Daughter would not endorse the idea of armed police in a school. A school is to teach. Not to be afraid. Reporter political gridlock notwithstanding. His entire family thats wife, two other daughters and son are all deeply involved in carrying on vickis legacy. In atlantic city, brian thompson, news 4 new york. Children are no safer from guns now than they were before the shooting at sandy hook. That story is coming up on nbc nightly news tonight at 6 30. Winter is one week away, but youd never know it when you step outside and just feel those temperatures. And it almost looks like a muggy summer night set for a storm in ft. Lee. The air is thick and clouds beginning to roll in at this hour. Lets talk about these unusual temps. The average high in central park on this day, 43 degrees. Today the high was 65. A difference of 22 dexwrees. A few records were, in fact, broken today. Storm team 4 janice huff with the latest. Records over the weekend and another day of record high temperatures for parts of the tristate. Bridgeport and islip. Both tieing the record at 58 degrees each. Newark set a new record at 64 and central park even though it didnt set a new record was close. 65 and the record was 67 today. The record is 67 for tomorrow and, guess what, the temperatures may actually climb from where they are right now and theres still a chance that central park could set a new record before the sun comes up. Were talking about tonight. Theres more warm air coming in tonight. These are the current temperatures. 61 in the city. 66 in trenton and 57 in newbering. So, its still very mild and there is a cold front. The leading edge of cooler air is coming in. The rain associated with the front. Its already moving into the catskills and poconos and western new jersey. Likely to move over new york city. And pockets of heavier rain within this. A large system. Coming through and the cold front will not pass our area until the wee hours of the morning. Once it passes. The temperatures will drop. But before it gets here, the temperatures are going to climb tonight. Get your umbrellas ready, too. Well talk about when its going to cool down because it is going to cool down. Thats coming up in the forecast in just a few minutes. Back to you. Janice, thank you. You can download the news 4 new york app to track temperatures on the go. Just search wnbc and the app store. Tonight the long island man who claimed he was beaten by a former Suffolk County police chief is speaking out for the First Time Since the chiefs arrest. And he was joined by another alleged victim who feels his case was mishandled. Greg cergol is live with more for us. Yeah, chuck. Two alleged victims of Police Misconduct in distinct long island counties coming here to uniondale with a similar message. But for one that message was colored with disappointment for christopher lobe and kyle howell share a lawyer and a criminal past. But never met until sitting together today to deliver a joint message about alleged Police Misconduct. People may think i deserve it it. I didnt. Loebs claim about a Police Beating in 2012 last week led federal investigators to arrest former Suffolk Police chief james burke. For ten hours i was in the room getting. Im glad hes getting what he deserves. Reporter vindication is what kyle howell is still seeking. Last week a nassau judge acquitted the county cop. Howl claimed assaulted him during this 2014 traffic stop. The police beat me and now it seems that theyre going to get away with it. Reporter howells lawyer is now demanding that his case and all Police Brutality cases be reviewed by independent prosecutors. He could never make a broad Statement Like that. Every case is an individual case. Acquitted nassau cop insists his client exercised reasonable force in the howell case. And the lawyer for james burke has called loebs story simply untrue. A fabrication of a twotime felon. Reporter christopher l oebs mom sat with christopher as his mom spoke out. Geny le oeb hasnt given up on the justice system. This chief of police will serve his time and now hell see how it feels on the inside. Now the u. S. Attorney refused comment when we called to ask if the office would be examining the howl case. As for the burke case, tomorrow a group of Suffolk County legislators will demand a federal monitor for their countys police department. Were live in uniondale tonight, greg cergol, news 4 new york. Greg, thank you. 4 investigates was first to report on the citys new plan to People Living in homeless shelters. But does the city plan to force the homeless to learn job skills or is it optional . It is a question our Melissa Russo has been trying to get answered since last week. She is here with more. Mayor bill de blasio back tracked who told me last week that job training would be required for as many as half of shelter residents who are able to work. Prompting concern from some homeless advocates. Under the citys new plan, the homeless will learn to write resumes, cook with organic vegetables and as mayor de blasio told me today, stay off the streets. What were they going to do during the day . Sit on the sidewalk. Thats not what anyone wants for them or for our communities. Reporter so the goal is to keep people in shelters busy during the day, but what if the homeless person doesnt want to pick kale or chop potatoes. Watch as we try to get a yes or no answer last week from homeless Deputy Commissioner jody jody is it optional. Were going to work to engage, aggressively engage and encourage clients to participate. What does that mean . Does that mean it is a requirement or its not . Were going to work with them to encourage them to participate. But if they dont want to, they dont have to . Officials say the homeless would agree to job training by signing something called an independent living plan, which lays out expectations for how theyll move out of shelter. For instance going to counseling or looking for a job or an apartment. But sometimes the city punishes clients who dont follow these plans. Throwing them out of shelter for 30 days. Eventually the Deputy