Im ken rosato. It is tuesday october 6th, officially one day closer to friday, and youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Grab a jacket. Grab a sweater. It is really nice and fall like. 64 degrees to start your tuesday. A really pretty day. 56 around whitestone queens to ridgewood. Cambria heights 53. Staten island youre at 49. 46 white plains, 46 monticello. Grab a jacket. To be nice. The high. About 4 or 5 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. Debbie duhaime in the Traffic Center. Hows it going in. Good morning doug, good morning everybody. A couple issue with the subway. Were going to start up on the local only 42nd to 96 with a rail at 72nd. On the 5 train alternate side parking rules suspended. Over at the George Washington bridge, inbound construction become cleared. Still seeing construction at the lincoln and holland as well. 95 northbound towards 13, its construction and if youre heading to the new jersey turnpike northbound up through 11 and 12, construction being cleared. Lets go outside. I want to show you a look at route 18 up to east brunswick, its that ongoing work. Alternate side parking rules are suspended city wide. Back over to you. Thank you debbie. Its 4 32. We are following two tragic stories from the overnight. Two pedestrians hit and killed. Both happening on the same street. One of the victims was pregnant. Kala rama is live in annandale with the story. Reporter ken, two people were hit by cars on highland boulevard miles apart, and they both turned out to be deadly incidents. The first happened around 7 30 last night. 61yearold steven toretsky stepped out into the path of a honda. He was hit and killed at the intersection of bay street and highland boulevard in Staten Island. The driver of the car is cooperating and no charges have been filed. Just about three hours later and 25 miles away, a 31year old pregnant woman was hit and killed by a car in the annandale section of Staten Island on highland boulevard. Shannon lies was a waitress at mikes place and known as a hard worker. She was walking to the bus but crossed in the middle of the block when she was hit. She didnt survive. Police say they are interviewing the driver of the car that hit shannon lies. No charges have been filed. Were live in the annandale section of Staten Island, kala. Thank you. Its 4 34, new this morning, frightening video of a woman on back to back nights. Recent incident. Upper manhattan. She walked into the store with her gun drawn and walked out with cash. The night before the woman did the same thing at a bodega in kingsbridge getting away with 300. No one was hurt. New details this morning on an Armed Robbery inside the plaza hotel. Police released these photos of the suspect late last night. Police say he smashed about 4600 euros from an employee, which is about 5000. Three bronx men in custody facing a long list of felony charges after a shooting led to a wild car chase. This man opened fire on a rival with two plain clothes detectives as witnesses. He fired two shots at point blank range but then he missed. Security cameras caught the moment when that went horribly wrong. The getaway car smashing into an elderly mans black honda at 167th street. They ran up this block. Other cops ran towards kelly to chase them down. They were swarming. The elderly victim went to the hospital with injuries to his neck. A second driver whose car was hit is also in the hospital. 4 35. Police at a bronx hospital were trying to figure out why it took five days to find a missing boy who was discovered dead in a bathroom. 44yearold anthony aiuso hadnt been seen since thursday when he was treated for an injured finger. His body was found yesterday in a blocked public bathroom on the floor where he worked. His family wants answers. No one looked in this particular bathroom for five days, and then found him five days later pretty much because we only went there and made a commotion. His cause of death has not been determined. Time now is 4 36. The body of a second person has been pulled from the ruins of that building explosion in borough park. It is believed to be the body of a 48yearold woman, Francisca Figueroa the mother of 3. She had been evicted on thursday but friends and family confirm she was still there cleaning up when leaking gas exploded. That woman is a hard worker, all the years ive known her, you know she was a hardworking woman. Enjoyed life. National grid says the gas in the apartment had been turned off for nonpayment, so now investigators are going to look into whether any gas lines were tampered with or locks broken. 4 37, and tonight the as play their first playoff game in three years, but the players thoughts will be with a teammate fighting a much different battle. Pitcher c. C. Sabathia will not be in the club as he enters alcohol rehab. Manager joe girardi says sabathia came to him sunday said he needed help. In a statement sabathia said in part it hurts me deeply to do this now, but i owe it to myself and to my family and to get myself right. I want to take control of my disease, and i want to be a better man, father, and player. Well have a live report from Yankees Stadium in the next half hour. Time now is 4 37. You are never more than 7 traffic. Weve got clear skies. Weve got a beautiful morning. Today. Were going to have a lot of sunshine. Were going to have a light northwesterly wind. Temperatures starting out rather cool. Weve got a temperature of about 53 degrees, which is now 54 around the park, so were looking at a nice morning. Clear skies all the way back to the great lakes way out in the atlantic is joaquin headed to europe. All the rain down around the carolinas is going to slide out. By the time we get to 10 00 its 60. Lunchtime about 68 degrees, and this afternoon weve warmed nicely to around 73. Some beautiful weather today, tomorrow and thursday. Lets talk about some rain for friday in your accuweather sevenday forecast. Delays on the 3 trains is that right . Thats for sure. If youre heading over to the 3 train uptown, local only 42nd to 96th street. 