Well start with Raphael Miranda. Raphael, we havent had a triple digit day in the summer, have we . No. Havent had a heat wave. Its like 89, raphi. Kept saying 89. That was the third day of the heat wave. Never happened. Weve had a string of 90degree days, though. Were going to get close again today and tomorrow. Flirting with 90. Youll see in the weather headlines, the heat does continue. Were turning up the humidity hey bit. It was comfortable over the weekend. That is ending a little bit. Chance for storms later tonight, especially north and west of the city. Then a cooldown is coming. No 90s towards the end of the week. Mostly clear right now. A quiet start in Westchester County and Rockland County. This is our weather maker later this afternoon. If you live well north and west of new york city, this cold front approaches, sparking off a few showers and thunderstorms. Probably just in time for the evening commute. Thats well north and west. Sullivan county, pike county, pennsylvania. Otherwise, hot and humid with a high of 90 degrees. Still hot tomorrow. We have to wait for the cooldown. Well tell you how cool it will get coming up in the sevenday forecast. Right now the cool lauren scala. Thank you, raphael. Good morning everyone. Right now, if youre headed to the upper east river crossings, two lanes shut down on the throgs neck bridge. There are some delays as they wrap this up. Head over to the whitestone bridge. Thats free and clear. Delays on downtown 1 trains. Thats the only issue on the rails. Everything else rolling along nicely. As far as the buses go, seven or eight detours out there. One in brooklyn, the rest in the bronx. Otherwise, new Jersey Transit looks good. The next update on the 4s. Malaysian as government wants countries along the western indian ocean to help search for possible debris from flight mm 370. The wing flap discovered is now in france. It will undergo testing on wednesday. Its believed to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Some metal was found over the weekend. Its not linked to mh 370. Happening today, Bobbi Kristina brown will be laid to rest in new jersey. She will be buried next to her mother, Whitney Houston. The only daughter of hit any houston and bobby brown died in hospice care. Private service was held yesterday near atlanta. Golfers got a shock when a coast guard helicopter landed on the green at the Richmond Country Club on staten island. The helicopter was monitoring a small oil spill in northern new jersey when the cockpit filled with smoke and fumes. The crew was forced to make an emergency landing. No one was hurt. The crew made repairs to the helicopter and it took off a short time later. In our money report, puerto rico expected to default on a bond payment today. Its going to miss a 58 million payment expected. The government says it cannot repay the entirety of what it owes. That comes to 72 billion. Puerto rico, though, is barred from seeking bankruptcy protection. So the commonwealth may be open to a flurry now of lawsuits. Now that its acquired, directv, at t is trying to lure customers away from the other cable companies. Part of the offer is instant access to directv without waiting for the installation. How would that work . People can start watching immediately on a tablet or smartphone. At t is offering deals to bundle its wireless and tv services for new customers. Everything is easy as possible, right . Thats right. New this morning, research is looking into something every parent can relate to. Picky eaters. Kerry barrett is here with the findings that were just released. Everyone goes through this at some point. Its the worst. Decades later, i still remember the battles that my parents had with my sister at the dinner table. With her. Not you. Of course. But i mean, theyre epic. Thats not what you want your dinner to be about. Its a time that your family, maybe the only time your family has to get together and actually talk. Think about what is on the typical kids menu, chicken fingers, mac and cheese, pizza, noodles. Most kids do eventually expand pal at. About 3 take it to the extreme and that can be a sign of social anxiety or depression. There was a study published in the journal of pediatrics. Researchers at Duke University looked at selective eating. Kids who are restricted in their diets. Maybe limited to four or five very specific foods. They found that those kids were nearly two times more likely to be diagnosed with psychological disorders. They think these types of kids are more sensitive to whats going on around them and ultimately whats going into their bodies. These are sensitive kids. They see things more intently, feel things more deeply, thats in their own internal experience an the world around them. So we should clarify. This isnt about kids they like a food one day, dont like it the next. Kids who go through phases. All of that is very normal. As a parent, you should understand that extreme picky eating is not your fault. You always think it is. Did i not introduce them to enough foods, did i not eat enough different foods when i was pregnant with them. Guilt is associated with parenting. What can you do . Most importantly, you need to make family mealtime a priority. Its hard to do. But it is important to do. Number two, dont have those battles about food at the dinner table. Try and make your family meals a calm environment and number three, this is interesting, i think. Practice trying to introduce new foods at other times of the day, not necessarily like at dinnertime when you know theres a battle brewing and youre already set up for that battle. Try to introduce them sporadically through the day. Hey mom is trying this. You want to try a little piece. Hopefully that could begin to open up their palate a little bit. As far as like the psychological issues that may go along with it, you need to talk to your Mental Health practitioner about. You know what i find out, when your child goes to a friends house, whatever theyre serving, your child will probably eat because they dont want to be rude and say no. They come home saying i tried shrimp or whatever it may be. Thank you, kerry. Its 5 09. Just ahead, new rumblings this morning. Why theres speculation, you look beautiful by the way. Why theres speculation that joe biden is about to throw his hat in the ring. Well have more of kerry coming up. Well take a quick break. Its 5 13. Here are four things to know this morning. City Council Members holding a meeting at town hall to tackle questions about a deadly legionnaires disease outbreak in the south bronx. Four people are now dead and 71 others sick. Happening today, Bobbi Kristina brown will be laid to rest in new jersey. The 23 2yearold will be buried next to her mother, Whitney Houston. It is the second straight week of fastrack week for r train riders. No service between 95th and 36th streets. You can use the d or n trains or shutting puss. Kraft recalling tens of thousands of cases of cheese. Theyre the singles american and white american. Piece of the plastic could stick to that cheese. It could create a choking hazard. For more information, head to our website, nbcnewyork. Com. 5 13. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Heading over to the weather center. Raphael miranda. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Great start to the workweek. Nice and dry this morning. It is warm out there. Temperatures near 80 already in some spots. Theyre feeling the humidity a little bit. Especially in the city. A muggy feel over the weekend much heres a live look at storm tracker. Quiet, no rain to track this morning. We could see showers in places like northwest new jersey. Speaking of northwest new jersey, yesterday was very cool. Temperatures in the 50s at this hour. Its not as cool as it was at this time yesterday. Now were in the 50s. 68 in parsippany. Mild for you there. 66 mine hill. 58 in califon. Theres a cool spot. 64 in high point and 70s from new york city. Dry and mild across bridgeport and white plains at 70 degrees. As we take a look ahead, its only monday. But lets look to the weekend. It gets cooler later on this week and that trend stays with us. Temperatures, instead of the upper 80s to 90s, were talking about low to mid80s, saturday and sunday. We could start making outdoor plans, maybe another Beach Weekend ahead. Heres a look at future tracker. Lunchtime today. You can see a sunny picture here. Watch what happens at 5 00, 6 00 p. M. A few showers and storms in places like the Hudson Valley, western Hudson Valley, northeast pennsylvania and new jersey. Thats where youre running into storms around 6 00, 7 00. Overnight, we could see a few popup storms. Dry by tomorrow morning. This is tuesday, 8 00 a. M. Another dry commute. Watch what happens during the day. A few more showers and storms pop, especially after 4 00, 5 00 p. M. Nothing major. Could have a few heavy downpours, especially tomorrow afternoon. For today, all about the heat and the increasing humidity. I know we dont love the mugginess, but its back today. A high of 90 degrees. Overnight, an isolated storm. Sevenday forecast shows the heat to contend with for the next three days or so. Then were cooling down on thursday with a High Temperature of only 79 degrees. All right, lets take a look at the commute and see if its above average or below average . I dont know what to call it. We only have a couple of problems. Maybe above average. Downtown 1, trains are running express from the 6th to 42nd street. Its due to police activity. Otherwise, trains look good. On the road, an accident on the 5. That shuts down two lanes. Delays arent too bad. The gowanus expressway, once you get past that belt parkway accident, heres what the gowanus looks like. Slow going right now, but not too bad. Heading over to the cross bronx expressway, everything moving along nicely. No roadwork today getting in your way. Youre in for a nice ride. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. The next update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Donald trump ready to debate Vice President joe biden testing the waters. Tracie potts joins us live in washington with more. Tracie, two major developments over the course of the weekend. Reporter exactly. Trump still on top and new poll numbers to prove that. But on the democratic side, yes, joe biden, Vice President joe biden apparently thinking about a deathbed wish from his son beau according to reports. He is seriously considering taking on Hillary Clinton. The New York Times reports Vice President joe biden is quietly testing the waters and could decide whether to run forp president by september. If he runs, he runs. Donald trump is not worried about that or thursdays debate. Id like to discuss the issues. Im not looking to take anybody out or be nasty to anybody. Reporter including Texas Governor rick perry. Trump tops the wall street journal poll with 19 followed by scott walker and jeb bush. In the latest national average, perrys just outside the top ten. Full well expect to be on the stage. Reporter hes fighting for the last two spots with Ohio Governor john kasich and new jersey governor chris christie. Well see what happens. Id like to be there. Once you get on the stage, it doesnt matter if youre number one, five or ten. I was 1 in the National Polls four years ago and won 11 states. Reporter only the top ten will be on stage thursday night. Which means the bottom seven will be out. But not completely out, michael. They have a separate debate theyre holding earlier that afternoon. Tracie, thank you very much. Today, president obama plans to launch a new effort to fight Climate Change by cutting pollution. He wants power plants to reduce their use of coal and produce more electricity using they have to cut Carbon Emissions by the year 2030. Opponents promise to fight the plan in court and in congress. Grief turned to hope for one oklahoma family. Theyre mourning the loss of a husband and father. This past fathers day, sandy siebold along with their daughter decided to release balloons from the grave. It has a message for the finder to call them. When they returned home, they made an amazing discovery. The balloon drifted 25 miles and ended up attached to a fence near their home. What are the chances . I think i started crying because it was like a message from him. Sandy siebold says theyre still grieving but the balloons have given them a sense of peace. You always wonder the events that makes Something Like that happen. Yes. Its how you perceive it and you see how she does perceive it. So many people who lost someone will tell you thats a sign. Its 5 19 right now. A monday morning. Just ahead, a scary moment at a nascar race. Not on the track, in pit row. The strange sight behind home plate at a mets game. Why these guys dressed up as umpires. Follow the today in new york team on facebook and twitter. Well be right back. The spinning pinwheel of death. The disappearing wifi icon. You dont need a magician to fix these things. You need fios internet. Get fios 50 meg internet, tv and phone now for 79. 99 a month, price guaranteed for 2 years. Or, double your speeds for just 10 dollars more a month. And only fios gives you uploads speeds as fast as your download speeds. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past, get fios. Queensboro bridge. Square i video at a nascar race in pennsylvania. Brad keselowski was going too fast when he pulled in at pocono raceway. As you saw there, he went into two members of his pit crew. One of them flying on to the hood of his car while they got right back up and actually went back to work. Fortunately, the two crew members have minor injuries. But thats amazing. They got back up. Hit by a race car. Yeah. Thank goodness theyre wearing the helmets. At least that. Wow. Theres the dashcam video. See that one. They know how to move quickly. That much they do. Its 5 23. The mets had a big showdown in citifield last night. In the midst of the drama on the field, two guys were distracting behind the plate. Two fans dressed up as umpires. They mimic all the motions of the umpire. They called foul balls and threw imaginary balls back to the pitcher. Now, the fake umpires are actually raising money. Its for a group called ump cares charities. Mets won the game. And were thrilled to say they are tied for first place. I guess thats allowed even though it would be distracting to me as the pitcher. I wonder how the people sitting behind them thought. Probably annoying. Once you find out theyre raising money for charity, tolerable then. Weather is tolerable. It was a beautiful weekend. We had the low humidity, it was sunny. Yeah. Can we do it every day like that . Can you . Yeah, we can. Today well see the mugginess creep back in. I hope you enjoyed the weekend. A decent day. A little more muggy and still hot. 90 for a High Temperature in central park. Low 90s in linden. Youll see 93. East chester 88 degrees. 85 in garden city. Winds are out of the south today. That gives us the more moist flow. The humidity on the rise. 90 in ocean grove. Lots of sunshine, 89 in fairfield and sunny with temperatures in the 80s across long island. Isolated thunderstorms possible. Sort of those warm and humid nights in the city. 74 for a low temperature. 70s in white plains. You have to head deep into the Hudson Valley to find some 60s. Tonight will be one of those ac nights. You start to feel the humidity building. Gets a little uncomfortable. There is cooler weather on the way. Cooler weather that we havent seen so much lately. Thanks, raphi. Good news from the roads mostly. The Southern State parkway for the long island commuters. Heres eagle avenue. You can see the sun is coming up. Pretty pink sky. The one accident cleared out. You are in for a nice ride. Then well show you the commuter checklist. On the trains, metronorth, long island railroad, new Jersey Transit and path running without delays or Service Changes. But we do have delays and Service Changes on downtown 1 trains. Ill have the details coming up in a few minutes. Lauren, thank you. Its 5 25. Just ahead, the question president obama sent to someone high above the earth. Plus, theyre calling him jaws. Where the nypd is searching for this gator in the city. Reporter weve been crunching the numbers. You may not believe how much crime is up in one brooklyn neighborhood. Im Brynn Gingras. More on what the community is calling for after a weekend of violence. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device right now. Well be right back. Looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. Right now. Enough is enough. Call for action following an outbreak of violence in brooklyn. Plus, wild scene. Several people run down in a Chain Reaction crash in a local neighborhood. A search under way for a little gator roaming one borough. Today in new york starts now. Good morning everyone. Its monday morning. Its august 3rd. Im darlene rodriguez. Im michael gargiulo. Chris is off. But storm team 4s Raphael Miranda is here with a look at the forecast as we start a new week and really a new month, raphi. Good morning guys. First monday of august. Nice and driep right now. 76 degrees. Its warm and going to be a hot one later on today. Lots of sunshine. A bit more humidity. Hazy, hot, humid kind of days. High temperature near 90 degrees. Theres a slight chance of a shower or storm popping up as you head home. Main lip north and west of town. I wouldnt worry about the um brem as. Well talk about the cooldown in the sevenday forecast coming up. Lauren has a look at the roads. Issues on downtown 1 trains. Express from 96th to 42 nt street. This is because of police ak tichlt. On the roads, we have two problems. Truck route 157bd and 9 northbound. Theres one in the right lane. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thanks very much. Several people are hurt, including a Police Officer. Theyre all injured in a Chain Reaction crash on the jersey city street. A speeding car going out of control at myrtle avenue and ocean avenue. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is at Jersey Medical center with what police are telling us about how this happened, tracie. Reporter were working to confirm reports that as many as 12 people were hurt as a result of this imt. The driver that started all of this put into an ambulance residents were rushing to attend to those hurt including a Jersey City Police officer. This is at 8 00 last night. A car travel at a high rate of speed struck another vehicle. The impact is so strong, it hit the car it hit the officer who was on the sidewalk. After running, trying to escape themselves, residents came back and were in disbelief about what happened. Really crazy. Really, really bad. There was a lot of people screaming, crying and a lot of ambulance. Reporter now, heres the video of that driver. He stayed at the scene but was handcuffed before being put into that ambulance. Police planned to run tests to see if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. This morning, were trying to get an update on the condition. Of not only that officer but all of those injured in this incident x michael. Weve reached out to Jersey City Police and hospital officials. So far, no response. Back to you. Tracie, thank you very much. A firefighter firefighters rescued a mother and five children from a frightening fire in brooklyn. Cell phone video shows flames shooting from the windows of the building on 96th street sunday. The family was trapped on the second floor. Firefighters pulled them to safety one by one. The cause of that fire is unknown. Happening today, city Council Members holding a town hall to answer questions approximate a deadly legionnaires disease outbreak. The number of cases is climbing in the south bronx. Four people are now dead. 71 others sick. Health officials warn they expect to see even more cases. A town hall will be held tonight from 6 00 to 8 00 at the bronx museum of the arts. In the bronx, police are searching for a suspect who took a big bag of cash from an unlocked car. This happened a little over a week ago. But police have just released this picture of the suspect and the car he was driving. Now, police say the victim left his suv unlocked while he ran into a bodega at webster avenue and east 178th street in mt. Hope. When he came back out, the bag of cash was gone. He tells police there was more than 20,000 in that bag. 5 33. Almost 5 34. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Raphi, good morning. Good morning guys. Nice and dry out there. A hot day ahead. We need to plan for the heat and also the humidity. Were turning it up compared to what we had over the weekend. You can see in the headline, the heat is still there. Near 90 degrees today just like yesterday and saturday. The humidity is up a couple of notches. Not as comfortable as it was. Tracking a chance for a few thunderstorms later on tonight and tomorrow afternoon. Then we have a cooldown coming our way as we head deeper into the workweek. Mostly clear skies from Westchester County, Rockland County to the jersey shore. A quiet start to the workweek. Heres the cold front. You can see strong storms through the ohio valley. Its going to lose a lot of its punch as it approaches later on today. A slim chance for a shower or storm. A high of 90 degrees. Mostly sunny, hot and humid on this monday. Take a look at that cooldown in the sevenday forecast. Lauren scala is here with a look at your commute. Good morning. We still have an accident on 78 westbound out by exit 3. This is a tractortrailer fire. It has been extinguished. That still blocks two lanes. Watch oupt for minor delays here. If youre getting on the trains, everything looks great for the major commuter lines. All running without delays or Service Changes. You do need to move your car today. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Lauren, thank you. 5 35. A call for change. A casket will be placed outside of Brooklyn Borough hall. Part of a week long campaign, today in new yorks Brynn Gingras in East New York where brynn . Reporter darlene, another response to the weekend. Youre seeing behind me a police car in this neighborhood. Just sort of a presence for everything thats happened. Overall crime is down, but the community is saying its not enough at this point. Heres one reason why. Look at the Surveillance Video. Two shooters caught on camera. The flash of their gunshots recorded. The images look grainy. These two men are responsible for shooting nine people at a house party early sunday morning. Over the weekend, a 46yearold man was killed in ft. Green and a 20yearold man was gunned down on the playground in the bronx. Back in brooklyn, another shooting and a mother pleaded for justice for her son killed on saturday. I want justice for my son so if you see something, Say Something as they always say. If you know something, call tips anonymously. Reporter here in the 75 precinct where we are this morning, we were looking at the numbers. Initially, they were 120 increase, darlene. Now with the shootings from this weekend, theyre up 500 in this precinct. That is why the community is calling for dhang and theyre going to do a whole campaign this week and well talk more about that coming up in the next half hour. Darlene . All right, Brynn Gingras, thank you. A tragic accident on long island has spurred calls for change. Senator Chuck Schumer wants new Safety Standards for stretch lip owes. The move comes two weeks after four friends were killed in a limousine accident in cutchogue. Senator schumer says party buses or modified limos lack safety have. When secondary manufacturers stretch them thin, add tvs, they end up blocking emergency exits, vehicle. Schumer wants the ntsb to take a more active role in limo crashes by sending investigators to the scene of major accidents. Another issue for the nypd. Police commissioner bill bratton trying to tackle the issue of what to do with the city owes homeless. A portion of the homeless problem scare the hell out of everybody. Understandably, the behavior is erratic and antisocial. Telling the radio that 5,000 to 10,000 officers are being trained for people who live on the streets. He believes they should get Mental Health services and not confinement in city jails. Happening today, the Queens Library getting a financial boost. Borough leaders are set to allocate 14 million in cap tam funds. Queens is one of the busiest library systems. The money is needed for repairs and upgrades, including security cameras at bay terrace. Still on the hunt for an alligator on the loose in queens. A viewer sent us a few photos of this elusive represent time. Theyve nicknamed him jaws. Its a little gator and spotted several times in flushing meadows, corona park. Hopefully they can find the gator and move it to a safer place. Get him out of there. Just ahead, a robot that relied on strangers, the kindness of strangers. In the city of brotherly love, bot. Plus, a dramatic scene. People trying to escape Severe Weather rmt they were hurt when the tent they sought shelter in collapses on top of them. Weather and traffic on the its coming up. York. Quicker smarter earlier fresher harder and yeah, even on sundays. If thats not what you think of when you think of the United States postal service, watch us deliver. Welcome back. Looking at the tappan zee bridge. Its Mission Accomplished for movie star tom cruise. His new film, Mission Impossible rogue nation, earned 56 million in the opening weekend. Thats the second highest opening ever for a Mission Impossible film. I want to see it. I love those films. You saw it, right . Not yet. Tom did call me about it. He did . To teleyou he was looking forward to you seeing it. Yes. Some people at ate floating hospital got a special weekend. Melissa mccarty, leslie jones met with patients in full ghostbusters attire. They decided to take a break from filming outside when they saw signs spelling out, who you going to call. How great is that . Cant wait to see this. Looking forward to it. Staten island, it probably looks like something out of a movie. A coast guard helicopter landed on the green at the Richmond Country Club. The helicopter was monitoring a small oil spill in northern new jersey. The chopper cockpit filled with smoke and fumes. Nobody was hurt. The crew made repairs to the helicopter. They took off a short time later. So its good that there was open Space Available for them. We want to fix this real quick and be out of the way. Let everybody continue on with the game. Coming up on 5 44. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Raphael miranda, good morning. Good morning. It was a great weekend for golf. Im sure the golf course was packed yesterday. All weekend long really. We had a beautiful stretch of weather. Sunshine. A brief shower north of new york city on saturday. That was really the only problem. Troublefree this morning. Outside on the plaza, nice and quiet and warm. Temperatures well into the 70s already. Its going to be a hot one today in new york. Not much wind action either. Its a little more muggy. Youll feel that as soon as you step outside. Its quiet for nassau and Suffolk County. The heat is with us again today. The average High Temperature is 84 for this date. Today were headed to near 90. Again, this could be our seventh 90degree day so far this summer. The above average trend continues as we head back to work. Temperatures in Suffolk County mild. 70 degrees in north babylon. 66 in melville. 68 in sayville. 67 degrees in farmingville. All around the tristate, pretty mild out there. The only exception, sussex and monticello and morristown. In the low 60s and upper 50s. More refreshing as you head west out of new york city. Heres a look at future tracker. This is lunchtime today. Hot, steamy and sun incompetent. Nothing much going on in terms of rain or clouds. Mostly sunny for your evening commute. The exception, north and west of new york city. This is a cold front thats going to approach. If you live deep in the Hudson Valley, a few popup storms as you head home. Dry in the city. Around 8 00 tonight, more of the same. Chance for a storm north and west of city. Smooth sailing into your tuesday morning. Tomorrow afternoon, another chance for a few showers and storms. You can see in time for the evening commute again. Today, dont worry about the um brem brel as. Everyone is worried about the heat. Were feeling it today. Humidity is up compared to the weekend. A little bit of the sticky factor is back. 74 tonight. Could have a popup storm. The heat stays with us and lingers this week. 89 tomorrow. 85, a little better with the humidity on wednesday. Then theres the cooldown. Thursdays High Temperature only 79 degrees. Lets see if things are heating up or cooling down on the roads. Lauren scala has more with that. Id like to say cooling down. Quite a few accidents have cleared with the exception of one. The one on 78 westbound by exit 3. 