Rocked by a gas related explosion. Three construction workers are being treated this morning. We have more live from the scene of the explosion in marble hill. Reporter well, chris, the damage is just on the other side of the building behind me. The three construction worker, two of them in serious condition and another one critical at the hospital. Meanwhile, investigators trying to pin point the cause of that blast. The blown out facade and mangled debris at jfk high school inspected by fire investigators overnight. A lot of work being done right now to decide what were going to do going further to stabilize the building. Reporter a powerful blast that left the neighborhood shaken. We thought it was a terrorist attack. Reporter happening just after 8 00 thursday night was so loud, the blast from jfk high school jolted people nearby not knowing what was going on. Oh my god, we we want outside and my neighbors were like, do you feel that . What was that . And right away, we heard the sirens. The school sustained very, very serious damage. This was part of a project being run by the School Construction authority through a private contractor. Reporter three of the construction workers rushed from the scene with serious burns. Investigators say the explosion came from the sixth floor of the building where work was being finished in science classrooms. Like a typical science lab, has a bunch of burners so they have a gas supply. And no one mentioned smelling gas. The contractors did not mention smelling gas, no. We do not know what caused the explosion yet but we will get to the bottom of it. Reporter now the mayor says 4,000 Students Attend School in this building. Its not clear whether theyll start on schedule on september 9th. Reporting live, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Time now for traffic and weather on the 2s. Thank you. Good morning everybody. Yeah, thats right, you hear thunder. Parts of the area dealing with heavy rain in the city. And low clouds and fog and we have comfortable temperatures. We are at 76 degrees. And winds variable at 5. And you can see heavy rain pushing into brooklyn. And bisecting Staten Island. And farther to the east, you are some pushing through. And check out Orange County and look at parts of rockland, west chester and putnam. Numbers for you today, still a little bit above normal. About 84. And that is an improvement. We will see the skies improve as well. So dynamic weather this morning. Pace yourself. But Better Weather later on your friday. How about early on your friday morning for a commute . Lets see what meg baker has to say. South river road is closed in both directions at Prospect Plains road due to an accident with a downed pole and wires. The span on the rfk bridge is closed until 5 00 a. M. For construction. Kick with the queens midtown tunnel. And on the map, west 3rd street remains closed at 6th avenue. Thats due to yesterdays water main break. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Thank you. This morning, police are still searching for the man who left a woman badly burned after he threw chemicals in her face. She is being treated at the hospital. Sources say a man she did not know approached her on skillman avenue in queen queens. He said, can i ask you a question and then threw a cup full of chemicals in her face. Very bad. Hes very too much. In two, three weeks she dont do good, they maybe have to the operate on the eyes and the face. South korea says its on high alert after a move by north korea leader kim jongun. He has order toed military units to move. No casualties were reported. But south korea is now warning the north to refrain from what it calls rash actions. South korea is a key u. S. Ally where roughly 28,000 u. S. Troops are based. Theres a sure fire way to get rid of the topless painted ladies, just get rid of the pedestrian plazas that are there. But thats not sitting well with the ladies or a times square tourism group. Reporter one of the topless painted ladies the of times square says posing for pictures pays the bills and say police dont hassle her. She says she isnt feeling lover from new york citys top cop who wants to rip out the pedestrian plazas to curb the harassment of tourists. We have rights. Reporter during an interview, the Police Commissioner said we just take it up and put it back as a street again. The advantage is it would people hang out. Reporter the mayor created a task force to study the problem and the police force. And when asked about the idea during a News Conference now thats a big endeavor. And like every other option comes with pros and cons. Reporter tim is fuming over the idea. He says the city created the pedestrian plazas for safety reasons because overcrowded sidewalks were forcing people into the streets. Do you know how much it will cost to rip them up . What a disruption it will be to times square . It makes no sense. The Mayors Task Force is scheduled to release findings by the 1st of october. Relief in the bronx this morning. The city says the outbreak is now over. The Health Department has identified a cooling tower as the source of the outbreak. Cooling towers can serve as breeding grounds for the bacteria. It sickened more than 120 people since early july. Jimmy carter says hes scaling back on his work schedule. Hope for the best and accept what comes. I think i have been as blessed as any human being in the world. The 90yearold was reflective but upbeat as he spoke public for the first time yesterday about his battle with brain cancer. Doctors found four small tumors on his brain. The the former president started treatment yesterday. And doctors are using a new drug. A federal judge says former secretary of state Hillary Clintons email arrangement at the state department violated government policy. The judge called for cooperation between the state department and the fbi to determine what documents can be recovered from the server and mail. He gave the agencies 30 days to figure out what data can be recovered. She claims she didnt break the law by using email on her own server rather than a government account. Results. It shows joe biden doing better against republican front runner donald trump. The poll has biden outdoing trump in three key state, florida, ohio and pennsylvania. Those are key swing states although in florida the advantage is within the margin of error. And it shows trump ahead of clinton 33 to 31 . Pennsylvania. Biden is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether he house. Well, with less than three weeks to go before the network debut, Steven Colbert is putting his stamp on broadway. A late sign was put up on the corner. The late show with Steven Colbert debuts september 8th right here. Ask the time is now 4 39. A sight one family will never forget. Plus, Caitlyn Jenner is in trouble with the law. The charges she could not be facing from a fatal crash this year. And this they get to eat something as opposed to eating junk food. A new jersey Restaurant Owner leaves it up to good faith. And if drew carey has taught us anything, the price is right. Less humid today and less rain ifer the weekend. Traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. Looking live outside on this friday morning, the 21st of august, 76 degrees out there. Okay, hurricane danny expected to weak on the a Tropical Storm tomorrow. This is a photo of the hurricane taken aboard the International Space station. Dannys maximum sustained winds decreased to 80 Miles Per Hour. The hurricane is about 970 east of the win ward islands. Right now, the its not threatening any land. But, dont take their word for it, take this mans word for it. Heres traffic and weather on the 2s man john elliott. Its going to weaken but it will affect some of the islands the first part of next week. And then we will wait and see. Theres still plenty of fuel for danny with the warm waters. Lets talk about warm air and humid air and stormy weather. In fact, checking in with the weather watchers. Michael and linda tyler, theyve had heavy rain. And i know someone waiting for rain right now. This is ray paulson, and anticipated rain and is happy for that. Long island around the area was dealing with more of a drought condition profile for more of the summer. So this is good news for you. But it could slow you down. In the city, parts of the city rain, parts of the city just low clouds and fog, 76 the reading in central park and winds variable at 2 Miles Per Hour and relative humidity 91 is . Sample of the number, 76 here in the city all the way out. And out to the hampton, 76. Whats interesting is look at the change in due the points. Very high for connecticut and long island. But that dry air starting to filter in north and west. We are going to see a change. And actually some sun into the middle part of the day. 84 will feel a little warm we are the left over moisture in the atmosphere but not the kind of spread we saw last week. So this is the line. And now into west chester, big boomers and brief heavy. Pushing through and just added another advisory for parts of the county. Some heavy rain into Staten Island, jersey city and the financial district here. And we are getting a break here on the west side. And a bigger view, hey, look at this, its great. Things pushing through and conditions are shaping up for the weekend. Parts of the weekend. Flood advisory into the Hudson Valley. And its still a Flood Warning to the west. And earlier rain in the week exacerbating that situation. And by 9 00, we see breaks to the west. And into the afternoon, look at this, its really going to start to improve. Saturday is now shaping up. Theres a possibility of a wrap around shower on sunday. So it looks like saturday is the better of the two weekend days. 84, 84, close to it sunday with a popup shower. And more heat and morning rain on monday. Theres rain right now, so take it easy. And there are other things to look for, right meg . Thats right. In queen, one lane is blocked on the ramp if the eastbound lie to the bqe due to an accident. And the span on the rfk bridge is closed until 5 00 a. M. Due the to construction. Stick with the queens midtown tunnel. And also on the map, west 3rd street remains closed westbound between sullivan street and haveth avenue due to a water main break. And amount park. Thank you. If youre just waking up, a quick look at some of the stories making news this morning. Los angeles county Officials SayCaitlyn Jenner could face a manslaughter charge in a fatal february car crash. Investigators determine thed she was driving too fast when she rear ended a lexus and pushed it into oncome traffic. The driver was killed. And detectives will present evidence to prosecutors next week. President barack obama is promising democratic lawmakers that the u. S. Will maintain economic pressure on iran if the nuclear deal with iran goes through. In a letter to the new york congressman, mr. Obama says military options remain open and emphasizes u. S. Support for israel. The Prime Minister of gross has resigned and is minister of greece has resigned and is calling for early elections next month. On your money watch report northern, stock futures down today major losses on thursday. The selloff is an indication that the china market is causing problems globally. The nasdaq lost 141. Almost 3 of the total value. The s p lost 4 3. Twitter dropped