Reporter trapped on the second floor, several people in 109 washington avenue in little ferry were saved by firefighters and police around 11 30 last night when the building caught fire. Driving down the road, and as i was passing this house, i heard a big pop. It was some type of explosion. Not sure if it came from the garage or the cars parked in the driveway, then the whole house was engulfed in flames. Reporter lieutenant chris bowles says when he he could see was black smoke engulfing the building an he ran to help. Just started trying to break some windows and victims just start jumping out windows and pulled several people out of the building. Reporter you can see dozens of neighbors standing in panic as victims are taken away on stretchers. The lieutenant says fathers were dropping children down to him from the second floor window. Got a ladder to the second floor, and we were able to pull control by arn 1 30 this morning, but water is still flowing to the big to keep it cool. Were still waiting to hear about the extent of those peoples injuries. Were live in little ferry, new jersey, alibauman, cbs 2 news ali, thank you. Time now 4 32. Lets switch gears and get a little traffic and weather on the 2s update this morning. John. Is hi, chris. So some rain overnight, a leftover shower early this morning, and then a little better today. I mean, its still going to be hot, but it shouldnt be as humid. Showers right now, its a li into sussex, down into morris county. Had some thunderstorms earlier and last night. Thats starting to wind down. We should see a shift in the winds, and that will usher in lower dewpoints. So your heat index values will actually retreat appreciatably today. High of 87 will feel like around 87 to maybe 90, so thats definitely an improvement over yesterday. How about the next few days . Well, its kind of give an take. But right now before you take off, listen to alex. Reporter thank you, john. Us. If you are traveling in manhattan, some changes for you. That ongoing construction on the fdr drive has it closed in both directions between 61th and 96th streets. Thats until about 5 00 this morning. So you have another half hour. Traffic being detoured to the avenues. No major delays yet. In paramus, new jersey, route 17 is closed as you make your way northbound for some construction between century road and midland avenue. Traffic being detoured around the closure there. We also have reports of flooding on route 17 near paramus road in bridgewood. No delays at the george close for construction. This also is until 5 00 this morning. The lincoln and holland tunnels are clear. Alternate side parking, its in effect city wide. Be safe, dont text and drive. Cindy, back to you. Alex, thank you. Breaking news in new jersey this morning, a large water main has ruptured in hoboken. Water is gushing at first and harrison streets. Drivers are urged to avoid the area because of road closures. Hoboken residents may have a loss of water or low pressure. Well have a live report from hoboken in our next half hour. Now to an update on that travelers in turmoil yesterday. This morning the power is back and the airlines are working to get everyone where they need to be. Cbs 2s Andrea Grymes has more. Reporter lights out, luggage piled up, after power problems at jfks terminal 8. Many passengers trying to fly out last night had to reschedule for today. They transferred me to laguardia at 6 00 in the morning. I have no ground transportation, no hotel, im on my own. Reporter the issues began sometime with a momentary interruption of electricity, not uncommon in summer months. But as power came back on, two out of four transformers at terminal 8 overloaded. Fun, huh . Yeah, a blast. Theres no a. C. Which helps too, you know, and then there was nobody to talk to either because all of the Customer Service places were, like, empty. Reporter escalators stopped, baggage carousels froze and baggage sat unscreened at checkpoints. To make matters worse, the outage hit as the airport was related delays. Power problems led to even more canceled and delayed flights. And i saw everybody coming out there all saying it was pitch black, they couldnt see nz. Reporter it has not been an easy few days for passengers at terminal 8. Sunday night the terminal was evacuated after a false report of an active shooter. Turned out someone had overreacted to olympics fans celebrating one of the events on television. American airlines saying thousands of passengers were affected by that power outage. The family of the her final steps during a Memorial Walk yesterday. Hundreds of people walked with Karina Vetranos family and released balloons in her honor. The 30yearold was strangled in a marshy area near her home. Now her parents are pleading for the killer to come forward. Turn yourself in. I will make sure that reward money goes to the person of your choice. Hes a weak, evil piece of [ the nypd is offering a 25,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. The family has raised nearly 250,000 with go fund me. New this morning the search for two purse snatchers in queens, Surveillance VideoSurveillance Video of the suspects released just last friday. They eadlely knock down a 38 yearold woman at main street and 37th avenue in flushing an grabbed her purse. Items inside included an apple ipad, 30 in cash, credit cards. Police say they used a card at a mcdonalds and two su police are still looking for the man who gave a 90year old woman the scare of her life. Francis tomaelli returned home from church on sunday an found a man inside her bronx apartment scpiet an exterior lock despite an exterior lock gate. I was in the living room, he was standing right there and i was in shock. And i said what are you doing here . He said give me your money. The elderly woman did not want to show her face. She says she gave the thief all the money she had on her, a total of 40. Cruise fix from her neck. To campaign 2016, today Hillary Clinton appears at a rally in