173 and also route 22 out here. Two lanes still shut down for the cleanup of an earlier tractortrailer fire. Take note of that. Eastbound, no rubber necking delays. Thats good. A live look outside at the lincoln tunnel where cars and buses and trucks are coming around the helix nicely. No delays getting into the tolls at nif any of the hudson river crossings. The Grand Central parkway out by Laguardia Airport where its smooth sailing here as well. The van wyck and the l. I. E. Too. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. Its 5 46. A second american is now suspected of illegally hunlting a lion in africa. Investigated. So far, hes not charged with any wrongdoing. Zimbabwe is suspending all hunting of wildlife. The dentist killed cecil the lion and sparked protest. A man is under arrest in memphis, tennessee, for a man who shot a Police Officer in a routine traffic stop. Checking. You are advising that the officer is down or the suspect . [ inaudible ] neighbors used the radio belonging to the officer to call for help. But the marine corps veteran died at the hospital. Tramayne wilborn is the man who shot the officer multiple times. Hes believed to be armed and dangerous. Festival in chicago. Killed one person and injured another. Two dozen people. People that crowded into that tent apartment the wood dale prairie festival yesterday afternoon to take refuge from the hailstorm. But the 60 mile an hour winds collapsed the tent and killed a 35yearold man. Three people were seriously injured and about 20 others had to be treated at local hospitals. Thousands of homes in the path of a ferocious wildfire north of san francisco. Thousands of people remain evacuated. The rocky fire has burned 71 square miles so far. Its destroyed more than 50 homes and other structures. Its one of 21 large fires burning in Northern California. The governor there declared a state of emergency. If you wonder about life on the International Space station, youre not alone. So does president obama. He surprised astronaut scott kelly during the question and answer session. President obama tweeted, do you ever look out the window and just freak out . Kelly responded, i dont freak out about anything, mr. President. Except getting a twitter question from you. Have you ever heard of a space peanut . Thats what nasa scientists are calling this astroid. The lobeshaped asteroids came closer to earth than any asteroid is expected to until 2054. It was 4. 5 million miles away from earth. About 19 times the distance from the earth to moon. Nasa says it places high priority on tracking asteroids to protect the earth from them. Not that we can do anything about them. Evacuate us. 5 49 now. The end of the road for robot trying to hitchhike across the United States. We told you about hitch bot a few weeks ago in boston. Went to a red sox game, found its way to new york city. It fell into trouble in philadelphia where a group of vandals decapitated it. The team behind hitch bot said in a statement, sometimes bad things happen to good robots. I didnt expect to happen that there was so many people happy to root for hitch bot, to talk about it, to think what it likes. Thats wonderful. Hitch bot last week read in part, my love for humans will never fade before trying to hitchhike across the u. S. It did make successful trips across canada, germany and the netherlands. Its a shame something happened. It was successful in other countries and right away something terrible happens here. It was a big weekend for horse racing fans along the jersey shore. Much anticipated and a packed Monmouth Park to see the first triple crown winner in 37 years. Its American Pharoah and hes coming into the final furlong and he is all by himself himself. All by himself. American pharoah making it look easy at the haskell invitational. 61,000 people, record crowd. Could have been a larger victory but the jockey eased up with the race well in hand. People so psyched to say theyve seen maybe they couldnt get to the belmont stakes. Now they got to see American Pharoah. Champion. Its 5 50. Still to come, a notorious road about to get a lot smoother. Plus, a couple says i do once again. Theres a touching reason why necessity recreated the memory of their wedding day. Dont forget. Follow us on facebook and twitter. Michaelg4ny, tar lien darlene4ny. Youre watching today in new york. School starts tomorrow, and theyre not ready. With staples theyll be 110 ready. Notebook, folders, glue sticks. 25 , 15 , 50. Aw, now im not sure if im ready for them to go back. Im so ready. Make low prices happen. Make 110 ready happen. Staples. Make more happen. Beautiful view up and downtown. Last year, new jersey repaved its part of palisades parkway. Now work is set for sections in new york according to the journal news. The stretch from Bear Mountain circle south to the Rockland County border will be repaved in the fall. Then next spring, the work shifts south and it will go to stony point and to haverstraw. I know that circle. Into the Woodbury Commons outlets. Shopping. I do it quite often actually. Paved by the gucci. The repaving in new jersey, that road is so smooth. See . When it goes well, its great for everybody. I love a paved road. Freshly paved. Are we doing weather and traffic or shelters . News 4 and telemundo 47 working with shelters to clear the shelters. On august 15th. Dozens of shelters agreed to cut the cost of adoption for a special oneday event. To find one near you, head to nbcnewyork. Com. We want to see your photos of the shelter pet that you brought home. Send them to share nbcnewyork. Com. Going to be a great event. We cant wait. Looking forward to it. I have two shelter cats and i love them. Its a good thing. Theyre the best. So grateful. Were grateful for the weather. Its beautiful. Its dry right now. We like that on a monday morning. The humidity is coming back. Im seeing anger on social media about that fact. Its true. Not toward you, raphi. I like to know what theyre thinking. Its going to be hot. High temperature near 90 degrees. So the shore will be a great place to be to escape the heat. Put full beach day. Temperatures in the 80s at the rockaways. Long beach island up to 88 degrees. Water temperature near 80 in some spots. Lauren scala verified its not as cold in the water. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 miles per hour. We have to watch out for rip current. Theres a high risk for rip current for new york city and long island beach. Raphi, thank you. Good news from traffic as well. No major problems on the roads. Starting with the rails, no major problems there. All moving on or close to schedule. A live look outside at the bqe by the brooklyn bridge, its congested but moving along better than it normally does at this hour. You can enjoy that. No major problems heading into 6 00 a. M. Good news for the commute. 5 56, we have a heartwarming story about second chances. A virginia couple tied the knot for a second time hoping to leave a lasting impression. After getting married a year ago, Justice Stamper was in a terrible car accident and suffered amnesia. About five weeks of memories were erased, including the memories from her wedding day. This weekend, justice and her husband jeremy said i do again. The first time. Anything that happens, nothing will ever tear us apart. Friends, loved ones and strangers helped to pay for the second wedding through a go fund me account. Thats fantastic. Wonderful bride and groom there. Coming up next at 6 00, the problem with picky eaters. Well tell you why researchers think this quirk could be the sign of a more serious problem in some cases. Get ready for another president ial contender. Why Vice President biden may try to take on Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Keep watching today in new york. Download the app on your mobile device right now. Well be right back. You dont need a magician to fix these things. You need fios internet. Get fios 50 meg internet, tv and phone now for 79. 99 a month, price guaranteed for 2 years. Or, double your speeds for just 10 dollars more a month. And only fios gives you uploads speeds as fast as your download speeds. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past, get fios. Because 100 whole grain oats are incredibly good for you. Because theyre heart healthy because theyre good for kids. And granddads and everyone else in the family. Everything we do is because of what really matters most. The goodness of oats and the people we love. Now at 6 00, new calls for action following a bloody weekend across new york city. A Chain Reaction crash sends a car flying on a new jersey sidewalk leaving a Police Officer and several other people in the hospital. Plus, joe biden for president . Why the Vice President may be jumping into the race for the white house. Today in new york starts now. Good morning everyone. Its monday morning, it is august 3rd. Im darlene rodriguez. Im michael gargiulo. Chris has the morning off. Storm team 4s Raphael Miranda is here with the forecast. First, raphi, the humidity is coming back . Yeah, that is unfortunate. Its going to be a hot one. Temperatures near 90 degrees. If you like the hot stuff, youll love today. 75 already outside. Its warm and sunny and a look at your first forecast shows temperatures back to 80s by lunchtime. Hazy, hot and humid in the afternoon. A slight chance for a shower or storm west of new york city. Its all about the heat and the increasing humidity today. Ill take a look at the sevenday forecast in a few. Heres a look at the commute with lauren. Because of mechanical problems, 2 trains running on the 5 line to nef yins street. The belt parkway, were getting reports of an accident westbound past lefferts boulevard. This is just before lefferts boulevard. You can see delays starting to build in this area. As i get more details, ill have it to you. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. Now the calls for change following a violent weekend across new york city. Today a weeklong gun violence Aware Campaign kx off in brooklyn. It comes on the heels of a house party where nine people were shot. Brynn gingras is in East New York where the search is on for the gunman. Reporter that campaign is going to begin at 11 00 outside borough hall in brooklyn. It will feature an open casket and activists say its to get the conversation started about how to stop all of the violence. Some of that violence, as you mentioned, happened here in East New York. This is Surveillance Video and it shows the Moment Police say two men gunned down nine people at a house party that happened early sunday morning. If you look at the numbers from the weekends violence, seven shootings in which three people have been killed. 16 others injured. Nine of them from that house party alone. Where is our mayor . Why are you not denouncing whats in the community . Weve been fietding for an opportunity to sit down with you and give you a plan to act with us on this. Reporter here is one of the things the mayor and the commissioner have been calling for. More Police Presence as youre seeing this patrol car here in the 75 precinct. Just in this precinct alone, we are doing the numbers darlene and the crime is up from this time last year by 500 . Unbelievable numbers. Staggering numbers. Brynn gingras in East New York. Thank you. Several pedestrians are recovering after a wild multicar crash in jersey city. Ill show you exclusive video obtained by news 4. Investigators say a speeding car slammed into vehicles. Went flying on to the sidewalk, hitting a Police Officer there. Were told everyone will recover. But Tracie Strahan is going to have a live report from the scene coming up later this hour. Two connecticut teenagers were critically injured in a boat accident. The 13yearold girls were pulled out of the water near fairfield yesterday afternoon. Police say they were tubing when the driver of their towboat lost control. The girls crashed into a yacht that was moored nearby. Happening today, Bobbi Kristina brown will be buried next to her mother in new jersey. The 22yearold will be laid to rest at Fairview Cemetery in westfield. The only daughter of Whitney Houston and bobby brown died last week in hospice care after spending six weeks in a coma. A private Funeral Service was held yesterday near atlanta. Happening today, city Council Members are holding a town hall to address a legionnaires disease outbreak. Four people are dead, 71 others sick from the outbreak in the south bronx. Health officials warn they expect to see more cases. A town hall will be held from 6 00 to 8 00 tonight at the bronx museum of the arts. 6 04 right now. Time for a check of weather and traffic on the 4s. The kids are now counting down each day they have left in summer vacation. They cant wait to go back to school, right . Some of them. Weve got great summer weather. A great day to hit the pools and beaches again. Its hot but the unfortunate thing, were turning up the humidity a little bit. Not as comfortable as over the weekend. Tracking a chance for a few showers and storms tonight and tomorrow afternoon. Then a cooldown is coming, we could say goodbye to the 90s later this week. A live look at storm tracker. Around the tristate, lots of sunshine for you. A cold front is approaching. Its sparking off showers and storms. Its going to lose a lot of punch as it approaches later on today. Well north and west of new york city, the best chance of rain. A high of 90 degrees today. This will be president seventh 90degree day this summer. Lets look at the commute lauren scala. Good morning. If you are getting on mass transit, we have a whole bunch of detours on the buses. In brooklyn, the b 43. The bronx, the bx 3, 5, 11, 13, 15, 35 and 36. Thats all because of roadwork. If youre getting on the subways right now, downtown 2 trains running on the 5 line from 149th to nevins street. This is all due to mechanical problems. The major lines moving fine. The next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Countries along the western indian ocean are on the lookout for possible debris from flight mh 370. Thats after last weeks discovery of a wing flap. Malaysia airlines verifying that its from a boeing 777. Theyre meeting with french investigators today to see whether that flap is, in fact, from that missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Some metal was found over the weekend, but that was determined to be part of a house ladder and not connected to this crash. Now to decision 2016. Speculation building now that Vice President joe biden could be entering the president ial race. This comes as Hillary Clinton debuts her First Campaign ads. Today in new yorks Kerry Barrett is here with the headlines from the campaign trail. Good morning. Hi, darlene. So much was going on thursday. The first republican president ial primary debate. New polls, a run maybe by joe biden. As you mentioned Hillary Clinton is rolling out her first tv ad. Lets start there. She helped get health care for 8 million kid. You probably know the rest. The senator who made sure and heroes and families inform 9 11 got the care they needed. Shes spending in the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire. Theyll focus on her work with families and the relationship with her work with her late mother. To reintroduce her as the average american. There is new speculation that Vice President joe biden may challenge her. Shes the frontrunner. But she showed weakness. Favorability numbers are down. Biden has focused on his views of wall street regulations. He may make a decision as soon as next month. Of course, hes talked about it several times in the past. Just days before that first debate, donald trump surged into the national lead. Theres a new wall street journal poll showing that trump is the first choice of 19 of gop primary voters. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker following with 15 of the vote and then it is Florida Governor jeb bush with 14 . All of the other republican candidates have single digit backing. Since announcing his candidacy in early june, only 1 of gop primary voters that called him their first choice. However, heres the fine print, he also has the highest unfavorable rating of any candidate. As far as the debate, there are three candidates who are battling it out to get a spot on the stage. Chris christie, john kasich. The polls suggest that christie will make the cut. It is perry who might not. Darlene . Kerry barrett, thank you so much. The today show is following all of the developments in the president ial race. Theyll have the latest in a live report ahead at 7 00 a. M. Today, president obama should announce an ambitious new plan to fight Climate Change. It could run into resistance. Ep wants power plants to reduce coal and use more solar and wind power. Power plants would have to cut Carbon Emissions. They are prochlsing to fight it in court. Puerto ricos economic crisis crisis. Landon dowdy joins us with more. We focus on greece and puerto rico, huge crisis. 72 billion owed and the commonwealth says they have no way to pay it back. Thats right. Good morning, michael. Puerto rico is set to default on the debt today after the government missed a 58 million bond payment this weekend. A government spokesman telling reporters we have no money. Puerto rico is trying to restructure 72 billion in debt. Government officials med with creditors in new york urging them to renegotiate. It would be the highest profile since detroit which missed a 1. 5 million bond payment in 2013 before filing for bankruptcy. Its estimated more than half Municipal Bond funds which you can buy from a broker has some exposure to puerto rico. The islands bonds offer relatively high returns and tax advantages. Its exempt from federal, state and local taxes. Its going to be interesting to see how they do it. Its a big crisis. Absolutely. Coming up next, we all know at least one picky eater. New this morning. Broccoli. It could be a sign of something more serious. And then later an emergency landing. Why a coast guard helicopter was forced to land right on a local golf course. Your weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. Youre watching today in new york. Come to sesame place before little kids become big kids. And celebrate our 35th birthday with our new Neighborhood Birthday Party parade. Save 10 on admission and get a free 2nd visit at sesameplace. Com sesame place. Go before they grow. 6 13. Here are four things to know. A casket will be placed outside a Brooklyn Borough hall, part of a campaign in response to on outbreak of violence. Nine people were shot at a house party over the weekend. That gunman is still on the loose. City Council Leaders holding a town hall about a deadly legionnaires disease outbreak in the south bronx. Four people are dead, 71 others sickened. It is the second straight week of fastrack work for rtrain riders. Theres no overnight service between 95th street and 36th street. Kraft recalling tens of thousands of cases of cheese. These are the kraft singles american and white american. A piece of the plastic could stick to the cheese and create a choking hazard. More information on the website. Nbcnewyork. Com. 6 14. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s this monday morning. Were checking in. Im going to get that grammar correct. Were checking in with Raphael Miranda. Good morning guys. Checking in with another hot day. Like we had over the weekend. Temperatures near 90 degrees both days. Today the humidity comes back. As you step outside, a live look at storm tracker. Lots of clear skies. Temperatures are mild. In the 70s in the city. The Hudson Valley, a warm and slightly muggy start. 