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WNYW FOX 5 News At 5 October 5, 2015

To everybody a big time curve ball with the announcement he was entering alcohol rehab. In a Statement Issued by the team, c. C. Had this to say. It hurts me deeply to do this now, but i owe it to myself and my family to get right. I want to take control of my disease and i want to be a better man, father and player. This is certainly a far, far cry from c. C. Here being drenched with champagne this past thursday night when he was the winning pitcher in the yankees wildcard clincher. When i got reaction from the bosses and teammates today, they were all caught off guard. The phone we got from c. C. , which was a courageous phone call yesterday, informing us of what was going on, what was needed, thats not a call i was expecting between 12 00 and 1 00. Russ how did he sound . You know, he sounded down, he sounded he apologized, which he didnt need to do. When i was summoned to my office, i was shocked, you know, with what happened. And, you know, i know players have drinks. That happens in the game. Adults have drinks. But i was not aware, you know, that it was at that level and that he felt that he needed help. Russ some guys, if youre told they have a problem, youre not surprised. When you heard c. C. Has a problem, did that shock you . It did. I think that, you know, weve obviously we have played together a long time. I know him pretty well. But i think, you know, some things people know about and some things people arent so aware of. You know, im glad that this is something he doesnt want to get any worse and were going to miss him tomorrow night. Well miss him throughout the playoffs. Im glad to see he stepped up and is working to become better through all this. Of us only wish him well, but nobody saw this coming. This is a real big time shock. Thats it from here. Back to you. Dari thank you for that. Governor cuomo has ordered a state probe into saturdays explosion in borough park, brooklyn, that killed two people. A 64yearold died in the blast after a stove in her apartment was disconnected from the gas line. A second body has been found. No word if it is that of a 47yearold who has been missing since that explosion. Three people who were passing by at the time of the explosion were also hurt. Sharon crowley will have a live update with the latest on the investigation coming up at 5 30. Steve an amtrak train went off the tracks this morning in central vermont. Dari Linda Schmidt is joining us. Reporter well get to that in just a second. The final destination of the the train derailed this morning about 10 30, injuring seven people, after it hit rocks that have fallen off a ledge on to the tracks. Were very, very lucky there was no loss of life. Reporter Officials Say the train derailed 10 30 this morning, sending a locomotive and one Passenger Car over an embankment in northfield, vermont. Its a steep area. If you talk to the passengers, theyll tell you that one of them said it was unbelievable. There were Senior Citizens bounding up this cliff that the cars fell down. Reporter these pictures were posted on twitter by brian bell. His parents were on the train as part of a fall foliage sightseeing trip. It was headed from vermont to washington, d. C. , when it hit rocks on the tracks. 98 passengers were on board. Seven were injured. Of nature where they fell on to the track. Reporter investigators believe the rockslide happened sometime overnight. I do know that a Freight Train did go through there last night. And there was no evidence of any ledge slide at that point. Reporter we also reached out to amtrak and the Railroad Management there is on the scene. Again, that track is owned and maintained by new england central railroad. Back to you. Steve thank you. Three cars of a Freight Train derailed in north jersey today. None of the cooking oil spilled. Unclear what caused the derailment. Dari important clues in the search for a missing cargo ship in the bahamas with 28 americans on board. Officials say coast guard search crews discovered life jackets, thousands of pieces of styrofoam and a cargo door. Ship sank in high winds and heavy seas caused by Hurricane Joaquin. The owner say the captain was trying to avoid the storm but the ship had mechanical problems. Suit. Officials are holding out hope that of the 33man crew, somehow survived in a lifeboat thats still missing. Steve the flood waters beginning to go back in parts of South Carolina where at least weekend. Hundreds of others needed to be rescued after record rainfall. More than 20 inches. The governor urging people to stay off the roads. More than 40,000 people are without water and 26,000 dont have any power. Dari new york City Attorney Eric Schneiderman is cracking down on synthetic marijuana and designer drug distributors, his Office Filing lawsuits against two companies today, claiming the products had little labeling info and most lacked ingredient lists, warnings and directions for use. The companies were allegedly promoting the drugs as, quote, legal highs. Our office has been dealing with synthetic or designer drugs for a couple of years with tremendous success. We need to expand those efforts. Because the problem is not going away. Dari he says the products are dangerous and can lead to addiction, psychosis and death. Steve john boehner has rescheduled the vote to replace him for later this month. The vote will take place october 29 29th and it will be up to him to schedule elections. The Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy facing a challenge. Dari mayor de blasio wants Computer Science taught in Public Schools within the next decade. Steve antwan lewis went to brooklyn to show us how its ohming up new opportunities for opening up new opportunities for students. Reporter