i'm diana rocco channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> 5:33 right now. we just learned new details on a developing story. police have identified the victim of a deadly overnight shooting as 22-year-old elijah benjamin. benjamin was shot in the chest and killed in front of a building on avenue i, around 1:00 this morning. the siller is still on the run. eyewitness news reporter tony where a memorial is growing for an innocent woman killed by a stray bullet. >> reporter: 61-year-old odessa sims was enjoying a game of cards. her husband decided to go home. she was a wife of more than 30 years, a mother, a well-known her. saturday night around 11:45 mrs. sims was sitting, watching the card game. the gunman, wearing dark- colored clothes, came running up lennox avenue. he fired shots at someone, two of his bullets his odessa sims, one in the head. last night a vigil was held here in the park, people speaking out against the violence. that same night a man was shot in the leg. his son's third birthday party was killed, he was shot 14 times. a community says en

diana rocco channel 7 eyewitness news. an x-ray technician at a brooklyn hospital was accused of sexually assaulting two women at kings county hospital. where 65-year-old larry jones worked as an x-ray technician. saturday jones sexually assaulted a 57-year-old woman and an 83-year-old woman in separate incidents. both women were getting x-rays of their legs. jones has worked at kings county hospital for 13 years. for a long time, over and over again. >> there could be other victims right? >> might be. >> they should be investigated to the fullest. >> jones has a lengthy arrest record. the hospital released a statement, saying it is committed to the safety of its patients. >>> 6:04. new this morning a woman says a suspected drunk driver crashed her 30th birthday party on long island. danielle deer yo says she and a group of friends were at a restaurant in center port last night when they started hearing screeching sounds. when they came outside they saw a driver ramming into their parked cars. >> it was crazy. we were havi

diana rocco has the latest from cold spring harbor. diana? >> reporter: tony ken -t appears that 23-year-old son may have actually called another family member to confess what had done. this crime has simply sent shockwaves through this quiet long island community. it was here yesterday police found 63-year-old elizabeth cullen. she was dead when they arrived on the family's property yesterday and this morning 23- year-old dennis cullen jr., her son, is in police custody. he was arrested at the family's home a short time after his mother was found. police say just before 4:00 drowned in the family swimming pool at 70 white hill road. when they arrived they found her body near the pool house. cullen's son was not home at the time but it appears this morning he did contact a family member, possibly his sister, and tell her what he had done. he returned to the residence a short time later and was immediately arrested by police. >> when we were processing the scene, again, we arrived approximately 4:15 p.m. while we were processing the scene, tha

diana rocco is live at the scene. diana? >> reporter: ken this has a family looking for answers this morning. a woman is dead, her son now in police custody. she was killed at the hands of her own son, police say. 23-year-old dennis cullen jr. was taken into police custody, arrested at the family's home hours after 63-year-old elizabeth cullen was found on family property yesterday afternoon. the victim does come from a military family. bothler father and brother were news learned. police say cullen was intentionally drowned in the family's backyard swimming pool here at 70 white hall road. when they arrived yesterday they found her body near the pool house. cullen's son was not home at the time but it does appear he did contact a family member to confess. he returned to the house last night and was immediately arrested. >> police received a call about a possible intentional drowning, and found the cullen, in the backyard. >> reporter: police have not said what cullen's motive was here. they are still investigating all of th

eyewitness news reporter, diana rocco is live in morris park with more. diana. >> reporter: rob, good morning, yesterday's intense heat and the intense heat of this fire did present problems for firefighters. three remain in critical condition here at jacoby medical center. three of the injuries were due to the fast moving fire and an additional firefighter was injured when a fire truck got into an accident on the way to the fire. tuesday, the four-alarm fire consumed several homes on east 235th street here in the bronx. patrick morelo was overwelmed fighting the flames from the roof. joseph brady, a 17 year veteran had a heart attack and lieutenant joseph marterel was treated later released. >> we deal with a lot of tough things, but it was a tough day of prayers. they are all veteran members of the department. one lieutenant, three firefighters. one is assigned to a ladder company in queens. >> a fourth injury came when a fire truck coming from queens to assist hit a beam underneath the l. train. 44-year-old severely injured hits arm. he is in critical,

diana rocco is in howard beach this evening. diana. family remembered karina in services early today, they described her as a bright light with an energy and presence that would fill a room. they are remembering her life and police are searching for whoever is responsible for her death. >> everyone is going to be thinking of her and, you know, it's -- it's -- it's just sad. >> reporter: the church bells toll as the casket of the 30- friends remember the woman raised in howard beach with a zeal for life. >> as many of you know, karina was a woman of many words. she had a blog that she described as a collection of conversations, contradictions and poetic conflicts. >> reporter: even those who didn't know her gathered to listen and pray. the priest described her as and through her blog encouraged those around her to love. >> pay my respects even though i didn't know her. living in such a tight knit community, you feel like you did. it's just horrible. >> i felt like she was my sister in a way. and my deepest sympathy and respect go out to

