queens boulevard westbound. that's between 39th street and van dam street. between queens boulevard and 43rd avenue. so 47th avenue is going to be your best option as you try to head westbound through the area. we also have late-running construction on the eastbound side of the cross bronx expressway. it's at webster avenue, but it has left a long line of traffic that continues here to the george washington bridge inbound toll plaza, there is about a one-hour delay getting through the area, a 20-minute wait at the lincoln and holland tunnel, so better options there. subway issues on the m line due to police activity. we have metropolitan avenue- bound trains terminating hills-bound trains are now determing at delancey essex street. alternate parking is in effect city wide today, be safe, don't text and drive, chris and mary, back to you. >> thank you. >>> there is controversy over a new graduation requirement for new jersey high school students. >> they will need to pass a standardized test to get their diploma,

just ahead on eyewitness news queens. a blaze so intense it sent dangerous smoke billowing toward manhattan. a live report with the major street closures in the area. >>> murdered on her evening jog, friends and family remember a popular young woman found dead near her home. >>> and to the moon and back. the first private company getting the green light to blast off. >>> meteorologist amy freeze is in for bill evans. she has your exclusive accu- weather forecast. channel 7 eyewitness news this morning returns in two and a this is your time. i believe in you. congratulations bro on a job well done. i'm so proud of you. you are amazing. ? ? do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? why is it all (mimics a stomach grumble) no more questions for you! ooph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah, happens to more people than you think... try lactaid, it's real milk, without that anno

the shooting occurred in brooklyn and about three miles away in queens, we had -- shooting in queens. about three miles away, we had an accident that occurred in brooklyn that the detectives were able to determine was potentially linked to the shooting. the chief will brief you on how the case came together so quickly and where we are some 48 hours after the occurrence on saturday afte afternoon. >> good evening, everyone. at the crime scene, the double homicide on liberty and 79th street at about 3:50 in the afternoon, detectives responded and were able to do a video canvas of the area. during that canvas, we were able to identify a vehicle, a black we identified a person running into the car and taking off directly after the homicide. i think we've put out the video of this individual running down the street. we were able to trace him video-wise into the car and he took off. he then went up to liberty avenue and made a right and disappeared into traffic. he went eastbound. detectives immediately took that car, the trailblazer and came up with a car accident, a hit-and-run at the aft

a little bit of smoke and haze over queens. looking down toward the battery, a beautiful start this morning, lots of blue skies and sunshine, currently 67 in central park. and temperatures in the low 80s, similar to what we had yesterday. picture perfect day. even with a cool start in places like monticello, however just in the mid-50s this morning, we'll warm up nicely. wall to wall sunshine across the northeast. no major weather disturbances coming in. we are rain-free again today. right through the noon hour, temperatures will be climbing. i think we'll spike our temperatures around noon or 1:00 going for the lie of 81 degrees. as far as the weekend goes, saturday looks like the wet day, sunday a little better with 84 degrees and lots of we breakdown the accu-weather 7- day forecast coming up next. that is weather, here's heather with a look at your traffic. >>> this is the grand central parkway. let's go over to our maps. m, trains, services. >>> george washington bridge one hour go with the lower level lincoln and holland

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bridge queens bound upper level at the 21st street exit on the queens side over high tractor trailer. here's the bqe coming into the brooklyn bridge. the brooklyn bridge is doing just fine. you have your typical volume there. garden state parkway southbound near exit 138 accident cleared. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today >>> a dally shooting inside a deli in the bronx. >>> we are posting updates as we get them on our facebook page. >>> evacuations spreading by the thousands as a wildfire grows even larger in southern california. >>> and a plan to ease fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. ice this good. >>> nearly 10 square miles of silver lake. drought has left the area in incredib

let's see what else we have going on in queens. no problem on the lie. let's go to the cameras and take a look at the commute. it's over on the lie long island expressway westbound and eastbound traffic looking good. as for the tappan zee bridge we just saw the traffic moving again. you have a slight delay on the rockland side. everything is moving fine. stay town with morning good they're all gone. i know i bought them. well, staples has low prices. if i were you, i'd grab a couple more... for next week. back to school or back for more? staples has the lowest prices... period. welcome back we see the first casualty. larry wilmore was low rated. that's they canceled it. it took the spot left. he went to cbs a year -and-a-half ago. comedy central says the nightly show did not resonate with viewers. we will see the statement release. he is saddened that he >> the reviews on that were not so great. >> /owill be thursday. the times but will be filled. >> we have a few minutes away from the top of the 6:00 hour. we will take a break with more coffee. hopefull

