To the north around 39 around monticello. Grab a jacket or a sweater. Well be at 60 by noontime, 65 this afternoon. Debbie duhaime is up in the Traffic Center in for heather this morning. Youve got troubles out there this morning, got a car fire going on. A car fire on route 1. If youre heading to route 1 northbound, watch for that car fire, at least one lane blocked. An issue as well with the lirr. Over on the lirr, Port Jefferson branch, watch for delays due to a broken rail in cold spring harbor. Well keep an eye on that for you. Metro north and new Jersey Transit on time. Metro north on the new haven line opposite side boarding west haven strafford and milford stations as well because of track work. L. I. E. Westbound at woodhaven boulevard. Its an accident being cleared. Lets go over to our webcam. Heres a look at 18 northbound, moving slowly up toward route 1. Route 1 northbound, its a car fire. Alternate side suspended. Back to you. Ken, lori. S its 6 01 in brooklyn, woman still missing after an explosion blew apart an Apartment Building. The family of Francisca Figueroa says she lived in the building on 13th avenue and has not been seen since. A huge blast apparently fueled by natural gas rocked the borough park neighborhood saturday afternoon. Eyewitness News Reporter dray dray. Reporter good morning already wee, on 13th avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets remain closed. Behind me you can see the sore spot which remains the focal point for investigators and crews working around the clock. On one hand they are clearing the debris. Other than the theyre working delicately realizing as they clear the rubble there is still one woman who is unaccounted for. You mentioned the power of that explosion that happened on saturday. Surveillance video captured the moment it happened here on the 4200 block of 13th avenue. It rocked the block. It rocked area, and debris from the explosion actually struck two men and a 9yearold who were walking by as the explosion happened. Now t is believed that 64year old ligia puello was standing in the stairwell of the Apartment Building when that explosion happened, and she was killed. Authorities say she really did not stand a chance of survival at all. Another tenant who lives on the second floor, 48yearold Francisca Figueroa remains missing this morning. Authorities say figueroa was in the process of moving and with her. That gas stove has now become the primary focus of the investigation as it could be the very source of the gas leak that caused the explosion. Meanwhile, investigators say they are conducting their search, and they are doing so very delicately. Fdny and nypd are taking it very slowly. Its an active investigation, still may be one body in the building. And back here live with a live look, you can see all that rubble and debris piling up in the middle of the street. Again, investigators still working, a number of members from the fdny are here as well. Five buildings were affected as a result of the explosion. Two of those buildings have to be demolished and a number of people were asked to leave the three remaining buildings, and they may be allowed to return sometime as early as today. We also know k9s were brought in yesterday and will assist investigators again as they methodically and slowly go through that rubble in their search to find Francisca Figueroa. Were live this morning in brooklyn, dray clark channel 7 Eyewitness News. Dray, thank you. Its 6 04. It has been nearly 24 hours since a long island dermatologist was found in a Manhattan Building and how she died is still a mystery. Police are waiting for the medical examiner to determine Kiersten Cervenys cause of death. The 38yearold was discovered inside the doorway of 221 west 16th street in chelsea yesterday morning. She was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police dont know why she was there. All i know, she could have just been walking down the street to her car at the wrong time but it just seems like a very odd time of the day for Something Like this to happen. Everybody, like i said knows everybody around here. And for it to happen around 8 in the morning is a little strange. Police are examining video from a camera that was mounted outside the building. Cervenys husband has been 6 05. Weve learned overnight that a driver is now facing charges in a crash involving a bus that left a dozen people hurt in queens. Police say 24yearold chevon parchment crashed into a bus sending it into several parked cars and a home in jamaica saturday night after refusing to stop for police. After the crash, police say they found more than 60 baggies of crack cocaine in his car. Parchment is charged with drug possession and reckless endangerment. No one was seriously hurt. The mother accused of throwing her newborn daughter out of a bronx Apartment Building is due in court today. Jennifer was held in jail after the death of her newborn baby girl. Prosecutors in Westchester County are continuing their review of berrys infant son who died seven years ago. At the time the medical examiner ruled the death natural causes. Its 6 06. Developing right now, South Carolina being hit with heavy rain after days of deadly and historic flooding. The coast guard airlifted a woman and her baby to safety yesterday as flooding took over the streets of her neighborhood. More than a foot of rain fell overnight in columbia South Carolina where hundreds of people were pulled out of the rising flood waters. Right now schools are closed and there are curfews in place the rain is not expected to let up anytime soon. Were anticipating another 2 to 6 inches of the rain from columbia to myrtle beach, and were not anticipating any significant clearing