If by chance youre headed to that area, you can keep an eye on the traffic with your ipad or tablet and at abc7ny. Com. Lets go to another breaking news story right now. An attempted abduction in bridgeport, connecticut. Weve just received video of the car and teenager tumbling out. Sandra bookman is in the news room with late breaking details. On monday morning at about 7 15, police in bridgeport responded to a call as you said about an attempted abduction. All of this happened near the corner of boston avenue and palisades avenue. A 17yearold girl told police she was walking to school when she was approached by someone in a gray toyota. The female driver lured that girl in to the vehicle and the girl says she was assaulted. Take a look at the video that police released. At one point that 17yearold can be seen jumping out of the car as it was traveling along boston avenue. Heres what we know about the suspect. She is described as a hispanic female in her 40s with black hair and freckles on her face. She was also said to be wearing a black Leather Jacket at the time. This happened about 7 15 monday morning. That toyota is said to be missing its rear bumper. Anyone with information is asked to call bridgeport police. Progress tonight surrounding that deadly building explosion in brooklyn. The fire commissioner says theyre getting closer to identifying the calls of the blast. Across the street from the explosion, businesses are finally reopening but residents are still waiting to move back in. Kemberly richardson is on the scene with the very latest for us right now. For the First Time Since saturdays blast, this stretch of 13th avenue is somewhat back to normal. This side of the street the businesses have reopened and you can walk on the sidewalk but across the avenue, things are still closed and theres a clear sense of uncertainty out here as officials confirm this investigation is going in a new direction. The marshals are very good at this. Theyve taken many samples, samples went to the lab. Reporter one step closer to finding out exactly what caused this deadly explosion, a blast that ripped through two buildings here on 13th avenue killing two people. Today for the First Time Since saturdays initial briefing fire commissioner revealed investigators are confident natural gas did not spark this fiery blast. There may have been another cause which were looking at as possible, it could have been some form of liquid, yes. Reporter initially officials were looking at gas after being told this stove had been removed from francisca figueroas second floor apartment. Records indicate back in june gas had off to that unit. Fire marshals are also looking in to whether this was intentionally set. Thats scary. I dont know know i really dont know what happened. So i cant speculate. But im hope hoping it was just an act of god that was meant to happen but well see. Reporter steven owns a hat shop next to the nowdemolished buildings. He sat in on the First Community meeting today where officials mapped out how they were Going Forward with plans to let folks back in to their businesses and apartments. Its figueroas home at the center of this investigation. The mother of three feared dead in this explosion was being evicted from her apartment which sits right across the street from izzys shop. Today was her first day back in the area. Devastating. Two major businesses across the street, and its just gone. This is where those two buildings were, where those businesses were. The fire commissioner says in terms of this site, marshals hope to wrap up the investigative side of things today. They were out here looking for anymore possible evidence. And again, they hope to soon have some answers. When we get them well bring them to you. Kemberly richardson, channel 7 eyewitness news. Thank you. The search is on for a sexual predator stalking young boys near schools in the bronx. The suspect using one of the many tactics of an offender, enticing the kids with cash. Tim fleischer is there tonight. Police have a video of this suspect that they want you to take a look at. Im going to show you that in just a moment. Late this Afternoon Police were handing out this sketch to School Officials in the area. This is of the suspect believed to be involved in the third area. Reporter here he is, the suspected sexual predator, Police Believe is preying on young students. His image is captured on two different security cameras. Nypd investigators distributing this video. Horrible, honestly. Reporter here in Seton Falls Park on three different days starting back in august hes lured young male students, 12 to 15 years old, by offering them money to help carry his bags. They end up in the park where police say he then forcibly touches them. It scares me. Even last night when i was walking home late i kept looking behind like i was frightened. Reporter two incidents have occurred since School Started and there are three schools in the immediate area. Anna hall is a teacher and a parent. Its the scariest thing in the world. I know so many of the children being here so long. Hopefully theyll catch him. Reporter the suspect is a male in his 30s, approximately 53 tall, slim build, shaved head and foreign accent. The suspect was seen wearing brown sandals, a blue tshirt and black shorts during at least one of the incidents. Police later handed this sketch out to School Officials of the suspect as described in the third incident involving a 12yearold boy. As students left school, parents and teachers were on alert. Gary oden was waiting near the school for his children. Got a daughter who goes to school here. Honestly hearing about that, im reluctant to come to the park now. Reporter take another look at the suspect. Perhaps youll recognize him. Investigators are hoping someone does so they can stop this dangerous predator of young students. Tonight parents, teachers, and police are all on the lookout. Reporting live in edenwald, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. Thank