in riverhead, it's 50 but still seven degrees cooler than yesterday. so yes, a cooler start to your weekend out there. thickening clouds throughout the day just as you see that happening right now. and by this afternoon, we expect mostly cloudy skies and there's a slight chance for stray showers. the best bet is close to the coast. 2:00 this afternoon, 55, feels like 54 degrees. and mostly cloudy sky. 5:00 tonight, mainly cloudy and 56. and by 11:00 p.m., 52 degrees and cloudy skies. coming up, we will talk about a better chance for wet weather for the second half of your weekend. >> thank you. >>> now to a developing story. we've been following hurricane patricia. it is now a tropical storm. >> it's lost lots of power traveling over mexico but some of the rain is still making its way to the u.s. and has done damage in mexico as well. ilana gold is with the details. >> reporter: even though the storm has been downgraded, it's still very dangerous. there's significant flooding and land slides in mexico and now texas is getting hammered patricia roared o

nothing stopped me. >> reporter: from poughkeepsie, william lives in a sober house in riverhead, long island. he's inspired by michael, clean for three months. he says helping others helps him feel. >> following by example, seeing what he's doing in his everyday life, was a huge inspiration for me. i couldn't be happier. >> i think there's always been a heroin problem. we saw it in the '70s, in the '50s. i think it became the suburban crisis when you saw heroin cross boundaries. >> since january of 2015, i lost 17 or 18 friends to heroin overdose. >> reporter: one of those, max henry of oceanside who overdosed in june, the same week two others lost their lives to heroin. max's mom is a recovering addict herself. as an active member of the group, she hopes her tragedy >> i can't imagine another mom feeling what i'm feeling. if there's anything i can do, i'm willing to do it. >> reporter: underdose started a go fund me page to establish a telephone hotline to make it that much easier for recovering addicts to get the help they need. for someone hooked on heroin, michael knows each day t

near exit 70, he came upon this crash, a mini school bus with the riverhead school district, slammed into the back of a truck with smoke billowing and flames engulfing the bus. he didn't hesitate, he ran to help. >> first thing i'm thinking is that there's children inside the bus. it is my biggest fear. i have two kids of my own. and it was a big concern. >> reporter: the bus driver screaming for help unable to move. >> the bus is pushed in. so the flames that were there in the engine were real close to his feet. and the smoke was just billowing in and it was very tough to breathe. >> reporter: he yelled for anyone else on board. there was a bus monitor shrouded in smoke. canale led her out, then pulled the driver out before an inferno erupted. >> i told the driver to hold on to my arm and i was able to kind of pull him and wedge him between the -- out of the -- you know, between the steer wheel and the seat and pulled him to safety. >> reporter: in riverhead, there's appreciation. no children on board. it was en route to pick up students. the school superintendent says the actions o

the land is owned by riverhead and will bring much needed jobs to the area. >> the most exciting economic development thing to happen to all of long island. >> we are a project that's multimillion dollars. ernie: it is still not known who is behind this. officials plan to hold public hearings later this month. >>> an american hero who tackled a gunman on a train bound for paris is recovering after being stabbed four times in the chest. spencer stone is in stable condition following the early morning fight near a bar in sacramento, california. police believe alcohol was involved and it had nothing to do with what happened in europe. >> after months of speculation, the ceo of success academy charter school says she will not run for mayor in 2017. former city council member eva moskowitz would rather stay in that's what's happening now. nick is joining us with some delicious weather. nick: that's a good word. ernie: tasty. nick: fantastic. our appetite wants more. we'll have more. just a little bump in the road tomorrow, but emphasis on little. we have a weak system bringing a couple of show

you hit 70 in riverhead. 65 in east brunswick where you should be but pleasant valley 73. central park 72. i saw 75 in new milford. right now i have outside you're not 72 like you were earlier. you're 64. it's mostly sunny overhead. ironically when you hit 72 in central park there are a lot of clouds on top of us. 72 at 12:05. four degrees above the average. rainfall totals are not going to be huge. but rain is moving in. anything will help the deficit. in 2015 deficit, 6.8 inches so we need rain. the amount of rain we pick up tomorrow quarter inch maybe half inch or maybe a little more for some of the i'd say .25" is a good bet. a moderate drought situation exists. a good portion of the area in brown abnormally dry. but there's no rainfall and right now the vortex satellite- radar picture the rain is around michigan. we are watching this front that's going to make its way through. this is our chance for rain on friday. the heavier stuff goes north of us but the tail drops in and it gives us the chance for rain. it's not an all-day rain. it looks like this. here we are at

