Into a building in brownsville, leaving one stead and two shot. Its august familiar 150th. Whoa thats a familiar, good voice. You had a few days off, too . Y rest, sleep in late, no alarms. No you and no me time. Youre just happy. Im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. We are are back. Amy freeze, gone next weekend. I was going to say i havent left the building des moines weeks while youre vacations. Sorry i know. Good morning to both of you. Great to have you back. The heat and humidity increasing today and tomorrow, and thats a create of hot weather that will not last when the weekend ends. Hazy out there. 74degrees in central park, and we hit 90 yesterday. A good start with the 70s in and around the boroughs. 61 for monticello. Down the sword, 66. Radar and satellite picture we are practically cloud free over the next few days. Just because we have a High Pressure system in control, and it will create a sinking ire for these clouds to develop. Expect a lot of sunshine, but the heat that was already in place match up with the humidity coming in, and its with us the next few days. Its going to be a teemy set of days here. By noon, 76, and 86 by 6 00. Good morning. Im wake now. Other to rhode island smell and westbound with the latest headlines. A fair is not during a play standoff to reporter the lieutenant was shot and is in stable condition. Hayes decided to go in and find the source of the smoke, going in thinking the suspect was overcome by the smoke. Instead he was hit by bullets fired by the gun man. It was early yesterday that a folk force of u. S. Marshals bent in to arrest garland tyree. A long arrest recordkeeping police at bay for showers, and tyree was heavily armed with handguns and an ak47. There were extensive negotiation negotiations, and police even sent a helicopter to delaware to bring his mother to the scene, in an attempt to end things peacefully. His main indicator he would surrender, those were his words, when his mom came physically to the scene. He said mom, im coming out, and he told his sister he was coming out. Reporter police said he came out firing, and thats when officers returned fire, killing the 38yearold. No one else was hurt except lieutenant hayes. Hes expected to be okay. Marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A notable moment yesterday at the citys news conference. Someone asked the mayor why he didnt arrive at the hospital sooner to visit the injured firefighter, and this was his response. We are briefing you all on a serious situation, and that was not a serious question. Reporter the back story, the mayor went to the hospital but sources said he was informed at the gym that the injuries were probably minor. We are seeing new video this morning of a suspect in a deadly shooting also in brownsville, brooklyn. The man followed three people into a building thursday night on saratoga avenue. Before that, just taking off. Police were alerted to the scene by is the shot spotter. Whether thigh got there, they found three men had been shot. 21yearold isaiah cissaro was killed and two others were hurt. A fugitive on the run and maluca mar sheng was arrested in trinidad and brought back to the u. S. He shot and killed a 19yearold from queens after the two got into an argument in hicksville in 1999. Shingl will be arraigned on seconddegree murder charges. A man who pose as a doctor is under arrest. Donald lee edwards massacre raid as a medical doctor and psychologist for the last 3 years. Hished prescriptions to at least 100 patients. We cannot find he has any professional schooling whatsoever. He had a relationship with an online university, and we checked with the university, and they claim to have no knowledge of him. Reporter his Attorney Says his client was just trying to help people, and theres no evidence he harmed anyone. Big news out of cuba this week, and now some new photos are emerging of fie dell castro showing the president celebrating his 89th birthday with the leaders of venezuela, and beau livey. Yesterday they marked the reopening of the u. S. Employee benefits whatsy. The overall u. S. Employee benefits bar key on trade with cuba remains in place and can only be lifted by congressional action a step that that we strongly favor. Kerry also walked the streets of havana yesterday. The cigars are not bad. I wonder if he brought some back dot u. S. He says the full normalization talks will start next month. The first time the American Flag has been flying there in 54 years. Wild, right . A lot of questions. Ment and stray tray is not open. Not a everyone is thrilled about it. Coming in china, rows of cars up in flames, and havinguation orders are in place for the homes surrounding the massive explosions. We will have details. Amy freeze will be back with the accuweather forecast. 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Developing right now in china, theres evacuations orders in place for the homes surrounding a series of massive explosions. A row of cars went up in flames this morning, 4 days after the initial explosions, and officials are worried about chemical contamination in the city. The death toll is now up to 85, and on top 700 people who have been hurt,ing an firefighter families are also demanding answers for the local government. The furniture was just unreal. It is unreal. Looking like a movie scene. You could see it from space. Thats how crazy the explosion was it registered on the the Richter Scale as well. Right, the powerful eclosion. They had an earthquake another bernardsville. At 2. 8 z. It was just enough for people to feel it but interestingly, theres a fault line along there, but when i get an earthquake, they ever they can take that and put it into the databases and learn more about the fault lines and predicted the future outbreak. Its scary when theres an earthquake, but when its small and theres no damage, its educational. Remember the damage from a few years ago, down in dc, and it felt like thats right. Yes. It was a few years ago, but i woke up, and it was all over the news, and i slept right through it, didnt have a care in the world. I didnt feel a thing. I was north ridge earthquake, and that was crazy out in california. 90 what . 94 . I was very young. You are so funny shaken not stirred. Earthquake down there. Good saturday morning, everyone. Lets get going. All weekend a lot of sunshine, but may feel uncomfortable at times with temperatures near 90 degrees, mixed with the humidity that is coming our way. Right now at central park, 74 degrees it will be hazy, and you can seat pink on the Empire State Building, coming all the way down to the battery and one world trade. The west winds are light, and heres the climate history. 83 is the normal high for this time of the year. Yesterday, 88degreings, and its really the humidity that will make the temperatures feel uncomfort for much of the weekend. 