The growing memorial behind me is proof of that. Many here in southwest virginia were tuned in for what was supposed to be a live feel good story. It turned into anything but. A memorial of flowers and balloons grew overnight outside wdbj tv in roanoke, virginia. The station still cant believe two beloved colleagues are gone. All day the community has provided an outpouring just of support for us. Reporter reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air wednesday morning. [ sound of gunfire ] by a disgruntled former employee of their station. Im going to have reporter that employee was a fellow journalist. Vester flanagan. He went by the name Bryce Williams while reporting for the station. The 41yearold was let go two years ago and andy parker says his daughter died doing what she loved. Its hard to get your arms arnold it and around it ask realize or try and make sense of why it happened. Reporter before killing himself Authorities Say flanagan went on a twitter rant saying allison made racist comments and adam complained about him to hr. Flanagan apparently described himself as a human powder keg. Motivated by the Charleston Church shooting massacre. President obama called wednesdays shooting a moment to reflect on. I think its one more argument for why we need to look at you know how we can reduce gun violence in this country. Reporter prayer vigils will planned for the community and the coming days. At last check the woman who was also shot during the shooting it was in the hospital in stable condition. She did undergo surgery after being shot in the back. Meantime, flanagans family did release a Statement Last night saying their thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. Were live in roanoke, virginia this morning, don champion, cbs2 news. Don thank you so much. More on the shocking story in just a moment. But lets get to traffic and weather together on the 2s for you. Hey john. Good morning mary and chris, High Pressure just rolls in, sticks around and then actually camps out through the weekend but the weekend on the flip side will be much warmer. Its refreshing out the door, very comfortable clear and 68 with calm winds. You can see it is going to be a mostly sunny day today and a few more clouds filling in this afternoon though. But just some nice summer variety. Air mass is very dry. Not conducive to showers. And humidity values stay in check, the real feel numbers feel like the thermometer. Right around 82 which is right around what you would expect this time of the year. So delightful weather. Hopefully a nice quiet ride. Waiting for you as well. Whats going on . Not too bad out there john as you go to the George Washington bridge you are moving well in both directions, overnight construction though. But thats cleared out and lincoln tunnel and holland tunnels also flowing freely for you. We have the Brooklyn Bridge closed as you come into manhattan. Again for construction and you can see we have traffic kind of hesitating going to the Brooklyn Bridge. Well continue to update you on this and construction on the Staten Island expressway eastbound is out there as well between bradley avenue. Alternate side is in effect citywide and remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris and mary, back to you. Thank you. More now on the virginia tv crew killeddened the job yesterday morning. Alison parker and adam ward worked together every day reporting live for the stations morning show. Cbs2s Jessica Schneider has details on the young lives lost. Reporter they were a news team who took on the rough assignments with the same passion as the fun assignments. Alison parker in front of the camera and adam ward behind it. She had just worked on a very serious project we had which is an hour long special unclews that aired just last on child abuse that aired just last week and gave her all to the job. Adam was the same way and they worked together as a team for a long time. Reporter parker was 24 years old. A reporter her colleagues call a rock star. She grew up outside of roanoke and treasured her family, sharing their stories on this facebook video. I come from a family that absolutely loves the arts. Mill mom works the my mom works the piedmont arts in martinsville. Reporter her father andy told the Washington Post reporter chris hurst is an anchor there. He and parker just moved in together after dating for the past nine months. I had a habit of always wanting her to text me when she got to work safely. The last thing she said to me was good night sweet boy. The next thing i knew i wake up to phone calls from the station a little after 7 00 saying there had been a shooting that happened on Live Television. Reporter ward was 27 and engaged to the morning news producer who watched it unfold on Live Television while she was in the studio control room. Jessica schneider, cbs2 news. Ward was thinking about charlotte, north carolina. Alison parker was interviewing a local chamber of Commerce Executive director vicki gardner, gardner underwent surgery and is recovering this morning. News crews around the country including here at cbs2 are using the hashtag estandwithwdbj and tweeting photos of themselves on the job. And stay with cbs2 for continuing coverage on the news crew killed. Well have live coverage throughout the morning and on cbsnewyork. Com. Turning now to breaking news in new jersey. Firefighters scrambled to put out a fire in union county. You can see the large flames and thick plumes of smoke shooting through the plain field home. The fire started in the attic overnight and crews worked tirelessly to keep the flames from spreading to nearby homes. Police say everyone was able to get out safely. The