as we look at the wind chill, it feels like 33 in riverhead and 22 and monroe. it is cold out there. on the vortex satellite and radar picture, there are clouds outside the city. there is even snow folly north of the city. it will be similar to what we have seen with a mix of sun and clouds moving through and temperatures warming up. they are not nearly as close to where they should be. that 9:00 it is 42 and feels like 37. at noon it will be 48 and feel like 43. outside the city, most of us will be in the 40s for the highs today. i will have the full forecast coming up and we will talk about the specifics.>>> we begin this half-hour with the championship chase. the mets beat the cubs in the national league championship series last night bringing them one step closer to the world series title in nearly 3 decades.>> we have team coverage of the game and fan reaction. let's start with steve overmyer. >> announcer: game 1 goes to the mets.>> reporter: the chill of the night. daniel murphy's first home run starting the scoring.>> we all know that when he gets hot th

here's the 60 in riverhead. i think we will see the mid-60s with the wind filling in. sherry says, yeah, what a great day to be inside. you can see the gray skies, lots of color out there. but we are dealing with more clouds today. and we're going to be dealing this afternoon. in the city right now, it's a light rain, light to moderil for a good part of the area. and number in town, 60 again. miles per hour. and problems as far as getting around by air, absolutely one to three hour delays. and you have the wind and the fog. it's an east wind. but yeah, there are going to be delays this afternoon with that heavier rain setting in. and more readings in 60s. low 60s for the jersey shore. and just want to expand the view to show you, warmer air to the south and west. we tap into that. and there's a real warm day waiting for you tomorrow. and shooting for the mid-60s today. and that's above normal. 83 and 29 the records. sunsets at 5:59 but the sun a stranger today. around the area through queens and brooklyn, more nassau and suffolk county, the light to moderate rain filli

everybody mild even if you go out by far east by the water steve beal reporting that reading in riverhead. new york city 70s today. right now the city comes in with a good-looking sky. there are some clouds. partly sunny 66 degrees as of right now. central park high was 73. you also hit 73 in islip and bridgeport. establishing records there. the hot spot was newark. newark, new jersey was 75 degrees today. the 73 in central park that's the typical high in central park for september 21. september 21, it's one of the last ones but it's officially let's move forward though talk picked up yesterday. it helped. one to two inches some folks two inches. but we still have a deficit. so we are still, you know, 7.3" below where we need to be in the rain bucket and yesterday's rain really fell on a nice manner in the sense it didn't come like one or two hours. it came through the entire day. the ground would recoup, suck up more rain, a break, more rain. it helped the water table but we need more. right now the skies are fine. this rain you see up around the breaks -- that rain you see up around the

the bus was on the way to pick up children for the riverhead school district. >>> how do you say thank you to the city's 35,000 police officers? just ask a 7-year-old in brooklyn. new at 6:00, cbs 2's meg baker finds out what inspired this williamsburg boy to visit them. >> reporter: 7-year-old zachary takes time with his mom every saturday to visit a different police precinct in this city. >> i want to make them happy. >> reporter: the new tradition started after two nypd officers were killed in the line of duty. >> because they died. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> sad. >> reporter: zachary asked his mother rosa if he could give out thank you cards to police officers for their bravery. >> thank you for your hard work and service. i said to my mom, i want to do something. >> i'm very proud of him. we've been now to 52 precincts, 7 transits, two housings and 13 specialty units. >> reporter: and yesterday, zachary's role model had a message for him. >> it's a wonderful story, little 7-year-old fella that would take that time to go around, and i look forward to having him up

