ortiz says the problems for her daughter began last year at riverhead middle school. she said an aide bullied rachel. >> she told me she used to tell her, you are a bad girl, you don't do good in class, you don't deserve a prize and then she will say i don't want to go back to the school. >> reporter: again the school district promised tutors would come to their home. >> the last one was making excuses saying her mother was sick, her child was sick, many excuses. please, i need someone reliable. no response. >> reporter: education advocate george debolt is fighting the school district on behalf of both families. >> i'm going to keep filing papers and i'm going to fix it. i'm going to make sure they fix it. >> reporter: both parents have asked the riverhead school district to place their children in another school district. they say school district will do that but they refuse to tell them what school they would actually place them into. i, of course, reached out to the riverhead superintendent nancy carney, sent her several e-mails, phone calls. she did not get back t

. >> reporter: ed harp says the hot summer helped him grow half a million apples on his 15-acre riverhead orchard. it's designed to be kid- friendly. >> dwarf trees are low to the ground and you don't need ladders or anything. >> reporter: that's good news for toddlers who quickly filled their bags. this youngster took time out to make a meal of his pickings. here's the boy's uncle. >> he could eat ten a day. >> reporter: other kids debated which are their favorites. >> i like green. >> i like green. >> green. >> reporter: not just apples, though. try some apple cider? deep fried apple cider donuts. classic favorite the caramel apple. for christina's family, the apple eating will go on for some time. >> when we get home we are going to bake a pie and freeze some fillings for thanksgiving. >> reporter: go on, make it romantic. [ laughter ] >> whoo! >> reporter: take a hayride. get lost in a corn maze. or dance till you drop. easy to see why the joys of an apple picking outing are passed down from generation to can eat tradition n riverhead, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. >> great weather to go a

riverhead was at 83, pleasant valley 85. 87 in east brunswick, new jersey. 58 degrees in greenwood lake new york. so lots of warmth still in place. stays that way for the first half of your weekend. right now we are live outside looking at lady liberty. yes, it's been a hazy day but the relative humidity still in the 30th percentile. it felt great. mostly sunny, 79 right now. feeling like 81. temperatures are dropping off after an 87-degree high today in central park. and as i said the normal high is 75. record 87 in 1981. islip a new record was set at 81. we talked about the fact that we needed rain earlier. we have an opportunity for rain sunday but it's not going to be enough. we need a whole lot more right now the 2015 deficit running over 6.5". many of us under moderate so much-needed rain isn't in the forecast. big bubble of high pressure the entire week. as we make our way late tomorrow into early sunday, this cold front will be making its approach. it. showers monday morning through forecast is dry. looking good tonight clear again. tomorrow we expect lots of sunshine throughout

it's the same story line, i think -- actually, it stretches back to riverhead. it's going to begin to affect south hampton. in the next couple hours, that goes away. now, joaquin, our next big rainmaker. where does it go? how does it move? the models still disagreeing. it is making a turn to the south. then it's going to begin to move to the west. a landfall around the carolinas to the delmarva peninsula potentially. we are on the northern most area of the cone of uncertainty. we need to prepare. no doubt we're going to see some rain out of this, but the question is how much and when does it make the turn out to the atlantic and what's blocking it. moving west-southwest at 6, 70-mile-per-hour winds. most likely going to become a hurricane. what does it wind up when it makes landfall? but again, into our region, monday at about 2:00 a.m. that's early. that's pre-rush hour. as far as today goes, lingering showers. the worst gets out of the region by, let's say, 6:30, 7:00. then we'll see that rain. north-northwest winds. tonight, mostly cloudy, a sprinkle. tempera

he showed signs of intoxication at a check point in riverhead. according to investigators his 2-year-old daughter was in the car at the time along with his wife. he is now facing charges under leander's law. >>> tomorrow a man from tennessee, accused of climbing will find himself in another brooklyn landmark, court. he took that selfie back in july. the judge released him on his own recognizance. his attorney will continue to fight the case. >>> coming up next on this sunday morning a little boy shares his birthday wish with a group of hard-working k-9s, much to their handlers' appreciation. >>> we love to take you to the pictures down live in havana, cuba, where pope francis is celebrating with millions of people. plaza to help the pope kick off everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optic network, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. so whatever speed you need, fios has it with the fastest internet and wi-fi available, from 50 to 500 mbps. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated nu

