On an expired visa and he was staying at this house. The homeowner speaking to us from behind the door. Really not have any idea. He was visiting from india. Reporter police say a call center in india gave the suspects the victims names. This stuff needs to be brought back to our country. It should be heavily guarded. The people who work in these call centers should be background checked regularly financially and criminally. Reporter police hope to take some of the money they have seized and give it back to the victims. In new jersey, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. Cvs says they cooperated with police. We also reached out to moneygram but havent heard back. If you are a victim in this scam, call police. They believe there are more out there and remember, the irs will never call to demand payment. Their first notification is through the mail always. Bergen county Police Searching for a suspect in sex assaults in palisades park. This is a sketch. Last thursday night, the man followed a woman from broad avenue to 2nd street. The man pushing her down from behind assaulting her and ran off. Sunday night, a second woman reported to police that she was victim to a similar attack just a few blocks away from the first one on september 8. Neither one was seriously hurt. A citywide crackdown on k2 or synthetic marijuana is beginning to yield results. Police commissioner bratton just toured a warehouse in the bronx believed to be a k2 lab and distribution center. The facility one of several raided last night. Investigators say the operations have been supplying earlier today, u. S. Attorney announced ten peoples indictments and the next target is any business that sells k2. Dont stock this stuff. We will if appropriate arrest store owners. There is no law banning it because the chemical compounds keep changing but the feds can prosecute on conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Bold promises from mayor de blasio to pull the Education System up by its bootstraps. He wants more children in the city able to read, more graduating and Computer Science classes for all students. Cbs 2s political reporter Marcia Kramer with more on the citys new school standards. Reporter its a School System where 30 of kids in grades 3 through 8 meet state reading standards, 70 dont. Tests. Mayor de blasio wants to change that. Programs he calls equity and excellence. There is a tale of two cities in our schools. And we simply dont accept it. Reporter the mayor making a series of promises that may be hard to achieve. Able to read with fluency by the end of second grade all in 6 years 80 graduating from high school in 10 years, 67 ready for college in 10 years and Computer Science classes for all 1. 1 Million Students also within a decade. Each and every child in each and every classroom deserves a future that isnt limited by their zip code. Reporter the mayor is still smarting from the fact that the legislature only extended mayoral control for a year. He doesnt want that to happen again. Recently even mayor giuliani weighed in in his words saying that mayoral control is, quote, absolutely essential for the future progress and development of new york city schools. Reporter so to look at the new program as the first phase of de blasio lobbying effort to convince lawmakers to give him a longterm extension to run the schools. Stop playing politics with the education. Reporter how difficult is this to achieve . A little. But so is everything else. Reporter after a losing debate with the governor and legislature over Charter Schools the mayor proposed a new program to pair 50 Charter Schools with Public Schools so the charters can share their best practices. Im Marcia Kramer, cbs 2 news. Total cost for the new programs, 186 million thats less than 1 of the department of educations operating budget of nearl 22 billion. Charities will provide matching funds for the computer classes in new york city schools. Long island rail road commuters still facing delays and cancellations tonight because of yesterdays Freight Train derailment. We have a live picture for you from chopper 2. You see there, crews are repairing the damaged rails. This picture youre seeing just running only on one track hicksville. The railroad canceled onethird of the trains scheduled to run tonight. So far, no word on when the track will be repaired. Will see on long island, should a synagogue housed in a residential neighborhood be services . It is a touchy subject going on in lawrence right now. Cbs 2s Jennifer Mclogan with this. Reporter its a delicate rights of homeowners, freedom of religion. Character of the neighborhood . Reporter one synagogue in the quite lawrence neighborhood on the water is making waves. I believe its stepping on religious freedoms. They are narrow streets. There is usually no parking on the streets. Reporter for 10 years, a covenant was placed on this temple limiting its operations its in the middle of a small upscale neighborhood with no sidewalks and parking. Congregants walk to the building. There was a heated hearing at this nearby club that lasted past midnight and won the right to a trial one year expansion opening its doors 7 days a week. That provoked a neighborhood lawsuit. The rights of people to enjoy the ambience, the character of the neighborhood that they moved into. Reporter their lawyer says his plaintiffs are in an awkward position. Many of them attend the synagogue but they fear the tiny street with no outlet will be clogged with cars for classes, parties, services. Already they have purchased the properties on both sides to tear one down and make a parking lot. Getting more congested but in a religious right i think that it should be okay. Reporter we tried to speak to the rabbi. He said the case is too touchy. The street calls it a private