The growing memorial behind me is proof of that. Many here in southwest virginia were tuned in for what was supposed to be a live feel good story. It turned into anything but. A memorial of flowers and balloons grew overnight outside wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia. The station still cant believe two beloved colleagues are gone. All day the community has provided an outpouring just of support for us. Reporter reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air wednesday morning. [ sound of gunfire ] by a disgruntled former employee of their station. Im going to have reporter that employee was a fellow journalist. Vester flanagan. He went by the name Bryce Williams while reporting for the station. The 41yearold was let go two years ago and andy parker says his daughter died doing what she loved. Its hard to get your arms arnold it and around it ask realize or try and make sense of why it happened. Reporter before killing himself Authorities Say flanagan went on a twitter rant saying allison made racist comments and adam complained about him to hr. Flanagan apparently described himself as a human powder keg. Motivated by the Charleston Church shooting massacre. President obama called wednesdays shooting a moment to reflect on. I think its one more argument for why we need to look at you know how we can reduce gun violence in this country. Reporter prayer vigils will planned for the community and the coming days. At last check the woman who was also shot during the shooting it was in the hospital in stable condition. She did undergo surgery after being shot in the back. Meantime, flanagans family did release a Statement Last night saying their thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. Were live in roanoke, virginia this morning, don champion, cbs2 news. Don thank you so much. More on the shocking story in just a moment. But lets get to traffic and weather together on the 2s for you. Hey john. Good morning mary and chris, High Pressure just rolls in, sticks around and then actually camps out through the weekend but the weekend on the flip side will be much warmer. Its refreshing out the door, very comfortable clear and 68 with calm winds. You can see it is going to be a mostly sunny day today and a few more clouds filling in this afternoon though. But just some nice summer variety. Air mass is very dry. Not conducive to showers. And humidity values stay in check, the real feel numbers feel like the thermometer. Right around 82 which is right around what you would expect this time of the year. So delightful weather. Hopefully a nice quiet ride. Waiting for you as well. Whats going on . Not too bad out there john as you go to the George Washington bridge you are moving well in both directions, overnight construction though. But thats cleared out and lincoln tunnel and holland tunnels also flowing freely for you. We have the Brooklyn Bridge closed as you come into manhattan. Again for construction and you can see we have traffic kind of hesitating going to the Brooklyn Bridge. Well continue to update you on this and construction on the Staten Island expressway eastbound is out there as well between bradley avenue. Alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Thank you. More now on the virginia tv crew killeddened the job yesterday morning. Alison parker and adam ward worked together every day reporting live for the stations morning show. Cbs2s Jessica Schneider has details on the young lives lost. Reporter they were a news team who took on the rough assignments with the same passion as the fun assignments. Alison parker in front of the camera and adam ward behind it. She had just worked on a very serious project we had which is an hour long special unclews that aired just last on child abuse that aired just last week and gave her all to the job. Adam was the same way and they worked together as a team for a long time. Reporter parker was 24 years old. A reporter her colleagues call a rock star. She grew up outside of roanoke and treasured her family, sharing their stories on this facebook video. I come from a family that absolutely loves the arts. Mill mom works the my mom works the piedmont arts in martinsville. Reporter her father andy told the Washington Post reporter chris hurst is an anchor there. He and parker just moved in together after dating for the past nine months. I had a habit of always wanting her to text me when she got to work safely. The last thing she said to me was good night sweet boy. The next thing i knew i wake up to phone calls from the station a little after 7 00 saying there had been a shooting that happened on Live Television. Reporter ward was 27 and engaged to the morning news producer who watched it unfold on Live Television while she was in the studio control room. Jessica schneider, cbs2 news. Ward was thinking about charlotte, north carolina. Alison parker was interviewing a local chamber of Commerce Executive director vicki gardner, gardner underwent surgery and is recovering this morning. News crews around the country including here at cbs2 are using the hashtag estandwithwdbj and tweeting photos of themselves on the job. And stay with cbs2 for continuing coverage on the news crew killed. Well have live coverage throughout the morning and on cbsnewyork. Com. Turning now to breaking news in new jersey. Firefighters scrambled to put out a fire in union county. You can see the large flames and thick plumes of smoke shooting through the plain field home. The fire started in the attic overnight and crews worked tirelessly to keep the flames from spreading to nearby homes. Police say everyone was able to get out safely. The cause of the fire is under investigation. And developing in brooklyn, Police Released Surveillance Video of a suspect in an attempted rape. It happened at 74th street and 20th avenue in bensonhurst rier this month. Police say the man grabbed the woman from behind and tried to kiss her neck. She resisted and the suspect ran off. Well, divers will resume their search for a missing officialerman in new jersey today. Tom andersons sunken 40foot trawler was found yesterday in the Sandy Hook Channel and state police used sonar to locate it. He is believed to have been on board alone. The Recovery Mission was suspended yesterday afternoon because of dangerous water currents. Mayor de blasio wants to clean up bad behavior in times square. New task force will crack down on aggressive costumed characters, bare chested painted ladies and panhandlers. De blasio says the behavior sometimes borders on harassment and officers will also be on the lookout to make sure the characters dont spread to coney island and battery park. The new task force could be on the streets by october and will be on patrol 24 7. Update now on the story we first brought you tuesday night. A brooklyn mother is breathing relief this morning after a hornets nest was finally removed. Cbs2 stepped in to help Mary Jane Kohler of diker heights. She was worried theyd hurt her children and an upcoming block party. She asked the city for help but her requests were ignored. We reached out to a private beekeeper who agreed to remove the nest for free. I wanted to help. I could feel it in my body. A big relief. I can feel it. I could just feel everything going down. You think the city should have done something sooner . Absolutely. A spokesperson for councilman says they asked the nypd to send a beekeeper to help but he would not have been available until today at the earliest. 4 38. Still to come, what would you do with 800 pounds of butter . The new attraction at the new York State Fair. Also first office Abercrombie Fitch to stop on call shifts, now another retail is doing the same. See how one teacher hope toss save some cash hopes to save some cash this year. I should be happy. Always kind of bums me out. All right weather making me happy. Seasonable sun and nice dry stretch continues and a warmup in the works for the weekend. Were in the works and ready for traffic and weather together on the 2s in just a bit. 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. On this thursday, so pretty nice and welcome out the door. Great. 68 degrees out there and 4 41. Welcome back to cbs2 news this morning. On this thursday morning. Tropical storm erika may make landfall in south florida late this weekend and if Power Companies getting ready. Workers and equipment are being move today areas most likely to be affected too early so say how much force that storm will have. The National Hurricane center says erika will move near puerto rico and the Virgin Islands today. Time now 4 42. Time for traffic and weather together on the 2s, lets bring in john elliott. Hi johnny. Not even a hurricane yet. Could make a category 1 status just off the coast of florida. Take a look at the stats a couple of times this morning. All right, weather watchers, theyre up early. Heres proof. You have les at 68 in little neck, he says look im up early getting ready for the last wednesday in august. What in the world happened to august . That is just amazing. It is going to be a pretty august. 65 another nice number. This is from tony. Tony i like because he always reports he says this is great sleeping weather and he never sleeps. I tell you what the nice thing was was the ac was off last night which was great for me. Yesterday was national dog day. I knew Charlie Hoffman would send in a picture of at least one pup. He has the ducks in a row there and a dog in the pond. Thanks for that a as always charlie. A Beautiful Day yesterday just a few more clouds today. Numbers right around where they should be this time of the year. Feels comfortable. 68 in the city. Obviously cooler. North and west. Relative humidity very nice. 63 . But relative to a lower number. Lower numbers we have those two. Monticello 57 and 56 in sparta. Guy from sparta loves this weather. Hes a hot cocoa man. 65 in babylon and greenwich. 57 in the hamptons and 61 in belmar. You know, you do the math, and on average these numbers a few degrees cooler. Its always more pronounced you get the crazy swings there. Where you cant hang on to the heat around the hamptons but a comfortable day today. And those real feel numbers . Real nice. Because theyre going to match the thermometer. 82 degrees in the city. How sweet is it . Lituate makes you want to it actually makes you want to dance. Unless youre greg on camera too. No dancing for greg. You can see High Pressure is in control. So weve got this great kind of blocking mechanism. I know, i was watering last night and we could use the rain. Its not going to happen. Well, we should see is a few more clouds this afternoon. Dont get freaked out. North and west some moisture in the atmosphere but again the surface is so dry. Tonight its refreshing and friday a fabulous way to wrap up the week, saturday and sunday, tell you what, models indicating that we stay dry right through the weekend. But sunday into monday, thats when youre going to feel more humidity. So it is going to be a warm finish to the weekend. If youre headed to the beach but look at the air temperature readings. They are up with that south wind. Ocean temperatures very nice. Heading to the mountains . Very nice. Similar story. Youre a little warmer on sunday and its going to be a little more humid. So youll see more clouds overhead. Well north and west of our area could see a renegade shower. But the odds are low. This is a big area of High Pressure that is going to be the driving force of our fine weather today, tomorrow and sat and into the sticky sunday into monday. The big 9 on monday. 