it's 574 at riverhead. 63 bridgeport. 64 newark, elizabeth. calm wind out there. humidities, they are drying out. another dry day with a lot of sunshine. we are looking at 81 by noontime. 84. mostly upper 80s to around 90 this afternoon. kids at the bus stop, comfortable, warm after school. it's weather then heather every seven minutes, how is it going? >> i knew this would happen, long island railroad is reporting delays. i am trying to get this in as quickly as possible. excuse the typo. it is supposed to say through hicksville. they are doing track work. single tracking going on. delays on the port jefferson and ronkonkoma as a result. other delays we have, up to newscopter 7, shannon sohn is showing us this mess on the verrazano bridge. as you come across the span from staten island over into brooklyn on the upper level, they are in the process of getting this cleared away. they towed an earlier overturned vehicle away. look at the damage that has been done. as you try to leave staten island and you come across the verrazano bridge, bumper to bumper with earli

we will see the temperature jumping up to 87 later on today. 57 in riverhead. 54 belmar. 54 toms river. 49 sussex. these temperatures are not bad. the winds are calm. humidities drying right out once again. great rides on the ferries from jersey city, staten island. northwest wind will feel great. water temperature 74. long island sound, great ride from bridgeport to port jeff. a high of 87 today. heather, i know you like that kind of stuff. >> i do. absolutely. 100% cool with that. a webcam, i know we have issues with long island railroad but other issues to go over. this is the fdr drive the ramp southbound exiting at 96th street. an accident on the ramp causing heavy delays on the southbound side. now let's go to our chart, our mass transit chart and talk about long island railroad, eastbound service. no service to ronkonkoma, huntington to port jefferson. westbound service bypassing westbury, carle place, take the bus from mineola, hop on a train. expect delays, cancellations, expect a lot of overcrowding. street cleaning rules are in effect. lori, over to you. >> heather, thank yo

-riverhead building supply just brought my favorite floors. i am so excited. -all right. well, let's get them unloaded, inside, so they can acclimate. -let's do it. [music playing] stephen fanuka: i'm not gonna tell you which way to turn. -i count on you. your the eyes in the back of my head. so today we are installing our kitchen cabinets, which were provided by my friend steve fanuka. and, um, that's obviously an integral part when building a new kitchen, is the kitchen cabinets. george oliphant: there's so many pieces inside right now. i don't know if we should bring them in or leave them out. [grunts] -uh, wait, this is a banquet, right? -yeah. -let's, uh, let's take a drive by. bring it in. -all right. drive by. -what's making it difficult is we have our wood floors, which were just installed, but they have yet to be sanded. we have our cabinets going in. we have our molding going in. and we also had all of our appliances delivered. and it's-- it's just a circus, -we've got to start doing something because if they're gonna start bringing stuff it's gonna get very clu

riverhead with 72. moderating tomorrow. in new york city, that beautiful sky is clear and comfortable. 75 degrees as of right now. headlines look like that. the cool temps will not stick around but the sunshine will. here is a question for you. look at last week. thermometer. could we see a 90-degree this week? i think there is a chance. in control. into far. be until sunday. as this high moves to the east, instead of having a north-northwest wind like today, tomorrow it starts pushing off sore. southwest wind. we will be warming up. over the weekend you had high temperatures 79 on saturday, 80 on sunday. today we bottomed out at 77. tomorrow about 83. about 85 on wednesday. thursday is the warmest day this week. will there be any rain? not right now. any of this cloud cover you see up into massachusetts and new england, that's the system that brought you the cloud cover and some rain over the weekend. it's now somebody else's system. not ours. look at that clear air through the midwest. we stay on the dry side. bigger pict

