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WABC Eyewitness News At Noon September 8, 2015

Connecticut, one of the School Districts with an early dismissal today. Marcus . Reporter shirleen, indeed, norwalk, danbury, shelton, bridgeport among the School Districts dismissing students early with limited or no air conditioning. The tshirts are a clue. September may be upon us but the dog days of summer continue. For students in nonair conditioned schools, the reading and writing comes with a good deal of sweating. Besides opening the windows, some districts are making special provisions, dismissing early. In norwalk the day will end two hours ahead of schedule with schools no limited or no air conditioning. An email to parents, district Officials Say early dismissals can create problems for families and administrators tried to give as much as advance notice as possible. Up to 12 the schools will wrap up around 12 50. After School Activities are catch sealed as canceled as well. Also tomorrow is expected to be a warm day. That decision has not yet been made. Live in norwalk, marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thanks a lot. New at noon, dramatic video of a pilot standing on the wing of a small plane after it flipped over. This happened in bay port. Long island reporter Kristin Thorne is live with the story. Kristin . Reporter dave, we just spoke to Peter Williams that helped rescue the pilot. He was sleeping in his bedroom around 6 45 and saw a plane looking like it was having difficulty and saw it crash. He jumped into his boat over here, went out into the Great South Bay and at that point the plane was about a thousand feet offshore. This is video williams took himself during the rescue. You can see the pilot, Joseph Canazaro sitting on top of the plane that just flipped over. According to the registration, this is a homemade plane. We spoke to other witnesses as well who told us they saw him put the plane into the water on a small beach in bay port and then just take off on the water. Again, this was around the Great South Bay around 6 30 this morning. Then witnesses tell us they spotted the plane basically tipping over, crashing down. Suffolk Marine Bureau a seven day forecast in bringing the plane to shore. It was no easy task. Quite windy. It wasnt easy. The wind was taking more of us than anything else trying to get it back to shore. Reporter so, just beyond this fence you are seeing here is where he took the plane off from. There is a small, small beach there known as bay port beach by the locals. According to the coast guard, he refused medical attention and according to williams, as far as he knows, he just had a cut on his ear. Kristin thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Incredible video. Thank you. New at noon, more than a half dozen people suffered minor injuries in a multivehicle pile up on i280 in new jersey. Newscopter 7 was over the scene neared branch in newark. As many as nine cars were involved in a Chain Reaction crash before 10 00 this morning. All lanes on the roadway are being reopened. Meanwhile, a hit and run crash reaction crash on the belt parkway left one woman dead. 22yearold sade eversley was thrown from her motorcycle in queens then hit by a white model minivan. The van didnt stop and police are now trying to track the driver down. Moments later a second minivan ran over the victim but that driver did stop. Traffic is finally back to normal on the inbound lincoln tunnel following a morning of huge delays. Port authority Officials Say a Greyhound Bus and two cars collided in the south tube around 6 30 this morning. As many as 8 people suffered injuries. At one point there were 90 minute backups into new york. So far no charges have been filed against any of the drivers. And more traffic troubles this morning. A fairy crash on the garden state parkway fiery crash on the garden state parkway. Two s. U. V. S caught fire after colliding. The express lanes were closed for a short time. No one was seriously hurt. Tonight there could be confusion at the Port Authority bus terminal. Departure gates are changing for six bus carriers including new Jersey Transit and coach usa. Most of the changes require riders to walk to new gates on a different floor inside the terminal. It is expected to reduce crowding and improve the flow of buses through the facility. Senate democrats have more than enough votes to block opposition to the iran nuclear deal. Three more senators this morning announced their support for the deal including connecticut senator richard blumenthal. This brings the number of supporters to 41 votes. That is enough to block a disapproval with a filibuster this week. This agreement reflects the best path available now to prevent a Nuclear Armed iran using diplomacy, not other means. Bloomenthal adds that he will propose legislation to ensure that sanctions are snapped back into place if iran cheats and enhanced security for israel. In lower manhattan, dealing with terrorism, members of the House Homeland Security held a field meeting at the 9 11 museum. Speakers including commissioner William Bratton and former mayor rudy giuliani. He said that iran poses just as great a threat to the American Homeland as isis. The hearing comes ahead of the 14th anniversary of the september 11th Governor Cuomo is wrapping up a meeting in puerto rico and how new york can help puerto rico pull itself out of a 72 billion debt. He attend and a round table discussion. He will tour a Produce Market and will return home later today. Joe torres is on the island and you can see his reports later on Eyewitness News and at abc7ny. A father shaken after the pit bull he rescued attacked his teenage daughter. How is the dog cleared to go home with the family in the first place. And pope francis makes a major announcement. The move that wi many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. Pope francis is shaking up policy once again making it easier for catholics to annul their marriages. Many applaud the changes but not everyone is pleased. Kenneth moton joins us from washington with the story. Reporter this advertise the latest verse yacht reform by controversial reform by the pontiff two weeks away from touching down in the u. S. For the first time. Pope francis has been called a reformer but is coming under fire by high ranking conservatives in the church. Another radical reform. Pope francis is allowing the Catholic Church to fast track decisions on marriage annulment and remove automatic appeals. The major morning announcement from the vatican comes during the churchs year of mercy. Catholics must get a Church Annulment if they want to get remarch remarried in the church. It simplifies the procedural louing bishops to fast track the process. Its a good idea to help people with difficult times in their lives with difficult marriages to be able to look to the church for support. Reporter the Washington Post reports the moves by pope francis called more inclusive, more liberal and progressive are causing decent in the religious ranks. The dissenters are vowing to fight changes to the churchs doctrine. Pope francis said he would allow priests