below the initial offering public price after concerns about his focus. While 23 of adults use twitter, the growth hit a stand still. Twitter is looking for a new chief executive. And apples new Product Introduction comes september 9th and theres speculation about whether new, larger ipads will be part of it. Others say the pad will be large enough to run two applications at once and a split screen but as usual, apple will not confirm any rumors. Eating out can put a dent in your wallet but one restaurant has no prices allowing you to name your own price. Reporter the owner and chef of blue and its more casual adjoining restaurant next door in new jersey are set to close on august 29 when the the lease expires. He wanted a unique way to thank his customers for 10 year of business. So for the whole month, he has been letting them pay whatever they want. Everyone said, dont do this because people will take advantage. Reporter but he says hes been the opposite. People are leaving good money. As long as they get the good food, they get to eat something as opposed to eating junk food. Reporter entrees at the fine dining restaurant that usually cost 28 to 35 have been sized down to smaller portions. A few customers who left, had maybe four or five and only left 4 or 5. And a few had four or five dishes and left 200. Reporter and for most, the toughest decision wasnt what to order but how to make sure they were paying fairly. I wish they would give us a bill. Way. Thats interesting. You can decide. Reporter the chef tells us that the concept has been so popular with the customers that he is considering extending the lease of his restaurant for another month or two. Reporting from new jersey, cbs 2 news. Okay. The time is now 4 49. A wild sight in a backyard pool. And a group of students are getting opportunity of a lifetime. How theyll get a chance to meet the pope. And another traffic of traffic and weather on the 2s when we come back. Good morning. Welcome back. Mobile 2 out on the road right now. A live picture showing rain falling. Hopefully it will taper off today. John will have more details on that coming up. But first, a major surprise for a new jersey family. The family shot this video as a momma bear and her five cubs decided to cool off in the familys backyard pool. The bears spent several minutes splashing around, playing with scene. Nice job. Going down the slide. Good job they shot from the second floor of the home there. All right. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. We will talk more about that all morning because thats probably the video of the day right there. Theyve got sharp claws. You would think it would collapse but its going to be a better pool afternoon. And we will see Better Weather for your saturday. Very mild out there this morning. But rain, heavy at times and pushing through. And catching relief from the humidity tomorrow. And theres a chance of showers and a better bet on sunday. Wheres the heavy rain right now. You can see that pushing into brooklyn and over the sound and farther into Putnam County as well. So you have this line of s howers. Behind that, brighter weather for the afternoon and looking better for the beach on saturday. Just a 10 chance of a popup shower. Up a bit on sunday. But overall, weekend forecast is improving. Yeah, not too bad. Just let the rain get through. Yeah, after lunchtime, better for almost everybody. I know i had the rain coming into work. Every time we have rain, theres also a little slow down on the roads and we have a few issues. In queens, one lane is blocked to the bqe due to an accident. A tow truck is on the scene. And hopefully they have it cleared out soon. South river road is closed in both directions at Prospect Plains road due to an accident with a downed pole and wires. And amount park. Thank you. So after the break, meet an Exciting Group of students who are getting the chance of a lifetime to meet the pope. And in the next half hour, check out the size of the snake where the nypd confiscated this giant reptile. They are among 24 students selected to meet pope francis. And we have more from east harlem. I feel really excited. Butterflies in my stomach. Flying around. Reporter allison may only be 8 years old, but shes about to do something many catholics could only dream of doing in their entire lifetime. Shes going to meet pope francis. I pray to god and said, thank you god for giving me this kind of opportunity. Reporter the brighteyed third grader in east harlem is among 24 third and fourth graders from her school and three other Harlem Catholic schools who will sit down and speak with his holiness when he visits this school on east 112th street at the end of is september. I felt very excited because he is the head of all catholic churches. Just incredible because its a once in a lifetime opportunity. Its pope. Hes like a, hes very high. What did i get myself into in. Reporter this fourth grader and the other students will sing and pray with the pope and share their school projects, showcasing how Catholic Education puts their faith in action. The kids say they have some questions too. How does it feel to be so much famous . And how does it feel to be like the pope . And like what channels are you watching on tv . Reporter the principal says this will be a sacred moment for the children and for her. I get the opportunity to thank him first of all, but then to assure him that gods work is being done. What i would share with the pope is i have an amazing family. And that god has always been in my heart and i love him so much. Pope francis will be in new 26th. And he will address the un general assembly, ait happened a service at the 9 11 memorial and museum and hold mass at Madison Square garden. And we will bring you complete coverage of the events right here on cbs 2 news. That and he loves real housewives of new york. Your holiness, netflix or hbo . We have rain. Were being blessed by rain. We need the rain and the timing camelotesque and we should be able to wrap this up early right now. And issues on the lie, the bqe, all those coming up. Still ahead, the days top stories including an explosion people. What happened moment before the details. And caught on cam are, a couple gets away with thousands of dollars in designer bags. How they made it past store security. A single serving for myself, its pretty special. It is like having a dunkin store in my home which is what ive always dreamed of. Good morning. It is 5 00, 76 degrees on this friday, august 2 1st. We have pockets of rainout there but hopefully its not going to last long. John elliott has your morning forecast coming up. We dont want to dampen the friday forecast. Traffic and weather on the 2s this morning. Terrorist attack. We didnt know what it was. Attack. Actually a gas line exemployees blasted a hole on the side of a High School Line explosion blasted a hole on the side of a school in bronx. The plan by nypd commissioner, he wants to see the walkway at times square go away as a possible solution to the problems at the tourist hot spot. But not everyone agrees with him. And tensions running high between north and south korea. Kim jongun has entered military units to enter a wartime state after an exchange of artillery fire between the two nations. Somebody throw chemicals or something to her face of the lady. The man accused of throwing chemicals at a woman in queens is still on the loose. The victim suffered third degree burns. She says she didnt know him. And imagine running into this snake on the streets of new york. The nypd tweeted out this photo. Where it was found coming up. And there you have it, the late late show paying tribute to the stars of youtube with a special show shot on location. The list of guests that have gone viral millions of times over. Like the double rainbow man right there. Well, we have traffic and weather on the 2s. And john elliott is up first with the forecast. Rainbows in our future . You know, possibly. We are going see changing skies. We have rain right now this morning. In fact, they just added a flood advisory for brooklyn and queens. Seeing rain just east of manhattan. And 75 degrees in the park. You see that heavier rain there pushing through and thats definitely going to slow you down through queens and into the south shore. And it also skips over the sound. And its pushing through parents of Fairfield County into connecticut. And duchess county and putnam seeing some heavier rain as well. And also some flooding concerns continue for ocean county. But that is the direction of this. The its pushing out through the east. Its busy right now. 84 later today, more sun later today as well. But you can imagine with the rain, its slow. And you can know who knows . Meg baker,. Thank you, john. Take your time the out there. The manhattan span of the rfk bridge is closed until 5 00 a. M. Due to construction. Stick with the queens midtown tunnel. And also on the map, west 3rd street remains closed westbound between sullivan street and 6th avenue. And thats due to yesterdays water main break. And now take a look in cranberry, new jersey, south river road is closed in both directions at Prospect Plains road. Thats due to an accident with a down thed pole and wires. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. All right. Thank you. We begin with breaking news. A woman thrown traffic lights a vehicle and killed. And the driver has been taken into custody, suspected of driving while intoxicated. We are live from the Police Precinct where he is being held in brooklyn. Good morning. Reporter well, chris and alex, police say this was a couple, a 29yearold woman and a 35yearold man. They had just left a bar or restaurant. He was behind the wheel and she was in the backseat. Now investigators say they were heading east on 5th avenue in bay Ridge Brooklyn and turning left on to bay ridge parkway when the woman was ejected from the backseat. The door was either faulty or not closed all the way and she was not wearing a seat belt. She hit her head and later died at the hospital. Police say they were the only two in the car and this incident only involved one car. Police took the man into custody. The driver, they believe he had been drinking but so far no charges have been filed. And police have not yet released the name of the woman killed. Reporting live this morning in brooklyn, cbs 2 news. Thank you. And now to a developing story, an explosion rocks a high school. Reporter yeah, chris, witnesses describe it as a huge explosion. Officials this morning confirming that it was a gas line in one of the classrooms that caused the blast here last night. There was a lot of construction being done on the building at this time. And this morning, the main question is with all of the damage, will the school be stable enough for the first day of class on 9th . The high school investigated overnight. A lot of work being done right now to decide what were going to do going forward. Reporter a powerful blast that left the marble hill neighborhood shaken. We thought it was a terrorist attack. We didnt know what it was. Reporter the explosion happening just after 8 00 thursday night was so loud, the vibrations so strong, the blast from the high school jolted people nearby not knowing what was going on. , my god, we went outside and my neighbors were like, oh, my god, what was that . And right