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WCBS CBS 2 News This Morning August 16, 2016

Precinct. 35yearold oscar morel said nothing and gave no explanations for the murders of the Imam Maulama Akonjee and his assistant tharam uddin. Both men were buried yesterday. Mourners at the funerals say they know why the friends were killed. And they want justice. Two people just got murdered and nypd is saying this might not be a hate crime. What is it then . Come on then, somebody coming up behind and shooting for no reason an imam and his assistant, come common sense. Reporter the top brass says they have strong evidence to back up the charges starting with what happened before the double homicide. At 1 350 saturday afternoon a hit and run witness and Surveillance Video placed morels car at the scene of the crash. Moments later, three miles away police say they found surveillance sophomore else getting into that of morel getting into that same car after fatally shooting the two men. We have looked at the two cars and they were identical. We have looked at the stickers windshields and they seemed identical. Reporter led investigators to a morel in to morel in brooklyn. A search of his East New York home turned up a gun and clothing that matches the official description of the suspect. The community will be paying close attention to what happens next. All we want is justice. We want justice reporter and well also be paying close attention at the arraignment today for oscar morel. He faces two counts of murder and criminal possession of a weapon charges. At queens criminal courthouse, Magdalena Doris, cbs2 news. Time now for traffic and weather together on the 2s. John good morning on this tuesday. Good morning chris. Hi everybody. We had a little bit of shower activity and we have some south of the city. Had some through Staten Island and brooklyn a few minutes ago. Unsettled day today and a zoom in closed upshot and you see well its kind of weakening there as it heads in through the city. One little thunderstorm weakening as it hits heads to the east but the front is still to the west. And it is going to push into what will be you know, a lot of hot air. Its going to be a warm humid day again today. So the atmosphere ripe for those storms and the real feel numbers once again mid to upper 90s. Even though the thermometer may not hit 9ed 0. It will 90. It will feel like it and then some for many of us it will feel warmer today than it did yesterday. As you hit the road. Whats going on alex . Heyjo everyone. Thanks for waking up with us. Traveling in manhattan we have changes for you on the fdr drive. That construction continues it is closing the detours in both directions between 61st and 96th streets until about 5 00 this morning. No major delays yet youre being pushed to the avenues. So also in linden hey john youre helping me do the traffic report i can hear you over there. Tractortrailer fire has the right and center lanes blocked in the southbound side of the new jersey turnpike truck lanes and stick with the car lanes as you come through the area. Also in north hempstead an of the l. I. E. Its at exit 37 approaching the scene youll see the flashlights so anticipate that. Alternate side is in effect citywide today. Be safe, dont text and drive. Cindy. We have breaking news out of belmar, new jersey. Where two people have died in a fire. Fire broke out last night at a home in the 200 block of 14th avenue. Blaze is out right now but firefighters are on the scene investigating. We have a crew on the way there and look for a live report ahead in the next half hour. A protest in queens over a y a homeless shelter. [ chanting ] residents demonstrated outside the holiday inn at 55th road and morose avenue last night. They dont want maurice avenue last night. They dont want a shelter so close to schools and parks temperature city says the the city says they need a shelter. The body of a missing boater has been found but the circumstances of his death pulled from the harbor on monday the day after the dinghy washed ashore in lindenhurst. He never showed up to the yacht club on saturday. Cbs2s Jennifer Mclogan spoke with his parents and neighbors. Were in deep mourning. I didnt think about foul play. I figured it was you know an accident. He was a strong swimmer and had a life vest on board the boat but he was not wearing it. Case of a toyearold queens 30yearold queens jogger. More than a quarter Million Dollars combined is now being offered for information that leads to the capture of her killer. Her body was found august 2 thend after she went running near the howard beach home. Investigators are trying to identify a male dna sample at the scene and meanwhile officers continue to comb the wooded area where he was she was found she was found looking for any new clues. To campaign 2016. Donald trump does the same in wisconsin. Yesterday trump unveiled the plan to destroy isis and clinton brought out Vice President joe biden to campaign in pennsylvania. Reporter with at times a calm and unifying message. We want to build bridges and erase divisions. Reporter donald trump stressed to supporters in ohio he will get to the root of radical islamic terrorism and weeded out before it gets to our borders it. We should this country those that shower our value share our vaults and respect values and respect our people. Reporter Rudy Giuliani says the values were targeted during the World Trade Center attacks even though it appeared he tad forgotten when the attacked he had forgotten when the attacks happened. He said this under those eight years before obama came along, we didnt have any successful radical islamic terrorist attack in the United States. When 3,000 people were killed. Even before the antiterrorism speech, Hillary Clinton was on the offensive in scranton, pennsylvania. Donald has been all over the place on isis, he talked about letting syria become a free zone for isis. A major country in the middle east that could launch