not a perfect ride if traveling smithtown. we have route 25 a closed in both directions at lynam court due to an accident with a downed light pole. a live look at one of our hundreds of cameras where we also have an accident blocking two lanes on the lie westbound between exits 49 and 48 with the long line of traffic you'll want to plan for that and also subway changes due to signal problems at court street, manhattan rant n and r trains have delay but the rest of mass transit if taking metro north pass transit you're on or close to schedule alternate side is in effect city wide and do and drive. chris back to you. >>> alex thanks so much. on sunday. >> steve overmeyer has the cbs 2 wfan sports update. >> the giants taking on the eagles tonight in monday night football and also the rangers hosting the sharks. last night, the mets moved one step closer to the world series between. his first inning home run set the tone for the night against the cubs in the nlcs is. that's murphy bosses fourth straight game going yard. nine stri

and smithtown, we have a crash. police are onscene investigating. and john mentioned, windy conditions outside, causing delays at all of the area airports. there's an hour on arrivals at newark liberty. jfk and laguardia, a 30 minute delay. and amount park. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. >> thank you very much. >>> and this morning's health watch, infants can be protected from getting asthma if they provide gut bacteria by the time they are three months old. researchers say most babies naturally acquire the bacteria if the environment but some don't. it does open the door to develop asthma treatments for infants. >>> smokers who switch to low nicotine cigarettes wound up smoking less and were more likely trying to quit than those who smoked regular cigarettes. it's the first large study to show that reducing nicotine leads to less smoking. >>> morning sickness can make life unbearable for some expectant mothers. >> we just want to the stay well hydrated. >> reporter: gabby had been in the early stages of her pregnancy. at time, she cou

the smithtown district superintendent says after a is gone. but as cbs 2's dave carlin reports, some parents are not so sure. little bit on edge. >> reporter: 15-year-old heather says she is breathing easier now the schoolday is over. she is a tenth grader the asmithtown east which along legionnaire's in their cooling towers. parents got this robo call from the school superintendent. >> upon receipt of the results yesterday, the towers were immediately shut down and disinfected by licensed professionals. >> they retested it and it was negative so it should be fine. >> reporter: there are no reports of legionnaire's disease at any of the smithtown district schools. the testing whats done as a response to the legionnaire's -- was done as a response to the legionnaire's outbreak in the bronx that killed more than a dozen people since july. >> it's not a disease to be taken lightly. >> reporter: some parents are not content to let the school district have the final word on the this and they want more documentation. >> to have an actual document sh

in suffolk county, official says they found the bacteria in cooling towers of smithtown east and west high schools. the superintendent of the smithtown central school district says the towers have already been decontaminated and there are no reports of anybody getting sick there. and in purchase, a cooling town on the manhattanville college campus is supposed to be disinfected tomorrow there is no word of any illness, and we're the legionnaires cases in the bronx. for more information on legionnaires disease and a list of symptoms, go to nbcnewyork.com. >>> new tonight, the program that helps first responders who got sick after 9/11 expires in less than an hour. congress did not vote to extend the act which provides millions in dollars of care for first responders battling illnesses. 1700 people have died from 9/11-related illnesses, and 33,000 more are sick. advocates say that lawmakers in washington need to do the right thing. >> it's their responsibility to step up to the plate and reauthorize this act so that we get the proper treatment. >> we're doing our job. now it's time for t

so, smithtown at 5:29. meanwhile, new york city -- and it is moving through suffolk county. so, smithtown at 5:29. the severe part of the storm is down 20 philadelphia area so that could speak in to some parts of monmouth. there are still some moderate showers in northwest new jersey but we are starting to dry out. everything is moving very, very quickly. if you look at this high resolution picture you can see it is doing a nice a nice job with the heaviest approaching now and east of new york city by 7:00 where it is over connecticut and not -- where it is over connecticut and long island. so, 70s to near 80s being replaced by 50s as we go to the overnight hours. look at the 30s near hudson bay. some of in the upper 30s. tomorrow you will need a a quote in the morning that it is not as uncomfortable in the afternoon with sunshine. light wind on sunday as well. we are nearing 70 degrees with a few high clouds. columbus day looks good too. so, we clear and we are cooler after 8:00 p.m. tonight. a totally dif

. >> we're going to head to long island and smithtown. we have a closure on north country road by lynam court. that's shut down in both directions. otherwise long island is looking good. let's head to the construction on the bayonne bridge. this is out there all the time. it will be shut down for just a little longer. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> breaking news right now in westchester county. a fire that started at a business quickly grew out of control. those flames broke out on north street. tracie strahan is there this morning. zplr >> reporter: we're trying to figure out what's been fueling this fire that's been burning since 1:00 this morning. you can see it over my shoulder. it's decimated all four shops at this strip mall. it houses a cleaners, a deli. let's show you some video from when we arrived at the scene. according to mt. vernon fire department, they say the initial call came in from sal's deli. something we also saw, there's a two-floor apartment right above this. we're hearing everyone that was inside

