to work on the manhattan project as a member of the special engineering detachment, completely unaware of his function at the salamis, he worked on designing the atomic bombs ignition switches. he also discusses the atmosphere is secrecy at los alamos and the scientists recruited to work there, many of whom went on to have noteworthy careers including several nobel prize winners. fromirst, cynthia kelly the atomic heritage foundation, discusses the origins and purposes of their oral history collection. >> the voices of the manhattan project is a website that contains 300 oral histories and we hoped someday will be the central repository of the memories of the manhattan project veterans. >> tell us about the manhattan project itself. >> it was the effort in world war ii by the united states and its allies, primarily great britain and canada, to build an atomic bomb. manhattan, just as you think, it's after that island and now it's part of new york city. but the project was run by the army corps of engineers, and while they toyed with a name that would be something like special m

lower manhattan and other coastal areas. we bring you the update on that story. ben: question whether it the jericho, had an inappropriate interest in children. juliet: good morning, i am juliet huddy. ben: i am ben simmoneau. it is friday morning, the 28 day of august. september starts tuesday. juliet: you might be winning the bet. juliet: he always complains about the weather. so we back him that if he complaint between memorial day and labor day he would have to buy us -- really good as though he walked on the edge at one point. but he was able to slide. will it be complaint free? >> meteorologist: nothing to complain about. we expect humidity. ben: the peanut gallery. >> meteorologist: all the complaints are happening in the traffic and weather department. it is going to be fabulous. we are starting with nice weather across the tristate area, it is dry in some spots, 54 degrees in poughkeepsie, 66 degrees. 57 degrees, nice, 40s and 50s, dry air in place, enjoy these numbers because they are going to climb as we go in to sunday and next week. high pressure in control keeping eyes a

people behind the manhattan project. did they know what they were doing? projecthe manhattan must have employed something like 600,000 people over the course of the three years that it operated. , buts a very short project it built the equivalent of the panel -- the panel canal. panama canal. they were laborers recruited from all over the country. they were construction workers. none of those people knew what they were doing. all of these hundreds of thousands of people kept the secret because they didn't know what the secret was. they came to work because after the depression many people were just subsistence farmers or driven off their firms in the midwest. to have a steady paycheck was an attractive proposition. scientists who had fled the persecution of the nazi regime in europe. we benefited from the anti-semitism that hitler and his allies represented. we had the leading scientists and physics of the day. j robert oppenheimer, who was in charge of the research would be enough. at los alamos alone, there were 5000 people. they supplemented the senior people with kids who had

manhattan, and thundershowers popping up and slowly creeping north. and there they are. temperatures drop 5 degrees in the next half-hour or so, we're down 75 at central park because of thundershowers in the area, 78 at newark, same thing bridgeport, 65 sussex, and it is here is the radar and satellite. they usually don't hold together a long, the fact the they are slow movers means you could see localized flooding. high pressure locked in in the mid-atlantic region helping to guide a lot of moisture in southeastern states keeping us on a hot and sticky side. the warm moist air pushed into the tristate region. we don't have any major triggers in terms of what could help fire of showers and storms but doesn't take much, justin will instability and that is what we see out there. same basic conditions tomorrow but more cloud cover out at that time, shower chances picking up over the next few days. flash flood warning is will we are talking about, showers and storms producing localized flooding. probably annoy and a lot of people. it is 5:00 in the morning, 90 temperature, it happened to me m

because of an accident with an overturned vehicle. manhattan-bound side still open. avoid this if you can. on the trains, everything looks good there. running on or close to schedule. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect today. the next update on the 4s. >> 5:05. a six-hour standoff ended when a murder suspect took his own life. it happened in somerset county. police have not released the suspect's name or the names of the victims. he shot a killed a man and a woman before holding him lf -- holing himself up in that him. the suspect did open fire on d officers and hit at l anst one police car. people from a small community could not believe what they were seeing. >> i'm overwhelmed. i cannot believe this is happening. >> that's why we moved here. it's relatively peaceful and quiet. but you never know these days. >> during the standoff police closed off a wide perimeter around the house. that stranded a lot of people unable to get to their own homes. this morning, once again everything is open. >>> the manhunt continues for a handcuffed prisoner who escaped police custody i

