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Coming up in the next half hour. And two teenagers in custody suspected of shooting a Police Officer with a pellet gun outside of Gracie Mansion. The Police Officer is assigned to the mayors security detail. Janelle burrell has more this morning. Reporter the Police Officer has been treated and released from the hospital, expected make a full recovery, but the two teens, a 19yearold man and a 19yearold woman, in custody this morning. Police questioning them as they try to pinpoint who was responsible. Investigators say the officer was getting out of the passengers side of this black ford taurus when the pellet struck her in the back just yards from Gracie Mansion. The female officer, part of mayor de blasios advance team pulled up to the mayors residence on east end avenue ahead of his arrival when the incident happened around 7 15 sunday night. Police say the officers partner immediately looked up and noticed people looking outside from the Apartment Building across the street. Officers ran into the building to see two people running from that Apartment Building. A 19yearold man and a 19year old woman were arrested a short time later. And this morning, the crime scene unit is still on scene. Weve seen some officers in and out of that Apartment Building where they believe those pellets were fired from. We can tell you that the mayor was not at home at the time of the incident. Reporting live this morning from the upper east side, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Thank you. 4 32 now. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. John, good morning. Good morning, chris and mary. Hi, everybody. Parts of the weekend dealt with wet weather east of the city and parts of unsettled weather for long island right now. In the city, weve got clouds overhead, but its still very comfortable. 74. Winds out of the west at 3. I want to show you whats going on weatherwise. We have a little bit of wet weather continuing for parts of the twin forks. Thats been the proximity to the rain compwlairk all weekend long. And we will see a few more showers east. There is a front brewing. We have unsettled weather to start the week, but the possibility of a popup shower and humidity values are up, as well. 86 will feel warmer today, but i tell you what, later in the week, youre going to love it. I hope you can love the ride and drive. Good morning, to you, alex dennis. Good morning to you. Looking at manhattan here with the live drive speed map. Fdr drive and all the hudson river crossings are delayfree. George Washington Bridge is ez pass only to the lower level, but no delays. Lets check on the traffic at the bqe, at the brooklyn bridge, no traffic there, either. Alternate side is in effect citywide. And remember, be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you. To the developing story, after devastating losses on wall street last week, all signs point teens more today. Right now, stock futures show the dow dropping more than 3 300 points at the market open. On friday, the dow jones plunged more than 530 points. The nasdaq fell 131. All three markets lost 3 percent of their value, all told last week was the worst years. We will have a live report from morning. No word on the cause of a fire at a harlem highrise that broke out yesterday morning in a 16th floor apartment on broadway. Video posted to social media shows black smoke and flames coming out of the apartment window. 14 people were hurt, including 7 firefighters. None of the injuries is considered lifethreatening. Video from queens this morning shows the scene of a deadly fire and a heroic neighbor trying to get in the homes there was no saving the two people trapped inside from far rockaway. Valerie castro has the story. Reporter orange flames engulf a home in far rockaway, queens as bystanders look on. One of them shot this video of the destruction happening right before his eyes on cornega avenue. Another bystander, alec franklin, lives next door and tried to help his neighbors. Its just a lot of black smoke coming out from around the side of the house. Reporter in the surveillance video, you can see people on the sidewalk begin to panic as things get out of control. Franklin, wearing the White T Shirt and white hat, runs up the front steps and pounds on the door while on the phone with 911. I did try on the front door. You tried to go inside . Yes, i did. I kicked the door down, tried to get in there, but a lot of smoke is coming out. Reporter firefighters say despite his efforts and their own, two bodies were discovered inside the home. The batallion chief says the battle against the flames was made even more difficult by all of the belongings packed inside the house. It seemed like the house was extremely cluttered, particularly on the first floor, which is the area that we had to access to get to the rear of the house where the fire was. So it definitely hindered our operations. Reporter fire investigators say the fire began in the kitchen. Investigators say because the fire was so intense, it will take some time before the victims are positively identified. Reporting in far rockaway, queens, valerie castro, cbs 2 news. Senate minority leader harry reid has officially announced his support for the nuclear deal. He says the iran agreement is not based on trust, but strict enforcement and rigorous monitoring of inspections. In a tweet sent earlier, he said hed do everything in his power to be sure that the deal stands. Several local democrats have come out against the deal, including reeds likely schumer. The three men who avoided a train massacre in france are opening up. An hour ago, the french president offered each of them frances highest honor, the legion of honor medal. Diane mesado has more on the men being called american heroes. If it wasnt for them, id be dead. Reporter reuniting at a press conference in paris alongside the u. S. Ambassador to france, the u. S. Airman, National Guardsman and Anthony Sadler describe their experience taking down a gunman amsterdam. What he ready to fight until the end. Reporter Spencer Stone says the gunman came at him with a box cutter before he jumped in. Alec came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand. I put him in a choke hold. It seemed like he kept pulling more weapons left and right. All three of us started middle of us. I feel our training mostly kicked in after the astai ssailant was already subdued. Reporter the cell phone video shows the 26yearold moroccan man tied on the ground. We often use the word hero. In this case, i think the world has never been more appropriate. Reporter the trio says they were originally in a different train car. We decided to get up because the wifi wasnt so good in that car. That put them in the right place at the right time. It doesnt seem real. The suspect, believed to be an extremist, told police hes not a terrorist and only intended to rob people on board the train. The friend says when the danger was open, they helped injured passengers. Turmoil over trash in lebanon. Thousands of protestors in beirut have been setting fires for days and clashing with police. Theyre demanding government leaders resign as enormous heaps of garbage pile up on city streets. Dozens of protestors and Police Officers have been hurt in the demonstrations. Comedian tracy morgan has fulfilled the goal, walking down the aisle with his fiancie after suffering from injuries in an accident. Morgan reportedly wed 28year old megan oliver in a ceremony yesterday in new jersey. In june of last year, a wal mart tractortrailer slammed into morgans limousine bus. He sustained serious injuries, had to learn how to stand, sit and walk again during his months of recovery. It is 4 39. Still to come, going topless for a cause. Different kind of parade through the streets of manhattan. Plus, its not your eyesight or is it . Why some i phones could be taking blurry photos. Gas prices below 2 a gallon sounds too good to be true, but it is a reality for parts of new jersey. We have a bit of a reality out there weatherwise. Pretty quiet in the city, but raindrops to the east. The real feel numbers there are up because humidity values are up. There is a chance of unsettled weather later today. There is a great chance of traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. 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. 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A little wet out there . You know, we have a little bit of wet weather to the east right now and a few pop you up showers later today. The dew points are higher, focusing to parts of long island, 72 in the north shore. Les has 72, but hes a little down this morning because, you know what they say . Rainy days and mondays always get him down. Youre not going to see that much rain, but just a passing shower. Lets see whos in a better mood. Dana has 67. Oh, man. She had a very cute little picture here. Lets see if we can find a picture. Its also gias birthday today so she invited everybody over for cake, if you want to see little agree gias got a birthday. We have clouds overhead in the city now. To the east its rain. Parts of the twin forks, its heavy rain. 74, wind out of the west. 57 in monticello. The cool spot is focusing there. The warm spot is 74 in the city, sharing that reading with greenwich. Its warmer than yesterday. And i dont need to tell you this, did you feel the dew points on the rise last night . The dew points are uncomfortable and a lot of humidity to work with. Babylon up to the hamptons, dew point now at 70. When you factor in the higher dew points, the real feel numbers around 90 in the city, even though youre around the mid80s on the thermometer. Its going to be one of those kind of days. You can see much of the area, its just clouds or moonlit skies, but for parts of long island, you know, weve got the heavy rain sitting there. Its a slow mover. Were going to see appreciable rain out there around the hamptons and over into orion point, as well. There is a possibility of a passing thunderstorm this afternoon with the heat and humidity. The front is actually well to the west. It pushes through on tuesday. Your day today, not a lot of coverage. Its a lot of sun, mostly sunny, just steamy with a pop up shower this afternoon. Isolated thunderstorm possible tonight, focusing north and west. Same on tuesday, you will see mine isolated is the keyword there. Not a lot of coverage and that should set us up for a nice and comfortable wednesday and thursday. Its the humidity youre feeling today. Numbers are above normal and its humid, so with that, the popup shower chance. Odds are low. Numbers, high to start the week, then we see a little dip wednesday into thursday. I tell you what, those will be really nice days, coming in for a matinee, lucky you. Thursday, friday, staying nice in the low 80s, dress where we should be with less humidity, as well. 4 45 in the morning. Youre up early, youve got places to go, here to help, alex denis. Thank you, john. Bronx bound on the whitestone bridge, its causing delays as you continue your ride there. Plan for that. The Grand Central parkway, a live look at one of our hundreds of cameras. This is moving well near laguardia airport. And remember, be safe and dont text and drive. Thank you, alex. If youre just waking up, good morning on this monday. Heres a quick look at stories making news this morning. Syrian activists say isis blew up a temple in palmyra, one of the most Historic Sites in the middle east. Its not clear when the 2,000 yearold temple was destroyed. Isis extremists seizeth the temple back in may. And stretching into a third day here, diplomacy has pushed aside heated warnings of imminent war, but south koreas military says unusual north korean Troop Movement indicates continued battle preparations. In california, Santa Clara County Officials Say a popular beach remains closed as they try to determine the source of oil and tar balls that washed ashore. Officials will be back today to decide if its safe for the public to return. More news in moneywatch. Two big new companies are joining forces to make driving electric cars earlier. Tesla motors is partnering with air b b. The host will get the 750 750 chargers for free, but have to pay the 900 inc. Place cost. If you have an iphone 6 plus and are taking blurry pictures, youre not alone. Apple is recalling a bunch of phones over a defect with the eyesight camera. It affects phones sold between september and january. Customers can have the cameras replaced for free. One thing people in the garden state are not prices. Some parts of new jersey, a gallon of regular now cost under 2 cbs 2s ilana gold explains. Reporter at this seven because of this. What do you think when you saw this sign . That it was incorrect. Reporter at 1. 