And welcome back. We continue now to follow breaking news out of new jersey. A wild Chain Reaction crash that sent one car flying on to a sidewalk and into a Jersey City Police officer. Yeah. News 4 obtained this video from moments after the crash. The officer is one of several people hurt that happened at ocean and myrtle avenue in jersey city. Lets go back to the scene for an update. Reporter police are removing one of the cars involved in the Chain Reaction crash. Several people injured including an officer were told is expected to be okay. Take a look. According to witnesses, a car hit that car that is being towed away hitting an officer. Tonight, several people are in the hospital. Look at this exclusive cell phone video obtained by news 4. You see the aftermath of a Chain Reaction crash around 8 00 sunday night. Police say a man speeding near the corner of ocean and myrtle avenue in jersey city hit one car striking a jersey city officer. In the video, neighbors rush to the officers side. Other people in cars nearby were also injured, according to witnesses. The suspect was taken from the scene in cuffs and placed in an ambulance. They are taking him to run tests on him at the hospital to see if he was under influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. When i was looking that way, i saw people on the floor, all these cars crashing, and the cops just came and started talking to people. Reporter as you look at the scene, officers are here. They are removing the last pieces of evidence including that car which was involved in the chain and reaction crash. Jersey city officer that was struck is expected to be okay and were told the other people, the bystanders, the people in the car taken to the hospital, they are all in stable condition right now. Reporting from jersey city, new jersey, news 4 new york. Well, a violent and deadly weekend in new york city. The nypd says theres been seven shootings, three people killed, and 16 others wounded. Nine of them shot at a party early this morning in brooklyn. Police were searching for suspects caught on Surveillance Video in east new york. This man was shot and killed saturday morning, and, tonight, his mother pleaded for justice describing his final moments. Im hearing people screaming, my son on the floor asking, where mommy . I need mommy . Get mommy. I go to him, and i tell him, mommys right here. Mommy loves you. And i watch my son breathe then stop breathing. The mayor says the nypd will beef up patrols in high crime neighborhoods. A move that Community Activists say cant come soon enough. And tonight, the citys top cop says the nypd cant fix the homeless problem alone. The commissioner bill bratton says long Term Solution is to provide Mental Health care, not just put them in jail. Friday, the city annoyanced ed nnounced a plan to weave Mental Health services to serve lower income communities. Recently, theres been several violence attacks by homeless people. In fact, yesterday, Police Released this sketch of a panhandler who choked a man in central park. A search underway in the shooting of a Police Officer. One is in custody, but the search for the alleged killer is on. Reporter a routine traffic stop turned deadly for Memphis Police officer, sean bolton. Heard it, bang, bang, bang, bang. Reporter the 33 yearold officer shot repeatedly, and despite the bullet proof vest, pronounced dead at the hospital. The first call for help came on his police radio from a bystander. Please, please hurry up. They actually pick up the police radio and spoke into it and got the police to come out because all the neighbors on that side were trying to call 911, but they couldnt get through. Reporter the first cop on scene frantically called for help. Officer is down or the suspect . Call an Ambulance Ambulance is already en route. Reporter sketchy reports indicates there may have been more than one person in the car, that the gunman may have been in the front passenger seat. The only description we have on suspect is going to be two male blacks. Last seen runs westbound on reporter late this afternoon, Memphis Police broke down a door in a complex taking one in custody, but the trigger man remains at large. This is the Second Police officer in tennessee killed in the line of duty just this year. Nationwide, 70 officers have been killed this year doing their job. Theres a theme that black lives matter, and at the end of the day, we have to ask ourselves, do all lives matter . This, again, evidence of the fact that there are so many guns on our streets in the wrong hands. Officer bolton had no dash camera or body camera. That equipment is budgeted for next year. An iraq war vet, a Police Officer in memphis for five years, gunned down at the very city where he grew up. Nbc news. Amazing images from Northern California where thousands of firefighters continue to battle dozens of wildfire. Bone dry Drought Conditions make life difficult for the crews. Flames north of San Francisco have already charred more than 70 square miles. Firefighters are actually now using fire to fight fire, burning stretches along the highway to keep embers from spreading to other dry brush. Veteran fire fighters, 30plus years, never seeing fire behavior like this, beyond extreme. Many of the fires sparked by lightning, and 12,000 people forced to leave their homes, and the flames are threatening more than 6,000 structures. Senator Chuck Schumer calls for higher Safety Standards for limousines two weeks after four friends were killed in an accident on long island. Saying some limos and party busses lack the same protections that other vehicles have including, in some cases, side impact air bags. He says one problem is when the limo or a 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. Schumerments the ntsb to send investigators to the scene of any major accidents. Still ahead, a garden battle. Reporter this neighborhood calls it a cleanup. The mta calls it trespassing. Coming up, how this grassroots effort here in a Queens Community is being uprooted by the mta. Whats the most important thing your parents do for you . They buy me food. They make sure im never lost. Well. They pay my allowance. Encourage me. They sing us a lullaby at night. A lullaby at night. Oh now i remember. Why does it matter that cigna because the next most important thing you can do for them p cigna. 