4 45. Hopefully you have a nice ride early alex. Not that bad out there john. Traveling here in northern new jersey, taking a look here at our live drive speed map. Tons of green if youre traveling on route 3 you have 80, 17, 46 in the area as well as 23 no issues to report, with a live look right now route 3 if youre traveling by the meadowlands or in East Rutherford thats what it looks like. No issues to report, in manhattan the fdr drive moving well in thes. Alternate side is in effect citywide 20s. Alternate side is in effect citywide. And remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris back to you. Okay thank you. Good morning, heres the quick look at the stories making headlines for us this morning. A Louisiana Police officer was shot and killed when he responded to a call from a house where three women were stabbed and one fatally. It happened yet in the town of sunset about 60 miles from baton rouge. The gunman as wired by a s. W. A. T. Team. A colorado judge has formally sentenced james holmes to multiple life terms for the masser that left 12 people dead and 70pounded. A wounded. A judge said quote the defendant doesnt deserve any sympathy. And american student who helped stop a terror attack on a train in france says he is happy to be home. Anthony sadler was honored the sacramento, california last night. Sadler and two friends helped subdue a gunman on the train last week. On money watch, u. S. Stock futures are up this morning. Asian markets closed higher street wednesday. Stocks had their best day since 2011 with the dow climbing 619 points. The nasdaq was up 191 points and s p added 72. The rally ended four days of plummeting prices when the dow shed 1700 points. Retail clothing giant the gap is changing the way it schedules employees ending a demand they be available for work shifts with almost no notice. The company has been under pressure to make the change for its five brands including the old navy. Other big changes like starbucks have already begun phasing out socalled on call scheduling. In april new yorks attorney general sent the company letters questioning if the practice was even legal. Facebook is taking on apples siri and microsoft with a new digital assistant inside the Facebook Messenger app. The new Service Called emm is being tested in the San Francisco area. Facebook says its a tool that quote completes tasks and finds information on your behalf. The messenger app was broken out of facebook just over a year ago. Well, from number two pencils to spiral bound notebooks, the cost of School Supplies can add up and not just for parents. But for teachers too. But a new trend teachers are turning to crowd funding for help. Cbs2s Tracee Carrasco has the story. Every day or every week, youre buying something. Reporter Kindergarten Teacher Joanne Ramirez typically spends 1,000 of her own money each year. That includes even the most basic of necessities. Copy paper, markers, crayons, pencils, just office supplies. Reporter and parents see how much these teachers are paying out of pocket. They spend extra money out of their own pocket, im sure they have families. Reporter ramirez and fellow teachers at ps 111 in Hells Kitchen can ask for help, sometimes its just not enough. On average, 75 of our parents can actually donate what we ask for. The rest we have to kind of do ourselves. Reporter so this school year, ramirez is turning to the internet for help. She started a go fund me page to fill in the gaps and to get her students additional tables, cushions, a classroom library, and these basic supplies. Literally the next morning, i woke up and i still had like 100. The next day i had like 150, its just been people spread the word you know. Reporter she says family and friends and even strangers have donated. Theres actually been people i dont know on the list but wanted to make some kind of contribution. Reporter Joanne Ramirez says since she started her Online Fundraising efforts, three weeks ago, shes raised a little more than 1,000. Shes hoping to reach her goal of 1,500 before the school year starts. Reporting from jersey city, Tracee Carrasco, cbs2 news. Time is now 4 9. You know the crazy things that state fairs do with butter, wait until you see what the new York State Fair came up with this time. What does a Lifetime Warranty actually mean . The answer might surprise you. Another check of your traffic and weather together on the 2s when we come back. Well, welcome back to cbs2 on this thursday morning, in august 27th. Its 68 degrees out there feels wonderful. Boy the great new York State Fair officially opens today in syracuse. One of the major attractions at 800pound butter sculpture. Revolving in a chilled display case. It shows People Holding a milk crate and a gallon jug of milk with the statue of liberty in the middle. The sculptures titled million thanks for the milk, new york. There you go. Its amazing what they do to the butter. Lot easier than marble. You spent your time up there in syracuse, you know all about this right . Probably easier than margarine too. It might be. A lot easier than cottage cheese. Those cheese folks just never folks just never last. A dairy delight maybe some ice cream later today . Why not . Its going to melt crazy fast like it would have earlier in the month. 82 another winner and upper 70s for some spots. I know how sweet it is. Now lets talk erika. We have some new numbers to show and share waiting for more rain. Now its going to rain into a moisture rich atmosphere off the coast of florida. Now the new update winds are up to 50 miles an hour. Moving west at 16 miles an hour. So some problems for puerto rico on friday. And then closer to cuba on saturday. Likely strengthening to just Hurricane Force off the coast of florida early next week. Okay john thanks so much. To the commute this morning. Overall actually a really nice ride out there. We have some delays eastbound on the Staten Island expressway. Construction between richmond avenue and bradley avenue. You deal with this every morning. Not standstill yet you are still creeping along. Know its there. If you are traveling on the bqe traveling to the brink, we have the delays Brooklyn Bridge, we have the delays building again typical in this area. Closed into manhattan until about 6 00. Continue to show you this so you know what you have for the ride and alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Thank you. In our next half hour, burker king called the truce with mcdonalds. But the big mack doesnt want it. Whats the deal with lifetime warranties . That lifetime might be a lot shorter than you think. [excited yelling] ah, yes you cant stop it aww. Your mom liked my post. Youre friends with my mother . Whoa. Another episode . 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Reporter jimmy ipp didnt expect the blinds to last forever but he did expect hed be able to get them fixed as long as he owned them. After all, they came with a limited Lifetime Warranty. And when i saw lifetime, i thought hey, this is a great deal. Ill buy this blind and i cannot have to worry about it for the lifetime of ownership. Reporter but when ipp contacted just blinds he got a surprise. That Lifetime Warranty . Was only good for five years. Or as the email explains, the lifetime of the average blind. Hed had his for seven. It was kind of deceitful to me. A Lifetime Warranty cannot just mean five years. Because that would be a five Year Warranty. Reporter and consumer advocate and former assistant attorney general edward says if they use the term lifetime, the company has to define whose lifetime they mean. The Product Warranty on just blinds website says theyre covered if quote service is ever needed. But when we contacted the company they pointed us to a second three Year Warranty description buried deep and every product description. Jimmy is now looking more carefully at warranties to avoid being blindsided. Sleep number says it wants nothing more than for him than to be completely satisfied and has agreed to lee place the blinds replace the blinds. Regulations require that Warranty Information be located in or near the product description. Julie watts, cbs2 news. And add to that how much you pay for those lifetime warranties. Are you a warranty person . You guys . Here and there. No . All my wife will take it back. Years later. Really . Oh, yeah. Shes a big warranty person. They get you though. Those things are expensive. They are. You want that comfort. Yeah johnny what do we have there weatherwise . I gave you my warranty that today will be fine. Are you going take it back . No. Nice today and fabulous on your friday too. Not going to cost us anything. No. How we doing out . Typical construction but really no accidents overall pretty smooth ride. All right. Time now im sorry. 4 58. Still ahead, todays top stories including news crew killed on Live Television, the morning show where it all happened goes back on the air just seconds from now. Also imagine having to wear rubber gloves every morning in the shower while one long island family is doing it to protect themselves, cbs2 news begins in 90 seconds. It is 5 00 a. M. 68 degrees on this thursday, august 27th. The humidity takes you back to the second day in a row. Going to be a nice one out there today. Good morning, im mary calvi. And im chris wragge. Well have traffic and weather together on the 2s in just a moment. But first heres whats new this morning. Towards the end, there were issues with temper. And ability to work with others. We are learning more this morning about the man police say shot and killed a tv news crew a former colleague of theirs was a lengthy history of trouble at tv stations across the country. Alison was the brightest light that i have ever met. Meanwhile, a community of friends, family and colleagues are mourning the loss of reporter Alison Parker and her camera man adam ward. The pair worked side by side every morning. The show they worked on together just went back on the air moments ago. And we will have the live report. Were following breaking news of a massive house fire in plain field, new jersey. Crews worked tirelessly to keep the flames from spreading to nearby homes. We are live at the scene. Hes only got three years on the water. And thats not enough to be out there by yourself. Day three in the search for a missing fisherman. Tom anderson is believed to have been on board that boat alone. Search teams recovered the boat yesterday but anderson hasnt been found. Rescuers are expected to head back out onto the water today. Goal is to crack down on a particular aggressive solicitation. Reporter clean up times square by cracking down on quality of life issues. Two of the Worlds Largest brands were in the perfect position to influence change and like bk, mcdonalds is committed to deliver helping the world a better place. Burger king wants to call an end to its beef with mcdonalds for at least one day. The fast food chain proposed a new sandwich that shows the best of both worlds coming up well reveal the tasty new combo and how mcdoppeds responded to the add. It is 5 02. How about we get to tuesday . John . I would traffic and weather together on the 2s . I would like fries with that story. Both have apple pies by the way. How sweet it is. Thats the weather. We have really nice conditions right now. Its on the cool side. Clear and 67. Cooler for me out in the hills of essex and winds out of the northwest. Thats that dry wind. Am pull sun today and a ample sun today and a few more clouds may actually punctuate the afternoon skies. Just a little variety. Its very comfortable. Great day to look forward to if you have business keeps you on the road or you can sneak away and have some fun. Lets see talk about that sneaking right now. Hows it going alex . John actually its a pretty smooth ride. Taking a look, again no issues here. The fdr drive though that construction weve been telling you about is out again this morning. Northbound between 79th and 96th street just a little bit of a hesitation as you go through the area. If youre traveling on the west side highway though, its smooth ride. This is the belt parkway at jfk airport, everything is clear here. Now mass transit. Tons of green out there are owl on or close to schedule for you. And alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Okay thanks so much alex. We have some breaking news in new jersey. Residents scrambled to escape a excuse me. Before we get to that, nearly 24 hours after a news crew was shot and killed on Live Television, the morning show where it all happened returns to the air, police say a former coworker pulled the trigger killing Alison Parker and adam ward. Recording it all on his cell phone. This morning, we have Live Team Coverage of the news crew shooting and we begin with cbs2s don champion he is live in roanoke, virginia for us this morning. Don . Reporter good morning chris and mary, theres been a huge show of support from the community for grieving employees here at wdbj. The growing memorial behind me is proof of that. Many here in southwest virginia watched as what was supposed to be a live feel good story turned into anything but. A memorial of flowers and balloons grew overnight outside wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia. The station still cant believe two beloved colleagues are gone. All day the community has provided an outpouring just of support for us. Reporter reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air wednesday morning. [ sound of gunfire ] by a disgruntled former employee of their station. Im going to have reporter that employee was a fellow journalist. Vester flanagan. He went by the name Bryce Williams while reporting for the station. The 41yearold was let go two years ago and andy parker says his daughter died doing what she loved. Its hard to get your arms around it and realize or try and make sense of why it happened. Reporter before killing himself Authorities Say flanagan went on a twitter rant saying allison made racist comments and adam complained about him to hr. In a 23 page document faxed to abc news, flanagan apparently described himself as a human powder keg. Motivated by the Charleston Church shooting massacre. President obama called wednesdays shooting a moment to reflect on. I think its one more argument for why we need to look at you know how we can reduce gun violence in this country. Reporter prayer vigils are planned for the community in the coming days. At last check the woman who was also shot during the shooting it was in the hospital in stable condition. She did undergo surgery after being shot in the back. Meantime, flanagans family did release a Statement Last night saying their thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. Were live in roanoke, virginia this morning, don champion, cbs2 news. All right don thank you. The roanoke stations morning show is just on the air as scheduled. Cbs2s ilana gold joins us now with more. Reporter the stations 5 00 morning show started just moments ago. A little less than 24 hours since the shooting that shocked the nation. Good morning, it is just after 5 00 on thursday, august 27th. 2015. We come to you this morning with very heavy hearts two of our own were shot and killed during a live shot yesterday