Stokes. And thank you for joining us, im ken rosato. Its friday, november 6th. And you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. You know whos here . Meteorologist bill evans is. Oh. What a check of the accuweather forecast. Thank you ken. Lori good morning. Good morning everybody, thank you very much. Here we go take a look outside. We have ourselves some cloudy skies and some dense fog around this morning. So foggy its knocking out some of the cameras but look how warm it is. 66 degrees and half mile visibility in some spots down to. 3 now at jfk. And you can see about a four mile visibility at white plains but a half mile at belmar. The fog coming and going this morning, temperatures are really warm, the normal average afternoon High Temperature is 57 and were at 66 at the park. Of 3 bridgeport and white plains and montauk a couple of little sprinkles there on fire island. A big old southerly wind today going to pump up the moisture and today we could hit 77 and we like 7s. Its going to be very humid. Were going to talk about a big cooldown coming tonight in your accuweather seven day forecast. I dont like the sound of that. Happy friday to you. You too. Lets go right over to the web cam and this is the fdr drive. If thats what you normally take this time of morning, this is construction right over to the maps. We were told the construction was northbound but is thats a southbound delay. Between the 70s and 90s all lanes are subject to closure. Mass transit times, metronorth new Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad, they are all running on or close to schedule and the street clowning rules in i for today. Over to you. Police are trying to track down the driver of a bus who hit and killed a woman crossing the street in queens. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama live now in flushing with the latest for us. Kala . Reporter yeah, we can tell you lori, that police have not identified that woman yet. And they are still looking for the driver as well as the bus that hit that woman. The woman was just crossing main street here last night and were told from police that the scene was actually pretty gruesome here. Severe trauma after being hit by some kind of tourist buses. The woman was kinding main street crossing main street not in the crosswalk when she was hit. Investigators have Surveillance Video to try and track down the tourist bus as well as the person behind the wheel. Theres possibility that the driver didnt know a woman was hit but other drivers saw the aftermath. I went to the corner and i grabbed large boxed to block large cardboard boxes to block the body so the cars would not keep trying to go over that body. Reporter we can tell you no matter what time of day it is, this is a busy area where people are always out and traffic is always going on here. And to tell you, this is the third pedestrian hit by a bus this week. The first in forest hills, queens, the second in brooklyn and now live in flushing, queens, kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. 4 34. A corrections officer at Rikers Island targeted by two inmates and then slashed. Eyewitness News Reporter dray clark is live at the entrance to Rikers Island with the story. Reporter sources tell Eyewitness News that one of the inmates involved here actually planned the attack on the corrections officer and they have phone recorded conversations of him discussing his intentions. Now that attack happened here last night. This is actually a photo of the corrections officer who was attacked. His injuries so grave, so severe, we actually had to blur them out. Now there were two inmates involved in the attack, one placed the officer in a choke hold and the over inmate other inmate slashed the officers face with a blade several teems. The emergency times. The Emergency Service responders rescued that officer and he was rushed to the hospital where he received more than 20 stitches. The president of the Correction Officers Union says these kinds of attacks keep happening because inmates have no fear of prosecution. The process the District Attorneys Office refuses to prosecute inmates that assault Corrections Officers. They see no punishment. They see no retribution. So theyre going to continue to do those things. Reporter the inmates involved in the most recent attack are only 18 and 19 years old. One of them actually right now charged with murder. Now it will be up to decide from the bronx da if they will face new charges in light of that vicious attack that happened here last night. Were live this morning, dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. New pictures this morning show what was left of a small plane that crashed off apprize point in queens. Of breezy point by queens. Pictures show the devastating impact of the crash, the crash killed the pilot. He was flying solo and his single open gin plane wednesday night when the aircraft plunged into the waters. No indication he made a mayday call. The pilot 57yearold brad mcgee was a harvard educated retired Navy Commander. And successful businessman. He earned a pilot eastlins three years ago. 4 36. A wake today for the young bronx girl and her grandfather who died in last saturdays trickortreat tragedy. 10yearold nyanna aquil and 65yearold louis perez were killed on halloween when a car jumped the curb along morris park avenue. Todays weak is at the mcnolte funeral home. Tomorrows funeral sat the Harvest Field community church. And a prison worker accused of helping two Inmates Escape from an upstate new york prison is due in court today. 51yearold Joyce Mitchell will find out today how much restitution she will pay for repairs to the prison after cell walls were broken and a steam pipe cut open by the victim the convicts. State investigators estimate 120,000. Mitchell pleaded guilty in september to assisting in the escape. Arguments this morning in the trial of vincent asar row. The 6 million robbery by a fast moving gang was the basis for the movie good fellas. Prosecutors say he helped plan the heist back in 1978 and then he blew his share of 750,000 at the racetrack they say. President obama is weighing in on the possibility that the bomb caused the crash of a russian passenger plane in egypt. No definitive evidence that it was a bomb despite claims by isis that it was responsible for the crash that killed 224 people. However, british and u. S. Intelligence indicate an explosive was the probable cause. Investigators are reviewing conversations from isis militants that were intercepted after the crash and now president obama says it is possible a bomb was on board. Were going to spend a lot of time just making sure that our own investigators, our own out exactly whats going on before we make any definitive pronouncements but its possible there was a bomb on board. Authorities in russia and egypt insist the investigation should be done before any conclusion is reached about the cause. And coming up at 5 00 a live update on how u. S. Airports are tightening security in the wake of the deadly crash. 