of 91. this oral history is from the voices of the manhattan project, created by the atomic heritage foundation and the los alamos historical society. val: i was born on a cattle ranch in northwest nebraska, 1923. ranch.ually born on a this is about five miles from a thele town of merriman, in sandhills of nebraska. you probably do not know anything, but they occupy 1/5th of the state. it's cattle raising country. they call it sandhills because the terrain is made out of sand. hills are the dune. that is almost uprpure sand. buthills are the the only thinge grown there without destroying the terrain is something that lives off the native grasses, and that is cattle. you try turning the soil lower, and is simply blows away. so, that's the sandhills dedicated to growing cattle. purebreds.raced upre was too smalls to support a family on raising beef cattle. he raised breeding stock. that was the enterprise i was born into. have an older brother and sister. both of them now dead. my brother was 10 years older sister six years older but they both started school, and as long as we lived on

early morning? >>> construction on the east side of manhattan, fdr northbound side up into the 70s, one lane is getting by. we have a lot of volume as you try to get up to that spot near 79th street. we go to the maps and talk about the sway status, 1, 2, 3 trains fast track. no one or two between penn station and south berry. three trains are suspended. doing okay as far as metro north, long island railroad and new jersey transit trains. metro north waterbury branch bridge work and bridge work at the george washington bridge with those lane closures. lincoln tunnel, holland tunnel construction there. brooklyn bridge is closed inbound until 6:00 a.m. because of construction. we have street cleaning rules in effect today. michelle, over to you. >> good one. thank you, heather. >>> jersey city mayor stephen phillip is fed up with pse&g. he said they are tearing up city streets. >> he said they are leaving behind a patched up mess. pse&g says it doesn't treat city and rural projects differently but he had enough. he said no more construction until they pay for repaving. >> we shut dow

quarter of rain over the south end of manhattan. from that thundershower that came through less than 30 minute stretch. anyhow here's what we have right now. thundershowers on fox 5 sky guardian 3d but lightning encounter or only getting a few here and there. not a lot of lightning with this. but man that rain is heavy. and here's the reason why. the air that is over us right now is really loaded up with memorial. and it is only a few little isolated showers that we have to deal with. when you get them in your neck of the woods well you start to get localized flooding that's what's happening out there. more through the day? tell you what, if you've seen them then you're probably not going to but there's that chance out there. at this point we have one flood advisory right there, and it is mainly in northeastern quadrant of new jersey and may be seeing more of those because those are slow moving thunderstorms. 73 right now central park. 79 newark. 75 islip. thundershowers came through the park. anyhow yes we're at risk throughout the tristate region for more isolated showers and a thunde

. >>> plus, a new plan to keep this from happening to lower manhattan the next time the city faces a destructive hurricane. >> first, a look at what's on nbc 4 tonight. 11:00. caring about the things that make each of our clients unique... ...that's what makes riverspring health unique. with the help of comfort keepers, i'm keeping my mom healthy! i'm keeping dad on schedule. i'm keeping my mom happy! comfort keepers in-home professional caregivers can provide meal planning and preparation, health and wellness services and personal care services through custom care plans that can change as needs change, so your aging loved ones can stay happy and healthy in their own home. >>> breaking news now. and these pictures are from chopper 4 in lower manhattan where southbound and q trains are running on the r line from canal street to dekalb avenue with delays. this is the result of a track fire that began around 5:30 in brooklyn. less than an hour ago. you can get the latest online and our mobile app. lester holt with a look at what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> we're following up on th

typing in manhattan project voices, then there will be the website and it will have a search category. you can search by name, category, across all of the interviews, to find a person, place, subject matter you are most interested in. >> how should people approach these interviews? they are part of the historical record of the atomic age. what should people keep in mind as they watch these recollections? cindy: people should remember that these are personal memories, and most of the people talking about events that happened 20 years, or in some cases, 60 or 70 years earlier, and memories are fallible. you'll find a kaleidoscope of voices which makes this a very rich tapestry. each of us experience the same event in a different way, so each of these individuals experienced the manhattan project in their own, unique way. >> cynthia kelly with the atomic heritage foundation. thank you for joining us on american history tv. cindy: thank you very much. >> something about your background, where you're born, education? benjamin: my parents who were russian-jewish immigrants who came to ameri

tecumseh, then the manhattan, that also has 215 two 15ns -- also has inch guns. and they are armed with four 11 inch dog grins -- 11 inch guns. he has his captured ships, which are the harvard class steam screwed groups. confederate, the but confederates have great defense. they have this massive coastal defendant -- defense port. inchmorgan has 11 seven brook guns. those are death to iron ships as well as wooden ships. fort morgan regarding the main entrance to the main channel. they closed part of the channel by putting in a field of torpedoes. torpedoes.aid 67 torpedoes are what we call mines .ow you have a narrow entrance. over on the island you have 18 guns and another phone -- ,nother fort armed with 11 guns guarding what is called grants .ass farragut decides he is going to put his ships into two lines. the monitors are going to be inward starboard. they are going to, number one, go past fort morgan to deal with the tennessee. that is the job of the tecumseh and the manhattan. those two other river class monitors are supposed to come in and fight more -- and fight fort morga