away, we heard the sirens. The school obviously sustained very, very serious damage the. This was part of a project being run by the School Construction authority through a private contractor. Reporter three construction workers rushed from the scene with serious burns. Investigators say the explosion came from the sixth floor of the building where work was being finished in science classrooms. They have a bunch of burners so they have gas supplied. No one mentioned smelling gas. What caused the the explosion, we do not know that yet. Reporter and that Investigation Continues this morning. Again, three of the construction workers seriously hurt. Two in serious condition. And one critical this morning at the hospital. And now this building actually houses eight schools with more than 4,000 students. Again, right now, its not clear whether theyll be here for the first day of class september 9th. Report live from the marble hills section of bronx, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Happening today, the man accused of fatal stabbing is expected in court. Police say they arrested the 30 yearold while he was still armed with a knife standing over her body. He is being charged with second is degree murder. A manhunt underway in brooklyn for a suspect accused of trying to rape a woman. Investigators released this video of the suspect. Police say the man attacked a 20yearold from behind at about 5 00 a. M. Monday. The woman says the man ran off when she fought back. And an arrest in a case of public lewdness. He is accused of exposing himself on a southbound d train. Police say it happened at the bay parkway subway station in brooklyn last saturday. And relief for new York State School districts. Schools will not lose federal funds even if stunts opt out of standardized tests this year. Officials warned there could be financial consequences for districts that fell below a 95 Participation Rate but they say theyll consider withholding funds. A raid at the home of rock star gene simmons. Plus, highend hand bags taken without anyone noticing. Why the staff believes these two are professionals. And this i want it that way oh, yeah, remember those boy bands of the 90s . Well, theyre back like you have never seen them before. Fantastic. Okay, whats the plan for today . Youre still going to want to keep it loose and light. Shades to the west, umbrellas to the east. Oh, yeah, we have changes. Traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. Welcome you back to cbs 2 news. Theyre stopped at a red light right now. Nice job. Well done. As you can see, theres rain falling out there. Hopefully that will clear out in a couple minutes. Traffic and weather on the 2s right now. Valley street, pouring rain right now. But were getting a break. So yeah, theres a transition underway. A front pushing through, marked front, you can see it on the map. Parts of the area, its slow right now but more of new jersey, starting to clear up. And prettier skies this morning. In the city, rain and fog, 75, winds variable at 5 Miles Per Hour. And relative humidity at 78 . And muggy and mild for the island. 75 in farmingville. We have 75 through the hamptons. 76 in the north shore there. Heavy rain for you. And farther to the north and west, 68 in franklin, feels better. 75 for the jersey shore. And 73 in madison as well. And the rain, again, you can see that front. Boy, parts of morris, sussex getting a break already. But ocean county, youre seeing heavy rain. And follow that line, just light rain now for brooklyn and Staten Island but the heavy rain continues through queen. All the way up into oyster bay and over the sound into connecticut as well. And then, boy, b Putnam County, real big coverage of that heavy rain and into duchess as well. And look at what happen, head out into Orange County, and a nice break. And theres comfortable air for friday afternoon and saturday if we can get dew points low, we will barely see even a left over popup shower this afternoon. And flood advisories, i mean, just being trimmed left and right. Still a flood advisory brooklyn, queens and out to Suffolk County. And a flood advisory for ocean county, that warning was allowed to expire. And all of this because of a front. And now the front pushing into what we knew was a warm and very moisturerich air mass. Thats why were seeing the heavy rain this morning. And a bit of a stationary element introduced tomorrow. I think though much of the area is dry. Its sunday where we could see an isolated shower return. So youre up to about a 30 chance for a shower on sunday. And then that is going to be the pattern for the first part of next week as well. Better for the beaches on saturday. A little unsettled on sunday. And air temperatures comfortable in the low to mid 80s. A little cooler for the south shore. And for the mountain, really looking better on saturday. And sunday still that rain chance. And then for all of us, its the first part of next week where we see a little bit more heat and an isolated shower or thunderstorm. And yeah, isolated pockets of meg . Thats right, get the weather out before the weekend. And the traffic, two lanes are blocked on the southbound harlem river drive at 142nd manhole cover. And west 3rd street remains closed westbound between sullivan street and 6th avenue break. And now further south in new jersey, cranberry south river road is closed in both directions due to an accident with a downed pole and wires. And now checking transit. All is on or close to schedule on metro north, path trains, and new Jersey Transit and the Long Island Railroad. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. And now cbs 2 news demanding answers and we got action. The Long Island Railroad responded to complaints of overcrowding and unsafe trains. On monday, i showed you video of crowds of passengers sitting on the floor and bags blocking exits. Following the story, there are now new guidelines the lirr is asking passengers to limit large bags. And also no luggage allowed in the aisles or doorways on fridays trains. Well have more on what federal regulators had to say in the next hour. Alex thank you. Police in West Chester County continue the search for two braisen shoplifters. One made an exit with thousands of dollars worth of purses stuffed down her purse. Reporter this duo walks in, starts browsing, no red flags but five minutes in, you see the man look around and then snatch a brown bag worth more than 4700. He then passes it to the accomplice and she shoves tell us it under her dress. A customer even walks by. Next up, a black bag worth nearly 5,000. Again, it goes under the dress. And the third steal, a nearly 10,000 bag. There goes the woman stuffing wit the others again. And she then immediately grabs a tote worth more than 4,200. And its off to the dressing room as the man engages with staff and even buys a few shirts. Both side step the sensor detector. He chats one last time and they head out. Her waddling, and then running. More than 24,000 in undergarments. Staffers say clearly they are professionals considering they were undeterred by five employee, 13 cameras and signs pointing out the cameras. Very nice, talking for a few minutes. Rather friendly. Definitely tried to gain hour trust and he did a good job. Who were in the back working in the office. And we have a lot of appointments throughout day. Reporter and once the two left, the owner got a pit in her stomach. They shut down the store and figured it out. In broad daylight, they took off this way. A local Business Owner says he saw the pair get into a black honda and drive off. Local consignment shops are told to be on the lookout. Well, police are looking into whether they are response for a similar robbery back in july on long island. Some unexpected guest at the home of kiss rocker gene simmons. Police say a task force investigating internet crimes searched a search warrant yesterday. A Spokesman Says simmons and the family are not suspects in the case. The nypd tweeted this photo of the giant snake hanging on one of the officers neck. Its not clear how the snake ended up in times square. Oh. The things you will find in times square. Its 5 18. In the next half hour, the list of the highest paid actresses plus this tyler is here. As many references and people. When we return, the world of youtube about to collide. And we will have a preview. And another check of traffic and weather on the 2s next. And you can connect with us all Facebook Facebook facebook and twitter. Good morning. Welcome back. Mobile 2 out on the roads right now. This is sunset park and you see that tanker truck on the left hand side there, got his flashers on, stuck in the high water as mobile 2 continues to try to get out of the way. You see there are some conditions that you have to be on the lookout for. That in traffic in a moment. And right now, john with traffic and weather on the 2s. We have been talking about the changing nature of the advisories. The National Weather service issued a flash Flood Warning for parts of queens and Suffolk County as well. Thats where the heavy rain is right now. And we just showed you, you get the puddles that pop out of nowhere and theyll slow you down. Its a flood advisory for ocean county. But the flash Flood Warning area means flooding is going on right now. And you can see the heavy rain for a good part of the county down through five towns area. Follow the line to the north and you see the rain into Fairfield County and clearing through duchess and putnam as well. A break as we see this thing clear out later today. In fact, we will see a little bit of sun and should feel a whole lot more comfortable. Just take it easy this morning. Right, meg . Thats right. Take our time out there. Lets take a look on Staten Island. An overturned tractortrailer has one lane blocked on route 440 eastbound. And the map, two lanes are blocked southbound at 142nd street due to a missing manhole cover. And west 3rd street remains closed westbound between sullivan street and 6th avenue due to yesterdays water main break. And now in cranberry, new jersey, south river road is closed in both directions due to an accident with a downed pole and wires. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. All right. Lets take a break from the doom and gloom. The jets taking on the falcons tonight in game two of their presan francisco season and you can see that game right here at 7 30. And the mets will be in colorado tonight while the yankees and indians play game two of their series. Game one goes to the indians. Already up 20 in the 3rd, ramirez with the twoout rbi sing toll left. And scores one. Single to the left. And then scores one. And arod gets the yankees on the board with the solo shot to the left, the 26th of the year. And to the 9th, the clutch single here. Arod will score his second run of the night. But flying out to left and that will do it. Yanks lose 32. They lead the blue jays by a game and a half. All right. In this mornings two talker, the host of the late late show takes on some of youtubes biggest personalties, but first, get ready to see Backstreet Boys like youve never seen them before. The crooners have been sharing scenes of their new scifi movie titled dead seven. It features several members of your favorite 90s boy bands. Theyll appear in the western, the madefortv movie debuts wow. Nothing could go wrong. Everybody loves it that way. That looks really good. Tonights episode of the late late show pays tribute to viral videos. Its being broadcast from las Youtube Space and will feature some of the youtubes bigger stars. Quote a few surprises. The guys are coming down. They have quite a few surprises. The guys are coming down. They have quite a few surprises. We will kickoff the show with a big explosion. And we are going to do a song. Jenna marbles is here. The program will feature some of his own viral videos like this year Justin Bieber doing karaoke. I can safely say this was one of our favorites. Yeah, so good. The videos too, thats been a great niche for him because its reached millions of people. Its really led to success of that show. And he got his contract renewed. And soal opened. Way to renewed. And so talented. A gas explosion damages a Bronx High School leaving three construction workers seriously burned. This morning, more on the investigation. A woman ejected from the back of a car in brooklyn and killed. The driver now in custody. Ill explain more coming up in a live report. And a childs bedtime can be a nightmare for many parents but a new book could be a dream come true. Traffic and weather on true. Cbs 2 news continues after this. Its 5 30. Currently 75 degrees on this friday, august 2 1st. Just about 5 30. Rainy start to the weekend but the sun will come out later today. Whats that song . The sun will come out later today no. Oh my god, we went outside. And our neighbors were like, what was that . Weeks before the start of school, a gas explosion destroys parts of john f. Kennedy high school seriously burning three workers. And this morning, the investigation into what went wrong. Plus, could orange be the new black for Caitlyn Jenner in . The criminal charges now being considered. And out with the new and back with the old. The Police Commissioners plan to get rid of the problem making pedestrian plaza in in times square. Thank you for joining us. Good to have you here, meg. And john here. I mean for me john is just irreplaceable. Hes always here. The front page of the papers today talking about the pedestrian issue that theyre having, the plaza issue in times square with the painted ladies and the commissioner comes out yesterday and says, lets just dig it up and turn it back into free flowing roads. So thats causing a bit of con metro severe is a bit of controversies. Its like the deconstruction of bloomberg because this was so important to him. And i remember when it went down, i dont know if this is going to work. But in the summertime, its nice to be down there. It is pleasant. Theyre always talking about disrupts traffic and with the lincoln tunnel down there yeah, yeah, yeah. Blows up the west side highway. I mean, i will say this, if you are a local, you know better than to go towards times square if you want to move quickly or freely through any parts of the area. Its great. I mean, its there for the tourists really. Yeah, and supporters are saying it was so populated on the streets that it was a safety issue. And they just constructed a new pedestrian plaza by penn station. So who know, they could go to penn station. Yeah, its not a city flush with cash to be digging this up and putting the roads back the way they were. We showed you pictures of the before and now you know the after. If you want to go to facebook or tweet us your opinions on this, we would love to hear what you have to say. And from the flush to the flash to the flash Flood Warnings. Traffic and weather on the 2s for right now. What can we expect . Well, the concern is the rain through queens and obviously Suffolk County, youre going to be next. So we have advisories there. Flash Flood Warning in the city. Thats part of the city. 75 in the park. Winds are variable. But around five town, thats got the heavy rain. And right there on the l. I. E. , thats going to slow you down. And thats where we have the flash Flood Warning meaning that flooding is going on. And moderate rain through Fairfield County and now heavy rain continues duchess into Putnam County. And more to the south. Heavy rain continues into ocean county. In the city today, youre looking at about 84 for a high. And notice you will see some more sun as early as this morning. Parts of the area to the west. I mean, this is moving quickly and it will slow you down this morning. Great. How is it looking on the roads . We will blame it on john and the weather. I knew it. In stony point, the los angeles saids park the parkway is closed back to gate hill road. An overturned tractortrailer has one lane blocked to northbound route 440. And one lane blockedded on the westbound l. I. E. Delays back to clearview expressway. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. All right. Thank you. Now to a topping story. Three construction workers injured, one critically many a gas line explosion at a Bronx High School. And we have more live from the scene of the blast in marble hill. Reporter yeah, chris, those workers left with very serious burns in the hospital this morning. We can tell that you the blast damaged several floors of this building here behind us. The question this morning, will it be stable enough for the first day of school . The blown out facade and mangled debris at jfk high school inspected by fire investigators overnight. A lot of work being done right now to decide what were going to do going further. Reporter a powerful blast that left the neighborhood shaking. We thought it was a terrorist attack. We did not know what it was. Reporter the explosion happening just after 8 00 thursday night was so loud the vibrations so strong that the blast from jfk high school jolted people nearby not knowing what was going on. We went out side and our neighbors were like, oh my god, what was that . And right away, we heard the sirens. The school obviously has sustained some very, very serious damage. That was part of a project being run by the School Construction authority through a private contractor. Reporter three of the construction workers rushed from the scene with serious burns. Investigators say the explosion came from the sixth floor of the building where work was being finished in science classrooms. Like a typical science lab that has burners so they have a gas supply. And no one had mentioned smelling gas. The contractor did say not mention smelling gas, no. What caused the earthquake motion we do not know yet but we will get to d caused the explosion, we do not know yet but we will get to the bottom of it. Reporter it had to do with the gas line in the building. This building houses eight different high school, 4,000 Students Attend School here. So its not clear whether theyll be cleared to return the first day of class on september 9th. Reporting live this morning, cbs 2 news. A woman was killed after being ejected from a moving vehicle this morning. Police are talking to the driver, her husband who may have been drinking before getting behind the wheel. We are live from the Police Precinct in bay ridge. Good morning. Reporter well, police do confirm this was a husband and wife, a 29yearold according to police. And her 35yearold husband. Investigators say they had just come from a pub in bay ridge. The happened just before midnight. Bay ridge. This happened just before midnight. Witnesses told police they may have been arguing before getting into the car and it appears that the door was not closed all the way. Investigators say the husband got behind the wheel. And she got in the backseat. And they were headed north of 5th avenue and turning right on to bay ridge parkway. And police say thats when the door opened and the woman who was not wearing her seat belt was ejected. She hit her head and later died at the hospital. Her Husband Police say was taken into custody. They believe he was drinking. But charges have not yet been filed. Reporting live this morning in brooklyn, cbs 2 news. All right. Thank you. This Morning Police are searching for the man who left a woman badly burned after he threw chemicals in her face. She is being treated at the hospital with chemical burns to her face and eyes. Sources say a man she did not know approached her and said, can i ask you a question and then threw a cup full of chemicals in her face. Very bad. Shes burned too much, you know . Maybe in two three week, if she dont do good, maybe have to operate on the eyes and the face. She is the director of a group facing social, mental or physical challenges. And police in manhattan are searching for a bank robber whose get away car was a yellow cab. They shared these photos of a suspect inside the bank yesterday. The nypd says the man gave the teller a note saying he had a gun and demanded cash. And he then got behind the wheel of a new york city taxi. And took off. He is wanted in six other bank robberies. The Police Commissioner says get rid of the pedestrian plazas but thats not sitting too well the ladies or the times square tourism group. During an interview, he said the change over is simple. We just dig it up and put it back as a street again. The advantage of that is that it would eliminate the area where people just hang out. Thats illegal. We have rights. For last 18 months, this administration has been building these plazas. Do you know how much it will cost to rip them up . What a disruption it will be to it makes no sense. The mayor says the idea is one of those to be considered by a special task force set up to recommend options by october 1st. Its a congressman from Suffolk County is called on the Postal Service to end street name confusion. 32 streets in the town have similar names, sharing the same zip code. And some streets have identical names and it makes for problems with mail and other deliveries. Its horrible because i get peoples mail all the time. I have to give them explicit directions because you cant find me. Deliveries. With. And not mine. The congressman is asking the u. S. Postmaster to create three new zip in the town of south hampton. Postal officials a its complicated and theyve review days. Hi this problem two week i had this problem two weeks ago. Even waze was screwed up. So bizarre. A meeting of a lifetime for eight lucky kids. I prayed to god and said, thank you god for giving me this kind of opportunity. An opportunity to meet pope francis. Coming up, what they have planned for the special encount we are the holy father. Plus, can wall street bounce back after one of the worst days of the year . A live report after the break from the new york stock exchange. All right. It is that time. Traffic and weather on the 2s. And there he is, emerging on your screen. What do you got for us . Just looking at some radars and parts of queens, its just pouring. And my concern is, its not moving. Thats why we have the Flash Flood Watch there. And numbers around the area, its interesting, 75 in yonkers. And anthony says, bring your rain boot, its slick outside. Well, yes, but the problem is, in about 20 minutes for some, its done and for a maybe an and for others, maybe and for others, its done. And i dont know how many are on generator power but chris lost power during the storm. And we had the thunderstorms in the Hudson Valley. Much quieter through orange and rockland county. In the city, mixed conditions. Low clouds and fog for manhattan, parts of queens dealing with the rain. And