morning. Alison parker and adam ward were part of the family here at the station and many of you are v told us they were part of your morning day as well. We cannot express how much your support means to us. And to help us out with the coverage today, weve had a lot reporter thats how the show began. Is an cores giving a transcribe ewe anchors giving a tribute to their colleagues. They worked together every morning on that show. She was in front of the camera, she was behind it. Their colleagues say the team had so much energy and excitement for every assignment. Alison parker was 24 years old and she grew up outside of roanoke and treasured her family. She had just moved in with her boyfriend an anchor at the same television station. And they had been dating for the last nine months. I had a habit of always wanting her to text me when she got to work safely. And she did so and the last thing that she said to me was good night sweet boy. And the next thing i knew i wake up to phone calls from the station a little after 7 00 telling me there had been a shooting that happened live on television. Reporter adam ward was 27. He was engaged to the morning news producer there. And she watched the scene unfold on live tv when she was in the studios control room. Such a hard time for everyone at that station. Again, the morning show is just Getting Started and well have much more if that broadcast from that broadcast coming up at 6 00. Mary . Our thoughts are certainly with wdbj this morning. Thank you so much. Stay with cbs2 for continuing coverage on the news crew killed. We have a live coverage throughout the morning and on cbsnewyork. Com. We are following breaking news in new jersey. Residents scramble toed escape a fire that to escape a fire that fred to spread to three homes in spread to three homes in union county. Cbs2s Janelle Burrell joins us live. Reporter the fire now out after tearing through those three homes here an east 2nd street and plainfield and you can see firefighters here now wrapping up this scene here behind me. After arriving at the scene just after 2 00 this morning. They say when they got here, number 640 here on east 2nd was completely engulfed in flames. Those flames quickly spreading to the two homes on both sides of the structure. You can see from some video earlier this morning just how bad the flames were. It took about 80 firefighters from here in plainfield and surrounding towns to get those flames under control. The fire chief does tell us though that all of the people inside of the building as far as they know did get out safely. They say part of the building number 640 they plan on doing a more thorough search later in the day. They say no injuries for firefighters or residents and thats the good news but again one house completely destroyed. Two others significantly smoke damage after the fire here overnight. Reporting live this morning from plainfield, new jersey, Janelle Burrell, cbs2 news. Thank you. It is 5 09 and coming up, sad news about one of the twin pandas born in Washingtons National zoo. Also, why the shower is a dangerous place for a long island family. And a blast if the past. From the past. What the supermodels of the 90s with now up to are now up to. I cant wait for that story. Your weather story . Lets see what do we need. We need the shades uhhuh. Umbrella not going to need that. Sunscreen absolutely. Just keep it comfortable its going to feel great. Traffic and weather together on the 2s coming right up. Welcome back to cbs2 news this morning. It is 12 minutes after the hour, lets get to traffic and weather together on the 2s for you. Lets begin with john elliott. Did you enjoy yesterday . Of course beautiful yes. Today more of the same. Maybe a nudge cooler. Yeah even better. Then tomorrow fantastic for your friday. I would be shocked if it werent three day weekend for many. Just because tomorrow is going to be so nice. So make some plans to enjoy it and i actually washed my car yesterday. And yeah met dominic at the car wash. And he said hey are you the weather man . I said thats why im here man because i know i know were okay. I can actually wash my car. Of course i have to do it myself . 5. 67 the clear skies. And winds out of the northwest at 5 miles an hour. Relative humidity 63 . Great. Now up north, its cool in danbury the Great Northern city of danbury 59. Look at that. Middletown at 57. Whoo. Monroe at 59 as well. 61 terrytown. Sit comfortable out the door. It is comfortable out the door. 67 in the city and 69 in woodmere a little warmer there. A pair of 6s for chatham and very nice. 55 in spring lake. All right along the boardwalk up to Point Pleasant and all the way up to sandy hook, its going to be a nice day today. In the city 79 for lunchtime. 82 your high. Right where you should be. And a few more clouds this afternoon. Thats about it. Dew points stay nice and low. Humidity values, yeah, comfortable. Dry today, tomorrow and its a little more humid saturday into sunday. Into monday. And the numbers are up too. Sunday and monday both flirting with 90 degrees. Right now though you can see nice and quiet. Theres a little bit of moisture aloft in parts of ontario, thats about it. Its a big ridge of High Pressure so we really can serve up the best of both worlds. High. So its very quiet today. And tomorrow. Its warm. Its not that hot. And its not that humid. So it feels good. Now for those of you who want to wrap up that last august weekend with more of a summer sizzler, weve got that too. Weve got building heat with the highs shifting off to the east. You get that wind out of the southwest so its going to be a little hot this weekend. Temperatures going to be on the rise. And dew points up there too. So it gets a little sticky. Welcome rain for first part of next week . We do need the rain. But some of the models are keeping us dry all the way through tuesday but with the adds dew points or higher dew points and a little bit of lift in the atmosphere hopefully a shower or two first part of next week. Today 82. Just very nice and great sleeping weather tonight. 64. Your friday looks fabulous and then its warmer into the weekend. Make some plans. Hey lets plan your trip right now with alex denis. John, thank you. Lets take a look at one of the hundreds of cameras in the area showing you the Tappan Zee Bridge as you into go and throughout both westchester and rockland county. Aphasmid right this morning. Ride this morning. In brooklyn the gowanus, a little further north of here we start toshy the delays building on the bqe as you approach the Brooklyn Bridge. That construction out there again until 6 00. And well continue to watch that throughout the morning ride but also happening today, installation of a new track on part of the Long Island Railroad system. The roads double track project gets underway on the busy ronkonkoma branch. It will bring Service Improvements to the line including half Hourly Service during off peak periods and on the weekends. The second track will stretch from ronkonkoma to farmingdale for 18 miles. Chris and mary, back to you. A hot shower should be relaxing. A long island mother says the family has been getting shocked in the shower for months. Cbs2s Jennifer Mclogan reports from Port Jefferson station. I dont want to get electro cuted and i dont want to come home to god forbid one of my kids being electrocuted. Reporter elizabeth says the summer has been a jolt for her and her daughters home from college. Without the gloves on, and we touch this . We get an electrical shock. That would just like back us up like oh my god. Come right through the whole system . Yeah. My daughter got an electrical shock that lasted three hours. Reporter they called in an electrician who told them their condo was not properly grounded to their utilitys wiring. He said and your cables electrified. Reporter they made a house call. I did get the runaround. They insisted it was inside the house. Had nothing to do with them. Reporter meantime the family donned rubber soled sandals and thick rubber gloves before showering. Worried about the dangers of ungrounded wiring causing shock or even fire. Neighbors volunteered their bathrooms. Yes, she offered me . Got to be Good Neighbors you know. Reporter the company says they returned multiple times before and after our calls. No family should ever have to go through this. Reporter pscg responded. The issue is now resolved. The family hopes the fix is finally permanent. Not temporary. From Port Jefferson, Jennifer Mclogan, cbs2 news. And they added if something in your home is creating dangerous currents be sure to contact the utility and a licensed electrician immediately. Well, police in Bergen County, new jersey have been increased patrols in following the theft of more street signs there in ridgewood. Nearly 40 signs around ridgewood have disappeared and Police Suspect the culprits are kids heading off to college. Road signs from back home could be used to adorn the walls of their dorm room but the missing signs create problems for drivers and they are very expensive to replace. One of these signs cost 65 apiece just to produce. That doesnt include the staffing hours to put the sign up right a pole and fix it. Police are offering amnesty to anyone woeworn returns the stole who returns the signs before september 15th. The national zoo in washington says the smaller of two new panda cubs has died. The zoos adult female panda mei xiang gave birth saturday. Zoo officials took extra care bottle fielding and tube feeding the tiny cubs trying to make sure they got equal feeding time with mama bear but newborn cubs are extremely vulnerable in the first week. The remaining cub appears strong and behaving normally. All right, on the next half hour, the nasty fight aboard a jet blue blight that ended up with people in handcuffs. When we return the proposed combo by burger king thats not zitting too well with sitting too well with mcdonalds. And hell get you another well get you another check of your traffic and weather together on the 2s. Just follow us on facebook and twitter cbsnewyork. Welcome back to cbs2 news this morning. Check out another amazing photo taken by the hubble space telescope. It looks like a cosmic butterfly. Nasa says its a twin jet nebula. The wings are the outer shells of gas that were ejected. I know john elliott loves this stuff. The image represents the star systems final stages of life. How about that john . Holy cow, traffic and weather together on the 2s right now. Johnny is that the death star . It could be. And sponsored by disney. Coming. I had a 72 twin jet nebula. Got great gas mileage. Weve got another winning weather day today. Its going to turn hot and sticky over the weekend. Near 90 by sunday. Feeling like it too with the higher dew points. Yes. Looks like our dry stretch lasts into early next week which is a bummer i know youre watering everywhere. Feeling great out there though. Some folks stopping in the 70s and 82 in the city. Right around where we should be. Sun is up 6 18 and sunsets at 7 37. And its a bit of a smile here from 90 tuesday we dip today but we climb into the weekend. Hey if youre climbing out of bed, lets try and save you some time and get you on your way. With alex denis. Thanks john. Good morning everyone. Well be u traveling on the west well at canal treat. No issues to street, no issues to report here, construction on the fdr drive that we had been telling you about has since cleared out. To the hudson river crossings looking good here as well. This is the hunt helix portion lincoln tunnel helix portion, alternate side is in effect citywide, and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Okay thank you. 5 23 right now. Time for sports and its two teams going in very Different Directions one in a good direction the other not so great. Otis livingston has the cbs2 wfan sports update. The mets will go for the rare four game sweep over the phillies tonight. While the yankees have a much needed day off. Not much deserved because they just cant hit or score. Two runs yesterday. Thanks to Didi Gregorius home two run homer in the 2nd inning. The astros tacked on another run on evan gattis second homer of the day. The yankees lost 62. Theyll be in atlanta on friday. Meths just keep on rolling, i just know the phillies but you know what . You have to win the games on the schedule. Michael cuddyer with the second home run of the series. Six rbis and 710. The nets win mets win 94. Im Otis Livingston and thats your cbs2 wfan sports update. Okay the supermodels of the 90s are back. Still looking super too. They wont get out of bed for under 10 granddaughter day. Alex is grand a day. Alex is back. Ill never forget that line. The iconic supermodels from the 90s recently reunited for ha shoot and theyre calling bluff on the old proverb that beauty fades. Cindy crawford posted on instagram of herself and eva and nadia and karen alexander. I wasnt familiar with all of the beautiful ladies there. This is at the beach for a shoot during the reunion. The famed fashion photographer Peter Lindberg worked with all of them in the past and they are really stunning. They are supermodels. Incredible. They look wonderful. To be a supermodel you have to be super. That much better than a regular model. I mean seriously do they not age . They dont age. No they dont. Its the stuff of fast food dreams or nightmares burger king is actually proposing a mashup of mcdonalds big mack with the whopper mac with the whopper in an effort to promote an actual good cause. A cease fire. To join forces on peace day with mcdonalds and create the mcwhoper. Thats a big burger with big ambitions. They released this video inviting them to join in the creation of the single pop up store in atlanta where the two chains signature burgers will be blended. Its meant to promote one peace day on september 20th but mcdonalds already ed responded and its nogo for the whopper. In a statement their ceo said that maybe the two chains could join in a different global effort and said ps a simple phone call will do next time. Just launched the big ad campaign. Although the mcwhoper sounds perfect. Its a gut punch but just for one day. National indigestion day would be the day after. I like the onion rings. Frys at mcdonalds. Pine those two. Thats your combo. Now were talking. Thank you alex. Given us an idea. Much more coming up here on cbs2 news this morning. Up next the days top stories. A day later, a community, a tv station, remembers the lives of two journalists killed live on tv. Im don champion in roanoke, virginia with the latest on the investigation coming up. Reporter and overnight fire tears through three new jersey homes. Well have a live report from the scene coming up. And its time to put the cell phone down. A look at how more and more of us are on the phone at the wrong time. Cbs2 news the morning continues this morning continues right after this. Its 5 30. 