Head out there. Im ken rosato. Im Shirleen Allicot in for lori stokes. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans with the forecast. Showers and thunderstorms are coming in the area from the city eastward through rockland, Westchester County across brooklyn and queens. On the l. I. E. , 49495, oyster bay, smithtown. That will continue across the area. Here is another look from our accutrack radar. You can see the lightning strikes that are there. They decreased. They are across brooklyn and queens this morning heading eastward. We will have that a couple of hours. Then we look at a hot day today. The high will get to about 90 later on. Real feel 95. A spotty thunderstorm this afternoon. Heather is looking at the commute. Any flooded roadways . Nothing just yet. Take it easy if you are out driving around. Lets go to the maps. We will talk about a couple of incidents. Belt parkway, eastbound at irrelevant sten two lanes are cheesed. B. Q. E. Northbound the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is closed with construction. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Breaking news this morning in brooklyn where the gun violence continues. Five people have been shot outside an Apartment Building in red hook. It happened on dwight street before 11 00. The victims, three women and two men are between 19 and 22 years old. One of the women is in serious condition after taking a bullet to the torso. This comes after 16 people in the borough were hit by gunfire over the weekend. Two died. We will get a live update from the scene ahead at 5 00 a. M. We are following breaking news outs of new jersey. Police are searching for the person that opened fire outside of a rap concert shooting two people. It happened at the pnc bank arts center. Kala ram dale is live in holmdel with the latest. Reporter the two men shot are in critical but stable condition and now the search continues for their shooter. Take a look in the woods just behind me of the parking lot. You can see police set up police tape blocking off the area and barricades as they search the surrounding woods looking for the gunman responsible. The shooting happened around 11 30 after the concert let out here. Jay cole is a hiphop artist that attraction a younger artist. There were a number of teens in the crowd. One took his 13yearold daughter to the concert. He said comments happened when a guy made comments to a woman in the parking lot about her body. She turns around and addresses them about it. Moments later we hear pop, pop, pop and my daughter looks at me. What was that. I said firecrackers. Then i turn over my shoulder and i see the guy with the gun and a flash and we reason. Reporter police have been out here the last five hours searching the surrounding woods of the pnc art center. The shooter has not been found. The two victims are in the hospital in critical but stable condition. Jay cole continues his tour. His concert is tonight at Madison Square garden. There will likely be increased security. Kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A multialarm fire ripping through two buildings in elizabeth, new jersey. The fire starting before midnight on second street. It quickly spread to the building next door. No injuries have been reported and the cause is under investigation. Now to the growing legionnaires outbreak. Later this morning, mayor de blasio is expected to speak on the disease at lincoln hospital. So far wednesday people died, 81 others got sick. Five cooling towers in the bronx testified positive for legionnaires. They are been cleaned but they are not the source of the outbreak. Josh einiger reports from the concourse section of the bronx where people packed a town hall meeting. Reporter for 40yearold ramel hagan, the call to 911 that made the ditches between life and death. By the time he arrived at the hospital, he was gave very ill. Fever of 105. 4, sugar was rupe. Some kind of bacteria, bad strain of pneumonia. Reporter he was in a medically induced coma by the time they figured out he had legionnaires disease in time to save him. Scary. He is sick. Reporter the city blamed the bronx legionnaires epidemic to three more lives. The death toll rising to seven with 81 affected. So many people packed into a meeting that doctors had to go outside to answer questions from those who couldnt make it in. Even the experts are sometimed. Why this big of an outbreak with this many people that suffered in just these neighborhoods . We dont know the answer. Reporter they tracked it to mist emitted from five so called cooling towers across the south bronx like this one at lincoln hospital. Workers decontaminated all five towers. It can take ten days between exposure and onset of symptoms. They expect more cases to emerge. Reporter vivian said ramel turned the corner. He is off the ventilator. It will be a long recovery after a terrifying week. He was very sick. They kept using the term critically sick. He is slowly getting better. Reporter Health Officials stress that the water across all five boroughs is safe to drink and breathe the air in air conditioned buildings. The danger is the mist off cooling towers on the roofs of buildings and they are already been cleaned. Josh einiger, channel 7 Eyewitness News. We continue to follow this outbreak as the city works to bring it under control. For updates from Eyewitness News on your facebook and on your twitter feeds. We learn new details about the victims of a deadly tent collapse, the second accident in as many days. This latest happening at the lancaster fairgrounds in new hampshire. A circus tent crashed down on hundreds of spectators during a severe storm. A father and his daughter who were injured at first were killed. Two dozen others were hurt. On sunday a 35yearold man was killed when strong winds caused a tent at a festival to collapse outside of chicago. An off duty cop from new jersey Crime Fighting off the clock while visiting manhattan and saving a woman from an attacker. Officer ryan dubel from camden saw the victim getting assaulted by a homeless man at 55th and tenth in hells kitchen. The officer ran over, stopped the attack then held the suspect until new york cops arrived. I surroundings, never being too relaxed. Being ready at a moments notice. The 29yearold woman suffered cuts to her hand but was not seriously injured. The suspect is charged with assault. In brooklyn, a rally calling attention to what protestors say is a case of Police Brutality inside a target store. Protestors gathered outside the target on flatbush. A shopper recorded video of him being punched after he was arrested. The store couldnt provide him a receipt. He was charged with trespass and disorderly conduct. Use the escalation practices which they are not trained in because they come ready to fight, shoot, beat. Incredible violence that they use towards our community has to stop. Its an outrage that anyone should endure this. Reporter the nypd says internal affairs is investigating the officers actions. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans and the rainy accuweather forecast. Here we go. 4 times square southward we had thunderstorms coming across. They moved to brooklyn and queens. We will look at a day where we start out with showers and thunderstorms over parts of the area. Here is our camera in brooklyn looking back to the west here. You will see that we have lightning and showers and thunderstorms. That has pushed eastward. Temperatures will be a steamy 69 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms are working along the l. I. E. Across the northern state, up along 95 in connecticut through Westchester County, oyster bay. That is heading out to 95 across bridgeport and long island. Up to danbury, cloud to ground lightning. Thunderstorms on 684 and route 7 and from danbury eastward. That band moves east then another to the south and west that will push through in central southern jersey in the next hour. That will be gone by 8 00. Then we will steam it up. 95 and maybe a pop up thunderstorm late today. Weather and traffic every seven minutes. Heather has issues. Certainly do. Lets go to a webcam. On the b. Q. E. To the northbound side we have a ton of activity. This is right near metropolitan avenue northbound side. Lets go to the maps. B. Q. E. Subject to closure north at metropolitan avenue, overturned truck. Belt parkway east at erskine two lanes are closed. Ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is closed with construction and weather baby is closed Brooklyn Bridge is closed into manhattan. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Ken and shirleen, over to you. Thank you. Up next, new this morning, a garbage truck going full speed down a street and the drivers seat empty. How did this happen. Disturbing video of a special needs student handcuffed by officers acting out in school. Actions parents are taking against the Sheriffs Office. After 13 years of marriage, another hollywood favorite couple is [africanstyle music] take my hand to the land take my hand to the land, whoaoh narrator only one family goes to incredible lengths to make sure your family time never becomes endangered. Kalahari resorts. Now open in the pocono mountains. Book now at kalahariresorts. Com dramatic scene caught on camera. Run away garbage truck with nobody behind the wheel. Smashes into parked cars and takes it with him down a hill. This is in beaver county, pennsylvania. You can see two sanitation workers watch this. They think somebody is behind the wheel. The driver said when he stepped out to talk to a supervisor, the trucks brakes got disengaged. Five cars got damaged. Thank goodness nobody got hurt. Running after it like stop, dont hurt anyone. That is scary. Meteorologist bill evans joins us now. He is tracking rain for us today. Oh, yeah. We have thunderstorms this morning in the overnight hours. We were talking about this yesterday, that these would pop up in the overnight hours. Thats what we have. Midtown they passed by and are heading out across long island and coastal connecticut. You see this is the camera from the roof looking south and east where the thunderstorms and showers are pushing off that way. From our camera in brooklyn to the west, it will came down on the east river. Cloudy skies it has cooled us off. The humidity is back. It will be a humid steamy day. Southwest wind at 9 across the area. Yesterday we were at 90. 67 hopatcong and blairstown where the showers are sliding eastward. Warmer at islip and bridgeport. This will cool down and so will montauk as the thunderstorms go by. The temperature cools, the humidity will runway up because the showers and thunderstorms are creating the steamy weather. Winds are out of the west. There will be a southerly to southwest wind that will keep it hot. These are the wind gusts. Newark a 51 Miles Per Hour wind gust with the thunderstorms going through. Teterboro 29. 41 laguardia as these cells have been pushing eastward. A little more of that once the storms get to bridgeport. The winds will pick up. They are around stamford and into the area of greenwich, norwalk, west port, north shore of long island. Another batch to the west. It reaches from sussex and Warren County to about allentown. That wont be that severe. Its losing its punch. Another shower over the next hour. Then behind that, we will have sunshine. Futurecast shows up a pop up thunderstorm later on today. Rainfall amounts out of this, the park has it recorded a heavy downpour. We will see that report at about 5 00. Futurecast shows these showers going away and they are out of here by 8 00. Then this afternoon, there are some pop ups, particularly around this area. Sunny, hot, humid. 90 will feel like 95. Could be a spotty thunderstorm coming through tonight. Tonight that pushes through and drier more cooler air out of the northwest. Sunny, breezy, warm, tomorrow is the best day of the next seven at 87 degrees. Cloudy thursday and rain and cooler weather friday. The sun comes back out saturday afternoon. And we will have sunshine on sunday. Interesting week of weather with that blast of break of cool air that comes in as we go to thursday and friday. Its good that its raining. The lawns can use a little drink. Heather is screaming yes in the background. My flowers look terrible. We need this. A couple of days of heat does this. What do we have with the commute. Mess on the b. Q. E. Take a look at a webcam. Busy over here. We have a lot of emergency crews on the scene of this accident. So, we will head to the maps and explain where this is. B. Q. E. And its on the northbound side subject to closure at metropolitan avenue, overturned truck. Belt parkway east at erskine, two lanes are closed down. B. Q. E. Northbound the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is closed down and that is because of construction. On thedeegan, going north near Yankee Stadium, another accident building cleared. New jersey turnpike western spur north of 15 ian accident. 287 north exit 45 another collision being cleared away. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Shirleen, over to you. Thank you. We are hearing from the father of a bat boy killed in a tragic accident on a baseball field. Jack carlyle says his family feels no anger about what happened. His 8yearold son died sunday one day after he was hit in the head by a bat from a player taking practice swings. It happened in kansas. Because of the players and the team, how much they were there for him. He told me, dad, this is so awesome and the glow and i just want everyone to know that there is no kind of remorse or anger toward what happened. The National Baseball congress is planning several events in kaisers honor. Disturbing video showing a special needs student at an Elementary School being handcuffed has lead to a lawsuit. This is in covington, kentucky. A School Resource officer handcuffed a boy that has adhd. Officials say that is because his wrists were too small. The local Sheriffs Office is being sue pretty day. We would like for them to change their policies and practices so this never happens to another child in Elementary School again. A 9yearold girl was also handcuffed. In both cases the children were acting out. Resource officers are not supposed to discipline students for School Related incidents. More details about the Fatal Police Shooting in cincinnati. A bottle held up by Samuel Debose contained a fragrance. The label reads begin but a lab analysis found chemicals consistent with air fresheners or per fumes. He was killed by now former University Police officer ray tensing. Thousands of people have spent the night sleeping in central park. They are desperate to get a ticket or a prime spot for the just scheduled one direction concert being held this morning for good morning america. We spoke to fans who have been camped out since sunday morning. But sleeping on rocks, making signs, pitching tents, why do that. One direction on gma. Because i love their music. Thats all. I am so excited. I guess us adults just dont get it. Those people have tickets from winning a lottery. Another 22,000 people are on a waiting list hoping to get one of those highly coveted tickets. A long time rock and roll couple is calling it quits. Say it isnt so. Gavin ross dale and gwen stefani announced they are getting a divorce. They were together 20 years, 13 as husband and wife. Both are seeking joint custody of their three children. Their youngest child is just 1 years old. Really pulling for that couple. Are you going to be okay. I think so. We will talk during the break. Coming up on Eyewitness News this morning, a gay couple attacked shopping at a bodega in soho. Police need your help in tracking down a suspect. We are following breaking news out of brooklyn. Five people shot off a violent weekend. Get this. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. Today the nassau coliseum will shut down for major renovations but not before the piano man plays. He will perform for a 32nd time tonight. The coliseum will undergo then a renovation project. It will rope reopen in december. I cant even think of how many times i have seen concerts there and as a disc jockey concerts there. So cool. Piano man. Bill evans with the forecast. You probably brought on a bunch of acts there. I actually waved at mr. Joel over the weekend in sag harbor. Cool. He waved back at me but i cant show you the wave that he gave me. Here is what is happening this morning. Showers and thunderstorms on long island. The National Weather service issued a thunderstorm warning. You see the lightning strikes there and throughout fairfield county, right there along the merritt parkway north of that showers and thunderstorms. Big old lightning strikes. Look at this around port salon gay salonga out to the Northern Branch. How is it going, heather. A mess on the b. Q. E. B. Q. E. Northbound side you can see people are barely moving. This is up into the Brooklyn Bridge. Lets go to a webcam and where the accident is and what the scene looks like at this point. Northbound side near metropolitan avenue. Everything is closed at this point. Southbound side you have a ton of rubbernecking delays as well. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Shirleen, over to you. Heather, thank you. New this morning, a losing situation for a man who shouted antigay slurs at the first two men to be married at the west Point Military academy. The man they were looking for bunched one couple in the face. After that the punches went the other way. The couple said the attacker left a so hobo daga bruised and covered in his own blood. Attacks against gay people are down 20 this year. We are following two breaking stories right now. Frightening moments at a hip hop concert in new jersey. Two people hurt after shots were fired outside a venue. We are live at the scene. There is an active search for the shooter. Live in brooklyn where five people were shot in the latest round of gun violence a across the five boroughs. Tracking storms across the tristate. Lifes the food that brings us together. And kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. 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Breaking, five people shot in brooklyn overnight. We are live with their conditions and the effort in place to End Gun Violence in new york state. We are tracking a thunderstorm that is just right now. Then get ready for the return of the heat. Its actually headed to long island from new york city. Good morning, im ken rosato. Lori stokes. Today is tuesday, august 4th. You may have woken up to it it was scary. A thunderstorm moved through the area and it brought with it both thunder and lots of lightning as you see. This is what the storm looked like as it moved through new york city. This is the view of Lower Manhattan from our camera in downtown brooklyn. Even though its scary, its a beautiful sight. When you are inside looking out. What can we expect the rest of the day . You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. We have a thunderstorm warning in effect from Suffolk County on long island because of those thunderstorms in the city. It pushed eastward across coastal connecticut. 73 degrees at this hour. There is the thunderstorm warning in effect from setauket to southold. These thunderstorms are sliding eastward across coastal connecticut as well. Here is the radar. Look at the all the lightning strikes on the north shore, just north of the l. I. E. , long island expressway and connecticut, up to danbury thunderstorms there. Then a break then a band of rain off to the west. That will push out of the way then this morning it gets steamy. The showers are gone by 8 00. This afternoon we are looking at 90 with a real feel of 95 to 98. The best day of the week is coming tomorrow. I will tell you about that in the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Heather is looking at the commute. B. Q. E. Says there is problems. There certainly are. The sie, Staten Island expressway. Take a look at that. This delay is into south avenue, bumpertobumper volume. That is because of construction. The b. Q. E. , that is a mess as well as you travel north on the b. Q. E. Up to metropolitan avenue you can see we have a ton of activity here. It looks like only the right lane is getting by. We will head to the maps and i will tell you that it is subject to closure northbound near metropolitan avenue with the overturned truck. B. Q. E. North the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is closed with conclusion. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Ken, shirleen, over to you. Heather, thank you. We have breaking news in new jersey. Two people were shot outside of a hiphop concert in central new jersey. The shooter is on the run. It happened outside the pnc bank arts center. Kala rama is live in holmdel. Kala . Reporter shirleen, we know that the two men who were shot are in critical but stable condition. The search continues in the woods behind me for that shooter. Now, we know this happened just before 11 30 last night after the jay cool concert let out. He is a hiphop artist that attraction a i dont thinker artist. There were a number of teens in the crowd. We talked to a witness on the phone that took his 13yearold daughter to the concert. He told me that problems started when some guys made comments to a woman in the parking lot about her body. There was an exchange of words then moments later that witness said it sounded like firecrackers going off. He grabbed his daughter and ran for cover. He snapped pictures that are too graphic this morning to show you. The search is on for the shooter in the woods behind me. They say it happened in parking lot 4. The two victims are in critical but stable condition. Meanwhile, the jay cole concert, that tour continues tonight. Live in holmdel, kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Breaking story in brooklyn. Five people were shot outside of an Apartment Building. This is off a violent weekend. Eyewitness News ReporterKristin Thorne is live at the scene in red hook with new details on the victims. Kristin . Reporter as you can see, police are still here on the scene conducting their investigation. Out of the five people shot, we are told two of them are men. Three of them women. In fact, a few moments ago we saw a female victim come back to the scene on dwight street. She was with her family members. We are told that the victims range from 19 to 22. The shooting happened around 11 00 last night,ing as you mentioned, outside of an Apartment Building on dwight street in red hook. Two men jumped out of an s. U. V. , opened fire and fled. One of the women, a 19yearold woman was shot in the torso and is in serious condition. Another man was shot in the chest as well and the rest of the victims shot in the legs according to police. We spoke to a neighbor that didnt want his face on camera. He told us he didnt he heard the shots. I felt it could be gunshots then i saw ambulances come through. Reporter this shooting comes on top of a violent weekend in the city. 22 people shot in the city between friday and sunday. Three of them fatally. Most of those shootings were here in brooklyn. Live in red hook this morning, Kristin Thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Kristin, thank you. We are following developments in Westchester County where nearly 12hour stand off continues in yonkers right now. A man who was just released from prison is holed up in his girlfriends apartment on park avenue. The rest of the buildings tenants were evacuated around 5 30 last night when the man first refused to open the apartment door to his parole officer. There is no word on whether the mans girlfriend is in the apartment with him. Senator Charles Schumer and his famous cousin teamed up to fight for tougher gun laws. Miss chummer is the schumer is the writer of train wreck. For her, gun control is personal. No one wants to live in a country where a felon, mentally ill or other dangerously ill people can get their hands on a gun with such ease. I dont know why this man chose my movie to kill two people and injure nine lives. It was personal to me. Congress is working to reward states that submit information to the federal background system. States that do not would be penalized. A jersey city man is being held on 50,000 bond in connection with a Chain Reaction crash that injured three Police Officers. This is a picture of Keith Jeffords who made his First Court Appearance following his arrest on dwi and other charges. Police say he was behind the wheel of the minivan that started sunday nights incident. A total of seven people were hurt. Police want your help in catching a crook menacing businesses on main street in flushing queens. This man is responsible for seven burglaries since may. The latest early sunday morning. Five of the targeted businesses are on main street. Police say he managed to grab cash and electronic question. In the race for president , the first Candidates Forum started under the shadow of a new poll showing donald trump opening up a significant lead in new hampshire. He is at 26 , more than double the support for his closest rivals jeb bush and scott walker. Trump did not attend the forum and it was as if he didnt exist. There was no mention of trump from the moderator or the other 14 candidates that squeezed on stage. Governor Chris Christie got 7 in the new Granite State survey. The problem is us. We underestimate the American People. They have also risen to challenges, especially challenges that promise them a Better Future for the children and grandchildren. Not the American People that are failing the entitlement system but the leaders that are failing the American People by not telling them the truth. Later today, fox news will announce which ten republican hopefulls will be allowed to take part in the first formal debate of the primary season. That debate will be held thursday. Seven other candidates have to settle for the secondary slot because of their low poll numbers. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans kicks it off. Wet streets and showers, if you are walking out the door right now. Proper footwear is necessary. Showers pushed east of the city. We had nearly 1 2 inch of rain in central park out of that thunderstorm cell that pushed through the area. Current temperature is 70 degrees. We have gone back up a degree. It will be a steam bath. The thunderstorms in the city have pushed eastward to long island. Smithtown and miller place on the north shore. This is heading to riverhead. This will move out to southold and out to the eastern end of long island on the Northern Branch. In connecticut, 84, from danbury, shelton, monroe. A little break then a shower dissipating and wont that pushes through, goes a steamy commute, hot day. Highs around 90. High humidity. It will feel like 95 to 98 today. Could be a pop up thunderstorm later today. Cooler drier Rainy Weather on the way for the end of the week. We will talk about that in the sevenday forecast. Heather is looking at the commute. We will talk about the commute from Staten Island over the verrazano bridge to the b. Q. E. This is the Staten Island expressway eastbound near south avenue. You can see we have that construction set up causing heavy delays. Here is the b. Q. E. North up by metropolitan avenue. There are lanes getting through. But a lot of accident activity there. Southbounders you can see the delay on the left side of your screen. That is the rubbernecking delay. This advertise an accident b. Q. E. Northbound side near metropolitan avenue. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. Shirleen and ken, over to you. Thank you, heather. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, almost a year to the day after the deadly shooting of michael brown, the officer is that shot him is opening up. Take a look at this dramatic video. Natures furry on display as floodwaters ravage a busy street. Youre unpacking already . Yeah, help me find some mugs. Sure. beep hey. O. K. Theyll do. Wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. The best part of wakin up so, where do you want to start . I think this is a pretty good place. Is folgers in your cup look what happened to drivers in china who parked their cars near a river in the midst of thunder and hail storms. The road collapsed in spectacular fashion sending their cars into the water below. There were no injuries thankfully. But it is not over yet. There is a salvage operation upped way to recover the cars. A nearby waterfall has grown to six mes e rmal width. Thank goodness no one was hurt. Bill evans with the accuweather forecast. We have showers and thunderstorms that have pushed east of the area. This is our camera in astoria looking back to the west. We have good visibility here now as we look from 53 park to one world trade down the east river here and to the 59th street edward i. Koch bridge. Current temperature is 77 degrees. It will be a steam bat after the thunderstorms go steam bath after the thunderstorms go by. 90 today. Normal high is 84. There is the rainfall in the park as of 5 00 a. M. That shower that went by. Sun up at 5 55 sets at 8 09. Humidity sticks around today. Spotty thunderstorm possible this afternoon. The best best of the weather for the entire next seven days will be tomorrow. Lots of sun, low humidity. Then cloudy on thursday and cooler. We have rain on friday. I will explain how that will work. 77 at westhampton and out to east hampton. Notice if you go back to the west where the showers and thunderstorms cooled off at danbury and these thunderstorms are working across connecticut and long island. Back to the west, 66 monticello. There were wind gusts in the cells. The winds have calmed down a bit. Islip, the winds are 21 Miles Per Hour. With the cells that went by in the urban areas of new jersey from newark to teterboro, 21 Miles Per Hour wind gust. 37 in the park. Gusty winds with that. Air quality is fine. U. V. Index an 8. Pollen count is moderate for the grasses. Northern section of Suffolk County sliding eastward, this will go out and the thunderstorms are moving to the east. Lots of clouds to ground lightning from setauket and breezy point. This will move to riverhead to the Northern Branch to Shelter Island, up around danbury, along 84 this morning to waterbury, showers and thunderstorms that will head to hartford and back to the south and west, a line of showers here through Morris County heading to somerset and down to philly. Those will push through then out of the way. Sunny, hot, humid with a spotty thunderstorm. Clear and comfortable, 73. Tomorrow is a gorgeous day, low humidity. 87 the high, which is wa. And then we got much cooler weather for friday and Rainy Weather. The sun will come back out saturday afternoon. All right. Thank you. We have some problems on the b. Q. E. , lets see how its looking with heather. Big mess on the b. Q. E. I was tweeting pictures. I facebooked pictures. Lets head to the maps and show you where the accident is on the map. On the b. Q. E. Northbound side near metropolitan avenue. Overturned truck. All lanes are subject to closure. Deegan going north near Yankee Stadium you have an accident. 287 north near exit 45, that is a downed tree. On the new jersey turnpike western spur north of exit 15 ian accident. In addition to that, traveling on the eastern spur the ramp to the lincoln tunnel, there is a blockage going on there. I will have that updated for you with my next map. Now, we will talk about long island railroad, new Jersey Transit on or close to schedule. Metro north, waterbury branch, that is the work in bridgeport but not causing major problems. Check out facebook and twitter and you will see the pictures. Street cleaning rules are in effect. The former Police Officer at the center of the killing in ferguson, new jersey is speaking out. The department of justice cleared wilson of criminal charges. He tells the new yorker magazine that he, his wife and baby daughter have to be careful when he go outside. He is focused on fighting a civil lawsuit filled by browns parents. The work to determine what is causing a legionnaires disease outbreak in the south bronx. What Health Experts are focusing in on right now. Quick work of two sheriffs deputies saving a life before a train roars by. [africanstyle music] take my hand to the land take my hand to the land, whoaoh narrator only one family goes to incredible lengths to bring the thrills, the adventure and the best of africa back home to you. Kalahari resorts. Now open in the pocono mountains. Book now at kalahariresorts. Com welcome back. Sheriffs department in california said it pulled a drunk driver off the tracks before a train crashed into his car. The mans car was sitting on the tracks making no attempt to get out of the way of the oncoming train. They got him to safety. Cal trains sent out a tweet giving a shot out to the deputies. Incredible image. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans and the accuweather forecast. Hey, we have the live shot . We will show you a live shot of the thunderstorms leaving the area. First off, taking the ferry this morning, from Staten Island to around the five boroughs, there is wind out there. Wind out of the west at 29 gusting to 37 Miles Per Hour. You look to long island sound, water temperature is 76. Southwest wind thunderstorms are firing up there right now across the area. Right around islip. Here are the showers and thunderstorms leaving the area. There is a few more off to the west that will be popping up in and around the area this morning. Heather has problems on the b. Q. E. Weather then heather every seven minutes. How is it going . Not well on the b. Q. E. Take a look at this webcam and how things are looking at this point. The only thing that is a glimmer of hope over here, the right lane is trickling through the accident scene. This is the b. Q. E. Northbound side near metropolitan avenue. Your delays into this spot are bumper to bumper. Southbound, the headlights coming toward us. Lets go to a map. B. Q. E. North of metropolitan avenue, its an overturned truck they are street cleaning rules are in effect. Shirleen and ken, over to you. Thank you, heather. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, taking a stand against big game animal trophies. The two air lines that will no longer allow them to be recalled on the planes. The new contribute to cecil the lion days after he was killed. How it will help switch now, new york and get installed as early as today. Mom switched. We switched. I switched to Time Warner Cable and knew exactly when they were coming. Thanks to their 1 hour appointment window. For 89. 