A sister station sent news members to help with reporting and messages of love from parkers boyfriend, the evening anchor at the television station. We just moved in together. We were about to celebrate nine months together. And every morning i would wait up for her to wake up and we would i would make her breakfast. We would talk. I would make her lunch and send her off on her day. Reporter adam ward was engaged to the morning producer. Vicki gardner, in the video, underwent a second surgery. Shes expected to make a full recovery. Alison thanks, liz. Since the shootings, several politicians are calling for stricter gun control laws. New jersey governor and republican president ial candidate Chris Christie is not one of them. On the Fox News Channel today, he called gun violence in lawlessness issue. He says the country does not need more laws, just better enforcement of the ones in place. When i was u. S. Attorney, we enforced gun laws. We put more folks in jail than in previous years. This administration is not doing it. Yet the call is for more laws . I dont think we need a bigger government and more laws. We need the government to do their job. Alison governor christie says its time to focus on Mental Health issues. Hillary clinton says she supports some Gun Control Reforms including background checks. Breaking news at 5 00. A fire tears through a penthouse in the east village causing it to collapse. Steve joe beerman is over the scene. Were looking in the upper left portion of the screen. What do we know . Its an unusual fire. It was an all hands fire, which is a onealarm fire. 203 east 13th right at third avenue. Now, there were no injuries to report. Fire department got it under control at about 4 30. What makes it unusual is some of the penthouse apartments or condos in the building sell for 4. 4 million bucks. On top of the roof, you get these little penthouse cubby holetype facilities. One of those penthouse little shacks is what caught fire and burned and collapsed completely. Again, its an unusual fire here. 13th and third avenue. One thing you should know, third avenue is completely closed because of the fire department. Steve a famous apartment there. It looked like something out of a movie, sophisticated thieves attempting to pull off a high stakes heist at an armored car company. Mac king joins us with how a Police Officers quick thinking foiled their plans. Reporter as far as we know, no guard made a mistake or left something unlocked or vulnerable. This is a property designed to protect a safe holding tens of millions of dollars. This crew of crooks broke in and nearly escaped with a lot of money. Were not going to get into specific details on what they did. I dont want to lay out a blueprint for others. Reporter the Nassau CountyPolice Commissioner reviewed the bolt cutters, the hole in the wall and the sum in the safe within and deemed this the most ambitious burglary he can recall in the history of his jurisdiction. They went through several barriers. Reporter a crew of five entered the Loomis Armored car Company Parking Lot through the mta rail yard after cutting through a fence and breaking through the buildings wall, they cracked a safe holding 20 million in cash. It was interrupted. This wasnt this was on going going. Reporter around 10 00 p. M. , a Police Officer on patrol noticed a shady looking man in the rail yard loading something into his car. At which time the subject jumped into the car, leaving his trunk open. Reporter after a chase, the cop pulled over the suspect in newcastle. He observed a number of money bags in the trunk of the car. The money bags held 1. 8 million. The officer arrested the 53yearold, a suspect on parole with eight felonies to his name and a car full of stolen money. This was an extremely sophisticated burglary. Reporter the rest of the cash was in the safe and the other burglars escaped. The video shows they were masked while committing the burglary. Reporter police have no descriptions of the two to four others, their connection to the loomis facility or their means of escape. Steve thank you. Police searching for this duo that is behind 13 burglaries at commercial buildings in midtown, the Upper East Side and west side over a fourmonth period 146th. This is Surveillance Video in hd from the burglary. Electronics. Anyone who knows who they are, call the tipline at 1800577tips. Alison a construction worker recovering after falling seven feet down a hole in staten island. Rescue crews pulled him out. According to si live, he was hospitalized with rib injuries. Steve a queens man back in court facing upgraded charges in a crash that killed a father and his two children last month often long island. He pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene and dwi charges. He was driving at 100 miles an hour when he rear ended the toyota which caught fire, killing the man, his eightyearold son and fouryearold daughter. His wife was the sole survivor of the crash. Before leaving the scene, sharp was caught on video tossing a bottle of tequila into the woods. At the time when dying people needed help the most, the defendants, some of them, literally stood by watching the family, children and dad, perish. Three codefendants expected to be arraigned tomorrow, including a 23yearold who was arrested for picking up sharp after the crash. Alison the search continues for the missing captain of a fishing boat that capsized off the coast of sandy hook, new jersey. No one has heard from him since his boat sank on tuesday. The 40 foot vessel was located yesterday using sonar equipment. Its still under water. The recovery continues on wall street with stocks surging for a second day. After yesterdays 619 point gain, the dow tacked on 369 for the biggest two day game