We are looking at really nice weather to start your friday and your weekend. 73 degrees outside right now. Temperatures out across long island are looking very nice. Were going to be seeing temperatures that start out around 66 in brook haven, 63 around west hampton. 64 white plains, 58 around poughkeepsie. This afternoon we get to 82. Some absolute gorgeous weather. Were going to talk about a beautiful weekend coming up in your accuweather sevenday forecast. Heathers looking at your commute this morning. Not going so well through westchester. Right near exit 32 this is an ongoing accident investigation. You can expect a lot of delays northbound on the sawmill. Lets show you how things look as you travel across the Staten Island expressway. This is the eastbound side into the area of south avenue. This delay is all because of ongoing construction there thats been with us all week long. This is the bqe as you travel on the northbound side making your way up into the Brooklyn Bridge. We have a little construction set up over here in the right lane and that ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is closed down. The Brooklyn Bridge is closed down getting into the city. Our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. Heather thank you. 4 32 now. Ten republican candidates took the ring in the first round of the debates in the 2016 campaign. They argument about immigration, taxes and health care. Billionaire Businessman Donald Trump didnt hold back refusing to pledge his loyalty to the gop warning he might run as an independent if he doesnt get the republican nomination. If it werent for me you wouldnt even be talking about illegal immigration chris. You wouldnt even be talking about it. Donald trump never gave an inch on the immigration question or the other issues that pushed him to the front of the pack. Youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Only rosie odonnell. Kentucky senator rand paul blew up when trump refused to become the potential republican nominee. He buys and sells politicians of all stripes. And paul lashed out at new Jersey Governor Chris Christie for supporting the governors collection of phone records. What are you supposed to use the 4th amendment get a warrant, get a judge to sign for it. Point. Listen, senator when youre sitting in a subcommittee blowing hot air about this you can say things like that. Governor christie took heat over new jerseys troubled economy. If you think its bad now you should have seen it when i got there. Jeb bush said he was proud of his father and brothers time in the white house but admitted again, invading iran was wrong. Knowing what we know now with faulty intelligence and not having security be the First Priority when we invaded it was a security. I wouldnt have gone in. The parting shot came from mike huckabee. This election theres been a whole lot about a person whos very high in the polls but doesnt have a clue about how to govern. A person who has been filled with scandals and who could not lead, and of course im talking about hillary clinton. [ laughter ] trump started out the debate with a bang as well last night refusing to rule out a third party run if hes not the eventual republican nominee. That got boos from the crowd but no denying trump is the star of the show. He got 11 minutes total last night of speaking time, the most of any of the ten candidates. Reporting from midtown, rob nelson channel 7 Eyewitness News. A bomb shell for president obamas Nuclear Agreement with iran. New york senior senator Charles Schumer says hes going to vote against the plan. Schumer made the announcement last night hours after fellow senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced she would support the deal. The senator said i believe iran will not change and under this agreement it will be able to relieving sanction. The vote is set for next month. We have video just in of a horrible crash that happened on the sum nil River Parkway. Police say a driver heading the wrong way on the northbound side of the sawmill parkway slammed into one other vehicle south of route 120, the overpass there. The hospital. No word on that persons condition. No word on whether any charges have been filed. Ken, today a bronx man is set to bring the first legal disease outbreak. Ten people have died from the illness and a total of 100 have 10th. Health officials believe it has been spread by cooling towers in bronx buildings. The Health Department has ordered building owners to test those towers for the bacteria that causes the disease. Failure to comply misdemeanor. We are doing this out of an abundance of caution. Five buildings in the bronx bacteria. The state Health Department and centers for Disease Control are examining whether any other precautions need to be taken. Its 4 36. An alleged gunman in custody after a shooting in the bronx in which a man took two bullets to save a teenager. Tyree banked opened fire after a st. Patricks spat between two teenage girls. Police are searching for two suspects who knocked a wheelchair bound man to the ground and pistol whipped another man. The suspects made off with about 230 and an iphone. Funeral services will be held this morning for a Westchester County woman who died in a jail cell. Family and friends gathered last night at Holy Tabernacle church in mount vernon for a wake for ray feta turner. The 42yearold was found debt two days after she was arrested for shoplifting. To know that your mother is not coming home, you know, to know that you dont get that hug. You dont get that kiss, and i think that, you know, we really have to come to the bottom and were going to stick together and come to the bottom of this. Turners funeral will be held at 10 this morning at the Holy Tabernacle church in mount vernon. Investigators in tennessee says the man killed by police during an attack at a Movie Theater he was carrying lighter fluid and a lighter when he pepper sprayed two women inside a Movie Theater. He was also carrying a hatchet which investigators say punctured the propane can and made it useless. Montano was killed by police. Eight people are dead and more than 100 injured after a bomb exploded in afghanistans capital. Authorities say all of the victims in todays blast in kabul were civilians. The bomb was hidden in a truck and went off near a Defense Ministry compound. Most of the injured were hurt by flying glass. Investigators havent said who was being targeted in the blast. A 31yearold woman kidnapped in yemen will be returned to france later this morning. Isabel prime was released to trench authorities after spending nearly six months as a hostage. Prime was working for the world bank when she was kidnapped. French officials did not detail the conditions of her release or which group was responsible for her kidnapping. New yorkers gathered last night to honor a teen killed in that stabbing at a gay pride parade in jerusalem. Two