4 38. Yankees pitcher sabathia is looking to next season. After this year was cut short due to his battle with alcohol. Next season, what are you looking forward to . Just getting back on my teammates and being back in the stadium with the yankees. Enjoying the fans and you know pitching. Thats what i love to do. Competing. And ill be back out there 100 ready to go. He is making his first Public Comments about his decision to enter rehab as the yankees reached the playoffs. He says he knows the timing was bad but it was simply no other option to get help. You can watch Robin Roberts exclusive interview on Good Morning America at 7 00 a. M. Right after Eyewitness News this morning. Its 4 38. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. And bill with your accuweather forecast. All right, here we go. We take a manhattan. Well, we think thats lower hasnt. I mean were looking from manhattan, were looking from the camera in brooklyn here, battery and wall street and Bowling Green and south street sea port that sort of thing. With of this dense fog we have this dense fog thats around. Temperatures are very warm. Were looking at from the camera here at four times square. This is the roof camera looking towards midtown. Patchy fog and that will continue through the day and 66 to start which is really warm and theres a few sprinkles with warm air out of eastern long island. Heres a cold front from detroit. And cincinnati and cleveland all the way down to memphis. Thank you very much. And that will m eastward and this will get here this evening. Behind it cooler air for the weekend but before that its noontime 72 and going to hit 77 this afternoon. Front starts to come in with clouds as we get to this evening. About 7 00 we should have a shower around. Well talk more at that and the rest of the about that and the rest of the weekend in your accuweather seven day forecast. Heather orourke whats going on out there this morning . We have a mess on the bqe and fdr drove. Right over to web cam and ill show you the bqe first, see the bright lights . Thats some tow trucks that are out there trying to move away a disabled vehicle and then see those bright lights . Those are brake lights getting down the fdr drive. Over to the maps and ill tell you whats happening. Now were told the construction is northbound from 79th street to 96th street, but that was a southbound they. We have all lanes delay, so we have all lanes subject to closure on the fdr drive as a result of that. Bqe east at catman plaza, thats where the dangered vehicle is. Mass transit not doing too badly. Street cleaning rules are in effect for today. Over to you. Thank you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, more disturbing defails are surfacing in the shooting death of a little boy in chicago. Police are now revealing how the child was actually cornered in an alley. Plus, trump casinos in Atlantic City say theyre being shortchanged. Hear why the company says its owed more money on Superstorm Sandy claims. And the man has flown a gyrocopter near is u. S. Capitol is ready to the u. S. For the girl scout meeting. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . at stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. You cant see both at the same time. Your trihonda dealers remind you to put down your device this price cant be right. Thats the right price its that low. What other things on this list cant be right . Looks like a list of cant be rights. Seriously . At stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. My stop shop. Welcome back. A major symbol of the Holiday Season has arrived in the city. Take a look at the video of this years Rockefeller Center vis miss key. Its courtesy of Eyewitness News anchor Sade Baderinwas twitter account. The ten ton norway spruce made its way past our studios on columbus avenue. How exciting is that . This was last night. Sade you can hear her voice in the background, it began its journey in Ulster County wednesday morning. The 78foot tall tree will on december 2nd. That is always exciting. It is. Say. Lets check in with meteorologist bill evans now. Roof looking towards midtown. We have a morning here and we start off with some really warm temperatures. I mean its just some kind of were looking at temperatures even above our normal average afternoon high. 66 degrees right now. The humidity 87 . Thats high. And a calm wind lets the spa kind of hang around today. 65 river dale and 66 whitestone and ridgewood and murray hill. 63 white plains and you can get over toward rockland county. Theyre around new city on the western side of the hudson river. Its about 63degrees there as well as in sussex and 59 monticello. All the numbers way way warm for this time of the year this hour of the day. A southerly wind is very light its coming in theres been a couple of showers that have been out here towards smith point. Where well see the showers cutting across Summit County and it towards the hamptons but the weather that comes tonight is in the form of this cold front thats in the ohio valley right now. You can see theres a lot of rain with this. And as it gets to us really starts to weaken but the cooler air is behind it. Watch, by the time 5 00 look how weak this is on the guidance. Just a few sprinkles at 5 00 west of the city and about 7 00 in the city you know and then its gone. Its pushing through the area and we have a few clouds to start on saturday. But then look at sunday, sunshine and right on into sunday evening. So were going to be looking at that passing shower coming this evening ahead of that will be record warmth with 77. And were going to be seeing this front sliding through with the cooler drier air and kind tomorrow, its a cool day. And you can see this wave down south it looks like it will be further to the south that will just put some clouds over central southern jersey and sun and clouds and 65. Then into saturday evening and saturday night, cooler air and further and clouds and sun this afternoon. Its quite warm. Its rather humid. 77 will smash the old record of 74 set back in 1948. So a passing shower early tonight then clearing low 59. Tomorrow sunshine and cooler and breezien saturday. The high 65. But thats still warmer than normal for this time of the year. Well have some seasonal what we call seasonal temperatures when its at the normal afternoon average high of 57. The low is 41. But you see next week were going to warm right back up into the 60s. As we get into next week. Well be looking at maybe a passing shower on tuesday. But still, on the horizon, no big time cold or extreme cold. Anything like that. Like that. No extreme cold. I like those words. You can thank our friend el nino. Thank you el nino. Thank you bill. And now [ laughter ] check in with heather. Were going to talk about the subway status, we have some overnight track work thats cleared by 5 00. Three trane suspended between 148th street. And metronorth, Long Island Railroad, new Jersey Transit all running on or close to schedule. Without incident at this point. 