the radar showing a couple of sprinkles developing over northeastern parts of new jersey, rockland county and a sprinkle over western long island sound. 77 in the park. it's muggy. 70 morristown. low 70s down the shore and on the island. you can't rule out a storm. 85 by 4:00. drier air moves in later today. a down right comfortable air

that is heading to greenburgh and rockland county. back to the west, more showers and thunderstorms will get here thursday. northern jersey, grab the umbrella. a spotty shower inland. we will talk about that. day four of our heat wave. we will talk about the subways, two and three trains. we tweeted this out, facebooked it as well. 2 and 3 trains, signal problems at 14th street. metro north waterbury branch with downtown delays, 5 to 10 minutes southbound trains. long island railroad, new jersey transit trains, no problems there. ed koch, 59th street bridge no problems but up the fdr heading from the 60s to the 90s ongoing construction they are in the process of getting that away. bruckner earlier accident near country club road. it was closed down. it has reopened. on the l.i.e. eastbound, that was closed down as well at exit 69. that multivehicle accident has been cleared away. that is good news. new jersey transit western spur north, 15-e a car fire. it was extinguished. it's off on the side of the roadway. we have street in effect

a steady rain through sullivan, ulster, and now dutchess into orange and now rockland county, and you can see the heavy rain in toms river, and ocean and monmouth county, seeing the heavy rain filling in, and then we will get a break, and then here's a front to the north and west. what you can see, on-again-off- again showers this morning, and then a break, and then another round this afternoon. it's a flash flood watch in effect until 4:00 p.m. that could be extended for the city. rockland, westchester, fairfield county into nassau as well. a heavy rain advisory for the flood area now. the computer models, there's a variety out there, and some have an inch to two around the area, but it's a pretty good area that will see over an inch of rain, and that's why we are concerned about the possibility of flooding, and models will bring in the heavy rain this morning, and this is round 1, and then you will see a break and then isolated showers this afternoon, and then, round 2. the front that pushes through will be tonight. it's a long duration event, and you don't get much of a break. wedn

mainly of the lower hudson valley including orange county and rockland county handles the county also seeing scattered showers and storms and looks like we will be at risk for more of this to pop up through the day today so be prepared for it, make sure you have an umbrella close by because more than likely will needed at least for short period today, 77 your temperatures in for par, 35 and is a been bridgeport, 73 in montauk, right now your dewpoint a fairly high as long running mostly from 65 to 70 in many areas so the areas loaded up with moisture today but that is about to change as we head into tomorrow, that cold front there will force its way through and that will bring us not only scattered showers and storms eventually drier air as well coming up after we get beyond this afternoon, time stamp of 3:12, it sweeps through year as we head towards the evening commute so the good news for the evening commute, you will rainfall and then things look quieter, high-pressure takeover. is a's temperatures making it 86 degrees with scattered storms possible in the morning and earlier afte

so it is scary. >> because only sparse details surround this case in rockland county it is unclear how or where the worker was exposed. >> do you want more answers definitely. >> it is the first case outside of the south bronx, the victims, older adults. but the disease affected 101 people. health officials say five cooling towers that supply air- conditioning within 10 blocks of each other tested positive for the bacteria. he believes he contracted legionnaires from the lincoln hospital. he plans to sue new york city for $10 million. >> we think we think the hospital breached its duty to adequately check the environmental systems for legionella. >>> the state is taking action hoping to stop this outbreak. >> we're starting a massive testing effort in that immediate vicinity where we will actually have a coordinated testing program where we will send people out to test these cooling towers to determine if they are a source of the bacteria or not. >> the health department says you cannot get legionnaires from person to person contact. people have gotten it in cooling towers. >>> thank y

it's unclear if the case in rockland county is linked to the case in the south bronx. we are working to figure that out, but now the issue is apparently just beyond the south bronx. keep an eye on that and the weather. >> final check of the weather this morning, beautiful, both today and tomorrow, and temperatures low to mid-80s on target for this time of the year when you look at long-term averages, and monday, we are at 82 with clouds and sunshine, and tuesday is a soaker. a lot of rain coming in that day, and wednesday, thursday, and friday, slow temperature forecast. 6. >> thank you very much, amy that will do it for this saturday morning. i'm toni yates. >> and some of my competitors plan to reduce the use of antibiotics over the next few years. but what are you having for dinner tonight? try perdue simply smart and harvestland . [000:58:49;00]

a short time ago, another case of the disease tied to the outbreak here has been confirmed in rockland county. 12 people have died from the bacteria, and a dozen cooling towers have been sited as possible sources of con tam contamination contamination. >> reporter: it's not clear how the new case in rockland county is connectede o the outbreak here. positive. the latest, a nursing home here. we've been talking to residents tonight. many of whom had no idea legionnaires' was found here. >> i do know that we weren't told. >> reporter: we met orville outside of the daughters of jacob assisted living home. he was surprised to learn the building he lives in tested positive for the bacteria that ca uses legionnaires'. no one told you? >> no. i found out while watching the nen'ws. >> reporte l 12 have died so far, and 11t have gotten sick. the mayor and top health officials say the outbreak is actually on the decline, because no new patients have gotten sick in the last seven days. >> as we go through every passing day with no new sicknesses, it's a very promising sign. >> reporter: the bacteria has

