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WABC Eyewitness News September 4, 2015

Weve got more breaking news. Another tree down, seriously a man getting into a van in connecticut. This happened in old greenwich, the man was pinned and firefighters had to rescue him. Nearby vehicles were damaged but no one else is is hurt. Eye witness news aj ross is gathering new information right now. Were going to check in with her in just a few minutes. Now to a wild shootout involving npd in brooklyn and tonight we know that police fired approximately 70 shots and the suspect fired those. All of this happened and eye witness News Reporter [inaudible]. Suspected in an earlier shooting. Police say you could hear it. Listen to this surveillance video. It felt like fireworks and louder than fireworks you know . Something loud. Police say they tried to arrest 27 year old who by the way has 12 prior arrests. He fired at them, but missed. They returned fire and missed and a chase began and 70 shots were fired and the suspect emptied 11 rounds and was eventually struck. It was one after another after another and i looked outside and saw the Police Presence and it was like okay. Back here live now this is at 1 30 in the Morning Police are still here trying to sort it all out and figure out where all those bullets went and if anybody else might have been hurt inside a home. Apparently no one else was hurt. Only the suspect and his injuries were minor. Reporting live from bushwick, channel 7 eye witness news. Jim, thank you. Labor day Holiday Weekend is here and get away is upon us with 35 Million People across the country expected to hit the roads. We have a live look at George Washington bridge where traffic is moving along. Gas prices are at the lowest in more than ten years. Meteorologist lee goldberg with what everyone really wants to hear about. That accuweather forecast. Hi lee. Its all coming together and no doubt about it. Its going to be a beautiful week. We had our share of cloud cover today a sprinkle here and there and this is the worst day of forecast. Now. By the way the breeze is always in the back and seeing some of the trees and this is a camera that i always look at when we have gusts. Its not moving too much. Weve had guests that have been over 20 miles an hour, 83 degrees right now and the humidity is still up. These are the same winds about 714 and the only are reporting a gust at central park at 20. We do pretty well with a north east wind because less friction coming off Long Island Sound so you take these winds in new york city theyre amplified between the buildings maybe more like a 30mile an hour wind near bryant park if you have an older tree like in greenwich it a possibility thats why the winds are getting knocked down with the gusty breezes out of the north. 81 newburg, couple of sprinkles from time to time but the main thunder activity is over eastern pennsylvania, dry air is building in and right now as we go through the evening hours well continue to clear out and youll notice the lower humidity toward midnight is when the difference really starts to come in and certainly by tomorrow morning. Lets rate though weekend days. Instead of doing one through three it great because its just right because of a great combination of warmth and low humidity. Monday is the best beach day because of the highest temperature and humidity is up and sunshine as far as beautiful well put it as 1 b because its coolest, and if youre talking about a hike or run or a round of golf fantastic tomorrow because its so refreshing. Well get into the details on the seven day accuweather forecast. Accuweather is up in a few. Back to you for now. Lee thank you. Investigators ruled the deaths of a couple and two sons on the jersey shore a murder suicide. Firefighters found the bodies of Amanda Morris and their sons brian and allin a bedroom of their home tuesday. Investigators believe he shot morris and their children and then turned the gun on himself. Tonight were learning more about one of the pilot on board a small plane that crashed in new jersey. That pilot being hailed as a hero in the grips of fear and uncertainty the pilot maneuvers away from children on the ground an instead crash land in a grove of trees. Tim fleischer in Spring Valley with reaction from those who know him, tim . Reporter that pilot suffered serious injuries but we do understand that he is improving. Now here in the Spring Valleyarea. He was still able to land his disabled plane on the edge of this field next to the crest Hill Community center is well known for being calm and pressured. He exemplifies the meaning of dedication. A fully certified pilot for the coast guard auxillary he was surveyed of the hudson river en when he radioed he was having engine problems. We are experiencing engine roughness. We are trying to get to teterboro as soon as possible. He was calm and were going to make an emergency landing. A friend knew him well. Saw how he steered the plane away from the children. Obviously shows his professionalism and of course that hes going to put his life second to the safety of others. He saved the lives of many many people by what he did. As a Founding Member of the volunteer group, he is is well known for coming to someones aid. Recently as head of search and rescue, he is shown here with other volunteers looking for five boys lost in the woods. He has been a dedicated member of this community and he is everyone. This is a guy who does unbelievable things in his community to help other people, to make a difference. Investigators from the ntsb are still pouring over the plane trying to determine the cause of the crash. He