. >> this pattern stands 60 miles from elmont to riverhead. most important thing we are asking to take away from today is, if you see something, say something. >> reporter: the unified investigation includes the fbi police distributing these pictures to gas stations and patrol cars. the public can help a $15,000 reward is offered. >> thin muscular build, bucket hat changes. there's never any other people in the establishment so he we'll he might be casing the joints before the robbery. >> reporter: he strikes before dark before midnight keeping customers away. >> makes me feel very uncomfortable. >> i don't want to live like that. >> open the cash drawer now! >> reporter: his demands threatening and quick and on the heels of another armed robbery spree earlier this year, that one fatal, clerks are urged to comply. >> your life is more important. if i -- if we say no to them, then he can [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: why no clearer picture of the robber's face? police explain most gas stations place cameras high up to catch shoplifters. will r

stations across 60 miles of long island since august 4th, as far best as elmont, as for east as riverhead. >> he has displayed a firearm in all 15 of these robberies, you know, that is always a concern. >> reporter: and so they narrated these videos today, explaining what long island gas customers should look for. >> you will notice the rag in his hand. he always has a rag in his hand to cover the weapon in case anybody challenges him. the bucket hass, the express t- shirt -- bucket hat, the express t-shirt, his foot wear, seems to be in good shape. >> i will be just looking around and seeing if there's like suspicious person come and approach me, you know. >> reporter: here at persaud's mobile station, his workers are now doing a whole lot more than that. your guys are literally locking the door in between customers? >> pretty much, yeah, and sometimes not even between customers. somebody wants gas, they got to use the window. they can't even come in the store. it's really bad for business but we got to do what we got to do. >> reporter: one thing they are also doing is trying to improve

then you go out east, riverhead to hampton bay, down to westhampton beach a flood advisory here, flooding on 27 then up to orient point and wine country on the north fork. there is that batch of rain. another batch here with lightning strikes around islip and also here just south and southwest you can see of the l.i.e. so, goes from holbrooke and sayreville, you will get those lightning strikes sliding eastward. that will move out past patchogue. rain on 95, the merritt parkway and route 7. this will be a problem the next hour or two. this batch of rain keeps sliding in. a break midday, then next patch for the afternoon and evening. the rainfall amounts will go higher. 2, 3 inches of rain possible. we are at 80 degrees. tomorrow this front slides eastward. this high-pressure ridge gives you a chance to dry out. this low pressure ridge gets together. by saturday this comes in and gives us rain. showers and storms heavy. flooding possible. rain gear for the kids. allow extra time for the commute. rain tapers off late tonight after midnight. i don't know how much tennis they play at the open

local officers were joined by state police and officers from riverhead using search dogs and helicopters but they could not find the man. there have been a number of gas station armed robberies in recent weeks apparently carried out by the same man. >>> a short but frightening flight out of kennedy airport under investigation. aer lingus was supposed to go to shannon, ireland. it was forced to turned around 15 minutes after take off because of problems with the hydraulics. here is some of the exchange one of the crew realized something was wrong. >> we lost the hydraulic testimony. we have to return to kennedy at some stage, not quite yet. we would like you to inform kennedy, please, that we have lost hydraulic fluids and it may be dumped on the runway. we are not sure. please stand by. fire did break out when the breaks overheated. nobody was hurt. >>> awake is planned for tomorrow for the new jersey high school football star who collapsed on the field and died from internal bleeding. morris county medical examiner said 17-year-old evan murray's spleen ruptured after a hard hit in a gam

shelter island to gardner to orient point and riverhead. 67 danbury. 73 white plains. 77 in the park. necessary numbers are 10, 12, 13 warmer than nor normal. southerly wind around newark. that will bring up warmer air and more moisture in and so that's why the temperature and humidity go higher today. the front off to the west is back here all the way from maine to iowa. that will saying across the area today. here is futurecast, computer model, sunshine today and tomorrow. thursday it gets cloudy in the morning. thunderstorms in the afternoon. some could be heavy. heavy drenching downpours. out of the way thursday night in time for the weekend. that's the way it has been all summer long. midweek rain and great weekend. we have a low risk of rip currents at the jersey shore. 93 the record high. we could break it. real feel 95. sun, hot, humid. record heat. we are looking at a clear, warm, stuffy, humid night, 75. then sunny, hot and humid tomorrow. 91. third day in a row of 90-degree temperatures. that makes it a heat wave. that makes it the third one of the year of the summer season

sergio valdez showed science of intoxication at a point in riverhead. he had his 2-year-old daughter in the car at the time along with his wife. he is now facing charges under leander's law. >>> police released surveillance video of the man they suspect raped a homeless woman. the 22-year-old woman said the attack was on 125th street in east harlem on thursday, 5:00 in the morning. she was sleeping on the street when she woke up and found the man sexually say assaulting her. the man is 5'8", and he has >>> tomorrow a man from tennessee, accused of climbing the brooklyn bridge illegally will find himself in another brooklyn landmark, court. the 21-year-old david carnuch is accused of scaling the the brooklyn bridge to get this selfie, and you can see it there he was extradited from his gnome chattanooga for his first court appearance. the judge released him on his own recognizance. his attorney will continue to fight the case. >>> now problems for passengers headed overseas as the wing of their plane clipped a fence at jfk yesterday it forced virgin atla