down. the brooklyn bridge is closed into manhattan. alternate side of the street parking in effect. lori and ken, over to you. >> we are following a developing story this morning in new jersey where a search effort is underway for a missing swimmer. >> a young man vanished swimming last night in the water off sandy hook beach. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson is there with the latest for us. rob? >> reporter: good morning, lori. later today the search will continue for this missing man his family and authorities are holding out hope that he can be found alive. this is from late last night as the search got underway. the search began at beach b in sandy hook. officials were searching the waters off sandy hook. divers were still in the water. he was swimming with his family a few hours earlier when he suddenly went under. beachgoers saw people in the water struggling. they alerted authorities. that lead to an all out search that included officials from multiple agencies combing the water in search of any sign of the missing man. this beach, beach b does not have a life guard. that

manhattan, we had a few showers around this morning across the area. into the day, there will be more. they will build from the west. you need your rain gear and be aware there is a flash flood watch in effect as we look from our corner of the world from the upper west side. a temperature of 73 degrees. temperatures are -- feel muggy outside. warm air surge go ahead of this rain. the rain is around passaic and bergen county, shower around oyster bay. heavy rain back to sussex and warren and hunterdon. the rain sweeps through the area in the next hour or to and it will be heavy. showers, thunderstorms, heavy downpours of rain, gusty winds out of the south. temperatures will be around 80 and into the 70s. you got to have your rain gear. allow us travel time. don't drive through standing water. there will be a lot of that. there is a flash flood watch in effect today. heather has your issues this morning. >>> shirleen was talking about the george washington bridge and outbound lower level construction. it is closed down. the upper level is your alternate moving into new jersey, not a bat

. you have the tecumseh, then the manhattan, that also has two 15 inch guns. two monitors from the mississippi and they are armed with four 11 inch guns. he has his captured ships, which are the harvard class steam screw sloops. he knows that the confederate, but confederates have great defense. number one, they have this massive coastal defense fort known as fort morgan. fort morgan has 11 seven inch brook guns. those are death to iron ships as well as wooden ships. you have fort morgan guarding the main entrance to the main channel. they closed part of the channel by putting in a field of torpedoes. they have laid 67 torpedoes. torpedoes are what we call mines now, okay. you have a narrow entrance you have to go through. over on the island you have 18 guns and another fort armed with 11 guns, guarding what is called grant's pass, which is another way into mobile bay, but too shallow for most people. farragut decides he is going to put his ships into two lines. the monitors are going to be inward starboard. they are going to, number one, go past fort morgan to deal with the tennes

that she might be pregnant which is how she got transferred to lower manhattan hospital in the first police station. not sure if that was just a ruse but this is another embarrassing prisoner escape. police say 23-year-old tiffany newman sat down on a bar on upper west side on saturday and ordered food and drink but she left without paying. police say she then walked into a store nearby allegedly stole a t-shirt and put it under her dress. cops arrived arzted her, and took her to manhattan central booking while there she said she didn't feel well. so yesterday police brought her to new york presbyterian lower manhattan hospital an there where she ditched her handcuffs and made a run for it. cops think that she also shed her hospital gown and is now in street clothes. hers is latest in a disturbing litany of escapes from police custody in the city. earlier this months austin stevens son escaped in east harlem he was recaptured last month arthur collins escaped from a holding cell and he turned himself in. and who could forget this surveillance video of detectives chasing after tariq a

service is set to begin within an hour outside of the federal building in lower manhattan for a security guard who was murdered on the job. officer idrissa camara was shot in the lobby of a building by a man that then shot and killed himself. a memorial will be held at 26 federal plaza. the public is welcome to attend. funeral services tomorrow in east harlem. >>> on staten island, a construction worker is recovering after falling into a trench this morning. newscopter 7 was over the con edison facility in the travis section as firefighters carefully lifted the man out of the trench. no immediate word on what the contract worker was doing when he fell. fdny said his injuries were minor. >>> president obama is in new orleans marking the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina. the president is speaking right now. this is a live picture that we have from new orleans. this, as you may recall, is one of the hardest hit areas by the storm. that area in many ways still struggling to recover. it was 10 years ago this weekend that nearly 2,000 people died and one million people were displaced bec