73 stony kill. Looking at 67 degrees in kingston. 70s on long island. 60s heading west of new york city. A bit cooler into the Hudson Valley. Its going to be hot today. We cool downey vently. By the weekend, were looking at temperatures slightly below average. Havent seen a lot. 80s saturday and sunday. Even though its early. The forecast does look good as you start to make the outdoor plans for saturday and sunday. Can we have another Beach Weekend. Lunchtime today, lots of sunshine heating things up. Temperatures into the 80s and low 90s in some spots. By 5 00 today, dry in the city for your commute. Well north and west of new york city. A couple of isolated showers and storms possible there around 8 00 tonight. Mostly clear skies. Hit or miss shower or storm in the Hudson Valley. Tomorrow morning, heading back to work, 7 00 a. M. A dry commute. Again in the afternoon tomorrow. Talk about afternoon, you start to see the hit or miss showers and storms forming for your tuesday. Having a better chance for rain tomorrow or today. Do not worry about the umbrellas. A high of 90 degrees. Youre feeling that mugginess. Its back after it was gone all weekend. 74 overnight. Isolated storms possible. Hot again tomorrow. Sticky for tuesday. Wednesday the humidity drops and the temperatures dropping on thursday. Thursdays High Temperature 79 degrees. Its been over 2 1 2 weeks since weve had a below average temperature day. Looks like we have to wait for thursday for that. Lauren scala has a look at the roads. Good news from the roads and the rails. Issues on downtown 2 trains. Those are cleared out. All the rails running on or close to schedule. Still out there from an earlier tractortrailer fire. On 78 westbound by exit 3. Route 173. Two lanes still shut down. One getting by. Delays minor through here. A live look outside at the holland tunnel where you have no wait here. Same thing at the lincoln. No delay at the George Washington bridge right now. Well take a look at the long island expressway in queens. Things are usually more parkway. Heading towards manhattan, smooth sailing out here. Youre in for a nice ride. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. The next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you. The National BaseballCongress Plans to honor the bat boy whose life came to a tragic end in kansas. He was struck in the head by a baseball bat last night. A Minor League Player was taking a practice swing just as carlisle was running past. They huddled in prayer and expressed their condolences. Right now the bjs are competing in the National BaseballCongress World series. Round of extreme weather blamed for the death of a man at a festival in suburban chicago. When the hail came down, people crowded in a tent. The 16 mile an hour winds brought the tent down on them. A 35yearold man died. Three others were seriously injured and 20 other people had to be treated at local hospitals. A ferocious wildfire in Northern California is threatening thousands of homes and thousands of people remain evacuated. Rocky fire has burned 71 square miles north of san francisco. Its already destroyed more than 50 homes and other structures. Firefighters are battling 21 large fires in california. The governor has declared a state of emergency. Coming up on the today show, live report from the fire zone in california. Thats ahead at 7 00 a. M. News for your health. All parents deal with their children being aater at some point. It could signal trouble in a small percentage of kids. In a study by Duke University, researchers looked at selective eating. Those are kids who are extremely selective and only eat four or five specific foods. They found those children were nearly two times more likely to be diagnosed with a psychological discord such as depression and anxiety. They see things more intently and feel things more deeply. Thats in their own internal experience and the world around them. Extreme selective eating was found in 3 of the children studied. To help get past picky eating, families should make mealtime a priority. Not to argue over food and let kids try new foods at other times during the day when less likely to put up a fight. The stakes are not that high at that point. At the dinner table, you want it to be a nice, pleasant experience. 6 19. An odd sight behind home plate at the mets game. Gator hunt. An elusive reptile my be cruising waterways in our area. Follow us on facebook and twitter. Well be right back. The spinning pinwheel of death. The disappearing wifi icon. The frozen download bar. You dont need a magician to fix these things. You need fios internet. Get fios 50 meg internet, tv and phone now for 79. 99 a month, price guaranteed for 2 years. Or, double your speeds for just 10 dollars more a month. And only fios gives you uploads speeds as fast as your download speeds. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past, get fios. Welcome back. 6 23. Its 75 beautiful degrees on a monday. American pharoah, the haskell invitational was not a walk in the park but he did make it look easy. Its American Pharoah hes coming into the final furlong and he is all by himself. By himself. American pharoah won by more than two lengths with a packed crowd at Monmouth Park. He could have won by much more but the jockey eased up with the race well in hand. The horse is the first triple crown winner in 37 years. That was a great time there. Pair of fake umpires had fun at citifield, they sat in the first row, just behind home plate. They mimic every move by the real umpires. They called balls, strikes, threw fake pitches back out to the pitcher. It was for a good cause. They were raising money for a group, umps care. A charity for children. The mets won that real game 52. They swept the nationals. Two teams now share first place. You think of the people sitting behind them. Look at the people. Not amused. Weve got six more of these. Right. But for a good cause. For charity. It makes it all worth it. The mets were winning. Good morning, raphi. Good morning, guys. You can see out the window, beautiful start. Staten island pretty good too. Its going to be hot and hazy. Were going to lose a little bit of that visibility. The humidity will crank up april couple of notches. 90 degrees your high in the city. 88 the high in east chester. Sunny, breezy, 85 in garden city. Back to 91 in franklin lakes. Overnight tonight, 74 for a low temperature. Watching out for a couple storms mainly dry. Its muggy. A sticky night ahead. We have the heat to deal for the next couple of days and then cooling down by the end of the week. Well look at that in the sevenday forecast. All right, raphi, thank you. We have problems on the roads. Take a live look out there. A disabled vehicle on the inbound lower level. All the delays to the right of the screen. It blocks the right lane. Delays are at least 10, 15 minutes there. Theyre building on the upper level as well. Ill keep an eye on that. 10 minutes at the lincoln and the holland. Sawmill. Northbound between lawrence and ashford avenue. The left lane remains closed. Otherwise, moving well. Lauren, thanks. Chaos in new jersey. A Chain Reaction crash lands several people, including a the hospital. Tracie strahan live in jersey city with more on what happened here. Thats coming up. If you pass by Brooklyn Borough hall later this morning, you might see an open casket in front. Im Brynn Gingras in East New York. More on that coming up. Keep watching today in new york. Download the app on your mobile device now and well be right back. The spinning pinwheel of death. The disappearing wifi icon. The frozen download bar. You dont need a magician to fix these things. You need fios internet. Get fios 50 meg internet, tv and phone now for 79. 99 a month, price guaranteed for 2 years. Or, double your speeds for just 10 dollars more a month. And only fios gives you uploads speeds as fast as your download speeds. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past, get fios. Now at 6 30, a Chain Reaction crash sends a car into a new jersey sidewalk leaving a Police Officer and several other people in the hospital. Outrage amidst tragedy. New calls for action following a bloody weekend across new york city. Plus, a new road project that could make part of your commute much smoother. Today in new york starts now. Its always good to hear. Good morning everybody. 6 30 a. M. On this monday morning, august 3rd. Im michael gargiulo. Im darlene rodriguez. Chris has the morning off. Storm team 4s Raphael Miranda is here. Again, been on this hot stretch of weather through july and it continues in august. Its sunny. It is going to be a dry day for the most part. Lots of sunshine. Its a hot one. Up to 87 by lunchtime. Flirting with 90 through the afternoon. A very slight chance for a shower or storm heading north and west in new york city. The one difference today from over the weekend, the humidity is back on this monday. A little bit of a muggy monday as you head out the door. Take a look at the sevenday forecast. Lauren scala is here with a look at your monday commute. Good morning. Two problems at hudson river crossings. A live look at the George Washington bridge. We have a disabled vehicle on the inbound lower level. Thats about mid span. It blocks the right lane. A tenminute wait. Thats congestion. Avoid the lower level for now. It will continue to get worse. If youre headed to the holland tunnel on the turnpike extension, just after it, exit 14. Theres an accident in the center lane. There are delays on the turnpike into this area as well as 78 heading eastbound. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Right now, Police Officer and several pedestrians in the hospital following a chaotic crash in jersey city. A speeding car went out of control on myrtle avenue and ocean avenue. Jersey city Medical Center with the latest. Tracie. Reporter still no word on that officers condition here. But we do know that the driver that struck the officer and possibly as many as 12 others in the custody of police. Show you exclusive video obtained by news 4 of the moments immediately after that crash on ocean and myrtle avenues here in jersey city. This shows residents rushing to tend to that Police Officer that was hit just after 8 00 last night. So far jersey city local lawmakers are telling us that a car traveling at a high rate of speed on ocean avenue struck another vehicle. That was a Chain Reaction crash because the impact of it was so strong, it hit the officer and several others standing on the sidewalk. Witnesses who had to run to safety themselves describe the scene. What i was looking at, i saw people on the floor, i saw the cars crashing. It looked really crazy, really, really bad. There was a lot of people screaming, crying and a lot of ambulance. Reporter that driver did remain at the scene. Police planned to run tests to see if he was under the influence of drugs or any alcohol at the time of that crash. Again, were hearing as many as 12 people. Including that Jersey City Police officer. May have been injured in that Chain Reaction crash. So far, no response from Jersey City Police or officials at the hospital. Back to you. Tracie, thank you. In connecticut, investigators in bridgeport identified the victim of a bizarre drowning accident. 42yearold Wayne Bentley and another man were fighting when they both fell into a creek. The other man fled the scene. Bentleys body was recovered later from the water behind chubbys pub. His cause of death has not been confirmed. Police are looking for the other man involved in the fight. People who live on the streets of new york city are getting the attention of Police Commissioner bill bratton. A portion of the homeless problem scares the hell out of everybody. Its because their behavior is erratic and antisocial. He told a Radio Station that 5,000 to 10,000 officers are being trained to deal with the homeless population. He believes they should get counseling and psychiatric help, not imprisonment. Happening today, book lovers in queens are getting new financial support. Borough leaders are set to allocate 14 million in Capital Funds for the Queens Library. Queens has one of the busiest library systems. The money is needed for repairs and upgrades including security cameras at bay terrace. Last year, new jersey repaved this side of the palisades parkway. Now work is scheduled for a part of the new york side. According to the journal news, the stretch from Bear Mountain circle to the Rockland County border will be repaved this fall. Then in the spring, the work will shift to the south and stony point and haverstraw. However, no work is scheduled for south of exit 13 to the new jersey border. 6 34 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren has traveled the paved portion already and gave it the thumbs up, raphi. That means something, too. Lets take a look at the weather headlines. Many of us will give it an approval despite the higher humidity. Its hot but dry on this monday. We like to hear that. Its more humid, especially later this afternoon. Tracking a chance for a few thunderstorms later on tonight and tomorrow afternoon and were also tracking finally cooldown with below average temperatures by the end of the week. Heres a live look at storm tracker. No um brem as needed today. Nassau, Suffolk County in the jersey shore, sunshine. Its going to boost the temperatures. A cold front will approach north and west of new york city. Hudson valley, sullivan county, pike county, pennsylvania, you may run into a couple of storms heading home. Otherwise, dry on this monday. A high of 90 degrees. Youre feeling the mugginess back on this monday. Flirting with 90 again tomorrow and then it gets much cooler by the end of week. Well look at the sevenday forecast in a few. Right now, lauren scala has a look at your commute. An accident after the new jersey turnpike tolls. A disabled vehicle at the George Washington bridge. Kai simonsen is live over the bridge where you can see mid span, this disabled vehicle with blinkers on in the right lane. It looks like there is a tow truck on the scene out there. But it is causing delays into the tolls. Kai, if you could show us what they look like. Things are moving nicely on the span. But it is causing, as i said, delays heading into the toll. Another 10 to 15minute wait at the upper inbound level and also at the lower level this morning. Thank you for that, kai. Well continue to keep an eye on it. Major commuter lines look good. New york light rail commuters, by passing the atlantic street station, thats because of some mechanical issue theyre having out there. Otherwise things are rolling along nicely. Alternate side of the street issues. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Thank you very much, lauren. Now to the calls for change following a violent weekend across new york city. Today a weeklong gun Violence Awareness Campaign kicks off in brooklyn. Its on the heels of a house party where nine people were shot. Brynn gingras is in East New York where the search is on for brynn. Reporter that shooting plus moran the commissioner says that crime is actually down. But the Community Says its not and its not enough what has been going on and they want change. Heres one reason why. Take a look at this video. Surveillance video shows two shooters caught on camera. The flash of their gunshots even recorded. The images are kind of grainy but these two men are responsible for shooting the nine people mentioned at a house party early sunday morning. Over the weekend, a 46yearold man was killed in ft. Green. A 20yearold man gunned down at a playground in the bronx. Back again in brooklyn, a mother pleaded for justice. Im tired. But im knot going to let my sons death be in vain. Because they shot him down like a dog in the street. That im not standing for. Reporter in the 75 precinct alone, violence is up 500 from last year. Theres going to be an open casket outside of the Brooklyn Borough hall and get the conversation going how to make change in the area. Brynn gingras, thank you. Its 6 38. Firefighters pull off a remarkable rescue in brooklyn. Cell phone video shows the flames shooting from the building on sunday. That roaring fire trapped a woman and her five children on an upper floor. Firefighters got them to safety one by one. The cause of the fire still unknown. Senator Chuck Schumer is calling for new Safety Standards for stretch limos. This happens two weeks after a limousine killed four friends. Modified limos or party buses lack safety features that other vehicles have. When secondary Market Manufacturers tear limos apart, stretching them thin, they end up blocking emergency exits, weakening the structure of the vehicle. Schumer wants the ntsb to take a more active role by sending investigators to the scene of major accidents. In staten island, its not what you expect to see on the fairway. A coast guard helicopter landing on the green at the Richmond Country Club. The helicopter had been monitoring a small oil spill in northern new jersey when the cockpit suddenly filled with smoke and fumes. Crew had to make an emergency landing. They have found the golf course. They made repairs to the helicopter and took off a short time later. A second american is being investigated for possibly breaking hunting laws in africa. A pittsburgh doctor is suspected of killing a lion in zimbabwe. So far officials are not charging him with any wrongdoing. Zimbabwe is suspending any wildlife hunting after the International Outrage sparked by the killing of cecil by a minnesota dentist. Well tell you where another alligator may have been spotted in our area. Adventure over. A hitchhiking robot, his travels come to an unfortunate end. More weather and traffic coming up. Youre watching today in new york. 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. Beautiful view of a tugboat in new york harbor. Police are helping to track down an alligator on the loose in queens. These photos were released. Hes been named jaws. Hes been spotted in flushing meadows, corona park. See the picture of the two officers. They were like, do we go in and get him . Probably not. Who do we call for this . Marine you unit. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Is the water temperature attractive for the reptiles . Maybe they think theyre in florida. I dont know what they would eat that would be alive in our a pigeon . A mouse . Its new york. Jaws kind of cute. At that size, hes cute. For an alligator. The weather has been pretty nice the past few days. The weekend temperatures near 90. Its a dry start in times square. You see folks moving around. A nice quiet start to the workweek. Its dry but getting more muggy. Youll notice the humidity is creeping back into the picture after a fantastic weekend with the low humidity and sunshine and warm temperatures. Weve got sunshine and warm temperatures, but now higher humidity for your monday. See on storm tracker. Looks good from the Hudson Valley down the jersey shore. Temperatures are mild, though. You probably had the ac on in tribeca. Its 76 degrees. 