When learning of the incident. The school always has maintained rigorous staff training. Four men are in custody tonight following a wild shoot out in brooklyn that left an Unmarked Police car with shattered windows and blown out tires. Nypd commissioner was back at the scene today to get briefed on the violence. Authorities say one of the suspects shot at the vehicle numerous times last night. Other officers returned fire shooting the gunman in the leg. One of those members who has been identified who lives in that development opened fire on them. He shot at them seven times. None of the undercover officers were hurt. Police say they were in the fort green area to investigate a recent triple murder when the gunfire erupted. Charges against all four suspects are pending. An exnypd officer is under arrest in the death of his wife. Hes charged with her murder. Last week in their lake grove home that they shared with their five children. Police took him into custody on tuesday after a long standoff with troopers. We have new information tonight about that deadly tanker truck explosion onto new jersey turnpike. Investigators know who was behind the wheel of the van that caused the truck to swerve and lose control. We have new video of the van before the crash. News 4 Brian Thompson is in ridgefield with the latest. Reporter the identity of that man who was driving the van with the mattresses on top is now made as 26yearold adam of linden. So far he has been cooperating with state price. He stopped his vehicle at the scene of the accident. But they tell me while he has not been charged the investigation is still in its early stages. Dash cam video recorded by a trucker shows the tanker hauling swerved to avoid two mattresses. The truck driver loses control and runs into the guardrail. The tanker exploding on impact. Weve learned the unidentified driver is from newark. This is the van carrying that bedding a few minutes and miles before the crash. You can see the mattresses tied to the roof. Truckers know they have to be ever vigilante for events such as yesterday. You dont have time to think. Just hang on. Reporter the challenge for this trucker was to run over that bedding or swerve. Most i talked with say they would choose to run over. Mattress run over. You would run over it. Yeah. Aint going to hurt the truck. Up have no time stop. The only way you can do is run it over. Reporter unclear how secure this bedding was tied to the van. Here at the Vince Lombardi rest stop we found ladders atop a couple of vehicles. A kayak tied to the roof of an suv. Turnpike regulations make it a violation typical properly secure loads or let any part of your load to be scattered on the roadway. This kayak on top of this vehicle. Im counting on my husband, he promised me it was safe. It was a huge concern. Im not 100 confident myself. Reporter on social media and in headlines elsewhere theres been a lot of talk about how the driver of that van with the mattresses is not being charged at this point. But state police point out the me that an investigation like this, it can take several days for them to come to a final determination of the cause, and several days for them to decide ticket. Live at the Vince Lombardi rest stop im Brian Thompson. Cross one name off the list Eva Moskowitz she will not run. She said she plans to devote more time to supporting Charter School growth in new york city. Im not running because i think what could be accomplished in Public Education is Game Changing and life changing. She and de blasio have battled over funding and space for Charter Schools. Charter schools educates 11,000 students. Is Governor Cuomo raiding new york city taxpayer dollars to pay for cup state bills at the expense of mta. Thats the accusation that mayor de blasio levelled at the governor. Whose math is right . We did the math. Reporter lets start with this. Lets talk about an mta fare hike. Early 2017 unless it has to happen soon ear possibility that was raised today heightening the urgency that the governor and mayor get on the same page. Commuters got a new reminder from the governor today of what could happen without a fully funded mta budget. If the city pays less than 3 billion, you have two options. Increase fares, which im against. Or reduce the capital plan. Reporter but mayor de blasio said he cant commit 3 billion for subways and buses without a promise from the state. We will not put money no an mta budget to see itsy phoned off by the state of new york. Reporter the de Blasio Administration says five times in recent years state has raided funds set aside for the mta totalling 270 million. Controllers office says thats a fact but when i asked the is that this governor has siphoned funds from the mta and moved to it other parts of the budget. What hes talking about is there was about 20 million. Last year the state funded the mta 1 billion. It is a joke to say i give you 1 billion, i take 20 million to pay off bonds as a bookkeeping entry. And for your response to be, you took 20 million. Reporter the governor has asked the city to pay 3 billion after comparing mayor de blasios funding the mta during mayor bloomberg when the seven extension to hudson yards was approved with city money. Transit watchdogs say thats a fact that in recent years the city has paid less than bloomberg did that year. But today the mayor said city taxpayers cant trust the state pledge of 8 billion for new