then the focus of the worst of it. 74 degrees right now, winds variable at 5 Miles Per Hour. And relative humidity at 87 . And numbers around the area, again, warmer to the east and cooler to the west. And we are going to see dry air filter in north and west. And you will see the sun sooner and its not going to be that bad of a friday but a flash Flood Warning continues until 8 00 a. M. Much of queens and parts of suffolk as well. And you can see the line pushing through. Im going to zoom in. Heres the problem. Right here, the this is where its just not moving that much. Youre also getting an element of training rain where you have heavy rain over the same area and right down to the south shore. This is where we are concerned about the possibility of some localized flooding. And then you see this line continuing. These storms are actually in. And this afternoon, much Better Weather, drier air starts to filleter in. And we salvage your saturday. But exercise caution this morning. Slow due to the rain and what else, meg . First, we look in stony point, its closed northbound between exit 16 and 17 due to a fallen tree. Delays back to the gate hill road. And Staten Island, an overturned tractortrailer to northbound route 440 closed. Delays back to arthur kill road. Use the bridge as an alternate. And one lane is blocked due to an accident on the westbound l. I. E. Delays back to the clearview expressway. And the the Grand Central parkway is moving much better. I would go that route. And now alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Okay. Thank you. Synagogues are on high alert as the jewish high holidays draw near. This is a simulated terror attack yesterday. The fbi used a temple in new jersey to test how they would respond in a terrorist attack. In the scenario, a terrorist stormed a bus and killed passengers. To see them handle the scenario with such professional limb, it was comfortable and professionalism, it was comforting. During the drill, the video will be reviewed and used to improve response. A convicted killer who escaped an upstate prison is once again facing a judge. A judge entered a not guilty plea for david sweat yesterday on charges stemming from the breakout. With the help of an employee, he and richard escaped. And after three weeks on the run, mat was shot and killed and days later, sweat was shot and wounded near the canadian boarder. A warning has been issued for washington state. People in several popular Outdoor Recreation centers have been urged to clear out. Officials say three firefighters killed wednesday were overcome by flames after their vehicle crashed. Former president jim my carter says hes scaling back on his work schedule after givenning three months of cancer treatment. Hope for the best and accept what comes. I think i have been as blessed as any human being in the world. He was reflective but upbeat as he spoke publicly for the first time yesterday about his battle with cancer. Doctors found four small tumors on his brain. He started treatment yesterday. Doctors are using a new drug that helps his immune system find and destroy the cancer cells. Now to campaign 2016. And a new poll with surprising results. It shows joe biden doing better than Hillary Clinton against republican front runner donald trump. A poll has biden beating trump in three key swing states, iowa, pennsylvania and florida. The same poll shows trump ahead of clinton 43 to 41 in florida, again within the margin of error. Bide season expected to decide in the coming weeks whether he will make a run for the white house. Los angeles county Officials SayCaitlyn Jenner could face a manslaughter charge in a fatal february car crash. Investigators determined she was driving too fast when she rear ended that lexus and pushed it into oncoming traffic. The driver was killed. Detectives will present evidence to prosecutors next year. If convicted, she could face up to a year behind bars. Jennifer lawrences career is red hot right now. The star tops the list of highest earning actresses. She made an estimated 52 million in pretax earnings in the past year. The huge sum is thanks in part to the film franchises including the hunger games and xmen. Got to forget the agents and the managers and all that stuff. In the money watch, major losses on wall street. Jill wagner is live with more. Whats going on down there . Reporter well, good morning. We will see if the market cans turn things around today. Yesterday wall street had the worst day in 18 months. The dow fell 358 points. So that means it will open below 17,000 for the First Time Since last october. And the nasdaq fell about 141 points. First, worries about chinas economy and Falling Oil Prices and what that could mean for Big Energy Companies and theres uncertainty over when the fed will raise interest rate. And the little pink pill has a big buyer. Theyll pay about 1 billion for sprout pharmaceuticals, the maker of the first Prescription Drug designed to boost sexual desire in women. The fda approved the drug early thunder sleet week after rejecting it twice before. The retailer made well is recalling about 53,000 sandals. The metal part could come loose and cause people to trip and fall. And craft beer has gone to the dogs literally. A beer maker is teaming up with a butcher to create a craft beer for dogs. The its brewed from meat bone, yeast and vegetables and in case youre worried about the dog getting wild, rest as assured, its nonalcoholic. Thanks goodness. Making bedtime easier. The new tool helping parents put their kids to sleep. But first, this mornings sports update. Reporter the yankees lost to the indians in game one of the series 32. And a start in game two tonight. And after having a day off, the mets in colorado. Plus, it will be the jets and falcons preseason game right here on cbs 2 at 7 00. Good morning. Welcome back. A flash Flood Warning continues for queens and Suffolk County. And then we have a flood advisory for parts of ocean county. Focusing from Valley Stream over to freesport down to the south shore, i mean its pouring. Multiple reports well in exInternational Space station of 1. 5 inches of well in excess of 1. 5 inches of rain. And the slow moving nature has us concerned. Thats why you have a flash Flood Warning. Well over an inch and these numbers jfk, these are going to continue to climb so make sure youre ready for that as you climb out of bed. If you can wait a while, bull in better shape. How are the roads shaping up . We are seeing a lot of flooding out there. And we will have more updates as we get to it. In elmwood park, two lanes are blocked due to a car fire at exit 61. Stick with route 46. Now in stony point, the parkway is closed northbound between exit 16 and 17 due to a fallen tree. And delays back to gate hill hood. And an overturned tractor trailer has the ramp from the outer Bridge Crossings northbound to route 440 completely closed. And delays back to the arthur kill road. And use the bridge as an alternate. And one lane is blocked. Delays back to the clear view expressway. And Grand Central parkway moving much, much better. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Thank you. Well if youre planning a trip to philadelphia next month, you will see security but theres one thing you wont see, drones. The faa has banned them at the request of homeland security. And also banned, model airplanes and hot air balloon. Air balloons. Two dozen Young Students are gearing up for the meeting of a lifetime. They won a special lottery to meet pope francis next month. Theyll sing and pray with his holiness and showcase how Catholic Education puts their faith in action. I feel really excited. Butterflies in my stomach flying around. Its the pope. Hes like, hes very high. Some of the students already have questions lined up like how does it feel to be famous . Watch. In addition to visiting the school, he will attend a service at the 9 11 memorial and museum and hold mass at Madison Square garden. And we will bring you complete coverage of the events right here on cbs 2 news. Well getting a small child to fall asleep can be a nightmare. Many stores are filled with action and adventure but the stories can get kids revved up. So a new book claims to change that. Reporter they struggle nightly, hands full with a 10 dayold to get their 3yearold son to sleep. Sometimes trying to put him to bed is challenge and can take upwards of an hour. Reporter after hearing the buzz about a new book, the rabbit who wants to the fall asleep which claims to help children fall asleep in just seven minute, they decided to give it a try. The book shot to the top of the best seller list and in the book, roger the rabbit employs frequent and intentional yawning to get kids to sleep. It prommed one read through and it would be lights out. Thats tempting. Reporter the father and son settled in and put the book to the test. At first, it was typical and trying to get him to sit still for long enough to just read the book. But once i started reading, he wanted me to continue. Reporter it took time to settle down. The pace of down. The pace of the book and the way they have you read the word, its all about emphasizing fall ago sleep. Reporter but with a few breaks, it took more like 20 minutes not seven to get through the book but he did fall asleep. One read through and he fell asleep. He was longing for his warm, comfortable bed. When youre desperate, trying to get the baby to go down, you will try anything. Really. All kidding aside, i might get that book for me. All right, lets talk about the weather real quick. Well, the its pouring right now. Rain. And its a low mover so parts of queen, take it easy. Better shape. Several accidents and flooding due to the weather. Okay. Updates on that coming up. Riders cramped on the crowded lirr canon ball. We are getting action. The changes you can expect to weekend. And a gas explosion felt throughout bronx injures three and destroying parts of jfk high school. What it could men for the start the break. Plt. Hemoh d ea gu yr olfalyov. Yoaiorin wh arfialweens, norticl avs,ndoghruosco sup good morning. This is a look at the l. I. E. From mobile 2. Theres actually an accident in the area. 6 01 right now. A live look outside for you and the weather, rain showers moving through the area, making way for another warm weekend. Good morning. We have traffic and weather on the 2s. But first, whats new this morning. Breaking news in brooklyn. Police are investigating a deadly freak accident where a woman ended up dead and her husband in custody according to investigators. The woman fell out of the car while it was in motion on bay ridge parkway. The room i was in shook. The whole room shook. We thought it was a the terrorist attack. We didnt know what it was. Investigators back on the scene of a gas explosion at jfk high school. Three workers were seriously injured. Picture is a thousand words and theres no question that video had impact. Cbs 2 news gets action for lirr riders. We showed you video of passengerrers sitting on the floor and bags blocking the exits and now there are new guidelines. And they are heading out today. Lets see what the conditions are like. Whats the weather like . So much better than today. Saturdays shaping up. Sunday just a popup shower. In the city, you look to the east and seeing some brighter skies. Farther to the east, its pouring rain. To the west, seeing dry air filter in. The worst of it right now, this is parts of where we see the heavy, heavy rain continuing to fall. And many areas in excess of 2 inches. 