i'm kai simonsen, lauren what is the rest of the traffic looking like? >> for everybody else, we don't have major problems. this is the worst of it and it's really bad. we have one other accident the bruckner northbound out by exit 7c, country club road. that's delayed almost become to the hutch and the throgs neck bridge. if you're getting on the rails, delays out there on southbound "a" trains and rockaway park shuttle trains. that's it. >> raphael? >> beautiful day ahead. hot but without humidity. temperatures in the upper 80s today. mostly sunny skies. not feeling that mugginess that we can this time of year. that's coming, though. tomorrow is still good. 7, all of a sudden the humidity is back, it's super muggy, steamy, unsettled. showers and storms not all day long but from time to time. once we're in that pattern we say in that pattern for several days. thursday, friday, into the weekend, temperatures between 85 and 90. high humidity. could feel like 95 or hotter. scattered storms right through the rests of the weekend. even into monday. so enjoy

dakota simonsen is pushed out after a 28 yard gain and that would set this up. simonsen throws a dime to levi asher streaking into the end zone. warriors would answer. washington ties it up. go on to win 27-14. >> lynn moore and city high going out in the first round playoff game. liens on the prowl. reese phillips drops back and connects with josh gassman for a big gain. city high would answer. yards. liens try to retake the lead but vance dylan says i will take that. city high will go on to win 26- 6. -- he pops the ball up and dlyan dole is their for the pick -- then later in the quarter -- matt huff on the run -- he's a sprinter -- and shows why there -- and that would set up this - evan filtz pass to oliver martin -- he caught 2 td passes and threw another -- west rolls -- 42 to 17. back up 3-80 -- to kingston stadium -- jefferson taking on pleasant valleytrailing in the fourth quarter -- jefferson q-b dylan hart keeps it himself-- to the far sideline he goes -- but just short of the first down the heartbreak off by p-v's dajour lester-- his second of the n

dakota simonsen is pushed out after a 28 yard gain and that would set this up. simonsen throws a dime to levi asher streaking into the end zone. warriors would answer. washington ties it up. go on to win 27-14. >> lynn moore and city high going out in the first round playoff game. liens on the prowl. reese phillips drops back and connects with josh gassman for a big gain. city high would answer.

simonsen over the scene in chopper 4. >> reporter: good morning. we first got word on this shortly after 5:30 this morning. these are live pictures from chopper 4. 814 lafayette street in brooklyn, fire in a four story brown stone. firefighters do have it under control, but unfortunately not before causing massive damage to the interior of that building. it looks like just about every floor affected. cause of the fire not yet known. of course we will continue to keep you up-to-date. kai simonsen, live in chopper 4. >>> coming up next, gunfire in jersey city. >> reporter: jersey city church is the scene of a shooting overnight. and now we're getting more details about the victims. i'm tracie strahan with those details coming up. >>> and if you're about to head out, take us with you. download the news 4 new york when people ask me what it's like to win an olympic medal, your bronze. your silver. your gold. and liberty mutual insures them all. liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals you've ear

a serious crash involving two buses. >> kai simonsen is over the scene in chopper 4. what can you tell us? >> michael and darlene, just a second ago you saw one of the numerous victims being put into an ambulance and off to a local hospital. we count at least seven people injured or at least seven people being tended to by ems at this point. we don't know if that number will rise or not. you can see some of those victims, three of them still out here on this scene. as i was saying earlier, i've been doing this for about 20 years, we rarely see accidents this severe, especially involving nj transit buses. two nj transit buses here. it happened at raymond boulevard and broad street. it appears like the bulk of the rescue operation at this point has concluded. now the priority is just to treat the victims. once again, at least seven injuries reported at this poent. there will be an accident down. the level of damage to that bus on the left hand portion of your screen. an accident investigation will be conducted. one of the things that i'm sure accident investigators will