99 a gallon both here and at the speedway across the street, theyre not cringing. Thats excellent because i 500 a week in gas. I got a company so this is very good news for me. I used to spend 100 a tank. Now its 50. Its wonderful. It makes it a pleasure to drive again. Reporter aaa says its unusual for the prizest to be this low here, but its common to drop this time of year. Thats the trend across the tri state area right now. Were on the downwood side of the mountain as far as the spikes of gasoline prices we see in the summer. Reporter numbers show the current average price in new jersey is 2. 29. This time last year it was 3. 26. Is aaa gives a number of reasons. Summer driving season has already peaked. Refineries are switching over from summer to winter fuel, which is cheaper to distribute. And theres an express supply of crude oil. Aaa says prices could stay around 2. 20 a gallon. All right you make my day today. Reporter something drivers can definitely get used to. In perth amboy, new jersey, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. 4 49 now. Coming up, when men and women bear their chest for equal rights on the streets of new york. And two newborn panda cubs stirring up a lot of excitement at the Smithsonian National zoo. And another check of traffic and weather on the 2s when we come back. Every cup has a story. Dunkin kcup packs in my life were a good fit. A single serving for myself, its pretty special. It is like having a dunkin store in my home which is what ive always dreamed of. Bring home delicious dunkin kcup packs today. Your coffee, your dunkin. Good morning. Beautiful shot for you, live here this morning on the well, this monday, august 24th. Almost forgot what day it was. It was such a great weekend. You know, the weekends and the weekdays, to me its all the same. Sometimes i love that im here at work. Its almost like a vacation. Dozens of men and women paraded through the streets of manhattan topless yesterday. It came amid a controversy of painted topless women in times square. Some people we spoke with said it was to promote a message of gender equality this was the first parade of its time in new york city. Yesterday was the eighth annual go topless parade. 60 other cities around the world had the parades, too. Good we havens. I dont know about that shot [ laughter ] good morning. Time for traffic and weather. Right over to that. Pow, pow, pow you know, yesterday, nice weather. Today, theres nothing new. Im just going to go right into the weather. Lets focus, lets go to the beach right now. Moderate rip currents this morning. Montauk to riverhead, some rain. Thats about it. Heat and humidity this afternoon, could see a popup shower or storm. Real quickly. Youve got relatively quiet conditions, sadly the heat continues for the west. With that big ridge of high pressure. Montana is warmer than we are. And an update on danny. Danny has now weakened substantially. Winds at 40 miles per hour, moving west at 9 miles per hour, just a tropical storm. Which is good news for the leeward islands. And later, puerto rico and espanola, as well. Lets get over to traffic and look at the traffic. Thats burned in your brains. Still distracted traveling this morning, we have an accident on the bronxbound blocking two lanes for you, so, you will want to anticipate that for your morning ride. To the belt parkway at jfk, a live look at a camera here, issues to report. Up to the Tappan Zee Bridge, inbound or i should say into and out of westchester and but moving. And mass transit is on or close to schedule. Alternate side is in effect citywide. And be safe, dont text and back to you. Thank you, alex. Time now, 4 53. In the next half hour, roadside delivery, the baby that couldnt wait to be born. And when we return, all eyes on two newborn panda cubs at the Smithsonian National zoo. 17yearold may jon gave birth at 5 45 saturday night. Five hours later, she gave birth again. The first cub weighed just 86 grams. The second, 138. Thats about the same size as a pack of starburst. The zoo director, dennis kelly. This is very exciting news and was a bit of a surprise for us, although we were prepared. Reporter for the next several weeks, they will alternate every three hours between the incubator and their mother. Chief vetrinarian don knifer. Honestly, until the cubs are both out, walking around, acting normal, being a panda, exhale. Reporter the sex wont be known until dna tests have been completed. Names for the cuddly cubs have yet to be determined. These recent births give help to the people working to species. According to the national zoo, there are fewer than 2,000 total pandas captive and wild left in the world. When the pandas at the zoo reach age 4, they will be taken to china. Cherica duncan, cbs news, new york. No names yet. They say its a tradition, you have to wait 100 days and then the naming begins. And after giving birth to twins, they usually only nurse one offspring. Thats why the zoo is swapping the two back and forth between mother and incubator. A panda expert in our midst. Theyre so tiny, right . Look at that. Its like a stick of butter. Unbelievable. Now i want a starburst. I dont even know what thats about. We have rain this morning, well, east of the city. Maybe a popup shower later today, but humidity is up. Mmhmm. We have one accident on the whitestone bridge making your way bronxbound. We will have that coming up. 4 58 now. Still ahead, the days top stories, including breaking news of a toddler rushed to a hospital from a fire in brooklyn. Also, a Police Officer shot by a pellet gun outside of Gracie Mansion. We are live from the scene. And caught on camera, were back in 90 seconds. Guardia. It is 5 00. Weve got 74 degrees on this monday, august 24th. Humid today with temperatures in the mid80s. Also, grab the umbrella just in case. Thats coming, too. Good morning, im mary calvi. Im chris wragge. We will have traffic and weather on the 2s. First, heres whats news this morning. Breaking news from brooklyn, a fire in marine park left at least one child critically hurt. It happened at a home in the 37 3700block of avenue p. The 2 yearold boy was taken to beth israel hospital in Critical Condition. We will have more in a live up. A Police Officer is recovering this morning after she was shot with a pellet gun outside of Gracie Mansion. Police say the officer was exiting an Unmarked Police vehicle and felt a pain in her lower back. The mayor was not home at the time. Coming up, what were learning about the two teens being questioned in the case. This is a normal part of markets, really. They usually occur every year or so. Weve been long overdue, more than four years since the last correction. All eyes on wall street today following last weeks market meltdown. Right now, stock futures show the dow dropping more than 3 300 points at the market open. The crisis was triggered by concerns over chinas slowing be too concerned. We will have more in a live exchange. I feel our training mostly kicked in after the assailant was already subdued. Three americans say they relied on their gut instinct after their close bond to take down a heavilyarmed man on a train in europe. Senate minority leader harry reid standing behind the nuclear deal with iran, despite opposition from within his own party, including from his likely successor, new york senator chuck schumer. [ music ] and say it isnt so. One direction appears to be going in many Different Directions. The groups members parting ways to focus on solo projects, but the split isnt expected to be permanent. Coming up, what theyre expected when theyre expected get the band back together. There are tears from the weather center. I see it already. I just need a second. The humidity is going in one direction. Its going to be more humid today. You will feel it. You were feeling it last night and definitely today. Dew points will be up and the heat index values, flirting with 90 again. 74 in the city now. Hey, weve got stars overhead, not just in studio 46. Now to the east, though, yeah, there is some a little bit more coverage of that rain. Thats parts of suffolk county. Then a front i tell you what, thats really losing its steam. Its today, tomorrow with the heat and humidity. We have to leave the possibility of a popup thunderstorm in the forecast. Best candidates are well north and west later today into the evening. The 86 is going to feel warmer with the humidity so be ready for that. Lets get ready for whats already a busy ride. Good morning, alex. Good morning, john. We have one alert, traveling here, an accident blocking two lanes on the bronx bound whitestone bridge. If this is a portion of your ride, its going to slow you down a little bit. All of the other upper east river crossings are clear for you, though. Lets check on the hudson river crossings, a live look at george Washington Bridge, the lower level is ez pass only making your way through the palisades approach, as well. But delayfree at the tolls. Lincoln and holland tunnels flowing freely. No issues to report. Alternate side is in effect citywide. And remember, be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you, alex. Breaking news this morning, an earlymorning fire in brooklyn leaves one child critically hurt. Cbs 2s ilana gold joins us live from the scene in marine park. Ilana . Reporter mary, we can tell you the victim is a 2yearold boy and right now hes in Critical Condition. The fire started here at this home on avenue p. This is by 38th street. Neighbors say they saw a lot of smoke coming from the childs bedroom on the second floor. Heres video from the scene after the fire broke out around 1 00 this morning. Firefighters and paramedics rushed over and the fire was put out fairly quickly, but people in the area tell us they didnt see intense flames. They say smoke in the second floor bedroom was the main issue. The 2yearold boy was taken to beth israel hospital and right now hes in Critical Condition for smoke inhalation. Police say he will be transferred to a hospital in Staten Island for more intense treatment. Now, we just talked to a man who witnessed the child being pulled from the home and heres what he had to say. What did you see when you got here . When i got here, Fire Department just handed over the baby to the paramedics and they were doing cpr. What was the childs condition . It looked very bad. The baby was not moving. He was just the baby looked lifeless. Reporter neighbors say a family of six lives at this home, four children and their parents. They tell us everyone got out safely except for that 2year old boy. And back out here live, were seeing investigators here focusing on the second floor, trying to figure out what caused this. We hope to get an update in the next few minutes and will be sure to keep you updateth as we learn more. Were live in marine park, brooklyn this morning, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Thank you, ilana. Now a developing story, a Police Officer assigned to mayor de blasios security detail shot with a pellet gun. It happened in front of Gracie Mansion and two teenagers are being questioned. Janelle burrell is live now with more. Janelle . Reporter good morning to you, chris and mary. Those two teens, a man and woman, are being held at the 19th precinct station house, but here outside of Gracie Mansion, weve seen a lot of investigators out here overnight as the crime scene unit just left afew minutes ago. The investigation focused right now on this building where they running from after the incident. They believe the pellets were windows. Investigators say the officer was getting out of the passengers side of the this black ford taurus when the pellet struck her in the back just yards from Gracie Mansion. The female officer, part of mayor de blasios advance team pulled up to the mayors residence on