Thousands looking for anyway out, he realized it was time to come home. He had left with plans to open a bar in new york. With help, he bought an Old Firehouse in the crime riddled fre freret neighborhood. And thought he could be part of the cure and thats what it is called, cure. Something theyve been working on for nearly a decade. Hope that can be seen in the resurgence of this city. Neighborhoods restored. Its hope that can be seen in the volunteers that continue to rebuild the areas still tatered and torn apart. Were going to bring everybody back and make the silty we always should have been. Reporter a goal that might seem out of reach, until you realize just how much has been done in the last 10 years here. And you know as the recovery continues here, theres renewed focus on the hardest hit neighborhoods, like the lower 9th ward, new orleans east and theres still a need for as many as 60,000 homes to be rebuild or rerepaired. And back to you, betty. Thank you for that report. And were getting a clearer picture of the killer behind this weeks shooting on live television. Exclusive new video shows the inside of is Vester Flanagans onebedroom apartment, and neatly arranged with pictures of him on the fridge and cups in the sink. And this morning theyre coming together to honor the victims. Reporter as the memorial grows outside roanokes wbdj tv. I dont think theres anyone in the community where this is not personal anymore. My grief, which is still parent and will be for that a while it has turned to anger. Reporter the father of Alison Parker still grieving but gearing up with americans access to guns. Im relentless. Reporter alison and cameraman ward were in a middle of a live shot when Vester Flanagan opeeed fire. He was hired after getting positive references and fired for performance ance ance issues. He hand adwooden cross to the news director who was at that time dan dennison and he said youll need this. They found he had two glock glock glock glock. 9 millimeter pistols. And its so easy when you look at the statistics to lose scythe sight that these are real people. Reporter and the team at wbdj continues to cover a crime that has effected them in a very personal and public way. A grim discovery to tell you about on the out skirts of austria. Decomposing bodies were found in an abandoned truck. Its the latest evidence of the worst migration crisis since world war ii. Theyre among hundreds of thousands to arrive in europe this year alone and most fleeing war torn syria, afghanistan and iraq. They have fled trauma, have fled war and are dying on the highways of central europe. Theres something fundamentally wrong with this. Mean while, off the coast of libya, hundreds fear dead after boats carrying 500 migrants capsized capsized. And the Democratic National Committee Summer meeting and all of this as speculation builds about Vice President joe biden running for the race. 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Five people are back on solid ground this morning after being swallowed up by a sink hole and it was caught on camera. You can see one woman clinging to pipes as the hole opens up. Four other people sustained minor injuries. Investigators trying to figure out what caused the collapse. That is frightening, youre just walking down the street and boom. How did she g b the pipe so quickly . Good reflex, i guess. Its a warm to hot weekend for so many people. And 92 in montana, 83 in new rk, hundreds down in san antonio and that continues even into saturday. Y have showers round chicago and were l ving the wet weather thats coming to the northwest. We desperately need that in some of the areas where the fires are still burning. And of course, on sunday, especially late in the day is inwhen well start to watch the erika. Now a closer look at the day ahead. Once again, squally type weather in florida. Not associated with erika. 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Theres the picture, theyre all in the water. Its not crystal clear. The groom was able to properly propose and were happy to say that she of course said yes. And celebrating a birthday today, lean rhymes, 33, suniau. Right now, Tropical Storm erika continuing to tear through the caribbean. Well look at the damage and where shes headed next. A woman run down during a police chase. What witnesses say about those terrifying moments. Police make an arrest in a brutal rape in brooklyn. Good morning everyone. 4 30 a. M. On this friday, august 28th. Last friday of august. Im michael gargiulo. Im pat battle. Last friday in august ill be sitting in this chair. Darlene will be back on monday morning. Happy to have her back, im sure. Its been great being here with you, michael and chris as well nice to see you this morning. On the cool side this morning. Between 50 and 55 this morning for a good part of the hudson valley. 48 in morristown at this hour. A chilly start in the suburbs. City comfortable at 66 degrees. Another day filled with sunshine. Its the end of august. Humidity stays down as well. That may change by the weekend. Well get to that in a bit. Emily west is here to check out the commute. Delays on 35 southbound before 440. That. Also dealing with roadwork. Staten island expressway. We saw it yesterday. Weve seen it every day. Couple lanes blocked eastbound between richmond avenue to clove road. Again, expect a slow ride if you more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thank you very much. An arrest in the attack of a woman, bedfordstuyvesant. Katherine creag is in downtown now. Kat . Reporter michael, this was a crime that horrified residents in that bedstuy community in brooklyn. Now well see the suspect. Hes expected to be here at this courthouse later on. That suspect has been caught. This rape happened august 17th. Early in the morning. Police say that the suspect, a man arrested kareem david, a 28yearold homeless man charged with rape and assault. He victimized a 52yearold woman and threatened her with a gun, raped her. The suspect struck her and she lost two teeth in the attack. She spent some time in the hospital. This happened august 17th. Also, michael, there were thousands of dollars, 4,000 worth of reward money raised by Community Residents and were waiting to find out if anyone will be receiving that reward money. Again, the arraignment for the suspect, expected to happen later this morning in brooklyn. Back to you, michael. Kat, thank you very much. Tropical storm erika is bearing down on puerto rico this morning with heavy rains and strong winds. Erika has already caused deadly mudslides on domenica. At least four people are dead after 15 inches of rain fell. More than 20 people are missing. Erika is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it churns towards florida early next week. Time for a check of weather and traffic. Chris, i guess were going to
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