He said that the women were waiving their hands and asking for help. The waves were pulling them back. He and another guy went inside to help them. Reporter his son translated, as he described how he and others tried to save the woman and her child. The girl that was unconscious, the guy that got her gave her to me and i brought her to the beach front. The ems and everybody else was here. Reporter less than an hour earlier, a woman in her 60s was rescued from a far rockaway beach. People nearly lost their lives on a beautiful beach day. It marks dangerous and deadly days at the beach. Nearly two dozen swimmers had to be pulled from the waters. One of two distressed switchers was rescued on long beach standard. Unfortunately, the other died, a victim of the rip current. The analogy of being on a treadmill in the ocean. Youre trying to swim but not going anywhere. You tire and go backwards. Reporter and those three people who were pulled from the water this evening, their conditions are serious to critical conditions. Fire Officials Say if you find yourself in a rip current, swim parallel to shore until youre free from us. Dont swim against the rip current. Swim only at beaches where a life guard is present. Checkey beckford, news 4 new york. This rip current is going to be a problem tomorrow as we get ready for another scorcher. If you thought today was hot, just wait. Janice huff is tracking this for us. We saw temperatures around 90 in much of the tristate area today. Central park, a high of 90 this afternoon. Not much changes. Humidity may be up slightly tomorrow. May feel a bit more uncomfortable. Newark, 92 is the expected high. 88 in white plains. 87 in islip. Theres a high risk for rip currents tomorrow. Small craft advisories are in effect for shore areas. Waves will build to six feet like they did today. Theres a moderate risk of lightning. Could be thunderstorms at the shore, especially in the morning. Well talk more about that and the rest of the forecast for this week in a few minutes. Thank you. Track the heat with our news 4 new york app. Its in the apple app store. The man wanted for the murder of a Memphis Police officer is in custody. He walked into the Federal Building today. He was a passenger saturday night, when officer bolten approached the car. Investigators say he pulled out a gun and shot the officer. He is charged with first degree murder and he was on probation for an Armed Bank Robbery at the time of the shooting. The incustody death of a woman in mount vernon. There will be a news she was arrested for stealing crab legs. She was treated at a hospital after saying she didnt feel well and found dead in her cell later. Were not going to be overly aggress i have in ive ly ly seek this as something wrong. The cause of her death is undetermined. Police are looking for the driver of this red sedan. As we first told you about this story last week, someone hit a cyclist near 145th street in harlem. Never stopped. Critically injuring the victim. Police are hoping this security video will help them catch the driver. If you recognize the car, youre asking to call the police. Two teenage girls are recovering after a day of tubing in the water nearly killed them. The kids hit the boat. They were tubing, and shes unconscious. Authorities say the two 13yearold girls slammed into the side of a 69 foot yacht yesterday. They were riding a tube pulled by a small boat in Long Island Sound off fairfield, connecticut. Police dont expect to file charges. Theyre calling this a terrible accident. Tonight, loved ones are remembering a young woman with a dream whose life was cut short in a crash. She left auditions foramerican ie i idol. Three people were thrown from the sua in a v, and she was the only one killed. The others have nonlife threatening injuries. To decision 2016. It is a move that could shake up the battle for the white house. Will Vice President joe biden make a late entry into the race to challenge Hillary Clinton . Sources tell nbc news that biden is undecided to run, which was the dying wish of his son beau. He ran twice before and failed, and many of his former aides already signed with clinton. Tonight, a warmup. 14 of the 17 gop candidates gather for a president ial forum in new hampshire. Trump is one of the three who decided not to take part. Most focused their criticism on Hillary Clinton and president obama. Some hope it will separate them from the field. We say for first time nonviolent drug offenders, theyre going to treatment, no prison. This is a disease, and the war on drugs has been a failure. Wellintentioned but a failure. Several candidates involved tonight wont make the cut for thursdayss debate because only the top ten will be allowed on the stage. Puerto ricos financial crisis reached new heights. The island commonwealth is in default for the first time in its history. It paid 628,000 of a 58 million debt payment that was due by today. Puerto ricos government owes about 72 billion to its creditors. The island is barred from seeking bankruptcy protection, and the Obama Administration puerto rico. Incredible video of two s homes. The investigation into what happened. Outrage after an 8yearold is handcuffed by police in class. What led up to that incident . The new feature that could be the end of voice mail on your phone. How it works when