moving into western new jersey by 6:00 this evening. and then working its way to central new jersey between 7:00 and 8:00 tonight. weakening by the time it gets watch the radars and see if that trend holds true. lots of details in your full accuweather forecast including relief as we head into the day tomorrow. david. >> thanks a lot. >>> new at 4:00, it took 60 firefighters to bring a fire in manhattan on the upper east side understand control. the flames tore through the 5 story structure on lexington avenue on east 63rd avenue. this happened just before 1:00 this afternoon. the fire blew out upper floor. news copter 7 was overhead as firefighters searched the building. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> we're hearing from the family of a girly for the first time since new york city reached a settlement of more than $4 million with his family. the 28-year old was killed in brooklyn. he was shot in a stair well by former nypd officer peter back in november of 2014. the family attorney says because of the way the money is invested, akala c

putnam, orange county, northern and western new jersey and into monmouth county and middlesex counties, that will continue into the overnight. these are the areas where you have to watch out for the tropical downpours like we saw over the weekend. we're still seeing a deficit between 3 and 6 inches. we need a lot more rain. tomorrow there's only a slight chance we might get a shower or storm around 3:00 in the afternoon. otherwise it is pretty sunny those 70s will feel a bit stifling. we will be back to drier conditions by wednesday. less humid. 82. perfect. 84 on thursday. climbing towards 90 by the time we get to the weekend. saturday might be a bit stormy, particularly in the afternoon. we'll be tracking that for you day by day. looks like sunday is the better day for outdoor plans with a back to you. >>> well, this is a distinction that some restaurants would rather not have. the center for science in the public interest announced the dishes that won this year's extreme eating awards. the awards highlights some of the least healthy items at chain restaurants across the country. som

this line that's moving into western new jersey towards white township, clinton, bridgewater, that should be moving through between now and about 7:00. that would produce some severe weather. if you hear thunder, that means there's lightning. it means it is close enough by you to strike. make sure you move indoors and to a secure spot inside your house, inside a building, inside remains in effect until 11:00 for northern and western new jersey and pike county pennsylvania because that's where the bigger storms are. that's probably where most of them will be for this evening. there could be a leftover shower or storm around midnight, but overall it starts to dry through the overnight. keep an eye to the sky. tomorrow's weather is sunnier thursday with a spot shower or storm possible. the biggest relief we're going to see is really next week. we're still up around 90 for the next few days into the weekend. then later next week is when we've got lower humidity and more comfortable temperatures. we're talking mid to upper 80s, but we'll be updating our facebook and twitter pages on those stor

new jersey border. effect for central and western new jersey through 11:00 this evening. this line really means business as it moves to the east along i-78 and i-80. be careful out there. >>> keep an eye out this labor day weekend. re island will be shocked to see armed park rangers on patrol. they've hired six rangers to patrol the area's beaches, towns and parks. as of now, two will patrol at night on the weekends. they'll also focus on huntington station where there's been a rash of shootings and gang violence. a spokesperson for the town says if successful, they will expand to week night patrols. >> we've been successful in other towns in long island. give it a try. >> the added patrols are expected to begin within the next 10 days to two weeks. >>> a rash of statue thefts have police wondering if it's the work of the same person. it's the 24th item stolen from a homeowner's yard since the beginning of the year. police are monitoring to see if any of the items pop up for sale online. some of the religious statues could be worth a couple hundre don't know if it's someb

marginal risk area for western new jersey and parts of delmarva. stay tuned to the accuweather forecast tomorrow, refreshing air mass, high of 81. >> most of the heavy rain late this afternoon. >> 5 to 10:00 p.m. (thank you very much. >> i'm toni yates. >> and i'm rob nelson. for the entire team, thank you for tuning in. >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight, ryan lochte's apology. >> i am sorry. >> taking responsibility for what turned into an international incident. admitting he exaggerated his story about being robbed in rio. this morning, a new account. >> they were saying no police, no police please. >> this witness telling our matt gutman what he says really happened that night. >>> extreme weather. flash flooding overnight in texas. and tornadoes tear through michigan and ohio. >> it's right there! >> cars overturned. roofs ripped to pieces. trees shredded. the huge cleanup ahead this morning. >>> miracle survivor. the tiny toddler trapped under a capsized boat. >> she's got a baby in the water. >> yes, please hurry. >> the frantic s

with another friend approaching will we have another thread of a front line of storms in western new jersey and eastern new york state that could move toward connecticut and rhode island over the next few hours. also there is another area but this is farther north, there was a 20 no rot -- warning around the syracuse area. i cannot rule out a thunderstorm in and around boston sometime in the overnight at i would not guarantee one either. here are some of the storms a mentioned passing off to the south and there are the storms to the north. there could be a spot shower or thunderstorm tomorrow morning for the front crosses and then more comfortable air will start to move in. very slight chance of a spot shower north and west. chances are quite low. thursday may done with clouds from boston south especially and wave of low-pressure to the south giving way to developing sunshine and clouds to building over the interior during the midday and afternoon on thursday. here is the front that comes humid air to move in. once that happens we should be able to avoid the oppressive conditions on into th