we'll talk to you about what's going on in smithtown. all lanes closed down jericho it's an accident investigation. all lanes are closed down. you have the bruckner going south white plains road to the bronx river parkway, that's construction where two lanes are closed. going to the airport to pick somebody up, 30-minute arrival delays at laguardia and jfk. newark has 60-minute arrival delays. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect for today. ken and shirleen, over to you. >> all right, heather, thank you. >>> it is 5:39. some strict new rules are in store for new york city police officers after recent incidents put a spotlight on the use of force. >>> also ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the union representing school bus drivers on long island gives the go ahead for a strike and it could stay today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. introducing lysol click gel. click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. lysol. start healthing. yeah, click this is mineral b

he then got in his personal car and continued on his way home to smithtown. he 42 on the northern state parkway when he was hit head on by a car. that driver police say was 25-year-old brittany villa. villa was fleeing from police after they tried to stop her on suspicion that she was under the influence. investigators say she fled from police in central islip and led them on a high speed chase on to the northern state but going the wrong way. she allegedly crashed in to sarwan head on, killing him and herself. his friends are in shock. >> he's a very nice man. very, very nice man. we don't believe it. >> his son tells me he also feels bad for brittany's family, that his thoughts are also with her family. police say they were trying to pull over villa on suspicion that she was driving a stolen vehicle. kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we've got breaking news now. authorities say they've busted a gun smuggling ring. three defendants were just arraigned. a warrant has been issued for a fourth man. authorities say the ring leader was donovan bryant

just learning that the innocent driver that was killed in that other car was a man in his 60s from smithtown. police are saying he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. the mangled vehicle still smoked sitting off the northern state parkway early this morning, the result of a traffic stop gone wrong. the call came in overnight. a driver suspected of dwi and driving a stolen vehicle sped away from police at a traffic stop in central islip.

tomorrow more of the same, sunshine and 70s from scarsdale to smithtown. 72 norwalk. tomorrow. here's the seven day. lovely with the 70s tomorrow. thursday upper 60s. that's the air mass behind the still mild. 7 on on friday. here's the showers. we could use them. they will come to an end on saturday. the rest of the holiday weekend looks great. columbus day back to the 70s. great day for a parade. >>> could have been a parade tonight for the bronx but i don't think so. bruce is live at a gloomy yankees stadium tonight. bruce? >> reporter: the yankees made the postseason but the question tonight, could they stay there? take on the houston astros in a do-or-die wild card game. we have highlights and low lights at post game reaction just ahead on news 4 new york live from the bronx. >>> here's what jimmy fallon has coming up tonight. >>. >> thank you, chuck and sibila and everyone in new york. lady gaga is my guest tonight. it's not about hugging trees. it's not about being wasteful either. you just gotta find that balance. where taking care of yourself takes care of more than ju

as a matter of fact, one little bout of heavy rain basically around the smithtown area. but the most of it is centered right now on top of fairfield county. you can zoom in tight there. it extends to weather watchers on 684 and 84 where danbury is locate getting a drenching right now, as well. here's your big picture. you're going to see what's going on. there will definitely be some breaks out there. okay? you can see these breaks making their way right now not raining currently in ocean county. but you have a line stretching towards washington, d.c. i can say that. we have more lines off to the west. this is going to take quite a while. this is how things work out. on-again, off-again bouts of rain through the morning. gusty winds at the shore. keep an eye out for roadway ponding and beach erosion. look at the big swells the possibility 5 to 8-footers out there because again this is all associated with what was hurricane patricia. and then we have to be concerned with toes central flooding advisories in effect for nassau county ocean county monmouth county middlesex co

then tonight, 35 in smithtown. look at somers, millbrook, liberty, sparta, all at or below freezing. those are the spots for the freeze warning. take your plants inside. and 36 your low temserature in bellmore. a rm-upcoming up in in just a few. >>> we'll learn more bout a shooting that left a 12-year-old girl fighting for her life. >> the girl was hit by a stray bullet standing in her home. >> we have sheldon weoh the latest. she would sheldon? >> reporter: that 12-year-old girl an innocent bystander when that suspect was involved in that shooting. you can see where the bullet came through. that bullet hit her in the head, critically injuring her. her parents were in the next room. they were not hurt. they were in the hospital with her through the nighew she fights to su evrvive that detectives stayed on the scene for hours after this, searching for any clues that might shed light on this tragic shooting. soyt far there are very few leads. >> there are no suspects at this time. it is a single shot, we determined,

we did see minor flooding on the streets of smithtown. sanitation crews are cutting down trees and branches and then carting them away. lawn chairs on staten island helping direct first responders to the most urgent damage. emergency response teams spending the night in emergency operations trailer keeping tracks of accidents and downed lines. >>> trains tonight running again on the franklin avenue shuttle line in brooklyn. is after the storm toppled a tree onto the tracks about 6:00 tonight. crews cleared the bridges from the tracks in crown heights by 8:30. there were residual delays. >>> hurricane joaquin lashing the bahamas, knocking out power and triggering the storm, uprooted trees and toppled power lines today. emergency officials say floodwaters trapped some people in their homes and cell service was knocked out for many. fortunately, there have been no reports of anyone seriously injured from the storm. coast guard crews are desperately searching for an american cargo ship that disappeared at the height of the storm. there has be

