The Hudson River Valley and northern new jersey sliding across the city, urban areas of new jersey. This is how it will feel today, tomorrow and sunday. So, you want to be careful. No one can escape the heat this weekend. 93, 94 later on today. Real feel 105, 110. Weather and traffic every seven minutes. She has been busy with the l. I. E. She has been lying everywhere. This is the l. I. E. And its no lie. This is a mess. What is going on here. This is exit 58 in paterson. I saw a Police Vehicle go by. Lets go to the maps and i can tell you what else is going on route 80 unrelated to the webcam i was showing you, near exit 19 we have an overturned dump truck. We have a couple of problems on the l. I. E. , one cleared, that was eastbound near the Grand Central parkway and westbound at 80th street an accident one roadway near citi field an accident. Signal problems at morris park. Expect uptown delays. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. Lori and rob, over to you. All right, heather. The dog days of summer are here. Temperatures are soaring into the mid90s today but the humidity will make it feel like over 100 degrees. That means an extra strain on the electricity grid across the ar. Diana rocco is outside the office of Emergency Management in brooklyn. Day two of the heat wave. Air conditioners have been working overtime. The mayor will be holding a noon News Conference at the office of Emergency Management to talk about the heat and staying safe in the sweltering temperatures that we experienced yesterday, today and possibly tomorrow. It has been putting a strain otter power grid. Yesterday con edison reached a year at more than 12,000 megawatts citywide. With the intense heat, which is expected to be worse than yesterday, they anticipate breaking the all time power usage record. They have hips to keeping homes cool and cutting down on power usage. One tip is close their blinds or close their curtains on the windows. About 40 of unwanted heat windows. Thats an easy way to conserve energy. Reporter new york citys cooling centers will be open with extended hours through sunday. Its important to stay hydrated. Limit physical activity to Early Morning hours or the evening hours. Check on your neighbors and especially the elderly. These are common sense tips but they make a difference in this intense heat. Live in downtown brooklyn, diana rocco, goes channel 7 Eyewitness News. Diana, thank you. Lightning hit a gas main and live wires near route 94. This happened at storms passed through Sussex County about 6 00 last night. The fire knocked out power for some People Living nearby. Crews were able to get power back up and running about four hours later. We will stream the Noon Press Conference on the heat live at abc7ny and our mobile app. You can find more tips to stay cooling centers on our home page. This morning, a headon crash in yonkers overnight seriously injured three people. They are at Jacobi Medical Center in the bronx. First they had to be cut out of two mangles vehicles on palmer road. The cause is under investigation. Palmer road is where a Police Detective was killed earlier this year when his s. U. V. Wave of deadly bombings is not linked to islamic terrorism. Four people were killed and at least ten foreigners are among those hurt. The u. S. Is among countries that issued a warning usualing trammers to avoid the areas impacted by the attacks. This morning we are seeing the man police say followed a woman into her brooklyn apartment and threatened her with her own knife. New video shows the suspect with a scoo the building in williamsburg tuesday night. Investigators say he followed a 27yearold woman then forced her way in the apartment. He ran out empty handed. 57yearold woman was the innocent victim of a shooting in the bronx. The victim was talking with a friend in the lobby of a building in mount eden when a bullet blasted through the figure out who fired the shot. A bronx landlord was sentenced to 25 years behind bars after being convicted of murdering his own tenant. Prosecutors say they had argued weeks before the 35yearold disappeared he was charged with her murder nearly two years later and her body was found in Orange County a year later. New details on a federal parole conditions for freed israeli spy jonathan pollard. He wants to begin work as a financial analyst. The judge ruled that the Parole Commission did not abuse its discretion when it imposed a curfew. He was a Navy IntelligenceResearch Specialist before he was caught selling secrets to israel. He served 30 years behind bars. Time magazine report that it threatened to take resources away from Donald Trumps president ial campaign to help republicans struggling in house and senate contests. A senior trump advisory borrowed a word from the Vice President calling the report malarky. There is a strategy meeting today on the campaign. Trump will campaign in pennsylvania where Hillary Clinton has a sizable lead. Trump heads to sacred heart connecticut. The first one since winning the republican nod. Clinton could make good on her promise to release her tax returns. Meanwhile, the state department is pushing back against a trump attack. It says there was nothing inappropriate in the email communication between clinton staff and foundation while she was secretary of state. You will not see alex rod rotted playing third base for his final game as a yankee in twice last year. He has not played the field at all this season. Manager joe girardi turned down a rods request to play against tampa bay for his finale. You will hear a new interview in a live report at 6 0. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Its 6 08. South from our camera at 4 times square. Day. Its humid. It will be lazy, rayy to start then crazy to start then mean and nasty. Here is our camera looking across the park. 75 is the temperature. Feels like 80 to 82. A couple of showers across bergen, passaic county. Brooklyn and queens, heading to nassau county. Up around Grand Central hazy, stuffy in the low 90s by lunch. This afternoon humidity will feel like 105 to 110. There could be a thunderstorm. We will talk about the rest of the weekend coming up next. Long island expressway is a dumpster fire. This is true. Look at route 80. Looks like a parking lot and this is because of an accident involving a tractor trailer. We head to the maps. 80 near exit 58. And a fuel spill. Two lanes are closed down. If that fuel spill gets bigger, they have to close down 80 to sand the roadway. Overturned dump truck. Grand Central Parkway west citi field an accident. Westbound on the l. I. E. An accident. 5 trains signal problems at morris park and street cleaning rules are in effect today citywide. Lori and rob, over to you. Thank you, heather. In new video that we got a brutal assault on an elderly man. What is behind the unprovoked attack. Also, intense flames inside of a refinery. The questions lingering over exactly what caused it. Outrage in queens. Hundreds of people in one neighborhood say they are not happy with the citys plan to fios is not cable. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in. Really . Yes, mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Just plug it into the connector on the right. So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. Tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. When 61,000 sets of eyes look at a hospital call light differently, it becomes a no pass zone. 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The city says it will turn the hotel into a shelter in october. Officials at a louisiana refinery say they have accounted for all employees after a massive fire. It erupted near the center of the refinery complex. There were reports that the fire could have started with an explosion or perhaps a lightning strike. There were no injuries, no evacuations around the refinery. Well, today, miami health mosquitoes. They narrowed down the zone after three more nontravel cases floridas governor says these transmissions are happening in a one square mile neighborhood in haim. The cdc is still monitoring that area. Time for a check on the accuweather forecast. Back to bill evans. Get ready to sweat. You can feel it this morning. Southwest wind this morning. If you have a summer cold he has cough drops. He has been handing them out to me all morning long. We will start out with heat and humidity today. It will be very hot and very humid. The hottest so far of the summer. 75. Look at the humidity. 94 . Booya. West wind at 5 and the pressure falling. High yesterday 91 and it will get hotter. Normal 83. We are looking at high record but close to it. 97 and 44 just after world war ii. We have nearly a tenth of an inch of rain in the park. The shower knocked the haze down. That kind of made it a steam bath. Humidity is high. We sizzle through sunday. Excessive heat warning in effect. That will last through tomorrow at least and extended. Then the thunderstorm threat late in the afternoon as well. Temperatures in the mid to upper70s. You feel the humidity right away. Winds are out of the south today. Winds are calm. Mass sit and remain stagnant. Unhealthy to breath. Heat warning, heat advisory. Shaded area south side of long island. you want to take the boat out today, go in the back base, inside fire island, long island sound. The wind out of the southwest will make big swells. Later on today another shower and thunderstorm. We are looking at low to mid 90s today. Late in the day, pop up thunderstorm into the first part of the night. We start tomorrow in the low 80s. Tomorrow 92, 93. Pop up thunderstorm then we do it sunday. Same song, fourth verse by that time. Check out the real feel. The heat and humidity makes it feel like 105 to 110. Right to the five boroughs and down to trenton. Away from the you dont escape the heat, even out to the hamptons, twin forks that kind of thing. In the sound, 1 to 2 feet waves. Rip current risk is high at the beaches. Watch out for that. Hot today. Tomorrow a summer sizzle. We are looking at that lasting humid, 80 tonight. Tomorrow another hot and humid day. The real feel is 105 to 110. We are looking at what will be hot and humid weather as we go into sunday. 