rescuers took 19 people out of the east river after their competitive rowing boat went down. boat was completely submerged in the choppy and chilly waters. members of the rolling club were pulled to safety one by one. moments before that boat went down, this woman's boyfriend pulled out a ring and popped the question. >> he said in his proposal that in our relationship, just like water, there's high tides and low tides, but we survived it all. >> they did, thankfully. everyone was wearing life jackets, which is great. nobody was hu . no word as to what caused that boat to capsize. >>> there is grief and sadness this morning at university of connecticut for two sophomores two died in a violent car crash. ryan mooe began and al ya that fren today were both killed when the car they were riding in collided with a truck. it happened friday. police say the truck hit the car, pushed it across the intersection, and into a utility pole. fellow students are shocked. >> so young, only sophomores. it's really heartbreaking. losing a child is crazy, so i can't imagine what they're going t

on the back side, it's all east river. that is where the coast guard comes in. >> you are throwing everything at this thing? >> we take every chance of a threat seriously and we want to be ready for anything and everything. >> reporter: the coast guard will have the fleet of rapid deployment boats patrolling the east river and the heavily armed boats will force security zones that will restrict commercial and recreational boat traffic on the river from 35th up to 59th street. at times that entire stretch of the river will be closed especially friday morning when the pope addresses the general assembly and again on monday when the president does the same. violate one of these zones and >> boaters can be faced with up to five years in jail or $50,000 fine. >> >>reporter: nypd patrol boats will reinforce east river security. one coast guard source tells me divers are likely already checking piers and boats for explosive. >> president obama, president putin, head of iran, head of france, they will all be here as well as the pr

. >>> 19 people were stranded in the middle of the east river today after their row boat capsized. the competitive paddling team was in the middle of a training run rowing near the white stone bridge when their boat overturned. they were all wearing life jackets and they likely could have swam back to shore but decided to wait for fdny rescue teams to pull them out. no one was hurt. coming up in the next half hour, saphon kim will have more on the on board surprise that shocked one rower more than the plunge into the east river. >>> the race for president now. executive gaining ground after wednesday's republican debate. the cnn poll out today shows donald trump remains the front runner with 24% support among republican voters. she has 15% followed by retired surgeon ben carson at 14%. marco rubio and former florida governor jeb bush aren't too far behind. trump is down 8% points from the previous poll. ben carson faces criticism tonight for comments he made about islam. >> i would not advocate we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> the

amtrak power problem in one of the east river tunnels. so westbound trains canceled as well as delayed up to 30 minutes between jamaica and penn station wood side and pen station they have that suspended now elemented service between penn station is and jamaica so e train cross honoring penn station as well as 7 train at flushing. so two and three trains a little an option penn station to atlantic terminal. metro-north new jersey transit and path trains doing fine. teresa an greg. >> what happened at a dak center? new jersey? two of the workers were orchestrating fights between kids they were supposed to be taking care of. making them fight each other and then documenting putting online. >> pushing, shoving each other these kids are young four to six years old. and now two form earl workser there are facing charges. let's go to kerry drew she joins us now from cranford, new jersey outside that day care center. good morning, kerry. >> good morning to both of you here outside the light bridge academy day care facility in cranford, new jerse

there is high security on the east river. this is a no fly zone. on the river itself you cannot boat through here. we saw two boats come through here in the last half-hour that hahad to be pulled over and chased away by nypd and the coast guard. taking no chances of course here on the east river as the pope and his caravan land here, those two ospreys and two white hawk helicopters, part of the marine as you can see right now, the pope in lower manhattan on his way to fifth avenue. we'll go back to you outside of st. patrick's. >> it was a spectacular site down there. jim maxfield is at new york avenue where the motorcade is going to pass on its way to st. patrick's cathedral. >> the excitement is building. it has been for hours. this is where the motorcade will be getting off of fdr and pulling on to the streets. everyone is looking out for the black fiat, hoping that the pope is ridinwfth his windows open and they'll get a wave. you can see there are hundreds of people gathered at this intersection. the traffic is stopped at the point. look at th

there are signal problems happening near the east river tunnel. that is the sore spot. we know l.i.r.r. officials are trying to move and work on the problem as fast as they can. in the meantime, new york city transit is cross honoring fares on the e subway station and westbound on the 7 line as flushing, main street and woodside. a lot to figure out if you are accustomed to traveling that way in the morning, expect delays up to 30 minutes. this problem, no realtime table when it will get fixed. anticipate delays traveling within or inbound for up to 30 minutes and cancellations. if you are going eastbound from penn station, you probably should make other plans. live in penn station, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> what a mess, all right, dray, thank you. >>> another hazy hot and humid day on tap. meteorologist amy freeze is in for bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> ken, this morning on the heels of the second official heat wave of the summer, another hot day. 74 degrees in central park. it looks hazy out there with patchy fog in the outlying areas. l

the accident is sent nearly 20 people into the east river. >>> but first, the pope makes history in cuba. he shakes hands with fidel castro, an informal meeting after celebrating mass in havana's revolution square. as we take a live look inside havana cathedral, right now pope francis is participating in evening vespers. >>> good evening, i'm shirleen allicot in for sandra bookman. >> and i'm joe torres. >>> a busy day in cuba for pope francis. the evening vesper started just a few minutes ago but earlier today you could see the pontiff celebrated mass in front of hundreds of thousands of people in havana's main public square. following that mass, a meeting castro. tonight. kemberly richardson has the latest on papal preparations right here in new york. but we begin with abc's aaron katersky who is in cuba right now. aaron. >> reporter: jubilant pilgrims packed into this sprawling plaza cheered pope francis who arrived in his pope mobile to celebrate mass before hundreds of thousands. some waiting since 3:00 in the morning to see him. the pageantry of catholic worship was on full display