east end avenue ahead of his arrival when the incident happened around 7 15 sunday night. Police say the officers partny immediately looked up and noticed people looking outside from the Apartment Building across the street. Officers ran into the building to see two people running from that Apartment Building. A 19yearold man and a 19year old woman were arrested a short time later. Now that officer, part of the mayors security detail, was taken to the hospital and released. She is expected to be okay. Now, investigators are telling us there had been two previous reports of window damage from pellet guns in the same area. Its not clear whether or not its related to the most recently incident, but, again, they have two people in custody who are being questioned this morning in connection to this latest crime. Reporting live from the upper east side, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Thank you, janelle. Happening today, it is sentencing day for michael van hyes. He was convicted and came to the fbis attention after chatting online with acquitted cannibal cop killer ricardo vale. He served 21 months in prison. The judge then ruled the evidence against him amounted to factsy role play. Police in new jersey are searching for a boater involved in a hitandrun. These are pictures of the boat that was hit by another craft saturday night on Lake Hopatcong in jefferson township. Two people were treated for minor injuries. The boat is explained as a large white cabin boat with an aluminum prop that has extensive damage. New york City Education officials are investigating the level of secular education of private schools serving hasidic communities. They want to be sure instruction is up to the most basic standards. Critics say the students there never learn fluent english or basic math. Private schools have to be at the same level as public schools. Coming up, the Lesson Learned from a devastating fire and the change Firefighters Want to make, coming up. Plus this i was like my wifes having a baby. She needs help. Traffic jam or no traffic jam. The baby couldnt wait. The incredible roadside delivery you dont want to miss. And pushed to the ground, why rapper wiz khalifa says he was restrained by port security. And showers east of the city. An umbrella is a good idea there. Popup shower possible later this afternoon. Id take the shades, but keep it comfy. It will be warmer and humid today. Weather and traffic on the 2s coming up. Good morning and welcome back. Wed like to say good morning to the rest of the staff working on this broadcast this morning. How about a wave from everybody on this monday, hopefully you all had a great weekend out there. We all did were back together again. Mary, its good to have you back with us here. A couple of days off, well deserved. Its always nice. Good times. Traffic and weather on the 2s. They follow instructions well, right . You guys will like this, saturday night, joan jett, eisenhower park, big hit. Ed sergeant is the tour manager. Guess what they watch on the satellite as they tour the entire country . Channel 2. Get out. They love rock and roll, too. Put another dime in the juke box baby ed sergeants, thank you for watching. And Cindy Guillen in freeport, works for Nassau County parks. Thank you so much. Joan, we love you. Joan, too. Heres the deal, were kind of changing our tune. Were going to take up the heat and humidity a bit today. Yes, it was nice. Maggie was, you know, all the lights were on. I didnt think i was going to get in great because she said do you know greg . I said yeah. She let me right in. In the city now, 74 degrees. Clear skies, winds are calm, relative humidity at 73 percent. Yeah, its humid out there. What is interesting, though, when you take the temperature of the temperatures, 72 in orion point where the rain is falling. Nice way to start the day. 71 in rye. 61 in middletown. Look at this, if youre jetting off to the motor city, yes, cooler air is waiting to cascade in. But its going to be wednesday into the end of the week before we start to feel the more comfortable humidity values and also slightly cooler air. 86 will feel like 90 in the city today. Be ready for that. More sun than clouds, but a pop up shower or thunderstorm possible. Montauk, a quarter of an inch in the last hour, so, yeah, its a nice soaker there through orion point, as well. Thats about it for the area. With the heat and humidity, we will leave the possibility of a shower this afternoon. The front, though, pushing through ontario, down into ohio. That will take a while to push through. So its a warm one today. Its more humid. A little bit more of a marine influence, dont forget that moderate rip current risk, if youre going to the beach or starting a holiday. I tell you what, if youre starting a holiday, today and tomorrow, a little unsettled with a popup shower. Leftover showers tomorrow. Then, man, if its your week off, wednesday, thursday, friday, looking good with the northwest wind. Numbers will be down a bit, but less humidity, as well. It will really feel nice and comfortable. 86 summerlike, steamy, warm and humid. Weve got the wind out of the southwest. A popup shower possible. Very few will see it, but it could be brief heavy rain. Shower chance continues tonight and then again tomorrow. So, its a little bit of a steamy wreck that we find ourselves in. Before that front pushes through and welcomed variety wednesday, thursday, friday, looking, feeling good. Right now, it looks pretty nice into the weekend, but those numbers are going to be up. You will feel more heat saturday into sunday. All right, feeling the need for speed, i dont know if we can help, can we . We can in some areas. We have one alert to cause problems for you. Its an accident traveling bronxbound on the whitestone bridge. Its blocking two lanes for you there. Some minor delays going through the area. But thats really the only alert we have out there. To the fdr drive, if you were moving in this area through the 70s, this is what youre up against, not much in both directions. The west side highway is clear for you. Taking a live look now with the new jersey turnpike as you make your way near newark airport, 78, 1 and 9. And the garden state parkway is flowing freeway. Remember, be safe, dont 10 and drive. Suffolk county leaders will hold a News Conference to talk about future damage to the pines baron area. This comes 20 years after wildfires charred yearly 5 5,000 acres in westhampton. Firefighters in new jersey calling for better Building Codes they say flames that destroyed a huge apartment complex in january could have been stopped easily if it was built differently. The fire left 500 people homeless. Firefighters from across the state gathered outside the remains of the complex yesterday. They demanded an end to what they call toothpick towers made of lightweight wood. They burned 800 times fast faster, 800 times faster, than the legacy homes of conventional lumber did 30, 40 years ago. Firefighters say they were promised Building Code changes seven months ago, but the state has not delivered. The Governors Office says he suggested reforms but theyre still before the state legislature. A delivery on a new jersey road and were not talking a pizza. Matt cozer tells us it took a village to help deliver a little girl who couldnt wait to meet her parents. Reporter at 7 pounds 13 ounces, bela rosa budded is a quiet, gentle, healthy baby, but she entered the world with a bang in the front seat of the family car on saturday night in sea bright. She put the seat in recline, took her pants off and i saw the babys head. Reporter trevor tried to get his baby to the hospital, six miles down ocean avenue. But on a saturday night with traffic, well, the baby wasnt going to wait. So he stopped right here and yelled for help. This lady who person in front of me was the trauma nurse, this lady sara. She said im a trauma nurse. I could hear him screaming when i stepped out. Reporter lucky for the abud family, nurse sara wood was going to a party at the Sands Beach Club across the street. When she heard the 23yearold yelling, she rushed out to help. The baby was out after a push. A few seconds later, she started crying and with that, i could hear trevor behind me, what he completely panicked. Reporter lauren, who works also ran over. She spoke to us via skype. We were really, you know, teamwork. I got mom, you got baby. Then we did whatever we needed to do to make sure they both get, you know, in the on the stretcher and to the hospital. Reporter the ambulance rushed baby bela and her mother to the hospital. We kept everything together until the ambulance came with the bag and clamps and trevor was able to cut the cord. Reporter gratitude for helping a stranger in a time of need. In sea bright, new jersey, matt cozar, cbs 2 news. This is the couples second child. Poor mom. Wow going through all that. What a relief for trevor, too. He sounded like he was worse than mom. Trevor, its going to be okay. Its going to be okay. Time is now 5 18. In the next half hour, it was almost lost forever. And one direction isnt splitting up for good. Well explain the details. And more on weather and traffic on the 2s after this. And follow us on facebook and twitter at cbs new york. Erhi wdo bau owhal mte mt. E odssf tsanthpelee ve well, good morning and welcome back on this monday morning, its 74 degrees here at 5 22. August 24th, well, somehow, to someone, this sounded like a good idea. A waterpark in minnesota held its first ever cardboard boat race, only thing the competitors could use were cardboard and duct tape. Most captains had to abandon ship. I bet cardboard doesnt do a everyone had a good time, but were not sure if sailing the thats for sure. Lets get to john. Makes you feel good about okay. In the city right now, clear winds are calm, relative humidity at 73. Thats not the case, though, just got a report, toms river, a quartermile visibility. There are pockets of fog in the area. Pockets of wet weather, too, around orion point and montauk getting a break now, but heavy rain east, thats about it. Around the area. But with heat and humidity numbers values both up today, could see a passing shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. Yeah, other than that, youre going to see partly to mostly sunny skies and 86. 86 is above normal and the humidity will only accentuate that differential. Feeling like the low 90s. Suns up 6 15. Sun sets at 7 41. Its still summer. U. V. Forecast at an 8. Be sure to get to play today. Though. Heres alex. Thank you, john. Good morning, everyone. If youre traveling, we have one aletter to affect your ride. A crash on the bronxbound whitestone bridge. Blocking two lanes there, through the area. The upper east river crossings triborough bridge, throgs neck are moving well. Approaching the brooklyn bridge, thats fine. Its ebbing and flowing. Right now youre moving better than last we checked. Just know, its that time of the morning when we see the delays in the typical areas. To the Grand Central parkway at laguardia, moving well in both directions and continuing your ride westbound into the city. Mass transit is on or close to schedule. Alternate side is in effect citywide and remember, be safe, dont text and drive. Back to you. Thank you, alex. The mets sweep, the yankees dont and and injured giant goes public for the first time. Steve has the update. Reporter the mets are in philly. This weekend, we finally heard from Jason Pierre Paul he tweeted out, what happened to me was not a setback, god has greater plans for me. No man can judge me except for god himself. That was supposed to be the word, except instead of the word accepted. But he has a built in excuse. He says my bad. Expect. Lost finger, lol. Yesterday, the yankees honoring andy pettitte. They gave him a plaque at monument park. On the field, cc 15 batha left yesterday with a knee injury. He could be headed to the d. L. The yankees lost to cleveland and they do fall out of first place. And the mets sweep the rockies again. This time in coors field. The mets now have a 5game lead on the division. Thats your cbs 2 wfan sports update. Drama for rapper wiz khalifa at l. A. X. Airport and Different Directions for the boy band one direction. This has a lot of people broken up this morning. Alex denis is back with this