70 in bridge port. Newark at 68 degrees, and this could actually be a stretch of 6 dies of 90 degrees, or quite near it at least. If we have the dew points here in the 60s b are starting to get sticky already, and we expect the day dew points to be upper 60s, near 70 degrees, puting us in the uncomfortable to oppressive category. If it may feel sticky as you walk the dog or get the exercise down early. On alaska skew track, no on accu track, no showers or storms to talk about. This is holding back powerful showers. East of al bayny, 6. 5isms of rain last night. People had to berescued in their cars it will stay to the north of us, and it will be the bermuda high setting up. Keeps nuts low 90s and makes us in humidity. We are showerfree most of the weekend, but its a sticky feel. You never feel dry. You know what i mean . Weather. The Weekend Getaway, on the beaches, and that sounds like a great spot to b. Humidity is mixed in, even for the hamptons and the jersey shore in catskills, upper 80s, and a light breeze, and they are storm free as well. Sea winds west winds will continue for tomorrow as well, and waves 34 feet, and water temperatures up 2077 degrees, and a reminder the rip current risk is low today, but youre going to the beach and getting into the water, check with your local life guard. More humid today, seven oclock 5 and muggy this evening, and tomorrow, temperatures will be low 90s, plenty of sunshine, humid. Look at that stretch. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. That many days with temperatures at or near 90 degrees. Hot day with thunderstorms on monday, and michelle, you probably heard this, i know, rob, maybe also you. When you go down the jersey shore, usually the eastfacing beaches they get the the bugs the flak flies. You can predict the territory bit light west wind, usually happening in the late afternoon, and they come out of the dunes and stuff, i dont know where they come f i think the dunes, but that could happen this weekend. The beach is beautiful evening with a black fly or two. Bring a fly swatter and have an umbrella and enjoy. You always find a perfect beach weekend, summer is minding down. 90degrees. Find the ointment literally you have to mention the black fly dune things. You know what . Amy freeze, you just cant let people have their thing. Beautiful out at the beach, but watch the black flies at the dunes. Come on, freeze im humored by all of it. Thank you straight ahead on this Eyewitness News saturday morning, people in one neighborhood in brooklyn, not only have to deal with the black flies, but now they are creeped out after finding a drone strapped with a camera staring right through their window. Looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. New this morning, an investigation is underway after a deadly crash in suffolk county. The driver of a jeep liberty crashed head onboo a pickup truck just before 9 00 last night. The jeep burst into flames, and the driver not survive. The investigators said the 24 yearold driver of the truck was able to escape the crash with his 6monthold daughter. Both are expected to be okay. New this Morning Police are searching for three suspects in an Armed Robbery that happened in brooke lip and the video shows the two men and one woman forcing their way into a brownsville apartment last month. Police say they were armed when they threatened a 41yearold woman and demand seed hand over money. If you know who they are, please contact police. Imagine looking out the window and of all things, seeing a drone staring right back at you. Theme one people in one neighborhood are saying it happened to them, and they are screened out. Its a camera on a swivel, and we had no idea what it was filming or why it was there. Reporter witnesses said its an absolute invasion of privacy. This drone was spotted near court streets on thursday. We were in just our Office Corner office bordered by two windows, and our boss was like oh any gosh, theres a drone outside of our window, and we gathered out. Reporter Rebecca Daniels saw this drone and said it hovered for 5 minutes and then disafeared. Its disconcerning that someone is peering into our windows, but i dont think its a serious concern. I think its probably just someone with a hobby. Man when controller in his hands was staning on a nearby building that is closed and under construction. Cameras across the street captured these pictures of the man presumed to be the operator of the drone Building Management was call at one location who quickly called police. The patient was in the room, and the drone was in front of the window, and the patient was whats that . And the nurse saw it, and we thought oh my god. Thats incredibly scary. The fulltimes we. Always coming with the car side, and that was carolina leid. You must get aislings, maintain line of sight, and operate a drone that is not over people. President ial candidate, donald rump, must take a break next week to report for juror duty. He will report on monday to a Lower Manhattan courtroom. If he fails to appear he could face 250 fine, and today the republican front runner will be at the iowa a state fair along with hillary clinton. Today, new jersey tickets will go on sale for those who want to travel to pope francis. They go orphan sale at noon today, and only 4100 train tickets are available. None will be sold during the popes visit. New Jersey Transit aid the lath hasntic range or Motion Service will be down to philly on september 236 and the 27th. We are stalking than story a little bit. We dont understand the moratorium on the sale of the rain tickets. Theres other trains, i assume going to ok. So everyone is saying hey, youve gotta get fios. but why . Why fios . Well, fios is a 100 percent Fiber Optics Network to the home, so you can get 100 out of all your devices. And access to the Fastest Internet and in home wifi available from any provider. With big capacity too, so everyone in the house can be online all at once. Only fios has 500 meg download speeds, with equal upload speeds. So you can upload your favorite videos up to 5x faster than cable. And with the fios mobile app, you can view your entertainment at home, or on the go. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Why fios . Ultimately, thats why. Right now, get 50 meg fios internet, tv phone for just 79. 99 a month, guaranteed for two years. Or double your speeds to 100 meg for just 10 more a month. Call 888 get fios or go online. Get out of the past. Get fios. Welcome back, everybody. 