the cases, the man followed women towards their homes on 16th street, and in one case, he exposed himself, telling the woman he lived in her building. she screamed and he ran off. what surprised neighbors here is at that hour, it's already busy on fifth avenue. >> i come home by train all hours of the day and night, i walk the streets. i don't have concerns like that. >> i hope they get him. >> reporter: store owner angel panarro told customers checking out the poster, someone must have seen the man. >> there's a lot of traffic in this area. that early in the morning. so it's -- it's kind of frustrating, though. it's upsetting. >> you just have to practice awareness and be very cognizant of your surroundings. >> reporter: back live now. take one more look at this poster and this picture. police are hoping it's enough of a high-resolution image you can do what a lot of the people who live and work in the neighborhood have been doing, take a good look at it. police have hoping to get some leads, and make a quick arrest. live in park slope, andrew siff, news 4 new york. >> andrew, thanks so much. in the bronx, some are demanding answers after seeing a video posted on youtube that allegedly shows nypd officers punching a man. they say he resisted arrest. the man says his only offense was that he double parked. news 4's lori bordonaro has more. >> reporter: cell phone video uploaded to youtube has this bronx community upset tonight. the video appears to show police officers pulling 24-year-old timothy nelson from his car, and throwing him to the ground. you can see the officer on the left punching him several times as two other cops hold him down. >> he went over his head, you know, for no reason. out of order. >> reporter: nelson was pulled over sunday night for making an illegal youtube and double parking in front of kennedy's fried chicken. i talked to austin about what happened, because he says he witnessed the whole thing. >> they were harassing him because he was double parked. yes, this is a high than crime, and they stop people from being double-parked of the that's all it was. >> reporter: the nypd says they have launched an internal review. police say nelson flailed his arms and twisted his body in an effort to avoid being handcuffed. but those who live around here say their actions were not justified. >> they didn't have to take it this far. all they had to do is tell him, move your car and that was it. >> reporter: timothy nelson has pleaded not guilty to resisting arrest and possession of marijuana. lori bordonaro, news 4 new york. it's a story that has parents cringing. a mom went shopping while her child sat in a sweltering minivan. >> tonight we're hearing from the bergen county sheriff's officer who saved the little boy. cell phone video shows the officer running to the van parked in the costco parking lot yesterday. he used his baton to break the window. a female officer then crawled inside and emerged with the child drenched in sweat. >> i have a 2-year-old at home myself. so just to get him calm. because he just did not want to stop crying. >> knowing the severity of the temperature outside the vehicle, you can only imagine what it was like inside the vehicle. >> the mother is facing charges of child endangerment. she says she left the boy in the van because he was sleeping. an ex prison worker who admitted to helping convicted killers, richard matt and david sweat, escape from an upstate prison will get to keep her pension. she could spend seven years behind bars for her role in that breakout, but she is eligible to collect a $192,000 pension, because of a legal loophole. some state lawmakers hope to prevent her from getting it with a constitutional amendment. one of the survivors of the deadly limousine accident on long island has filed a lawsuit. 24-year-old olga is seeking damages for the injuries she suffered earlier this month. a pickup truck t-boned the limo. four were killed. the lawsuit names the pickup driver, the company he co owns, the limo driver and his employer. the judge denied bail to a western new york man accused of supporting isis. the judge says that arafat naggy is too much of a flight risk and dangerous to the community. authorities arrested the 44-year-old earlier this week at his home. they say he pledged his allegiance to the extremist group and traveled twice to turkey to join them. his attorneys say he did nothing illegal. that case will go to a grand jury. train service is back on track for amtrak, and new jersey transit riders. amtrak has lifted restrictions on the trains using the hudson river tunnel between new york and new jersey. crews have repaired one of the two damaged high-voltage electrical cables that use or caused a mass for commuters since last week. the railroad says all traffic in and out of penn station is now back to normal. coming up, as news 4 at 6:00 continues -- >> you might get a kick out of this. we'll