A crash on long island, the l. I. E. Eastbound before nicolls road. It has been pushed to the side. Lets look at the George Washington bridge this morning. Its heavy. Thats due to road work. Three lanes taken up, upper level inbound. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thank you. We have breaking news. On long island a man rushed to the hospital after an apparent violent encounter. It happened on oakland avenue in Central Islip overnight. Katherine creag is there. Reporter good morning. There are still detectives here on the scene. A gruesome scene. In fact, the victim apparently suffered such an awful injury to his hand that he bled and theres still blood on the street here. Oakland avenue is where we are. We want to show you video. All of this happening after 2 00 this morning. There was some kind of robbery or at least an attempted robbery, according to Law Enforcement sources. The victim, again on oakland avenue near motor parkway, was proached by a thief. The suspect had a large knife, possibly a machete, and used it to attack the victim. The victims hand was almost severed. Were learning that victim was air lifted to a hospital because his injuries swore severe. Its unknown what was taken or stolen, if anything. There is a detective out here on the scene. As you said earlier, darlene, they are looking for clues, anything else that could lead them to the suspect. Again, the thief, this attempted robbery or possible robbery, the thief, the suspect is still out thereto somewhere. Theyre looking for him and looking for evidence in this neighborhood. Back to you. All right, katherine creag. Thank you very much. Were also following breaking news from yonkers. Firefighters are battling a fouralarm fire. It broke out around 11 00 last night at at 99 cent store on south broadway. Firefighters had to pull out of the building when the fire grew too intense. That fire broke out right next to st. Johns church. Were told the church did suffer some heavy smoke damage. We also have breaking news from Tennessee State university where a shooting has left one person dead, two wounded. Authorities say it happened at the universitys campus in nashville during a dispute over a dice game. New video shows parts of the campus marked with crime scene tape. Officials say the person who was killed was not a student at the college. The two who were wounded, they were enrolled there. Their injuries not considered to be life threatening. Comes just over a week after three people were shot and wounded at an offcampus party across the street from that college. New this morning, investigators have just released this Surveillance Video of a man wanted in connection for a violent murder in brooklyn. 35yearold Raphael Veras was found unresponsive in the front seat of his car in the East New York section. Police say he was stabbed multiple times in the chest. Veras pronounced dead at the hospital. If you recognize the man in this video, youre asked to contact authorities. Police believe they recovered a critical piece of evidence in the search. Officer randolph holder was killed tuesday. Divers were searching for the suspects weapon in the nearby east river. Thats where they found a bullet. Meanwhile, the east Harlem Community organized a walk yesterday to bring officers and neighbors together. I have two children. I have a 20yearold daughter and a earold daughter. Im scared for them to walk down the street. I dont know whats going to happen to them. Tyrone howard is behind bars, accused of killing officer holder. Hes expected to be officer holder is expected to be laid to rest next wednesday. New york city getting a new multibilliondollar Port Authority bus terminal. The agency voted to replace the outdated facility. The terminal, the new one, will be one block west. Officials are hoping to fund part of the project by building a tower on the site of the old bud ilding, renting out the space. Construction, though, not expected to be completed until, darlene, 2030. Oh, its around the corner. There might be a delay. Good morning, chris. Good morning, guys. Watching temperatures slowly slide on down through the morning hours. Right now were still in the mid and upper 50s. We may shave off a few more degrees and bounce back a little this afternoon. The north wind lin crease. A nice deep blue sky. A chilly friday night. Temperatures will slide back into the 30s and 40s once again. 58 degrees in town. 8 00 a. M. , about 56. 60 at noon. That should be about the high. Then we start to slide back to the 50s. It will be a bright day. 4 35. Emily west in for lauren. Hows the commute . Taking the subways, theres some overnight track work. Just take a look and keep that in mind as you head out this morning. Should wrap up within the next half hour. Also, commuter checklist, everything looks great. A good ride for your friday morning commute. Still a lot of buses that are detoured. Quite a few lines there. Everything else looks okay. Alternate side, meter rules are in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Thank you very much, emily. Ou a wake and funeral will be held today for the 12yearold girl killed by a stray bullet on long island. Dejah joyner was hit by a bullet that came through the window of her familys home in hempstead last friday. She died the next night. Police are still looking for the gunman. Joyners wake and funeral will be held at Union Baptist church in hempstead beginning at 10 00 a. M. Right now