for western new jersey on to eastern sections of pennsylvania. we'll see if that gets extended further eastward. that's the area of most concern. the heat is still an issue. the heat advisory is up until tonight around the city, new jersey and it becomes an excessive heat warning in the philadelphia area. current temperatures, 79 in allentown from being 90 at the top of the a thunderstorm is moving through there right now. 93 in newark. but it's 88 at poughkeepsie. 81 in the city. and we have that shower that came through just before the top of the hour. cooled us down. 86 as you head towards bridgeport. there are the dew point temperatures. middle 70s. very uncomfortable and very humid weather will continue tonight. a break in the humidity tomorrow as the southwesterly wind becomes westerly. it will be a gusty, breezy day, that will be in the wake of the cold front. the front is off to the west. you can see the lines of showers and storms go down into eastern sections of texas. once that moves along, an area of high pressure which is taking cont

. >> thankfully no one inside that also in western new jersey, authorities are looking for a bear that came face-to-face with a man in his backyard. the man told investigators that when he went outside to feed his cat this morning, a bear was standing outside his back door. this happened in warren county. he says the animal swung at him with his paw scratching him on his hand. the man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. police do not believe there's real risk to the public at this time. trump is returning to the campaign -- it includes controversial statements about republicans, babies and the military's purple heart award. trump's running mate mike pence broke ranks and endorsed house speaker paul ryan. he did that less than a day after trump refused to support ryan. he's going to confront trump about his campaign. the story. >>reporter: we're seeing high profile republican defebruarying tors including a sitting u.s. congressman, a major gop donor and now top aids to chris christie and jedinak bush -- and jed bush. they plan on voting for clinton because they cannot support

but they're very close to the delaware river as the storms are about to cross the river into western new jersey. quite a bit of lightning, some downpours. could be some damaging winds because they've had a history of producing some damaging winds. we're seeing a few storms south of hazelton, they're headed towards pike county and warren county. that's where you have to watch out first because that's where they'll be within the hour. by 7:00, you can see the line moving into those areas and crossing into new jersey. might see a storm hold up over the hudson valley and into connecticut by 9:00. after that, they weaken. we go into midnight and we're left with some cloud cover. this will be pretty quick. storms? lightning, damaging winds, heavy rain. those are the high impacts from the system as it comes through. still have the heat to deal with. the heat advisory is still in effect until 10:00 for these areas, including the city. it feels like 100 in morristown and bridgewater. 99 in trenton. we were back to that intense heat today. the yankees, you have a game tonight at 7:00 again t jays. there

and then we are in the grn zone for western new jersey, and delmarva. that means we're in the marginal severe risk category put out by the national weather service and storm prediction center. there's the front moving through williamsport. a line from canada to dc. that is coming in our direction. it looks like 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. is the window for showers, so there are parts of the day that will be dry. we'll go for a high of 85. i'll have much more on the details of the storms coming our direction in the accuweather 7-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. that breaking news in connecticut. in the last hour, we have learned that 13 people were injured when two gunman opened fire on a house party in bridgeport. police say the suspects fired from behind a hedge in the backyard of the plymouth street home just before 1:30 this morning. 12 victims suffered nonlife threatening injuries. however, one woman is in critical condition after getting shot in the face. we will continue to follow that story throughout the day. police are looking

in pennsylvania, near buckingham, that sort of sitting here, but you have to watch out over western new jersey for this. a wall of water, with the rain fall, the rate of 2 to 3 inches of water, already a flash flood water warning for portions of the region. intense lights anything and walker valley, 336 strikes in the last 15 minutes. coming up from the gulf of mexico. it actually moves all the way up to the upper great lakes. not just here. just about everywhere in the east. we'll see a few more of these storms last until about 8:00, and then most will die out. although you might get one or two near the jersey shore around midnight. still tracking them popping up later tomorrow in the afternoon. they'll be scattered, random, and they'll be tropical with heavy downpours. watch out, jersey shore, tomorrow evening. looks like you'll get in on some of that temperatures today, 95 this afternoon in newark and laguardia, and the same for tomorrow into the weekend. the city should hit 95 on saturday. the heat index will come close to 110 in some cases over the next few days. take it easy, everybody.

but still some lightning and thunder with this going by and moving towards western new jersey. but the wide view is going to show besides this line coming through and moving towards us this evening, there's another line further off to the west. this is the cold front itself. you can see the thunderstorms now syracuse to cincinnati. we'll be watching that line to bring more scattered showers and thunderstorms as this cold front tries to press along. that will be the story for the first half of the night or so. look behind this front. look at a little break in the humidity tomorrow with this combination of sun and clouds and the westerly breeze. about 70 in the suburbs. 84 at lunchtime. and stop at 89 tomorrow afternoon. there's futurecast. there's the front barrelling along. we'll have a pretty good afternoon. sun and clouds again on wednesday as high pressure builds in. the humidity -- on thursday i should stay. humidity starts coming back for the end of the week. scattered showers and storms the ohio valley. scattered down to the gulf coast. not too bad in the northeast. 90 at