6 26. Time for sports with rob powers. Reporter the yankees were in toronto last night, looking to break the 11game winning streak, and the yankees were swept by toronto last weekend, and they are trying to return the favor. The jayings on the board in the bottom of the 3rd when tulowitzki is drove in. Its part of a 3run inning its for toronto. The yankees dump 31 with 2 runners on base, and beltran is going deep to right that givings the yankees a lead. His big belt of the year, and it ended with a pitching battle after 12 pitches, iller winds and the yankees are back in first place by half a game this morning. Winning last night, 43. The mets with one of the best lineups last night at citi field. The Pittsburgh Pirates getting the big blast, and pittsburgh was is up 10 and then the recently acquired player with his second home run since becoming a met. We go into extras, parnell served with three consecutive hit in the 10th this single driving and the pirates won last night 32. This morning we are sending our prayers to the manager of the boston red sox. John ferrell announcing he has teenage one lymphoma. He say its treatable, but i had will step aside for the rest of the season. A bit of a shocker to be told later that afternoon this was going on, but like i said, stage 1, localized, and its highly curable. Big blue finally back on the field last night as the preseason kicked off for the fines. Eli and the boys taking off for cincinnati. The bengals coming right up the field. Opening drive for the 3yard score, and the second unit has it over the top to skort fd, and big blue leaving bodies all over the field. The second round pick, collins and thompson, both leaving with injuries, and the giants lost it 2310. On to the pga championship, we have frustration and thunderstorms and john daly mad after this on the 7th hole. He tosses his club into lake michigan, and thats 2all, and hes in the lead headed into the final 2 rounds, and jason day with a solid putt on the 13th yesterday, going 9 hundreds. Tied with matt jones, but the weather yesterday suspended play as the leaders were wrapping up the second round they are resume today. Thats it for sports, have a great day, everyone. Much more ahead on this saturday morning including a live look at todays fop stories. Reporter a firefighter shot during the line of duty yesterday continuing to recover. Im marcus solis, details coming up in a live report. Thank you, marcus. An update on the massive fire at a chemical warehouse in texas that forced resident as far as 2 miles away to stay inside for hours. Meteorologist amy freeze with more. Look at this the sun is splashing on the buildings, looking fantastic out there, and if we are going to rate the day, we have to put into theuation the heat and humidity that are building. Its a 110, calling it an 8. It welcome back to Eyewitness News. Cue the sun. Its saturday morning, and we okay, not really. [ laughter ] still waiting on the coffee. We are. Good morning, everybody. Immy hell michelle charlesworth. And im rob nelson. Does you get that crack out of your back yet . Not really. Im getting old. Getting old . Im there, and meteorologist amy freeze, how are you . Good, good morning to both of you. Work the kings out quick, its a fantastic woke end. Very hot ewe guys. Heat and humidity, potentially a heat wave. We havent had one yet. Our first one. Now because we have flirted with this twice before if i remember correctly, now you are saying could be longer than 3 day, which is the minimum, and this could be a longer stretch than 3 . Youre exactly right. Every day for the next 7, theres a chance for parts of the area to go at least 90 degrees. We are talk act long stretch of hot weather. In the city 3 or 4 in a row, and . Tame its more certain. North and west of the city, going into the northern counties. It was the exit strategy was less profound and after struggling, he busted out through the windshield. The owner of the car took it all in stride, saying its part of the montana experience to get claw marks on her dashboard. Nothing wrong with that. Yeah. She has a lot more than claw marks on her dashboard, though. That back seat doesnt look so good. Thats part of the new york montana. Joking. Joke. Coming up, firefighters across Washington State are facing extreme heat and high winds as they battle massive fires. Officials fear lightning storms could make it worse. And meteorologist amy freeze is back with a hot summer forecast with a beautiful start some of my competitors plan to reduce the use of antibiotics over the next few years. But what are you having for dinner tonight . Try perdue simply smart and harvestland. Two trusted perdue brands of chicken raised with no antibiotics ever. Hundreds of people are forced out of their home in Central Washington after a fire was sparked by lightning. Fire officials you are flighting the fire from the air using flames to drop fire retardant. Meantime theyre trying to keep it from spreading on the ground to nearby neighborhoods. We talked a few minutes ago about the whole drone issue. Weve seen drones incidents of people getting their apartments peeping on. And then drones interfered at airports. And then reports of drones messing up the airplanes dropping water with the firefighters. A lot of down side, but especially in that situation where lives and homes are at stake. Theyve had reports to have to change the operation autos because of drones. Im all for a hobby, but pick up tennis. Thats got love in it. I like it. Tennis or knitting . Both. But im telling you, the drone thing kind of weerdz me out a weirds me out a lot. There is a keepy factor, dont you think . I get the whole amazon and packages, but some random dude no. I see a window in my future opening and a baseball bat being engaged. Dont mess with new yorkers like that. Its not going to end well. I do have for the winter something for you to knit me. Well talk about that when we come back. Pick out your yarn and well get together. Good morning, 74 degrees in central park. Hot weekend, real steam bath coming our way. Rising temperatures and high humidity coming in. You really have to find a way to stay cool this weekend, whether youre headed to the boech or doing boating, getting the slip and slide out, i dont know. Its on now. Really . Whatever is going to happen to keep you cool, youll need it. Not just today, all weekend long, even into early next week. I love this shot. Sun come up, Empire State Building there to one world trade. 68 for west orange. 