And a month ago, a man opened fire inside a lafayette, louisiana, multiplex killing two people and wounding seven others before taking his own life. And just earlier this month, in nashville, tennessee, a man shot and killed by police after he attacked moviegoers with pepper spray and a hatchet. John chandler is live outside a regal theatre. John . Reporter thats right. If you just think about all the places, especially here at new york city that we are subject to security checks, airports, museums, even yankee stadium, and now at least at Regal Cinemas, at the movies. Whats in your bag . Regal movies wants to know. The company is now searching bags and backpacks at their nearly 600 nationwide locations. At union square, signs warn moviegoers theyll be subject to a search and many were surprised. I didnt know it was a security check. So now that i know, im a little more worried than i was before. Reporter why is that . Well, i mean, i never think of that at the movies. I never have. Doesnt seem like a hot bed of, you know, terrorist activity right here. Reporter it didnt feel that way in colorado, louisiana, or tennessee, either. But attacks at three theaters in three years left 16 dead and at least 80 injured. James holmes just received a life sentence for killing 12 when he opened fire at an aurora, colorado, theatre in 2012. He wrote he chose a theater over an airport. It is not without flaws, but hopes these are minor in comparison to increase safety. Logical. Logical in every aspect. What can you do . I am perfectly happy with them checking. I have no problem at all. Im guessing that if i really wanted to see the film it wouldnt bother me. Reporter but some heading into a Late Afternoon show were a little more conflicted, seeing it as an invasion of privacy. Be i generally dont like people going through my stuff. Reporter or even a step towards metal detectors. Seems a little much. Just in general. It wouldnt stop me from going to the movies. Oreporter safety is at the iroot of this decision by Regal Cinemas and we should add, showcase cinemas who banned ckpacks earlier this month. Live in union square, john chandler, news 4 new york. Thank you. When he was running for office, mayor de blasio promised to ban horsedrawn carriages on his first day in office. That was a yearandahalf ago and the horses are still pulling tourists through the park. What happened . Heres Melissa Russo with what the mayor said today. Reporter you could say ito me straight from the horses mouth. The mayors comments today come afte months of speculation he didnt have enough votes to ban the horse and carriage industry. But today was the first time the mayor actually admitted it. What i would say to every advocate, you already have my vote. Go get the votes in the city council. Reporter mayor de blasio on the video today admitted he may have put the cart before the horse, vowing to ban the carriage industry without first getting the support of the city council. This is full of energy. She does not have enough work lately. Reporter the mayors admission came as good news to carriage drivers, including pallo, who says he was worried about what a ban might mean for tourism, for his livelihood and for his horse, daphne. This is a bad idea to begin with. The horses, its the end of their life. Who is going to take care of these horses . Just wanted tothry it. E girls w nted to try it. I think it looks nice, but if its bad for the horses, viously i wouldnt recommend it. Reporter the animal activist group, ny class, which has lobbied for the carriage ban, turned up the pressure on the City Council Leadership today. Which has declined to take a po tion. Ny class issued a statement, saying we are prepared for the bill to be voted on immediately, as we believe it would be successful. A spokeswoman for the city council would only say the legislative process is moving forward. On central park south, Melissa Russo, news 4 new york. Were following another breaking story tonight. A stabbing steps from some of the broadway theaters. Ida siegal is live with more on what happened. Reporter and shiba, the stor wis still developing. 45th street between 8 and 9th avenues. You can see the Police Investigation is ongoing here. And this is what they are telling us happened. It was just after 4 30 this afternoon when two men got into an argument. That argument eventually turned physical with one of those men pulling out a knife and stabbing the other from his shoulder dowi to his waist. The victim were told is 30 years old. He is not a tourist. And he is expected to survive. You can see another Unmarked Police vehicle headed into the crime scene there. What the fight was about is not clear, but as you can imagine, this is an extremely busy part of town. Lets turn the camera around and show you what it looks likeshust beyond 8th avenue. Th there are hundreds of people quite literally standing around the crime scene. In addition to all of the folks trying to get