Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Tragedy with 54 dead, but not the mystery we have seen with other plane crashes in the past year. The two black box flight recorders have been recovered along with all of the bodies. The plane was carrying three babies, two other children, and 49 adults. It took often heavy rain and fog and lost contact. Half an hour later crashing into dense jungle on a mountainside. Me planes that crashed there have never been found. This one was spotted frooam ts, air. Search teams still had to hike for two days to reach it. It was carrying nearly halfee million in cash for local villages. The money not found. The plane totally destroyed. The airline trigana has a deadly safety record. It lost ten planes in 20 years. It is the third deadly air saeter in indonesia in the past year. For peopl ore in this reemote area, planes are the only wayuout. All the dead here indonesian. Matt . Bill ne ely, thank you very much. O t top story in
The flames sparked on avenue p in the marine park section. Now were hearing from the firefighter who found the boy inside. News 4s Katherine Creag is at the scene with new details. What an incredible story. When firefighter first arrived here, they actually saw a neighbor on the roof, just above that doorway there, pointing to a bedroom where he thought the 2yearold was, but it was actually the wrong room. Firefighters sprang into action to look for that child. Very chaotic scene. People yelling the baby was inside. The lieutenant described how in the dark in a smoky room where a mattress burned nearby he desperately searched for a 2yearold boy. I took a chance and went into the room and as the mattress was burning or what i could feel was the mattress and a bunk bed, i swept the top of the mattress to see if the baby was in that room. There was nothing on the mattress at that time. Reporter fire broke out at this home on avenue p in marine Park Brooklyn around 1 00 this morning. Neigh
And National Correspondent peter alexander. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. Aides within the white house have said the Vice President earned the right to take all the time he needs to consider a 2016 run. Overnight one senior democratic source tells cnn president obama gave biden his blessing at the weekly lunch yesterday to go for it if he wants to. A spokesperson for biden says sources are just speculating anything about. This morning the buzz about a possible biden bid is building. The latest leak that the Vice President will reportedly huddle privately with top democratic donors at his residence after labor day, adding with the drum beat that began with his not so secret weekend lunch with elizabeth warren. Who would the president back his Vice President or former secretary of state . Josh ernest said the president respects and admires clinton but heaped praise on biden. There is probably no one in american Politics Today who has a better understanding of whats requir
Morning commute. Additional showers will pop up in the afternoon, the main focus of the rain will be from now until 9 00, 10 00 this morning. The lighter rain is approaching the city. 74 now in elmhurst. 76 in sheepshead bay. Take your umbrella with you, youll need it from time to time. The time really being this in clouds out there and 80 degrees. Lets get over to lauren scala. On the bruckner, we have an accident blocking two lanes. The cross bronx expressway is the way to go right now. Heading over to long island, nassau county, the l. I. E. Is shut down out in both directions between exit 40, jericho head over to the Northern State parkway. Now to the grand finale of the Democratic National convention, Hillary Clinton rallied delegates and reached out to voters promising better leadership and a better america if shes elected president. Tracie strahan has a look. Reporter good morning to you. Hillary clinton cemented her place in the history books yesterday using her time in the spo
Humidity continues today. Its quiet on the radar. No rain to worry about today. Sunshine goes on and on. 74 degrees, mostly clear skies in central park. Visibility is great as you start your monday. Planning the rest of your day, temperatures in the 70s. Delightful start to the day. Well into the 80s by this afternoon. 3 00, 88 degrees. Its hot but its nice because of the low humidity. Bring your shades. Mostly sunny a look at the tenday forecast and muggy weather making a comeback. Right now lauren scala has your Early Morning commute. Good morning. We have big problems if youre headed towards the gowanus. Its shut down eastbound. An overturned tractor trailer out here and emergency vehicles. This is a spot to avoid. In addition, road work by 96th street and 61st. Instead. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Now breaking news in afghanistan where an american was one of two people kidnapped. It happened last night near the American University of afghanistan in kabul. A senior official