71 staten island. Low 70s in jersey city. Middle 70s in middle village. Temperatures generally are mild out there. All around the suburbs as well. 71 danbury. Cooler in monticello. Holding steady at 61 degrees. Weve been on this stretch of hot weather from really july, the second half of july through august. Thats not going to change today. The average, 84. Headed towards 90 today. That should be the seventh day that weve seen 90 degrees so far this summer. Heres a look at future tracker. It shows a dry picture around lunchtime. You dont need to worry about the umbrellas today. Lots of hazy sunshine. This is 5 00 as you head home. The only place with showers and storms, well north and west of new york city. Places like sullivan county, pike county pennsylvania and maybe northwest new jersey. Thats after 5 00, 6 00 p. M. 8 00 tonight, still mild if youre having dinner outside. Heading back to work tomorrow. Tuesday, 8 00 a. M. Another dry commute for you tomorrow afternoon. After lunchtime, we start to see more of the same popcorn storms popping after 4 00 or 5 00 p. M. You may want to have umbrellas again. 90 degrees for a High Temperature. Its hazy, hot and sticky out there. Watching out for the isolated storms overnight tonight. Temperature of 74 degrees. A mild night ahead. Sevenday forecast shows the heat continues for a few days. Tomorrow near 90 again. Still hot on wednesday. Thursday, thats our day. Cooler temperatures, 79 degrees. We stay cool as we head into the weekend. Lets see whats waiting for us on the road. Lauren scala a look at that. Theres no popcorn popping for the commute. Only the storms. We have good news to start with. Well look at the George Washington bridge. Kai simonsen is live. It was on the inbround lower level. Everything is moving nicely again. No issues there at this point. Pretty heavy delays to get into the tolls. The lower level, of course, should lighten up a bit. The upper level, congestion up there. We will will head over if youre headed to the holland tunnel, the holland and the lincoln, you have to get past an accident on the newark bay extension. After the turnpike in the center lane, on the turnpike northbound getting into the area, thats on the shoulder. Delays because of both of these accidents. We have downtown atrains running local to Broadway Junction. Then delays on downtown c trains. Otherwise, subways moving along nicely and for light rail commuters on the newark light rail, thats skipping atlantic street today due to signal problems. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Back to you, darlene and michael. Lauren, thanks very much. 6 47. A robots mission to see the u. S. While using the help and trust of strangers ended tragically in philadelphia. Hitch bot was found in the city of brotherly love destroyed beyond repair. Vandals apparently decapitated it. Hitch bot started its journey two weeks ago in massachusetts and even made it safely through new york city. The team behind hitch bot says sometimes bad things happen to good robots. I didnt expect to happen but there was so many people rooting for hitch bot, to talk about it. To think what it likes. Thats wonderful. Hitch bots last tweet read in part, my love for humans will never fade. Before trying to hitchhike across the u. S. , hitch bot made successful trips across canada, germany and the netherlands. But we couldnt get it done here. Its really disappointing. It is disappointing. Up next, see what topped the weekend box office. Follow us on facebook and twitter. Michaelg4ny. Darlene4ny. Youre watching today in new york. 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. Open the door. Its Mission Accomplished for tom cruises new film Mission Impossible, rogue nation. It made 56 million in its opening weekend. The second highest opening ever for a Mission Impossible film. Some people at the floating hospital for children in boston got some very special visitors this weekend. Melissa mccarthy, kristen weeg, kate mckin none and leslie jones. Theyre wearing the ghostbusters attire. Thats the cast of the new film. They were filming outside and they decided to take a break when they saw signs in the window spelling, who you going to call . Its the new ghostbusters is the answer. Looks great. What a great visit that probably was. The today show coming up. We check in with savannah and carson. Good morning guys. Come pg up on the show this morning, strong storms headed our way after slamming the midwest. Dylan will tell us what to expect. A second american accused of africa. Well have the latest and talk to a woman in idaho sparking hunts. Rossen reports, a new crackdown on toy guns that look very real. Could you tell the difference . Could police tell the difference . The bold demonstration you need to see. A parade of stars this morning. Meryl streep and if that werent enough, the cast of fantastic four will be here. Looking forward to seeing them all when we get started in a few. This is the young hip cast of the new fantastic four. Yes. I aged out of that cast. You did not. Carson, savannah wears glasses, i wear glasses. Sometimes. Whats your deal today . You look very nice. I always wanted to be just like you, darlene. There it is. He said should he do what darlene usually does is tear them off and news up his hair . I think you should. Theyre real, i tell you that. You look very handsome. Thank you. Up next, raphael will tell us where storms may pop up later on today. Youre watching today in new york. They make Little Hearts happy and big hearts happy too because as part of a heart healthy diet, those delicious oats in cheerios can help lower cholesterol. Cheerios. How can something so little. Help you do something so big. Today an antigun Campaign Kicks off following a bloody weekend for the borough. Brynn gingras is in East New York. Reporter michael and darlene, crime is up 500 here from last year. Some of that violence happened right here in East New York at a house party. Police are looking for these two suspects. Surveillance video from a nearby deli shows the moment two gunmen opened fire injuring nine people. Shootings happened the campaign lasts all week to get the conversation started about ending violence. Back to you. Brynn, thank you. Now to Tracie Strahan in jersey city. Several people recovering following a chaotic Chain Reaction crash. Tracie . Reporter one of those injured in the crash last night was a Jersey City Police officer. Officials confirmed this all happened at ocean and myrtle avenues just after 8 00 last night. The car traveling was at a high rate of speed and it struck another vehicle. The impact was so strong it hit the officer on the sidewalk. Were hearing as many as 12 people were injured as a result of this. No word on their conditions this morning. Back to you. Tracie, thanks very much. A commuter alert on the George Washington bridge. Kai simonsen is over the scene in chopper 4. We see a problem there on the lower level, kai. Absolutely. Michael and darlene. We had an earlier problem. This is pretty much the same spot. Vehicle blocking a lane much thats been cleared. Heres problem number two. An accident blocking the middle lane. Both the upper and the lower inbound right now. I would stay away from the lower level. We will continue to whats the rest looking like, lauren . Jfk airport, theyve had overnight power issues. You could see possible checkin delays. Get there early. Not reporting how bad. Leave yourself time to check in this morning. If youre getting on the subways, a suspension on the l train between union square and 8th avenue. Wear comfortable shoes. You can walk that. We have downtown atrains running local to Broadway Junction and delays on downtown c trains. Thank you. Hot and humid again today. Comfortable shoes, i love it. Want to wear comfortable clothes so you dont sweat too much. Its 90 degrees. Lots of sunshine. We could see a storm late this evening. Most of us a high of 89 degrees. Wednesday 85 and sunshine. There is a cooldown coming. Its been above average. We have to wait until thursday to get there. Temperatures will be in the 70s. Hot stuff is here. Enjoy it if you like it. Another few days. Raphael, thanks so much. The today show is coming up next. Thats whats happening today in new york. Good morning. Festival tragedy. A violent and fastmoving storm causes a tent to collapse at an event outside chicago. One person killed, more than 15 others hurt. The same system that fired up a series of tornadoes. Thats nuts. One of them ripping the roof off of a high school. Biden for president . How real is the speculation that the Vice President wants to jump into the race . Can he take on Hillary Clinton . Or is it too late . And as the countdown is on for the republican debate, our new polls, big numbers for donald trump. In the crosshairs. Another american accused of illegally killing a lion in africa, while a woman from idaho proudly posts images of herself on big game hunts. Well talk to her. And end of the road. The little robot on a crosscountry journey to san francisco. The goodness of strangers supposed to get him all the way. Then, this happens. How the happy little life of hitchbot came to such a sad end today, monday, august 3rd, 2015. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. You look so different, matt, with your glasses. Well, thank you very much. Matt is off this morning. Weve got carson here and breaking news at the top this morning. Its our top story. The severe storms moving east now, after producing dangerous hail, high winds and tornadoes across the midwest. Heres nbcs john yang with the latest. Reporter Severe Weather turned deadly over the weekend when high winds caused a tent to collapse at a small festival in suburban chicago. We had one fatality, three serious injured and 17 to 20 minor injuries. Reporter John Anderson says his van, southern jack, was just minutes away from performing at the wood dale prairie fest, 25 miles northwest of chicago, when the storm hit, sending festivalgoers scrambling for cover