for now live here in norwood, toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> toni, thank you. >>> a woman who escaped from police custody has been caught in manhattan. investigators say 23-year-old tiffany neumann was rearrested at a relative's house. she escaped from the nypd and new york presbyterian hospital sunday when an officer stepped away from her to use the bathroom. they took her to the hospital after she claims she was pregnant. originally arrested on theft charges, she faces additional charges. >>> we know that a fast-moving fire in the bronx was started by careless the fire broke out in a garage after 4:00 a.m. it grew to eight alarms in eight minutes tearing through two homes. low water pressure problems made it difficult to battle the flames and keep it from spreading to two adjacent homes. residents say they were jolted awake by screams of fire. >> i woke up, i looked at my -- i looked out the window in the back and i see flames of fire. i had to go outside and run downstairs. >> one firefighter was treated for a minor injury but no residents were hurt. >>> turning to wall

new jersey reporter toni yates with the story. she is in teaneck for us. >> reporter: yes, that's united water company but mahwah's water company jumping on board later this afternoon asking people to conserve water. we are in a heatwave. we are feeling it out here at the park. we are feeling it but so are our reservoirs. stand outside with your chocolate long enough, the heat is going to turn it into mush. nothing sweet to say about this heatwave doing a number on our water supply. we tend to use more water when it's hotter and the sun takes its cut through evaporation. so united water is hitting the awareness alarm. >> following one of the driest augusts in recorded history, the new jersey reservoirs that serve about 800,000 people in northern new jersey are at 45% capacity. >> reporter: these are parts of the reservoir and look at the crusted mud. there's usually water there, even all that lush green, that is still waterbed, usually. and check it out. those are water level markers along the bridge that have not been wet in a wh

if you watch toni yates' story yesterday ragweed is one of the main culprits out there. accuweather seven-day forecast, sunshine tomorrow and again on thursday. temperatures getting up to 87 on both afternoons. now in the morning there could be a little bit of patchy fog in some of the river valleys especially well north and west of the city. still summery on friday, 86, sunny to partly cloudy saturday, 84, our lone chance of getting maybe a shower would be saturday night into sunday but that would be about it. 81 on sunday and then cooling off into the middle and upper 70s, normal for this time of year by early next week. >> thank you, jeff. >>> so we are talking about the selfies earlier. >> yes. >> smartphone apps are helping people make their selfies look a lot better than ever giving users photo shopping skills. >> at what point is too much too much? lauren glassberg here with selfie insight. >> these apps can make you look as glamorous as some of your favorite celebrities and you don't need a makeup team. >> okay. >> or great lighting but it is so easy to stretch t

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toni yates has more. something that we with the whole assembly to pray better. >> four of the voices that raise the spirits of partitioners at saint gregory the great are practicing for their greatest performance yet. >> [singing] >> singing for the pope. dr. john, david and sue and emmy even chosen for a parish. for all four a dream come true. >> we thought there would be no way that we'd have to chance for the opportunity because we're dead set right in between philadelphia and new york. i kept dreaming and hoping. >> even for these seasoned pros audition prosing with and for hourpros >> gruelling but they did it. getting the acceptance letters individually in july. >> i was thinking, okay, i probably shouldn't e-mail anyone yet. i held off. >> when i receive d mine first i immediately went into sue's office where she was on his computer and said the letter came. she opened it up and i pointed to the third paragraph so she wouldn't start crying but -- >> i cried. >> she cry ed ied -- she cried anyways >

i'm toni yates. the inker alcohol houses just before 10:00 this morning. two men were shot and pronounced dead at the scene. police are questioning one person, but no suspects have been released. >>> police released this picture of the suspect, and joseph gago intentionally hit a the driver was ava and i needed a little vacay. but we needed to watch our spending. meaning i needed to watch nikki. she's the spender. i'm the saver. so, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track... for both of us. she was just browsing... we gotta go. i'm ava. i'm nikki. and we bank human at td bank. >>> oh, yes, a whole lot of drama. can we show this on morning tv? i think they're just talking to one another. premiere week starting tomorrow. "scandal," joining "grey's anatomy," "how to get away with murder," "modern family." we have "muppets," "castle." can we just keep going and going? a whole lot premiering this week, so get your popcorn ready and get your wine ready. >> i love "black-ish" and "modern family." i think i'm most excited with muppets. >> i chatted with th

