The automobile appeared to be stopped in an area along the tracks. You could tell by the stone that was torn up. So it appeared that the vehicle was trying to remove itself. Reporter the crash happened at 5 30 in the morning just as people were going to work. There were 110 people onboard and they all escaped without any ju ries and the c sh did shut down Transit Service on the l e for more than four hours. The focus now is finding out why the driver was on the tracks and this is a secluded area of the tracks behind a supermarket and it is sht not asy to get to by car. T re is no entrance in the general area and how the vehicle got there remains to be seen. Reporter we just heard from ne jersey trans t t the train engineer made a decision in the split second that may have saved lives. After the trs n hit ihe car the engineer kept that train moving. Because of that, while the car ught fire the train didnt, it moved out o f the way and that may be the reason why none of the passengers had any injuries and we are live in emerson, michael george. We have a commuter alert for drivers in new jersey. It is partially reopened. That roadway was mostly shut down during the morning commute and that was because of damage from yesterdays flash floods. Some traffic was getting by on the shoulder as repairs were being made. One lane remains closed for now. During those flash floods some drivers were stranded as the water nearly got up to the median. Police are investigating a bizarre attack in queens. M threw some sort of cau ic quid in a womans face. She suffered thirddegree burns d news 4s Sheldon Dutes is live on Long Island City with more on the hunt for that man. D shel n . Reporter shiba, its possible that woman worked in one of the offices here in this industrial neighborhood. She was badly burned yesterday afternoon while walking to her car and her car was parked not too far away from where im standing here at 43rd avenue and 33rd street. Police say around 5 30 yesterday afternoon a stranger who was holding a coffee cup called out to her and when the woman turned around that man threw the liquid in her face. Police are still trying to determine exactly what was inside his cup, but whatever it was it caused thirddegree burns on her face that wom s neighbors tell us she was a beautiful person bot inside and out. Ive also been talking to people who worked near where this accident this incident, i should say, happened and they are shocked. I literally come out of that building around that time, too. s tragic. Absolutely tragic especially broad daylight. Ive worked here for eight years and this is the first time ive heard anything like that. Police tell us the woman is in her 50s and taken to cornell hospital where she was treated for the severe burns on her face and i want to show you whats happening live here close to where the incident went down yesterday and you can see detectives have their mobile van set up and theyve been out here throughout the morning and right w, michael and shiba, they are still trying to figure out what the suspects motive may have been in all of this. For now we are live here in Long Island City, Sheldon Dutes, news 4 new york. Sheldon, thanks very much. Now to Staten Island where residents are there are on alert for a pair of Armed Robbers who pose as Police Officers. They struck three times in several streets including twice in just one day. News 4s katherine c ag has news on what to look out for from the real police. Reporter yes, michael, with you said it. Armed robbers. What is so scary for so many people around here that both of the suspects according to the nypd have guns and one has what appears to be a police radio. It is all part of their act. Onoo Staten Island, nypd officers e looking for two men who are etending to be one of them. Two imposters posing ase policemen have ictimized several people and stolen more than 400 from them. If everyone approached me that wasnt a Police Officer that wasnt in uniform and i uld ask them who they were and asedk them for identification. They should ignore it and keep going and if police can talk to them they can do something that proves their identity. Police released a sketch from one of the suspects and they were also seen in this white chevy malibu. The first robbery happened july 12th and the most recent one, a few weeks ago. On new dorp lane, one of the suspects came up to an 18yearold and told him he was a cop and the 18yearold took out his wallet and he took the wallet with 50 inside and took off running. Its unfortunate that this might make someone less trusting of a real Police Officer. A little. I mean, because you dont know whos who now . The cops, you have young cops so youre not sure. You have to just be careful. Reporter in another instance, one of the suspects stole a womans purse and ran off. A Good Samaritan chased him, but was stopped in this second suspect, and he said he was a cop and made it seem like he was going after the thief, but he wasnt and the two got away. Thank goodness none of the victims were hurt. As for the nypd investigation, i just talked with a sergeant, they are still looking for these two suspects and no arrests as of yet. Reporting live, katherine creag, ws 4 new york. Hank you. In brooklyn, fire sparks at a gas station in the Early Morning hours. Thatly alarmer happened right here at the gulf station on le sonard and richardson streets in williamsburg. It g took firefighters a few hours to get it under control. It appears the fire was confined to the building and three firefighters were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Coming