Say at this point. Seattle slew was so worn out that he won poorly. American pharoah, you have to wonder, did triple crown take anything out of him. He looked better today than the last time we saw him. I dont particularly go to races that i dont work at. But i would go. If we did not televise this next race, i would make a point to see this horse run. Thats how special i think he is to the game and to america. Hes special in so many ways, not only his ability to run but his personality and just the way he conducts himself, and that beautiful, beautiful stride that carried him to the easy victory today in the 1. 75 million William Hill Haskell here on the breeders cup challenge series. He wins the breeders cup. Special thanks to the industrys official data base for thoroughbred racing. Saturday the challenge continues in saratoga with the whitney. Thats saturday 5 00 eastern on nbc. Coming up, except on the west coast, its your local news. 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I switched to Time Warner Cable and knew exactly when they were coming. Thanks to their one hour appointment window. Switch to Time Warner Cable today. And now, for a limited time, you could get a 300 reward card. Call today. A bloody weekend and now a call for action. Community leaders demand the mayor step up and crack down on the rash of gun violence plaguing city streets. The growing outrage a second american doctor is now accused of killing an african animal in an illegal hunt. And danger at the beach. One swimmer killed, nearly a dozen others rescued from the rough surf. How to stay safe in our dangerous waters. Good evening. We begin with the violent and deadly weekend. A growing problem that has residents and communities activists calling on city combat the surge in gun violence. Heres the breakdown. Two people are dead. 11 others wounded today alone. Thats on top much one person killed and five others shot yesterday all but one of these shootings took place in brooklyn. News 4 ida siegal joins us now. Reporter that vigil just wrapped up across the street behind me here, but at the vigil was the mother of one of this weekends gunshot victims, the mother of 24yearold Donnell Smith who was killed here on saturday and, unfortunately, there were quite a few grieving mothers this weekend. That Fatal Shooting was just the beginning. Early this morning a 20yearold man was shot to death in a playground in the bronx. Not long after a 46yearold man was killed in fort green, brooklyn and on stanley avenue in brooklyn a total of nine people were shot at a Family House Party gone terribly wrong. Three gun shots about a quarter to 2 00 or quarter after 2 00. And about three gun shots from that time and after that helicopter circling around the neighborhood. Reporter then sod happened at 2 30 in the morning. Police have not found the shooter or shooters but found this 7 series bmw with the rear door open and bloody hand prints on the grill. Neighbor likes to throw a Party Nothing wrong with that except sometimes they allow people, other people off the street to come in. And the problem with that is you dont know what they are bringing with them. Reporter this happened in the 75th police precinct. Before this mornings incident there was already a 120 increase in shooting victims from last year. But on a sunday radio show commissioner bratton said overall crime is down. The city is very good. Crime numbers looking very good overall. We had an overall decrease. Reporter late this Afternoon Community leaders called on the mayor to do more. Wheres our mayor . Why are you not out here denouncing whats going on. Weve been fighting for an opportunity to sit down with you to give you a plan so you can act with us on that. Reporter those leaders would like the city to use emergency funds to finance the Many Organizations out in the neighborhoods trying to end the violence. Recording live, news 4, new york. Well see how the mayor responds. New here at 6 00 a look at incredible cell phone video of a raging Apartment Fire that injured three people in east flatbush. Breaking glass and screaming could be heard coming from the burning apartment on east 96th street. Today one person could be seen calling for help from a third floor window. Neighbors say the fire moved quickly from the second to the third floor. It was kids in there. And he helped those ladies and the girls coming down with the baby, put ladder down and everybody was screaming because the ac caught on fire. Scary stuff. One person taken to hospital in serious condition. Two others had minor injuries. The cause of that fire sunday investigation. Its bean deadly and dangerous weekend on our shores. One person drowned nearly two dozen others had to be rescued from the rough surf. A dozen swimmers had to be pulled from the waters off long beach. There were five rescues on fire island and four others in the rockaway. Ray villeda has more. Reporter its been a busy weekend for emergency responders. In new york beaches. Look how busy it is here. We know ten people were rescued from long beach just today. Preventative measures one person died at that beach and here several were rescued at rockaway just yesterday. Water rushes out in one area. Reporter a rip