matter and the mayor says the village zoning board is being sued and cant comment on pending litigation. The one year trial run is now under way until or unless neighbor litigants can prove the village didnt follow the law granting the sevenday unrestricted use of the synagogue. From lawrence, Jennifer Mclogan, cbs 2 news. The lawsuit says the village went beyond the scope of its powers in allowing the expansion on a residential street. Some Catholic School students in upper manhattan are counting down to next weeks papal visit. They rehearsed their greeting today. [ music ] these are third and fourth graders in manhattan single prayer of st. Francis. Thats the song they will perform for the pope next week. They are among children from pope at our lady of Angels School in harlem. Very happy because the people. I like that he prays for everybody [ inaudible ] [ loud background noise ] [ inaudible ] stay with cbs 2 and cbsnewyork. Com for complete coverage of the popes events. Next week, the 24th through the 26th, including the procession through central park and the mass at Madison Square garden. Shoppers kidnapped at a mall. Why the suspect and his alleged victims ended up at a grocery store. Also, Scarlet Knights scandal. The rutgers head football coach punished for his actions off the field. Plus this. My whole life changed. What happened outside this Dunkin Donuts. A woman now with a half Million Dollars why she says she deserves every cent. An International Flight diverted because of the dog. Why the pilot was concerned about the fourlegged passenger. Another hot september day all thanks to this High Pressure system so how long is this going to stay in control . I mean, around here the weather changes frequently. Its going to change ill tell you when. Coming up on the cbs evening news, tonights the night for the republican president ial candidates. Their second debate, scott pelley full coverage tonight on the evening news. Scott. Dana, the stakes are high. Some candidates have a lot to lose in this debate. They are trying to claw their way back in after being eclipsed by donald trump and ben carson who you see right there. Well have our John Dickerson and Major Garrett right here with us tonight to tell us about the debate and the strategies well see unfold tonight. Well have that and the rest of the world news coming up at of over 3,500 hospitals. Fewer than 10 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. A connecticut man facing charges tonight accused of leaving a toddler in a car overnight. Jeffrey mejias was arrested in bridgeport in saturday after a neighbor found the 3yearold at 7 a. M. The 27yearold man said he had been drinking went inside the house to get something and forgot the child when he fell asleep. We are not certain of the childs relation to the man. The child was unhurt. Bergen county police make a string in mall robberies. Eddie johnson struck allegedly at three malls. Twice police say he chose a victim made them drive him to a pathmark in elmwood park and buy him red bull. After each confrontation he fled with the red bull, cell phone or cash. A normal coffee run in new jersey changed one womans life forever. Cbs 2s meg baker explains this woman a lawsuit against Dunkin Donuts. Reporter maria says a routine Morning Coffee run changed her life forever. No money could take the pain away. Reporter she won a lawsuit against Dunkin Donuts for 522,000 for injuries suffered outside a chain and Highland Park middlesex county. She was carrying multiple cups of hot coffee as she left the building on raritan avenue and tripped on a spike sticking out of a curb, near her car. I come out a couple of feet i tripped and fell, my whole [ floor and the pans. Reporter one of the slabs of concrete in the parking lot spike. Marsala tripped spilling four cups of hot coffee on herself. They took me inside the they called 911. Reporter she suffered severe burns on her face, neck and arms. Since the trip and fall in january of 2012, marsala has had surgery on her rotator cuff and her lower back suffering from numbness down her right side. The corporate entity that owns and managed the property really was the one that was responsible to inspect and maintain the lot. Reporter her attorney claims negligence in maintaining the parking lot. The case just points out that when you own a business and youre inviting members of the public to your business, you have to make sure that you protect them. My whole life changed. Reporter she is no longer a nursing home, she says. In new jersey, meg baker, cbs 2 news. And meg reached out to Dunkin Donuts but so far no comment. Lets check in with lonnie quinn because its a really nice wednesday out there. Not humid, lovely temperatures. I heard some folks say it sounds like humidity is up. If it was up, it was not much. When you have temperatures in the 80s and you have relative humidity in the mid30s, 30 percentile range, it feels good. A little higher humidity than yesterday, higher temperatures, as well. Right now your temperatures, you know, youre in the 80s throughout the area. I have a 77 around long beach. This is brian who is what do you have to say there, brian . Its another great day. Kudos to you, brian. Youre right. Its a great day. I know for some of how are looking to get more of that crisp september feel, this was not a crisp september anything. It was a hot one out there. 83 right now. Sunny sky overhead. Taking a peek at my headlines it looks like this. Temperatures today up at 88 degrees for a high in new york city. Youre way above the average. Average temperature should be in the upper 70s this time of the year. No rain out there. For the month of september we are about where we should be because remember all the rain we had last week but we are not where we should be for the year. The year the rain bucket is below. Its been so dry out there 2015 deficit is still 6 of rain. You would prefer to get that in small bouts of a light rain that will seep into the ground. Thats not in this forecast. 