74 in the city with clouds overhead. And worst of it right now, the county cannot get a break. And its a slow mover. Many is going to cause major problems. A flash Flood Warning continues for the area. At least through 7 15. Expanding the radar view and you can see its into parts of connecticut. And rain clearing ocean county right now. So its improving there. In the city today, right around 84 for a high. But sun on the way. Just take it easy this morning. A lot of headaches on the highway, right . Its been a busy morning so a lot of alerts. Two lanes are blocked due to a car fire on route 80 eastbound at exit 61. Stick with route 46. And now in manhattan, flooding blocks two lanes on the northbound fdr drive at grand street. And on Staten Island, an overturned tractortrailer has the ramp from the outer bridge crossing to northbound route 440 completely closed. And delays back to arthur kill road. And now a live look, one lane blocked due to an accident on the westbound l. I. E. The the Grand Central parkway is starting to build up but its a better choice at this time. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in and alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. A woman was killed after being thrown from the moving vehicle. And her hub has now been taken into and her husband has now been taken into custody. Reporter chris, this does appear to be a frequent accident the. Police do confirm it was a husband and wife as you mentioned. They identified the wife as a 29yearold and her 35yearold husband whose name has not yet been released. Police say they had just left a pub in bay ridge. It was just before midnight last night. Witnesses told police they may have been arguing before they got into a car. And her door was not closed all the way. And investigators say the husband got behind the wheel. She got in the backseat. And they were heading north on 5th avenue and turning right on to bay ridge parkway. And police say the door flew open, the woman who was not wearing her seat belt was ejected. She hit her head and later died at the hospital. Police say they did take her husband into custody the. They believe he may have been drinking. But so far, no charges have been filed. Reporting live this morning in bay Ridge Brooklyn, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Now to a developing story. A gas line explosion hits a high school in bronx and sends three construction workers to the hospital. We have more live from the scene of the blast in marble hill. Reporter yeah, good morning to you. Right now, police are keeping us a safe distance away from the damaged portion of the school this morning. We are told that City Building inspectors will be back on the scene this morning to determine one of main questions for the investigation right now, is the building stable enough for the first day of class on september 9th . The blown out facade and mangled debris at jfk high school inspected by fire investigators overnight. A lot of work being done right now to decide what were going to do going forward. Reporter a powerful blast that left the neighborhood shaking. We thought it was a we didnt know what it was. Reporter the explosion happening just after 8 00 thursday night was so loud the vibrations so strong, it jolted people nearby not knowing what was going on we went outside. And our neighbors were like my god, do you feel that . What was that . And then right away, we heard the sirens. The school obviously sustained some very, very serious damage. This was part of a project being run by the school just a few weeks. Reporting live from bronx, cbs 2 news. Thank you. A manhunt underway in brooklyn for a man accused of trying to rape a woman. Police say the man attacked the 20yearold if behind about 5 00 a. M. Monday. The woman says the man ran off when she fought back. A man accused of fatally stabbing Morgan Freemans granddaughter is expected in court today. Investigators say he stabbed his girlfriend 15 sometimes near their Washington Heights home saturday morning. Police say they arrested the 30 yearold while he was still armed with the knife standing over her body. He is charged with with Second Degree murder. A judge has denied another request for the grand jury minutes in the eric garner case. The review board south the records but board sought the records but the judge ruled that they have no compelling need to access the information. Morning. The city says the outbreak is now over. The Health Department has identified the cooling tower at the the Opera House Hotel as the source of the outbreak. Cooling towers can serve as breeding grounds for the bacteria. The outbreak was the worst in the citys list rhode island it claimed 12 the citys history and claimed 12 julies. Claimed 12 lives. The Police Department tweeted this photo yesterday of the giant snake hanging on an officers neck. Its not clear how the snake ended up in times square but i will say im glad its gone. You never know what you will find in times square these days. The time is 6 09. They seemed like normal shoppers and then they started stealing. Definitely tried to gain our trust. And he did a good job of it. Hiding designer hand bags worth thousands of dollars, tense of thousands of dollars and then making off with it. Its a cbs 2 news exclusive. And the major change the mayor and Police Commissioner are weighing to end the madness at pedestrian plaza. Flooding rain continues. Jfk up to 2. 5 inches of rain. Valley stream, 2. 27 inches of rain. And its still coming down. Some important advisories and the rest of the forecast coming up. Ill have that new turkey bacon guacamole on italian bread. Sure thing. Oven roasted turkey, ohsocrispy bacon. Blended perfectly with guacamole made from hass avocados, just a hint of jalapeno. It truly is heaven on italian bread. So, youve had it before . Yeah. A couple times. Ill have what hes having. Fall in love with the big time flavor of the new subway turkey bacon guacamole. All your favorites in one amazing sandwich. Subway. Eat fresh. Weather watchers watching the weather and also celebrating. Yeah, a lot of reports like this. Jackie has 62. But shes not too upset about the rain. She says the lawn is happy. Yeah, happy about it too. My lawn was thirsty. And walter has 73. The rain has arrived, the problem is, its too much of a good thing just like earlier in the week. Parts with flooding rain continuing. And we have a lot of stations now reporting in excess of 2 inches of rain within an hour. So you will see some problems. In the city, actually looking overhead, you see some variation of the clouds and pink trying to work its way in. And thats indicative of a clearing sky under way this morning for many. 74 in the park, winds northwest at 3 Miles Per Hour. And Flood Warning continues for at least another hour. Its a slow mover. Look at this, its just continuing to pour. And we are going to see more problems. Valley streams, things have calmed down now. Closerrer to the city, youre getting a break. And we have a break on the west side. But the south shore just pouring rain. And theres thunder as well up over the l. I. E. And now over the sound as well. Just watching how it sits there though. Thats the problem. Thats an hours worth of da the at that. So you know you will see problems worth of da the at that. So you know you will see worth of data. So you know you will see the problems. Through the island, seeing more problems. South ocean county seeing heavy rain. And showers east today. The front pushing through. But saturday the better of the two weekend days. Potential for a isolated shower orup storm on sunday. And today a transition. Showers to start. Rain in fact just east of the city now. And then we start to see some sun. That northwest wind could help to block it for your saturday. Chance of a shower sunday into monday. Its warmer the first part of next week as well. And exercise caution as well. If you can wait, you will be in better shape. Did its all about keeping you shape. And its all about keeping you safe. Busy morning. Leave extra time if you can. Manhattan, flooding blocks two lanes on the northbound fdr drive at grand street. And an accident blocking the right northbound lane at houston street. And an overturned tractor trailer has the ramp to northbound route 440 closed. One lane blocked on the westbound l. I. E. At casino boulevard. And delays back to the clearview expressway. And Grand Central parkway moving much better. And the subway, details in a few minutes. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Thank you. Dont go anywhere, overcrowding and unsafe, now the lirr is making changes. A situation we told you about with meg. People packed on the train, standing in the aisle, bags everywhere and people sitting on the floors. Yike, whats the update on that . Reporter yes, i witnessed it myself. Cbs 2 news demanded answers and got action. The Long Island Railroad responded to complaints of overcrowding and unsafe trains following our story and now they have new guide lines. Picture is a thousand words ask theres no question that video had impact. We knew we had to respond in a fashion. Reporter the Long Island Railroad knew it had a problem the instant cbs 4 news exposed deplorable cramped rider conditions on the canon ball service from penn station to the hamptons. Four days after the investigation showed people and their bags on the floor and stairs blocking exits, this crack down on letter head new york city luggage permitted in aisles or doorways. The warning specifically for fridays overcrowded canon ball commute. Not going to let you keep it in the aisle. Reporter but the lirr did allow overcrowding. The canon ball express train has 12 car, three with reserved seating only. A total of 1,046 seats are unreserved, up for grabs. On august 7th, 1,540 riders and 494 were left to stand. Thats about 55 extra people per car. The new bag size restrictions have some riders seeing red. They say the lirr appears to be blaming them, specifically their luggage smaller bag, no, just make more trains. People got to pack their stuff. Thats not going to change. Reporter the lirr has difficultly adding cars because flat forms are short. Our investigation on the overcrowding put it to on the radar with federal regulators who considered this potentially dangerous in an emergency situation. So the lirr says it will be strict. We will have to keep people from getting on if it reaches that situation. The people are aware of the crack down, will they be in more of a rush to jack on to the train . I dont believe so. Plus, we have the ability to keep folks up stairs if necessary. To keep them from coming down all at one time. Reporter and daily commuters say the issue is not just on friday or a Holiday Weekend problem. They say every day is a battle just to get a seat. Not the rush to the train. Its something happens on the train while its in transit. And people get aggressive. And then weaving their way through the train. Okay. Good job. Two brave women have endured weeks of physical training to make history today. The two will graduate from the armys elite Ranger School along with 94 male soldiers in georgia. They finished the nine Week