little bit more and becomes sunny especially on sunday into columbus day monday. 50s tonight in smithtown and union. low of 57 in the city tonight. north breeze, 40s north and west from sparta up to liberty. 53 degrees in long branch. no problems from the weather at all tonight. north and west in the 40s at 8:00 a.m. a nice day. upper 50s by noon and 64 by 5:00 in the afternoon. for long island, coastal connecticut, you'll start out in 50s around 8:00. there will be clouds around during the day tomorrow. temperatures are in the 60s. pretty much the same deal for the city from upper 50s to the mid to upper 60s later in the day and for the jersey shore you're at 56 in the morning. ere will be clouds mixed with sunshine throughout the day and mper >>atures in the 60s later in the day. so 69 is our high for tomorrow. 76 on friday. just watch out. there could be storms in the area. saturday it's clearing out.erit's cool. 67 on sunday. and sunshine 70s for columbus day. the parade should be great here. it's time for this week's wednesday's child. her name is raydel. she's creative and likes to

smithtown, babylon, and brookhaven. 48 in wrightstown and 39 in monticello. look at the 24-hour temperature change. we're running 14 to 20 degrees ahead of last night's pace in the northern suburbs so we're doing much better. we'll start the day instead of the middle 30s, about 47. still upper 30s north and west but then as the southwest wind continues through the day, 60 by lunchtime. upper 60s during the afternoon. high clouds which i think are more prevalent in the morning and less so in the afternoon hours. radar and satellite show a couple high clouds now. there's a front sitting off to the north. a few clouds will break off to that front and dive down in to the tri-state area. there's our high. we get exposed to all this southwest flow, back of the warm front. you can see what happened in the warm front today. upper 60s and lower 70s. that's the type of air that's coming at us especially for wednesday and thursday. futurecast showing the patchy high clouds tomorrow morning. partly to mostly sunny day. nice recovery in the afternoon as we get to 68 degre

east brunswick 47. 70s in the forecast for tomorrow, scarsdale, smithtown, union 74. west wind will keep it nice and warm. up to millbrook, high of 70 as well. the seven-day forecast shows the warm weather for tomorrow and wednesday. up to 74 degrees. back to the upper 60s on thursday. the rain showers come friday. they will be over saturday and then the sun returns on sunday. no major weather events. nice warm weather to enjoy. >>> filmmaker spike lee will serve as the grand marshall of next month's new york city marathon. the largest marathon takes place sunday november 1st and runs through the neighborhood where lee grew up. as grand marshall, lee, a well-known sports fan will participate in race week festivities. he has no idea why he was chosen for the honor but said he is a life long fan of the race. >>> life long knicks fan, too. more questions than answers at yankees stadium and it centers around cc sabathia. coming up in sports the yankees big left hander comes forwa rd about an alcohol problem, and the team rallies around him. >> > we are getting ready for a

crews were here cleaning up overnight and they were also busy in smithtown. here the storm took out a large tree on route 111, leaving behind quite a bit of debris. and staten island wasn't immune to the damage. you can see the fiery and smoky scene in great kills where power lines got taken down. the storm blew out several transmitters leaving hundreds without power. and back out here live in lindenhurst where people are keeping a close eye on this bay, you can see the water is already high and there could be more problems later on. today high tide is at 3:00 this afternoon. live in lindenhurst this morning, allan a gold, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, two people have died after a boat capsized in jamaica bay. police say five people were on the fishing boat when rough waters and high winds caused it to tip over. two of them were able to swim back to shore and call for helpment the nypd aviation unit rescued a third person who was stranded on the rocks. two other people were in the water. they were rushed to beth israel hospital in cardiac ar

this happened in smithtown. no one was hurt. >> > you can stay one step ahead of the weather with the nbc 4 new york app. get alerts sent to your smartphone. >>> heart broken and in disbelief is how many are feeling in one noun oregon. the latest scene of carnage at the hands of a mad man who stormed in to a campus on a mission to kill. >> reporter: tonight, we are learning much more about the victims, the tragedy at umpqua college. the man who unleashed the deadly fire and those credited with trying to stop him, including an army veteran now covering in the hospital. >> i'm very lucky. some people didn't make it out of there. >> reporter: sara was in the classroom next to the writing class where the 6-year-old start -- 26-year-old started shootding. >> i didn't know if i was going to get shot. >> rorter: he armed with a rifle and extra ammunition shot students and staff. one witness said the shooter asked some student s what religion they were. >> if they were christian they were shot in the head. if they state