groups held a solidarity memorial. The 16yearold died sunday after extremists attacked revelers at jerusalems celebration. Everyones gathered as one to celebrate the life of the victim and give a message that this wont be tolerated and well keep expressing ourselves and advocating for freedom and equality. A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for the accused attacker. You are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and its nice. Weve got partly cloudy skies, we can see all the way down to Staten Island. We can even see right there almost in the middle of the picture, sandy hook new jersey. A pretty sunrise today. A nice halfmoon out there. Were looking at whats going to be a great start to a great weekend of weather. Temperature right now 73 degrees. Were going to be looking at a lot of sunshine today. Were going to be looking at temperatures right at normal for this time of the year. Were not looking at oppressive heat and humidity with temperatures in the 90s or anything like that. A lot of sunshine around the area for the day today. Heres whats happening a couple showers around cape may. A lot of sunshine coming your way. Temperatures 76 by 10 00, noontime 80, 84 this afternoon. A great start to the weekend which well talk about next in your accuweather sevenday forecast. Heather is looking at your commute. Ken talked about this accident in westchester earlier. The saw river mill parkway is still closed down because of that horrific accident. This is an ongoing accident investigation. All lanes are closed down. Lets take a look at the George Washington bridge, look at the upper level you are bumper to bumper. This is all overnight construction which they will shortly. You have a tough ride as you go across that upper level. Heading to a webcam showing you how things are looking on the Staten Island expressway. Cant catch a break here all week long on the eastbound side getting into the area of south avenue, we still have that ongoing construction project. We do have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect for today. Thank you very much. Its 4 41. Secretary of state john kerry visits vietnam marking the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations. And crews still face a daunting task putting out a Massive Wildfire in california. Why ththis has been a 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 . California governor jerry brown says the state is hotter and drier than its ever been making wildfires more severe and extending the fire season. He visited crews fighting a massive fire about 100 miles north of san francisco. It has burned more than 100 square miles since igniting in late july. The fire is 40 contained. Brown said more than 200 million have been spent in the last two years on firefighting equipment. 4 44 right now. Meteorologist bill evans joining us with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Lets take a look outside. Weve got a really nice morning out here. A quiet morning around the area. Were looking at partly cloudy to clear skies. Parts of the area like southern jersey has a little shower this morning thats going to creep out into the atlantic. Were looking at a great start to have the day. As we look from our camera here down the east river here over towards Roosevelt Island and the fdr right here. Were looking at the Chrysler Building. Heres whats happening around the area. This is our camera midtown manhattan, a morning where we start out with 73 degrees, dry humidity, northeast wind and the pressure just below 30. 0. High number yesterday, 83 which for this time of the year is right at normal of 84. We call that seasonal temperatures. Sunny and seasonal our forecast for the day today. Going to be a gorgeous sunrise. Were looking at a near miss of a storm to our south. Well have patchy clouds but choppy seas this weekend out in the atlantic and maybe a moderate risk to rip current, out across the beaches. But theres some big rain possible on tuesday. This morning were looking at 54 monticello, 73 around the park, 68 around islip. North to a little northeast wind here makes it come in with a nice cool fetch of air that feels great out here. As you see this fronts kind of sliding eastward. Still a couple of showers towards egg harbor. All this low pressure system does is slide into the atlantic, and as it kind of turns northward, it will throw some rough surf in here. Swells that sort of thing. The surfers love that but youve got to be careful about a moderate risk of rip currents this weekend. Morning clouds, sunshine this afternoon, were at 84. Partly cloudy and comfortable tonight, a low of 68. Tomorrow weve got clouds and sun, a seasonally warm day. 84 is our normal high. Were right at 85. Heres our accuweather seven day forecast. 87 on sunday, 85 on monday, and we are looking at those showers and storms that are possible on tuesday. Well keep an eye on that. You know what i say . What. I say who cares. Who cares about tuesday. Its going to be nice this weekend. We focus on whats happening now. We cant worry about whats going to happen down the road. Everybody applaud bill evans. We focus most on the weekend, and if the weekends looking good all is good. Thats it. Maybe we should throw money. I think Heather Orourke would agree with that. Whoa whoa, throw money . He said throw it towards him. How are things looking on the commute. People driving across the George Washington bridge are throwing their hands up in the air. I dont mean theyre celebrating. The upper level is pretty heavy, and at this point they have a complete traffic stoppage as they try to clear away. This construction will head to our maps and tell you that the lincoln and holland will also have construction clearing. The Sawmill River parkway is closed. As you take your subways, the 5 and 6 trains expect Service Changes and delays, mechanical problems at canal street. There is no service between 95th and 36th street, and then going on to the Staten Island expressway eastbound exit 7 to 10, thats where that construction project is set up. And the belt parkway going west you have two lanes closed down. Bqe northeast getting into the Brooklyn Bridge, two lanes are closed down. In addition to that the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge remains closed down. We can show you that delay as you travel on the Staten Island expressway. Eastbound side you really only have one lane open. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Thank you. At 4 48, the probe into Malaysia Airlines flight 370 sparks a protest from families linked to that missing jumbo jet. Relatives marched on the Malaysian Embassy in beijing. Malaysias transport minister says a team has discovered more wreckage though that person cannot confirm it is from mh370. Secretary of state john kerry is in a enjoy this morning marking the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and vietnam. The visit caps a fivenation tour that has been dogged by debate back home over the iran nuclear deal. Kerry says the vietnam war resulted from a failure of diplomacy and political vision. He says vietnam can be a lesson as we look at the iran deal. In a place where there were many reasons for bitterness there was none, and i am grateful to the leaders who had the vision to make the decisions to help us move forward. Kerry says the vietnam experience proves former enemies can become friends. 4 50. Opening the critical raves in a sold out box office, the curtain went up on the new Broadway Musical hamilton [ music ] the new York Theater Community is all abuzz over the new musical. Stars lined up to welcome the new show. Its a biography about americas first treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton. Its told with the language and beat of hiphop and r b. My wife thought it was the best thing shed ever seen and i hear that over and over again. It better be good. I think it is. I know it is. Ive never heard more positive buzz about something that i remember. Hamiltons star is the Tony Award Winning creator of by the way which i saw four types. Last month president obama and the first daughters attended a preview ofthe show. Sold done. Ballerina misty copelands broadway debut will be bittersweet. The show on the town will close after she completes her planned turn on september 6th. Copeland starts august 25th. On the town opened on broadway 4 51. New york Governor Cuomo announces a major crackdown on the sale of a dangerous drug after an increase in medical emergencies. Also ahead, jurors with a big decision whether colorado Movie Theater gunman james holmes lives or dies. Well begin Tristate Ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. 4 54, crews working on a gas line in colorado had to stop after another line exploded. Crews were trenching a new line when they hit an adjacent line that caused a blast. Nobody got hurt. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Heres meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Here we go, looking at weather around here. Its kind of quiet. Im going to find you some weather. We show you some temperatures this morning that are rather comfortable to start your day. Looking at 54 in monticello. 55 around sussex, 72 around jamaica queens. There you see a northeast wind to a little light northerly wind. Thats going to make it feel nice today even though the humidity is borderline on jamaica queens. Great weather, youre taking the ferries back and forth. The harbors 74. 76 on the sound looking great. Weather then heather every 7 minutes. Happy friday to you madame. Happy friday to you. You said Staten Island, so were going to go over to our maps, and im going to show you our mass transit chart. Im going to tell you that Staten IslandRapid Transit is dealing with delays southbound because of Police Activity. We have long island on or closed. Metro north Waterbury Branch that ongoing bridge work in bridgeport inbound George Washington bridge upper Level Construction clearing. We also have construction clearing at the lincoln and holland tunnels. Checking on our webcam showing you the Staten Island expressway eastbound side with that construction out by exit 10. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. 4 56. A crackdown on the sale of synthetic marijuana known as k2. New york Governor Cuomo is imposing emergency new regulations targeting the sale of this dangerous drug. The tougher Health Department regulations expand the list of banned substances. Governor cuomo says theres been a tenfold increase. Campers have been warned to wear an keep away from rodents after a child caught the plague. The child visited the park in july. There are signs posted around the campground warning visitors about this. Indiana Health Officials are launching an investigation after several people in one county were diagnosed with the same type of rare brain cancer. Two of the patients diagnosed with glio blastoma live right next to each other. Another lived a mile away. The state Health Department says it does not necessarily think theres a cancer cluster. Theyre going to look into the cases. We are closing we are following breaking news in newark three homes went up in flames. Three people are now in Critical Condition. We have a crew heading to the scene and well continue to bring you updates. It was a big night for the top ten republican president ial hopefuls and the bottom tier as well. At 5 p. M. Theyre going to have their own debate. Meteorologist bill evans has the exclusive accuweather forecast coming up next find out about the weekend when we re im so not ready for back to school. With staples youll be ready. I can get thirty comp books and notebooks at a low price . Yep, 50 and 25 cents each. Oh, i can save money and have less stress and less drama. Hes the drama teacher. Got it. This is new yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News with lori stokes and ken rosato, Heather Orourke with traffic and bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Now Eyewitness News this morning. Good morning were following breaking news at 5 a. M. A fire that broke out in one home early this morning quickly spreading to two other homes. Three people are in Critical Condition. The top ten candidates for the republican president ial nomination on the same stage. For the first time the gop front runner billionaire donald trump faced his revels in a debate. We are live in washington. Just as the republicans were on stage one of the highest profile democrats made a huge announcement, senator Charles Schumer says he is not going to support president obamas nuclear deal with iran. Im Shirleen Allicot in for lori stokes. Today is friday, august 7th. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive weekend accuweather forecast. Good evening everybody good evening everybody. Nice [ laughter ] take two. Good morning everyone. We take a look outside this morning, its going to be absolutely gorgeous. 71 degrees. I think i was thinking about getting out of here. I dont know. Weve got great weather to start your weekend. 