suspect who punched a teen during a robbery in queens. the 14-year-old was attacked from behind but is expected to be okay. >>> donald trump heading to louisiana today. he will visit flood ravaged part of baton rouge. the candidate will be at a private event. >>> neighbors in parts of connecticut are urged to conserve water this weekend. the aquarium water company wants customers in stanton, new >>> coming up on 4:44. some rain in the forecast this weekend in the form of showers and storms, probably not until sunday. for today, quiet out there. nothing dramatic going on weather-wise. looking at a temperature in the mid 70s. suburbs down to the 60s. fairlycomfortable. sun and clouds throughout the day today. maybe a spot shower. best chance for that tending to be north and west of the ci stormy later in the afternoon and evening hours. beautiful weather will follow that. we have a strong cold front that will carve out the unsettled weather we've been experiencing and the heat. 76 in chelsea. 74 in greenwich. 76 in dyker heights. a couple o

case of a to-year-old queens -- 30-year-old queens jogger. more than a quarter million dollars combined is now being offered for information that leads to the capture of her killer. her body was found august 2 thend after she went running near the howard beach home. investigators are trying to identify a male dna sample at the scene and meanwhile officers continue to comb the wooded area where he was she was found -- she was found looking for any new clues. >>> to campaign 2016. donald trump does the same in wisconsin. yesterday trump unveiled the plan to destroy isis and clinton brought out vice president joe biden to campaign in pennsylvania. >> reporter: with at times a calm and unifying message. >> we want to build bridges and erase divisions. >> reporter: donald trump stressed to supporters in ohio he will get to the root of radical islamic terrorism and weeded out before it gets to our borders it. >> we should this country those that shower our value -- share our vaults and respect -- values and respect our people. >> reporter: rudy giu

here's the queen creek cam. a lot of cloud cover. a thunderstorm right over queen creek producing about a quarter last 30 to hah minutes. you can -- 45 minutes. you can see the storm slowly moving east, but not a lot of movement with it. the rest of the valley quiet this second, but still have a few thunderstorms to the east near queen valley, and also more showers, and even a couple of rumbles of thunder east and so the south of buckeye as well slowly moving east, so those rain chances stay right around 20 percent, so some pop up showers and thunderstorms possible the rest of the evening a lot of us stay dry, but can't completely rule it out. upper 90s right now, and taking it to the upper 80s into the 11:00 hour. more on thunderstorm chances that weekend in a couple of minutes. >>> >. it's going to be a tough call to make, letting a family member know they're dead, but police will tell us who was killed in chandler overnight and release the name of the the crime scene is near mcqueen and ray. i motive hasn't been revealed. >> detec

moment, queen creek. we are seeing clouds out there. we have the dew point at 55, which indicates it is possible to see monsoon storms and i think we'll see a chance for that over the next half hand -- hour or so. the temperatures are cooler today than they have been. we're at 98. normal is 104 so we're well below normal and well below our record set back on this d our morning temperatures were lower than normal. we woke up cool at 80 degrees. look at the storms. we've seen them popping up in in the mountains. we've seen it closer to home. this is the story near flag where they got indicated with rain, camp verde, prescott, we're seeing a storm cell popping up near queen creek and this is quite a large cell. just starting to slowly die down but this caused a severe weather advisory with 40 miles an hour possible. it is a pretty strong storm cell and it is moving to the northeast. let me show you what is happening. it is starting to head over to hamilton corner. this is south of down here. this is strong wins and hail associated with thi

even queens bound is doing queens so let's head right over it our maps. 5th street bridge queens bound upper level at the 21st street exit an over height tractor trailer. the tractor trailer is in the zebra stripes on the queens side of the span. not causing any major issues but this could become an issue once they have to remove a tractor trailer. street cleaning rules in effect. mass transit is doing okay. shirlene, lori, over to you. >>> thank you heather. we continue to ll the bronx. an innocent bystander is dead after a suspect managed to grab an officer's gun and open fire. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. 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. 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. >>> we are going