simonsen. >>> 6:18. president obama says miles per hour american forces are hitting hard against isis. the president says isis is losing territory on the ground, but has a successful online campaign. the president vows that will not last forever. >> isil turns out not to be invincible, they're in fact inevitably going >> the president also spoke about the recent controversy over $400 million paid by the u.s. government to iran. he insists the u.s. does not pay ransom for hostages. >>> nypd is touting lower crime rates. city wide shootings are done 20% for the year with 139 fewer shootings than this time last year. fewer arrests. but assaults, rapes and domestic violence were up last month. >>> police are investigating a violent run-in involving a man acquitted of killing trayvon martin. george zimmerman says a man punch aboutedabouted him in the. according to a police report, zimmerman krams it happened after another patron recognized him and demanded that he leave. but witnesses say it was zimmerman who

kai simonsen is over the scene in chopper 4. darlene and telling us that one person died as a result of this accident. it happened early this morning. accident investigation continues out here. you can see that. we're over route 3 west by route 120 in east rutherford. chopper 4 first on the scene. details on exactly how this happened are sketchy at this point. this is in the westbound direction here on route 3. delays go back to the eastern spur of the turnpike. that's something to keep in mind. lauren, what's the rest of the traffic looking like this this area. on the person spur of turnpike, it's a slow ride northbound. you can see by the live traffic flows on the mans, in addition to the delays on westbound route 3, we also have up to 15-minute delays on buses for nj transit bus commuter. decamp 710 and m -- not operating this morning. >> lauren, thanks so much. raphi? >> still unsettled this morning. it gets better as the day goes on. here's a look at the radar picture. tracking one line of showers and a few heavy downpours

live in chopper 4, i'm kai simonsen. back over to you. >>> new this morning, a fast-moving fire injuries nearly a dozen people in the bronx. tracie strahan is in bedford park with what happened. >> reporter: it didn't take fire crews a long time to get this under control here on east 202nd street, but it caused severe damage that we'll show you. it was only one building t was affected as a result of this fire around 2:30 this morning, but you can see the blackened window frames, the busted out windows that left four families displaced. we got cell phone video from a man who witnessed the whole thing. he said he couldn't believe how intense the flames were when the flames broke out in this building. there were four families that had to be brought to safety as a saw one man from the first floor actually have to jump to safety, a daring escape after everyone else scrambled to get themselves out. flames were coming out the apartment. i just saw he jumped. >> reporter: hot? smoky? >> my brother said smoke was everywhere he kn

kai simonsen is on the scene. >> reporter: these are live pictures. staten island expressway, we're told the pedestrian was run down by and oncoming vehicle. this appears to bes vehicle involved. cops are on the scene. accident investigation is currently under way. the victim taken to staten island university hospital north with life threatening injuries. the exit ramp to clove road is keep you up-to-date. back in over to you. >>> 6:15. time for weather and traffic. we're talking about temperatures this morning still quite warm. well into the 70s, but humidity will be coming down and is that the bright side of things. also breezy at time, so it will feel better to be out there this afternoon than it dead yesterday. no thunderstorms to worry about either. more unsettled tomorrow. a few showers and thunderstorms friday. jfk, 77. poughkeepsie, 78. long branch, 76. sussex, 73. future tracker shows the clouds breaking up and we see more sunshine by this afternoon. clouds mixed in at times. and then overnight tonight, watch an area of shower and thunderstor

kai simonsen is live in chopper 4 over that. this is the outer roadway. this is anli there's a big old mess as they're cleaning up the debris. it's a little after 3:00. this is after interchange 13. the goethals bridge interchange. two road remain blocked. that's the outer roadway. some lanes get by on the outer roadway. theer inner roadway moving fine in both directions. still a big mess out there. >> the new rochelle police department ready to deploy a new drone. person's cases. it will take crash and skriem scene photos. green burglary is has one and tarrytown looking for its own as well. >> 5:56 right now. a british study links the common painkiller to behavioral problems in children. the study of pregnant women who took acetaminophen found their children had hyperactivity by age 7. tylenol, doc study doesn't mean they should -- to treat pain or fever. it might mean a longer life span for you as well. your chances of survival increases 17% for every decade your parents live past the age of 70. also less likely to develop chronic illnesses. heart disea