67 degrees on this thursday, august 27th. Going to be another a plus gay from the Weather Department and the weekend looking better and better. But first the top stories, a fire started in one home and then spread to two others in plainfield, new jersey we are live on the scene. It is my very, very sad duty to report that we have determined through the help of the police and our own employees that alison and adam died this morning shortly after 6 45 when the shots rang out. This was the story that thought they would never have to report. A reporter and videographer from roanoke, virginia shot in killed in the middle of a live interview. The victims both in their 20s at the beginning of their careers. The gunman a former colleague who had been fired two years earlier. Good morning, im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. A live report from roanoke in a moment but alison just two years into her career, a young reporter. And they called her a rock star. We have been devastated by this story. Just such a shock. And such a sudden loss. Yeah the thing that strikes me is in the news business, whether its the papers, television, we document a lot of failure about 80 of what we do is peoples failures whether its human or societal. The Morning Television it gives you a chance to do the lighter side some of the stories that make you laugh and smile. Thats what the kids were doing. They were at at an Amusement Park outside a mall. Something like this. Chamber of commercetype stuff. When theyre just out doing a light story you would never expect anything like this to happen under any circumstances especially this. The general manager Jeffrey Marks is a dear friend of mine. Ive known him for many years, he said it best when he said we were grieving while doing our jobs and we were trying to breathe while doing what journalists do. Just very stoic and he talked about a guy that the whole station could rally around in this time of need. We stand with wdbj. This morning. Their show going on right now. Exactly. Well have more on that coming up in a minute. Right now lets pivot to traffic and weather together on the 2s, johnny . More of the same today. This High Pressure building in today its actually just a slow process where the big dome of High Pressure is going to camp out basically on top of us tomorrow and then it slides to the east over the weekend. Thats why we warm up. Thats the way the mechanics work and clear and 67 and winds out of the northwest at 5 miles an hour. Hey maybe youre a mechanic. Watching right now. And to all the me dannics out there, i hope you have a great day today. You can keep the the doors of the garage wide open. Dont even need to crank the ac that much today. Numbers are going to be nice. And those real feel numbers are going to match the thermometer. So 82 is going to feel like 82. And thats right around what youd expect this time of the year. Warm up though for the weekend and well talk more about that coming up in just a bit. Okay thank you john. To the commute this morning. Not too bad, we have some construction out there. Although the typical areas you probably plan for but those delays do continue on the eastbound side of the Staten Island expressway between richmond and bradley avenue. Just know you have that ebbing and flowing of the commute through the area. The Grand Central parkway moving well past laguardia both continue as you get closer to the city. To the hudson river crossings, the George Washington bridge all that construction has cleared out and you are delay free here. Lincoln tunnel and holland are alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Okay alex. Now to the virginia tv crew gunned down early yesterday morning by a former coworker during a live broadcast. The morning show returned to the air a short time ago as the station staff tries to cope with this stunning loss. Reporter Alison Parker and cameraman adam ward were ambushed in a shocking moment for thousands of viewers. More from cbs2s lou young who is in roanoke virginia. Reporter candles burn among the memorial tributes at the tv station a killer apparently wanted to punish. Former tv reporter Vester Lee Flanagan fumed and brooded heavierize professional over his professional misfortunes and took them out on two young journalists doing a live report for the station that fired him two years ago. The shots continue. 24yearold Alison Parker and 27yearold adam ward died at the sustain. The woman they were interviewing was injured. Wards camera caught a brief glimpse of the killer and the people back at wdbj realized it was the troubled reporter who went by the tv name Bryce Williams. Becky wright remembers her husband working on election night. Reporter the roanoke station was the killers last stop on a career of lost opportunities. He also worked in odessa, texas, savannah and tallahassee. It never worked out. It appears flanagan continued to use the Bryce Williams name online before and after the on air killings he complained about his career and the victims and even posted a video of the shootings on facebook. He faxed a rambling manifesto to a Network Newsroom saying the circumstances of these murders are i certainly troubling for the especially troubling for the people who live in the community. Many of them feel as if they knew Alison Parker. They saw her on tv every day and were forced to witness her murder. It hits home. I tell you something i dont want to see again. Reporter after the morning attack flanagan drove to the roanoke airport switched cars and was finally spotted driving on interstate 66. He shot himself as Police Closed in. Late in the day, the dead mans family issued a statement is as we mentioned the staff at the stations News Department is back on the job this morning. Half hour ago, they began broadcasting their morning show as scheduled. Cbs2s don champion joins us live now from roanoke. Don . Reporter yeah, good morning mary and chris. The day later viewers and Staff Members here at wdbj are still trying to make sense of what happened even if thats if that is even possible. As you mentioned just over a half hour ago, the morning show did return to the air heres how it started. Good morning, it is just after 5 00 on thursday, august 27th. 2015. We come to you this morning with very heavy hearts two of our own were shot and killed during a live shot yesterday morning. Alison parker and adam ward were part of the family here at the station and many of you have told us that they were part of your mornings each day as well. Reporter now Staff Members from sister stations are actually helping put on the newscast this morning. The anchors from a station in missouri. Now we are told the staff here at wdbj is very close and as you can imagine, theyre just trying to get through this very difficult time. The gm here at the station staff is doing. They are taking time to grieve. Theyre telling wonderful stories about alison and adam. And they are taking time to breathe. And theyre getting about the work that they have as their mission. Which is to uncover the truth and tell it to our audience. Were people are working extra shifts. We have great support from our sister stations in the midwest. And wichita and springfield, missouri, which have actually sent people to help us. So we can have our staff bolstered. We the outpouring of support from the community has been absolutely amazing. Reporter now, what makes this tragedy even heavier is the fact that the two victims are actually from the region. They have a lot of friends and family here, they went to school here and they went to college here, there are a lot of people in this very Small Community grieving this morning. We should mention that the third shooting victim the woman who was being interviewed at the time of the shooting is still in the hospital in stable condition. She did undergo surgery yesterday after being shot in the back. Chris and mary, back to you. All right don thank you. Well check back in with you in a moment. Stay with cbs2 for continuing coverage and cbsnewyork. Com is always on for information there. We are following breaking news in new jersey. A fast moving fire rips through several homes in union county. Cbs2s Janelle Burrell joins us live from plainfield. Janelle . Reporter well, mary, that fire began in one home quickly spread to the two homes next to it. And it took firefighters a few hours to get it under control. Eventually getting the flames out at about 4 00 this morning. Lets show you some video of what this scene looked like earlier as firefighters battled those flames. They say they got the call just after 2 00 arriving to find number 640 east 2nd street engulfed. It took about 80 firefighters from here in plainfield and other tons to get towns to get the flames under control. The chief tells us it appears that everyone made it out safely but he says part of the building number 640 did collapse. So their plan is to come back later today and do a more thorough search but so far, they say no reports for any firefighters or residents who lived in the buildings here reporting live this morning from plainfield, new jersey, Janelle Burrell, cbs2 news. All right thank you. Divers will resume their search for a missing fisherman in new jersey today. Tom andersons sunken trawler was found yesterday in the Sandy Hook Channel. State police used sonar to locate it. Anderson is believed to have been on board the boat alone. The Recovery Mission was suspended yesterday because of dangerous water currents in the area. It is now 5 39. And still to come, a new way to diet without counting calories. Also this morning, what a difference a day makes. Can the stock market continue to bounce back . Were live on wall street with a preview of the trading day. Copy paper, markers, crayons, pencils. Just office supplies. Teachers shelling out cash for their own School Supplies. The new way some are trying to defer the costs. A hint of that back to School Weather out there right now with some cool morning temperatures but seasonable sun this afternoon and dry stretch continues. We even have a warmup in the works for the weekend. Traffic and weather together on the 2s coming up. Here he comes, traffic and weather together on the 2s. Looking a at that computer and then the big blue board, see what the weather watchers are watching. You know, weve got these these historians that are weather watchers which i love. First off you know quick scan you have the 50s. Low 60s to the north. Lot of folks in the comfortable low 60s. Heres a reading at 58. Chris akers maybe you remember this back in 1971. Tropical storm dorian moved into new york city dumping 4. 16 inches of rain. Nothing like that today. We do have the tropics starting to get a little busy to the south. Maybe you remember this historical fact . David taylor has 68 in bayonne. Crack toe yea erupted today in 1883. David just cant recall where he was at the time. And then yeah, lynn has 62 and a question she wants to know when are we going get some rain . Lynn, its a dry stretch through the weekend and i know we need the rain but it looks like High Pressure is going to block that and keep it away. Starting your day with some beautiful color look at that. I mean just gorgeous. A hint of pink. A flash of red. A bountiful blue overhead. Clear and 67. Winds out of the northwest thats that nice refreshing crisp wind. Thats why you have readings like 55 in otisville. 