mornings talk. You you can hear all the teen girls and chris crying. Pop sensation one direction is taking a detour. [ music ] well, its the story weve seen many seen with many boy bands before. The boys of one direction are going their separate warms, at least temporarily, according to people magazine. Startening march, the band will take a year off to focus on solo projects. This comes after 1 d lost malik last march. You will still be able to hear them, and maybe eventually altogether again. And they have a new album coming out. I guess theyre not going to tour together. Its been sold out every single concert. Like when the bands break up, they always get back together. Like the jonas brothers, nsyn. New kids on the block. Youll see them in another five years. Rapper wiz khalifa posted video of himself being restrained by immigration and Customs Police at the l. A. Airport. He says its because he was riding a hover board. Im not resisting, sir. Reporter he says he was forced down by officers because he didnt want to ditch the technology that everyone will be using in the next six months. There is no video of him riding the board and its not clear if any hover boards are commercial available, though some companies have been showing prototypes of models theyre working on. No word on if charges will be filed. Those hover boards are really neat. Dont do them at l. A. X. Thats the morale of the story. Coming up, the days top stories, including two developing stories that were following for you. A 2yearold boy is rushed to the hospital in Critical Condition after an Early Morning fire in brooklyn. Well have a live report from the scene. A member of mayor de blasios Security Team shot in the back by a pellet gun. This morning, two teens are in custody. We will have the latest coming up in a live report. And preventing id and data theft on campus. Tips for students and parents to protect personal information as they head back to school. Well be right back. Treora ryve lg me beg relaisheor. Gemo feritcholey chy beonba. Feingo c ttere. 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Were live at the scene of this story its and two teenagers being questioned after an nypd officer was struck by a pellet gun at Gracie Mansion. The officer was a member of the mayors security detail and was not seriously hurt. And a big event at the smithsonian zoo over the weekend. Two baby pandas born over the weekend. They had no idea she was expecting twins, five hours later, heres the next baby. They end up sitting on their kids in the wild,y . Look at the size of them. Theyre really careful at the zoos now. Endangered species, only 2,000 left in the wild now. Only 86 ounces and 136 ounces. You can only imagine what happens. It is cute video. They will be more and more adorable this is how they look . They change. They werent sure she was becoming irritable i can relate to that. I understand. Its cute video. Not the cutest animal video around here, mary, you werent here on friday, so back by popular demand, the bears of new jersey. This is just the best thing that i have ever seen. These bears in the aboveground pool, having the time look at the bear on the slide. And mom is helping with the pool toys. The family did a great job of shooting this from the second story and you can hear the kids be like oh, no, dont take the floatie. Thank you for brigging me that. Good to have you back, mary. Theyre apparently checking the chlorine in the pool. Good for you. The pool will feel good because 74 in the city today. Winds are calm now, clear around the area. Of long island. Theres a front that takes two days to push through. In its stead, a southwest wind. Were all going to feel the the low 90s again today. We only had one alert this morning, its already cleared. So thats good news on this monday. So the whitestone bridge blocking two lanes, you can see tons of green on the live map. All of the upper river crossings, no issues to report. A live look on the Southern State parkway bethpage state parkway, moving well. A tad dark at the lincoln tunnel. Alternate side is in effect citywide and be safe, dont text and drive. Back to you. Thank you, alex. We begin with breaking news, a young child hurt in an ilana gold joins us live from the scene in marine park this ilana . Reporter chris, the victim is a 2yearold boy and neighbors tell us he was pulled second floor. They say he was lifeless before getting rushed to the hospital. Heres video from the scene. The fire was at a home on avenue p right by east 38th street. It started just after 1 00 this morning. Witnesses tell us they saw a lot of thick, heavy smoke coming from the childs bedroom and firefighters broke the upstairs windows to rescue him. The 2yearold is now in Critical Condition at beth israel hospital, getting treated for smoke inhalation. We just talked to a woman who lives across the street. She says shes friends with the childs family. She saw everything. A lot of smoke, a lot of commotion. I know the family well and its unfortunate. What has the family told you . You . Just that everyones safe and stable. But they have a small child who is going to be transferred for further observation. Reporter police tell us the child will be transferred to a hospital in Staten Island for more intense treatment. Neighbors say a family of six lives at the home and everyone got out safely except for the 2 yearold boy. And back here live, where all morning weve seen investigators on scene trying to figure out how the fire started, but at this hour, they dont have any answers. Were live in marine park, brooklyn this morning, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Now to a developing story. Two teenageers are being questioned in the shooting of a city cop with a pellet gun outside Gracie Mansion. Cbs 2s Janelle Burrell is live at Gracie Mansion with more. Janelle . Reporter well, mary, police tell us that the officer was getting out of an Unmarked Police car here on east end avenue and felt a sharp pain in her back, which was that pellet. This morning, police are investigating two 19yearolds, a man and a woman seen running out of this building across the street from Gracie Mansion as they try to pinpoint who shot the pellet. Investigators say the officer was getting out of the passengers side of this black ford taurus when the pellet struck her in the back just yards from Gracie Mansion. The female officer, part of mayor de blasios advance team had pulled up to the mayors residence on east end avenue ahead of his arrival when the incident happened on sunday night. Police say the officers partner immediately looked up and noticed people looking outside from the Apartment Building across the street. Officers ran into the building to see two people running from that Apartment Building. A 19yearold man and a 19year old woman were arrested a short time later. Now, that officer, part of the mayors security detail was rushed to lennox hill hospital. She was treated and released. Expected to be okay. And investigators do tell us, though, that there have been two previous reports of bbs being shot and damaging windows here in this neighborhood. Its not clear if its connected to the most recent incident. As for the two 19yearolds, theyre being questioned by police this morning. So far, no charges have been filed. Reporting thrive morning from the upper east side, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Thank you, janelle. Now to a developing story. Fear of more major losses on wall street ahead of the market open today. Dow futures are down over 3 300 points right now. The asian markets are experiencing huge losses, as well. The market in shanghai down more than 8 percent right now. This follows a big drop on wall street on friday when the dow lost over 500 points. Many u. S. Companies have seen huge reductions in their market value. Look, look at apple, an iconic company, down 21 percent from the recent high, but other big dow components, exxonmobil off 28 percent. Walmart down 27 percent. Proctor gamble down 23 percent. These companies are telling us theres a lot of fear out there in the marketplace. The dow dropping over 1 1,000 points last week alone. We will have a live report in a few moments. City transportation officials unveil Pedestrian Safety improvements at a dangerous intersection near the Barkley Center in brooklyn. Its been the scene of numerous accidents. Last month, a bicyclist was killed. Three other people injured when an suv slammed into two cars. Improvements will include extended pedestrian islands and pedestrian signals with countdown clocks. It may be some time before the victims of a fatal fire in queens are positively identified. A fire broke out just before 1 00 yesterday afternoon in far rockaway. Two bodies were found amid the rubble. Bystanders grew agitated as the flames spread. This neighbor, wearing a white tshirt and white hat, ran up the stairs while on the line with 911. I did try the front door. Yes, i did. To get in there. A lot of smoke was coming out. Started in the kitchen. They say the fight was complicated by belongings packed inside the home. They are being hailed as american heroes. And earlier this morning, the french president personally thanked the three men who averted a train massacre in france on friday. The president awarded the three men frances highest civilian honor, the legion of honor medal. Reuniting yesterday, the three men described their experience taking down an armed gunman on a train bound for paris from amsterdam. He seemed like he was ready to fight to the end, so were we. The suspect identified as a Moroccan National denied it was a terror attack. He said he just wanted to rob passengers. 5 39 now. Still to come here, ways college kids and parents can protect themselves against identity theft. And forler president jimmy carter makes a public appearance after announcing his cancer scare. It was absolutely amazing. They were incredible. I cant believe that theyco do it. And Good Samaritans to the rescue, when a wedding ring falls down a storm drain and how it was flushed out. I like those kind of stories. We have nice definition to the clouds this morning in the city, but wet weather east of town. Its going to feel like 90plus with the higher dew points today. Could see a popup storm later. You will see traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. After trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. Love at first taste. I would liquify it and bathe in it. Curse you, brookside your nefarious plans have succeeded. Nefarious . Are we still talking about chocolate . Brookside. Talk about delicious. After trying brookside chocolates, at pam cakes five tweeted leave it to me to drop a brookside down my shirt and lose it. You didnt lose it. You saved it for later. Brookside. Talk about delicious. Warm one on tap today, john . Absolutely. Warm and humid. You combine those, yeah, youre going to have the real feel heat index values, again, about 90 or 90plus around the area. Right now, its a friend story. Lets check in with our weather watchers. This was a nice thought from dr. Frankie humanitarian heat. A little bit of fog there. Give alex a break. Walk to work today. I think thats going to be the key. Alex says thank you, dr. Frankie. And lets see now. I wanted to check in with michael, Staten Island, 71. And this is cool. The kids slept out last night. I dont know what happened to their picture. I will get the picture and put it on tv. They camped out on the roof last night and sherry has 66 in little falls. And this question, she doesnt like the heat and humidity. Is it fall yet . No. It is not fall. It is summer, going to feel like it the next few days, but if youre counting down, set your timers because we are thirty days away from fall. Can you believe it . I know, luis is giving it the thumbs down in the studio. Definition in the clouds here in the city and 74. Winds are calm, relative humidity at 73 percent. The problem is we have problems with fog, south and west of the city, jersey shore through edison, so be sure youre mindful of that. Its better in long island, were dealing with a little bit of wet weather well east. Quiet. There is a front that takes its time pushing through. The showers today, a by product atmosphere. Timing it out for you, you can see this afternoon could see a stray shower, the best candidates to the west and then a thunderstorm possible overnight into the first part of your day tomorrow where we could start your tuesday with a shower. Still humid, still warm. Tuesday afternoon. Front pushes through, wednesday shapes up, cools down and theres a little less humidity, as well. Lets get you ready for the day, pollen count, have you noticed, high again today, make sure youre ready for that. 9. 