meet the long island man who wants to fight for the right to park his plane in his driveway. and we're tracking heat once again across the area today. but lower humidity this time. will this trend continue into the weekend? i've got your forecast coming up next. if you planned on using the bay-owned bridge tonight, the crossing connecting new jersey and staten island will be closed in both directions, starting at midnight until sunday at 8:00 a.m. crews are working on the raise the roadway project. they're raising the clearance beneath the bridge so larger ships can travel underneath it. a brooklyn tech math teacher's innovative teaching style ends up with an invitation to the white house. he met with president obama a few hours ago. he was one of more than 100 teachers who received the presidential award for excellence in science and mathematics teaching. >> this award means that the work that we teachers do every day is valued and respected, understood and celebrated by the highest levels of policymakers and scientists in the nation and it's a wonderful feeling. >> couldn't say it better. >> he has taught a.p. calculus at brooklyn tech for the past eight years. congratulations. >> much smarter than i. very cool. coming up when news 4 at 6:00 returns. in the middle of sweltering weather, why in the world would i be dressed like this? i've got a pretty cool answer for you. i'm andrew siff. that story is coming up. >> i like it. first, here's a look at what's on nbc tonight, and rob and i will see you again at 11:00. and a reminder, on august 15th, nbc is teaming up with hundreds of shelters across the tristate area to find homes for pets in need. many have agreed to cut the can you say for adoption for the one-day event. and for more information and find participating shelters near you, go to nbcnewyork.com/cleartheshelters. you can also share your rescue animal pictures by e-mailing them to [email protected]. the spinning pinwheel of death. the disappearing wi-fi icon. the frozen download bar. you don't 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. people leave a lot of things other than cars in their driveways, right? lawnmowers, sometimes motorcycles, even boats. >> but one long island homeowner has angered his neighbors by parking his plane in his driveway. and he wants to know why everybody thinks it's such a big deal. news 4's greg cergol has the story from oceanside tonight. greg. >> reporter: well, rob and sibilia, i've got to admit, even we did a double take when we pulled up here and found this plane in a driveway. for the owner, as you said, keeping it here is a matter of principle. some in the community think this is a dangerous eyesore. and needless to say, it's become quite a source of interest here in the community. >> i've never seen anything like this in my life. >> reporter: ricky lives miles from an airport, but every day, he opens the door of his oceanside home to see a plane in his neighbor's driveway. and this week, ricky says, things went a bit too far when his wife was watering the lawn. >> all of a sudden, she heard clear prop. the guy started up this plane. >> reporter: the plane's owner is a student pilot named harold. harold moved his cessna here from republic airport in farmingdale about a month ago. >> i'm going through a divorce, i have a lot of financial problems. and i can't afford $150 a month to keep it any longer. >> reporter: harold sees no reason he shouldn't be able to keep his plane here. but a hempstead folksman says it violates town codes. last week the town issued him a summons with a maximum fine of 2500 bucks. >> if they can have their boats on the grass, why can't i have my airplane in the driveway? >> reporter: harold plans to fight that summons all the way to the u.s. supreme court, if necessary, he says. his neighbors are fond of harold, but think his plane belongs somewhere else. >> i think there's places to park planes, like airports. >> where is the limit? car, boat, plane, military tank? what's next? >> reporter: hard is due back in a hempstead court in september to fight this case. and get this, guys. he says eventually he hopes to have a pilot taxi this plane down the street and fly it out of here. that would be a sight even more unusual than this. we're live in oceanside tonight. greg cergol, news 4 new york. >> i agree with you 100%, greg. lester holt is joining us now with a look at what's ahead on names "nbc nightly news." where do you park the plane? >> i've got nothing on that story. >> the great thing he said, you can put the boat out there, but you can't put the plane. that's his best argument. >> he caught me with that one. i've seen a lot of boats in driveways. i don't want to get in the middle of this here. going down that slippery slope. let me tell you what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." hillary clinton is opening up about her money, a bunch of tax returns released within