71 for mon tok. Hotter temperatures today than yesterday. Central park at 88 yesterday. Humidity sticking around all weekend, even as temperatures come up, you can almost handle it until the humidity is in play and then that makes things uncomfortable. There is the possibility of a heatwave, streak of three days in a row of 90 or hotter. Morris town is projecting 91 degree temperature between 2 and 4 00 today, the hottest that they get. But theyre not the only ones. A hot of inland new jersey locations could be getting bovr 90 this afternoon above 90 this afternoon. No showers expected. In fact, its going to be hard to get clouds going around here. You could get the haze y sensation in the atmosphere, but not a lot more humid today, High Pressure system stays in place for us over the next couple days. It will actually combine with the bermuda high offshore and that shoves the tropical air direction. Low 90s with humidity, thats the streak through early next week. 90 for this afternoon. Tonight we cool off to 75, not much of a cool down. And then tomorrow were back into the low 90s. A lot of sunshine and temperatures get even hotter on monday with 94 from ac are cu weather. Of tuesday, 91 degrees. Wednesday i think we could potentially get the 90 degree mark. Were just shy of it as a cold front approaches and takes temperatures down to 89. Friday 88 degrees. This is the kind of weather you want to make sure you do the familiar things, check on neighbors, dogs, make sure that Young Children are not put in the heat for long periods of time, lots of sunscreen all that stuff. It sounds like a broken record at this point in the summer, but this is going to be several days in a row where its going to put a strain on your body. And watch the play grounds. Those slides get so hot. We have done it a million times, but it bears repeating. It takes one second for the kid to take off the flip flops and run from the splash pad to the play grounds and burn their feet. You took a therl mom ter. The turf in the neighborhoods, they go up to 170 degrees. Be mindful. Thank you, so, i needed to deposit a check. I was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. Go get help, boy. Go get help. Go get help right now if youre a cat, you ignore people. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Go on kitty, kitty. Republican president ial hopeful jeb bush says the only way to stay on a diet is to cheat and that appears to be his plan while visiting the iowa state fair, something the gop has to go to. Of bush enjoyed several fried snickers bar. All of this coming after he lost paleo diet. That diet includes mostly protein and very, very little fried candy. Very strict diet. Just the snack foods. Oh, my goodness. What started as a random act of kindness by one woman has grown to a Movement Involving nearly 100 people and the gift of life. Theyre recipients its the largest chain in the country, involves friends and family who needed a transplant but werent a match. They donate to a stranger on behalf of the p person they love, bumping them up on the waiting list. Just to know that you can help somebody and make they will feel better. Its my donor and the other donors that step forward to keep this chain going into that are the true heroes going that are the true heroes. This has involved 50 donors and 49 recipients from 11 different states. You can help spread the word by letting those who could donate know about the program even if you cant donate. When we come back, sandy kenyans weekend review. First its super cat saturday. Amy is over there. Viewers are sending in pictures of cats. First up is edward, seems very serious, perhaps it comes from his name or vice versa. Another almost royal type of cat here on the paisley furniture is henrietta. Weve got bell a and violet all cut eld up this morning. I dont know if theyre going to want to cuddle like that later today at 90 degrees. And then niles, what a cutie pie. Well be be patients across the country have spoken. They recently rated their Care Experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid. Just seven percent received five stars. Among them were four hospitals that are part of Cancer Treatment centers of america. Learn more at cancercenter. Com. Cancer Treatment Centers of america. Care that never quits. Appointments available now. A man from uncle is a spy thriller based on the television series. Set during the cold war, it tells a story of a cia agent who teams up with nem sis to stop an evil organization, sandy joins us with his review. Good morning. If if youve ever wondered were movie stars get paid so much money, its because there are very few performers who can hold your attention on the big screen for a couple of hours. I was reminded of that when i had to sit through the man from uncle this week because the two lead actors fall so far short of star dom. Henry cavill is by definition a very handsome man, about you that doesnt make but that doesnt make him a movie star. Star dom requires that something else, which literally means i dont know what. Dont know what. Not very good with this whole thing, are you. Whatever that xfactor might be, this british actor doesnt have it, nor does hammer. Hes playing a russian spy the at the height of the cold war when the two sides were often at odds. Recently discovered an International Criminal organization with an at openly atom bomb. I wondered who is going to care about a movie based on a tv series are from 50 years ago. I did appreciate the sound track, though. I like the sound of funky music, director guy ritchie, also formerly known as husband of madonna, i think you may enjoy what other critics are calling lame. For those old enough to remember watching the man from uncle tv series, the new movie is particularly disappointing. Its a film where its my duty to say save your money and dont go see this one. Im sandy kenyan, channel 7 Eyewitness News this weekend. Way to stay on the fence there, sandy, wishy washy. Coming up in the next hour, firefighter is recovering after he was shot during a sixhour standoff that happened on Staten Island and ended with the death of a gunman. And mayor faces criticism for what he did before visiting that injured firefighter. And is it hot enough yet for you . It will be. Get ready for temperatures to 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 call 18003419716. A tense 6 hours on Staten Island. A standoff ends with the death of a gunman and a firefighter in the hospital. Terrifying images out of china evacuations are prompted several days after the initial blast. John kerry says goodbye to cuba after opening the the u. S. Embassy and renewing a relationship nearly 50 years in the making. Live look at a hazy morning look at hudson, and the George Washington bridge, washington heights, upper west side, and jersey, on the other side, and good morning, everyone. Saturday, august 15th. Im michelle charlesworth. Welcome back. Good to see you thank you, thank you. You look rested. Its a foreign look, isnt it . You do, too. You have never looked better, really. Get a new bathrobe, im just saying. And the slippers, dont ever change them. We are still silly as you can see. Good morning, everyone. Saturday morning, and im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. Hot weekend. Your hot. Not just the temperatures, but the humidity coming up. A lot more like august than we have seen the previous two weeks. We started off with comfortable temperatures, especially on the weekend. They have been beautiful. Its hot, muggy and, it doesnt end as the weekend closes, and we have hot weather coming in for monday, tuesday, into the middle part of next week. 74 in central park. Up and at it this morning, the stickiness or muggy ness is for the atmosphere. 67 for massapequa. And great neck, down the shore. Temperatures mid to upper 60s, and we have 70 for newark, and 65 for poughkeepsie. 