The granddaughter of Actor Morgan Freeman stabbed to death on a street in manhattan. Tonight the actor is speaking out about his loss as the family awaits charges against the suspect. First, a nightmare for tomorrows commute. The lirr service is back up and running tonight after a plane crashed on the tracks. Good evening im sandra bookman. Im rob powers. Service was fully restored to the Ronkonkoma Branch tonight. Plenty of headaches for people tonight. The mta releasing new images. The plane was decimated and the pilot killed and his name has not been released. One person survived the crash. Mta crews worked into the night to fix the tracks. Josh einiger is live for us at penn station for more. Reporter from looking at the pictures you can get a look at how colossal it was for them to get things moving for tomorrow morning. Its pretty much back on schedule and just in the nick of time for the monday morning ride to work. The train started moving again after dark along the lirr busy main long meaning a merciful end to a crazy day. A lot of people were upset and wanted to rage and get home and get to work or get to the city. Reporter they got nowhere fast with the lirr down. Work crews rushed to get trains back on track. The objective is to have normal service in the morning. Thats our goal. Reporter that was easier said than done after this fiery plane crash right on the tracks in beth page early sunday morning. The pilot of this single engine plane flying from West Hampton Beach to morris town, new jersey, reported engine trouble and tried to land on South Oyster Bay road and wounded up here instead. A coworker said the plane is going down. I saw them pulling out the passenger. Reporter the passenger identified as 55yearold carl of new jersey managed to survive. The pilot did not. The impact caused Severe Damage to one of the railroads busiest sections of track. By night fail they declared all was repaired in time for the monday morning rush. Many riders tried to keep things in perspective. Someone else died. Me. Reporter a very important thing to bear in mind. The pilot of the plane did not survive. His name. In the meantime the investigation is underway into what led his engine to fail and what caused the fiery crash in the first place. Live at penn station, josh einiger channel 7 eye witness news. Josh, thank you. New details in the search for a man who allegedly rape add 7yearold girl on staten island. The suspect was in custody following the incident but was released. Theyre searching for 32yearold daniel nieto. He entered the girls home through the back door and went into her bedroom and sexually assaulted her. Tremendousing and released before police were made aware the girl was assaulted. We have the suspects picture. Facebook page. Thousands have already shared it on social media. Tonight Actor Morgan Freeman is speaking out about the granddaughter. 33yearold ladina hines was morning. One man is in custody but has not yet been charged. Tonight freeman wrote on his Facebook Page i want to acknowledge the tremendous outpouring of love and support my family has received regarding the tragic and senseless passing of my granddaughter. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Aj ross is in Washington Heights with the story. Reporter sandra, a rising star with unlimited potential is how loved ones described 33yearold adina hines. Shes the granddaughter through marriage of Morgan Freeman. Police have a suspect in custody, there are lingering questions tonight about the senseless killing. Like 3 00 a. M. I heard a guy yelling and i heard a woman scream. Reporter a loud commotion in the middle of the night outside this west 162 street apartment quickly caught the attention of brendan and others who live nearby. He was screaming jesus christ is born. I go to the window and i see him on top of a woman and i couldnt really see what was going on. Then the police came. Like two police cars came and arrested the guy. Reporter a 911 call brought police to the scene within minutes where they discovered 33yearold adina hines with multiple stab wounds lying in the street. She was rushed to harlem hospital and later pronounced dead. The granddaughter of Morgan Freeman, adina graduated from nyu acting program and pursuing her dreams of acting and writing in the city. Friends and family offered their condolences as Morgan Freeman issued the following statement. The world will never know her art and talent. Her friends and family are fortunate enough to know what she meant as a person. According to police, a 30yearold male at the scene was taken into custody and was undergoing a psych evaluation. For now, no charges have been filed. Its sad. Its scary. I mean this happened 15 feet in front of my doorway. Its very scary. Reporter we checked just a short time ago and that unidentified suspect is still hospitalized tonight. Live in Washington Heights, aj ross, channel 7 eye witness news. Aj, thank you. It was a hot day today. Temperatures in the 90s and we could have record breaking heat. Jeff smith with details. Yeah, the daily record high for tomorrow is 95 degrees. That was set over 70 years ago in 1944. Were predicting temperatures at least that high tomorrow afternoon. This is like a heat pump. This High Pressure pumping in the winds from the south and west. It will make the temperature in the mid90s feel like 100 to 105 degrees in spots. Highs today got up to 93 in the park and 96 in newark. Central park hasnt had an official heat wave this year. That would be three consecutive days of 90 plus. Right now temperatures havent fallen down to the 80degree mark in new york city. The dew point is straddling between uncomfortable and oppressive. Week. Air quality not that much better. Lows tonight getting down barely below 80 in the city. Urban areas dont get much highs tomorrow, were record. 