the man accused of murdering a mother in new jersey is in the hospital. Police say he tried to take his own life after killing his exgirlfriend. Tracie strahan is in midland park with a crime thats left people stunned there. Reporter people so shocked by this, michael, but the crime scene here on godwin avenue has finally cleared hours after Suzanne Bardzell was allegedly stabbed to death by her exboyfriend. Weve learned that Arthur Lomando remains hospitalized after trying to take his own life. Overnight we received this photo of Suzanne Bardzell. She was a special needs teacher in teaneck, new jersey. Bardzells car was still running inside of her driveway here when shefrs found inside stabbed to death. They say lomando, who she filed a restraining order against earlier this month, was waiting for her. Mr. Lomando confronted her in the driveway, broke her left win doerks window, and attacked her with a machetetype knife. Reporter Authorities Say he fled to a subway station and threw himself in front of a moving train. After undergoing surgery, we learned he survived. Suzanne bardzell leaves behind two children. Coming up, well hear more about Arthur Lomandos history with the nypd and how it relates to this case. Back to you. Okay, tracie. Thank you. Happening right now, police are investigating a deadly shooting in the allerton section of the bronx. Police were call the to the scene on wearing avenue yesterday. Officers discovered a woman in her 20s shot in the torso. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. The womans name is not being released. Today president obama is expected to be sued by nearly half of the states in the United States over his new rules to fight global warming. Those epa rules should be published today in the federal register. They call for drastic reduction in Greenhouse Gases and could force many local coalfired power plants to close. Many states stay the epa is overstepping its power to enact those regulations. The chairman of the House Benghazi Committee admits he learned nothing new despite Hillary Clintons 11hourlong appearance. She testified all day about the attack in libya that left four americans dead, including an ambassador. Questioning along partisan lines, democrats supported clintons actions as secretary of state. Republicans accuse her of a coverup. You knew the truth. Thats not what the American People got. There was a lot of conflicting information that we were trying to make sense of. Republicans also questioned how clinton handled the protection of American State Department workers in libya. Also in washington, congressman paul ryan now says is hes ready and eager to become speaker of the house. He agreed to seek that powerful post last night. It happened after ryan shored up support from various factions within the gop. Lawmakers expected to vote on his nomination next thursday. An american soldier has died in a rescue operation in iraq. The member of the special forces was killed while freeing dozens of prisoners held by Islamic State militants. It is the First American military combat death in combat operations against isis. The pentagon says its not a change in mission. U. S. Troops are in iraq to train and advise local forces, but many also conduct rescue or special forces operations. Ahead, tens of thousands of stuffed animals are being recalled this morning. Plus, concerns about the secret service and what agents arent getting enough of. And were going to have weather and traffic on the 4s coming up as we look at the hamilton bridge. Dont forget, follow us on facebook and twitter. Four things to know this morning. Breaking news on long island, a man rushed to the hospital after a violent robbery. Right now police are looking for the suspect in Central Islip. Katherine creag is there. An update ahead in 15 minutes. Also in yonkers, a fouralarm fire broke out at the 99 cent store. St. Johns church is next door, and it does appear to have some smoke damage. Buildabear recalling more than 34,000 stuffed animals because of a choking hazard. It is the star brights dragon. The seam can open and expose the material inside. If you have one, you can bring it back. Right now, mexico is bracing for a major storm, a category 5 hurricane. Hurricane patricia expected to hit the southwestern part of the country later on today. A very serious situation when youre talking about a category 5 storm. Absolutely. Well, were going to check in with chris right now. You monitor everything going on. Of course, concentrating on what were dealing with. But the winds there, 185 miles per hour. Again, making landfall with Something Like that, tremendous storm surge too. Were going to watch very closely. This is the western side of mexico. West coast of mexico, north of acapulco. Thats the vicinity. Well try to get a closer look through the morning. Meantime, right now were quiet. Chilling down a little bit. Really, chilling down at 58 degrees is not all that chilly. Skies mostly clear. The wind will start to kick in out of the north and northwest. Thats going to bring in chillier temperatures over the negoxt 24 hours. Its a friday fall classic. Lots of sunshine. Most of the weekend dry. We may see a shower or two early on sunday. That would be about it. Next real rain threat is the middle of next week. Its breezy today. Temperatures back to normal. Normal high, 61. We should get to about 60 this afternoon. No more 70s for a while. Sorry, kids. Those days are over. 48 in high point. This is still not terribly chilly at this hour of the morning. I have a feeling well lose at five degrees before the morning is through. Everybody enjoying a generally clear sky. This is noontime, not a cloud in the sky. Tonight, mostly clear. Colder tonight, though. 