we come 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. New video just into our newsroom, showing a deadly circus tent collapse in new hampshire. It crashed down at the fairgrounds with 250 people underneath it tonight. Two are dead. 15 more hurt. A storm that ripped through the area is blamed for the terrible accident. Caught on camera. These two massive construction cranes were lifting part of a bridge when one of the cranes began to tip over. This video was recorded in the netherlands today. Slowly, one fell, and then the other. Both toppled on to four homes and two businesses. At least one person was taken to the hospital. The Dutch Safety Board is now investigating. The video released today shows a young disabled boy shackled in a classroom. It was in an Elementary School in kentucky. An 8yearolds hands were placed behind his back. The officer said he did it because the child tried to hit him during an outburst. A lawsuit was filed. The same thing happened to a little girl. Thats hard to watch. The father of the bat boy who died after getting struck in the head with a bat spoke for the first time. He was happy about being part of the time and talked about having no remorse or anger. He got hit in the head by a practice swing. I dont want nobody to blame anyone for this, because its nothing that i got so much love for them all. For what happened, it just it happened. The players also remembered kaiser for his hard work and smile. A spokesperson for the National BaseballCongress World series says it will carry on without bat boys and girls. Tonight, the body of Bobbi Kristina brown is at rest next to her mother whitney houston. Dozens of loved ones gathered for a private burial today. Outside the cemetery, two dozen fans held up photos. She died six months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub in her georgia home. The Death Penalty is a possibility for the gunman in the colorado Movie Theater shooting. The jury decided the Death Penalty should be considered a possible punishment for holmes. Next, theyll make a final plea for or against execution. He killed 12 people and injured 70 others. The senate pushed to cut off funds for planned parenthood but failed, 5346. Only one republican voted against the defunding bill. Only two democrats voted for it. The proposal to strip the funding came after the release of video showing planned parenthood officials talking about selling aborted fetal organs and tissues were research. They say it covers procedure costs and do not make a profit. Cooler weather helped firefighters gain ground on a fire burning in california, but its 12 contained. The flames destroyed two dozen homes. Structures remained threatened. President obama calls it the single most important step the u. S. Has taken in the fight against climate change. Today, the white house, the president unveiled the final version of his plan to limit emissions from u. S. Power plants. The plan imposes stricter Carbon Dioxide dioxide. It focuses on investing in energy and Meeting Energy efficiency standards. This is one of the rare issues because of its magnitude, because of its scope, that if we dont get it right, we may not be able to reverse. Opponents plan to sue, saying it will cost jobs and raise utility bills. Now to a transit alert. Crews are repairing the line between 95th and 36th. No R Train Service overnight in the area. Crews have started working tonight and will work through friday. Riders can use the d or n trains or take shuttle busses. Time for the weather. Were heading for more meet and humidity tomorrow. Its warm tonight. Temperatures are in the 80s in a lot of spots. It will be another hot one tomorrow. Were also tracking some thunderstorms that will affect parts of the tristate area for tomorrow mornings commute. Show you those in a moment. Look at all the people in times square. Its jam packed. Thats what the warm weather does. Skies are mostly clear. The weather is dry. No problems at all. 82 degrees is the temperature. The average day time high this time of year is 84 during the middle of the day. Thats warm out there. In the meantime, tracking a cluster of thunderstorms right now moving into central pennsylvania. Some of the storms will hold up and move into parts of new jersey later tonight. Were tracking a small cluster of thunderstorms south of pike county, moving into warren county. Youre going to get heavy rain and thunder and lightning. Now, nothing is severe on the radar. All night long, theres a potential for stronger storms. Heres a look at 3 00 a. M. Theyre spotty. Few downpours here and there. Around 5 00 a. M. , the cluster thats in pennsylvania right now moves along the jersey shore. You may see a few towards the east end of long island, around montauk montauk. Isolated downpours, not out of the question. Not looking for much in the city at that hour. By 8 00, its clearing out. There will be clouds left over. Once the sun comes out, it starts to heat up again. A stray shower or thunderstorms, not out of the question around midday. Keep an eye to the sky. They will be spotty. Things clear out for tuesday night and into wednesday. Its drier and the temperatures are lower. 