5 train back on schedule. Metro north keep in mind opposite side boarding, west haven strafford and milford stations with ongoing track work. George Washington Bridge on upper Level Construction cleared. Outbound lower level watch for road work. Still seeing construction at the lincoln and holland but traffic is still very light. Lets go to 95 and connecticut, 95 northbound towards 13 and dairy ann, its this ongoing paving project. Watch for delays in both directions. The l. I. E. Eastbound construction continuing there as well. Lets go out to our webcam. Well show you a look at the Staten Island expressway. Staten island expressway eastbound still moving fine heading out towards clove road no problems at the goethals bridge. E well take a look at the southbound side of the fdr drive. Down. Alternate side parking rules are suspended. Metered parking rules remain in thank you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, residents in South Carolina are waking up to the aftermath of that historic begin to recede. And a disturbing case out of tennessee, an 8yearold girl is dead. Her 11yearold neighbor now facing murder charges. This morning we are learning a puppy may have sparked the senseless killing. Chaos at a childrens Football Game all caught on camera. Football brawl landing a coach the flood waters are beginning to recede in hard hit South Carolina. President obama has declared the state a major disaster area. That will free up federal funds for the recovery effort. Hundreds of roads and bridges have been flooded or totally washed away. The National Guard now rescuing people from their own homes. Everything i own has been destroyed. Theres a good chance if you go out and start looking you may become a victim. We have roads that are continuing to crumble down. Man, some drenched areas got more than 2 feet of rain, a thousand people have been forced from their homes, some 40,000 have no drinking water. And then you think of all the ems workers and rescue workers. Around the clock. When you just saw the shot of the man being put in a around the clock work theyre doing. Governor halew was saying there were cinders set up all over the places, cases of bottled water, all the Water Supplies are just to think as something as simple as being able to go and drink water, you cant do that. Horrible, those poor people. 4 44. Lets check in with bill. This morning we have skies that are clear. We have calm weather. The winds have calmed down too. This is our camera in astoria queens. Were looking down the east river over towards the power plant right there. Thats 1 world trade and heres the Chrysler Building looking really good. From our camera in brooklyn we look across the watch case building and across the east river , all looking good this morning, clear skies, calm, crisp, grab a jacket. Its 54 degrees. Normal overnight low is 53. We have a west wind at 3. The yesterdays high was 67 in line with our forecast. Normal high is 67. But were going to see warmer than normal temperatures on the way, and the suns officially up 3 minutes before 7 00. Temperatures will trend above normal starting today. Tomorrows the warmest day with temperatures in the mid70s. Showers start to show up on friday. Theyll clear out by the time we get to midday. Hopatcong is at 43 and right around blaise town, 42. Pike county about 42. Bridgeport 49. 47 islip to 57 around montauk, always a warm spot there where the water temperatures are still about 67 degrees. A light wind this morning has been mostly out of the north and out of the northwest. This new High Pressure ridge coming in is going to make for a great day with a lot of sunshine. Clear skies are all the way back to the great lakes. The storm that brought the rain to South Carolina, north carolina, sliding into the atlantic. Joaquins way out in the atlantic, and now High Pressure few days. When we get to friday, the jet stream is going to drop back down to the south. Thats going to allow systems to come across like a cold front and give us some rain on friday. For now our futurecast has clear skies. Our computer model, i pulled it out and let you see this cold front coming across the country for thursday night, and this starts to roll. What was that . This starts to roll into the area for friday. Sunny and nice, high 73. Tonight weve got clear and cool weather. 50s in the suburbs. 59 around the five boroughs and sunny and pleasant tomorrow. A high of 74. Here we go. Weve got 70on thursday, and then on friday got rain. That comes in midday afternoon. Rains into friday night and early in the morning saturday. By afternoon weve got sunshine saturday and 66 and sunny and 66 on sunday. All in all you were saying yesterday we were talking the reservoirs are pretty much back theyre okay. Theyre at normal levels in most spots and a little bit below in a few others but not been as drastic or anything to worry about. Water consumption goes down this time of year. Yeah and as you go into the fall and winter. Were okay. We needed that. Unfortunately we had all those days of rain but we needed it Debbie Duhaime. Thats for sure. We definitely needed the rain. Good morning ken, lori and bill. Lets go to the 3 train uptown local only 42nd to 96 with a rail condition at 72nd. Earlier problems on the 5 completely cleared. Lirr, new Jersey Transit on or close. Metro north keep in mind opposite side boarding. West haven strafford and milford stations. Back over to you ken, lori. Thank you. And this scene at a youth Football Game over the weekend see the man in the black shirt, hes charged now with battery on a sports official. Police say neil davis was either coaching or watching a game when he became upset with one of the calls. Investigators say that he ran on to the field and punched the official in the face. Davis claims he was trying to break up a fight. Hes now free on bail. Time now is 4 48. This morning we are learning about a possible motive in that massacre at a college in oregon. 26yearold mass murderer Christopher Harper mercer ranted in a manifesto about not having a girlfriend. He thought everyone else was crazy and he was the sane one. He killed nine people before taking his own life. The white house confirms president obama will meet on friday in oregon. The owner of high bridge arms decided to close after legislators proposed a new law that required the store to have video of every gun sale and every ammunition transaction to the police. The legislator said the explanation for the closing was in his words comical. An 11yearold boy in tennessee had no trouble getting the gun police say he used to shoot and kill an 8 yearold neighbor. Neighbors in white pines have been covering up the spot on the lawn where 8yearold makayla dyer was shot to death. They say she was playing with her puppy, and when the 11year old asked to see one she said no and the boy killed her. My hearts aching because a little girl lost her life really young, but my hearts aching too because a little boy is having to go through what hes having to go through. The father of the accused killer visited his son in jail neighbors say the boy had bullied makayla in the past. This morning it is unclear the controls of a passenger plane that was bound for boston. The American Airlines flight made an Emergency Landing in syracuse after the copilot reported a medical emergency. A Flight Attendant who was a nurse tried to revive the unresponsive pilot. Paramedics were waiting to help the pilot but it was too late. Passengers were only told the pilot was sick. We thought that he just wasnt feeling well. We had no idea he had passed. It was extremely shocking. A pilot dying