66 at north port and massapequa and hauppauge looking good. 66 down the jersey shore. Today we are looking at 77 by noontime, 11 were looking at low 80s this afternoon. The weekends going to be beautiful. Last weekend i said weekend so far this summer. It was around 90 degrees. This weekend with temperatures in the low 80s the best weekend. And i hope youre going to say the same thing next weekend because im already looking forward to that too. Lets go over to our maps and well talk about whats happening as far as the Sawmill River parkway is concerned. We have an accident investigation northbound at exit 32. All leaps are close lanes are closed down as a result. Heading over here, Staten IslandRapid TransitPolice Activity, expect delays southbound. Long Island Railroad doing okay. Metro north Waterbury Branch that bridge work in bridgeport. Staten island expressway not doing okay eastbound exits 7 to 10 we have construction. Only one lane is getting by the belt parkway going west exit 17 to 15 two lanes are closed. Bqe north to the Brooklyn Bridge two lanes closed down. Manhattan bridge, williamsburg bridge doing just fine. That construction is clearing up at our hudson river crossings and our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. At 5 02 breaking news in newark, a 2alarm fire, two children and an adult in Critical Condition. That fire starting in a private home just before 4 00 this morning. The fire appearing to have spread to one or possibly did two nearby homes. The injured children and that adult were pulled out of the house. Two firefighters also were injured. One had cuts and one sustained a knee injury. We have a crew heading to the scene. We will continue to bring you updates as we get them. This morning donald trump is campaigning celebrating his performance in the first republican president ial debate in cleveland. The blunt billionaire managed to hold on to the spotlight leaving the other nine candidates on stage vying for attention. Bazi kanani joins us live from washington with the highlights. Donald trump was himself as promised, ballot, bold and faced few direct challenges from other candidates. Donald trump emerges from the debate gloating. I really enjoyed the evening. Right from the start, a jolting warning from trump, the only candidate refusing to promise not to run as an independent if denied the nomination. I will not make the pledge at this time. Okay. This is whats wrong. He buys and sells politicians of all stripes. The candidates spar over a host of hot button issues from illegal immigration and gay marriage to terrorism. A testy confrontation over the nsas bulk data collection. I want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from innocent americans. When youre sitting in a subcommittee blowing hot air about this you can say things like that. But again and again, trump manages to steal the spotlight in characteristic style. Youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. Your twitter account only rosie odonnell. Analysts say the former front runner jeb bush failed to stand out in the debate but at least stayed above the fray avoiding a scuffle with trump. The story paroled quoting an anonymous gop donor saying you quoted mr. Trump, a buffoon. Its not true. But i have said mr. Trumps language is divisive. One things the candidates could agree on, hillary clinton. As expected they took aim at the Democratic Front runner. Each promising they could beat her in a general election. Thank you. Its 5 05 and Democratic Political strategist says donald trump channels raw emotion voters have held back for years. Hes captured the imagination of a nation tired of the fancy politicians and frankly ready to listen to almost anything this businessmans about to say. When donald trump said politicians are stupid, its quite likely if there could have been a parade they would have done it right away and marched. The Democratic Party announced yesterday it would hold its first debate in nevada in october hosted by cnn. Stay with Eyewitness News and abc news with updates on the race for president. Good morning america will pick up our coverage at 7 this morning. A lawsuit against several allies of governor Chris Christie in connection with the George Washington bridge lane closings was refiled yesterday weeks after a judge dismissed an earlier version. The lawsuit does not name christie as a defendant but it does name the organizer of his Reelection Campaign along with Bridget Kelly and a former Port Authority official bill baroni. Democratic senator Charles Schumer announced he will vote against president Obama Nuclear deal with iran. Its in the midst of a 60 day congressional review. Kala rama is live outside senator Schumers Office on the east side. Reporter good morning. This is something that we dont see often. Senator schumer actually breaking with president obama. Senator schumer as we know is jewish. Hes a strong supporter of israel. The senator said he is going with his conscience and so should everyone else in congress. He met with president obama and other key negotiators over this last several weeks. They debated if the deal to prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon would work. Senator schumer said his chief concern was that iran would still be free after a decade to build a nuclear bomb. In a statement thursday night he said i believe iran will not change and under this agreement it will be able to achieve its dual goals of eliminating sanctions while ultimately retaining its nuclear and non nuclear power. You may recall two weeks ago brooklyn assemblyman was arrested for Disorderly Conduct while protesting the iran Nuclear Agreement here outside senator Schumers Office. Hiken said he wanted schumer to oppose that agreement. We now know he got what he wanted. On the other hand new york senator Kristin Gillibrand said she would support the deal. This vote happens next month. Live in midtown, kala rama channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Its 5 08. Happening today jurors are going to begin their first full day of deliberations in the fate of colorado Movie Theater gunman james holmes deciding whether he the jury got the case yesterday after lawyers delivered their Closing Argument in holmes sentencing hearing. Jurors found holmes guilty of murder for the 2012 shooting that killed 12 people. They must now decide if hes executed or sentenced to life in prison without patrol. The u. S. Military Police Hackers connected to russia were likely bind the cyber assault on the pentagon two weeks ago. The hack targeted an unclassified email system used by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and 4,000 other federal workers. It is being described as a stealthy fishing attack. Officials said the intrusion is not typical of chinese hackers leaving russia as the prime suspect. The system is still offline as pentagon cyber experts rebuilt it. Its 5 09. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans with the friday morning accuweather forecast. Looking at midtown manhattan, and it is just going to be a great day today. Were starting out with partly cloudy skies. Weve got a little northeast wind. It is going to be a pretty day. Going to be very comfortable. Were not looking at any big time heat or humidities across the area. Looking from my camera here in brooklyn over to the lower east side. 71 degrees, partly cloudy skies, light northeast wind at 5 miles an hour. These clouds to the south are going to continue sliding south. This bubble of High Pressure builds in, makes for great weather coming up this weekend. Your 8 00 temp is going to be 72. Noontime temp is 80. This afternoon 84 right at normal for this time of the year. Sunscreen and sunblock youre going to need. The uv index this weekend is 8 to 9. Weve got lots of sun coming. Ill talk about the weekend forecast. Just some rip currents you might want to be aware of at the beaches. Its weather then heather. All right right by exit 32 we have all lanes subject to closure. Lets take a look at the bqe on the northbound side you can see the upper righthand lane corner of your screen. We do have Police Activity. We do have construction going on getting up through cadman plaza. As we head to our maps, i can tell to you about the sawmill. Northbound side near exit 32 we have that ongoing accident investigation. All lanes are subject to closure as a result. If youre traveling on to Staten IslandRapid Transit, we have Police Activity. Expect southbound delays. Our other mass transit systems are doing okay and then the Staten Island expressway, ongoing construction 7 to 10. 5 11 right now. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, the compensation awarded to an africanamerican woman after she and her ride. What that cab driver is saying for himself. Remembering cecil, how he will live on through the spinning pinwheel of death. The disappearing wifi icon. The frozen download bar. You dont need a magician to fix these things. You need fios internet. Get fios 50 meg internet, tv and phone now for 79. 99 a month, price guaranteed for 2 years. Or, double your speeds for just 10 dollars more a month. And only fios gives you uploads speeds as fast as your download speeds. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past, get fios. This morning we are hearing from a black woman from queens who fought against discrimination and won. A judge awarded cynthia jordan 25,000 because she was denied a taxi ride. She says the cabbie locked his doors to keep her and her daughters out of his door and then picked up two white customers down the street. She says she made that move for her youngest daughter. She shouldnt have to see people do things to us and then nothing happens. Like they can just do whatever they want to to us and nothing would happen, and that was the problem. Driver bakeer raza told Eyewitness News the other women jumped into his cab first and he drove off when jordan became upset. Raza was ordered to receive antidiscrimination change. New video shows the cubs of cecil the lion alive and well in a National Park in zimbabwe. The video shows the cubs along with female lions. Walter palmer is accused of illegally killing cecil last month. Bill evans joining us now with the accuweather forecast. We finally made it to friday. A nice one too. Absolutely. Its going to be a morning where we start out with partly cloudy skies. Weve got a nice morning headed your way. Were going to be looking at sunshine and clouds are pushing south and east of the area. We look from the empire state building, new york life building down to 1 world trade. You can see all the way down to beautiful Staten Island this morning across the area. Current temperature has been right around 71 degrees. The humidity is dry. The winds are northeast at 5 and the pressure at 29. 92 which is steady across the area. Yesterdays high was 83. 84 is the normal high for this time of the year. Thats all looking good. 66s from long branch. 65 wrightstown. 54 monticello. Nice and cool in here. These clear skies and light wind allows the temperature to drop on off here. Youve got a calm wind here north and west of the city. There are all these clouds left over from the afternoon yesterday. This is sliding eastward. There were a couple sprinkles from toms river to cape main. This High Pressure ridge slides eastward. It gives us great weather today, tomorrow, and saturday. I want you to look out here to the atlantic. I didnt really spread out the picture on the graphic of the futurecast. There is this system hanging around. With it just being that far out, those lows that will pull rough surf in here for the weekend. There wasnt a cloud on the futurecast for today, tomorrow and sunday. Just want to have a northeast wind today starting out around 5, 10 knots. There will be gusts to 20 knots later on. The rip current risk is moderate. The water temperature at the shore at 77 degrees. Cape may its been 79 and temperature. Nice sunshine today. There are these lows missing us south and east. It will keep swells at the beaches and the surfers theyre not up yet but once they find out about this theyre going to be excited. This low pressure system dives south and east today and tomorrow. That stays out of the way. We have dry air in place. Your weekend if youre going to the catskills, hamptons or jersey shore, youre looking 79 on sunday, 77 in the hamptons. Sunshine and clouds, clouds this morning, sunshine through the midday afternoon were at 84. Comfy tonight, 68 and then tomorrow seasonally warm. Were right at 84. 84 is our normal high, were right around 85. On sunday weve got sunshine and 87. A little warmer than normal. Tuesday there might be some toad strangling rain with a storm system coming our way. That is much needed rain. When would we like to get that much needed rain . That would be during the midweek. Absolutely. So our weekends are rain free. The toad union is on the phone for you bring the way. Theyre a little upset because they dont like being strangled. My friend is the shop steward kermit the frog and we will handle the toad union. Even though he and miss piggy are on a break. I have to show you this camera and show you the delays on the bqe. Its all because of this Police Activity going on right over here. We do have an accident, this is the bqe northbound side coming away from the prospect right by the brooklyn battery tunnel. We have an accident by atlantic avenue. Lets go over to our maps. The bqe north of that spot, that ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge you have two lanes closed down with ongoing construction. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Ken and shirleen over to you. Thank you very much. 5 18 and still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, those Hidden Airline Fees like seat reservations and checked baggage can add up when we travel. Now federal lawmakers are fighting back. Are we in store for a tough so, i needed to deposit a check. 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That helps to block tropical development. You know who knows more about this . I believe we do. 5 22. And on that note, you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans. Lets take a look at some we . Its a really nice morning as we start the day, the temperatures 71 degrees. Low humidity. Going to be a great day. 80 degrees by noontime. 