Reading about 77 degrees now, but its going to feel a lot hotter as the day progresses. People here in the city bracing for another day of intense heat. Offensively hot. It offenders my sensibilities that it is this hot. I feel like im walking in a hot bath, an unpleasant hot bath. The humidity and heat index potentially dangerous. Its very draining and its hard to breathe. Which is why staying hydrated is crucial. We keep refilling our bottles every 10 minutes. We rest every 30 minutes or so. Thursday the weather system brought heavy rain to parts of our area, lightning setting off this fire in new jersey, a bolt hitting electrical wires. Center when a crane struck and cracked this window. As the hot weather continues into the weekend, officials are urging residents to do their best to conserve and limit use of high energy appliances. Lets just say the air is on. I just dont have the lights on. Reporter officials also urging you to check in on your neighbors to make sure they are okay. A lot of municipalities will have cooling centers open today and here in new york state, will have extended hours until 8 p. M. Tonight. Janelle burrell cbs2 news. Thats good news, the pools are staying open a little later. Youve got to plan on it, put some extra water in the car. God forbid you get stuck in any weve got a line of showers. Its just showers, but it stretches down through sussex into parts of morris, warren, hunterton county. Its the heat and humidity that combine to give you that extra lift in the atmosphere. Thats why were worried about a few popup storms this afternoon. Realfeel numbers of parts of the area. Lets get you around the area with alex. We have construction, that i mean of the game here, two lanes are closed on the cross bronx in both directions near the sheridan expressway. We also have heavy delays on the bqe as you make your way through the area at manhattan avenue. A live look now to the tappan zee bridge. Alternate side is in effect city wide. Be safe, dont text and drive. He was 0 for 3, tonight hell have one more chance for glory at the plate as his controversial career comes to a close. Andrea grymes joins us live from the stadium. Alex rodriguez will come to a stop this evening. His time since 2004 has had lots of ups and downs. Many will remember him as one of the games greatest players, but others will remember him as complicated and controversial thanks in large part to his steroid use. Im like the menace, and im finally graduating and its kind of a sad day but at the same time its a happy day. Its the end of an era for a the polarizing player will make his final drive to the stadium for his final game. Im so grateful for the fans of new york. Theyve been so good to me through thick and thin. Its only fitting that rodriguez played the last road game of his career last night in boston at fenway park. Going 0 for 4 but driving in a run with bases loaded in the top of the 8th, helping yanks win 42. Joe girardi had denied his request to play 3rd base but he did bat cleanup. My Job Description does not entail a farewell tour. My Job Description is to try to win every game and put everyone in the best possible position to do that. The Team Announced on sunday that tonights game would be a the 41yearold rodriguez who spent most of his time playing 3rd base, most recently transitioned to designated hitter. Hes had no shortage of headlines from the use of his steroid use to his incredible hits, just four homers shy of 700. Now the fans say goodbye. Having him an as advisor for the up and comers is awesome. Hes a great player, a of home runs. Theres a lot of controversial around him but for me im going to be really upset to see him go. Reporter rodriguez will be paid out for the remainder of this season in addition to 21 million roughly for next season. There will be a pregame ceremony tonight here at the stadium. First pitch has been pushed back a half hour to 7 35. Reporting live outside Yankee Stadium, Andrea Grymes cbs2 news. Thank you. The search continues for a man west side. Hes accused of attacking a woman walking her dog at 5 20 in the morning near 107th street. Police say he put her in a head lock and she hit him in the groin. He tried to kiss her. The woman bit the man on the lips and ran. The women we spoke to praised the woman for reacting the way she did. That would be my gut reaction to just give him hell and hope for the best, but i think thats all fight or flight takes over. Police describe the suspect as hispanic between 20 and 30 years old, muscular with brown curly hair. The search continues for an accused serial arsonist. Investigators say the arsonist has struck three times in the area since last month. Police say he targeted a Consignment Shop on 81st street for a second time last week. Surveillance video from july 26th shows the suspect throw he appears to pour a liquid before igniting it. People walking by called 911. Everybodys worried. Im worried. The woman next door is worried. Its horrible, obviously but hes mentally ill probably. He also tried setting fire to a door, a dry cleaners on 82nd street. Shops in the area placed posters in their windows. The virginia teenager who scaled the side tower is charged with criminal trespassing. He used suction cups to reach the 21st floor before officers yanked him inside through an open window. Sources say Republican Party officials will meet with representatives in Donald Trumps campaign in Orlando Florida today. Some describe it as an emergency meeting to discuss the state of his campaign. Meanwhile, trump isnt backing barack obama and Hillary Clinton, these are the founders of isis. These