kai simonsen is over the scene in chopper 4. >> good morning to both of you. this happened at 6:00 this morning. these are live pictures from chopper 4. first on east -- the scene of an assault as you said. no official word on injuries. but there was an ambulance at the scene. we did see a little bit earlier when we first came up on the scene cops appearing to interview a victim. one person was taken to the hospital. just getting this in right now with minor injuries. we have some information available on injuries. on the top end of your screen, central park a half a block away live in chopper 4, darlene and michael, over to you. >> thanks so much, kai. >>> the search is on for the suspects in a vicious cell phone robbery in the bronx. surveillance video shows the attack just after 1:00 a.m. yesterday. police say three thieves knocked and beat a 59-year-old man until he was uncounsel shs after he tried to retrieve his cell phone they snashd from his hand. if you recognize the suspects, please call police. >>> people complain about bridge and has the city think

watch out for an accident by cropcy avenue and we have kai simonsen in chopper 4 over the long island expressway. you can see the lane blocked there. tlas continue to build for commuters on the southern state parkway westbound as well as northbound cross island. >> very good. final check of traffic, raph. >> or weather. i can do traffic ag forecast. >> i want more traffic. >> the weather is good. it's that low humidity that's got us really smiling today. sunshine and high temperature of 83. blue skies already out there. now, we'll be breezy. winds are going to be gusting up to 30 miles an hour throughout the day. get ready for that. low humidity tomorrow again and tomorrow, temperatures in the low 80s. get ready for a bit of a chill tonight and tomorrow morning. it gets hot and more humid. job that's hindering my abilities right now. stay with us for local updates every 30 minutes. the "today" show is next. >> that's what's happening "today in new york." >>> good morning. it's a wrap. rio throws a massive party to bring the olympic games to a close. >>> five-time medalist simone biles

kai simonsen is live overit. this is after the prospect expressway on the inbound side. you can see truck versus car out there. you'll see by the delays it goes back to the verrazano bridge. leave yourself extra time. otherwise, the roads, there's no other major issue that they're trying to make it easier for voucher, hopefully you can use the card you carry with you. >> that's right. train suspensions are tough. it's nice they're trying something. >> there you go. >> approval from lauren. >> that's what we need this morning. >> that's right. we're stuck in some cloud this morning. i think the clouds break up. a couple of showers early this morning and then the possibility of a shower or thunderstorm returning. more humiditied in the air. it's a muggy night tonight. tomorrow, sun and clouds expect. it could be evening. same thing happens on saturday. notice it's getting steamier with more numerous showers. afternoon and evening, the best chance for that, and then we get the big challenge. 84, the high, look at the high, 82. more importantly look at it. 60s. i haven't see

kai simonsen is over the scene of an accident on the staten and a fuel spill. there's a lot of fuel on the roads much this is eastbound by highland boulevard. delays go all the way past bradley avenue. only the left shoulder is open. take clove road if you can to highland and narrows road as an alternate option. extensive delays. avoid the area. back to you. >> lauren, thank u we'll be right back with chris' forecast. >>> hot, quite humid today. starting out at 80 degrees in the city. mid and upper 70s in the suburbs. we top off near 90 this afternoon. again, the heat and humidity will persist throughout. look for temperatures and scattered showers and thunderstorms to stay in the same category over the next several days. probably topping off at 95 by coming up on the "today" show, superstar gymnast aly raisman since down with natalie as she prepares to compete for the individual all around gold. >>> we're back now on a thursday morning. 7:30. take a look at the view. that's sugarloaf right there. we were up there on the cable car. that's taken from a co the le