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WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning August 11, 2016

After it started all comeing to an end three hours after it start. The daring climber claimed he was on a mission to speak with donald trump, but after the threehour ordeal, the only meeting he got was one with police. I reached out, i took hold of his hand, and i said, sir, you need to come with me. Reporter the spectacle beginning around 3 30 wednesday afternoon, gripping tense moments, hundreds watching below from the ground as the 19 trump tower. He began his ascent a few hours from this outdoor terrace using suction cups used to continue inching his way. From this video taken from inside the tower, you can actually hear the sound of the powerful suctions as they attached to the glass. I think hes probably a nut job trying to get to the top. Reporter police trying to corner him, cutting open windows. Others lowered in large buckets to surround him, attempting to reason with him unsuccessfully. So what was his motive . Earlier this week directed to donald trump. The reason i climb the tower was to get your attention because i sought this conventional means, i would be much less likely to have success. Reporter it eventually took the nypd reremoving a large window pane where they were able to grab him from the 21st floor and drag him inside for safety hes going to be psychological evaluated an placed under arrest. Were working with the Manhattan District Attorneys Office to determine the pp morning still pending against that virginia man. Donald trump himself actually was not here during that ordeal, but he did put out a tweet yet commending the nypd for their work. With all of this coming to a safe conclusion. Reporting live this morning from midtown, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Okay, janelle, thank you. Time now 4 32. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. John, good morning. Hey, good morning, chris, hi, mary, and hello, everybody. Day, and we are going to see numbers up a bit, and with those high dewpoints, the real feel numbers likely right around the century mark. I know, the century mark. All right. Weve got some clouds overhead. Theres moisture in the atmosphere. I mean, you could see a shower really anytime during the day, but the odds are lower today. The odds for rain an storms will go up as we work our way into the weekend. But yesterday i tell you what, the atmosphere, theres so much instability, we learned you can get these popup storms and ve today, though, even at lunchtime it feels like the mid 90s, 90 your high today, feeling like 100 in the city. So pace yourself and be smart is. I think the smartest thing, though, you can do right now is listen to alex. Reporter thank you, john. Already some minor changes as you make your way for the morning ride. There is an accident and a down street light on route 80 as you make your way westbound at exit 62. Season in saddlebrook. Its been moved to the shoulder. As you travel through the area, you see that crews are out there, so plan for that. Also route 17 southbound is is in paramus. We have some laterunning construction. Traffic there being detoured off at midland avenue. Southbound 5 trains as far as subways are concerned are returning with delays due to signal problems at morris park. All other mass transit, though, is on or close to schedule for you. If youre taking new jersey path, new Jersey Transit or lirr. Alternate sides in effect today, be safe, dont text and drive. Chris, back to you. Thank you. Last night etrump trour drama is not the first time weve seen extreme behavior in tony looks at some previous incidents and the emotions behind them. Just amazing how many people are there watching this man. Reporter whether playing out in full view on live tv or captured by surveillance camera, campaign 2016 is marked by the odd, the unusual an the angry. Anger is all the way around in this cycle, much more so than in the past. Reporter psychologist bart rossi says were seeing that anger manifest in the theft of arson attack on a protrump t on Staten Island in this case trump really kind of gets you. He really agitates some people to act out impulsively and that retained anger shows up. Reporter were also seeing passions run high for the president ial candidate, such as the pennsylvania woman who painted her farm house to support donald trump. Here i get lots of honks and waves. Reporter rossi says these passionate supporters view trump as the man America Great again. This is how they show it, this is how they are emotionally charged, and this is how they may demonstrate that. Reporter theres an ugly tone to some of whats happening. A trump supporter used a slur against Hillary Clinton on a sign at his gas station, while an irish bar owner plastered a picture of donald trump in a urinal. Was wednesdays tower climb the height of the campaign craziness . Well know in 90 days. Tony iello, cbs 2 news. Terrifying moments as people jumped to safety from a burning big. Cbs 2s Andrea Grymes joins us live from the scene in bedford park. An dree, a whats the latest this morning. Reporter and, chris and mary, yeah, one person jumped from this home about 10 people total were injured. Lets show you some video from earlier this morning of the flames shooting out of this house at 261 east 202nd street this. Began around 2 15 this morning. It took about an hour for crews to get this under control. 