it is 60 in riverhead. mount vernon 57. now we show you just how mild it is this morning. this is the 24-hour temperature change. in is what, you are 15 -- in islip, your 15 degrees warmer. while we are getting a mild start, we won't warm up that much. by noon, it will be 63 degrees and mostly cloudy. by this afternoon, 65 and partly sunny. what will happen after the noon hour is that the wet weather will exit and the skies will start to clear. looking good by this evening. we will have a nice start to the workweek and wet weather moving in midweek. back to you. >>> breaking news this hour in queens. two men were shot after house party turn violent. a gunman is on the loose this morning. >>> ilana gold is live in bayside . >> reporter: we just talked to the victims and they are in the hospital after being shot in the torso outside this home on 28th avenue around midnight. this morning, police are still investigating. balboa boulevard. neighborhood. the home was being rented out for a birthday party. there was a large group celebrating and the victims were getting ready to

it is 61 in riverhead. take a look at how much warmer it was -- it is than this time yesterday. it is 25 degrees warmer and some spots. on the sunday planner at 9:00 a.m., it will feel like 60. it will be 63 and there may be a stray shower east of the city. by 5:00, 65 and sunny skies as we head toward sunset. i will have the full forecast coming up. we will have a nice start to the workweek and wet weather will move in midweek. >>> breaking news in queens. two men have been shot after a house party turn violent. the gunmen is on the room.>> cbs news ilana gold is live in bayside. >> reporter: to victims are in the hospital after being shot in the torso with this home on 28th avenue just after midnight. trying to find the suspect. this is more video from the scene near balboa boulevard. neighborhood. police have spent hours talking evidence. the home was rented out for a birthday party and then at some point there was an argument. a man walked up to the victims, opened fire and took off. one victim's 27 and in critical condition. the others 23 and in stable condition. it was a v

i feel like it's a typical weekend affair, and we have big swings. 14degrees cooler in riverhead than it was yesterday at this time. big changes overnight as we go through the day today, and it's going to be close to seasonal. most of us in the mid-50s. right now, and clouds will be thickening throughout the day. feeling like 44. by noon, 53 and mostly sunny. 3:00this afternoon, 57, and mostly cloudy at 9:00 tonight. 52degrees under mainly cloudy skies and the game will bonn that the point in time. the full forecast coming up in a bit andrea and diane. met fans waking up relieved and happy this morning. the team came out swinging big to pick up the win in the world series tonight. >> tonight they will try to even things up at citi field. ilana gold has more ilana. >> reporter: the mets really fought back at citi field here last night to turn the series around, and the fans are so excited they got the win. >> reporter: thousands of met fans were -- thousands of met proud as the team won over the royals. it was the largest crowd in citi field history and the first ever world series game

. >> reporter: a company calling its luminadi air space bought this site and riverhead town's supervisor knows the identity of the company's financial backer. >> i can't tell you who they're affiliated with. that is something, when the parent company wants to release their information, they can release their information. >> i have to respect the confidential nature of the program. >> reporter: the ceo and chief technology officer daniel preston said almost nothing about his company or the latest endeavor. >> we are a project that's multimillion in nature. >> a search returns the tail number of an aircraft on the faa web site to this address in red hook where we find a chocolate factory and distillery. >> it's comprised of scientists, engineers, professors. >> reporter: walter could tell us this mystery firm and their bank roller plan to built solar powered aircraft to send signals to africa. >> you're talking about planes that are over 150 foot wingspan. >> reporter: the plan to launch the drones to provide internet access sounds similar to projects undertaken by facebook and google. >>

it's going to remain chilly. 44 in new york city by morning, and let's go riverhead long island and look at a planner for you. into the 30s and be in the low and mid-30s by morning. there's a frost advisory for the east end of long island until 9:00. we didn't have a hard freeze in some locations in eastern long island. so for tomorrow, we start out with mainly clear skies, sunniest part of the day early on. high clouds will start to increase. low clouds will start to come in. it's dry and temperatures will be in the mid and upper 50s and drizzle could come in during the evening hours. here's a storm coming up from the west. the showers still a ways away. that's why we can squeeze in all of tomorrow with dry weather. you can trace this moisture all the way down to patricia just offshore. a very powerful storm with no signs weakening. quickly diminish over the mountainous areas of mexico and then some of that moisture can come up to us. they're just going to get some devastating impact with all the rain and mud slides, incredible storm surge that will come ashore. this is really cool. we

