i m ken rosato. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist amy freeze is in for bill with the exclusive forecast. good morning to the both of you as we get started on this thursday morning. temperatures are cool, almost fall like in the suburbs. we went down to the 50s in a lot of spots. normal overnight low is 67. this morning at 6:17, a beautiful start to the morning. then our temperatures should easily return to the low 80s and another gorgeous day in front of us. 68 currently in central park. look at what is happening as far as the sky goes. the soup will heat us up. 59 for monticello. poughkeepsie 57. a few high thin clouds over the catskills this morning. that s about it. looking good. the planning forecast, 78 by noon. a high of 83 in new york city. temperatures will slide back into the mid-70s at sunset. that s the accuweather forecast. debbie duhaime is standing by in for heather. good morning. good morning, everybody.
clouds try to make it over the catskills. we are left with lots of sunshine across the board. coming up, we talk about erica and when it turns more favorable for this storm to intensify. it will bring rain to puerto rico. patchy clouds and 83 the high. in the accuweather seven-day forecast, we will talk hotter temperatures over the weekend and the chance at 90 before we head into labor day. that s weather. now traffic. debbie duhaime is in for heather o rourke. good morning amy and everybody. we start off telling you there is an accident over at the inbound george washington bridge. it s 15 to 20 into the upper level. at the george washington bridge you can see the traffic is stacking up here as the accident is right past the toll plaza at the upper level. you can see the flashing lights in the screen. let s tell you the lincoln tunnel is only 5 minutes in t. holland tunnel is moving okay at this point. waterbury branch of metro north a 20-minute delay with mechanical iss
identified as vester flanagan opened fire killing alison and adam and wounding vicky gardner. it s senseless that her life and adam s life were taken by a crazy person with a gun. reporter: police say flanagan purchased the gun legally days after the recent churches killings in charleston. he sent abc news a lengthy fax in which he listed grievance, discrimination. i am not going to rest until i see something get done here. reporter: memorials and prayer vigils are taking over this community. 27-year-old adam ward was engaged to marry a producer at the station in the control room at the moment of the shooting. parker just 24 years old was in love with her boyfriend, anchor chris hurst. a pain that is really real for me now. the station is resilient. her family is resilient. they are strong. we will be back, folks. reporter: in another show of support, other supporters and anchors came from their sister stations to help cover the news. shirleen. tim, thank you.
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stretcher en route to a hospital. flanagan was pronounced dead at the hospital this afternoon. police say he bought two glock handguns in july and they re trying to determine if he was after the tv station specifically or specifically wanted to targets that reporter and photographer. and people who knew alison parker and adam ward, said they were go-getters, already making a name for themselves. ray villeda has more. they were killed on live television. tonight we re hearing about the moments after the shooting and how their loved ones found out. outside the wdbj 7 in roanoke, virginia, a growing tribute. in nearby churches, vigils for the two murdered journalists. wen date night alison parker s boyfriend remembers the last words. she texted me good night, sweet boy. after that text, a life-changing phone call. i was startled away this morning from phone calls from the station telling me there had been a shooting on live television and i needed to come to the statio