WE
WE ARE
WE ARE TRACKING BREAKING NEWS ON THE SHORELINE. WE KNOW THAT
FIREFIGHTERS FROM AT LEAST TEN
DEPARTMENTS ARE BATTLING A LARGE
FIRE AT THE SUBMARINE BASE RIGHT
NOW IN GROTON. AND WE KNOW THAT
AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS
OF THE SUB BASE ARE ON FIRE. AND
WE DO HAVE A CREW AT THE SCENE
FOR YOU. SO WE'LL BE SHARING
SOME NEW INFORMATION WITH YOU AS
SOON AS WE GET IT. ALSO
HAPPENING TODAY, MERIDEN SCHOOL
BUS DRIVERS ARE ON STRIKE AND
NOW STUDENTS NEED TO FIND A WAY
TO SCHOOL AFTER NEW BRITAIN
TRANSPORTATION AND THE DRIVERS
UNION BOTH FAILED TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT. THE BUS DRIVERS SAY
THAT THEY HAVE LIMITED SECURITY
AND LOW WAGES. ZERO PAID
HOLIDAYS AND NO BENEFITS.
DRIVERS PLAN TO PICKET AT THE
MERIDEN AND BERLIN YARDS TODAY
AT 5:00. AND MERIDEN SCHOOLS
WILL BE OPENING AN HOUR EARLIER
AND STAYING OPEN AN HOUR LATER
JUST TO HELP GIVE PARENTS MORE
TIME. AND POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A
MAN AFTER THEY SAY HE CRASHED
HEAD ON INTO A SCHOOL BUS IN
WEST HARTFORD. 37 YEAR OLD
NELSON MARTINEZ OF COLCHESTER
WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN HE
SLAMMED INTO THE BUS BACK IN THE
SPRING. NOW, THERE WERE STUDENTS
ON BOARD DURING THAT CRASH, BUT
NO ONE WAS HURT, THANKFULLY.
NELSON FACES A RECKLESS DRIVING
CHARGE AND EVERSOURCE WILL BE
PROVIDING SOME IDENTITY
PROTECTION AND CREDIT MONITORING
SERVICES FOR SOME OF ITS
CUSTOMERS AFTER A DATA BREACH.
WE KNOW THAT HACKERS TARGETED A
VENDOR THAT THE UTILITY COMPANY
USES FOR THE CONNECTICUT SOLAR
INCENTIVE PROGRAM. ABOUT 1300
CUSTOMERS IN THAT PROGRAM HAD
THEIR SOCIAL SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS. THAT IS COMPROMISED.
AND DOZENS OF NURSING STUDENTS
LEFT BY THE SUDDEN CLOSURE OF
STONE ACADEMY. NOW HAVE NEW HOPE
TO GET THEIR DEGREES. THE STATE
OFFICE OF HIGHER ED ANNOUNCED
THAT THESE STUDENTS CAN APPLY
FOR A TEACH OUT PROGRAM THROUGH
GRIFFIN HOSPITAL. SO THIS
PROGRAM WILL COST STUDENTS
$15,000. AND TO QUALIFY, THEY
MUST HAVE COMPLETED A MINIMUM OF
40% OF THEIR PRACTICAL NURSING
PROGRAM AT STONE ACADEMY AND
PASS AN EMISSION ASSESSMENT EXAM
. AND AFTER 11 YEARS ON THE JOB,
YALE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT IS
STEPPING DOWN, BUT HE'S NOT
LEAVING THE SCHOOL. PETER
SALOVEY WILL BE RETURNING AS A
FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBER NEXT
YEAR. RIGHT NOW, YALE LEADERS
ARE SEARCHING FOR HIS
REPLACEMENT. AND WE KNOW THAT
SALOVEY DID NOT SHED ANY LIGHT
ON WHY HE'S ENDING HIS TENURE AS
PRESIDENT. SPEAKING OF
PRESIDENTS, FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP HAS PLED NOT GUILTY
TO ELECTION INTERFERENCE IN
GEORGIA, ENTERING THE FORMAL
PLEA THROUGH COURT FILINGS
INSTEAD OF BEING ARRAIGNED IN
PERSON, HE WILL NOT HAVE TO SHOW
UP NOW FOR NEXT WEEK'S HEARING.
