The urgent search right now. Good morning, america. It is a busy wednesday morning and a lot to get to. So much of the country still being hit hard by severe weather. That is the most powerful storm on the planet right now churning in the pacific and ravaged a u. S. Island. We begin with that news just breaking this morning. The man who helped that minnesota dentist kill cecil the lion speaking out for the first time this morning after appearing in court. He faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly having that illegal hunt. The dentist is still in hiding. His home vandalized and abcs david wright has been following the story and starts us off this morning. Reporter professional hunter wore dark glasses to court. He lost his hunting license and now faces criminal charges for allegedly luring cecil the lion out of the safety of Hwange National park by dragging a dead animal from his car as bait. Speaking to reporters bronkhorst scoffed at the charges. I think its frivolous and wrong.
We have the laundry, the drier. We have suppliers all out. Reporter Bergen County executive says crews continue to work on the 24inch transmission line, they are concerned with the stability of the roadway and the primary electric and gas lines below. 200 people are without water throughout the area and hundreds in surrounding communities have low water pressure. The people in this area will be affected for the longest period of time. Reporter and city officials will bring in their own crane expert because they are worried about the weight of this crane causing additional damage on anderson avenue. This main corridor will be without water for some time. There is a boil advisory and we are expecting another update from city officials in a couple of hours. Live in Cliffside Park, a. J. Ross, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Another water main issue. This one is in brooklyn. Workers opened a valve that caused water to shoot on to the street near 5th avenue and 52nd street in sunset p
A nice day of weather around the area for the day today. Temperatures are starting out in the 70s this morning. Across the area, temperatures will be around the mid60s and low 60s up to the north and west and plenty of sunshine will be coming your way. 70 right now. Across the area, temperatures around the five boroughs have been 780, 68 up to the north and west. Temperatures will feel great as we go into the afternoon. We will talk about the weekend coming up in the sevenday forecast. Weather then heather every seven minutes. How is your day going. My day is great. I have been up two hours. Problems with r trains because of fast track. No service between 95th and 36th in brooklyn and that is because of fast track. Long Island Railroad, metro north doing okay. New Jersey Transit on or close. If you are heading to the Staten Island expressway east south avenue into victory boulevard, two lanes are closed down with construction. B. Q. E. Northbound the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is clos
78 by noontime. 83 later on this afternoon. Did you say long island . I did. Lets go to a webcam. Look closely at this webcam. Problems. Look at this over here. This is a tractor trailer. Tractor trailer overturned on the l. I. E. This is the westbound side of the leigh near 49 which is route 110. Overturned track completely on its side. Police on the scene. Barely any lanes getting through. Van wyck south at the belt parkway an accident. L. I. E. West at queens boulevard b. Q. E. Going south or west on the kosciuszko bridge a disabled vehicle. B. Q. E. Northbound, eastbound, the ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge is just about reopened. The Staten Island expressway echt south avenue into victory boulevard, two lanes are closed down. Shortly. Routes 1 and 9 between ton nilly and liberty avenue, it has been cleared away. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Over to you. Thank you. The search is resumed at this hour for a swimmer missing off the jersey shore. It has been ne
Shake it off superstar shaken up seeing red after a fan grabs her during a concert. How she managed to go on with the show in style. And good morning, america. Lets get right to the news starting with that scene that is so scary and so sadly familiar these last few months, another attack at an american movie these theater. Police and s. W. A. T. Teams wasting no time descending on the scene. Abcs Steve Osunsami there now and he starts us off. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning. This is now the second shooting at a Movie Theater in the last two weeks and people who were inside thought they were going to die. Without question, this is making families across the country even more nervous about going to the movies. He pulled out like a hatchet and started attacking his family and then pulled out a gun and we all ran out of the theater. Reporter this is the man who sent sent people running for their live, 29yearold v ichlticente david montano. He stood up wearing a surgical mask, tw