287 in bridgewater southbound right near exit 17. That is an accident thats involved a tractortrailer and a car. Hopefully there are no injuries involved in that. That accident was just reported to us. Bqe northeast, right at catman plaza, you have a disabled vehicle and then just north of there, you have that ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge closed down with overnight construction. The Brooklyn Bridge is closedden bound until 6 00 a. M. In addition to that, as you try to take the battery park underpass its closed from the west hide highway coming along to the fdr drive. Then the fdr drive, you have that construction ongoing. Now we have reports that its northbound 79th to 96th street and i can see it. I have a cam. All lanes are subject to closure, you can sees that the northbound side where you have only the left lane open but southbound trafficful not here but getting into 96th street. We have the street cleaning rules in effect for today. Ken over to you. Thank you very much heather. Right now rescue crews searching for survivors after a dam burst in mr. Sail flooding at least 200 homes with toxic sludge. The dam burst in southeastern brazil and quickly burying the town with a toxic mix rather of water and mining residue. One person is dead. Officials are trying to determine how many people could be missing. Residents living downhill from the mine are evacuated now before that dam could burst. 4 48. And the details in the murder of a 9yearold chicago boy seem to be more disturbing every day. Police now believe tie shaun lee was lured into the alley then executed because of his fathers alleged gang involvement. Detectives also say his father is not cooperating with investigators. Time questioning him than looking for his sons father. He incests that he has no gang ties. Thats a lot of he says she says stuff. Dont shake your head and say this was terrible. Come forward. Call the police. Call us. Do something. Well, at least 35,000 in reward money is now being offered for information leading to an arrest. And police say they know who was involved but they dont know who did what. A person of interest was released without being charged. 4 49. Now university of california freshman with stabbed four people was out for revenge. Police say faisol mohammed wrote a two page manifesto detailing his plans to terrorize and kill several classmates. He was reportedly enraged he had been kicked out of a study group. Less shot and illed him. The former postal worker who delivered himself to the will plead guilty to a felony charge. Doug Douglas Hughes touched down outside the capitol only tax day. He wanted to call attention to the influence of big money and politics. His Attorney Says he will plead guilty to operating a gyrocopter without license and he faces three year in press when sentenced in two weeks. Trump entertainment reports is suing two Insurance Companies saying they Department Pay up after Superstorm Sandy. The Atlantic CityCasino Company says they wrongly withheld payments during and after the storm. The taj mahal and trump plaza are involved. Tea flamed the flame but no know when to bring the heat. Some of new yorks new york city citys bravest put their Cooking Skills to the test. The event helped celebrate the departments 150th anniversary of service. Also allowed firefighters to prepare dishing for a panel of dishes for a panel of celebrities and new york food people. All donations raised at the event benefit the museum. Firefighters know how to cook. They really do. Coming up on Eyewitness News this morning, you will not see california crab legs on some menus because it could be toxic. What consumers need to know about the latest warning. Also ahead, rapper busta rhymes is getting ready to youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Here on Eyewitness News this morning. Were going to be looking at temperatures today starting out around 6 degrees. 66 degrees. Going to be very warm and humid and were going to be looking at fog and clouds and the high today is probably going to get to 77 which is going to break a record high for this time of the year. And were going to be looking at these temperatures that today will cool off as we go into tonight. As were right around 66 degrees. Well talk about the weekend because a big cooldown is coming to some normal temperatures and a chance of a shower tonight. Its weather and traffic together every ten minutes seven minutes. We have a mess on the fdr drive. What im talking about and you can see all the brake lights, this is the southbound side of the fdr drive in the 90s. And then as you head northbound in the 70s you can see only the left lane is getting by. So well go over to the maps and i can tell you that the fdr drive has construction both ways between the 90s and the 70s. And all lanes are subject to closure. We have our subway status three trains suspended between 148th street and new loss because of overnight track work, the e trains suspended between briarwood and jamaica. Metronorth and Long Island Railroad and new Jersey TransitDanielle Nottingham just fine Danielle Nottingham just fine doing just fine. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. On the west coast its crab season and right now thats off the table. Uhhuh. Wildlife authorities delayed the recreational danknesses crab season in california. It was scheduled to start this weekend. The researchers have discovered Dangerous Levels of a neurotoxin linked to a massive algae bloom off the west coast. Wildlife Officials Say crabbing will resume when toxic levels drop. But they dont know that will be. The number of people sickened by the e. Coli outbreak has now risen to 40 in Washington State and oregon, a dozen people have been hospitalized with e. Coli. More than 40 chipotle restaurants are closed in the two states while Health Officials search for the source of the outbreak. A fan with terminal cancer is granted his dying we are to see the new star wars movie. Daniel fleetwoods wife launched a Facebook Campaign to let her husband see star wars the force awakens ahead of its release on december 18th. It worked. Lucas film employees brought a copy to the fleetwoods home in spring, texas. And grateful Ashley Fleetwood posted on facebook to all her wonderful supporters, friend family and awesome Friends Family and awesome strangers, daniels final dream was just granted today. The wonderful disney and lucas film made his final dreams come true. Tail really do make they really do make dreams come true. Disney which owns the Star Wars Franchise is also the Parent Company of wabc tv. We are closing in on 5 00. Just ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, new details just in on a deadly hit and run. This happening in queens. And we have just learned that the bus which hit and killed a woman may have been located now by police. We will tell you where that happened next at 5 00 a. M. The democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton comes around for the round of late night talk shows with a stop at jimmy kimmel live. What she has to say. And were seeing another morning of dense fog before a recordbreaking warmup. Meteorologist bill evans has your exclusive accuweather forecast. Feels more like early june. Stay with us, channel 7 coming right back. Discover the latest from the amop\ premium foot care line, to see why women are admiring their beautiful nails. They have good reason. Introducing the latest innovation from amop\, the new electronic nail care system specially designed for your toenails and finger nails with 3 heads for filling, buffing and shinning. An easy way to have natural looking shiny wow nails. Wow the new electronic nail care system from amop\. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. Its really warm. It is very humid. It is soupy. It is foggy. It is cloudy. To start your day. The temperature this morning is at 66 degrees. Clouds, fog around got a little southerly wind here this morning. 