7. Yeah, a lot of ragweed out there. Some of the grass pollens, as well. Get ready for that. Over the next few days, feeling like summer today and tomorrow and not exactly falllike, but let music wednesday through the tail end of the week. Well, if you cant walk to work and have to drive, here to help is alex. I like the way dr. Frankie thinks. I appreciate that. Traffic is moving well on the fdr drive. Thats good news. And the west side highway, really no major issues to report anywhere in manhattan. The gowanus, traffic is starting to ebb and flow, building at the prospect. Morning. Right now youre okay. So we will continue to watch this area. I always know it gives you commute. So we have subway change. Queens bound special prosecutor running with delays. Alternate side is in effect citywide and be safe, dont interpret and drive. Is in Critical Condition after being shot in the head. He received a call yesterday erratically and his pickup truck was in a ditch. Vincent was about to arrest the driver on suspicion of drunk drooiving, but police say the man shot vincent with a shotgun. Three witnesses wrestled the shotgun and held the man for police. Former president jimmy carter returned to teaching bible study on sunday, he began by speaking to students about his battle with cancer. This thursday they treated that with radiation and im taking some additional medicine medicine to stimulate by autoimmune system. The former first lady was among 700 people that attended two sessions at a church in georgia. Many students traveled hundreded of miles. Carter revealed in june that cancer was found in his liver and it has spread to his brain. Two complete strangers came to the rescue of a woman who lost her wedding ring down a storm drain. Oh, my god. There you go. This was at Central Park South near 7th avenue. You can see her hugging one of the Good Samaritans after they recovered the ring. Theyre visitingfrom arizona and were strolling by the park when she adjusted her ring and it slipped off her finger. And they were trying to fish it out with wire hangers when the other men came along. I honestly didnt think theyd do it. Like i was working on it for about 20 minutes. They came up and said mind if we give a crack. It was absolutely amazing. They were incredible. I cant believe they could do it. You can see it here. The video shows them trying to give the men 50 bucks, but they said no way, refused to take it. Were told theyre from massachusetts. Wow. Great story there. In moneywatch this morning, market meltdown, all eyes on wall street following last weeks major losses. Cbs 2s jill wagner live at the New York Stock Exchange with more. Jill . Reporter chris, it could be another bumpy ride today. Markets across asia tumbled this morning. Here in the u. S. , the markets open after their worst week since 2011. The dow plunged 530 points on friday alone. It is now in correction territory. That means the dow is down about 10 percent from its high. The nasdaq lost more than 171 points on friday. This started with a slowdown in china. The worlds second largest economy. Also, there is a plunging price in oil. Prices fell below 40 a barrel for the First Time Since 2009. There is a silver lining, though. Cheaper gas prices. Aaa says the National Average is now 2. 60 a gallon. Thats a dollar less than last year at this time. If Oil Prices Remain low, aaa predicts prices at the pump could dip below the 2 a gallon mark by the end of the year. Another upside to the downmarket, analysts say its less likely the Federal Reserve will raise Interest Rates next month. Most economists think a rate hike will happen by the end of the year. And the opening bell rings in four hours from now, and unfortunately im looking at the big board. Stock futures are pointing lower. We will see what happens there. Coming up, the special honor for the americans credited with stopping a terror attack overseas, plus this. What is the data we have in our campus, what are the crown jewels of that data and what are we doing to protect it . The ways campuses and parents are trying to protect its a real problem. And here is your cbs 2 wfan morning scoreboard. The yankees lose to cleveland 4 3. The mets complete the sweep of rockies. The lead the nationals by five games. [incoming message beep] the average text takes your eyes off the road for nearly five seconds. [screaming] stop the texts. Stop the wrecks. Visit us at stoptextsstopwrecks. Org. Wildfires out west making their way through california, about 400 homes were evacuated near Big Bear Lake yesterday as the wildfires covered 100 acres. Crews are using Water Cannons from the ski resort that usually make snow and pointing them toward the fire in hopes of containing it. The man in Washington State lucky to be alive after he ignored evacuation notices while the wildfires spread in that county. Fires there have burned through close to 250 ,000 acres, mark suffered serious injuries and says he made it out alive by upingin a lake and staying there more than an hour before crews rescued him. Time now, 5 52. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. This is the anniversary of mt. Vesuvius and hurricane andrew, as well. We have relatively benign conditions in the city. More heat and humidity today. The 86 for a high will feel more like 90. The humidity is high today. Humidity is high on your tuesday. Humidity feels a whole lot better on wednesday. That said, though, with the heat and humidity, cant rule out a passing shower. Its feeling steamy. 5 53 now. How busy is it now . Not bad for a monday morning. Typical delays in areas youve already planned for. Lets check on traffic. Traveling northbound on the bqe, traveling to the brooklyn bridge, no issues to report. Youre moving well there. Traffic is clear on the Tappan Zee Bridge going into and throughout westchester and rockland counties. You have company there, but youre moving. Some subway changes, queens bound are expressonly. Metro north p. A. T. H. Trains, new Jersey Transit and lirr are on or close to schedule. Thank you. In this mornings health way, a significant decrease in the use of ct scans on children, according to a new study at cincinnatis childrens hospital. Alternative types of images are being used more frequently. Researchers say the decline in ct use could be linked to more evidence linking cancer. And a study at kings college, london tracked more than 27,000 people over 65, one in five were considered heavy drinkers. Researchers say for men, thats more than 9 pints of beer per week. For women, thats more than a bottle and a half of wine. Now, seniors who were wealthier and bettereducated were more likely to drink too much. Identity theft has become a growing problem. Weve all been told to be careful about how much we share. Now College Students are being put on high alert. Alex denis is here with more. Reporter chris and mary, College Students hand over a lot of information when the Academic Year begins, but in the area of mass data breaches and stolen ids. Experts say there are things to do to protect yourself. From the federal government to massive retailers, data breaches have become more prevalent in the last few years and academic institutions havent been immune. Think about college campuses. Theyre rich with data. The people coming to school for the first time, registering for classes, they have all the information to give the institution. Thats valuable data. Reporter Michael Kaiser says that frequent Information Exchange plus data from things like medical research and other scientific contracts can make these institutions a bigger target. And some are only just catching up to that idea. They may not always be aware of how much data they have and that really starts in any kind of organization looking at what is the data that we have in our campus. What are the crown jewels of that data . And what are we doing to protect it . As students head back to campus, its on individuals to not only protect themselves, but also their institutions network. It starts at the basic level of every user accessing the network, simple things Like Software patches, strong passwords, something in addition to a passored, that should be implemented at this point. Reporter he says parents at home can help by keeping lines of communication open and making students aware of any breaches to a bank, Insurance Company or anywhere else the family does business. Also, reminding students to check their credit cards, credit reports and Bank Accounts regularly for signs of fraud. So, data shows that the 18 to 29yearold age bracket accounts for 24 percent of complaints they receive for identity theft. They have a lot to worry about. Now this . Are you kidding me . Backtoschool. Yes, even the kids are at risk of this. Monday morning, 74 degrees, johnny . What can we expect . Muggy monday. And a little bit of wet weather to the east. A popup shower later today, but dress comfy. Isnt that a song, like muggy monday . [ laughter ] youre traveling this morning, a smooth ride. A few problems on the rails. Chris didnt think that was very funny. As my suit sticks to me. Time now, 5 57, up next, more on top stories, including the officer hurt by a pellet gun shooting at Gracie Mansion. And hearing from the sanitation workers who came to the aid of a Home Invasion victim in queens. And a lovely photo of Cindy Crawford and her husband, wait until you see who decided yoaigrk 0. He a nddsf ass sckn. It is 6 00. Weve got 74 degrees and a gorgeous sky for you out there on this monday, august 24th. Muggy start to the workweek, but we will get a break in a couple of days. Good morning, im mary calvi. And it looks muggy out there. I tell you, it felt good this weekend. Heres whats news this morning. A 2yearold boy fighting to live this morning after being pulled from a house fire in brooklyn overnight. Firefighters were called just after 1 00 a. M. To a home on avenue p and west 37th street. The fire was quickly put out, but the child may have been stuck inside. We will have a live report. A member of the mayors security detail recovering this morning. The officer was hit by a pellet last night. Two people were taken into custody and now face charges this morning. The mayor was not at Gracie Mansion alast night at the time of the incident. These companies telling us that theres a lot of fear out there in the marketplace. And youre expecting a bumpy ride on monday. Fasten your seat belts. A stock market mess. Futures are down this morning with threats of a repeat of fridays downward spiral. The correction is not over yet. We often use the word hero and in this case, i think that word has never been more appropriate. A special honor for the americans who sprang into action in france. This morning, theyre given the nations highest honor for their acts of valor. Stopping accidents like this from happening again. There is a new push in brooklyn to protect pedestrians along one of the busiest center. I could have never imagine d 20 years later, the most storied franchise in sports history would honor me in such a way. A weekend of honors. Yesterday was andy pettitte, the day before, jorge posada. Too bad they didnt have the magic on the field yesterday. Traffic and weather on the 2s now. Okay, little brain teaser here. What happened in baseball history on this day in 1989 . Ill explain a little later in the show. A few clouds overhead in the city now, but sun, as well. We dont anticipate showers for the morning commute here, its east of the city. Winds are calm. Lingering fog for the jersey shore. Showers continue for eastern long island. A front really going to take its time, thats tuesday into wednesday. Today, the showers a by product of the heat and humidity. 