10 people total were injured, three firefighters with minor injuries, six civilians with minor injuries, including and one additional person who jumped from a first floor window about 15 feet to the ground who escaped the flames and the smoke. The Fire Department says this one was tough for firefighters because of that heavy smoke, and just a lot of stuff inside take a listen to what some of the people here had to say. Glass was everywhere and they were pushing out of the way and a piece almost fell on my dad. The fireman pushed him out to smaik sure that he was to make sure that he was okay. Reporter about 70 firefighters were on scene. They just recently cleared out a few moments ago. No word yet on how this fire started, but at this point the de appear to be suspicious. Reporting live in the bedford park section of the bronx, Andrea Grymes, cbs 2 news an dree, a thank you. New video this morning of the suspect wanted for destroying seven tractor trailers in east new york, brooklyn last month. Police say the man in the video left seven vehicles mostly garbage trucks torched. It took the fdny hours to put out all of the fires. Five of the seven trucks have markings for tts Trucking Company in newark, leading some to believe they may have been targeted. A queens father is daughters killer. 30yearold Karina Vetrano was attacked last week as she jogged alone in a marshy area of Spring Creek Park in howard beach. Police say shed been sexually assaulted and strangled. Vertranos father is a retired firefighter and 9 11 first responder. He says the family is raising money to add to the police reward. As of last night a go fund me page had raised well in excess of their 100,000 goal. During the past years people have come u for my service, if theres anything we can do. Well, now theres something you can do. Please help me now. The nypd is offering 20,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Governor christie is being called a liar. His new documents emerge in the bridge gate scandal. In newlyreleased Text Messages, a staffer claims christie, quote, flatout lied during a 2013 news conference. Back then the governor said his staff was not involved in the yesterday the governor denied the latest allegations. Its ridiculous. Its nothing new, and so thats it. Theres nothing new to talk about. A former Port Authority appointee and christies former chief of staff are charged with corruption and fraud. They go on trial next month. An update to that deadly jersey city shooting we first told you about yesterday. A gunman opened fire at a party in a church, leaving a teenager dead and two others weuned. The Holy Ghost Tabernacle ministries was rented out for a private party for young people started shooting in the crowded church hall. City Officials Say it was not ran do. An individual entered the party last night. He shot the victim twice in the head, it was targeted. Two girls ages 12 and 16 were wounded. Mayor philip says the 17year old victim had a loaded gun on him. His name has not been released. Investigators have leads to identify that shooter. Time now is 4 39. Police protection at big venues. A contract with the nypd was set to expire. Concerns were growing over safety at future event, now there may be more time to actually resolve this issue. And cbs 2 demanding answers and getting action, what lawmakers are doing about long lines at the new jersey dmv. Ill tell you what, the a. C. Is going to be on in the car today. Its going to be a hot one, and were sweating it too. Possible afternoon thunderstorm . You bet. And then it gets even hotter. Traffic and weather on month, ridx helps break down waste. At 4 froorks lets get you to traffic and weather on the 2s at 4 42, lets get you to traffic and weather on the 2s. Hi, john. Hey there, mary and chris. The potential for a storm. Were going to talk about yes attorney in just a bit as well. Elaine reminding us to turn the a. C. We high humidity up into parts of the hudson valley. Irappreciate this from kristy. She has 75 right now, some clouds overhead, and this picture that she sent yesterday, this was right there route 9w, and obviously you see slickened roads and what can happen, a little bit of hydroplaning and too much speed, and you can see problems like this, major headache and personal pain. Lets talk about some other weather news from yesterday an go back in just draw your attention so we get your focus right here. This is in the afternoon hours this. Is a threehour loop. You see much of the area is just seeing filtered sun. But out on parts of long island, it was this cell, this lone cell that was causing so many problems, and i mean weve zoomed we really have zoomed in to focus on this. And, yeah, the radar was picking up rotation, it was at 4 25, wind was at 70 miles an tornado, about a 40yard wide path, and the length was about quarter of a mile. Ef0, thats enhanced fujita and the lowest end on that scale, but still scary with rotation in the sky. And that was really about it. There was that other little burst there on the south shore. Ironically, the last tornado in Suffolk County was exactly four years ago, so it was four years to the day where you saw a tornado. Now we focus clear skies and 80 degrees. Winds are variable at 5. Again, its going to be a day with wind out of the south. 77 in babylon and the hampton, veech in belmar, 75 in white plains. Its really dark this morning for parts of the area. Thats five degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday. Dewpoints, 73, and thats higher than it was yes. I tell you, its really humid north and west. So hour by hour, youre feeling lunchtime, heat index of 100 potential this afternoon. That heat advisory from yesterday, yeah, we kind of figured it would be extended to saturday. Thats for the city. But its going to be hot around the area. We continue to climb saturday, and a chance for showers and storms, some of those could be heavy tomorrow on and off right through the first part of next week. First part of your drive right now with alex. Reporter thank you, john. Good morning, everyone. If you are traveling in new jersey, we do have an accident and downed stre its on route 80 west at exit 62 in saddlebrook. Its been moved to the