Hill road at 4 00 p. M. Yesterday and foup the body of its resident, 63yearold Elizabeth Cullen outside. The Suffolk CountyHomicide Department was called in to investigate and less than two Hours Later Police arrest elizabeths son, dennis. When we were processing the scene, again, we arrived approximately 4 15 p. M. While we were processing the scene, thats when he returned to the scene and we placed him unarrest meal and approximately 5 50 p. M. It was his own indication that he resisted arrest. Reporter Dennis Cullen spent the night in the precinct and is expected to be arraigned later today. Were live in loi harbor, new york, ali bauman, cbs 2 news ali, thank you. Police on the hunt for a man who tried to rob an off duty cop in the bronx. It happened just before 7 00 last night on clinton avenue near crotona park. Police say the man tried to grab some necklaces from the officers neck. There was a struggle, and the officer fired one shot. Police say the robber was not all right. Time now coming up on 4 32. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s and Vanessa Murdock is in for john. Vanessa. Well, it is going to be a little more muggy when you step outside this morning. Youll notice that, and we have rain moving on through. Its of the light variety this morning an should be out of here by, say, 8 00 and then showers this afternoon are possible. But heres a look at the current radar picture. Some more moderate rain heading through and towards [ no audio ] as well as up in Dutchess County a pocket of more disturbance moving on through. And as i said, it ra really just last until 8 00 this morning, and then this afternoon we have a chance for more wet weather, a chance for showers and storms. At 8 00 a. M. 75, its feeling like 76 out there, likely still some lingering showers. By noon 79, mostly cloudy. And then as we make our way toward 2 00 this afternoon, its 85, feeling like 87. An after that point in time we could start to see that next round of showers and storms beginning to pop up on the radar. Ill have your full forecast of course, and a very lovely stretch of weather next week. But right now its time to check in with alex and your time saver traffic. Reporter vanessa, thank you. Good morning, everyone. If you are a traveling in manhattan 36th street closed between Seventh Avenue an broadway. Its due to a manshoal explosion that is unway. Crews are there investigating in queens. We also have a water main break. It has 30th avenue closed at 12th street. Also an accident blocks two lanes on the southbound side of the bqe at the kosciuszko bridge. We have delays that extend back e paramus this morning, kind of busy out there. Route 17 closed an detoured as you make your way northbound between century road an midland avenue. Two lanes are blocked on the southbound side as well. Very similar to what you had to deal with yesterday at this time of morning. Alternate parking, it is in effect city wide. Do be safe dont text and drive. Andrea. Alex, thank you. Two american swimmers ordered to stay in brazil have left the rio airport after being questioned by local questioning about claims they were robbed in rio early sunday morning. Yesterday a brazilian judge issued orders to seize the passports of Gold Medalist ryan lochte an jimmy fagan after seeing this video obtained by the daily mail. It shows the four athletes returning to the village sunday morning after the robbery. The judge says the athletes do not appear shake isen up and offer conflicting details of what happened. Lochtes father says his son has already returned to the u. S. Back here at home an update on the little ferry fire, Officials Say a 5year old girl an her grandmother have both died from their injuries. The flames raced through a threestory multifamily home on washington avenue late tuesday night. A Police Lieutenant who happened to be driving by grabbed a neighbors ladder to rescue people. At least five others were taken to the hospital. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Police are on the verge of charging a career criminal with rape. The man allegedly attacked a woman near a subway station and help. Cbs 2s tracy carasco has the new detail from bushwick. Reporter a 52yearold man now in Police Custody for allegedly raping and robbing a 27yearold woman at knifepoint. Around 2 30 Tuesday Morning after stalking her as she got off the j train at the kiej station. Police say the man ran away with her cell phone and cash after telling the victim, dont tell police or ill kill you. But an unusual break in the case this morning when the suspect himself called a pay phone. They get there. As the officers are talking to him, he says what i really want is a ride to the train. Ly want my cop said, well, we dont give rides to the train. Reporter the officers knowing the suspects description, recognized him by his distinct red sneakers and agreed to give him a ride straight to the 83rd police precinct. The officers right officers realized this is the guy. They said, well, listen, well give you a ride, but we have a car unless we know what you have in your pockets, so do you have anything that can harm us. And he says i have a knife and pulled it out from his back pocket. Reporter records show is the suspect is a level 3 sex offenderred and has 14 prior arrests for possession of stolen property, criminal mischief and rape for which he was arrested in 1984. He spent 17 years in state prison an was paroled in 2002. The nypd area are up 32 over the last year, 21 so far this year compared to 16 for the same period last year. Tracy carasco reporting. And police say this is an ongoing investigation. The suspect has not yet been charged. Other news this morning, Muslim Leaders gathered in jamaica, queens to once again call for justice following the shooting deaths of an imam