Good morning, everybody. Thank you for tuning in. Im rob nelson. Charlesworth. We are still waking up. We have been together. We are courting again. Thank you for joining us for the jr. League. Its all good. Yes n deed. Amy freeze . Looking good meteorologist amy freeze. I feel like i need to change this is not good. Im throwing off the whole look. Its woodsy and chic. Im like the stump, is that what youre saying . No you look awesome, amy. After the last few days of weather it doesnt matter what you have on. I like the way you think. Exactly. We have more of it coming your way. Temperatures going up a bit this afternoon, and then we are hot and humid from the second half of the weekend going forward, and lows again in the 40s in the northern counties, and monticello, 46 degrees for the overnight low, and last night or yesterday last night . No, yesterday, we had a low, and temperatures sinking it looks and feels food. A refreshing air mass in control for us, meaning no storms, and hard to get clouds going around here, and a nice flow of arm air on the south wall with increases in humidity as well. 82 for the afternoon, and temperatures settling into the mid to upper 80s. 86 expected in new york city, and a south, south easterly wind into the afternoon. Coming up, the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Thank you so much, amy. 6 02, a suspect is in police custody, and another is on the Westchester Police officers. A 63yearold man was hit in a hail of gun shots that neighborhood in mont vernon. Reporter renee staal has more on the story. Good morning to you, renee. Reporter good morning, michelle and rob. This morning the innocent man is here at jacobi hospital here in serious condition after being struck by the undercover cop during a gun buying sting that ended in gunfire on a quiet mont vernon street. An officer invest gating illegal sales met be the suspect to make a purchase. The officer was told to drive to mont vernon where another person got in the car and put a gun to the officers head and told him to give him his money. The officer then called for backup, and the backup fired his gun threes times, hitting the suspect in the torso. An innocent bystander was also struck in the torso as well. Navy base heard at hes 14 gun shots. I said to my sister, i heart gun shot. I came to the door and heard the next four shots and saw the car coming one way down the street, and then i saw the police car racing up the street, and thats when i saw it rolling with the police and the ambulance, putting them into the ambulance, and the other one up the street, they put him in another ambulance. Reporter police took both or those ambulances excuse me me, pack both the person shot and the innocent bystander here. Again that person is in serious condition. That suspect was able to flee flee the scene. Police are still looking for him. I will check to see if theres been any further arrests and i will have detames in detail in the next half an hour. Renee staal, Eyewitness News. Goning this morning a sheriffs deputy was randomly gunned down filling up his patrol car at a gas station near houston. A man approached the deputy from behind and then shot him repeatedly. Once he fell to the ground, the suspect continued to fire before he took off. Overnight shortly after releasing the surveillance image of the suspects truck, hearrested. The 10year veteran of the Sheriffs Office leaves behind a wife and two children. Erika is headed to florida and is blamed for 20 deaths in dominica it could weak weaken into a depression or dissipate all together. People in florida have been securing their homes and stocking up on essentials. You dont know what will happen if the storm will strengthen or not. The storm will probably bring heavy rain to florida, South Carolina, and georgia as well. New developments now in the tragedy on live television. The gunman ambushing his former colleagues as the cameras rolled. Video you have all seen by now of course. Stunning details of the third victim. She survived curling up in a ball, the gun misfiring, and chilling new images for inside of the gunmans apartment and what they found in his refrigerator. Jim avala covering the story. Reporter these new images for inside of the suspects apartment, and the refrigerator adorned with the modeling shots, and at the scene, the bloodstained boards where the journalists were murdered have now been replaced. He waited until they were live on the the air. He knew what he was doing. Reporter only one person survived the attack, Vicki Gardner, now out of her medically induced coma and she told her husband how the reporter and the cameraman saw him drop in on them. The light was shining in on them. They couldnt see him. Alison was the initial target. Adam was next and then he shot three time at my wife, he missed twice, and then she dove to the ground and curled up in a ball, and he shot her in the back. He pulled the trigger several times and only hot her once. Reporter remarkably vicki got to her feet. She said if i can get up, im getting up, and she to the ambulance. Reporter she called her husband and said to meet her at the hospital. Doctors now expect a full recovery. Thats mind blowing, the fact that the reason she is here today, the gun misfired. Just dumb luck. A tragedy on so many levels. Unreal. Coming up on Eyewitness News saturday morning. 10 years ago this weekend, the levees broke in new orleans, and what was thought to be a Natural Disaster led to the worst Civil Engineering disaster in the countrys history. Today the progress new orleans has made in the last decade. Welcome back, everybody. Believe it or not, 10 year ago, a decade ago, the city was flooded in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. It took the lives of 2,000 people along the gulf coast. President obama will be in the area as the country remembers the powerful, unforgettable images of despair sprawled around the tvs around the country and around the world. Reporter the vibrant soul of the big easy marking one of new orleans darkest days, and 10 years after hurricane flooded katrina, and displaced 1 Million People along the coast, theres a new 14. 5 billion levee system, and homes are continually being rebuilt, and people are still returning to reclaim the city they love, and theres also wounds that have not healed. This is horrible. Reporter including memories of the 1800 loves lost and the slow emergency response. We forget how all levels of government left us abandon here. When i think back, and i say that you know, how did they do that to us . Reporter today, met by a small group of protesters, former president george w. Bush returned here. The darkness from a decade ago has lifted, and its best days lie ahead. That was abcs Marcy Gonzalez reporting, and president obama traveled to mississippi to hon north First Responders who acted so bravely during katrina. And a lot of lessons learned, too. We heard earlier this morning with the folks preparing for the storm coming to florida, they were leaving, taking care of their properties, and they were putting them together. That being said, erika wont even be a hurricane. Its a tropical system, but as it approaches, the threat of water is so serious. Its not just wind or surge, but sometimes its the flooding or the aftereffects that come on land. Theres not been hit on florida since 10 years. You think of florida, a hurricane every 10 minutes it feels like. Parts of the state are in a drought, and they could use the water luckily without the wind this time around, we hope. Reporter around here, we are soaking up the sunshine, and i wish we could slow it down to last several months. 