56 in gillette. Even 61 in brick and bronxville. I mean these Cool Temperatures makes you think about fall. Well, its not get too excited now. Fall is still 27 days away. Have you noticed though, yeah, one of the signs of the season some sneezing. We do have a high pollen again today. Tomorrow and saturday into sunday. So youre going to make sure youre ready for that. Scanning the skies again weve been talking about this big ridge of High Pressure. Well, there it is. I mean thats a big ridge of High Pressure. So we stay dry and comfortable. Heading to the mountains this weekend, great saturday nice and warm. Warmer on sunday though. Those numbers are going to be up a little bit more humidity you will see more clouds on sunday. Models say we stay dry for not only the mountains but for the beaches as well. But up to 87 for your air temperature readings for the beaches on sunday. Which is great. And notice those ocean temperatures, they are just very comfortable. And inviting this time of year. So make sure you know, if you have some time, and you get out there and enjoy it. Because the weather should cooperate. Definitely great today. Tomorrow. Just going to be warm and humid. Some of the models trying to bring in some storms on tuesday into wednesday. We do need the rain. But it looks like a dry stretch until then. All right, the roads stretching out in front of you. How many brake lights will you see . Alex . John yeah some delays as you make your way here on the bqe at the Brooklyn Bridge. You have a wait as you try to go to the Brooklyn Bridge. Manhattan bound on the Brooklyn Bridge still closed for construction. Hopefully it will reopen in the next 15 minutes. When it does we will let you know certainly. To the belt parkway though, you are moving well as you travel nearate but traffic on the l. I. E. Some reports of heavy traffic. Although no accidents as you go westbound at marathon parkway youre okay here as we get closer to queens is the hesitation. Mass transit for everything is on or close to schedule for you and alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris over to you. Louisiana Authorities Say a small town Police Officer was apparently killed with his own handgun after he responded to a Domestic Violence incident. It happened in the town of sunset about 60 miles west of baton rouge. And southwest louisiana. The shooting happened at a home where three women were stabbed one fatally. One of the survivors was critically wounded. Police say the suspect is the officers cousin. Civil rights activist Boyton Robinson is being remembered for her fight for racial justice. She died yesterday in montgomery, alabama at the age of 104. In 1965, robinson and others were beaten during a march for Voting Rights in selma. Earlier this year, she spoke with cbs2s about that dark day known as bloody sunday. The Police Department came up and started beating us. And i stood up there and finally i fell. President obama held robinsons hand as they crossed the bridge commemorating the 50th anniversary of the selma march. Well, the cost of School Supplies can add up. Not just for parents but for teachers too. Kindergarten teacher Joanne Ramirez says she typically spends about 1,000 of her own money each school year to ensure her students in Hells Kitchen have the supplies and the tools they need. Well, teachers ask for help from parents and the school, ramirez said sometimes its just not enough. So this school year, she started a go fund me page to fill in the gaps. Literally the next morning i woke up and i still had like 100, the next day i had like 150. So its just been people you know spread the word. Ramirez says in the three weeks since she started her Fundraising Efforts shes collected more than 1,000. Shes heaping to raise hoping to raise 1,500 before School Starts on september th. The dow ended back in the green but will it stay that way . Cbs2s jill wagner is live at the new york stock exchange. Jill good morning. Reporter good morning mary, chinese and other Global Stock Markets followed wall streets lead and rebounded this morning. Yesterday, u. S. Markets snapped their losing streak closing in positive territory for the first time in more than a week. The dow soared 619 points its biggest one day gain in seven years. The nasdaq jumped 191 points and it is looking like a higher open today. Its looking less likely the fed will raise Interest Rates next month giving the roll stillty and troubles in china. Stimsome say the big swings that were seeing in the market could become the new normal for at least the next few weeks. Well, ten of worlds biggest at makers including gm and ford and honda and bmw are facing a Class Action Lawsuit over the dangers of keyless inin addition. The suit claims the companies have known for years about the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning when keyless soaks continue to run when the vehicles continue to run when the drivers left the car. At least 13 Carbon Monoxide defects are linked to the defects. And disney is tapping into the power of youtube to launch producted ties to the products tied to the upcoming star wars film. On september 3rd youtube stars from across the globe will unwrap toys live online. The new toys as well as comics and books and clothing will then go on sale in Stores Across the globe and chris and chris and mary . I cant wait for the movie to come out. Much. Coming up cbs2 get action after wasps take over a brooklyn neighborhood but first when im walking out on the street and they are coming right at me and theyre too busy text asking they bump into me. Time to put the phone down. A look at why so many of us are texting or taking calls at the wrong time. But first, the cbs2 wfan morning scoreboard. The mets keep on reeling with a rolling with a win in philly. The yankees fall two games back of the blue jays, they got beat by the astros 62 last night. A brooklyn mothers breathing a sigh of relief the morning after a hornets hazard has been finally removed. Cbs2 stepped in to help mary jane coaler of danker heights who was horrified. She was worried theyd hurt her children. He asked the city for help but requests were ignored. Mickey the beekeeper removed the nests for free. Needed help and we came through for her. 5 52. Beautiful sunrise john. Like to see that follow up story i like that. You said it mary, absolutely gorgeous out there. And refreshing too. 67 in the city. Why . Northwest wind. re were on the cool side of the high. Thats why you see these cool readings and look at monroe. Way to go. 55. New rochelle is at 61 right now and 61 monmouth ocean county. 56 in madison. 82 this afternoon in the city. Right around where we should be. Nowhere near the record of 101. Sun is up in just a bit 6 18. Sunsets at 7 37 and speaking of the sun, take it from a redhead. Yeah, that puts some sunscreen on. Uv forecast still at a 7. Make sure you enjoy the day. Sunglasses behind the wheel later and whats going on right now alex . You can see a lot roll taillights out there if youre travelingth George Washington bridge, unfortunately an accident inbound at the upper level. Blocking at least two lanes just past the tolls as you go itch bound. Causing some major delays if you can go to the tolls. Lincoln tunnel and holland are moving well if you take these as alternates. The bqe the delays continue to build. Stretching back to the prospect if you are traveling northbound. Construction on the bridge manhattan bound is still there for another ten minutes. But better news if you are traveling in new jersey. We dont have any alerts here as you make your way on the turnpike at newark liberty. Around the area are also moving well and alternate side is in effect citywide. Remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Okay alex thank you. On the health watch this morning, Health Experts say its time to pay closer attention to the nutritional value of foods rather than counting calories. It did the editorial in the journal of open heart points out that nuts or olive oil are associated with the reduced risk of heart attack and stroke. Attention to calories may be slight little misplace slightly police maced. A new study finds that people around the world are living longer. Globalized expectancy rose by more than six years since 1990 but people are also spending more years coping with illness and disability. 90 of adults in the u. S. Now have a cell phone and more than 30 say they just never turn it off. Oh. Thats one finding of a new survey that says cell phones are dramatically changing the way people interact and cbs2s meg baker reports. Reporter 82 of adults say using cell phone hurt conversations in facetoface social gatherings. This according to a Pew Research Center survey. I dont like having dinner with people who check their cell phones at all. Im like my grandmother that way. Reporter the olden family tries to set some rules. No phones at the dinner table. Okay . Thats so annoying. Chatting away when youre trying to have that conversation. Reporter it seems that just as many people who believe in cell phone etiquette admit to using their phones at their most recent gathering. 89 for texting and talking and taking pictures. I think there are a lot of meme who like to people who like to make them for this but as guilty. Reporter mr. Manners says technology is disresulting normal human disrupting normal human facetoface interaction. But he has another opinion the Airlines Allow cell service. These seats are tight enough. I dont want to be privy to your conversation. Reporter nine out of ten people i walked past here at Columbus Circle all had the dell phone in their hands. But 23 of cell phone users say they occasionally turn to their devices to avoid contact with other people. Overall the majority of people i spoke to all had the same pet peeve. When im walking down the street and theyre too busy texting and they bump into me. Reporter one suggestion about being courteous with the phone . Always step off to the side. Reporter bottom line mr. Manners says choose people over pixels. On the upper west side, meg baker, cbs2 news. Is she texting . And talking . She is. And walking . And walking. Yeah. And fcc proposal to allow cell phone use on airplaning still pending. I will say this. If someone is walking at me and theyre texting and theyre not looking up i will walk right into them. It drives me crazy. Im not things to do. Do it on the side. Not in the middle obviously if street. I saw a guy delivering chinese food on a bike texting. Middle of 57th and 10th hes pedaling away. Here comes a dump truck this ought to be fun. Weather for a moment. Just put the phone down and look up its going to be nice. Some delays on the George Washington bridge inbound. Up next the top stories today including the aftermath of the shooting in virginia. Reporter were live this morning at television station where a news crew was killed in the middle of a live shot. This morning they are back on the air. And a costume crackdown at the crossroads of the world in those new patrols are also targeting other parts of the 6 00 begins in just a moment. It is 6 00. 67 degrees out there for this thursday. August 27th. Looking good. And feeling good too. Seasonable temperatures and low humidity as well. Good morning, im mary calvi. And im chris wragge. Alex denis and john elliott standing by for traffic and weather together on the 2s but first, heres whats new this morning. We come to you this morning with very heavy hearts. Two of our own were shot and killed during a lye shot. The live shot. The morning team back on the air the morning in roanoke, virginia nearly a day after the shooting of a reporter and videographer. The two were targeted by a former employee of the station who also wounded the woman they were interviewing. I had a habit of always wanting her to text me when she got to work safely and she did so and the last thing that she said to me was good night sweet boy. Family and friends are remembering the pair who were at the beginning of their careers. This morning, we have Team Coverage of the news crew killing. Also this morning, flames tear through a home in plainfield, new jersey. The fire broke out on east 2nd street and spread to the building next door. The good news is looks like everyone got out of safely. The search for the lone victim of a fishing boat tragedy off the jersey shore. They found the boat but have not been able to locate the lone officialerman believed to be on board why some say he shouldnt have been on board in the first place. Is the city of brotherly love better than the big apple . Theres a new report but why . And talk about having the best of both worlds, this happened at a Minor League Baseball game. The ball goes into the stands and so what do you do . You stick out your beer cup to catch it and after the catch, the fan takes a celebratory drink. Oh, yeah. Thats nice. 6 02. Traffic and weather together on the 2s. John . There are so many things wrong with that story. Well, oh oh well enjoy the orange juice this morning. Hey pretty view for you on 2. Few clouds out there. Some expensive real estate. Were good to go. Clear and 67. Winds out of the northwest at 5. Nice dry breeze employing. Blowing. Refreshing therell be a few for clouds this afternoon. More clouds this afternoon. Just a few. High pressure is in control. Dominating our weather. Today were watching that high kind of slide in and lock in place. So numbers are going to be pretty nice. Little cooler than we were yesterday. Humidity values stay nice and low. Very comfortable. Also get on the sunscreen and get on the sunglasses and get ready to go. And the coolest thing is we can it can we can hopefully save you some time right nowst. Just listen to alex denis. So john if you were traveling this morning to the hudson river crossings, youre going to have a rough ride especially to the George Washington bridge. Inbound upper level we have a crash blocking at least two lanes. Its just as you