off. police say reinhart was driving with a suspended license. >>> the family of a connecticut couple who vanished more than a week ago says there is no indication that money troubles played a role in their disappearance. no one has seen or heard from jeffrey or jeanette navins since last tuesday. >>> a long island doctor is accused of taking illegal kickbacks from a new jersey blood lab. prosecutors say 50-year-old breath ostricher accepted cash bribes and tickets to justin bieber and katy perry concerts from biodiagnostic laboratory services in parsnipny. in return, he generated nearly $1 million in business for the lab by referring his patient samples to them. >>> well, you know, usually people might try to break out of jail. coming up, we'll show you the woman who's actually caught on camera trying to break. we'll explain the reason why. >>> and did age play a role in this ceiling collapse inside a packed nightclub? up next, when inspectors believe the ceiling was built. >>> and lester has a look at what he's working on for 6:30. >> coming up on "nightly news" at 6:30, our ian wil

from havana. >>> overturned. the connecticut home invasion killers are spared the death penalty, the high court called it unconstitutional. >>> dangerous prescription. the fda ruled children as young as 11 can use the highly addictive painkiller oxycontin. and a hard day's night. 55,000 screaming fans the four lads from liverpool and the one concert that changed everything. we will look back at the time 50th anniversary of the beatles at shea stadium. we begin this hour in cuba with a day many veterans of the cold war thought they would never see. today the flag of the united states was raised over the u.s. embassy in havana with secretary of state john kerry looking on three u.s. marines hoisted a flag up a pole at the u.s. embassy for the first time in 54 years. the ceremony marks a milestone in the renewed relationship between two former foes. melissa chan covers the events and joins us from havana. melissa. >> reporter: well david i i have to say when that flag went up and that moment happened very quickly, swish and it went up, we heard cheers and clapping from the cubans actual

physician drop 46%. but then over at the 7 5 9 they saw shootings skyrocket 75%. >> connecticut high fest court has now triewld that death penalty is unconstitutional. >> decision spares lives 11 of the states most notorious criminals. robert robert is here to explain this very controversial ruling and a couple of these criminals invasion. and juliet good morning to you. two of those 11 inmates carried out one of the worst crimes in connecticut state history, and matter. a brutal home invasion for which they received a death sentence. many considered them to be evil with death being the only appropriate punishment but four judges yesterday disagreed. the crime was shocking and heinous. a home invasion in connecticut in 2007, jennifer hawk pettitte raped, strangled an murdered. two daughters 17-year-old haley and 11-year-old mikalah died of smoke inhalation after home was set ablaze. they were sentenced to death for the murders. but now their lives in the lives of nine other men on connecticut death row will be spared. the state supreme court ruled 4-3 that death penalty is unconstitutiona

connecticut. scarlet: because of hedge funds. >> yes, but what people do not realize about connecticut is it is high highs and lows lows. they are some of the richest, those towns, but what you might not know is it is home to some of the poorest towns. historically, connecticut has had a budget these on taxing those very large bonuses you saw in the hedge fund community. they were able to benefit from those. since 2008, you have seen this bonuses get rained in. companies are less likely to do that any public domain. so connecticut is not really getting the funds they thought they would get. scarlet: you said chicago has 30%, where is connecticut? >> 40%. healthy pension, that is 80%. joe: wow. scarlet: thank you so much. joe: we will be right back. ♪ miss?hat did you scarlet: next week we have the release of the fed cost minutes -- fence minutes. every word. it is semantics and you are comparing words and he will get caught up in the fed it uses the words, several, many, and others. they are not changing anything, but everyone is looking at what these words mean. joe: i love trying to figu

authorities to go over and consider, and they'd make decisions on how to handle water >>> connecticut supreme court overturned the state's death penalty, in doing so spared the lives of 11 men on death row, including two notorious killers. >> in the late hours of a july night, drug aticket steven and career -- addict, steven and career killer entered the wife of william and his wife. they tied them up, beat their family and persuaded his wife to withdraw money from a bank. this surveillance video shows mrs. petit at a bank explaining that the family was held hostage, but the controls promised not to kill them after giving them the money. after returning with the money, she and her 11-year-old were raped and 17-year-old haley was tied to the bed before the criminals doused the home with gasoline. the doctor was the only survivors. hays and his partner were sentenced to death. after the sentencing in 2011 dr petit said if there was a crime that warranted the death penalty, this was it. >> we have been criticized over the years that this is vengeance and blood loss. this is about justice