. >> reporter: in rockland county traffic on the new york state thruway is jammed. hours after a deadly crash. cars were backed up to tarrytown in westchester county. >> reporter: the new york closed. it's very, very difficult to get through that area. this summer friday has been aggravated by a dreadful accident 15 miles north. this morning, this is suffern new york this morning. a box truck carrying mattresses jumped the center divider and hit a tractor- of exit 15b. the two occupants of the northbound box truck are dead. the driver of the southbound tractor-trailer is hospitalized. serious but stable condition. and traffic as a result all afternoon has been really slammed on the thruway, i-87, route 17, route 202, the local roads in rockland county and it's just been really a mess. it's just starting to loosen up a little bit but it's still very difficult. the monitors say it's difficult in the immediate area. police are questioning two other vehicles involved in the crash. another truck headed northbound and a private vehicle. they are trying to find out what ha

there's also two cases now confirmed in rockland county, and jessica schneider tells us about the latest efforts to stop the spread. >> reporter: the cleaning and containment effort are in overdrive as health officials work to clear the deadly bacteria from the south bronx. the city says the outbreak is contained and no new cases have been reported, but the bacteria has been uncovered in two new buildings in the bronx. >> i urge every building owner for reasons of ethics and legal reasons to attend to their cooling towers immediately this is a statewide problem. >> reporter: new city regulations will mandate that all cooling towers have have to be registered and regular test willing be required, and building owners also need to have the cooling towers inspected quarterly and get an annual certification. two cases of legionnaires' disease have been reported in rockland county, and it's confirmed one of the individuals was exposed in the south bronx, but dr. robert glattor says people should not panic. >> reporter: if these people did get it merely by walking by the cooling towers of the b

we start with rockland county. heating toed maps, problems on the northbound new york state thruway 14-b to spring valley with a car fire. exit 14 at stone any point an accident there as well. now, over in connecticut, northbound 95 exit 10 in darien construction. deegan northbound ongoing construction. let's go outside. fdr drive 70s through the 90s ongoing construction here as well. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, rob, michelle. >> thank you, debbie. >>> peace finally this morning between north and south korea after three days of high-level high stress talks. a land mine explosion in the demilitarized zones that separates the countries injured two south korean soldiers. the north will apologize for the blast and south korea will stop the cross border propaganda broadcasts. >>> several women say they were kicked off a wine tasting train in california because they are black. 11 members of a black women's book club say they were humiliated when they were escorted off the napa valley wine tra

problems continue in rockland county. route 59 is closed in both directions at brookside and airmont due to an accident with a downed pole and downed wires. try the thruway instead. east 80th closed between first and second with a broken water main. slowdowns on the grand central with ongoing construction. busy on the staten island expressway in both directions through victory boulevard with construction. out to the webcam, i want to show huh the volume on the eastbound staten island expressway. bumper to bumper here heading out to victory boulevard. expect extra heavy traffic as you head through that stretch. more volume out to bradley avenue as well. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, ken, michelle. >> all right, debbie, thank you. >>> jeff has been talking about it. the hurricane season is heating up with tropical storm warnings posted for puerto rico. >>> what went up did not come down. that proved to be a big problem at the washington monument. visitors including two pregnant women got stranded

. >>> masked workers at a facility in in rockland county. the first confirmed case of legionnaires' outside of the city. i'm kristine johnson. >> and i'm maurice debois. some fear the deadly bacteria has now spread to the suburbs. we still don't know exactly where the person was infected, and testing is scheduled for monday. jessica live. jessica? >> reporter: the sparse details are causing concern in the quiet neighborhood, and people who live here had no idea that an employee at this facility had contracted legionnaires' disease. it still has not been revealed how or where the worker was exposed. >> reporter: the chromalloy facility was shut down at 11:30 this morning and the company brought in experts to investigate. wearing face masks they injected biocide into the cooling temperature to destroy any legionnella bacteria that causing the form of pneumonia. this is the first case outside of the city. people who live just across the facility in orangeburg are trying not to panic given the few details they are given. >> i'm going to go talk

northern end of rockland county. these, again, moving to the north and east. there will be local street and highway flooding over the next couple of hours. temperatures in the muggy mid-70s. humidity is still out there. that's for sure. it hasn't cooled very much even with the rain temperatures in the lower 70s. future tracker shows what happens to the heavy downpours, though. they will slide off to the east of us and dissipate. by noon, maybe eastern long island and east central portions of connecticut have -- tonight the skies will start to clear. humidity comes down tomorrow. turns out to be a pretty nice day actually. notice a couple of isolated showers. eastern long island backing in from off the atlantic. it could happen later saturday night into sunday. for today, early heavy rain in parts of the area, especially east. it dries out with partial clearing. a high temperature of 86. it's a warm day and tonight partly cloudy skies, less humid biconditions out there. temperatures into the upper 60s. weekend planner, not bad. humidity drops on saturday. 87. t