live in downtown brooklyn, diana rocco, channel 7 eyewitness news. daily challenges the fdny is facing. flames broke out at a home in mid wood about 6:30 last night the fire was brought under control in an hour and a half. the high temperatures were enough to cause major problems for crews. >> they are incredible. it's so hot right now. they are all out here, drinking water, wearing the heavy gear and they are just doing what they do. you have to admire them. >> was inside when the fire started. >>> at the world trade center they will replace a pane window after it was smashed by a crane. the rooftop crane was being moved and secured as the bad weather moved in. it ripped the cable flinging it around the corner of the building and it hit the on the 12th floor. >> i heard it hit. >> the ball got to about the 12th floor, caught a gust of wind and hit a window on the floor. there was no injuries. >> no tenants in the building just yet. it will not be occupied until 2018. >>> police are searching for that attacked a woman inside arrive side park on the u

diana rocco has more. diana good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is certainly a devastating outcome this morning for the family, who have been hoping for months she would come home. she has been missing for five months. last night her body was found in the backyard of this home. police have been searching this home since where he had. two people are under arrest, 33- year-old jennifer sweeney and 32-year-old andre harris of long branch. julius went missing on march 8th when a friend dropped her off at the long branch train station. she was found last night here. this morning, but police did spend the night focusing their efforts on harris' backyard. harris and sweeney are charged with first degree murder, desecration of human remains and tampering with physical evidence. julius had just recovered from being shot eight times while sitting in a car in front of her house in november in linden, new jersey when she disentered. police continue to search the backyard of harris' home. out here for several hours. we are expected to hear more late they

live in long branch, new jersey diana rocco channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you so much. major break in a missing persons case in think in think in. >>> also police arrested two year-old rita julius who vanished last march. her remains were found last night. 33-year-old jennifer sweeney and 32-year-old andre falls are charged with murder, desecration of human remains and tampering with physical evidence. >>> also developing this morning, a big campaign shake up for donald trump. we have learned that trump is bringing in steven bannon as his campaign ceo. dealing with falling poll numbers and the shake up comes just 82 days before election days. more on this developing story ahead at 5:00 this morning. >>> 4:36. >>> this morning we are hearing from the bicyclist who was hit by the man who kill an imam in queens. a gun found in barrel's home is a ballistic match used to killed the imam. were murdered police say he hit david al sha mere. the driver yelled curses at him and he believes he was targeted. >> when i saw his face i realized this person is totally abnormal, he is t

eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is live in downtown brooklyn. hey, diana. >> reporter: lori and rob, good morning. we are using a lot of energy with everybody trying to stay cool in this heat. the mayor will be holding a noon press conference at the office of emergency management to talk about the heat and excessive temperatures later today. that starts at noon. temperatures. air conditionings are running overnight putting a strain on the power grid. yesterday con edison said they reached a maximum high for energy usage at 12,000 megawatts citywide. today's intense heat, expected to be worse than yesterday, they anticipate record breaking power usage. they have tips to keep homes cool and cut down on the power use san. >> one simple tip that people can do is close their blinds or windows. about 40% of unwanted heat actually comes in through open windows. that is an easy way to conserve energy. >> reporter: new york city cooling centers will be open through sunday with extended hours. to find out where those are near you, call the city's 311 hotl

we have eyewitness news reporter, diana rocco who just >>> 6:52. a horrific crash involving two new jersey buses has killed one person and injured many others. >> john has new information in news copter 7. >> if you're just joining us, this accident happened in the shadow of ottumwa building in the heart of downtown newark. you can see two new jersey transit buses involved in a high speed collision in that intersection. the one bus practically one in two. and leaving it partially overturned. we can tell you that officially, authorities are telling us nine people have been injured here, one person fatally injured. more injuries treated than that, probably closer to 15, all have been taken to area hospitals. university hospital, medical center and st. michaels. we can see some interviews to be taken away via ambulance. they are just about to take that. live over downtown newark, channel 7 eyewitness news. hello! it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. i am b

diana rocco is live at the scene. good morning. >> reporter: michelle and ken good morning, police are still looking for a gunman this morning. it is not clear what led up to all of this. neighbors believe it to be drug- related. again, one man is dead this morning, a pregnant woman recovering in the hospital. 196 seem more avenue around 1:30 this morning. police have not said if there is a description on this gunman or what was surrounding that dispute. we are told a man was shot multiple times in the kitchen of this house a woman shot in the foot in the bedroom. that woman, approximately nine months pregnant was shot in the left foot. she was taken to university hospital in newark. prosecutors were out here better part of the last couple of hours. police have just left the scene, but they are still looking for a gunman this morning. i'm diana rocco channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> diana thank you. 5:04. an x-ray technician at a brooklyn hospital accused of sexually assaulting two women while giving them x-rays. both a

i'm diana rocco channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> 6:34 right now. we learned new details about a deadly shooting in brooklyn overnight. 22-year-old elijah benjamin was found shot to death outside of flats section. police have not released any information. >>> a weekend of violence across the five boroughs. at least half a dozen shootings. among the victims a 61-year-old grandmother who, sadly, became a victim of violence. tony yates has more on that from harlem. >> reporter: so very sad. 61-year-old odessa sims and her husband decided to go home and a gunman, targeting someone else, shot mrs. sims instead. she was a grandmother, she was also a wife of more than 30 years, well-known in her community. loved so much out here. police say it was saturday night around 11:45 when she was watching the card game after her husband left, he was he ducking behind cars. last night a vigil was held here in the park, people specking out against the gun violence. the same night a man close to the scene was shot in the leg and a man in brooklyn attending his birthda