40s in the city, 30s in the suburbs. Tomorrow starts out with plenty of sun. Its a dry day, a dry evening. Then early sunday morning, probably between about 4 00 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. , a line of light showers comes through. Thats not very impressive either. Well start to see partial sun later sunday afternoon. Monday, back to the sunshine and cooler temperatures. 60s should do it for a high today. Well flirt with the upper 50s to near 60. The temperature will start to drop Late Afternoon and toward evening with that north wind at 10 to 15, sometimes gusting to 20 miles an hour. 42 the low tonight in the city with a clear sky. Chilly breeze. 36 eastchester, 35 cold spring, 41 down in ocean grove. Subfreezing temperatures well to the north and west. The fall foliage, a lot of color now beginning to show, even nearby. Were moderate. Dont have to go too far to the north to find high color. Well up in new england were at peak color. Get them while theyre on the tree, before theyre on the ground. Thatll happen in the next week to ten days. Sunday, seasonably mild, early shower, mid60s. A better chance for rain pushing in wednesday into thursday with temperatures generally in the 50s and low 60s. 60 today and tomorrow. Mid 60s sunday. Dry monday, tuesday, and most of wednesday. Chance of showers wednesday night spoo into thursday. Lets find out how the friday morning commute is moving. We have a few Construction Projects wrapping up like the George Washington bridge. The upper level did have three lanes taken up. Thats been cleared. Still closed for construction. One lane taken up both ways at the holland. An accident reported on the cross bronx parkway. Also construction there. That takes up a couple lanes. Youll find Fire Department activity in route 9 in yonkers. You can today the saw mill instead. On long island, still clearing a crash here. Its off to the side, but you can see theres quite a bit of activity on the l. I. E. Eastbound before nicolls road. In new jersey, last few days have this road work. It continues today on 17 between century road and midland avenue. A couple lanes blocked. Alternate side, meter rules are in effect. We have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. We have a commuter alert to go along with you this morning. If youre hoping to get ut of the city and you plan to use metro norths hudson line, do make sure you check your schedule. Service is limited this weekend from 9 00 p. M. On friday today until saturday morning, tomorrow, at 10 00 a. M. Thats because workers are win stalling a 700ton girder for the new tappan zee bridge. Thats right above the tracks. The nypd is hoping you can help find a man involved in aer it fig assault. The man in this video tried to rape a 63yearold woman in the park earlier this month. The woman fought him off. Investigators say she bit the suspects hand, and he ran away. If you have any information, please contact police. Earlier this week, we told you about a police chase on long island that ended in a fiery crash. This morning were hearing from the son of the driver killed when he was struck by the car involved in that chase. Police say he was driving home on the Northern State parkway in suffolk county. 25yearold brittany vella, an alleged drunk driver, who was heading the wrong way trying to escape police. My dad has to work 12 hours, coming home from work to his family, lost his life. Some have questioned why police continued their pursuit after vella drove into the oncoming traffic. Police say they followed protocol. In brooklyn, police say the fire that killed two people at brownstone was intentionally set. 56yearold Tyrone Corley and stanley wilkey were killed. 4 49 now. To an iteam exclusive. A new jersey day care worker is pleading not guilty to child endangerment charges. Our iteam showed you the video. Kelly dougan appearing to be handling a 2yearold in a rough manner. This is in hoboken. Du dougan was in court. She said shes devastated by the charges. Im sorry, but my heart is broken. What do you want to say to the parents . Im so sorry. Im so sorry. Right now shes out on 35,000 bond. She says she must have been having a bad day. Dougan one of five people fired at that school. The department of homeland securities Inspector General has issued a management alert about the secret service. The report warns that overworked secret Service Agents are putting themselves and people they protect in danger. The internal investigation comes after two agents were found sleeping at their post. One of those agents had reportedly worked over 60 hours of overtime in one pay period. The National League champion mets are back home in new york. Theyre holding a workout today at citi field as they get ready for the fall classic. Fresh off of sweeping the cubs, the amazings returned to citi field yesterday. They were greeted by a crowd of loud and happy fans. So the world series, of course, still a couple days away. Mets have time to rest up, or they can take some swings at a voluntary practice today at noon. I am so proud of them. I am so proud to be a met fan. Ive been a met fan all my life, 54 years. I will be a met fan for life. Chris is bringing the cow bell in next week. A hometown rally for the mets will be held monday 3 00 p. M. In q gardens. The world series gets under way on tuesday. Right now we dont know who theyre going to play. Will it be kansas city or the Toronto Blue Jays . We could have a parade one of these days. We could have to gear up for all right. 