she also likes to be close to home. >> reporter: after college, she came back to rockland county and went to work at xerox herself. one night in a bar susanne, then 21, fell for -- well actually fell over a 17-year-old race car driver named bobby scaccio. >> she actually stepped on me. we were fooling around and i somehow wound up slipping on the floor. she picked me up, and we saw each other and started talking. >> reporter: 13 years later, susanne and bobby, who was by then a welder and steamfitter, were married. peggy was okay about it. it's not unreasonable to believe that maybe she was kind of hoping that her daughter would marry a guy who wore a suit to work. >> i think so. she was hoping for a harvard son-in-law, but she got a son-in-law from the -- that went to the school of hard knocks, you know? >> reporter: bobby made a good son-in-law. he was always there for peggy, especially after her husband died in 2003. by then peggy was retired but never slowed down. traveling the world and treasuring her family. her son jim was now a psychologist living in florida with his wife dia

a worker from rockland county has contracted the disease. sky sox is over the plant where the person worked. this is breaking tonight. we have no word if this patient in rockland county had any contact in the south bronx. that is where more than 100 cases of legionnaires disease has been found. >> sky fox flew over the corporation tonight. there is no evidence that the unidentified worker contracted to bear. a company spokesperson says that the cooling towers on the roof were treated to kill any potential bacteria and we did confirm activity at about 8:00 p.m. tonight on the real. in the meantime the cdc is there to help with the outbreak and arthur has more. reporter: that's right, at least 500 legionnaires' cases have been reported. the city. optimism is the word that public officials have been using because they are seeing the new cases. equation today. >> we have a total of 101 cases. reporter: public-health officials from the city and state and federal government got together with different messages to send to the public. the message is

it's not clear if this rockland county case is linked to the current outbreak or an isolated case. >> we must get out there and root the problem or cut it off at the source and present further spread. rob? >> of course we will continue to follow the response to the outbreak as the city works to bring it under control. we will update your facebook and twitter feeds as we hear more. >>> two parents are facing charges after they left their young daughters in a car while they went to a casino in queens. the two were arrested last night after police found their daughters inside of a car in the parking lot of resort worlds casino. >> reporter: the girls were okay, and they helped the police find their parents inside. >> how many cases like that have we seen this summer? >> way too many! one is too many! >>> family members of a woman say that she was strangled to death by the man she planned to marry. he was spotted camera shortly after dejesus' murder. she was found after her daughter didn't hear from her for several hours. >> everything i do reminds me of her. there's points i can't look i

problems in rockland county. to the maps, 59 is closed in both directions at brookside due to an accident with a downed pole and wires. definitely watch out for that problem. problems continue on east 80th street. closed between first and second with a broken water main. and keep in mind the staten island expressway eastbound still heavy by victory boulevard. ongoing construction lingering. inbound side of the b.q.e. slowing down at the brooklyn bridge with construction wrapping up at the brooklyn bridge and let's go outside to a webcam. a look at 18 northbound moving okay up by the new jersey turnpike out to the construction zone getting through east brunswick. let's go to the other camera of the new jersey turnpike, new jersey turnpike northbound not bad through 13 a in elizabeth. garden state parkway 137 construction cleared. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. back to you, ken, michelle. >> thank you so much, debbie. it's 5:39. still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," the new infor

a quiet start in westchester county and rockland county. this is our weather maker later this afternoon. if you live well north and west of new york city, this cold front approaches, sparking off a few showers and thunderstorms. probably just in time for the evening commute. that's well north and west. sullivan county, pike county, pennsylvania. otherwise, hot and humid with a high of 90 degrees. still hot tomorrow. we have to wait for the cooldown. we'll tell you how cool it will get coming up in the seven-day forecast. right now the cool lauren scala. >> thank you, raphael. good morning everyone. right now, if you're headed to the upper east river crossings, two lanes shut down on the throgs neck bridge. there are some delays as they wrap this up. head over to the whitestone bridge. that's free and clear. delays on downtown 1 trains. that's the only issue on the rails. everything else rolling along nicely. as far as the buses go, seven or eight detours out there. one in brooklyn, the rest in the bronx. otherwise, new jersey transit looks

. >>> police in rockland county trying to determine if a serial arsonist is to blame for several recent fires there. a lot of the fires centered around an apartment complex in pomona pomona. >> you can no longer buy drones from airport retailers. brook stone and others unable to sell them. four commercial airplanes reported drones flying too close to the runway sniefrnlts i think we reported yesterday the number of drones reported had doubled. >> super concerned that one of the incidents is going to become a serious problem. >> catastrophic potentially. >>> let's get a check of weather and traffic starting with chris. >> good morning, it's a soggy morning. depends upon where you are as to how soggy it is. potentially enough to give rise to a flood -- >> ocean county, until 8:30. 8:00, brooklyn-queens. suffolk county, could see local street and highway flooding. heavy downpours pushing on through and will continue to do so over the next few hours. as we look at storm tracker 4 radar, heavy rain in ocean county. along the coastal areas of monmouth county, a couple of lightning strikes rec