gusoff has been following the story since it broke last week and has the new information now from riverhead. >> the red light camera program is a scam! it's dangerous! rows of. >> reporter: he is changes his tactics. stephen ruth the so-called red light robin hood no longer tilting cameras. he is pushing lawmakers. >> it's a systemic form of extortion at our expense! >> reporter: some legislators say they hear camera critics loud and clear. >> the public is outraged and they deserve to be. >> reporter: several lawmakers calling for a suspension of the program citing short and inconsistently timed yellow lights. and confusing mixed signals drivers. >> these cameras are causing more accidents. people don't know what to do at these intersections. >> it's nothing more than a money grab. it's nothing more. >> reporter: suffolk staunchly defends the cameras denying their position to rake in revenue or that they deliberately shorten yellow lights, timing based on speed limits and end data. >> the real end goal is nobody goes through red lights. the revenue stream goes down to zero. >> reporter: wh

up toward the hudson riverheaded on up toward poughkeepsie and a lot of barges this time of year making their way up the hudson river and the east river, taking home heating oil in anticipation of the winter coming. we're looking at cloudy skies, and kind of a nice fall afternoon. these are clouds out ahead of the rain that is coming. the rain holds off until tomorrow. until tomorrow these clouds are in advance of that. it's 58 degrees, dry humidity, east wind at 6. that pressure is way up there. if the remnants of patricia were not off to our south throwing these clouds up in here, we'd have a perfectly nice fall day. hopatcong is at 50, 55 here at hackettstown at centenary college, 59 around hanover and looking up to 55 at white plains to 52 around poughkeepsie. these numbers are right at or maybe a couple degrees cooler than normal. there's rain down to our south. it will keep slowly creeping into the d. c. area. we're looking at this rain extending back to memphis and down to l. a., lower alabama, cloudy skies will continue tonight. tomorrow the rain starts around coming up across t

in riverhead, 13 degrees cooler. in mount vernon, 14 degrees cooler. you get the picture, it's chilly this morning. and that won't change for today. we will stay below seasonable levels for your saturday. on the radar picture. note there are two things happening here, clouds increasing from the west and clouds building in from the east. for today, the trend will continue. so we will have thickening clouds and winds off the water. and bringing us that slight chance for some showers. and the break down, 44 degrees at 9:00 a.m., partly cloudy. by noon, 53 and mostly cloudy. 3:00 this afternoon, 58. feels like 57. the it will be mostly cloudy. and we have a chance of stray showers, especially close to the coast by that point in time. the full forecast coming up. and we will talk a warm-up for the second half of the weekend and a better chance for wet weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> now to a developing story. hurricane patricia slammed into overnight. >> the storm brought flooding and land slides and now it is affecting the u.s. ilana gold is live i

i like today's forecast. 56 degrees on long island says steve in riverhead. and looking good with clear skies. and we have the clouds clustered over the city north and west at this point in time. and let's take you live outside to show you the lights of the city. overhead, partly cloudy skies and it's 60 degrees, northeast winds at 3 miles per hour. and relative humidity hiv humidity in central park is 72%. and across the region, we have 45 in jeffersonsville. and 50 in monroe this morning. and the bigger picture, 45 in springlake. and now up to 61. so things starting to warm up a little bit. but we might see those numbers drop down just another degree or two before the sun is officially above the horizon. at the noon hour, up to 67 degrees, sun and clouds. by 2:00, a high of 69. and normal high is in the upper 60s. and we will see highs in the low 70s for some places inland. and as we make our way into the evening hour, still clouds and sunshine by 9:00. and 61. and looking at the poll report, it's on the low end of the spectrum and getting lower. this is lo

and 56 in riverhead. city. generally today a mostly sunny start to your weekend. and clouds to the south are still associated with the cold front making the exit. and breaking down the day, 11:00 a.m., 58 degrees and mostly sunny. and by 2:00, 65. today. and i believe many areas north and west of the city will be in the low 60s. and as you make your way toward 5:00, 62 degrees, mostly sunny. and by 8:00, it's dark. and 59 degrees. and 55, clear skies and getting colder at 11:00. coming up, how cold it gets overnight and the warm-up for weekend. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, police are searching for two suspects wanted in a braisen armed robbery in midtown. >> the men allegedly knocked off a jewelry store and made off with watches worth tens of thousands of dollars. ilana gold is lye if midtown this morning -- is live from midtown this morning with details. >> reporter: investigators are calling the suspects braisen. they say they walked into the jewelry store in the middle of the day and took off with more than $70,000 worth of merchandise and t