84 later on this afternoon with a little northeast wind across the area. Heathers looking at your commute. Weather then heather every 7 minutes. Youve got your hands full already. I was tweeting out and facebooking a couple of accidents. Lets talk about the new jersey turnpike truck lanes going eastbound its closed. Overturned tractortrailer. As you head on to the sawmill going north near exit 32 thats another accident investigation. That has all lanes closed down. As you travel on the Staten Island expressway east exits 7 to 10, thats construction and up by the Brooklyn Bridge north of atlantic avenue you have an accident and then construction by the Brooklyn Bridge. Our street cleaning rules are in effect. Thank you very much. 5 23. We continue to follow breaking news in newark, three people in Critical Condition. Two firefighters hurt after a row of homes goes up in flames. Also ahead, the end of an era, how jon stewart ended his reign as host of the daily [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 attention america. Get yourself a free half gallon of dole classic lemonade with any 10 piece meal or larger purchase. Because when you buy this chicken, theres free lemonade for the pickin. 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On wall street stocks appear to be on a summer slide. Good morning everybody. Topping americas money, your investments losing value. The dow shedding 120 points yesterday. Its sixth straight loss. The other major averages down as well. Traders welcome looking into todays employment report for clues about the timing of a fed Interest Rate hike. The nations Airlines GettingHarsh Criticism about fees in a newing congressional report. It calls for a crackdown on carriers hiding fees for things like checked bags. The reboot of the fantastic 4 is one of four new releases at the box office this weekend. And this reboot is expected to earn upwards of 40 million in its debut. Last weekend also expected to do well in its second weekend. And thats americas money. 5 28. We are following breaking news in new jersey. An Early Morning house fire spread to two other homes early this morning. Three people are in Critical Condition and two firefighters are injured. 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Battle against legionnaires disease in the bronx. Why the fight is now entering the courtroom. Good morning im ken and thank you for joining us im Shirleen Allicot in for lori stokes. Today is friday, august 7th. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans on this friday. Thank you. Lets take a look outside. Suns coming up and here we go, clouds and sun going to be mixed today. At dawn suns autopsy 20 up 20 minutes from right now. Around the area, 58 around poughkeepsie, 78 around the park and 66 long island and bridgeport and 66 at belmar. We are looking at aplite day. 73 by 8, 80 by noon, a northeast wind going to make it feel great. Well talk about beautiful weather for the weekend coming up as well. Heather is already extremely busy this morning. Yes, i dont know whats going on lately. Everybody needs to just chill out, slow down a little bit. We have image transit, path trains delays between Journal Square and 33rd street with Police Activity. 25 minute delays. Our other transit systems not doing too bad. Sawmill River Parkway remains closed north at exit 32. We have the wrong location for this. It was originally recorded northbound but its the new jersey turnpike truck lanes southbound, the ramp to the eastbound side of the newark bay extension. Right around exit 14 you have an overturned tractortrailer so the ramp is closed down. As you travel on the Staten Island expressway east exit 7 to 10, thats ongoing construction. Then the bqe north of atlantic avenue, Police Activity all because of an accident that is in the process of being cleared away, and then we can take a look at the bqe going northeast getting into the Brooklyn Bridge. Two lanes are closed down. This is that accident on the bqe northbound side. You can see where all of that Police Activity is. As you round the bend coming from the prospect going to the brooklyn battery tunnel, thats where that accident is. You barely have traffic going up here. Thats at the bottom of your screen. You can see where that activity is. Thats the bqe north near atlantic avenue. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect for today. Ken over to you. 5 32. We have breaking news in new jersey, two children and an adult are in Critical Condition after they were pulled from a burning building. You can see behind me here flames spreading to several homes in newark early this morning. Eyewitness News Reporter rob nelson live at the scene. You can see here behind me still a very active scene this morning. This fire broke out shortly about 4 a. M. This morning. Three people apparently critically injured in all of this. The fire began at 581 bergen street in newark. Plenty of firefighters still on the scene. The good news is the fire does appear to be out and well under control. You can see the damage on the third floor here of the house, youre probably looking at video from earlier now where you see those flames tearing through this one home. We understand the fire spread quickly going from this house at 581 and spreading to two other homes. Middle of the night folks were asleep but neighbors went around banging on doors to get people out. Just in the one house alone there were about 13 People Living on the three floors of this house including Seven Members of one family. Again, we understand three people critically injured. This fire did go up to two alarms spreading to two adjacent homes. One adult and two children pulled from that home. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries as well. Theres still some families who have been displaced on the scene. Were going to talk to them and have another live report later in the newscast. Reporting live in newark, rob nelson channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. 5 33, and new this morning, we have video crash on the Sawmill River parkway heather just told you about. It happened after midnight near the route 120 overpass in chappaqua. Police say a driver heading southbound on the northbound roadway slammed into at least one other vehicle. At least one person was taken to the hospital. So far we havent received word about their condition or whether any charges have been filed. Today a bronx man is set to bring the first legal action in the legionnaires disease outbreak. Ten people have died from the illness and a total of 100 have been diagnosed since july 10th. Health officials believe it has been spread by cooling towers in bronx buildings. The Health Department has ordered building owners to test those towers for the bacteria that causes the disease. Failure to comply with the commissioners order is a misdemeanor. We are doing this out of an abundance of caution. Five buildings in the bronx have tested positive for the bacteria. The state Health Department and centers for Disease Control are examining whether any other precautions need to be taken. Funeral services