Culture. Reporter good evening to you. You can see and hear the music and people dancing behind me. This has been a celebration that started last night and has happened all throughout today. We are here at Grand Army Plaza where the grand finale happens. The floats and dancers finish up here. Over one Million People came to the parade route to show love from where theyre from. Jamaica reporter its all about pride at the carnival. More than one Million People came to Crown Heights to show love for their home land during the parade. What does the parade mean to you . Everything. Thats where my family is from. That hes where shes from. Thats where shes from. Its a happy day. Reporter intricate costumes, detailed floats march down the parkway. The outfits take months to create. Hers represents the sky of the caribbean and how clear it is. We have lorraine in the corner. Hers represents the sunset of the caribbean. Reporter theres music, dancing and, for many, a taste of home. Pina colada and bacardi. 5,000 officers worked the parade. The mayor and Police Commissioner saying its a coordinated effort between the community and police. This event is one of the great events in the city each year. Its one that i look forward to because it is joyous and its a positive example of all thats great about the city. Were going to do all we can as we progress through the day to try to ensure that everybody has a great time on a beautiful new york day. Reporter streets are going to stay closed until the parade ends, which is around 6 00 tonight. Live in brooklyn. Back to you. Alison thanks, liz. A good day for a parade. Some people probably would have been okay with cooler temperatures. I like the heat. Steve ill take the heat. It wont last forever. 90 right now, audrey. Thats incredible for this time in september. Yeah. Were way above average. Looks like well stay that way for one more day across the tristate. Highs were in the 80s and 90s. Steve i dont know if were hearing you. Your mic might be off. Well get back to you. You can see the map. Weve got the idea. It is hot out there. Alison a little warm. Several european nations have agreed to take in thousands of Syrian Refugees who are fleeing their wartorn country. Steve jessica joins us with more on how local immigrants are reacting. Reporter syrians in new york are upset. Some didnt want to speak about it. Hundreds of thousands are fleeing the country. Germany predicts 800,000 migrants will arrive by the end of the year. Many escaping war and poverty. When isis come fight, kill people, people where go . Go to another country . Must save. Where save . Reporter syrians across the city worry about whats happening back at home. This man, his wife and son left syria a year ago. His parents, brothers and sisters are still there. He says theyre safe, but that better. If i see my people, my country people, i feel crying. Reporter its europes worst ii. A desperate situation in syria and other parts of the middle east and africa. Hundreds of thousands fleeing war and poverty. The United NationsRefugee Agency estimates more than 366,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in europe since the beginning of the year. 2800 are dead or missing. We just want to live peacefully. We dont want to intervene in this conflict. Reporter france has agreed to take in 24,000 refugees over two years. Part of the 120,000 that the European Union wants to place. Germany is expected to take in 800,000 by the end of the year. The United States has given over 4 billion to help with the congress. Peter king says the refugees we allow into our country must be properly screened. We have an obligation to humanity, but our main obligation is to our own people. Whatever number of refugees we let in, we have to make sure theyve been thoroughly investigated and vetted. Reporter the pope taking a stand on this issue. He urges catholics around the world to help their fellow brothers and sisters. The vatican is taking in two families. He hopes people do the same. Steve thank you very much. And lets talk weather. Audrey is ready to roll. Alison her mic is hot. Lets go. I think everyone can hear me now. Lets talk about the heat that came across the tristate today. We had readings above average. A lot of spots were in the 80s. Some were in the 90s like ate at poughkeepsie where it was 93. Right now were still at 93 at newark and 93 up towards poughkeepsie. Weve dropped down about 87 in the park. Its 81 in islip. 78 towards montauk. Feeling very muggy out there. These readings are coming in about five to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. But the dew points are taking a rise. Thats making it feel more sticky. We have readings in the 60s. Theyll stay that way tomorrow as well and into wednesday, too. A look at our satellite and radar shows things are nice and dry. We have mainly clear skies. No rain is in the forecast. Tomorrow you can anticipate more in the way of sunshine and temperatures will be hot again, hovering around 90 in many locations. Steve all right. Thank you. A final farewell for the Illinois Police officer gunned down by three men last week. Thousands attending the funeral today. The Services Held at a local high school to accommodate the large crowds. On tuesday, he radioed in to say he was in pursuit of three suspicious men. Hours later officers found him dead from gunshot wounds. He