disease, it is unclear where or how they contracted it but for the people who live near by in rockland county. >> it is scary, this neighborhood it is all little kids so it is scary. >> experts showed up in face masks and enjoyed chemical into the cooling showers, that destroyed the bacteria in the water that caused the potentially deadly pneumonia. neighbors question if they are at risk in their own homes. >> to be in the safe side we'll get our cooling system checked. >> it is the first case outside of the south bronx where the outbreak killed 10 people, infected more than 100 others, they traced the problems to air conditioners, it has since been treated . we think the hospital breached its duty to check the systems. >> the attorney for 36-year-old marvin montgomery says his client got sick from the can tam nateed water tower from lincoln hospital. he plans to sue new york city for $10 million the outbreak the most severe they have ever seen. they have ordered the state health department to take action. >> we are starting a massive testing effort in that immediate vicinity where we will se

we will look at 71 long island, coastal connecticut. 71 white plains to rockland county. 63 up to the north. today at 90. it will be humid. good old august day today, tomorrow and wednesday. we will cool down at the end of the week. we will talk about that in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> weather then heather every seven minutes. how are you doing? >> all right. the roads not so much. busy for a monday morning. traffic is light. we had issues. it could cause potentially heavy delays traveling on 78 westbound side near exit 3. being extinguished. one lane getting by because of that. traveling on the belt parkway parkway near bay parkway, two lanes are closed down. seaford-oyster bay expressway north near hempstead that is another accident. up to the connecticut turnpike north near exit 18 you have that crash being cleared away a down. close. new jersey transit on or close. metro north, waterbury branch, doing bridge work in bridgeport and alternate side of the street park goes rules are in effect today. ken, over to you. >> thank you. >>> several people are injured this mornin

by 8:00, it's over the city, very heavily towards parts of rockland county and westchester county. and then it spreads across to long island and parts of connecticut in the afternoon. back to the west, it sort of breaks up into spotty downpours here and there. still the potential for some isolated flooding even until 7:00 or 8:00. but most areas will dry out by then. and then we'll see some clearing skies in spots going into wednesday morning. speaking of high -- talking about high temperatures, temperatures were pretty nice today, mainly in the upper 70s to the mid 80s across the area. so not too hot tomorrow. it's going to be muggier, even though the temperatures will be lower. right now, readings in the mid spots. but it will stay that way most of the evening. it's not really going to cool down much. we have a layer of clouds over us so that will keep the temperatures pretty close to where they are for the rest of the night. so a very warm, muggy night. muggy day tomorrow. and a stormy one, especially early in the day. but things clearing out wednesday into the end of the week.

reporting from orangeburg in rockland county. i'm ray villeda, news 4 new york. concerned about this. we're posting constant updates to nbc new york.com. if you have a question you want answered, post it to our facebook page. we'll work to get you an answer. >>> new at 11:00, the case of a baby found dead in a queens courtyard has been ruled a [000:59:57;00]

. >> two cases of the disease have been diagnosed in rockland county. the town hall meeting will be in the bronx. >>> an autopsy is set for today to determine if a body found in the hudson river is that of a manhattan photographer. the sheriff's office believes the body found is 32-year-old ann jones. jones was kayaking saturday morning with his girlfriend. the daughter of singer annie 11 knocks. the kayak overturned. police arrested more than a dozen people on the fourth straight night of protests in ferguson, missouri. marking the one-year anniversary of the death of michael brown. some threw frozen water bottles and other objects at police. gunfire erupted sunday and police shot and critically wounded an 18-year-old who they say fired at their unmarked suv. >>> senator charles schumer has outlined a plan but how much will it cost and how long will it take? >> in a matter of years, not decades, the only two rail tunnels running under the hudson river into manhattan will become inoperable. >> reporter: it's never been more necessary to move forward wit

cbs 2's lou young has the story from east ramapo in rockland county. [ yelling and applause ] >> reporter: another proposed fix for the troubled east ramapo school district where minority students attend public schools controlled by board members who send their children elsewhere to private schools. the new state education commissioner has taken notice. >> for whatever reason, this board has taken actions that have not been perceived in the best interests of students. >> reporter: enter dennis walcott the former new york city schools chancellor now official state monitor for the east ramapo school district. can you fix it? >> anything is fixable. >> reporter: this district needs more than cheerleading. state reports label it poorly managed and underfunded, high schools lack advanced placement programs and art and music programs being eliminated and maybe cutting back or eliminating kindergarten. >> you need paper and books. all the funding is gone. no programs. >> reporter: they need a state monitor? >> yes. >> reporter: critics had wanted a state monitor with veto power. they didn't get