this all going on at strawberry farms grocery store at 24-11 150th street in white stone queens. this is a two-alarm fire that started at 9:00 tonight. the supermarket according to fire investigators was closed when this all started. we do not know if anyone was unlikely, but again, that's not officially been released. as you can see, taking a live look here at the corner of 150th street and willets point boulevard, those firefighters busting through windows. they're focusing on this area around a dry cleaners, m&m dry cleaners, as well as a nearby laundromat where you can see some of the smoke coming out of the area. up above they are continuing t douse this area with water. but again, well over 100 firefighters here at the scene. we do not know the cause just yet. reporting in whitestone, carolina leid, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> now to the other breaking news story we're following at this hour. a man gunned down inside a beauty salon. police are on the scene right now trying to figure out exactly what happened. we just learned the identity of section. >> that victim has be

. >> police charge and queens and mom assistant. questioning now a east new york man about with a possible motive for the murders. >> city reaches are a supplement with family of akai gurley. gurley's family is set to receive more than 4 million dollars. 28-year-old fatally shot by an nypd officer in 2014. >> and residents in queens gather to protest a proposal to turn a hotel in the neighborhood to a homeless shelter. children's safety at risk and they have homeless shelters in their area and say they don't need another. tell you more about that coming up. >> i'm juliet huddy. >> i'm teresa priolo it is tuesday morning august the 16th. >> not an inconsequential tuesday you have given me your ice cubes from your drink. we found out she's found out that i suffer from a condition called an hydro >> not much yet. somebody is not paying attention. >> tell us about the weather what are we going to learn? >> heat wave on day number five and today could be day number six if we hit 90 out in central park and longst heat wave this year. we h

queens night court locking up well before it's listed closing time. official website says it's open until 1:00 am. we caught doors closing at 11:27. this night at 11:15. this night they locked at 10:58. queens d.a. richard brownished a scathing statement after the investigation. there is no question that some custody overnight as a result of the early closure of queens night court, he said. our office, together with the new york city police department vigorously opposed the early closure of night court and continue to today. >> that's not acceptable. >> reporter: committee on the judiciary after the i-team report said they closed early, she called the court of reviewed. >> no judge should be leaving the bench early if there's somebody who could be arraigned that night and probably the overwhelming majority of cases, the person is going to be arraigned and be sent home. >> reporter: that's what happened to this 18-year-old college student. she spent an unnecessary night locked up after an assault arrest. records show she was ready to see a judge at 10:

bit and look, there are around the southern portion of manhattan also now into brooklyn going into queens. rumbles over staten island. your just about done with this -- you're just about done with this cell. this cell is in ew so north of the heavy rain let's go right now to the mobile weather lab and take a peek at what we're seeing as far as the instrumentation and display on the back of the vehicle. you see how winds are picking up? zoom in tight. you're picking up winds now at 20 miles per hour. gust fronts always happen in the vicinity of a storm. for everyone through the nighttime hours. so no changes over the next five days. it's going to be hot and humid. there's that storm chance every day the next five days. more coming up. >>> despite the humidity, plenty of people braved this blistering heat today. cbs 2's vanessa murdoch live on the upper west side with more on how it's going. vanessa? >> reporter: well, dana, we are right now feeling el storms so nearby. you heard lonnie talk about rumbles of thunder. well, look up. we have a storm cloud due site of us so we are not getting

let's get right to that fire burning in queens. good evening, everyone, i'm sibila vargas. >> i'm david ushery in for chuck. the smoke so thick that it's starting to fill the air over manhattan. news 4's stephen holt is at the scene with breaking details. stefan? the firefight is still going on right now. 250 firefighters, paramedics, and first responders called here, just like these firefighters you see on top of this bucket pouring water on to the flames from above. this is a five-alarm fire here in sunnyside queens. it started in a milling business filled with flammable materials, we're talking about lumber, lacquer, thinners, machinery, that quickly went up in flames. here's some video building. you can see that smoke for miles, and the orange glow of the flames, that fire consuming the first floor of the facility. firefighters tried to go inside, but they were quickly surrounded by a wall of flames, and they had to get out. there was a brief mayday call. pouring thousands of gallons of water on to the fire. there are four busi