TRUMP IS CHARGED WITH
RACKETEERING IN CONNECTION WITH
HIS ALLEGED EFFORTS TO OVERTURN
THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
RESULTS IN GEORGIA. FULTON
COUNTY PROSECUTORS HAVE ASKED
FOR AN OCTOBER TRIAL DATE AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN PLANS TO VISIT
FLORIDA TOMORROW AFTER HURRICANE
IDALIA DEVASTATED MUCH OF THE
STATE'S GULF COAST. THE CLEANUP
IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY AS
FLORIDIANS AS WE START TO RETURN
TO THEIR HOMES THAT ARE EITHER
INTACT, STILL OR BADLY DAMAGED
AS YOU SEE HERE, BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN PROPERTY LOSSES
ESTIMATED. AND NOT ONLY FLORIDA,
BUT ALSO IN GEORGIA AND THE
CAROLINAS. MIKE I KNOW I SAID IT
YESTERDAY, BUT WE ARE JUST SO
FORTUNATE TO LIVE HERE IN
CONNECTICUT.
CONNECTICUT. >> YEAH, SERIOUSLY, NICOLE. AND
IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE THIS
MORNING, IF NOT A BIT COOL IN
SOME SPOTS. ABOUT 10 TO 15
DEGREES COOLER RIGHT NOW THAN
YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME.
TEMPERATURES THEMSELVES RUNNING
MOSTLY BE ON EITHER SIDE OF 50
DEGREES ALONG THE SHORELINE.
WE'RE STILL IN THE MID 50S
COMING BUT COOL START TO THE DAY
WITH FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED TO TOP OUT BETWEEN 75
AND 80 UNDER SUNNY SKIES. IT'S
WORTH NOTING THAT TOMORROW FOR
THE HARTFORD AREA, OUR AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 80
DEGREES BY THE END OF THE MONTH,
70 BY OCTOBER 24TH, 60. SO WE'RE
IN THAT PART OF THE ANNUAL
TEMPERATURE CURVE WHERE THE
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO THE
AVERAGE HIGH. THAT IS BEGINS TO
FALL A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY.
HERE'S A LIVE LOOK ON OUR EYECAM
IN STORES RIGHT NOW TO
BEAUTIFUL. PLENTY OF SUN OUTSIDE
. A LIVE LOOK ON OUR EYECAM IN
ROCK HILL. LOOKING NORTH, TEN
MILES TO THE HARTFORD SKYLINE,
THE TRAVELERS BUILDING ALL LIT
UP WITH PLENTY OF SUN TODAY. AND
THAT WILL BE THE CASE THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON. BUT IT IS COOL
THIS MORNING. KEEP THE JACKETS
ON STANDBY FOR THE BUS STOP BY
LUNCHTIME, THOUGH, 70 DEGREES
NEAR WITH FULL SUNSHINE EXPECTED
OUTDOOR RECESS CERTAINLY
EXPECTED TO. AND THE RIDE HOME
AGAIN BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER
70S. GREAT FAIR WEATHER ON TAP
TONIGHT. GREAT NIGHT TO EAT SOME
FRIED DOUGH OR SOME LOADED BAKED
POTATOES OR OTHER FAIR FOOD. YOU
MAY FANCY TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
BACK PRETTY QUICKLY LATER ON
THIS EVENING. EVEN BEFORE WE
ACTUALLY GET TO SUNSET. WE'RE
BACK DOWN INTO THE 60S, DROPPING
INTO THE 50S OVERNIGHT TO FIRST
GUILFORD FUTURECAST WITH HIGH
PRESSURE IN CONTROL TODAY INTO
TOMORROW AND THEN WE'LL WATCH
THIS HIGH PRESSURE SORT OF SPLIT
WITH A RETROGRADING PART OF IT
BACK DOWN OVER PARTS OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC. SO FIGURE THE
WESTERN PART OF THE CAROLINAS
INTO TENNESSEE AND THAT WILL
ACTUALLY HELP TO BRING SOME
WARMER AIR IN, FOLLOW THE WIND
DIRECTION AROUND THIS THAT