there's still some action x some of it is pushing into the lowerrer hudson valley, orange county, rockland county, you'll be at risk, and it already came through the bronx, it's heading into fairfield county, westchester as well. that's the only action in town when it comes to the storms, and it really did a number on our temps. at 4:00 this morning it was at 80 does. it came down -- 80 degrees. it came down to 73 when the showers came by. depends on where you are as to what you have in terms of cloud coverage, but let's just call it partly cloudy here. not a lot happening with the storms as of yet, but there's still the potential to see more what's going on? is high pressure's directing a lot of moisture up our way, it's that southerly flow. we're going to see even more funneling into the tristate from today into tomorrow and tomorrow into thursday, and it looks like your shower chances will be picking up as time goes on. there's a cold front that will be approaching us, but that's going to take thursday into friday to get here, and that will be your greatest risk time for showers and storms. so

along the jersey shore 130 miles from rosie o'donnell's home in rockland county. when they contacted the comedian she was understandably very happy. >> the status of her daughter and her welfare, she is relieved chelsea is okay. robert: she was so relieved she posted this tweet thinking everybody for their held. police agency was found with the young man but they are not sure what their relationship is. juliet: jerrod fogel is expected to plead guilty to a child pornography case today. report in indianapolis, six weeks after authorities seized electronics and other items, he deal. that is the report from the indianapolis station. the sandwich chain suspended its relationship after the raid. 15 years ago after he lost 200 eating nothing but subway sandwiches. robert: deflategate goes to the manhattan federal court room but new england patriots quarterback tom brady will not be there. he returns to the team yesterday after failing to reach a settlement with roger goodell. they met for two hours yesterday. the judge has been pushing both sides to compromise. brady wa

juliet: ines: a couple problems in rockland county, an accident on the palisades south bound by exit 11 and love will way by 14 a.m. watch out for a car fire, one lane closed, not causing delays but you have been closures the air. the rest of the commute fine and staten island, it should reopen soon. no problems on the expressway or the bqe 11. a person lower-level looks good this morning, off to a good start and as far as trains, metro-north, long island running on or close to schedule. you told everyone know. juliet: i was driving myself crazy. juliet: i did peak. juliet: looking at you, and many bags. ben: we are talking about buzz words. anybody's guess what we could see on wall street today, overnight chinese stocks continued to fall, other asian markets rebound. juliet: liz is live in the newsroom with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning or afternoon in china. looking at the time difference. things are looking to be moving in somewhat of a positive direction. you can see the world market numbers here specifically asia, the hang seng up in a positive direction. h

. >> no problems rockland county, smooth sailing on the saw mill, a joy and new england thruway, new jersey commuter looking great, 287, 78, the coast is clear, cameras, take a look your commute on a lot by the cross island parkway west bend and eastbound traffic doing fine. as for and a 11 traffic flow, and northbound traffic approaching the brooklyn bridge, all lanes closed on the manhattan bound brooklyn bridge, one lane closed on the bqe toward atlantic canada, parkway doing fine in front of the airport, no issues eastbound gardens and to change looks good. juliet: expect complaints about not costumed characters and hustling women in times where to drop because the nypd is setting up a new unit to patrol the area. ben: their job is to address quality of life issues and build a relationship local businesses. they would have nothing to do with the counterterrorism unit already there. there are no costumed characters or topless ladies and times square at 4:5 in the morning. bill deblasio suggested removing the pedestrian plaza, president of the times airlines call the, quote, great

zee bridge traffic coming with the westchester bound moving without problems, very quiet and rockland county, we have problems with new jersey transit, downed wires at the blackstone branch suspended, new jersey transit buses across honoring, everything else running on or close. juliet: thank you. antwan: bill deblasio talking about those for strong carriages saying city council will be the ones who have to do something about it. juliet: advocates of the ban have the vote but not his way members of the council lift the ban will let happen. he believes the ban is right and necessary, that is what he said of bill has been holed up pending an environmental study and city hall source tells support for the ban in the council is growing by the day. >> we are learning more about jerrod vogel's child porn charges. >> use trips to new york to meet with underage victims. robert moses joins us with the latest on this story. good morning. >> reporter: this story has a dusting disturbing connection to new york. authorities alleged third mobile pet illicit sex at the ritz-carlton and the plaza. it is a st

some as far as rockland county. the smaller earthquakes aren't that unusual. the last one to hit new jersey happened last year just outside of trenton. >>> history in havana. for the first time in 55 years, the american flag is flying above the american embassy in cuba. the same three marines who took down the stars and stripes in 1961 were called back to replace it. john kerry was the first secretary of state to visit the island in 70 years. no cuban political dissidents were invited but kerry met with them in pirate. >>> the crash that left this dump truck danger ling over tracks. >>> zigzagging through traffic. >>> the story of a dog and a family who stepped in to save him. >>> chopper 4 over this unbelievable scene on route 80 in new jersey this morning. look at this. a dump truck left dangling over train tracks. the truck crashed in the shoulder of the roadway, sending its trailer on to the support beams over new jersey transit's lines. service in the area was suspended for several hours as crews removed the truck and debris from the tracks. >>> police to

chelsea was last seen in the rockland county victimmage of south nyack a week ago and the family has not heard from her since. eyewitness news reporter shirleen allicot in south nyack with the latest on this investigation. shirleen nors. >> this is not a missing person case but police say they are treating this as a runaway situation. >> reporter: they have been looking for 17-year-old chelsea o'donnell since it was first reported this past sunday august 16th. but she actually went missing a week ago on august 11th. chelsea was with her 6-month- old therapy dog named bear when she left the family's south nyack home and according to her mother rosie o'donnell who has been very active on twitter, pleading for her daughter's return, she stopped taking her medication and as we've learned. she does have a history of mental illness. we spoke with sergeant daniel wilson and here's what he had to say. >> at this point we don't think she is in any danger, we are following up on certain leads we have which at this point are still developing and i don't have anything solid or concrete to pass a

