Top three in the world. And and foum wler getting in there at fifth, hes right on their heels. This is a bitter loss, it really is. That shot at 16, the way stenson made not enough club. But the main thing is dont go left when theres water left. It will be a second straight runnerup finish to start the Fedexcup Playoffs for stenson. But this is one thats going to sting. And rickie fowl er er heads into chicago with all sorts of confidence. A huge win to add to his pga tour resume at the Deutsche Bank championship. So fowler who began the day 1 back of stenson, played with him all day long and didnt have the lead until the 16th hole. And the big bomb at 14 was the keyhe that turned this around by rickie. And he jumps 19 spots in the fedexcup points standings. Henrik stenson in fourth. Day and spieth in one and two. Down to steve. Three down with eight holes to play, henrick being right there in there with your final group. What does it say about you and your game when you grind it all the way out with pressure . I felt like i did that in the last cub ouple of days. I really hung in there as well. Put myself in position. Hit some good shots made a couple of putts to kind of keep myself in it it. Henrik made a couple of mistakes but, yeah, no, its pretty special, to fight it out the way i did. Congratulations. Thanks, steve. A reminder, if you missed any of todays action, get caught up wingth golf central and the golf channel. The championship september 17th on golf channel followed by coverage the 19th on nbc. Lots of momentum, fowler will go there. Coming up your local news. Tonight at 8 00, 7 00 central an all new american ninja warrior. Followed by an all new running wild with bear grylls. For the entire nbc crew, dan hicks saying so long from tpc boston. Rickie fowler comes from behind and overtakes henuik stenson. Hes your 2015 Deutsche Bank champion. Live, from studio 3c in rockefeller center, this is news 4 new york. Now at 6 00, the colorful west indian day parade draws a crowd of thousands but a shooting leaves one of Governor Cuomos staffers fighting for his life. And as the Holiday Weekend winds down, well update travel. Have gas prices made the roads more crowded this year. And why did mayor de blasio call former mayor guiliani delusional today. Chuck is off today. It is one of the biggest displays of cultural pride. The annual west indian day parade in brooklyn. The Caribbean Culture, music, drew hundreds along Eastern Parkway but again this year, the parade had a dark shadow of predawn violence hanging over it. Violence that left one man dead. News 4s andrew siff is live in Crown Heights with more. Andrew . Reporter well, david, at this hour, i want to set the scene for you. Eastern parkway is empty, the parade over. It is in cleanup mode now on this ground boultd evard and the hundreds of thousands who came out today certainly would have preferred to focus on the time. But as you indicated, this violent undercurrent in some ways haunted aspects of this parade. A fatal stabbing early this morning and an hour and a half later, a close aide to the governor and his Legal Department shot in the head. And at this hour, fighting for his life. Hours before the festive start of one of the citys biggest and brightest parades, a burst of violence in Crown Heights. First, a fatal stabbing before 2 00 a. M. Then a little more than an hour later, kerry, a top legal aide to Governor Cuomo, shot in the head, rushed to the hospital in critical condition. This was a beautiful man. A sweet man. A man who was giving back to his community. Gentle man. Who had nothing to do, was involved in nothing. Just walking down the street with his brother. Reporter Police Commanders say they recovered a gun and think he was an innocent victim of a shootout between two groups. We believe right now hes an unintended target. Reporter hours later, as the citys biggest parade went forward, thousands of refusalers tried to focus on the good, a celebration of Caribbean Culture and hard work. Have a good time. Why fight and kill . Well, thats the way it is. So you have to try to avoid these things. Reporter and some criticized us for focusing on a handful of incidents when so many new yorkers enjoy the parade peacefully. Dont have anything to do with the parade. Its people acting stupid other places. Reporter but the shooting of kerry gabay and this mornings shooting were part of an annual preparade block party along Eastern Parkway. Mayor de blasio said he and the nypd will review tactics for next year. We want to respect peoples rights, we want to respect the community and at the same time constantly make things safer. Reporter this afternoon, mayor de blasio visited kerry gabay and family at kings county hospital. Governor cuomo did that this morning before boarding a flight to puerto rico. Hes going with other elected leaders as part of an Economic Relief mission. Were live in Crown Heights, andrew siff, news 4 new york. Thoughts and prayers go out. Before you leave, the parade is also the latest for new yorks most high profile political feud. Did mayor de blasio and Governor Cuomo cross paths today . Sort of, but they werent in the same place at the same time. They attended the parade breakfast but did not meet. In fact, i asked Governor Cuomo if he was planning to meet with the mayor. He said, is he here. I said he was about five minutes away. He said theres your answer. So clearly the tension exists. Both men did sound the same chord about the need for gun control after the shooting today. And i asked the mayor whether he felt slighted not to be invited on the governors puerto rico trip. He said, look, governors and mayors have different travel schedules, make different speeches, thats to be expected. But the bottom line, these two havent met in months. Andrew siff, news 4 new york. Thank you. We also have breaking news out of sullivan county. A deadly accident on the highway. State police tell news 4 that three people are dead in an accident on route 17. The crash happened around 4 30 this afternoon near exit 112. At least one car involved in the wreck. We are continuing to work on sources and the phone call the phones are out. Phone calls are being made right now on new information on this crash. All right. We have to do a little bit of a hard turn now. But the Labor Day Weekend was perfect for many for the beach. This was the sizzling scene in cape may, new jersey. Were in for another heatwave. Several places broke a longstanding heatwave today. Lets go to janice huff for more. The heat certainly the story today, as expected its been a wonderful labor day activities, for sure. And we did set a couple of daily records today. Newark at 94 was the record for today. Laguardia checked in at 90, and that ties the record for today. 