82degrees yesterday was the top temperature in central park, and right now, temperature in the 40s, 50s, and 60s depending where you are. When you see the city moving a bit, 68 is what we have in central park. Temperature hourss and 50s north and west. Typical high this time of the year is 81. The sunrise officially at 6 19. A few minutes from that. Morristown, 48 for you right now. 50 for blairstown, and montauk at 64. Down the shore, belmar has 62. Ricetown in the as the temperatures go, once we get into the afternoon a lot of sunshine. Easily above yesterdays High Temperatures, more like the middle 80s before the city, and we should easily be able to get our temperatures under High Pressure, meaning a lot of sunshine and few clouds, back into the nice weather, and we have High Pressure at the surface and the bermuda high off the shore. As we look at what could happen with erika, the winds could rip up the storm and that could diminish or take away the possibility of the strengthening of the storm. Every model run has shifted, all day yesterday, the storm making a direct westward move action, and as it comes towards the shoreline, we are expecting several inches of rain for florida, and we are watching that closely. Meanwhile, as we heat up, the humidity increases as well. All coming from the south. It looks like we could have an isolated storm or two north of the city and the west winds up to 17 miles an hour. Waves 23 feet, and water temperatures up to 78 degrees, and the rip current risk is moderate for today. The jersey shore really looking good, but the only wrinkle could be the isolated storm on sunday afternoon, and temperatures low to mid80s for the hamptons and tomorrow afternoon. More muggy, temperatures middle to upper 80s and tomorrow its downright humid. Looking for 71 in the city. Heres the accuweather forecast. And heres the clear picture of the weekend. More humid tomorrow with 89, and hot and humid on tuesday, and we end august with 92, and we begin september with 92. Potentially a heat wave there, and the string of 90s and then we have a 46. It looks like a good weekend all in all. We will take it. Tony stewart is speaking out about the final moments before he struck and killed racer kevin ward. His claims coming up. The former student involved in the prestigious prep school go get help, boy. Go get help. Right now if youre a cat, you ignore people. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Go on kitty, kitty. My name is amanda and i smoked while i was pregnant. My baby was born two months early and weighed only three pounds. This is the view i had of her in the nicu. My tip to you is speak into the opening so your baby can hear you better. You can quit. Talk with your doctor. For more help call 1866nyquits welcome back, everybody, tony stewart responding to the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of kevin ward jr. He says ward tried to approach him before the accident and he says he didnt see him. Stewarts lawyer says ward caused his own death by getting out of his own car and walking along the track. The former student at one of the nations most elite prep schools accused of raping a classmate collapsed learning his fate. Owen lebre was found not guilty on three of the most serious charges, but he was convicted of having sex with a minor and one felony charge of underage girl. Now the registered sex offender could face up 207 years as a result in prison. Sentencing is in late get this. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. We think about the hayday of the islanders, coach parkenson died yesterday, and as the head coach of the isles, he won four straight cup in the 80s, and no major team has won four straight titles since. Second all time, al arbour has passed away at the age of 82. Wow im rob powers. Big morning winning streak. The mets won 7 straight, and for the first time, the red sox visited citi field. Of course 1986 world series here as well. 8 strikeouts, and he was playing with the lead, and cuddyer with wright on 1st base, and this is wrights home game. White is not stopping, coming home, and hes in there. Now the first batter after harvey leaves the game. David ortiz first pitch gone. They would go into extra innings tied at 3. The boston catcher launches one, and the ball goes over the orange line for a home run, but no one really checks, so swiehard keeps running and running. It will go down as an inside thepark home run for the red sox. They win 64 the final score. They made it interesting, but the mets winning streak is done. The yank keys with their own inner league game on the road in atlanta, hoping the braves were just what the doctor ordered. Brian mccann, back in atlanta sharing the billing, with d. D. Gragorius. In the 2nd inning, d. D. Does it again with the bases loaded. 6 rbi, and the yankees were up big, finally scoring runs, and tanaka, 7 strikeouts, and mccann in the return, how about a home run . 154 the yankees win, finally busting out on the road. One of sports biggest stars worked out yesterday, and thousands showed up to watch. An estimated crowd of 15,000 at the race course to watch american pharoah, the triple crown champ run the track. This is the favorite, sold out later today, and folks showed up to get an up close look. Rounds 3 and 4 of the barclays today and tomorrow in edison. The biggest golf story of the year will take a break. Jordan spieth didnt have a good time in new jersey. His stay will not be long this is into the crowd, and its off this little dudes leg. Spieth didnt make the cut, and mcelroy will be back at one. The liberty win this game, and they clinch the playoff spot. And tee that charles and committee mia moore. She had 18 points, 11 boards, and moore, 25 points in a really good game. The difference prince. In the playoffs for the first anytime 3 years. Thats worth one of those, right . Whatever happens this weekend, laura behnke has you covered. Im rob powers, and i will see you back here on monday. Thank you, rob. Much more ahead on this saturday morning including a live look at the top stories. An innocent man is in the hospital after being shot by a cop during a sting. Im renee staal, and i lex plain how the gust went bad and who the police are looking for. Today, the show must go on after tragedy strike in the sky, a stunt pilot plummets to his death for this weekends air show. Details than and more after the break. Meteorologist amy freeze here and the sun comes up this morning, and its flashing on the building, as you can see it. Its another great day on here, and as far as the numbers go, we can take a look at the 110 scale. We will rate that a yeah, we know that feeling. Youre so bloated youve started wearing sweatpants. Everywhere. When it finally happens, its always the worst possible time. And when youre finished, you realize youve been in there for a very, very long time. Being irregular is the worst. Get more fiber with chocolatey, chewy fiber one bars. Feeling good can taste great. Welcome back, everyone. Its Eyewitness News on this saturday morning. Im michelle charlesworth. And im rob nelson. We were joking on the commercial, and we just got our coffee from the place down the street. I said leave some space for milk, but i could leave my apartment in here we have to go back over there you do the news. Please hook me up. Meteorologist amy freeze says this is a half full kind of day. Yeah a half full kind of day, and we are happen empty over here. Its anyway you look at it they have been open 90 minutes, too. Listen, my wallet is half full. I dont know there. This shift, we need the full. You need the complete overflow, right . 