86 will feel like 90 in the city. Thats your high this afternoon, but already 84 at lunchtime. And a warm one around the area. A little earlier for the south shore. Weve got a few more cars on the highway now. Whats going on, alex . Yes, john, traveling at the van wyck near the belt parkway, traffic is moving well. Not much of a problem. North into jamaica avenue, we start to see minor delays, so you want to plan for that as you make your way out, but this is really a typical traffic pattern. You deal with it everyday. To the george Washington Bridge, all of the hudson river crossings are moving well, upper and lower level. The lincoln tunnel and holland tunnel, no delays. Alternate side is in effect citywide and be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you, alex. An earlymorning fire in brooklyn leaves a child critically hurt. Ilana gold joins us live from ilana . Reporter chris, we can tell you the victim is a 2yearold boy and right now hes in Critical Condition. The fire started here at this home on avenue p near east 38th th street. Neighbors saw a lot of smoke coming from near the childs bedroom on the second floor. Firefighters got it under control fairly quickly. Intense flames, they say smoke was the big issue out here. Again, the child is at the hospital now in Critical Condition from smoke inhalation. Police say he will be moved to a hospital in Staten Island for more treatment. Just moments ago, we spoke with a woman across the street. She says a family of six lives at this home and everyone got out safely except for the 2 yearold boy. Theyre a close knit family, you know, the mom, the dad, like theyre good. They do a lot with the kids. Their kids play with my son. So, yeah, its pretty close to home. Its really sad. We pray that hes good. He comes out, you know, okay and no after effects or anything like that. It must be hard for you . Yeah. Like i said, its close to home. Like theyre literally across the street. Were waiting to hear, you know, whats the next steps. Reporter a very difficult situation for the people in the neighborhood. They say theyve been in contact with the childs parents and after speaking with them, they believe electrical problems may have sparked the fire, but thats something the Fire Department will not confirm. Right now, investigators are trying to figure out what caused this. Were live in marine park, brooklyn this morning, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Now to a developing story, a Police Officer assigned to mayor de blasios security detail shot with a pellet gun. It happened in front of Gracie Mansion and two teenage rs are being questioned. Janelle burrell is live with more. Janelle . Reporter investigators from the nypds investigative crime scene unit was out here most of the night, leaving a few hours ago. The investigation focused on the building behind me, where the two teens were seen running from moments after the pellet was fired. Investigators say the officer was getting out of the passengers side of the this black ford taurus when the pellet struck her in the back, just yards from Gracie Mansion. The female officer, part of mayor de blasios advance team pulled up to the mayors residence on east end avenue ahead of his arrival when the incident happened around 7 15 sunday night. Police say the officers partner looked up and noticed people looking outside from across the street. Officers ran into the building to see two people running from that Apartment Building. A 19yearold man and a 19year old woman were arrested a short time later. Now, the officer who was shot was treated and released from the hospital. She is expected to be okay. The mayor was not home at the time of the incident, but investigators do tell us that they have had two reports at least two reports so far of other times where pellets have been fired from the neighborhood, damaging windows nearby. Its not clear if it at all is connected to the most recent case. Reporting live from the upper east side, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Sanitation workers in queens became heroes when they came to the rescue of an elderly man over the weekend. The 76yearold man was beaten up and tied up in ozone park. He says three robbers beat him with a gun while asking him for money before restraining him with plastic ties. I saw the gentleman come out of his house, what he in his underwear, he was naked, i was a little confused why you know, what he was doing, then he runs up to the truck, shows me his hands, which were bound and he was bleeding from his nose. He had a black eye and fractured nose. The robbers made off with his wallet, 25 in cash, a tv and other items. No word on any arrests. New Jersey State Police are searching for a boater involved in a hitandrun. This is the boat that was hit, leaving two people with minor injuries. It happened saturday night on Lake Hopatcong in jefferson township. The boat that took off is a large, white cabin boat with damage to the whole end propellor. New york City Education officials are investigating the level of secular education of private schools serving hasidic communities. They want to make sure there is a basic standard. They say students never learn english or math. State law mandates that the private schools have to be at the same level of public schools. 6 08. Still to come, a special weekend for tracy morgan. And donald trump now with a focus on the middle class. How he says hell make them great again. And one of the most destructive fires in new jersey in decades. Why firefighters are demanding action. A little bit more heat and humidity today. Air quality suffers, as well. Air quality is moderate today. Lets take a break and jump in the pool. Its going to be a nice pool day today. A popup shower possible. Odds of that low. Traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. Gorgeous colors out there on this monday morning, the 24th of august. Its 73 degrees. A little hazy, a little hot, a little humid today at 6 11. We will have more in a couple of moments. First to campaign 2016. Donald trump talked taxes in a phone interview on face the nation sunday. The Hedge Fund Guys are getting away with murder, making a tremendous amount of money. They have to pay taxes. I want to lower the rates for the mythle class. Theyre getting absolutely destroyed. This country doesnt have wont have a middle class very soon. Trump also restated his plan to build a wall between the u. S. And mexico and have mexico pay for it. 6 12 now. Time now for traffic and weather on the 2s. Johnny . Good morning, chris, hi, mary. Hello, everybody. Happy monday to you. Just joining us . We appreciate you stopping by every morning. I appreciate the weather watchers checking in. We have the dynamic duo, mark and jeanine, 66 in pleasant valley. They have a question. Will we have to water the plants today . Probably. I mean, its just a passing shower chance for you to the north and west. I mean,you may be one of the lucky ones and get one of those soakers out there. Another reading of 66, this is brian mess in somerville and were getting more reports of this, too. So, foggy. Worst of it south and west of the city. And i promised michael and the gang because i think this is so cool, 71 in Staten Island right now. But what they do last night . They slept on the roof. It was a camp out night. This brings back fond memories for me. Notice the kids camping out with supplies and also a computer and a tv. See, remember when we were kids, we camped out, we had the computer and tv no. Thats right. We appreciate that. I hope the kids had a good time. Now, tell you whats, its sticky for a campout tonight. We have humidity this is a pretty shot. Look at that, the sun waiting to break on through. Youve got the beautiful pink line defining the cloud. 73, winds are calm, relative humidity at 78 percent. More reports of dense fog, toms river with a quartermile of visibility. A little foggy there. Great visibility north and west. Wet weather to the east. Some of these showers holding together, kicking over the sound, but, yeah, a lot of folks watering. We did a lot of watering over the weekend, just did not tap into any one those showers. A possibility of a stray shower or popup thunderstorm, too. You have the heat, humidity and ingredients for the storms. Front pushes through with leftover showers tomorrow. We could see wet weather to start the day and a popup shower as the front pushes through later to the east. Then we are looking good on wednesday. Wednesday, thursday, friday, very comfortable, the numbers will be nice with less humidity. It stays relatively quiet and warmer saturday into sunday. 1989, pete rose was banned from baseball and in 2006, pluto was demoted from its planet status. Kind of a series of downer days there. Lets get your spirits up, though, with hopefully good news from alex. Yeah, john, i can help you this morning. The belt parkway at jfk, if youre traveling here, happy to say no major delays making your way through the area. Typical rush hour traffic kind of ebbs and flows, but nothing out of the ordinary. To the george Washington Bridge, all of the hudson river crossings, a 5 to 10minute wait, better than typical, though. The west side highway down at canal Street Networks issues to report. Fdr drive is moving well. Be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you. The three americans who helped stop an apparent terrorist attack on a european train were honored by frances president earlier today. Now we have more on the men being called american heroes. Reporter the french president hailed them as heroes, presenting his countrys highest award to the three americans who stopped the gunman on a parisbound train. It was a lesson in courage, goodwill and hope, he said. Spencer stone, a u. S. Airman, alex scarlotos from the National Guard and their friend, anthony. What he ready to fight until the end. So were we. On sunday, they described as 26yearold moroccan. I feel our training mostly kicked in after the assailant was already subdued, but in the beginning it was mostly just gut instinct. Reporter they said luck played a role. A weak wifi signal encouraged them to change train cars. A jammed ak 47 gave them the chance to act. He grabbed the gun i put him in a choke hold. The decision saved untold lives. Hiding or sitting back is not going to accomplish anything. An act of heroism, the french president said today, that should be an inspiration to us all. The suspect told police he is not a terrorist and only intended to rob people on board the train. And firefighters in new jersey are calling for better Building Codes there. They say the flames that destroyed a huge compartment complex in edgewater in january could have been stopped. The fire left 500 people homeless. Firefighters from across the state gathered outside the remains of the complex yesterday. They demanded an end to to what they call toothpick towers made of lightweight wood. They burn 800 times fast yer faster 800 times faster than the legacy homes of conventional lumber 30, 40 years ago. They were promised Building Code changes seven months ago, but the state has not delivered. The governor says the reforms are before the state legislature. 