diana rocco is live. diana. >> michelle, good morning. as police continue to search for a motive this morning, 35- year-old, oscar morell will see a judge later today here in queens. he is being arraigned on two counts of first-degree murder. morell is now charged with friend. he was held yesterday after police took him into custody outside his brooklyn home. a search turned up what is believed to be the murder weapon and clothes. imam and his assistant were killed as they left afternoon prayer in ozone park on saturday. surveillance video shows morell shooting them in the back of later, hitting a man on a bicycle who called police with a plate number. that's what led them to morell's east new york home. >> we can't explain why this person was there. he was there just prior to that. we have him on video. 8 minutes prior to the homicide. we'll pullet those facts together. >> morell is also charged with criminal weapons possession. he will be arraigned here this morning. i'm diana rocco, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. 5:35. new yo

eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is live in howard beach with more. diana? >> rep police will be back out here later this morning, searching every inch of this heavily weeded area, looking for evidence. it has now been 7 days since karina vetrano was murdered here. her killer has still not been found. at a community meeting hundreds of people crowded saint helen's church. neighbors of the 30-year-old and her family want to know what is going on with the police investigation. out for an evening jog in spring creek national park. police offered reassurances to those at the meeting last night saying they have spent the week following up on leads and interviewing sex offenders in the area but they are keeping the details of this investigation to themselves. >> i am not releasing specifics. and just understand that the individual or individuals that did this horrendous act might be watching this feed r are not letting them know where we are at. >> we definitely need the cameras. we need the lighting. but we also need to have a plan from place that secures the par

eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is live now from howard beach, diana? >> reporter: rob good morning. the command post is still up out here. more than a week later police every lead. they are now asking for voluntary dna samples. meanwhile karina's parents are hoping someone will come forward with information. the gofundme page is a big part of it. it is now topping $163,000. it was put up a little more than $23,000 ago. the donations have been pouring in from all over the country and the world. karina was murdered last tuesday while out for a jog a few hours later off the running trail. she was face down. police believe her murder was random and they are now asking some of the homeless in the area for voluntary dna samples. karina's parents say they will not rest until their daughter's killer was found. >> they are tracking everything down. what we need, we need for someone to say hello, i know the guy. that is what we are looking for. if i wake up and there is nothing for me to do, that is when the bottom is going to drop out. to stay involved every da

eyewitness news reporter, diana rocco has been on the scene all morning. diana. >> ken, as the investigation continues out here, we've just learned that this may all be the result of one bus running a red light this morning. that is something investigators are now looking into. one bus driver is dead. 19 others are injured and being treated at local hospitallings. this is a look at the scene at this hour. you can see the bus in the distance. it all happened just after 6:00 this morning. news copter 7 was overhead shortly after. at one point, there was a major triage center helping the victims. multiple witnesses on the scene told us they saw one of these buses running a red light at a high rate of speed and darting into the intersection. a scenario investigators are now looking into this morning. there were dozens of people on the street who heard a loud listed in critical condition. >> by the grace of god, we are praying for all the folks in the hospital, that they get a speedy recovery from this tragic accident this morning. >> so, the mayor has not rele

diana rocco, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> thank you. breaking news, on the brooklyn queens expressway, a tractor trailer accident leading a major delay. john del giorno is over the scene in news copter 7. >> reporter: this will cause big problems for the those commuting towards the brooklyn bridge. this is in front of you, an overturned tractor trailer on the bqe, see we got a big mess. a tractor trailer on its side. the tractor trailer is carrying beer, we have got ourselves a big mess down there, one of the issues is the physics of where this tractor trailer is. not a lot of room for the tow trucks to work and get up this righted. the inbound gowanus ramp to the expressway is completely shutdown, that's forcing all forced to hamilton, big delays will stay overhead, an eye on this as the morning progresss. john del giorno, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> the race for president now, turns to economics today. donald trump and hilary clinton are expected to outline their plans forgiving the nation's economy a boost. he will speak to busine

live in howard beach this morning, diana rocco, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> 6:06. at another murder mystery involving a woman from new york city who was killed while jogging in her hometown near boston. >>> zechariah is being charged with multiple counts of murder. a norwegian national of somali origin who moved to the uk 14 a public defender during his first court appearance. >>> the race for president all about differing visions for the american economy. donald trump and hillary clinton both spoke yesterday in detroit and trump announced a revamped economic plan that will revitalize the nation by cutting taxes for workers and businesses. >> i am proposing an across-the- board income tax reduction, especially for middle income americans. new and really good paying jobs. the rich will pay their fair share, but no one will pay so much that it destroys jobs or undermines our ability, as a nation, to compete. >> trump also blamed clinton for the execution of an iranian nuclear scientist. the man was accused of spying for the u.s., after his name appeared in messages s

