Place to stay safe or you cant get into shelter, if you can get into a car, thats a safe spot, any kind of shelter as well. Waiting out in the open, especially under a tree, bad idea. Make yourself as small as possible in a situation like that, crouching on the ground if you can. The storm is heading to cornwall next. You have about ten minutes here of extreme weather and then it pushes off to the east. Just taking the few minutes to get shelter is a great idea. Then east cornwall. This storm will make a east southeasterly push here in the next 45 minutes. Other spots on the map are not close into the city. The last storm went off shore through coastal connecticut. We will wait to see if these will pop up. Theyre spotty storms and dont last long but they can be potent. Extremely uncomfortable. At 3 00 this afternoon, toms degrees for the feels like temperature. Its the combination of the discomfort during the day and not being able to cool off at night that makes it so difficult for pe
Thats when he allegedly rammed the Police Vehicle before being taken in to custody last night. Hes being questioned in the double murder. We do not know if it was a hate crime but this was not an act of compassion or an act of love. Police have not labeled this a hate crime. Investigators do not have a motive. Charges have not been filed against the man being questioned here. Meanwhile Community Leaders are be increased from 10,000 to 50,000. Reporting at the 107th precinct, cefaan kim, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A family tragedy on long island. Police say a retired nypd officer shot and critically injured his two sons before killing himself. This happened last night at the familys home in bell port. Police say 61yearold irvin noak got in to an argument with relatives during a party. His two adult sons intervened. Thats when police say noak took turned the gun on himself. Neighbors were stunned by the sudden violence. There was no commotion. It looked like a peaceful event. Everybody w
Of the home in little ferry. The whole house was in flames. Its something no one should ever seen and i seen the people laying on the floor. That was the scary part. Before the fire, neighbors and one officer on routine patrol 23 veteran christopher heard an explosion. I looked out of the window and you can see the front of the the game was rushed in flames. Firefighters rushed to save the 5year old both trapped on the third floor. The girls mother jumped out a window. Lieutenant bowl and two of his colleagues, officers angelo and do not nick were on the scene almost immediately. They helped victims on the second floor. One floor, he was pulling his children down and dropping them down and the firefighters were catching them as best he could more people would have been serious injured if not perished. Its investigators with the burr gone Prosecutors Office who are looking into what it was that sparked this fire. No word just yet. The girl and grandmother were on the third floor. The se
6 00 eastern time about 30 minutes from now on espn. And the winner tonight, california or texas, will face warwick, rhode island in another elimination game. That will do it for our coverage here on our abc stations. For jaymee sire and kyle peterson, once again, the final score rhode island 8, oregon nothing. Please stay tuned to espn for the japan curacao game at 6 00 eastern time, and well see you states bracket. Next, its your local programming. Saying so long, im karl ravech from williamsport. One news, channel 7 a witness news with joe torres and jeff smith with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Now Eyewitness News at 5 00. Breaking news in the death of a 9yearold girl in queens. Now the stepmother is in custody charged with her murder. A power outage causes traffic trouble and more in the bronx. Hundreds are still without more than a thousand. Im joe torres. And im Sandra Bookman. First we will get to the breaking news in queens. An hour ago, Police Charged a woman in connect
Their ballots. In the 2013 Mayoral Election in the city, only 24 of registered voters went to the booth. Now a big effort to try to jumpstart a getoutthevote campaign and increase voter turnout. And that campaign, led by the five borough president s of new york city, the league of women voters of the city of new york, and we here at wabctv channel 7. As it happens, two of the borough president s are here with us this morning gale brewer of manhattan, ruben diaz jr. From the bronx. Wer campaign to get out the vote and, because im a reporter, i cant miss the opportunity to also talk about some of the important issues and concerns that are on the minds of new yorkers. Welcome, both of you. Thank you. Thank you. So, tell me exactly, either one wants to start well start with the woman, i guess. [ chuckles ] ms. Brewer. Or maybe i should reverse that, not be sexist. Lets start with the guy. Um, what is this campaign were in her borough, right . What is this campaign about . First of all, let