6 17. Up next, the celebrity photo bomb a lot of people will be talking about today. And new starter . No problem. The mets continue their hot streak in the rockies. And as weve been reporting stock futures way down this morning. This after a brutal day on wall street. Friday, the dow plunged more than 530 points. The nasdaq fell 171. The s p 500 erased nearly 3 300 points. They all lost 3 percent of value. Lets look at the numbers. Many wrinkle creams come with high hopes, but hope. Doesnt work on wrinkles. Clinically proven neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair with the fastest retinol formula available, it works on fine lines and even deep wrinkles. Youll see younger looking skin in just one week. Stop hoping for results, and start seeing them. Rapid wrinkle repair. And for dark spots rapid tone repair. From neutrogena. wolves howling when heartburn comes creeping up on you. Fight back with relief so smooth and fast. Tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tumtumtumtumtums smoothies, only from tums. Look at this. They love monday. See, see . Look at this. It is a happy bunch. You can barely contain the excitement there. Lets see. There you go. Thank you, eric. About time. If you have an iphone six plus and notice youre taking blurry pictures, its not you. Apple is recalling a batch of iphone 6 pluses over a deinfect with the eyesight camera. It affects phones sold between december and january. Can i say one thing quickly about this for those of us at the desk here who try to take pictures and dont do a good job, its not your camera, its your ability at taking pictures, but i digress. Lets bring in john now. If you get a chance to meet rita today, our director, she looks stunning, all in sequins. She bedazzled. Your weather, its summer weather. Be sure to keep it nice and light and loose. It will be humid today. We will feel the numbers back in the 90s. South shore is cooler, mid80s north and west and with high dew points it feels like the 90s. On the beach, look at you. Moderate rip current risk. Now we focus on the tropics. Forecast moving west at 9 miles an hour on danny. Winds at 40 miles per hour. You can see wet weather for the leeward islands, but not a lot of storm surge or damaging winds. Still obviously a potent force, but zooming out, oh, could that be erika . Theres a 90 percent chance of another hurricane in the works in three to five days. We will watch that, as well. So, yeah, interesting, tis the season. Tropics are heating up a bit. The roads are heating up. Yes, i want to take a look at the live drive feed map. Traffic is moving well in new jersey. Tons of green out there. Traveling route 3, route 4, 80, 46, 280 all the way continuing to the hudson river crossings, you have a smooth ride. First the delays ebbing and traveling toward the brooklyn bridge, as you know, you have those delays and theyre out there again this morning. But mass transit ending with good news. Metro north p. A. T. H. Trains, new Jersey Transit and lirr all green. Alternate side is in effect citywide. And, we are, be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you, alex. Time for the cbs 2 wfan sports update. Great news for the mets, they have the biggest Division Lead in the league and getting their captain back. David wright makes a return after four months of being on the disabled list. Imagine what hell do for the lineup. The mets taking advantage of two wild pitches, scoring on both. Thats all they needed in colorado yesterday. Mets sweep the rockies and now have a fivegame lead over the nationals for first place in the National League east. Look at that. Okay. Yankees and the indians in new york added a new member to monument park. Andy petit had his number retired yesterday. And cc sabbatha had pain in his right knee. He was going on regular rest and attributed this to an increase in his velocity. If you understand that, raise your hand. Making matters worse, the go ahead run of the 8th. The yankees drop three of four to the indians. Theyre now behind the Toronto Blue Jays now. Almost time for the big reveal. Weve been waiting for this. Who photo bombed Cindy Crawford and her husband . First an emotional wedding ceremony for traceway morgan. Tracy morgan has fulfilled the dream and a promotion he made, which was walking down the aisle at his wedding. He wed his long time fiancie last night, 28yearold megan wollover, at a ceremony that was small and intimate. He is recovering from a devastating car accident a little more than a year ago he was severely injured when a wal mart tractortrailer slammed into his limo bus on the new jersey turnpike. He had to learn how to stand, sit and walk again. During his months of recovery, but he accomplished what he set out for and in the and the pictures are stunning. They looked great. They said it was incredibly emotional as you can imagine. Youve been blurring out this face all morning. Now i can reveal it for you. A romantic kiss, a tender moment between a gorgeous couple, Cindy Crawford and husband randy gerber. Nothing ruined the mood except maybe mr. Clooney. Photo bombed the couple at the luxury villa where theyre staying. Along with clooney and his wife, they all flew together there after spending a few days at clooneys home in italy. They have a lovely summer planned. Do you think she liked the picture . Shes probably like go, go, now, go in. That clooney, what a kidder. Coming up, top stories, including the bb gun scare at Gracie Mansion. And a young child, the victim in an earlymorning fire. Were live on the scene in marine park, brooklyn. And weve seen the lowest of gas prices this season. The latest survey on what youre now paying at the pump. The little baby who couldnt wait to make an appearance on the jersey shore. The location where the new parents got stuck. Cbs 2 news this morning continues in a moment. Every cup has a story. Dunkin kcup packs in my life were a good fit. A single serving for myself, its pretty special. It is like having a dunkin store in my home which is what ive always dreamed of. Bring home delicious dunkin kcup packs today. Your coffee, your dunkin. 130 yards now. Bills got a very tough lie here. Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, you whisper. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. This golf course is electric. A what a way to start your monday. 73 degrees. It is 6 30. August 24th, were looking at a muggy day, but a gorgeous one. We have showers possible this morning will it will stay that way for the next couple of days, but how about this for a start . What a city. A 2yearold boy rushed to the hospital early this morning after being trapped in a house fire. Crew rushed to the scene in marine park just after 1 00 this morning. We will have a live report in just a few homes. It could have been worse. A Police Officer who is a member of mayors security detail was hit by a pellet gun last night out of Gracie Mansion. Two people are in custody. The officer was checked out at the hospital, but released. And all eyes on wall street this morning. Stock futures are down again, this as asian markets tanked overnight after a major loss on the market here on friday afternoon. Im chris wragge. Along with mary calvi. John and alex. This has been the big story the last couple of days. China down 8. 5 percent today and were looking at a huge drop. The futures now down over 4 400 points. Thats an over 2 percent drop. Last week alone, 1,000 points. About 5 trillion in market value wiped out and everyone is crazy. Looking at the Big Companies and how far theyve gone down, apple down over 20 percent. And jill, our old buddy, says its overdue, stand pat and dont panic, even with panic in the numbers. Group you are v to relax and ride the ebb and flow. This is the first correction in four years. Its like when is the bubble going to hit . And here we are. One thing to do is to come over to new jersey because one of the by products is gas prices. Gas prices are down and oil prices are tanking, too. Send those pictures in. We will tell people where they can get the savings. Traffic and weather on the 2s. Taking a drive today, youre going to be okay, but well got to leave the possibility of a popup showers. Showers to the east of the city right now. You will see the passing shower this afternoon. Do not anticipate a lot of coverage at all. 73 in the city now. You can see were saying goodbye to the wet weather. Thats about it. The front pushes through later on tuesday. So we have this southwest wind and the heat and humidity today. Numbers are going to be above normal and with those higher dew points, its going to feel like 90, 90plus around the city today so dress fluids. Take. What a beautiful summer. And the ride to work . Youre okay in most of the areas. Major delays building in typical areas. The Staten Island expressway from victory boulevard to bradley avenue, you start to tap the brakes, but overall, a smooth morning out there. We have delays ebbing and flowing on the belt parkway, westbound making your way past jfk airport, but, again, Something Else youve planned for. We typically see it. Laguardia and Newark Liberty you. Back to you. Thank you, alex. We begin with breaking news this morning. A young child critically hurt fire. Ilana gold joins us live ilana . Reporter mary , the victim is a 2yearold boy. Neighbors say he was pulled from his bedroom here on the second floor and lifeless hospital. The fire was at a home on avenue p right by 38th strooelt. Th street. It start aid just after 1 00 this morning. Witnesses say they saw a lot of thick, heavy smoke coming from the childs bedroom and firefighters broke the upstairs windows to rescue him. Hes now in Critical Condition at beth israel hospital, being treated for smoke inhalation. We just talked to a woman who lives across the street. She said shes friends with the childs family, saw everything and says the fire has shaken the neighborhood. There was a lot of smoke, a lot of commotion and i know the family very well and its just unfortunate. What has the family told you . That everyones safe. Everyones stable. But they have a small child who is going to be transferred for their observation. Reporter Police Confirmed that the child is going to be transferred to a hospital in Staten Island for more intense treatment. Neighbors say a family of 6 lives at the home and everyone got out safely except for that 2yearold boy. At this point the cause of the fire is under investigation. Were live in marine park, brooklyn this morning, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Now to a developing story, two teenagers being questioned in the shooting of a city cop with a pellet gun. The officer is assigned to mayor de blasios security detail. Janelle burrell is live with more. Janelle . Reporter well, mary, police tell us that the officer was getting out of an Unmarked Police car here on east end avenue and felt a sharp pain in her back, which turned out to be that pellet believed to be fired from the building here behind me where police saw the 19yearold man and woman running moments after the shot was fired. Investigators say the officer was getting out of the passengers side of this black ford taurus, when the pellet struck her in the back just yards from Gracie Mansion. The female officer, part of mayor de blasios advance team, put up to the mayors residence on east end avenue ahead of his arrival when the incident happened around 7 15 sunday night. Police say the officers partner looked up and noticed people looking outside from the street. Officers ran into the building to see two people running from that Apartment Building. A 19yearold man and 19year old woman were arrested a short time later. Now, the mayor was not home at the time of the incident. As for the officer, part of the security detail, she was rushed to the hospital, treated and released, expected to be okay. Reporting live this morning from the upper east side, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Happening today, it is sentencing day for a man convicted of plotting to kidnap, rape, torture and kill woman and children. He came to the fbis attention after chatting online with acquitted cannibal cop ll1al0valle. His conviction was overturned after spending 21 months in prison. The judge ruled the evidence was just fantasy role play. It may be some time before the victims of a fatal fire in queens are positively identified. The fire broke out just after 1 00 yesterday afternoon in for rockaway. Two bodies were found amid the rubble. Bystanders grew agitated as the flames spread. This neighbor, wearing white, ran up the stairs while 911 was on the line. I did try to force entry of the front door. You dried to go inside . Yes, i tried to get in there. But a lot of smoke was coming out. Fire investigators say the fire started in careful and say the fight was complicated by belongings packed inside the home. No word yet on the cause of a fire in a harlem high rise. It happened yesterday on broadway. Video posted to social media shows black smoke and flames coming out of the apartment window. 14 people were hurt, including 7 firefighters, none of the injuries are lifethreatening. A developing story now, fear of more major lossst on wall street ahead of the markets open. Dow futures are down over 4 400 points right now. Asian markets are experiencing huge losses, as well, the market in shanghai fell by 8. 