth probably going to be more conversation about what happened there. >> 5:34. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, i was thinking, i forget what it was like when it wasn't 80 every day and humid or 80 plus. >> or 90 feeling like 100. things will be cooling back down. by next week a more significant change. this weekend the humidity will build back in. not bad this morning. 72 in north merrick,

we were just at the paterson sorry,yesterday, no, i'm sunday. there were the panels, just so articulately telling the stories of all dimensions of his life. number three, mr. brookhiser with the pbs to write and host an innovative documentary called "rediscovery," in 2011. all of these resources graded a foundation some years ago that resulted in great scholarship and content of much renown. they have become the core resource material this year. you may have heard the support of the institute, along with the rockefeller foundation, and the hamilton all caps together to serve 20,000 students. to see that over 18 months in matinees. and that rich content was because of the work of mr. brookhiser, over many years. it is quite a hamilton legacy, mr. brookhiser. because of his efforts to continue to show his story, richard is very deserving of the first recipient of the hamilton legacy award, which reads, " richard is hereby presented with the hamilton legacy award, four decades of outstanding service and dedication to educating the public about the

will be available when the investigative reports from andes like falls church southeast florida and paterson, new jersey become available. will be judicial. the families of 9/11 have been litigating to try to establish the relationship between the kingdom of saudi arabia and hijackers.nd the 19 those efforts have been frustrated, with the support of the u.s. department of justice and state, which has sided with the saudi's on this issue. and interpretation of a 1970 sovereign immunity law has been effectively raised by the saudi's to not only cause there to be the dismissal of actions against the kingdom, but against many of the entities within saudi arabia. there is currently legislation in the congress, it passed the u.s. senate unanimously, which would provide an exception to that 1970's law in the circumstances similar to 9/11, where there was an alleged foreign government involvement with a terrorist organization that resulted in harm to americans on u.s. soil. that matter is pending in the house of representatives and i hope that it will act during this session, ideally for the 15th an

. >> i've lived all my life in paterson new jersey. it is part of my congressional district. from thelive too far falls. so i have fond memories. this is where alexander hamilton brought george washington and invent -- and develop to the first industrial city in the united states with the technology that was brought from europe. so this national side, which is a national park for the last seven years, it is a new park. usually, the park service was not into urban parks. thethis is right smack in middle of urban america, industrial urban america. .ith some problems, of course industrial a station -- industrial is a. it's changed. but this combines the aesthetics of the great falls, the second largest faof

union avenue in paterson looks more like a raging river. there's waves in the street and trash floating by the cars. it's slow going in hacken -- hackensack. elise has updated conditions. >> te updated flood alerts, and a flash flood alert in effect until 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night, and the rain is not done with us. in spite of the rain we have seen, there's more. east hampton getting rain and the heaviest rain has moved offshore, and that's good news. we are looking at another cell with very, very heavy rain. central new jersey with a break. rain clearing from new jersey. that's the good news. as i mentioned, there's more coming, and cloudy skies, and chance of rain overnight tonight, and a repeat headed into the day tomorrow, and i will have more coming up in the full forecast. jessica? >> elise, thank you. >>> don't forget to wake up with cbs 2 news this morning at 4:30 a.m. for the latest forecast and up- to-the-minute traffic and tr haunting verbal assault on the nypd. a mysterious person is tapping into police-only broadcast frequencie

an hour ago at an apartment complex in paterson. we're told no one was seriously injured. >>> police in new york and across the country are remembering john timney. he rose to second and command in the nypd passed away. he was commissioner under william bratton as his first time under commission: bratton tweeted too many who jod the department in 1967 never forgot officer. >> john, i think, his principal legacy is what he did for this city was adopt a city and he did. he worked in philadelphia and miami, two cities which i think loved him as much as we did. >> you heard from commissioner bratton there. he served as police chief in miami and philadelphia. he died of lung cancer at the age of 68. >>> a massive wild fire in california is advancing on thousands of homes. that fire east of los is feeding on drought stricken vegetation as it expands to nearly 47 square miles. it has destroyed an untold number of buildings. the fire chief in san bernardino county says quote, there will be a lot of families that come home to nothing. >> typ

john paterson ran, as he himself said later on, as a stronger segregationist candid. that is why wallace lot. at that point, i. he faced a critical kind of crossroads in his career. there was no place for him to go except to tap into the rising tide of anti-government conservatism, which was at that time built around the civil rights movement. >> then he is elected easily in 1962. what did he change? >> he became a much stronger opponent of segregation and essentially -- later on we associate him with a standing in the schoolhouse door. "i will stand in the schoolhouse door to prevent segregation." that is what he did, although he had to back out of the door pretty quickly. >> he ran for governor in -- but it in 1964. lyndon johnson had become president after the assassination of john kennedy. johnson insisted he was too busy, so he did not actually run as a candidate. >> when wallison announced he was. to run for the democratic primary, nobody paid any attention to him. he got about two paragraphs in the "new york times." when he went to the northern states in 1964,