shower free now and so is manhattan. there's a little shower coming across staten island heading towards brooklyn and queens. there's showers and thunderstorms up there at newburgh, and those are heavy along 84 and 87 and back to our west, drier, cooler air for tomorrow, which will be delightful. we'll talk about that coming up in just a moment. >>> i'm doing okay. southern state parkway, different story, if that's normally what you take, we'll show you this activity over here. it's off on the side of the roadway. we'll head to our maps and tell you what that is. there was an earlier car fire right near exit 15 which is corona avenue. that car fire is being extinguished. we have new jersey transit long island railroad running on schedule. d train suspended between 205th and bedford park boulevard. 1 and 2 trains suspended, and as you head to the george washington bridge inbound lower level closed with ongoing construction. just a minor delay. street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> at 4:32, breaking at this early hour, a woman is dead after falling out of a car in brooklyn and t

this week for roadwork. the port authority says the closures in and out of manhattan will all the nate weeks until october. >>> fastrack work happening on the 1, 2 and 3 lines this week. they terminate at penn station and the 3 train service is suspended. >>> it is tax-free shopping week in connecticut. between now and saturday, no tax on clothes, shoes. $100 or less. i can't believe it's almost that time of year. back to school shopping. >> i know. kids get very tense. >> they do. >> 4:44. >> tears. >> time for weather and traffic on the 4s. went into target yesterday. i said to my daughter, you do you want to get that pad. hold off until the last minute snienlt don't ruin it, michael. igts the hottest weather we've seen. >> in the south, the kids are all back. they go back april -- not april. august 15th. >> very early. >> our kids have it pretty good in the tri-state then. we're dealing with first heat wave of the summer so far. it's taken a while to get here. we haven't strung three in a row until today. 80 degrees. clear skies. we have an air quality alert day in effect for p

: bill deblasio announcing the flood plan to lower manhattan and other coastal areas across the city. >> could ban the sale of sugary drink to minors. soda. juliet: talk about the nanny nation. ben: i am ben simmoneau. juliet: i am juliet huddy. friday august 28th. not the we don't love our job but we hate waking up at 2:30 in but morning. >> nice to see you on this friday. ben: you may have talked us into going to the u.s. open. it is fairly confirmed. we got to make sure they will let us in. >> meteorologist: a minor detail to take care of. we will keep you posted on at. let's talk about this morning. when you step outside in this very early hour like we did on the show temperatures feel pretty cool, we are in the 50s, 54 in poughkeepsie, 50 in sussex, 56 in central park, it feels good, 65 n. isil, 68 the current reading for montauk point. looking at are winds, nice and white at the moment and nice and dry on satellite radar. -clouds out there but overall we expect a nice dry weather pattern. high pressure is in control, that brought great weather over the last couple days and will

each of these individuals experienced the manhattan project in their own, unique way. >> cynthia kelly with the atomic heritage foundation. thank you for joining us on american history tv. cindy: thank you very much. >> something about your background, where you're born, education? weremin: my parents who russian-jewish immigrants who came to america just before and just after world war i. they met at night school, a very romantic setting. they lived in the lower east side. they were very poor. my father worked as a restaurant worker all of his life. bronx up mainly in the and partly in brighton beach in brooklyn. one of the great things about new york is that it had city college. college was a defining event in my life because he gave me a completely free education, the exact subject that i wanted, which is physics. that is basically my early background. we were raised, not insignificant, we were raised -- leftists, asre were most everybody i knew in the bronx. we lived in a sort of communist neighborhood. i was brought up as a young pioneer of america, the communist equivalent

delivered midtown manhattan to their doorstep. they shifted the entire center of gravity of manhattan to midtown. and that was all the result of grand central. they develop something else at grand central, which again we take for granted. ramps. ramps instead of stairs, so people, travelers with baggage would not have to schlep up and down stairs. a lot of people had no idea what ramps were. one magazine harkened back to julius caesar and said these were the earthworks the ancient romans built when they were invading a walled city which they used to get up to the ramparts, hence ramps. the notion of air rights, which has been monetized, worth billions of dollars, coming into play as the mayor wants to rezone part of the corridor, air rights were invented at grand central. the original vision of this terminal was to deck over park avenue, and by doing that he created an monetized this real estate. one thing we forget is the train tracks created this giant gash in the middle of manhattan. they ran from lexington, all the way of to 59th street in an open, submerged train yard.

