A close family friend has known her for years and considers her family. In spanish, she tells me that shes a loving mother with strong christian faith. What was your interaction when you would see her . Hi, how are you doing . So very nice. So personable. Reporter her family has strong faith that shes going to make it out of this crash, out of the hospital bed and fully recover walking down the aisle in the fall. Were live in the belmont section of the bronx, im ray villeda. Ray, thanks so much. A Memorial Service was held this afternoon in virginia for two journalists shot and killed on live tv. Alison parker and adam ward were killed on wednesday by a former coworker during an Early Morning live report. Today, family and friends gathered to pray and even laugh in honor of these two young journalists. Adam and alison saw it as their mission to awaken us to what was good and fun in life. I want to play softball with adam again and i want to see alison dance. And i will in the wonderful memories they gave me, they gave us. The gunman, vester flanagan, shot himself after crashing his car during the police chase. New information now on an undercover gun operation in mt. Vernon that ended in the death of an innocent man. Three people pleaded not guilty today to gun and drug charges related to this operation. Jeffrey aristy and samuel ruiz is being held without bail. His wife is being held on 10,000 bail. A fourth suspect, alvin smothers, remains in the hospital. He pointed a fake gun at the officers and the officers opened fire resulting in the death of an innocent bystander. There was a tragic and freak accident that killed a rising star in Les Miserables. Kyle Jean Baptiste made broadway history becoming the first africanamerican and the youngest person to ever play the lead role of jean valgin. The show must go on but it goes on with heavy hearts. Ida has the reaction. Ida . Reporter the performance let out a few minutes ago and the groundbreaking star of Les Miserables has died. Jean baptiste was the first black man to play the role on broadway and the youngest when a freak accident resulted in his death. Police say kyle jeanbaptiste was at home Early Saturday Morning having returned late from a performance the night before. He was relaxing on his fourth floor fire escape outside of his apartment. Somehow, he slipped and fell to his death. His sudden and tragic death has stunned fans of the show who were looking forward to seeing a promising career blossom. We had been here earlier in the year to see him and he was magnificent. We loved him. It feels weird that hes not here and his name is still up on the billboard and his photo is all around and hes not here today. The show must go on. Kyle would want it no other way. Its very sad. I think most performers in the spirit of performance want their cast and coworkers to continue forward and continue moving on. Reporter there is a growing ca bmpaign on twitter to convince the Broadway League to officially dim the lights on broadway in his honor. Traditionally, they only do that for an actor that is considered a broadway legend but maybe think an exception should be made in this case. Ida siegal, news 4. Ida, thank you so much. Today, flags are flying at halfstaff in remembrance of an Atlanta Braves fan who died inside the stadium. He was a father, a grandfather who dearly loved his family. A moment of silence was held for gregory murrey, who fell from the upper deck at yesterdays game against the yankees. His son described his father as a lifelong braves fan. Greg was a season Ticket Holder with the same seats for over 23 years. The night greg passed away, he was doing one of his favorite things, watching the braves play. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused murrey to fall. Mayor de blasio on the defensive about quality of life issues. The vow that he made to new yorkers today. Plus, the race is getting tighter. The onetime underdog now gaining on Hillary Clinton in the polls. And steve is here with a check of the forecast. It was a hot one, rob. We hit 90 in central park and, guess what, well see more of that in the work week. Well talk about that coming up. Yoplait. The smooth and creamy yogurt your whole family loves. Yoplait original with no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. A neurologist and author credited with treating patients with compassion has passed away. Oliver sacks was known for his books, including awakenings. Last february he disclosed his rare eye cancer had spread to his liver. Sacks inspired countless neurologists to treat patients with dignity. He was born in london in 1933. Sacks died today in his new york home. He was 82 years old. In politics tonight, big news from a new iowa poll. Hillary clintons lead is drastically shrinking as many considered Bernie Sanders. Here is the latest from washington. Reporter while Hillary Clinton works the crowd at the hamptons, its the once longshot Bernie Sanders raking in voters. In a new iowa poll, 37 voted clinton and 30 backed sanders but in may clinton had 17 of the vote. All over this country were generating enormous enthusiasm. Reporter experts say the clinton camp shouldnt panic yet. The lead for mrs. Clinton showed that twothirds were confident that she would win the general election if she was a nominee. Reporter on the republican side, donald trump may launch a thirdparty run or stay with the gop. That would certainly be the best