cleveland, ohio. Donald trumps next scheduled event is tomorrow in charlotte, north carolina. Yesterday trump was in milwaukee delivering a speech on law and order. Crime and violence is an attack on the poor and will never be accepted in a trump administration. The war on our police must end, and it must end n First National intelligence briefing today. Yesterday Hillary Clinton attacked the plan he unveiled monday to defeat isis. What he often says hurts us. It sends the wrong message to friend and foe alike. And the fbi has Given Congress documents from its investigation into clintons e mails. House republicans hope to pursue a perjury case. Rudy giuliani is defending some controversial remarks he trump rally. Unthose eight years before obama came along, we didnt have any successful radical islamic terrorist attack in the United States. The man who was mayor of new york on 9 11 seemingly forgot it happened while george w. Bush was president. Yesterday giuliani told our Marcia Kramer his remarks were taken out of context. It would be impossible for me to forget about september 11th, 2001. I think of it everyday. Giuliani also pointed out that he referred to 9 11 earlier in his speech. Time now is 4 38. A major highway shutdown and thousands told to evacuate as powerful wildfire raging out west. And the death toll climbs following historic flooding in louisiana, but is the threat over for residents as they begin to assess the damage . My mother was disgusted. Its just not fair to her. Crown heights. Now controversy on how the anniversary is being commemorated. After some Stormy Weather overnight, were starting to see things calm down, but then were going to warm up. Stray shower early, and then falling humidity. Still toasty numbers coming up traffic and weather on the 2s 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, 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. A raging Wildfire Forces more than 82,000 people from their homes in the parched canyons east of los angeles. The fire has charred more than 18,000 acres since yeste burned, including some homes and a portion of interstate 15, the main route between l. A. And las vegas has been closed. California governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency in the area. This morning authorities in louisiana are searching homes and cars for more potential victims of this weeks devastating flooding. Right now 11 people are known to have died in the flood waters triggered by torrential rain. More than 11. 000 people spent last night in the many shelters that have been set up damaged in the disaster. More than 30,000 people have been rescued. Well, the time is now 4 42. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Lets get over to john elliot. John. Hey, you know, multiple weather watchers saying some big storms overnight, and, in fact, some just recently, but were seeing things calm down right now. In fact, as we head up into the hudson valley, dewpoints are up, kristy has 76, but a delightful, beautiful breeze, southwest should turn to a northwest wind. Somep through yonkers, 78 in brooklyn and 79 here for the jersey shore, and, yeah, tell you what, watch those rip current postings. But tell you, today not a bad day. We are going to see a little less humidity into the afternoon after we get rid of the morning gray. So watch out. A little bit of fog out the door, some leftover showers. Its light rain now. Weve replaced the thunderstorms of the overnight hours, and we are going to see a bit of a break, chance of a shower coming back on thursday. Replace that with a northwest wind later. 76 in white plains and sparta, 80 in babylon, 76 in belmar. So these numbers, its a little bit warmer on average than it was yesterday. Well see numbers pretty close to where we were yesterday, but with less humidity. Feels good. With that said, it is breezy and muggy right now. We still have dewpoints, again, some of this residual from the rain overnight, but you have dewpoints in the low to mid 70s. So definitely a tropical feel. Dewpoint on average is five degrees around the area, but it retreats as the numbers climb. 87 into your afternoon hour, close to your high for the day, will feel like around 87 or 88. So that is definitely a win. This is the shower activity, passaic county, intobergen and rockland well see some moisture. Notice those storms, though, as we look back in time. They have cleared out. We should tap into some dryer air today. The futurecast actually ushers in some sun by the afternoon. Tomorrow morning, a few more thunderstorms return. Right now the model focus is to the south, and then we see a stray shower during the morning tomorrow. Look at that, could even see an isolated thunderstorm. Not a lot of coverage tomorrow, but showers back in the forecast for your thursday, and then friday friday is going to be a warmer day today a warmer day, and then we work into friday night into saturday, we see the humidity return. So were definitely not done with this yet. We get a bit of a break today, stray storm tomorrow, in better friday into saturday, then saturday night into sunday, thats when youre really going to feel the heat and humidity again, so we wrap up the weekend with some storms into the first part of next week. First part of your ride and drive now, heres alex. Reporter good morning, john. Good morning, everyone. If youre traveling in manhattan, the fdr drive is closed for construction in both directions between 61th and 96th streets. Thats another 15 minutes until 5 00 or so. Traffic being detour to the avenues. The west side highway moving well in both directions. In paramus, new jersey, route and midland avenue. We have delays now that extend back to route 4. A detour has been set up. We also have reports of flooding on paramus road in ridge woo as well. Alternate side parking, its in effect city wide today, be safe dont text and drive. Chris, over to you alex, thank you. If youre just waking up, heres a quick look at some stories making news today. No cause word on the cause of a deadly fire. Flames quil killed an 84 man and his 49yearold son. Investigators say the fire does not appear to be suspicious. Kennedy airports terminal 8 operated by american airlines. An outage lasted more than six hours yesterday, knocking out the checked bag screening system along with elevators and escalators. Caused major headaches for thousands of travelers. A Memorial Walk in howard beach, queens. Hundreds fill the street yesterday to remember 30year old karina vetrano. She was sexually assaulted and strangled two weeks ago as she jogged alone in a marshy area of spring creek park. Cindy. Thank you, chris. New numbers show the oo cases. 