After he was fired in february of 2013. When his rental car was pulled over after the shooting, flanagan had an extra license plate, a wig, sunglasses and a hat. When police tried to pull over the car. The Morning News Team at wdbj was back on the air 24 hours after their colleagues were killed. They embraced and shared memories about Alison Parker and adam ward. Within the last hour, an extraordinary show of support. Station employees stood side by side wearing ribbons with parker and wards favorite colors on them. Our coverage begins with fleischer. Tim . Reporter they are in mourning this day. They have been left numb by the cold blooded ambush of this reporter and photographer. Family and colleagues are remembering those young potential. Holding on to each other for strength, the Morning News Team who watched in horror the brutal killing of Alison Parker and adam ward started this day paying contribute to them. Of silence. The performance of this staff has been incredible. They cried, they hug and then they get the job done. Thats all i can ask of them right now. Reporter appearing on good morning america, alisons boyfriend and news anchor chris hurst shared a special photo album. She gave this to me for our six monthversary. Reporter alisons father remembered the daily conversations. She was so loved by all and i know, my heart is broken. Reporter alison and photographer adam ward just started the live interview when the gunman, identified as Vester Flanagan, a former disgruntled reporter at the station opened fire killing them and wounding vicky gardner. Its senseless that her life and adams life were taken by a purchase with a gun. Reporter he sent abc news a lengthy fax. We dont have that kind of operation here. Its a diverse workplace, full of respect. Reporter flanagans family issued this statement. We express our deepest condolences to the families of Alison Parker and adam ward. Reporter here in their community there are now memorials and prayer vigils. Makes you think, wow, time, like life is precious was blind but now i see. Reporter the station manager said in a Late AfternoonNews Conference, this is about loss, grief and moving forward. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 5 00, i will tell you more about that gesture of remembering these this reporter and this photographer. Thank you, tim. The issue of gun control taking center stage following the shooting with the father of reporter Alison Parker calling for a change. How many new towns are we going to have. How many sandy hooks. How many people, how many alisons are going to is this going to happen to before we stop it. Its senseless that her life and adams life were taken by a crazy person with a gun and, you know, if i have to be the john walsh of gun control and look, i am for the Second Amendment but there has to be a way to force politicians that are cowards and in the pockets of the nra to come to grips and make sense how sensible laws so crazy people cant get guns. I promise you and promise the american people, i am not going to rest until i see something get done here. Reporter and back here, mayor de blasio has called for changes in gun control. We will hear from him at 5 00. Now, you can see more of the emotional tributes that have been pouring out for the victims of the on air murders in virginia at our web site, abc7ny. Well, 1. 8 million is on the line. A massive heist in nassau county. Police say the man there was part of a group that burglarized an armored car company. His accomplices are on the loose. Kemberly richardson is in hicksville with the details. Reporter the largest heist this Police Department has seen at a company that spends millions in security to keep people out of this building. It no doubt took time to plan. The suspects plotting when and how to make their move. What they didnt count on or maybe didnt care about were all the security cameras in this area. Take a look in the upper right hand corner of your screen. What you are watching is a group of crafty burglars breaking into Loomis Armored inc. It bills itself as the International Leader in the cash service industry. How did this happen . Thats Something Police are trying to sort out. The individuals were all masked while they committed the burglary. In this particular case, they did everything they can to foil the recovery of any evidence. The break in around 9 30 on the evening of sunday, august 16th. First you see the suspects arrive at the company. Authorities say up to four men. They choose to focus on the back of the building that sits on a rail yard. With flashlights out, police say the men cased the company and at one point appeared to tamper with the security system. Authorities say the suspects using these tools, hydraulics and scissor jacks pride open a steel door. Police say edgar medina is one of the men seen in the video and the only suspect in custody. Once inside the building, the group allegedly broke through doors and concrete and eventually made it to the vault. Inside, 20 million. The suspects were in the process of moving the cash when, as you see in this video, police arrived. An officer on routine patrol spotted medina outside inside the trunk of his car, bags full of money totaling 1. 