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
Soon as today. This morning we are told he is in stable condition, after getting shot twice during the tense standoff. You can hear the chaos from friday morning when the six hour standoff and gunfire landed lieutenant jim hayes in 391year veteran with the fdny and father of two is expected to make a full recovery. The neighbors anxious for him to return home. A great family man. Taking care of his kids. Taking care of the house. Says hello. Very friendly. They showed up at the apartment of garland tyree to serve him for a probation arrest and they called the Fire Department for help with the smoke and lieutenant hayes went in and got struck twice. Once through the left buttock and then the calf muscle. And he opened fire at surrenders when he refused to surrender. We spoke to his mother after the suspect came to his defense. I dont think he wanted to hurt nobody. Sources say sources had been recently investigating the gunman in connection with many shootings in the city. And 18 prior
These are pictures from chopper 4 over the eastbound side of route 80. 28 and rox bury, new jersey where you can see theres been a dump truck. The rear portion of which is now sitting on the steel girders that pass over the t cks in this area. Now, no word on any injuries just yet. Only one lane is open in the east brand direction. Traffic eastbound, the westbound rubber necking delays are very heavy as well. We will continue to keep you up to date. In chopper 4, back over to you. This accident is causing problems on new Jersey Transit since those are the tracks involved here. Service is suspected between mt. Lington and hacketts town in both directions. In new jersey, some residents got quite a surprise wakeup this morning. A small earthquake shoot the central part of the state. And while it may seem like a rare occurrence, its not as rare as you might think. The quake hit around bernardsville and summerset county and thats where we find new jersey reporter brian thompson. Brian. Yeah
Talked about assassinating president obama and bombing coney island. He faces up to 15 years in prison. New here at 5 30, were making calls to get details about a Death Investigation in shelton, connecticut. Somebody called 911 from a home on howe avenue today. When police arrived, they found a man dead and the person who called for help. Shelton police have called in the state Police Major Crimes squad to investigate. Were going to bring more details as we get them. Tonight police are examining this Surveillance Video obtained exclusively by news 4. It shows the moment a gunman opened fire in brownsville, brooklyn, killing one man and wounding two others. As news 4s tracy strayhan explains, investigators believe the shooting was gangrelated. Reporter these Three Friends are seen on security video hanging out as they usually do in front of this building on saratoga avenue. Suddenly, one of them stands up and all three are seen running inside this apartment building. Watch as a man poli
Get your [ bleep ], or you join a gang to protect you. The police say the smoegs ke condition was caused by a smoke grenade. The suspect fired at least four shots from inside that apartment, and then more than five officers returned fire as he apparently emerged from the building, shooting at officers. As for the fire lieutenant, hes expected to be released from the hospital sometime tomorrow. Back to you. Listening to that video, it sounded like a war. Thanks so much. Tonight, mayor de blasio under fire for what he was doing during that standoff. Apparently, getting a workout in at the gym, as all this drama unfolded. Michael george is live at city hall. Reporter clearly, the mayor wasnt happy about getting that question. He says he was on top of the situation by phone all morning. Some say this is an example of a mayor whose priorities are in the right place. Others feel this is a big fuss about nothing. Was the mayor out of line . Reports came out that after de blasio was briefed ab