Training Program on monday. Although they are qualified, they are not open jill to join the group which is still all male. My husband graduated from that course. And they all have to shave their heads. Unexpected guests at the home of gene simmons. A Police Task Force served a search warrant at the home yesterday. A police Spokesman Says the family is not suspects but would not comment on the investigation. Time is now 6 19. You know the saying, the facies way to a mans heart is through his stomach. But hes not the only one. But first, stock futures are down this morning after one of the worst days on wall street in 18 months. Every cup has a story. Dunkin kcup packs in my life were a good fit. A single serving for myself, its pretty special. It is like having a dunkin store in my home which is what ive always dreamed of. Bring home delicious dunkin kcup packs today. Your coffee, your dunkin. Plt. Hemoh d ea gu yr olfalyov. Yoaiorin wh arfialweens, norticl avs,ndoghruosco sup good morning. Welcome back. Our mobile 2 unit out on the roads this morning. These pictures coming to you right now. Its moving east. But its still coming down in the area. Lots of issues on the roads. And lots for johnny to talk about here on cbs 2 news. So we want to use the computers to get an idea of how much rain has fallen. These are estimates around the area. And its color coordinated. You can see through parts of ocean county, around the 2inch total, follow that line. The worst around Atlantic Beach and over to long beach and ocean side. 2 to 3 inches of rain flirting with 3 there. And its not done yet. Slow mover. Finally its starting to move. But that heavy rain for the south shore continues, basically all the way up over and through the sound into connecticut. Vastly improved weather northwest new jersey and a good part of the Hudson Valley but thats the line. If you can wait a while, its looking better in just a bit. And then its comfortable this afternoon. A little sun behind this . Oh, yeah, we see the sun. How is it looking on the roads . Now wet conditions are causing issues on the roads and the subways. In new jersey, a fallen tree has three lanes blocked on route 287 southbound at exit 39. Delays back to the exit 40. Route 202. In manhattan, flooding blocks two lanes at grand street. And we have an accident blocking the right northbound lane at houston street. And uptown a and d trains are running local from 59th street to 125th street. And as a reminder, alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Thank you. Arod hit his 680th career home run but it wasnt enough to get the yankees past cleveland. Reporter good morning everyone. Game. You can see that right here on cbs 2 at 7 30. The mets in colorado while the yankees and indians play game two. Night. Ramirez comings up with the two out rbi sing is toll left. And scores one. And in the 4th, arod gets the yankees on the board. And inth, the clutch in the 9th, the clutch single. His second run of the the night. The yankees in business. But with two out and tying and winning runs on base, flies out to left to end it. The yankees lead by just a game and a half. Okay. There you have it. Time now for todays two talkers. One 7yearold boy can play it all. But the child prodigy prefers bad blood singer taylor swift. Who wouldnt . [ music ] he shared this seven song medially off of her 1989 album. Not only did he not need sheet music, he memorized it in just one day. He said he was hoping to get a signed copy of the cd but swift tweeted, please come to a show and say hi, my treat. I cant wait to go to the concert because i know she really wants to hug me and i want to hug her also. I love how his feet dont touch the ground, just swinging there. Taylor and the child prodigy will meet in miami in october. Things like that baffle the mind. That he is able to not use sheet music, one day, do the whole album. Yeah. Taylor swift reaches out to everybody. And i appreciate it too. And if youre trying to win a womans heart, you may want to go with food over flowers. Thats according to a new study. It suggest that women respond better to romantic cues. If they have eaten first, women chris has a prop ready to go. They were shown romantic images like couple walking and they respond more if they have eaten compared to those who have not eaten. More work needs to be done including testing larger groups so lets begin right now. Gold fish anyone . Chris is pulling out food for me. You have already won my heart. How did you land your wife . Oh, gold fish. Just kidding. She hates them. Up next, todays top stories. Three construction workers seriously burned after a major blast in a Bronx High School. Class in september . A live report coming up. A woman has been killed after getting ejected from a car. Police say her husband was driving. I will explain more coming up. Good morning. The time now is 6 30. 74 degrees on this friday, august 21st. The rainy start to weekend. But will the sun come out later today . Traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. But fist, a woman is dead and her husband is now in Police Custody after she falls out of a moving car this morning. We are live. We went outside. And our neighbors were like, my god, do you feel that . What was that . Weeks before the start of school, a gas explosion destroys parts of john f. Kennedy high school, seriously burning three workers and the investigation into what went wrong is coming up. And a pool party flown in a new jersey backyard. From a group of uninvited guests. Good morning everybody. Hi, meg, good to have you with us this morning. And of course, john elliott, the man of the hour. So much rain. Well, its been great pool weather president. I am amazed they didnt tear wit the claws. Is there they must have used the slide. Look at the okay. Mom just climbed over the side. One of the cubs chewing on one of the floatables. Hopped right in. Yeah, just climbed in and right off the side. Thats a sturdy above ground pool. I will say that much. And look at this. Shes adding water to it. Got the hose. Might do some gardens. Shes Ross Guidotti to keep them entertained. And we have sent you out on these. All spring long, i followed the bears and now we are seeing how they have growned. Nice job for capturing this. Enjoying themselves. Time now for traffic and weather on the 2s. Mood. Today is the concern is east of the city. We have heavy rain and flooding rain in fact. Flood warning for you continues in the city. Already changing skies overhead. And cloudy and 73. The worst of it, around freeport and then its finally starting to break up but north shore, youre dealing with heavy rain as well. Its a busy time of day. If you can wait, you will be in better shape. And look at the conditions in ocean county. And in fact, you will see the sun for parts of the area soon. And in the city this afternoon, right around 84 as we clear the showers out. Just exercise caution this morning. Some big puddles out there. And some localized flooding continues. Okay. Thanks. The flooding is causing problems. Major delanose mat major delays. Route 287 southbound at exit 39, delays back to exit 406789 stick with route 202. And now exit 40. And stick with route 202. And northbound at grand street, we have an accident blocking the right northbound lane at houston street. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. And if youre headed to the airport, all is on or close at jfk, laguardia and newark. But with the wet weather, its best to call the airline before you head out the door. Three construction workers in the hospital this morning after a gas explosion at a Bronx High School. The blast frightened the neighborhood last night. We have more live if the scene in marble hill for us. Reporter yeah, those three workers left with serious burns. One of them critical in the hospital this morning. City officials telling us that they had been working on this building for the last several months when this explosion happened and there are two main questions this morning. What triggered the blast and will the building be stable enough for the first day of class on september 9th . The blown out facade and mangled debris at jfk high school inspected by fire investigators overnight. A lot of work being done right now to decide what were going to do going further to stabilize the building. Reporter a blast that left the marble hill neighborhood shaking. Terrorist attack. We did not know what it was. Reporter the explosion happening just after 8 00 thursday night was so loud and the vibrations so strong, the blast from jfk high school jolted people nearby not knowing what was going on. We went outside and our neighbors were like, my god, do you the feel that . What was that and right away, we heard the sirens. The school obviously sustained serious damage. This was part of a project being run by the School Construction authority through a private contractor. Reporter three of the construction workers rushed from the scene with serious burns. Investigators say the explosion came from the sixth floor of the building where work was being finished in science classrooms. Like a typical science lab that has a bunch of burners so they have a gas supply. And no one mentioned smelling gas. The contractor did say not mention smelling gas, no. What caused the explosion, we do not yet but we will get to the bottom of it. Reporter and the complex here actually houses eight different schools. For more than 4,000 students. Were expecting building inspectors to be back here later this morning to determine if the building is in fact structurally stable for class which starts in a few weeks. Thank you. Now to breaking news from brooklyn where a woman was killed after being ejected from a moving vehicle being driven by her husband. Reporter well, chris, police are trying to piece together exactly how this happened but they do confirm it was a husband and wife. Yearold. They say they had just left the bean post pub in bay ridge last night. And witnesses told police the couple may have been arguing before they got in the car. And it appears that her door was not closed all the way. And investigator ises say the husband got in the front seat. The wife got in the backseat. They were heading north on 5th avenue and turning right on to bay ridge parkway. And thats when police say the door flew open, the woman who was not wearing her seat belt was ejected from the car. Police say she hit her head and later died at the hospital. Investigators say they did take the husband into custody. And they believe he was driving drunk but so far, no charges have been filed yet. Reporter thank you. This morning, police are still searching for the man who left a man badly burned after he threw chemicals in her face. She is being treated aat the time hospital with chemical burns to her face and eyes. Sources say a man she didnt know approached her in queens and said, can i ask you a question and then threw a cup full of chemicals in her face. Very bad. Shes burned too much, you know . Maybe in two or three week, if she dont do good, maybe have to operate on the eyes and the face. She is the executive direct of the a initiative, a group that works with those faces police in manhattan are searching for a bank robber whose get away car was a yellow cab. The nypd said he had a gun, dethe handed cash and then got behind the wheel of a taxi