up on news 4 new york at noon, the convicted killer who spent three weeks on the run after breaking out of prison will make a Court Appearance. Plus three firefighters are killed while battling those wildfires out west. Are the blazes any closer to being contained . And dave price is tracking the first hurricane of the atlantic season. Yep. Within the last hour a hurricane, now hurricane danny it heads into the caribbean. The question is whats in its path. Well answer that question and tell you about the local weather impacting your weekend, too, all coming up in just a minute. Hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire out west today and theyre doing it with heavy hearts. Three firefighters died when their vehicle crashed and was overtaken by flames in Washington State. Those firefighters at the time were trying to control this fire. It started yesterday and it spread quickly and spread erratically. Nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated and its been the second fire in as many years. Very hard, especially after last year. It brings it all back. There are currently 15 fires burning across Washington State right now. More than a quarter million acres already torched. New at noon, the convicted murderer who busted out of an upstate new york prison sparking a threeweek long man hunt made Court Appearance today. David sweat was arraigned on charges of escape and promoting contraband. The judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Sweat and fellow killer richard matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility on june 6, and police shot and killed on june 26th. Police are searching for a gunman who fired into a crowd outside a boys and girls club that killed three people. Witnesses say a car drove by the crowd and at least one person inside began firing shots. Four others were hurt. Police do not believe the shooting was related to the game. . Connecticut, police are searching the bridgeport home of a man whose parents have been missing for more than two weeks and a source close to the investigation says kyle navin is a person of interest in his parents disappearance. Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin disappeared on august 4th. Shortly after they lost an appeal in a 2 million foreclosure case. Family members say theres no indication that the couples debt played a role in their disappearance. In todays money report, another big drop on wall street, and the maker of that few female libido pill is being sold. Mary thompson joins us with more from cnbc global head headquarters headquarters. As shiba mentioned, wall street is under pressure and the dow is trading down over 200 points as we speak and weighing on the markets once again, concerns about slowing, Global Growth and a concern highlighted by the Federal Reserve in the minutes received yesterday from its last meeting. Those minutes doing little to answer the question that is on everyones mind and that being when will the central bank raise Interest Rates and the fed not saying more that conditions are such that an increase is likely in the near future. As for conditions in the housing market, theyre improving. Existing home sales are rising in july to their highest levels in 2007. The news in the labor market is less encouraging as firsttime jobless claims rose for the fourth week last week and though they do remain at low levels. And that was fast, a few days after sprout pharma announced the female libido drug was approved by the fda it is being approved by Canada Pharmaceuticals for 1 billion. So much talk about this pill and what it will mean for people. It will be interesting. I wonder if it affects the release date of the female libido pill although something tells me this might be in the works for a while. All right. Lets get a check on the weather with dave price. A lot going on. A lot going on. Number one, someone turned the heat up to ten on us today. It is hot outside and well look for him right after the show is done, but we have a lot to talk about so lets walk over to the weather wall and take a look outside right now and see whats happening. It is a sticky, steamy, sunny day in new york city and times square is what were looking at, 86 degrees is our temperature and partly sunny skies out there and lets get to the headlines right now and heres what were dealing with. Number one, we have heavy storms rolling in tonight and a messy day tomorrow. The weekend, i think, looks better than we originally thought, dont cancel those outdoor weekend plans and there could be popup showers and well get to it and well talk about it earlier in the show and danny now a hurricane affecting friends and family in the caribbean. Lets get to it and westnorthwest movement and 12 Miles Per Hour and 75 mile per hour, sustained winds as it works this path. This is the cone of probability, so as it seems right now, it could go through the heart of the caribbean and so much can change. Were looking at a tuesday 8 00 a. M. Rainfall, and thats way out and well track it for you for tonight and into the weekend. Right now outside 82 degrees in midtown and floral park at 84. 83 in madison and as we take a look at greenwich, connecticut. 