during a flight is very rare. The faa says its only happened eight times in about 20 years. Changes are coming to a High School History textbook after that book changed some very important history. Publisher mcgrawhill has apologized for its geography book that said the atlantic slave trade brought millions of workers to north america. The company was called out by a series of posts on social media. About one quarter of the states schools are using some version of the book. Im wondering how theyre being told outside of world geography. This is the first step in High School History. Now whats the u. S. History book look like. Mcgrawhill says it will update the digital version of the text immediately and provide teachers a free supplemental plan about the atlantic slave trade. California now the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives. Governor jerry brown yesterday signed the end of life option act. The right to die law allows patients to use doctor prescribed drugs to take their lives. Brown signed the measure 11 months after the brittany manor. A judge hands down the toll offered to Staten Island drivers. With the discount will the discounts be upheld or are they gone for good. Dealers thank you for helping protect our children. Its 4 54, and good news this morning for residents in Staten Island. Theyre told discounts on the verrazano bridge are going to remain in place. The u. S. Supreme court disagreed people who objected. The court had ruled residential discounts are there because it is often the only way out for residents. All right. It is 4 55. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and bill. Lets take a look at our weather right now. Temperatures are around 53 degrees around the park. Were looking at 47 out across long island. 49 bridge port, 41 sussex. Were looking at 50 by 8 00 and 66 at lunchtime, and later on this afternoon its right around 71 to 73 looking at some beautiful weather as we go into today, even warmer tomorrow. Thursdays great, rain friday. Were going to talk about that next in your accuweather seven day forecast. Whenever theres trouble on the Grand Central, that backs up forever. Ill tell you whats happening. Good morning bill. Good morning everybody. Were going to head to our maps and ill tell you whats happening on the Grand Central parkway westbound before the rfk bridge. Itst an accident involving a motorcycle, definitely steer clear of that one. Southbound fdr drive down through the 70sment some construction and on the 3 train uptown local only 42nd to 96 with a rail condition at 72nd. Lets go outside. Ill show you a peek at the l. I. E. Westbound moving okay into the cross island. Alternate side parking rules are suspended. Metered parking rules in effect. Thank you. A massive drug bust in queens. Six people are under arrest after Police Seized 3,000 pounds of marijuana. Cops say they spotted the suspects yesterday transferring cardboard moving boxes from a tractortrailer that was parked outside a Grocery Store in the elmhurst section. Up to 3. 5 million. Officials also seized 300,000 in cash. And were seeing video this morning of seven young men wanted for a vicious beating on board a bus in brooklyn. Police say it attacked a 17 yearold boy on a b43 bus. The victim was punched and kicked. He suffered a broken jaw and a cut to his face. Police are hoping someone will come forward and identify the suspects in the video. So far no arrests. Closing in on 5 00. Just ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, were following new leads this morning on the deaths of two pedestrians in two separate accidents on a busy boulevard in Staten Island. One of the victims was six months pregnant. New details on the search for the crew members who went missing aboard a cargo ship at the height of Hurricane Joaquin. And weve learned two of those crew members are from our area. And meteorologist bill evans this is new yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News with lori stokes and ken rosato, Heather Orourke with traffic, ask bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Now Eyewitness News this morning. And good morning, its 5 a. M. New this morning, the investigations underway into two separate deadly pedestrian accidents just hours apart. But on the same busy street on Staten Island. One of the victims a pregnant mother who had just gotten out of work. And were learning of two of the missing crew members aboard the cargo ship in the middle of Hurricane Joaquin are from long island. The search for them is continuing this morning. And the yankees battle the astros tonight in an effort to theyre going to do it without pitcher c. C. Sabathia. He has decided to check himself into rehab. And good morning, im lori stokes. And im ken rosato. It is tuesday october 6th. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans kicks off the exclusive accuweather forecast. Grab a jacket, weve got a light to calm wind around, and were looking at temperatures now right at our normal overnight low which is 53 degrees in the city. Clear skies and a calm wind, and down the jersey shore normal, 45 brick, 45 around wrightstown and 53 degrees to 49. You go from whitestone queens to the bronx. Today were looking at sunshine. By noontime were around that 63 to 65degree mark. This afternoon were looking at 73 degrees. Ooh is that going to be nice. That is 6 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. Theres no 6 degrees of separation between Debbie Duhaime and myself. Its 1 degree of separation. Its Heather Orourke who has the day off. Lets see whats happening. Good morning bill. A problem in queens as we head to the maps. Over on the Grand Central parkway westbound at astoria boulevard its a motorcycle accident. Two lanes remain blocked before the rfk bridge. Also the southbound fdr drive busy into the 70s with construction, and lets go up to connecticut right now. Over on 95 north exit 13 at dairy ann, local only 42nd to 46 with that rain condition at 72. Ill show you a look at the Grand Central parkway out by astoria boulevard, watch for boulevard Department Activity with that ongoing issue with the motorcycle accident. Alternate side suspended. It is 5 02. The Investigation Underway into two deadly pedestrian accidents on Staten Island. The first on highland boulevard on bay street in the rose bank section before 7 30 last night. Hours later another person was hit and killed on island boulevard this time in the annandale section. The victim pregnant. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama outside the diner where she worked. Coworkers there devastated right . Reporter they are devastated here, especially considering so many of them witnessed this horrific accident and of course to have two deadly incidents on the same street just 20 minutes away from each other is a tough situation. The first incident happened around 7 30 last night where a 61yearold man was killed. Here in annandale, this tragic accident where were told that waitress who works here at mikes place was crossing the road just in front of the diner here in highland boulevard when she was struck and killed here. She was 31 years old and six months pregnant with her third child. Shannon lies had been a waitress at mikes place for two years and was known as a hard worker. Her manager said she left work around 11 00 still in her uniform, which is all black and restaurant here. He ran outside as did several side. He said the employees are having a tough time this morning, and they all know she was all about her kids. She lived for them. We all rushed out. She was still alive, unfortunately when the emergency had arrived she had passed on. Were you able to talk to her . Yes, i tried. I didnt get no response. She was unconscious. It was already too late. She got hit hard. Reporter obviously a very tough thing for those employees to see. As for the Driver Police say the driver who was a woman is cooperating with this they say that she was able after hitting shannon lies was able to make it down the street about a quarter mile to the light. She turned around and realized she had hit someone and came back to the scene. So far no charges have been filed. Live in the annandale section of Staten Island, channel 7 Eyewitness News. 5 05. Friends and family of those aboard a missing cargo ship that vanished in the middle of Hurricane Joaquin are holding out hope for a miracle. Overnight weve learned that two of those crew members are from right here in our area. The coast guard concluded that the 790foot el faro sank near the bahamas in 15,000 feet of water. The ship was carrying 33 people. One is a long island native. The vessel vanished on thursday after it was blown right into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. Friends are hoping for the best. Like to have them back and we just want that happy ending. Thats all. Yesterday one body in a survival suit was recovered. The coast guard says it could not be identified. 5 05. Federal investigators will be back on the scene of that amtrak Train Derailment in vermont this morning. The washington d. C. Bound train derailed after hitting rocks sending two cars down a hill and injuring seven people. Four of the injured were released from the hospital last night. 98 passengers and four crew Officials Say their rocks tumbled down from a ledge and into the trains path. Its believed that there were not more injuries because the train car stayed intact. That train was scheduled to stop at penn station before heading to washington. Other news now, the yankees head into the playoffs tonight but the roster will not include pitcher c. C. Sabathia. The starter will miss the post season after deciding to check himself into alcohol rehab into a center today. Dray clark is live now at Yankees Stadium in the bronx. Good morning dray. Reporter certainly losing deal. Well talk more about his departure in a moment. For yankees fans it probably feels like its been forever since the yankees have been in the playoff. In reality it was only three seasoning a the. Tonight the drought ends when they host the Houston Astros in the American League wild card game. The yankees qualified for the playoffs thursday night when they beat the boston red sox. Tonights winner moves on to a matchup against the defending American League champion Kansas City Royals in the Division Series which starts thursday night in missouri. What may be a bigger loss for the team is certainly the loss of c. C. Sabathia. We heard that stunning news that came out yesterday that the starting pitcher revealed that he is entering an alcoholic rehabilitation center. The big lefthander is the only remaining pitcher on the roster from the yanks 2009 World Championship team. This year was certainly an up and down one as he came back from a knee injury. Then yesterday afternoon he released a statement which read in part, i owe it to myself, and i owe it to my family to get myself right. His manager certainly is standing behind him. You think about where he is in his career, obviously the coverage that is going to take place, but i give him like i said a lot of courage. Hes got a lot of courage to step up when he did because he knew that his family and his children were first. Reporter now as for his teammates arod sent out this big man. Certainly c. C. Sabathia considered one of the best players in all of baseball now considered probably one of the bravest players in all of baseball in taking that step to try and get himself some help. Its a win or go home game for the yankees when they host the Houston Astros. Game time set for tonight at 8 00. Live in the bronx, dray clark channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Messages of support and encouragement have been pouring in on social media after c. C. It is 5 09 right now. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Pretty weather and ugly 1 trains. Lets start with bill. Thats a toss. I like that. Trying to be creative. Nothing wrong with that. We take a look outside from our camera at 4 times square looking south. It is a gorgeous morning, clear skies, a little light wind out of the northwest. Its cool, its crisp. Its fall. Its gorgeous. Clear skies are all the way back to the great lakes. Everything around us is aways from. This low down to the south, joaquin is headed towards europe and were going to be seeing three nice days of fall weather. By the time we get to noon were at 6 degrees and 73 this afternoon. Normal High Temperature this time of the year 67 degrees. Its going to be great. Today and even warmer tomorrow. Well talk about that next in your accuweather sevenday forecast. Sounds like you are really busy up there this morning Debbie Duhaime. Never a dull moment, thats for sure. Good morning bill. Good morning everybody. Some problems now over on the 1 train, downtown delays with signal problems at 207th. Well keep an eye on that. Also still seeing some delays over on the 3 train. Lets go over to our webcam. Ill show you a look at the l. I. E. Queens. On the Grand Central parkway westbound, accident cleared. Lets go to our other camera, southbound side of the fdr being cleared. Back over to you. Ken, lori. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, Big Questions and few clues in the Death Investigation of a doctor from long island found dead inside an Apartment Building in chelsea. Also ahead the settlement set to be announced in the bp oil spill in the gulf coast. It is the many patients and their doctors unfortunately are not aware of the options available to patients with bone cancer deserve a specialist too. The advantages of being treated at Cancer Treatment centers of america is that we have all the specialists under one roof to take care of every aspect of that patients cancer care. We want our patients to survive their cancer but we also want them to maintain Independence Police say they suspect a long island dermatologist found unconscious in the doorway of a chelsea Apartment Building may have died of a drug overdose. 