diana rocco is live in howard beach. diana? >> reporter: lori, police continue to follow-up on every lead. they are now asking for voluntary dna samples. meanwhile fresh roses have been left here at the command post a few feet from where karina's body was found. her parents are hoping someone will come forward with information. $160,000 donated to it. european that was murdered last tuesday while out for an evening jog in spring creek park here in howard beach a few blocks from her home. her body was found a short time later off the trail, face down. police believe her murder was random and they are now asking some of the homeless in the area for voluntary dna samples. karina's parents say they will not rest until her ki found. >> we need for someone to say hello, i know the guy. that is what we are looking for. if i wake up and there is nothing for plea to do that is when the bottom is going to drop out. i have to stay involved every day in every way. today it is this. this is keeping me alive today. >> reporter: the money fro

roccos add two more in the 2nd which strasburg did not survive. 9 runs in one rockies win. >>> adam eaton belted a game-winning 9th inning grand slam gean the indians while blowing a bubble! >>> river mentioned how much i love sports? >> i don't think so. >> well, i do! now more than ever. valentine's day came early for missy franklin who returned to colorado from the olympics and discovered the frontar covered in handmade thank you notes from neighbors, all written out on individual cutout paper hearts. franklin was disappointed with her performance. but the people she grew up next to wanted her to know they're still very proud of her. i love sports. bobblehead birthday boy, ed mccaffrey. 48 years old tonight. and -- >> this just in! learned from my sources that tomorrow at that mini-mile high stadium event in the parking lot at sports authority field, a statue, an 8-foot statue! >> oh, cool! >> will be unveiled inside ? ? ? isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortle

eyewitness news reporter, diana rocco is live with the story. what happened. 35-year-old, oscar morell has been uncooperative. he has been in police custody since yesterday and will see a judge in a queens courtroom later this morning on two murder charges. morell is now charged with the murder of queens imam and his assistant on saturday. he was held at a queens precinct yesterday after police took him into custody outside his brooklyn home. a search of the house turned up what is believed to be the murder weapon and clothes matching the description of the scene on saturday. imam and his assistant were gunned down after they left afternoon prayer. surveillance video shows what is believed to be morell running behind them and shooting them in the back of the head. a chevy trailblazer was seen leaving the scene. called police with a license plate number. that is what led them to morell's east new york home. >> right now, we can't explain to that. we have him on video. about 8 minutes prior to the homicide. and then he takes off directly after. we

i'm diana rocco, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you, diana. an off-duty new york police officer has been placed on modified duty, after his gun was used to shoot a man in the leg, during an attempted robbery in brooklyn. 27-year-old khalif alcot, they were approached by two men. one of the suspects grabbed the 34-year-old augusta clay was struck in the leg. clay was arrested. the other man ran off. >>> a 16-inch water main break in hoboken has been repaired. but neighbors may still experience low water pressure. news chopper 7 over the scene as the water gushed in over there. harrison had to be shut down for a short time. but traffic is now back to way for president. donald trump making big changes again. as controversy swirls around one ofs his -- one of his top s taffers. the fbi has hand over its interview notes to members of congress. abc's kenneth moten in washington with the latest. >> sandra, donald trump will receive his first classified briefing in new york this afternoon. but it's that shakeup, making headlines today. i can report wi

including those hitting the isil core and rocco and moses -- rocca and mosul. we will continue to do everything in our power to avoid -- it is the innocent civilians of syria and iraq who are suffering the most. we have worked to find the facts and hold ourselves accountable for doing better in the future. leaders. in a significant loss for isil, their minister of war. none of their leaders are safe and we will keep going after them. on the ground in iraq local forces keep pushing isil back. iraqi they are clearing fighters up the euphrates valley and iraqi forces. the last major stronghold in iraq. the additional u.s. support personnel that i ordered will help turn this into a logistical push into moz oh -- mosul. coalition forces continue to take the fight to isil as well. they are fighting the way into the town, a gateway for isil fighters coming in and terrorist heading out to attack europe. isil is beaten back. we are gaining intelligence. thousands of digital we will use to keep destroying isil networks. we also continue efforts against al qaeda in syria.

after the murder, police have information on another possible suspect, a convicted criminal named rocco bolero. whitehill is frustrated the north district attorney's office has refused to meet with his lawyer. why'd you think they continue to fight so hard to deny you any trial? >> i don't know. district attorney would not sit down with a lawyer where his client could possibly be innocent. mike: they have also reads -- raised questions about the victim. the da sent a statement saying the commonwealth is prepared to fully explore the convicted parties at monday's hearing but respect that we defer on addressing those outside of the hearing. a quincy neighborhood rattled. maria: police called in to wrangle this guy who was way too close for comfort. he is the talk of the neighborhood for sure. hear from residents next. harvey: thunderstorms in the area, western portions and southern portions. we will let you know how that goes and temperatures. ben: on a hot day like this, why making his way to comic-con. we go to the annual event. capital one believes your bank should work for you, not th

