Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News First At 4 20160810 : c

Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News First At 4 20160810

Running and the body on the floor. This was not a random act. The victim in this situation was attending a party at the community hall, and the victim at the time that he was shot, he also possessed a loaded handgun at the party. Also a point to recognize is the victim has been arrested in the last year several times for possession of a hand gun and burglary. Now, those t aged 12 and 14 were hit with slap know from the bullets. They were released from the medical center. The Prosecutors Office has taken over this investigation. Detectives say they have an idea who that shooter might be and theyre actively looking for him. Tony yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, tony. Efrjts were going to turn to the weather. Humidity is back ask theres a heat advisory in effect. Were expecting rainfall, right aimee. There right now. Not only do we see the temperatures in the low to mid80s, but we have the same increase in humidity. Its sticky and muggy and tough to get cool. Ac is going to be cranked in a lot of spots because even though temperatures are going to fall tonight briefly, the 70s. Were going to be in the hot air and temperatures going back up. Look at the heat index. Feels niek 96. Like 98 in laguardia. We this is going to be a stretch of weather thats not only filled with temperatures that are this the low 90s heading into the weekend, but the humidity mix. Thats why the heat advisory for the boroughs is on until 8 00 tonight. You can to have advisories on alerts about the hot air for the next couple of pretty potent. Hundreds of lightning strikes within the last 30 minutes and these types of storms can grow when we have afternoons like this that are hot and humid and enough instability to spark them. Through the evening hours after sunset, theres a threat of showers and ill talk about that and how long we have to hold onto the heat in the accuweather 7day forecast. Thank you. 15 firefighters had to be treated for heat exhaustion after battling a fire in jersey city. Officials tells us fire broke out around 9 00 this morning. Everyone was safely evacuated but the heat took a toll on three firefighters are still in the hospital this afternoon. It was difficult finding it at first because one of the buildings was under construction. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. But it looks like it may have been started by an electrical malfunction on the top floor. Three firefighter was in the hospital after suffering serious fire in the bronx. The fouralarm fire ripped through several buildings yesterday afternoon. Four firefighters were hurt trying to put it out. Their injuries range from heat stroke to a heart attack, burns. One firefighter was hurt in a crash on the way to the scene. Two of the firefighters are listed in critical condition. Tens of thousands of dollars raised in just hours to help a father in queens find his daughters killer. Theres no way to hide. Were going to find late this morning, Karina Vetrano s father asked for a go fund me he wanted to raise 100,000 for anyone who can lead police to her killer. That was reached minutes ago and the goal is now up to 200,000. Karina was killed after leaving for a jog in howard beach last week. Her father says he cannot rest until her murderer is found as long as im working i can get up in the morning, and i theres nothing for me to do and healing i dont think healing is anywhere in my future. Police hasnt announced a suspect or motive for the killing. Long Island Police say the drugs and the alcohol were flowing at a snoop dog concert and we just sent out an alert with an updated abc7ny on this story. The number of people arrested is at 75. The charges includes underage drinks, dwi and illegal drug use. At least 50 people were treated for alcohol poisoning during and after the snoop dog and wiz khalifa concert. A pharmacist arrested for a nationwide drug scheme. Police say he net the more than 6,000 prescriptions. De, agents raided the pharmacist. Marcus has more. Reporter theres a sign that says theyre closed, but theres plenty of activity as dia agents raided this facility. They were 600 bogus prescriptions filled everyday. They removed boxes and computers from the point hunts point pharmacy and one ran by hes accused of running a pill mill filling pain medication sent in by doctors on his payroll or those doctors who had their identity stolen. The prescriptions were for those not examined and came in via the internet and the drugs were mailed from the bronx location. Hes been under investigation for 2 years where he pocketed as much as 6 million. He was arrested at his morning where agents executed a search warrant and neighbor was in shock. Hopefully theres some kind of error and people are innocent until proven guilty. So i just hope people give them time and see what happens and hears the whole story before anything happens because theyre a wonderful couple. The medicine in question is not an opioid. Its a controlled substance and the in mallenss house and hes charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and hes going to appear before a judge today. Marcus, Eyewitness News. Thank you, marcus. A senior aid to Chris Christie said that the governor lied in the bridge gate scandal. A Court Document shows that kristina rena text during and not being involved. It happened during a 2013 news conference. Governor christie denying the allegations. Do you despite that you lied . Of course. I absolutely dispute it. Its ridiculous and nothing new. Theres nothing new to talk about. A transcript of the text is governor christie has been cleared of legal involvement in the matter. Shirleen. David, thank you. A month after his sentencing, an nypd officer accused of stomping a suspect in the head has been terminated. Joel edward was convicted in the 2014 assault case of cuffy