thank you. >>> now to that factory inferno in queens. firefighters are still 3u9putti on the fire, nearly 12 hours afte t lori bordonaro is live in sunnyside with the latest. >> reporter: a lot of streets in this neighborhood are still closed off this morning. firefighters are still busy battling this fire that's been burning for more than 11 hours. it is under control, but firefighters are still spraying water on the hot spots that have been flaring up all night. the fire broke out in the empty millwork factory before sunset last night. emergency workers responded. several firefighters were trapped briefly inside the burning building. four suffered minor injuries. they were ordered out and spent the night battling the fire from the outside. the intense flames fueled by wood and paint thinners that were inside and that consumed the factory. firefighters were able to save three neighboring businesses. >> while the one people who work there, we feel their pain working, we were able to save the businesses of other people without injuries. >

she moved from india to queens three months ago. mallory hoff is in queens with our lead story. mallory. >> reporter: sandra, joe, that is exactly right. this little girl, this 9-year- old, moved to this country three months ago to live with her father and stepmother. the goal here was for this child to have a better life. from one member of this family that he knew something was wrong when it came to the relationship between the child and her stepmother. 55-year-old shamdai arjun is now charged with murder. police say she is responsible for the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter ashdeep kaur. >> the stepmother did whatever she wanted. she told me she sometimes beat >> yes. >> reporter: a relative of the father said he had spoken to her about the relationship with her stepmother. he knew something was wrong. >> she always came to our house, you know, and told me that the stepmom not really care for her. she beat her up sometimes. >> reporter: in this photo, kaur is seen standing with her father and stepmother, as billion as her stepmother's grandkids. around 6:00 last night, a

. >>> a community came together to remember a queens woman killed while jogging in howard beach. hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil for 38-year-old karina vetrano. her body was found by her father yesterday hours after she went for a run. her father usually jogged with her but he wasn't feeling well running alone. >> her life taken out like that because she went for a jog in the afternoon. doesn't make sense. she was traveling the world. she was having the time of her life 689. >> vetrano was strangled and may have also been sexually assaulted. >>> it is 4:33. this morning the search resumes for the suspect who eluded capture by jumping into the passaic they're looking around the sewer and storm drains. new york officials say it started with a traffic stop by harrison police by the bridge street bridge. that's when the man jumped into the river, was swimming upstream and then went into the storm drain. >> the trouble is not even worth you getting sick, to be honestment. >> police have not said why the he may have been wanted in a robbery investigation. >>> hurricane earl i

. >>> an emotional outburst today outside a queens courtroom. the words that were heard and the gesture wes saw came from the family of the man accused of killing two people, including a muslim religious leader. he is accused of killing the man and his assistant. the family and attorney proclaimed his innocence today, community want him to face hate crime charges as well. and they say the murderers have made them fear for their safety. >> the plan to address the castle may not happen. they have been in talks with jack nicklaus, but the talks are stalled, nicklaus and the developer had planned to turn it in to a clubhouse, the castle part of a site of a unsolves shooting. >> we have a new tool, storm ranger 4. >> it's a doppler radar on wheels. giving us access to weather events. >> we can drive it in to bad weather to show you what is happening and where it's going. producing real time life saving information. you saw there, which is in jacob reese park. no one else in the business has what we are going to show you. storm ranger 4 takes tracking

this year, queen sirikii turned 84. as people pay tribute to her, they celebrate their own mothers too. nhk world's tayamon huttaporn reports from bangkok. >> reporter: people across thailand have put up images of the queen. the whole country celebrates this day. and the color of the day is light blue. colors are important in thailand. each day of the week has its own colors. friday is light blue. the queen was born on a friday, so light blue is her color. people honor her by wearing it. jasmine flowers are mother's day tradition. vendors sell gallons. the pure white blossom with its lasting scent is a symbol of maternal love. jasmine is essential to accompany any gift. >> translator: i give my mom jasmine every year. we also light candles. >> translator: i think of her all the time. i was just so little and she raised me. >> reporter: teachers and students mark mother's day, too, such as this bangkok elementary school. because mother's day is a national holiday, many schools invite mothers to celebrate one day early. c

