You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the forecast. Hot day. Day three of our hot wife. It started saturday. Temperatures around 80 to start the day. Normal high is about ten cooler than that. 78 canarsie. 75 cambria heights. 81 whitestone, Staten Island, down the jersey shore, from 78 to 72 degrees. 68 up to the north around poughkeepsie. So, we are looking at a hot day today. We will get into the mid90s easily today. You tack on the humidity, it will feel like 100. Thats right. Be careful. We could get to 95, 96 degrees, break a record high. We will talk about that coming up. Debbie duhaime is in for heather. We will start out telling you everything is back on track l. I. R. R. On the Ronkonkoma Branch after problems from yesterday. Metro branch, Waterbury Branch ongoing construction in bridgeport. George, lincoln and holland moving okay. Number 1 trains, no trains at 14th to south ferry. That is Maintenance Work going on. Southbound new york state thruway down to 15a a collision. A webcam, a look at 8th avenue in the 30s, earlier Police Department activity cleared. Alternate sides in effect. Back to you, ken, michelle. Thank you. An accuweather heat warning. The mercury is rising. Today new york city could see the First Official heat wave since july of 2013 as temperatures flirt with record highs. Kala rama joins us from the Upper West Side. Good morning, kala. Reporter good morning, ken. See, the sun is not beating right now. But im sure once the sun comes out it will be quite hot. This advertise the place to be. Place to be. We are at Riverside Park. Take a look over here with me. You can see the water here just pouring out looking really good for kids to play in later this afternoon. This heat wave, once it kicks off, three consecutive days here of 90 or above. This was saturday when this started. It was 92 degrees. You can see the sunshining about. Fun fact, so far new york city hit 90 or higher on nine days so far. That is higher lane last years eight days. Humidity makes the real feel dangerous. It feel too hot for children that dont notice how hot it is and the elderly and your pets. Dont forget about them, especially come the afternoon. So, you know the drill, you want to drink plenty of water, wear light clothing and dont leave your children or pets in a hot car. Out at the beach, make sure you have water. Live at Riverside Park, i will drink this the first half of the day. I hope you stay hydrated as well. Kala rama, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, kala. Remember you can track the rising temperatures and weather conditions on the go with our free accutrack weather alert app. Go to the itunes or Google Play Store and search abc7ny or accuweather forecast to track accutrack. Police are looking for an accused rapist they had in custody then set free. He is daniel nieto. He allegedly raped a 7year old. He was charged with trespassing but was released before police were made aware the girl was assaulted. We have the suspects picture as you can see here. Its posted on our facebook page. We will have a live report from Staten Island in the next half hour. Now on to breaking news. Police Just Announced an arrest in the murder of Morgan Freemans granddaughter. Edena hynes was stabbed multiple times yesterday morning in Washington Heights. Lamar davenport is charged with second agree murder. A. J. Ross has more from Washington Heights. 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 of this apartment quickly caught the attention of people who lived nearby. 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. Two police cars came and arrested the guy. Reporter a 911 call brought police to the scene within minutes where they discovered edena hines with multiple stab wounds to her chest and body. She was rushed to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead. The granddaughter of well known Actor Morgan Freeman she graduated from nyus acting program. Shocked friends and fans offered condolences on social media throughout the day as Morgan Freeman issued the following statement saying the world will never know her artistry and talent and how much she had to offer. Her friends and family were fortunate enough to know what she meant as a person. Her star will shine bright in our thoughts, hearts and prayers. May she rest in peace. The nypd literally minutes ago announced that Lamar Davenport of Washington Heights has been arrested on Second Degree murder charges. He is being held at columbian presbyterian hospital. The search is on for an escaped prison nor in east harlem. Austin stevens was arrested at a building yesterday morning. During his escort to the station house, he shoved an officer, ran away in his handcuffs. He is the third prisoner to escape since june 23rd. Police eventually captured the other suspects. A man accused of kidnapping an 18yearold woman in queens faces several charges including 21yearold Jonathan Cornell was taken to the hospital for selfinflicted stab wounds. Police say he kidnapped the young woman at knifepoint saturday. Cornell is facing robbery, kidnapping and weapons charges. Service is back up and running on the Ronkonkoma Branch of the l. I. R. R. After a deadly plane crash that damaged the tracks in Nassau County. Before 8 00 yesterday morning the pilot of a singleengine plane headed from westhampton to morristown, new jersey. The fiery crash left the tracks badly damaged in one of the busiest areas of the lopping island railroad. Buses