and his assistant. The leaders want the murders imam malauma akonjee was killed saturday afternoon. Oscar morel is charged in the murders. Police have not yet determined a motive. Now to campaign 2016, donald trump appears at a rally in North Carolina today. Hillary clinton appears next at a massachusetts fundraiser on sunday. Yesterday clinton said trumps decision to shake up his Campaign Staff wont change his message or who he is. Chairman stephen ban bannon and Kelly Ann Conway to be campaign person. There is no new donald trump, this is it. Trump and his top advisers have been meeting at trump tower here in new york. They say theyve been discussing tactics to defeat radical islamic terrorism. Time now is 4 37. Coming up boat after boat burning at this long island massive fire. We keep our houses maintained. This person here just disregards everything. Overgrown and abandoned. Why new jersey neighbors say this property is not just an eyesore, but its also dangerous. Vanessa. Well, we do have wet weather moving on through right now, cloudy skies over the city and sticky. So, yes, some early drops, then isolated showers in the forecast later, maybe some thunderstorms as well, and those chances for wet weather linger, not just tomorrowt coming up i will have some details and well talk about a much more pleasant stretch as we make our way into mid week fios is not cable. 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. Rt that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. Only from fios. . . 78 degrees and its only 4 40 in the morning. At least that humidity is down a little. Yes it did feel a heck of a lot better even though it was still kien of hot out there. Well kind of hot out there. Well get you to the traffic and weather on the 2s in a moment. Now to the man who scaled the walls of trump tower. Police say stephen re get a carefully planned his climb to the 21st floor by ordering equipment ahead of time and practicing a lot. They say the 19yearold from virginia also waited until his parents were out of town before he drove to new york ra gat a was arraigned yesterday on misdemeanor charges. His attorney call the climb, quote, profoundly stupid. More than 80,000 california residents remain under evacuation orders this morning as a huge wildfire continues to spread. The blue cut fire has charred nearly 47 square miles since Tuesday Morning. Investigators say the flames in San Bernardino county are the result of five years of drought there. At least a dozen buildings have been destroyed. Now risen to 13. State Officials Say 6,000 people remain in shelters, but that is down from more than 11. 000 earlier in the week. More than 40,000 homes have been damaged, Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson will visit louisiana today to review the federal governments response. Time now is 4 42. It is time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Vanessa murdock is in for john elliot this morning. Hi, vanessa. Good morning. It is a dreary morning out there, but, hey, a little bit pleased with that, especially our weather watchers, although it could cause a slowdown for your morning commute. Lets take a look, shall we . 73 degrees is where we start our day off from anthony in cedar grove. Reporting rain there, 90 humidity. Is this a soaker of a day . And the answer is no. Weve got this steady rain kind of pushing through right now. As we get 92 mid morning hours, we start to dry out a bit and this afternoon some more isolated activity will come into play. Happening here across the city skyline. Its a murky picture. Its light rain moving through, 78 degrees, winds are calm, relative humidity right now at 61 . What you need to know is it will feel much more humid when you step outside this morning than it did yesterday, and unfortunately the trend moving forward is for humidity levels to steadily rise as we make our way into the weekend. Sunday will be the most sticky of the next several days. Temperatures right now ranging from 64 in monticello to 79 in ed ison 74 in greenwich. As we look at the 24hour temperature change, 7 degrees cooler in the hamptons, 7 degrees cooler in monticello. The dewpoints are pretty much on par where they were yes morning, but not compared to yesterday afternoon. It felt really lovely yesterday afternoon. On the vortex satellite and radar picture right now, heres our steady stretch of rain, making its way off slowly in the north slp northeasterly direction. Until roughly 8 00 a. M. I think this is a problem out there. Out a little bit. Later today another round possible of showers and storms. Yes, it is looking like a day of mostly cloudy skies for us. So here we go, through the mid morning hours, things are looking a little bit better, some breaks of sun. But then this afternoon, 3 00, notice how we start to see a little more isolated activity popping up on the radar. And then as we go through the overnight hours, it settles down again. Tomorrow a repeat, especially by afternoon, isolated showers and storms are in the forecast. And unfortuly first half of your weekend, showers are possible again on saturday. Sunday much more well organized activity moves through late in the day. For today a high of 85, early rain and then that afternoon shower and storm chance, getting sticky again today. Then tonight were looking at stray shower and 73 degrees. For tomorrow just a little bit warmer out there, showers and storms still possible, saturday 87. 