is a 30 year veteran of the force. We come together as a community to support the family and show our love for the lieutenant who gave the ultimate sacrifice, serving in the line of duty. Steve police are looking for the shooting suspects. Alison on the jersey shore, a family that died in a murdersuicide inside their home will be laid to rest tomorrow. Prosecutors say a 35yearold shot his partner and their two children last week before setting their house on fire and killing himself. The services for all four will be in long branch. Police have not released a motive. Steve a kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples is appealing a judges decision to put her in jail. She claims issues the licenses goes against her christian beliefs. Shes spending her labor day in jail where shes been since thursday when a judge ruled she was in contempt of court. Her husband said shes . Good spirits and is willing to stay in jail. Alison a mystery in the skies over bangkok. Steve a fireball lit up the sky and video of it lit up social media. Exactly what do we think it was . Alison plus starbucks Pumpkin Spiced latte comes back tomorrow. If you cant wait, well tell you how to snag one today. Pain from your day can haunt you at night, dont let it. Advil pm gives you the healing sleep you need, helping you fall asleep and stay asleep so your body can heal as you rest. Advil pm. For a healing nights sleep. Alison the minnesota dentist who sparked International Outrage when he killed cecil the lion is headed back to work. Dr. Walter palmer plans to reopen his practice tomorrow. He says the backlash has taken a toll. Reporter Walter Palmer has been remaining out of the public eye after he killed the beloved lion named cecil. In an interview with the Associated Press in the minneapolis star tribune, he says he believes he acted legally and he was stunned to find out his Hunting Party had killed one of zimbabwes treasured animals. He said if i had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study, i wouldnt have taken it. Cecil was fitted with a gps collar as part of lion research. After palmer was named in late july as the hunter who killed cecil, animal activists protested outside his bloomington, minnesota, clinic and his home, a Vacation Property in florida was vandalized. Palmer has been targeted in social media and some posts even suggest violence against him. He described himself as heartbroken for causing disruptions for the staff at his dental clinic. Palmer said this has been difficult on his wife and adult daughter. He said, quote, theyve been threatened in social media and, again, i dont understand that level of humanity to come after people not involved at all. Palmer said he feels safe enough to return to work and that, quote, my staff and my patients support me and they want me back. Palmer was asked if he ever plans to return to zimbabwe. He doesnt know what the future holds. He does not face any charges in africa. However the professional hunter who helped palmer has been charged with failure to prevent an illegal hunt and a Property Owner who allowed the hunt faces a charge of allowing the hunt to occur on his farm. Steve it will be interesting to see the reception he gets. Take a look at this. Dashcam video out of bangkok, thailand, shows a massive fireball streaking across the sky this morning. There it is on the right center. Pretty incredible. Locals think the flames came from an airplane accident. Others believe it was a meteor, maybe space junk. Theres been no confirmation on where it came from or what the falling object was. Fascinating to see. Alison crazy. Steve it is. Beautiful if you had today off and you were at the beach. A lot of people will be driving back at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow to stretch out one more day. Alison get the last moments. Steve it was perfect out. Hot. And they should extend it. It is pretty uncomfortable across the area where we have it feeling a bit steamy. All due to the dew points and temperatures in the 90s. We were at 92 in central park earlier this afternoon. We started off this morning at a muggy 70. Right now were down to 87. Dew point is a little uncomfortable coming in at 64. The winds are coming out of the south at 17 miles an hour. Its the southerly wind flow which is keeping temperatures a little further down towards islip and montauk where we have readings in the upper 70s to low 80s. 85 in bridgeport. 93 hot degrees in newarkliberty airport. 88 towards sussex. Winds are out of the south and southwest running 5 to 15 miles an hour on average. The continued southwest wind direction is going to continue to bring in the heat and humidity across the tristate area. Tonight were in store for a mild a muggy evening with lows dropping into the 60s north and west to the 70s around the city. Were clear out there as far as rain is concerned. Were not anticipating any for a couple of days. There are a couple of high clouds, but thats about it. Well have plenty of sunshine today as well as for tomorrow. Out to the northeast, everything is quiet. All courtesy of High Pressure which is dominating our weather pattern. The high will slide to the east as we go into tomorrow. That southwest wind flow is going to continue to pump up the heat and humidity. Our next focus is on this cold front, which is outlined with clouds and shower