new jersey toni yates is in camden with the plans released today. toni? >> reporter: yes, indeed, sade, the earlier plans had them trying to make accommodations for 11,000 buses in the camden county area. now that they are not doing that, all of that room can go for cars. center city philadelphia will be shut down to vehicle traffic during the pope's visit even the major highways around the city will be shut down including the ben franklin bridge. camden county will be the last stop for visitors with cars. they say, yes, they are ready. >> reporter: bible study groups visit st. peter and paul and they have prayer ribbons where the pope will say mass, across the bridge, officials have those traveling through this state to know the rules for parking and getting to philadelphia. >> i highly encourage residents, visitors and others to please know your physical limitations. that day is not the day to find out what your physical limitations may be. >> reporter: camden is calling itself the gateway to the pope. across the ben franklin bridge is where all the fes

new jersey reporter toni yates is live at the school with more on this tragedy. toni? >> reporter: good afternoon. i will step outside of the way so you can see the memorial. it is everything you would community from loving families and high school friends and staff. they are, as they have written out here of the football field where evan murray quarterbacked for the warren high school blue streaks, they are number 18 strong. now, 18 was murray's number on the team friday against summit's team, murray reportedly took a couple of hard hits. the last one, fellow players helped him off the field. he was taken to the hospital where he passed away. the autopsy report is not in yet. the district has grief counselors at the school. this morning, not surprisingly, many students are taking advantage of the help. murray was 17 years old. he was very popular, not only quarterback but a pitcher on the baseball team, the basketball team, he excelled in studies. i spoke to the acting superintendent about the grieving process here and moving forward. >> the kids are doing wonderful f

toni yates is live with our top story this half hour. toni? >> reporter: yeah, david and liz, the good thing is they're not really worried too much about this it was walking around. but it didn't try to break into anyone's house. so this bear gets the good bear award. not in its own habitat but at least everyone is aware that he's around now. we want to show you a picture that wayne resident kevyn scott snapped of the bear early sunday morning in his neighborhood. he posted it on wayne's website so neighbors could see it and keep in mind, when they go out, this guy maybe walking around. wayne police are well aware. they say there was a cub sighting recently in a wooded area. they say the bigger bear is considered a category three bear. that's good. he's shown no aggression, no interest in being around humans. he's just foraging. >> he just climbed any fence that he wanted to climb and went from yard to yard. >> reporter: did he look like he was looking for garbage cans. >> he wasn't. i did notice neighbors had their garage doors open and the g

toni yates joins us live from the scene. toni. >> reporter: yes, indeed. you know, the demolition scheduled for tomorrow will probably have to be delayed with this accident happening. a few minutes ago we saw some of the demolition crews and port authority workers meeting at hangar 14. they are standing there. at one point they walked away, surveyed the building then walked back. let's take a look at the video. newscopter 7 was over head shortly before it collapsed. it was being prepared for full demolition when earlier something went wrong. there were nine workers inside the structure which part of it began to buckle. they all made it out but four of them suffered nonlife- threatening injuries. we are told two of the people are listed as critical. now crews are doubtful as i said that the hangar as it is now is safe to go back into. that has to be decided. this was a maintenance hangar that was closed after united airlines reopened -- opened a brand-new hangar last year. so,ing this was going to be demolished, in the process of being demolished. something

toni yates has more from elizabeth. >> neither of the defendants are in custody, both of them showed up in court with relatives who may have been their parents, all of them left court without saying a word. >> 22-year-old erica kenny. >> after these charges how do you plead not guilty or guilty? >> 28-year-old chanese white. >> not >> neither of the former light bridge academy teachers assistants have an attorney yet. both encouraged of having kids fight each other, kids they were charged with caring for at this day care academy in cranford. they made their first appearances this morning. >> from the township of cranford charging you for the endangering the welfare of the children, charging you with one count cruelty and neglect of assistant teacher. >> kenny faces additional charges of cruelty and neglect. the union county prosecutor's office says because she recorded the august 12th fight on her cell phone and shared it on the snap chat social media website. someone grabbed it before it disappeared and it reached law enforcement. light bridge academy released a statement saying bot