say 5:00 p.m., western new jersey, and then over spreading the night with heavy stuff out there. here's your forecast tomorrow. an on some of the warmer water on shore. to believe it or not, near 80 down the jersey shore. turning out mainly clear, 73 midtown. 60s in many of the suburbs. a few clouds, warm, humid tomorrow morning. 74 at 7:00 in the morning. it's a blend of sun and clouds. moderately humid. not crazy humid out there. temperatures in the mid 80s. warm and sticky. cent rule out early tomorrow evening. here's your accuweather forecast. the thunder increases on sunday. some of those could be on the heavy side into sunday night. 84. check out monday. we haven't seen this in awhile. breezy, not humid. highs in the upper 70s. really nice on tuesday and wednesday you aren't going to know what monday morning. >> all right, thanks. up next, thousands of people are dropping illegally and they don't know it. a glitch that caused a massive mistake. plus, a warning if you're told you have cancer, explore your treatment options every stage... every day.... at cancer treatment cen

manhattan -- there's the hudson river -- held overhead -- storms west of new york right now -- western new jersey -- 84 degrees -- like 89 -- the national weather service said be prepared -- all of the viewing area -- a 30 percent chance for better to see severe weather tonight and some areas south and to the east a 20 percent chance -- maybe not as likely as the line you see here. it makes its push for the to the east and back in the weather office -- thank you very much -- to give you an idea timing -- sometime around 8:00 it arrives in to show you a break a rainstorm the came to the city over and park. wouldn't you know what that is where the mother -- the weather lab is -- a quick shot outside -- zoom in on the tailgate -- a lot of humidity remains -- you have warmer temperature on the skin than on the thermometer -- 88 warmer temperature on the skin than on the thermometer -- 88.4 degrees right now. feeling with the heat index the temperature, humidity combined. >> back home i will show you what we are dealing with -- the bigger picture shows when the line comes through their is a severe rai

. >> most of western new jersey eastern pennsylvania will see the worst of the weather. a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect. the severe storms are still in pennsylvania, but they're headed towards the delaware. right now most of the warnings are over parts of eastern pennsylvania. these thunderstorms producing quite a bit of lightning and also have produced some wind damage around places like harrisburg and hagerstown, maryland. this is all progressing towards the east and should within the next hour, hour and a half, especially west of the city. we have one lone shower that is over upper manhattan and the bronx and lower westchester county. that is moving off to the northeast, east-northeast. watch out between now and 6:00. those bigger storms will start moving into the poconos and into central new jersey by 8:00 this evening. we'll continue to track the storms for you and have the >>> we're also following some breaking news at jfk airport. this is because of a power outage. it's causing major problems for anyone flying on american airlines. some parts of terminal

through parts of new york city including midtown manhattan in the upper west side and that dropped our temperatures a bit. seve t effect for 11 p.m. central and western parts of new jersey. also pike county, pennsylvania. with the excruciating high humidity, we have a heat advisory in effect for the five boroughs of new york city. southern parts of new jersey. we have on the radar a couple cells developing ahead of the main line of storms. one little downpour over central part of the county. we're watching this line along of warren county. downpours there. stronger storms south of scranton. we'll have to watch those as they approach northern warren and parts of sussex county in new jersey over the next several hours. these storms have a history of producing wind damage. we'll keep a close eye on the radars. the good news is for new york city, they tend to weaken as they move toward the five boroughs. we'll keep an eye on it just in case. behind it, a little bit of relief in the humidity department. we'll detail that in your full accuweather forecast. loose in queens. for two weeks tonight, a man who sexually assaulted and murdered a young woman jogging by herself in how

want to start out in western new jersey. this is big ed in lebanon. love the jersey. waiting on some today, yeah, rest assured, you are likely to see it tomorrow. a lot of temperatures in the 70s across the board. this is stan in greenwich who says it's 78 degrees. his comment, ah, welcome back, elise. thank you very much. can't wait for the cooler temperatures on tuesday. thank you. nice to be back from vacation. okay, actually it's nicer to be on vacation. let's not li. nice to be back, too. cooler temperatures through peekskill 73 degrees, hopefully though severe weather tomorrow just much- needed rain. we'll get the rain and we have a chance actually of seeing some severe weather tomorrow so it's going to be very active. this is our camera on the empire state building looking outside where it's mostly cloudy and 76 degrees. headlines, mostly quiet overnight tonight. weekend ends with the storm. and then we have that relief arriving on monday. by that i mean cooler temperatures and much lower humidity. 83 degrees, our high temperature to the norm in spite of that r

patchy clouds at times especially over western new jersey and hudson valley. no worse than partly sunny and high in the lower 80s. looking great. clouds are starting to thin out. still patchy cloudiness. a little disturbance in the atmosphere over the cape. that's going to be shifting off in to the atlantic. once that leaves, it's all about surface high pressure moving in. you can already see how it's carving out this large area of clear real estate. will fall apart. no big deal there. then we'll look to this front getting in to the pacific northwest. that's the one we're timing for saturday and i'll get in to the timing in just a really a nice day tomorrow but as high pressure builds in on thursday, even better. picture-perfect day. a little front off to the north. humidity nice and low. there's that front. it should approach later friday night in to the first part of saturday. this is tropical storm earl looking healthier in terms of tropical storm status during the symmetrical around the center. that indicates strengthening. winds at 50 miles per hour. it's