cause of the fire is under investigation. And developing in brooklyn, Police ReleasedSurveillance Video of a suspect in an attempted rape. It happened at 74th street and 20th avenue in bensonhurst rier this month. Police say the man grabbed the woman from behind and tried to kiss her neck. She resisted and the suspect ran off. Well, divers will resume their search for a missing officialerman in new jersey today. Tom andersons sunken 40foot trawler was found yesterday in the Sandy Hook Channel and state police used sonar to locate it. He is believed to have been on board alone. The Recovery Mission was suspended yesterday afternoon because of dangerous water currents. Mayor de blasio wants to clean up bad behavior in times square. New task force will crack down on aggressive costumed characters, bare chested painted ladies and panhandlers. De blasio says the behavior sometimes borders on harassment and officers will also be on the lookout to make sure the characters dont spread to coney island and battery park. The new task force could be on the streets by october and will be on patrol 24 7. Update now on the story we first brought you tuesday night. A brooklyn mother is breathing relief this morning after a hornets nest was finally removed. Cbs2 stepped in to help Mary Jane Kohler of diker heights. She was worried theyd hurt her children and an upcoming block party. She asked the city for help but her requests were ignored. We reached out to a private beekeeper who agreed to remove the nest for free. I wanted to help. I could feel it in my body. A big relief. I can feel it. I could just feel everything going down. You think the city should have done something sooner . Absolutely. A spokesperson for councilman says they asked the nypd to send a beekeeper to help but he would not have been available until today at the earliest. 4 38. Still to come, what would you do with 800 pounds of butter . The new attraction at the new York State Fair. Also first office Abercrombie Fitch to stop on call shifts, now another retail is doing the same. See how one teacher hope toss save some cash hopes to save some cash this year. I should be happy. Always kind of bums me out. All right weather making me happy. Seasonable sun and nice dry stretch continues and a warmup in the works for the weekend. Were in the works and ready for traffic and weather together on the 2s in just a bit. Every cup has a story. Dunkin kcup packs in my life were a good fit. A single serving for myself, its pretty special. It is like having a dunkin store in my home which is what ive always dreamed of. Bring home delicious dunkin kcup packs today. Your coffee, your dunkin. On this thursday, so pretty nice and welcome out the door. Great. 68 degrees out there and 4 41. Welcome back to cbs2 news this morning. On this thursday morning. Tropical storm erika may make landfall in south florida late this weekend and if Power Companies getting ready. Workers and equipment are being move today areas most likely to be affected too early so say how much force that storm will have. The National Hurricane center says erika will move near puerto rico and the Virgin Islands today. Time now 4 42. Time for traffic and weather together on the 2s, lets bring in john elliott. Hi johnny. Not even a hurricane yet. Could make a category 1 status just off the coast of florida. Take a look at the stats a couple of times this morning. All right, weather watchers, theyre up early. Heres proof. You have les at 68 in little neck, he says look im up early getting ready for the last wednesday in august. What in the world happened to august . That is just amazing. It is going to be a pretty august. 65 another nice number. This is from tony. Tony i like because he always reports he says this is great sleeping weather and he never sleeps. I tell you what the nice thing was was the ac was off last night which was great for me. Yesterday was national dog day. I knew Charlie Hoffman would send in a picture of at least one pup. He has the ducks in a row there and a dog in the pond. Thanks for that a as always charlie. A Beautiful Day yesterday just a few more clouds today. Numbers right around where they should be this time of the year. Feels comfortable. 68 in the city. Obviously cooler. North and west. Relative humidity very nice. 63 . But relative to a lower number. Lower numbers we have those two. Monticello 57 and 56 in sparta. Guy from sparta loves this weather. Hes a hot cocoa man. 65 in babylon and greenwich. 57 in the hamptons and 61 in belmar. You know, you do the math, and on average these numbers a few degrees cooler. Its always more pronounced you get the crazy swings there. Where you cant hang on to the heat around the hamptons but a comfortable day today. And those real feel numbers . Real nice. Because theyre going to match the thermometer. 82 degrees in the city. How sweet is it . Lituate makes you want to it actually makes you want to dance. Unless youre greg on camera too. No dancing for greg. You can see High Pressure is in control. So weve got this great kind of blocking mechanism. I know, i was watering last night and we could use the rain. Its not going to happen. Well, we should see is a few more clouds this afternoon. Dont get freaked out. North and west some moisture in the atmosphere but again the surface is so dry. Tonight its refreshing and friday a fabulous way to wrap up the week, saturday and sunday, tell you what, models indicating that we stay dry right through the weekend. But sunday into monday, thats when youre going to feel more humidity. So it is going to be a warm finish to the weekend. If youre headed to the beach but look at the air temperature readings. They are up with that south wind. Ocean temperatures very nice. Heading to the mountains . Very nice. Similar story. Youre a little warmer on sunday and its going to be a little more humid. So youll see more clouds overhead. Well north and west of our area could see a renegade shower. But the odds are low. This is a big area of High Pressure that is going to be the driving force of our fine weather today, tomorrow and sat and into the sticky sunday into monday. The big 9 on monday. 