You are watching it and you feel helpless, like there is nothing you can do. That was Anthony Johnson reporting. Now a developing story. Commuter chaos on the Long Island Railroad. Trains are running with delays in and out of penn station after a massive shut down this morning caused power problems. Viewers shared these photos with us on twitter of a packed station platform. N. J. Burkett is live at jamaica station with the very latest. N. J. Reporter thats right, jamaica station the main hub of the l. I. R. R. Where trains are moving in and out of manhattan. The nations busiest Commuter Railroad is back up and running at this hour, but the delays, residual delays are colossal. The average delay is 90 minutes, shirleen. For hours this morning, you could not get in and out of manhattan at all. A power supply problem apparently cut power to the vast network of switches and signals that controls train traffic through the east river tunnels. You cant get in or out of manhattan on the l. I. R. R. Without going through those tunnels and without functioning switches, you cannot run the volume of trains that tens of thousands of commuters depend upon to get them to work. Unable to get in manhattan on the l. I. R. R. , they jammed the subways, the buses and the roads. Railroad technicians are still working on the problems. Those problems, im told, are largely resolved but there are residual delays throughout the system as they try to unlog the enormous backlog of trains and locomotives on the tracks. And, no, riders were not happy. I have been going to school for four years and i have never seen a delay like this in my entire life. We have been on the train about 30 minutes right now. Everyone is on the phone calling their job and trying to explain to their bosses, im pretty sure that they are trying to get to work and cannot get to work. Everyone is frustrated. About 4 50 morning, we lost power to the switches in the giant tangle of switches tunnel to manhattan. Reporter and, again, to be clear, the power problem is largely resolved. Railroad technicians have not figured out why the problem occurred in the first place. What that means for the evening rush hour tonight is still not entirely clear. We hope to know more from the railroad later today. Again, the trains are up and running in and out of manhattan and across the l. I. R. R. System but with long residual delays. Live in jamaica queens, n. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you,day forecast j. Two Suffolk Police officers are among four people hurt in a train reaction crash. The officers pulled over a car in hauppauge last night. A third car rear ended the Police Cruiser causing it to hit the first car. The two people in that car are in the hospital with serious injuries. The officers were treated and released. The driver of the third car is under arrest. We have video to show you of the suspect in an attempted rape in upper manhattan. Police say this man followed a woman into a building on west 172nd street in Washington Heights early last saturday morning. The suspect took the elevator with the woman, followed her to her door and then tried to attack her. She fought back, made it into her apartment and the man ran off. The woman that managed to slip away from police after she was taken to a manhattan hospital is back in custody and has been arraigned. After lying about being pregnant, she had a new story to tell. I broke out of the handcuffs and i was out of the hospital. Did you steal a womans credit card. I didnt steal it. She left it in the bar for me and i used it. Police say Tiffany Neumann escaped from a hospital in lower manhattan, went bar hopping and stole a credit card and cell phone. She was arraigned overnight on charges of escape, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property. She is the fourth prisoner to escape this summer. A high school on Staten Island suspended all Football Games and practices for the time being in the wake of a hazing scandal. We have learned coach Susan Wagner High School in seaview is suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. Junior varsity players say varsity players shot a bb gun at them, roughed them up and harassed them in the showers during training camp. Moments ago a judge in baltimore denied a request to dismiss the charges against six Police Officers charged in the death of freddie gray. There is a Strong Police presence outside the courthouse where the first hearing in the case is underway. Protestors began gathering outside this morning demanding justice for gray. Gray died from a spinal cord injury he suffered in Police Custody in april. Todays hearing will address whether the officer should be tried separately. A manhunt expanding for the gunman that killed a Police Officer in northern illinois. Marci gonzales has the latest. Reporter investigators say there is a possibility that the killers may have left the state. They are looking in the area north of chicago where that officer was killed telling residents there to be cautious and on the look fourth anything suspicious. An intense search for three men police say killed an illinois officer yesterday. Send everybody you possibly can. Officer is down. Reporter authorities changing tactics today. No help helps or roadblocks but helicopters or roadblocks but a flood of officers and hoping for tips to lead them to the killers. We want the Fox Lake Community to know they are safe and we are out there. We will continue to be out there. Federal