. >> and i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. >> amy, summer doesn't want to end. i'm a fan of that. >> reporter: we will extend the feel of summer, that's for sure, but this is the last official weekend of summer, officially. we will make the transition, the calendar changes and the weather does not make the snap as quickly, but we will show serving up 69, and it's a quick start. summer-like through the afternoon, and 66 right now in newark. 57 nor poughkeepsie, -- for poughkeepsie. there's a cold front approaching. we are fine through the afternoon, but we will track this through the afternoon. very little rain associated with this, and it will change into next week. planning for this afternoon. near 80 by noon. 83 is the forecasted high in the city. the full accuweather forecast coming up. >> let's start with a fun and good news this weekend, it's the last weekend of summer, and the sub -- subway series is going down again. >> reporter: good morning, rob. not that i'm picking sides, but how about the metropolitans yesterday? looking for another win today against

new jersey toni yates spoke to both of them. >> there is a god, i believe it. >> reporter: despite the ms and the cancer he is battling and losing his wife to a heart attack. he got an incredible lesson in love after someone stole his wheelchair ramp. his landlord warned it might happen. >> if you put it down they will rob it. >> last week i saw a couple guys looking at it. i was like that is not scrap. i come out to get my paper and i said no way. they took it on 9/11. of all the days. >> reporter: word got out that it was gone. >> i am home bound. >> reporter: offers to replace it poured in including from that guy over there and his son. took them two days flat to solve the crisis. >> so the wheelchair, the wheels don't slip. >> reporter: mailman girard, good with his hands. >> not a professional carpenter but i can put a hammer to a nail. >> good role model to his son shawn. shawn made it his service project. they built it in two days, put it in monday night and erased the damaged deed. >> this is helping another person in need. you have to get beyond the theft. >> i am proud to do

new jersey toni yates has the story. >> reporter: we didn't have many rain washouts this summer, good when you talk about enjoying the outdoors, critical when you talk about our water supply. >> i have noticed. i mean, the grass is noticeably broken and it has been patches of dry, you know, goes trees and grass and i have noticed that a lot. >> reporter: we have seen reservoirs at record low levels. some called for voluntary restrictions on outdoor water use. >> my lawn was a little dry and burnt. not too bad. it was drier than normal. >> reporter: the department of environmental protection issued a drought watch for the northeast, central and northern coastal regions. they need us to voluntarily conserve water during the dry spell. >> conditions have dried out. reservoir levels are falling at face fast rates. soil moisture is low. >> reporter: here is what they are asking us to do. don't overwater lawns. don't water at all during the hottest times of the day. repair the leaky faucets and pipes. turn off the faucet when you brush your teeth. have a full load for the dishwasher and was

new jersey reporter toni yates is live in paterson tonight with the story and the videos. toni. >> reporter: ladies, imagine this, a man jumps out of a car and within seconds he's got a gun in your face. that's what happened to several young men here on main street in paterson a few days ago and then they found out who that man was that was aiming that gun and now federal authorities may be involved. >> this guy just come around here with his gun pointing at people. >> reporter: september september 24th ma in street and paterson, a man shows up with his gun drawn, caught on camera claiming to be a cop. but did not show a badge in any of these videos circulating on social media. you hear stunned people asking to see his badge. >> you don't got a badge. >> no, you shoot this guy, my man -- >> reporter: his second altercation on main street. first was captured on security cameras across the street when he pushes this 20-year-old man to the ground. >> hit him with a gun and then he kicked him in his face, right here on the sidewalk. >> reporter: he leaves, then shows up late wi