roccos lose 7-1. >>> strange but drew, shortly after dodgers rookie bob segdon homered in the victory over the giants he learned his wife robin had gone into labor. so he raced around the the hospital and made it just in time to see the birth of their first child rock -- robinson, great name for a dodgers kid. >>> it's former broncos head coach mike shanahan's birthday. will you still need me when i'm 64? you bet we will, mike, looks >>> we've got some time. >> do we? >> i wore my rockies purple today. >> you did. didn't work. >> apparently not. but the sun will come out tomorrow. i'm not going to sing if you're waiting for that. >> partially. definitely by the weekend, mid- 80s. glass half full kind of guy you are. >> nbc nightly news is next. after this you'll see next with >>> breaking news tonight. tornado outbreak, tornadoes on the ground, twisters, bu buildings demolished, a coffee shop fla flattened. >> people just got run over. >>> trouble in the >>> frantic race against time in ity. scores dead and injured and the army mobilizing a massive rescue mission to find so many burie

roccos lose 7 -1. >>> still of the night comes from washington d.c. where olympic hero katie ladecky made bryce harper hold her medals so she could throw out the ceremonial first pitch in the still of the night. isn't that funny? minding at all. >> those medals weigh 1.4 pounds apiece. >> look at you with the facts. >> every now and they -- then i mix a fact in, kathy. mike shanahan is celebrating his 64th tonight. >> so much for the rockies purple today. >> another waste of time. >> no. >>> we're halfway through the week. the weekend looks pretty good, a few rain showers out there tonight and a few more tomorrow, but we'll have some sunshine tomorrow. a couple afternoon storms. you know the deal, similar forecast friday, but the weekend looks amazing. if you're longing for summer weather, hang in there, sunday and monday highs back near 90 degrees. >> i lived in seattle for three years. that rain thing is totally overrated. it's not that bad. >> you're positive? >> it never rains hard ever.

police arrested 25-year-old rocco romeo for helping in the murder. investigators say he worked with the shooter to lead the victim to a back parking lot and mcdowell and ran off when shots rang out. on surveillance video. if you recognize and give police a call. >>> bullets flying leaving 2 mhz and people living nearby saying they are fed up. 23rd avenue. and indian school in east of the eye 17 as nicoletti reports it is the fourth shooting there in the past six months. >>reporter: showcases police tape and people in the neighborhood are asking when will it stop? >> it's ridiculous. every time you turn around something is going on. and what is going on is another shooting for the fourth and six months. phoenix police are looking for the person who shot two men before 5 o'clock. this woman is so scared she won't let her family come and visit. >> i have kids and grandkids that i don't want them to come out and get shot by crossfire. this is her boyfriend's pickup truck and you can see the porthole and he says it's from a shootout between two things and

. >> do you think rocco bolero was involved in the murder? >> i believe he could have been. >> a hearing is expected to wrap up tomorrow after the district attorney's office presented case. it will be up to the judge to decide if fred weichel urges freedom. ed: for the first time this season a person in massachusetts has been diagnosed with west the department of public health says the patient is a woman in her 70's who lives in middlesex county. she's in the hospital. dph says there are more mosquitoes that could spread west nile virus because of the high temperatures and drought conditions we're experiencing. maria thieves in webster are : using skimming devices to steal thousands of dollars from atm customers. police releasing these photographs right here. the skimmers read your card when you put it into the card slot. webster five atms this past weekend. customers are asked to look at every machine before using it to make sure no device is attached. the license of a kennel in hanover has been suspended indefinitely weeks after a dog was a

roccos lose 7 -1. >>> still of the from washington d.c. where olympic hero katie ladecky made bryce harper hold her medals so she could throw out the ceremonial first pitch in the still of the night. isn't that funny? >> he doesn't look like he's minding at all. >> those medals weigh 1.4 pounds apiece. >> look at you with the facts. i mix a fact in, kathy. mike shanahan is celebrating his 64th tonight. >> so much for the rockies purple today. >> another waste of time. >>> we're halfway through the week. the weekend looks pretty good, tonight and a few more tomorrow, but we'll have some sunshine tomorrow. a couple afternoon storms. you know the deal, similar forecast friday, but the weekend looks amazing. if you're longing for summer weather, hang in there, sunday and monday highs back near 90 degrees. look at all the sun balls. >> i lived in seattle for three years. that rain thing is totally overrated. it's not that bad. >> you're positive? >>> j. lo's break-up news. why it's suddenly over for jennifer and casper. >> now on "extra.? ? ? ?