or sunny skies until tuesday. At least seven people have been killed in both north and South Carolina in this severe weather. Rescue crews will be searching door to door to see if anyone is trapped inside flooded homes. Two coast guard cutters have searched through the night for any sign of el faro, the missing u. S. Cargo ship with 33 crew members aboard. Contact was lost with the ship thursday as Hurricane Joaquin battered the southeastern bahamas. The only confirmed trace of the el faro is a life ring that was found saturday. Search crews have also found a massive debris filled with wood, styrofoam and pieces of a shipping container. Authorities have not confirmed the material came from the ship. In the race for president , Hillary Clinton is set to propose new gun control measures less than a week after the deadly Community College shooting in oregon. Laterred to in new hampshire, clinton will call for universal background checks and for the ban of military style assault weapons. Clinton has blasted republicans for in her words putting the ahead of american families. Donald trumps doubledigit leads have faded away in iowa and new hampshire. Trump still does lead the pack. A new maris poll shows that ben carson is on trumps heels in iowa, just 5 points behind, and in new hampshire, Carly Fiorina is roaring ahead closing to within 5 points of trump. 6 08. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. Lets take a look outside. Good morning, we look from our camera on the roof, and were looking across central park to the east. Suns coming up. Suns officially up a few minutes before 7 00, and we have some high clouds. Weve got some middle clouds as you see there, some altocumulus clouds and a temperature of 53 degrees. Starting off very cool, breezy, the winds still out of the north and northeast. Weve got these clouds coming up from the south while the north wind comes across. A couple of systems in the atlantic, the upper level winds continue to sheer off clouds and bring those to the north. Were going to have a nice dry day. 53 by 8 00, 60 at noontime. Mid60s this afternoon. Its going to be a nice, sunny, fall day. It will feel great. You need a jacket or sweater this morning. It will be breezy and cooler at the bus stop. And its going to get warmer. Well talk about that next in your accuweather sevenday forecast. Debbie duhaime is up in the Traffic Center in for heather this morning. Whats the latest . We still have the delay on the lirr on the port jeff branch. The problem is a broken rail east of cold spring harbor. Expect delays on the port jeff branch of the lirr. Metro north running on or close. Remember, opposite side boarding on the new haven line new Jersey Transit on time. On the northbound van wyck into hillside avenue, a collision blocking the lane. Watch for delays over on route 1 northbound into old post road in edison with a car fire and going outside to the webcam, heres a look at route 1 northbound getting up through new brunswick, not too bad. Up in edison expect delays. Alternate side parking rules are suspended. Back over to you, ken, lori. Thank you. New this morning, new York State Police putting a man behind bars accused of threatening to shoot up a local mall. Also ahead, the Supreme Court gets back to work today following an historic session, the big cases that could be decided next. And whether youre a mets or yankees fan its time for it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. Welcome back, its 6 13. The death toll has climbed to 22 at the afghan hospital that was bombed saturday in kunduz. Ten of those killed were patients including three children according to doctors without borders. The other 12 were staff members. Doctors without borders reportedly has withdrawn its people from that site. U. S. Forces in afghanistan confirm there was an air strike targeting insurgents near the hospital. Demanded an independent investigation. Later this week, inhouse republicans will select who they want as their next speaker, and now another member of the gop is throwing his hat into the ring. Utah representative jason caffetz. He says he is running for speaker. Hell be a long shot challenge to the republicans current number 2 in the house, majority leader kevin mccarthy. He says mccarthy lacks support to become House Speaker adding the current house leaders dont deserve an automatic promotion. Supreme court starts its new session today with a slate of politically charged cases. The courts last term ended with liberal victories including legalizing samesex marriage and rejecting a challenge to the Affordable Care act. Now the justices will take on hot topics including affirmative action and higher education, Public Employee unions may also venture into contraception coverage and abortion rights. For the First Time Since 2006, both new york baseball teams are going to be playing meaningful october games in the same season. Starts tomorrow night in the bronx, the yankees end their threeyear playoff hiatus by hosting houston. The winner heads to kansas city to start the Division Series thursday. The mets back in the post season after a nineyear drought. The National League east champs dont play until friday in l. A. They meet the dodgers in game 1 of the Division Series. Oh, oh. Can you smell i can, yes. I can. Oh, excited. 6 15. This is a great time of year. Introduce me. Meteorologist bill evans live outside of our studios. Ta da. Here we go, we take a look outside this morning the its a nice fall day. Its one of those kind of cool, its crisp. Its breezy. Its not too cold, and its not as windy as it was over the weekend when we had 20 and 30 heres a look outside. Before 7 00. This is our look from new newark airport. 