are the founders of isis because of bad judgment. Trump first launched the line of attack wednesday. Yesterday he also called the president and mrs. Clinton the mvps from isis. Clinton tweeted no, barack obama is not the founder of isis. Vice President Joe Biden joins Hillary Clinton rally in scranton pennsylvania. She toured an Engineering Plant north of detroit and gave a speech nearby. Clinton told the crowd trump is selling nothing but fear. If team usa was as fearful as trump, Michael Phelps and simone biles would be cowering in the locker room. A reuters poll gives clinton a 6 point advantage over trump. Taking a hit, a youth Sports Facility attacked over and over by vandals. And dramatic video as a train slams into a truck, miraculously the driver survivors, how Authorities Say this happened coming up. Weatherwise weve got a cooler start underway, but the big heat is back and some storms too. Well talk about it. Traffic and weather on the 2s coming up hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, i did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Avoid a septic disaster with ridx. Walking out the door today, boy, it at 4 42. It offenders your sensibility. Heres the deal, youre going to gear up for it, today, tomorrow, sunday, it breaks a little on monday, but we pay the price, rain. The problem is you get the heavy rain and the localized flooding. Its a little cooler, 76, 76, 73, 73. This is andy. Andy, im guessing, is not wearing a tie right now. Hes sick of the weather, too, this was for the pan mass challenge, Dana Farber Cancer research fundraiser. Youve got to make sure you exercise at the right time of the day and wear the right gear or youre rethinking the exercise plan. Beautiful skies giving away to the ulo and then the cumulonimbus and thats when you see the heavy rain. In the city its quiet, and its a little cooler than wind out of the west at 5. Relative humidity at 93 . From 68 to 77 to 78 your spread, these numbers, compared to yesterday, its a little cooler on average. It feels a little bit better. Dew points still soupy and high at 71 in the city, but even dew points when you look at all of the reporting stations down maybe a degree or 2, so were off to a more comfortable start were actually warmer this afternoon. And then when you factor in those high dew points later youve got a real feel of 105. Its now an excessive heat warning for the city and its a heat advisory for almost everybody. Temperatures, those real feel numbers between 100 and 110 during the course of the first half of the weekend. The rain right now, we saw some heavier rain. Its just weakening a bit down through sussex into morris over into somerset, warren don county. Much of the area is rain free, but late in the day and around game time, thats when we see this line of thunderstorms. We learned yesterday its intense heavy rain with lots of lightning with this kind of heat. So well be watching for that round and then another round, far more miss than hit, but individual storms are strong for your saturday into sunday dew points its going to feel like 100 to 105 to 110. Its still active with storms monday into tuesday. Hey, lets check out your traffic pattern with alex. We already have some changes for you, heavy delays on the bqe at manhattan avenue, most likely due to some construction at the cashew coe bridge. Delays extend back to mcginnis boulevard. We have construction blocking two lanes on the cross bronx in both directions near th sheridan expressway. Eastbound delays extend back to webster avenue. Lower level closed for construction. Thats until 6 this morning. You are delay free here, lincoln and holland tunnel as well. Alternate side parking is in effect as well. Be safe, dont text and drive. Moi your de blasio is going mayor de blasio is going ahead with bike lanes. The city is planning bike lanes but some say they are losing valuable Parking Spaces to the new bike lanes. The local Community Board voted against the bike lanes in may but the mayor says his plan will improve safety on queens boulevard. Surveillance video released of a suspect in an attempted robbery in brooklyn. It happened tuesday in williamsburg. The suspect allegedly followed a 27yearold woman to her apartment and forced his way in. He pulled a knife from the kitchen sink and pointed it then he dropped it and ran. Alex rodriguez plays his final game for the yankees in the bronx. Theyll faced Tampa Bay Rays. And at the olympics simone maneul becomes the first Michelle Obama to win a gold medal in swimming and Michael Phelps brew away rival ryan in the games. An Investigation Underway in new jersey after a Youth Sports Association is repeatedly vandalized and robbed in ocean county. This time the suspects were caught on camera. Meg baker has the story. The fall season tarts september 10th for the lake Hurst Manchester soccer association, but the teams have already suffered a loss. Just in this latest breakin were estimated around 1500 in damage and probably another 500 in the product that was stolen. The association has been burglarized three times and vandalized relentlessly. You can see remnants of blue paint still on the cement. This last time, the four suspected teens were caught on camera. Its really messed up how people can just think they can do this to our fields because it costs a lot of money to repair. In the latest incident on sunday around 3 30 a. M. , the thieves got away with all the when we have to spend money because of vandalism, it sets us back. Also missing. I that stole all of the poles that we had gotten donated for the light project. These couple of rotten apples that