Commissioner admitted that for clients who can work it is a requirement. Yeah. But today mayor de blasio told me it was not a requirement. Will it be a requirement or a suggestion . Can they opt out . We are clearly starting this on the assumption that it is something offered to people. Advocates for the homeless have raised concerns that the city might try to force some of the many disabled, mentally disabled, physically disabled people in shelter to work when maybe they cant. Mayor is trying to appear tough on quality of life concerns, but he is also compassionate towards the homeless and these are some of the reasons why theres this odd tension around what seems z s like a simple yes or no question. All right, melissa, thank you. Still hoping to catch a Long Island Railroad central before you retire . Today an independent engineer told the mta its goal of completing the project by 2022 may not be achievable. He also said the authorities assessment of the current state of the project is unrealistic. The east side access project has been in the works, if you can believe this, since 1950. More than 10 billion for it. Well wait a while longer. Coming up as news 4 at 6 00 continues. Some good news for anyone thinking of getting a new york city i. D. Card. Well take you to the new York City School that is banning santa claus this christmas. And sticking with the theme. Somewhere there is a grinch or three. Stealing one familys christmas decorations. Stay with us. Have a tip for new yorks biggest iteam. Call 1866news244 or email tips new york city municipal i. D. Card will remain free next year and anybody who carries one will soon get access to more places. The guggenheim are among seven signed to offer a oneyear Free Membership to i. D. Nyc card holders. The program ames to provide undocumented new yorkers with an i. D. But partnerships of the mew zeism museums and institutions are attractive. May soon be able to keep their pretreatment photos on their drivers licenses. State lawmakers are considering a bill inspired by a neptune woman who was forced to have her photo retaken after losing her hair to chemotherapy. The current law requires a new photo photoevery eight years. The grinch has already stolen stolen christmas, this time in new jersey. Surveillance video shows a group sneaking on to a home in Ocean Township and stealing their decorations. This happened around 2 30 sunday morning. The mcharry family said it took them years to collect the unique decorations, some of them inherited from relatives who are one was more than 40 years old. It. You know, i put all this time into it for the people to enjoy and they just come and wrecked it. Police are now looking for three men, possibly in a whilt te or silver lexus suv. When we continue at 6 00, parents outraged at their principal right to do away with thanksgiving and now taking aim at santa claus. Parents say she went too far when she tried to ban santa claus from all holiday celebrations. Lester holt joins us now with a look at whats ahead on nbc nightly news. All the days headlines on the third anniversary of the newtown shooting overall gun violence in the last three years has dropped but for kids the numbers are horrific. Nbc News Research shows at least 555 children under the age of 12 have died from firedom arms in this after sandy hook immense pressure on congress to push more background check laws. Where does all that stand now . Any progress seems to be more at the local level rather than the national one. Stephanie gosk was at a gun shop and range in new jersey for this story. The owner there supports background checks. Meanwhile, many states have passed their own laws and they dont want to wait for the federal government. Stephanie and i will have more at 6 30. Some parents at one Brooklyn School are fuming about the holidays. They say the principal has gone way too far to neutralize their meeting. Yep. The holidays getting the boot in sunset park. Talked to some pretty angry folks today. Checkey . Yes, i did, shiba. Ps 169 advertising holiday show and winter show santa claus was banned from all of it. All of a sudden my Board Meeting this month i got the note that we are not allowed to reporter ps 169 mimi says the directive to do away with the christmas main stay came from the principal and that wasnt all. I have to change the wording of Merry Christmas or christmas sale into a winter show or winter celebration. Reporter parents at the Sunset Park School says thanksgiving was also a no no. The principal be suggested it be called the harvest festival, instead. No. It has to stay thanksgiving. Thats part of our history. Reporter on top of that, parents are upset even the pledge of allegiance was done away with after kim became principal last year. In response the School District says it strives to be sensitive to all religious groups over the holidays. They say this principal continues to work closely with her School Community to ensure that ps 169 is an inclusive school. The district issues guidelines about what is and isnt allowed over the holidays but admits ps 169 misinterpreted those guidelines when prohibiting santa claus. New guidance to staff allowing the use of old st. Nick and following complaints from parents, the pledge of allegiance will now be recited over the pa system. And the pta says said she got requests to organize a rally or protest. Some have even started a petition to have the principal removed. Were live in sunset part, checkey bedford. Mta announced the results of its track work initiative. Replaced 100,000 ties over the last two and a half years over several miles of the tracks. In addition to visual track inspections, also implemented new safety features to detect rail defects. Metro north has been under the microscope since one of its trains derailed two years ago in the bronx killing four people and injuring dozens. New york is getting tougher on drivers who speed through the toll booths without paying. Mta bridges and tunnels is following the states lead on violation of enforcement. Drivers evade payment well see their registration suspended. Approved