down to the Port Authority building, and make their way home to new jersey and elsewhere, traffic is also tied up in this area. Thats very busy at this time of day. So this crime scene certainly disrupting a busy area at a busy time of day. Reporting live off times square, ida siegal, news 4 new york. Thank you for those late details. Coming up, as news 4 at 6 00 continues, a little child is rescued from the boat basin lake in central park. Well tell you what happened. Plus, a bronx bakery continuing a tradition by making a special treat in honor of the popes upcoming visit to new york city. And we have been following flash flooding in parts of the tristate within the last couple hours. Look at these new pictures now from flooding in plainfield, new jersey. Well have an update from storm team 4 coming up. Leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. P get your first month s rdpayment r plus five years wearr and tear coverage. P make the most of summer. T with volvo. New at 6 00, a scare for one family today in central park. An otherwise gentle boat ride ended with a 2yearold needing to be rescued. It happened two hours ago near the boat house. According to the fire department, a row boat carrying that 2yearold and an adult flipped. Firefighters pulled the child out of the water. Of she she was taken to the hospital for observation but is okay. A bronx bakery is rolliea out its best dough for pope francis visit to new york city next month. The pastry shop is whipping up a black and white cookie with an edible picture of the pontiff on top. There is culinary precedent heren the familyowned business first got inspiration in 2008, making the same cookie for pope nedict to honor his mass at yankee stadium. Two things we hope to get out of this, number one, that the pope blesses our cookie, and mber two that he tak a bite doof our cookie. Botsh of those would be pretty good, i would imagine. Pope cookie is only available for walkin customers and well worth a visit. It looks really tasty. Im just a little afraid to eat the popes face. Of. Its a little disconcerting, right . A lot of excitement. A member of the National Guard who lives on long island gets a special honor for her part in saving the lives of two young boys. But first, heres a look at whats on nbc tonight and then shiba and i will see you again at 11 00. Lester holt joins us with a look at whats ahead on nbc nightly news. So Anne Thompson has a fascinating story tonight about cutting cutting Edge Cancer Research where doctors treat them together no matter what kind of cancer they have. E profiles a woman who is treated with a skin cancer drug, but she actually has brain cancer. Yet she responds to it. Its a fascinating new line of research that really could prove promising. And its based on a clinical study. How about patients outside the study . For people outside the study, this might mean the fda will approve existing drugs for other treatments, much more quickly without the usual waiting period of long trials. So well see it. Anne has more in a few minutes. Thank you. An army National GuardStaff Sergeant received one of the highest honors today. Its because of the help she gave to two young boys in syracuse last year. Long island reporter greg cergol has the story. Reporter Staff Sergeant marlena trtson has dedicated 11 years to new yorks army National Guard, including a year as a medic in afghanistan. But it was a crisis closer to home that truly revealed this long island moms heroism. It was a driveby shooting. Reporter watson was home with her 6yearold son when the shots rang out. Despite the danger, she ran outside to give medical assistance to two teenage boys wounded by the gunfire. You dont really think about your safety or anything when it happens. You just do what youre trained to do. Watsons response that night we present the medal of valo reporter today brought the 28yearold new yorks highest military award. The medal of valor. You are what we are really about. Personal courage to do the right thing when the situation demands it. Look, im wearing a medal of valor. I feel honored. Reporter Staff Sergeant watsons desire to always run toward danger may be surprising toha some, but not her parents. They say shes been like that her whole life. She makes you sit on your edge of your seat. Why did you dont stop she doesnt hesitate. She jumps in when she sees something needs to be done, and im just very proud of her. Reporter watson says simply sh ge thought of her son when helping those wounded boys not winning any medal. You do it because you would want anybody to do it if it was you in that situation. Greg cergol, news 4 new york. All right. Weve been following this flash flooding throughout the tristate. Michael george has made his way to one of the flood zones. Whats happening . We are still on our way to the flooded out areas, but getting video and pictures sent in from viewers in some of the hardest hit zones. Lets look at some of that