News. Channel 7 Eyewitness News. Murdered, now mourned. The devastated family of a jogger gathers to pay respects as detectives find new clues they hope will point them in the direction of her killer. Sideswiped. A pickup truck slams into a man in a bronx supermarket parking lot and keeps on going. Good evening, im sade bederinwa. And im david nevaro in for bill ritter. Tonight for the one day wait. The joggers body discovered tuesday night in howard beach. Police found her sneaker and earphones about 60 feet away from her body. They are testing the items for dna and fingerprints. Eyewitness news reporter, carolina lead with more. Reporter in addition to all that new evidence, there is details leading towards karinas killer. Friends, family, and complete strangers gathered at this funeral home for the wake of 30 yearold, karina verano. A gam et of emotions and heartbreak. I think she was a beautiful person. Beautiful. To devastation and anger. Who wants to come, but you have no choice,
Thanks for braving the heat dome to be here. Have you heard about that . Its a new weather phenomenon, a heat dome. Causing unusually high temperatures in 21 dates. Its expected to get up to 115 degrees in some states. So dont go to those states, okay . And the fear is that the heat dome will turn into a thunder dome, and well have to turn to mad max to help us. [ laughter ] president obama took to twte heat. Drink water, stay out of the sun, and check on your neighbors. Can you imagine checking on your neighbors in l. A. . I live across the street, just checking on ya. Everything okay . Donald trump weighed in on the heat too, he tweeted, the sun is the worst. Hot, lazy, stupid, donothing sun is a big fat loser. He takes a more direct approach. In cleveland tonight, donald almost a full week of people kissing his ass, it was finally time to kiss it himself and kiss he did. Trump arrived atop a goldplated elephant firing bedazzled make America Great tshirts into the crowd. Not really.
All new at 11 00, a 70year old woman suffering burns after a fire breaks out in backyard. Good evening. Abc action News Reporter Cameron Polom has more on what started the fire. Reporter we are standing where the fire started. We are told the flames reached nearly 50 feet up into the trees. We are told the woman was burning old newspapers and receipts in these barrels when it exploded. Something just blew up. This cell phone video shot moments after the blast. The flames burning 70yearold body. Her legs were really bad. The skin started pulling off. Reporter colby davis shot the video. He was doing landscaping down the street when he saw black smoke billowing up from behind the home. I came around the other side. She was here dosing herself with the water. Reporter the flames spread into the trees and nearby barn before firefighters brought them under control. Fire investigators say they arent sure what caused the explosion. She was saying hold my hand. She was scared. Reporter lindas
And we have a we have a wet night of television for you tonight. Tonight, our tenth annual pedestrian belly flop competition. We go out on the street. We grab people passing by, we have them take off their clothes and jump in a pool on television. Its our version of the olympics but fatter. Thats the pool in back of the theater. Thats where people will be jumping. In front of the theater we have my cousin [ cheers and applause ] whats happening. Jimmy sal right now is looking for people who are willing to strip down and flop in the pool. Do you have candidates for it . I do. This guy is going to be great. Come on in. Jimmy all right. How you doing . Great, how are you. Jimmy whats your name . Themba. Jimmy how do you spell that . Themba. Jim its like timber. Cutting down a tree. Oh, boy did your parents give you [ laughter ] jimmy a hell of a life. What do you do for a live ing . Im a third grade educator. Jimmy very good. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy where are you from . Columbus, oh
Thanks to all of you here for coming. Thanks for braving the heat dome to be here. Have you heard about that . Its a new weather phenomenon, a heat dome. Causing unusually high temperatures in 21 dates. Its expected to get up to 115 degrees in some states. So dont go to those states, okay . And the fear is that the heat dome will turn into a thunder dome, and well have to turn to mad max to help us. [ laughter ] preside twitter to warn us about the heat. Drink water, stay out of the sun, and check on your neighbors. Can you imagine checking on your neighbors in l. A. . I live across the street, just checking on ya. Everything okay . Donald trump weighed in on the heat too, he tweeted, the sun is the worst. Hot, lazy, stupid, donothing sun is a big fat loser. Republican nomination after almost a full week of people kissing his ass, it was finally time to kiss it himself and kiss he did. Trump arrived atop a goldplated elephant firing bedazzled make America Great tshirts into the crowd.