SOUTHWEST FLOW REALLY STARTS TO
PICK UP AND TEMPERATURES WILL
CLIMB NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF THAT.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TROPICS
RIGHT NOW. THE REMNANTS OF
IDALIA. WE HAVE HURRICANE
FRANKLIN, A CATEGORY ONE
HURRICANE. WE HAVE TROPICAL
STORM JOSE. AND THERE'S THE
REMNANTS OF GERT. THERE'S
ANOTHER WAVE MOVING OFF OF
AFRICA RIGHT NOW THAT'S EXPECTED
TO HAVE PRETTY HIGH CHANCES OF
ACTUALLY BECOMING A NAMED
TROPICAL SYSTEM HERE SOON. SO
TONIGHT, ANOTHER COOL NIGHT ON
TAP ACROSS NORTHWESTERN,
NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE,
MAYBE SOME UPPER 40S. OTHERWISE
ABOUT 50 TO 55 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
, WE'RE EXPECTING ON THE FIRST
ALERT, SEVEN DAY HERE, A WARMING
TREND THROUGH LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, VERY BRIGHT.
OUTDOOR PLANS IN LABOR DAY
WEEKEND PLANS ARE ALL GOOD TO
GO. AN INCREASING CLOUDS LATER
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
BUT LOOK AT THESE TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY, 86 AT THE SHORELINE, 89
INLAND BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
WEEK, WE COULD BE TALKING RECORD
WARMTH. HERE ARE THE RECORDS FOR
TUESDAY FOR THE HARTFORD AREA.
93, 91 FOR BRIDGEPORT. HERE'S
WHAT WE ARE FORECASTING. 92
INLAND ON TUESDAY, 89 FOR
BRIDGEPORT. SO WITHIN 1 TO 2
DEGREES OF WHAT THE RECORDS ARE
IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY
FORECASTING. WE EXPECT PLENTY OF
SUN BUILDING HUMIDITY. AND WE
ALSO HAVE THREE DAYS AT OR ABOVE
90 DEGREES IN THE FORECAST HERE,
WHICH COULD MEAN MEAN. OUR
SECOND HEAT WAVE OF THE YEAR IS
ON TAP AS WE GET INTO THE START
OF NOVEMBER. SEPTEMBER THAT IS.
LET'S NOT RUSH THE CLOCKS HERE.
91 INLAND ON LABOR DAY, MONDAY,
88 AT THE SHORELINE. AND THEN
AGAIN WE KEEP THE HEAT AROUND IN
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, THE
PATTERN BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN A
BIT. WE'LL BEGIN TO FAVOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME SHOWERS,
ESPECIALLY STARTING ON THURSDAY
, PERHAPS SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE MIX, ESPECIALLY WITH HEAT
AND HUMIDITY RETURNING TO THE
STATE TO, AGAIN, GIVING YOU THE
FIRST ALERT TO WHAT IS LIKELY TO
BE A VERY HOT START TO THE FIRST
WEEK OF SEP TEMBER. UNTIL THEN,
THOUGH, LET'S SIT BACK AND ENJOY
WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
DAY OUT THERE. NICOLE CERTAINLY
A BIT COOL TO START THE DAY, BUT
JUST A GREAT AFTERNOON ON TAP.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE COULDN'T ASK
FOR A BETTER HOLIDAY WEEKEND,
RIGHT? SERIOUSLY. AND THEN
SUMMER JUST DOESN'T WANT TO GO
AWAY. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO
ENJOY IT AND EMBRACE IT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MIKE, AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN TO
EYEWITNESS NEWS ON THIS FRIDAY.
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GREAT DAY, EVERYONE. BE HEALTHY.
STAY POSITIVE AND HAVE A SAFE