right now. Weve got pictures coming in from somerset and union county, scotch plains, berkeley heights, all along the route 22 and 78 corridor. Theyre dealing with this mess right now. A lot of roads closed. A lot of cars stuck in the water. A retaining wall collapsed, crushing several cars. Its still a mess out there. The good news is, we havent heard any reports of injuries bu t right now officials are trying to get a handle on things and get people to safe areas if they are in that zone right now. There are a lot of major roads those areas that we discussed that are closed. So even getting around is difficult right now. You can see some of the videos and photos that were getting from our viewers still coming in now so we can tell you this is still a problem here even though the rain has subsided in some areas. This thing hit hard, and it hit fast. So were continuing to make our way to those flooded out areas. Were going to have more for you a little later on. Live in clifton, michael george, news 4 new york. Michael, thank you. We turn now to janice huff with more on when the Flash Flood Warning expires. That is a problem. He said hard and fast. And flash flooding, thats what occurs. Flooding occurs very rapidly and sometimes its difficult to get out of the way. But once you see flooded roads, you should turn around and go in a different direction. You. Ee a lot of cars got stuck there. Hopefully no one was hurt. We still have a Flash Flood Warning in effe for a small portion of Somerset County until 7 30. That cgold possibly be discontinued, but theyre still dealing with flooding that happened just a few hours earlier. That storm has moved away from them, but still some residual flooding. Look at the top of the rock camera, looks like its about to pour in midtown right now. But it is not. We have partly sunny skies, very humid, very muggy. 81 degrees feels more like 83, 85 degrees out there. The humidity is a big problem. But thats part of the recipe for these intense thunderstorms. A north to south axis. We have a boundary providing instability, tropical moisture from the south and thus these downpours. And even the sun at times sort ofl . Parking and addg fuel to the fire. Union and s erset county is gone and just about over with now. Just a couple sprinkles. But see how it kind of sat over the same spot along route 78 for a couple of hours today, and thats why they saw the intense ooding. It didnt move very much attall. Then it started to move, and weaken. These storms left over right now will continue to weaken for the rest of this evening. Still seeing some pretty hea rain right now near white hnuse station and hope township. Also over portions of Ulster County seeing some moderate rain not as heavy as it was earlier. It is weakening, but were still in that flow. South to north. And we still have the tropical air. We still have the heat of the day. And back to the west, weve got a cold front thats coming thats going to provide more Stormy Weather going into frida and maybe even part of saturday. So future tracker shows most showers done by 9 00 this evening. The ones out there right now. Tomorrow, a few more could spark up just like they did today. They would be random, mainly inland areas, not so much along the shore. By midday. Then here comes the front friday morning with a very heavy rain. Notice how it kind of sits over e ci y around midday until the early afternoon. Finally starts to move out around 7 00 but then backs up again on saturday afternoon, and affects long island and coastal connecticut and new jersey. Not a good beach weekend. Todays high temperatures, the other story. We finally made it below 90 degrees. So the heatwave is over. But the humidity is still a big factor. So it feels miserable, still could see some heavy downpours. All the way into the weekend, actually. It will dry out a little bit more, though, on sunday. Friday could be even worse for some areas. That didnt get rain today. Okay. So, yeah, were not quite done with all the rain. Busy week. Keep an eye on it. Bruce beck up next. Not a good beach weekend. Maybe a good football weekend. And baseball. The yankees have started this crucial tengame home stand with a bang. First it was arod. Today it was the bird who powered the bombers against the twins. Highlights and post game reaction from a matinee at th stadium are just ahead. Plus, eli manning addresses the rumors he wants to be the highestpaid quarterback in the nfl. Welea h fro t twotime super bowl mvp, next. Since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. Yankees on top . Yes, indeed. Right now. Last night, arod was the hero at yankee stadium. Blasting a gamewinning grand slam against the twins. This afternoon, the firstplace bombers tried to sweep away minnesota. It was a scoreless game until the fourth, when yankees phenom greg bird hammers a tworun shot into the second deck in right. It was the First Major League homer for the 22yearolds first baseman. The