and was caught on camera in brooklyn. Edward was sentenced to 2 years probation with the promise he would leave the force. Fall out continues for republican president ial candidate trump. This time over claims he suggested to supporters to use Violence Campaign event. A Clinton Campaign is pushing back strongly as Trump Supporters try to spin his statements. Karen travers has his story. Clinton and trump focusing on the economy. Trump touring in iowa checking out their supply of ironic tshirts and getting one made for her. She used the company as an example of made in america. And slammed trump. He makes all these things. United states. Trump in south western virginia meeting with industry leaders. She wants [indiscernible]. But the controversy over these comment was boiling. If she picks her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the second amendment, people, maybe there is. Loyal supporter rudy comments like that from trump that caused republicans to announce their support for clinton. Today the Clinton Campaign launching a formal effort to bring in more republicans and independence including a website togetherforamerica. Com. Trump is getting a huge boost from the nra. The Gun Rights Group announcing theyll spend 3 million to put this out on television in states like pennsylvania and ohio. She would lead you defensively. The Trump Campaign spent 0 on general election tv ads. The Clinton Campaign, nearly 36 million. Karen travers, abc news, washington. Thank you, karen. Wall street losing stocks. Health care stocks pulled the 37 points closing at 18,004,095. Cars vandalized and a dozen cars damaged in two town and some spray painted with graffiti. The we love the new York State Fair two words. Piglet races wine slushees. Bonding time. Fried everything theres so many bands. The bands those pigs are just so cute cheesecake, on a stick. Just got greater. With all new fairgrounds, more rides and more fun. From august 25th to september 5th in syracuse, new york. Order tickets before opening day for just 6. Its all here, its only here. Its 4 13. Lets check the commute home on this wednesday and a live look from the George Washington bridge. This is the thing you like to see. It doesnt appear to be backups at this time. Well keep you cowboy rejected a plea deal for the animal cruel charges against him. In june, todd received two summons from crossing into Staten Island on horseback. Nypd officers asked to check on the wellbeing of his horses. Police officers charged him with animal cruelty. If he would have accepted the deal, he would have been prohibited from having horses in new york state. Baltimore Police Commissioner says biased Law Enforcement will not be tolerated. Justice released the findings of a year long probe into the department. It found officers use Excessive Force and target african americans. Several officers have been fired. The investigation was sparked by the death of freddie gray, a black man who suffered a neck injury while in police custody. An investigation is underway to figure out what led up to the gunfire and even an event, that ferguson, missouri. Witness video shows a driver hitting a protestor standing in the road, and then you can hear gunshots. A spokesperson for ferguson says the driver didnt hit the man intentionally. No word on the victims condition. Brown was unarmed when he was shot and killed by an officer in 2014. Friends, colleagues, and viewers are remembering John Saunders. The popular host on espn. He hosted that Sports Reporters and sports center. He covered sports including football, basketball, and hockey. The announcement of the beloved broad casters death september a shockwave through the community and the network. How beloved colleague John Saunders has died. He was a familiar face on espn. Espn for 30 years. Emotionally overtaken by the saunders who lived in hastings on the hudson and he was noted for his work with the v foundation for cancer research. He was 61 and survived by his wife and daughter. Johnson tweeted every sunday before i went to church, i would watch his show. My prayers with his family, friend and colleagues. Hell be missed. Rest in peace, John Saunders. Talented guy. We have breaking news that im getting in right now that we want to turn to right now. Were hearing theres a man climbing the trump tower, the south side of the trump Tower Building and they say hes using a suction cup device. This is on the east 56 street side of this. The south side of the building, and hes apparently made it up to the 5th floor. Police are watching this. Over there right now. As we find out what this is about, well bring it to you as soon as possible. Its a day to climb a building, if you had to. I dont know. Wow. Its going to be really unfortunately steamy right through the evening hours, and were expecting storms to come through too. So find a way to stay cool. I think i would be inside at this hour and enjoying the ac if you can get to it or some place cool, right. Looking outside our front door, the lincoln center, this evening, were going to have temperatures holding into the 80s. And weve got high humidity. It has been very, really muggy and stuffy outside. We did have some showers come through and the sun poke back out. That steaminess has allowed temperatures to stay around 84 degrees. But the feels like temperature is right around 90. So take the highs today that we have across the you look at these numbers, were going to add a few tomorrow to the temperatures, but the feels like, the dew points, thats the thing that makes it uncomfortable. So thats back in play. And also the sheath advisory that we talked about at the top of the 4 00 news, thats in place for the boroughs which the concrete holds onto the heat more than anything else. This is our third heat wave of the summer with the 90s coming up. Theres a Thunderstorm Risk each and everyday through the weekend. Our real like feels by friday could be in the range. This is a stretch. We have 88 and the