68 degrees outside, right . Beautiful sunshine, and it was a great night last night, and the comfortable temperatures, and you could have had the windows open. Some areas north and west of the city, 40s and 50s. Cooler in the suburbs, and if youre out to walk the dogs early, look at these numbers, 59 for white plains, and 53 for somerville in central, new jersey, and you go up to the northern counties, and sussex and monticello, upper 40s, and 46 for monticello, and yesterday, morristown had upper 40s as well for the overnight low, and sort of shocking, and with clear skies this can happen this time of the year, we have a nice, dry air mass, and its a call start, a refreshing and invigorating start to your day. Temperatures in the upper 60s in the boroughs. 82 by noon, and the westerly wind, and then south westerly winds will enclose the Late Afternoon into the evening. Not only is it hotter but increasing the mugginess. More humid and more muggy. Heat and humidity really building next week for the accuweather forecast, and i will have all that in a few minutes. See you then, rob. Right now a suspect is in police custody, and another is on the run following a shootout with westchester officers. A 63yearold man was shot and seriously injure in the gun shots that were exchanged in the quiet mont vernon neighborhood. Renee staal has more on the kind of bizarre story. Reporter good morning. Police will likely be at the hospital to see the condition of the suspect who was shot and if hes able to be questioned, and also here at the same hospital is the innocent bystander caught up in the gunfire, and hes in serious condition. Now i hear boom, boom, boom, boom. Six shots. And navy base near beakman street say the sounds of as many as 14 gun shots had them running into the their homes, and police said it start in the bronx when an undercover officer was buying illegal guns in a sting that went bad. He met with the suspect, but he was told to drive to mont vernon where a second suspect got in the car and demand the officers cash. The second suspect tried to take off when the undercover officer signaled for backup. The officer tried to stop the suspect when police say that man pointed what wound up being a replica gun at the officer, and the officer fired his gun, hitting the suspect in the torso, and directly behind the suspect was a 63yearold man also struck in the torso with bullets from the officers gun. Its really scary. I have been here 8 years and its really scary. Now this is a picture of that replica gun that they found, and police say the second suspect had it, and now the first ma man that the judicial cover officer initially met w the the undercover officer initially met with was able flee from the scene, and officers are looking for him. Thank you, renee. Today the new york air show will go as planned after a stunt pilot plunged to his death during a test fight. The lightweight experimental plane spiraled through the sky. The tail separate from the aircraft. The ntsb is investigateing what specifically caused the crash. This morning we are learning the man known as the 2nd avenue sinatra has passed away. Gary russos body was found in queens. Own life. Relatives reported him missing last month. The construction worker had a brush with fate 4 years ago when he started to sing on his lunch breaks on the 2nd avenue subway site. Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a little girl inside of a mosque in queens. 63yearold mohammed odean molested her and told her not to tell anyone, but she ignored his a relative. Day care is under investigation after a toddler wandered off alone and walked all the way home with no one noticing. Ramira ortiz dropped her son off at the kinderworld Education Center yesterday, and then she got a call a short time later saying her son was crying. He crossed the busy avenue to walk a block and a half home. She called the director to know how it could possibly happen. She reported the incident to authorities, and they are investigating. But the day care is not commenting. The fifth annual 24 hours of a peace event happened last night. That area is the place where five people died in a gang war last august. They want to unite people between crime and violence. This involves hip hop culture and used specifically to combat violence. Rakeem says last year during the concert, newark didnt experience any violence, and things were just getting going last night and yesterday with the performances continuing through 6 00 p. M. Today. Check did out. Activists fighting for a ban on the horsedrawn carriage industry are now turning against their onetime champion, mayor de blasio. They held a vigil last night and said they are very disappointed in de blasio because he promise, of course to shut down the horsedrawn carriage trade. He got us to support him, give him donations, and we worked on his campaign and voted for him, and there were other people to vote for, but we believed him, and he didnt do it. But the mayor says he still does support the ban, but he just cant get it done without the support of the city council. Thats a hot issue. Oh, yeah. What on earth is going on here . A man was on an allout rampage through a convenient store, naked. What he was doing there. Where are his clothes . We have the story with the question marx hanging in the balance. Good lord a screaming baby inside of a car that was burning. A nearbies are since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. Police in alabama say this man was high on a potent form of crystal meth called ice when he broke in on thursday night, and this was in a convenient store, and security video shows him going through things and making a mess it looks like he was trying steal cash when officers showed up. Now hes clothed and behind bars. Maybe looking for his pants . What in the world is this. We keep showing these people, some have to be moved off the road, high on drugs driving, what is going on . You know how they have speakers coming into the schools and psas and all that stuff, this is your brain on drugs thing, and look at that video correct theres a all you need to see. Scared straight. Thats right. Keep that image in mind where breakfast today like the woman out of her mind like sorry its sad the weather is not sad. How can i transition . I dont know. Where is the transition . Just go how do you transition to that . On the brighter side of things,. There you go. That was nice. Today, upper 80s, and its muggy, and setting the stage for the hot stretch of weather to close out august and start out with sizzling september. Heres how we begin, looking outside. Absolutely fantasticlooking skies, and a lot of blue showing up. Much cooler temperatures for the other parts of the area, and we will be watching carefully, and you can see along the atlantic sea board, things are going well along cape hadarus. For us a showerfree weekend, and allinall, worryfree weather. The heat and humidity is nothing we have not seen since earlier. Pressure is holding steady, look how chilly it has been for monticello and stamford has 60 degrees, and montauk currently at 64, and belmar with 59 and ricetown at 56. Heres the headlines, the heat and humidity building for the last weekend in august, and its hard to say that one, right . And then a possible heat wave to start the month of september, and erika is likely to weaken into a tropical depression system