38yearold Kiersten Cerveny night. Her body was found later in a doorway of an Apartment Building in chelsea. Investigators are awaiting the tests. For more clues about her death. Authorities say that yesterday an initial examination was inconclusive. She is a mother of three small children. 5 13. The United States attorney general Loretta Lynch has struck an Historic Deal with bp to cover state and federal claims from the gulf oil spill. The announcement of the 20 billion settlement will come this morning. It includes over 7 billion for restoration work along the gulf and almost 5 billion for economic damage from the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Oil rig. A 15year restoration plan will be put in place to ensure that money is spent effectively. It is 5 14 and bill evans is joining us with the accuweather forecast. Good morning lori and ken. We look from our camera in brooklyn to the lower east side. A beautiful morning, a gorgeous sunrise. Thats a little time away from now. A little bit before 7 00 is our sunrise. About 6 30 as we get towards dawn, humidity is light to moderate. Winds are calm, and the pressure 30. 08 and steady. High pressure making for a great day. Yesterdays high was 67 which is normal for this time of year. The air quality is good, the uv index a 5. Pollen count is low to moderate for ragweed. If youre a ragweed sufferer that will last through the end of the month. 40 around you get in here toward morris county, 45 around poughkeepsie. A little northerly to a northwest wind today makes it feel nice and falllike. Clear skies here from the northeast all the way back to the great lakes. Were looking at some beautiful weather today, our futurecast, this is our computer guidance. Our computer model is showing clear skies today, tomorrow sun and clouds. It is a global model. Heres a cold front coming for friday. That should start to increase clouds friday morning and rain will start mostly around midday afternoon. This front pushes through by the time we get to overnight friday and then behind it is cooler drier air out of canada which will feel nice. Sunny and nice and 73 degrees. I give it an a. When i was in school i was like what is that. Here we go. 73 for the afternoon, calmer and warmer. Itst going to be really nice. Tomorrow even warmer. We have 74 on tap for tomorrow. Best day of the week, warmest day. This front starts to slide through the area slowly. Were looking at sunny and nice weather this afternoon, 73, clearing, cool tonight, 50 in the suburbs. 59 around the five boroughs. Pleasant sunshine tomorrow the high is right around 74. Heres your accuweather seven day forecast. Nice sunshine even on thursday. Friday well have clouds and there might be a shower in the morning, but mostly its like friday afternoon. Friday evening showers will be around with that front. There is some much needed rain. Then weve got sunshine. Really . Yeah. All that rain. Whod have thought it. That was kind of deceiving. Rain. We had a couple overages of short. October, november a couple of our driest months. Whatever rain we get other than some kind of tropical system, i hate to say this but would have been nice to have some of joaquin come in. Thats what we can kind of rely tropical depression. As bill always says, its just here. Debbie. Good morning to everybody. Lets first of all start off with the subways, a couple of morning. On the 1 train downtown delays. Signal problems at 207th over in the bronx, and on the 3 train uptown local only 42nd to 96. Its a rail condition at 72nd. Lets see whats happening in connecticut. 95 southbound still moving are suspended. Back over to you. Thank you debbie. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, something you time. The issue that forced cheerios to recall more than 1 million boxes of cereal. Wow. Who knew. Actor gary dusey lacked the moves to remain on dancing with the stars. Gary and ana. Busey was eliminated last night. He had been at or near the bottom of the leader board for four weeks. Bindy irwin shell out tears while playing tribute to her father. Emotions didnt seem to run deep for busey when he got the bad words from the judge. The fact that ive been eliminated is false [ cheers and applause ] as a partnership will remain in this room throughout the show, so you dancing but well be there. All right. The dancing is of course the great part of the show, and busey, however, thought it was better to keep talking right over the closing credits. [ laughter ] wow. You can watch dancing with the stars right here on channel 7 and on the watch abc app every monday night at 8 p. M. We should mention that tom bergeron was off last night because hes taking care of his dad whos ill. Hes a classy man. Hes lovely. We send our prayers to him and his family. 5 22 right now, you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Tom is back here in the east. We wish him well. Hes a great guy and we wish his dad well. Heres whats going on today. Temperatures are starting out around 53. Well be at 54 at 8 00. 73 later on today. Some really beautiful fall weather. However, these huckleberries at the bus stop need a coat. Yeah, they do. What is going on. Weve got a clothing drive going for them. Thats a good idea. Well get them a jacket or a sweater. Weather then heather every 7 minutes. Debbie duhaime is in for heather this week. Good morning bill. Good morning everybody. Well start off, the northbound new york state thruway right past the Tappan Zee Bridge. Its an accident and a diesel fuel spill. On the 1 train downtown delays with signal problems. Lets go outside. Ill show you a look at the l. I. E. L. I. E. Westbound still moving fine toward vets highway. Alternate side parking rules are suspended. Back over to you. Ken lori. Its 5 23. Coming up, Important Information for families. A major recall that you need to know before you reach for your cereal. 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Customers demanded it, so mcdonalds is starting all Day Breakfast nationwide today. All of its locations will be offering a limited breakfast menu. The items that will be available may vary by location. The move is mcdonalds boldest sales. My treat, breakfast. Big spender. Sounds good. Coming up in our nexthour, were live on Staten Island killed in two different accidents hours apart. New this morning, the woman police are tracking after she was caught on camera robbing two bodegas at gunpoint. Meteorologist bill evans its a long day and sometimes, an even longer night. Helping with homework before doing your own. And you may think no one notices. But she does. She sees more than mom, she sees determination. We do too. For nearly 40 years, weve designed an education for people just like you. Learn more at phoenix. Edu. Itll be here before you know it. Hello, halloween. Its the one night when everybody dresses up. And that includes dinner. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. At ally bank no branches equals great rates. Its a fact. Kind of like ordering wine equals pretending to know wine. Now new yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News this morning. New this morning, two people are dead in two separate accidents on Staten Island hours apart. One of the victims six months pregnant. A grisly discovery inside a local hospital bathroom, a worker found dead days after he went to the er. Now his family is demanding answers. Youre going to want to grab a light sweater or a jacket on this worryfree weather day. Thats an official term. Good morning, im ken rosato. And im lori stokes. Today is tuesday october 6th. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and bill. Im worried about this weather day now. Right . Its been declared. Here we go, we do have kind aof worry free day as far as the weather goes. Its cool, its crisp. Grab a jacket. 53 degrees, 45 monticello. Carmel. You see its 41 in putnam county, poughkeepsie, 45. Rocklin Westchester County 49. 53 to 52 from the park to the urban areas. Today. 67 by lunchtime, 73 this afternoon. Its going to be great. Need a jacket this morning. You need the sunglasses this afternoon. Its going to be a perfect day and warmer tomorrow. Whats the latest up there . The latest is we have a problem at the Tappan Zee Bridge. Tappan zee bridge into rocklin county an accident at the end of the span getting into rocklin. Expect delays. Accident and a diesel fuel spill. On the taconic southbound, a collision 1 train downtown 3 train uptown local only 42nd to 96th with that rail condition. Alternate side parking rules are suspended. Back over to you ken, lori. Thank you. Its 5 31. New this morning, two families are heartbroken this morning after two people were killed while trying to cross a busy boulevard on Staten Island. First accident happened on highland boulevard at bay street in the rose section just before 7 30 last night. Eyewitness News Reporter kala rama is live at the location of the second accident in the annandale section. Reporter right, lori, this was a pregnant waitress who was leaving mikes diner here after a shift at around 11 p. M. She walked right out those front doors and went to cross the street in the middle of the block here when she was hit by a car after her shift. She was 31 years old and six months pregnant with her third child. Shannon lies had been a waitress at mikes place for two years. She was known as a hard worker. Her manager said that she left work around 11 00 still in her uniform dressed in all black, crossed in front of the restaurant. He ran outside as did several of the other employees to be by her side once she was hit by that car. Based on her injuries he knew she wouldnt make it. He says all the employees are having a tough time this morning. They all know she was all about her kids. She had two beautiful little daughters and she was expecting a boy. This happened. Just terrible tragedy. Reporter police say that the driver didnt realize at something. The driver continued down, made it to the light a quarter mile away and turned around once she realized what had had happened. She stayed on the scene. She is cooperating, still being interviewed by police. Been filed. Were live here in the annandale section of Staten Island, kala rama channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. And new this morning, frightening video of a woman wanted in two armed robberies a the city bodegas on back to back nights. Here she is last tuesday night in upper manhattan. She walked into the store in fort george with her gun drawn. She walked out with an unknown amount of cash. The woman did the same thing at a bodega in kingsbridge the night before getting away with 300 and no one was hurt. New details in an Armed Robbery inside the plaza hotel. Police are elessed these photos released these photos of the suspect overnight. The man held up the Currency Exchange inside the hotel. Police say he smashed about 4600 euros from an employee, which is about 5000. No one was hurt. If you have information about either of these crimes youre asked to call police. 5 34. Three bronx men are in custody facing a long list of felony charges after a shooting led to a wild car chase. Its the top story on our free news app. This man opened fire with two plain clothes detectives as witnesses. He fired two shots but he missed. He fled and security cameras caught the moment that went wrong. The getaway car smashed into an elderly mans black honda at 157th street. They ran up this block. Thats when the other cops that were armed ran towards kelly to chase him down. They were swarming, police cars were showing up left and right. The elderly victim went to the hospital with injuries to his neck. A second driver whos car was hit is also in the hospital. Police and staff at a bronx hospital are trying to figure out why it took five days to find a missing employee who was discovered dead in a bathroom. 44yearold anthony luso had when he was treated for an injured finger at montefiore medical center. His body was found in a locked public bathroom on the floor where he worked. His family wants answers. No one looked in this particular bathroom for five days and found him five days later pretty much only because we actually went there and made a commotion. Lusos cause of death has not been determined. 5 36. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton is now taking aim at gun laws in the aftermath of yet another gun massacre at a school last week. Clinton spoke at a Community College in New Hampshire last night days after the gun murders at an oregon Community College that killed nine. She says theres too much talk about gun control and not enough action. How many people have to die before we actually act, before we come together as a nation. Second look at recent gun control proposals. That includes universal background checks, closing loopholes on online sales and keeping guns out of the hands of people with Mental Illness and criminal backgrounds. There is a familiar feeling in the air in the bronx. Playoff fever is back at Yankees Stadium. Tonight the yanks will play their first postseason game since 2012 as they host the Houston Astros in the American League wild card game. Now the winner moves on to the Division Series against kansas city. The loser goes home. Game time is 8 00. While the yankees try to move on and one of their teammates facing a more important personal battle. C. C. Sabathia is going into alcohol rehab. Manager joe girardi says the lefthander gave him the news on sunday in baltimore. Sabathia made the revelation via a Statement Released yesterday afternoon. He said hurts but he wants to be a better man, father, and player. Sabathia is looking forward to being with his team next season. Well get a live report from the stadium at 6 a. M. 5 38. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. We take a look outside from our camera here at 4 time square. You can see down to the verrazano bridge into Staten Island. A pretty morning. 53 degrees right now. Weve got a calm wind. Its really nice. Weve got clear skies all the way back to the ohio valley, a few clouds are coming in throughout new england, the northeast really nice. Today were looking at 57 by the time woe get to 9 00, noontime, 68. This afternoon 73. Normal High Temperature this time of the year is 67 degrees. Well have a gorgeous sunset as we go into tonight as well. Kids, bus stop this morning, you need a jacket or a sweater, Something Like that, and then later on today its 73. And really nice for after school and after school sports. Weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. Debbie duhaime in the Traffic Center. Hows it going out there . A couple of issues. Good morning bill. Well head to the maps and tell you whats happening. Tappan zee bridge into rocklin is very busy past the Tappan Zee Bridge at the end of the span. Its an accident and a fuel spill. A couple of lanes blocked here. Tappan zee bridge into rocklin. Lets see whats happening on the taconic south at 199. An accident by the kingston bridge. And on the 1 train downtown delays with ongoing signal problems at 207th. Three train uptown local only 42nd to 96 with that rail condition at 72nd. On the 5 train bypassing morris park with ongoing maintenance. Inbound bqe very busy up and out towards the brooklyn bridge. Its all due to construction. Ill show you a look at the southbound deegan stop and go into fordham road northbound to the grand concourse. Its construction. Alternate side parking rules are suspended. Back over to you. Thank you debbie. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning. Behind after the historic flooding in the carolinas. Big move to get help for the victims. Also ahead, the huge tip for a massage therapist who works at an airport. The customer we are the largest and most Diverse School district in america yet we are one one point one Million Students one thousand eight hundred schools sharing one common goal. Help all kids succeed. Were new York City Public School teachers. Taking learning to the next level. And parents and the community are on board all coming together. As one. To celebrate the passion and promise of our public schools. Correct the body of a second person has been pulled from the rubble of that building that exexploded in borough park. Its believed to be the body of 48yearold Francisca Figueroa. The mother of three shouldnt have been in the building on saturday. She was evicted on thursday, but friends and family members confirmed she was still there cleaning up when leaking gas exploded. The womans a hard worker. All the years ive known her, shes had several businesses. Shes always working making money for her kids. You know, she was just a hardworking woman that enjoyed life. Gas to the apartment had been turned off for nonpayment. So now investigators will look into whether any gas lines were tampered with or locks broken. Its 5 43. Flood waters are beginning do recede in hard hit South Carolina this morning but the Severe Damage and destruction has begun. 12 people were killed in the driving in the storms. Hundreds of roads or bridges have been flooded or washed away. In an effort to help the victims president obama has declared the state a major disaster which will provide federal money and much needed aid. The National Guard is rescuing people from their homes. Everything that i own has been destroyed. We need people to stay in. There is a good chance if you go out and start looking you may become a victim. Weve got roads that are continuing to crumble down. And some areas were drenched with more than 2 feet of rain. A thousand people have been forced from their homes, 40,000 are now without drinking water. Trapped in a storm drain was rescued by police in Middle Village queens. The officers responded to a tweet from a pedestrian who heard a cat meowing on penelope avenue. The kitten was taken to a vet in forest hills for observation. The cat appears to be 6 or 7 weeks old. Very cute. All right. Lets check in with bill evans and your accuweather forecast. We take a look from our camera to the Chrysler Building this morning. We have a nice visibility out here past Laguardia Airport to long island past flushing bay. A really pretty morning past flushing and astoria. Heres the visibility on the fort lee new jersey side back to the east where the sun will be up. Right now the humidity 77 which is moderate. The temperature 53 degrees, not bad at all. Calm wind, pressure is at 30. All this points to a nice fair day. Yesterdays high 67. Were going to be above that however, above normal temperatures for the next three days. Suns up at 3 minutes before 7 00. Temperatures trending above normal starting today and for tomorrow which is the warmest day of the week, and well even see 7degree temperatures on thursday. Showers are going to start to show up on friday. Theyre going to clear out by saturday afternoon. There will be some nice weather for this weekend. Nice fall weather. Cool crisp weather. Uv index is at 5. We take about four hours to get a sunburn. The pollen count still low to moderate for the ragweed. If youre a ragweed sufferer thats going to hang around. Newburghs at 46. 46 around middle town. 49 as we get down in here toward white plains and rocklin county, 47, 49 toward bridgeport and 50s as you get to the five boroughs of the urban areas of new jersey. A calm wind makes for a great day. High pressure is right over canada. Its kind of pushed the jet stream by kind of around and up and back to the north. The next couple of days with this High Pressure sliding eastward. Eventually the jet stream drops down, cool air will be here, but this will also steer a front through the area by the end of the week and into saturday. I want to show you that on our futurecast. Weve got sunshine today and clouds. A few clouds tomorrow. Here we go thursday, friday morning 2 a. M. There it is just a few hours before we broadcast and come on the air at 4 30. It will be off to our west and probably start giving us some showers by lunchtime on friday. At least thats the timing right now and into friday night. After school today, kids, 73. Sunny, warmer, great weather today. Were looking at a calm day too as far as that wind goes to a light northwest wind, another warm day tomorrow. Best day of the week 74 degrees. The front thats coming to us is way back up here in canada. That gets here as we go into friday. Weve got reinforcing shots of High Pressure giving us nice sunny weather today at 73. 