probably the eastern end of long island from riverhead to sag harbor, through the hamptons up to orient point, probably gets more in the way of showers as you see and all this is out of the way by about 2:00 a.m. one more day of 77-degree weather, there goes the front this evening and then the cooler air pours in behind this for tonight and tomorrow. so a warm breeze, clouds and sun, 77 this afternoon and we like sevens. and there's a spotty shower tonight. then overnight looking at about 42 in the suburbs, 52 around the five boroughs and tomorrow is a windy, cooler day and i think it's going to full like it's 20 degrees cooler tomorrow so have the jackets and sweaters and the sunglasses too because there will be a lot of sunshine. then it's 58 58 on saturday, a cool fall day, another front comes through sunday with a sprinkle on sunday morning but by sunday afternoon we are at 66 degrees so the next shot of rain is from a front on wednesday. that gets out of the way just in time for this little be playing at citi field on friday which by that time we will be up two games to none on kan

we're looking at what's going to be mild temperatures to start this day. 52 around riverhead, murray hill 55. we've got a wind coming in right off the water here, and that's why there is this coastal flood watch, western long island sound in here right around the mare neck and over towards the north shore, huntington and all the way in from down the east river. could be some flooding at the time of high tide this morning and down the jersey shore. you see the winds coming in. you know with this consistent 10, 13, 15 miles an hour wind it piles the water in here. that's why there's an advisory until 2:00 this afternoon. it has nothing to do with the rain yet. that will be later today. you see the rain starting to develop to our south and west. it's going to be coming up and through the area. the heavy stuff is very heavy around detroit and cleveland and over towards chicago. that's where you'll have travel delays right off the bat from pittsburgh there west. on our futurecast you'll see the rain start developing 9, 10:00 here on the model. in the afternoon that's when it's heavy. 2:00

even as you make your way back in toward riverhead, some pretty solid rain in through there, then it breaks up in nassau county. east and connecticut are the heavier showers at this point. this is round one of the showers as an area of low pressure passes by offshore and gets you that rainfall. there's another cold front that's coming in the later. as far as temps go, 6 is in central park and belmar --61. there's that area of low finish that has kicked up the showers and storms in the eastern sections of the tristate. but we've got a break in between, then that cold front afternoon. with that passing by, we're going to be at risk for more rain, but this line doesn't look like it's going to be producing a whole heck of a lot in terms of rainfall. showers should come in and out of the area fairly quickly. temps up to 72 later on this afternoon. high of 72 today, back to drier skies tomorrow with a high of 68. 63 on thursday, more showers on friday and then it gets cooler and drier for the weekend. things don't look all bad but, again, some showers outs out there. the live interactive r

the bus had just left riverhead to pick up children in bellport when police say it slammed head on into a box truck disabled in the right lane. officer kanal is has been on the force for eight years, assigned to the transit division and honored by commissioner bratton. he was off duty and on vacation with his family at the time of the crash. the photos of the fire were taken by his wife. >> you must be so >> yes, they're very proud. >>reporter: and they're not the only ones. >> chris does great work while he's on duty and now you see his heroics off duty. we're very proud. >>reporter: n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news news. >> well deserved, sir. >>> coming up next on eyewitness news saturday morning, tourists can kiss a popular times square attraction good-bye after dark, get it? but authorities say it actually is a necessary move to keep some of those tourists safe from predators, very interesting story here. right my name is amanda and i smoked while i was pregnant. and weighed only three pounds. this is the view i had of her in the nicu. my tip to you is speak into the opening