59 of them are pregnant women. One baby was born with microcephaly because of the virus. A new cbs news poll shows 64 of americans are concerned about a large outbreak in the u. S. But most dont think its likely that they or a Family Member will become infected. And 64 of americans dont think that government is prepare for a large outbreak. Well, a familiar face to cbs 2 viewers, long time political talk show host john since 1982 he host the syndicated show the mclaughlin group. In 34 years he missed only one episode is, this past sunday. Before tv he was a speech writer for president richard nixon. He was also a jesuit priest. Mclaughlin was 89 years old. 25 years after violent riots on the streets of Crown Heights, a decision to commemorate the date with a Crown Heights was a beehive of activity, youngsters visiting from a rockaway day camp eating lunch. Sunday it will turn into a whole lot more, a Community Festival to mark the 25th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots. The festival promises fun for all ages with food, music, rides and even arts and crafts, but some say its an insensitive way to recognize one of the worst race riots in the citys history. My mother was disgust. Its just not fair to her. Its true brother, i lost a brother, but she lost a child. Its totally inappropriate. Reporter Norman Rosenbaums brother was stabbed to death in the 1991 riot that is erupted after a car and a motorcade calling the accidentally struck a 7yearold chiel, gavin caddo who was black. People took advantage of a motorcycle vehicle accident. Of the sponnors of the festival and says its all about bringing people together. The Antidefamation League and other jewish groups are among the organizers. I respect his right to be upset. Not only was his brother impacted by the riots of Crown Heights, the entire community, and so one incident is not going to define how we continue to move forward. Reporter he asked Norman Rosen Baum to walk the festival with him to show unity and tolerance. So will you be walking to the festival with the reporter why not . Because i think i would be contributing to the intellectual dishonesty. This is not a time for cotton candy. This is not a time for rides and amusements. Reporter the rides last three days the riots lasted three days, nearly 1 million in property damage. In Crown Heights, brooklyn, Marcia Kramer, cbs 2 news. The festival is scheduled for sunday at broward park. It will be proceeded by a time now 4 48. Team usa takes more gold at last nights olympics. Well have a recap. More on this strange and rare find in the deep sea. An well get another check on your traffic and weather on 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. Megared. The difference is easy to absorb. . . Good morning and we welcome you back here a little before 5 00. Its 79 degrees already on this wednesday morning. Hopefully youre enjoying a little cake by the ocean today. Not a bad place to be with this lets talk about this. When you explore the depths of the ocean, sometimes you find some weird stuff. The crew of the e. V. Nawt lis spotted this big guy off the coast of big sur, california recently. It looks like a toy, but its not. Its actually called a stubby squid. They dlurrow into the sea floor poking their eyes out to spot prey. In the u. S. They can only be found in the Pacific Ocean. Hum. Hard to see how big it is. It looks like a little barney. It does. Youre going to be hear ago lot of barney soon. Time now 4 52. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Johnny. It is so weird because thats what they called me in college, establishy squid. Here comes stubby squid. Here comes old stubby. Anybody got any ink . 79 with some clouds in the city right now, wind out of the southwest. Heres your deal today. Morning starts off sticky. Yeah, we do have a few showers afternoon. A mix of sun and clouds. Its going to be breezy. Its breezy out there right now, but its a southwest wind. That will be replaced by a northwest wind. Still hot. Youre looking at the upper 80s, but it should feel better with less humidity. So hopefully thats some good news and hopefully more good news now from alex. Reporter good morning, john. Good morning, everyone. Unfortunately we have some more construction to talk about here in manhattan. The fdr drive closed in both directions. Longterm construction project under way there between 61th and 96th streets for another 10 traffic will be detoured to the there will be detours. In paramus route 17 closed for construction northbound between century road and midland avenue. Delays now extend back to fairburn avenue. Ebbing and flowing through the area. A detour has been set up. Also flooding near paramus road in ridgewood. Alternates in effect city wide, be safe, dont text and drive. Alex, thank you. In the next half hour, the u. S. Showing strong in the olympics. Plus how budgets cuts in one new jersey town could lead to a shortfall. One new jersey cat owner says the deaths of her animals is no accident. Its the celebration of the year blinds to gos annual storewide sale going on now buy one, get one at half price. Hundreds of styles and colors. Every item through the store. Buy one get one at half price. Our biggest sale of the year is a blast blinds to go. Celebrate something really special this summer at blinds to