across long island sound, 55 smithtown. these numbers are way warm, in the 60s. should be 42 in the city. it's warm because of the south, southwest wind ahead of the front. these showers are sliding from litchfield county down the jersey shore. heading out the door, tat umbrella. make it as rain but it will be cooler, drier air westhampton at 2 inches of rain. an inch around bridgeport to poughkeepsie. an inch and a half teterboro. a couple inches to trenton. sayreville a couple of inches of rain. the sun is starting to break out after 7:00. a few showers down the jersey shore. at 8:00 that will get out of the way. then the front comes through. this is the line of the front around 3:00 with the cooler drier air that pours in tonight. after school kiddos, are looking at 73 degrees. great for sports this afternoon after school. after school practice. but tomorrow it's cooler. you need to dress warmer. 60 degrees. bright and brisk. we are looking at good weather as we go into the baseball game tomorrow night. first pitch about 53. halloween looks great. for the even

smithtown, 65. oyster bay is 66. across the sound in danbery and norwalk, upper 60s. belmar at 64. eastern fairfield, suffolk county, maybe the jersey shore a couple showers later tonight. for most of us it's later tomorrow that we see a shower. mainly clear overnight. patchy clouds around midnight at 7 a.m. if there's a shower, it's the east end of long island, otherwise clouds. mostly cloudy for a remainder of the day. the majority of the time it's actually dry but there can be a passing shower especially from late morning through early evening. it's because of this batch of tropical moisture that's moving off to the new -- to the north. it's backing in that tropical moisture which is on the western flank of the storm. once those pull away, tomorrow midmorning, we await this front. a classic comma shaped front. but a lot of its energy is going to our north. it swings the front through with a broken line of showers. maybe tomorrow evening as the final front comes through there could be a couple final showers there. the whole pattern is confined by a conveyer belt. with each front

after escaping from the hospital in smithtown. she was handcuffed to the bed because of a previous arrest but still managed to break away. the officer watching her stepped away to use the restroom. >> is the officer who was watching her being disciplined because of what happened? >> no. too soon to comment on that. >> reporter: the chase ended when the am bulette hit a car. she is facing is several charges including reckless driving. >>> details about how the 17-year-old girl was allegedly lured in to a car and sexually assaulted in connecticut. police say the driver was trying to kidnap her. this is the video of the student jumping from the car. a fellow student says that a woman driver told the victim to get in the car because it was cold outside. the missing bumper helped police to find the driver. they questioned her and say an arrest is imminent. the teen is okay. >>> no kissing tonight in times square, not on camera least. revlon shut down the live kiss cam at the request of police commissioner bill bratton. women have compl

for tonight, 50s in scarsdale, the city, smithtown your low 53. a northerly breeze will blow across the area. 40s to the north and west. and our highs tomorrow will make it to near 70. just not into the 70s tomorrow afternoon. a mix of sun and clouds. chappaqua, your high near 70 as well as port gervase. 69 in midtown tomorrow. the late-day thunderstorms are friday evening. and then clearing out for the holiday weekend. this great weather coming up for the parade on monday is picture-perfect. >> perfect. >> okay. >> not bad. >> thank you. >> sure. >>> sports is coming up next. >> sibila, from play ball to let's drop the puck. the rangers opened the nhl season in chicago. coming up in sports, the blue shirts and the defending stanley cup champions goes stride for stride in the windy city. >>> and the cubs send the hottest pitcher in baseball to the hill in the nl wild card game against the pirates. highlights from the steel city >>> and here is what jimmy fallon has coming up tonight. >> thank you, chuck and sibila and everyone in new york. kate wi

smithtown and seck -- and setauket. tough ride. on new york city it might be a drizzle or mist for a few more hours. we have this hole in the radar. but there's a lot more going off to the south and west. thunderstorms here see a lot of lightning to the north of dc. some of that is going to our west. some of this will catch us after about 9:00 tonight. there's yet another wave of rain here with the actual cold front. that doesn't come through till tomorrow morning. that's why i'm saying much of the night they're going through one wave after another causing localized flooding. look at the futurecast here, doing a nice job picking up the current lull coming in. resurgence after 9:00. heaviest during the overnight. leaving the scene after early commute time then big time improvement as we get through the 7:00, 8:00 hour tomorrow morning. heaviest amounts will be to the north and west. 2 and a half inches. more like an inch along the immediate coast and that one to half inch range in new york city. want to look at the kansas city forec

look for 72 in scarsdale tomorrow, smithtown 73. a nice breeze across the area. sag harbor 69. so the 70s are with us for one more day and then it's back to the upper 60s on thursday. clouds approach friday. we've got some rain coming friday night into early saturday and then dry for the rest of the columbus day weekend. back to you. >>> coming up next, promoting higher learning or holding students back? >>> the i heef -team investigates what could be between high-level -are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. until i learned about bath fitter. bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. isn't that amazing? bath fitter will measure, custom-make and install right over your existing tub. and only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantees a watertight fit. plus, they do it all in just one day. i know because i did it. oh, stay on that one. [changes channel] sometimes it's hard to catch all your favorite shows. you're killing me, dad. give me that, please. with time warner cable's enhanced dvr, you can. record up to 6 shows at the same time. plus, you can rec

