I was told it was in excess of 1,000 feet of track damaged, significantly damaged, third rail, regular rail, ties, all of that. Reporter back to a live picture. 1,000 feet of track. That has to be repaired. Im told that two switches have to be replaced. All of that, the railroad is hoping to have done by 4 00, 5 00 tonight roughly. If that is not done, im told they will revert to the plan that they had in effect for the morning rush hour and they will reopen the main line one track at least to get trains out of new york city to points east. Again, that is if they dont get all of this work done in time for the evening rush hour. Again, they are crossing their fingers. They have 150 rail workers out here and hoping to have it done by the evening rush hour. We will stay on top of the story. We will have a report for you first at 4 00. N. J. Burkett, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, n. J. A lot of people are crossing their fingers. New information in the case of a new Jersey High SchoolFootball Player caught on camera hitting an opponent with his helmet. We learned that the linden student has been permanently kicked off the team. This happened during a game friday night. The player ripped off the helmet of a player from imacculata high school, then hits him with the helmet. The student is in the process of being suspended and placed on home instruction pending the outside come of a criminal investigation. The player that did not retaliate had to receive ten stitches. One of twoday care workers accused of force feeding and pushing children went before a judge. Sarah dawber said she did nothing wrong. Kristin thorne shared this video on total weighter leaving after the arraignment twitter leaving after the arraignment. Reporter sarah dawbers Attorney Says this is nothing more than a complaint brought forth by a disgruntled employee. Sarah dawber went before a judge facing charges of endangering the welfare of a child. She pled not guilty. She was released without bail. The 23yearold had nothing to say to us as she left court. A few moments ago her attorney said the complaint made against her was brought for the by a disgruntled female worker who felt left out with the other women that worked at the Day Care Center. One of the other women that worked there was Kathleen Culver who is also facing charges. The two women are accused of slamming children to the ground and force feeding them. This allegedly happened at side by side child care in in southampton. Dawbers attorney did allude to me that something did happen between dawber and a child but it did not go to the level of what this alleged disgruntled coworker told authorities. He said prosecutors are relying on the statements of one woman and that dawber is devastated. She is terribly upset. This is not something, once the bell has been running that you can escape. It will follow her the rest of her life. This is the third Day Care Center she worked at. She has an impeccable reputation. Yeah. That is something we heard when we were out there two weeks ago. Parents standing behind the two women, standing behind the Day Care Center. Silver is due in court in november. The state has moved to revoke the license of side by side child care. We are live in hampton bay, kristin thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Kristin, thank you. In new jersey, two people are dead following a single vehicle crash on route 18 this morning. Newscopter 7 was over the seen in colts neck as police investigated. Officials say a truck veered off the roadway and overturned into the median. Three people were ejected. Two of them were pronounced dead at the scene. A third is now in the hospital. Police in brooklyn searching for the man that they say tried to rape a woman after choking her with a cord. It happened after they walked together to a cobble hill store yesterday morning. The suspect offered to buy the victim soda and cigarettes. When they walked out of the store, police say he attacked her with a cord and tried to cut off her clothes with a knife. Police say he ran off when the woman screamed. Comedian jon stewart is on capitol hill lobbying congress to extend funding to First Responders who became sick working at ground zero after 9 11. Why is it incumbent upon our First Responders to have to consistently push to get the benefits that are coming to them purely for their acts of valor in a wartime situation. This is insanity. Many say stewart was instrumental in 2010 in raising awareness about the issue on the daily show. Congress agreed to five years of funding to assist the First Responders and their families. The funding is set to expire next month. Now the race for president. The stage is set for the big Republican Debate at the Reagan Library in california. And center. Kenneth moton joins us from can expect. Reporter shirleen, a bipartisan attack against donald trump as we head into debate. He hasnt shown any sign of changing his rhett ftorek in the race for the rhett rhett for the race for the White House Trump didnt flinch, telling a group of veterans on the uss iowa he knows how to protect america. He wasnt ready to give up the details. I want to say that we are going to come out with some plans in a very short time. Reporter trump is walking into tonights debate neck and neck with rival ben carson. The nice thing, i will be center stage. More difficult for them to ignore me. Reporter there will be a lot of attention on carly fiorina, the only woman in the large g. O. P. Field is part of the main event stepping on the stage with the top 10 candidates. Democrat Hillary Clinton will be watching and apparently so will Vice President joe biden who spoke out yesterday calling trumps remarks on immigration sick. There is one guy den that grading an entire group of people, appealing to the baser side of human nature. Conservative super pacs releasing an online assault against trump. We lose everywhere. Murders, crime. Reporter it is a crucial debate for all the g. O. P. Candidates, especially the ones on the bottom. The campaigns need to stand out otherwise the support and the cast they need cash they need to survive could dry up the next few weeks. Reporting in washington, kenneth moten, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, kenneth. A comedians surprising confession. Why did he lie about escaping the World Trade Center attack on 9 11. The sole survivor of the tragic shooting on live tv tells her story. Vicky gardner talks about how she made it out alive. A shocking video of a van at academy after nfl game. And the mystery police have to solve. Im bill evans in the weather center. 82 around the park. 82 laguardia. 84 jamaica queens. Join the millions who have already switched. We switched. 