. >> new jersey reporter toni yates at war in washington township. toni. >> reporter: bill and sade, you know, this is a very, very difficult time for this community and this school. the loss of such a vibrant and very active teenager. the autopsy report did come out today. it was also the first day back to school since this tragedy. most of the students at warren hills high school wore the school colors, many took advantage of counselors brought in for comfort. >> we did have a great number come in in a state of grief and an emotional state. >> reporter: this afternoon student athletes silently made their way to practice where football quarterback number 18, evan murray, played the game he loved. murray died friday night at morristown medical center after a football game where spectators say he took several hard hits. the medical examiner's report released this afternoon says the cause of death was massive intraabdominal merge, that's massive -- hemorrhage, that's massive internal bleeding due to laceration of the spleen. that kpu large, making it mo

new jersey reporter tony yates has the story. >> reporter: 22 year old eric and 28 year old white both pleading not guilty toy charges that are flat out disturbing, both accused of encouraging fights between the children they were hired and trusted to nurture and protect at the light ridge academy on south avenue east. all-in a playground with security cameras and the charges cruelty and additional charges of child endangerment who prosecutors say she recorded cell phones of the kids swinging at each other and knocking each other down august 12 posting it on snapchat where the images were grabbed and turned over to police. >> you're charged today. how do you plead? >> not guilty. >> one of white's neighbors has been following the story. >> i was really surprised because she seemed to be a very nice girl. >> white and penny were fired the daycare saying in part while no children were physically hurt during this incident we have a zero tolerance policy for anyone who acts in conflict with the core value of light ridge academy, the safety and well being of children. this mom was dropping

. >> bold bears like right on here's new jersey reporter toni yates. >> he was walking across the street. very surprised to see him walking across the street. >> so of course kevin scott grabbed his cell phone and snapped off a few pictures. the police were notified. >> yeah, the police showed up. they were chasing him from yard to yard. he seemed to elude them but hopping over the fences . >> he's god at that -- he's god at that. >> i went on facebook -- >> where scott's wife saw him. >> i first saw facebook. found out about it. >> so did neighbors who today were on their regular walk around the neighborhood. >> so unheard of. scary. we're walking around with our eyes wide open today. it's a beautiful day but we would we're still going to walk. >> wayne police are aware. they say a bear cub was also too. they're keeping an eye out though they're not too concerned >> it's the season. the bears are get ing ting ready for winter and they have to get themselves through winter. >> we have two black labs and a fenced in yard we always thought was safe. if the bear is going over the fence the

. >> toni yates is at the scene this afternoon with all the breaking details. toni. >> reporter: yes, we will start with the good news first, all nine of the workers that were in hangar 14 that you see there behind me being demolished, all of them were quickly accounted for, four as you said were injured, they were taken to university hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. now to what happened. it's the old united airlines hangar number 14. newscopter 7 was overhead. she was being prepped by crews for demolition that was scheduled for tomorrow. now, obviously something went very wrong and part of that building buckled while the workers were inside. port authority police came, the fire department responded. they all stayed for at least an hour and then they left, which is usually a sign that there is no more imminent danger. united was scrapping this hangar since it opened a brand- new 190,000 square foot maintenance hangar that he opened last year. hangar 14 in its history hosted numerous dignitaries over the course of her life which many decades. president

sneezing, wheezing and watery eyes so how bad is the here's eyewitness news new jersey reporter toni yates in new brunswick. >> swelling and have a pale lining of your nose. >> reporter: this high school student has had a miserable year trying to fight allergies. >> i want to stay home and not even go to school and not go to work and not do anything but sit in my bed and sneeze and scratch my throat. >> reporter: she has come to the hospital's allergist for help. >> people already suffering already and there's a lot of pollen around but the potential is that it could get worse if it keeps raining and gets heartier. culprits ragweed. it can be coming from as far as 100 miles away or its source can be there under your nose. have you ever seen the weeds on construction sites or along the river banks like this? here it is, here's your ragweed. when it releases its spores like all the other trees and glasses filling the air. >> i'm at school and sometimes they cut the grass and the window will be open and i will be sitting next to the windows and i'm sneezing and i'm coughing and they have to m

i'm toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. >> we can get away without an end to summer. as long as it's hot, amy, we can call it summer. >> it officially changes with the equinox, and that's not until the 20th. >> we are good for awhile don't rush it. slow down. >> they should call it the unofficial end to fun, right? >> they make you put your stuff in the closet. i'm going to keep my sandals out. >> i'm still wearing white shoes next week! >> i will hold you to that. 67 outside right now, and the reafrican americaning air mass we got in yesterday, it's really made a difference out on the island right now, 61 for ronkonkoma, and the blue areas are at least 10 degrees cooler than they were yesterday at the same time. we are off the mark by 7 degrees cooler and 5 degrees cooler in belmar. if you look at the history of labor day, it was warmest ever in 1973 and the coldest ever 1951. and the wettest 1926, the same year rob was born. that's interesting. >> oh! >> and i think we will get another hot one. i love to tease him when he can't respond. that's the best! >> the plann