64 brookhaven and west hampton 62. East hampton 63 with the clouds and fog around the temperatures pretty close all around the tristate area. I mean were looking at 57 monticello and everybody else in the low and mid 60s. Well get to 73 by 2 00 and 77 by 3 00. This afternoon. And then well, it gets much cooler for the weekend. Were going to talk about that next. Weather then heather every seven minutes. You love this weather. I love it so much. I just cant even express the feelings i have for this weather. Are you going to be okay . I think im going to be okay. All right lets lets over to the mass transit chart, all mass transit is running on or close to schedule. No major problems to report. Taking the fdr drive we have the construction both directions between the 90s and the 70s and all lanes are subject to closure. Bqe northeast at cadman plaza. Disabled vehicle cleared away and you have the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge closed in the inbound side of the Brooklyn Bridge closed until 6 00 a. M. On the George Washington bridge, heading over here both way ops the upper level that construction is clearing and aphemia november delays at the hudson river crossings. You have minor delays at the hudson river crossings. In bridgewater, new jersey 287 south, this is an accident involving a tractortrailer and a car. Lets take a look at a web cam and ill show you that construction i was talking about. Heres the fdr drive going southbound. You can see that the right lane is closed down and we have quite a backup as a result. And then the northbound side. Thats traffic coming towards us only the left lane is getting by. We have street cleaning rules in effect for today. Ken over to you. All right heather thank you. Developing right now, weve just learned that police nave located may have located the bus that killed a woman in queens. A bus similar to the one that was found in the crash was stopped late last night in madison, connecticut. It appears the driver of the tourist bus didnt know they hit somebody. It happened at the intersection of main street and kissena boulevard in jamaica just after 8 00 last night. Foul well get a live update on this developing story ahead at 5 30 this morning. 5 03. A corrections officer at Rikers Island has serious gashes to his face this morning after an attack by two inmates. Eyewitness News Reporter dray clark is live now in east elmhurst, queens with more for us. Dray . Reporter good morning lori. The corrections officer never saw the attack coming but investigators say the two inmates involved. They planned the attack. And they wanted to seriously injure the officer by cutting him over and over again using a blade. This latest inmate attack will leave the corrections officer scarred for life. We had to blur the photo of the officer who was put in a choke hold by one inmate and then slashed by a second man with a blade. The officer was saved by Emergency Service responders and taken to a hospital in queens. Where he needed more than 20 stitches. The face slashing came just hours after the corrections commissioner issued new rules. Following the attack the Corrections Department said this safety is commissioner ponzis top priority and he has zero tolerance for assaults on staff. The department is seeking rearrest of any inmate involved. In all due respect to the commissioner of the agency, hes surrounded by individuals that dont know security and dont know the department of corrections and this is yet another example of how a correction officer will eventually lose their life in the confines of the jail because of mismanagement. Reporter and so Corrections Officers have been injured here in rikers so far this year. Were live in queens, dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Time now is 5 5 and now to the investigation. The very latest information into that russian plane crash in egypt that killed all 224 people aboard. The possibility that a terrorist bomb brought that plane looks increasingly likely. This morning there are new calls forren creased security for all planes bound for the united states. Lana zak joins us live from washington. Reporter to try and make foreign Airport Security as rigorous as the united states. Here airport workers could be credentialed every six months. In some foreign airports its as infrequent as every five years, the possibility that a terrorist bomb downed the plane is sending International Shock waves with implications for u. S. Travelers. I think theres a possibility that there was a bomb on board. And were taking that very seriously. Reporter the department of Homeland Security is expected to announce plans to tighten regulations on u. S. Bound flights from International Airports as early as today. The Obama Administration is reviewing a number of different steps that we can take to enhance security for commercial states. From certain foreign airports. Reporter with more than 25 million americans expected to fly over the thanksgiving holiday, the need for vigilant security could not be greater. Here in the u. S. Baggage is send to special screening rooms and each bag run through explosive detection scanners but the standards at foreign airports vary widely. And even here in the u. S. Security has been raised since the summer when screeners were found to miss hidden octobers 95 objects 95 of the time. Following the british lead. While back in russia, the first of hundreds to come. Those funerals really a reminder of whats at stake, some of the different security measures being discussed include checking passenger manifests with the luggage prior to takeoff and also honing in on the background checks of airport workers and minimizing the possibility of an insider threat. Live in washington, lana zak, channel 7 Eyewitness News. 5 07. In the race for president , a Onetime Republican favorite is now shut out of the next prime time republican debate. Fox Business Network which is hosting next weeks debate announcing new Jersey Governor Chris Christie did not make the cut. Because of his low poll numbers. Candidates needed an average of at least 2. 5 in the four most recent national polls. Christie begannered just 2 garnered just 2 in a fox news poll this week. The eight gop candidates invited two of the prime time de to the prime time debate are carson, trump, cruz, fiorina, rand paul and john kasich. Gop front runners ben carson and donald trump are now under the watchful eye of the secret service. Department of Homeland Security confirmed the both candidates requested protection last month. But secret Service Presence has been known to help with image. President ial hopeful Hillary Clinton took some time away from Campaign Events to sit down and talk with jimmy kimmel. The former sick tear of state was on live last night. She told him her husband would run for president again if he were able to but feels she would win if the two went head tohead. They also talked about the changes that would be made if clinton were to become the first female president. Will the remote for the television be on your side of the bed . Thank you. Thank you. Well, there are some things that are unchangeable. Like moving the remote. Thats thats his . That is too big an issue for me to take on. I have to do world peace and get the economy going and take care of people. Seems those might not be the only speedometers of the responsibility of the future president. Children told clinton they wanted free food and toys and hey no more school madame president. They have their priorities in order. Its 5 09. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. And bill . Well, we look outside and see the fog. Right here. Someone has taken the world trade center. Its gone. In the fog this morning as were looking at low clouds and fog and very warm air responsible for this fog. Its radiational fog when the ground is cool the air is warm and overnight we had a couple of sprinkles too. 66 degrees and cloudy and fog and southerly wind all that contributes to this fog. The sun will come out and this will go away. The front is back to the west here from detroit all the way through cincinnati down to memphis and just to the east of dallas. That will slide into our area tonight around 6 00, 7 00. So were looking at this fog burning off by 9 00. Sunshine and 74 to 77 this afternoon. And we do like 7s. But thats 20 degrees warmer than normal. Then clouds increase this evening and well have a shower by 7 00. Well, here are the berries of huggable at the bus stop today and you will see they are and you will see they are dressed appropriately. Its warm this morning kiddos. 67. And make sure you know, you are watching out for the ring leader there by the bus. The one with the white hat . Thats the ring leader. Right . The one with the white hat . You are just heather, you are the leader. Clearly. On friday. Im trying you are the ring leader. On fridays i do . Okay all right. I accept the responsibility. Right over to our web cam and show you how things are going on the fdr drive. Going southbound thats traffic moving away from us has eased out very nicely. And over to the maps and i can tell you that our subway status is running on or close to schedule. New Jersey Transit no major problems. Bqe northeast from cadman plaza to the Brooklyn Bridge, two lanes are closed down. Brooklyn bridge closed inbound until 6 00 a. M. And we do have alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect for today. Ken and lori over to you. Thank you heather. And still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, an Eyewitness News exclusive. Hear from the mother of the little girl who was grazed by a bullet during a Police Shootout on the jersey shore. Also ashed scary moments for a young mother who was attacked details about who police have for the girl scout meeting. Okay. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . at stop shop, prices are down. Savings are up. Which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. My stop shop. Thank you so much. 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I didnt know if she had been hit anywhere else. I didnt know what was really going on. I didnt know if the bullet would end. I didnt know anything. It was just scary. Police dont know who fired that shot that hit 8yearold cassie. Her mother says they are now living in a hotel and the family hopes they can move to a different neighborhood. A mother is sharing her story after she was targeted and attacked with a knife in upper manhattan while she was breastfeeding. Elena sobina says that the man approached her from behind bench in tryon park in inwood with her 6monthold daughter. The young mother screamed thats according to her. Sobina then says the suspect then threw them both to the ground and took off with her handbag and iphone. Feeling terrible feeling. That hes going to kill me and the baby. Well, the attack left little baby kelly with a bruise under her nose and 31yearold juan garcia was arrested nearby and charged with robbery and endangering the welfare of a time is 5 15. Meteorologist bill evans joans forecast. Here we go we take a look again from brooklyn across the watchtower building there to the east river and over to Bowling Green and the battery is right here. And then were looking up toward wall street here. And then weve lost the Brooklyn Bridge there. And one world trade should be there but its covered up in the fog this morning also. Temperature, 66 degrees. The humidity way up there. The wind is south at 3. And that just keeps pumping up the old warm moisture and that pressure falling a little bit at 30 10. Normal is 57. Were going to be at 77 today. And that will smash the old record high 20 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. Sun is up at 6 32 and a pretty good looking sunset coming. Mild murky morning in progress and still on track for a record high today. At 77. The old record was 74. And well have a slow clearing on saturday back to some normal weather by sunday. 61 in millford here in pike county. 62 hope pat congress and we have 62 around poughkeepsie and 63 white plains to bridgeport. The southerly wind coming up. Theres a little fog around some areas. Like jfk and islip were reporting tenth of a mile visibility as well as belmar. But theres a couple of little showers toward the hamptons this morning. Thats going by in this very warm soupy air mass. This front thats to our west keeps sliding eastward and that will get to us this evening ability 7 00. But it really loses a lot of its punch as it comes eastward just showing a few sprinkles along that front at 5 00 here from the Hudson Valley into northern jersey and swings through the area by 8 00 tonight. So after psychological i would does school kiddos some great weather. 75 degrees and breezy and breaks of sun. Sprinkles dont get here until avon a after sunset. A record high prior to that and then tomorrow we start cooldown across new jersey and connecticut and new york state and the northeast. Clouds and sun today. Rather humid. And warm. 77. Will break the record high of 74 set back in 48. Passing shower early then clearing tonight. We got sunshine and clouds tomorrow. Its cooler and breezy and were at 65. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Sunday is a gorgeous day. 57. And then you will see next week, were back into the 60s and weve got a little shot at a sprinkle on tuesday but not that big of a deal. Around. Its going to be really nice weather. Thats fantastic. We have that picture of kobe yet . I think its coming up later. [ laughter ] kens dog kobe, heather, dressed up for the weather department. For last night or halloween . He was jealous of maximus. He must have had a very tiny little tie. Right transit chart and Something Else thats pretty cute. Everything is running on or close to schedule so no major problems there. Its not ugly at all as far as mass transit and our subway status is also running on or close to schedule. As we take a look at new jersey 287 heading south right near exit 17 in bridgewater, an accident and tractortrailer and a car involved in that. Minor delays across the board. At our hudson river crossings. Now as you go northbound, eastbound on the bqe, northbound getting into cadman plaza up to the Brooklyn Bridge, two lanes are closed down with overnight construction. And then the Brooklyn Bridge is closed inbound until 6 00 a. M. But not causing major delays at this point. Rules in effect. Ken and lori. Over to you. Thank you heather. Its 5 18. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, the day in court for hip hop star busta rhymes. The move that led to his arrest. And the fashion line debuted a block in harold the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. Fewer than 10 received 5 stars. 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And it is quite warm this morning. It is going to be a really warm day. Weve got fog herement we can barely make out the tops of the buildings here in lower manhattan. Were looking at whats going to be a record high of 77 today. A cooler weekend is coming and big cooldown starts tonight. The temperatures are 65 at newark and 66 around the park with a southsouthwest wind. Look at the humidities. 97 around newark and elizabeth. All right lets see whos taking the ferry from jersey city or Staten Island this morning. A nice little ride with the nice southwest wind. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes for you. Thats heather orourke. Yes i am. Shes the best in the business. You know how do i know that . You tell any that every day me that every day. I always have to remind you. Let me tell you construction on the fdr drive has been picked up and put away between the 70s and 90s. Lets go right over to our maps and i can tell you in bridgewater as you travel on to 287 south right near exit 17, thats an accident so this is right near the exit for routes 202 and 206. Tractortrailer and a car involved if a bit of a in a bit of a tangle. Metronorth, Long Island Railroad and North Carolina transit they are doing new Jersey Transit they are doing okay. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Ken and lori over to you. Thank you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, find out why new yorks attorney general is investigating oil joint exxon mobil. Plus the one day only promotion at 7 11 that lets you decide how much you want to pay for a slurpee. Where the proceeds are going. Thats the key. Wh jill and kate use the same dishwasher. Same detergent. But only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses. That dry dishes and prevent spots and film, so all thats left is the shine. For better results, use finish jetdry. 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And tomorrow is name your own price day at 7 11. Get any flavor and any size. For whatever you want to pay for it. Proceeds go to a charity. And thats americas money. Next a mobile saying its assessing its response to a subpoena from the new York State Attorney general but the company says it did not mislead investors about the Business Risk of climate change. And it denies it concealed research on climate change. Exxon mobil says it publicly conducted 40 years of Climate Research along with the department of energy academics and a United Nations panel on climate change. It is 5 28. Still ahead, new details just coming in. Police in connecticut stopped a bus that fits the description of the one involved in a deadly hit and run in queens. Our cam ram ma is live kala rama is live now on the scene of flushing with new about the investigation. Morning fog giving way to recordbreaking warmth today. Meteorologist bill evans returns with the exclusive stay with us. Maria. 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Thanks for starting your morning with us, it is friday, november 6th and you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. And bill . Yeah, the top of the bridge is gone. Half of one world trade is gone too. Heres our view here were looking from brooklyn over to the Lower East Side and that wall street and that area. You can see nothing as far as the buildings go. We have this fog around the temperature 66 degrees. Were going to be looking at a warm morning, its this fog thats reduced visibility to. 3 in white plains and check with the airline there at jfk, might be a delay. Going. Its ground fog from the warm air yesterday and now things have cooled off even though were in the 60s. Its really this warm air making for a foggy start. 77 this afternoon will break the old record of 74 set back in 1948. Look at the west wind today. It cools off tonight and for the weekend. We talk about that next. Heather is looking at the commute. We have troubles on the 2 and if Third Quarter trains and this is 3 trains and this is all because of of track work at clark street. Metronorth, Long Island Railroad, and new Jersey Transit running on or close to schedule. If youre taking 487 in bridgewater, new jersey we have a tractortrailer car accident right near exit 17. Thats the exit for routes 202 and 206. We have some reported injuries involved and we have minor bridge, the lincoln and holland. There. On the bqe northeast cadman plaza up to the Brooklyn Bridge, two lanes are closed down. Our street cleaning rules are in effect. Ken over to you. Heather thank you. We have breaking news, the u. S. Coast guard now working to find a man who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship off the coast of the bahamas. At this point its unclear if he jumped or was pushed from the video overnight. This is file video of the oasis of the seas. The coast guard has deployed a helicopter and a plane to begin searching once the sun is up. 5 32. We have received new investigation in the last half hour involving a deadly hit and run in queens. Police in connecticut believe they have found the bus responsible. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama live at the scene in flushing. Kala . Reporter ken i can tell you after reviewing that Surveillance Video, police sent out what could be on the lookout for to state troopers across new york and connecticut. Well troopers in connecticut thought they spotted a bus matching the terrific in matching the description in madison county. They pulled it over and overnight state police examined the bus for several hours. We dont know where that bus is now, but we just know that it matched the description of what new york police were looking for. As for the woman killed in the hit and run crash, she still has not been identiffed here. Take a look at this scene from late last night there. That woman police say suffered severe trauma after being hit by this tourist bus. The woman was crossing main street near kissena boulevard not in the crosswalk when she was hit. Investigators have video they were reviewing and there was a possibility the driver didnt know a woman was hit but other drivers certainly saw the aftermath. I ran to the corner and i grabbed large boxes to block large cardboard boxes to block the body so the cars would not keep trying to go over that body. Reporter this is the third pedestrian killed by a bus in less than a week. Is t first in forest hells, queens, the hills, queens and now were live in flushing queens. Thank you. New details now on the latest inmate attack in Rikers Island. It will leave the officer scarred for life. He was put in a choke hold last night but one inmate and by one inmate and then slashed with a blade by the second inmate. The officer was saved by Emergency Services responders and the Correction Department says quote safety is commissioner ponzis top priority. And he has zero tolerance for assaults on staff. The department is now seeking rearrest of any inmate involved. In all due respect to the commissioner of the agency, hes surrounded by individuals that dont know security and dont know the department of correction. And this is yet another example of how a correction officer will eventually lose their life in the confines of the jail because of mismanagement. So far this year, 216 correction officers have been attacked by inmates. Well, there will be a wake today for the young bronx girl and her grandfather who were killed in a halloween night crash. 