5 still to come, a socalled super tunnel. The major bus along the boarder. Plus, well tell you about Mark Zuckerbergs new venture. Hes doing it with the help of welcome back. 4 54. Is 58 degrees. Grand Central Parkway there. Its friday morning. The road looks good. The temperature feels nice. And its friday. Im saying we should end it right here. Were done. No, not yet. But it will be a nice looking friday. A little cooler than the last few days. No 70s today. The temperature, which is at 58, doesnt go much higher. We make it to 60. Its bright and sunny. It gets a little breezy to windy at times. Tonight, heading on out, you need to bundle up a little bit. 42 and clear in the city. 30s in many of the suburbs. Starts to have that nice, crisp fall feeling. Chris, thanks very much. Emily, whats happening . With the subways, still some overnight track work. Just be aware if youre traveling out right now. Also, road work at the bqe. The approach to the Brooklyn Bridge to the offramp. Also, no manhattanbound traffic at the Brooklyn Bridge. Give it another hour, and hopefully everything will wrap up. Rt, emily. Thank you. 4 55 right now. In california, authorities have made a massive drug bust near the border with mexico. It involved ten tons of marijuana and a sophisticated drug tunnel. Homeland Security Officials raided that tunnel on thursday. It is a 30foot tunnel that had a lighting system, ventilation, and rails to transport the drugs. It was reportedly hidden inside a fake carpet store south of san diego. Jersey, a homeowner in haslet township got quite a surprise when this showed up at the front door. Its 50 pounds of marijuana. The homeowner called police, who took the drugs and posted a message on facebook, inviting the intended owner to claim the package at police headquarters. Street value is about 100,000. A nurse who tried to fight quarantine in new jersey is now suing for allegedly being held against her will. Kacie hickox was detained and questioned for several hours before being ordered to stay in quarantine. She says she didnt have any symptoms. Shes now suing governor christie and state health officials. When you choose to detain someone out of fear, thats discrimination, and its not based on any constitutional law. Well, the governor and the commen cbecause it is a legal matter. Well, now its up to new jerseys assembly to hand governor Chris Christie the first override of his one his vetoes. They passed and override to enact a gun control law that christie opposes. It would allow police to tell judges whether a person is trying to erase their Mental Health records in order to buy a gun. News reports now that debris from a cargo ship that sank during Hurricane Joaquin has been washing ashore in the bahamas. The newspaper reports a container fragment from the ship has been recovered on an island there. Residents have been collecting personal items, even toiletries, believed to have come from that ship. The ntsb says theres no official confirmation about the debris. 33 crew members died when that ship went down. Lamar odom is back in los angeles and is said to be doing considerably better each day. Were told the former nba star is now recovering from two that involved chest issues. His speech is also improving while undergoing aggressive therapy. Odom was found unconscious in a nevada brothel last week after days of alleged drug and alcohol use. Its coming up on 5 00 a. M. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Keep watching today in new york by downloading the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. Our next hour starts right now. Were following several breaking stories this morning. New information just in about an attack on a long island street. Plus, a tough fight. A Fire Destroys a local business. This morning members of a congregation are worried about the church next door. And breaking news from overseas. Dozens of People Killed in a terrible crash in france. Today in new york starts now. Good morning, everybody. Friday, october 23rd. Just about 5 00 a. M. Im michael gargiulo. Im darlene rodriguez. It is a very busy friday morning. The latest on those stories ahead. First, storm team 4s chris cimino here with the forecast. Good morning. Its been app very quiet weather week. We finish it off after abovenormal temperatures with seasonal temperatures today. Were in the 50s. 56 in the city now. Weve dropped about four degrees since we started. Well see that northerly breeze come in. It will be a bright and sunny day, just not as warm. About 60 at noon. That should be the high for the day. Well drop to the 50s towards the end of the day. How is the commute moving . Trouble in the bronx. Bronx river parkway, crash here northbound right near boston road. Thats exit 6. Northbound, two lanes are blocked. Southbound, you have a left lane blocked. Its heavy all the way back to the cross bronx. Cross bronx is slow from the sheridan to 3rd avenue because of construction. On long island, this crash off to side. Its eastbound l. I. E. Just before nicolls road, exit 62. More weather and traffic coming up. We want to get to breaking