>>> traffic along the new york state freeway back to normal after a deadly truck accident in rockland county earlier today. drivers along i-87 spent much of the day stuck in this mess. the roadway backed up for ten miles at one point. investigators say the driver of a box truck hit two vehicles, then crossed a guardrail and collided with a tractor trailer. the box truck driver and its passenger were killed. >> from what we can gather, may have attempted to cut back into traffic. at that point, he lost control of his truck, went across the guardrail. >> the driver of the tractor trailer was hurt but is expected to recover. people in over damaged vehicles were not seriously hurt. >>> to the drama on wall street. the market saw the worst week since 2011. if you have a pension or a 401k, it's likely you lost some money today, at least on paper. the dow jones dropped over 530 points and tumbled over 1,000 for the week. the selloff is largely due to what's going on in china. >> we don't know whether or not they have the capability to contain their own problems. there's been a lot of overinvestment

. >>> rockland county residents will get a little help when it comes to picking up after their pets. the doggy bag dispensers back in county parks. they've already been installed in montebello. they'll be seen in stoney point. now, the bags disappeared in 2013 because of budget cuts. but now, thanks to state funding, they'll be filled for another year. >>> well, punishment is being handed out for the biker gang involved in that road rage fight on the west side highway. >> yeah, a day after a former cop is sentenced, we find out another man finds out how much time he'll spend in prison. we'll have his sentence next. >>> coming up on nightly news, as the gop presidential contenders face off in a debate, we've got a look at donald trump's briefing. and there's late word on why authorities now think the attacker had something more horrific in mind than first thought. >>> and is there a disconnect in what we expect when we call 911 for help and what the system delivers? a closer look when we see you tonight for "nbc nightly news." >>> another biker involved in a road rage attack caught on

dennis walcott will oversee the school district of rockland county. right now there's a bitter dispute between the boards and the schools. parents have complained the school board dominated by orthodox jews hav shortchanged public schools while shorting them. >>> new york city pet shops will soon have to install fire sprinklers. the city council approved the new measu >>re today. the rule applies to stores that house animals without 24-hour supervision. fire officials say that places with fire sprinklers installed are up to 75% less like toy experience serious damage and can save lives. >> tand a reminder here this saturday, nbc is teaming up with shelters across the tristate to find homes for pets in need. many have agreed to cut the cost of adoptions for that one-day event. so now's the time to pick up a furry friend. to find a participating shelter near you, go to nbcnewyork.com/cleartheshelters. >>> coming up when news 46:00 returns, take a guess what this new jersey man was arrested for twice in less than 24 hours. >> you got me. >>> first, here'

moderate to high for grasses. 66 kingston and poughkeepsie. 61 monticello. 64 to putnam county and down to rockland and westchester county and white plains 71 degrees. 78, 79 around the five boroughs. a calm wind to a southwest wind. a nice warm land breeze at times out of the south. that picks up the humidity across the area. there is a few high clouds and haze this morning. the clouds and the rain is back to the great lakes. futurecast, computer guidance showing a pop-up shower or thunderstorm late in the day closer to sunset. that would be inland away from the beaches. really the chance of that will get heavier across the area to thursday. hot and humid. record high is 95 set in '44. we look at breaking that record. tonight warm and humid, 78. tomorrow hot, humid and high of 93. not as high as today. it's still with the humidity it will feel like the upper 90s everywhere tomorrow. here is the seven-day forecast, looking at near 90 wednesday. a good shot at a thunderstorm possible on thursday. there you go. nice and quiet on the upper west side. >> you can tell it's summertime. >> i think i will

. >>> police in rockland county are investigating the discovery of a human fetus. they say that workers at a sewage plant found it in a sewage grate. police say they don't know how it ended up there and do not know a cause of death. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> we levy for new jersey residents who had to deal with this mess in cliffside park. officials have lifted a boil water advisory today for the community there, as well as in ft. lee and engelwood cliffs. a construction crane yesterday crushed a water main, flooding streets in this neighborhood. residents should let their water faucets run for just a few minutes, get all the brown water out, flush the service connection before using their water. >> great advice. >>> on news 4 at 6:00, returns. >>> a town hall in new jersey has turned into a cat house. and no one is complaining. >> some of our residents come and specifically ask for him. >> reporter: a pet who has gained popularity because of where he prefers to spend his days. >> first, here's a look at what's on nbc tonight. sibilia and i will see yo