two people in queens. let's listen in. floor apartment of a two family home in queens. the female caller apparently was monitoring her apartment and she saw the burglary through her remote camera feed to where she was. she then called 911. when uniformed officers arrived at the scene, the female caller who was also the resident of that apartment met them outside the building and after gaining entry into the department one officer encountered the suspect shot was discharged by the officer's service weapon. this was a close quarters encounter. a wall broke at one point near the rear of the apartment. the male was struck one time in the groin area. the suspect fled the building and was chased on foot by the officers and apprehended a block away in backyards. the suspect is a male hispanic with an extensive record for burglaries. condition. contemporaneous with this incident, we have a female who was discovered three quarters of a block down the street in the other direction from where the perpetrator fled in her driveway suffering from a laceration to her head. she is list

that black suv is a gmc trailblazer, the exact vehicle used by the gunman in queens. police found the car and for the owner. >> detectives from the fugitive task force approached the car then he rammed the detective's car several times in an effort to get away. he was placed under arrest. >> reporter: hundreds attended the funeral of his imam and associate today. and popular in bengali community here and the murders have staggered the neighborhood. the arrest has done little to calm fears at the mosque. >> we want more security for this area. >> police say there were no words exchanged between morel and the victims before the shooting. he's said very little to police since being arrested so it's difficult to understand his motive but police did search his home and his car today information about why he may have done this. reporting live from fresh meadows, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a loving heart, kind, compassion, bright, curious, and charming. family and friends remembering the murdered jogger in massachusetts, vanessa marcotte. the wake for her held

the same vehicle they believe that was used as the getaway car in queens. reporting live from east new york, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> wha thank you. >>> a frightening scene on long island. firefighters battling the fires in east patchogue as other boat owners tried to save their vessels. u.s. coast guard and the suffolk county police marine bureau called in to help put out the flames. still not clear what sparked the fires. fortunately nobody was hurt. >>> crews at kennedy airport are working to restore full power in terminal 8 affecting escalators and checked baggage screening. the tsa kicked in an alternate plan but it caused many delays much of the day. the system that screens checked bags is now back online but there are delays due to the storms that went throughout tonight. >>> speaking of the tonight, what a show they put on in the sky. light show. thunder, lightning, and rain. look at that. will all that obliterate the heat and humidity? goldberg. >> those storms were producing hundreds of cloud to ground strikes. heavy downpours. gus

a huge fire burning now in a woodworking factory in queens. more than 100 firefighters on the scene battling the flames and people living nearby, being warned about all the smoke from this fire. >> this thing started about 7:30 tonight. take a look down the street. it's still going strong right now at 11:00 at night. a building full of lumber and chemicals. they've surrounded it now but it is still going and it was one big blaze. >> reporter: it was enormous. a churning, devouring fire that danced and weaved its way around the rooftops and defied an ocean of water dumped on it by firefighters. how hot was it? tim was on the 7 train. >> you could feel the heat coming in to queens. i was on the train. i called my fianci. >> you could feel the heat of the fire? >> when you were passing by here it was blazing pretty good. >> it was actually a really, really big fire. and it's really a lot of smoke. >> reporter: nobody inside was smoke but some firefighters were. it appears to have started inside a millwork plant so there was lots of lumber and the

katherine creag is in kew gardens queens with the story. kat, good morning. >> reporter: darlene, good morning. an nypd investigators are telling us they do have the double murder. we expect to see him at this courthouse a little later on where he will be arraigned. a big question is, though, what was the motive. we want to show you that video again of the suspect. oscar morel as he was led out of a police station last night. police cameras captured video of the suv in a separate crime striking a bicyclist moments akonjee and. they traced back the suv and license plate to him in east new york brooklyn. they cornered him and police say he tried to get away. at a funeral service for the victim, emotions ran my high. >> >> we want justice. thank you very much. >> reporter: a funeral service, we mentioned, hundreds of people gathered there to mourn the victims. we're also learning from sources that during the search of the detectives recovered a weapon. they believe it's the same gun used in the murder. again, the suspect, oscar morel will be h