readings in the 20s and 30s. 31, 39, riverhead, 30 right now. and that's a little warmer here. this is 40 for dr. frank. and little plug, both big fans of supergirl. soy hope you enjoyed the show last night. here's a cooler reading. bob has 30. and he says, what does he have to say? go navy, happy birthday too. that's right. teddy roosevelt. it's his birthday the. big part of walking softly, carrying a big stick is the support of the navy. so navy day for teddy roosevelt. a local by the way, born in new york, i think 1858 on this day. so maybe the kids will talk about that in school. partly cloudy and 46. winds out of the north, a cool wind. look at this. look at millstone, 31. jackson, 30. some really cool readings and then cool readings to the north as well. and then all the way out, 32. the it's chilly to start the day. enough moisture. or you see frost on the windshield. 60 this afternoon. and close to where we should be, 82 the high. and turn it around, the record low for the day. sun's up at 7:20. and filtered sun all day and mostly cloudy by sunset time. evidence of the

it's mild, 66, riverhead to the north shore. we have some nice readings up north, 64, 62, this is 62. this isn't bad at all in oak ridge. wondering the we're going to see another shower in the hudson valley? yes, you will see a passing heading down to the jersey shore. ron has 63 also. and tell you, parts of the jersey shore dealing with nasty surf yesterday. but we are going to turn that around. see the reflection? and things are going to calm down today. it's going to be quite warm and comfortable for the jersey shore later today. but you have the possible shower this afternoon. light rain for the boroughs. manhattan, 64. numbers around the area, numbers around the area, it's 59, that's mild for the tail end of october at 6:13 a.m. and a line of showers pushing through right now. weakening as it pushes through. weather. and improving conditions. and we have a little bit more rain through suffolk county. this is weakening somewhat but now another batch pushing through. and that is going to the, yeah, it. with a little bit of fo

yeah, 50 in riverhead. 59 here, this is bob. he's got clouds and some rain in the neighborhood. but he's just celebrating national chocolate day. it's actually warm enough, maybe warm enough to melt chocolate tomorrow. going to see the 70s return. in the city right now, still in the wait and see mode. the rain is pushing through parts parts of the area. 56 mild degrees. and wins east at 6 miles per hour. and the stronger east wind this afternoon, 40 to 50 miles per hour. and potential this afternoon for those wind gust. you can see some wet weather it's light rain for the most part. into rockland, sussex, warren county. off to the west and the south, a sense of the pinwheel and you will deal with the periods of heavy rain and the wind will start to fill in and intensify this afternoon. and coastal flooding a concern with the morning high tide cycle. we see more of the rain take over for more of the area. brighter colors indicating heavier rain. and can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm here and there. and key word isolated but individual storms could lead to localized flooding

comfortable readings from brooklyn out into riverhead. a little cooler at 49. and readings in the 40s to the north as well. and in fact, 52 all the way out in columbia. and i like this, 51 from jackie. she's talking about a beautiful fall morning and some nice pictures too. tony sent this in. i do like that. president reagan made the rose our national flower. and gorgeous late season rose there. thanks for that. you will see some nice numbers today. skies will be well, well, variable during the course of the day. and yesterday the beautiful bright blue. and today more clouds. you can see a sense of the clouds right now. 59 in the city. winds variable at 3 miles per hour. and relative humidity at 72%. and more readings in the 50s. the exceptional reading in up it's a warmer morning for madison at 51. and 54 for the jersey shore. and in the city, comfortable for lunch, 68. and warm, i mean, you can work up a sweat if you're running to catch the train or bus. 75 for a high this afternoon. and maybe you're just running because you're just so excited you want to run

there. 21 in monroe cool spot on this map but we do have readings in the teens, suffolk county 31 in riverhead, sommerset, you're in the upper 20s. low 50s this afternoon over 10 degrees below normal know where near the record of 83. suns up at 7:11 and sun sets at 6:10. lots of sun to see. pollen still it's a dry period so you're still hovering around 1.5-2 but it's the tail end of the city, so that helps. you can see in the futurecast nice and bright today. tomorrow there's a chance for a stray shower in the afternoon and it's a very low chance but that's part of that warm up wednesday a mix of sun and clouds but warmer your actually in the low 70s. it's a dry week which is not good news as we have moderate drout conditions continuing for much of the area. there's that hint of a shower tuesday, a hint of a shower thursday, two fronts pushing through but there's not a lot of moisture for them to work with so for the most part the work week is dry. nice turnaround though. these warmer temperatures starting tomorrow, peeking wednesday and thursday. 5:45 on a busy monday morning what's going on,