path to victory and were going to make a decision very soon and i think a lot of people will be happy. Reporter trump leads the republicans with 23 . Dr. Ben carson at 18 and the rest in single digits. The trump strength inside the republican primary is an expression of the complete and absolute and utter contempt of Republican Voters towards the political establishment, the republican party. Reporter still unknown, Vice President joe biden who reportedly is still considering a third run for the democratic nomination. Jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. Well, mayor bill de blasio says the citys bad days are in the past and new york is safer now than ever. Those revelations in an oped penned by the mayor. In it, he addressed many quality of life issues facing new yorkers, including crime, unemployment, and homelessness. He blamed rightwing politicians for trying to convince people that the city is on a slippery slope saying, the facts and figures show just how categorically false and misleading these fearmongering attacks really are. And this much is certain, under my watch this city is never going back to those days. Local cops helping an animal in need. How officers helped this struggling bird and helped save his life. And heres a look outside. Very nice weekend for august. Were in for another hot week. Its going to get warm. Steves got the forecast coming up. A Womens Health clinic is getting support from a charity that features exotic cars. Some 400 exotic cars on display on Liberty Island this afternoon. The purpose is to raise thousands of dollars to benefit the new Womens Hospital as part of the new Jersey Medical center expected to open up next month. You drive one of those, dont you . All the time. How you doing . Im doing really well. Coming up, an interesting poll due out in iowa that looks at Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and how close he is to the once very comfortable candidate. Well drill down on that. An unbelievable story in atlanta where a fan has died after plunging from the upper deck. Is the mlb going to look at stadium safety for all fans around the country and the unbelievable story of a california woman, 62 years old, lost in this Sierra National forest for nine days found safe. Were going to have a look at her tale and how she was able to crawl to safety. Nine days . Nine days. They had 50plus people searching for her. Luckily shes okay. Tom, thanks so much. Great to see you guys. All right. Were going to go to steve with the forecast. We hit 90 in the park so it was another warm one and were going to see more of this for pretty much the entire week. Get ready, folks, even though some kids are already going back to school next week, its going to be another warm week. Temperatures, for the most part, in the 90s and the humidity also is back. So even though the summer is at the tail end right now, it is definitely feeling like summer outside. 84 degrees with partly sunny skies across the tristate area. Today we hit 90 in the park. That means its the first day of a potential heatwave. A heatwave is three days with 90degree weather. We saw that once this summer. We can see it again this week. Again being day number one. Well be hot and humid for most of the week and generally dry this week as well with plenty of sunshine. However, we cant rule out just a spot shower or thunderstorm here. Definitely no major rain heading our way. 84 right now in the park. 80 in brooklyn. 81 and warmer right now in the bronx but we are cooler north of the city. Temperatures there in the 70s. This is what we have been dealing with, some off and on showers earlier this afternoon and into the evening hours. And thats what were seeing right now. A couple of spot showers in the Hudson Valley and moving from pennsylvania, you can see a few more showers and isolated thunderstorms and some of this activity will push into our northern and western zones over the next couple of hours. But most of this will start to die down once we lose that daytime heating. That means most of us stay dry this evening. Off to the south, plenty in the way of showers and thunderstorms and even though most of this will move on out to sea, the northern fringe may bring far southern new jersey a spot thunderstorm as we head into tomorrow. For this evening, we will see lots of clouds around. Look at that, by 11 00 p. M. , its still very warm with a temperature of 80 degrees. Heres the future tracker. By 11 00 p. M. , lots of clouds around and were dry. As we head into tomorrow morning, 7 00 a. M. , north of the city, lots of sunshine, more clouds south of the city and during the afternoon hours, partly sunny with maybe a spot shower. Otherwise, its a very warm day, once again tomorrow, with the southerly flow in place. Temperatures climbing into the low 90s and very humid as well. Tonight, overnight lows along the coast in the 70s. Inland areas in the 60s. Look at those highs tomorrow. Low 90s. Feeling more like the mid90s when you factor in the humidity. Check out the sevenday forecast. 91 tomorrow. 92 on tuesday. 