Originally i didnt think much about it and then a few minutes later i had realized that like the train was like still there. Reporter emergency crews say they will have to bring in a crane to remove the train from the tracks. That should happen sometime tonight, but then they will need to inspect the track which was damaged. Probably about 100 feet of damaged rail. We are waiting for a crane to come in which will probably be after the rushhour, roughly around 7 00, 7 30 tonight. Reporter and they are hoping to have the train removed by around midnight so that way everything will be all set, all ready to go for the morning rush. Anybody trying to go westbound between 4 00 and 8 00 tonight from ronkonkoma, there is no service. Right now heading westbound, again, 30 to 40 minute delays. We are live in westbury, im Kristin Thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Kristin, thank you. Another developing story, this one in manhattan, investigators are on the scene of a deadly fire on southern place
Drove off south on central park avenue, soon after they worked to collect evidence and shell casings investigators say they are looking into the possibility that there was a dispute before the shooting. Were looking at license plate readers, red light cameras any video that we could find. The father, a carpenter who has had respiratory issues since working at ground zero proudly showing us pictures from his sons career and first probaseball paycheck. Devastated trying to make sense why he was shot. Good kid, drafted by the oakland as. A full ride to college. He is a friend of the city of yonkers, high regard in the city. We believe this was a very senseless shooting and were going to do our best to try to find a suspect. Back live you can see some of the detectives here at the scene theyve been here all morning as they try to piece this together. Police telling us they are looking for the car, a light colored or yellow twodoor honda. They are trying to locate that vehicle and locate th
They had explosives. I have children. So that was my main concern. Safety. Its part of life. They are accessible. So this is weird. Its just really weird. Reporter the white family is relieved that everyone is safe. But they also seem resigned to the fact that drones are likely here to stay. Mark morgan, cbs 2 news. Police in linden looking for the operator of the drone who called them admitting his drone crashed into the house. Subway riders on the west side the good news is the mta is repairing the 1 train but it means a weekend shutdown north entire line from one end to the other. Cbs 2s Steve Overmyer life at south ferry subway station why. So from 11 am 30 of 30 tonight to 5 a. M. The mta needs to do repair work on the subway line badly. Reporter as a lone workman toils on the platform of the decrepit 168th street station in washington heights, the enormity of the task is clear. They dont need a weekend to fix subway stations like this. They may need a year. I think the whole syst
Domestic terrorism. It is still too early for that charge. Erica, back to you. Thank you, gadi. Now to the race for the white house. Democrats and republicans alike slam donald trump for something he did not say this week. He skipped a major gop event last night in South Carolina just about 24 hours after he failed to challenge comments made about president obama. Nbcs kristen walk elker is live at the white house with more. Reporter good morning, craig. Could this be the issue that burst the trump balloon after the comments of the president and muslims go unchecked. Meanwhile other candidates are back on trail for a busy weekend of campaigning. Ten gop hopefuls descending on South Carolina friday night. Donald trump was a no show. Canceling last minute. Trumps Campaign Said he wasnt there because he was closing a this came on the heels of the moment at the New Hampshire town hall thursday. Country. Its called muslims. One. American. Birth certificate, man. Reporter trump was immediate
For their children. School board says children can be legally excused for religious purposes. All right. 5 04 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Good morning, chris. Good morning. In pretty good shape again as we finish up the workweek, which has been a beautiful weather week, certainly if you like summertime weather. Its a comfortable, beautiful start this morning. Temperatures generally in the locations. Were back to the mid and upper 80s. Yesterday, 89. I think today, 87 should do it. Night. 69 degrees right now. A beautiful morning. Weve got clear sky, lots of sunshine will greet us. Sun down. Degrees. In for lauren scala this morning, heres emily west. Those downtown subway delays on the 6 train. Just be aware of that as you head out. Also, some bus detours. Q46, qm6, s74, s76. Everything else looks fine. Commuter checklist is okay. We got a report of an accident off to the side the l. I. E. Doesnt seem to be a delay right now. Alternate side, meter rules in effect