current. Today a family is morning after a trip to the beach killed a man. Yesterday emergency crews were called to long beach about distressed swimmers. An off duty life guard was able to rescue one of them. Then an all out search. An hour later a 23yearold man was found under water and pronounced dead at the hospital. Police say carlos went back in the water after lifeguards ordered everyone out of the ocean. You get in a rip current dont fight it. Try to swim if you can get a calm head, swim parallel to shore. Reporter right around the same time at rockaway, First Responders were called at the 98th beach. A person was pulled from the water with minor injuries. Then 116th people three people rescued one rushed to the hospital in serious condition. Today was a lot rougher. People ought to be careful. Only so much lifeguards can do. Reporter about an hour ago there have not been any rescues at rockaway. At long beach there were several rescues but none of them luckily fatal. Were live at rockaway in queens. Beautiful out there but dangerous. Thanks. One person was killed, nine injured in a crash involving a new york city tour bus and a car in north carolina. This happened just before 4 30 this morning on i95 in benson. The bus driver fill asleep at the wheel and the bus crossed the median and went into on coming traffic. A car swerved to avoid the bus and crashed into a tree killing one person in the car. There were 48 passengers on that because headed for the science of the soul study center in fayetteville the. An american dentist isnt the only hunter being investigated in zimbabwe. A pennsylvania doctor is accused of killing a lion as well. Officials in africa say hes suspected of killing the lion with a bow and arrow a few months ago. It allegedly happened without approval and on land where it is not involved. This is a doctor at a hospital in pittsburgh and is cooperating. Fears that a close companion of cecil the lion was killed is unfounded. Those tracking jericho was spotted and alive this morning. Hes looking after cecils cubs. Coming up here on news 4 new york Emergency Landing. Why a coast guard helicopter was forced to land on a local golf course. And pushing for a safer ride. The tougher standards that one local lawmaker wants to impose only limousines. A beautiful day. Low humidity. Sunny, warm. The humidity will make a come back as well as thunderstorms. Well talk about it, coming up. Leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. 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Center Chuck Schumer is calling for higher Safety Standards for limousines two weeks after four friends were killed in an accident on long island. Schumer says some limos and party buses lack the same protection that other vehicles have including in some cases side impact air bags. He says one big problem is when a limo or party bus is modified after it leaves the factory. When secondary Market Manufacturers tear limos apart, stretching them thin, adding tvs, they end up blocking emergency exits. Weakening the structure of the vehicle. Schumer wants the ntsb to take a more active role one limo crashes by sending investigators to the scene of major accidents. Still ahead here on news 4 new york, hes back. Nearly two months after winning the triple crown american pharaoh returns to the racetrack at Monmouth Park. This was a lot of fun. Chris will have all the details and the fan fare come up here in sports. Well go steve for a check of the forecast here on this sunday evening. Still hot out there but at least today felt pretty good. Nice and comfortable. Very comfortable out there. We did have a beautiful day. Sunny, warm. But the humidity was so low, thats why it felt oh, so nice outside. But at least for tomorrow it will get a little bit warmer. Were back in the 90s in midtown plus the humidity makes a come back. Later in the day a cool front approaches from the west and could bring us a round of thunderstorms late in the afternoon and into the evening hours and some storms could be strong to maybe even severe. Then behind that system well cool it down by the end of the week and much needed rain in the forecast by the time we get to thursday and friday. 82 right now in brooklyn, 84 at jfk, 85 over at nassau county. Still warm west of the city. Bridgewater chiming in at 87 degrees. Clear on stooit atellite image. The high will slide off shore. This system are this is a cool front dropoff into the region as we head late in the day. Ahead of it southerly wind will increase the heat and humidity. This is a one day event with very humid air. Then it starts to come back down on the back side of the front for tuesday. As the front gets closer late in the day tomorrow we do have a slight chance of seeing Severe Weather from northwestern new jersey to midHudson Valley with very heavy rain and strong winds being the biggest threat. For this evening no issues. Were clear and perez. By 11 00 p. M. Up 70s. Future tracker shows were clear. Tomorrow morning were sunny. During the afternoon hours we cant rule out an isolated thunderstorm. Most of us are dry during the day. Its late evening and afternoon hours and nighttime hours when thunderstorms are coming into northern new jersey and into the Hudson