61 in monticello. And even the northern locations were near 90degree. Hot weather across the board. The dew point coming up into the 70s. Its oppressive. The combination of the heat and really almost the tropical air mass around here. High pressure is in control, and we are pretty much storm free. Hazy skies is the best way to describe it looking at the accuweather planner, through the afternoon, the temperatures into the upper 80s. The forecasted high in the 90s, but would not be surprised to see some areas low to mid90s, and i will talk about how long the hot weather lasts in a few minutes in the accuweather forecast. Michelle . Amy, thank you so much. A new york city firefighter who was shot during a standoff is recovering at the hospital this morning. He was searching for survivors in a house filled with smoke when a gunman inside suddenly opened fire, and 6 hours later, police shot and killed the suspect. Marcus solis is live outside of Richmond Medical Center in west brighton. Reporter michelle and rob, the first firefighters shot in the line of duty in 20 years, lieutenant james hayes was shot twice. Police called the Fire Department to assist during the standoff with the suspect, and hayes decided to go in and find the source of the smoke and went in thinking the suspect was overcome because he stopped talking to police. Hayes went in, crouched down low, and he was fired won by the suspect who was hiding in a bathroom. It was the task force of the nypd officerrings officers marshalls who went in to arrest tyree. Police even sent a helicopter to delaware to bring his mother to the scene in an attempt to end things peacefully. He said he would surrender when his mother came to the scene. He said im coming out and he told his sister he would come out. Reporter he came out firing the automatic weapon, and thats when Police Responded returning fire. Lieutenant hayes is in the hospital, in stable condition, no word on when he will be released. Marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, marcus. A moment to tell you about the the citys news conference. Someone asked the mayor why he didnt arrive at the hospital sooner to visit the wounded firefighter, and this is the mayors response. We are briefing you all on a serious situation, and thats just not a serious question. The mayor went to the gym in park slope for 80 minutes before heading to the hospital, but sources say he was informed while the gym that the firefighters injuries were probably minor. Rob . A deadly crash in suffolk county, and police say the driver of the jeep liberty crashed headon into a the pickup truck just before nine oclock last night, and the jeep burst into flames, and the driver did not survive. The 24yearold driver of the truck was able to escape the crash with his 6monthold daughter. Both are expected to be okay. We are seeing new video of a suspect in a deadly shooting, also in brownsville, brooklyn, and the man followed 3 people into a building thursday night, scary, on saratoga avenue and took off. Police were alerted by the nypd shot spotter, and when they got there they found three men had been shot. 21yearold isaiah sissro was killed and two others were hurt. A fugitive on the run 16 years after a murder on long island is officially in custody. Nassau county police say Malcolm Moore shing was extradited from his native trinidad to the u. S. He got into a fight at wedding in hicksville in 1999. He is facing a charge of Second Degree murder. China, theres evacuation orders in place for homes surrounding the site of the series of massive explosions, a row of cars going up this morning 4 day was a the initial explosions. Right now officials are wired about chemical contamination are worried about chemical contamination in the city. Angry family members of the missing firefighters are also demanding answers from the local government. John kerry is back in the u. S. After a historic trip to cuba. He was the highest ranking official from the u. S. To visit cuba in over 5 decades. The American Flag was raised over the embassy for the first time in 54 years and the embassy was closed decades ago in 1961, and kerry says talks with the u. S. And cuba will start next month, working wards the restoration of full diplomatic relations, and one of the key sticking points, the lifting of the trade embargo. New Jersey Transit tickets will go on sale for those who want to travel to philadelphia for pope francis visit. Limited tickets on sale at noon today, only 4100 train tickets of this sort are available. None will be sold during the popes visit we understand. New Jersey Transits atlantic rail city line will have service on september 26th and 27th. Some people in one Brooklyn Community are upset over what many consider to be a major invasion of privacy. But the question is, illegal . Workers noticed a drone flying right outside of their high rise windows. And when we come back, meteorologist amy freeze it took Serena Williams years to master the two handed backhand. But only one shot to master the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Oh, welcome back. Its the last day to get on the streets of manhattan, enjoying the special summer closed streets fun. The event shuts down 7 miles for central park to the brooklyn bridge, and instead of traffic, theres a 300foot water slide and other summer events, and theres a treat for Furry Friends with an American Kennel Club hangout and a family picnic area. Lets go you know . This is the second year in a row i said looks great, i should go. Did you bring your bike today . I dont have a bike. I will have to rent a bike. You keep saying youre going to bring your bike. Bicycle they have that. Michelle . Wimbledon. Rent it they are on every corner. I know, im going to go with you one day. Today is the day. Im tired. I didnt sleep well. When it gets cooler. Its summer, sunny, and the streets are freaking closed down. Freaking . Its a family show i cannot help you right now. Im sorry. I tried. This is the perfect day to get outen and joy summer weather, and they close down the streets and you can get out and play in them, wow this is a heat streak. I dont want to call it a heat wave until it happens, and you have to have the 3 days in a row of 90 degrees, and this could happen because definitely hot weather is upon us. Temperatures in the 90s, yesterday, and newark was at 90 degrees, and monticello at 9 and 88, and a head start with 80 degrees in and around the boroughs. Monticello at 61, and andover at 62 degrees, and out on the island around 710, the dew point, and this is the key to discomfort. Once the dew points get into the 60 or 70degree range, thats when it will become uncomfortable. We will have the tropical feel added to the atmosphere. The heat index will reflect the combination of hot temperatures and high humidity. We feel like the low to mid90s once we get around 5 00. A lot of places feeling like the upper 80s even though the thermometer readings are low 80s. Tomorrow morning, feeling like 91 in morristown, and by the afternoon, feeling like 94 in newburg, and even down the