cbs 2's vanessa murdoch reports. >> we have to keep going. >> reporter: 11 years ago, the we'll call her lily, nearly killed her. he claimed he just wanted to talk. >> he suddenly pulled out a knife from his socks and i don't know, he just started attacking me right there. >> reporter: he stabbed and slashed her so violently, she spend three months recovering in the hospital. >> us women, we no longer feel attractive, no longer feel pretty because we feel damaged. >> reporter: makeup helped transform her life. at first it was a necessity. learn how to hide some stuff, um, how to, um, fix my scars with makeup. >> reporter: each brush stroke helped her heal. now she is a professional and uses her artistry to raise awareness. when people ask about her scars she doesn't shy away but answers honestly. >> that's just a great opportunity for me to speak about what happened to me and my story and maybe help someone. >> one in four women and one in seven men will experienc lives. >> reporter: rachel goldsmith of safe horizon says it's crucial we talk about it more. >> i have my left ring fing

vanessa murdoch is outside in the heat, sorry vanessa, but let's start with lonnie quinn right here with me in the weather center. >> the brady bunch around here. [ laughter ] >> here's the deal, dana. you can take a look outside right now. a little dark underbellies of the clouds, and did you hear what we heard dana a moment ago? when we can hear the thunder right here inside the studios on 57th between tenth and close to the area around central park. 88degrees feels like 98 when you factor in the humidity. so here's your view of central park. back that picture out a little bit and look, there are around the southern portion of manhattan also now into brooklyn going into queens. rumbles over staten island. your just about done with this -- you're just about done with this cell. this cell is in ew so north of the heavy rain let's go right now to the mobile weather lab and take a peek at what we're seeing as far as the instrumentation and display on the back of the vehicle. you see how winds are picking up? zoom in tight. you're picking up winds now at 20 miles per hour. gust fronts alway

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cbs 2's vanessa murdoch says tonight police are searching for a suspect who has been on a burglary spree in nutley. >> i feel so bad. >> reporter: maria says she felt like crying when she discovered her statue of st. anthony had been stolen. >> i didn't do nothing to nobody. why the people got to steal my stuff. >> reporter: an elephant now stands where the blessed virgin mary used to. or who would want to steal it. >> they range between $200 and $700 apiece. >> reporter: surgeon anthony a detective with nutley police said nine religious statues have been stolen in the past several months along with other garden ornaments. >> we believe it may be the same people. >> reporter: confirmed the m.o. is always the same. items stolen at night from the front steps or front lawn. police believe the suspect or suspects may live right here in town and this pipeline to stay out of sight while transporting the stolen goods. william cook tells his statue of st. francis is untouched probably because it's good down and weighs 50 pounds. >> to lift that you have to be a weightlifter or somebody younger a

cbs 2's vanessa murdoch live on the upper west side with more on how it's going. vanessa? >> reporter: well, dana, we are right now feeling el storms so nearby. you heard lonnie talk about rumbles of thunder. well, look up. we have a storm cloud due site of us so we are not getting rained on but we are certainly hearing the thunder out here. not a lot of sunshine at this point in time but that was not the case earlier today. the sun blared and burned up the blacktop. heat index soared above 100. new yorkers we spoke to didn't excessive heat >> offensively hot. it offends my sensibilities that it is this hot >> it feels very muggy. it's very humid. uncomfortable >> too hot for summer >> reporter: why? tell me why. >> because in the wintertime, it's freezing. so everyone wants to be hot >> reporter: that's right. but just not this hot. so i mentioned that we are feeling a little bit of relief out here from the high heat the breeze. just how hot is it at the moment? 92degrees. still feels like let's get it there, about 104. so serious heat. we are 4 degrees cooler than at 5:0

here's vanessa murdoch. >>> heading for the mid-to- upper 80s, low 90s for some. a beautiful live picture from the em tire state building. 77. northeast winds at 3 humidity. humidity at 62%. big area of high pressure the north, more clouds to the south. a beauty. 85 in the city. close to 90 elsewhere. low humidity. sunshine. tonight clear skies and 70. tomorrow a mixture of sunshine and clouds with a high of 86. >> thank you. >>> our next newscast is at noon. we are always on at cbsnewyork.com. i am mary calvi. there's something out there. that can be serious, even fatal to infants. it's whooping cough, and people can spread it without knowing it. understand the danger your new grandchild faces. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about >> announcer: her boyfriend has an ex. >> i see her down the street like this. [ imitates engine revving ] boom! she reversed again and goes "boom" and hit it again. >> announcer: an attempt to drive her away? >> judge larry: you want to tell me again if that's your car? >> it's not my car, your honor. >> judge tanya: you weren't the