Traffic. You have two lanes closed at 108th street with an accident that is the two left lanes. Delays building through here and construction in the westbound lanes of the l. I. E. In this area. And then heading over to the bqe, slow ride eastbound, one to two lanes blocked. Things are still moving okay through this the search is on for a man who attacked a woman in a park on the Upper West Side. Katherine creag has more. This is one of the most popular parks for the people in the Upper West Side. Reporter right. You can almost see people here at all times of the day. A woman was walking her dog when the attack happened in Riverside Park. At least there is a suspect sketch that police and people can go on. A sketch of that suspect. In this area of 107th street in Riverside Park, thats when the attack happened. The suspect walking and she was 48 years old. He asked her what time it was and tried kissing her as he put her in a headlock. She kicked him below the belt and she bit him. We talked to people who say its a back. I think shes pretty brave because it take as lot of a woman to even try to fight back her attacker because shes so scared. Reporter and news 4 investigates found out the most recent nypd numbers show Violent Crime in city parks is up 23 compared to this time last year. That doesnt include central park but Riverside Park is in the top five of parks for the the suspect is being described as 25 to 30 years old with a muscular build. Viewers can take a look at the suspect sketch. Back to you, michael. You should be careful as youre doing this reporting with safety in the park as they should in all parks, thanks, kat. A health alert now. A concern of spreading hepatitis a in Kerry Barrett has more. Good morning, kerry. Yes. There is a case of hep a being investigated in farming dale new york at trento on july 19th, 23rd, 26th and 29th. Fatigue, poor appetite, nausea, stomach pay and jaundice. The symptoms usually appear within 28 days of exposure. Preventive treatment can help prevent or lessen the severity when it is given within two weeks of exposure. So if you have been there, its important to let your doctor know. Also theres a free vaccine to people who may have been exposed. The building is located in gat information, you can, of course, head to our website at nbcnewyork. Com. Darlene . Kerry barrett, thank you. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Youre doing your best job of what were about to feel for the next 48 hours. Yes. Same thing happening today and the rest of the week and it may get worse in terms of unsettled with showers and thunderstorms popping up especially in the Late Afternoon to early evening. Tomorrow probably feels worse because the actual air temperatures peak tomorrow in the mid90s. Still hot and bothered, so to speak. 76 in oceanside. 72 in morristown. 68 in there. Breaks in the cloud cover by noon, 87. Very uncomfortable for lunchtime. Its indoors, i think. Thunderstorms popping up again this afternoon and this evening. Lets talk about the commute right now. Theres the 5 train. Its been around all week. Right . Its been having a week. We have delays on the uptown 5 trains because of signal problems on and off all week. If youre getting on the buses, so if you ride a bus at this hour, definitely check in to make sure youre not affected by these. Otherwise, things look good there. Parking rules in effect. Thank you, lauren. Its 5 06. What a night for team usa the americans continued their dominance in the pool while the best gymnast in the world gave a stunning performance in the gym. Jay gray is as the o reporter yes, just an amazing night for team usa across the board. Michael, always good to talk to you. Look, at this point, the team usa dominance brought some of the athletes to tears. It was a magic and emotional simone biles and aly raisman and simone manuel, the first africanamerican to win a medal in the pool. And ryan lochte and Michael Phelps. He earned the 22nd gold of his career in the 200 i. M. While Kayla Harrison was a nightmare, the best in history in judo. Michael phelps and Katie Ledecky will be back in the pool later today. Also today, another highprofile Olympic Event in track and field as it gets running in rio. That should be excited. Really, just the medal count continues to climb for the americans, guys. Great news from rio. The concern at the bay where they are having sailing events. Is this going to bring up new concerns and the impact . Reporter what the officials here are saying is that the water is safe and when you talk to some of the competitors, they are locked in, michael. They say, were not worried about it. We have to continue. Were here to win medals. Is it a concern . I think so. This was so much concern about the water. The Associated Press even conducting an independent study that found viruses and algae and bacteria in the water from human waste. I think