ionally charged case. now that connecticut overturned its death penalty the tristate crea and effle,tively no longer execute criminals. in new york and new jersey did iith cp3ital punishment inty a004, 2007 respectively. the ruling in connecticut is evidence that support for the death penalty all across the country is waning coin. the t ofime was shocking and heinous. the home invasion in gesture, connecticut in 2007. jesu ifer pet it was wickeen: i daughters, he lee and mchale led vrive slicken malaysian after the homeless set ablaze. mihaila was sexually assaulted. then sentenced to death for the p3ier lers but their lives and the lives of nine other men and cosu le,ticut's deathtwow will be r wared. state supreme court ruled 4-3 that the death penalty is uep onstitutionaare g justice richard palmer said this state's death penalty no longer comports with conteartorary standards of decency and no longer serves any lh pitrtuate and lr cical purpose. the ruling is evidence of the growing national opposition to the death penalty. in only p3plies to connecticut but it could be cited in

madison, connecticut. go ahead, ron in connecticut. yes.r: yes, driver, i ker truck haul petroleum and heating oil. for going to be voting trump because i was in construction prior to this and the construction industry has in connecticut has been overblown with illegals. don't pay taxes. as far as me going back into construction, that would be unlikely. and i'm worried about the security of our country because they drivese trucks, the tanker trucks, i have to have an fbi background check my hazmat tanker ndorsement and my card to get in the terminals and unload. i go to renew everything here in have illegals i standing in front of me to get stuff riving permits and and they don't speak english. i'm wondering is the same problems in construction with to overflow going into the trucking industry? because my -- my commercial river's license and my background checks is the only thing protecting me right now. temporarily laid off because the demand for diesel fuel is as and we're not hauling much to holding tanks, and i'm just worried about the whole economic situation. vote for donald trum

about a problem, outer loop, near connecticut or wisconsin here. a new crash so we'll send chopper over that, looks like chopper has just arrived. looks like it will be nasty here this morning. more on that coming up in a couple of minutes. big look at the beltway. otherwise, no major problems right now. 66 and 95 rolling along just fine right now. prince george's county also nice and green. more on that crash on the beltway coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> 6:22 and new this morning you'll want to watch wall street today because stocks in asia are falling. taiwan, china, japan, they all dropped by 1% or more and investors could be worried about the possible interest rate hike from the federal reserve here. the fed said the u.s. is quote approaching conditions for a rate hike a few days ago. >>> we ourselves came to ranger school skeptical. with our guards up, ready just in case, you know, the haters and the naysayers. but we didn't come with a chip on our shoulder like we had anything to prove. >> that is one of the two women who will graduate today as an army ranger. first li

: bruce and ohio, sharing his experience about homeownership. ashok in connecticut. caller: good morning. host: hello. caller: i live here in connecticut, but at the same time, i am a homeowner in florida. i bought a foreclosure house in online bidding back in february. right now, it is on brent for a couple of months because i will be moving down, at least for the winter. the last few winters in connecticut have been really bad , and that prompted me to buy something down south. here, in connecticut, property values are still low in some areas, but after the bubble, they have picked back up. i live in a nice two acre land. my kids grew up in this town, a nice suburb, and i stayed here for 15 years on brent. my rent is $1200 per month. it is a nice three bedroom, nice yard. now, i'm seriously considering permanently relocating to florida. host: how much did you get the place in florida for? caller: i was even looking to buy in florida. connecticut is "ct," so i was searching to stay in connecticut, but the address had "hoct." as in court and address and i realized it was in connecticut.