87 degrees and 85, 95 in stanford and out on the island, oh, you have 79 in south ampton and 83 in east port, and 83 in princeton and right along the shore weve got 85 in Point Pleasant and one more trip for you, lets take a journey up north and route 9 into Wappingers Falls and westchester and armont. Heres what oui were dealing with. You can see it in the yellows and reds, the storms to the west. Some of the thunderstorms pushing eastward and will zoom on in. Right now were fine, but with the heat and sunshine, some instability there and i think we could see popup showers later in the afternoon and the island still looks dry and very much calm with a marine layer out there to keep things a little more stable. New york city, as we advance into tomorrow morning, thats when we see the heavy stuff. We could see some urban flooding and it could be a messy commute in the morning. For today, up to 88 degrees and well inch that high further upward than originally thought. Sunset tonight at 7 47. Westfield will be at 87 as we head to hyde park, 86 degrees and 86 in branchburg, as well. Tonight, down to 74 in the city and 71 in hauppauge and 68 in white brook. Ranging from the upper 60s to low 70s. As far as the sevenday forecast, check it out. The problems and significant problems begin tonight with strong showers, and tomorrow morning could be a sloppy commute and heavy rains through the day, as well. But saturday and sunday look better. We keep the chance of showers in and again, visually we put it in sunday, but well keep the possibility of a popup on saturday, but monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, back to typical weather for this time of august. Thats a look at the weather picture, folks. Well keep an eye on danny tonight, tomorrow and through the weekend. Well send it back to you. Saturday looks even better than it was projected for yesterday. Aplus. New york live is up next at 12 30. Heres jacqui and janice. Coming up at 12 30, wood hat borough is home of the bestburger . Well reveal the surprising results. We loved him on veep and american ultra. Puppy, theyre so cute and theyre up for adoption so dont go away. One of them was talking to me as i was walking in the studio. Shiba hi were a match. And im, like, no shiba all right. This is just too cute. Its a 4yearold boy that wanders on to a field during a Charity Rugby match in australia and becomes the strong attraction and players give him the ball and he runs down the field with the players and dramatically falling at his heels and missing their tackles, but as the boy nears the post he got tired and one of the players had to pick him up and carry him over the line. In a related story, he was just signed by the jets. If only we could play a sports like that we would all be superstars. The obesity gene and what it could mean for those trying to shed those unwanted pounds. In news for your health, a new Study Suggests that working long hours could put your health at risk. Researchers in england did track more than a half million adults over nine years. They found people who worked 55 hours or more a week were 33 more likely to suffer a stroke than those who worked the standard 35 to 40 hours. Researchers also said they were more likely to develop heart disease. And another new study may have unlocked a big secret behind a gene tied to obesity. The gene is called fto and has been linked to obesity since 2007, but scientists at m. I. T. And harvard have now determined that a faulty version of the gene causes energy from food to be stored as fat instead of being burned. The discovery raises the possibility that a drug could one day be developed to correct the gene. 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Sex offenders living too close to schools and tonight were back asking whats taking so long to fix the rob lem. For breaking news anywhere, any time logon to nbcnew york. Com. New york live is up next with janis and jackie. Have a great day, everybody. Happy thursday, everybody. Thanks for tuning in to new york live. We have such a fabulous show on the way for you today. Sarah continues to be off for her vacation and filling in is miss sunshine herself, janice huff. I forgot to said enough said. My tag line. Thats your tag line. Coming up right here, it is the ageold question every foodie must ask, what is the best burger in new york city . Were going to the battle of the bugger. One of my favorite battles of all time. Hes stealing seens in a very funny new movie american ultra, emmywinning star, tony hale is in the house. Hello, sir hello there. Cant wait to talk to him. First, it was an emotional night for one of the biggest pop stars in the world. 14 months after the birth of her first child, Kelly Clarkson has announced shes pregnant. The reveal didnt come from a press release or magazine interview. It actually happened unplanned and on stage. Take a look. [ cheering ] i was not planning on announcing this [ cheering ] she said, shes, quote, totally pregnant. This all went down at the Staples Center in l. A. When kelly started crying in the middle of a song piece by piece which is about her father. She planned on revealing the news, but didnt want the audience to think she was crazy for the tears. Let me explain let me explain its not hormones it is hormones, actually. It actually is. I am so happy for her. Shes such a sweetheart. I love her. Just a great personality, not affected by the business at all. Right. And from what we can tell a great mom and baby number two is coming. Congratulation. Were used to celebrity photoshop controversies and one is causing outrage by asking users to post slimmeddown photos of plus side celebrities and models. The picture encourages people to like favor of the slimmer pics and many users are speaking out against the page and the negativity and some fashion brands who do not photoshop their photos are asking that the images be taken down. I saw this this morning. This is really look at this picture