activity across the great lakes. Thats headed in our direction. It wont make its impact until wednesday. Thats when well see our next chance of any precipitation. Monday looks to be nice and drink. Tomorrow well start off with plenty of sunshine. It will stay with us until it sets tomorrow evening with a few high clouds. On wednesday, more clouds coming in advance of the cold front from the west. On wednesday, therell be a chance of a couple of scattered showers. On thursday, i think we could see a much more steadier rainfall and there could be periods of heavy rain which could result in minor flooding. Well keep you posted on that. Clear skies tonight. Mild, too, with lows in the 70s in the city. Low 60s north and west. Some of the evenings where we had the cool refreshing nights are over for a couple nights. Mostly sunny, hot and humid with highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s. Wednesday and thursday, we have the chance of a couple of scattered showers and thunderstorms. It will be warm and humid the next couple of days. Highs in the 80s on wednesday and thursday. Factor in the dew points and it will feel uncomfortable. Lows will be mild and muggy for several nights. As we go into the weekend, we anticipate drier weather. We lucked out over the summer, having good weekends. Well have that as we go into this one. Friday, a mix of sun and clouds. Sunny skies for saturday. We have a slight chance of a couple of showers on sunday and monday looks to be a wet start to next week. I know a lot of the kids are going back to school on wednesday. Other places on tuesday. It will be a hot start to the school year. Dress them accordingly. Alison and soggy, too, waiting for buses running to school. Well have to keep an eye on that to see the showers popping up. Steve thank you, audrey. The warm weather has changed the fact we have reached the unofficial end of summer. Alison Jodi Goldberg caught up with beach goers determined to have one more fun in the sun. Saying goodbye to summer isnt easy. All this beautiful weather and beautiful people, its a great time. I love it. Ill miss the water and sun. Im going to miss my tan. Reporter its been a summer of straight 10s. Few days of rain. The ocean temperature above 75. And many chances to perfect that tan. What are you going to miss about summer . Days like this, enjoying the sand, the beach, the weather, friends and family, relaxing. Got here a little before 8 00 in the morning. It gets crowded. Reporter teresa and her husband got one of the best parking spots, right by the beach, but they didnt go far. We back in. We like it. Its comfortable, relaxing. Reporter by 11 00, field 6 was closed. Jones beach saw a quarter of a Million People this holiday weekend. Some played paddleball and others football and whiffle ball. Not everyone was off. Its stevie the good humors mans birthday. He wouldnt want to celebrate any other way. Seeing kids and adults, everyone being so happy to get a frozen fruit bar or whatever weve got. I love it. Im very sad its labor day. The weather has been beautiful. Now what . Reporter if youre holding on to summer, new york state extended beach season until this coming sunday. Rockaway beach, coney island, midland and south beaches and Orchard Beach in the bronx. On long island, jones beach, robert moses will stay open until september 20th. Maybe its not over yet. Today were at jones beach, im Jodi Goldberg, fox 5 news. Alison all right. Speaking of fall, starbucks Pumpkin Spiced latte back tomorrow. You can get one today if you know the secret word. Go to the Pumpkin Spice tumbler page and you will get a pass to get one today. This years is different from years past. Theres real pumpkin and eliminated the caramel coloring. Steve it is very active on social media. The the record of st. Patricks cathedral when pope francis visits. The special honor this monday they will have in a couple of weeks. Alison and tom brady ends months of silence after getting deflategate tossed out. Here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. Its white breast meat chicken every time. Because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more flavor from it. And in vineland, its all about flavor so if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it progresso. So everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 Percent Fiber Optic Network to the home, so you can get access to the Fastest Internet and inhome wifi available. And fios gives you big capacity too. So everyone in the house can get online. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in customer satisfaction. Ultimately, thats why. Get 50 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 300 back. Hurry, offer ends september 19th. Get out of the past. Get fios. Steve today is the last day to enter the drawing for a chance to see pope francis. The city will notify the winners starting september 10th, this thursday. His trip through the park is friday, september 25th. The pope will visit st. Patricks cathedral, the u. N. , the 9 11 memorial and hold mass at Madison Square garden. Alison when he arrives at st. Patricks, hell be welcomed by monsignor Robert Richie. Steve he has dreamed of meeting the pope ever since he was a little boy. When pope francis arrives at st. Patricks cathedral, monsignor Robert Richie will greet him. Ill be a little nervous. I speak