manhattan. traffic tiups on the west side at the worst time, too. chopper 4 over the scene in hell's kitchen where manhole explosions are causing delays up and down the west side and in midtown, as well. the blasts sparked a small fire underground at 45th street and 9th avenue. nobody was hurt. right now coned crews on the scene trying to fix this problem. traffic, though, on the west side, the bridges, tunnels, it's been a headache tonight. we'll keep you connected with updates here and on the news 4 new york app. >>> a brooklyn man as pleaded guilty to supporting isis. 25-year-old abdul rasual is from uzbekistan but lived in this apartment building. he's one of four arrested back in february, suspected of having ties to the terrorist group. according to court documents, he talked about assassinating president obama and bombing coney island. he faces up to 15 years in prison. >>> new here at 5:30, we're making calls to get details about a death investigation in shelton, connecticut. somebody called 911 from a home on howe avenue today. when police arrived, they found a man dead and

little chaos. the wild scene as he reported for jury duty today in lower manhattan. >>> plus, yankees pitcher cc sabathia gets into a shouting match with some fans in toronto. >>> jury duty got quite chaotic today at the federal courthouse in lower manhattan. donald trump, the republican front runner took a break from the campaign trail today one day after unveiling his controversial immigration policy to fulfill his civic duty. just like most things trump does, it created a spectacle. local reporter dave evans was in the middle of it all. he's in lower manhattan tonight with more. >> reporter: as we just saw there, there was a huge media presence here in lower manhattan all day long today both locally, nationally, even internationally for donald trump facing something all of us had to face and that is jury duty or at least some of us have had to face. ultimately he was dismissed from the jury but trump is in a lot of controversy for another reason and that is his new policy on immigration. it could affect millions. donald trump says he didn't know he had been summoned to jur

key manhattan project scientist and technicians. >> things change in time. in a moment in time in 1945, everything changed. the deserts of central new mexico, an area called "the journey of death," named by the spanish conquistadors, because if you ran out of water, you would not survive here. this place is now known as the trinity site. in a moment in time in this spot in july, 1945, things changed. in the instant of what happened here, the life of a war changed, along with the course of history. it began years before thousands , of miles away. [drumbeats] narrator: for years, adolf hitler had forced not to rule on nazirced the influence of rule on europe. the rest of the free world saw his intentions were war and brutality was his message. >> i came from hungary and germany. i have seen many things firsthand. i was dreadfully worried about my family and all of my friends, and i do not believe that people today realize how tremendous those things have been, because hitler indeed could have taken over the world. he had the power to do so. those of us who came from europe, we saw i

lawrence's own colleague on the manhattan project, james frank, a german physicist, also a nobel laureate, who two months before the first atomic bomb detonated over japan on served the age was already past in which he put it scientists could disclaim responsibility of the use mankind hat put their disinterested recoveries. the reason frank said is what big science brought about was fraught with infinitely greater dangers than were all the i vengeses of the past put together. but we need to talk about not what we do with the knowledge big science brings us but the resources we devote to that quest. ernest lawrence's legacy challenges us to think about how to weigh the monumental high profile efforts that it might take to put a human being on mars or to discover the next fundamental particle against the necessity of fighting cancer or paying for drugs against hepatitis or multiple clear row sis for every sufferer. so, all this together factors into what makes lawrence such an intriguing personality for us today. and that brings us back to the inning description that made his name.

eye witness news. >>> gunfire erupts in the lobby of a federal build inning manhattan as a lone gunman kills a security guard. new details on how this chaos unfolded and a family's emotion boils over when their loved one is killed on the job. good evening i'm rob powers in tonight for bill ritter. >> i'm sade baderinwa. police and federal investigators are working to piece together exactly what happened and what led to the shooting. right now the investigation is spanning two states. the scene of the crime at the west village and the home of the shooter in fort lee, new jersey. >> we learned the victim was shot and killed when officials say kevin downing walked in and opened fire. he's a military veteran and former government worker. >> the shooting happened just after 5 tonight. we have two reports tonight. aj ross is in fort lee with a possible motive. we'll begin with carolina leid at the scene. >> reporter: mr. camara was supposed to finish the shift at 4 this afternoon. he happily agreed to stay on longer because they needed the help. an hour later the shooter walked in and

manhattan court this morning to report for jury duty. yesterday, the republican presidential candidate provided details on his immigration policy. he told "meet the press" that he wantd to end the constitutionally protected birth rights for citizenship of children living illegally in the u.s. >> we have to set a whole new set of standards. >> you're going to split up family? families together, but they have to go. to go. >> we will work with them. they have to go. chuck, we either have are a country or we don't have a country. >> trump also said he's okay with sending u.s. ground forces to fight isis overseas but want our middle east powers to pay for it. >>> more proof that apple could be working on its own self- driving car. the plans that are unravelling a secret project. >> remember this shark attack? imagine getting back into the water. see how the pro-surfer held it together over the weekend. >> that said, water temperatures are so inviting this time of the year. if you're going to the beach, have fun and stay hydrated. could see a heat wave today. records are some jeop

