Up next a confirmation hearing for u. S. Postal service governors and other judicial nominations to the d. C. Superior court. During this meeting members of the committee asked nominees questions concerning the health and safety of postal workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. This morning we will consider two nominees for the governor of the United States Postal Service, don lee moke and william zolers. Well consider three nominees for the judicial system to be associate judges in the superior court of d. C. We do have brief introduction of each. Donald lee moke served as president of the Airline Pilots association and captain with Delta Airlines for 31 years. He also served as an officer in the United States marine corp. Thank you so much for that service. William zolers serves red stone llc, hes the chairman and ceo of yrc until 2011, prior to that served in Senior Leadership positions with rider incorporated and Eastman Kodak company. Mark robins serves in office of general counsel
Opened fire and wounded james hayes of Engine Company 158. Firefighter is down. No further information. Reporter heavily armed officers converged on the neighborhood and the negotiating team spent hours trying to convince garland tyree to surrender. Mother from delaware. They exchanged that they loved each other. And at that point, he said he was going to surrender. Reporter officers determine he was wearing body armor. They recovered handguns with 100 rounds of ammunition. Garland tyree was a former gang member with 18 arrests in the last 20 years. Violation. Of mental illness. They are also investigating the handguns they recovered to figure out where they came from. As for the lieutenant, he was struck in the ankle and the hip. He could be released as early as tomorrow. N. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you n. J. A spokesperson confirms mayor de blasio went to the gym in park slope 80 minutes before he visited the wounded firefighter. The mayor spoke to the fire commis
Up to six inches of rainfall is actually being held off to the north by High Pressure and its the same system that is bringing us the heat, and will allow for the humidity to come up here in the next 24 hours so well just in crease the humidity and increase the sticky feel, it becomes a steam bad by the end of the weekend but it doesnt end there. Well have more 90s early next week so 3 00 were at 89 degrees and we hit the 90 degree mark and even the sunset muggy. Ill have much more on this streak of 90 degrees in the accuweather seven day forecast. Rob . Amy thank you very much. And we are seeing new video of the suspect in a deadly shooting also in brownsville brooklyn. The video shows the man police say followed three people into that building thursday night on saratoga avenue and then opened fire before then taking off. Police were alerted to the scene by the nypds shot spotter program. When they got there they found three men had been shot, 21 year old isiah sis ore was killed in t
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
Dari we appreciate that. Steve the mayor taking flak for his absence during the standoff. Dari particularly because he was working out at a gym in park slope, brooklyn. Dan bowens is live on Staten Island to tell us how the mayor has responded to all this criticism. Reporter this all unfolded on Destiny Court in Staten Island on the other side of that large black nypd vehicle. Officers out here still collecting evidence. You can see the yellow evidence markers, likely many of the shell casings that were fired during the shootout. While the shootout and standoff unfolded, mayor de blasio as you mentioned was at a gym working out according to his aides for 80 minutes, the mayor refusing to answer questions about this as he briefed the public on what happened here according to the nypd. The suspect set off a smoke bomb when police tried to enter his apartment earlier this morning. Thats when lieutenant james hayes entered the residence and was shot in the left calf and buttocks. The suspe