5 percent overnight. On friday, the dow lost over 5 500 points. Many u. S. Companies have been seeing huge reductions in their market value. The dow, the nasdaq, the s p 500 all lost 3 percent of total value on friday. The time is now 6 38. Still to come this morning, gas in new jersey now under 2 a gallon. As we mentioned before. How long is it going to last . Plus this i could hear trevor behind me,when he was completely panicked. New parents standing in traffic on the shore just as their baby decided to make her grand arrival. Hey terry stop they have a special so, what did you guys think of the test drive . I love the jetta. But what about a deal . Terry, stop its quite alright. You know what . We want to make a deal with you. Were twins, so could you give us two for the price of one . Come on, give us a deal. Look at how old i am. Do you come here often . He works here, terry you work here, right . Yes. Ok lets get to the point. Were going to take the deal. Get a 1000 volkswagen ward rd select tta dels. Or lease 2015 jetta s for 139 month after a 1000 volkswagen bonus. Good morning, welcome back. 73 degrees here at 6 41 on this monday. Hopefully youre ready to start the workweek off in style. Nice little sunrise shot for you here, live pictures on cbs 2 news this morning. Well get to weather in a moment. First, jimmy carter returned to teaching bible study on sunday. He began by speaking to students about his battle with cancer. This thursday they treated that with radiation and im taking some additional medicine to stimulate my autoimmune system to fight against the cancer. The former first lady was among more than 700 people who attended two sessions at a church in georgia. Many of the students traveled hundreds of miles. Carter revealed in june that doctors found cancer in his liver. An mri this month shows the cancer spread to his brain. 6 42 now. Traffic and weather on the 2s snyt pretty views this morning. We had a shot of the sun and clouds above and below. We have fog in parts of the area, wealth weather in parts of the area. It is summer variety out there. I love that, thats gorgeous. Greg harris on camera pointed this out to me. While we talked, he had a tear in his eye. I mean, he was so move. Isnt that beautiful, greg . Its beautiful. Really beautiful this morning. Again, there is fog out there. A little bit of wet weather clearing the island, too. Around the area, hackensack, 67. Good morning to you, jersey city, 67, as well. 69 in Staten Island right now. We have 72 here at the station. Around the area, cool spot, look at that, monticello at 55. 57 in sparta. 74 in greenwich. Now, the numbers compared to yesterday, its a little warmer. Oh, its going to be a little warmer. Guess what . Dew points are up, too, 2 to 5 to 7 degrees higher. Theres more humidity and the dew point in the city is 66. 65 starts to feel uncomfortable. 72 for a dew point, conducive to rain. Some wet weather out west still. 86 your anticipated high today, above normal. Yeah, and accentuated by the higher dew points. The suns up, we proved it. Sun sets at 7 41. Speaking of, u. V. Forecast an 8. Going to be a long time outside. I hope you enjoy the weather. Be sure to have the sunscreen on, the allergy meds, too. Or youre doing everything you need to do to keep the sneezing away. 9. 7 the forecast today. And if its a beach day, dont forget moderate rip current risk. Im just like a nag, arent i . Welt weather clearing the island. That will head into parts of connecticut and long island. It is relatively quiet elsewhere. Humidity. Feeling like 90plus. Overnight tonight, youre looking at 73. A chance of a shower, same deal generally quiet everywhere on the highway, is it, alex . No, john, we begin with an accident on the new jersey turnpike northbound in the truck lanes near interchange 11, the garden state parkway. We have an overturned truck on the shoulder, minor delays in the area. No need for an alternate yet. We will tell you if that changes. Moving to northern new jersey, taking a look here, traveling on route 3 and east rutherford. You have 1746, 80 in this area. But delays building going to the hudson river crossings. A 10 to 15minute wait in this area. And waive commuter alert for the george Washington Bridge. Starting today, the lower level eastbound lanes will be closed from 9 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. Burg the week and 11 00 p. M. Friday to 8 00 a. M. On saturday. Workers will be removing temporary construction platforms used for work on the upper level and not the only comroout commuter alert. Lets look at the Tappan Zee Bridge. They will have lane closures, starting tonight for the now few nights. All lanes reopen at 5 00 a. M. The next morning. Crews are trying to install gridders and were going to be watching all of this and let you know as it changes throughout the morning. Back to you. Thank you, alex. City transportation officials unveil Pedestrian Safety improvements at a dangerous intersection near the Barkley Center in brooklyn. Its been the scene of numerous accidents. Last month, the bicyclist was killed and three others injured when an suv slammed into two cars. Improvements include extended pedestrian islands and pedestrian signals with countdown clocks. Happening today on long island, a News Conference to announce the steps taken to prevent future damage to the pine barons. This is 20 years after wildfires charred 5,000 acres in westhampton. Nearly a year since a 9 yearold girl from new jersey accidentally killed an instructor at an arizona shooting range. The girl failed to control the recoil on a mini uzi. The minimum age requirement now to shoot has been raised from 9 to 12 but employees can waive the rule in a younger child appears mature enough handle a gun. Turmoil over trash in lebanon. Thousands of protestors in beirut have been setting fires for days and clashing with police. They demand that government leaders resign as enormous heaps of garbage pile up. They say the lack of trash pick up is an example of government dysfunction. Dozens have been hurt in the demonstrations. Senate minority leader harry reid announced his support for the iran nuclear deal. He said, this is iran agreement is not based on trust, its based on strict enforcement and rigorous monitoring of inspections. He also said he would do everything in his power to make sure the deal stands. Several local democrats have come out against the deal, including reids likely successor, charles schumer. Things are less painful at the pump these days, there is a drop in perth amboy, new jersey. Falling crude oil prices and the end of the summer driving reasons why. I used to pend 100 a tank. Now its 50. Its wonderful. It makes it a pleasure to drive again. And on your screen you can see the current price for a until new jersey is 2. 29. 3. 26. New york is a dollar cheaper than last year, as well. In connecticut, the average years 3. 75. Dozens of minute and women paraded through the streets of manhattan topless yesterday. The go topless pride parade came amid a controversy in times square. Yesterday, they marched from Columbus Circle to bryant park. Some people we spoke with said it was to promote a message of gender equality. This isnt just about taking our sheets off. Its about equal pay, equal insurance. Mothers can breastfeed their kids without getting stigmatized, harassed and kicked out. While this was the first parade of its kind in new york city, yesterday marked the eighthual go topless parade. 60 other cities around the world had the parades. 6 48. Still to come, a check on the latest numbers on wall street. Also next, the special delivery on the shore and were not talking about pizza, you know what i mean . Tonight, the yankees host the astros, the mets are in philly. Yesterday, the yankees lost to cleveland again. While the mets swept the rockies, again. But tonight, the mets will be welcoming back captain david wright in his first action since april. Since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. Welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning. We have beautiful blue skies out there. Temperatures in the 70s climbing into the 80s. We will get a check right now at the rest of today. A study in color and shade. I just love this. The cloud obscuring the sun, the blue to the top, the brighter yellow to the bottom. Just georgeous out there. Clear and 73. Take a deep breath, get ready for monday. Numbers at lunchtime, already 84. Feeling like 88. 86 the high today with a high dew point. Feels like 90. Warm rays, you bet 82 for the south shore with a southwest wind, but very mullingy. The humidity is high today and tomorrow. A nice break wednesday into thursday. Until then, be sure to keep it nice, light and slow. Right, alex . . In some areas, yes, john. There is an accident on the new jersey turnpike in the northbound truck lanes near interchange 11, the garden state parkway. It is an overturned truck blocking the shoulder. We have delays kind of continuing to ebb and flow northbound going to the bqe at the brooklyn bridge. You will want to plan for that. To the hudson river crossings, the lincoln tunnel, there is a 30minute delay as you make your way to the tolls. We have a disabled bus blocking the exclusive bus lane. That could be contributing to some of the delays. The holland and george Washington Bridge, a 15minute wait. Alternate side is in effect citywide. Back to you. Thank you, alex. A baby girl wasnt going to let last weeks traffic stop her from coming to the new world. Saturday night, a new jersey man tackled heavy shore gridlock to get his wife to the hospital. While in the traffic, six miles away from the hospital in sea bright, trevor realized the baby wasnt to wait so he pulled over. She put the seat in recline, took her pants off and i saw the babys head. I was like oh, my goodness. Lucky for them a, nurse going to a party nearby heard the cries for help and came to the couples aid. Bela rose was born in the front seat at 7 pounds 13 ounces. Shes doing fine. Moms doing okay. Everybodys great. Congratulations to them. Another great story from the jersey shore. Oh, boy. In traffic. Are you kidding . Lets check in with cbs this morning, Nora Odonnell and nora mason join us this monday. Good morning to you guys. Americans receive frances highest honor. How they stopped the train attack gunman. And wall street starts the week on edge. We will talk with melody hobson about whats behind the big market drop. And Consumer Reports with a new study on the dangers of ground beef. And the national zoo is working around the clock to keep the newborn panda twins healthy. Arent they cute . They were not born in the back of a car. The news is back in the morning. Well see you in a few minutes. Thank you, guys. What you need to know before you go, next. Heres what you need to know before you go. A young child critically hurt in an earlymorning brooklyn fire. It started on avenue p near 38th street in marine park. Neighbors say they saw smoke coming from the childs bedroom. No cause has been determined. Two teenagers are being questioned this morning in the pellet gun shooting of a city cop. The officer assigned to mayor de blasios security detail was wounded last night outside of Gracie Mansion. She was treated at a hospital and released. All signs point to big losses on wall street again with dow futures down more than 4 400 points right now. On friday, the dow jones plunged more than 530 points. The s p 500 lost nearly 65 points. All told last week was the worst for investors in over four years. City transportation officials unveil pedestrian improvements today near the bacrlay center in brooklyn. Last month, a bicyclist was killed and three others injured when an suv slammed into two cars. Alex denis has a final look at traffic. We have an accident on the new jersey turnpike northbound. Its in the truck lanes near interchange 11, the garden state parkway. Its an overturned truck on the shoulder. A disabled bus blocking the exclusive bus lanes on the lincoln tunnel. Thats a 30minute delay. 20 minutes at the holland and george Washington Bridge. Back to you. Thank you. Lazy, hazy, crazy, feeling the heat and humidity today. 86 will feel like 90plus. Showers still east of the city, slowly clearing between forks, but then popup showers possible today and tomorrow. Sweet relief with less humidity and nicer numbers, wednesday through the end of the week. But its definitely feeling like august today. Thank you, john. We will have more news and weather in 25 minutes. Thanks for joining us. Im mary calvi