96 degrees in central park and 94 in morris town and low 90s island. We see relief. Well talk about that in your full accuweather forecast coming up. Jeff, well see you then. A Police Standoff has ended in new jersey with the suspect and two victims dead. Authorities say the shooter died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound at 7 00. Five hours after barricading himself inside a house in warren. The man shot a man and a woman before taking his own life. The people in the neighborhood reported hearing shots earlier in the day. I heard a series of loud pops and bangs. I wasnt sure it sounded like gunshots. I really wasnt sure. There was a quick quiet and three more sounds. Police have not released the identity of the shooter or the victims. Its unclear how theyre related. A man accused of kidnapping an 18yearold woman in queens facing several charges including rape. 21yearold Jonathan Cornell was taken to the hospital after his arrest last night. He kidnapped his exgirlfriend at knife point yesterday and facing robbery, kidnapping and weapons charges. Civil rights activists are mourning an icon tonight as they say goodbye to julian vaughan. Vaughan died at the age of 75. His wife said he suffered from vascular disease. He served in the Georgia State legislature. Well have more on how he got his start in political activism in the next half hour. Straight ahead for us, abandoning the campaign trail to do his civic duty. Donald trump set to report for jury duty. Also a grandmother renting out rooms in her home facing a huge fine. The profits and pitfalls of home sharing sites. A shark fest by the beach. John is just two weeks away from walking down the aisle with emily. Didnt see that one comin. Now were groomsmen. Were just 475 short miles away from. Shenanigans. Its not going to get too crazy. Might get a little weird. You have places to go. Let us worry about getting you there. Bp gasoline with invigorate. Fuel the journey. Rescue Officials Say a search plane has spotted another plane that crashed in a remote area of indonesia. The flight plane had been missing for several hours after losing contact with air traffic control. The faa says the computer glitch that caused a travel nightmare for thousands of passengers has now been fixed. Officials say a Software Upgrade at a facility in virginia may have caused the problem that forced the delay or cancellation yesterday. Delays continued through major hubs throughout today. There is no indication that the system had been hacked. Happening tomorrow, donald trump will appear in a manhattan courtroom. The republican front runner has been called to jury duty. He posted his program for immigration reform. That would have mexico pay for completing the border wall, triple the number of immigration officers and as he told nbcs meet the press this morning end birthright citizenship. Youre going to deport children . No, no. Well keep the Families Together. We have to keep the Families Together but they have to go. What if they have no place to go . Well work with them. They have to go. We either have a country or we dont have a country. Families with u. S. Born children could return quickly if deemed worthy by the government. Meantime, speculation swirling again tonight about Vice President joe bidens potential run for president. The newspaper in North Carolina urging him to join the race in an article yesterday. That newspaper says his habit of verbal gaffes shouldnt strike him from the list of contenders pointing to Donald Trumps rise in the polls. Beach goers on long island find themselves up close and personal with sharks today. A fisherman on long beach says he intended to catch sea bass or fluke but caught four or five sharks. It took him ten minutes to reel in his big catch. Each was released to the ocean. Thats not sea bass. He gave police the slip with his hands cuffed behind his back. Coming up on eye witness news, the search for a slippery suspect and how he escape frommed custody. Plus, the bear that tried to break in through the cat door. Why the homeowner is getting used to burly guys like this making house calls. Accuweather alert. Were in for dangerous heat. Itll stick around for a on stage in Marcus Harvey park tonight. Its a celebration of what they call the modern circus. No tents or animals but plenty of fun with acrobats, jugglers thanks to the City Parks Foundation sponsored by disney. The Parent Company of wabc tv. All right, jeff, the summer we have a lot of summer left in it, does it not . Its interesting. The hottest temperature weve had so far on july 29th it was 96 degrees. Were expected to reach that tomorrow and near records again during the day on tuesday. Just when you think temperatures are starting to generally go down a little bit in late august, no, not the case this year. Weather has its own we head outside and look towards the empire state building. 82 degrees, that humidity up at 60 . The humidity is sticking around all week. The wind from the north at 3 miles per hour. The high today up to 93 after a morning low of 76. A full 10 degrees above normal for august 16th. The record for today was 96 back in 1944. Not quite reaching it today. I do expect to break tomorrows record. The sun setting at 7 53 these days. Near record heat over the next couple of days. I think any thunderstorm activity like we got this afternoon stays spotty through wednesday. Especially tuesday into wednesday. Not expecting anything tomorrow. Theres a chance of getting heavier thunderstorms late thursday into thursday night as a stronger front approaches and humidity hanging on for much of the week. 70 in morris town, 75 in belmar. As you get closer to the urban centers you stay warmer on a night like tonight and well go below the 80degree mark. The radar and satellite nationwide showing this southwesterly flow and a big ridge of High Pressure over the eastern third of the country. Helping us avoid any big time storminess. Theyre gefting a vigorous front through minnesota but that rides the jet stream to the north during the next 24 to 48 hours. Eventually this will kind of break down. This pattern breaks down by later in the week and allows a front to get in here by late thursday into thursday night providing the thunderstorm chance and providing relief thereafter. In the meantime, were talking record heat during the day tomorrow. The high up to 96 degrees as we head into tuesday nearing the record of 94. Predicting a high of 93 with the southwesterly flow continuing and the front does work in here. Accuweather forecast turning out warm and humid and barely going below 80. Were 79 at 7 00 in the morning under a lot of sunshine. Blistering sunshine during the day tomorrow. Quite hot and humid out there. 