into next week, and other than those showers offshore, not much close by, and theres a system coming across chicago and the upper midwest, and we have High Pressure under control, but all we get are a few drifting clouds with that bun. Not a big deal. The bermuda high continues to strengthen, and it suppresses anything happening for us. As for erika, the storm really made a lot of western movement yesterday, and it doesnt have a chance to intensify much it will likely become a low pressure system, and maybe it will strengthen a little in the eastern gulf and bring much needed rain to the western portions of florida, and so we will watch the storm very carefully for you, and right now, it looks like rain for florida, and High Pressure for us, heating up, and we get the chance for maybe an isolated shower tomorrow afternoon north and west of the city, highest elevations near 90s for the city. The west winds out of the south at 15 to 20 miles an hour. The water temperature up to 78 degrees, and now the Weekend Getaway for the catskills, thats the only risk of a shower. The hamptons, low to mid80s, and what a Beach Weekend we have got more muggy today, and 86, and tonight, warmer for the overnight lows, and 60s north and west, and then tomorrow, near 90 degrees, kicking off the stretch of hot weather, downright the last few days of august are near 90s, and that will take us into wednesday and thursday of next week, and the potential heat wave in there, and definitely crank the ac and stay cool. This is the hot, humid, hazy days we typically see through a lot of august, and they show up as we roll into all right, september i still have a come of days. Its hard to say this is the last weekend of august. I know, but dont think about it. We have to rub it in. A little salt in the wound. Just tracking, tracking. Its still hot, amy. We will take it. We cant complain. Todays channel 7 community calendar. 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Jose sanchez woke up to flashing lights and went outside and realized an suv had crashed and worse caught on fire, and he heard a baby twice. Through an open rear door he saw two victims inside and the infant on the floor. The lady sitting next to the door, and a male lumped over in her lap, and it looked like he was coming from the front seat. His back was on fire, and i tried to enough out the fire that was on his back with my in my left. Unreal. Sanchez says he thinks the man was already dead, and he could faintly hear the woman, and as the fire spread, he struggled to get them out of the vehicle, so he grabbed the baby who is now in the care of her family. Phew his life behind the badge inspired hollywood characters and now the relative the real life Hostage Negotiator is career. Its supercat saturday. Good morning to both of you. I always thought my second career could be in forensics, rusty, if you look closely thinks he has gotten away with something, but do you see the droplets of water . Suspect there was a faucet and a sink involved. Thats all im saying. Great reporting there. Get your paws up for boche this morning sent in from twitter, and good to see you this is tweet little kitty sylvester, and we also have dot out. Relax, sit back, more Eyewitness News coming your way, yeah, more super cats, too, for the 6 00 hour. Send them in. Hash tag them amyfreeze join the millions who have already switched. We switched. And now, were streaming netflix. Who knew Time Warner Cables internet was so fast mom switched. And now, we can watch our favorite shows together, on demand. I switched. So i can connect to the internet just about anywhere with my free twc wifi hotspots. Join the millions who switched to Time Warner Cable. For 89. 99 a month, youll get 100meg internet, and hundreds of hd channels. 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He learned on the beat its important to be nice instead of frowning, saying good morning. People look at me, and i was looking at them, and then i would stop and say good morning. Good morning, officer. Oh my goodness this stuff works for the last 14 years he ran the departments hostage negotiate team, and he was played in the movie the taking of pelham one, two, three. When you look at john, john became jack from his suit to his blue shirt to his mannerisms, and he was on the set. We have confirmation that one firefighter is down. 2 weeks ago on Staten Island he was the chief negotiator in the standoff, and he flew in his mother to try to help. They said they loved each other, and then he said he would surrender. Reporter today at Police Headquarters he said all candidates for his team have two important qualifications that i have to be compassionate and be at least, at least 35 years old. Probably 35 years is so one would know what it means to experience emotional love at one point in their life, to know what it means to be hurt in love at one point in their life, to know success, and most importantly what it means to know value. Reporter cambria leads knowing he has led a successful hostage team. He left in a 72 furry, the reminder of how much the department has changed on his watch. I love that story i think its just such a fascinating career. Isnt it . Negotiation, but that full situation is psychological, and you know how they deal with the situation, and just the stories that man must have. Right . And his criteria for picking people. A certain age. Must be compassionate. That tells you everything you need to know about the man. Thank you, dave evans. What a beautiful story. Coming up on this saturday morning, an innocent bystander has been hurt. A suspect is on the loose now after an operation in Westchester County ended in gunfire. 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Or double your speeds to 100 meg for just 10 more a month. Good morning, everyone. An innocent bystander is in the hospital this morning after he was caught in the cross fire of a dangerous undercover operation in Westchester County. Developing right now a deputy was gunned down while pumping gas in texas. Deputies have now made an arrest. Look at that. It its been a nice string of weather the last few days, but the heat and humidity will make a return visit this weekend, but its still summer, so why not . Its saturday, august 29th. Im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. Welcome to the 7 00 hour of the Eyewitness News on this saturday morning. Its stellar and good. The shore. You go to the shore where its 60 out there, and michelle is shoveling snow. I have a great spot. I dont know how. Meteorologist amy freeze. It was terrific yesterday. I made a run to coney beach, and i love it its so quick to get there and back from manhattan, but anywhere you choose, i bet things will be packed because beautiful weather usually attracts people to come to the beaches and the shore locations. Hopefully you can get out and enjoy it what a fantastic sunrise, mesmerizing there, we are chilling north and west, but First Talking about the our temperatures yesterday, a high of 82, and now in the 60s, and we are on cue. Records are far off. Sunset at 7 35. 