right now. manhattan. a federal agent's been shot. the single shooter has been shot and we're told is in custody. the fdr drive shut down right now during the investigation. we have crews on the way to the scene. we'll get more as soon as we have it. alison: a company wants to help adults feel like kids again. steve: we sent baruch shemtov to check out the giant ball pit set up in soho. >> reporter: it's time to have a ball right in the middle of soho. soho. >> my daughter gets to play in ball pits. i never. so i've always had ball pit envy. >> it's harder than i remember as a kid. >> reporter: jump is in the brain child of pearl fisher where this ball pit coexists with employees hard at work in the new york offices. the company's ceo and cto are jumping in, too. >> it was the idea of how we can creativity. it was like going back to what it's like to being a child. >> there was an incredible plethora of creativity. you saw people coming out with talents you never knew they had. >> we've got an environment we really open. and this was in a way quite a big step. >> reporter: during the

self-inflicted injuries. >>> a man accused of stabbing his father in manhattan jumps out of the window and dies after the stabbing. >> the 27-year-old suspect locked himself in the apartment on the upper east side. police were apparently negotiating with him when he jumped and landed on the neighboring building. the father was slashed on his face and head but is expected to be okay. >>> questions tonight about how a woman managed to get pepper spray on a plane. passengers got off a flight from jamaica at j.f.k. when a fight broke out. one person was slashed and others were sprayed. darla miles has more on what started the ruckus. darla? >> reporter: diana, this was a 3 hour 8 minute flight from jamaica. as it pulled into terminal 8, things got out of control. eyewitness news obtained a photo of the jet. as it pulled into the gate around 8:45 this morning, 61- year-old jean ballantyne in a window seat in row 21 tried to climb out of that row over two other passengers. they say a 52-year-old woman in the middle seat pushed ballentine off her and ballantyne punched the woman. at th

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 cam 7 showing slick conditions in new jersey. darla miles is live for us in newark. good morning, again, darla. >> reporter: good morning again, michelle. this is a slow moving system. we started seeing the outer bands this morning. we had steady rainfall over the last hour when i checked in at 5:30. at fenwick and meeker, this is east of newark liberty international airport. you see people are starting their morning commute and making their way to work this morning. now, this is one of those low lying intersections that is prone to flooding when we get the heavy rain falls, flash flooding that

employees. the 50-year-old lives in lower manhattan where agents surprised him at sunrise and took him into custody. late today the defendant's faced a judge in downtown brooklyn. >> the case involves first amendment issues and the use of technology and as a society, we are constantly catching up with the technology. >> reporter: the multimillion dollar company promised use ergs a chance to connect with men all over the world. officials say subscribers would pay a minimum fee of 59.95 and up to several hundred dollars to advertise sexual services. on the site, men could provide physical descriptions and post links to other web sites where prior customers had raided them. this was a profitable venture. between 2010 and 2015 it pulled in more than $10 million. the feds hope this take down sends a strong message to other similar illegal operations. >> dismantle and disrupt these organizations involved in activities that affect public safety. >> reporter: again, moments ago, the ceo of this company walked out of federal court after facing a judge. if convicted, each defendant faces up

manhattan is and city has to be better prepared than when the next time the big storm comes around around. >> i saw what the community went through after sandy. >> hard to forget devastation that sandy inflicted on lower manhattan. storm flooded the brooklyn battery tunnel and water cascading into the south ferry subway station. >> so much of what is important to this city is in lower manhattan. it all has to be protected. >> in the city taking a big step towards doing that. mayor announced $100 million commitment to erect berms essentially manmade hilts and deployable flood walls. they explain what had some of those deployable systems might be look like. >> number of thymes we're exploring preinstalled in the ground to come up and some that you have to put in place. it is just a wall 37 flood wall that is temporary in nature. >> korgts city 100 million dollar investment would be used to build berms and flood walls from montgomery street near manhattan bridge south around tip of manhattan up the qdz to the north pend of battery park city. the city acknowledges that the project will cost f

