well, good morning, everybody. humid, sticky, steamy, stuffy and thunderstorms around in these overnight hours. here is the current temperature, 80 degrees. we will drop a bit as we get going today another degree or two. 71 kingston and poughkeepsie. 78 bridgeport, connecticut. 80 in the park. 78 around orange. air quality alert. bad air once again. that is really across northern fairfield county but long island, coastal connecticut, you are not in that but the air quality won t be that good. a couple of thunderstorms around bridgewater. there is lightning in that one and around suffolk county a storm, too to watch out for. that will run up to 80 and up the hudson river valley. another steamy day. highs in the low 90s. it will feel like 95 to 100. heather is feeling better. she is back in action. i am here. we will talk about mass transit. mass transit is there for you as well. it s doing okay as far as metro north goes. you have the waterbury branch. long island railroad
shirleen, back to you guys. thank you very much, bill. mayor de blasio is warning people today they had to be cautious because the heat is dangerous but it s not keeping people away from the beaches. folks are enjoying the sun and water. sandra bookman is live in or charred beach to tell us about it. ken, there is a breeze here. i will tell you a secret. that s why our photographer and i came here. we knew we could start the day off cool. that s the same idea a lot of people here had and the same idea people around the city told us they have. whatever you need to do, you need to do it early. hitting the beach on one of the hottest days of the summer is practically a no brainer. the earlier the better. certain time of the day the sun is hot. this is, as you can see, the best time to enjoy yourself. then when it gets hot you seek shelter. reporter: at orchard beach in the bronx, some worshippers claimed their spots before noon. getting up early seems to be one of the
call 1-800-341-9716. crowds raced to get on the train cars, forced to sit on suitcases and in the middle of the aisle. this is more than just an inconvenience for commuters. tonight federal officials say the train conditions could be good evening. i m kristine johnson. maurice is off tonight, and cbs 2 learned that the federal railroad administration called a meeting to look into the troubling safety concerns on the train. cbs 2 s meg baker has the exclusive story. reporter: does this look safe to you? it s like gladiator to get on the train. reporter: i road the long island railroad where dozens of commuters jam packed into the train cars, sitting in kyles, blocking stairs, and emergency exits. kim hall had to sit on the floor from penn station to montauk on friday. people can t pass, and in an evacuation situation. it it s unsafe. reporter: she s not alone. just trying to get through the aisle, everyone is aggressive. reporter: the friday 4:00 p.m. cannon ba
200 troops will be deployed to help firefighters across the west and the first time that has happened since 2006. western fires have burned a million acres and more than a hundred homes have been destroyed. our affiliate kiro has more. come on on. reporter: john parker would usually be home right about now. just lost. i don t know where to go, what to do. reporter: he is one of the roughly 2,000 people evacuated from the wildfire chelan. what he took is all he has left. his home burned in the first creek fire. there is where the house was. reporter: he got his dog max out and this truck. reporter: at the shell station downtown, francisco rodriguez works as a gas station attendant, but lately he kneels more like a therapist. i had one lady come in. she had lost her house and three horses. reporter: so many people have lost so much. authorities think between 50 and 60 structures have burned and the fires threaten more land north of, which relan. rod lost his h
street when the suspect came up her, threatening to shoot her, and he led her to the area of leffords place where he put his fingers down her throat and sexual assaulted her down an outdoor staircase. she was sexually assaulted and left with two broken teeth. anyone who recognizes the man should call the nypd. janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. in indonesia, rescue teams have reached the crash site where a plane went down over the weekend. all 54 people on board were found. it lost traffic with air traffic controllers 30 minutes after takeoff. no word on the cause of the crash. the death toll has topped 20. another 140 people were wounded in what is being called the country s worst ever attack. there s been no claim of responsibility, but thailand s prime minister said investigators are closer to figuring out who is to blame. the explosion hit the central part of the city during the evening rush hour. time for traffic and weather on the 2s. john, good morning. hi, chris, ma