Good morning, im lori stokes. Im rob nelson filling in for ken rosato. Thanks for being with us. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. Well, its h. O. To. Hot. Its humid. Stuffy. A couple of thunderstorms to the west. Yesterday we started out around 80. It feels like 80 this morning. Sticky, steamy, stuffy. Excessive heat warning is in effect through tomorrow. Then you have a heat advisory for the rest of the area. Thank you National Weather service, you finally caught up to the rest of us. That area south of lopping island down the jersey shore. Small craft advisory here. Winds are out of the southwest 10 to 25 knots. See the shower to the west . Are off to the races. 105, 110 around some good portion of the area west of the city. We have 93 to 94 this afternoon. We will talk about the heat lasting through the weekend next. Weather then heather, is it hot in the traffic center. It is always hot in the traffic center. Route 17
Targeted but was it because of their religion. It happened to the rabbis who live a block apart in new city. Marcus solis is there with the lead story. Marcus. Reporter bill, the tree that was set on fire after that device was thrown police say to label this a hate crime would be premature. They dont have the evidence. Many remain convinced this was a deliberate act. I was really scared. I was shaking. Pounding. All because of this, a small tree engulfed in flames after a fire work was tossed on the lawn of this house owned by a new city rabbi on tuesday night. Seconds later another blast. It certainly was intentional. It certainly we certainly know that the effects of it create, you know, tension and fear and pair people in the e spotted running from the skween. From the scene. Police are trying to determine whether it was a prank crime. Right now its alleged hate crime and the word alleged is important. We what about to do everything that we can as an organization to try and help get