spanish. So im intending to talk to him in spanish as were coming up the steps. Reporter the walk and talk will be the greatest thrill of his career in this church so far. Since he was a boy, he has been part of st. Pats and st. Pats part of him. When i was a boy, my grandmother would bring me and my brothers here. Reporter richie was born in Washington Heights and graduated from Cardinal Hayes hospital in the bronx in 1963. He was ordained at st. Patricks in 1971. This is a picture of him with his parents on that day. He served poor parishes in the bronx and Washington Heights before Cardinal Egan appointed him as rector of st. Pats in 2006. Dont call it his church. If you do, hell correct you. This is the cardinals church. Im the one who runs it for him. Im the one who makes sure that everything is done right. But ultimately the bottom line is this is Cardinal Dolans church. Reporter he has experienced more in nine years here than most priests do in a whole career. Six months after his arrival, a chunk of marble fell from st. Patricks, which signalled the beginning of a massive overhaul, the biggest the church has seen. In 2008, Pope Benedict came to new york. In 2009, timothy dolan. Later that year, richie became the first rector to ascend the north spire of st. Pats and touch the 13 foot copper cross on top. I told the construction people, i said obviously you are going to go up there. Dont let any other priest go up there until ive been there first. Reporter now as he prepares to welcome the holy father, he has friends he didnt know existed. Everybody in the world wants to see him. We have i cant tell you how many letters and emails and people calling me up and saying can you get me a ticket . Especially people i havent seen in 20 years. They remind me of our old friendship. He will greet the holy father with a warm smile and a kind touch. It is that hospitality which richie so freely shares that makes this house feel more like a home. Robert moses, fox 5 news. Steve very nice. All right. Tom brady ready to put the deflategate scandal behind him. Alison the patriots quarterback speaks out for the First Time Since seven months ago. Steve mayor de blasio fires back at Rudy Giuliani following his oped about the citys homeless problem. Here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. Its white breast meat chicken every time. Because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more flavor from it. And in vineland, its all about flavor so if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it progresso. Alison the citys homeless crisis sparking a war of words between mayor de blasio and former mayor Rudy Giuliani. Steve the battle comes as a plaza near Madison Square garden is filled with homeless people. Jennifer lahmers spoke to people who say more needs to be done. Reporter its a tale of two plazas. On one side, the new 33rd street under the eye of 24hour security and signs that read no camps, no lying down. On the other, 32nd street, a pedestrian walkway crowded with the citys homeless. What was once designed as a safe place for people to walk has now become a place to avoid. Im not sure where they come from. But its a little disturbing they come and theyre all just coordinating there. It really smells bad. Its distressing. You dont like seeing people struggling like this. Reporter Linda Johnson has lived in this area all her life. Only in the last year has it gotten this bad. You have cops here more often. They should tell them to go somewhere else. The mayor should do something. Today. Not tomorrow. Reporter in an oped in the post, former mayor Rudy Giuliani compared his administrations policies on homelessness to that of mayor de blasio, writing a city with homeless on its streets is a city with no love of its people. He went on to say the citys homeless problem is best handled with intervention, not denial. At a News Conference today, mayor de blasio fired back. I think hes delusional. If you think about what Rudy Giuliani did as mayor, homelessness went up 40 percent on his watch. He clearly doesnt remember the fact that he chased, as he said, chased and chased people but he also deprived families of benefits they needed and help they needed. Reporter mayor de blasio said the nypd and the citys Sanitation Department are in the process of cleaning up 21 the city. All of those camps should be gone by the end of the month. Steve all right. Thank you. President obama marking labor order requiring federal contractors to give workers paid sick leave. The president making that big announcement at a major union rally and breakfast in boston. Under the executive order, employees working on federal contracts will earn up to seven days of paid sick leave each year, depending on the amount of hours they work. The white house says it will benefit 300,000 workers. Alison injured pierre paul meeting with the giants today. Jpp is meeting with team doctors and getting a physical. This is the first time the team will see the extent of his injuries since the 4th of July Fireworks injury injured his hand. The giants and jpp will rework his contract. Steve patriots Quarterback Tom Brady getting ready for the opener against the steelers. Yesterday he spoke about a judges decision to overturn the suspension for his role in using underinflated footballs earlier this year. He says he wants to put the issue behind