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queenstown bridge, midtown manhattan coming down. there's another cluster of showers and storms coming down. these are all drifting off toward the east. the bottom line through this morning, isolated showers and thundershowers could pop up from time to time. expect a brief heavy downpour. the heat wave continues especially inland. temperatures get knock dound 8 ed down. right now lauren scala has more. what are the conditions like? >> on hillside avenue, there's a breakdown in the left lane. there's repairs taking place and on route 21. it's shut down in both directions. a spot to avoid. alternate side-of-the-street parking rules are in effect and we'll have your next weather and traffic update on the 4s. >>> a summit could help get the ball rolling on the funding fix for the hudson tunnel. tracie strahan joining us from penn station in newark. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning, kerry. there was trouble on the tracks less than 24 hours ago. the train was delayed up to an hour yesterday because of a switch problem. there was also a stalled train. today's summit is a

happening during rush- hour. this is in lower manhattan. shannon sohn is in newscopter 7, she is over the scene right now. shannon. >> reporter: yeah, it is traffic nightmare through this area. the little bit of good news that we have here is you can see the cars coming from right to left across your picture. that is varick street. for a while there in the first few pictures we showed you, that street was completely shut down right at the intersection with houston street. they have since managed to reopen it, captain randy empey repositioning us so we can show you down varick street and you can get an idea. it is a nightmare through this area. keep in mind this is just a few blocks north of where varick street comes into the holland tunnel so this disruption in the middle of the rush-hour is the holland tunnel. we will bring this picture back. it is limited in the amount of lanes that are available but that's the intersection right there where it meets up with seventh avenue and you can see huge delays. it is going to cost you at least 45 minutes trying to get into the holland tunnel beca

the entire island of manhattan manhattan. >> see if the winner comes by land or by sea. >> parents flock to people's park in china. >> they're all out there trying to marry off their kids. >> get a fascinating tour of the shanghai marriage market. >> i'm just looking around. >>> and if you combine hot women and fast cars you've got yourself an internet hit. see who has taken jo jo and maria on a wild ride. >> is this brought to us in jiggle vision? >> the call came in to police and firefighters a disabled vehicle in the middle of the street in china, that black suv is the one in question you see a man slumped over the steering wheel, a lot of concerned citizens trying to get around the car and make sure that this guy gets the help that he needs. when police arrive you notice that the guy isn't completely out of it. there is some movement inside the cabin, they're knocking they're trying to get this guy to wake up, hope that he's all right but eventually firefighters have to show up. police aren't able to get this guy out. he doesn't appear to be sick at all. actually is on the phon

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moisture out this morning. hums are in the 7 o to 80% range. here is our camera looking to lower manhattan. you see the low clouds hanging in here. humidity 79% to start the day. right at 80%. calm wind. pressure 30.05. long branch and brick 75 degrees. 75 long island. 74 bridgeport. 74 montauk. up to the north and west, we are in the upper 60s. we will see a cold front coming from the west with showers and thunderstorms. that will be late thursday into friday. ahead of that, our air mass is so soupy and warm that a pop up thunderstorm can come uptickly west -- can pop up particularly west thursday afternoon and thursday evening, the cold front approaches from the west. it gets here late thursday evening, for friday morning's commute. slow moving. hangs around much of the day an friday with showers and thunderstorms off and on during the day. 84 to 86 today. it will feel like 90. tomorrow 83 degrees with the showers and pop up thunderstorms possible. it will mostly be thursday night, friday the heaviest time period. keep that in mind. looking at 86 today. it will feel like 90. tonight a mu

here on the upper west sides of manhattan still dry with sunshining down. 82 degrees after a high of 86. the atmosphere is very tropical right now. the heat and the humidity have been with us for a couple of days now. they continue to build. these are the storms early on eastward. but it will take much of the evening for them to make any progress much further east. it's actually this cold front right there that's going to shove the energy in the direction of new york city and the boroughs and actually we are not expecting to get hit the hardest. instead it looks like it will be northern and central new jersey. they'll be parts of sullivan ulster and dutchess county that gets very heavy rain. the upper hudson valley coup streams and -- could have streams and creeks and there's the potential for flooding in a very quick period of time dumping a lot of moisture. early tomorrow morning, you will need the rain gear. it looks like everything will clearly mid-morning and -- by mid-morning in central park though, breaking it down hour by hour, after midnight tonight is when the showers get s

loss of his granddaughter who was stabbed to death early this morning in manhattan. this happened shortly before 3:00 a.m. on west 162nd street in washington heights. when police arrive on the scene, they found 33-year-old e'dena hines lying in the street with multiple stab wounds. the nypd says there is a suspect in custody but no charges have been filed. in a statement, morgan freeman said in part, the world will never know her artistry and talent and how much she had to offer. her star will continue to shine bright in our hearts. thoughts and prayers, may she rest in peace. >>> the nypd wants your help finding a suspect in the alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl. this is the suspect. 32-year-old daniel nieto. police say he sexually assaulted the young victim last week inside her home on staten island. investigators say he entered through a back door, attacked the girl in her bedroom, and ran off. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers. >>> right now, the nypd is searching east harlem for this man who they say escaped police officers while been arrested. officers