subway cars, repairs and other capital fixes. We have to be certain that the states contribution is real and definable and verifiable. Weve seen a lot of interesting history around the way the state has handled the mta budget. Reporter cuomos response . Its all written down. Its bullet proof. That is a nonissue. Reporter for commuters real worries about a fare hike are creeping in. Since the six years ive been in new york the price has gone up twice. Were a billion short because they dont understand how to work a budget. Reporter worth noting the mta chairman has said there wont be a fare hike until 2017. By the way the Governors Office says legally they cant divert funds earmarked for the mta unless theres a fiscal crisis andrew siff news 4 new york. Coming up, governor christie called margate residents the most selfish residents in the state of new jersey for refusing dunes to be built. The hottest dinner spot isnt in new york city or tribeca. And you can dress like a College Student because its in a dorm room. Janice huff has the forecast. Temperatures are back in the midtoupper 70s. Dont forget your umbrella because theres rain in the forecast. The details coming up next. The waiting is almost over. Its the mets and dodgers tomorrow night in los angeles. 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The state is trying to seize 87 publicly owned beach areas in margate to be used in a dune system from tent against storm surges. Governor christie called out margate citizens calling them the most selfish in the state. Middletown officials are tired of waiting. They say they are going to clean up woodlawn avenue where a man bull dozens his estranged wifes house nine months ago. James ryan is not off the hook. Hes expected back in court later this month. City officials are stepping in because the wreckage is a fire 700 new nypd recruits were sworn in queens this morning. Mayor de blasio and commissioner bratton were on hand to welcome the 678 new officers into the ranks of new yorks finest. The incoming class is noteworthy for diversity. 32 of todays graduates are hispanic. Just over 12 are africanamerican. Coming up, any restaurant would love to have the waiting list this dining hot spot has. The master chef is doing it all breaking news. The city medical examiner identified the second victim of last weeks explosion in brooklyn as 48yearold francisco figuero. He lived in the Apartment Building where the explosion happened. The explosion on 42nd avenue and 13th avenue also killed a 63yearold and injured 13 others. Fire commissioner says his department is looking into many different possible causes of this explosion. Lester holt is joining us now. We got a pretty busy news day. Todays top news including the surprise announcement that the speaker of house position will be vacant a bit longer. A florida judge put a victim of Domestic Abuse in jail for failing to appear at her abusers trial. The victim a mother of a 1yearold made an agonizing plea to the judge. The judge wasnt hearing it. Pretty extraordinary. That seams heartless. Why did the judge make the decision . The judge said the woman agreed to appear. A jury was in place. This is violating a court order pure and simple. The victim said she was suffering from anxiety. Youll see when you watch this exchange. She tries to explain it. Pretty hard nosed judge in this case. She was victimized twice. Thank you. New york city has its share try to get a reservation at some and you can wait for weeks. One Columbia University students Dinner Service is booked for months. John chandler explains. Whats on the menu tonight . I dont know. Reporter this is how jonah spends his time in between classes at columbia. You got to have a piece. Reporter the senior economics major shops for groceries and cooks them for anyone in his dorm room. I had been doing it casually. In my mind its still okay saully. Reporter now its something bigger called pith. Hottest table in town is right now . Reporter he even had the today show hosts licking their chops. Southeastward lamb shops. Reporter the dishes run from 10 to n0 and covers groceries he has a wait list of hundreds of clients. Hes booked until january. Kind of thing that would make most restaurants jealous. Those restauranting have to deal with the Health Department and jonah may now as well. I may have to cool down a bit, acceptance of people who i dont know or the frequency which this is happening. Reporter the hea h Department Says it opened an inquiry of pith so determine if it should be subject to rules and regulations of restaurants that jonah maintains its not. Its better than the average College Student but definitely not an amazing cook. So im pleasantly surprised by all of the positive feedback. You do realize the average College Student is eating ramen noodles, Peanut Butter and jelly. Reporter very tasty too. John chandler, news 4 new york. I think that guy has found a future. I wish Something Like that if you saw a parade of costumed and caped characters strolling down manhattans west side its not your imagination. Super heroes are gathering for this weekends comiccon. Four Day Celebration of comic books, tv, movies and more. Convention goers will have fun dressed in costumes of their favorite characters. Preparing those outfit kansas be serious business. I made my costume during the whole summer. Only thing i worked on. Definitely worth it. If youre still trying to