from news4, you can see men moving box after box from a 4-wheeler to a small van. nypd and state police working on an unrelated state investigation see what's going on and sniff out a large scale drug deal. agents go in for a closer look and find this, nearly two tons of marijuana valued at close to $4 million. >> that money is not going back to some bad guy in another country. we deprived him of his ill-gotten gains and at the same time got this weed off the street. >> this is excellent. do you know how much money they lost to people pushing this stuff? >> reporter: drug deliveries near a street, chool, grocery store. >> we need to be more careful. >> reporter: police carry the suspects away. this truck was stacked with with marijuana more than six feet high. jamie hunt says the pot was destined for new york city streets. >> i couldn't be prouder of these people. they're out there running an operation at 1:30, but they see something to react on. >> the drugs will be held as evidence, then destroyed. in elmhurst, queens, mark san santia, news4, new york. tonight the state's governor says human error was not a factor in the amtrak derailment. it hit rocks that fell from a nearby ledge and that caused the derailment. the four crew members and passengers that were hurt have been released from the hospital, and the governor said he hopes the train will resume full service by the weekend. don't let the sunshine fool you, those words from the governor. the rain in south carolina has finally stopped but the threat is not over. many taking their first steps on a long and difficult road ahead. the cleanup from this flooding has just begun. >> reporter: good evening, shiba. the flooding here is what so many south carolinans are dealing with right now. there is more concern that more water could be on the way. finally there is sunshine in south carolina, giving many here the first chance to work through the overwhelming floodwaters left behind. pulling away debris, piling up pieces of their homes and lives ravaged by the storm. the tiniest effort of so many that have lost so much. there is much determination by the people in this city. >> thank god for caring folks, folks coming together. >> reporter: the sky hawks and highlanders, rival football teams that huddled together today in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods. >> we're trying to help out as best we can. >> reporter: in other communities, the national guard is helping out as floodwaters continue to rise, testing dams and bridges across the region. >> the next 36 to 48 hours is going to be volatile. >> reporter: straining the city's already battled infrastructure. >> structural issues like our bridges and roads, there is a lot of work that has to be done. >> reporter: ironically, one of the biggest needs here continues to be water. with the city's water system compromised, truckloads of bottled water are being moved in with the hope that all of this unwanted water will start to move out. it could be a week or more before creeks and rivers start to recede. the cleanup and recovery, though, are going to take a lot longer here. in columbia, south carolina, jay gray, news4, new york. on capitol hill, president obama is under pressure to slow down the withdrawal of uls .s. the taliban is said to be gaining strength. at the same time the white house is getting pressure from the taliban. they killed 120 people in a hospital in afghanistan over the weekend. the white house addressed the tragedy. >> we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. >> to get the facts, to get this full accounting, and to make sure whatever changes are necessary are properly implemented. >> reporter: general campbell also told lawmakers he's opposed to the president's current troop pullout schedule. the general said if the u.s. leaves now, a similar situation could develop as exists in iraq. coming up, what guards were apparently doing when the notorious mexican drug lord el chap chapp 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but one person is under arrest on a weapons charge. a second is negotiating their surrender to police. in yonkers, an early morning apartment fire led investigators to what may have been a marijuana grow house hiding in plain sight. the fire was sparked in an apartment building at 4:30 this morning. police say they found things that made them believe at some point there was a marijuana growing operation inside. no one was hurt in the fire. another big tenant is taking space at the american dream project. our partners at the bergen record is reporting that a toys r us is opening a 455-square-foot store at the shopping center. it is not a replacement for the flagship store at times square which is set to close at the end of the year. the american dream project is set to open in the fall of 2017. you might be sitting on a windfall and not even know it, that's if you have old stock certificates. years have gone by? you better get baquero to see if you can still cash in. >> good to see you guys, and in this case the circumstances were unfortunate. we're talking about stocks that were issued to our consumers back in the late 1970s and early 1980s and were never cashed in before she passed away last year. love at first sight. that's how it started for andrew campbell and linda ackerman back in 1972. >> we met at mcdonald's in white plains, and she was a crew person, i was an assistant manager trainee. >> reporter: they married and had a son. after more than 40 years together, linda passed away in may of last year. as andrew gathered up her belongings -- >> i found an envelope which had just a bunch of miscellaneous papers, and i dug through, and there were mcdonald's stock certificates. >> reporter: linda had received them as employee rewards in 1976 and 1982, a total of three shares in mcdonald's stock. >> the stock since 1970 have split two different ways. >> reporter: so andrew called the company listed on the certificate, computershare, based in california, to find out what happened to those stocks. >> and they go, oh, we're sorry, mr. campbell, but these were turned over to the state. >> reporter: we checked the new jersey office of unclaimed funds and checked linda's married names and addresses. >> let's put new jersey. did she live anywhere other than new jersey? >> reporter: we asked andrew what he would do with the money from his wife's estate. >> probably pay some old bills. actually would give money to the charity which she lived for. >> reporter: we confirmed that the stocks were turned over to the office of unclaimed fund in new jersey which is run by the state treasury department. they said the state liquidated the shares, as is usually done quickly with stocks, and the state, they say, is currently holding $250 under linda's name. you should know all property turned over to that office there remains there in perpetuity or until a valid claim is processed. so there is no sort of statute of limitations. it doesn't stay there for five years and disappear. it stays there forever. >> your heart breaks for him. what can we do to prevent this from happening in the future. >> she had these accounts for so many years, and after a certain number of years, financial institutions in particular are required to turn over these funds. make sure you maintain some activity with your accounts, whether it's making a depositor taking a small withdrawal out, just so they see some activities. i know with banks, for example, and cds, for example, usually after three or five years, it depends, that's when the funds are turned over. in this case it had been so many years. that's why the funds were turned over. also keep lists of financial accounts ask remember to get in touch with our commuter team "better get ba kwurks u quero." this is a live view from on top of the rock, and it's fantastic out there this evening. it was chilly this morning, still dealing with chilly mornings, but that's okay as long as it's mild in the afternoon. 40 in the morning, 52 in the city. it won't be quite this chilly tonight. the temperatures will moderate some five or sick degrees, so they'll come up a little bit over what they were last night. in the morning, the highs, we're back into the 70s. right now with 73 in tribeca. jersey city, just below 70 degrees right now. you'll be chilly tonight but not quite so cold. there goes joaquin. it's still a category 1 hurricane, but it's racing away in the middle of the atlantic and it's not as strong as it was. the low pressure system in the carolinas is finally moving offshore. they're drying out. and it's beautiful here. we're watching some clouds banking from the west, but no rain associated with those. and it's that time of year. you may have noticed, the leaves are changing, and we're getting a bit of light color around the tri-state area right now. but the best color at this time over the catskills and poconos start to go show some color, too. weather looks decent for going leaf peeping this weekend. 40s and 50s in sussex. we started out in the 50s in the city in the morning with a few clouds, those clouds that are approaching from the west, but then move on through. same with the jersey shore. look for 70s by the afternoon. to the west of the city, you'll see a few 70s as well. not quite as chilly in the morning, not as many 40s, but a few. not quite as cold. 57 in long island and coastal connecticut. look for 72 in scarsdale tomorrow, smithtown 73. a nice breeze across the area. sag harbor 69. so the 70s are with us for one more day and then it's back to the upper 60s on thursday. clouds approach friday. we've got some rain coming friday night into early saturday and then dry for the rest of the columbus day weekend. back to you. coming up next, promoting higher learning or holding students back? the i heef -team investigates what could be between high-level -are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. until i learned about bath fitter. bath fitter puts a new bathtub 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