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The president imposes a 32 cut in Carbon Dioxide emissions from power plants by 2030, a steeper cut than anticipated. However, u. S. States will have until 2022 to comply. The plan also calls for a faster switch to Renewable Energy sources. Environmental groups applaud the move, and opponents will immediately fight this in court. A group of neighbors created a Community Garden to make surroundings nicer, and why is the mta not happy . An improvement from the trash filled alley that existedunderpar this exist ed ed under this subway train, but that does not matter. Reporter tucked away under the mtrain shadow, and green oasis in the middle of brick and concrete. Peppers, tomatoes, squashes, a little native plants. Reporter tired of seeing the area overgrown with weeds and trash, the community cleaned it up. They planted flowers and vegetables, hope sprouted for residents like jay, calling ridgewood home for more than 20 years. It will be nice. The neighborhoods looking nice. Reporter heres the problem, the mta owns the land, and a spokesperson said, quote, they are trespassing and have until all 3 to veigh case setting up a garden underneath our structure hampers us to get to the structure in the case of the an emergency. The mta padlocked the gate, weeds are growing again, and while these peppers wither, the communitys passion is not. We realize through doing it its really important for the community because of how much support we got so i think there is a way, theres a middle ground there. This community is refusing to give up. Now, they are planting seeds hoping they blossom into a dialogue. I asked the mta, and they simply told me, quote, no discussion. Let us try to help our community to clean it up. Or try to help us to clean it up. Theres just trash in there. Reporter there from the beginning says they want to work with the mta for the good of the community. We dont want to antagonize anyone, necessarily, but we want to find a way, whatever the path is, you know, that could accommodate us. Reporter in ridgewood, queens, news 4 new york. A fascinating social experiment. About the relationship between robots and humans, a robot goes on the road, and, well, things didnt always work out. Another beautiful day, but storms could be headed our way for your monday. Steve has the forecast. Stay tuned. Feel like a kid again with dunkins new cookieflavored iced coffees. For a limited time, dd perks members can enjoy any sized iced coffee for 1. 99. America runs on dunkin. Tonight, giants and jets open camp, plus, triple crown winner, american pharaoh, rides again. Sports final on nbc 4 new york is brought to you by,t well, tonight, new photos of an alligator on the loose in queens. Look at that. Like the lochness monster of queens. Police named him jaws. He was spotted several times this weekend. Now, as of this evening, police say the hunt for the gator continues, so watch out. Yeah. Cute little guy. I dont know if i want to see it right next to me. Somebodys pet got too big. Question. On a quest to see how man and machine relate. Intriguing social experiment sends a robot on the road. Hoping hitchbot travels the country are human help until the plan hit a snag. Hello . Reporter unlike other robots designed to help people woah, he talked again to me. Reporter hitchbots mission was to see how many people would help it. Please pick me up and put me in your vehicle. Reporter in a huge test of human kindness. Im hitchbot. Reporter this robot counted on stringers to get around. Like Walking Around with a celebrity. I think the opportunity, you know, for people to actually engage unsupervised, you know, with this kind of technology was really part of the charm of it. Reporter beginning in canada where it was created, hitchbot spent 26 days hitchhiking across that vast country. Then 18 days in the netherlands, ten days in germany, and even grabbed a cold beer. I can make a cameo appearance in a film when we get to california. Reporter two weeks ago, hitchbot set out to hitchhike across america. First starting in boston, with hopes strangers would then take it to times square. Mount rushmore, and the grand canyon. Hitchbot did well until arriving in philadelphia where it got no love from someone in the city of brotherly love. After only two weeks in the u. S. , the journey ended. Of nearly 46,000 followerings, one tweeted im sorry your trip was cut short, another, pure innocent hitchbot. I did not expect that to happen that there were so many people willing to help him, you know, thats wonderful. Reporter today, the grand social experiment has ended, but in it, perhaps, a lesson for all of us. Hitchbots final message . My trip must come to an end for now, but my love for humans will never fade. Nbc news, new york. Oh, never got to do his cameo cameo. The story irritates me. That someone would