10yearold nyanna aquil and 65 yearold louis perez were killed on halloween when a car jumped the curb along morris park avenue. Todays wake is at the mcnolte funeral home and the funeral tomorrow is at the Harvest Field community church. New pictures this morning show what was left of a small plane that crashed off of breezy point in queens. Pictures we leased by nypd special operations reveal the devastating impact of the crash. The crash killed the pilot. He was flying solo in his single engine plane wednesday night when the aircraft plunged into the waters. No indication he made a mayday call. He was a harvard educated retired Navy Commander and successful businessman. He earned a pilots license three years ago. Well, the prison worker accused of helping two Inmates Escape will be in court today. 51yearold Joyce Mitchell will find out today how much restitution she will pay to the prison. The state investigators estimate the damage to cost upward of 120,000, mitchell pleaded guilty in september to assisting in the escape. And jurors will hear closing arguments this morning in the trial of vincent asaro. The man accused in the historic height at new york airport. The robbery was the basis for a movie. Prosecutors say the now 80year old asaro helped plan the heist in 1978 and then they say he blew his share of 750,000 at the racetrack. It is 5 37. And you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. Here we go. We take a look from the brooklyn to lower manhattan. Wall street. Down toward the battery. Its not there. Its gone. I think they took it back in the middle of the night. Heres whats going on this morning. We have the fog of course. And thats going to be around you know for a while. The temperature really warm. 66 degrees and thats why we have this fog this morning. Couple of sprinkles around on the eastern end of long island. We got a cold front to our west. Now this is cooler drier air coming right in behind it. You see the profiles in winds going northwest overnight and this front comes through this evening with a sprinkle. Out and about that sprinkle will be later today after we break the record high of 74. When we hit 77 this afternoon. Then this evening a shower around 6 00, 7 00 and it goes through really quick and then we cool off. At the bus stop kids, 67 degrees is our temperature to start the day. Watch out for the sassy one. Oh. At the bus stop. How does she get the hip out that far . Just like that. Years. [ laughter ] i was going to say experience, i wouldnt say years. I dont know about experience either. Heather . [ laughter ] uhhuh. Right over to a web cam and show you thousand things are looking as you travel up through brooklyn on the bqe northbound side near atlantic avenue. Why . Well, over to the maps and ill tell you why. We have the bqe northeast from cadman plaza up to the Brooklyn Bridge two lanes are closed down. Brooklyn bridge closed inbound until 6 00 a. M. And thats because of overnight construction. Subway status, 2 and 3 trains it is track work at clark street so uptown trains will end at atlantic avenue. And some downtown trains will end at chambers street. All of the other mass transit systems are doing okay. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Ken and lori over to you. All righter thank you. This morning, scary skies in the south. Powerful storms blow through texas dropping hail and sparking massive bolts of lightning and now people there are Charlie Sheening you have app a clearing up after a tornado. It was a bad same of the season but there was time of the season but there was no other option for me but to get help. Cc sabathia is breaking his silence in an exclusive interview with abcs robin hear what the pitcher has to and yankees pitcher cc sabathia is breaking his silence about alcohol rehab right before the yankees entered the playoffs. I understand where you know fans would be upset. And people dont understand. But its a disease and if it was my knee or if it was anything else, then people wouldnt have a problem with but you know, being alcoholism, its tough for people to swallow. But its the same thing. Sabathia also says that he had no other option but to get help. The star pitcher spoke exclusively to abcs Robin Roberts. And you can see more on Good Morning America starting at 7 00 a. M. Right after Eyewitness News this morning. Well, the weather is clearing up in texas today after a huge line of storms came through lighting up the sky and bringing strong wind and large hail and fort worth a building was badly damaged when a tornado touched down. The section of the roofinglanded on parked cars outside the building and after the tornado passed drivers were able to get out into the parking lot and take a look at the damage. But the good news is, nobody got hurt. Its 5 42 and i want to mention this coming sunday morning i have the privilege of emceeing the pancreatic cancer 5k run. Its a familyfriendly walk as well at 8 30 its happening at parsippany. New jersey. If you want details i have all the details on the Facebook Page and come out and join me for a great cause. Excellent. Lets check on how the weather going to be great and and falllike and cool and cusp. Heres the look at crisp. Heres the look at four times square. The fog thats out here this morning with the hazy look, heres the camera at astoria, looking southward here and cant make out one world trade which would be there, thats the Chrysler Building and we can see that and we can see the power plant here and down to the atth street bridge 59th street bridge. Temperature 66 and we have a southerly wind. Today we have temperatures way above normal. 77 will be the high. 20 degrees warmer than normal. Well break a record High Temperature today which is 74. Set back in 1948. We had a little spritz yesterday. Of rain. Sun is. 01 of rain. Sun is up and murky. And slow clearing of skies today. As we go into tonight and tomorrow. So you can see some of the visibilities are low in spots, out of white Plains Airport probably going to be slowed down there and at jfk. But other places you know not so bad. Bridgeport three mile visibility there. North port massapequa and hol hog at 64 hauppauge another 64. The numbers are way warm. Should be 45 in the park. To 35 outside the city. Coastal connecticut. And long island and then about 32 up here towards monticello. It is really warm with this southerly wind coming up and this High Pressure ridge thats over us. Were going to have a warm day today. The last warm day. Theres a sprinkle out there towards sag harbor and montauk and were looking at this front that will be sliding eastward coming tonight. It looks like a lot of rain along that front but by the time it gets to us it really dries out and weakens some ways. You can see by the time we get to 6 00 heres the little sprinkle. It goes through and is gone through the area by 9 00. So just sweep right on through. Clouds and sun quite warm today. 77. Breaks the record high passing shower early tonight. Clearing skies overnight. 