Looking at the commute for you this morning, hows it going out there . Right over to our subway status map and 2 and 3 trains track work at clark street has been completed. Metronorth, long island railroad, and new Jersey Transit, on or close to schedule. We have an accident in queens on the l. I. E. Westbound side right near the van wyck expressway. You can see traffic is already backing up almost back to the clear view. West side highway going southbound near 96th street. On 287 going into bridgewater south exit 17, accident. Street cleaning rules are in effect for today. Lori over to you. All righter thank you. We have the very latest on the investigation into a deadly hit and run in queens. Right now the nypd is working to figure out if a bus stopped on i95 in connecticut is the same one that hit and killed a woman on the street in flushing. The driver of the tourist bus didnt know he or she had hit someone. It happened at the intersection of main street and kissena boulevard. Just
Thanks for joining us this october 4th. Good morning, im toni yates. Im in for rob nelson this weekend. And im Michelle Charlesworth. What you got going on today . Whats up . Sleep. I feel that. Meteorologist amy freeze is here with a first look at this mornings weather. Hows the marathon training going . Good. Probably do another 20 miles today for training. The headliner actually at my house is will is turning 7. Oh, happy birthday will. Oh, thank heaven will is 7. There you go. Anyway, as we get started this morning, its going to be another day where we have windy conditions, maybes a few clouds coming and going. As we get started this morning were going to look for the temperatures to climb. Gusts right now up to 30 miles an hour are still happening in queens. Showing today there will be gusts above 20. We could have that persistent wind of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour through the afternoon. Temperatures in the 40s north and west. Down the shore 54 for belmont, 55 in islip. No rain. May
We get to 60 going into the early afternoon. Going for high of 62 degrees. Well talk 70s returning the first full week of october. Amy thank you so much. We are following breaking news on Staten Island. Police are on the scene after a double murder. There seems to be a mystery right now. Police have identified the victims as 27yearold terrell ford. Brothers. They were shot near targe street and vanderbilt avenue before 3 00. The victims were taken to different hospitals where they both died. Breaking right now on long island, police are investigating an incident at a bar in suffolk county. Video of the scene shows investigators outside of the overnight. Eyewitnesses say a fight started inside the bar, spilled on to the street. Details of the incident are not known right now. We do know there is still quite a Large Police Presence at that scene. Were also following more breaking news this morning. This one in queens where police are looking for the driver in a deadly hit and run. This h
37 years after that daring crime. Nonetheless the verdict shocked the courtroom. Asaro thrust his fist in the air and said i cant believe it. He has not yet left the courthouse. We do expect to hear from him and his legal team. Much more on the developing story coming up on Eyewitness News 5 00 tonight. For now at 5 00 tonight. For now n. J. Burkett, Eyewitness News. A developing story on manhattans Lower East Side where police are investigating a Sexual Assault and robbery. Now were told that a 40year old woman was attacked inside the baruch houses, police say the suspect pushed his way into the womans apartment, sexually assaulted her and stole her cell phone. The woman was treated at mount sinai hospital. We have a crew on the way to the scene and will bring you any new information as soon as we get it. Well, were going to turn now to the latest on the deadly house explosion in new jersey. This afternoon we heard from the father of the young man who was killed in the blast. New jers
Just thinking that, you know, it could have been myself and its just like a family member. Yesterday, a manhattan grand jury handed up an indictment. The officers alleged killer Tyrone Howard charged with murder. Randolph holder was the fourth new York City Police officer to be shot to death in the line of duty in the past ten months. After brian moore murdered in may, and officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos shot to death in their patrol car last december. When one Police Officer is hurt or killed in the line of duty, every policeman throughout the world is hurt badly. And merrick boulevard now is going to be shut down in the next few minutes as thousands of mourners begin to arrive here for the service. Again, expected to begin at 3 00. There are, in fact, shuttle buses at Long Island Railroads jamaica station to shuttle the thousands of officers here to the service. Expected to begin at 3 00 and last up to two hours, live in jamaica queens, n. J. Burkett. The funeral for officer ho