some are concerned but the athletes are focused on their competition. Jay, thank you very much. Appreciate that. Well, heres a look at the medal counts. Team usa has the most gold medals to date. By japan and russia. The small island nation of fiji celebrating its first major medals in any olympics. It is smaller than the state of delaware but they love rugby. This is not only their first medal but a gold awarded for rugby since the 1924 games in paris. Congratulations to them. Be sure to check out nbcnewyork. Com for the four watch today including Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky vying for gold in their signature races. To read up on the athletes, get details on the mustsee matchups ahead. Former penn state coach Jerry Sandusky will take to the stand today and will argue that his conviction should be overturned. Hes expected to claim that his lawyers mishandled his trial four years ago. Trial. Hes now serving a 30 to 60year sentence. 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And new york and surrounding until tomorrow evening. Cooling centers will have extended hours throughout the weekend. Pools, parks and beaches will stay open later this weekend. The heat keeps coming today, tomorrow and sunday. We have an excessive heat warning in the city which includes Nassau County and westchester county. Tomorrow, the advisory is in effect as well. The feelslike temperatures arent too bad. Nassau county, 74 degrees right now. Generally speaking, its 75 from poughkeepsie to bridgewater. We have a few showers that started out as thunderstorms across eastern p. A. But its weakening as it bound. Rain comes down in a quick little burst but thats in burden county as well. Take along your umbrella if youre heading out in the next few minutes or so. Youll need it from time to time this morning but especially late in the day. 105 is what it will feel like later this afternoon in the city. Look at all of these triple digits. 105 in South Brunswick and tomorrow, even worse. Tomorrow afternoon and even away from the water, 106 in northport. 103 in poughkeepsie tomorrow afternoon as well. Future tracker, quiet during the afternoon hours. Hazy sunshine in here, not that you want it with the humidity. Showers and storms pop up. The latest trend indicating its from the city on more north and west. Even if youre watching to the south of the area, with this type of air mass, a popup shower or thundor leftovers in and around the city and then it quiets down overnight. Clouds giving way to hazy sunshine. Well see that repeat itself one more time on sunday. 93, thats the actual high temperatures today. Low 90s for the hudson valley. Heres the tenday. Mid90s tomorrow and sunday. Scattered showers and storms in the evening. Chance of showers on tuesday, upper 80s. And friday with temperatures in the middle 80s. Lets talk about the morning commute with lauren. Its rolling along nicely but not the long island expressway. Theres an accident blocking two to three lanes out there. Westbound rubber necking as well. There are lanes blocked with construction on the l. I. E. Westbound. Heading over to the bqe, disabled vehicle westbound by the morgan avenue exit. Eastbound construction, thats cleared for a better ride there. Heading over to the area of allamuchy, quite a slow drive. Avoid it or take local streets if you can and then alternate side parking rules are in effect. Weather and traffic ahead on the Donald Trumps team is going to sit down with Republican Party officials today. This is being described almost as an intervention for a Campaign Seen as being in trouble. Tracie potts is in washington with the details. Weve heard rumors about letters being written to the rnc saying dont send any more money to the Trump Campaign until they get their act in order. Whats going on here, tracie . Reporter theyve gone public with that now in terms of the meetings some of the people emergency meeting. The Trump Campaign says, no, this is typical. In the meantime, donald trump is doubling down on what he said about president obama and isis. Barack obama is the founder. Reporter donald trump is not backing down, claiming the president is responsible for isis. I tell the truth. I tell the truth. Actually, a lot of people like that i said it. Reporter as Trump Campaigns in pennsylvania today, his staff the partys frustrated with their nominee, trump team calls todays meeting routine. Whats not routine, more than 70 Party Insiders going public urging the gop to give up on trump and redirect their money to struggling lawmakers up for reelection. Because he refuses to do whatever other president ial candidate in decades has done and released his tax return. Reporter Hillary Clinton released eight years wort report that one of her top aides at the state department did doubleduty for the clinton foundation. The American People are tired of the pay to play politics in