they're anxious in parts of new jersey over what will happen the next 24 hours. >> we have the flash flood watch in effect for much of new jersey today, until 11:00. that's across western new jersey and northwest new jersey. right now our attention is focu d no flash flood watching but tracking this one storm dumping rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour. we could see some flooding south of toms river. in the city, it's not raining. it's 70, muggy and mild. temperatures stay in the 70s throughout the day. back to the low 80s this afternoon. we are tracking that chance for showers and storms. it could happen any time today. be on the safe side. we'll talk about the flood threat coming up in a few. lauren scala has your commute. >> good morning. an update for subways. downtown n trains are still running on the d line from 36th street in brooklyn to stillwell avenue. we have delays on downtown q trains now. if you're getting on the roads, an accident on the belt parkway eastbound be parkway. your next weather and traffic on the 4s. >> thank you. 6:01. now that breaking news in brooklyn. two pedestrians killed in a hit and run crash. the area around fulton street an

the last of the rain is starting to enter western new jersey. this morning we look into the sunrise this morning where we of a sunrise. calm winds, 90% humidity and showers. 85 was the high yesterday. 83 is normal. three hundredths of an inch of rain. humidity increases tomorrow and saturday but it will be sunny and we are shower-free. some thunderstorms could come in sunday night into monday. a big game changer for the weather next week to the cooler drier side. this morning a good day, our quality pollen count is going next pollen that comes in will be ragweed next month. 73, 74, 75, 76-degree weather looking good here. winds mostly out of the southwest and northwest. looking at a calm wind in both spots. the showers we are talking about, suffolk county, fairfield, you see the line of the end of it is from duchess ulster, sullivan back toward eastern sections of pennsylvania. is great. you know, fishermen, boaters, a lot of that going on this week. a southeast wind even for those at the currents. your weekend, berkshires, catskills, 80 on satu

and then we are in the grn zone for western new jersey, and delmarva. that means we're in the marginal severe risk category put out by the national weather service and storm prediction center. there's the front moving through williamsport. a line from canada to dc. that is coming in our direction. it looks like 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. is the window for showers, so there are parts of the day that will be dry. we'll go for a high of 85. i'll have much more on the details of the storms coming our direction in the accuweather 7-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you very much.

just a few patchy clouds especially midhudson valley and western new jersey. otherwise partly to mostly sunny for much of the area. air quality is good tomorrow. uv index at a 9. pollen count is moderate. decent boating day. 3-foot waves. water temperatures high. rip current risk moderate with thursday is a gorgeous day. friday a little bit more humid but really, really nice beach day. as we go in to saturday, here's the only blemish in the 7-day accuweather forecast. could be near 90 in spots. but there is a front that's coming through. the timing with the thunderstorm is a little tricky. right now it would lean toward late morning or midday and leaving during the afternoon hours rather than your classic late day, early evening thunderstorm. we'll watch that closely for you. a little unsettled saturday. it's not a washout. thunderstorm in the middle of the day. sunday looks great. mostly sunny. less humid. 86. continue that nice weather momentum in to early next week. so after a few crummy days, the pattern not so great in to early august. we'll be in a great

basically, western new jersey, and the rest of the delaware valley, the exception, along the coastalersey area. so, forecast high today, going to be on the warm side once again, above average, we get up to about 88 degrees, for philadelphia. looks like the storms hold off for the shore until later tonight. eighty-four for the high there. then mid 70s in the poconos, but we will be talking about nice cool down. 50's at night. low eight's during the day, very low humidity, we'll talk how long it lasts and full forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> we'll check back with you then, thanks, justin. we've been telling you about the color 5k race, runners at philadelphia mills mall are racing to benefit good cause, cherri gregg from sister station "kyw news radio" live this morning, at the mall, where the race is what just few minutes away? >> yes, it is, countdown is on, rahel, as you can see, this is a very special type of 5k. because in addition to running, dancing, walking, you also get covered in color. take a look, i mean, you saw it on live television just a half hour ago. i was dou

princeton, new jersey, there is 4-5 inches in one rainstorm coming through which is too much rain in too short of time. it's hard to handle. maybe we have the same scenario for western new jersey today. >> bill was saying we were 5 inches below. >> we made up for it in a lot of spots. not every single place. the numbers for this central park, the other areas maybe there is plenty of water in the last 12 hours. >>> we have track work, 4 and 5 trains until 5:00 a.m. this is construction, fdr drive closed down between the 60s and 90s. as you head northbound, you are detoured off at 61st street. southbound detoured at 96th street. mass transit doing fine. street cleaning rules are in effect for today city wide. >>> police officer in connecticut is recovering in the hospital after being attacked, pierre is accused of punching and kicking danbury officer joe pooler. he saw him pacing and thought he needed help. he hit pooler in the head and get to his car and call for help. >>> rick scott called for a meeting with county leaders facing the first outbreak of zika, carried by mosquitoes in this country. 4 people in florida are confirmed as domestic cases of the virus. flori