bit rittany course is taking a class in computer programming. Were learning processing. Last year in my 9th grade, we learned how to make web sites and how to do games and everything. I thought that was really cool. I never knew how to do that. Reporter the program is part of Computer Science for all, a department of Education Initiative providing specialized computerrelated training to better equip these young minds with our increasing Technology Field future. They get the basics freshman year. From there, things take off. In the 10th grade, they feel like a real programmer, typing in the code and doing Digital Interactive art through 11th grade, theyre doing web sites and making custom web apps, just customizing the code. Funding is from an 81 million publicprivate partnership. Its been a goal of the de blasio administration, filling the majority of tech related jobs with graduates of new york city schools. The types of jobs that are out there really depends on students ability to problem solve, to work with someone else. Reporter no problem from brittany, set with ideas to put the training to use by creating an Online Fundraising web site. I want to help people out, people with cancer and some of the children. I want to help out and not get paid for it. I want them to know that im here to help them. Thats how im going to make the web site. Reporter antwan lewis, fox 5 news. Steve all right. Disney worlds revamping the way it deals with season passes. Dari Alison Morris will join us to talk about the theme parks new pricing plans and how disney is trying to fight overcrowding. Steve and im bobby flay and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. Come fall, i like to get a has to offer. Like this famous winery nestled in the Hudson Valley. Or the awardwinning vineyards of long island. This cooperstown brewery belongs in every beer lovers hall of fame. You can even try new yorks exceptional cider and spirits. This fall, drink in the beauty of new york state. Plan your trip at iloveny. Com. How do you stay on top of your health . Ahh. Ahh. Plan choices and tools to take control. So theyre more engaged, with fewer high health risks and lower medical costs. Take control of your health at cigna dot comr slash take control. Dari disney fans may have to pay more the next time they go to the happiest place on earth. Steve American Apparel goes belly up. Reporter this isnt much of a surprise. Weve been tracking this steve forever. Forever. Theyve been in trouble for a while. We told you about it this summer, they were having trouble, but they have filed for bankruptcy this morning. They didnt announce any store closures or layoffs with this bankruptcy filing, but some may be coming. American apparels stock closed at 8 cents today. Last week the New York Stock Exchange to delist them the value is so low. Its not looking good. American apparel hasnt made money in five years. It lost 45 million in the first half of this year. A tough day for them. Disney taking a page out of ubers book and considering surge pricing. The company may start charging more or putting restrictions on tickets on busy days, while offering cheaper tickets in special parks on slower days. They eliminated the seasonal pass. It had blackout periods like the summer season. Day passes to the Magic Kingdom topped 100 for the first time earlier this year. It now costs 105 a person to visit for the day. Also on the rise, bank fees are higher than ever before. According to bank rate. Com, the average fee to use an out of network atm hit 4. 52. Thats more than a 20 percent jump over five years. And new york has some of the highest atm fees in the country. The average overdraft charge hit a new high. Were talking 33. 07 every time you overdraft. Whats causing this big spike . Something thats supposed to be good for us is a problem. Banks are more transparent about fees so people can easily avoid them. They also hike the fees. If you dont Pay Attention, you now get slammed. Steve you cant win. You really cant win. Reporter you have to read the fine print. Dari are you still paying fees taking money from your bank . It depends. Most banks steve when you go to the bow dig bodega bodega, you get hit. You cant win. Steve i try to load up at my bank. Dari there is a major recall alert involving cheerios cereal, General Mills recalling 1. 8 million boxes of regular and honey nut cheerios because they contain wheat even though theyre labeled glutenfree. This is especially important and serious for anybody who suffers from celiac disease or wheat allergies. The boxes have use by dates of july 14th, 15th, 16 and 17th of july 2016 on the boxes. Steve the mets have been the talk of major league division. Theyre in the playoffs for the first time in nine years. Theyll be playing the dodgers. Granderson said he and his teammates are ready. Get a chance to be one of the final 10, playing october baseball, its what we look forward to. Im a big halloween guy. The play is october in great. In l. A. On friday. Dari look at this. This is shout shore of long island. Nice. Even though Hurricane Joaquin hung a huge right away from land, there was lots of rain and coastal flooding and big waves for surfers to hang 10 on. I love that. So cool. They crave the storms. Steve exactly. We made it through okay. Dari South Carolina nick that was another story. Youre talking two feet of rain. Huge flooding. Youve seen that reported. Weve had coastal Flooding Issues that lasted into sunday, but now things are quieting down, except for the surf. It will be high for another day or two at the shore as joaquin moves away from the east coast. It will provide a little bit of surf conditions. We have great weather coming our way. 67, 52 today. Back on track after a chilly couple of days. 35 the record low. Right now 65. The winds out of the northeast at 9 miles an hour. We have a bit of cloud cover out there right now, but that will go away tonight. 