i like this, too from tony. 65 in riverhead. enjoying the nice weather? yes, but we need the rain. i think some of the models are being aggressive on wednesday. a better chance on thursday, right. >>> in the city, it's pretty. we have nice conditions and amazing amounts of company. driving up 10th avenue, it's like, wow! there's a party somewhere. we will tell you about it in a bit. it's not on 10th avenue by the way. the hamptons, always big swing 56. 63 in babylon and 63 in belmar. the numbers compared to yesterday, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven degrees today. north and west. 64, and you're going to feel it today. that's tuesday into wednesday, and that will set the stage for the potential for rain. you can see under the influence of the high pressure, the slow- moving front, and it's a wet one for iowa through missouri. the front will really take its time. high pressure today, wind out of the southwest filling in sizzling tomorrow, and then you have, like a sauna on wednesday. that's when we will see the heat and humidity, and with the front on the way, that's when the

and 55 for the south shore. 53 in riverhead. anew picture for ed lynch. this guy is a good-looking man. too. more readings in the 50s, you will like this, bob grim is getting ready to put the doors on the jeep. 54 and listen to this. i'm hearing people complain about how cold it is. it is too hot, it is too hot. right bob, it is not just me. so it will be chilly out the door. good the news is for the whiners we're going to warm you up the middle part of the the week. not anybody in the studio complaining. maybe this will warm you up. good morning. and tv hug it randy. all right. every year at the race for the cure. met her yesterday. she watching right now. and pretty skies in the city. partly cloudy skies and 59. the winds are variable add three. the humidity is at 62%. i'm wearing pink again today, but have american flags on my body today for an important reason. do you know the history of that? we will talk about it. all right. middle town to the north. 52-- ah, boy, that's adam heater weather there. 57 in cog. 76 this afternoon where we should be. it

we are watching the numbers closer together because of the regulating effect of the clouds. 60 in riverhead, enjoying the last full day of summer. ron at the jersey shore, 64, and also a keen eye. strong winds, cool weather, and high surf. don't forget, the jersey shore, south shore, high rip current risk today. if that's home, lucky you, but if that's where you are headed, be mindful of that, relatively comfortable water temperatures. chrissy with 57, and i appreciate that, no rain yet, but giving us a heads up for the supermoon coming up 9/27 and 99:00 -- 28. you going to see january yule clearing this afternoon. we appreciate you starting -- gradually clearing this afternoon. we appreciate you starting your day with us. >> reporter: eddie said we do appreciate that. no brian keith. it's just eddie, amy, and shane. 62 in the city, and in the city, cloudy skies. around somerset, madison, down to the jersey shore, low 60s as well. the numbers close together because of the clouds, and here's the shower activity, in through ulster county, close to chrissy there. the front will push through th

the weather watchers with cool readings. 55 in riverhead, and you can see the 50s in bayonne. cool readings into the 40s in the hudson valley this is is a beautiful picture from bob grimm. almost a panoramic shot there yesterday. beautiful blue, and we appreciate that, bob. from the blue to the gold, september is childhood cancer awareness month, and gold is the color. st.jude's hospital of course working to fight that, and big walk and run to end childhood cancer in north caldwell on saturday. i'm going to be there. i have gold here and gold there. go for the gold. saturday's walk should be fine. as you're walking out there today, clear and 60. relative humidity at 69%. look at monroe at 43 right now, and 68 in greatneck, 55 for the jersey shore, 80 today, above normal? absolutely. big turn around from yesterday. 97 and 41 the extremes for the day. sun is setting at 6:52. the fall equinox, the sun's rays are collectly over the equator, and the winter solstice on december 22nd when it's over the tropic of capricorn. a lot of us can't wait for winter, so we are eagerly anticipa