99 a month, youll get 100 meg internet, hundreds of hd channels, and unlimited calling to the u. S. , puerto rico, canada, mexico, china and india. And for a limited time, you could get a 300 reward card plus tv equipment and epix included. Get installed for free as early as today. Call 18003419716. 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More fallout over the death of cecil the lion shot and killed by a dentist. Delta and american are banning rare animal trophies on their planes. You can show your support for Animal Rights by buying the new cecil the lion beanie baby. All prophets will go to a Wildlife Conservation group tracking cecil in the toy goes on sale by the end of the month and will cost you 6 bucks. Cute lion there. Thats americas money. Have a great day. Coming up in the next half hour, we are following two breaking stories. A concert turning violent in new jersey late last night. Five people are recovering from gunshot wounds in brooklyn. We are live at both of those scenes with the search for the shooters. Tens of thousands are without power after a round of strong storms move through overnight. I thought activia was for big digestive issues. Until i realized our body handles a lot. 1,100 meals a year. 730 rushed snacks. Add 300 stressful decisions. No wonder our digestive system sometimes acts up. So try the activia challenge enjoying activia twice a day for 4 weeks may help reduce the frequency of bloating, gas, discomfort or rumbling. It works or its free breaking new in brooklyn, five people shot outside of a building. Breaking news in new jersey. Gun violence at a concert leaves two people injured. We are live at the scene with a witness who describes the terrifying moments. Thousands are without power after strong storms hit much of the area overnight. Question now, what can you expect the rest of the day. Good morning, im ken rosato. Thank you for joining us, im Shirleen Allicot in for lori stokes. Today is tuesday, august 4th. That severe thunderstorm that moved through the tristate just about an hour ago brought with it thunder and lightning. This is what the storm looked like as it moved through new york city and this is a view of Lower Manhattan from our camera in downtown brooklyn. The storm lead to power outages. Right now about 21,000 customers on long island are in the dark. That number is 7,000 customers in new jersey. The question is now, what can we expect the rest of the day. Its hitting Suffolk County. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. We are watching that out in Suffolk County. Its dangerous. Live camera on the roof out to the east where normally the sun would be coming up. There has been lightning strikes in the middle of that. Lightning has been popping up across there. There you see the lightning strikes on this side. That is heading out to the Northern Branch of long island sliding eastward through the morning across the area. 70 degrees right now. Thunderstorms are pushing eastward. There is the thunderstorm warning out to southold. That is 5 45, another 15 minutes. It will go by Shelter Island then hit Shelter Island out to plum island and then elf in about 30 minutes eventually in 30 minutes out to new london and out to fishers island. Up to danbury, thunderstorms are lessening from waterbury and sliding eastward this morning a batch of rain to the west. Then things steam up. Tomorrow a much better day. We will talk about it in the forecast. Heather is looking at the b. Q. E. Things are starting to pile up. Everybody needs to slow it down. No rush. B. Q. E. Subject to closure. The that is an overturned truck being cleared away. 287 north near exit 45 a towned tree in boonton. We have a disabled tractor trailer in sparta. Route 15 is closed both ways near lafayette road. That is police activity. On the deegan at Yankee Stadium, accident cleared away. Uptown 5 trains signal problems. New Jersey Transit on or close. Metro north waterbury branch, bridge work in bridgeport. Alternate sides are in effect. Ken, over to you. Thank you, heather. Breaking news in brooklyn. New video just in. A close call for two Police Officers after their cruiser was rear ended on the belt parkway. They were stopped with the lights flashing in the eastbound lanes nearer skin when the other driver hit them. Charges are pending. The officers are expected to be okay. We have breaking news in brooklyn. There is no motive and no arrest after another night of gun violence in new york city. The victims were outside of a building in red hook. Eyewitness News ReporterKristin Thorne is live at the scene. This is in red hook. Kristin, good morning. We are talking about five victims in the latest shooting here across the city. As you can see, police are still on scene at dwight street. Out of the five people shot, three are women. Two of them men. One of the female victims we are told is in serious condition. Just a short time ago we saw one of the other female victims return to the scene. As you can see in the video, she is pretty badly hurt, all bandaged up. She came back with her family. It was around 11 00 that two men in an s. U. V. Pulled up outside of an Apartment Building in red hook, opened fire and then fled. The victims range in age from 19 to 22. Three of them shot in the legs. Two of them shot in the chest. Again, one of those victims, a female, in serious condition. Police are looking for those two men. We spoke with a guy that lives around here. He told us that the violence is out of control. You have we have a plan to move. This may expedite it. We have two young kids in the past couple of years. We will see. I dont know. This doesnt this doesnt its not too comforting. Reporter this comes after nine people shot at a house party in East New York over the weekend. A violent weekend across the city. 22 people shot between friday and sunday. Most of those shootings here in brooklyn. Live in red hook, Kristin Thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Kristin, thank you. To new jersey, two people were shot and critically wounded outside of a hiphop concert. A lot of people are reading about this one on the free news app. Lets get an update from kala rama live in holmdel. Kala . Shirleen, those two victims were rushed to the hospital where they are listed in critical but stable condition. Just behind me, behind the police tape is where they are searching in the woods for the gunman they believe is responsible. This happened at 11 30 after the j. Cole concert let out. J. Cole is a hiphop artist that attraction younger fans. We talked to a witness that took his 13yearold daughter to t corn concert. He said the problem started when they made comments to a womans body. She turned. We hear pop, pop, pop. My daughter said what was that. I said just firecrackers. Then i see the