washington, d. C. Reporter in a statement, the Clinton Campaign says that aide cheryl mills volunteered for the foundation on her own time. And volunteer work involved mills coming to new york to conduct interviews for the foundation. The Campaign Says that she did it on her own time. And that any allegation that this was a conflict with the state department job, they are calling it absurd. Tracie potts, thank you very much. Happening today, City University students are registering ahead of the november election. They will go underground into the subway station for the registration blitz. The event lasts from 10 00 a. M. Until 6 00 p. M. New york ranks among the highest in and macys plans to close 100 stores around the nation by early next year. Thats about 15 of the Macys Department stores. Macys recently reported a slump of sales and profits. Its not clear which stores will close but the move will allow them to focus on their bestperforming location. 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Liberty mutual is proud to insure every team usa medal won in rio, just like we protect the medals youve earned in life. Liberty stands with you. Its going to be extremely hot. Meanwhile, a dramatic rescue. Four boogie boarders were swept out to sea. A couple of Good Samaritans tried to help them but their canoe capsized. The coast guard was able to get when the tide is going out, you keep swimming and lose your place and then youre in trouble. Recurrent risks are pretty high, too. Always Pay Attention to lifeguards and really before you go into the water, thats the main thing. Meantime, its understandable, 93 is the expected high. Thats the actual high temperature. With tum like 105 this afternoon. Could be a storm just about any time for the first half of tonight or muggy, upper 70s. Tomorrow, thats where i think we really peak in terms of temperature and humidity. 95. Feels like temperatures, close to 110 tomorrow afternoon. Scattered showers and storms in the low 90s. Not a big, dramatic change there were in this for the long haul. We sure are. Chris, thank you. Lauren . Believe it or not, we have flooding on the roads from yesterday. In the left lane out by paramus road. Use caution if you travel in that area. Heading over to the trains, 5 trains with ongoing signal problems. Lauren, thanks very if you sprawl gra graffiti, theres 13 million lost in the period of unpaid fines. State comptroller says that they are not picking up the phone to collect the money. So you dont want to send people the message, just dont answer the phone and you dont have to pay the fine. It would be nice if people right. 5 26, a scare at the 3 world trade center. A crane that nearly broke one of the windows. And im Katherine Creag live on the Upper West Side where a woman walking her dog was attacked. Well show you what the suspect may look like. Download the news 4 new york app on your device and well be . . Nly almondmilk made with californiagrown blue diamond almonds. . . Of course, if you ask one of our almond growers. Theres no maybe about it. . . Almond breeze. The best almonds make the best almondmilk. The search for a man who attacked a woman. What she did to fight him off. Plus, its going to feel like triple digits today. The end of an era. Arods final day. Im darlene rodriguez. A there is a new warning. What is going on today . Weve upgraded things to an excessive heat warning and excessive heat watch which begins later tomorrow and continuing through sunday. The areas in orange is a heat advisory. The bottom line, everywhere is uncomfortable and the humidity makes you feel like anywhere from 100 to 110 degrees. You really slow down the pace, a little rain out there this morning in northeast new jersey. We zoom in closer and there is steadier rain if youre heading out the door right now and in these areas, the activity is weakening. It may start to rain at times for the next hour or so and then look forak cover. 87 and hot and sticky. Watch again as the storms develop late this afternoon or this evening. Lauren, whats the latest . We have problems on the road, some of the same ones over on 80 heading eastbound after exit 19. There is an overturned truck out there causing delays. Definitely leave yourself some time. If you can avoid it, that would be a great idea. Exit 21. Two lanes remain closed. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. 5 32 right now. Police say a man jumped a woman as she was walking her dog. Kat . Yes, that woman certainly did fight back. She bit the suspect, kicked him as well. The attack happened right police did release a sketch of the suspect, a sketch that you see right there. It happened 5 20 in the morning last friday in the area of 107th street in Riverside Park. The suspect came up to the 48yearold woman and asked her casually what time was it. All of a sudden, though, he put her in a head lock and tried kissing he