him and move forward. Anything thats happened over the past seven months, you know, obviously i have a lot of personal feelings and but i dont care to share many of those. I care to think about what i need to do going forward. Steve all right. The nfl is appealing that judges decision. Its not over yet. Alison commuters who use the Port Authority bus terminal, get ready for a shakeup. Steve as Stacey Delikat shows us, bus gates are being reassigned in hopes of making everyones commute smoother. Reporter tomorrow morning, a third of the gates will be reassigned. Its in a bid to cut back on overcrowding and delays. A lot of the days its really delayed. Sometimes getting in and out of the terminal is the hardest part of the trip. The buses get caught up around the Port Terminal and cause all kinds of delays. Reporter dave commutes on new Jersey Transit through Port Authority bus terminal. Hell be among the tens of thousands whose gates will be switched up tuesday morning. The gate reassignment is part of the 90 million quality of commute initiative to enhance the Passenger Experience for the 110,000 people who use the terminal daily. Latoya says she often finds it confusing. I took my daughter to college the other day. It was mindboggling. Here. Maybe this will help . I hope so. Among the changes taking effect, new Jersey Transit operations will be consolidated on the third floor and coach usa buses will have their gates on the fourth floor. For those who want to know where theyre going, the port online. We have that link on our web site, fox 5 ny. Com. On the west side, im Stacey Delikat, fox 5 news. Steve this was a longawaited homecoming for a new jersey couple. Were standing here because of the support that everybody has given us. Alison hear how they were stranded overseas for months after the premature birth of their twins. Steve and he became famous playing wolverine. Now hugh jackman may be ready to take on another role. Alison heres tonights new york minute first. The Union Square Green market turned into a kitchen today as this chef turned fresh from the farm produce into a traditional dish for rosh hashanah. It can go in all directions. Originally it was a side dish. Its made with carrots and sweet potatoes. Theyre a constant. You add sweet spices, honey or maple syrup, pineapple juice, orange juice, cinnamon. Anything sweet. Reporter food donations were collected. A twist on the tennis clinic in flushing meadows. Kids were joined by a gymnast, laila ali and others. The message, playing more than one sport is good for kids. Its refreshing as a young kid, you know, being able to put the baseball bat away and get the cleats out for football and get the hockey gear out when winter comes around. Reporter and thats your new york minute. Steve hugh jackman could be trading in his claws for a tuxedo. Alison Baruch Shemtov joins us with todays entertainment headlines. Reporter it is labor day. But entertainment headlines never take a day off. Lets start with films. This was the second best Summer Box Office in history. This is the only weekend in 2015 where a single film didnt pass the 10 million mark from friday to sunday. Historically, Labor Day Weekend hasnt been strong at the box office. Studios dont tends to release big movies. Some films over the years have taken advantage of the lull leading to very successful debuts. This year, there werent any major releases. The no. One film this weekend is a faithbased christian drama called war room. Sony was very smart to release the film when they did because there would be fewer big titles competing with audiences attention and it paid off. Now, speaking of movies, as we all gear up for the november release of the new bond film spectra, im excited, theres speculations this could be Daniel Craigs last film as 007. There are many actors eager to fill his shoes and theres been a lot of fan support for idris elba. Another actor is throwing his name in the ring. Its hugh jackman. Heres what he had to say about being approached for the role a few years ago. At the time i was about to do xmen 2. I was thinking i dont think its the right time. It was not easy to give up. Now if daniel hes a mate of mine whos brilliant. Id consider it. Reporter tomorrow is the debut of the late show with stephen colbert. Most of us only know colbert as the character i played on comedy central. But now we can expect to see the real stephen. Whats he like . Wraps. This he released the first two weeks of guests. They speak volumes. They offer a well rounded whos who in the world of entertainment, politics, business and beyond. Some of the big names, george clooney, Vice President joe biden, steven brier and the uber ceo. So far we can see therell be a lot of buzz around the show. I think well be talking about his interviews, his show, for many weeks and years to come. Steve i think theyve done a perfect rollout. He started releasing stuff online. Now hes on every bus. Its building. Anticipation. These are huge names. Alison i wish it were tomorrow. It went so fast. Steve since dave left, the late, late show slot reporter its all gelling in time for fall television. Alison 007, hugh jackman, idris elba, theyre both great. Ill buy a ticket no matter what. Alison a new jersey couple back home after a harrowing ordeal overseas. Steve how they were stranded in portugal following the premature birth of