morning rain on sunday. 62 is the popular temperature from east hampton to brookhaven to smithtown. in connecticut, away from the south wind of the sound, you have a 68 in danbury. it was in the upper 70s in poughkeepsie earlier in the day. earlier in the week started out the morning at 21 degrees. 66 in monticello. 63 in bel mar right now. clear to partly cloudy skies overnight. light southwest wind. we barely drop below 60. we're in the low 70s by lunchtime. mid 70s during the afternoon hours. there's a few patchy clouds off to the north. there's a front sitting right here putting on the brakes and now it's headed to the north. we stay exposed to the warm air for one more day. here's the cold front that will bring the chilly air. snowing over parts of ontario. leaving the scene over lake michigan, no more rain threat. nothing like the downpours we saw in the 9th inning last night. temperature around 71. clouds to deal with the rest of the night. there's that forecast. one more warm day for us tomorrow at 76. here comes the front through tomorrow late in the day. 8:00 or 9:00 throu

. >> she was taken to a medical center in smithtown. around 6:00 p.m. yesterday, police say she jumped into a she crashed into another car. we really have not elaborated too much. this also involved barnes estranged wife. robert moses is following the triangle. therefore good morning to you. charges in the case were dropped. he is known as aggressive and a volatile player. now, all the attention is on what he allegedly did to his former teammate off the court. >> are you good friends now? barnes spoke publicly for the first time about what reportedly happened saturday evening in los angeles. driving to the home of his estranged wife. checking on his kids. fisher was there, too. that, apparently did not sit well with barnes. reports say that he attacked fisher. >> obviously, being around this >> they were not there to check out the triangle offense or the shooting or the passing. they wanted to hear fisher's side of the story. details. >> it is unfortunate. it is what it is at this point. ben: january 16. the first time the knicks played the grizzlies th

. >> you said wild, it was a wild story out here in smithtown tonight with this woman who was in police custody, bolted from them and then jumped in to an ambulance that was running outside the hospital and she took off. her freedom as it turns out was fleeting. she slammed the ambulance in to another car on the sunken meadow state parkway at route 25 and colmack. she and the other car she slammed in to are both injured. neither injury is considered dangerous. police haven't yet said why the woman was in custody but fair to say she's in a lot more trouble now than she was earlier in the evening. the ambulance was we don't know why the ambulance was left running though. ambulances are often left running outside hospitals. nobody certainly expects them to be stolen. again, a woman jumps in to an ambulance that was left running outside the hospital here at st. catherine of siena hospital. no word yet on why she was in custody or why she and the police were here at st. took firefighters about 45 minutes to put out the fire. >> the fire right now is under investigation. it may have been elec

. >>> on long island, authorities say a woman in police custody at a smithtown hospital escaped and took off in an ambulance. we're told she was in handcuffs when she drove away in that emergency vehicle. this happened at the st. catherine of siena medical center last night. the woman eventually crashed the was apprehended. >>> we're just minutes away now from the announcement of the latest nobel peace prize winner. pope francis considered to be a strong contender because of his advocation for the poor and fighting global warming. also, german chancellor angela merkel could be honored for opening up her country to syrian immigrants. and this man, fighting the wartime torture of women in africa. just some of the names of people we'll know in about 25 minutes. >> very excited. all right. 4:34. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. >> good morning, guys. another quiet morning. it may get a little rough in terms of some showers and a thunderstorm by the end of the day. what to expect, we start out with a milder morning. 50s and 60s in most locations. it turns breezy, but it's a warm wind d

it happened at 6:00 o'clock this evening in smithtown. the police say that she ended up crashing the ambulance into another vehicle. the suspect in the driver of the other car suffered what we are told is non-life-threatening injuries. no word on how she escaped or why she was in custody. and celebrating what would have been his 51st birthday tonight. friends of this missing marine held a candlelight vigil. >> it just goes to show you how and is loved. >> i think it's been a tough week and it's an insane thing that has happened. steve: it was supposed to be a routine trip, they are calling for possible survivors speak jennifer: not the cause of last weekend's deadly building explosion, according to the fbi from an investigation of the building staff leader showed that there was no natural gas flowing into the second-floor apartments at the time of saturday's blast. two people were killed and 12 others injured in that explosion. exactly what caused it is under investigation. steve: a 17-year-old force to leave from a moving car to get away

they rescue two coaches from smithtown high school east that were stranded 30 feet in the air and a bucket list. they were calling plays when the truck's hydraulics failed. the firefighters rescued them. the rescue was a success, but they lost the game. >>> this coming friday is nor in -- is known as national's bosses day -- boss's day. >> my boss is my cousin. >> my boss is my cut -- my boss is wonderful.>> i my boss.>> reporter: tell me about your boss. >> my bosses wonderful and handsome because i am the boss. >> a husband and wife boss team bosses younger than me. >> reporter: you have an opportunity to say something nice about your boss. why are you a great boss? >> i give great salaries and time off. >> he is like part of the family.>> maybe like an ant -- onto -- aunt. >> i've been listening to you for a long time, i appreciate you.>> are you the best boss you've ever had?>> i think i am.>> reporter: the guy who will not be celebrating >> he buys coffee and lunch. >> reporter: on national bosses day -- bosch's day -- boss's day? >> you can send emails. >> let's check in with meteoro