. >> and i'm toni yates in for morning. good to be here. >> good to have you back again. amy freeze, everybody is happier when the weather is nice. morning. >> yeah, everybody is in a good whammy here. we have nice weather on the weekend, it's a holiday, and it's sort of the celebration of summer. not the end. >> not the end, people! >> i love that. not the end. back to reality on tuesday, but we have warm weather down the stretch in the accuweather 7- day. really beautiful skies across the area. light north easterly wind is keeping our temperatures comfortable. replacing the air mass yesterday did wonders. 69 for islip. 62 for newark, six o'clock 6 in monticello. clouds are few and far between it will be hard to get it going here. absolutely beautiful. into the p afternoon the high of 83 in the city. once we get into sunset it should be fantastic, and we slip back into the 70s. i will talk about details for the rest of the labor day week end and do the getaway forecast. >> amy, thank you very much. >>> topping the news this morning, more than 80 shell casings blanketed b

. >> i'm toni yates, in for michelle charlesworth. welcome back. we have been talking to you on parascope. >> interaction through the iphone here, and we do it all on channel 7, and amy freeze does it all here. great day yesterday, and summer is ending gradually. >> the calendar says it's the last official weekend of summer. we begin fall on wednesday, and the front coming through midweek end, it's a transition for us in some ways, and it's cutting out the humidity. feeling more refreshing today, and we had 83 yesterday, and i don't think we are going to get that warmth, but the sunshine turns tout be a beautiful- looking sunday afternoon. the temperatures, coolest in monticello. everyone else low to mid-60s. 72 for montauk, and great in the hamptons today, and the temperatures upper 60s and low 70s to start off the jersey shore, but clouds do linger the longest for long island. the northerly winds are shovingoff shore and allowing breezy at times, and we could see the gusts up to 20 miles an hour. be aware of that. the energy is pushing offshore,

toni yates has the story. >> reporter: charles pippitone posted bail wednesday night and was released. we spotted him driving by his home. he didn't stop to speak to us but one of his neighbors did. >> i never heard screaming or fighting. i talked to the kids all the time. they are usually happy. >> reporter: he was arrested wednesday after a police investigation. the result of a complaint from a parent in the park next to the police department monday who found a 5-year-old child unattended for at least an hour. >> it became obvious to her that this child had no supervision. park to look for a parent or guardian and she made observation of the defendant engaged in sexual activity. >> reporter: police took the child into their car temporarily, questioned him and charges were in order. >> he was charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child and one charge of lewdness. he was charged with lewdness because of the fact that there were children present in the park. >> reporter: we went to his home where no one inside would speak. we watched him circle the block while we were

i am tony yates in for michelle. >> what was the name of the firm? >> stokes farm. >> laura stokes? >> no. but, you know, they have been in the same family since 1857 or something like that. six generations of formers. you know, it's in our region. so we support them. >> support local. nothing wrong with that. >>> i support the weather, too. amy freeze last weekend of summer, but it's looking pretty good? >> it's okay. you're exactly right because even though the calendar changes it doesn't necessarily mean that the weather pattern snaps just like that. except in this case because temperatures will be in the 70s all week. but it's not a flash to cooler weather. temperatures are going to be coming down a little bit after today. it's the more summer-like day of the weekend. notice the visibility still a little hazy from empire state building looking down into lower manhattan. we can see one world trade. today it was socked in. we couldn't see the top of the empire state building. the sunshine is brightening up. 73 degrees in the park. look at this. belmar, toms river up from zero visi

. >>> good morning i'm toni yates, in for michelle charlesworth, who is probably having funnel cake at some point today. >> it's almost lunch, she probably is. enjoy your vacation, sleep in late. >> i love you, love you, love you. >>> i'm rob nelson. quick check on amy freeze who gave today a perfect 10. >> i mean summer don't go! especially with weather like this. stack it up on a weekend, a long weekend at that, and you it's absolutely gorgeous. beautiful blue skies, low wind out there, and temperatures [000:59:57;00]