is being treated for serious injuries. The coast guard identified the second person with him as eric pierceon, another auxillary member. Reporting live in Spring Valley, tim fleischer, channel 7 eye witness news. Including assault and robbery. Governor christie spoke out on the campaign trail in New Hampshire saying that he acted appropriately. Five of the accused are Football Players and one is acused of two home invasions. Obviously its an enormous concern when you have scholarship athletes at rutgers who allegedly have that and let the prosecution run its course. The five Football Players were already suspended from the team and four charged with assault for a fight that left a fellow student with a broken jaw. The teams first regular season game has been cancelled. A new development in another Football Team scandal. Players at a high school in Staten Island just learned the Team Suspension has been lifted. The department of education put the sue an wegner Football Game on hold last week after two jv players made disturbing hazing allegations. The department of education Just Announced the team can resume all activities. And to the nfl, Steve Weatherford is looking for a new team. The popular punter relieved by the giants. He was a post season hero during the winning season in 2011 and also very popular with fans and highly visible and social media but he struggled in preseason games this year after injury plagued his season last year. The move saves the team more than 1. 3 million in salary cap space. The latest jobs report offered mixed news about unemployment. U. S. Employers added 170,000 jobs in august. Thats not as many as analysts expected but the rate dropped to 5. 1 the lowest its been in seven years and that is the news that didnt translate on wall street. The dow tumbled 272 points closing at 16, 102 and the nasdac lost 49 points and s p dropped and may prompt the fed to lower key Interest Rates sooner rather than later. New information about that socalled fight club at a daycare. Two former workers in court today and one of their neighbors speaking out tonight. Plus, days after the city swept away Homeless People, the homeless are returning. Why they say they have know where to go. And seeing doubl a breaking story were following a man injured when a tree fell on him in greenwich, connecticut. Eye witness News Reporter aj ross is live on the scene. Aj . Reporter let me show you this is what is left of that massive tree that came crashing down here along benjamin street earlier this afternoon. This is just the base of the tree. The rest has been cleaned up but you can see it was extremely large. Now according to police a plumber getting into his truck was struck by the fallen tree and pinned in the road. We shot video of his mangled truck as it was taken away from the scene. First responders quickly administered aid to the victim before he was rushed to stanford hospital with serious injuries. Police say several other vehicles were also damaged by the tree but fortunately no one else was hurt. Now, exactly why and how this tree fell is still under investigation. There doesnt appear to have been something that provoked this unfortunate incident and were also getting some updates on that victim. At last word he was alert and responsive, were still trying to get of course some more information on just what caused all this. But again fortunately just one person hurt, no one else hurt and several cars damaged by this massive tree. Were live tonight in old greenwich, connecticut, aj ross, channel 7 eye witness news. Aj, thank you. Officials in hungary say they are sending buses to take migrants to the border with austria. The move comes after hundreds of migrants left a train station in budapest and started walking toward western europe. Hungarys Prime Minister says busing the refugees is an effort to keep the countrys Transportation System from being paralyzed. Austria has not responded to the plan. Also today a syrian toddler who drowned attempting reach greece was buried along with his mother and brother. Mayor deblasio will not be among the new york legislators traveling governor cuomos delegation to puerto rico. The Governors Office isnt commenting on that but the mayor says he was not invited. The delegation will travel to puerto rico for a juan night visit on monday to discuss the commonwealth debt crisis and healthcare problems. Eye witness news will travel to puerto ricond his live reports begin monday and you can follow him on social media. Returning to the labor day get away, and what a weekend to hit the beach, ha . Definitely. Eye witness News Reporter live at long beach on long island. Great day to be out there, mallory. Reporter it certainly is. It feels great and city officials tell us they want this to be a fun but safe weekend as well and families weve spoken with say they couldnt agree more. Well some people had today off, others told us they were playing hook it. Sand and sun, theyre the staples of summertime. These kids know the warm breeze wont last too much longer. Tell me about how it feels in the winter. Really cold and really snowy. In long beach, long island the labor day Holiday Weekend is a sign that the season is winding down. This woman will go unnamed. Thats because she called out sick today. She says she knows the summer is fading fast. Rumor has it you called out of work today to be here . This may or may not be true. You know, those new york winters they can be tough but im really enjoying basking in the sunlit that is coming out from time to time tuned its really enjoyable thus far. This weekend all beaches are open and all life guards are on duty. In preparation