you. A drone crashes on long island right in to seg harbors main street. The drone fell in to the sidewalk yesterday, causing a small fire that was quickly put out by an extinguisher. It had apparently malfunctioned while a photographer was using it to take pictures of a building. The drone slightly damaged two buildings on its way down. A boy was struck by the propeller but was not injured. A fedex truck making an unexpected stop today in to a building in new jersey. The truck jumped a curb and crashed in to a storefront on Church Street in monclar. Investigators say the driver hit the brakes. Fortunately no one was hurt. A rutgers Football Player back on the team. The Assault Charges against him have been dropped after his alleged victim refused to testify. Today rutgers reinstated wide receiver leonte karroo, accused of attacking a woman he used to date and slamming her on to concrete. Her and the woman signed a Consent Order vowing to have no contact with one another. Out in forced to, and this time they brought in star power. Jennifer hudson. They want mayor de blasio to support the growth of charters, something he hasnt been willing to do. Dave evans is at city hall with more. This could be one of the big issues in the race for mayor in 2017. On one side, those who want to see more Charter Schools, and on the other side the mayor, who has never been a big backer of Charter Schools. Reporter this mornings rally began with oscar and grammy winner jennifer hudson. In all about 15,000 parents, students, and teachers urging the mayor to back Charter Schools, to give them more money, more space within public schools. When i say equal, you say schools. Equal schools reporter organizers and parents say it would be more equal, more fair if the mayor would only see it their way. The schools are producing productive children and the its awesome. The education is great. Great education. And im so proud of the Charter School today. Reporter protesters then marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to city hall to deliver the message in person. But the mayor told us a couple weeks ago in an exclusive video that he sees the path to improving schools as prek for all 4yearolds. Mandatory algebra classes, and new reading teachers for all second graders. Thats the path in raising achievement, the mayor said today, not just for some students but for all students. Charter schools are apart of that system. And all we want from you, mr. Mayor, is to treat them equitably. Reporter the president , who could possibly run against the mayor in two years, today side would advocates, claiming the schools need more help, more support from city hall. A lot of people want to make this us versus them. This needs to stop. Were talking about our babies. Theyre all our babies. [ applause ] one of the main organizers of todays big rally that went from brooklyn to here was moskowitz. She could possibly run for mayor in 2017. We were told late this afternoon shes scheduled a News Conference for tomorrow morning here at city hall at 10 15. Future political plans. Reporting live at city hall, news. In manhattan the mysterious dog death in central park. Investigators hope a necropsy happened to the dog. It was off the leash and ran from its owner when the owner caught up with the dog it was dead and appeared to have some sort of head trauma. Still ahead, a former new york ranger arrested, now taking on the village of southampton. They went in for flu shots. Some people have to receive treatment to prevent different ailments. Cooling towers and at least seven Long Island School districts have tested positive for the legionella bacteria. Whats being done about it coming up on eyewitness news. Also ahead, tears in the courtroom. Sentenced a Domestic Violence victim to jail. Im meteorologist lee goldberg. Were keeping track of these wind stream lines on our weather pure to see where the gusts are. The gusts are backed off a little bit. They were gusting over 20 earlier and now theyre more like 10 miles per hour. Had a Beautiful Day today in the low and mid 70s and a nice night coming up. Some clouds moving in but not before we might see a really special mom this is hugely important. Is there anywhere in your house i can get a good signal . Anyway, you were saying. Its a tragic love story. I love tragedy. What is that noise . What . Im on set. What movie . Im shooting a movie about laundry. Leave slow internet behind. A movie about laundry . Yeah the 100 Fiber Optics Network gives you the fastest wifi available when you need it the most. Gh were back with new information on the tanker truck fire on the new jersey turnpike. The fire near exit 15 in carney is now out but were learning more about the cause. Anthony johnson has been on the scene, live there with the latest. Anthony, what do you have for us . The new Jersey State Police now investigating the possibility of a mattress and a box spring being on the roadway, being on the north brown new jersey turnpike and having something to do with the serious accident taking place on the northbound turnpike about 3 15 this afternoon. We just want to show you some shots from newscopter7 a little bit earlier today. Thats when the flames were really raging from that tanker truck and it burned for nearly an hour and a half. Im talking about raging inferno right along the highway. The northbound western spur of the turnpike was shut down completely while firefighters were trying to deal with putting out that fire. The flames were black smoke billowing in to the air. As a matter of fact we can still see that smoke in the air. Now were going to show you shots from ground shots. We actually drove by the scene, the you can still see all of the thick smoke but you can see the flames shooting out and as we got closer and closer to the truck, you could feel the heat from those flames. It was extremely hot as we were passing by. Motorists were still allowed to go southbound on the turnpike at that time. Of course they were