make your way past the tolls. We are now getting reports of at least a 20 minute wait trying to get to the area. If you can stick to the lower level you can see its actually getting by. Or go out of yourway to the lincoln tunnel and holland tunnels both smooth for you. Eastbound if you are traveling between richmond avenue and bradley after on the Staten Island on the Staten Island expressway. In fact construction still blocking two lanes and we have heavier than normal traffic back to forest avenue. But mass transit may be a good option this morning everything is on or close to schedule alternate side is in effect citywide, and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. All right alex thank you. Now to the shocking murders of a tv news crew in virginia during a live morning broadcast. The show returned to the air about an hour ago. As staffers try to cope with the loss of their colleagues. Reporter Alison Parker and camera man adam ward were ability bushed yesterday by a former coworker and we begin our Team Coverage this morning with cbs2s don champion live in roanoke, virginia. Don . Reporter good morning mary and chris, this tv station this community, still struggling to make sense of what happened yesterday. Thousands of people encolliding the local sheriff were tuned in as what was supposed to be a live feel good story turned into anything but. A memorial of flowers and balloons grew overnight outside wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia. The station still cant believe two beloved colleagues are gone. All day the community has provided an outpouring just of support for us. Reporter reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air wednesday morning. [ sound of gunfire ] by a disgruntled former employee of their station. Im going to have reporter that employee was a fellow journalist. Vester flanagan. He went by the name Bryce Williams while reporting for the station. The 41yearold was let go two years ago and andy parker says his daughter died doing what she loved. Its hard to get your arms around it and realize or try and make sense of why it happened. Reporter before killing himself Authorities Say flanagan went on a twitter rant saying allison made racist comments and adam complained about him to hr. In a 23 page document faxed to abc news, flanagan apparently described himself as a human powder keg. Motivated by the Charleston Church shooting massacre. President obama called wednesdays shooting a moment to reflect on. I think its one more argument for why we need to look at you know how we can reduce gun violence in this country. Reporter prayer vigils are planned for the community in the coming days. Now at last check the third victim. The woman who was being interviewed by the crew at the time of the shooting, is still in the hospital in stable condition. She was shot in the back and did undergo surgery yesterday. Meantime flanagans family released a Statement Last night saying they were shocked by what happened and that their thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. Chris and mary, back to you. All right don thank you. Today the roanoke stations morning show back on the air as scheduled but its been a day of not only presentings the news but also remembering those that they lost. Cbs2s ilana gold joins us with that part of the story. Reporter that show started an hour ago and so far the entire newscast has been dedicated to Alison Parker and adam ward. As you can imagine such a difficult time for the entire news team. And just moments ago, one of the anchors broke down in tears reading a statement from parkers family. Good morning, it is just after 5 00 on thursday, august 27th. 2015. We come to you this morning with very heavy hearts two of our own were shot and killed during a live shot yesterday morning. Reporter the morning news in roanoke, virginia, began with a somber tribute to adam ward and Alison Parker. They were scheduled to be broadcasting live on the scene today and their presence is greatly missed. I dont know how to do weather on a day like this. Every morning adam always came into the Weather Center and he would say leo whats the weather going to be for his live shots with him and allison . Reporter theywork together every morning for the morning show. Parker in front of the camera and ward behand it. They brought passion to the job lady on the rough and fun assignments. Heavy. , im Alison Parker. Reporter parker was 24 years old and grew up outside roanoke and treasured her family. She had just moved in with chris hurst, her boyfriend of nine months. And hes an anchor at wdbj. She loved what she did. And she was going to go so far in this field and was well on her way. Reporter he never marged she would be in imagine imagined she would be in danger during yesterdays assignment. It was a harmless story. On the anniversary of this Beautiful Lake behind me. That we had shared some wonderful memories on ourselves. Reporter the photographer adam ward was 27. Engaged to melissa ott, she was the morning news producer at the station. She watched the horrifying scene unfold on live tv. It happened while she was in the control room. Yesterday was otts last day working at the cbs affiliate before a new job in charlotte. The anchor said Alison Parker and adam ward werent just their coworkers, they considered them to be part of their family. And called the killings unfair and unimaginable. Chris . Thank you. Stay with cbs2 for continuing coverage of the news crews killed and cbsnewyork. Com is always on with information. And we are following breaking news this morning in new jersey. Residents scrambled to escape a fire that burned three homes in union county. Cbs2s Janelle Burrell joins us live from plainfield. Janelle . Reporter well, mary, firefighters got the flames out just after 4 00 this morning. But you can still see theres still very much an active police and fire presence as they try to keep people away from the smoldering debris. We want to show you what it looked like here a short time ago when firefighters were battling the blaze. They say they got here just after 2 00 this morning to find number 640 east 2nd street completely engulfed. And the flames spread to two homes on either side of that building. It took 80 firefighters from here in plainfield and other towns to get the flames usual control. But they do tell under control. But they do tell us there were no injuries among any of the residents or the firefighters here on scene. Reporting live this morning from plainfield, new jersey, Janelle Burrell, cbs2 news. Janelle thank you. 6 09. Still to come the ripple effects the success of uber is having on subway and bus service in the city. Also this morning, the nypd is deploying new patrols into times square and other parts of the city to crack down on quality of life issues. Is it too little too late . And where are all the traffic signs going . The dangerous pranks going on in one Bergen County community. This is cbs2 news this morning. Good morning everybody. We have time for traffic and weather together on the 2s right now. And checking in with our weather watchers, whoo. Check out some of these cool numbers. Look whos back. Kimberly fountain. 58. And you know how i know shes back . She says im back. Become welcome back kimberly. Oh a teacher getting ready oh, yeah tis the season. Lets see now. This i believe is stacey. Stacey foeerer a has 64 in plain view and this comment i know, lamenting the loss of the season. We still have days though until we see fall. I like daniel hanigan 62 in groanwood lake, he sent this picture in, knowhow knows how nice is weather is going to be in the shadow knows, also from wait a minuter, walter sent this in from the jersey shore, just beautiful moonlit skies last night. Its going to be another beautiful night tonight. Great day until then. In the city right now, pretty and 67. Winds out of the northwest at 3 miles an hour. Comfortable. Got cool readings to the north. 55 in liberty and chatham. Those are some of the cooler readings and look at speonk at 54. 60 for the jersey shore, nice skies right now. Beautiful a few more clouds this afternoon. Nice big ridge of High Pressure building in. Some welcomed wet weather for parts of the southwest and Stormy Weather for the plains wed love to see some more rain in california. And in our area, its kind of best of both worlds we have the area of High Pressure to the west now. So that northwest wind keeps things generally quiet today through friday. Its warm but not humid. And we are seeing some beautiful skies. And if you like that summer feel, you know weve got the High Pressure sliding to east and so the to the east so the flow around the high will bring in the wind out of the southwest and temperatures on the rise this weekend and it turns a little sticky as well. So yeah we see some changes as we work our way into and through the weekend. Also watching erika the number now 50 miles an hour. Moving west at 16 miles an hour. So for parts of puerto rico and then the dominican republic, its today through friday where we see some problems and then, we see on saturday, still not a hurricane. But later sunday into monday, thats when we could see some strengthening just off the coast of florida. Well be watching that. For our weekend, its just going to be hot and a little sticky. Trying to get the rain in first part of next week. All right first part of the drive right now. We can help you out heres alex denis. John pretty busy traveling inbound to the George Washington bridge, its the upper level. We have an accident blocking at least two lanes just past the tolls. Delays getting to the upper level are now 30 minute wait there if you can take the lower level a better ride for you. If you choose to go out of the way, both the lincoln tunnel and holland tunnels do have a minor delay of about ten minutes but it will be a smoother ride than if you were traveling here. A little further north on the hudson river crossings to the Tappan Zee Bridge though. You have some company as you go westchester bound. You are still moving well. Rockland county, also a clear ride to the belt parkway, its okay if you make your way near the street as you continue on the belt parkway up on the bqe is where you tap your brakes. Alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you and more cars on the street means less money for the mta. Only metered cabs collect a 50 cent surcharge that goes to the agency. A study says the certain uber surge in uber ridership is costing the mta about 1 million a year. They recommended that the state direct taxes collected from uber and other for hire cars specifically to the mta to cover the agency cease shortfall. More new yorkers are moving to philadelphia than from philly to new york. Thats according to a census data from 2009 to 2013. Every year, for that five year period, nearly 27,000 people moved from the new York Metro Area to the philadelphia region but only about 19,000 people per year moved from philly to new york city during that very same period. More eyes will soon be on the socalled crossroads of the world. The nypd has created a new task force to patrol times square. This is just the beginning of the citys efforts to crack down on nuisance issues in the area. Cbs2 eagles political reporter cbs2s political reporter Marcia Kramer has this report. Reporter they are about to get some company in times square. A whole lot of company. The nypd is establishing a new task force of 100 cops to patrol the bow tie area of times square and focus on quality of life issues. Its just part of mayor de blasios determination to get a handle on a situation his Administration Calls boat nuisance quality of life issues. Mayors goal is to crack down on in particular aggressive solicitation that often times borders on outright harassment. People harassing people for money. Reporter the nypd is recruiting cops for the new unit even before the mayors Times Square Task force decides whether to dig up the pedestrian mall or what other steps to take. They will be assigned to foot patrol from 42nd to 49th streets 24 7. Time said nypd chief of Department James oneill. And thats not all. The de Blasio Administration established a new working group to deal with the spread of the characters. To coney island and battery park and maybe other parts of the city now that the heat is on in times square. Last may, cbs2 caught this statue of liberty character demanding 5 from a tourist after posing with his kid in battery park. Cbs2 cameras found a Huge Police Presence at the battery. A big command post and lots of cops and patrols where the characters usually lie in wait. The presence apparently sent the characters scurrying away. That was Marcia Kramer reporting and the city councilman whose district includes coney island says the task force should have an easier time with the task force there. Every vendor should obtain permits. 18 minutes past the hour. Still to come in sports the mets and yankees heading in two very different direction. These two babies having a good old time in their cribs wait until you see what happens when the mother catches them playing arnold. U. S. Stock futures are up this morning. Stocks had their best day yesterday since 2011. With the dow climbing 619 points. Nasdaq was up 191. S p added 72. Go get help, boy. Go get help. Go get help right now if youre a cat, you ignore people. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Go on kitty, kitty. Whats happened to snacking . How did it become absentmindedly eating one after the next, after the next . So predictable and so unsatisfying . What about pulling up a chair, a stool, a beanbag, and actually tasting our food. We are a creamy cheese that Still Believes in the beauty of a knife, in the elegant swipe of a. Swipe. Of course, that doesnt mean you cant dunk us or scoop us up. Enjoy every single, solitary bite. The laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. No john elliott didnt paint this. This is the real thing. Live look this morning welcome back to cbs2 news this morning. 67 degrees. Its comfortable out there. And its gorgeous out there as well. 6 21. Welcome back, Washingtons National zoo says the smaller of two newborn panda cubs has died. The zoos adult female panda mei xiang gave birth saturday. The babies weighed less than half a pound each. Officials took extra care bottle feeding trying to make sure they got equal feeding time with mama bear but cubs are extremely vulnerable in the first week they say. The zoo says the remaining cub does appear strong and behaving normally. Oh. Okay. Time now 6 22. Sad news about the one little cub but hopefully the other one is going to be okay. Lets talk that picture, wow. You didnt paint that . No. Because if i painted by numbers youd only need hike four numbers, orange, see enin, maybe a little bit of yellow. I have to say good morning to joe and joyce mugavero. Theyre in port jervis, newlyweds and they were engaged for 30 years and just got married. They were edge gauged for 30 years, way go go joe and joyce. Think it through joe. I mean take some time to think this through. They watch every morning and we appreciate that. Once again this beautiful view for you just gorgeous out there. Hey some more good news for you, air quality is good. So thats no advisories to talk about. Great pool day. Bright again. Low humidity. So take that dip. Just dont forget the sunscreen. Its uv forecast is a 7. So burn time about 25 minutes. And reapply if youre in and out of the ocean or the pool but today a great day to enjoy some great weather outside. Okay john thanks so much. New number of delays to talk about this morning. So the George Washington bridge, there was an accident there blocking two lanes. It was on the inbound upper level causing about a 30 minute wait. We are getting word that it has cleared. Although it has cleared out we still have delays as you try to get through the toll plaza. If you stick to the lower level it will be a smoother ride for you. Or if you choose to go out of the way to the lincoln tunnel and holland tunnels they are both at a ten minute delay. We also have delays on the westbound side of the l. I. E. At the Grand Central parkway as you continue your ride from here into queens and then into the city. To the gowanus at the prospect, now that construction on the bqe a little burt north of here has cleared. You have relief getting through this area but as you go up on to the bqe you start the tap the brakes to tap the brakes, alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive, chris and mary, back to you. Okay. Thank you alex. You guys ready for this . In sports today, we learn who plays who on the courts of the u. S. Open tennis tournament. In flushing meadows. Also today Serena Williams will speak at whats being called her only pretournament media availability. A win would make the fifth victory and it would be williams first ever career grand slam. Something last achieved by steffi graf back 27 years ago. In 1988. All right. Going for their sixth straight wane last night. Talk a little baseball right now. David wright had the night off but the mets did not. They jumped on philly from the getgo. The mets opened up a lead in the 1st that gave Bartolo Colon who smelled has been louse last night. Some marvelous last night, some breathing room. Never gets old i like that one. He was 17 over the last 11. He had eight strikeouts and seven scoreless last night. Ball. His second homer of the series and 710 and six rbi aides. The mets open up a six and a half game lead on the they are cruising. Okay how about the yankees . They scored just two runs in the first two games of the series with the astros, anemic the finale. Going 06 with runners in scoring position. Come on guys. Houston did not have a problem. At all. They built a 50 lead. This would have been a shut out. He launched it into the second deck in right. Yanks still down 52. This wasnt a comeback either. Evan gattis pumps the second home run of the game into the bleachers in left. The yankees lose 62 the final. Now two games back of the first place blue jays. Its been rough. Yes. Not for the mets. No not at all. Twin babies the reaction youre going to love this to their mother goes viral. And mariah carey is already in the christmas spirit. So soon . Is it that time already . Heres alex back with this mornings talkers. All i want for christmas is you. For more than 20 years all mariah carey wanted for christmas was with you but this year shell also want you to buy her new holiday book. This just released. On november 10th, the singer will release her first ever Childrens Book inspired by her holiday hit as you heard all i want for christmas is you. The book which is named after the 1994 track is about a little girl who wants a puppy for christmas. Oh. I just love that song. Never gets old. But you know what . Just keep playing it now. A seattle mom posted video of her little twins and they are amazing, their reaction when she calls them out for not napping as planned. Check it out. Im going to talk to them. Hi babies. [ laughter ] hit it hit it. Here she comes. She always cooperates an eye on the 18monthold twins maya and kiara after ticking them into bed and sometimes using that baby monitor but she was even amazed herself when they dropped down and pretended to be fast asleep. Hi babies. That is great. A lot of other people are really impressed by it too. The video has gotten more than 14 million views already. Thats one of the best, thank you alex. One impressive mom right . Got control. They listen. Thank you very much. Back to School Shopping can be expensive not just for the stupids but the teachers too. See how a local educator is using a little finance 101 to help stock the class. Plus the New York Hospital now keeping tabs on your physicians performance. We are live in roanoke, virginia, where nearly 24 hours after a news crew was shot and killed on Live Television, the morning show where it all happened returns to the air this morning, well be right back. At 6 30 were starting out with 67 degrees and thursday, august 27th. Nice temperatures no mugginess. What a way to start your day. When it comes to the weather. But first breaking news in new jersey. After their neighbors house catches fire a family was awakened. And quickly spread to theirs. We come to you this morning with very heavy hearts. Two of our own were shot and killed during a live shot yesterday morning. The morning after an unthinkable tragedy usual folds on Live Television, a virginia news program is back on the air one day after watching two creeks gunned down by a former employee. Good morning once again, im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. Tributes from every continent they say. A very tough morning for the station back down there. They went back on the air about 930 minutes ago. A quick except from the broadcast as they came back on the air the morning. They received news that no one family should ever hear as you can see just a very emotional morning. You can only imagine very difficult to fathom what theyre going through with that entire broadcast family down there the cbs station in roanoke. Virginia. But they are back on the air the morning. About this hours ago. We stand with our colleagues at wdbj. Certainly do. Plenty more on that coming up but right now to traffic and weather together on the 2s, right to john. Exactly whats going on if your area. High pressure dominates our weather and its going to pave the way for another really comfortable day. Its cool out the door. 67 in fact in the city and its one of the warmer readings so you have readings in the 50s so remember tonight into tomorrow, and friday night into saturday, boy, sullivan ulster and dutchess and orange and parts of sussex and passaic, its going to be cool for you. Big ridge of High Pressure though still look for sunny skies today. And humidity centrals stay values stay in check on the hide of the high. That changes into the weekend after what has been a warm august. Some interesting summer stats to share as well. Believe it or not. Well have some fun with numbers coming up. To the traffic now. We have some delays building in the area, lets first begin right here if you are traveling on the l. I. E. At marathon parkway. Westbound kind of an ebbing and flowing, this is a typical traffic pattern and that area you probably already planned for that. We also have delays building on the westbound side of the belt parkway at jfk airport. The George Washington bridge inbound, upper level still seeing about a 45 minute delay or so approaching the tolls. Thats due to the earlier accident that blocked a couple of lanes there. Theres about a half hour now reported at the lower levels if you choose to go to the lincoln tunnel or holland tunnel a 15 minute delay is a going to be your best option. Alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. And if you go to the airports everything is on or close to schedule at flush chris and mary, back to you. All right thank you. Whether you watched the news or are among those who work in this field, its a story that has shocked many. A news crew that worked together day in and day out murdered during a Live Television broadcast by a man police are calling a disgruntled employee. 24 hours after witnessing the tragic death of their co workers, the morning news at the cbs affiliate in roanoke, virginia returned to the air this morning, we have Live Team Coverage and we begin with cbs2s don champion live in roanoke. Don . Reporter good morning mary and chris, definitely a very emotional morning here. Theres been a huge show of support from the community for grieving employees here at wdbj tv. The growing memorial behind me is proof of that. Thousands were tuned in yesterday as what was supposed to be a live feel good story took a turn that no one was expecting. A memorial of flowers and balloons grew overnight outside wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia. The station still cant believe two beloved colleagues are gone. All day the community has provided an outpouring just of support for us. Reporter reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air wednesday morning. [ sound of gunfire ] by a disgruntled former employee of their station. Im going to have reporter that employee was a fellow journalist. Vester flanagan. He went by the name Bryce Williams while reporting for the station. The 41yearold was let go two years ago and andy parker says his daughter died doing what she loved. Its hard to get your arms around it and realize or try and make sense of why it happened. Reporter before killing himself Authorities Say flanagan went on a twitter rant saying alison made racist comments and adam complained about him to hr. In a 23 page document faxed to abc news, flanagan apparently described himself as a human powder keg. Motivated by the Charleston Church shooting massacre. President obama called wednesdays shooting a moment to reflect on. I think its one more argument for why we need to look at you know how we can reduce gun violence in this country. Reporter prayer vigils are planned for the community in the coming days. So very hard to comprehend. The third shooting victim, the woman who was being interviewed by the crew, is still recovering in the hospital. At last check she was in stable condition after undergoing surgery yesterday for a gunshot wound to the back. Chris and mary back to you. All right don thank you. Today the roanoke stations morning show is back on the air as scheduled. But its been a day of not only presenting the news also remembering those lost. Cbs2s ilana gold joins us with that part of the story now. Reporter chris, that newscast started at 5 00 the morning and so far the entire show has been dedicated to the shootings. This has been such a difficult morning for the staff but theyve been focusing on giving a tribute to the victims and also thanking everyone for their support. Good morning, it is just after 5 00 on thursday, august 27th, 2015. We come to you this morning with very heavy hearts two of our own were shot and killed during a live shot yesterday morning. Reporter wdbjs morning news in roanoke, virginia began with a somber tribute to Alison Parker and adam ward. One of the anchors couldnt hold back the tears reading a statement from parkers family reporter this team worked together every morning for this show. Parker in front of the camera, ward behind it. Their colleagues say they brought passion to the job daily on both the rough and fun assignments. Hey everyone, im Alison Parker. Reporter parker was 24 years old and she grew up outside roanoke and treasured her family. She had just moved in with chris hurst, her boyfriend of nine months and hes an anchor at wdbj. She loved what she did. And she was going to go so far in this field. And was well on her way. Reporter he never imagined she would be in danger during yesterdays assignment. Interviewing the director of the local chamber of commerce. It was a harmless story. On the anniversary of this Beautiful Lake behind me that we had shared some wonderful memories on ourselves. Reporter the photographer adam ward was 27 and engaged to melissa ott the morning news producer at the station. She watched the horrifying scene unfold on live tv. It happened while she was in the control room. Yesterday was otts last day working at the cbs affiliate before a new job in charlotte. And during the newscast, the anchor said adam wards family was too devastated to talk about what happened or give a statement. Mary back to you. Thank you. And stay with cbs2 for continuing coverage on the news crew killed for updates throughout the day, log on to cbsnewyork. Com. In other news we have breaking news in new jersey. 