twins. Alison and getting high on the fly. Teens are putting more than tobacco in their ecigarettes. Traveling through seas of oats and berries peaches, pumpkin seeds, and cherries i say to the bowl are you trying to temp me . The bowl says come on down to the land of plenti. Yoplait plenti, with oats, flax, and pumpkin seeds. Greek yogurt, packed full of goodness. Alison in fox 5 health news, teens have found a new way to get high. Theyre now using ecigarettes to vape marijuana. Steve joining us, dr. Devi. This is no big surprise. It was an evolutionary step. A matter of time. Thats the danger. You might not be able to tell if theyre using marijuana. On top of that, if you think about it, its not pure drug. You have other things mixed in it. You dont know if thats safe to vape when youre inhaling those toxic substances. Alison for people who dont know how they work, a kid is going to vape marijuana. What are they doing . Its not rolling up a joint with pot. Exactly. Theres the device and theres the drug. The device, theres no smoke in it. Youre vaporizing the substance and inhaling that. So, you know, it has some of the same Health Effects like the drug, but it doesnt have the risk factors that the tobacco would have. Its a little different, but we dont know the longterm Health Effects of using the substance. Those with the marijuana and whatever else is mixed in for the kids. The one thing is in the study, this was done as a survey. Basically you dont know for sure if it was answered accurately. It was only done of kids that are in five schools in connecticut. That may not be representative of kids across the country. Steve where in connecticut . I went to college with lots of kids. Lets talk about this. You may soon see a drugfree label on meat products. This is something a lot of people are paying more and more attention to. What goes into your meats and antibiotics and all that stuff. Whats the new one . This is a chemical thats in the category beta aganis before. It can help with breathing and speed up your heart rate. Thats not why meat producers are using it. Theyre using it to create more muscle mass basically in the animals. That can help them in terms of saving costs. You get more meat for your money. Its used in a lot of the meats we eat now. Theres some estimates its 60 to 80 percent of the meat. For us alison thats a lot. The fda said its safe for humans, but in other countries they dont agree. In the European Union or russia and china, theyve banned the import of these products. This is a big issue. Steve i find that horrifying when theyre banning stuff and were allowing it in. Russia and china yeah. Its a big impact here. We actually are manufacturers our manufacturers make more money selling these products to the countries. They want labels that say its free or made without it. They havent been allowed to use the labels here until now. Part of that has to do with false advertising or misleading advertising. This is a controversy that if the fda says this chemical is safe safe, why should labels say its free . If youre walking down the aisle in the supermarket and you see that, any chemical madup, e maid de up, you have to stay away from that. Alison get the chemicals out. Steve let the lobbyists slug it out. Thank you. If you like the heat, you really lucked out today. Amazing, audrey. If you like it hot, well have another day filled with heat and humid across the area. You want to get out and enjoy it before temperatures tumble in the fall season. 92 is what we made it to in central park today at 2 45 this afternoon. This morning we started off with a muggy 70. We have another 90degree day ahead of us. Some spots were in the 90s in poughkeepsie as well as over towards newark. Region. Everyone was above average for this time of year. Were still in the 90s towards newark and poughkeepsie. Its 82 in belmar. 80s across long island. Dew points are high, mostly in the 60s. Thats making it feel uncomfortable. We dont have any rain on our radar. We need a little bit. Were getting into a drought. It is on the way courtesy of this cold front working across the great lakes. We have showers being ignited along the front and a few clouds. That will make its impact starting on wednesday. Ahead of the front, the heat and humidity continue to build. Tomorrow well start out with plenty of sunshine. It will feel very muggy and tuesday. On wednesday, clouds will be on the increase. Well throw in the chance for scattered showers. By wednesday night into thursday, we could get a good soaking rain across the area. As i mentioned, were in a drought. We could use a little more in the way of rainfall. Were keeping an eye on Tropical Storm grace, which is still sitting in the atlantic on its current path it is headed for the lesser an till antilles. Tonight, mild temperatures. Lows in the 60s to low 70s around the city. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, hot and humid with temperatures hovering around 90. Factor in the humidity. It will feel even hotter. Maybe a great day if you can squeeze out another day for the weekend. Do so at the beach. Were expecting it to be very nice. Water temperatures are comfortable. Uvi at a 7. Warm and humid wednesday and thursday. Theres a threat of scattered showers wednesday and thursday. Minor flooding could be an issue. We should dry it out in time for the weekend. Weve had greater weather for much of the summer. It will be nice and dry with plenty of sunshine on both of those days. Sunday, well have our next wet weather maker coming in. Well start off next week a bit wet with temperatures in the 70s. Alison an historic tree on long island since before the civil war is now coming down. The owner of this land on lake shore road in Lake Ronkonkoma says it was planted in 1820 to mark the bicentennial of the pilgrims landing. The owner realized it was dying because it hadnt produced a lot of leaves. She says it needs to come down before it falls on power lines or a person. They last between 150 years to 200. It has done those years. So i guess its tired. Alison no word exactly when that tree will come down. The owner would like to use the word to make a sculpture honoring the legend of a native american princess in drowned in Lake Ronkonkoma. Steve a couple back in the u. S. After being stuck in portugal. Alison they wanted a trip before kim gave birth, but she gave birth to twins overseas. Steve Jodi Goldberg was at teterboro when they finally returned home. Were here today because of the support everybody has given us. Reporter the spratt family with their baby girl flew into teterboro airport, finally home after a bittersweet fourmonth ordeal. When we found out we were pregnant, we did research on when its safe to fly. Everything said less than they are 30 weeks. They had the trip planned in torch portugal. She went into labor and gave birth 13 weeks earlier. Their son didnt survive and their daughter was too weak to fly back on a commercial plane. At first their Insurance Company refused to cover the nearly 100,000 cost to fly home. But then the spratts were posting about their ordeal online and an out pouring of the Community Led to a change in heart. When i got the call they were paying for anything everything, it was thursday and we left sunday. As soon as they landed, an ambulance took him and the baby to the hospital. A go fund me page has over 50,000 in donations from friends and strangers to help haden on her road to recovery. We were nervous how she would respond to everything. She did very well. To no surprise. She handled the last four months like a champ. Why would the flight be different . The grandparents waited to finally welcome them home. I cant wait to hold her and play with her and tickle her. Im the designated babysitter. Hayden is going to be in the hospital for a bit. The first thing we need to do is make sure were continuing to support her and get her home. Reporter the couple looks forward to bringing her back to portugal when shes older to introduce her to the doctors who cared for her and the kind people who helped their family. In teterboro, Jodi Goldberg, fox 5 news. Alison so nice theyre home safe. A lot of people, the breaking bad show was addicted. Steve walters Coffee Roastery is inspired by the show. Youll find blue rock candy, drinks in beakers. How does it affect me . I cant get to turkey. There are talks right now to open a shop in new york. Alison lets take a trip and check it out. Steve turkish coffee is good. Not bad. Well see you at 10 00. Steve heres ernie with whats coming up at 6 00. Thank you very much. On this labor day, were on top of all the news for you. And making sure you have the right legal documents in your life all set. Weve got the five most important things you need to take care of by 55. That story and much more all for you coming up next at 6 00. I hope youll join us. Here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, well never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. So we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per serving. So if you want to eat light and not give up rich flavor, do what we do. Make it progresso. Ernie it is monday. Good evening, everyone. Im ernie anastos. We thank you very much for joining us. We begin with the shooting of one of Governor Cuomos aides this morning near the west indian day parade. That man is in critical condition. Lisa evers is in East Flatbush brooklyn. A very difficult day. What is the latest . Reporter it is a difficult day. This important cultural celebration, the west indian parade, one of the largest in the United States, is marred by violence. There have been five separate shooting or stabbing incidents. One man is dead. Win of the shooting victims is a top aide to Governor Cuomo. He is in the fight of his life here at kings county hospital. 43yearold carey gabay grew up in a bronx Housing Development and went on to become a harvardeducated lawyer and top aide to Governor Cuomo. Early this morning, he and his brother were walking along bedford avenue toward the preparade festival. He was shot in the head with a stray bullet, an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. Im sorry to hear that. I hate to say it, but people dont know how to act. Reporter Governor Cuomo says he chose Public Service as part of the cuomo administration. His wife pregnant with their first child. I had the pleasure to work with him many, many times. He did great work. He was the lawyer who wrote the rent reform laws. Reporter sources are confirming that gabay is out of surgery but is in extremely critical condition. Governor cuomo is asking everyone to pray for him and his family. Their wife is expecting their first child. Thats the latest from here. Back to you