the last hour. and also some information about her health we'll share with you. i sat down with jeb bush in florida earlier today. we talked candidly about race, and also about what he calls the donald trump phenomenon. and we're also going to find out what happens when you drop your car off at the dealer. probably doesn't always happen, but a lady had a dash cam, and what she recorded and captured while her car was in the shop, i think you'll get a smile out of it, perhaps. >> yeah. >> maybe. >> unless it was your car. >> thanks. >> see you at 6:00. there was no shortage of complaining about the heat this week. but do you remember six months ago when we were all miserable and complaining about how brutally cold winter was? >> so what is it, new york? is it the worst here when it's freezing, or when it's boiling? news 4's andrew siff tries to find out. >> oh, it's hot. woo! >> reporter: whether you love it -- >> i like the heat. >> reporter: or hate it. >> unbearable. >> ice cold water, $1! >> it is scorching hot. >> reporter: we've all endured it. >> it feels stifleingly hot. >> it's really bad. >> it's like steaming off of the concrete. >> very hot. >> it's hot. definitely is hot. >> reporter: so listen closely to nina cameron's wish. >> need it to cool off a little bit. >> reporter: so i actually came down. but -- we're going to have to bundle up. yep. even the hat. all the way back to february, as in one of the coldest months of all-time. that might sound pretty refreshing in the middle of this heatwave. but let me refresh your memory. >> it's terrible. >> reporter: back in the single digits -- >> i'm done with winter. >> it's too cold right now, mother nature. let up. >> i'm done. >> reporter: frustration was everywhere. >> i want the summer to come. >> i don't like the winter at all. >> reporter: remember nina cameron, too hot in july? >> i just want it to warm up. >> reporter: if only she could hear from her future self. >> this makes me feel like i want to be upstairs in my ac. i never wear long johns, but i wear some this year. >> like an interno. summer, hurry up and come. >> it's just too hot. >> reporter: it's as if new york has a split personality. >> too cold out here. >> 90-degree weather is stifling. >> i'll still take this. >> reporter: but whatever you choose -- >> nice hot coffee. >> iced tea. >> reporter: the frozen fountain or the wet one, don't get too comfortable out there on the boardwalk. remember, the polar opposite is only a few months away. andrew siff, news 4 new york. >> great piece. >> janice always seasoners me up by saying, even when i'm talking about the summer, she says the tree will be here -- >> hey, that's right! very good. >> so if you're too hot -- don't worry. >> i was just about to say that line. that's my favorite line. yep, you got it. and, yeah, the cold weather will be here soon enough. but right now we've got to deal with the heat, and we'll deal the best way we can. today at least we didn't have the humidity. so that was a wonderful time to have no humidity around. it looks pretty nice out there right now. look at the sky. it's beautiful. just a couple of scattered clouds. 87 degrees. feels like 87 degrees. not a problem. because the humidity is just that low. this morning, nice and refreshing, especially north and west of the city. even some 50s on the map. monticello down to 57. 60s from poughkeepsie to morristown and white planes and 70s along the coast. a lovely start to the day, no doubt. that's because that cold front came through yesterday with all the storms, and then a nice -- very dry air mass followed that. so that's cleared the air quite a bit. visibility is good, looks great. now, it did heat up this afternoon. temperatures about 4 to 5 degrees above average. upper 80s to near 90 in the city. and other parts of long island, as well as new jersey today. right now, it's 89 in jersey city. so it's just below 90 in sheepshead bay and floral park, so it's plenty warm out there. it doesn't feel the same way it did when the humidity was up. 85 in formingville. comfortable 80 in sayville. in the mid 890s in fairfield county. mid 80s in east brunswick and princeton and up towards the hudson valley, the catskills and poconos, refreshing from 78 in hunter to 88 in chester at this hour. and see this is the humidity, the relative humidity right now. it's in the 20s to 30% range versus the 70 to 90% range yesterday. so it feels completely different when the air mass is that dry. and so the feels-like temperature is pretty much where the actual temperature is. so no big difference there. it's going to stay that way for the next couple days. now there is a storm system across the great lakes with a few scattered showers, thunderstorms here. and it may clip some of our northern and western counties tomorrow with a few thunderstorms. and then the heat of the day, one or two might even pop up at the jersey shore. nice ocean