authorities telling wgn radio they are learning more about the gunmen but arent releasing that information. Because of obvious reasons, the Investigation Continues and we dont want to tip our hand. Only sharing the vague father lieutenant Charles Gliniewicz reported before 8 00 radioing in that he was chasing three suspicious men, two white and one black on foot. Male white and male black taking the officers side arm and pepper spray. Shots were fired. Unknown direction of travel. Reporter gliniewicz, a 30 year veteran of the force weeks away from retirement shot to death. Friends vowing to find the man that took the life of the army vet and devoted father of four. Not only did fox lake lose a family member, i lost a very dear friend. Attorney general Loretta Lynch said today this and other recent shootings make it, quote, a sad fact that no one is safe. Today schools in fox lake are closed as a precaution. Shirleen. The chair pope francis will just celebrating mass september 25th was delivered today. It was handcrafted by three immigrants from mexico and Central America as part of a collaboration phren don bosco between don bosco workers and catholic charities. He will lead a procession in central park before celebrating mass. I made a decision to do something that hasnt been done before. We are exciting. Once in a lifetime opportunity to see his holiness in central park, the maximum opportunity for new yorkers to have a moment to see him as he passes by. The mayor says he believes the pope is the person speaking most clearly on the issues challenging the world. And you can find information about those tickets. Public transit changes and road closures at abc7ny. Com and a special programming note. This friday night there will be a special edition of 20 20. Abc news goes inside the vatican as world news tonight anchor david muir sits down with pope francis at 10 00 on channel 7. He thought he would never walk again. Now a teenager seriously injured in a swimming accident talks about his amazing recovery and the people that helped save his life. Jaw dropping video. A little girl dangling from a window. We will show you the heart pounding rescue. Meteorologist amy freeze here in the accuweather center. Another hot afternoon with temperatures already closing in on the 90degree mark in many spots. In brooklyn in 1907, four courageous ladies saw the despair of the poor, old, and sick and founded what would become mjhs. Today mjhs provides quality home care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing, and advanced hospice and Palliative Care for adults and children, but the values of the brooklyn ladies still guide us. Mjhs. Caring every minute, every day. Texas investigators say a second man emerged out of a confrontation between two deputies and the man they shot and killed. They had one deputy of the video shooting and killing a man with his a District Attorney says the new video has a clear view of the confrontation. A county clerk in kentucky refuses to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. She cites her religious objection to samesex marriage. Yesterday even though a federal court ruled in favor of same sex marriages and the Supreme Court refuses to hear her or corrections, she stood occasion corrections, she stood her ground. This is our home. We should have the same rights as everyone else to get a marriage license. She wants to be obedient to our lord and what she believes. Tomorrow she must appear before a federal judge who could fine her in contempt and both. She refused to resign her elected position. President obama will become the first sitting u. S. President to visit native circle. Its part of the White House Campaign to bring attention to the impact of climate change. Yesterday the president got an upclose look at the alaska wilderness during a tour of reser vehicles bay. The white house posted pictures on instagram of the president standing at a marker indicating how far a glacier receded in the pass century. In california, a man is recovering after a bison attack. Rescuers forced to air lift him to catalina island. He was doing surveys for a new trail system. He says he came around a corner and was face to face with the animal. He began moving away slowly but he said the bison charged. In the end he suffered moderate injuries. A scary even countedder that was. Encounter that was. For sure. Why the fda is cracking down on the makers of powdered cave fence. Macys opens the first Discount Store in our area. Where you can find it. It is back to school time. Here is a look at a few photos viewers shared with us today on the first day back to school. I like the book bags. Send us your pictures using the bc7ny. Be sure to check out the special back to School Section on our web site. I love that. Takes you back to the first day. Eat does. Also known as parent paparazzi. There is a conga line for some parents, back to school. They used to call it the best day of the year. For some reason. Dont take it personal. How are your kids. Go back after labor day, new york public school, getting the outfits laid out, schedules. I have the chore charts laid out. I bet you do. Give us the weather charts. Its shaping up to be nice. We have heat and humidity involved but also the big holiday forecast. We start with patchy fog and haze across parts of the area. We can see the low lying moisture, reducing visibility at the surface. We see to one world trade. Looking to the battery, there are changes there. You will notice that its filtered sunshine. Thats what we are getting across the area. You wont get bright sunny skies but another Vantage Point from brooklyn to lower manhattan, a better idea of how that sun is breaking through. So, just some clouds in the lower levels. Temperatures have warmed up nicely. Low to mid80s in the Hudson Valley up to hopewell junction. Stamford is 89 degrees. We have bright sunshine, the temperatures have jumped dramatically. 