51 in andover, and we will warmup easily under the beautiful skies we have got, and no storms expected for the tristate, and the planning forecast for a high of 86 degrees, and we will see the south to south westerly winds, and that will help to increase the mugginess by this afternoon, and we will have heat and humidity for the second half of the weekend. We are talking 90s to close out the weekend and close out august and even starting off september, really sizzling temperatures, and all that is coming up in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Rob . Amy, thank you so much. A developing story this morning. A sheriffs deputy was randomly gunned down full up his patrol car at a gas station near houston. A man reportedly approached the deputy there behind and then shot him repeatedly, and once the deputy fell to the ground, the suspect continued to fire before eventually taking off. Overnight, shortly before releasing the surveillance camera image of the suspect and his truck, the suspect was arrested. Investigators said the gunman coulded for no apparent reason. I have been in Law Enforcement for 45 years, and i dont recall another incident this cowardly. The veteran sadly leaves behind a wife and two children. We have new details this morning in the tragic shooting deaths of those two journalists that was captured on live television. The only survivor of the attack, Vicki Gardner is now the out of a medicallyinduced coma telling her what happened. She never saw the gunman walk up because of the bright light that was blinding her and the reporter, and the father of the reporter who lost her life in the shooting is using her death as a platform for stricter gun control laws. Her life was full of joy, and she always saw the best in people and she touched so many loved her. Its different this time. You guys have to help me make a difference. At the site of the shooting, the bridgewater plaza, reopened to the public yesterday, and now now a memorial is there for victims. Police are looking for the man who assaulted a fellow subway passenger in a fight over a seat. This is the man police are trying to find. It happened last saturday at the grand con source subway station, and police say when the victim a 24yearold woman got off it the 2 strain, the suspect pushed her from behind, and that caused her to fall, and hen he hit the victim with his cane and even stepped on her. Police are also investigating a subway assault this one in brooklyn, and it happened august 5th on the l. Train, and authorities said two men punched a passenger on the train as he was entering the ramonia avenue station. The suspects took the victims phone and then ran off. Jersey city will be imploding three buildings, and the implosion will take place at 9 00, and we will have it live during our show. Theres a viewing area at be there live. We will have that for you. Thats what we do. Boom people love it when stuff blows up. It doesnt always go off right at 2 or the time allotted, but we will see what goes on. We will guide you through it. Thats right. Back to the news now, this morning, a man is in serious condition after being caught up in gunfire during underwhoever work in Westchester County. One suspect is in custody, and another is on the run. Officers illegal gun sale, and this was an illegal sting. Renee staal with the latest information. Renee . Reporter good morning, this morning the innocent man is in serious condition at the hospital after he was shot by the undercover cop and it all happened right here on this quiet street. Lets look at the scene on beakman avenue around 4 00 p. M. After police say an undercover officer investigating illegal sales met with the suspect in the bronx to make the sure pass. The suspect told the officer to drive to mont vernon where another suspect got into the scar put into the car, putting a gun to the undercover officers head. He gave him the money, and the suspect started to flee. The officer called for backup, and the officer fired his gun hitting the suspect three times in the torso after the suspect had pulled out a replica man. A 63yearold man who happened to be behind the suspect when it went down was also struck in the torso from the neighbors gun, and neighbors say this street is extremely quiet, and they were shocked to hear what they said were as many as 14 gun shots. I was in inside of my house. I heard it first, six shots, and thin i said to my sisterin law, i heard gun shots, and then i came to the door and heard the next four shots, and then i saw the car coming on the oneway, and then the police car was racing up the street, and thats when i came out and i saw one on the ground and the policeman putting him into the ambulance, and then another one from up the street, they put him into the other ambulance. Reporter now the ambulances took both the suspect and the innocent man to jacobi hospital. The first suspect who met with the cops, he was able to take off. Police are continuing to look for that man. I will check with them to see if theres been any arrests, and new details in the next half an hour. Renee staal, channel 7 Eyewitness News,. Thank you, renee. Coming up on Eyewitness News this saturday morning, several states are prepping for a tropical system, and the system has already done a lot of destruction in the caribbean, and it could have its sights set on florida, perhaps. We will get you up to date on that. Amazing pictures, and amy freeze returns with your accuweather forecast when we 7 11. Erika continues to battle the caribbean, dropping rain fall on haiti. The storm, which has killed 20 people is headed to florida, dominica. Erika could dissipate today as it crosses the mountains of the dominican republic, but theres there. People who live there are locking their homes and stocking up on essentials. Florida not the only state on alert with sandbags, South Carolina also preparing. From a novice standpoint, nothing to freak out about. Not a hurricane, but they need not doomsday. But the common misconception if its not a hurricane or a certain category of storm, theres no cause for concern, but its not as important or deaf stating, and theres already been 20 deaths from the storm, and what happens when it gets to florida they are prepared. Thousand times. The only difference this time around, its been a drought, and they need the rain, but hopefully its not too much too fast. Thats what causes the floors issues if theres nowhere to go. We will show happen with erika. Our beaches and weather over the weekend will really be worry free and comfortable. 68 in the city. The boroughs are off to a decent start. Great, live picture, and you can see up to the gwb. We have temperatures fair lye easy to take here in the city, and if you go to the northern suburbs, and youre waking up in morning, out the door to walk the door or get your day underway and water the plants, upper 40s to low to mid50s, back into danbury it will start to warmup and get closer to the urban heat island we have around here in the city. 66 for newark, and low 60s for belmar. Planning this day. The low 80s, high today of 86 in the city, temperatures of 82. Its going to be warmer than the longterm average. The heat and humidity for the last weekend of august, and possibly setting up to have a heat wave the first bit of september, and on the accutrack, we have storm free off the coast of carolinas, and we do see some shower activity back here to the west, and theres a system coming across chicago, and we have High Pressure sandwiched between the two systems, and that will bring a beautiful weekend it will also start the pump of the heat and humidity from the southwest, and while that is happening, the bermuda high is strengthening, and that will help to diminish erika a bit, and the sheering winds will take the storm apart. A tropical depression later today, and thats based on the winds. You see it going down to 30 or 35 miles an hour tomorrow afternoon, and maybeing up speed for the eastern gulf, but the main thing is going to be rain with the storm. You watch the expected rain fall totals, anywhere from an inch or two for florida to 7 inches for west palm beach. We can see it moving into the Central Florida as well. Miami up to 5 inches of rain as the storm comes through there. Waves 23 feet at our own shores, and back here at home, water temperatures up to 78 degrees on the buoys, and rip current risk is moderate. Check with your life guards at your local beach. Catskills, what a getaway that would be. The hamptons, low 80s both today and storm, and the jersey shore, 85 today, and tomorrow, again, fantastic weather up the shore locations, and the water temperature is very inviting, too. We approach 80 in the water. 