guy with a gun and i grabbed her and ran. J. Cole continues his Forest Hills Drive tour tonight at Madison Square garden where security will likely be ramped up. Kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. To a developing story. A multialarm fire ripped through two buildings in elizabeth, new jersey, forcing people into the street overnight. The fire started before midnight on second street. Investigators say it quickly spread to the building next door. No injuries have been record. The cause is under investigation. Mayor de blasio will deliver an update later this morning on the citys outbreak of legionnaires disease. Its a story that reached about 100,000 people on our Facebook Page the last 24 hours alone. City Health Officials ran a special information session in the bronx in the outbreak. The disease has taken seven lives so far. All told there have been 81 reported cases of legionnaires. Many people were muir rid they could be the next case. Some of the answers they got were not reassuring. Why this big of an outbreak with this many people w. H. O. Have suffered in just these neighborhoods . We dont know the answer right now. Well, city inspectors located five cooling towers which were contaminated. They have been cleaned. But Health Officials say it could be another ten days before they know if the outbreak has been contained. The spread of legionnaires is a stop story on the free news april and our web site. New this morning, a losing situation for a man who shouted antigay slurs at the first two men to be married at the west Point Military academy. Police say the man they are looking for punched one member of the couple in the face. After that the punches went the other way around the couple said the attacker left a so hobo daga bruised and covered in his own blood. Attacks against gay people are down 20 this year. Protestors in brooklyn rallied in an effort to call attention to a case of what they call Police Brutality inside target store. Protestors gathered outside the target on flatbush. Orlando bruset was punched by nypd officers after he was arrested. He was charged with trespass and disorderly conduct. The person they they should have used their words, the escalation practices. They come ready to shoot, to beat. The incredible violence that they use toward our community has to stop. Its an outrage that anyone should ever endure this. Internal affairs is investigating the officers actions. The retrial of a man accused of killing etan patz is set to begin next march. Patz father attended the hearing in Lower Manhattan when a judge decided jury selection will begin on february 22nd. The first trial of Pedro Hernandez ended with a hung jury. He confessed to killing the boy after luring him into the bodega where he worked in 1979. Defense attorneys say the confession was coerced by police. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans with the exclusive forecast. We take a look outside. We are looking at showers, thunderstorms pushing eastward. Another batch of rain to the west. Here is our camera on the roof. We are looking at thunderstorm there on the Northern Branch of the northern part of long island sliding out to the Northern Branch. Big old overnight thunderstorm. You see these in florida. They build overnight. We are looking at it working out to riverhead, Northern Branch, southold out that way to Shelter Island, gardiners island, to the end of the l. I. E. Now thats north of 27 from quogue up to the Northern Branch. This is along 84 in southbury. That is the showers there. A band of showers here will slide through. If you are going out right now, you see the line of showers from Passaic County to philly. That shower will push through then that is gone. By 8 00 it starts to steam up. Warm and humid. Showers and thunderstorms pop up. They could be spotty but it will be hot and humid. Best day of the next seven comes tomorrow. I will tell you about that coming up. Heather, what is going on on the b. Q. E. Why do we do traffic and weather together. Because of days like this. Exactly. I have been telling you about the Staten Island expressway. Construction near south avenue. Now you have an accident eastbound near 440. B. Q. E. Subject to closure north at metropolitan avenue. They are working on the overturned truck. Southbounders delays as well and closures with police activity. Belt parkway east at knapp street an accident. 287 north, exit 45 a downed tree. Truck routes 1 and 9 in year city an accident. Eastern spur the ramp to 16e a disabled tractor trailer. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Shirleen and ken, over to you. Thank you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, on alert. Even off duty, the quick thinking officer that came to the rescue of a woman attacked in the middle of the day. Thousands of young people spent the night in central park and stayed through the thunderstorm. Ava and i needed a little vacay. But we needed to watch our spending. Meaning i needed to watch nikki. Shes the spender. Im the saver. So, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track. For both of us. She was just browsing. We gotta go. Im ava. Im nikki. And we bank human at td bank. What . [muted singing throughout] these girls have waited 62 days for this concert tonight. So far ive counted 32 omgs, 75 lols, 13 yolos, and im super tired tweensfun age, huh . You have places to go. [girls squealing with delight] let us worry about getting you there. Bp gasoline with invigorate. Fuel the journey. School starts tomorrow, and theyre not ready. With staples theyll be 110 ready. Notebook, folders, glue sticks. 25 , 15 , 50. Aw, now im not sure if im ready for them to go back. Im so ready. Make low prices happen. Make 110 ready happen. Staples. Make more happen. Welcome back. An offduty officer from new jersey is a hero after saving a woman from an attack near manhattan. Officer ryan debell from camden saw the woman getting assaulted. The officer ran over, stopped the attack and held the suspect until new york cops arrived. I always check my surroundings. Never being too relaxed where i dont Pay Attention to my surroundings being ready at a moments notice. The woman suffered cuts to her hand but not seriously hurt. The suspect charged with assault. They braved a night of rain and lightning and right now thousands are in central park ahead of the concert for one direction. They are desperate to get a ticket or prime spot. Some fans have been camped out since sunday morning. Sleeping on rocks, making since, pitching tents. Why do that . Because of one direction on gma. I just love them. I love their music and, you know, thats all. I am so excited. She is excited. Those people have tickets from winning a lottery. Another 22, 000 people are 22,000 people are on a waiting list. Arent you glad i woke you up on Central Park West at 2 30 to come to work. Yes. This is evidence that i didnt have it. That