shore, temperatures feeling like the low 90s by tomorrow, and this pattern is getting hotter and hotter. Monday, temperatures mid90s in the city. Heres the radar and satellite picture, and we definitely have us. In buffalo, flash flooding as late as 6 15 this morning with 6 inches of rain fall. Thats the cold Front Holding back the weather to the north. Meanwhile, theres sinking air, and we hardly have a cloud showing up. High pressure will do its things over the next few days, and things are sticky on sunday afternoon, and monday, feeling like the upper 90s because the monday. Really going to be a hot stretch of weather for us. We could have afternoon or evening thunderstorms on monday. The remember cooling front doesnt come in until thursday. The Weekend Getaway for the tomorrow. Dominate today. Temperatures up 2077 destroys, and the rip current risk is low. Today is a 90, about 7 degrees above the seasonal or climate average for this time of the year. 75 will feel sticky and muggy the next several nights, and look at stretch here, 90s for sunday, monday, tuesday, and near 90 on wednesday, and finally the cool front down into the mid80s on thursday. Friday back up to 88. Its definitely paybacks i guess because the first two weeks of august were fantastic, like san diego here, and now we are feeling like the tropics. Right . And you know what that means. Its the rob alert . It is the double up alert week. I just want to put that out there again. Hes not speaking particularly to us. Its a general message. Oh it wasnt us . You are always lovely, but sometimes you do the walkby, and youre downwind, and youre just like dear lord im just saying one more, its all right. Its going to be a long week. No one needs to hear about that. Yes, the waft the new york summer waft can be quite strong. This is candy like this. No, stop talking people agree with me. Talking about. Im just saying. The more you know straight ahead i just never know. [ laughter ] straight ahead on this Eyewitness News saturday morning, donald trump will have to a take a break from his president ial campaign to perform an important civic duty. We will tell you what is up with that. The yankees are heading north of the border for the fight for first in its a taste so bold, yet so smooth, it could only be called, black silk, from folgers. A taste you could enjoy, fresh brewed, or one cup at a time. Black silk, from folgers. New this morning, police are searching for three suspects in an Armed Robbery that happened in brooklyn this video shows the two men and one woman accused of forcing their way into a brownsville apartment last month. Police say they were armed when they threatened a 41yearold woman and demanded money. Here they are getting into the elevator. They took off with the cash. President candidate donald trump will have to take a break next week to report for jury duty in he fails to appear, he could face a fine of 250. Thats devastating for him. Today he will be at iowa state fair along with hillary clinton. Some new rules being drafted by the faa about where drones are allowed to fly was a scary moment for workers in brooklyn. Drone was seen flying several stories for above the ground, and a man hotting what looks like a controller was caught by surveillance cameras on the roof of a nearby building, and officer workers noticed the drone passing by their windows on the 23rd floor. Its just hovering around, and i had a camera on a swivel, but we have no idea what was filming or why it was. Its disconcerning that someone is peering into our windows. The supervisor of a nearby medical building called police after a patient noticed the drone flying by. The building where the man was standing is currently under construction. Scary it is. No more privacy in the world. Phones and welcome back. Time for sports with anthony johnson. Reporter good saturday morning, everybody. The yankees were in toronto looking to break the 11game winning streak. The yankees were swept last weekend, and now they are trying to return the favor. The jays are on the board in the bottom of the 3rd when jose batista drives in troy tulowitzki. Its part of the 3are up innings, and the yankee have 2 are uppers on base, and there it goes. Beltran giving that one the lead. The 11th big belt of the year. That ended with miller and tulowitzki. The yankees are back in first place after winning last night 43. The mets taking on one of the best lineup at citi field last night. Colon off to a rocky start, getting rocked by neil walker, and thats big blast. Pittsburgh up 10, and then this is the second home run since he became a met, and game is tie at 1. We go into extras. Bobby parnell is served with three consecutive hits in the 10th, and this single by polanco, the pirates add on one more, 32. This morning we are sending all our prayers to the manager of the boston red sox. John ferrell announcing yesterday he has stage 1 lymphoma. He says the cancer is treatable, but he plans to step aside for the rest of the season. A shocker to be hold later in the afternoon its going on. But im fortunate. Stage 1, localized, and highly curable. Preseason kicked off with the giants, and eli and the boys looking to get off to a good start, but it was the bengals who were roaring. The opening drive, going in for the 3yard score, and the only offense was from the second unit accident going over the top to get the td, but the big story, big blue with bodies all over the field. Michaele thompson leaving with injuries. On to the pgi championship. We have frustration, thunderstorms, and a dynamicked due woe from down under. John die i john daly so mass, he tosses his club into lake michigan. Jason day on the 13th yesterday, going 9 under, tied with the countryman. They will resume it today. Thats for sports. Have a great morning, everybody. Thank you, a. J. Much more ahead on this saturday morning, imcolluding the top stories. A firefighter shot in the line of duty continues to recover. Im marcus solis, details coming up in a live report. A mall river turns into a runway when a pilot realizes hes having engine problems. What about the weather. Lets talk about that. Live look outside, and meteorologist amy freeze is join the millions who have already switched. We switched. And now, were streaming netflix. Who knew Time Warner Cables internet was so fast mom switched. And now, we can watch our favorite shows together, on demand. I switched. So i can connect to the internet just about anywhere with my free twc wifi hotspots. 