since 2009. Ill prices rebounded and Second Quarter gdp was revised upward. Steve the mayor is speaking out on quality of life concerns, most specifically what the city is doing to combat aggressive panhandlers like those painted ladies in times square. Heres jen lahmers. Reporter there are 8 million in the partially naked city. Lately a lot of them have been coming from right here in times square. Reports of toplessness, aggressive panhandling, coupled with whats perceived as a growing problem of homelessness elsewhere in the city. Quality of life issues have been front and center for mayor de blasio and Police Commissioner bill bratton. Next month an nypd unit of 100 seasoned officers will patrol times square. Its a response to mounting complaints of topless painted women and costumed characters harassing tourists. Commissioner bratton discussed the need for a Stronger Police presence today on am 970 radio. Thats what im talking about is norms of decency. Tell me whats going on in the square right now, while legal, offends. I know im offended. Its a square thats intended to attract families. Its not the times square of old days where people come for the sleaze and strip shows and prostitution. Thats not what battery park is about. Reporter some say the mayor and Police Commissioner are spending too much time on times square instead of focusing on mounting issues of homelessness and panhandling in the city. This week, fox 5 cameras caught these panhandlers on park avenue, approaching peoples cars. There are reports of people going into restaurants and sticking their hands in the buffets. Complaints of homelessness have been ongoing in harlem and mayor de blasio responded at a News Conference this afternoon. Weve been working on that area, 125th at lex and at park for several months very intensively. Weve been working with the speaker and her staff with an Interagency Task force to address a host of problems. Theres a substantial Police Presence and substantial sanitation presence and a substantial presence for the department of homeless services. Reporter he wants to assign veteran Police Officers to patrol times square because theres nothing illegal about the painted ladies being here on in any other parts of the city, for that matter. He says the Task Force Led by the city will determine what, if anything, can be done about that. Reporting from times square, jennifer lahmers, fox 5 news. Alison a new Quinnipiac University poll, good news for Vice President joe biden who has been considering jumping into the president ial race. Biden had the highest favorability rating of all candidates in both parties. But hes polling far below hillary clinton, getting just 18 percent compared to clintons 45 percent. On the republican side, donald trump jumped another eight points since the last national poll, topping the field at 28 percent. Trump led the no way list with 26 percent of Republican Voters saying they would not support him. Steve Carolyn Maloney the latest to oppose the iran nuclear democrat. She plans to vote against the deal because it doesnt block iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Senator schumer and steve israel and others oppose the president s plan. Jerry nadler and gillibrand will vote in favor of it. Alison turns out the founder of infidelity web site Ashley Madison may have cheated on his wife despite claims hes been faithful. Hackers released hundreds of emails. He appears to have had several affairs, including one reportedly lasting several years with a toronto area escort. He and the woman met at various hotels and coffee joints between 2012 and may of this year. Steve people in southern florida stocking up for the first big threat of the atlantic hurricane season. Tropical storm erika hit the island of domenica. It is expected to slam into the caribbean before heading to florida this weekend. People are buying food, water and other supplies. The governor says the National Guard is ready to mobilize if it intensifies. Alison its been 10 years since new orleans. More than 1800 people died when the citys levees broke. Many people had to be rescued from their homes. President obama arrived in louisiana earlier today to meet with survivors at a newly opened community center. Katrina caused more than 150 billion in damage. Summer isnt over, but for businesses it is. They are looking way ahead. Steve how one retailer is using star wars in an effort to jumpstart the Holiday Shopping season. Were already talking about it. Alison even if youre not a big zoo person, the additions to the gorilla exhibit that are a must see. Steve a local star returning to his stars and what hes doing for his former high school in new jersey. Then this. It has flavor, a unique flavor. Revolutionizing the future of food. Youre taking the pollen from one strawberry and transferring it to the flower of another. Is this the perfect strawberry. Did you achieve that . I think we did. Its the big idea coming up. Get this. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. Oh, stay on that one. [changes channel] sometimes its hard to catch all your favorite shows. Youre killing me, dad. Give me that, please. With Time Warner Cables enhanced dvr, you can. Record up to 6 shows at the same time. Plus, you can record in one room and watch in another. P so you can enjoy tv on your schedule. Welcome to the future. Yes, welcome. Get over 200 hd channels, internet, and unlimited calling for 89. 