70s to 80 at the jersey shore. Youll wake up to humidity. Thunderstorms in the morning. Then its dry until later in the day. One or two storms. Ellenville, 67. High point, 69. Generally in the 70s across the hudson valley. Youll have a chance for shower or thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. Theyll be hit or miss. Looking at 90 degree temperatures in the city and other areas, too. The heat is back. Not on wednesday. Were talking 80s and mid 80s on wednesday. Only around 80 on thursday, with rain in the forecast. Looks like downpours on friday. Maybe a few scattered showers over the weekend. Great. Thank you, janice. We want to remind you about a special event. Wed love you to be a part of it. Nbc is teaming with shelters across the tristate to find homes for pets in need. Many cut the costs of adoption for the oneday event. You can save money when you save a life. For more information and to find a shelter near you, go to nbc new york. Com clear the shelters. Also share your rescue animal pictures by email them to share at nbc new york. Com. Whats coming up in sports . First place mets. Great. Sounds good . Their rookie and the mets, is the division leading mets sound too good to be true . What happened to suggest a thaw in the icy relationship between the giants and jason pierre paul. Heres what jimmy fallon has. Meryl streep is my guest today. Jerod rod carmichael and music from hammond. Could it be the end of voice mail as we know it . Apple is working on a service that would use siri and i cloud to transcribe voice mail and send toyota you as it to you as a text. Apple employees are testing it out and could launch next year. A scientific reason women are always freezing in the office. Turns out men are to blame. Kind of. Researchers find that Office Buildings use a decades old formula to set the thermostat. It takes into account air temperature and clothing insulation. This is based on a 40yearold man weighing 150 pounds. Women generally have a slower lighter. The average Office Temperature is 70 degrees. Can we turn it to 75 . Sounds right, 70. 75. Come on. Compromise, 72 1 2. You teased us with mets, and we could see it, first place in lights, the marquee. It is a tease. Mets in first place. You have a long way to go. The big question for fans, is it safe to believe in the mets . Yes, based on the weekend they wrapped up. As any good fan knows, proceed with caution. Press off the sweep of the nationals, the mets starting a sixgame road trip in miami tomorrow. Veterans imploring them to not let up after sweeping the nats. The good times kept rolling. Two men on in the second, and thats the rookie blasting his First Major League home run. Threerun shot. Mets up, and up big by the end of this one. Cespedes picked up his first rbis as a met in the fifth. Granderson, murphy come on down. The double makes it 50. 70 in the sixth. Cespedes making another bid for a homer. He would settle for his third double of the night. Picks up two more rbis. Four total on the night. The mets get 12 runs on 15 hits. Blow out the marlins, 121. Here it is. The nationals lost to arizona tonight, 64, and the met rs s are alone in first place for the First Time Since june 19th. They havent been in first this late in the season since 2008. There is still a lot of baseball left to be played. The first place yankees were off tonight. The last place red sox come to town tomorrow. The yankees want to watch out for toronto. David price made an impressive debut for the blue jays. Striking out 11 twins over eight strong innings. Gave up one run on three hits, as toronto cruised 51. He was something else. The charges jays won 5 of 6, and are 5 1 2 games behind the yankees. Jason pierre paul avoided the giants largely after losing his index finger in a fire works accident on july 4th. It appears their star defensive end is in contact with the team. It was confirmed this morning. While there is no timetable for his return, the team is not holding a grudge. Its a life change, what happened to him. It was an accident. When Something Like that happens, you dont want to see anybody. I get it. Were not [ bleep ] off. Were not mad about it. We were trying to say, look, were here for you. We want you to get well. Any resource we can give you, let us know. Finally, its one thing to hit for the cycle in baseball. Thats impressive enough. To do it in just five innings and one night, thats another level. Adrienne beltre did it tonight. A single, double, triple, and he just needed a home run and he got it in the fifty h. Beltre is one of four players to hit for the cycle three times in his career. The other three all did it before 1933. Remarkable accomplishment. Really good player, beltre. Amazing. Well be right back. Thats it for news 4 new york at 11 00. The tonight show is straight ahead. Today in new york begins at 4 30. See you tomorrow. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests meryl streep, jerrod carmichael, musical guest Albert Hammond jr, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 304 west virginia. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you very much. Hey [ cheers and applause ] hey thats what im talking about right there. Thats a good crowd right there. Great new york city crowd. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the tonight show, everyone. Welcome, this is it. Thats why youre here. We all made it. Hot show hot show tonight. 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