Reading about 77 degrees now, but its going to feel a lot hotter as the day progresses. People here in the city bracing for another day of intense heat. Offensively hot. It offenders my sensibilities that it is this hot. I feel like im walking in a hot bath, an unpleasant hot bath. The humidity and heat index potentially dangerous. Its very draining and its hard to breathe. Which is why staying hydrated is crucial. We keep refilling our bottles every 10 minutes. We rest every 30 minutes or so. Thursday the weather system brought heavy rain to parts of our area, lightning setting off this fire in new jersey, a bolt hitting electrical wires. Center when a crane struck and cracked this window. As the hot weather continues into the weekend, officials are urging residents to do their best to conserve and limit use of high energy appliances. Lets just say the air is on. I just dont have the lights on. Reporter officials also urging you to check in on your neighbors to make sure they are okay
They were examples of goodness and righteousness and examples of peace and understanding. We will take their example and build upon it. We do not know if it was a [indiscernible] crime, but this was not an act of compassion or an act of love. Currently theres a 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an individual at this hour as we point out though. A person of interest is being questioned by the nypd. Tim fleischer, Eyewitness News. We have new information on the scare, jfk. Theres flight delays. A celebration of the post olympic victory was behind it. Last night, passengers flooded into the street as heavily Armed Police Officers flooded the street after a 911 call reported shots fired. People who didnt make it out outside found any place to hide. I put my backpack in front of me because i didnt want to get shot in the head. When it started happening, i had an image in my mind with someone coming with guns. In the end, the Port Authority and the nypd says no gun or ev
Unfounded but not before the airport was shut down for three hours, and two terminals were, to put it politely, delayed. I had this kind of image in my mind of someone coming with guns. Reporter both the mayor and commissioner praised the response but admitted travelers and airport staff deserved better. We have to make sure we in situation like this. The response was satisfactory from our perspective but the confusion was around the fact that it need to be thankful for this, a false alarm that we can learn from. Reporter passengers told us the Communications Breakdown was inexcusable. Once it was known that it was a false alarm, they could have made an announcement about it to e are committed to improving communications capability, to provide appropriate and accurate guidance in these types of fast changing situations without endangering the public. End quote. There are lessons in all of this, said the governor. The Port Authority needs to learn them. Live tonight in Lower Manhattan,
For everyone through the nighttime hours. So no changes over the next five days. Its going to be hot and humid. Theres that storm chance every day the next five days. More coming up. Despite the humidity, plenty of people braved this blistering heat today. Cbs 2s Vanessa Murdoch live on the Upper West Side with more on how its going. Vanessa . Reporter well, dana, we are right now feeling el storms so nearby. You heard lonnie talk about rumbles of thunder. Well, look up. We have a storm cloud due site of us so we are not getting rained on but we are certainly hearing the thunder out here. Not a lot of sunshine at this point in time but that was not the case earlier today. The sun blared and burned up the blacktop. Heat index soared above 100. New yorkers we spoke to didnt excessive heat offensively hot. It offends my sensibilities that it is this hot it feels very muggy. Its very humid. Uncomfortable too hot for summer reporter why . Tell me why. Because in the wintertime, its freezing
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