99 a month. Time warner cable. Steve okay. Just in case youre worried, theres 119 shopping days until christmas, but that doesnt stop retailers from getting into the holiday spirit earlier and earlier every year. Alison its so ridiculous. Fox 5s Baruch Shemtov shows us how some businesses are already dreaming of a green christmas. Reporter its still summer, but some retailers are promoting Holiday Shopping. When will you start hunting for the perfect holiday gift . About december 15th. Not before thanksgiving. I cant get it all together before then. Thats usually the time i think about it. 10 days before. The day before christmas. October. Mid november. Reporter now some of the countrys biggest retailers are getting into the holiday spirit early, with walmart leading the pack today announcing it will begin its holiday Layaway Program this friday, two weeks earlier than was offered in 2014. We havent finished summer. I hate to see that. Thats like seeing School Supplies in july. Thats crazy. Way too early. Its not halloween yet. We didnt get past halloween. Whats going on . Reporter the reason for the promotion . The star wars, the force awakens. Retailers like walmart, targets and toys r us are planning events to promote and sell toys as soon as the merchandise hits shelves. The Vice President of Communications Says this retail strategy is wise. Kudos to some of the big retailers who have come out of the gate, like walmart. Especially in an unpredictable economic climate. When you see a stock market bouncing up and down like it is now, theyre being smart about understanding that consumers will probably plan their budgets out a little further versus making more impulsive buys. Starting to see a trend of what i like to call early bird shopping happen that usually happens around labor day, which we like to think is the new black friday. Happy holidays, Baruch Shemtov, fox 5 news. Steve new big black friday which used to be the day after thanksgiving. All right. The invitations are out as apple sets the next big unveil, sending out invites for a major media event wednesday, september 9th, where we could see the next iphone. Theres speculation that big improvements are coming the siri, the personal assistant. Reports say siri will be in an apple tv system. Maybe a visit to the bronx zoo is in order. Alison there are new adorable baby gorillas to see. Officials had to find perfect mates for the 32yearold male gorilla. Since then, four babies have been welcomed to the exhibit. They weighed just four pounds when they were born. Theyll grow to more than 400. Steve very cute. All right. It was a great day out. Were in the upper 70s. Alison it was almost cool this morning. Steve it felt a little like fall. Warmed up quick once we got there. Im skipping things here. This is Long Island City, queens. Alison how could we forget . Steve this boy showed his soccer skills. It was a great day to be outside. A little fall, but he got right back up. Gorgeous out. Nick the next david beckham. Steve we said it all. It warmed up quick. Alison it was a nice day. Nick right on target. Look at the temperatures. The high was 82. Thats where we should be this time of year. What made the day great, again, was the low humidity. A nice fresh northwest breeze. Hope you enjoyed it. Got another one like this tomorrow. Maybe not as much wind, but almost a repeat performance. 101 the record high. 50 the record low. That was back in the late 1800s. Thats two days in a row they held the record low. Since the first full day of summer, weve almost two hours of daylight. 78 right now. Humidity is dry with a northwest wind. Its about 10, 15 miles an hour. We have a bit of cloud cover that has moved in during the last couple of hours. Well see that this evening and the sky will go clear. Pressure nice and strong. 30. 03 and it continues to rise. Look how comfortable it was through the tristate. 82 at newark. 81 at the jersey shore. Low 80s across long island. Montauk, 79. It stayed in the 70s to the north and west. We talked how cool in monticello. They were the cool spot today. The high only 68. Nice and refreshing. 66 there. Mid 70s Hudson Valley down to the city. Its 81 at newark. 79 at belmar. 80 at islip. Upper 70s everywhere else. Northwest wind will continue tonight 5, 10 miles an hour. Maybe come around to the north later and go back to the west as we head into tomorrow. Take a look at the satellite photo. High streams off to the south and east of us. A bit of cloud cover nearby, but notices its dry. We dont have any precipitation to worry in the forecast. Thats the good and the bad. Were running a rainfall deficit for the year. We could stand a little rain, but theres nothing in the forecast anytime soon. As we look at the satellite photo, you can see how this moisture is staying offshore. High pressure is here in the ohio valley as it slides slowly to the east. It will protect us. Well have a day of low humidity tomorrow with lots of sunshine and as the high shifts offshore, well see more of a southwesterly flow return. That will warm things up over the weekend. Its going to start bringing the humidity back, particularly for sunday and beyond. By then, well see temperatures pushing back to the high 80s to 90 in parts of the area. Day planner showing nice and comfortable weather out the door. Open up the windows. Keep the ac off. It will be nice tonight. 60s in the city. 50s in the suburbs. 76 in the middle of the day and 82 in the afternoon. Another great day tomorrow. Sunny weather will continue. Sun on saturday and the high shifting offshore. West. The humidity will come up a notch by sunday. A few clouds tonight. 66 in town. 50s in the suburbs. Tomorrow, right about 82. 70s to the north and west. Heres the seven day. Looking nice. 87 saturday. Not all that humid. Humidity back on sunday at 88. Well be flirting with 90 the rest of the time. Monday right through thursday, humid days, more clouds than sun on monday, particularly in the morning. Lows will ramping up. Low to middle 70s by the middle of next week. Steve thats like into september by then. Nick tuesday.