roccos win 8-1. >>> still of the night comes from flushing, new york, where dustin brown celebrated the 20th anniversary of his last hair-cut but lost his first u.s. open match in straight sets in the >> that's awesome. >> mom last took him to the barbershop when he was 11 years old. must have had such a miserable experience. >> never went back. >> we've all been there. he's decided never to go again. >> good barber when he was 11. >>> kind of a stormy start to the workweek, scattered showers and thunderstorms pushing into the metro area, northern colorado and really hammered colorado spring with the hail and flooding rains and snowfall in the mountains, kind of a taste of all the seasons. 80s on tap tomorrow, a coup degrees cooler for, similar setup across the eastern plains, too, 60s and 70s in the mountains and close to 90 to the west. foothills in the 60s and is. s. it will -- and arvada and littleton and we'll watch temperatures cooling to the 60s and 70s in the high country areas. the next couple days we'll be watching the showers like clockwork, wednesday afternoon not quite as b

diana rocco is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. through their grief. her morsays her daughter believed in karma, so does she. they are angry and want the killer caught. the area is blocked off as police continue to track downloads and look for evidence. last tuesday, careerna vatrano was murdered as she went for a jog in this area on the trail in the weeds in high grass in spring creek park near her house in howa didn't return home 2 hours later, her father called police, he found her face down unresponsive off the trail. she had been strangled. hundreds came to pay respects oh over the weekend as careerna was laid to rest at her home church of st. helens in howard beach. >> justice will be served. that's why we have the pd. that's why we have god. justice will be served. >> reporter: police have recovered possible dna evidence from the scene, this has also generated a lot of unrest here in this howard beach community, a small close knit community where usually people very safe. there will be a community helens church at 7:00 tonight to give people inf

these citizens come from 32 countries including albania and brazil and moor rocco and vietnam. a great day for them. they could probably have a picnic outdoors. >> reporter: if you want to go back and get naturalized tomorrow, it's a great day. storm tracker 6 live double scan, the rain from last night is gone. outside we have the action cam in fairmont park, i love these flowers that draw the bees, the bees are having problems these days, 79 degrees, currently in philadelphia. the dewpoint has dropped into the 50s as expected it would bel it will continue to go into the low 50s before the end of the day, because the winds are out of the north/northwest at 9 miles per hour strong than that at times and that's drawing in drier air. you see the rain and cloudy cover moving away, additional cloud cover streaking off the great lakes, but overall mostly sunny skies. 70 degrees is where we were at 8:00 a.m. 78 about now, but 84 is the high at 3:00 p.m. and it is going to be a bright one today with low humidity a little bit of a breeze. 80 degrees in allentown. 81 in cape may. 82 in a

roccos win 8-1. >>> still of the night comes from flushing, new york, where dustin brown celebrated the 20th anniversary of his last hair-cut but lost his first u.s. open match in straight sets in the still of the night. >> that's awesome. >> mom last took him barbershop when he was 11 years old. must have had such a miserable experience. >> never went back. >> we've all been there. he's decided never to go again. >> good barber when he was 11. >>> kind of a stormy start to the workweek, scattered showers and thunderstorms pushing into the metro area, northern and flooding rains and snowfall in the mountains, kind of a taste of all the seasons. 80s on tap tomorrow, a couple degrees cooler for, similar setup across the eastern plains, too, 60s and 70s in the mountains and close to 90 to the west. foothills in the 60s and is. s. it will -- and 70s. it will be about 80 degrees in arvada and littleton and we'll watch temperatures cooling to the 60s and 70s in the high country areas. the next couple days 'l watching the showers like clockwork, wednesday afternoon not quite as bad and we head

>> reporter: out on the field gary says he pretty much grabbed a few important papers and his dog rocco but he says leaving your home is not easy. >> better to lose the house than us but still you hope everything is all right you know. >> reporter: others are concerned that looters could come through the fire zone while the area is closed off and the evacuations are underway. >> first thing in my mind is how many looters are we going to get before the firefighters get here and stuff. so -- we try to secure everything. and hose everything down. >> reporter: one of the original evacuation centers actually lost power as a result of the fire. and many of those evacuees came here. in kelseyville, i'm mark sayer, kpix 5. >> it was supposed to be the first day of school for kids in the school district. but classes are canceled because of the fire. we have those schools listed. they are -- lower lake high, lower lake elementary, carle the education center and burns valley. pomona east lake and clear lake creativity tent center are also closed today. and we have a team heading to the fire zone a

we're live in staten island, i'm diana rocco, channel 7 eyewitness news. developing this morning, new details on the robbery scandal in rio. two swimmers are flying home right now. another had to do in order to come home. eyewitness news reporter, darla miles has the very latest. >> good morning, four hours and $11,000 later, gummy is finally going to get to leave brazil. that's how much time he spent speaking to brazilian authorities and $11,000, that's how much money he'll have to prosecution. new video shows american swimmer, jimmy fegan walking out of a court early this morning, after spending hours speaking with a judge working out a deal. teammates, jock and conner met with boos, they are finally heading back to the u.s. after being pulled from their flight wednesday and spending thursday giving testimony to rio police. a statement, we apologized to the people of brazil for this ordeal. in the mist of what should right will be a celebration of excellence. this video which police contradicts the story ryan locthe told about being robbed at gunpoint. t