96 degrees breaking the record potentially. Warm and humid patchy clouds tomorrow night and were down to 78. Near record warmth on tuesday and 93. Maybe a spotty thunderstorm tuesday afternoon and wednesday afternoon. Just below 90 on wednesday and late thursday into thursday night that stronger front moves in. Could be bigger thunderstorms with that and cooler being to upper 80s into next weekend. Sglr its all relative. Mid90s perfect baseball weather. Perfect baseball weather. Coming up in sports were talking about one team going for a sweep. The other team trying to avoid the sweep. The yankees were counting on good defense to show they are kings of the American League east. Meanwhile the mets are trying to stay on feel like a kid again with dunkins new oreo and chips ahoy flavored coolatta and iced coffees. Classic cookie flavor in every sip. America runs on dunkin. We saw Carlos Beltran drop that ball. Im guessing that dent bode well for the yankees. No, theyre coming home after first place. They lost the ball and the sun. Just almost getting clocked in the head. It was called an error but that was later changed to a hit. Troy tulowitzki scores and toronto with a 10 lead. Two batters later and a Jose Bautista bomb and his 28th of the season. That makes it 30, jays. The yankees offense limited to this Jacoby Ellsbury in the top of the 6th inning. The yankees down 31 and stays that way until the end. Mark teixeira grounds out and the yankees holding onto a half game lead against their division rivals. I thought we did a good job coming in here and winning a tough series on the road. We snatched one the other day. Any time you can win two out of three, thats a good series. The mets licking their wounds this evening after taking it on the chin the last three games. Matt harvey did his part. He strikes out starlyn marte. He leaves after being tied at 1. They had a 7th inning meltdown. The man on 1st, Bobby Parnell picks up the grounder and makes the perfect toss over to second base and murphy ducks and ball goes in the outfield and runner moves to 3rd. The pirates take a 21 lead and the wheels fall off when travis darno lets this pitch go by and another run comes by. The pirates piled on and they swept the mets, final 81 despite lose thing mets are on top in the National League east with a four and a half game lead over the nationals. Well, it took 21 starts in his professional career but a major champion. The aussi started the final round of the pga championship with a two stroke lead and no other player got closer than that all day. An emotional event. Day finishes the season with a three stroke victory. Hes the first player in the history to finish strokes under par. To be able to walk up the 18th hole and finish the way i did, there was a lot of emotion that are came out of me. I havent had much time to think about what i accomplished. Much more ahead in sports. Geno is talking and trying to stay informed and welcome back. Geno did not get his jaw wired and hes talking saying get ready for me to come back. Geno was throwing near the jets complex just a few days removed from his surgery for a fractured jaw. Its left up to the team to determine when hell return to the huddle. The jets talked to geno smith when he came in for a treatment and they were dealing with the matter internally. As an organization we handled that and it was fine. He shouldnt be doing it right now. We handled that internally and we had that discussion. They discussed surgery and he doesnt need to get infected. The giants signed brendan merriweather. Big blue moving onto the next game on saturday. They have to be concerned about their miscues on the offensive side of the ball. Too many drops and miscommunications. Coach tom coughlin making it a priority as they gear up for a visit from the jags. They need to focus. Definitely need to do more as a receiving group and as a team as well. We didnt play well. Cant hang your head on it. You just keep moving and learn from it. Lets give a salute to the boys from jersey taking on the team from pennsylvania. The winner has a spot in the Little League world series. Cole wagner was in great form as he was mowing down the kids from jackson, new jersey. He struck out 8 batters as the team from pa beat the boys from jersey 120. The Little League world series begins on thursday. Thats it in sports. Cole wagner. I wrote it down. Write his name down. Get tickets now. Thanks, anthony. A tragedy in the sky leads to trouble on the tracks. The latest on what happened and the affect on train service. Plus the fugitive. A handcuffed suspect still on the loose after escaping Police Custody. A lets take a look at the top stories. One man in custody in connection of the stabbing death of Morgan Freemans granddaughter. Adina hines stabbed multiple times this morning in Washington Heights. The actor said the world will never know her artist and talent. A search for a man accused of raping a 7yearold girl. He entered the home through the back door and sexually assaulted her in her room. He was arrested, charged with tresz passing and was released before they were made aware she w