. >>> at this hour, traffic is still a mess on i-87 in the suffern area of rockland county after a fatal truck accident this morning. you can see metal and mattresses scattered across the highway. the driver of a box truck carrying the mattresses somehow crossed from the northbound lanes into southbound traffic, colliding with a tractor-trailer and other vehicles. the box truck driver and its passenger died. other people suffered minor injuries. >>> and now to the latest on a powerful explosion at john f. kennedy high school in-mile-an-hour bell hill. investigators say a lit match caused the explosion that injured three people. ida siegal is at the scene with new details. >> reporter: and sibilia, the worker who lit that match is now in the hospital in critical condition, suffering from severe burns. an entire portion of the sixth floor is now in rubble, and officials are telling us it will not be repaired in time for the first day of school. it was intended to be a science lab with all the bells and whistles. now the site of rubble and debris. according to the fire department, workers w

only was it not validated, the amount of money that went out of this city to the suburbs, to rockland countynd putnam county and here and there that this city desperately needed was unconscionable 6789 we can't go to rockland county and become firefighters. we can't even go to long island and become a firefighter. so those types of things are the reasons why we felt as black people that our sons, our daughters need an opportunity to have jobs that we have to suffer through the stuff that goes on in the city. our children should have an opportunity to benefit from the good paying jobs in this city. and that's why we fought this battle, and it's not over, and it's a shame that in this day and time that the powers that be feel it's still necessary to stop manager that they know is -- something that they know is right. that's the problem. [applause] >> can i just add manager to that? -- something to that? i think, you know, going back to the 9/11 comment and making the vulcan society look vilified, i think the firefighters and the firehouses should be outraged that they came on with a test that

rockland county, problem on the southbound new york thruway an accident reported there. heading to the brooklyn bridge into town ongoing maintenance. we will keep an eye on that at the brooklyn bridge. ed koch, 59th street bridge ongoing maintenance into queens. the throgs neck bridge into the bronx, ongoing construction pattern as well. deegan northbound by the stadium construction continues. let's go outside. i will show you the staten island expressway eastbound at this point moving okay out to forest avenue. no problems to the verrazano. the other camera, a look at the van wyck. moving okay in both directions through kew gardens. back to you, ken, michelle. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news, wildfires chewing through the drought stricken west. the latest on the conditions as firefighters work to battle the raging infernos out there. >> a thief makes off with a car >>> welcome back. first look at star wars rowing 1 coming out at the end of next year. they are adding star wars attraction to disneyland in california and disney world in orlando. visitors will find alien

eyewitness news reporter jim dolan is in rockland county with the very latest. jim. >> reporter: well, liz, this was a violent collision, head- on collision, two trucks traveling in opposite directions this morning, one driver lost control, veered into the other lane. the driver of the car who lost -- of the truck that lost control, he died in the collision. his passenger died in the collision. this all left behind, a traffic mess that won't be cleared up for hours: the southbound lanes were littered with what was left of two trucks that collided head on this morning along with other cars involved in the crash, it was sudden and violent and happened when a truck traveling northbound on lost control. >> one of the box trucks that was involved in the collision attempted to pass another vehicle, one of the other box trucks and when he attempted to merge back into traffic from the right lane back into the middle lane, he lost control of the vehicle and ended up -- he ended up going across the guide rail and struck a tractor- southbound on interstate 7. >> reporter:

start out with rain across the area creating what is a flood watch for fairfield and new haven counties, rockland, westchester county, five urban areas of new jersey. flooding is possible inside of this a as we get going -- as we get going this morning. heavy rain for the morning commute tapering to showers by lunchtime. then another round of showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon. weather then heather every seven minutes. what is your latest? >> i want to show you a webcam. traveling 80 through morris county, you can see we have a line of traffic on to the eastbound side people are taking it slow. this is clinton, i-78. no major accidents to report out here. we have another problem on 78. let's go to the maps. new jersey turnpike western spur north near exit 15-e overturned tractor trailer. 78 west near exit 56 the local lanes another being cleared away. over to you. >> developing story to tell you about on long island. folks in the area can probably still smell the smoke where a truck crashed into a gas station on nasa road in the town -- nassau road in the town of roosevelt. the dri

the stretch from bear mountain circle and south to the rockland county border will be repaved this fall. then in the spring, the work will shift to the south to stony point in half straw. no work south to the new jersey border. >>> a robot trying to hitchhike across the u.s. met its demise, two weeks into the journey. we told but it a few weeks ago when it started in boston. went to a red sox game, found its way to new york city. but fell into trouble in philadelphia where a group of vandals apparently decapitated this friendly robot. the team behind hitch bot said in a statement, sometimes bad things happen to good robots. >> i didn't expect that there was so many people happy to root for hitch bot, to talk about it, to think what it likes. that's wonderful. >> his last tweet read, in part, my love for humans will never fade. before trying to hitchhike -- across canada, germany and the netherland. >> one astronaut admits to a case of high anxiety not from his flight but from president obama. it's scott kelly. he was fielding questions aboard the international space station from people

in rockland county, northbound new york state thruway 16 in harriman construction. let's go to staten island. staten island expressway eastbound busy at victory boulevard with ongoing construction. alternate sides in effect. back to you, shirleen, kennedy. >>> this morning police are releasing details of the biggest theft in nassau county's history. a suspect caught red handed while two others are on the loose. surveillance video shows several suspects outside of loomis armored in hicksville. they transport cash. the men ten days ago breaking through doors and concrete into a vault. $20 million inside. you can figure out the rest. an alert cop on patrol spotted one suspect with nearly 2 million in his car. >> this was a sophisticated burglary. the individuals were all masked while they committed the burglary. in this case, they did everything they can to foil the recovery of any evidence. >> edgar medina is under arrest. police say he has ten prior arrests and was out on parole at the time. >>> concern is in the air in oklahoma about a nearly purchase form of pot, m