85 on the beach, hard to beat that. Sun and clouds warm and muggy in the city. Tonight a few more degrees added to the thermometer. Low 70s, and a beautiful night. You could almost open the windows and you can save and conserve. More humid sunday afternoon, and look at accuweather forecast, and a stretch of 90s from monday into thursday and theres a risk of really hot weather, and friday, down to 86, and we will see some changes but hot weather to close out the month of august, and very uncomfortable once you get into the second or third day of the heat and humidity. Feels like temperature in the mid to upper 90s by the time we get into the first few days of september. Sticky stuff yes well, this is the season. Tis the season. Im not complaining, im just saying. If you can salvage the air conditioning over the next 24 hours, you can bank it up. Youre going to need it. Thats right. Amy is very frugal with her ac. We are talking about the doorway. To steal the buildings ac. I will say i got social media comments with a brilliant idea that may be happening all over the city now. Good morning burglars straight ahead on this saturday morning. Oh this is a scary story. A tsa worker is accused of assaulting a woman at laguardia airport. The mets take on the red sox at citi field. We will have high lights on whats the most important thing your parents do for you . They buy me food. They make sure im never lost. Well. They pay my allowance. Encourage me. They sing us a lullaby at night. A lullaby at night. Oh now i remember. Why does it matter that cigna covers Preventive Care . Because the next most important thing you can do for them is take care of yourself. Cigna. Together, all the way. Welcome back, everybody search crews have found the body of a missing fisherman. His family hired a dive team that ultimately recovered his both. They dont know what caused the boat to sink. Tony death is responding to a lawsuit filed by kevin ward jr. He says he didnt see the 20yearold driver until just before his car hit and killed him last year, and stewart says ward tried to approach his car before the accident, and wards family is suing stewart for gross negligence, and stewarts lawyer says ward caused his own death by walking on the track. Tsa screeners accused of jfk airport. The man said he needed to search the 21yearold for weapons in the bathroom. He unzipped her pants and her. His mother says it cant be true. Just try and dont know what to do. I just cry. The tsa has now terminated el quindo after being on the job for 13 years. That story had a lot of interest on our facebook and twitter pages. Its hard to imagine taking advantage of someone who doesnt know the customs that are supposed to happen prep trauma unit 5. Whatve we got . Bp 64 40 sterilize sites. Multiple foreign objects in the body. Tweezers. buzz buzz if youre the guy from the operation game, you get operated on. Its what you do. buzz if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. So, i needed to deposit a check. I was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. The u. S. Open known as arthur asp day. A list of musicians are teaming up with tennis stars like Roger Federer and serena williams, just to name a few. It takes place in flushing, and the u. S. Open begins on monday, and ill be on the 7 train in a week and a half. Who do you play in the first round . What is going on . Who are you playing . Im not a tennis pro that teaches me humility 101. I sit there with my dad, like dad, what is this sport . Shes good. Yeah, right time for the morning sports headlines. Heres rob powers. Hi, everybody. The morning sports update. Big return home last night for the mets, winning 7 straight up by 6. 5 games accident, and for the first time the red sox visited citi field, but of course the 1986 series as well. Harvey, 6 hits, no runs, and 8 strikeouts, and he was playing with the lead. Kidd gore on 1st base, and this is his first home game since april. Cuddyers ball slips through. Hes in there and the first batter after harvey leaves the game, david ortiz, first pitch, gone. They would go into extra innings, tied at 3. Top 10, bostons catcher launching it. The ball goes over the orange line for the home run, but no one really checks, so swiehard keeps running and running. And it will go down for an in it. They made it interesting, and the mets winning streak is atlanta having trouble hoping the braves were just what the doctor ordered. Brian mccann back in atlanta. A 3run home run. Its part of a 5run 1st inning for the yankee, and in the 2nd inning, d. D. Does it again. Through the infield, 2 more runs, and he had 6 rbis. Tanaka, 7 strikeouts, and mccann in his return to atlanta, about a 3run home run, and 154, the yankees win, and they finally bust out on the road. One of sports biggest stars worked out yesterday, and thousands to showed up to watch. An estimated crowd of 15,000 to watch american pharoah, the triple crown winner race. Look. The biggest golf story of the year, taking a break. Jordan spieth just didnt have a good time in new jersey, and his stay at number one will not be long. Into the crowd and off. Spieth didnt make the cut, rori will be back at rory will be back at number one. Jakes. The liberty win it, and they clinch a playoff spot, charles and moore win backtoback National Titles at uconn, and that was charles. She had 18 points, 11 boards, and then 25 points in a really good game. The difference . Prince. The liberty are in the playoffs for the first time in 3 years. Thats worth one of those, right . Whatever happens this weekend, laura behnke has you covered. Im rob powers, and i will see you back here on monday. Much more ahead on this saturday morning, including a look at the top stories. And an innocent man is in the wrong spot at the wrong time when an undercover cop fires his gun in a sting gone bad. Im renee staal with more coming up. A major P Development a Major Development in the deadly explosion in thailand. What authorities are now staying. Amy freeze has the my name is amanda and i smoked while i was pregnant. My baby was born two months early and weighed only three pounds. This is the view i had of her in the nicu. My tip to you is speak into the opening so your baby can hear you better. You can quit. Talk with your doctor. For more help call 1866nyquits leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. Welcome back, everybody to Eyewitness News. Saturday morning, lower out, and beautiful string of weather we have had, and it will continue over the weekend, and you cant complain about the way summer is winding down. It breaks my heart to say that as we wind down to september. Get out your cowboy boots and levis, and figure out when the fall festivals are. Im michelle charlesworth. And im rob nelson. Welcome back to Eyewitness News this saturday morning. We appreciate you being with us and tuning in. We are green with envy that work. We are sorting through that. We are you have to shift your approaches . No, you two Debbie Downer and pity paul theres a lot of summer left. Whats the date september what . The 21st or 22nd when we will see the equinox. The official change is eons away. We have a lot of time, you two wow roof. What a weekend we have in front of us. Yesterday was pure perfection, 67 to start off the day, and our temperatures are cool, and this much is true. North and west of the city, we went down to the 40s and 50s last night. I have to give that credit. 