Thank you. Time for traffic and weather. Lets get over to John Slattery on this morning. Good morning, chris and mary. Its all about the heat today. Its the heat and humidity and a heat wave. And again, we could have a record tie or breaker. We have clear skies, winds variable at 3, relative humidity 55 . That can change later today. You can see nice and quiet in our area. There is a front on the way, ushers in some chance for stormy weather. Mostly the summer sizzler. 95 would tie the record for the day. Look at the real feel numbers, theyll be higher around the area, the south shore and the south wind, theres variety in the air. This would be it, a heat wave. Well talk more in a bit though. Any traffic troubles early, alex denis . We do have an accident on the left lane on the new york state freeway southbound. Its at exit 15. No major delays being reported. A live look to one of our hundreds of cameras showing you the George Washington bridge, easy pass until 6 00. No construction h
Now we can officially say as you heard john say, it is now a heat wave that is new this summer, but 90 degree heat and rising humidity, well, thats not new at all. A dangerous combination of heat and humidity is forecasted once again. Being in a three piece suit is a little rough for me, but going to the beach would be perfect. I really hate it. Why . I dont like the summer. Weve already had 9 days where temperatures were above 90 degrees. We didnt get thee of those 90 degree days in a row we couldnt call them a heat wave. In fact the last official heat wave in new york city was in july of 2013. But people we spoke to say they dont mind battling through another one. Ill go to the beach if it is really, really hot and miserable id like to sneak inside and try to find something i had to do i didnt want to do when it was nice like this and do it inside air conditioning. Winter took a long time to go away, i like the heat and hoping it lasts into september. Well, at this rate we dont know
Call 18003419716. Crowds raced to get on the train cars, forced to sit on suitcases and in the middle of the aisle. This is more than just an inconvenience for commuters. Tonight federal Officials Say the train conditions could be good evening. Im kristine johnson. Maurice is off tonight, and cbs 2 learned that the federal Railroad Administration called a meeting to look into the troubling safety concerns on the train. Cbs 2s meg baker has the exclusive story. Reporter does this look safe to you . Its like gladiator to get on the train. Reporter i road the Long Island Railroad where dozens of commuters jam packed into the train cars, sitting in kyles, blocking stairs, and emergency exits. Kim hall had to sit on the floor from penn station to montauk on friday. People cant pass, and in an evacuation situation. It its unsafe. Reporter shes not alone. Just trying to get through the aisle, everyone is aggressive. Reporter the friday 4 00 p. M. Cannon ball train has 12 train caw cars, three
Production the state department of transportation and Port Authority as well as new jersey senators corey booker and bob mendez. They are talking about new Jersey Transit trains and how to fix them. In order to make this happen we are going to need everybody. New york, new jersey, the Port Authority, the federal government, new Jersey Transit. Because thousands heading into and out of new york city have been dealing with two hour delays and cancellations. Every day if its a drop of rain its a delay. Over 90 degrees its a delay. They might bring up the proposed gateway project entailing two additional train tunnels under the hudson to give pen station some relief. New Jersey Transit executives Just Announced the tunnels will be critical to keep passengers on the move. They support it too. What needs to change . They just need the train to be on time and stop the problems. Thats all. Track officials blame infrastructure for the issues and Say Something needs to be done. Aging equipment i
Information is urged to call police. Were live in south nyack, rocklin county, hazel sanchez, cbs 2 news. We also have some new information tonight about the family argument that police say ended in murder on long island. A grandmother is dead, allegedly at the hands of her own daughter, and today that daughter faced a judge. Cbs 2s Carolyn Gusoff reports from mineola. Reporter dawning a hospital gown, saying nothing, suzan grossmankerner headed to court where holding her head and rocking, the 56yearold faced charges of killing her mother with a kitchen knife. An argument ensued over the daughters ongoing medical conditions. The daughter enraged, ultimate ly stabbed her mother to death. Reporter grossmankerner summoned police to the home of her mother, urma grossman, midday monday. Inside Court Documents Reveal Police found her covered in blood, administering aid to her dying mother. With stab wounds to her back and neck, the elderly grossman told police her daughter did it. She said t