90 in newark. I wouldnt be surprised to see them go from the low to mid 90s. Factor in the heat index, the combining of the hot temperatures with the humidity so it feels like 92 right now in newark. Feels like 89 in the boroughs. It will be a steamy afternoon. This wont be the hottest. In fact, tomorrow is the day that our heat will peak across the area. We get clouds coming and go going from time to time. Call it mixed skies, some sun and cloudiness. Hot and steamy. You need to be prepared for the heat. This is the second heat wave of the summer. When you get the consecutive days like this, it starts to weigh on you, heavier. Feels like the low 90s, hotter tomorrow then relief is coming our way. We will be braking this cold front right after the temperatures hit the low 90s, late tomorrow night thats what provides relief for us. Temperatures comb down friday to saturday into the holiday weekend. All systems are go. The next two days feels like temperatures into the mid90s. Look at the forecast. Central new jersey, feeling like 94 in morristown. Overnight the feels like temperatures are in the 70s and 80s. Into tomorrow, we see the main thrust of heat coming in here. That will be the hottest that it gets before we see the cool down coming. Heading to the beach or boating today, everything is a go. Water temperatures are warmest for the sandy hook buoy at 78 degrees. 90, humid. We fall into the 70s. Friday and saturday you can see that in the numbers, 84, 82 then back to the heat and humidity sunday, 88 degrees. Labor day 89 degrees. Good looking weekend. Cant beat it for a summer send off unofficially. We will take it officially. Dramatic video. A little girl dangling from a window and the neighbor that comes to the rescue. Also caught on camera, im only in my 60s. Ive got a nice long life ahead. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. 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In china, a man walking down the street looked up and saw his neighbors young daughter hanging out of a window. The little girl left home alone tried to crawl out of the window but her head got wedged in the bars. Her neighbor heard her climbs and climbed out the window of the apartment next door. He used a mop handle to hold her in place nor about 10 minutes until her parents came home and pulled her inside. Police in california are searching for the cyclist caught on camera attacking a car with a metal lock. Investigators say it was taken during a Group Bike Ride in san francisco. The conflict appears to start when the cyclist vlade the driver hit the bike. A group of cyclists surround the vehicle and one person surrounds the car. As the driver tries to leave. Officials say no one reported the incident to police. There isnt tip etiquette when you are a robber. The guy in the Surveillance Video ordered shots rat a bar in washington state, hand the bartender a 100 bill. When she turned around to give him the change, he held her at gunpoint. After he left she left a 50 cent tip. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it, sir sheen. Talk about fast friends, a dog adopted over the weekend instantly becomes the familys best friends but she said their lives. The refrigerator started smoking in the florida home after everyone went to bed. The pooch woke up the family. They got out safely but candy wound up with a collapsed lung and smoke inhalation. The family saying the rescue pet rescued them. She saved our lives. I promise you, we were sleeping. We wouldnt have known otherwise. You take someone from a shelter, you are helping them. She is part of our family. Wow. Candy was released from the Animal Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. Much more news ahead in the next half hour. Lifesaving surgery for a teen that thought he would never swimming accident. New yorks governor taking campuses. A big story developing on capitol hill. Our top stories, a family of four found dead after a fire in a new jersey home. Intentionally. The fire happened overnight in long branch. A couple and their two children ages 4 and 7 died. Prosecutors say they are not ruling out a murdersuicide. Delays on the Long Island Railroad because of power issues. Trains are now up and running in and out of penn station with delays. The power problems caused major issues for the morning commute. A short while ago Governor Cuomo said it is time to invest more in the system. The manhunt continues for three people that killed a Police Officer near chicago. Investigators believe they may have left the state. Officer Charles Gliniewicz, a 30 year veteran of the force was weeks away from retirement. Hello again, im david novarro. Im shirleen allicot. A long island teen seriously hurt in a swimming accident is able to walk again. 17 year odd nico fiorell o broke about every bone in his neck after jumping in the ocean of jones beach. Thanks to doctors, being able to walk again is a reality. Stacey sager is in east meadow with the story. Stacey . Reporter well, you know, shirleen, this is a Level One Trauma Center