the satellite radar showing clouds increasing across north western part of new jersey. shocked if there was a sprinkle or two from pike county so sussex and new jersey county. there's heavier showers over south western pennsylvania, down through parts of the ohio valley. and they're moving off to the east and northeast. some could get in here by later on tonight. as seen on your future cast, by midnight, probably just cloudy by that point. it's after mid-night into the we hours of tomorrow morning where there can be showers. they're focused from the new york city west. tomorrow morning, there could be a spotty shower to begin and we give way to sunshine as we head into the afternoon hours. here's your accuweather forecast for tonight. turning out cloudy and a shower from new york city south: we're down to 73. clouds giving way to some sun. can't rule out a passing shower early tomorrow. the high up to 86. tomorrow night, we're down to 74. 60s in the suburbs. friday, the heat tries to make a little come back near return though, i think until the weekend. and we'll detail

basically western new jersey on westward through the delaware valley.ittle bit more stable right along the immediate coastline, decrease chances for thunderstorms today. high temperatures slightly cooler than yesterday, mid upper 80s due to the cloud cover, tonight 70 to lower 60s potentially by early tomorrow morning for the low, indicator of the cooler air mass, then highs tomorrow, noticeably cooler, 83, 84 degrees at best, average for this time of year. today some sunshine, humid, watch out for late day storms, up to 88 degrees, still shower storm chances around early tonight low of 72 for the city, some 60s in the suburbs. look at the extended forecast, drop the temperatures back to the low 80s for the high on tuesday, very low humidity, lows tuesday morning, for the city and the low 60s, so that means well down into the 50's, in a lot of the suburbs, you can keep the windows open. looks like we keep it dry until friday when we see more storm chances, back into the upper eight's for highs, rahel. >> justin, thank youment it is final day of competit

by 5:00, this line gets going in western new jersey. and there we go. 7:00, 8:00 this evening, right at sunset. they are fired up and strong. heavy downpours of rain flooding on roadways. lightning, and some downpours of rain with that wind, it could be damaging and those go away and there might be one or two overnight. a muggy, steamy night, and northwest wind, they will start to dry things out a bit. heat index will get from 95 to 100 range once again. that will help fire off thunderstorms. tomorrow, the heat index is not so severe. boating forecast, small craft advisory. winds out oaf the south. 15, 20 miles an hour. gusts around 30. rip currentrisk high at the with a northwest wind. that will feel good. warm and humid, sun and clouds, thunderstorms this afternoon and early this evening and then it's warm and sticky overnight. tomorrow, a great day. sun and clouds, 87 to 89 and we're looking at 86 on thursday with low humidity. nice weather, the humidity and thunderstorm threat is starting to come back into the forecast. next week, t

over saturated soil tomorrow, we have all these flash flood watches for your counties in western and central new jersey. that's in effect until tomorrow at 11:00 pm. basically, the entire day. right now in sparta, 69. it's 69 in ramsey. 72 right now in central park and farmingdale and 70 in montauk. satellite and radar, another cluster of storms that right now is moving through the lehigh valley, making its way along i-78 basically, moving into new jersey within the next few hours. don't be surprised if you hear a tonight. the morning commute could be unsettled in spots. we are going to see a better day tomorrow. still looking for that potential for a shower. possibly a rumble of thunder. as i mentioned in the last half hour, if you see sunshine, that might actually be a bad thing tomorrow. we have so much moisture present, that will provide the instability to get pop-up showers developing. high temperatures return to the mid 80s by the middle of the workweek. finally pleasant weather with less humid air as well. a there. that's not until wednesday. overnight tonight we'll drop down to 70 degrees with

new jersey. have those water rescues ongoing and now that'y all these areas that have had more than 6, 7 inches of rain. newark, delaware up there in central and western new jersey and right back into parts of maryland, the ground is just so saturated. so when we have storms later this afternoon and evening, we have the potential for flash floods. so flash flood watch west of new york city, treptszen, allentown. what you have to look out for is 1 to even 3 inches and some spots could get isolated storms that produce 4 plus inches of rain and that will be a huge >>> now to the race for the white house. donald trump sparking a firestorm after taking on the father of a fall un-u.s. soldier who spoke at the democratic convention. trump is firing back saying he was viciously attacked. abc's tom llamas is here with the latest. good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. the back and forth getting heated after trump sat down with george. critics say trump crossed the line taking on a gold star family but trump says they started it first by attacking him and his policies. this morning, donald trump in a growing fight with the muslim parents of