strong gusts of wind knocked trees down in smithtown and setauket. >> the good news pass the worst of the rain is gone. let's get the latest accuweather forecast from meteorologist bill evans. >>> here is our corner of the world, west 66th and columbus avenue. no umbrellas there but there are a few showers left around this morning. 64 is the temperature. 63 sunset park. 62 staten island. 60s up the hudson river valley. 59 monticello. island, coastal connecticut, up the hudson river valley. batch to the west comes in later today. i think that dries out, windy, warm, 73. the front moves in and makes it cooler tonight and for the weekend which we will talk about next in the accuweather forecast seven day weekend forecast. heather is looking at the commute. >>> the west side highway we have an overturned vehicle. the vehicle is traveling southbound. it overturned on the median. you can see we have tons of delays southbound. we had reports all lanes were closed down. they were. i see some vehicles getting past the area. northbound side a delay with everybody rubbernecking. let's go to the

the fierce winds and heavy rains knocked down trees in smithtown and sea talk ket leaving thousands without power. a giant tree toppled on the second floor of a home in queens. no one was home at the time. the people that live there are on vacation. not happy when they come home. >> october 29th now, i think sandy. every year goes by we do a weather story. i remember one. you can never forget. >> we were watching it in the weather office unfold. a once in a lifetime storm because you had three systems come together. letter that storm went from manitoba to miami. big storm. we have wind. that will continue for the afternoon. be on the lookout. the ground is soaked. we had an inch and a half of rain to two inches in spots that could create problems for knocking a tree down, power line here and there. at noontime, here we go. the wall street area, the lower east side, down to the battery, there you go. we are looking at the ferries working back and forth. there is a sailboat in the east river right there. a little wind. the sale is not up on that sailboat. it's usually the motor. plenty of win

very comfortable, 60 at smithtown, babylon, oyster bay, long island looking good. 52 in poughkeepsie. 48 around wrightstown. temperatures are warmer than at 8:00 it should be 50. 62 at noontime. 67 this afternoon before the blast comes in of cold air. we're going to talk about that for the weekend coming up, what that means to baseball and your weekend. all that in your accuweather seven-day forecast. weather then heather every 7 minutes. happy friday to you. >> happy friday to you. we're going right over to our mass transit chart and tell you if you use mass transit you should be happy. long island railroad, new jersey transit on or close. metro north for the most part no major problems to report. our subways are doing okay. we do have some construction there. that could slow you down as you try to leave brooklyn and go north on the bqe east, that ramp to the brooklyn bridge has been reopened. the inbound side of the brooklyn also reopened earlier. our street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> thank you. and the new york mets are the talk of the town this morning. >> that game took so

we found some damage in smithtown, long island. last night's rain and wind scattered broken tree limbs across route 111. one car there ended up with some dents and a shattered window. >>> the overnight wind and rain in connecticut is bringing back some devastating memories of sandy. some residents on the shoreline say they haven't seen such flooding since the superstorm three years ago. in new haven, trees were ripped from the ground. many slammed into cars while others were left lying in the driveways of homes. a lot of damage there. >>> time for a check of weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, we can see exactly just how violent it got in some places last night. >> right. it wasn't as widespread, but isolated locations did have to deal with some heavy downpours and strong, gusty winds. it was coastal flooding also that was a bit of an issue. right now we're looking at temperatures generally in the the five boroughs. covenditions will continue to improve in terms of the wind coming down and the rain exiting. that's what's happenin

in east farmingdale west islip, brentwood, islip terrace and smithtown. >> i don't want it to happen to another older person because we're vulnerable. >> reporter: police are asking for the public's help from. east farmingdale, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> angela says she fears her stolen gold pieces will be melted down or sold on the net. >>> tonight we have new video of a massive geyser on the upper east side of manhattan. water shot into the air for several minutes on second avenue at 84th street this afternoon. investigators say a fitting on a replacement main failed. the water was shut off tow crews could make the necessary repairs. >>> now to a developing story. passengers scrambled to safety after their plane caught fire on a runway. this fire broke out on a jetliner at a florida airport. cbs 2's dick brennan is live in the newsroom with more. what went wrong today, dick? >> reporter: lots. the fire started on a dynamic airways flight. passengers and crew used emergency slides to scene from the inferno exploding out of one of the plane's engines. it was a chaotic scene tha