bombers trailed 32 in the six when bird does it again, tracking another tworun homer to put the yankees back on top. Bird filling in for the injured mark te teixeira received a curtain call. He took a perfect game until the sixth and improved to 13 and 2 on the season. The yankees complete the sweep 43. Afterwards, all the talk was about the bird man. It was a good day. Like i said, i mean, were just trying to win games here. And anything i can do to help, thats all im trying to do. So nothing more, nothing levels ss. Hes got a slow heartbeat, and you can just see t. He doesnt go out of his zone, he knows what he wants to do and has a plan and he executed really well today. Ive got a fast heartbeat. The yankees now lead the blue jays by oneandahalf games. Toronto is in philadelphia tonight. Now to the first place mets in baltimore this evening. And where would they would be without curtis granderson, the 34yearold outfielder leads the team with 22 roundtrippers. He had two last night in the mets win over the orioles. And the threetime all star did it with his glove, too, making a leaping catch against the wall to stop a baltimore rally in the eighth. Yes, i know the mets have tons of pitching, but the grandee man could be the team mvp. Now to football, where eli manning sounded off today. The giants quarterback refuting reports that he wants to be the highestpaid player in the nfl. Never been said. Never come out of my mouth. Never you know, agent has never said it to my agent. So i dont know where the reports are coming from. Reports are all wrong. And i dont know where theyre getting their information from. So, you know, i just kind of laugh at it. Eli and the giants continue their preseason this saturday night against the jaguars. Our exclusive coverage starts at 7 30 right here on nbc 4 new york. Everyone wants to be the highestpaid player. But its not his style to go that route. And today he said no way. I didnt say it, my agent didnt say it. So well have to see what unfolds. But they need to pay him some time soon and hes holding all the cards right now. It did sound unusual. Its not him. David might have said Something Like that, but not us. Yeah. Right. Okay, thanks, bruce. Coming up next on nbc nightly news, Hillary Clinton losing some ground in the latest polling as donald trump starts to nip at her heels. This amidst the fbi investigation into mrs. Clintons emails. We want to thank you for joining us. We will see you back here at 11 00. Good night. Tonight, feeling the heat. Hillary clinton hunkers down as her team does damage control. New evidence that the email investigation is taking a toll as new numbers reveal donald trump now closing in. Pleading guilty. A stunning admission from the man whose life story so many came to follow as the face of subway. The dark secrets prosecutors say hes been hiding for years and what the company is saying tonight. Desperate escape from isis. Nbc news on the front lines of one of the biggest humanitarian crises in modern history. A harrowing mass exodus to get out alive. And targeting cancer. Not by where its located in your body. Instead a whole new tumors. Exciting results. Youll meet a woman nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. There is a fresh indication as we start tonight that Hillary Clintons support among voters is eroding in the face of the scrutiny over emails she exchanged on a private server when she was secretary of state. While mrs. Clinton remains the undisputed frontrunner for the democratic nomination, new polling confirms a falloff both in the democratic race and in a matchup with gop frontrunner donald trump. And it appears to be forcing some changes in her campaign. Our political director chuck todd takes a closer look. Reporter on her first day of vacation in the hamptons Hillary Clinton is trying to take a few days off and celebrate president clintons 69th birthday. But yet another poll today indicates that persistent questions about her handling of emails as secretary of state are taking a political toll. Shes now under 50 in a democratic primary. And that erosion of support is also showing up in a matchup with republican frontrunner donald trump. Clintons nearly 25point lead in late june is down to 6. Believe it or not, today trump tried to play down his good poll numbers but still found time to take a shot at clinton. Right now i have 16 other people that im looking at. And thats not my focus. But indirectly it probably is. And i think that hillarys going to have a hard time being in the election based on whats happening with the emails, the servers. Maybe even the speeches. Reporter and he went on to twist the knife. Her bigger problem is not the election. I think her bigger problem is going to be the criminal problem. Reporter tuesday clinton was put on the defensive over emails at a combative press conference. You were the official in charge. Did you wipe the server . Like, with a cloth or something . Reporter she was