by 5:00 p.m., you have heavier showers and storms approaching western parts of new jersey. that sweeps on through tomorrow evening perhaps with a heavy downpour and a gusty thunderstorm. watch what happens on monday. high temperatures monday don't even get out of the 70s. i can't remember the last time that happened, after such a hot few weeks. early next week, low humidity. making a clean sweep across the east coast. then the heat will try to spread north later in the week. enjoy this nice air mass monday through wednesday while it lasts. mostly cloudy and warm and humid tonight. down to about 75. muggy tomorrow. clouds and sun. a spotty afternoon shower or thunderstorm. we get up to 84. i think the activity becomes much more widespread during the evening hours of tomorrow night. showers, a heavier thunderstorm down to 68. monday, a lot less humid. monday will feel like another season. 79 under a lot of sunshine. monday night, the city gets down to the mid-60s. that means the suburbs will get into the 50s. talk about being able to open up your windows and save on the air-c

here are the last of the showers, right down to i-95 in connecticut, a couple of sprinkles and western new jersey. we are looking at 80s and on saturday and a few showers on sunday in the afternoon. >>> the search is on for a gunman who shot and killed a teenager and wounded a man in the bronx. the video overnight shows the scene at college avenue in claremont were a 17-year-old was shot and killed in a 21- year-old man was shot in the stomach and critically injured. . this is what they found after this suv was pulled over. an ak-47, two double-barreled shotguns other ammunition and there's nothing like trying something new. especially when it comes to snacking. that's why we're introducing cheese dippers. the creamy cheese and crunchy breadsticks that go wherever you do. cheese dippers by the laughing cow. reinvent snacking. america, let's do lunch. narrator: drop off a hot meal and say a quick hello. volunteer for meals on wheels >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. new overnight two american swimmers yanked off a plane in brazil by police. detained for hours. now forced to stay in rio and

showers and storms are probably over western parts of new jersey, and then they will gradually spread east into the heart of the tri-state area into the evening hours, the downpours and gusty winds out there, and then headed into monday, that's a bigger change, breezy and much less humid on monday, and some parts of the area may not get out of the in the park. a pair of 7s down the shore in belmar, and 72 in sussex, and the satellite and radar, not showing much right now. this is new haven county, and right outside of the main viewing area to the north and east, and you can't guarantee we will not get a shower or storm with a muggy air mass in place, but we have to wait for the much more organized activity to move in from the ohio valley. and the future cast overnight tonight a few dots here on the radar, and by 7:00 tomorrow morning, could be a scattered shower out there, and throughout the day tomorrow, a mix of clouds, and occasionally peaks of sun. at 5:00 p.m., here's the line of showers and thunderstorms into new jersey, and spreading throughout the area, and we will head into t

a few showers work their way into western and northwestern sections of new jersey. notice the reds, oranges and yellows have transferred over to plain, old green. that means lighter rain. 73, however, by the afternoon. we jump to 87 by noon. 93 by 3:00. humidity building again. showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. >>> and here's an early look at the commute. >> roadways causing delays. midland avenue and century road, you will be diverted on to farview to 17. it's not causing a delay right now but later on in the day it will. eastbound, ongoing overnight work at webster avenue. two lanes are closed. it's a bit of a slow right. we have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> lauren, thank you. >>> we're hearing exclusively from a young bronx girl who escaped an attacker in her own building. he tried to lure a 12-year-old girl from the elevator to a stairwell in a building in mt. hope. the man said that he would hurt her if she didn't do what he said. news 4's ray spoke with her. >> he asked her and we told her called the cops. >> police are going throu

we do have this accident on route 3, and it's on the westbound side, and this is the western spur of the new jersey turnpike. cannot quite see the accident, but we have news chopper 7 up above, and john del giorno with more information. >> reporter: good morning, heather. this is into east rutherford, right where route 3 meets up with 120. just before the meadow lanes we have reports that apparently a person exited a moving vehicle out here on route 3, and there were fatal injuries involved in that. you can see big traffic delays now again headed westbound coming away from the lincoln tunnel, and two lanes are shut, and only two lanes are open. the delays stretching back into secaucus itself. the bqe. the disabled tractor trailer and on the gowanus, i understand there's another accident being cleared away, and it's going into wood bridge 35 south, and that's a water main break. all lanes are closed down as a result. new jersey transit, metro north, and the long island railroad doing just fine, and then taking a look at our subway service. subways are doing okay. everything is on or close to schedul

where through the western suburbs and over toward new jersey by 4:30 in the morning again a rumble ofnder might wake you up. and the latest model run just in shows scattered precipitation through tomorrow morning into the early afternoon hours. but some of it could linger a little bit. in the tropics we've got hurricane gaston now a category three starting to get out of here. tropical depression number eight and tropical depression number nine neither of those storms tropical storms yet. this one as we were talking about yesterday did end up not going into north carolina so watches are down there now. does look like it will become a tropical storm and pass us by during the day today keep keeping those rip currents an issue. and as we go farther south of the gulf of mexico, this tropical depression number nine also looks like it will become a tropical storm. slowing down a little bit it now looks like through the day on friday basically is when it's going to be coming through the northern part of florida but then after that we'll have to keep an eye on it. once again it passes us kicks

