warm to hot temperatures today and we re tracking high fire danger in the forecast in the first alert forecast. get excited because it s ws versus mavs at chase center. we get a preview of game one of the western conference finals. good afternoon. i m sara donically. our top story, stocks plummeting on wall street today. yeah. cheers to start the day of trading, but not to end it. the dow saw its biggest drop in two years. here s where the markets landed. the dow fell more than 1100 points today. the nasdaq was down 566, the s&p lost 165. there were a lot of factors at play this time but a big one was target. the company saw a 52% drop in profit, renewing fears inflation is hurting u.s. companies. let s talk about weather. it was hot outside in some places. here s a live slot from dublin. paul is here, i said it was hot in the city. you re arguing with me a little bit. it s hot for us. very warm in the city for sa 80 degrees. it s 7n. certainly warm. temperaturesere,s
Reporter sleeping on her side may have helped save stephanie. The tree did not crush vital organs. I do remember them falling and chopping. They put blanket over my head to prevent dust from going into my eyes and i had an oxygen mask. Reporter she said she will never take anything for granted. No broken bones. Stephanie may even be able to play College Lacrosse this year. Meantime, the family home is uninhabitable. We were just there. The family will be with relatives for now. Outside long islands north Shore University hospital in manhassett, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. Just incredible. Jennifer, thank you so much. In other news a woman in the west village violated as she slept. Police say a man scaled her building, broke into her apartment, and groped her. Cbs 2s ilana gold has more from the west village. Reporter the crime happened here on 10th street and as you can imagine people in the neighborhood are very nervous because police say the suspect broke into the victims apartment
Have become so common pilot daily occurrence nationwide. New information in the trial. The jury you will consider the Death Penalty as it moves james holmes. It clears the way for another round of arguments before jurors decide between Capital Punishment and life in prison. The same jury rejected his insanity claim last month and found him guilty of murder. And the colorado shooting and the recent shooting inside a louisiana Movie Theater has prompted a new push for gun legislation. It brought together two schumers. Dick brennan has more on the proposal and the reaction. Reporter when i heard about this news, i was completely devastated and i just wanted to go down to louisiana and then i was angry. Reporter Movie Actress and comedian amy schumer speaking out on gun violence. You are approachable. Reporter it was her movie train wreck playing on a screen in a lafayette Movie Theater when a mentally ill man john houser killed Jillian Johnson and mayci breaux. Today she fought back tears
No roll conditions that had drivers at their wits end. Two or three hours already. Its incredible. I cant believe this traffic. Back live now, have a look. Were told the driver of the dump truck is in Critical Condition tonight in the hospital. That is the story in elizabeth near linden where were live tonight. Meantime, let us look right now, this live picture from the ground showing crews working on the scene. Theyre trying to remove that truck. The closure still continuing to cause major delays in the area. Cbs 2s Valerie Castro behind the wheel of our mobile 2 unit. Shes stuck in the middle of the masses. Right now as you can see, were headed southbound on route 109 and traffic is not doing much more than crawling along. We havent gone much more than 10 Miles Per Hour and its been that way the last 30 minutes. Were not far from the newark airport. Southbound on route 1 and 9. We want to go to video we shot earlier today near shopper 2. Traffic just crawling in both directions, bump
Broke yesterday so i got a new one. Thats the good news. Once you get out of this neighborhood theres gas and stuff. Reporter getting out is not easy. North shore roads in Suffolk County are littered with massive trees. Wrapped around lines pulling down poles. Traffic jams are miles long. If there was an emergency it would be big trouble. Reporter the storm cut a 50mile s. W. A. T. From smithtown to southold. My kids thought it was the end of the world. Reporter the town supervisor called pse g to the carpet late yesterday complaining response was slow of the now he sees thousands of crew members on the job. In its defense pse g said it had 87,000 out at the storms heighted. 82 restored this morning. We stayed at a local hotel. Reporter the mann family of setauket counting their blessings. Uprooted trees buried in the deck sticking to their skylights. I hope we get our power back soon. I dont know, i have my doubts. Reporter above us you clearly see the sheared treetops from the danger