. long island and connecticut and the lower hudson valley have heavier showers making their way out of here before most folks start their commute so it is making progress and theory is what we see under a car and satellite. came through with showers and storms at times but also making progress. that front looks like it wants to him at close to the coast keeping us in the mix for more showers but i don't think much will be happening, 76 at central park with the dewpoint sitting at 72 and we will see primarily morning showers. if you to the slot live into connecticut their russian a jenkins and longer but it will shut down after 9:00 a.m. for just about everyone and we will see gradual clearing later in the day, high temperature 85 degrees, 86 your high tomorrow and shower chances for the weekend on a fairly small. let's bring in ines rosales and see what is happening. rich was creeping in the ines: pas holes this morning, traffic in new jersey moving fighting. 287 this morning, the parkway and turnpike what good as far as your commute, long island, nassau county a lot of green, live in

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, nbc news, washington. >>> in connecticut today the state supreme court ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional. that means none of the prisoners on the state's death row can be executed, and a victim of two of those inmates who lost his wife and daughters in a savage home invasion that made national headlines says this evening that ruling is devastating. our justice correspondent pete williams reports. >> reporter: the crime was shockingly brutal. two men broke into the house of a connecticut doctor, william pettitte in 2007, beat and tied him up, forced his wife to withdraw money from their bank, raped her and killed her and their two daughters. ages 11 and 17. two were convicted and sentenced to death. then in 2012, connecticut abolished the death penalty but only for future crimes, not for any prisoners already sentenced to death. but today, the state supreme court declared the death penalty unconstitutional for all death row inmates. that means the two will spend life in prison with no possibility of release. tonight, in a written statement, before pettitte criticized t

connecticut's max reiss has her side of the story. >> reporter: stephanie's viral interaction with a bear last has chaed her life but not in a good way. she says she's gotten death threats on facebook. >> three minutes of video is not a long time to have to judge somebody. but the threats aren't just towards me. it's tard myle family and they didn't do anything, and it's not fair to them to have to see me go through this. >> reporter: when she posted the video, it was just to show what happened. she wants the harassment the to stop. and for scientists to decide what's best for the bear and hikers. >> i don't want the bear killed. i would love him to be relocated. but apparently that's already happened. so they're taking the steps to do what they think is right for everybody. the bear population, the people population. >> reporter: jason hollow is one of connecticut's two bear biologis. here's his description of the bear's behavior from the video she shot. >> whenever she turns her back on the bear, it actually rushes her. you can hear it several times popping its teeth, popping its j

major decision today by the supreme court of connecticut. you'll remember the petit family, the home invasion, the mother, their two daughters tortured and killed, the home then set on fire. only the father would survive. two men convicted of the horrendous crime sentenced to die, but tonight a stunning reversal of fortune. those two men given the death penalty, their lives now spared os the court bans the death penalty in that state. the husband reacts. >> reporter: with tonight's ruling, the convicted killers of three members of this family will have their lives spared along with those of nine other death row inmates in connecticut. >> this is a solemn day in connecticut. >> reporter: it was a case that captivated and horrified the country. the wife and two daughters of dr. william petit, sexually assaulted and murdered in their own home. the intruders severely beat dr. petit who narrowly managed to escape before they set fire to the house. steven hayes and joshua come sar jeff ski sentenced to death. dr. petit was interviewed in 2010 by oprah winfrey. >> i think forgiving the esse

up into connecticut. but it should be coming to a close later on this morning. 74 degrees degree your startoff temperature at central park and another sticky day out there. "fox 5 ny" weather app has a live interactive radar to take down to the street level in a situation leak this with bigger storms coming through really could help you out. search it at the google play store. search fox 5 weather download it, it's free. and put it to work immediately. we'll be right back. with dunkin's new cookie-flavored iced coffees. for a limited time, dd perks members can enjoy any sized iced coffee for $1.99. america runs on dunkin'. >> back now at u 6:15 two women saying they were drugged and sexually assaulted by bill cosby. >> victoria allred representing them and one of the well was a flight attendant in the 70s and her detailed her account with cosby. juliet: all right back to that story. [inaudible] made me kneel down an i'm not going to repeat what happened next. all i know is that television the most horrifying thing that could happen to any young woman. >> sexually busted them afte

eastern long island and coastal connecticut. temperatures around 79 to 80. northeast wind. that has shut the humidity down. we're going to talk about that, the rest of the >>> we want to update that breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour, a deadly multi-vehicle collision on the new york state thruway. news copter 7 is over the scene in suffern rocklin county. we have just learned a second person has been extricated and taken to good samaritan hospital. we're going to keep you updated on this breaking story. >>> in the race for president the friday night-lights are set to shine on donald trump. that's expected to be the biggest campaign rally of the race has now been moved to a football stadium. bazi kanani live in washington with more on this. >> reporter: good morning, david. republican strategists just can't agree on the best way to compete with donald trump. while some candidates are befriending or ignoring him, others including jeb bush believe it is time for a more direct challenge. >> donald trump says tonight will be his biggest rally ever, the dominant front runner e