were brought in to get riders from station to station. A lot of people are upset and wanted to rage and just get home or get to work or get to the city. The pilot of the plane was killed in the crash but investigators say the way he landed did allow for his passenger to make it out alive. The faa is investigating the cause of the crash. Donald trump will be off the campaign trail today. He is reporting for jury duty in manhattan. He is coming off a weekend of cheers at the iowa state fair. Trump and Hillary Clinton and others were there courting voters. Trump offered helicopter rides to children there and offered his position on immigration. We are building a wall. It will be a wall that nobody is going through my wall. Reporter a new National Poll shows Trump Holding on to the big lead. Former frontrunner jeb bush has fallen to fourth place now. Ben carson has jumped into second. Oscar pistorius will be a free man this friday. Pistorius has served ten months of the five year sentence for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. He shot her in 2013. In june a parole board approved placing pistorius on probation after serving one sixth of his sentence. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive forecast. Here we go. A look outside and midtown and we have clear skies. Its kind of stuffy, steamy to start the day when you look at 80 at 4 39 in the morning. That is warm here in the northeast. It will be this kind of a hot day today. Temperatures are going to get into the 90s really quick across the area. 80 now. Other temperatures like 81 around the five boroughs. With this hijack hot. Wind out of the southwest and we heat up fast. 81 by 8 00. Afternoon. A lot of sunshine, heat, humidity. The real feel 100 this afternoon. Debbie duhaime is in the Traffic Center with that nice, cool, dry, air conditioned studio. How is it going. I know. Even join it while we have it. Good morning, everybody. Rockland county, problem on the southbound new york thruway an accident reported there. Heading to the Brooklyn Bridge into town ongoing maintenance. We will keep an eye on that at the Brooklyn Bridge. Ed koch, 59th street bridge ongoing maintenance into queens. The throgs neck bridge into the bronx, ongoing construction pattern as well. Deegan northbound by the stadium construction continues. Lets go outside. I will show you the Staten Island expressway eastbound at this point moving okay out to forest avenue. No problems to the verrazano. The other camera, a look at the van wyck. Moving okay in both directions through kew gardens. Back to you, ken, michelle. Still ahead on Eyewitness News, wildfires chewing through the drought stricken west. The latest on the conditions as firefighters work to battle the raging infernos out there. A thief makes off with a car welcome back. First look at star wars rowing 1 coming out at the end of next year. They are adding star wars attraction to disneyland in california and disney world in orlando. Visitors will find aliens and droids and a millennium falcon ride and creature cantina recreation. Disney is the Parent Company of wabc. I am going down in september. I know it wont be ready by them. I will get mine down there next year. The movie comes out. We are not sure when the attractions open. So cool. Meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive forecast. We are looking at midtown manhattan. Great visibility. We can see from the Chrysler Building, one world trade. To the right thats the fdr drive and the upper east side. We are looking at a very stuffy humid morning. Even though its 56 on the humidity and temperature is 80. Thats enough to give it a stuffy feel outside this morning. The barometer has been Holding Steady at 30. 11. Yesterdays high was 93. We are looking at near record heat the next couple of days. 96 today breaks the record of 95. Tomorrows high is 93 possibly and a record high tomorrow is 94. We are looking at a spotty storm possible today. More likely we will see that wednesday, maybe into thursday. But the humidity will hang around really all week long. It will be a hot week. 72 at north port, massapequa, 73 east hampton. 63 at monticello. Its kind of cool up to the north and west. Its a little on the humid side and up here in the north and west suburbs you will see that haze hanging in there, particularly around the wooded of thing. Lakes. It will be a hot day today. We are not looking at today there is a little moisture. Some of the models are showing a pop up storm this afternoon inland away from the beaches. Record heat. The heat builds up around the bermuda high as we go into the day today and tomorrow. Hot and humid weather around the tristate area, coastal sections as well. Inland. Record set in 1944. 96 as the high today. Patchy clouds. Low of 78. Humid. 