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There are hundreds of reasons to snack on it. Welcome back, everybody to Eyewitness News, and a lower picture of Lower Manhattan already, sunny, spectacular out, and if you like the hot stuff well, fasten your seat belt for the next several days. The dog days of summer are here, and good morning again, thank you for being with us. Im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. Thank you for hanging out with us. I love the people who come up and say i always have coffee with you, and now here you are in front of me. I say yes, thats right, and we are still having coffee together. We have the and they are loyal. And they have flawed judgment, but we love it. Good morning checking in with amy. You said today was an 8, but we are in for a hot, sticky stretch for sum ever summer. I like it hot. If im im going with the 10 the best. For me. Im also in a great mood this morning, and thats part of the freeze factor scale. Right, the mood. Now to the numbers and the facts on the page. 74 is what with have right now in central park. Beautiful skies, and its going to be a great day. Hot weekend, more like august than we have seen. Most of this month, the temperatures have been gist below the a average, and easy to take with the low humidity on the woke end here, and really comfortable, but we will change things up with the new pattern that is a lot more typical for august. 73 for montauk, and 66 for belmar. Hot across the board, and once we get into the weekend. Humidity is sticking around. Feeling like 95 be the potential of a heat wave. Buffalo up to 6 inches of rain last night. They to rescue cars because of how quickly if came. We will talk about the potential of showers this afternoon. Rob . A firefighter is recovering in the hospital after me was standoff. The gunman, garland tyree was shot and killed after barricading himself in the home for 6 hours. Marcus solis is live with more. Reporter lieutenant james hayes was answering his firefighters call and he thought someone was stuck but instead he was hit twice for his efforts. He was responding to the smoke condition from the standoff when the suspect set off smoke bombs. Hayes decided to go into the apartment thinking the suspect was overcome by the smoke when he stopped talking to them. Hayes was shot in the buttocks and the calf. Police were trying to serve and arrest garland tyree. He was wanted for probation violation. Police say he was shot and killed after he charged at them fire fighting. The first firefighter shot in years. The fact that the enif tough decision was made to go into the dangerous situation, only ode adding to the respect of the men he leads. Police tried to open things peacefully, sending a helicopter to delaware to pick up the suspects mother to try to negotiate a baseful ending way. Lieu entente hayes is in stable condition. No word when he will be released from the hospital, but hes expected to recover. March solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. In new jersey, a 22year old woman was pulled from a fire celebrating her birthday, and the fire was just after 10 00 last night on a small street in trenton. The flames quickly spread to several other home there. It took 3 hours to get the flames put out. An American Woman killed by assaulted. Kayla muellers family said their daughter was forced to have sex with the leader of the Islamic State grew. The information coming from a 14yearold girl who was also being held captive by mueller. Her death was reported this past february. Events are canceled today at pennsylvania racetrack after a deadly crash. James campbell jr. Was killed after crashing into the aware wall on the crashing into the wall on a clay crash. The rest of the program has now been canceled. And the faa is on the scene of a Small Plane Crash in philadelphia. The pilot survived after crashing in 68 feet of river water it appears the plane is an amateur built experimental plane. A friend of the pilot says its likely he tried to get back to the runway after having engine problems but put it down in the river when he knew he couldnt make it. New this morning, the search is on for a man accused of attacking women and stealing their jewelry on the f. Train. Look at these picture of the suspect, and thus say he has targeted three women on f trains trying to ale steal chains for around their necks. Last marked friday he grabbed one from an elderly woman in manhattan. This was at 45th and 9th avenue in hells kitchen, and the blast shattered win goes and the manhole cover smashed a fire hydrant. It happened after a fire in underground network of feeder cables. The road explosions caused traffic to back up through manhattan, but again, the area has reopened and no one was hurt. Rob . Saved by a stranger. A woman being sexually say assaulted on a subway platform of all places in the middle of the day was rescued by a good samaritan. He stopped the attack and then dragged the suspect to a nearby police station. Lock him up lock him up forever reporter this case is now in the hands of the court, but maurice has given him street justice. He would do it right there on the platform . It was shocking. Reporter maurice was riding the 3 train wednesday morning, and when the subway trains opened screaming. Police say the suspect had already fondled himself and approached the victim inside of the train and tried to rape her on the platform after the doors opened. He was on top of her, trying to do something to her. Reporter maurice was 1 war over, ran to the victim and punched suspect repeatedly and then drug him 2 blocks away. The distraught woman following mind. Once we got there, she thanked me. Reporter maurices mom could not be more prouder. My son was her angel for that moment, and im glad both of them are okay. Reporter maurice is now living at a local shelter, but hes training to be a medical assistant. While putting his own life back together, he possibly saved someone else. Theres no token booth or cameras. There was nobody or nothing. If i didnt come it would have been over for her. The suspect in the case has been arrested and is facing multiple charges including Sexual Assault with public lewdness. As for maurice he suffered a minor injury, a gash to his head. He got that when had head butted the suspect. We are all about timing and having the courage to do something. Imagine that the suspect alone in the last car of the train, and something happens inside, and then to the platform, and the doors open and he hears screaming and he runs out and beats that guy down, and then he drags him by his shirt to the police station. 