understand why investors may be worried or confused. matt: joining us from connecticut with insight on how retail investors are reacting is liz ann sonders. chief investment strategist at charles schwab. under yourstomers command it, so to speak, with $2.5 trillion of assets. what are you telling them today, what did you tell them yesterday? messages first and foremost, don't panic. we believe in long term discipline. environments like this do give you opportunities, it reinforces the tried-and-true processes of diversification and rebalancing. opportunities like this are for rebalancing, where you get massive moves in asset classes the college to get out of whack from an asset allocation perspective. it forces you to buy low, sell high. when you have equity asset classes imploding, you can take advantage of that and bring that up to the appropriate allocation. the message is consistent. it's not that different. we dusted off the report i wrote back in 2008, which we dusted off in 2011 and dusted it back off again which is called panic is not a strategy. mark: panic is not a strategy. is t

around the city and heading eastward is this big band of rain up to westchester, connecticut an long island. heavy flooding this morning is possible. then by lunchtime showers and thunderstorms then another round this afternoon and we clear out tonight. heather is looking at the commute. how is this affecting everything? >>> let's talk about the airports. the airport chart, j.f.k. says they are dealing with departure delays, up to 15 minutes at this point. not a bad idea to get in touch with your individual carrier no matter what airport you are going to. a coffee cart accident on the upper level. then the brooklyn bridge is closed into manhattan. that should be reopening shortly. doing fine as far as mass transit is concerned. our subways are on or close. meadowbrook parkway north at the southern state is an accident. over on to the new jersey turnpike we have an overturned tractor trailer. navy side of the street parking rules in effect today. >> thank you, heather. >>> as the rain gets heavier, give yourself extra time to get to work today. this is a live picture from road ca

updates at abc7ny.com. >>> meanwhile n other news, a state ruling in connecticut, unconstitutional ruling. it's out of connecticut's highest court i. overturned the death penalty in the state ruling it unconstitutional. the ruling could mean that the 11 men on connecticut's death row would no longer be subject to execution orders. it includes joshua kambakakis and steven hayes who killed a mother and her two daughters in 2007. the state passed a law in 2012 to repeal the death penalty only for future crimes. >>> in queens, police are investigating after an mta bus struck a pedestrian crossing the straight critically injuring him. police say the 40-year-old man was hit by a bus turning left on roosevelt avenue in flushing this morning. the victim was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. the bus driver was questioned at the scene. no charges have been filed. >>> meanwhile, a man hit by car in manhattan is expected to survive his injuries. police say the man was struck after he got out of his own vehicle on 8th avenue in chelsea about 3:00 this morning. the driver remain

he begins his narrative in connecticut, he would have been and can't -- and camped -- newport.in he took advantage of his year-long interval before the march 2 yorktown. "from january 15 1781 until may 25 when i arrived in lebanon, connecticut, i wasn't a single week in one place. i crossed new england, the continent, new york, the jerseys, pennsylvania, maryland, and virginia." he rejoined the army at the end of june. at the moment, it was not clear where the army was headed. he says "the entire army was ignorant of the mission. some said we were going to cross the north river, reaching the jerseys and then south to capture staten island." as the army passed through new jersey, it became clear the goal is yorktown. route where the they traveled by sea to annapolis after pennsylvania. in his journal, the other general kept a record of the trip across the atlantic from france to america and documented the arrival at newport and subsequent march the yorktown. the journal does not mention the siege at yorktown, the picks up again as the french troops march northward in 1782. his style