smithtown it will be into your area 5:43. brentwood 6:02. islip 6:28. brookhaven 6:49. then it's on to hampton bays at around 7:22. there's another line, okay, this is -- not another line. another tail of this line. i want to go down there, too. this is going to affect a lot of folks right here. without a doubt, the heaviest storms are around philadelphia and that area and this is a line that's going to be the heaviest in our area. newark 5:25. new york city 5:52. east brunswick 6:30. hempstead 6:48. islip 7:41. again it will all calm down for your day tomorrow. looks good. tonight, you keep that rain chance in there at 55. and tomorrow is the day to look forward to. cooler at 65 but a nice sky overhead. kristine and maurice, over to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a new problem is popping up in times square and it has nothing to do with costumed characters or naked women. how a kiss cam is giving criminals an opportunity to strike. >> plus, brain surgery without the usual implements? how doctors are using ultrasound waves to ease suffering. >> first, dana tyler is here now

smithtown east and west. they were taken offline and decontaminated. they're now back up and running safely. in a statement, the superintendent expressed there have been no reports of legionnaires' disease at any of the school district schools and they have remained open. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu renewing his objections to the iran deal to the united nations, saying the pact will allow iran to arm terrorists, making the threat of war more likely. he said it will allow iran time to continue developing nuclear weapons. >> you think hundreds of billions of dollars in sanctions relief and fat contracts will if you do, you should think again. steve: at one point, he silently glared at the delegates around the room for nearly a full minute. he said israel would act alone to keep iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. dari: the u.s. and russia continue to carry out separate air strikes in syria. russia's defense ministry says it has damaged or destroyed 12 targets in syria that belonged to isis. u.s. military officials are disputing that,

crews also worked overnight on route 111 in smithtown after the storm took out a large tree. they spent hours on scene removing the debris and fortunately there have been no reports of major problems or any injuries, but the wind could be a big issue today and everyone is expecting some possible flooding during high tide. we're live on staten island this morning, allana gold, cbs 2 news. >> allana, thank you. >>> new this morning, two people have died after a boat capsized in jamaica bay. police say five people were on a fishing boat when rough waters and high winds caused it to tip over. two of it them were able to swim back to shore and call for help. the nypd aviation unit rescued a third person stranded on the rock. three were rushed to beth israel hospital in cardiac arrest. they later died. >>> there's some major delays at the airports in the area this morning. newark airport is looking at wind and rain, causing some flights to be delayed on average for about an hour. there are even longer delays at laguardia. some arriving flights are delayed more than one hour and 40

the high today in the upper 50s. 57 in smithtown and brook haven and across the sound and 55 in norwalk and 57 in danbury. we will drop in the 30s in northern suburbs. 544 in monticello. and 61 in newark. and mid to upper 50s on the shore. early tonight. high clouds will increase, as we go toward morning. if you want the sunshine, it will be filtered early morning but dry. clouds thickening during the afternoon hours as temperatures once again top out in the upper as. you can see on the satellite and radar. there is a deck of high clouds to the south. but thankfully high pressure over lake ontario, keeping us on a mostly sunny note. after that high moves away, that will open the gate for that low, and that's the remnants of patricia. right now, a fire hose on the gulf coast, and mississippi, alabama, and georgia. and that is headed to the north. and we will swing some rain our way. the big ticket item day is wednesday for the soaking rains. tomorrow, clouds are increasing. with a high in the upper 50s. that sun fading through the day. it is a dry day. for your wednesday morning commute,

this tree toppled over in smithtown. fortunately nobody was hurt. but the key to take home is we're not out of the woods quite yet. >> no. this is just the beginning. the winds are going to be 30 to 40 miles per hour throughout the day today. and we're also dealing with the coastal flood threat. you can see coastal flood warnings for middlesex, monmouth and southern nassau county. high tide happens around 12:00 or 1:00. another round of flooding expected as we head into the midnight hour. and more flooding expected for sunday. gradually warming up as we head throughout the weekend as well. back to the 60s tomorrow. >> and we're back in 30 minutes with another update. have a good morning. [instrumental music playing] windows are the eyes into the soul of the home. ugly soul. go to blinds to go with the largest selection of blinds and shades custom sized and guaranteed for life. they're a designer's best friend. trust me, they make window decorating easy. back to school? how about...back to blinds! during blinds to go's early fall savings sale, save 2

putting in showers, adding sun, couple of showers then a november weekend two remember in october. 47 smithtown. 44 brookhaven. 39 westhampton, danbury to poughkeepsie. grab a jacket, sweater, scarf if you need that. light wind across the northeast. we are watching a front that is in the great lakes. not much going on with it here. it will pick up moisture and come down here. that is coming to tuesday later tomorrow afternoon. you will see this on the futurecast. here comes the front. there went the front. as we go into friday morning, it goes by with maybe all of this colder air sweeping in to sunset tomorrow, we could get a pop-up shower in parts of the area. but, let's say the mets win tonight, which we hope that they do, they come in this weekend, it will be cold at citi field. we will look at 65 this afternoon. jackets and sweaters. breezy, cool. a fall classic day. tomorrow here comes the front. ahead of that, 66, 67 degrees. a shower mostly to the north. this second front sweeps in tomorrow evening, tomorrow night. that brings the much colder air. we will look at what will be cold air fo