Valley and thats when we could have a round of locally heavy rain and gusty winds. Otherwise tomorrow 91 degrees the forecast. Feeling more like the mid90s with humidity. Stormy at night. Tuesday a mix of sun and clouds, 88 maybe a spot storm left over. Wednesday is great. Thursday and friday were cooler with much needed 0 rain for thursday and friday. Still timing that out. But the potential is there. Next weekend 80, 81. Keep it just like that. Very comfortable. Well be right back with bruce beck and sports. Oh my gosh, its the guy from last night. What . can i jump on your wifi . Yeah, you can try it. Hey i had a really good time last night. Yeah, me too. The only thing is that. The only thing is what . Whats the only thing . Oh my gosh hes married. Hes a kleptomaniac. Hes a pyromaniac. Hes a total maniac. Hey hey go back to your wife you sociopath leave slow internet behind. Now get equally fast 100 meg downloads and uploads, only with fios. Tea . Get out of the past. Get fios. Call now, or go online. After 56 days off, the boss was back. Triple crown winner american pharaoh returning to the racetrack, this time at the shores greatest stretch, Monmouth Park. Heres larrys stretch call of the haskell invitational. And its a american pharaoher and hes coming in the final furlong and he is albia himself. As they come to the wire it is a rousing return for a living legend, american pharaoh. Thats eight winds in a row for american pharaoh and he made it took easy. Trained brilliantly and ridden to victory by victors espinosa. He paid 220 to win. What a performance. What a horse. Now to baseball and the yankees who wrapped up their longest road trip of the season in chicago against the white sox. And it was gentleman could be jacob ellsbury. Deep to left center for his fourth homer of the season. The yankees batted around the fourth and scored five times and in the fifth the red hot mark texiera, his fifth homer in four games. The beneficiary of all the offense today was ivan nova who tamed the white sox hitters, surrendered just one run. The yankees head home following a 64 road trip, 123 the final. The mets host the nationals tonight for the chance to tie washington for first place in the nl east. In wnba action the liberty hosted the seattle storm. At halftime, becky hannah was inducted into libertys ring of honor. She spent eight seasons with liberty leading them to three final appearances most recently shes made headlines becoming the first female assistant coach in the nba with the san antonio spurs. As for the ball game, new york pulled away in the second half. Here tina charles scores on a tough hoop. Tina scored a game high of 29. Liberty win it 7862. They are now 136 on the season. Victor espinosa will be here in the studio tonight on sports final. Bruce thanks so much. Well be right back. Leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. P get your first month s payment r plus five years wearr and tear coverage. P make the most of summer. T with volvo. Social experiment has taken an unfortunate turn. Two weeks ago we introduced you to the kid size robot that depended on the kindness of strangers to get from massachusetts to san francisco. Only two weeks in its trip across america somebody in philadelphia vandalized this Little Machine beyond repair. Last year he successful hitchhiked across canada in 26 days and parts of europe. I guess we have to build another one. There you have it. Thats it for news 4 new york. Nbc nightly news is up next. Well see you back here at 11 00. Have a nice night. Were on the front lines. Fatal shooting, a Police Officer killed during a routine traffic stop in memphis. Tonight, one person is in custody while the manhunt for the shooter intensifies. In the running, what our new poll reveals about donald trump and the rest of the republican field amid growing speculation that Vice President joe biden might challenge hillary clinton. Hunting outrage, a second american, a doctor from pennsylvania is accused of illegally killing a lion in africa, as authorities seek to extradite the dentist for the killing of cecil. Wedding encore, why one couple decided to walk down the isle again just a year after they first said i do. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, reporting tonight erica hill. Good evening. In less than 24 hours, the size of one of the largest wildfires burning in california, the rocky fire has more than doubled. 73 square miles scorched. Two dozen homes are gone. More than 12,000 residents told to evacuate. Dry conditions and shifting winds are not helping the nearly 2,000 firefighters now battling just this one immense blaze, which is still 5 contained. Of course, it is not the only fire burning tonight. Across the state, more than 20 major fires continue to spread. Nbcs guy schwartz is in clear lake, california for us tonight. Good evening. Reporter erica, good evening. This is a pastmoving fire that is incredibly inpredictable inpredictable. You can see the smoke billowing over the ridge and fire crews preparing to hold their lines. From the sign and bring it to me. Reporter fighting fire with fire, early this morning firefighters taking advantage of a change in the winds to burn a stretch along a california highway on