7 days now until fall starts. And maybe then well get a little cooler air in here by the middle of next week. Right now a lot of sunshine. This big mass of clear air is our air mass because High Pressure is in a position to pump the air mass into our area and this is where its coming from. That arc is our weather. If you take a look at the wet weather out west, its really if it rides anywhere, it will ride up and over our area, slight chance of rain sunday. Lets get into your futurecast here of the heres how we see it. Why are you showing the futurecast . Just to reiterate the fact that theres nothing out there. Computer models are not picking up on any moisture. Its bone dry. And theres your picture. By the time you get to friday, 4 30 a. M. , nothing brewing. So for tonight, 68 degrees. Clear, mild, light winds. Tomorrow, 87 degrees. Look, you could very well find the 88, 89, 90s looking like a stretch but its not out of the realm of possibility. And across the board, friday 84. A beautiful sky. 82 on saturday. Im going to call it partly sunny and a few more clouds later on saturday. A goodlooking start to the weekend. By sunday, i see more clouds out there but thats the front thats going to come through. So winds will change. Notice after that dana, all the temperatures are in the mid to upper 70s. I dont see a lot of rain with the front coming through am maybe a little sunday but not a lot. Thank you. Lots of football news in tonights sports report. Otis livingston is here now with the preview. Otis. Dana, time to move on. Time to concentrate on atlanta. Thats the giants motto after their loss in dallas sunday night. Rutgers football coach kyle flood letters his fate after he good a Flood Warning not to communicate with the rutgers professor about a players grades. Im michael douglas, and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. And theres no time to see it like the fall. Take metro north to take in the beautiful fall foliage from high above the hudson. Swing a club at one of americas greatest courses. See spectacular sights underground. Or thrilling sights above it. Theres so many incredible ways to experience the fun of fall in new york state. Plan your trip at iloveny. Com. We stop arthritis pain, so you dont have to stop. Tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The first is fast. We give you your day back. What you do with it is up to you. Tylenol. Big news of a different kind for the Scarlet Knights. Its been a turbulent few weeks with kyle flood. Some of his players in trouble with the law now he is suspended 3 games and fined for contacting a professor about a students academic record. Flood gave the professor, quote, grammatical and minor editorial suggestions to be submitted on the paper. Flood said in a statement he accepts full responsibility for his actions. Six of his players have been kicked off the team in the past two of them charged with home envisions and other assault. Invasions and other assault. Leon. Flood will miss the penn state game and home games against kansas and michigan state. Taking a page from the Bill Belichick school of media the giants coughlin says they are on to atlanta. They are done with the debacle in dallas. The rest of the team said the same thing. Manning and jennings working together as they always do. As you know, rashad wrote an apology in todays New York Post saying he shunted have revealed to the media that eli was one who told him not to score on first and second downs on the final drive. He expressed trust in elis leadership. Eli accepted the apology no big deal wants to move on. Rashad didnt do anything wrong. And you know, we we we chatted and talked and and didnt and, um, were were great, so, uhm, we moved on. Jets monday night in indianapolis. Well see if cromartie will play against the cold. He has a sprained knee. Todd bowls one his first game as jets head coach. They will play the bills on sunday. Im not worried about it. We have to take care of ourselves. In we have take care of ourselves we if we take care of ourselves, well play our type of ballgame. The mets face the marlins in the Series Finale and the yankees will try to make it two out of three in tampa. The new kids in the borough unveiled their third jersey today modeled by the superstar [ inaudible ] john tavares. [ lost microphone ] mets with the cool black and white scheme. The dynasty on the island also special al patch. Got me a 2 for channel 2. Thats so nice. Thats great. Ill be wearing this, yes its brooklyn, bk ill be wearing this when i go to the barclays center. And skate. Watch the game. [ laughter ] love it. They start Training Camp on friday. Home opener against Chicago Blackhawks a few weeks away. Thats so exciting. Another team. So close to the rangers. Now that rivalry really heats up. Same as the nets. Roommates. Planned that. When we come back, a four legged passenger gets first class treatment. Closed captioning on cbs 2 visit florida. 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. Im Kristine Johnson in the cbs 2 newsroom. The stage is set and the candidates are getting a look as they gear up for the gop debate. Well have a complete recap of the night including the moments everyone will be talking about tomorrow. And the future of your skin decoded by a simple swab of the cheek . Why some beauty experts are turning to dna testing to stop the clock on aging. It is the science of beauty. And well tell you about it later at 11 00. Thanks, kristine. Taking care of mans best friend reaches new heights. Meet simba a 7yearold french bulldog. He was National Cargo hold from tel aviv to