is the one direction hair. Admit it. Meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive forecast. Thats a serious line out there this morning. I drove by it and it goes all the way 79th to 72nd then down to 66th street. Amazing. On the east side on 5th avenue. Here is what is going on this morning. We take a look across the chrysler building, brought to you by chrysler. We look to flushing bay and those showers and thunderstorms have been pushing that way. One more is coming by this morning. If you are about to head out, take your gear, you will need the umbrella. We are looking from the roof. There is the thunderstorm on the Northern Branch of long island out east. Humidity is high. Calm wind. Normal high is 84. The park has near half inch of rain on the kids out there in the rain. The kids dont care. For some of them line mine, you toss them a bar of soap. Humidity sticks around with a spotty thunderstorm this afternoon. Mostly sticky and humid and hot. Best bet weather is tomorrow. Lots of sun, beautiful day. Cloudy thursday. Cooler with a shot of rain on friday. 72 around northern sections of queens. You go to islip, 69. 70 around central park and 73 down the shore here. We are looking at a wind that is out of the southwest around these thunderstorms, big time wind gusts in these cells going by this morning. 41 Miles Per Hour winds at laguardia. Now the wind is starting to pick up across long island. Gusts there. U. V. Index at an 8. That is the important part. A lot of sun. Humid. Thunderstorm warning pushed to the Northern Branch and out to Shelter Island and plum island. Marine warning for long island sound. Thunderstorms are working across Shelter Island. That is gardiners island, plum island. That is a part of new york called fisher island. These thunderstorms are working thunder. Rain in central connecticut. Then a band to the west here into passaic and bergen, essex, hudson, union county. This is sliding eastward. Another ban to monmouth and ocean county. Sunny, hot and humid after the showers move through. A spotty storm is possible. Tonight clearing, comfortable. Wind northwest. That sets up a beauty of a day. Less humid, warm, sunny and breezy. Great day. 87. As we get to the weekend, cooler rain on friday. That is out of the way early saturday. Saturday afternoon the sun comes back out and we are around 80. Sunday a great day. That will feel really nice across the area. I dont think i know a name of any of the band members of one direction. Do you know a name. John, paul, george. Dont forget ringo. The kid on the drums, goes pete bass. How are things on the commute . Its such a mess. Lets go to a webcam. On the b. Q. E. Northbound side by metropolitan avenue, we have an accident being cleared way. All lanes are closed down once again. They were letting at least the right lane get by but its closed again. Then the Staten Island expressway eastbound bumper to bumper into south avenue. Earlier accident cleared by 440. Delays back to the goethals bridge. Street cleaning rules are in effect today. Ken and shirleen, over to you. Thank you, heather. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, new video plans want you to see as they search for a hit and run driver. The bicyclist hit in harlem is in Critical Condition this morning. Also ahead, how you can help a Little League team from our area with new video as Police Search for a hit and run driver that nearly killed a man in harlem. Police released this video of a car involved. The victim was riding his bicycle on 1450th street when he was hit by a red colored sedan. The impact threw the bike and rider into the path of another car and the driver stayed at the scene. The injured victim is in Critical Condition at harlem hospital. If you have any information about this hit and run give police a call. A group of talented young Baseball Players in brooklyn need help to make another championship run. The Bobby Robbins 12 and under team won the National AmateurFederation Title last month in new jersey. Next up the world series this month in missouri. The team is scrambling to pay for the trip. Players and parents are trying to raise 25,000. So far a go fund me sight has only been able to generate 1700. We are a hard working team. I believe we can win this tournament. So, we need that money to get to the tournament to we can win it. The players dont have much time. The missouri tournament begins in two weeks. Something tells me they will get the money. I hope so too. On Eyewitness News, new details on a devastating accident that killed two people. How Severe Weather to our north lead to their deaths. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Let me take you to the radar. There are showers from northern new jersey across to the urban areas of new jersey down to New Brunswick sliding eastward. Nasty thunderstorms are across the eastern end of long island. A few down to the d. C. Area. Those are sliding through the area this morning. If you are around dearing harbor big time thunderstorms that way. They are sliding across the Northern Branch. See that circle there, that is a little rotation inside that thunderstorm where there could be a funnel cloud in there. Heather is looking at the commute. She has troubles on the roads, too. Lets look at a webcam. Delay off the goethals bridge on to the Staten Island expressway, check this out, bumper to bumper. One line of volume and one lynch traffic. This is where you get into the Construction Zone by south avenue. This delay continuing on the b. Q. E. Northbound side. They may allow the right lane to get through. We have an overturned truck trying to get through. Southbounders all this police activity. Right lane open on the b. Q. E. In both directions. Lets head to our maps and talk to you about what else is going on here on the Staten Island expressway at 440 accident cleared. Belt parkway another accident. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Ken, over to you. Thank you. We learned new details about the two People Killed when a tent collapsed during a Violent Storm in investigate. A father was killed and 22 other people hurt when the tent came crashing down. About 100 people were under the tent when it collapsed. The nassau coliseum will shut down for major renovations today but not before the piano man plays one last show there. Hicksville native billy joel performed for a 32nd time. The concert sold out in five minutes. The coliseum will then undergo a 130 million renovation project. It is scheduled to reopened next year in december. Just ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, breaking news in new jersey. Two people seriously hurt in a shooting in a packed hiphop concert. We have an update on the search for the gunman. A driver in a Chain Reaction crash that injured Police Officers. Im so not ready for back to school. With staples youll be ready. 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