and then took off. He is wanted in at least six other bank robberies. The Police Commissioner says theres a sure fire way to get rid of the topless painted ladies in times square. Just get rid of the pedestrian masa. But thats not sitting well the ladies or a tourism group. He said the change over is simple. We just take it up or put it back as a street again. The advantage is that it would eliminate the area where people hang out. Thats illegal. We have rights. For the last 18 months, this administration has been building these plazas. Do you know how much its going to cost to rip them up. Do you know what a disruption it will be to rip them up in it makes no sense. The mayor says its one to be considered by a special task force set to report recommendations by october 1st. Could orange be the new black for caitlyn general senator the criminal charges now being considered for her february. Plus, can deadly car accident last february . Plus, a live report from the new york stock exchange. Hey terry stop they have a special so, what did you guys think of the test drive . I love the jetta. But what about a deal . Terry, stop its quite alright. You know what . We want to make a deal with you. Were twins, so could you give us two for the price of one . Come on, give us a deal. Look at how old i am. Do you come here often . He works here, terry you work here, right . Yes. Ok lets get to the point. Were going to take the deal. Get a 1000 volkswagen ward rd select tta dels. Or lease 2015 jetta s for 139 month after a 1000 volkswagen bonus. Welcome back. Johnny has been mentioning it. This storm moving east. And behind it, going to get clearing shots for some parts of the tristate area right now. If youre on long island, yeah, still getting hit with rain. But a little bit of that clearing. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. What is most compelling are the dew pointsful still like 75 for the island. Small consolation to you if youre dealing with flooding rain for now parts of Suffolk County. A little more definition to the clouds. We like that at about 6,000 to 10,000 feet overhead. And we are dealing with some wet weather to the east. N the city. 7 east. In the city, 73. Wind out of the northwest, again, evidence that were seeing the front push through. And relative humidity at 82 . And we have 74 around fresh meadows. And jfk, almost 3 inches of rain. 76 in the hamptons. And look at that, 59. Look at the dew point, also 59. Some fog north and west of the city with those numbers close together. And look at the spread for the dew point, very humid air and drier air starting to filter in. The front is pushing through. And rain still and now more into Suffolk County. You can see though the worst of it continues to be along this slow moving front. And thats why were concerned about additional flooding. By 9 00, still heavy rain. And lunchtime, rain over the sound. And starting to see Better Weather for the island. And wrap around shower this afternoon. And then ill tell you what, saturday shape up shapes up. Should be okay for joan jet. Free concert tomorrow night. And we could see a stray shower afternoon. And remember that if youre having a return trip planned for sunday night. And watch your trip this morning. City. What else is going on . All right. Thank you. In east chester, an accident at new shell road. Delays back to the parkway. And in handover new jersey, a fallen tree has three lanes 39. Delays back to exit 406789 stick with route 202. And n manhattan, flooding blocks two lanes at grand street. And an accident blocking the right northbound lane at houston treat. And delays back past the and alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Reporter wednesday afternoon, this duo walks into penny pincher and starts browsing. Five minutes in, you see the man look around and then snatch a brown bag worth more than 4,700. And he then passes it to his accomplice and she shoves it under her dress and into what looks like spanx and a customer walks by. And next up, a black bag worth nearly 5,000. Again, under her dress. The third steal, a nearly 10,000 bag. There goes the woman stuffing wit the others again. And she then immediately grabs a tote worth more than 4,200. And its off to the dressing room as the man engages the staff and even buys a few shirts. Both side step the sensor detector. And the man chats one last time and they head out. The waddle and then running. Her waddling and then running. Staffers say they are clearly professionals. Socialable, so was the man. Talking for a few minutes. He was rather friendly. Definitely tried to gain our trust. And he did a good job of it. Two of us were in the back working in the office on computer things. And we have a lot of appointments come in throughout the day. Once they left, the owner got a pit in her stomach. They shut down the store and figured it out. Local consignment shops are told to be on the lookout. Police are looking into whether the pair is response for a similar robbery back in july on long island. A warning has been issued for Eastern Washington state due to high temperatures and low humidity. Conditions ripe for more wildfires. And fires remain scattered in the central part of the state. People in Outdoor Recreation centers have been urged to clear out. If i recalls say three firefighters killed wednesday were over Officials Say three firefighters killed wednesday were overcome by flames after their vehicles crashed. Jim my carter is scaling back on his work schedule. Hoping for the best and accept what comes. I think i have been as blessed as any human being in the world. The 90yearold was reflective but upbeat as he spoke about his brain cancer. Doctors found four small tumors on his brain. He started treatment yesterday. Doctors are using a new drug that helps his immune system find and destroy the cancer cells. Los angeles county Officials SayCaitlyn Jenner could face a manslaughter charge in a fatal february crash. She rear ended a lexus and pushed it into oncoming traffic. Detectives will present evidence to prosecutors next week. Wall street picked up unexpected speed today. The dow fell 358 point, dipping below 17,000 for the first time this year. The nasdaq experienced the biggest drop since april of 5,000 mark. Most of the drop came after the report that pointed to worries about the global economy. If you are planning a trip to philadelphia next month during popes visit is security. And also banned, drones and model airplanes and hot air balloons. With less than three weeks to go before the network debut, Steven Colbert is being featured. It debuts right here on cbs 2 september 8th. And the time is now 6 48. Riders cramped on the crowded lirr canon ball. Its a problem cbs 2 news exposed. And we will tell you about the new rules in effect. But first, this mornings sports update. The yankees lost in game one of the fourgame series. And after having a day off, the mets are in colorado. Plus, the billion the jets and falcons preseason game right here beginning with the pre game show at 7 00. The tale of two cities here. From route 110 where the rain is still coming down. Further east, the heavier it there. Other parts of long island as well. And now we bring you closer to the city. And john has been mentioning this all morning, once it passed through as a nice break behind that, we will have a full recap comeing up in just a few seconds. Ill tell you what, the city shot is telling. Lower dew points moving in from north and west. And thats going to be good news. And look at that, right around plainview, still pockets of rain on the county the line. And finally seeing a break a bit. A bigger view for you shows lingering showers. And better news for ocean as well. And yeah, there will be sun later today. And the good news is, all the rain has kept the pollen down today. And look at how it races back. Youre going to need the allergy medications into sunday. And right around 84 if city. And looking better this afternoon. And looks busy right now. Yes. Hay messy morning so hey, what a messy morning so far. One lane blocked at round swamp road. Delays past route 110. And now in east chester, an accident blocks right lane on the parkway. Delays back to the parkway. And in manhattan, flooding blocks two lanes on the northbound fdr drive at grand street. And an accident blocking the right northbound lane at houston street. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide is in effect city citywide. What you need to know before you go is next. Welcome back to cbs 2 news. Well, its beautiful in this area but out east, still getting some rain. So be careful as you make your way. All right, lets check in with cbs this morning. Down stairs with a preview. Good morning. Ahead, a fifth town is evacuated as the deadly filed fires spread in washington state. We will hear from the parents of the youngest fallen firefighter. And also, a closer look at one of the big stories here in new york, are topless ruining the new Family Friendly times square . The mayor wants to evict them. We will look at that. And we are in the meat packing district where loud music is on the menu. Why restaurants are turning it up to set themselves apart. The news is back in the morning. We will see new a few minutes. See you at 7 00. Thank you so much. And now what you need to know before you go. Three construction workers are being treated after a huge gas line explosion at a Bronx High School. It happened last night at john f. Kennedy high. One worker is in critical condition. A man accused of stabbing Morgan Freemans graped daughter is expected in court today freemans granddaughter is expected in court today. Investigators say he stabbed her 15 times early sunday morning. He is being charged with Second Degree murder. The Police Commissioner has proposed one way to deal with the topless painted ladies of times square. He says the city could just get rid of the pet plazas. The times square appliance balking at the idea. And new guidelines on the lirr. Riders are being asked to limit large bags on the popular weekend run. No luggage permitted in the aisles or doorways. And now a final look at the traffic situation. All right. Lets get you on your way. Flooding blocks two lanes on the fdr drive at grand street. And an accident blocking the right northbound lane on houston street. And now a live look. An accident has one lane blocked on the westbound Northern State parkway around swamp road. And delays back past route 110. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Over to you. Its interesting, you have flooding in manhattan and it isnt even raining there. So thats problems from the rain earlier. And the more active weather right now is parts of Suffolk County. Some pockets of rain there. But parts of the area over 2. 5 inches of rain. So you will have to wait for the water to recede. Just make sure you are safe north and east of the city this morning. But theres some good news, a little bit of sun and some nice conditions for your friday afternoon. Saturday actually shaping up to be the better of the two weekend days. Late saturday into sunday, about a 30 chance of a return shower or thunderstorm. Not a lot of coverage. Weekend is looking better. And exercise caution. Still flooding for partsover long island. Okay. We will have another check of the news and weather in 25 minutes. Thanks for watching