live look at lower manhattan right now. lovely on this august 16. >>> good morning. i'm rob nelson. >>> and i'm michelle charlesworth. we just learned an indonesian airliner has lost contract with air traffic control. there are 49 passengers and five crew members on board the twin turbo prop plane. it last contact a little more than half an hour after taking off from the capital. it was over land and within the same province. >> getting erie, these missing planes. we don't know the full story yet. we'll monitor that throughout the morning. another bizarre situation that we will have an eye on for you. with that a quick look at weather with miss freeze. the hot stuff continues. >>> we were steamy yesterday and the sunshine. you had to seek out the shade to stay cool. hot temperatures again today. accu-weather bumping up the high temperatures to close out the weekend. and starting with a real steam bath on monday. temperatures in the middle to upper 90s. it really means we're actually flirting with records here with the record being in the upper 90s set back in 1988. sunset just befo

plaza hotel in manhattan. >> several months later the documents say he paid her while staying at the ritz carlton. the document said fogle texted the girl and offered to pay her a fee if she could find him another underage girl, asking her to provide him with access to minors as young as 14. >> pleading guilty to sex with minors is not all. he also admitted he received child pornography from russell taylor, charity. taylor was arrested in april for producing child pornography and possessing it. taylor attempted suicide a week after his arrest and remains in federal custody. hours searching fogle's home. >> he was a private neighbor for the most part. we didn't see him outside too much. >> on that day subway suspended its relationship with fogle and yesterday they said we no longer have a relationship with jared and have no comment. >> he talk ed about going from 425 pounds down to 180. tv ads and a long-term contract made him a star worth millions. >> i lost 245 pounds and kept it off. >> fogle will pay 14 victims $100,000 each. >> reporter: just in the last half hour fogle's wife is

affecting the 4 and 5 subway lines. this is an update. right now there is no service between manhattan and brooklyn because of power issues affecting the signals inside one of the east river tubes. >> here is how it breaks down right now. southbound trains are stopping that brooklyn bridge city hall and bowling green stations. now, some five trains are running on the 2 line from nevins street to the 149th grand concourse stop. also northbound are stopping at the atlantic center. >>> a long island history teacher has pleaded not guilty to raping a child under the age of 13. lionel harvey dodged our cameras as he left court today. the former uniondale high schoolteacher was arrested earlier this year. according to court documents, harvey sexually abused the child multiple times. >> mr. harvey denies the allegations. he maintains his innocence and looks forward to proving his innocence at trial. >> the spokesperson for the uniondale school district confirmed that harvey is no longer employed there. the child was not a student at the school where harvey taught. >>> an orange county woman w

people attended a memorial near federal plaza in manhattan manhattan. the officer was killed last friday as he stood guard inside a federal office building. the gunman, kevin downing, then killed himself. the security guard worked for the services for 16 years. his co-workers said he loved what he did. >> with all the adversities and the trials and the tribulations that we have experienced, he never, never was shy on his duty. >> employees launched a go fund me account to support his family. >>> also new tonight, security officials say a u.s. air strike killed an isis terror leader in syria. he is believed to have played a key role in the extremist' online recruitment campaign. he died in a drone strike on tuesday, sources say. he allegedly tried to recruit attackers in our area through social media and was one of the top hackers for the terrorist group. >>> police officer foiled a sophisticated million dollar heist. the thieves broke through a concrete wall in a warehouse in hicksville. they were about to get away with $2 million until the police officer on routine patrol, saw so

building in manhattan. today they are searching the suspect's home for what led to the shooting, and eyewitness news is live. >>> a deadly night in newark and killed. suspect. as well. >>> good morning; everyone. a live look at the empire state building on this pretty nice saturday morning, august 22nd. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being with us. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm michelle charlesworth. >> today is going to be beautiful it hasn't been bad at all. >> it's been good. >> yes! >> you're dressed in your summer white. >> i know! beachy! >> i have like half of the beach around my neck. no more shells left. it's all good things. speaking of good things, meteorologist amy freeze is over there. good morning to both of you. >> didn't you work late last night? >> i worked the 11:00 news last night. >> every single show except for the morning. >> i don't want to say it's easy, because it's so difficult, but it has been a very pleasant pattern, so not a lot to get worked up over. we vii 30 degrees right now in central park, and the skies are looking good. it's going to be a co