said, we got to keep trying. >>> lawsuits related to connecticut sandy hook school is being settle. 16 shooting victims will share $1.5 million. now this case was brought against nancy lanza's estate. she was the shooter's mother. 26 school children and teachers were gunned down in that assault. >>> this morning, firefighters are trying to get the upper hand in california. the rocky fire flared up in sacramento overnight. 13,000 people have been ordered to pack up and leave their homes. shifting winds and hot, dry conditions continue to fuel the flames that have scorched more than 97 square miles. >>> 4:40 now, on thursday, the candidates will gather for their first televised presidential debate but last night, they attended a warmup of sorts. it was the candidate's forum in new hampshire. candidates individually fielded questions and took the opportunity to make their stands known. >> for the first time nonviolent offenders, no more prison. >> i believe the obama nuclear deal is the single gravest national security threat facing america. >> two gop candidates skipped the forums, m

missing husband and wife from connecticut. sources tell news 4 the couple's son is now a person of interest in the case. police spent last night combing through his bridgeport home. his parents disappeared on august 4th shortly after losing an appeal in a $2 million foreclosure case. relatives say there are no indications that money played a role in their disappearance. >>> you may recall last night we told you about the search for the family whose baby got locked in a hotel safe. tonight, we know exactly how it happened. >>> also a deady collision between a commuter train and a car on the tracks brought the morning rush to a grinding halt. what the engineer did that may have helped prevent a catastrophe. janice? >> the morning rush around here may be a mess in some areas tomorrow as we track more heavy rain headed our way. the latest on that and the flash flood watch coming up next. >>> lester holt has a look at what he's working on for 6:30. >> hi, linda and shiba. working on "nightly news" after faith, hope, acceptance and his cancer diagnosis, we looked at just what president j

hospital beds and showers. >>> the death row prisons of connecticut about to be empty. the state supreme court said the death penalty banned for killers in history. >> reporter: brutal, violent, senseless. the wife of two daughters raped and murdered in their home in 2007. dr. pettitte brutally beaten and barely escaping. the home set on fire by two madd men. steven hayes and joshua sardebtski. they were sentence to the death. >> i think forgiven -- the essence of evil is not appropriate. >> reporter: so much anger over the killings that when the connecticut legislature banned the death penalty in 2012, they did it only for murderers in the future. not wanting to let the pettitte family killers avoid execution. but today the state supreme court ruled that applying the death penalty ban in that kind of split enforcement is unconstitutional. this state's death penalty, the court ruled, no longer comports with the standards of decency and no longer serves any ideological purpose. so ten inmates will now spend their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. >> this is a sole

, new jersey, tracie strahan, news 4 new york. >>> connecticut supreme court has ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. a state ban on the death penalty in 2012 only applied to future crimes. but today's decision means that a 11 inmates currently on death row will not be executed, including two men convicted in the grisly murder of a connecticut woman and her two daughters during a home invasion back in 2007. coming up at 6:00, ida siegal will have reaction to today's ruling. >>> we'll stay on top of the legionnaires' outbreak in the city. and today mayor de blasio released new information and thanked health care workers for how they're handling this potentially deadly disease. melissa russo is here with the latest. >> reporter: city officials stopped short of calling the legionnaires' outbreak over, but they are calling it contained at this point. take a look at the latest numbers. a total of 121 people have now been diagnosed in this legionnaires' outbreak. that's two new cases identified since yesterday. the death toll remains at 12, where it's been since monday. and to the city's

from families of the victims in these cases. >> reporter: we already have. connecticut has never been a hotbed for executions. the state has only put one criminal to death since 1960. still, this court ruling could have wide-ranging implications and it is another signal that this country has soured on capital punishment. the crime was shocking and heinous. home invasion in cheshire, conn. in 2007. jennifer hoch had it was raped, strangled and murdered. inhalation after the home was set ablaze. joshua and stephen presentence to death for the mergers but now their lives and the lives of ten other men will be scared. the state supreme court ruled 4-3 that the death penalty is unconstitutional. writing for the majority justice richard palmer said the state's death penalty no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency and no longer serves any legitimate and a logical purpose. is evidence of a growing national opposition to the death penalty although only applies to connecticut, it could be cited in other states that a grappling with capital punishment. for those whose lives hav

get her wallet from the tracks in connecticut. pictures showing the aftermath at the cos cob train station in greenwich. the mta says the 28-year-old woman's wallet had fallen. the train headed from grand central terminal to new haven this morning hit her. her identity hasn't been released. >>> a wild scene in the bronx today as three nypd officers were injured responding to a home invasion call at university avenue after getting a 911 call from someone in an apartment. investigators say two men went into the building to rob an apartment. when police got there, there was a scuffle in the hallway. and it spilled out on the street. there are reports one of the police officers had a broken leg. one of the suspects was arrested and another got away. the owner of the apartment was arrested on drug charges. >>> senator charles schumer is getting some praise for his decision to vote against president obama's nuclear iran -- iran nuclear deal. sources say schumer had not planned to make his decision public until after he told his senate colleagues. but after he told the president the white

