System. System. Sparking a fire, dozens of trucks putting out the flames. The investigation into what caused the nearair disaster. Furious lawsuit, the daughter of paul walker suing porsche blaming the company for the fire wreck that killinged her father calling the sports car a death trap. Why she believes he could have survived. And power play. The new way to hit the Powerball Jackpot without leaving your couch. Are you just 2, a dream and a swipe away from that 300 million Golden Ticket . And saying goodbye to all those bills. We do say good morning, america. On this tuesday morning. You know what they say, theres an app for that even for this and well discuss that ahead. That one could be dangerous. Big jackpot tomorrow night. We begin with this onetwo weather punch. Were already seeing dangerous floods and overnight this Tropical Storm forming. Two separate entities that were watching. You can see the Tropical Storm way out in the atlantic here. Then its the tropical moisture that
Forecast. Down the shore there has been fog. Temperature 73 degrees. That is warm. We should be at 56 for this hour of the day. Murray hill 73. 71 riverdale in the bronx. 70 bridgeport. 68 to 70 long island. 68 in poughkeepsie. Flood watch has been put in effect for dutchess, Ulster County, Orange County for flooding rains for tomorrow. Today is going to be a warm day. We will have showers this afternoon. Might even be a thunderstorm coming up later on today. We will talk about that. Heather is looking at the commute. The George Washington bridge, we have inbound side of the lower level closed down. This is because of some construction. Its not causing major delays. Upper level doing fine. No major problems. Lets go to the maps. Inbound lower level George Washington bridge is closed. Upper level is open. If you are trying to come into the city at the hudson river crossings, not doing badly. The ramp to the George Washington bridge is closed. Not doing badly meaning its a minor delay ac
Channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Mean while at the wake for officer holder, a sea of blue. Hundreds of fellow officers paying their respects all day today really, a steady stream of people have been filing in to the queens church. The wake is about to end in less than an hour. Eyewitness News Reporter n. J. Burkett is outside the church in jamaica. The greater allen ame cathedral, a scene of such profound sadness where mourners waited for hours in lines that stretched for blocks. A solemn tribute to a man and a noble profession he chose to follow. Reporter for the officers family and his fianci, the loss is unbearable. Some relatives were so overcome with grief, they needed to be carried in to the sanctuary. He was a very outgoing person, very giving, very caring. Hes a very loving person. Guard escorted the gleaming white hearst bearing officer randolph holders coffin, merrick boulevard went silent. His former officers stood at attention and saluted, respect mixed with sadness fo
Together at all keep an eye on each other. Let me throw in a word of caution about philanthropies. Baltimore is the home of several, three very large philanthropies, also the scent of innumerable experiments in urban reform since the great society. Is also the center of in the nonpolitical sense after another to those philanthropies were just as unaccountable as government. It turned out they went from failure to failure. Sometimes not criminally but right on the edge of criminally. Not intentionally enough because people were mean characters, just because they were to get things done in baltimore. Baltimore is the only city ive ever been in i went to a highend party and there were drug dealers at the party. This was before the wire, by the way. Finally, i just want to say part of the reason that pastors are so important in terms of citizenship is that we have some in the country would you dont think people recognize, and thats not just nonreligion can not just people not being religio
Crushes it. And a messy spill on the bay bridge snarls traffic making thousands late for work. Its been a horrible day on the bay area roads as michelle mentioned. Starting with this. A box truck flipped on a pickup crushing it. As many as a dozen vehicles involved in this crash outside the macarthur maze northbound 880 in oakland. Only minor injuries are reported. The accident caused major backups with one lane open at the time. Right now two lanes are open. Chp says it will be some time before the lanes are cleared out. A liquid drywall spill forced the closure of several lanes at the end of the bay bridge in San Francisco for the morning commute. Kpix 5s anne makovec talked to some drivers who were steaming about all the delays. Anne. Reporter this is one of those mornings that will make drivers reconsider using a car as a reliable mode of transportation. Traffic is now moving smoothly here on the upper deck of the bay bridge. But it was a nightmare morning commute. It was just befo