. >>> rocco entra en la p onda olÍmpica y nos enseÑa hacernos la trenza de morgan la estrella del fÚtboltas poco tiempo despuÉs en el hospital. su padre de 24 aÑos, fue arrestado y ahora enfrenta 2 cargos por homicidio involuntario. >>> no hay razÓn para ello yo espero que tal vez el no tuvo intenciÓn de hacerlo porque esto es algo con lo que va a tener que vivir por el resto de su vida >>> las autoridades informaron que la madre de las niÑas, estaba fuera de la ciudad visitando a un familiar enfermo. en poco mÁs de 7 meses, ya han muerto 26 niÑos trasser abandonados en autos. desbrun los expertos las altas temperaturas aumentan rÁpidamente en un auto en solo una hora con 80 grados de calor se puede elevar sa los 123 grados. >>> ahÍ lo tiene usted mÁs claro ni el agua en una hora de 80 grados a 123 grados con estas altastelo pero turas a tener cuidado con nuestros hijos. que por cierto, si usted no ha llevado a sus hijos al oculista para su chequeo regular los mÉdicos advierten que esto podrÍa ser la diferencio entre las buenas y las malas notas. a veces, con el agetreo, de comprar unifo

if you're leaded to the vincentown diana rocco 206 is blocked by 38 because of a downed traffic signale stay over on smithville road to get around that. nydia. >> okay, matt, thank you. >>> two men in michigan risked their lives to save a stranger in a sinking car. the vehicle plunged into a lake after the driver suffered a medical emergency. the rescuers saw what happened and dove into the water. someone on shore threw rocks to them so they could try to break the car windows. police arrived a few minutes later armed with an ax to finally free the victim. he was incoherent but conscious. >>> the city of flint, michigan known for its water crisis is now on the brink of another government break down. upset residents have been asked to store their garbage because a city contract expired. the mayor want to go to a new collection company but city council wants to stick with the same collectors. leaders have announce add temporary deal so pickup will resume for the next few weeks. the mayor hopes to resolve the issue sooner than that. >> would you have seen bears in pools or strolling around

rocco romeo man. police say he helped the main suspect the night he shot a woman in a parking lot at the motel. police say romeo witnessed the crime and gave the suspect a towel and shirts. detectives say spiders real name but is on the run tonight. we have some new video coming in , 2 homes on fire in los angeles. the flames. it is a three-story than 90 firefighters trying to get it out. the la fire department says the homes were not up to code and not built with modern fire prevention features. everyone inside the home escaped and some had to jump out of windows. >>> the construction project is not on hold despite a dangerous fall near 40th st. near 40th st. the 29-year-old worker fell 3 stories and not sure what caused the fall but we know the worker is in critical condition. >>> flyby of the valley and we have a chance to see more great we are tracking the latest. >>> the valley is in a crib a few isolated showers west of us. west of buckeye and stronger storms to the southwest that the area near

kind o t rea coming up chef rocco whalen share his unique sandwich creations. plus, find out how your sandwich creation could win you 25 thousand dollars.ic we're talking about this kind of a cool thing. nice. getting some ideas i through the uncomfortable's and my son'so lunch today. i do that when i leave for porr sometimes bring them with me. those are good there reallyere y great. check and for a look at ourour forecast today a little bit of a reprieve from the rain.om the a break r ain that and the humiy won't see muchu of it today butu we will see a lot of it mademade this weekend and into early next week.is weeke

. >> a story a lot of you have been sharing with your friends. 31 year old pat rocco started changing his life three years ago, doctors told him, his health was in serious danger. these are pictures from facebook, he tipped the scales at 600 pounds back then. here is what he did. every time he was hungry he walked a mile to wal-mart and bought healthy food, three lost so much weight he had to have skin removed. pat, you are looking great. >> yeah. wal-mart diet. not what it sounded like either. >>> believe over -- you are about to see a 100 year old woman who is a force on the beer pong table. >> look at her. trevor posted the video of his grandma, sinking that shot on her 100th birthday. he writes my grandma just turned 100 still crushing beer pong. >> i wonder if he makes her drink when he sinks a shot. >> you can't make a 100 year old do anything they don't want to do. >>> has the pokeman go craze died down? >> the game has lost 22% of its players. the sila popularity on flaws in the game, bugs and cheat apps that let players know where the pokeyman are. they will ban users that sh

police arresting a -- rocco. investigators say he worked with the shooter to lead the victim to the back parking lot of a knights in. and ran off when the shots rang out. police looking for the man seen right there in that video. crystal clear image. take a lack if you recognize him call police. in critical condition after something went wrong. the 29-year-old man working on a project when he fell from that three-story building. last check he was in critical condition. we have calls into authorities to get an update. >>> just a few hours the arizona secretary of state is expected to make it official. the push to legalize pot in our state is going to get on the make it on the ballot. the yes on the prop 205 group will hoteledhold a press conference. the da will not approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes. the agency says the they are pewed dig but the did he recollects a will make one policy change. the number of places allowed to grow marijuana purposes will be expanded. >>> democracy 2016. your voice,

eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is live in downtown brooklyn outside the office of emergency management. >> reporter: hi, shirleen. it's hot out here. feels like 100 degrees. the mayor is talking about heat concerns with air-conditioning running overtime and it's putting a strain on the power grid. with the thermometer pushing 80 before noon, they cut the morning run short. >> it's hard on be. a lot of my friends didn't come to the park. this is beyond everything. i thought florida is bad. this is ridiculous. >> i hear a lot of people complaining. i'm from d.c. so the humidity is regularly like this. i'm okay with it. >> reporter: day 2 of 90-degree temps and air conditioners are running overtime. grid. con edison reached a maximum high for energy usage. yesterday topping 12,000 megawatts citywide. a heat warning is in effect. friday it will feel like 100 or higher. con edison anticipates record breaking usage passing a record of 2013. of italy. but here in new york, it's warm. >> reporter: they are touring the city today and tomorrow on foot and taking every precautions. >> a lot of wa