92 on thursday. So basically, for most of the week were in the 90s and no rain in the forecast. We are high and dry. Like california. California. Steve, thanks so much. You got it. Well go to bruce now with a look at sports. Tough tennis in the week ahead. After struggling at home, the yankees offense comes to light against the braves. Highlights from hot lanta. Its all just ahead on news 4 new york at 6 00. After dropping backtoback games at home, the mets try to salvage their series against boston today at citi field. Cruising until the sixth, when big poppy, david ortiz, unloads a tworun homer to the right. This game was tied at 4 in the seventh and with two lots, there is a single to the left, murphy flies home to get the amazing onerun lead. And two men on face in the ninth but the mets closer strikes out and ends the ball game, 54 the final. Washington won. 5 1 2 games ahead in the nl east. To be a good team, you have to do that. You have to have short memory and be able to win games and doesnt matter what you did the night before or two nights before in this case. You need to go out and focus on salvaging that series. Tonight we were able to go out and do that. Short memory, the key in sports. Before the mets acquired reid from arizona, the flame throw we are is a former closer with 104 career saves. And now to the yankees with a sweep of the braves in atlanta. What a start. A threerun homer in the top of the second and chase crush as tworun shot to center in the third. Later in the third, steven drew chips in with a tworun shot of his own to give the yankees a 70 advantage t was 85 in the seventh when arod comes through with a pinchhit single to center which sparked a ninerun inning for the yankees who had a 206 victory. Now to the little guys in the Little League world series. Tokyo taking on the boys from pennsylvania. Home runs were flying here and there and everywhere. It was a 1010 ball game in the third with two runs and two outs. Cranking one to center to put japan on top for a good 1811 the final. Tokyo wins the title for the third time in four years. In tennis news, number three seed Maria Sharapova pulled out with a leg injury. In football, Leonard Williams had an mri and revealed a muscle strain behind his knee but no ligament damage. In golf, at the barclays, the first round of the fedex cup. After a hole in one at the par 3 third, would you believe another ace . This one on the par three 14th hole. Does it go in . Yes, it does. Its the third time that two as in the same round and first hole in ones with 121year start. Jason day won the tournament by six shots. A big show tonight on sports final. Mets infielder flores is in the house and former giants offensive line man joins me in the studio to talk giants and jets. You just blew my mind. Ive never had one. I just want it once in my life. Thanks, bruce. Well be right back. Check this out. Two suffolk officers came to the rescue of a bird strangled around the fuel platform. The officer covered the bird in a blanket as they untangled the string, the bird was not hurt. It doesnt look good but it wasnt hurt. It hopped in the water and went along on its way. Thats it for us right now. Nbc nightly news is next. See you back here at 11 00. On this sunday night, striking distance. Hillary clinton suddenly with a major reason to worry in iowa as new polls show what many thought was unthinkable not so long ago, her nearest rival closing in. Search for motive. The texas deputy killed in an ambush at a gas station. Why was he targeted when theres no idence he ever crossed paths before with his alleged executioner . Paul ballpark tragedy. A man falls to his death from the upper deck of the stadium raising more questions about safety at americas favorite pastime. Double threat. Florida braces for flooding from killer storm erika while hawaii is hoping for a near miss from hurricane ignacio. And found alive. A hiker missing for nine days in the rugal wild crawling with broken bones to find water. How she finally managed to signal for help. Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight thomas roberts. Good evening. We begin tonight with fresh insight into the 2016 race for the white house. New iowa poll results put senator Bernie Sanders within seven points of a once comfortable democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Donald trumps big splash in iowa seems to be paying off. He remains at the top of a crowded field. But neurosurgeon and washington outsider ben carson comes in second place. If you consider the margin of error, theyre virtually tied. Kristen welker has more on the surprise of nontraditional candidates. Reporter two frontrunners, two very different fortunes in a poll today. Wild donald trump surges, Hillary Clinton is struggling. Today secretary clinton is out raising money as a new iowa poll catapults vermont senator Bernie Sanders within striking distance just seven points behind clinton. Her support plummeting 20 points since the last poll was conducted. Sanders, who is also catching up to clinton in new hampshire, weighed in today. This is not antiHillary Clinton. This is pro Bernie Sanders and pro a message that says enough is enough. This country and our government belong to all of us, not just a handful of very wealthy people. Reporter while the poll is showing 61 of Iowa Democrats say the email issue is not important, republicans are latching on to the controversy. With Hillary Clinton it just seems to be one scandal after another. Reporter the wild card for democrats . Vice President Joe Biden who made a surprise appearance at a Democratic Party event in delaware saturday. He hasnt even announced but comes in third place with 14 support in iowa. This is a movement. Reporter Donald Trumps lead spikes to 23 support in iowa. This weekend trump