80 firefighters rushed to rescue residents from seven build ever busching homes indowndown could be several burning homes in union county. Cbs2s Janelle Burrell joins us live. Reporter the fire chief says it appears the residents made it out safely before the fire tore through three homes here on east 2nd street. Some video of what the scene looked like as firefighters who are battling those flames they got the call just after 2 00 this morning. They say the fire started in number 640 and quickly spread to the two homes next door. It took crews about two hours to get the fire out. Again they believe that all of the residents are accounted for. They say as far as they know, no injuries were reported. Reporting live this morning from plainfield, new jersey, Janelle Burrell, cbs2 news. Janelle thank you very much. It is now 6 39. A local firefighter accused of crying wolf at work, well have that story. Plus, ending a six day slump the stock market had its best day since 2011. Can wall street bounce back again today . And what does the word cupcakery have in common with man spreading and butt dial . They are official now. 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When those jets weve been there baby. Weve been there. First time i ever seen this video i tell you. Love it. Oh. Oh, yeah. Oh. Yesterday was national dog day. Great for him. I love that picture you posted of your dog. Theyre best buds. Bo and argos. Anyway, now the problem with dogs and hot tubs by the way, it gets rough on the little fur but he doesnt care does he . And if youre getting in the hot to be knock yourself out. Tub knock yourself out . Why not . Hes got the massive hot tub in sparta. Got the beautiful sun shining overhead right now. You like the hot tub greg . Sure. 67 and clear in the city and winds out of the northwest at 3 and relative humidity at 63 . You know theres nothing like seeing a little johnny weather in the hot tub. Little tan fake face and then oh im just tail white. 66 downtown. Weve got 63 in Staten Island right now. 62 in jersey city. Ooh look at hackensack 59 degrees as we speak. Around the area, 54 in the hamptons and pair of 5s in monticello. 56 in edison. Cool readings out there. You know on average its a few degrees cooler than it was yesterday setting the stage for a nice one. And dew points very comfortable. 54 the dew point in the city and right around where we should be this afternoon. 82 normal high is 81. Sunsets at 7 37. Believe it or not. I tell you what, were in the running for a top five finish as far as hottest august ever. Right now were in third place. And we are going to see a warmup to wrap up the month. So yeah well like little hold on to that standing as were valiantly trying to hold on to summer. 27 days left. But one sign of the season that pollen count. Its high today. Staying high right through the weekend. And yes, speaking of the numbers theyre going to be higher this weekend and with more humidity too youll really feel it. 87 on saturday after about oh 89 feeling like 90 sunday into monday. All right, almost a quarter to 7 00. Lets get you where you got to go with alex. Thank you john. Good morning everyone. Well if youre traveling on the George Washington bridge, we have this accident on the inbound upper level. Its now causing delays about an hours worth if you go to the tolls. Lower level sitting in at about a 30, 45 minute wait. The good news if you want to call it that, the accident has since been cleared. If you choose to go out of your way, lincoln and holland tunnels are a 20 minute wait. To the Brooklyn Bridge, the bqe delays have eased out as well. Construction is out of both areas. And if you are traveling on long island, the northern strait parkway moving well at willis avenue. Its the l. I. E. Thats giving us some hesitations as you go into queens and alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Alex thanks so much. New this morning, an arrest in a series of false fire alarms phoned into the 11 system in new jersey. Now facing charges of volunteer firefighter 18year old justin trend of South Plainfield is charged with 14 counts of causing public alarm. Most of the calls were placed last month. His possible motive was gaining experience responding to the alarms. In brooklyn an attempted rape. Month. Police say the man grabbed the kiss her neck. She resisted the the suspect ran off. Divers will resume their search for a missing fisherman in new jersey today. Tom andersons sunken 40foot trawler was found yesterday in the Sandy Hook Channel. State police used sonar to locate it. And anderson is believed to have been on board alone. The Recovery Mission was suspended yesterday afternoon because of dangerous water currents. Louisiana Authorities Say a small town Police Officer was apparently killed with his own handgun after he responded to a Domestic Violence incident. It happened in the town of sunset about 60 miles west of baton rouge. In southwest louisiana. The shooting happened at a home where three women were stabbed one fatally. One of the survivors was critically wounded. Police say the suspect is the officers cousin. Big changes for stock markets around the world. Asian markets were up overnight. Here in the u. S. , storks saw their biggest rise since 2011. At the closing bell the dow was up a whopping 619 points. The nasdaq jumped 1 1 points. S p climbed 726789 the rally ended 72. The rally ended a six day slide. In a new trend, teachers are turning to crowd funding to help offset the cost of School Supplies. Kindergarten teacher Joanne Ramirez typically spends about 1,000 of her own money each school year. This year she started a go fund me page to fill in the gaps. Literally the next morning i woke up and i still had 100. The next day i had you know 150, just been people you no spread the word. Ramirez has collected more than 1,000 in three weeks and hoping to reach 1,500 before School Starts on september 9th. A long island based Hospital System is now posting ratings of its doctors online. North shore lij is one of only a few hospitals in the country to do it. Patients rate doctors on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. A north shore executive says they want to become an honest broker of information that patients will find helpful. Vandalism on the roads of new jersey. The theft of signs nearly 40 street signs around ridgewood have just disappeared and Police Suspect the culprits are heads going to college. Kids heading off to college. But the missing signs create problems for drivers and theyre expense e to replace, one sign costst just 65 apiece to produce. That doesnt include the staffing hours to put the sign back up. Police are offering amnesty to anyone who returns the stolen signs before the 15th of september. Keyless ignition systems in cars may be convenient but some are calling them deadly. The systems allow drivers to start the car by pressing a button as long as the key fob is in their pocket or purse. But lawyers have filed a Class Action Lawsuit claiming in some cars the engine can continue running even after it will fob is no longer in the car. And that can cause Carbon Monoxide to build up in an enclosed space like a garage. They say 13 people have died in such incidents. A new project is testing Wireless Charging lanes for electric and high bride secs. The gosh hybrid vehicles, the ole hybrid vehicles, the lanes will be built with charging coils under the pavement. Its the 18 month off tests are successful. Oxford has the new words added to the dictionaries. The latest additions focus on more pop culture and some internet slang. Some key words added include bruh, which is a male friend. Butt dial when you accidentally your rear end. Hangry which is when youre hungry and angry at the same time. And fur baby which is someones furry pet animal. How about that . Hangry. Heard of that. I know what its like. Otis livingston with this morning cease sports update. Yule menouria retires as a giant. He ranks fourth on the franchises sack list. The yankees lost to the strides, the mets will go for the rare four game sweep tonight. The yankees have a night off before starting a four game set in atlanta tomorrow night. Going to be a gorgeous thursday out there. 67 degrees right now. Here at 6 52. Time for traffic and weather together on the 2s. John elliott take it away. Pretty is potassium out there. Its banana lovers day out there as well. Getting ready to soak up some vitamin d. 82 is going to feel like it in the city with the comfortable dew point very muchs and feeling values and some folks in the low 80s around the area with mostly sunny skies. A little dip today and we start to climb. Numbers back up saturday into sunday. Humidity levels very comfortable today and tomorrow. Theyre on the rise into the weekend as well. Youre on the rise with you us. We appreciate it every day and alex . When you peeled back the layers got it. If you are traveling this morning we have a disabled vehicle on the southbound side of the fdr dry at the tremendous borough bridge. It is blocking a lane there causing some hesitation but thats past that a little further south, traffic is moving well in the area in the 90s. The George Washington bridge, now we had an accident that was blocking several lanes on the inbound upper level. Its now a 45 minute wait if you are traveling to the upper level. 30 minutes to the lower level. Lincoln tunnel is not better, 30 minute delay there. 20 minute wait at the holland and mass transit everything is on or close to schedule for you. Alternate side is in effect citywide, remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Alex thank you. And what you need to know before you go, thats next. Pretty spectacular nice way to start day. That humidity is way down. Just a gorgeous thursday here setting up for a really, really nice weekend. We welcome you back the cbs2 news this morning. Here on this thursday morning. 67 degrees. Heres what you need to know before you go. Prayer vigils are planned around virginia for the tv reporter and camera man gunned down during a Live Television broadcast yesterday morning. Alison parker and adam ward were ambushed yesterday by a former coworker Vester Lee Flanagan. He fatally shot himself as police pursued him. Firefighters scrambled to put out a massive fire in plainfield, new jersey it started in the attic of one home overnight. And it spread to two neighboring houses. Crews worked tirelessly to keep the flames from spreading even further to nearby homes. Police say everyone did get out safely. The queens driver aciesed of killing a father and his two Young Children on the sort state parkway will appear in court later today. Police say oneill sharp was speed can go driving while speeding and driving while intoxicated. A man arrested will also make an appearance in court later today. President obama will be in new orleans today meeting with residents who have spent the last ten years rebuilding their lives after hurricane katrina. Also using the occasion to press governments to start helping communities prepare for the stronger storms that some experts say Climate Change will bring. A little traffic out there and one last check with alex denis this morning. Alex . [ inaudible ] the fdr southbound is problem at the rfk bridge and hall exhas more on that. Thats right. If you are traveling here its causing issues southbound. Past there, all green its a smoother ride. But also the George Washington bridge, upper level inbound we had an accident it has cleared out but unfortunately 45 minute delay remaining for the upper level and 30 minute wait in the upper level. Lincoln tunnel 30 minute delay there. Alternate side is in effect citywide. And remember be safe, dont text and drive. John . Hate to hear about the delays alex but while you are stuck in them, the weather is spectacular. So sunglasses, the order of the day today. Glare in the morning and glare at night and nice all day long. Make sure youve got the sunscreen on too. If youre able to sneak away for some fun outside outside right now, 67 in the city. Looking very pretty. Your day later 82. Right around where you should be this time of the year. Humidity values nice and comfortable as well. Its a wee bit warmer friday but more appreciable as far as that warmup and thats saturday into sunday with more heat and humidity to wrap up the weekend. John, love it when you have such great news, another check of news and weather coming up in 25 minutes. Thanks for watching im mary calvi. And im chris wragge, enjoy your thursday, cbs this