shoulder of the road, but you will pass some flashing lights and construction crews as you make your way through the area. Also route 17 southbound is, that is currently closed between century road and midland avenue. Paramus is where you are dealing with that laterunning construction. Traffic there is being detoured off at midland avenue. At the queens midtown tunnel, manhattanbound tube is closed for construction. The queensbound tube is take thag twoway traffic for you. Alternate side parking, it is in effect city wide. Alex, thank you. Fnches youre just waking up, heres a quick look at your morning update. A 19yearold virginia man at Bellevue Hospital for a psychological evaluation after climbing trump tower with suction cups yesterday. He made it to the 21st floor of the 68story building before police pulled him through a window. In ad video he said he wanted to discuss an important matter with trump. Police sketch release a sketch of a suspect in a bronx endangerment case. Hes accused of following a 12 yearoir in mount hope last month. He allegedly threatened to hurt her if she didnt follow him into a stairwell. She ran, banged on an apartment door and yelled for help. The suspect ran off. Sentencing today for a bronx landlord convicted of manslaughter in the death of a tenant. Prosecutors say asan baumy killed ramona moor 94 in 2012 over unpaid rent. Her remains were found in Orange County last year. Well, they provide protection for us at big concerts and ball games, but nypd offers have signed on to sign a new contract. Cbs 2s Christine Sloan tells us what that means for fans. Reporter a contract for venues large and small to hire extra uniformed Nypd Police Officers was set to expire thursday. What will happen if the big venues like the yankees and the mets dont accept the liabilities that have been placed on them on the contract . Im not familiar enough with the contract, so i want to make sure to get you a more cet mayor bill de blasio on the revised nypd contract that will now hold organizations like yankees and the mets legally responsible for the actions of cops from the nypds paid Detail Program, an npped np official calling us an nypd official calling us back late this afternoon. He says organizations like the yankees have about 60 regular nypd cops assigned to the stadium by the city, and that the venue can hire 10 or as many as 100 extra uniformed program. New yorkers like that. I want more cops, yes, i do. Reporter the nypd official says many of the 100 organizations theyve got contracts with on the paid Detail Program have sign the new contract and that now the nypds extended the thursday deadline to september 30th to give other remaining big venues more time. I think the way weve handled things has been fair to the venues weve dealt with. Reporter and now the deadline is se sources tell me that some of the big venues dont want the liabilities and may rely on expanding their existing private security forces. In the newsroom, Christine Sloan, cbs 2 news. Cbs 2 demanded answers, now new jersey lawmakers want action on the continued delays at dmv offices. For months residents have faced long lines to get drivers licenses and car registrations. The agency blames a 30yearold Computer System and drivers who wait until the end of the month were canceled. Some Motor Vehicle locations were closed and staff cut. Now new Jersey Senate president Steve Sweeney is calling for a Senate Hearing. Here you have more than enough money generated in this agency to have a firstclass, topshelf operation. The Motor Vehicle Commission Says it will add employees at the busiest locations. The agency did not have a time line for Computer System upgrades. Time now 4 49. Unwanted robo cal getting worse, even for people on the national do not call registry. The new technology that can weed out spam calls. Plus an update on a good deed at a local supermarket. A stranger offerd to a cash to a woman in need, now the supermarket is also looking to help her out. Well get you another check of your traffic and weather on the 2s coming up i did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Well, we have some good news for a new jersey woman who was touched by a strangers good deed at the grocery store. Yesterday the stop and shop in south orange offered to she was in the process of returning items saturday in order to pay the rent. She says a woman handed her 30 to cover the expense. I said, oh, my gosh, no, gentleman is accept that. Thank you, but i absolutely cannot accept that. She said, no, really, i would feel terrible if you didnt. She put it in my hand, closed my hand around it and said take it and just walked away. I was left there practically in tears. I chased after her and gave her a big hug. You have no idea how much this means the Good Samaritan so she can thank her again. Lets hope it leez to a job. Congratulations on the interview. Time is now 4 52. Traffic and weather on the 2s time. Johnny, how are snu fantastic. Weve just got to watch ourselves all day long because the heat and humidity are sticking around. Clear an 80, wins are variable, predominant wind out of the South Southwest, relative humidity at 77 . Mainly dry for the morning commute, very soupy. Heat index around 100, afternoon shower or storm here and tomorrow. So lets talk about the potential heat index. Were looking at the century mark for the city, definitely the jersey shore. I mean, it was hot yesterday for the jersey shore. Look at friday afternoon. We could see a heat index of 106 in the city. So, yeah, the heat is sticking around. Just pace yourself and be smart. Hey, be smart too, weve got some busy roads, right, alex . Reporter thanks, john. We have some changes for your morning ride. There is an accident and down street light. Its on route 80 westbound a

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