. what's going on? find out why some connecticut offices are experiencing extra delays today. so bad, that the governor weighed in. >> plus, illegal dispute from basketball phenom michael jordan. how a coupon landed him in court and what the former bulls' star had to >>> it is will:13 right now. time to take a look at the ride home on this tuesday. and we take you to the long island expressway. this is at lakeville road. and a little congestion but it is moving and that's good news through nassau county. at the hudson river crossings, over there, the lincoln tunnel is 20 minutes on the inbound and outbound side. the outbound holland is also looking at 20 minutes. and reminder, you can expect delays on four subway lines as you head out this afternoon. the e., the f., the m. and r. lines will have fewer trains until 8:00 tonight. the disruptions will last for the next three weeks. >>> well, from the basketball court to the court of law, chicago bulls' great michael jordan testified today in an infringement case. a chicago area grocery store chain used his image without permission in a

find out about the commute. >> we need to head to connecticut. there are big problems from an earlier tractor-trailer fire. that has to be off-loaded cleared. it is cleared. this is the backup right near 110. traffic is stuckru there. cars can take the 825 connector to milford parkway, toward merritt parkway. trucks can take exit 33 to route 1 to get around. the l.i.e. is moving nicely near the grand central parkway. not a bad go at all. your bronx ride looks good too. the cross bronx moves along nicely. so a pretty good start. commuter imecklist, everything isn oi schedule. alternate side meter rules in effect. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> thank you very much, emily. 5:17 right now. now to decision 2016. a closing gap for front runners on both s es. tracie potts is in washington with a look at new numbers. treyacied good morning. >> darlene, good morning. let' s start with the democrats d hillary clinton. early on, she had these huge leads. it seemed like she might be a lock for the democratic minolenation. now, not so much. >> in iowa, hillary clinton is only sev

celebrity for submarine school have begun training in connecticut. the base has been reconfigured for their privacy but the first coed group is not being received differently than any other classes. last week two female soldiers completed the army ranger training program. >> love it. >> go women. good for them. >> girl power, i guess. >> that's right. >> you know where we stand. >> that's right. nice to join you. thank you for allowing. >> he is so smart. that's why we love him. >> that's how i keep the seat. >>> another gorgeous day out there. stellar. >> it's stunning. a great wrap up to the month. it will be nice into the weekend and maybe add summer humidity into the fold. we look to the north with the deep blue sky and contrast around. then occasionally dramatic shadows over the area. right now we are looking at a nice afternoon and evening. temperatures are going to be in the 70s and lower 80s right now. and we will have the humidity stay low into the early evening hours. 82 the temperature. humidity 83. 33% the key number. northwest wind. high 85. four above average. the record

way into is the city, in connecticut, intensifying as commute will head downhill pretty quickly here. 73 in montauk. it is not a fast-moving system. and beyond 4:00 this afternoon it does become more showery as opposed to the solid rain with these thunderstorms. barista look for of lingering around and that could fire up a quick shower. if anything does happen with that most of that is to the north of the city but still we have to put a small shower chance out there tomorrow too. showers and storms for the first part of the day, temperature 75 by midday and it breaks a little in the afternoon but not gone completely it until we get to tonight or tomorrow. 85, sunny thursday, friday and saturday and isolated storms. let's get over to ines rosales and find out what is going on, wet roadways. ines: new jersey there is 78 westbound, local lane, a flipped over tractor-trailer northbound, by 15, and one lane closed, watch for an accident on the willis avenue bridge blocking a lane, the deegan, construction where we have traffic slowed their, a couple lanes closed. no problems on the east b