we're live in howard beach tonight, i'm diana rocco, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, diana. >>> storm clouds spread out across the area this afternoon with a few downpours. lee goldberg is in this evening for jeff smith. he has a first look at the accuweather forecast. >> showers in howard beach. the end of her live shot. sunshine coming out over lower manhattan. 67 right now. the showers are not severe. brief heavy downpours and lightning and wind gusts near 30 miles per hour. where it has not rained, it feels like it's 95 to 100. parts of the hudson valley. all of this heat and humidity has been building and the atmosphere is boiling over a to courtland manner and another downpour over new york city. that will be over in 15 minutes or so. a downpour in staten island. we will be watching ocean county over the next hour or so. new york city north and west now pretty much clear. any way manhattan and the bronx. we still have to watch queens for the next half hour or so. wind gusts can be 30 miles per hour. if you're headed out this for a few showers. and then we dry out. you'

kind o t rea coming up chef rocco whalen share his unique sandwich creations. plus, find out how your sandwich creation could win you 25 thousand dollars.ic we're talking about this kind of a cool thing. nice. getting some ideas i through the uncomfortable's and my son'so lunch today. i do that when i leave for porr sometimes bring them with me. those are good there reallyere y great. check and for a look at ourour forecast today a little bit of a reprieve from the rain.om the a break r ain that and the humiy won't see muchu of it today butu we will see a lot of it mademade this weekend and into early next week.is weeke starts to build an slightly tomorrow and saturday.a good chance to mow the lawnlaw today and tomorrow before we get another shotr of rain over thete upcoming weekend afteroming wee everything is green afghan we've seen things start to grow againa right after a month and a halfaa or lonlfger than that of drydry weatr.r. at this point the rainfall numbers we still need some on't see a lot onf uietrs today will keep an eye on theeyh rain near chica

you can certainly come to watch at rocco's here in wilmington.cs on a lot in the next couple of weeks. but let's not forget about the other screens. tablet, android, apple phones, you name it. we're going to feed you pretty well over the next 19 days. you've probably heard us mention it a couple of thousand times, the rio olympics are finally getting under way. >> i watch diving, gymnastics, swimming, beach volleyball, rowing. >> reporter: for many of us this will be two weeks of must-see tv and binge viewing. >> soccer. >> reporter: and our favorite athletes. >> i'm really looking forward to see the girls usa basketball team. >> reporter: there is a lot to watch. if you watched every event, you would need almost eight months to do it. but the point is, you could do it. we have apps that will give you any coverage you could possibly want. get ready, it's game on for the summer games. >> i look forward tor it every four years. >> reporter: back live, coming up at 5:00, we'll tell you the best app you need, that one right there. the best app for ge

and in somerdale if you're headed to the star view diana rocco watch out for a crash along the whiteomerdale road. we'll check it again brian and sharrie coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right matt thank you. >>> still ahead meteorologist cecily tynan has that exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> all right, meteorologist cecily tynan joining us now. if you thought the worst of the summer heat was behind us, think again. >> not quite yet. yeah, we've got another heat wave on the way. won't be arriving for a couple of days though. probably not until wednesday. >> all right. >> got a little bit of time. let's go live on sky6 taking a look at the scene, the boardwalk in atlantic city where a lot of folks are out and about taking a walk on the boards on a pretty comfortable day. good amount of cloud cover out there but storm tracker6 live double scan showing that there's not much moisture in these clouds. most of our region is rain free. i have been tracking this one little cluster of showers really on the border of new castle and kent county delaware. it is beginning

her first book to my creative states, 40 years of immigration rocco as well as one she is current -- completing on contract weavers who work in the contract -- construction they alson qatar, make us rethink the common conception of what we think of as skilled. natasha is helping us to see this. both have been actively engaged in the project on the future of work and workers. there are several others who are engaged. i see catherine and margaret, you are here and are you here, i saw you earlier. and i thought i saw you. have i forgotten somebody? and both contributive fantastic essays as did several others in the room. strazinski helped us get that started. [applause] >> thank you for coming out to join us in this conversation about what are probably the two happiest subjects you can probably imagine, the future of work and climate catastrophe just to keep it on an up note. when we think about the future struck natasha and me that perhaps many of us are uber economy.the this is what we see emanating conversations but we think perhaps at the future of taxis and climate catastrophe migh

i got an e-mail yesterday from mo rocco. he said i respectfully disagree with you runner. she is fierce. >> do you think she won out? >> it does look like it could for the first time. i see it differently. i see it differently. we will see. but she won. congratulations to good day for her too. >>> a group of kayakers have a close encounter on the water. announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by petsmart. i recommend nature made vitamins. because i trust their quality. they were the first to have a vitamin verified by usp. an independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... harvoni is a simple treatment regimen that's been prescrib