we will explain how the queen of hearts game is helping one small town to the jackpot. >> welcome to garrett phil. population, just over 2200 except for sunday >> we had somewhere between eight and 10,000 people in the parking lot and building. >> there are several reasons. over 14 3 million of them because of a game called queen of hearts. >> there is a board with a deck of cards facedown. they are sealed into the board all mixed up. >> the cards are all numbered and the bowling alley sells raffle tickets. >> people put one number on each ticket and where they think the queen of hearts is hiding on that board. if it's the queen of hearts, jackpot. >> there is also a 50-50 raffle that supports local charities. >> we have now been able to get the local charities over $180,000 and it has been a tremendous boost to all of them.>> reporter: some have a lucky number. >> number five. >> others hoping their good fortune is heaven sent. >> my sister gave me this locket which has my husband ashes in it and i am hoping that is my lucky charm your >> reporter: if the queen his pick, the winner

he will be arraigned here in queens later today. we're live in queens this morning, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> diana, thank you. 6:36. authorities say they recovered was reported missing over the weekend. 48-year-old, andrew weiss, left gilgo beach friday night, but he never arrived. he was reported missing saturday when his damaged boat was recovered. weiss was pulled from the water monday in the great south bay and police believe it was in some type of accident. >>> olympic celebrations at j if, k airport are now officially being blamed for the airport, but no gun or evidence of a shooting was found. abc news reports a caller confused excitement over sprinter, usain bolt's 100 meter olympic victory for gun shots. the port authority says it will review its response to the shooter scare. >> 6:37. as the high heat brings a risk of severe storms today. new york city is keeping cooling centers open to help people stay cool and safe. heat indexes will be in the high 90s again or in the conditioning will be able to get some relief ins

back now, keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen.ane laut told police of a backyard prowler and gunshots right outside her door and her husband, dave laut, was dead. but, some things seemed a little off. for example, said investigators, when police were questioning jane at the house, she stepped in the laundry room. she tried to keep one of the officers out of the laundry room. she tried to close the door with her in the laundry room and him out. why? well, in that laundry room, they found her jeans rolled up in a towel and tucked between the washer, looked like they had been removed quickly and stashed away. when an officer tried to administer a gunshot residue, when the officer doing the test began getting the test ready. she did go in the bathroom and either washed her hands or wife other hands on a towel one or the two before coming back to the table or before the test is done. >> odd things. >> anyway, police scour ed the place and did not see any murder weapon lying around and they're about to take dave's body off to the morgue

the bqe flow from queens boulevard westbound, accident blocking the left ln. whitestone expressway has an accident by northern boulevard, vanwyk, a the other 1 by queens boulevard blocking alain and working on the tractor-trailer that wandered onto the jackie robinson parkway. let's take a look at the lincoln tunnel, driving into the city, 20 minute delay, the holland or george washington bridge 10 to 15. duke is here with a look at sports. juliet: duke: we had a lot of fun. coming up in sports, joe gerardi changes wait until you hear what red sox fans were chanting. juliet: the latest entertainment news, lost more than the shirt off her back in new york city when someone swiped a prized part of her wardrobe. we will be right back. every coconut has a dream. to come out of its shell. to show all the world its true, inner beauty. and then, in an ironic twist, get covered up by chocolate and almonds. almond joy mounds. why am i so devastatingly handsome, i'm in a fragrance... ...ad, and my sweethearts gone sayonara. this scarf, all that's left to remember. how's

in queens right now, fire crews on the scene of a huge fire in a supermarket. >> we want to begin at the scene of the fire. carolina leid is live in whitestone. >> we do not have an exact head count yet from the fire over 100 firefighters on the scene. they're working diligently, doing everything they can to put the fire out. firefighters doing everything they can at this point from every angle to attack this fire. they are trying to stop this fire from spreading to residential homes. so far no injuries have been reported. this all going on at strawberry farms grocery store at 24-11 150th street in white stone that started at 9:00 tonight. the supermarket according to fire investigators was closed when this all started. we do not know if anyone was inside but here at the scene we have heard that that is unlikely, but again, that's not officially been released. as you can see, taking a live look here at the corner of 150th street and willets point boulevard, those firefighters busting through windows. they're focusing on this area cleaners, m&m dry cleaners, as well as a nearby laundr