gate costume ready you got a lot of time. Or at least a little. New york comiccon runs through sunday. She made that costume. Who was she . I think it was an iwok. With some teeth on it. They have teeth. Trust me. Its in the midst of all that today. We actually had to shoot for our wednesdays child segment. People do path lot of time and energy in those costumes. Good for you. It takes a lot of time. Everybody looks great. Our weather is nice today. Going to feel like summer tomorrow. We also have thunderstorms in the forecast. Nothing for tonight. It is quiet. And comfortably cool. This is times square which is pretty packed right now. Skies are relatively clear. High clouds rolling through right now. 64 degrees the current temperature. It is cooling down a bit but wont be quite as cool as the last several nights so a jacket or lightweight sweater will do fine. These are the high temperatures ranging from 66 in bridgeport to 72 in central park. Little bit warmer tomorrow and feel like a summer day in the midtoupper 70s. By this time tomorrow evening there will be Thunder Showers in the area as a cold front rolls in. But it is gone by the weekend. And our temperatures start out cool and end up mild and sunny by columbus day monday. Tuesday, another cold front approaches with a few more showers and temperatures in the 60s but the weekend will be dry. Just spectacular. Heres what we can expect. The temperatures in the 60s across northern new jersey from the Delaware Water Gap to mind hill at 62. 62 in danbury and islip. 63 trees in long branch. Everybody in the offenses generally across the area. Very comfortable. Few clouds streaming through. High clouds right now. Thicker clouds will approach tomorrow and here come the showers and storms with this cold front producing some of those showers right now across parts of Central Michigan and swing across the great lakes into our area by this time tomorrow evening but a few spots north and west could get early showers. No rain in the forecast nor tonight. Some high clouds here and there. Tomorrow morning few showers north and west to start out west. Terms of heavy rain. By the evening, evening commute looks pretty messy in spots as the cold front comes through and these areas of orange and yellows where you see the Thunder Showers coming through but then it clears out by saturday morning and we have a great weekend in store. In terms of rainfall totals it depends where the storm set up. The amounts are scattered from less than a tenth of an inch to almost have an inch. This evening partly cloudy across the area, very comfortable temperatures falling to the 60s. About 60 tonight in midtown. 50 in the outside areas. 70s tomorrow. Cooler 60s starting on saturday and by columbus day were back up to 72. Our forecast is consistent that the weekend will be nice. Thats fantastic. We have another vote on that little girl. Leland thinks in chibaka. Well be right back with are you happy with your bathroom . I wasnt. Until i learned about bath fitter. Bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. Isnt that amazing . Bath fitter will measure, custommake and install right over your existing tub. And only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantees a watertight fit. Plus, they do it all in just one day. New york and los angeles, it doesnt get much better than this. And we are closing in on game one of the nlds. Were just 27 hours away from the first pitch. Are you ready for some postseason baseball . The mets worked out at Dodger Stadium this afternoon. They make their first appearance in the playoffs since 2006. Nine long years and the captain david wright has been there for all of them. When you think where the mets were late july of the season, you can understand why everyone is fired up. Its a focus that you dont get caught up in man were finally here, were about to start. We got business to take care of. Weve gone through as every team some ups and downs, some big high points and some low points and yet still try to maintain this positi attitude in the clubhouse happen for you is this surreal considering what youve gone through this whole year yeah. This was one of the reasons why i wanted to stay. I knew this team had a chance to make it in the postseason and here we are. Is it grant tis gratifying. Everyone is talking about the game one, Clayton Kershaw the best pitcher in all of baseball. Dont forget about jacob degrand. Hes been outstanding. Hes the work horse for the mets for the past two years. 2014 National League rookie of the year. He was electric in the summers allstar game. He led the team in wins and strikeouts this year. Now he faces his biggest challenge going toe to toe with kershaw. A threetime cy young award winner. With our pitching staff any of the games taking on game one and when i told them i was in game one i was honored. Ill try to keep it simple. Its another game. Pitch my ball game. Hes one of the best pitchers tern ball game if not the best and the way he takes the mound. He attacks hitters. I try to do the same thing not get inti my dated by anybody who steps in the box. Its called blue heaven on earth, Dodger Stadium. It opened in 1962. Its the third oldest ballpark in the majors behind fenway and wrugly. Also the largest, 56,000 fans is the capacity. And oh, yes its a pitchers park, 12 nohitters and two perfect games here. By the way, tomorrow it will be hot at this majestic ballpark,