. >> watching carly paterson in the all around and i remember her going on beam. i said, oh, my god, i don't know her, i'm so nervous, her mom must be a wreck. thank goodness this isn't something i would have to do. she is 10 and she did yell at me. and she said, i can't believe, i'm go together olympics, what is wrong with you, why would you think that? >> moms are normally -- >> usually i am always right. but you know what? i was wrong. >> yeah. >> the united states wins the gold! >> off the line. i knew where my mom was sitting. i remember going over there and giving my mom a hug. and thinking that all the things that she did in her life so that mine could turn out the way it did. my biggest was to get that gold medal for her. >> my dad would drive me 30 minutes to and from the track four and five times a week. would he get home from work and go straight to the track. >> my parents would walkie-talkie, my sister had similar time schedules of games. >> we today search competitions. he would spend his week ends driving me to california or arizona or utah. >> one

. >> reporter: armed robbers enter the cell phone store in paterson on wednesday. the store clerk, tommy torres says he ran out the back floor closed the front gate, trapping the robbers, and police arrived 18 minutes after the initial call because it was categorized as shoplifting. >> the word gun is used, and at that point, within 11 seconds, a car is dispatched, and the priority has changed in the system, and police cars are on the scene. >> because of the delayed police response, the burglars found tools and cut their way out of the store. they are still at large. >>> two members of the new rochelle police department got a special gift. two friends created a gofundme page and bought state of the art vests for the four-legged crime fighters. they raised $3,000 in less than a month. >> this is my home, and anything i can do to give back, i do, and that's really why i decided to raise the money. >> he's my ptn work tool, and at the same time, you create this bond that is unmatched, and i would probably die for him as i'm sure he would for me. >> three vests were p

it happened in paterson where the suspects barged into a boost mobile store demanding money and cellmen looted the place an employee snuck out the back door and ran out to the front of the business. that's when he quickly pulled down the security gate locking the suspects inside the store. those robbers were trapped inside for more than 20 minutes before trying to find a tool to pry the gates back open. >> i thought they are playing at first. i thought it was prank or something. when they come this way, and then he showed me the gun. where are the galaxies and i phones. >> we don't have galaxy and i phones. you can take whatever you want. >> they didn't get whole lot. they were so busy trying to escape they forgot to take the stolen goods with them. witnesses did call 911 but listen to this it took authorities too long to arrive so those thieves were able to get away. >>> oh, my goodness. happening now, full recover free deadly flooding so far at least 13 people are dead from historic flooding in louisiana. >> but the number of people affected has stretched into the thousands. tonigh

and penrose, for the gang leaving the airport, coming in, make that left there, onto what would be patersonrose there in south philly. open up for business here on the vine street expressway. no problems or delays at all. you can see the pocket, that start to form here, between 5:30 and 6:00 and start that morning rush hour. yo, south jersey, we go for a ride. 295, and the new jersey turnpike, just watch for that construction zone as you approach the delaware memorial bridge. and then, septa's airport line running with some minor delays, first train was about 30 minutes late, the second train, about 15 minute late. and of course, we're still dealing with that whole regional rail situation, the shortage of cars, the adjusted schedule, and remember, to get your return trip ticket this morning, so you're good to go for later on this afternoon. lauren, back over to you. >> thank you, bob. vice president joe biden officiated first wedding at his home on monday, same wedding two of his long time staffers. since he had never officiated before he had to get a special testimony poor acetification to

it happened this afternoon in an apartment complex in paterson. swimmer ryan lochte in trouble with authorities in brazil. they want to take away his passport but turns out he's already left the country. police are investigating a robbery including lochte and swimmer james fegan. the swimmers say they were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend but they said they found discrepancies in the swimmers' stories. his father and lawyer says they're back here in the u.s. >>> a senior olympic executive from ireland is under arrest in accusations of ticket scalping worth millions. authorities say patrick hickey plotted with at least nine other people. they reportedly scalped olympic tickets by disguising them as hospitality packages. 71-year-old hickey was arrested at his hotel but was then taken to the hospital because of his age and medical history. >>> she's gone from breaking records in rio to swimming in praise back here at home. olympic gold medalist katie ledecky returning to the u.s. hero's welcome at dulles airport and you can see these got her medal