2 blocks all the best to him. Coming up on this saturday morning, crews are tackling an out of control wild fire out of this morning, people on medicaid who might otherwise be struggling to care for themselves wont have to. Because homefirst, a product of elderplan, is there. Helping them with bathing, dressing and meals so they can remain safely at home. Homefirst, a product of elderplan continuing the work of the four brooklyn ladies caring in so many ways. Call 18663864180 or visit www. Homefirst. Org hundreds of people are forced out of their homes this morning in Central Washington as a wild fire there burns out of control. The fire, we understand was sparked by lightning. Fire officials are using planes to drop the fire retardant, and they are keeping it from spreading into the nearby neighborhoods. Scary pictures for out west. In lighter news, we were all just commenting about our mutual love of the frosty. I introduced my kids to the frosty this week, i was like just put the spoon in there. You cant do the straw. You will have a stroke. My fondest memories are from my grandfather taking me to get frosty. You didnt get a small one . No, the little one. Heres a treat, but in a Health Conscious size. Im a huge fan of ritas, and i like it with the custard. Right . The layers and then i have never done that. And then i say dont be shy. Pile it high. I do cherry and lemon. Two ices . Not the custard. I dont know what thats about. Lets ride our bikes there today. We could go get it. No im just kidding. Lets ride our bikes to the wendys drivethrough to get a frosty. Now thats a trip. Please do the weather im getting hungry. I will google that right now. 74 degrees as far as the temperature in central park right now. Beautiful skies, fantastic to look at, and in the afternoon, things are really uncomfortable. Today. Category. 83 this time of the year, no problems surpassing that, and a lot of spots to 90 this afternoon. I would not be surprised to see the low to mid90s. Poughkeepsie, 89 degrees, and it was hot yesterday. I think you can feel the difference with the temperature today when you get the humidity increase. We are going for a high of 90 degrees, likely happening between 2 00 and 4 00. Warm into sunset, and we are still dealing with 70. By the way, theres a cold front up north that produced flash flooding showers, and people have been rescued just north of buffalo, but thats the storminess being held back by the High Pressure system that brings the heat and humidity to us. It will keep the storms a away and allow for the hot air from the south and the bermuda high just offshore it will create the tropical air mass, and its a pattern. It doesnt really break until wednesday or thursday of next week. The chances for the showers and storms, not really an issue. Maybe on monday a quick, quick thunder boomer midday because of the instability of the atmosphere. Affairs as clearing it out and replacing the mass it doesnt happen until next week. The catskills, upper 80s and humid as well. Hamptons low to hit 86 on sunday afternoon. The sea and sand forecast, waves up to 4 feet. The rip current risk is low. A lot of people will get in the water this weekend. Check with your local life guards for the beach hazards. Its all about the humidity coming in. I dont think we can break it until we get into the middle part of the week. The stretch of 90s, comfortable weather to go into at least the hottest of dates being on monday, and 94, and almost 10 degrees above average for this time of the year. 91 on tuesday, and wednesday, 89. Still hot and humid, and then on thursday, the timing of the front is not perfect yet. If could be early on thursday, late on thursday, and at this point we have to watch the timing of this coming in. 878 on friday of next week. Cloudy stretch and as we have said we need three consecutive days to make it an official heat wave. Thats not happened yesterday, that being said, heat wave or not, steam bath. Steam bath is the keyword here. Youre shaking your head again . Just commit to it. Heat wave or not . I think its very, very, very likely for a heat wave. Nothing is guaranteed in life. Its possible. Did you want me to look up water ice or wendys . Wendy,. 7 miles from our location. Tis the season for hot dogs. How do you take yours . Our 9 00 hour, the favorite summer staple with a gourmet twist. Theres only one good way to seat east a hot dog and only work. Our executive chef joining many patients and their doctors unfortunately are not aware of the options available to patients with bone cancer. Patients with bone cancer deserve a specialist too. The advantages of being treated at Cancer Treatment centers of america is that we have all the specialists under one roof to take care of every aspect of that patients cancer care. We want our patients to survive their cancer but we also want them to maintain independence and quality of life is so important. Prep trauma unit 5. 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Johns, but the fast food chain will reopen a full pledge restaurant on october 3rd near harold square. Im a little upset about the fact they dont have the carrot and raisin salad anymore with the light mayonnaise. I did enjoy that. You were with the chicken and eating healthy and youre like the diabetic lemonade thats delicious . The fiber on the side. Thats like going mcdonalds, can i have kale . Or diet coke . Enjoy it. Soak it up. A little reverence during supercat saturday, and pickles is setting the tone, paws crossed, ready for the weekend. Dont get too excited. I like that. I was just about to say that. Midnight, and this is bella. Chasing birds around the house. And the beautiful henrietta. Bella and violet this morning, too close together you, two, especially for 90 humid later on. We would love feel like a kid again with dunkins new cookieflavored iced coffees. For a limited time, dd perks members can enjoy any sized iced coffee for 1. 99. America runs on dunkin. 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The royals are on a rampage over the paparazzi, coming out hard against the photographers for stocking their son, prince george, going into great detail about the astonishing thing that paparazzi will do to get a picture. President obama just released his play list via twitter. Whats on there . Sarah haimes has more coming up. Time now, 7 57. Our top stories, a firefighter is recover afghanistan being shot during is recovering after being shot during a standoff. Reporter good morning, rob and michelle. Lieutenant james hayes is stimrecovering, the first city firefighter shot in over 20 years. The 53yearold went into the apartment thinking the suspect that was Holding Police had by a had been overcome by smoke, but it turns out the suspect was hiding in a bathroom, and it hatched as police tried to arrest garland tyree who was wanted on a probation violation. He was heavily armed with an ak47, handguns, and a bullet proof vest, and police tried to negotiate with him and threw his mother by helicopter to try to end it peacefully from delaware. After 6 hours, tyree was shot and killed when he charged at them while firing. Lieutenant haines was the only one injured, but hes expected to recover. Marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, marcus. Time to check in with amy for the double up forecast. Temperatures will be hot today, humidity is enclosing, and we are looking at several days in a row of the hot weather. 90 is the forecasted high this afternoon, and right now at 74. There could be haze to the look of the atmosphere, but plenty of sunshine, too. Accuweather forecast with 92 to the table tomorrow. Steam bath, and then monday, 94 the forecasted high, and still in the low 90s on monday, and wednesday 89. Its hot any way you look at it all morning long. Enjoy the heat