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The aide to Governor Cuomo shot in the hours before the west Indian American parade, the family just found out that he is being considered brain dead. This is the family of carey gabay releasing a statement. There are difficult decisions we face in the coming hours and days as our family struggles to process what this means for us. The nypd is using facial Recognition Software to try to track down the gunman that shot gabay. A popular comedian is confessing that he has been lying for years about escaping from the twin towers days after the 14th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. Steve rannazzisi admitted that he made up the tale. One of his sponsors, Buffalo Wild Wings is reevaluating its relationship with the funny man. He said as a young man i made a mistake for which i deeply regret and apologize may not be enough. Tensions are on the rise after Border Police in hungary used water and tear gas on the immigrants contribution to enter the country after they broke through razor wire fencing. Hungary said they have to secure the European Union border as a flood seek shelter. The deadly lone survivor of a deadly shooting on live tv is speaking out. Very said she was paying attention to the camera and didnt see Vester Flanagan walk up during the interview. She said the next thing she knew gunshots rang out. Alison parker and adam ward were killed. I just fell to the ground as though i was hit and went into fetal position. I felt as though he was going to shot me in the head. He did come back up and shot me in the back. Gardner said she thought the bullet went through her spine but it didnt. She did have a kidney and part of her colon removed. She is happy to be alive. Police are trying to track down suspects after a fan got attacked during a brawl outside an nfl game. The assault was captured on camera. A man in an Adrian Peterson jersey gets kicked and punched in the face as a handful of 49er fans surround him. Police are still investigating what happened. Caught on camera, people jump into the water to escape disaster after their boat ran into trouble. We will show you the rescue. A daredevils high wire walk nearly 1,000 feet up. There is no safety net. The extra challenge he faced on the way. Sunny skies. Gorgeous day. Meteorologist bill look how beautiful it is. Honey, we need to talk. We do . I took the trash out. I know and thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . Whether youre new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Its up to you to pay the difference. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. 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They might get rain this weekend at the coast but its just like one strip between coast and the rockies. Its so bone dry. That problem is not going to change. We have had a dry summer. We are below normal rainfall. We need rainfall, too but it wont happen any time soon either. As we look from our camera in brooklyn to lower manhattan, high, thin cirrus clouds and jet contrails and really pretty weather. High, thin cirrus, trumpeter, altocirrus in there. 82 degrees. Humidity dry. Winds are calm. Pressure at 30. 35 strong High Pressure right over us. That makes for a great day. Yesterdays high 84. We will get above that. We got midsummer weather to close out the last weekend of sunsets at 7 04. It will be gorgeous. Air quality is moderate. A u. V. Index of 6. A couple of hours will get you a sunburn. Outside much of the afternoon or weekend you could get a sunburn in a couple of hours. The ragweed season is on. Riverdale 82, ridgewood queens and murray hill. Cambria heights 84. 82 islip. 81 around belmar. These numbers are warmer than normal this time of the day. They will drive up to be 15 degrees normal for this time of the year. Clear skies back to the great lakes. Nothing pushing that big ridge of High Pressure out of the way. Over the atlantic waters the wind is going east. Waves at a foot. Like dead calm flat. The rip current risk would be low. Water temperature 75 at the shore. Very warm for the afternoon. The high starts to drift eastward. It will be summery tomorrow and friday. 86 friday. This front that is off to the west nears on sunday, puts more clouds in the area. But it doesnt look like it carries a lot of moisture. It may not carry any rain. Clouds will make it feel cooler. Plenty of sunshine. Warm for the afternoon. Tonight 50s in the coolest spots. Lower 60s in the suburbs. Tomorrow its sunny and warm, high 87 which is 12 warmer than normal for this time of the year. 86 friday, saturday. Not a bad day, 84. Sunday a few more clouds. That will make it a few degrees cooler when its 81 degrees. We are dry into next week. Fall starts next wednesday. Temperatures and the air will feel more fall like. I know its dry. But its hard for me to complain about this. Letter its feeling nice. I feel guilty for saying that. A few inches short of rainfall. No water restrictions. We have plenty of water. As they say in new york, as we go to fall, people take less baths. Really . That says something about the people you have been hanging out with. Good to know. Thank you, bill. An outrageous ride. A wild brawl between a bus driver and passengers spills out into the street. What sparked the violence. A teen using mannequins she says sends a ba in brooklyn in 1907, four courageous ladies saw the despair of the poor, old, and sick and founded what would become mjhs. Today mjhs provides quality home care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing, and advanced hospice and Palliative Care for adults and children, but the values of the brooklyn ladies still guide us. Mjhs. Caring every minute, every day. A bus driver brawl, a rescue at sea and death defying walk, some of the stories caught on camera and caught our attention. A bus in million with a fight that spilled into the street. It began when two men got on the bus at Marquette University campus. The bus driver reportedly hurled some homophobic slurs. One of the men they say spit on the driver and the driver spit back. When the men got on the bus those words turned into fists with punches thrown. At one point the driver threw a garbage can at a transgender person. Off the coast of alaska, the u. S. Coast guard rescued three people from a broken down fishing boat sunday. They had to jump into the water before rescuers could hoyt them to safety hoist them to safety. They called for help after having engine problems. The boat ran aground shortly after the rescue. A daring and record breaking stunt was caught on camera in australia. Cane peterson walked on a high wire nearly 1,000 feet in the air and no net. He suffered a leg cramp while walking between the two peaks of a skyscraper in melbourne. Talk about bad timing. That forced him to sit down. He managed to stand back up and complete what was the highest tight rope walk in the countrys history. There are bad times to get a leg cramp and there are bad times. I want to think right there that is about as bad a time as you can imagine. Can you send up the masseuse please. He turned the tight rope lounge for a bit. That or an itch at the wrong time. I dont think he had a cramp. He did that for drama. Like to see you try it. No. Oh, boy oh, boy. Thank you, david. A family in atlanta says they were conned by a criminal posing as a babysitter. The mccar these recently hired Regina Christopher to take care of their son and dog. They found them on a nanny camera. The woman spent more than 5,000 on their credit cards and sto