are really ruining it for so many others. Some of the funds collected not only go towards upkeep of the fields but also a College Scholarship for seniors in high school. We have to keep increasing the costs and weve been losing players because a lot of families t 5000 worth of new sod had to be put down a few months ago to fix the field. Its not that theyre taking if from us, theyre taking it from the kids who are playing here. In manchester new jersey, meg baker cbs2 news. A violent crash caught on camera, this was the aftermath after a train and pickup truck collided in the boston area. Closed crossing get a moving right in front of bostons mbta commuter trains, the driver a 70yearold man suffered serious injuries. No one on the train was hurt. Its amazing that no one was hurt. Cant go around. It is a sight you wont be able to see until 2026. Plus a suspected car thief does something unusual in court and just wait until you hear how the judge reacts. And well get another check fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Park,. The extreme heat didnt stop stargazers from checking out the perseid meteor stars. Its actually dust coming from the swift tunnel that circles the sun. The dusty tail gives us this annual meteor shower. As we collide with this tail you get beautiful shooting stars in your nighttime sky. It is just phenomenal when you actually do see a shooting star go across the sky. You can read about it, you can talk about it, but until you really see it its really breathtaking. This years shower was expected to be one of the best ever because gravity from jupiter is pulling twice as many meteors towards earth. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Here at 4 52, john good morning. Not everybody had skies. I was glad some of those folks saw that sight. 73 in the city yesterday, 94 in bridgeport, 94 in belmar, 92 in farmingdale. In the park it hit 91. Thats just somewhat misleading because laguardia hit 97. You know through queens, brooklyn, the bronx you had highs around 95 to 96. It was 96 in newark. Today its similar numbers. 93 for the city but parts of the area youll be warmer than the humidity, it will be even warmer than that. The beach beckoning, just remember a lot of problems with rip currents both for jersey and the south facing beaches of long island. Be smart as you head out to keep cool. Good morning every. Heavy delays at the bqe, most likely due to construction at the kosciuszko bridge. Construction blocks two lanes on the cross bronx. It is in both directions near the sheridan expressway. Eastbound delays extend webster avenue. All mass transit is on or close to schedule. Metro north, path trains, new jersey trance, lirr, getting word of an accident on the l. I. E. At exit 22 eastbound as well. Alternate side in effect city wide. Be safe, dont text and drive. Thank you so much. It is 4 53. Back to school lists are long and expensive from pens and pencils to notebooks and story thats stranger than fiction, hear from the stars of fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. From high atop the empire state building, look at this beautiful shot. If you love humidity, you love feeling youre wrapped in a wet towel, youre going to love today. First, a new movie proves truth can be stranger than fiction. Jonah hill and miles teller making scheme that proves profitable until greed sets in. David, were gun runners. Lets go run some guns. They call themselves war dogs, two young men who make a fortune from the military without stepping on the battlefield. If really you just have an internet connection. And a dream. And a dream that you can bid on these contracts. Miles teller and jonah Hill International arms dealers, exploiting a Government Loophole they land a 300 Million Contract to supply weapons to allies in afghanistan. We wont let you down. War dogs is based on true events, told through the the perspective of tellers character. Hes doing all this stuff. Hes trying to provide for his girl. He doesnt have like a clear cut idea of what he wants to do with his life. I think in your early 20s i think thats pretty much what everybody goes through. Help of Bradley Cooper as a middle man. For hills character money is always the driving force. This character is so evil. Hes so manipulative and, you know, just got a lot of bad motives i think, you know, but hes also so charismatic and in the way. It always does. That greed, it always gets us. War dogs opens in theaters nationwide on the 19th of august. It is 4 58. Still ahead, garbage, drug paraphernalia, but this used to be a beautiful lake, the push to clean up what was once a resort area. And history is being made at the olympic games, the first africanamerican medal won in this pimples gonna last forever. Aw comon. Clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. And acne wont last forever. Just like your mom wont walk in on you. Forever. Live from studio 46, this is cbs2 news this morning. Right now at 5 00, the end of an era for arod. Hell thank fans who love him and those who hate him. Heat and storms, another round of rain is expected later today. Plus were dealing with extreme heat as we head into good morning, im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. Welcome to cbs2 news this morning, high heat and oppressively high humidity, thats whats ahead for the next few days. We have Live Team Coverage this morning on todays weather. John is standing by with your forecast. Lets begin with Janelle Burrell live on the Upper West Side. Reporter chris, i can tell you if youre just heading out the door right now, not too bad. Actually, theres a little bit of