59 the low and then tomorrow is a great day. Sun and clouds. Its cooler and breezy. The high is 65. Heres your accuweather seven day forecast. We call that seasonal sunshine on sunday when the temperature is at normal numbers for this time of the year. The average high is 57. Were at 59 on monday. A shot at a shower on tuesday. Well, program note on this fine news prod cast, very special guests in the weather cast next hour. Uhoh. Cant wait. Little unnerved. Uhhuh. No need to be unnerved. Youll be okay. The very scaried. Great. All right. Lets talk our subways here, we have 2 and 3 trains with some uptown problems. So uptown trains will be terminating at atlantic avenue and some downtown trains will end at chambers street. This is because of track work at clark street. And in addition to that, metro north, Long Island Railroad, and new Jersey Transit they are running on or close to schedule. But a headsup for this weekend. 7 trains there will be no Weekend Service starting late tonight. So midnight tonight. Thats actually on saturday. Between queensboro brachia and street andre plaza and 34th street and were going to check out the bqe northbound getting up into the Brooklyn Bridge with ongoing construction. We have our street cleaning rules in effect for today. Ken over to you. All right heather thank you. 5 46. Trump entertainment reports is suing two Insurance Companies saying they didnt pay up after Superstorm Sandy, that claim the insurers wrongly withheld payments during and after the storm. At the time the Company Owned two Atlantic City casinos the taj mahal and trump plaza. They tamed the flame but know when the bring the heat. Some of the bravest put their Cooking Skills to the test at the fire museums annual fdny firefighter chefs competition. The event helped celebrate the departments 50th anniversary 150th anniversary of service and allowed firefighters to prepare dish farce panel of celebrities dishes for a panel of celebrities and new york food people. All donations go to the museum. The Mega Millions jackpot takes the grand prize is an estimated 159 million. With the cash option zitting at 98 million. The last jackpot winner was sold september 11th. Five friends, four from yonkers and one from new jersey split the jackpot then. You can watch it live on channel 7. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, an unholy crime on long island. Police release new video as they search for the man who targeted a search and its donation box. Also ahead new york state Holding Public hearings on the u new this morning, on long island, and a thief targeted a Catholic Church in smithtown. Suffolk county Police Released the video this morning of the man at st. Patricks church. He sat in a pew for an hour before pulling out tools to break open the donation box. This happened on october 10th around lunchtime. The man got away with more than 100 and they are asking for help in identifying him. 35 50. Happening today public hearings on the controversial common core standards take place all around new york state. The ten two hour meetings are described as listening sessions. Some parent and teacher groups complained the sessions are difficult to attend because all of them begin at 3 00 p. M. The hearings are designed to give teachers and parents input on the standards. Well, nasa Scientists Say they know now how mars went from a warm planet with flowing water to a cold and dry world. The Space Agency Says solar winds stripped away the atmosphere on the planet. Scientists based their findings on data from the mars orbiting spacecraft maven. Unlike earth mars doesnt have a global Magnetic Field to protect its atmosphere. Therefore, solar storms were Strong Enough to blow away its atmospheric gases. 5 51. The museum of Natural History is getting up close and personal with its new exhibit. And were talking really, really close. The secret world inside of you explores the trillions of microbes on and in the human body. The exhibit opens tomorrow and aims to look at the human body as an entire ecosystem. The research will explore the ways that these microbes affect your physical and Mental Health as well as how these microbes get into and on to your body in the first place. Yuck. Thats very interesting. Okay. 5 51. Were following breaking news in arkansas, at least six people have been killed in an Early Morning charter bus crash, were gathering the have been latest very latest information and going to update you at 6 00 a. M. And its a foggy morning commute. With you we are commute. But we are expecting record breaking temperatures for your friday. Meteorologist bill evans with i. Love new york. Yes, thats a real bear. I. Won a trip. That is so exciting. announcer vo play the i love new york scratchoff from the new york lottery. You could win trips to exciting youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Here on Eyewitness News this morning. Happy friday everybody. Were coming up on 5 55. And it is foggy. Yes, wall street is there. Somewhere. We dont exactly know right yet but the fog has it all covered up and the warm air 66 in the park and 59 here around monticello. 66 laguardia and 64 around queens. We have a southerly wind but also look at the humidities, 97 and 93 and were looking at whats going to be a very warm day. A record high coming at you today of 77 degrees. It will beat the old mark of 74 degrees. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Hows it going out there . We have a disabled vehicle on the west side of manhattan and well head over to the maps and tell you where. Its on the west side highway near 96th street. At least one lane is closed down. And over to queens and the l. I. E. West right near the van wyck, thats another accident just got reported to us causing delays. 2 and 3 trains some uptown trains terminating at atlantic avenue. And some downtown trains are terminating at chambers street. We can show you the l. I. E. Near marathon parkway and you can see the delays are already building. Our street cleaning rules are in effect. And its beginning to look a little like christmas thanks to a big arrival in the city. Heres video of this years Rockefeller Center christmas tree. Eyewitness news an or Sade Baderinwa posted this anchor Sade Baderinwa posted this video on twitter last night. The ten ton 78foot tall norway spruce from Ulster County will light up for the Holiday Season on december 2nd. Another sign of this season, the radio city christmas spectacular. The fourlegged cast members of this center of the living nativity received a blessing from Cardinal Timothy dolan yesterday. Live animals have been a part of the production since 1933. The cardinal says the nativity is an important part of the show because it connects people with the deeper meaning of the season. This practice began by st. Francis of assisi. As a means to set forth the true meaning of christmas. When we look upon these animals, these figures, these beautiful people, the christmas gospel comes alive. Oh. Begins next friday. Uhhuh. Well, someone is a big fan of cats shelled out big bucks to celebrate another cat lover. The 1981 painting sold for 826,000 at a sothebys auction more than two times its estimated worth. The artwork is a tribute to San Francisco millionaire Kate Birdsall johnson and her cats. But there are only 42 cats featured in the 60 tall painting. 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