Director at Deutsche Bank securities, and howard lenn, a board member who is a Group Creative director at j. Walter thompson. Good to have you all with us today. Good to be here. Well, first of all, tell me about the creation of the organization and the people it helps. The organization started in a new york city living room in 1979. A group of parents came together to find support. They had Adult Children with Mental Illness. They shared resources, they exchanged stories, and they really built a community, and today we serve people through our telephone helpline, multiweek courses, and a telephonebased parentmatching program where we match a parent who has a child with Mental Illness with a parent who is experienced dealing with the mentalhealth system. All of our programs are free, and all of our programs are led by people who have been there, they get it, they have that connection with the mentalhealth system. Thats essential. I would imagine that is very, very important. Barbara, w
Store . The weekend is looking good but hot. For the entirety of the weekend. In fact saying hey, we have another chance for the first heat wave of 2015. Over the next few days. That gives you a sense of where temperatures will be. In the low 90s over the next few days and that of course, that trend begins today. Lets go ahead and take a look at where we are starting off. Very comfortable out there, 74 in the the city and cooler north and west. That is now 61. And 62 in sparta and greenwich starting your day at 70, for the hamptons 65 and 66 in the area. On the vortex satellite radar picture. Some clouds. But not a cloudy day per se. More clouds well to the north of the city. For today, we are looking at a very sunny start to the weekend. There is an air quality alert in effect today from 11 00 until 11 00. Mainly for portions of new jersey. Because we do expect increasing humidity through the weekend, and hot temperatures. So here is the breakdown of your day. 78 at 9 00. Feels like 7
The granddaughter of Actor Morgan Freeman stabbed to death on a street in manhattan. Tonight the actor is speaking out about his loss as the family awaits charges against the suspect. First, a nightmare for tomorrows commute. The lirr service is back up and running tonight after a plane crashed on the tracks. Good evening im sandra bookman. Im rob powers. Service was fully restored to the Ronkonkoma Branch tonight. Plenty of headaches for people tonight. The mta releasing new images. The plane was decimated and the pilot killed and his name has not been released. One person survived the crash. Mta crews worked into the night to fix the tracks. Josh einiger is live for us at penn station for more. Reporter from looking at the pictures you can get a look at how colossal it was for them to get things moving for tomorrow morning. Its pretty much back on schedule and just in the nick of time for the monday morning ride to work. The train started moving again after dark along the lirr busy m
Ride on wall street. The dow tumbled a thousand points after the markets opened. Steve investors cut some of the losses, but it was a rough start. Arthur chien joins us to selloff. Reporter it ended up closing at 600. Many people are saying its not as it looks. When it looks this bad, the area above is not comfortable. We know whats causing this. How worried should investors be . Those are the questions we try to answer. The time lapse, plunging 1,000 points in the opening minutes. All three u. S. Markets winced china in particular. Trade in the s p 500 and nasdaq were halted several times to break the fall. Adam shapiro of fox business calls it an overreaction. Reporter if you live and breathe these markets on a daily basis, youre giving yourself anxiety you need not give yourself. Within hours, the worst stock drop since 2008 roared back. But the collapse in chinese stocks will be a lasting concern. Now the worlds second largest economy, many u. S. Companies, including apple and gm,
Getting a new trial. Well have his attorney this morning right here on gma. O say can you see by the dawns and a star is born. The woman whose impromptu performance of the star spangled banner stunned the country. This morning, shes kicking off our fourth of july party in the park with a huge performance live right here on gma. And the home of the brave brave how about that star swain. How lucky are we . She is going to be in central park this morning. Going to be an amazing performance. There they are right there. Everyone is getting ready for the big party in the park. Theyre there for star. Theyre also there for blink182. Weve got it all this morning. Also ahead, millions of americans getting ready to hit the roads and skies. Lets look live now at Reagan National airport in washington d. C. Travelers bracing for big lines. Aaa estimating 36 Million People will be hitting the roads. Were tracking it all on our traffic cams this morning. Ginger is here as well. We have heavy delays. H