8 million. This was a very sophisticated burglary. Not a couple of individuals waking up one morning going out and committing this crime. Reporter again at this hour police are looking for several others tied to the heist. They are offering a 20,000 reward for information. We did reach out to loomis but did not receive a call back. We will have much more later on Eyewitness News. Live in hicksville, kemberly richardson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, kemberly. On long island, we are learning about a fiery crash that killed a man and his two young children. Prosecutors indicted three more people on charges in connection with the crash. The other suspects are accused of helping oneil sharpe junior get away from the scene after sharpe slammed into a car ancio ostane and his two children inside. Prosecutors say the suspects did nothing help the family trapped inside the burning vehicle. They displayed absolutely no concern for the victims of their actions who were trapped in that burning vehicle screaming for help. Mr. Sharpe was actually rendering aid to other individuals in the accident, individuals who did require hospitalization as a result of this accident. Sharpes attorney denies his client was intoxicated behind the wheel. Ostane and his 8yearold son and 4yearold daughter died in the crash. Right now president obama is in new orleans marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. Residents lined the streets to welcome the motorcade. He stopped in trim main for lunch. He will speak in the next hour at a newly opened Community Center in the lower 9th ward, one of the hardest hit areas by the storm that is still struggling to recover. It was 10 years ago this weekend that nearly 2,000 people died storm. 80 of new orleans was flooded for weeks and a Million People were displaced. Police in brooklyn are still investigating the death of an 8yearold girl trying to cross the street. Today candles, a makeshift memorial has formed near the spot where Jadann Williams tried to cross yesterday in flatbush. Police say she stepped out from behind a double parked delivery truck and hit by an s. U. V. The driver that went around the truck stayed at the scene and has not been arrested. We have new details about a raging fire that ripped through three homes in new jersey. Four people are homeless after a fire broke out on east Second Street in blaine field in the middle of the night. Homes were damaged before firefighters managed to contain the flames. Part of one house collapsed. People that lived here are staying with family members. No one was hurt. Investigators are looking at a cause for this. Stocks on wall street are making significant gains for the second trading day in a row. The market struggling still to regain ground after a dismal six day losing streak. Here is a live look at the big board. The dow gained more than 331 points to end at 16,616. A lot of people say keep going, keep going. For weeks, we have been talking about the problems in times square. One Community Says police need to stop focusing on 42nd street and turn their attention to the neighborhoods 80 blocks north. What harlem wants from the nypd. Plus, christmas in august . The bold move that is coming even earlier than usual. Im meteorologist lee goldberg. A little taste of september this morning and tomorrow morning. Extra cloud cover but still pleasant. Traveling out and about, goes go with the open windows unless you dont sit well with ragweed. Time for a check on traffic on this thursday afternoon. You are looking live at the long island expressway in queens. This is near the Grand Central parkway. Its busy at this time of day. Traffic is a little extra heavy because of an accident cleared in the eastbound lanes near exit 21. Over at the hudson river tunnel 20 minutes. Outbound lincoln is 15 to 20 minutes and its 50 minutes on tunnel. Well, new information following a deadly Small Plane Crash in new jersey. Knots investigators say a mechanical failure made the plane go down in West Caldwell killing the pilot. They say the cessna appeared slow to accelerate during take off from the Essex County Airport and then barely got above the trees. Air Traffic Control records say the pilot was unable to maintain even again power. The plane burst into flames. The race for president and donald trump continues to build on his lead according to the latest poll. If the republican primary were held today, mr. Trump would receive 28 of the vote. Ben carson second with 12 then followed by jeb bush, ted cruz and mash could rubio. Clearly trump is enjoying the attention. I dont wear a took pay up to pay. Its my hair. Come here. We will settle this. Say it . Yes, i believe it is. Have i ever met you before . No. There you have the 2015 race for president. Back to the poll, its not all positive for trump. At this point he would lose in a hypothetical election to both joe biden or hillary clinton. As for mrs. Clinton, she took her campaign to ohio today. Dont be distracted by the flamboyant frontrunner. If you look at their policies, most of the other candidates are just trump without the pizzazz or the hair. Clinton spoke at Case Western Reserve University in cleveland. Meanwhile, many Democratic Leaders are frustrated she hasnt put to rest questions about her use of a private e mail account when she was secretary of state. Clinton says she is confident classified emails did not go through the private server. Several states state Officials Say several cities in california went above and beyond efforts to conserve water in july. Cities cut water use by combined 31 . There exceeds governor jerry browns main date to use 25 less water as california continues to endure a 4th Straight Year of a drought. Officials