attacks against us and others. Reporter and in north carolina, clintons running mate tim kaine warned voters not to be tricked by trump. The people who believe donald trump end up hurt by donald trump. And were not going to let him hurt the United States of america. Reporter a war of words with campaigns when it comes to winning the war against isis. Well, cheers may have led to fears at Kennedy Airport sunday night. A false report of shots fired sent people running and Port Authority police evacuated two terminals and many flights were grounded and now comes word that the panic may have been set off by a crowd cheering and clapping when usain bolt won thankfully. No one was hurt. A new jersey mayor is facing some criticism for a memorial honoring fallen veterans at a public library. It shows a soldier leaning down in front of a cross. While a group is calling for it to be taken down not everyone agrees. Cbs2s Tracee Carrasco has more on the controversy. Reporter among the tributes to those who have served our country outside veteran Memorial Library in rozelle park, new jersey. Is a silhouette of a soldier kneeling at a cross and now the center of a residents including gregory story. Its a very touching memorial. But the problem is, theres a cross in it. Which singles out veterans of one religion. Reporter paid for and donated by the mayor was installed on july 29th by city workers. And it was a surprise to the board who rents the library. The mayors my boss. We listen to him. It was not put through the board of trustees. Reporter story says the memorial violates the separation of church and state. Letter to the mayor stating this letter serves as an official notice of the unconstitutional activity and demands that the borough remain the cross from Government Property immediately or risk legal action. Generations of veterans have fought and died to defend that constitution. That hes now violating. Reporter the mayor a former marine would not speak to us on camera. But told us over the phone the memorial is out of respect to all veterans. Does the cross offend its good. Its just wrong for imposing ones will on other people. I happen to think its a beautiful memorial. My husband is a veteran. Reporter the borough crown shrill meet on thursday council will meet on thursday and decide what to do about the memorial. Reporting from new jersey, the Tracee Carrasco, cbs2 news. Time is now 4 9. A stiff warning from the nfl toll some of its mayors. To some of its players. To do if the players dont cooperate with the investigation. Also why many . Thats why we asked. Wait until you hear the citys explanation. You know weather weve got some explaining to do. Numbers are down a bit. But humiditys up. So weve got some storms in the mix too. Yeah lots to talk about. If your sneezes are a force to be reckoned with. You may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtec . For powerful allergy relief. And zyrtec . Is different than claritin . Because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. Try zyrtec . Muddle no more . Your heart loves omega3s. But the omega3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Hey, honey . Yes, dear . Youre washing that bakedon alfredo by hand,right . Yes, dear. Dish issues . Cascade platinum. Powers. Through. Your toughest stuckon food. So let your dishwasher be the dishwasher. Is tu. Cascade. 4 42. Time for traffic and weather together on the 2s. Hey john. Good morning cindy. Hi everybody. So yesterday actually a bit of a br better but today, humidity values are going to be back up. And then youre going to see this front push through. So some periods of wet weather as well. And the city right now, i tell you what its quiet its actually two degrees cooler than it was at this time yesterday. 8 right now and wind out of the west at 3 and relative humidity at 71 . 74 white plains and 77 babylon and 7 is in the hamptons and 77 in belmar but dew points still muggy menace. You have a dew point right points in the 60s dominate the Hudson Valley and look at babylon the dew point at 75. So you know the atmosphere is just primed and ready for some Stormy Weather. 86 going to feel like 9 will at lunchtime the high of 89 is going to feel like 99. Wait a minute thats warmer than it was yesterday. Yeah more humidity thats why when you talk about the heat wave ending i mean its just a matter of degrees. And when you factor in the moisture thats in the atmosphere, its actually going to be a more challenging day today. A currentsn going on. Stray shower exiting the shore. And then you have all this available moisture pushing into ontario right now. Down into ohio and all the way down into the gulf bad news for louisiana with more rain in their forecast. Our day, hour by hour, looks like this. We see a relatively quiet morning in midday give way to isolated thunderstorms by this afternoon. Now gardeners and many homeowners lamenting we still need rain. This will not be widespread activity. The concern is going to be with the kind of lift we have in the gusty winds and another round of lightning. As we have the storms rumble through. Theyll be another batch tonight. So remember that. Tuesday night activities you could see a delay or an interruption due to the storms and then another round early tomorrow morning as well. Wednesday is a stray shower cant be ruled out. Its really more active today and then we see that change by the end of the week. Numbers dont retreat that much. But we are going to see a little break in the form of a less humih stray shower wednesday a stray shower thursday. Friday looks good. Saturday looks good and then as we wrap up the weekend were looking at even more humidity sunday into monday. Notice the payoff on monday with those widespread storms. The take away for your day today, i would take the umbrella even though everybody wont get a workout with 89. That extra heat and humidity means therell be some isolated thunderstorms in the area. How about getting around the area . Alex. Some changes already john in manhattan the fdr drive is 96th streets. Thats until 5 00. Lingering construction there. Still delay free the west side highway also moving well but in linden, new jersey a tractor trailer fire that has the right and center lanes blocked. Its in the southbound new jersey turnpike truck lanes and stick with the car lanes for a smoother commute. In north hempstead an accident on the westbound side of the l. I. E. At exit 37 blocking two lanes. The flashing lights approaching the scene and alternate side is in effect citywide. Be safe, dont text and drive. Cindy . Thank you. If you were just waking up stories making news this morning. Arraignment today for 35year old oscar morel of brooklyn. He is charged with Second Degree murder in saturdays shooting deaths of an imam and his stands in ozone park, queens. Police say the motive for the attack is still unclear. In california, an arrest in a fire thats destroyed more than 175 homes and businesses and other structures. It broke out saturday in lake county about 80 miles north of san francisco. 40yearold damon paschelk is seven people have now died in the massive flooding in louisiana. The latest victim a man with drowned in baton rouge. Torrential rain eased yesterday but some streams are still rising. The governor says the final death toll wont be known for days. New this morning a warning from the nfl to some of its players, agree to be interviewed on the use of performanceenhancing drugs or face suspension. Green bay parkers linebackers peppers and Clay Matthews are two of four that are being investigated. They now have ten days to and James Harrison of the steelers and free agent mike neil of the other two players involved. Its just what mayor de blasio doesnt need. New yorkers making a big stink about the delivery of City Services and some neighborhoods there are soaring complaints about garbage not being picked up. Cbs2 political reporter Marcia Kramer explains the city halls trash trouble. Reporter ozone park, queens is a quiet neighborhood that beneath the surface, is a seething caldron of municipal trash. The citys failure to pick it up. You can complain . Exactly. You can complain but who listens . You they the mayor listens . No, he would not not this manment. Reporter but in do complain. The many do complain. In number of complaints to the citys hotline as soared this year. A whopping increase of 26 for the first seven months of the year compared to 2015. The first year bill de blasio angry queens residents grumbled the most, 6,436 complaints. Residents of ozone park making 573 of them. That doesnt surprise sanitation commissioner katherine garcia. She blames some of the problem on the fact that the department changed the way it collects organic bargain in two district garbage in two districts. One in brooklyn and a queens district that includes ozone park. As we expanded our a different truck. Which will cant always fit the bulk and were picking bulk up in a different truck later in the day. Reporter many dont realize theres a second pickup and they haul the trash back inside. She also blames the increase in recycling. Trucks that get full faster for some of the missed pickups. Pundits say its a political headache for mayor de blasio. The first job of the mayor is to make sure the services are delivered. Ideasology is wonderful but it doesnt pick up the garbage. Reporter other neighborhoods will experience similar problems with garbage collon the big questions, which neighborhoods, when, and whether a mayor facing re election decides to play politics with garbage. In manhattan, im Marcia Kramer, cbs2 news. Time now 4 48. Today the new west field World Trade Center mall opens. What you can expect to see inside. And working of time. Overtime. Why your air conditioner may have trouble keeping up with the heat wave and what you can do to help. Plus another live check of re 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. And right now you can get 100 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. E. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things fferently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in. I know its in. Its in, but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what youre seeing. Really . Yes, mr. Mcenroe. See that cord . Just plug it into the connector on the right. So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. Tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. . . Appropriate. As soon as you walk outside. Feels like the whole place is burning down. Man this heat. John is going talk about this humidity. This heat wave is heat dome that we are currently involved with right now coming up in but first, all this extreme heat taking a toll on air conditioners. They have tripled in the past week can its technicians are using bright yellow temporary units to cool homes until a new system is installed. If a air conditioner is working overtime units are simply breaking down. A make on analogy to make an analogy, your car can work well if you take it to the station every morning. It works fine. But on the indianapolis 500 and it would break down pretty quickly. Thats what happens to the air conditioning. Clean the filters and check outdoor units to make sure coils arent clogged and wet the coils. The moisture may help your air conditioner work a little better. So there you have it. Time now is 4 52. Time for traffic and weather together on the 2s. John . No real relief today. I mean the number may be down a degree here and there. But humidity values are actually up. Its 80 right now. Wind out of the west the southwest wind sets up later today and stray shower south of the city. Of brooklyn and queens. Cant rule out a morning shower for the morning drive. More humid and those real feel numbered 5 to 100 95 to 100 again today. Thats up from yesterday. Afternoon evening storms some of those could be strong to severe. With the pot

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