93 degrees. Day forecast. Wednesday 89, hot and humid. Thursday a good shot at a thunderstorm when we are around 85 degrees. It will be that kind of week of heat, haze and humidity. We have a heat wave officially as of today then we have some record heat on our hands as well. We are having a heat wave. There you go. A Tropical Heat wave. The best thing to do, the beach is a good place to be, low risk of rip currents, wind off the water. Lets go now. You driving. Im driving. Im all about it. A check on the commute. Im ready. We love your necklace today debbie. Trying to be stylish. Very cool. Good morning, ken, michelle, bill. Good morning, everybody. A cool situation on the subways. Everything is on or close. On the one train you have maintenance, 14th and south ferry. We will keep an eye on that. Over on the thruway, southbound new york thruway 15a into slothsburg accident being cleared. Brooklyn bridge, ongoing construction into town at the Brooklyn Bridge and the ed koch 59th street bridge into queens ongoing maintenance. Throgs neck bridge construction into the bronx with the ongoing project. Deegan at the stadium construction as well. Lets go outside. Southern state parkway moving okay out to 109. No problems on the l. I. E. Or the northern state. Alternate side parking rules are in effect. Back to you, michelle, ken. Debbie, thank you. Wildfires in washington, flames destroyed 60 structures. Authorities are worried that they are fighting a losing battle. We dont have enough resources to put this huge containment line around the fire. They have to pry or takes the prioritize the structures. Authorities are worried the fire could grow to 2,000 acres. 32yearold cory hood collided with another military jumper midair during a stunt at the chicago air and water show happening saturday. He died from his injuries yesterday afternoon. Army Officials Say hood was a 14 year u. S. Army veteran who served five tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. The other diver is expected to recover from a broken leg. This morning one person is in critical hotair balloon accident that happened in pennsylvania. The balloon carrying two passengers and a pilot saturday night landed safely. But when it was deflating, the top blue over the balloon hitting power lines. All three people inside the basket suffered electrical burns as a result. Released. The two passengers remain in the hospital. A thief targeting a classic car show made off with a piece of pizza history. Surveillance video showing a truck pulling a trailer out of a parking lot in michigan. Inside the trailer is this 1971 johns. The car was sold by the founder to help his fathers struggling restaurant which eventually became the pizza chain we know and love today. Schneider tracked down the car and bought it back six years ago. The two other cars were also stolen. Track it down again. Monday morning. Coming up on Eyewitness News, reeling you in with the tale of one long beach fisherman that caught several sharks in one day. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on Eyewitness News this morning. A hot day around the area. Take a look at the temperatures to start the day. 80 in the five boroughs. 72 islip and 68 riverhead and 70 belmar and down to toms river. We start out with hot temperatures around. Its only going to get hotter. Its steamy to start the day. It will be hot. Later on this afternoon, 77 to start the day in the newark area. We are looking at the southwest wind. That will keep it hot through the day today and the humidities are picking up as we speak. Weather and traffic every seven minutes on this fine news broadcast. That is Debbie Duhaime in for heather. Good morning, bill. Good morning, everybody. L. I. R. R. , everything is better today than yesterday. Ronkonkoma everything is on time. New Jersey Transit on time. Metro north Waterbury Branch, ongoing maintenance in bridgeport. Southbound new york state accident. Exit 16a in harriman a stalled car in that area. Deegan by the stadium, ongoing construction project. Over the throgs neck bridge into the bronx ongoing construction. Out to the webcam, l. I. E. Westbound moving okay out toward little neck parkway. The other camera, the van wyck is moving okay as well southbound into kew gardens. Alternate sides in effect. Back to you, ken, michelle. Thank you, debbie. Renting out a home on airbnb may be expensive. A retired teachers business, renting out her home, was determined to be an illegal bed and breakfast. Smith says she has had no idea she was doing anything wrong. We contacted the City Tax Office that assured us we were covered. One office says one thing and another says Something Else and i dont know which way to go. In the five boroughs, the city council is set to vote on two bills regarding this kind of thing this fall. They call for stiff fines on landlords that rent apartments through airbnb. A brooklyn man is diagnosed with west nile virus. The man in his 60s was treated at the hospital and released. Health Officials Say a number of queens neighborhoods will be sprayed to deal with rising mosquito populations. Beachgoers on long island got up close and personal with several sharks. Fisherman in long bass intended to catch sea bass or fluke but got. It took about 10 minutes to reel it in but each shark was released back into the ocean. Just a fluke. Closing in on 5 00, we in Washington Heights. There has been an arrest in the arrest of Morgan Freemans granddaughter. Bill evans has the exclusive forecast for you as we approach record breaking heat. Since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, check at 5 00 a. M. A desperate search for a man that raped a 7yearold girl in her own home. Police had him in custody. Why did they let him go . We are live on Staten Island with the story. Top republican president ial candidate donald trump is taking a pause to report to jury duty. We begin with record highs. Its heating up in the city. It will only get hotter. We are live with what you need to know on how to stay safe and cool. Good morning, im ken rosato. Im Michelle Charlesworth in its monday, august 17th. Good to have you along. You are never m