l.i.e. across the northern state, up along 95 in connecticut through westchester county, oyster bay. that is heading out to 95 across bridgeport and long island. up to danbury, cloud to ground lightning. thunderstorms on 684 and route 7 and from danbury eastward. that band moves east then another to the south and west that will push through in central southern jersey in the next hour. that will be gone by 8:00. then we will steam it up. 95 and maybe a pop up thunderstorm late today. weather and traffic every seven minutes. heather has issues. >> certainly do. let's go to a webcam. on the b.q.e. to the northbound side we have a ton of activity. this is right near metropolitan avenue northbound side. let's go to the maps. b.q.e. subject to closure north at metropolitan avenue, overturned truck. belt parkway east at erskine two lanes are closed. ramp to the brooklyn bridge is closed with construction and weather baby is closed -- brooklyn bridge is closed into manhattan. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken and shirleen, over to you. >> thank you. >>> up next, new this morning, a g

connecticut. american education became and earnest but they stuck together. they became extremely important to each other along a country of three because no one understood them as swell as -- as well as they understood each other. the youngest one grew up in washington, graduated from high school, fun family from the land of the sun, she went to school and forgot every word of her japanese as he grew. the middle one and the older one, who were in new haven were schoolgirls, that's their college, at this point was only about a dozen years ago. the middle of the three girls studied music. it's hard to see here but she's in the red circle, she was accepted for the full four-year, the first japanese women to earn a college degree anywhere. within a year she was elected president of the sophomore class. she was a suck -- completely successful girl. now it's time to go back to japan, which has largely lost sight of the fact that they sent in the first place. their mission is to go back and change women's education. they go back, she's the one in the middle on the left there because she

bankruptcy. >>> after only a few days back in service following upgrades, the connecticut department of motor vehicle shut down. tuesday branches reopened. since then officials say the long lines have forced employees to work until 10:30 p.m. just to meet the demand. the dmv said it would serve every customer with an appointment and walk-ins who arrive by 2:00 p.m., all to make sure the lines were gone by 4:30. closing time. >>> in news 4 your health, a new study about an early form of breast cancer is raising some questions about treatment. research suggests that treatment for women diagnosed with dcis may make no difference in their outcomes. however, the disease is riskier for young women and blacks. the findings were published in the journal of the american medical association oncology. experts say this points to the value of getting a second opinion. >>> it is the culmination of an historic week for two soldiers and the u.s. military forces. today the first two women to complete army ranger school have graduated. they have earned that highly coveted ranger tab. nbc's dach wagner sh

into the atlantic. showers running up 84 in connecticut. here is the band i was talking about right here sliding eastward. >> we should be 83 to 86, 87 by noontime. 90 this afternoon. the real feel 95 to 98. maybe a spotty thunderstorm. much better weather tomorrow. heather is looking at the b.q.e. and all the other problems. >> you want to look at the b.q.e.? i will show it to you. this delay, activity northbound side. we have only the right lane getting by. northbound side is the right side of your screen. this is an overturned vehicle. southbound side only the right lane open with emergency vehicles on the scene. we will go to our maps now and talk about mass transit. port jefferson branch suspended with a downed tree in stony break which means downed wires. alternates. subways 5 trains signal problems at east 180th street. 4, 5 and 6 have delays because of problems at 125th street. street cleaning rules are in effect. >> big mess for the morning commute. thank you, heather. >>> still ahead on this busy tuesday, a burglar in queens accused of stealing from nearly every business o

clouds to the eastern end of long island and eastern connecticut and the cape and martha's vineyard. most of that can slide farther east. you see the fetch out here. the southeasterly winds create showers this way and showers to the west. the cold front that comes in tonight at midnight is back here to the west. this will give everybody a shot at a shower or thunderstorm into tomorrow morning. on the futurecast, in the afternoon, there is pop ups to the west. the front itself comes in after midnight. 1:00 a.m. starting in new jersey, up the hudson river valley, showers and thunderstorms down the hudson river valley, jersey shore 6:00 in the morning sliding across connecticut, long island. that slides eastward through friday. it's out of here friday 4:00 in the city then friday evening to the eastern end. then skies are clear as we go into saturday morning. but the storm will lurk here. you can throw back clouds on the eastern end of long island for saturday. it's looking like enough dry air that filters in for saturday that everybody has a lot of sunshine for the weekend. waves at 3