slowing down a tremendous amount of traffic but also a tremendous amount of heat. And for those very serious situation. What we can tell you, a crv was involved in the accident. We did see a couple motorists had stopped. They were talking to police. The driver of the truck we understand is still missing at this point in time but we can tell you it was a very, very serious accident. Finally they were able to knock down the flames right after 5 00. The situation out here on the very difficult. A whole lot of afternoon. Best advice is to stay away from the western spur of the new jersey turnpike. Thats the latest live from anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. Form er new york ranger seanavey took sean sean avery taking to twitter, tweeted a picture of his prescription for the drugs with the caption, pretty disgusting i even have to do this, but story. Have fun with this one. He also tweet ed a picture of a car getting a summons. Its caption read ticket, parking in the middle of the street, hmm, Fantasy Sports websites draft kings and fan duel now banning all employees from playing daily Fantasy Sports for money. Both websites are under investigation for fraud. The attorney general is asking for internal data and details on how they prevent fraud after claims employees won lucrative payouts based on inside information. Ive always been surprides surprised they allow employees to play the game. Were not allowed to play the lottery. Weather. We were both looking at the haze and smoke behind the fire. You can see behind anthony how some of the smoke made it to lower manhattan. Got a northwest wind, might want to close your windows if youre headed over to manhattan or brooklyn where some of the smoke is starting to go from jersey city. If you look behind the Empire State Building you can see some of the smoke. It looks like a lot of the smoke has thinned out. 72. Low and northwest wind at 5. Pressure on the high. Update at 73 degrees. Were running 6 degrees above average. The normals this time go down so quickly. Were only a month removed from normal highs in the upper 70s to near 80. There are your sunrise and sunset times. Sunshine gave way to clouds. Stan hope, new jersey at 69. Hudson valley really nice, 71 degrees. Poughkeepsie, 69. 63. Brentwood coming in around 70 and 72 in belmar. Heres a planner through the evening hours. 7 00 tonight, keep your eye on the southern horizon. Theres a rocket launching from virginia and theyre emitting a vapor to study the winds from the atmosphere and its likely to turn blueish green clouds to our south. You might get a view after 7 00 tonight. Clouds mixing with the sun tomorrow. At times could be mostly cloudy during the first part of the day some of the clouds off to the north. Youve got a cold front sitting right here. You can see how the wind is going from more westerly here to more of a north wind tomorrow. It will be cooler. Pretty chilly air behind the front. A lot of this bypassing this to the north. Well lose about 5 degrees from today. Next front arrives friday. That will bring a rain threat especially in the afternoon hours. Cooler clouds tomorrow, breaking for sunshine. Might come up just short of the 70degree mark. I dont think the little bit. Youll notice the here comes that front on friday. Might even have a shower in the Morning Hours north and west. Most of us will see dampness in the afternoon hours during the evening drive. Partly to mostly cloudy skies tonight. Evening is nice and clear. 58 degrees. Then for tomorrow , clouds mixing with sunshine, a little cooler, about 69. Not much of a breeze. Heres what were working on for 5 30. On friday, umbrellas could be a thunderstorm friday afternoon because its warming up. After that, how about a dry weekend and maybe 70 degrees returns by sunday. Improving weekend, accuweather forecast in the 7day in our next half hour. Back to you for now. Weve got breaking news in queens. Its a busy afternoon. A woman there has been injured by a fallen headstone at mt. Lebanon cemetery in glendale just before 5 00. The woman was trapped under the headstone for a short time where she was freed and taken to the hospital. We do have a crew on the way and of course well bring you any updates as soon as we get them. Coming up, the workers will no longer be told theyre on call. Plus, giants talk about the team effort to fight off mrsa after a player contracted the dangerous infection. Jeopardy host alex trebek donates a Million Dollars for a scholarship at fordham. Well tell you about his connection to the school. A woman shows up for a the house she paid for had been for the first time were hearing from giants players. Tight end fells got sick from the dangerous bacteria mercer. Later they scrubbed their locker rooms and training areas in response. Fells out for the rest of the season. Our sports anchor rob powers here now with the very latest. Yesterday the giants placed daniel fells on the injured reserve list as the staph infection in his ankle diagnosed as mrsa. They were finding protocols to deal with the infection and the facility. Today the nfl and its Players Association wanted the team to address the issue with the rest of the players. Doctors, people in charge at the whole facility. Players were able to ask questions. The building has been cleaned thoroughly top to bottom. The team says its staying ahead of everything. The main concern right now is for fells who will miss the rest of the season. We still do not know the reason for the infection, where it came from, but players were all obviously very supportive of daniel. I feel for danny fells and what hes going through. Unfortunate but im not worried about it being here. Rams, and browns have dealt with these problems as well in the last few years, so its an issue the nfl is familiar with. The concern is for fells whos caught six passes for the giants this season but will not play again this year. The league plans to battle potential outbreaks by keeping players informed and ke