This is really affecting people who are going to Newark Airport, going to catch a flight or pick someone up, leave yourself a lot of extra time or head for routes 1 and 9. You can get off the garden state parkway, take 78 east, get on into Newark Airport that way. Newark airport flights are not affected. New york air train is running without a problem. New jersey turnpike is something to cross off the list. We will take a look at a camera and show you the delay. We will look at another camera this is a webcam. Another camera and show you the delay as you head southbound on the new jersey turnpike. This is right across Newark Airport. So, here you have the inner roadway which is known as the car lanes. You can see traffic is barely moving. Its at a crawl. To the right of that is where the track lanes are. There is no traffic. They diverted everybody into the car lanes. They are taking everybody down to the area where that fire has occurred and they are diverting everybody off. This is s
Reporter the plan unveiled today is part of a Larger Program to deal with the mentally ill. Arrival date sometimes in the fall. At city hall, im marcia kramer, cbs 2 news. Many new yorkers think the quality of life in the city is not good. They feel its getting worse. And more on that quinnipiac poll. 53 of voters say they are seeing more Homeless People on the streets than they did a few years ago. 49 say they have encountered panhandlers asking for money. And 48 of voters think the quality of life in new york is going down. Our reporting on k2 is leading to a heartbreaking discovery for one family. After seeing our story a viewer reached out because he recognized his son in the video. The once smiling happy brother now strung out on synthetic marijuana living on the streets. Well have that at 6 00. New at 5 00 Queens Police are looking for men who viciously beat a man with a bat just to steal his cell phone. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez spoke with the victim. Reporter 20 stitches on his head
We do see a few clouds popping up later this afternoon north and west, just a little dynamics at play. The high pressure, the driving force of our weather, big low off the coast will keep the risk of rip currents moderate for the long island beaches. Make sure youre ready for that. 84 for the high. Less humidity. We will talk more about the changes this week holds in a bit. But right now back to the desk. Our top story this morning, state Health Inspectors back in the bronx. Mayor de blasio said the monthlong outbreak has been contained but five more buildings tested positive for the legionella bacteria bringing the total to 10. The number of people infected now stands at 108. There hasnt been a new case in five days but the risk is still out there in parts of the bronx. Ilana gold has more about this story from the melrose section of the bronx. This courthouse is one of those buildings that just tested positive for the bacteria but even more locations could be affected. So in just a f
New jersey, 97 at morristown, you get a little rain cooled or not rain cooled but cloud cooled 88 on the shore at belmar. The heat index values well into new jersey. We have an air quality alert in effect until 11 00 p. M. Out there. If you have any type of heart or lung condition you would want to avoid any type of strenuous activity outdoors into the evening hours. These are the storms we have been talking about, one blew up right near the George Washington bridge, affected inwood, parts of the bronx and then moved into parts of queens. That has since weakened. One little shower on the queens brooklyn border, couple of other showers north of and east of long branch in new jersey so again this first heatwave in central park since july of 2013, over two years ago, youre going to want to stay in air conditioned places if you can. If you cant, stay hydrated and avoid heavy exercise outside. A little bit of relief from the heat tomorrow but at the same time the humidity is going to come u
Firing gunshots. Michael george live in newark with new information about the victims and the suspect. Reporter six murders in 72 hours here in newark. The latest shooting a woman nine months pregnant was shot on the front porch. She survived, but a 26yearold man who was with her was killed. The shooting happened overnight as the two were sitting on the front porch of a home. Witnesses heard gunshots coming from across the street. The pregnant womans injuries are not life threatening, but the 26yearold man she was with was killed. Police have increased patrols as they search for the killer. Its unclear right now whether or not the victims were targeted. This is the latest shooting that left six dead this week. We spoke to residents who say they want to see a bigger police presence. More cops back in the day. There used to be cops doing neighborhood. Right now, were helpless. Reporter and 4 investigates looked into the crime stats here in newark. Homicides are up. 63 People Killed this