with Water Resources control board plan to vivid communities that are not performing as well. Right now, a powerful storm is sweeping through the caribbean and being blamed for four deaths. As we track Tropical Storm erikas death, video is emerging such as this house that was swept away. You can hear the horror in that womans voice. Officials say three of the victims died during a mudslide. The storm could pick up strength before it reaches the florida coast. People in West Palm Beach are preparing in case. The local Power Company says it has crews on standby. I know a lot of folks in florida and the east coast they havent had a hurricane in a while. This is the first one this year. If you have friends and family in florida, planning time. Tomorrow, tomorrow night, now you think about putting the plan in action. There are so many questions with the development of this. Something to keep in mind, here is a ragged Tropical Storm and look at the damage it is doing. St. Kits is getting pounded with heavy rain there is an adjustment to the track. The storm is still poorly organized and running into an environment that would not suggest strengthening. This storm is going straight over puerto rico. That means big rains, potential mudslides. If you look at the current track, which we can update close to the 5 00 hour, this is from the 2 00 advisory, it will go over puerto rico, interact with haiti and thats critical because it goes over hispaniola it will be torn apart. If the center stays over open water it may maintain intensity then the possible close call with florida into the weekend, maybe a category 1 hurricane. We will give you that update at 5 00. We advertised it would be more clouds than yesterday. Sunny to partly cloudy skies. Humidity 38 . Westerly wind at 8. Gusts up to 20. Barometer is on the fall. High 82. Look at the lows this morning. 55 monticello. Take these lows and subtract about 2 to 6 degrees tonight. We could see upper 40s in parts of nice recovery during the afternoon. 66 in the catskills. 74 armonk. 79 in stamford. Long island, coming up with 80 in islip. 81 belmar. 79 in the park. Dew points low to mid50s feels really refreshing. Planner through the evening hours, these early clouds will melt away in the evening. Mainly clear and cool overnight. A fairly light wind. Tomorrow midday into the upper 70s. On our way to the low 80s tomorrow. There is the fair weather cloudiness built during the day today. Now that this low over Eastern Canada exits, it will take this cool pool of air with it. All of the green you see, the 60s and 70s, that lifts to the north. Then we see a resurgence of the heat and humidity into the upcoming weekend. We have a great finish to the workweek. Tomorrow a lot of sunshine. A few fairweather clouds. More sun than today. High of 84 after the comfortably cool morning. The high then slides to the 87. I dont think you will notice a real uptick in humidity. Maybe sunday more humid, stray storm in the afternoon hour. Clear and comfortable. 50s in most suburbs. 65 in the city. 84 tomorrow. Gorgeous day, lots of sun, low humidity, feels wonderful. Tomorrow night great friday night, moonlit sky. 68, a touch milder and at 4 30, thursday, we have the weekend get away. The second to last weekend get away. We do this through labor day. Enjoy giving you that. You will like the weekend get away forecast. Dave and liz, we will get back to erikas forecast in the 4 30 half hour. We will check in with you. When it comes to the track, few hums can give him a humans can give him a challenge. Who took down hussein bolt. After tennis you may work up an appetite. After a lot of tennis you may want a tomahawk chop. Join the millions who have already switched. We switched. And now, were streaming netflix. Who knew Time Warner Cables internet was so fast mom switched. And now, we can watch our favorite shows together, on demand. I switched. So i can connect to the internet just about anywhere with my free twc wifi hotspots. Join the millions who switched to Time Warner Cable. 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The new timeline starts days before the store launches new toys from star wars, the force awakens movie. I see the connection now. Usain bolt holding on to his title as the worlds fastest man by completing a sweep today in china. One way to beat him is apparently with a segway. Check out a photographer gets too close. The photographer was shooting bolt as i greeted fans in beijing. Got a little too close and bolt being good natured about the whole thing said accidents happen. Good thing he wasnt hurt. He got back up like we got it. Okay. Im okay. He is an athlete. Speaking of athletics if you are heading to the u. S. Open you think the draw is the competition. There is another reason to love the event. That has nothing to do with tennis. We are talking about the food, not hot dogs and burgers but top picks from top chefs. Lauren glassberg has a preview. Reporter do this enough time and you will work up an appetite. There is a team of Celebrity Chefs serving you have up an array of food. I used to be a professional tennis player. Being at the u. S. Open as a chef now is a dream come true. I love tennis and i love food. What a better place. Reporter he has two spots featuring his mexican cuisine. Chef tony brings the wine bar concept to the open. You say wine bar at a sporting event, where else open. The guests that come, the people that attend want great food and a world class t