92 in central park was not a daily record. But it does add to the streak of since july 9th. Record. The previous was 59 consecutive 1944. Last time we saw daytime highs in the 70s in central park was july 9th. Well, it looks like the heat just continues. More of the same. Tuesday into wednesday. The southwest wind will help to kick up the humidity, too. It looks like finally on the horizon showers and muchneeded rain. Thunderstorms in the area thursday and friday. And lower temperatures. Well talk more about that coming up in just a few minutes. Back to you. All right, janice. Great weather and a day off from work equal a trip to the beach for many families. The jersey shore was hopping this weekend. From sun bathing to games and splashing in the waves, it was a great time to be on the shore. People are on the beach most of the time. Boardwalk, rides, ice cream. Heatwave. A lot of people have been noticing trying to get away from the facilities and coming down to ocean city. What a better place to go and get away from the traffic and come to the beach. This was the last summer hurrah for many families. A lot of kids head back to school this week. And because of that, and because of Labor Day Weekend usually gets many t start anticipating the fall, some already start to give up on summer. But not with these temperatures weve had today. This year, new york city sun worshippers are getting extra time in the water. Lori bordonaro has more from rockaway beach. Reporter a reprieve from beach beachgoers not ready to say goodbye to summer. Summer is short, and the winter is longer. Thats you know, thats a good idea to have one more week. Reporter the new york city beach season has been extended to next sunday, giving beachgoers one more week for sun sunbathing and sun saltations. It means more time for playing in the sand. The kids can enjoy. Its going to be hot this week. Reporter here at rockaway beach, the brouk is also a big attraction. A portion reopened at the start of the season after it was wiped away by hurricane sandy. This time, built with stronger supports and higher elevation. Sandy. Its nicer and nicer. Reporter these diehards come every weekend. They only wish summer would last until november. Even if we had to come with blankets and hot chocolate, well be here. Reporter the beaches will be open from 10 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. With the exception of cedar grove and wolves pond beaches on staten island. Those officially close today. In rockaway beach, lori bordonaro, news 4 new york. According to aaa, the most people since 2008 traveled for the Labor Day Weekend. 86 of those who hit the road were driving, thanks to labor day gas prices being the cheapest they have been in a decade. News 4s marc santia live in ft. Mark . State today. We did see some heavy traffic, and much of that fueled by that. Low gas prices. Theyre topping off the tanks at 1. 93 a gallon in guttenberg, new jersey. Down the road, its 1. 95 in fairview. You can do a lot more now. Save money. Do a lot more. Definitely take the ride more often. Totally worth it. Reporter gas prices in the garden state are down. Way down. On labor day last year, the average price for a gallon of gas in new jersey was 3. 28. It makes a huge difference. Now that gas prices are down. Reporter that dollar and a quarter per gallon savings adds up quick. And equals a farther holiday road trip for the gomez family. Now we dont think about it. We just go, put gas, it doesnt really matter. It doesnt affect us. Reporter we found many savoring the last drops of summer sun on the jersey shore. Keepsburg Amusement Park enjoining a banner year. Theres no doubt about it. When gas prices go down, business goes up. Reporter coowner hank says he hasnt seen crowds like this summer in 30 years and he knows the numbers are driven in part by prices at the pump. We have had such an outstanding year. Especially on the weekends. We have seen such an in flux from people coming from connecticut, new york city, all the five boroughs. Eastern pennsylvania, people are flocking here. Reporter hanks theory is backed up by stats. Nearly 1 million cars hitting new jersey roads this Holiday Weekend, a slight increase from last year, according to aaa. Global demand for gas is down, and chinas economy stumbling. But these father and son road warriors are not complaining. Its nice. It gets us to get out and do what we want to do instead of watching the tank, watching the gauge on the dashboard, watching my wallet. You know what thats like. Reporter the cheapest gas we found today, hudson county. Were live in ft. Lee. Marc santia, news 4 new york. Marc, thank you. Well be right back with more on news 4 new york. Thousands of commuters could see a change in their rush hour routine starting tomorrow. About a third of passengers who pass through the Port Authority bus terminal will find their departure gate has changed. Part of a plan to reduce crowding and improve the flow of buses in and out of the terminal. So you can check if your gate has moved on the Port Authoritys website. Well be right back. 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. Welcome back. A lot of people took the day off and it was a really nice weekend. Very nice. Couldnt ask for a better weekend. It did heat up today. 