flooding in monmouth county. the line of the rain is really now litchfield county connecticut still another lightning strike in duchess. now that's the rain ending in queens ask you see that heavy rain that's going duchess to litchfield county. behind that is beautiful weather that will be coming midday. the sun's out, and there will be sunshine. the wind's going north, northeast and northwest. drier air pours in and makes for delightful weather. heather another got a big issue on staten island. >> if you're trying to get to staten island via new jersey we have this issue on the outer bridge crossing going into staten island trying to get on to the west shore expressway. we'll head to our maps and pinpoint where it is. staten island bound, the ramp to the west shore expressway overturned tractor-trailer. a and d trains uptown local only 59th street to 125th street because of track work. you can expect delays on your b and c trains as well. then we have some flooding on the fdr drive north at grand street and also at allston street you have another accident. >>> thank you. 6:02, and

that's going to be cutting across long island, coastal connecticut for the morning commute and then look behind us, some delightful weather is going to be coming to the area for tomorrow. we're looking at about 79, 80. sun is out by 7:00 breaking thrush parts of the -- through western parts of the area. then it's kind of stuffy with 85 as the high. it will feel like 90 but drier air pours in this evening, and tonight we'll talk about that coming up in your weekend in the accuweather seven-day forecast. happy friday to you young lady. >> happy friday to you sir let's go over to a webcam and show you the southern state parkway. we have some volume coming towards us. as we head to our maps i can tell you what's happening westbound near exit 15. we have a car fire being extinguished. it looks as though it has been cleared away. if you normally use the princeton dinky you cannot do that today. it is suspended because of mechanical issues. long island railroad metro north running on or close to schedule. l trains track work cleared away. d trains you have that suspension. street cleaning

connecticut have been spared after the state supreme court ruled that their executions would be unconstitutional. among those facing the death penalty two men who tortured and murdered the wife and two daughters of dr. william petit. they beat him severely, but he managed to escape before they set the house on fire. he says that he doesn't support the high court's ruling. >> i think forgiving the essence of evil is not appropriate. >> this is a solemn day in connecticut. >> reporter: governor malloy is also promising that all the inmates who have been on death row will never have any chance of freedom. 31 states still allow the death penalty. >>> a historic day ahead in havana, cuba. secretary of state john kerry is expected to raise the stars and stripes over the restored u.s. embassy there. three marines who lowered the flag back in 1961 will be back to raise it once again. kerry is not expected to meet with fidel or raul castro but will visit with dissidents at the u.s. ambassador's residence. he is also likely to see american tourists. hotels there are booked until spring. s

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water on toxic chemicals during an initial fire. >>> connecticut banned the death penalty in future capital punishment cases. now the supreme court ruled that previous death sentences are also uncoittitutional. among the 11 death row inmates spared execution are steven hayes and joshua komisarjevsky. ey are accused of murdering a woman and her two young daughters and setting their house on fire. >> we have to keep in our minds how difficult this is for victims and victims' families. >> connecticut governor dannel malloy expressing his sympatha for the families of murdered victims. the state supreme court ruled that the death penalty does not conform to the standards of de ycency. >>> a portion of the jericho turnpike is being renamed in venoouof a slain police officer from long island. the bridge that spans the cross island parlway will soon be called police officer arthur lopez memorial bridge. the nassau county police officer was shot and killed there in october of 2012. last year, darryl fuller was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his murder. >>> a new law -- counci

jersey including the five boroughs. moderate again across eastern long island, coastal connecticut. the drought not getting a break. going to stay dry. meantime, this is tropical storm erika. no real defined eye out of system yet. but it's skirting the southern end of puerto rico with strong winds and heavy downpours. all these different lines, we call this the spaghetti plot. towards eventually north of cuba and towards the bahamas. where it goes from there, this trend shows it further west. that would affect more western florida. some of the miles suggesting it could skirt the eastern seaboard of florida. that's what the national hurricane center is going with. we have tropical storm warnings for the turks and caicos and southeast bahamas. not a player into jamaica or cuba tas treks towards the north and east. at 50 miles per hour, the sustained winds. approaching miami sometime, it appears, early on monday. then making that turn into florida. now they've updated this track and it looks like it stays a tropical storm. as long as it stays over land and not water, it probably won't

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