reporter: and samantha holvey says he inspected pageant contestants. a man coming into the backstage, in the makeup area, while i sat naked under a robe as he walked around looking at us like we were this property. reporter: and he said those words before howard stern. i ll tell you the funniest that i ll go backstage before a show. i m allowed to go in because i m the owner of the pageant. therefore, i m inspecting it. is everybody okay? and you see these incredible looking women. so i sort of get away with things like that. i m confirming that yes, he did that, and it was as creepy as it sounds. reporter: at least 16 accusers in all. the white house back on the defensive. can you stand here right now and say without a doubt, 100% certainty that the more than dozen women who have come forward to accuse this president of misconduct are lying? do you wrestle with this personally at all? i m here to speak on behalf of the president, and i can say that the presid
fast and furious. this is video sent to us by a viewer. it s video of a parking lot in plains bureau new jersey. matthew gavon says he can t leave the station because of the flash flooding, heavy downpours causing problem. 22,000 customers are without problem in morris county new jersey and 1,000 customers have no power in somerset county. let s get an update from meteorologist jeff smith. o particular is the western part of middlesex county and new jersey, a tremendous amount of rain. we have a flash flood until 8:30 this evening. floods cover new jersey and flood advisories along the i-80 corridor. there s another batch of rain setting up there. the heaviest rain is south and west the same area. it s showing a movementment it s a thunderstorm that stalled over meddle section area. it had one to 2 inches of rain. flash flooding in plains bureau and flooding in the old bridge area. a report of 4.8 inches of rain in plains bureau. could be approached a half foot of rain
back here this wednesday night. now new york s number one news. 16 people are dead after a hot air balloon crashes and catches fire. new details from the scene as the investigation gets underway. first, torrential downpours in new jersey turns streets into rivers and scrambling for safety. good evening. the rain was widespread today. new jersey was hit the hardest. we will have more in just a moment. first the showers continuing at this hour and we might get more tomorrow. meteorologist jeff smith has been tracking it all evening. new information hot off the presses here from the national weather service. flood warning now for southeastern hunterdon county in new jersey. we are talking about the of middlesex county, southern parts of somerset and mercer counties through 2:15 in the morning. some of the rivers in those areas include the millstone river and lawrence brook rising and probably going above flood stage as we head through the night. also, a flood advisor
leaving two people dead. elliot county city cars went down main street. people had to form a human chain to rescue a driver strapped in his car. rushing water carved a ditch into the street. one official says every structure on main street was damaged. we re going to turn to the latest on the deadly balloon crash in texas. new video shows the heart of texas hot air balloon 7:00 saturday morning. it crashed over farm land about 45 minutes later near a row of high tension power lines. the ntsb says weather conditions at the time will be one focus of its investigation. cloud cover, the visibility, and the winds, but we ll be looking at the temperature to see if the temperature e the density altitude may have identifying the identity of the bodies are a long process. they re confirming 16 people were killed. a scary situation is playing out for the nypd. someone has been taunting officers. apparently using a lost or stolen police radio. eyewitness news reporter aj r
world against you. the whole entire world knows what a pathetic puny weak piece of filth that you are. the whole world knows that and to know your face as well. reporter: coming up at 6:00 you will hear more from cathy. you also will hear from karina s two best friends. also the new tool being added to this investigation. for now we re live in howard beach, kemberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you. there has been another attack on an officer by an inmate at rikers island. the correction officer s an officer s forearm. it says two officers were assaulted by an inmate who got out of his cell early this morning when his door was open to retrieve his meal tray. a scalpel blade was recovered from that scene. on eyewitness news at 11:00 we will hear from the president of the officers union. police are investigating an attack on the subway as a possible hate crime. investigators say the attacker made anti-gay remarks as he stabbed a man several times on in m