on wednesday. The states portion of the regulation. Warm weather the talk of the town over the past few days and today was all about the fog. Mark posted this look at the morning fog planes at Laguardia Airport and nina on instagram captured this shot. Barely make out the shape of the build and the buildings in the distance. Right before. Yeah, right before 5 00 newscast. Rolling in. About to post it on social media. What a sight that was. It cleared out in the city as you can see behind you. Some spots the fog is still a problem and some of the airport delays are running over two hours extending from earlier today until now. Especially jfk and laguardia. If youre flying out, you might want to check with your airline. This is the view from the top of the rock camera. Beautiful and clear right now. A couple hours ago a heavy duty fog bank rolling in over the city. Now that has dissipated and the temperatures, believe it or not are climbing from where they were earlier today. They did drop off a bit. 61 right now in central park. But skies above us are cloudy at this time. And just about an hour ago was 60. So, were expecting climbing temperatures for the next several hours. Meanwhile, the fog advisory for dense fog still remains in effect until 1 00 in the morning. Southern Westchester White plains still having a problem there. Nassau, suffix and the rest of the tristate area is improving. Up to nine miles in the city and ten miles in most spots and still down to zero in white plains and 3 in bridgeport and danberry starting to improve in some areas. 65 in the city was just two degrees for tieing the record for the day. Newark set a record and 58 there right now. That was your record high. 56 in bridgeport. Still in the 60s in sussex and bridgewater. Wedge of mild air that has to move in. Theres a cold front back here and the temperatures. Were not the only ones. Look at cleveland 55 and 60 in nashville. Theres is the coldest air and parts of wisconsin and even when the cool air gets here and the rain is in progress now. Moving through parts of the tristate area already. Even a couple of thundershowers embedded within this line. Thats headed towards thompson, kingston, poughkeepsie. Dont be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder as that line comes through. Same thing in the city. That wont happen until later tonight. A few spotty showers early on and then that cold front comes through around 2 00 in the morning and even the city up to Spring Valley you might hear a rumble of thunder. Low temperatures tonight. We wont see these temperatures until after 3 00 in the morning. Once that cold front comes through, the temperatures will drop. In the meantime, the temperatures are going to rise ahead of it. The record 67. 60 for the city tomorrow. 57 in white plains and islip youll see a high of 60. It does cool down a little. But were talking about more significant cooling this weekend. When the temperatures finally get back to december levels. 40s for the highs friday, saturday, sunday. But then were right back up to the 50s, again, on monday. So, the see saw of temperatures continues for the tristate. Little bit of rain mixed in, which we really need around here. Indeed. Thank you. Bruce beck straight ahead with sports. Chuck, call it a season on the brink. The giants are in miami tonight, desperate for a win. Coming up in sports, big blue tries to end a threegame losing streak as they face the dolphins and they try to keep their slim hopes alive for a playoff spot. And the knicks may have one of the best rookies in the league, but is the nba grind wearing him down . Youd be surprised how easy it is to get a good lowcost health plan you might even get help paying for it go to nystateofhealth. Ny. Gov or call 18553555777 enrollment ends december 15th are you happy with your bathroom . I wasnt. 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. The giants tonight. Everyone talks about that must game. This is a must game. The giants lost on sunday and they did. Even play. Big blue takes the field against the dolphins and need to put an end to their threegame losing streak if they have any hope of keeping pace in the nfc east. The two teams in front of the gmen in the standings both won yesterday. The division leading Washington Team outlasted the bears and the eagles picked off the bills. Both washington and philly are at 67. The sense of urgency surrounding the giants decreased ten fold yesterday and the fourgame sprint to the finish starts tonight in miami. It used to be a sixgame season. Had a big chance there. Had another chance last week. So, we know there is only four games left and all four of them are important. We will win as soon as we deserve to win. And deserving to win part of it, obviously, comes from being able to finish on a stronger basis than we have. Will they finish tonight . Thats the question. Meanwhile, the jets are on fire following yesterdays demolition of the titans. Won three straight games and 85 and currently own the number six seed in the afc playoff race. Where would they be without quarterback ryan fits patrick. The journeyman signal caller has nine touchdown passes and no interceptions over the last three games. He has thrown a career high 25 touchdown passes this season and his chemistry with Brandon Marshall and eric decker is off the charts. Next up for the jets, the lonely cowboys on saturday in big d. Jets rookie receiver devon smith the season. Pete rose banned from baseball since 1943 had his reinstatement appeal rejected by rob manfield and rose also admitted he continues to bet on baseball. In the nba, the knicks hit the Practice Court today in greenburg after salvaging the third and final game of their west coast swing. The center was around the rookie porzingis and the question is, is the rookie fenaum phenom rupping out of steam. Do you think you hit a rookie wall . I dont think so. A couple of bad games. It happens. It happens to all of us. It happens to all the rookies. Im just looking forward to the next game. Myself as best as i can. I dont know what a rookie wall is