new jersey, new columbia. >>> two confirmed tornadoes touching down in western ohio last night, you see the damage here from those storms. this is miami county. the storm hit just after sunset. there's damage to farm buildings, blown-off roofs. >> i got a phone call and i was then told how much damage it was. i was kind of prepared for it. so when i got home, still nothing prepares you for this. >> shelby: no one was hurt in the storms, but reports of damage span multiple >> beth: nothing like that in our future. that was part of our problem last night. that was north of dayton, slowly moved towards mansfield. and we didn't really see much of it in the cleveland area, which is good. and tonight we're not really going to see a lot either. temperatures are already, though, taking a dip. you noticed today, right. on top of the breezy conditions. some sprinkles around, spotty in nature. maybe a little moderate rain shower here and there. going to be a little on the shocking side. i say open up the windows, but you've got to be careful, because there are some showers, but look at this. i started off our future v

northeast new jersey western long island, lower hudson valley heat index 105 to 110 coming at you for today and tomorrow and extend into sunday as well. showers and storms most of which in the afternoon. high in the city is up to around 92. scattered storms later this high of 92 today. 95 tomorrow the peak of the heat. stays humid with storms in the mix through tuesday and starts to cool down and dry out just a little bit to the middle of next week. by the way, we have a weather information and text weather to 70377 you don't have to have a smart phone but a clam shell phone will do. >>people have that? >> we it. it took me a while to fig e-figure that one out because they couldn't either. you can hear christina stoffo and she's in shock with the clam shells exist. >> when people sought flip phone that is funny. >> we have a lot going on the road a pretty bad accident that happened on westbound side of 80 near 58 involving tractor trailer jackknifed with three slowing down moving into this spot and we're still seeing this flooding of southbound side by pram mass road use caution trave

still a few more showers entered the western sections of new jersey. if you're out there, you may want to take along the lightweight umbrella. you can see the back edge of those showers getting closer. there's a break, another line of showers that may trigger a couple of thust this afternoon, we get some sun. forecasting a high of 85. you've got to watch for storms later in the day. what have we got commute-wise? lauren's got the answer to that. >> you do have an accident on the westbound. it's not really causing a delay. where we do have delays is on the service road of the l.i.e. because of construction. that's westbound near the grand jersey turnpike, there's an accident on the shoulder, it is causing some delay, so keep that in mind as you're heading out the door. it's right before the new york bay extension bridge. we'll have more "weather and traffic on the 4s" coming up. >>> three members of team usa are now stuck in rio as new questions are raised about the alleged armed robbery of swimmer ryan lochte and his teammates. new york today's kerry b

area as we go toward the evening commute. 4:00 eastern pennsylvania. 5:00, 6:00 western hudson river valley, northwest new jersey. 7:00 getting right to the city. hudson river valley, northern jersey sweeping across at 8:00 and 9:00 on out. then it's going to be a sticky cooler tomorrow and thursday. we'll talk more about that in just a moment. david, back to you. >>> arson investigators say they did not believe a deadly house fire on the jersey shore was suspicious. two men and a dog were killed in it. firefighters from belmar and two other towns responded to 14th street in belmar after 9:45 last night. the fire was so intense it kept them from getting inside and saving the victims. officials say the extreme heat outside also kept re-igniting the flames. >> the fire department got here house was fully engulfed. you can see it how charred it is now. there were flames coming out of every window. so when they got here, they did their best to put it out and get inside. without a doubt, it was far too late. >> the identities of the victims were not released. an autopsy will determine the cause of death. >>> traffic

unfortunately my computer is not operating right now, but the western spur of the new jersey turnpike, northbound do have the earlier crash being cleared away, and all other mass transit doing just fine. >> what? >> we have alternate-side parking rules in effect for today. lori and ken, over to you. >> 4:40. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, why lawyers for the accused south carolina church killer are now pursuing the death penalty. >>> a massive fight breaks out at a popular pokemon go hangout play the game. >>> the daring rescue of a man hello! it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. i am banking assistance & registration technology. wait, wait, wait. but you can call me, banking assistance & registration technology. hi amy. thank you. thank you. that is not protocol manager jenna. that's ok bart, it is here. things differently, like having the longest hours of any bank. don't just bank. >>> 4:43, and new this morning, police released new images of a subway attacker who was weari

western caribbean. we're watching almost hurricane >>> new jersey governor chris christie's former transportation commissioner is making his first appearance in court today. david samson were uncovered the so-called bridgegate investigation. >>> overseas in india rescue efforts are underway after this bridge collapsed sending two buses into the river. the people on board are now missing this afternoon. officials believe the high pressure from flooding in the river caused the bridge to collapse. divers, boats, and helicopters are searching the river for in mourning after two teenagers are found murdered behind a grocery store. police say a delivery driver found the bodies of natalie henderson and carter davis early monday morning. the medical examiner says each of them died from a single gunshot wound to the head. the 17-year-olds attended different high schools. >> it's devastating when you're so excited about all of your school, then you find out on the first day that something like this happens. don't quite understand it because he was a great kid. >> police say it wasn't drugs or suicide but are calling th