71 in riverhead, and 72 in ridgefield, and steamy! 60s circling the city in middlesex and monmouth and ocean county. there will be hazy sun today. we will see more sun than we saw yesterday, and you can get a sense of the big ridge of high pressure, and where is the rain to help your allergies and to help your flowers and your backyard? there's not much. i mean it's so dry today through this afternoon, and much of wednesday, same story. you will see a few passing clouds, and that's about it by thursday afternoon, there is a chance that we will see this hit the ground. more moisture, and hot again on thursday, and with the front breaking through that could be the trigger we need to usher in the needed rain on thursday. today, another hot one, and 90 degrees, and with the dew points, feeling like 92, 93, and with the south wind, variety for the south shore, along the jersey shore as well, and it's going to be humid everywhere. and 91 on wednesday, warmer still for thursday. thursday the potentially busier period. if you're sneaking away

kind of pumping into the area tomorrow, and 77 in the city right now, and around the area, 71 in riverhead, and 73 in new rochelle. we have 76 in ridgefield, and it will be warmer in ridgefield than it will be in great neck. we will see the numbers actually in the low 90s, and real feel numbers in the mid- to upper 90s. 93 in the city, and crissy with the picture of wheel, but the ragweed is what is so high today, tomorrow, and thursday. we are hoping to see relief for you by friday. a big ridge of high pressure, and a front stretching all the way down into the four corners. what does that mean for our day today? not much. the southwest and south wind. we will be high and dry. a few more clouds than we saw yesterday, and more clouds for the weekend. wednesday night, late, i mean right now you're watching colbert, and that's when we will see the shower or thunderstorm pushing through. and watch what happens on thursday. alleluia, rain. with the long dry stretch and the cement-like ground, we could see issues with runoff. thursday afternoon into thursday night, and it's a slow- moving soaker

it's interesting in riverhead. let's see the observation. 69, and not as much fog as we saw yesterday, and that's 75 muggy degrees in yonkers. thank you anthony massey, and this observation farther to the north and west where it's cooler. bob grimm with 63 in barryville, and he has this to say. it's finally hot enough to complain about how hot it is. trust me, bob, people have been complaining. summer lovers after 3 or 4 days it will take a toll on you as well this is day 5. pace yourself, a lot of fluids, the breaks you need, and seek your ac. you to pay for the ac, and that's a drag. if you don't have ac, get to the schooling center or a mall or just somewhere cool. orient point, still gray. around islip, visibility, a quarter of a mile. definitely better than yesterday morning. clouds sullivan, ulster, and orange county. this front is slowly on the move as well. and you would think, man this is going to be great. the front pushing in with the lift in the atmosphere, and you're not going to be able to squeeze tha

and always great comments from the weather watchers. 62 in riverhead. and 52346 toms -- 56 in toms river. big ridge of high pressure. a lot of sun. uv forecast a 6. not because we're limiting the amount of but still you can bush in 30, 45 minutes. -- you can burn in 30, 45 minutes. have the sunscreen on. wow, what a warm finish, south wind gives the south shore a break temperature-wise. but we will see the warm conditions mid- to upper 80s. 89 yesterday in the city. shooting for 87 today. and now mainly quiet tomorrow. and going to sprinkle the possibility of some sprinkles in the forecast. that would be later on your saturday. not a lot of coverage. a passing shower overnight into the first part of your sunday as well. affiliated with this front. behind the front, wind northeast will fill in. accomplishing a few things. it will be cooler on sunday. and humidity values will crop during the day. and then we are going to see the 70s stick around the first part of next week. and middle part of next week, some of the models are hinting at a coastal low that

comfortable weather watchers right now, watching some very comfortable conditions. 49 cool degrees in riverhead. we also have some 40s in through parts of central jersey. ron on the jersey shore makes a good point. 59. and this comment -- inland weather was great yesterday. but small craft warnings kept me from wishing and dish fishing and ron -- fishing and ron and everybody else we have a high kip current risk for the jersey shore, from bob, he's loving the weather. best weather ever. and best weather for our little ride with a friend. now that just looks like fun. what could possibly go wrong? i like that. taking molly for a ride. thanks bob we appreciate that. sending that in. get out there and enjoy the day again today. it's begin to be a nice -- going to be a nice one and got pretty conditions in the city right now. 61 degrees and winds are calm and relative humidity at 70%. numbers around area, 58 the armonk and we have 47 in walden. around the area today, it's going to be warm. 81 should be 72. not a record. but yeah, it definitely up there. sun is up 6:45. sets at 6:50 and it's going t