will be held for a Westchester County woman who died in a jail cell. Family and friends gathered at Holy Tabernacle church for a wake for raynette turner. The 42yearold was found dead in a holding cell two days after she was arrested for shoplifting. To know that your mother is not coming home, you know, to know that you dont get that hug. You dont get that kiss, and i think that, you know, we really have to come to the bottom and were going to stick together and come to the bottom of this. Turners funeral will be held at 10 at the Holy Tabernacle church in mount vernon. We are learning new details in the investigation of teenage brothers in oklahoma accused of killing five family members. Police say one of the brothers admitted to having plans for the murders of their parents and three siblings on a thumb drive in hair home. The 18 and 16 jerald brothers are charged are first degree murder. Two of their sisters survived that attack. An alleged gunman is in custody after a the shooting in the bronx after a man took two bullets in order to save a teenager. 23yearold tyre banks opened fire in east concourse after spat between teenage girls. George smith was shot twice when he stepped in front of one of the girls. 5 36. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans and the accuweather forecast. Lets take a look outside, a beautiful morning, sunshine coming your way. Sun is officially up right at 5 55. Here at 5 36 were at dawn with tony orlando and sun and clouds today. We take a look outside. It looks good. Weve got a great start to a great weekend of weather. Were looking at just a little bit of cloud cover down in south jersey. Those showers are pushing across from delaware bay out into the atlantic. This High Pressure ridge comes right on in, gives us beautiful weather. 72 degrees by 8 00 this morning were looking at noontime of 80 perfect weather. Weekend of weather. There will be some moderate risk of rip currents at the beaches. Heathers looking at your commute. Its weather then. Heather. Heather. Thats right. Lets go to our maps and tell you about whats happening on the roads. Unfortunately we have a busy morning, Sawmill River parkway northbound remains closed alt exit 32. Staten island expressway east exit 7 to 10 construction, the bqe north of atlantic avenue you have an accident. Getting into the Brooklyn Bridge two lanes closed down. This is an overturned tractor inbound George Washington bridge lower level we had a stall. I watched it get pulled off the lower level of the George Washington bridge lincoln and holland you have minor delays. Path trains delays between Journal Square and 33rd street. New Jersey Transit is close. Metro north Waterbury Branch ongoing bridge work in bridgeport. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect for thank you. 5 38 and still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, family members of some of the victims of the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight 370 are begging for answers after conflicting remote island. And californias governor explains why this year has been particularly 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. This morning eight people are dead and more than 100 injured after a bomb explodes in afghanistans capital. Authorities say all of the victims in todays blasts in kabul were civilians. A local police chief says the bomb was hidden in a truck and went off near a Defense Ministry compound. Most of the injured were hurt by flying glass. Investigators havent said who was being targeted. A 31yearold woman kidnapped in yemen will be returned home it france later this morning. Isabel prime was released to french authorities in yemen after spending nearly six months as a hostage. Prime was working for the world bank when she was kidnapped. French officials did not detail the conditions of her release. The probe into Malaysia Airlines flight 370 sparks a protest from families linked to the missing jumbo jet. Relatives of the planes chinese passengers marched on the Malaysian Embassy in beijing. They are upsent about conflicting reports of debris. A team has discovered more wreckage. California governor jerry brown says the state is hotter and drier than its ever been making wildfires more severe and extending the fire season. He visited crews fighting a massive fire about 100 miles north of san francisco. Its burned more than 100 square miles since igniting in late july. The fires about 40 contained. Brown said more than 200 million has been spent in the last two years on firefighting equipment and crews 5 42. Bill evans joining us now with the accuweather forecast. We take a look outside from the Chrysler Building looking across the east river out to flushing bay. The Chrysler Building is brought to you by chrysler. Heres whats happening this morning across the area. Were looking at a really pretty morning t. Is great. Look how beautiful our sunrise is as the gotham is all aglow as a tug makes its way up the east river. Dry humidity, 71 degrees, the wind northeast at 5 is great. Normally that would like push in this cool damp fetch of air in, but with it coming over the waters that are still about 74, 77 degrees. That will make the day feel good. Normal high is 84. Were looking at this beautiful sunrise just a couple of minutes before 6 00. Today where theres a storm to our west and south that slides south and east, we just got patchy clouds and choppy seas this weekend out in the atlantic. That low will create swells in the beaches. Otherwise we did not get significant rain until maybe tuesday. North port and massapequa, 64, hauppauge 66, what a great morning. It seems that although the thursday is the new get away day and friday everybodys out here on the jersey shore, coastal connecticut or long island already towards the east end. The weather is great. Clouds are sliding south and east. Ridge of High Pressure will giver us great weather coming up for the weekend. The boating forecast and east northeast wind up to some 20 knot gusts later today. Youre looking at a 5, 10 out of the northeast this morning. A moderate risk of rip currents at the beaches. New york city beaches, jersey shore. This low is going out into the atlantic. Another one will spin up the front with that. Lows, their air mass moves counterclockwise. Youll have a right angle land mass. That water has no place to go. Youll have the swells at the beaches. As the low goes out great weather for the weekend the catskills 78, 79 degrees, low humidities. This is perfect weather, 78, 77 in the hamptons, morning clouds, sunshine later on. Partly cloudy, comfy weather tonight. 68 degrees, and clouds and sun, seasonally warm tomorrow. 