breeze, just keep an eye out. beautiful on sunday. nice day, too, for the weekend over long island. watch out for maybe a storm tomorrow. better chance north and west tomorrow. but then sunshine the rest of the weekend. temperatures are still hot. up around 90 for the most part for the next several days. it stays dry, though. we get the humidity and storms back over the area wednesday into thursday when we really have to worry about the rain. otherwise, enjoy the weekend, everybody. remember that saying, the tree will be here before you know it. >> i still think it's easier to be hot than cold. >> well, yeah. it is easier. but, you know -- some people like what they like. >> thanks so much. we'll be right back with sports. the spinning pinwheel of death. the disappearing wi-fi icon. the frozen download bar. you don't 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. mets fans, thank carlos gomez's hip, it concerned the mets enough to land a better bat. the mets stole the headlines at the deadline, swinging a deal with detroit for cespedes. they set the tigers two minor leaguers, but not zack wheeler, a huge coup for sandy alderson. they get a flat out professional hitter coveted for their lineup and send a message, they're all-in this year. >> we believe we're in a position to compete through the rest of the season for a playoff spot, and we're going to do everything we can to ensure that competitive level. >> cespedes won't be active until tomorrow. the mets showdown starts tonight with matt harvey on the mound. the yankees did make a move at the deadline. brian cashman will call up louie self reno. victor cruz got some work in full team reps. manning shrugging off talk of contract concern over his negotiations, instead he says they're focused on making the playoffs. >> we want to get back to winning games and making playoffs and giving ourselves opportunity to win chips this year. >> i'm extremely excited for what we have coming up, and the guys that we have, and how everything looks. it looks like it's going to be a great year. >> from the giants to the jets. yesterday sheldon richardson told his teammates, don't worry about my name being in the news again. hours later, his name was back in the news after driving 143 miles per hour with a 12-year-old in the car. only will face misdemeanors. the jets say they'll offer help. >> if it happens two times in that kind of time span, you are more worried about sheldon the man than sheldon the player. that's the biggest thing. you have children, you say things, they're going to disappoint you. you've got to come back. right now i'm worried about getting him help. >> that wraps a busy afternoon in sports. >> all right, john. thanks so much. and before we go, we are tracking that breaking news. a close call at kennedy between a delta plane and unmanned aircraft. no one was hurt. but we are making calls to get answers to your questions. we're going to share any new information with you at 11:00. and thank you so much for joining us tonight. have a good night. "nbc nightly news" is coming up next. just in tonight, dangerously close in the skies over one of the busiest airports in america. a drone right off the wing of a delta flight on final approach. a frightening near collision. the clintons' cash. the tax records just in to us tonight. how much they made, how much they paid, as we learn more about hillary clinton's health. > also, one on one with jeb bush. how he feels about trailing donald trump. boiling point. as bystanders and police rescue children locked inside hot cars. >> i'm sorry. >> no sorry. he could have died. >> several incidents this week alone. and caught on camera. you won't believe what one woman found after leaving her car at the dealership for repairs. what her dpash cam ash cam revealed was happening when she wasn't there. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt." good evening. the summer of dangerous encounters between planes and threats controlled from the ground has seen one more. it happened just this afternoon. a very close call between a drone and an airliner on approach to new york's kennedy airport with 159 people on board. it happened in the most critical phase of the flight, the plane low, traveling around 190 miles per hour, setting up to land when the drone appeared just 100 feet away. nbc's tom costello has late information. >> reporter: it's happened again in the nation's busiest air space. this time new york's jfk airport. just before 5:00 this afternoon delta flight 407 arriving from orlando was preparing to land when it suddenly had a very close call with an unmanned drone just 1,700 feet in the air. >> delta 407. >> delta 407. >> yeah-b a mile back there was a drone flying just under the southwest side of this abandoned airport here. >> what altitude would you say that was? >> about 100 feet below us. just off the right wing. >> reporter: just 100 feet below an aircraft