for a busy time the is city has stepped up dui enforcement. Officials are urging visitors and people who live in the area to plan ahead. If youre coming down to long beach certainly have a great time but take Public Transportation and dont drink and drive. And as families pack the beach many told us they plan to enjoy time together before the School Year Begins and Mother Nature puts a chill in the air. Well it is a little sad because were going backto school. See im a teacher and im back toschool already and im not happy about that. And then of course it will be snowing and raining so make the most of it while we can. Life guards are on duty here but parents should always know where their children are on the beach and while today was busy, this weekend is expected to be packed. Live in long beach long island, channel 7 eye witness news. Im looking at the woman behind mallorys shot the person on the bike. Its like oh, that breeze flowing through the hair. Great day. Great day. Great day and to string together three incredible days and still have sort of their own strength through it, i know how much you love to work out. Tomorrow is the one to get outside and do your boot camp the whole thing and then you sit back. Im all over it lee. And take hold the rest of the weekend so outside we go right now. We have a breezy conditions and we talked about that. You are looking at the Upper West Side Lincoln Center is one of the windier areas of the city. Im not seeing leaves blow all the time but occasionally it gets gusty 20 miles an hour we saw with mall or it where at the coast, certainly theres gusts over 25mile an hour near 30 so weve heard of trees coming down across there at least tree limbs. Be mindful of that with very dry lately maybe some of the trees are stressed out a little bit and it doesnt take a 50 mile an hour gust to put a limb down. 83 degrees east wind 1020 bar onlier on the rise high 84 running five degrees above average this is the first day where we are normal so in the upper 70s sunsets at 7 24 a few hours after that youll notice the drop in humidity. Last year on this date it was 87 lots of sunshine. On long island down to 75 in east hampton the cooler air come in from new england backing in from the north and east 80 in danbury, Hudson Valley low and middle 80s, 75 belmar, more clouds as a way over new jersey and those clouds are tending to break up. The 24 hour temperature change more than 10 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. We have three Straight Days of 90degree temperatures to start september a first time that its happened since 1973. Dew points are still in the mid 60s although theyre falling a little bit but still on that humid range but look off to the north. 50s even some 40s thats the comfort that comes in later tonight into tomorrow morning so clouds are breaking partial cloudiness at midnight, 65 tomorrow morning and the northeast wind is still a bit of an issue not that its terribly gusty but noticeable breeze at times and that will probably accident wait the rip currents again at the area beaches so 76 at noon going to a high of 8082. Clouds again are already breaking up a few more clouds near staffford township otherwise clouds breaking up and thunder activity the threat is now all to our south and west. Big area of High Pressure coming in setting up shop absolutely Perfect Timing for the next three to four days. You can see the heat here to the west, but then look at whats going on in new england. Dont get that cool but a little piece of that cool air. Back to beautiful tomorrow at 82 degrees, the high just stretches out across the area on sunday. Its warm, its sunny and 84 degrees the humidity is still in check and the humidity only starts to creep up on labor day. Its nothing like its oppressive. Just the warmest day of the weekendment clearing skies dry more comfortable breezy at times 65 with a high of 82. Our refreshing high energy day, lots of sunshine, the deep blue sky and low humidity. Tomorrow night 50s and the suburbs might need light jacket outside of town but 64 in the city. Here is whats coming up at 5 30. Another heat wave on the horizon maybe early next week and it is dry for at lost another five days and when we go back to normal and a cooler pattern by next weekend. Thats allin the seven day accuweather forecast in our next half hour. Back to you for now. Okay lee thank you. Still ahead on eye witness news weather woman who recorded this video of a bear in connecticut is now facing Death Threats. Few details on a fire in manhattan that adjusted Justin Timberlakes restaurant a big unveiling of the much new information on that deadly shooting on a College Campus in california. Police say 25yearold Roman Gonzalez was a student killed in a parking lot of Sacramento City college yesterday. Two other students were injured. Investigators say a physical fight between two groups else can lated when a knife and gun were pulled out. Police are still searching for the shooter who ran away from the scene. Also in california, a judge ruled today that Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez must stand trial for murder. The 45 year old is charged with Second Degree murder in the death of kate steinley, killed while walking with her father along the San Francisco water front in july. The shooting triggered National Debate over immigration when the Sheriffs Department reclosed Lopez Sanchez despite a request to detain him for possible deportation. Newark is honoring the bravery of Police Officers who risked their lives during a wild carjacking and robbery spree. The mayor and

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