do that . That mean person. Senseless violence, steve. How we looking outside . Its going to be very comfortable night across the tristate area. Tomorrow, boy, oh, boy, it is going to be a hot and humid day. Today was quite warm, temperatures close to 90 degrees in the city, but the humidity was very low. Tomorrow, though, with the skouter skout er south winds in place, warm, back in the 90s, and feels like the mid90s with the humidity. Later in the day, a thunderstorm approaches bringing us a couple of popup storms, a cold front approaches, brings popup thunderstorms, and some could be strong later in the day, late afternoon, and into the evening hours, and then behind that front, it will be cooler, at least by the time we get to the end of the week with some much needed rain in the forecast. So right now, heres whastz whats happening. Temperatures in the mid70s, 74, and were in the 60s into the inland areas, and in midtown right now, sitting at 79 degrees. We are clear on the satellite image. Today, High Pressure brought us plenty of sunshine, just a delightful day with a northerly flow in place, comfortable outside, but notice this right here, active weather moving across michigan and into the ohio valley. This is a cool front that will eventually sweep across the area tomorrow afternoon and bring us a round of some scattered storminess. Otherwise, ahead of it, southerly winds bring us hot and humid weather. The beaches are good, temperatures on the jersey shore in the upper 80s, mid80s in the long island beaches, big swells of 3 to 4 feet. Gusty as well. Winds up to 20 miles per hour, but the waters very warm in the upper 70s. Again, tomorrow, theres a high chance of rip currents so, of course, keep that in mind if youre going to go to the beaches, stay as close to the life guards as possible, and we also have a Small Craft Advisory in effect tomorrow. Future tracker shows tomorrow morning, we are fine, but then notice what happens towards the evening hours around 8 00 p. M. Heres the thunderstorms, and some of those could be on the strong side with some heavy rain and some gusty winds. 91 the forecasted high for tomorrow with late day storms, 88 tuesday, mix of sun, clouds, a popup storm, and isolated. Wednesday looks great, cooler thursday and friday with rain in the forecast. That is your forecast. Back to you. All right, steve, thank you so much. Well, in oklahoma, one grieving family has gone from heart break to open. And a prayer has been answered. Sandy and her daughter have been mourning the loss of her husband from cancer in may. When a visit to his grave on fathers day, they released balloons with a message telling the finder to call them, but when they arrived home hours later, the balloons drifted back 25 miles to them and attached to a fence. What are the chances . I think i started crying because it was just, like, a message from him. Sandy says they are mourning the loss of a husband and father and now feel a little more free and at peace. Balloons came home. Wow, thats something else. Well be right back, but bruce has whats ahead. Coming up tonight on sports final, bob glouer in the studio to talk giants and jets. Do we have enough stories to discuss . Enough stories, bruce, tom cove lin, make or break year, and victor cruz, wilkerson, richardson. Theres more. Plus, the jockey, american pharaoh. Tonight, following news 4 new york, see you then. You exercise. You choose the salad. Occasionally. But staying well physically, financially, emotionally its hard on your own. 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The film raking in 46 56 million, and vacation a distant second, and superhero film, antman, your Favorite Movie of all time, starring paul rudd rounds out the top three. I saw it, its entertaining. Usually you liked it . It was good. You got to see it. Well see. Thats all for us, and today in new york starts at 4 30. Sports final is next with bruce. Take it away. All right. Thank you very much, lynda and rob. Welcome to the show. The football season is underway. Well talk about the first few days, anything but boring for the giants an jets. Plus, american pharaoh this afternoon, to compete, and you know what, the superstars jockey, Victor Espinosa is live in the studio tonight. We have a packed show. Tonight, we start with the mets, and what has been a wild week probably the wildest week in franchise history. From suspensions to trades, from tears to cheers, to tonights crucial game with the nationals. The amazings with a kmans chance to tie for first place in the nl east. The field packed tonight, its been like that all weekend with the mets trailing 10 in the third. Curtis granderson goes yard, blasting a tworun shot to right off Jordan Zimmerman to put them on top. The very next batter, daniel murphy, makes it backtoback homers, crushing one into the pepsi porch in right field. 31 mets. After a single, lucas catches the long ball fever, and belted his ninth homer in the last eight games. The mets scored five runs in the inning, citi field was rocking. How about noah who pitched eight strong innings, ending the night with a strikeout of bryce harper, his ninth strikeout of the night, 52 lead, and Tyler Clifford closes it out in the ninth against his former team. The mets, who acquired clifford, kelly johnson, juan uribe this week, sweep the nationals this weekend, and nobody in the planet is hotter than lucas duda with 21 homers and 50 rbis on the year. For mets fans, a look at this, this is unbelievable stuff. It must bring a smile to your face. How about this stat. Its the latest the yankees and mets have been in first place