85 now 87 on sunday is a little warmer, but the humidity not there at all. Not going to do it. Were looking at sunshine on monday and 82 degrees, and then were looking at a shower and a thunderstorm that will give us much needed watering of the lawns and gardens on tuesday. What lawn its now brown. All the lawns are brown. The lawns are brown. I was honored to be the emcee at a dedication of two world war ii Marine Amphibious assault tanks at the museum of american armor in long island yesterday. It was a wonderful ceremony to actually celebrate this mow semiwhich is an educational museum. This is a tank similar to those used in capturing japanese held pacific islands. Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the end of the pacific part of world war ii, and so yesterday the tank was given as a gift in honor of kevin cronlin family from the little town of its landmarked by educational institutions for historic learning and the cronlin family were all there yesterday. This gentleman, kevin cronlin who died in an industrial accident at 55 they gave these pieces that he bought himself, refurbished and moved them from his home in wisconsin to the museum so that the masses that live here can enjoy and learn about the education of something that happened 70 years ago in history. Im going to take my nephew. Its a great place. Exit 48 off the l. I. E. Its not too far. Fantastic. That looks like a must do. Good deal. The county executive was there and it was a great day. Looked like a great event. Its a wonderful place to learn about the education of that particular era in our history. Excellent. Good for you for being here. Thats great. And we supported the u. S. Marines which is what that was all about as well. Not looking too great. Lets go over to a webcam, i want to show you the Staten Island expressway. This is all because of construction. Look at this traffic it is barely moving on the eastbound side getting into south avenue because of that ongoing construction. Taking a look at the bqe check out this delay up into atlantic avenue. Lets take another look at the bqe. We have a lot of activity right in this spot the last time we spoke t. Has been cleared. That accident on the bqe northbound has been cleared away and checking out the map just to tell you we have that construction by the Brooklyn Bridge. Our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. Ken over to you. Thank you very much. 5 47. The new Broadway Musical hamilton had a blockbuster Opening Night with rave reviews and a sold out box office [ music ] the new York Theater Community is so abuzz. Its beyond abuzz. Abuzz means its screaming over the new musical. Stars lined up on the red carpet outside the theater to welcome the new show. Hamilton is a biography about americas first secretary Alexander Hamilton but told with the language and beat of hiphop and r b. My wife thought it was the best thing shed ever seen. It better be good because i think it is. I know it is, and ive never heard more positive buzz about something that i remember. Hamiltons author and star is the Tony Award Winning creator of in the heights. Last month president obama and first daughters attended a preview of the show. Its how you pull in the younger generation. You add hiphop and r b and then they get to learn about Alexander Hamilton in a great way. 5 48. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, swimmer Michael Phelps is staying dry. There is one thing he says he wont do until the summer olympics have come and gone. And units us as one as we are to bring out the reality. Work well underway ahead of pope francis visit to new york next month. The visitor who surprised these dedicated workalfred . Abc7 and your Tristate Ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. 5 51. The most decorated olympic athlete of all time says he wont touch a drop of alcohol before next years games. Swimmer Michael Phelps has made arrests. The second last september led to a suspension and a ban from the World Championships which end this weekend in russia. Phelps says if hes going to come back after his short retirement following the 2012 london games he needs to do it the right way. A labor of love may never attached. These four men have the daunting task of building the chair the pope francis will use during his mass at Madison Square garden next month. All of the men all immigrants were chosen in a collaborative effort. Timothy Cardinal Dolan says their backgrounds fit with the pontiffs teachings of respecting humble workers. Immigrant workers are some of our young people who are troubled who have beautiful skills and want to use them for the glory of god and the service of other people. If they could make the chair and the alter and podium. Wow. Look at that, the alter and the pulpit are being handcrafted by students in lincoln dale. And the pope is going to sit there. Incredible. 5 52. We are love in newark where three homes went up in flames early this morning. Three people are critically injured. This is a live look at the scene. We are gathering the latest information and well have live report at the top of the hour. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic together here on Eyewitness News this morning. Lets take a look at temperatures to start your day, clouds and sun out there, 71 degrees in the park. We have 66 out across long island, 68 around elizabeth new jersey. A little northeast wind. That is going to feel great today across the area. Were looking at a temperature of 75, 77, 78 by noontime. 84 degrees later this afternoon. Its weather then heather every 7 minutes. Happy friday to you. Happy friday to you. We have the Sawmill River parkway still closed down. Its northbound right near exit 32. Now if you are going on to cross bronx expressway eastbound near white plains road you have an accident and the new jersey turnpike truck lanes heading south. That ramp to the newark bay extension east has an overturned tractortrailer and the bqe north an earlier accident cleared. Lets take a look at the webcam show you the Staten Island expressway jammed eastbound to south avenue. Construction cleared. We have our street cleaning rules in effect. 5 56. Its a big pig debut. I dont know if you heard that oinking beside me at the choses check park zoo. Three juliana pigs are on display. Two males and one female are siblings. Julianas are the smallest breed of miniature pigs. The little pigs are making history in brooklyn. Theyre so cute. We are closing in on 6 00. Just ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, we have breaking news in new jersey, firefighters still on the scene of a large fire that has spread to at least three homes and we know that several children are among those seriously hurt. We have a live report coming from newark. A major setback in the Nuclear Negotiations with iran. Why Charles Schumer is going against and after the tragic killing of cecil the lion, encouraging video about what has become of his cubs. 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We are getting an update on their condition and hearing from neighbors about the frantic race to save their lives