in other words, everything a wine queen needs. the fact that she has attracted so many photographers surely has to do with her background. she is from area and three years ago she let the double war there and came to germany. now she's combining hearst that is with a political message. >> out like to say thank you to germany for having taken me in. i would also like to say that this is a very beautiful city. also that the people here are wonderful. the vendors noticed the syrian christian when she worked as a translator during a meeting with refugees. now she will represent the wine producers during up to 60 events. in real life, she works for the federal labor office and for the vintners, it was love at first sight. during the first words i spoke with her, and looked at her and directly stated, i have faith in this lady. then you have to be a little ourageous to say so now.ttle i will ask one of the refugees. quick she arrived at the heart of the german wine culture from the misery of syria within just three years. good news like

. >>> an arrest tonight for the murder of an imam and his associate shot execution style in queens. charges just announced late tonight. >> moments ago oscar morel of brooklyn walked out of the precinct in queens charged with second degree murder and connection to the shooting. >> new information on how cops pinned the murders on mr. morel. >> what might be more interesting in this particular case is what he's not charged with. 35-year-old oscar morel not charged with a hate crime, though police will not say what his motive might have been for shooting and killing a popular imam and his friend. >> reporter: police found the believe was used to kill a popular imam and his friend. they prayed tonight after 55-year-old imam maulama akonjee and 64-year-old thara uddin were gunned down in a cold blooded murder that has shocked this quiet neighborhood. the murder shows a man walking up from behind and firing. now police believe they have the crimes, for the homicide and that. >> reporter: a few minutes after the imam and his friend were murdered at 79th and liberty in queens, there was a

multiple sources have told thaus queen b is not only attending, she's performing. ?? >> beyonce is upbm for a record1 awards, including video of the year for "formation" but it's possible we could see her do an s -- prince. >>> as for what else to look for, we've done the work work work, in this vma cheat sheet. first up, vanguard award winner, rihanna. >> we did change up the vanguard moment this year to make it more of a narrative throughout the show. >> translation -- rihanna's going to perform, a lot. we're hearing four times and you know what that means? lots of different fashions. ?? ?? also hit the stage, in a duet with nicki minaj. who else will be there? olympic sweethearts the final five and kanye west, along with kim, she's a presenter. you can see the couple is sitting in the front row, a few seats away from britney and rihanna. >> we do expect kanye in the house. taylor, i don't know. we got to see. >> i'm going to guess we won't see taylor swift. she's not nominated. but her ex, calvin harris is, nominee adele. >> adele, shh's doing the biggest world tou

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first we will get to the breaking news in queens. an hour ago, police charged a woman in connection to the death of her young stepdaughter. >> this comes after a full day of questioning. mallory hoff has the latest. joe and sandra, she is expected to be walked from the precinct member tells us he knew there was something wrong when it came to the relationship between the 9-year-old girl and her stepmother. 55-year-old shamdai arjun is now charged with murder. police say she is responsible for the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter kaur. around 6:00 last night, a neighbor tried to use a bathroom in the home. locked. no sounds coming from inside. kaur was discovered in a bathtub. no water in the tub. police responded to a 911 call. they found her unconscious. she was pronounced dead at the scene. the father of the 9-year-old girl was seen leaving the precinct this morning, visibly shaken with support he walked from the precinct to a car. yesterday afternoon coming home from work and learning about the death of his daughter, he collap

the mayor, he has been putting homes shelters in queens left and right. this community is already within walking distance of three shelters. >> reporter: the mayor's office tells news 4 there is a need in queens. approximately 250 in shelter listed their most recent address 5, representing individuals likely separated from their families. >> reporter: the residents also have a chance to make their voices heard and get answers to be held tonight, and one expect today draw hundreds here at the martin luther kill. i'm roseanne colletti, news 4 new york. >>> wildlife experts will take a close look at the water to learn more about sharks. group called o search will look at the montauk coast. the waters off long island may serve as a nursery area for the great white sharks. >>> the nursery doesn't make them sound cuter. >> no? >> not at all. >> how do you feel about the heat, janice? >> it feels like florida, and it is raining like florida out there. just a few moments ago, we had a downpour central park way. this was about 15 minutes ago near laguardia, look a