and then if you are going to smithtown, we still have jericho turnpike closed, terry road, an accident investigation. our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. shirleen and ken, over to you displvment all right, heather, thank you. >>> 6:40. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the times square task force is expected to unveil its plans to ease a place for costume characters. >>> also ahead, new york city's first lady is speaking out against domestic violence, what she is doing to raise awareness. >>> and we're keeping an eye on two storm systems that could affect our region. remember, you can track severe weather on the go with our free accutrack weather alert app for live radar and accuweather alerts. go to the i-tunes or google play store and search abc7ny i'm sigourney weaver, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world... like our state parks. the adirondacks are my favorite. for hiking, fishing, camping, you name it. niagara falls is the oldest state park, but visiting it never gets old. the readers of a national newspaper voted letchworth the

we're looking at 57, smithtown and babylon, brook haven is 53. hampton, 47. especially when you have a clear sky, calm wind, all that heating from yesterday. 54 around monticello, just a northwest wind. going to be a great day. you can see we've got clear skies back to the great lakes. this little area where you see sprinkles, this is a reinforcing shot of dry, cooler air that comes in tomorrow. this front comes by on friday. your weather system moves fast in the fall as we head into winter. first front goes by. here's the second front. that will start bringing a couple of showers friday morning. it's friday afternoon into friday evening. after sunset we get those showers. after school kiddos, it's gorgeous weather. at 74 degrees, sunny and nice. tonight we're at 56. 40s in the suburbs. tomorrow we've got sunny skies. it's a little cooler with temperatures around 70, and then we're looking at that rainfall friday afternoon. you need your rain gear friday afternoon and friday night. that's gone friday night, and then we've got nice weather for the weekend. >>

is is the temperature this hour looking at 60 degrees cloudy skies and northeast wind brookhaven, smithtown, you'll see 53-55 degrees, west hampton always cool spot and east hampton 61, 46 around dunberry, connecticut, 49 poughkeepsie, cools off to the upper 40s north and west so a great day today 8:00 it's 58, 66 by noon, 70 this afternoon. we got rain and maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow. the weekend to talk about in your accuweather seven day forecast. another problem on the gowanus, debbie says they're trying to clear that up. >> they are still trying to clean up this accident on the gowanus it's the outbound gowanus getting down toward 39th street, two lanes still blocked with that accident inbound a couple of lanes blocked with emergency activity, still at the scene. now the merit parkway northbound getting up through sanford wrapping up overnight construction but traffic moving slowly you may want to try 95 instead. a, c. and e subways back on track. new jersey transit, lirr, metro west haven and millford stations because of track work and keep in mind the inbound george wash ton bridge

cooling towers at too high schools in smithtown have tested positive for the legionella bacteria, the school district releasing a statement saying that those cooling towers have been disinfected. that's the latest live from the bronx this morning, greg and rosanna, back to you. >> all right. synthetic marijuana, also known as k2 or spice, is now illegal here in the city, thank goodness. >> officially illegal. we know that this stuff is extremely dangerous. city council, well, they made it a law. it cannot be manufactured or sold in the five boroughs. >> this ban comes a week after the nypd made its second major k2 bust in the bronx. the drug has also been linked to a recent spike in emergency room visits. >> is chemicals that are sprayed, different types of chemicals, there have been instances where rat poison was found inside of these k2 packages. so it is outright poison, and that is why we are seeing people be hospitalized almost immediately, and some people are losing their lives over it. >> just so you know, k2 was already illegal in the state, but manufacturers constantly change

smithtown east and smith pound west. taken off-line and they are now online and running safely. no reports of legionnaires disease that any of these schools. now, they are open. greg: good deal. let's take a quick look outside. we have some serious weather. fortunately, no hurricane. john and anthony scotto. two of my favorite guys. rosanna: thank you so much. i know you are just joking. we are the largest and most diverse school district in america! yet we are one! one point one million students! one thousand eight hundred schools! sharing one common goal. help all kids succeed. we're new york city public school teachers. taking learning to the next level. and parents and the community are on board! all coming together... ...as one. to celebrate the passion and promise of our public schools. i'm michael mulgrew, president of the united federation of teachers. cmon! join us! how much protein does your dog food have? 18%? 20? nutrient-dense purina one true instinct with real salmon and tuna has 30% protein. support your active dog's whole body health with purina one. i'm sigourne

and then in smithtown, not all that far from there on route 25a, lanes shut down in both directions. in much better news, we'll look at the lincoln tunnel. here's what it looks like on the inbound side. no delays inbound or outbound at any of your hudson river crossings. we'll have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >>> it is 5:17 now. this weekend we saw the return of tracy morgan to "saturday night live." from the first words in his monologue, he joked about the crash that almost ended his life. >> people were wondering, can he speak, does he have 100% mental capacity? but the truth is, i never did. i might actually be a few points higher now. >> his fellow cast members from the show "30 rock" also joined him for a skit. there they a it was a funny yet emotional night, and it ended with his wife and little girl by his side. so many people talking about this. larry david returned to "snl." he was actually a writer there, one season only, 30 years ago. he came back and played bernie sanders in this famous skit now. >> we're doomed. we need a revolution. millions of people on t