93. Real feel 105 to i want to congratulate you robert on the operation where you had the appendix removed and central air installed. That took a lot of work but i got it down finally. Takes my advice. Ice box. He is the ice box now. Yes, sir. Have a great weekend. Thank you, guys. Love it when he stops by, especially of a that operation he had. Signal problems at morris park. Uptown delays. Big time delays 80 westbound site exit 5 accident involving a tractor trailer and fuel spill. Two lanes are closed down. Dump truck. Then these problems on the l. I. E. West near 80th an accident blocking one lane on the main line. The ramp is closed down. Grand Central Parkway west near citi field another accident. B. Q. E. Northeast near the williamsburg bridge another crash being cleared and then on to Henry Hudson Parkway north another accident. Street cleaning rules are in effect today. Rob, over to you. Heather, thank you. New video just released by hour shows the yearold man in the bronx. Police say the suspect was following the man inside his building yesterday at noon when he pushed the victim down the stairs. He then kicked the man as he riffled through his pockets. Police sent out a still picture that gives us a good look at the suspect face. You see it there. The victim was taken to the hospital. The son and brother of the gun is asking for help. The victims family needs an emergency visa to travel from france. The family has retained a lawyer who says the Police Officer should not have lost possession of his gun. The lawyer is questioning the safety of the holsters used by the nypd. Tonight in rio, team usa looks to continue its domination in the pool as Katie Ledecky swims the 800 meter free style and tries to go 44 for golds, that is after taking home the 22nd olympic gold medal last night in the 200 individual medley. Among them, friend and teammate ryon lochte who played ryan lochte who placed 5th. Simone manual was the first when she tied in first. And womens gymnastics has a new olympic champion. Simone biles won gold in the womens individual all around. Aly raisman followed behind with a silver. So many stars out of the olympics. 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Our Live Customer Service is available all night, and all day for that matter. Hes learning. At td bank we do things differently, like Live Customer Service 24 7. Bart hello . Hello an accuweather alert day. Extreme heat could mean get cranked up. Summer storms playing a role in a crane accident that smashed part of the three World Trade Center tower. Welcome, everybody, to Eyewitness News this morning on this friday, august the 12th. T. G. I. Fridays. Im rob nelson filling in for ken rosato. Im lori stokes. Its friday, august 12th. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and heat warning in effect. Heat advisories, heat warnings and boaters, Small Craft Advisory eastern long island, south shore and down the jersey shore. You want to boat or fish today, go inland. Go away from the beach to the back base. Go into the bay areas, long island side. Out in the ocean it will be rough with the heat and southwest wind 10 to 20 knots. We have a shower or two around the five boroughs and up to in the soupy atmosphere. It will feel like 105 to 110 we are looking at 90 by noon. 94 this afternoon with the real feel out there. 105, 110. More to comfort weekend. I will tell you about it next. Weather and traffic every seven minutes. Looking at the 5 train. Problems on the 5 trains. Signal problems at morris park. Expect uptown delays. We have this problem on 80 west near exit 58 in paterson. Accident involvi and fuel spill. We have two lanes closed down. Then we have this problem in allamuchy 80 eastbound, overturned dump truck. On the l. I. E. West near woodhaven boulevard, that accident is being cleared. B. Q. E. Northeast near the williamsburg bridge an accident. Southwest near atlantic avenue another accident is being cleared away. Henry hudson parkway northbound exit 20 that crash is with us. Street cleaning rules are in effect today. You. City leaders are getting the word out today. Its not only hot but dangerously hot. As bill mentioned, excessive heat warning is in effect as temperatures crank up. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rock so is us. Diana . Reporter lori, good morning. The mayor will be talking about the office of Emergency Management later today. In the meantime, air conditi