50 in the suburbs tonight. 59 around the five boroughs and pleasant sunshine tomorrow, a high of 74. Heres your accuweather seven day forecast. Even nice sunshine on thursday, three really great fall days before this front gets here on friday. Rain friday afternoon and into the nighttime, and thats cloudy on saturday morning, and then theres sunshine and great weather as we go into friday. I should say saturday afternoon, saturday night. Everybodys smiling. Whats going on . You dont want to know. I do not. I dont trust those smiles. Hes talking about your forecast. Yes, i am. Yeah, lets go with that. Im sure he is. Im sure he is. Sunshine saturday afternoon and nice weekend coming up. Forecast. And it was great. Thank you for sharing. In a while. Lets go to Debbie Duhaime. Youve got a mess of a motorcycle accident. Yeah, that accident out of Grand Central earlier, westbound Grand Central by astoria boulevard, that one wrapping up. Over on the northbound new york state thruway moving slowly at the Tappan Zee Bridge across the span into rocklin. Its an accident and a diesel fuel spill. Downtown delays on the 1 train. That problem fixed. Uptown local only 42nd to 96. Going outside to the Grand Central westbound easing up by astoria boulevard with that earlier problem completely cleared. Are suspended. Thank you. Still ahead on eyewitness this morning, how Police Caught up with suspects carrying thousands of pounds of pot. And new this morning, im bobby flay and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. Come fall, i like to get a taste of everything the state has to offer. Like this famous winery nestled in the hudson valley. Or the awardwinning vineyards of long island. This cooperstown brewery belongs in every beer lovers hall of fame. You can even try new yorks exceptional cider and spirits. This fall, drink in the beauty of new york state. Plan your trip at iloveny. Com. Theres something for everyone. Your Tristate Ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. Time is 5 50. New this morning, news of another death of a High School Football player after an onfield injury. This time it happened in washington state. Kenny bowey died yesterday. He was hurt during a game friday in seattle. Reports say the 17yearold suffered a traumatic brain injury. He is the fourth player in the United States that died as a result of an on field injury this season. Kennys father says he never had a chance to say goodbye to his son. He never talked to me. He never say something. He never hold my hand. He never had a tear come out of the eye but besides that thats it. This tragedy comes just a little more than a week after warren hills quarterback evan murray died after suffering a lacerated spleen while being tackled during a game last month. Its 5 51, and travel can be stressful, but at Ted Stevens International airport in Anchorage Alaska they appear to have a massage therapist beyond compare. Shes so good that a hunter who was passing through on his way home to colorado tipped her 5000 for a onehour massage. He was sad because he said that he only got a wolf and his friend got a bear and a moose. So he thought he deserved the okay. Cayleekaley hanson now plans to be more generous in her own tips. Most of that 5000 tip is going into her savings account pretty nice. Nice hunter. Theres a moose thats alive today because hes a bad hunter. Hes thanking him too. It is 5 52. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, new information on the cargo ship that sank does this 20 family fill up meal have eight pieces of original recipe chicken . Yes. [ding] two large mashed potatoes and gravy . Yes. [ding] and are you the real Colonel Sanders . Yes. [buzzing] youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic together here on Eyewitness News this morning. Happy tuesday. Temperatures are in the 50s around the five boroughs. 52 newark and elizabeth, Staten Island. Got a little wind out there, not much, and the humidities are very comfortable. Taking the ferries over, got a nice ride this morning from Staten Island, jersey city, east river, hudson river, 67 by noontime, 73 this afternoon. Warmer tomorrow. Debbie duhaime is up in the Traffic Center in for heather whats the latest . The latest is we have this problem at the Tappan Zee Bridge getting into rocklin county two lanes blocked at the end of the span. Accident and a fuel spill. Now the hudson river crossings otherwise moving okay, george, lincoln and the holland tunnel. Over on the downtown b and d running with delays with a rail condition, and also on the 3 train uptown local only 42nd to 96 with a rail condition there. Lets go outside. Ill show you the Southern State parkway westbound just avenue. Alternate side parking rules suspended. Its 5 56. In queens six people are under arrest after police seize 3,000 pounds of marijuana. Police say they spotted the suspects yesterday transferring cardboard moving boxes from a tractortrailer that was parked hurst. Police also found between 200 and 300,000 in cash. The pot has a street value of more than 3 1 2 million dollars. You had to know this was going to happen. Remember the pizza loving rodent who was so intent on having that slice of pizza he or she dragged it down the steps of a manhattan subway station. With halloween a little more than three weeks away, pizza rat is now pizza rat what do you think . Share your comments on our would you go as pizza rat . Would i go, sure. We are closing in on 6 00. Just ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, tragedy striking twice on the same road. Two people struck by cars overnight. Also ahead new clues in the Death Investigation involving a doctor from long island. Police think they know what might have killed her. Big changes coming to one local county over the controversial red light camera program. This is a story about doers, the artificial heart, electric guitars and rockets to the moon. Its the story of america land of the doers. Doin it. Did it. Done. Doers built this country. The dams and the railroads. John henry was a steel drivin man hmm, catchy. They built the golden gates and the empire states. And all this doin takes energy no matter whos doin. Theres all kinds of doin up in here. Or what theyre doin. What the hecks he doin . Energy got us here. And its our job to make sure theres enough to keep doers doin the stuff doers do. To keep us all doin what we do. This is new yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News with lori stokes and ken rosato, Heather Orourke with traffic and bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Now Eyewitness News this morning. Right now at 6 00