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team usa racing toward the starting line in rio. the olympics opening ceremony just hours away. concerns about safety and illegal doping already overshadowing the games. is brazil ready for its big moment? we re there live on the ground with the greatest athletes in the world. if i just go out there and do my best to make you guys proud, that is the best feeling i could ever ask for. as team usa gets ready to go for the gold. and we do say good morning, america. so much excitement for the olympics and the fact that dan is here with us in times square. about even on the excitement meter. you see amy there in brazil for the opening ceremony just hours away. amy has her game face on as usual. take a look at the olympic torch this morning right near the iconic christ the redemer statue in rio and arrived in the city strikes me as a little dangerous when you re carrying fire making its way to the stadium where the nearly four-hour ceremony kicks off and 6,000 per ....
storms, not moving very slowly. moving quickly. while they may have rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour, it doesn t last that long over one particular spot. to the west, another ban of shower and thunderstorm activity. most of this should be out of here by 9:00, 10:00 in the morning. that s the good news. tends quickly, it s smack dab in the morning commute. a slow go out there at times. showers taper at noon, fec high in the lower 80s. let s see if there are any early issues. lauren what do you have? two accidents on the roads. neither causing huge delays. one involving a jackknifed tractor trailer on 95 southbound on country club road. that s in the left lane. in paramus, an accident on route 17 southbound out by paramus road. that blocks the right lane and the exit ramp over. there we ll have more weather now to the final day of the democratic national convention. hillary clinton tried to win over voters and lay out her plan if elected president. tracie st ....
good morning, i m lori stokes. i m rob nelson filling in for ken rosato. thanks for being with us. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. well, it s h.o. to. hot. it s humid. stuffy. a couple of thunderstorms to the west. yesterday we started out around 80. it feels like 80 this morning. sticky, steamy, stuffy. excessive heat warning is in effect through tomorrow. then you have a heat advisory for the rest of the area. thank you national weather service, you finally caught up to the rest of us. that area south of lopping island down the jersey shore. small craft advisory here. winds are out of the southwest 10 to 25 knots. see the shower to the west? are off to the races. 105, 110 around some good portion of the area west of the city. we have 93 to 94 this afternoon. we will talk about the heat lasting through the weekend next. weather then heather, is it hot in the traffic center. it is always hot in the ....
precinct. 35-year-old oscar morel said nothing and gave no explanations for the murders of the imam maulama akonjee and his assistant tharam uddin. both men were buried yesterday. mourners at the funerals say they know why the friends were killed. and they want justice. two people just got murdered and nypd is saying this might not be a hate crime. what is it then? come on then, somebody coming up behind and shooting for no reason an imam and his assistant, come common sense. reporter: the top brass says they have strong evidence to back up the charges starting with what happened before the double homicide. at 1:350 saturday afternoon a hit and run witness and surveillance video placed morel s car at the scene of the crash. moments later, three miles away police say they found surveillance sophomore else getting into that of morel getting into that same car after fatally shooting the two men. we have looked at the two cars and they were identical. we have look ....
new jersey. elsewhere, the mid-70s. planning ahead, plan on another hot day. 87 at noontime. a slight chance of an isolated shower really have to watch the sky for thunderstorms and high near 90. lauren, what do you have for us? we have a vehicle fire in the process of extinguished on the new jersey turnpike. southbound all lanes are closed. traffic diverted interchange 13. you will be able to get around it. something to keep in mind. we have slowdowns on the cross bronx expressway because of roadwork eastbound by webster avenue. two lanes are closed. that s scheduled to be out there by 6:00 a.m. more weather and traffic on the 4s. lauren, thank you very much. the fatal fire that took two lives in new jersey late last night. this happened on 14th avenue in belmar. police department still there on the scene right now as is today in new york s tracie strahan. reporter: michael, you can still smell the smoke from this fire hours after it happened. as you mentione ....