same garrison 97. All these temperatures barely fall off here between now and sunset. So its warm outside. And were not going to lose any of that feel. Dew points right now are in the midto upper 70s. And just a couple of days ago we were in the 50s with the dew point. The chart with oppressiveness. Its difficult to cool the body when youve got dew points this high. So were well above what is comfortable and its going to stay that way for several days. We have storms showing up for in the fort. If youre in that area, stay clear of the area. We could see storms in the city. The humidity and storms in place for the next several days and big heat. Reinforcement of hot air for tomorrow and friday. Think friday could be the worse, but saturday is looking like a steamy day. Wednesday, we get through the afternoon hours here and into the evening. And then we begin thursday with clouds, breaks of sunshine. The air heating back up. And the uncomfortable humidity for another round of showers and thunderstorms come in. Now, its not going to rain everyday, all day. If you check on your smartphone and you see the showers showing up, the whole day is not a total bust, but you have to be aware that the showers and storms could develop ready to dodge those. Having an umbrella handy and making sure if you have outdoor plans, you know how to seek shelter. Tomorrow, 90 degrees. Triple digits and threats of thunderstorms. This is a forecast we could put on replay for the next couple of days, but the things that will be different each and everyday is the changes between how hot it gets on the thermometer and the humidity is going to stick around, and we have the threats of storms that will be in play until monday. Perhaps by the mi our temperatures might ease up. The humidity pattern though, does not break through the 10day trends were looking at in the accuweather senter and the maps. Well see, you know, well see how it pans out. Its a hot stretch. What a stretch indeed. Thank you. We got video of that breaking news you just mentioned. A man trying to climb the trump Tower Building. This 1 on east 56th street. Apparently hes using a e it very far. Only a story or two off the sub roof garden. Apparently he had papers some trump papers with him. Obviously police are watching him very closely to see what hes going to do next, but this is that video we just got in. A man trying to climb a Trump Building on east 56th street. You can see him. Police are right there talking to him. Theyre watching him and people on top of him. It doesnt look like theres far go with the slant of that roof, but its high enough he can get hurt. We dont know why hes doing it, if its a protest or a publicity stunt of some kind. We have crews on the way there. As we get more information, well bring it to you. Its not something you see everyday, a man climbing on the side of the Trump Building using some kind of suction cup device to make his way i hope he doesnt fall. If the weather turns on us and it gets wet, it will bring latest as more comes in. Tragedy at a police academy. How a woman ended up dead, and why the department is calling it an accident. We turn to our breaking news just arrived. What can you tell us reporter 52nd and 56th avenue, a man tried to scale the trump tower. Im told by the way, that the situation is now very nearly under control. And that the man is not in any danger and in fact, dave, he did not get all that far. Its a 58 Story Building as you may know. Im told he barely made stories before he was confronted by police and they are now working with him, if they havent already taken him off the building. Theyre working on getting him into a safe position. And to essentially restore the situation to what it was before he tried to climb the side of the building, but that is as much as we know right now. Police officers have established a perimeter around the trump tower. One of the most 1993. Trump has not been here. But tourist are lining the street and lining 5th avenue and trying to get a sense for whats happening here. As i said a moment ago, the situation is either under control at the time or very near to being under control and the man, if he has not been taken off the side of the building is now at least on a ledge where police are attempting to secure him and what im told is hes not in any danger at the moment and neither that is as much as we know at the moment, dave. As i know more, well get back to you. Live in midtown, im nj burkett. Thank you, nj. We have breaking news in the accuweather news room. A Tornado Warning. Amy freeze joining us to give us an update on this. Amy this is coming in. Lets go to the accutrack so you can see where the storms are. It has to do with the heat and humidity. A Tornado Warning right now for east central suffolk county. Hundreds of lightning. Its a radar indicated tornado thats occurring. On the accutrack, it shows 30 minutes moving out, but until then, a serious storm system. I want to bring you back to the weather producer and this is going to be able to show us whats happening as far as the actual storm itself. Lets get in here and see its just like on the east tip right here of the north fork. Just passed south heading towards east hampton. Thats where we need a big heads up. Flying debris is possible with this. It thats indicated by radar, so it has not been spotted. Its because the radar. The National Weather Service Warning that heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Its not one that you can see from the ground. Instead this is one thats indicated by the hooks and the see a little bit of that hook on the backside. So if youre in this area, please take cover. The thunderstorms that we have seen this afternoon have been severe. And well keep you posted on whats happening here, but east hampton, south hampton, these are the areas. This should clear west of the montoff. You need to take cover. Tornado warnings until fios is not cable. 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