30 risk of showers and storms sunday, a 50 chance of thunderstorms. Alex, over to you. Reporter vanessa, thank you. Good morning, everyone. Blocking two lanes on the southbound siefd the bqe at the kosciuszko bridge. We have delays that sten back to the l. I. E. Also now a water main break has 30th avenue closed at 12th street, so Something Else thats going to slow your ride, as well as in paramus two lane rs blocked on route 17 southbound between midland avenue and century road for construction. The northbound closure has reopened, so a little bit of good news which continues into mass transit. Everything is on or close to schedule if youre taking metro north, path trains, new Jersey Transit or li effect city wide today. Do be safe, dont text and drive. An dree, a back to you alex, thank you. If youre just waking up, heres a quick look at some of the stories making news this morning, Suffolk County police say theyve charged a man with the murder of his own mother in lloyd harbor. 23yearold Dennis Cullen is accused of drowning 63yearold Elizabeth Cullen in their back yard pool. Police are searching for a man who tried to rob an off duty cop in the bronx. It happened last night near crotona park. Police say the officer fired the robber was not hit and ran off. The u. S. Olympic Committee Says two american swimmers detained by brazilian authorities last night have been released. Jack conquer and gunnar bentz have agreed to cooperate with police, investigating their claims that they were rob. A third swimmer in the case, jimmy fegan will also speak to police. Ryan lochte who claimed a robber put a gun to his head is already back in the u. S. Cleanup and damage estimatil south shore marina. A Security Camera shows the flame that is tore through the boats there. Cbs 2s Jennifer Mclogan spoke with distraught boat owners in each patchogue. Its like losing a home. Reporter boaters rush to the marina for a first glance in person, overcome with emotion after seeing photos and videos posted by concerned neighbors on social media. The patchogue shores marina blaze raged out of control, sparked by high winds and difficulty responders had in threatened water craft this is a mess. Theyre spraying the best they can. All the boats are on fire. Reporter a resident sent up a drone over richie wrights house capturing the dense smoke, boat after boat catching fire in the popular south shore yacht basin this is our home this. Is where we spend our summers and hang out and socialize and socialize and make family memories this is where it started. Reporter this owner is just grateful no one was seriously injured. They saved my business, they saved the building, the gas it was windy with the boat it was definitely a hard time getting into this small cove here. Reporter several firefighters were briefly hospitalized after inhaling chemicals from the charred boats constructed with fiberglass, melted plastics everywhere. First off, our main concern is the pollution aspect of it. So theyll come out with pollution boom pads and clean up the pollution part of it. Reporter nearby neighbors were issued code red for hours, telling them to clean debris from windows and doors this whole marina could have gone up. Total loss loss total devastation. Reporter arson squad detectives say although the cause remains undetermined, it appears noncriminal, the fire starting in one boat and spreading. From East Patchogue, Jennifer Mclogan, cbs 2 news. Officials from the state department of conservation were at the scene yesterday monitoring the cleanup. Time now 4 48. Up next a flag fight. Why a group of firefighters were told to remd and caught on camera, a couple struck by lightning right outside their own home. Well also get another check on traffic and weather on fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. 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. . . All right urks good morning. I dont know all right. Good morning. I dont know. Is it good to be up this early . If you are, thanks for watching us. 79 degrees as we take a live look outside. Today lears in poughkeepsie will try to reach a compromise after a controversial decision regarding the american flag. The arlington fire board of commison flags removed from fire trucks. Firefighters in the arlington district are upset by the decision, but the boards chairman maintains the flags pose a safety hazard. The firefighters are going up and down, you know, very rapidly, theyre wearing bunker gear. I was very disappointed when the Board Members that were against having the flags on the vehicles gave me the directive to have them removed. Two commissioners, the fire chief and Union Members will all meet today. In the meantime some residents they plan to protest. Well, caught on camera in texas, a couple struck by lightning while their children stood just feet away. Surveillance video shows the couple unloading groceries from their suv when a storm hit. The dad was thrown to the ground. Officials say the electricity passed through him to his wife who was inside the vehicle. The familys kids were not hit. Scary. Yeah. Time now is 4 52. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Vanessa. Yeah. Thunder around. That means you gotta get inside, folks. All right, presently no lightning out there, so thats good news. But we do have rain moving on through. Its pretty steady. It will be around until roughly 8 00 a. M. After that well see some drying out. Through the midday hours, this afternoon, though, again another chance for showers and storms. Yeah, a stray rumble of thunder later this afternoon. Highs will be very close to seasonable, in the low and mid 80s. You will notice it is a little more sticky out there this morning than it was yesterday rising as we make our way into the weekend as will rain chances. We have a 50 chance on today because of the rain moving through early. But later on it drops off to about a 20 chance. For your friday a 20 chance of showers and storms, a 30 chance on saturday. Sunday a cold front moves through late in the day with a 50 chance of showers and thunderstorms. Time now for a check on those roadways with alex dens. Reporter vanessa, thank you. Good