we have a couple of them popping up across portions of new jersey, right around western passaic county crossing orange county and seeping to rock rein so we have a a couple of showers there. a couple of downpours, too. nothing severe at the moment. but it alongs like we'll see activity as we go through the next couple of hours. so the sunsets and that is when dynamics will tristate area. as we go through the evening. we're anticipating showers and storms popping up. things should biting down as i mentioned after sunset and then tomorrow, we will repeat the fer formance as well. we start out with clouds in the morning and sun breaking through from time to time like we did today and in the afternoon, those showerness a thunderstorms popping up. more of the same expected for saturday. let's throw it for sunday as well. this will take us into the first half of next week. so no real relief in sight folks. starting tomorrow across central park and the tristate area. again, factor in the humidity. it is going to feel over 100 degrees in many locations and even close to the shore points so you

new jersey and the shore. that chance of storms, cooler at the shore, 80 degrees. low 80s for new jersey. 10 day on 10 to finally show you westernwe'll break out of the heat and humidity and the storm threat will come down. that's when i'm back in just a few minutes. >>> we like to hear that, bill. we'll stay tuned. thank you. 5:10 right now. let's get a check of the roads. >> that's right, first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington joining us live with a look at the schuylkill and how are things looking? >> looking great. we're watching the schuylkill around girard avenue. a lot of cars heading out the door already. eastbound into center city or westbound and that drive time into center city is a 13-minute trip from the blue route to the vine street expressway. speeds still into the 60s. low 60s of course. but we're not going to start to see any big delays on the schuylkill unless something happens for about another hour or so. watching the vine street expressway, we haven't had any construction yet. east and westbound, both ways, both directions are open between broad street and the schuylkill. you'll be good when heading

tough, few breaks in the clouds, extreme southern new jersey, into delaware, that's where we find the warmest temperatures, pretty clear across westernnsylvania, what we can look forward to later this afternoon into tomorrow. than is the visible satellite showing the thickest clouds pretty much over the city to the north and south over camden, gloucester county, new jersey, but, where we have the sun, look at the temperatures, much warmer, near 80 in wilmington, 80 millville. still nice breeze off the water, keeping the temperatures from getting too hot today. dew points, coming down. yesterday they were in the 70s, felt very humid tropical, by tonight, going to be in the 50's to low 60s, that's nice for early august, that's the trends through the day on wednesday. so great day to be outdoors tomorrow, even into thursday, humidity levels stay on the lower side. they start to move back up as we head into friday. here is the tropical system of the season, earl, just south and west of jamaica, winds currently 45 miles per hour, may strengthen up to 60 before it weakens again as it hit the uketon peninsula, looks like late this week thur

the map f you have not heard already, route 3 going to the western spur of the new jersey turnpike, and ongoing accident investigation. and r. trains, and fire department activity for the uptown lanes running express at 36th street, and street cleaning rules in effect for today. ken, back to you. >>> meteorologist jeff smith now in for bill with the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: we have been watching showers and localized downpours across the area, particularly north and east. one area of downpours crossing on to formed over coney island, moving offshore right now, and the thunderstorm for sullivan county, moving north to south. 71 in the park, 68 at bridgeport, connecticut, and that batch of showers north and east of the city should be weakening during the next few hours. we could get sunshine during the afternoon. 79 for the high. partly sunny for tomorrow. humidity returns. >> thank you, jeff. that's the news for now. good morning america will ? ? take me high take me low anywhere we want to go ? ? free set me free anywhere we want to be ? you focus on making great burgers, or b

we are in the marginal risk for severe storms mainly northern and western suburbs that area does go down through much of the new jersey the northern half of the delaware there. let's time these storms tomorrow. first north and western suburbs, this is by tomorrow morning not today, say 11:00 o'clock developing here north and west if you could see strong or even severe. they will work their way through i-95, not a solid line but some areas could see a brief downpour, maybe a gust of wind as these storms move two and 3:00 along i-95. seven or 8:00 they are off the coast. this is nice cooler air coming back behind this. look at the heat index what it feels like when you factor in the heat and humidity. ninety close to a hundred, it won't be an extended period because it is just in the morning say early afternoon, by the evening, that cool's air returns. we have seven day forecast where 85 up to 92. storms are around tomorrow, and then mid 80's, nice and comfortable, sunday, monday, tuesday nice stretch of dry weather returning there but heat comes back with a few storms, by wednesday, and thursday, next week, 90's with s

this is the new jersey transit western spur. slow into 16-w, an accident being cleared away. another camera, george washington bridge inbound bumper to bumper across the span on to the cross bronx expressway, an accident. 20 minutes inbound george washington bridge. lincoln 30. holland 20 minutes. that cross bronx accident is east on the alexander hamilton bridge and henry hudson bridge. street cleaning rules are in effect today. lori, over to you. >> thank you, he a sweltering day ahead. let's check in with meteorologist bill evans. >> you saw heather's picture where it is hazy. down to roosevelt island, temperature is 77. southwest wind at 9. 80 babylon, oyster bay. temperatures are warming up now. 2 in toms river. today we will be looking at this excessive heat warning and heat advisories for everybody. you have to be careful. a good portion of the area. we are looking at temperatures in the 90s today, tomorrow and sunday. >> thank you, bill. woman: hamilton was adopted from a rescue in 2008. he knows he's a pretty big deal. ? good to be alive right about now ? >>> good mo