. >>> rosie o'donnell's teenage daughter is back at her home in rockland county. police tracked her down in new jersey. she was missing for a week. they found 17-year-old chelsea o'donnell at a home in barnegat. she left her home in south nyack with her therapy og bear about a week ago. a spokesperson for the family clciaimed that chelsea was off her medication. she has mental illness and needed her medication. it was chel?sea's friends whot' helped them find her. >> it was individuals that chelsea was reaching out to with a new cell phone. we determined that it was her. so then with assistance of other agencies, we found out where she was. >> rosie he donl tweeted that he r daughter hs been found. not clear why she ran away or how she knows the people in barnegat where she was found. >>> very disturbing story. the search is under way for a brooklyn couple after their baby was found locked in a hotel safe. the family was staying at a howard johnson in niagara falls. there was a language barrier. they're not sure how the baby got locked inside. the baby was alert a

anend for many miles away, it was felt even in morris county, sussex county, even in rockland county. >> i live seven miles away from glads delaware gladsto enand it still woke us up. >> it felt like a train hit my house. it lasted a couple seconds and then it stopped. it was awful. >> reporter: now, there is a mystery out of this, and that is whether or not the earthquake could have caused a transformer to explode just a few minutes later just a couple miles away from the epicenter. they don't know but are investigating. still, 38 homes went dark and people are wondering. all of this happening right off the ramapo fault line, on a spur of the line that runs the length of new jersey into new york. it is the scene of many minor earthquakes this size over the decades. some of them have caused damage. again, no reports of damage from this one. but don't forget, even new york city has had damaging earthquakes. back in the 1830s for one. and then in the 1700s where fireplaces were toppled and others damaged. they have a train station here in bernardsville. they said as soon as they heard a

palisades parkway, we have a couple of light to steady rainfall coming in across portions of rockland county heading to orange county. it's moving north-northeast. it will cross into peekskill and portions of dutchess and ulster counties over the next 30 to 60 minutes. action is happening west of the city. we're finding flash flood warnings in effect until 7:30 and union county until 5:45, courtesy of the shell i showed you that is sitting in the same area producing two to three inches of rainfall quickly. let's talk temperatures. we hit a high of 87 in central park today. a little above average for this time of year. not 90 as we've seen across the area over the last four days. highs were in the 80s today. we're at 84 in islip. 85 in bridgeport. 84 for the high in montauk point. same number in belmar. 80s across sussex and monticello. poughkeepsie topped out at 91. rain is about to be headed your way. the 88 will cool down once you get the rainshower in there. we're in the 80s across long island and bridgeport. it's about the dew points today. they're in the 60s and low 70s. that's very unc

for the first time we got word of a case outside the bronx in rockland county. >> scary. i've been listening to what's been going on in the bronx every day. >> neighbors are just finding out a worker at the facility was recently just diagnosed with leginnaires disease. it's a form of pneumonia spread by bacteria. >> i have four children and live two blocks away from here. frightening. >> health leaders have narrowed in on cooling towers in the south bronx. they made an injection to kill any bacteria and isolated the areas around to towers. the accompany deals with jet engines and is right across the street from an orangeburg neighborhood. >> it's scary. i don't know what to think. i don't know enough about how easily it's spread. >> right now, it's unknown where the employee lives. the accompany plans to do more testing monday. >> the people who are at greatest risk of catching legionniares are people who have weak immune systems. if you have a question, post it on our facebook page. we'll work to get you an answer and update it on our website nbcnewyork.com. >> a one mon

out to the webcam, the tappan zee moving fine heading into rockland county. no problems into westchester county. alternate sides in effect. back to you, ken, shirleen. >> debbie, thank you. >>> apple scheduled the latest product announcement in san francisco. >> facebook marks a major announcement around the world. here is reena ninan and phillip mena. >> apple sent out invitations for an event in september 9th. it's expected apple will use the event to introduce a new iphone. reports say it will be called the 6 s and 6 x plus. >> and an upgrade to apple tv. milestone for social media. the first time everyone billion people used facebook in a single day. >> to put that in perspective, one in seven people on the planet using facebook during the day. >> coming this fall to independent university northwest, selfie 101. the class will examine research on selfies. >> and explore etiquette, when is the appropriate time to take a selfie. >> never an appropriate time to take a selfie. >> those are your techbytes. >> no. >> i'm sorry. >> how about a class on finances o