50 for monticello and 51 for andover, and thats a shot to the system. We are seeing overnight lows, however the heat and humidity building for the next part of the weekend. High pressure is in control, and showers off the coast of the carolinas, but thats not going to mess up our weather. It looks nice, and in fact the High Temperature popping up. A high of 86 in the city, and 90s not far behind, and the feels like temperature with the humidity that will be here at the mid90s for the accuweather forecast, and those details are straight ahead. I will see you in a few minutes. Rob . Thank you, amy. An innocent bystander is in the hospital this morning after finding himself caught in the middle of gunfire during an Undercover Police operation in Westchester County, and one suspect is now in custody, but another is on the loose, Eyewitness News reporter, renee staal is live in mont vernon with the details. Hi, renee. Reporter good morning, rob, and we are as close to the scene as we can get, and police are wake up to police tape and investigators after an undercover sting after one man, an innocent man, and a suspect was left shot by the officer. I heard boom, boom, boom, six shots. Reporter and now neighbors near beakman street say the sounds of as many as 14 gunshots had them running into their homes. An undercover officer was buying guns in a sting that went bad, and he met with the suspect, but he was told to drive to mont vernon where a second suspected got into the car, putting a gun to the officers head, demanding cash, and the second suspect tried to take off when the undercover officer signaled for backup, and the officer tried to signal the suspect when the man pointed a replica gun at the Police Officer. The Police Officer hit the suspect in the tore so, tore so, directly behind that man was an innocent man hit directly by bullets from the officers gun. It was really scary. Reporter this is the replica gun that police say the second suspect had and aimed at the officer. Theres also the first suspect that the police are still looking for the first suspect. Renee staal, channel 7 Eyewitness News. That sure did look real that replica. A deadly bombing in bangkok, and the man was arrested after police found bomb material in his apartment. A News Conference is scheduled for today. Three aljazeera journalists have been thrown in jail. They said they were just doing their jobs, covering all sides of the story in egypt. The new york air show will go on as planned after a stunt pilot plunged to his death during the practice flight. The horrifying moments all caught on camera. The small lightweight experimental plane in the sky until something went horribly wrong. It suddenly shot up, stalled, and dropped out of the sky. The tail section actually separate the out of the aircraft. Right now the ntsb is investigating the cause of the crash. The man known at 2nd avenue sinatra is dead. The body of gary russo was discovered by a passerby. Authorities believe he took his own life. He had a brush with fame 4 years ago when he started to sing standards on his lunch breaks at the 2nd avenue subway sight. He was great. Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a 10yearold girl in mosque in queens. 63yearold Mohammed Odin molested the victim in the mosque on thursday and told her not to tell anybody, but police say she ignored his warning and told a relative. He is charged with sexually abuse and endangering the welfare of a toddler wandered off alone and walked all the way home with no one even noticing, and ehmar ortiz dropped off her son in Hamilton Township yesterday, and a short time later she got a call saying her son had come home crying, crossing a busy avenue on his own to walk the block and a half home. His mother called the day cares director demanding to know how it could have possibly happened. I said how can you explain to me that he left the School Without you noticing. They just apologized and said it would never happen again. No, it wont. Hes not coming back. The day care is not commenting. Coming up next on this Eyewitness News saturday morning. 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Switch to Time Warner Cable today. And now, for a limited time, you could get a 300 reward card. Call today. Welcome back, everybody. People across the gulf coast are planning to commemorate the tenth anniversary of katrina with the somber remembrances of those lost and uplifting celebrations of so much decade. President clinton is one of the dignitary who will speak today to honor the recovery. President s obama and bush have also visited in the last few days. The day after katrina hit, the levees broke, and it ultimately caused more than 1800 deaths across the region and roughly 151 billion in damage. The worst Civil Engineering disaster in the country. You covered it i was there right in the middle of my time there. I will say this about katrina. We saw up here because of the response was so insane and everyone had it fresh in their mind, you saw it here. Thats a katrina lesson that the northeast benefited from when i was our turn up here. Thats one silver lining. You saw the images of katrina that should have never happened and probably will never happen again because of ate long the gulf coast. Good reminder, too. It wasnt the storm. No, the storm came and went. It was a Civil Engineering disaster. The levees were never built, designed, or maintained correctly. Thats what devastated new orleans. Sending love and prayers to everyone on the gulf coast. Nothing but love for the city. A lot of lessons and debates and, the bottom line really turns out to be that new orleans will never be completely the same as it was before,. Sure. And also we have made tremendous progress. Go visit go spend money, right . Understanding what storm surges can do and geography and that stuff t has really helped people. Erika looks to be mainly rain for florida, and likely theres a low pressure system coming in, instead of a hurricane or any sort of a tropical system, and it will lose the tropical equalities here, and its starting to as we speak. 