53 degrees. The humidity is dry. The winds are northeast at 10, and the pressure is 30. 23, which is above, you know, 30. 00, which is our normal, you know, mark of fair weather. Its looking absolutely gorgeous as far as the winds and the barometer and all that is from High Pressure coming into the area building in making for a great day. Sets at 6 32. Well have a beautiful sunrise normal high is 68. Were going to get close to that today, well get above a pleasant week with temperatures around 70. Weve got a shot of rain but not until friday. Were looking at low 50s today, 50 in the bronx, 53 around manhattan and down toward the battery. 52 to 56 across long island. Coastal connecticut about 51. 40s up to the north. Youll see the wind this morning are out of the north and out of the northeast. The south. Thats because the upper level winds are sheering some of these clouds off from some of these storms to the south. One along the atlantic putting all that rain into the carolinas youve been hearing about and then joaquin is way out in the atlantic. Its headed out into the atlantic harming no one, just kind of scaring the fish a bit. Today were looking at a nice day after school kiddos, 65, partly sunny, breezy. Its a little chilly this morning. Grab a jacket or a sweater at the bus stop. 65 this afternoon, a little cooler than normal, but to 71. Thats a degree or two warmer than normal. We kind of balance things out here. Temperatures this morning will be around 51 in the five boroughs to 41 up to the north. Were looking at sunshine this afternoon, 64 long island, 64 coastal connecticut. 62 down the jersey shore. A northerly breeze today, 65. Grab a coat this morning. You need that. Later on this afternoon will feel very nice. 40s in the five boroughs and around long island. Coastal connecticut. Heres your accuweather seven day forecast. Pleasant sunshine on tuesday and wednesday, sunny and nice and falllike still on thursday, and theres that chance of a spotty shower on friday which then sets us up for a nice weekend. There you go. Your work is done. Voila. Have a great day. Thank you bill. Debbie duhaime has been pretty busy in that Traffic Center. Thats for sure. Good morning ken, lori, bill, good morning to everybody. Well start off by telling you whats happening on the lirr on the Port Jefferson branch, still seeing delays because of a broken rail east of cold spring harbor. Metro north running on or close, just watch for some changes in boarding at the west haven, strafford and milford stations. New Jersey Transit on time. Northbound van wyck getting into hillside avenue, its an accident being cleared, and lets go outside to our camera. I want to show you the l. I. E. Westbound, building quickly here on the l. I. E. Westbound getting our to our van dam street in queens. Its an accident still being cleared approaching the queens midtown tunnel. Alternate side parking rules are suspended city wide for religious observance. Metered parking rules in effect. Back to you. 6 19. Still ahead this morning, the new jersey landmark in need of a major facelift. And with atm fees on the rise, you might want to think how do they make starburst taste so juicy . They use wicked small fighter jets to shoot the juiciness into every starburst. [ pilot ] its about to get juicy. Whoo i feel so aliii. It takes guts. [ female announcer ] starburst. Unexplainably juicy. When cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. Only nicorette mini has a patented fastdissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. I never know when ill need relief. Thats why i only choose nicorette mini. [ female announcer ] when youre serious about fighting wrinkles, turn to roc retinol correxion. One week, fine lines appear to fade. One month, deep wrinkles look smoother. After one year, skin looks ageless. We are the largest and most Diverse School district in america yet we are one one point one Million Students one thousand eight hundred schools sharing one common goal. Help all kids succeed. Were new York City Public School teachers. Taking learning to the next level. And parents and the community are on board all coming together. As one. To celebrate the passion and promise of our public schools. On the money this morning, wall street begins the week higher despite less than expected job numbers announced on friday. The dow jones starts today 200 points up at 16472. Nasdaq composite begins at 4707 and the s p 500 begins at 1951. Futures are also higher right now. Overseas japans nikkei average closed a bit higher and hong kong actually it was about 1 higher and hong kongs hang seng added more than 1 . The previous Federal Reserve chair says some wall street executives should have gone to jail for their roles in the 2008 financial crisis. In his new memoir coming out today, ben bernanke says he thinks individuals should have been held accountable. Prosecutions. Atm fees are being driven habits. Card withdrawals at atms down 41 percent this decade, ask fees going up to make up if the drop in business. The average cost for using an automated teller machine has risen to 4. 50 per transaction. At some machines depending on the circumstances, the fee could go as high as 8. Thats crazy. So because we dont use atms enough theyre going to raise it to like 8 bucks because were not using it enough. Thats nuts. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. If youre taking the ferry today from Staten Island or from jersey city, lets take a look at whats going on there. Down in the harbor water temperature about 66. Were looking at a north, northeast wind. If youre taking the ferry from port jeff to bridgeport, that winds gusting out there, 7, 12, 15 Miles Per Hour winds. Temperatures i