92 the high in central park. Not a record High Temperature for today. A couple of records, but the record streak of 80degreeplus days now goes up to 60 for us this year. And that is a new record for the park. And more heat is expected tomorrow. But right now its pretty pleasant, especially along the coast where the temperatures are in the 70s to near 80 across long island. You go further inland and it starts to warm up. Morristown at 91. Relative humidity 38 so not that bad. Generally between 40 and 50 , the humidity. Still feels pretty hot and is from poughkeepsie to trenton where the heat index is well above 90. Hot and dry across the northeast up to boston and williamsport and d. C. Clear skies, High Pressure dominating, keeping it hot and dry. But not for long. It will stay hot, though, through the day tomorrow. But we will see some showers starting to pop up on wednesday morning. And a better chance coming up wednesday afternoon. Theyll be scattered so not everyone will get rain. But at least its something. Better than nothing. Of what we have seen over the past, of course, several weeks around here. We need more rain. 93 is the high for tuesday. We have a popup shower or storm here and there on wednesday. Up to 90. So that would make the heatwave actually tomorrow and wednesday just an extra day. Its more muggy and warm on thursday. There will be showers and storms coming in thursday into friday. Theres a front coming our way and this will be good. Hopefully well get some rain, appreciable rain in some spots. So wont be widespread. Then coming up this weekend, looks relatively dry and much cooler with temperatures in the upper 70s to the low 80s so a break from the heat coming up. Guys, back to you. Wow, 70. All right. Well be right back with John Chandler and sports. It took leonardo and miriam years to master the toss. But just a few little steps to master depositing checks with the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. John chandler, a lot of will he or wont he for matt harvey. Back and forth. Terry collins put it today, weve got to get to the playoffs first. After the weekend between the mets and camp harvey, alderson says the plans is to limit in september. If the game is not meaningful, he wont pitch. Still has to be scott boras approved. This series with the nats is the definition of meaningful games. Tied at 5 in the seventh. David wright coming through with a huge rbi single. That sparks a threerun inning. The bullpen was fantastic and the mets lock up an 85 win. Their lead over the nats. What a win. You know, what a win. Two very, very good teams. You know, and this is what september baseball is about. The fans came out and this place was rockin. Drama at the stadium as well. Yanks and orioles tied at 5. In the seventh, craig bird crushing a threerun shot to give the yankees the lead for good. How about this kid, huh . Bombers rally to win 86. They move just a half game back of the blue jays who lost to the red sox today. Two big football stories. Jason pierrepaul reportedly took his physical with the giants, meeting with coaches as they try to get him back in the fold sooner than we thought. And geno smith spoke for the First Time Since ik enemkpali broke his jaw. Does not plan to press charges. That is that for those two. Good day for hometown baseball fans. Next on nbc nightly news, an amazing discovery near stonehenge, suggesting the ancient stones are part of a much larger mystery. Thanks for joining us. Well see you back here at 11 00. Good night. Tonight, labor day blitz. 2016 candidates campaigning on overdrive this holiday as joe biden hears cheers of run joe run and Hillary Clinton gets some of her worst polling news yet. Opening the gates. A number of countries committing to giving refuge to tens of thousands in search of freedom. As the masses keep coming, flooding the borders. Breaking his silence. An american dentist said hes ready to go back to his life and his business after getting threats for killing a beloved lion in africa. And the ancient mystery of stonehenge grows beyond what we thought we knew. A New Discovery showing the famous site may be only a piece of a larger puzzle. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening on this labor day. Im kate snow in for lester holt. And its been a busy day on the picnics and parade political circuit from iowa to New Hampshire to pennsylvania. 2016 candidates took advantage of this holiday to meet with voters with at least a few voices in the crowd at pittsburghs annual parade urging the Vice President to throw his hat into the ring. Chants of run, joe, run popped up as he marched by. In iowa Hillary Clinton called all the talk about her emails a distraction and said the issue hasnt affected her as a candidate much. Nbcs Kristen Welker has it all covered tonight from iowa. Reporter a crush of candidates this labor day crashing picnics, parading the streets, diving into crowds crowds, courting voters every way they can. A crucial moment for Hillary Clinton, making three stops in and around iowa today, a state she lost to barack obama in 2008. Can you do a selfie . Reporter there are signs shes in trouble here again. According to the latest nbc news marist poll vermont senator Bernie Sanders has cut clintons lead to just 29 in july. And in New Hampshire the lead from clinton, 38 . It feels great. And i think we have, today, a lot of support in new reporter one factor in clintons drop, persistent questions about her emails. Still again today in an interview with the Associated Press she insisted everything she did was allowed and she has nothing to apologize for. Over the weekend clinton acknowledged personally paying a state department staffer, brian pagliano, to maintain her private email server while she was secretary. This after pagliano said he will plead the fifth about his involvement. We have encouraged everyone to cooperate. Reporter today clinton tried to pivot back to her campaign message. I believe ive got the vision, the policies, the skills, the tenacity, and the determination to get us back on the right track. Reporter with clinton trying to right her campaign, a seemingly carefree Vice President joe biden marched with