to absolve women that had abortions if they ask for forgiveness during the upcoming holy year. The open arms approach could be seen during this virtual audience hosted by i made mistakes as a person, as a mother. Reporter pope francis applauded the single mother in her dedication to her family. Pope francis will be a busy man during his upcoming visit to washington, new york and then philadelphia. He is expected to make more big announcements as he continues his agenda to reform the Catholic Church. Shirleen . Kenneth, thank you. Stay with Eyewitness News for all information on the popes upcoming visit and head to our web site for details about public transportation, road closures and much more. That is abc7ny. Com pope. A virginia woman is back home after surviving a shooting that left two dead and was caught on live tv. Vicky gardner is continuing her recovery at home. She underwent two surgeries after a bullet came within a hair of killing her. Doctors removed one of her kidneys and some of her colon. She was being interviewed on live tv when a former reporter at wdbj opened fire killing adam ward and alison parker. The gunman fatally shot himself after a police chase. Two republican president ial candidates will visit the kentucky county clerk who refused to grant marriage licenses to samesex couples. Ted cruz and Mike Huckabee say they will see kim davis in jail at separate times. Huckabee is scheduled to attend a rally with supporters this afternoon. Davis was jailed for defying a law that requires her to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Minnesota dentist is back at work after a killing of a be loved lion set off a firestorm. Protestors shouted extradite palmer. Officers will remain outside the office to make sure demonstrators do not block traffic or hinder business in the area. An amazing rescue. A little boy and his dog trapped 20 feet below ground. How did they end up there and we will show you what it took to get them out. And we will take you behind the scenes of the season premier of the view. Joy behar talks about what its like to return to the panel. A live look outside. Another sweltering day out there. 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When you are breaking a record over 100 years old, close to 100 years old, 1919, thats significant. This afternoon, we are doing just that in the midst of september and the waning summer of 2015. Its hot. Its like early august, mid august type stuff out there. A look outside from the camera at 4 times square, a look at that haze. This dome of highways and heat and humidity over the area. Its really mostly the city westward. Coastal sections it feels nice south shore of long island, coast guard. That feels good because we have a south to a southwest wind. South facing shores, its not bad. Here at noontime, 92 degrees. Humidity 39 . Thats just enough to tweak up the real feel toward the mid 90s right now. The temperature will go higher and so will the real feel in conjunction with that. West wind at 3 and the pressure hugging 30. 04 and holding much of the day. The sun will set at 7 17. A pretty sunset later on. Today is the hottest day and coupled with the humidity, it will feel like its closer to 100. A potent cold front thursday that will bring heavy rain thursday and thursday evening then the front gets through thursday night and great weather friday, saturday and sunday. Temperatures are in the low 90s right now. Normal high is 78 this time of year. Association we are crushing that by 14 degrees. 93 newark. Then we will add in the humidity and the dew points and the heat index about 93 in the bronx. 92 laguardia and down to coney island. 93 even 94 real feel at islip and i was saying its a southerly to a southwest wind coming in. Islip is further in off the shore. It is showing up hot. The highest number as far as the heat index. So, with a southwest wind you see it into islip about 12 miles per hour. It blows toward you here. We have sunshine and clear skies back through the great lakes. This front comes to us on thursday. These showers and thunderstorms. On our futurecast, our computer model, here comes the front. Showers and thunderstorms start overnight wednesday night into thursday and get out of the way by thursday night. It sets up a good weekend. Hot, sun, humid, record heat. 95 this afternoon. That will break the old mark set in 1919. 75 tonight, clear, warm, humid. Tomorrow sunny, hot and humid, high of 91. So, for all of you who said all summer long i hope this never ends, i hope you have it. It will come to an end. Showers and thunderstorms on thursday cool us into the low 80s with sunshine into the weekend. Wow. Letter. Riding the subway got real interesting for some people. Oh, yeah. Not going to be fun. Thank you, bill. An outburst caught on camera. A protestor interrupt dick cheney in the middle of a speech. What happens next. Plus, we will tell you about the country bann im only in my 60s. Ive got a nice long life ahead. Big plans. 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Some of the stories caught on camera and caught our attention. We begin with the heck her who challenged former Vice President dick cheneys credibility in the middle of a speech. Cheney was in the middle delivering remarks on the Iran Nuclear Agreement in washington, d. C. When a woman hopped on stage and carrying a banner that read cheney wrong on iraq, wrong on iran. Cheney said nothing but the crowd jumped calling for security to throw the woman out. That they did. Get her out of here. Yikes. Cheney thanked the crowd for their support. In his speech, he warned that if the iran deal is approved it will be catastrophic. Congress has until september 17th to approve or reject that agreement. Instead of looking up and seeing the under arrest boreal aurora borealis, here is a look down on it. The images were captured by astronaut scott kelly. He described it as impressive. You know what, that pretty much sums it up. Look at that image. Look at those lights. Absolutely gorgeous. Also caught on camera, two bears looking for food broke into a home in wyoming and scared the owners. The owner that lived there hid in the bathroom and called for hi after she after she spotted the bears. Her husband locked himself and their pets in the garage. The black bear and cubs were tranquilized and taken away. Boy was that a scary situation for the owners of that home. Can you imagine. Do you see a pattern here. Bears in pools, bears behind the wheels of cars. And they all wish to be tranquilizeeded in the end. We are encroaching on their space, thats for sure. No question. Two sisters are not as close as they used to be. Their family could not be happier. Surgeons at nationwide Childrens Hospital in ohio successfully separated a set of conjoined twins after a marathon 16 hours in surgery. The 11monthold girls from uganda were joined at the pelvic and hip region. They are expected to make a full recovery. We will have ahead in our next half hour. A long island family hoping to adopt a dog then it attacks their teenage daughter. The girl is in the hospital right now. Details in a liv

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