4 45. Hopefully you have a nice ride early alex. Not that bad out there john. Traveling here in northern new jersey, taking a look here at our live drive speed map. Tons of green if youre traveling on route 3 you have 80, 17, 46 in the area as well as 23 no issues to report, with a live look right now route 3 if youre traveling by the meadowlands or in East Rutherford thats what it looks like. No issues to report, in manhattan the fdr drive moving well in thes. Alternate side is in effect citywide 20s. Alternate side is in effect citywide. And remember be safe, dont text and drive. Chris back to you. Okay thank you. Good morning, heres the quick look at the stories making headlines for us this morning. A Louisiana Police officer was shot and killed when he responded to a call from a house where three women were stabbed and one fatally. It happened yet in the town of sunset about 60 miles from baton rouge. The gunman as wired by a s. W. A. T. Team. A colorado judge has formally sentenced james holmes to multiple life terms for the masser that left 12 people dead and 70pounded. A wounded. A judge said quote the defendant doesnt deserve any sympathy. And american student who helped stop a terror attack on a train in france says he is happy to be home. Anthony sadler was honored the sacramento, california last night. Sadler and two friends helped subdue a gunman on the train last week. On money watch, u. S. Stock futures are up this morning. Asian markets closed higher street wednesday. Stocks had their best day since 2011 with the dow climbing 619 points. The nasdaq was up 191 points and s p added 72. The rally ended four days of plummeting prices when the dow shed 1700 points. Retail clothing giant the gap is changing the way it schedules employees ending a demand they be available for work shifts with almost no notice. The company has been under pressure to make the change for its five brands including the old navy. Other big changes like starbucks have already begun phasing out socalled on call scheduling. In april new yorks attorney general sent the company letters questioning if the practice was even legal. Facebook is taking on apples siri and microsoft with a new digital assistant inside the Facebook Messenger app. The new Service Called emm is being tested in the San Francisco area. Facebook says its a tool that quote completes tasks and finds information on your behalf. The messenger app was broken out of facebook just over a year ago. Well, from number two pencils to spiral bound notebooks, the cost of School Supplies can add up and not just for parents. But for teachers too. But a new trend teachers are turning to crowd funding for help. Cbs2s Tracee Carrasco has the story. Every day or every week, youre buying something. Reporter Kindergarten TeacherJoanne Ramirez typically spends 1,000 of her own money each year. That includes even the most basic of necessities. Copy paper, markers, crayons, pencils, just office supplies. Reporter and parents see how much these teachers are paying out of pocket. They spend extra money out of their own pocket, im sure they have families. Reporter ramirez and fellow teachers at ps 111 in Hells Kitchen can ask for help, sometimes its just not enough. On average, 75 of our parents can actually donate what we ask for. The rest we have to kind of do ourselves. Reporter so this school year, ramirez is turning to the internet for help. She started a go fund me page to fill in the gaps and to get her students additional tables, cushions, a classroom library, and these basic supplies. Literally the next morning, i woke up and i still had like 100. The next day i had like 150, its just been people spread the word you know. Reporter she says family and friends and even strangers have donated. Theres actually been people i dont know on the list but wanted to make some kind of contribution. Reporter Joanne Ramirez says since she started her Online Fundraising efforts, three weeks ago, shes raised a little more than 1,000. Shes hoping to reach her goal of 1,500 before the school year starts. Reporting from jersey city, Tracee Carrasco, cbs2 news. Time is now 4 9. You know the crazy things that state fairs do with butter, wait until you see what the new York State Fair came up with this time. What does a Lifetime Warranty actually mean . The answer might surprise you. Another check of your traffic and weather together on the 2s when we come back. Well, welcome back to cbs2 on this thursday morning, in august 27th. Its 68 degrees out there feels wonderful. Boy the great new York State Fair officially opens today in syracuse. One of the major attractions at 800pound butter sculpture. Revolving in a chilled display case. It shows People Holding a milk crate and a gallon jug of milk with the statue of liberty in the middle. The sculptures titled million thanks for the milk, new york. There you go. Its amazing what they do to the butter. Lot easier than marble. You spent your time up there in syracuse, you know all about this right . Probably easier than margarine too. It might be. A lot easier than cottage cheese. Those cheese folks just never folks just never last. A dairy delight maybe some ice cream later today . Why not . Its going to melt crazy fast like it would