30 30. 20 on the pressure and holding steady. Dry weather until friday is what were thinking. Track. Look at the temps. Into the 60s everywhere we went. Lower 60s at monticello and sussex. 67 at newark. 63 at the shore and lower 60s across long island. Wind out of the northeast off the ocean. Were close to those numbers, hanging in the low 60s across long island. 66 at bridgeport. Theyre the warm spot and allentown. You see the temperature gain from yesterday. Three, four degrees, depending on where you are. Well add to this tomorrow. The next two days, well pop into the 70s. Wind out of the northeast will northerly and lighten up to 5 miles an hour. Lets look at the satellite photograph. Were seeing the clouds zipping up the eastern seaboard. No big deal. As we get into the next couple of hours, those clouds should start to diminish. Well see a few scattered clouds as the night goes along. Beautiful sunny weather tomorrow. Theres joaquin. Close but no cigar. Its moving to the north and east. No problem for us except for the surf continuing there. It is still raining in the north and South Carolina. Look at this rotation. This upper level storm center is bringing problems to them. You think theyd get a break now that joaquin is moving away. The setup wasnt necessarily related to joaquin as was our situation here. Our weather is right in here. Its going to stay nice and dry tonight and tomorrow and beyond that for a couple of days. Tomorrow, 50s out the door. 40s in the suburbs. 65 at lunchtime. 72 tomorrow afternoon. Nice and sunny weather as youll see on the futurecast. No problems there. Clear tomorrow night. Beautiful weather returns on wednesday. By then its middle 70s. Next front wednesday night that will drop us into the mid and upper 60s on thursday. The next chance of rain is with that system out to the west. Thats not going to get here until friday afternoon. 53 in the city. 40s out to the chillier suburbs. Tomorrow, sunny and milder. 72 the high in midtown. Theres the seven day. Theres another 70degree plus day on wednesday. Looking at 74. Back to 68 thursday. Again, sunshine returns as the front passes along. Rain by friday afternoon into friday night at 70. A great columbus day weekend. Here comes the holiday. 65 on saturday. Breezy. 67 sunday. Then we get back to 70 on columbus day. Steve better than when it was cool. Nick well be seeing this milder than average pattern. Dari we talked about this friday night. A great job of figuring out the track of Hurricane Joaquin. Steve Audrey Puente joins us to tell us how some say the system be. Well, steve and dari, with joaquin, the debate has resurfaced between the european models and the american ones. I did some investigation to see what politicians are thinking. Even though Hurricane Joaquin turned away from the united states, it caused disruption across the tristate area. The disparity between models caused confusion. Folks didnt know whether to go about their business or prepare for the worst. You cannot prepare enough and you cannot prepare soon enough. Reporter the debate began on which weather model had the best prediction. The american model, known as the gfs, or the european model. Michael of weather 2 ,000 says our friends are ahead of the game. The european Modeling Center and the u. K. Modeling center put a ton of money into upgrading their models over the last few years. Their physics, equations, everything is Lightyears Ahead of where our system was a couple of years ago. Senator Chuck Schumer said the miscalculations were due to the underfunding of the National Tracking system. We have to insure that satellites like these are funded so that we can know how hard, where and when superstorms, hurricanes, tornados and other weather hazards will hit. Reporter while president obama has proposed 380 million to build new weather satellites, Congress Wants to slash two3rds of that and the house of representatives wants to eliminate all of it. According to a 2011 study, new york is the most vulnerable of the 50 states to the negative effects of weather variability. Governor cuomo is attempting to keep new yorkers safe by implementing a new weather detection system. The new york state early weather Warning System is a network of 125 weather stations. Each collects a variety of data used in forecasting and decisionmaking. We should not toss away our american model. It does do well in some areas. Last weekend it predicted the blizzard. The real focus is on our satellite systems. Those are what we need to Pay Attention to. They need funding. According to senator schumer, by 2016, well only have one functioning, which will debilitate our forecasting ability. Steve you need to know as soon as you can when the storms are coming. You can get an updated forecast on our fox 5 ny weather app. Check it live. They can in itunes store. Steve Baruch Shemtov shows us how to dress up your off duty duds for any occasion. Dari and the the bat mobile rolling into gotham. 130 yards now. Bills got a very tough lie here. Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. I believe thats a kraken, bruce. It looks like hes going to go with a nine iron. That may not be enough club. Well hes definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. If youre a golf commentator, its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Steve for a lot of guys, wearing casual clothes means tshirts and jeans. But you can up your style game. Dari Baruch Shemtov shows us great casual looks in the fall for tonights perfect fit. [music] reporter the temperature is dropping. School is back in session. That means a new casual wardrob

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