67 in central park, and what a great shot of the hudson across the Upper West Side there, and it looks really beautiful, and we will see our temperatures starting in the low 60s, low to mid80s, great neck, 63 for massapequa, down the shore, and we have 66 newark, and the cool stuff up north, 7 it 2 for monticello, and chilly 49 in sussex, and the lows this morning did go pretty low. More mild temperatures here in the coming days as the heat and humidity pump up, and even the overnight lows will be higher than they have been in the last week. The temperatures low to mid80s this afternoon, and thats slightly above the seasonal average. Not the perfect skies, but good looking, and then the heat and humidity for the second half of the weekend, and this is the last weekend of august. Sizzling start to september. And erika is likely to be a depression. We have this system from the upper midwest to canada and in between, beautiful, big blue h. , High Pressure, and that means wonderful weather, and sinking air, hard to form clouds, and all of those pattern. A lot of heat coming up, and the bermuda high is coming up, and that will strengthen the east coast, and we look down to see what is happening with erica, and the narrow here. We can see it will become a low pressure system, likely soon with the winds just 35 miles an hour, and then perhaps strengthening as it gets into the eastern gulf, and what it means rain for florida and southeast georgia. Right now anywhere between 48 inches of rain, its likely the best guess right through tuesday, early morning. The sea and sand forecast for us. What a great weekend. We could see the breeze picking up as well. Southfacing shores you may be a few degrees cooler, and then waves 23 feet, and a theres a moderate rip current risk for today. Catskills 79 this afternoon and the hamptons, low 80s both days and the jersey shore mid80s, and really fantastic weather headed to the coast or down the shore. Muggy this amp. You should notice that. For the temperature in the overnight hours, 71 in the city, and today, 89 with more humid air taking over, and that humidity will continue for monday, tuesday, and wednesday. This could potentially become a heat wave for us. Low 90s monday, tuesday, and wednesday, even thursday, the high of 88, and friday 86. The potential thunderstorm, and erica, while its diminishing in its tropical qualities t likely will still have an impact on florida, and it has caused 20 deaths across the caribbean, and you know, its a potent storm as far as some aspects like the water, but not the forceful hit that could happen. Thank you, amy. Thats encouraging. Before we go to break, todays channel 7 community calendar. I will give another shoutout to new orleans this is is a remix of what was and this is our remix of what was the saints are coming. Arthur ash kids day is is a tradition in flushing meadows, queens, bring them to the largest single day grass roots tennis and entertainment event to celebrate the live and values of the tennis legend and humanitarian. Take part in art in connecticut discovering your inner artist while sketching with colored pencils or chalk pastels. And we have the center of the art of morning exit at the artery gallery on governors island. In new jersey, the fabulous Long Branch Jazz and blues festival with performances for talented musicians, foods, and exhibits for the entire family plus fireworks. Grab your blankets and chairs and head out for this romeo and juliete performance by the st. Marys dance team. Well People Living in new york city have the most street for education . The most educated cities, one of the most top rated stories on our website. Ann arbor, michigan got top honors for the most educated city, followed closely by washington, dc, madison, wisconsin, and provo, utah. It looked at the largest metro areas in the u. S. A. Focusing on how much education the resident has received and the quality of the educational institutions, and the least educated city is brownsville, harlington . We will go with that. With are not educated. It is in texas. New york city was number 58 with newark and jersey city. We have a slide show of the cities. Website. We are very smart i dont know what happened. Thank you thank you for coming in the meantime, lets get saturday. [ laughter ] meow sometimes you can tell a lot about a cat and where they live just by looking at them. I dont know if you can tell by these two but josephene and moby, they make their home in long beach, and they look relaxed and like fun party qualities. I dont know, going out at night, hitting the beach during the day. Thank you, amy for sending them in. Ollie, sent in by the fairy goodmother deb, and its a great weekend sent in by amanda via twitter, and we have luke and leah acceptability in, and finally bach is just chilling on the couch. Its going to be a good weekend. Hard tag switch now, new york and get installed as early as today. Mom switched. We switched. I switched to Time Warner Cable and knew exactly when they were coming. Thanks to their 1 hour appointment window. For 89. 99 a month, youll get 100 meg internet, hundreds of hd channels, and unlimited calling to the u. S. , puerto rico, canada, mexico, china and india. And for a limited time, you could get a 300 reward card plus tv equipment and epix included. Get installed for free as early as today. Call 18003419716. Coming up in a few minutes, gma weekend edition. Massive man hunt for a suspect who opened fire on a sheriffs deputy in texas, its come to an end. The man approached the veteran cob at a gas station before killing him execution style. What we are hearing about who may have helped police track him down. We are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm erika. All right dominating the island of dominica, and now florida declaring a state of emergency ahead of her arrival, and rob marciano is tracking the path this morning. A decision has made in the highprofile rape case involving the student of a prestigious prep school. Will owen do jail time . Nancy grace is here to break it down and tell us if the jury got it right. Tony stewart is speaking out for the first time about the night he struck and killed kevin ward jr. What he is saying this morning on gma. Just have a great show today. The the green. Green is the way to be. Youre cool if youre wearing green. Happy st. Pattys day, mary. Wait, what month is it . I dont know. Have a good show. See you guys. 7 57. In our top stories, one suspect remains at large, and another is in police custody, following the shootout that happened with nypd officers. Renee staal has the latest on his condition. Good morning, renee. This is the street where the innocent man was shot, and he was caught up in gunfire in an undercover sting gone bad. He is currently in the hospital in serious condition. Police say an undercover cop was attempting to buy illegal guns in a sting when one suspect pulled out a replica gun and put it to the officers head. When the man tried to plea, the officer tried to stop him. He pointed the replica gun at the cop, hitting the suspect, and behind that was an innocent bystander also hit by the bullets, and now both the suspect and the innocent man all went to jacoby hospital, and the man who was initially involved, the suspect, he was able to get away. We are checking with police this morning to see if been any arrests. Im renee staal, Eyewitness News. Thank you renee. One more check on the forecast. Nice weekend ahead. Beautiful skies this morning, and temperatures easy to take as well. Boroughs. Until the suburbs, 40s and 50s last night. Cool start to get underway. We are expecting the upper 70s to low to mid80s once again. Theres a south wind and westerly wind that will dominate later this afternoon, and temperatures will climb to 86, and thats compared to yesterdays 82 degrees, and heres the accuweather forecast, and the mugginess, the humidity also climbing for the second half of the weekend. 9 expected sunday afternoon, what a Beach Weekend, and monday, hot and humid, 92 with the afternoon thunderstorm, and tuesday, september starts off with the sizzle, and also, wednesday its 91. Thats a meat wave. And we will get the 3 days in a row with the afternoon thunderstorm and friday 86. So it really does turn out to be a fantastic last weekend of august. You had me at fantastic. [ laughter ] i like the flourish. Its a big flourish. Vanna. Thats vanna white, and that will do it for this edition of