their signal problems in the east river tunnel so east river railroad, cancellation and delays. thirty minutes from jamaica and penn station. eastbound service has has ended between penn and jamaica. the. >> ben: governor christie has been using the helicopter for traveling campaign events. spee1 that's according to m jag.com. the governor used it to attend the events for time since he launched the campaign on june 30. the travel reportedly included a light from the speech house at island speech house at island beach state park to a long island fundraiser. of spokesperson said the governor's campaign. could governor christie be out of the next gop presidential debate? there's a lot of questions about who could be out. >> juliet: it looks like the battle could be between governor christie and carly view arena who according to critics did the best job at the happy hour debate. let's get over to liz to talk to us. >> they are going to be buying for that tenth spot. it will be crucial. cnn has come out with a new set of rules for the debate that will give more weight to the polls ta

it looks like that boat is tearing it up down the east river. i am taking my boat down and you have to watch for the water taxis, bar gears, jet skis, wave runners. they will be on a day like today. water temperature is 76. warm, feels great outside. the temperature will go up from here at 4 to about 89. the humidity is dry, the winds are calm and the pressure has been falling. 88 yesterday. we are already 85 at riverdale ridgewood queens. staten island 85 degrees and with a west to a southwest wind that warms it up again. the nice part is the humidity remains low. the park is record a calm wind. 8 miles at white plains. can we dig up a double digit temperature? it's light to calm this afternoon. overnight there is the threat of fog. that could be here in the valleys and hudson river valley and new jersey. really, this high-pressure ridge is still in control and has been spreading out and, so, with that in mind it really keeps the air mass clear, the air mass dry and we will see into the afternoon 89 by 3:00. it will be 90 west of the city. warm

over to brooklyn, the lower east side, calm here, glass on the east river and our temperature now is 71 degrees to start the day. we're going to be looking at clear skies all around the tri- state area this morning. as we look up the husband son river valley, hardly a cloud in high in the atlantic. lakes. there are some showers and michigan. that will be a cold front that will get to us but probably not until thursday. we've got a heat wave on the way. by the time we get to 74. noontime temperature we're looking at 84, and then 88 degrees as we go into the afternoon to 90 today. this will kick off an unusual september heat wave today, which we could see might be a record high tide and even a 90- degree day on wednesday as we get back to work and back to school. we'll have a beautiful sunset coming up this evening as we unofficially close out summer. did i -- did i just say unofficially close out summer? >> that does not make me happy at all to hear those words. >> i quit. >> although the 90-degree weather i'm happy about that. we're going to show you the george washington bridge, loo

still ahead, frightening moments for a local racing team after their poet capsizes in the east river. >> and weeks after james bright was tackled by a police officer outside his midtown hotel, details on a key meeting taking place today. >> a man opens fire inside a church in alabama shooting hiss >>> one person has been killed in a wildfire that broke out in california over the weekend. the blaze has charred about 1200 acres since it started saturday. on sunday the sheriff's office said it's investigating a body that was found inside the burn zone. two communities now under evacuation orders. at last report ten structures were destroyed, and that fire only 10% contained. >>> a celebration of culture at the 46th annual african- american day parade in harlem sunday. this year's focus highlights the african-american business community. it's not just a local celebration. folks from all over joined in. in fact, bands from twelve different states participated. >> look at that cute face. my gosh what a cutie. >> it is 4:45. meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> we look

. >> reporter: this was a dragon boat racing team in the east river by the whitestone bridge. take a look at this river, the water is extremely choppy on a very windy day out here. now, there are competitive -- they are a competitive rowing team, 19 in them all and out here for a run this afternoon when just before 2:00 that boat suddenly capsized here by the college point yacht club. they were all wearing life jackets and they say they were only about 50 yards out from shore and that they probably could have swam back to land if they had to but they decided to stick together out there for safety reasons and that ended up being a smart decision because fdny rescue teams them out. >> everyone kept their cool and i think that's what kept us together, everyone keeping their cool, nobody panicked. >> was the water rough? >> a little rough. it wasn't that cold but cold enough that we were in there long enough that it was starting to get cold. >> big boats passing by and that wake, when it was coming towards us as we were paddling and that was on the right side, i could see it, it s

look how flat the water is on the east river. that's the way it is on the hudson river. it's dead calm. the skies are virtually clear. thin cirrus. humidities are dry, winds are calm and so even on the east river, hudson river, atlantic, flat and calm. pressure above 30.00, way up at 30.32 which means we have strong high pressure over us. so, hackettstown 69. over to hanover, 4 degrees. 82 around the park. even though these numbers will warm into the mid and in some places like the urban airs of new jersey, the upper 80s, it will feel great because the humidity is not there. it has been checked out. the dry air mass is sitting over the northeast, new england and the ohio valley. 83, 87 this afternoon dropping into the 70s tonight. a great night with low humidities. winds are slowly turning around to the east. 5 to 10 knots. sees in the atlantic in the harbor are a foot less in the sound and the rivers. low risk of rip current risk continues today and into the weekend. tomorrow 87. very warm day. then the high breaks down and slides eastward. it's still summery on friday.

seven subway lines under the east river were shut down. >> there we go. >> the mayor helped put together "go bags" with flashlights and batteries and announced new york city will spend $100 million on a new effort -- building berms and flood walls to try to hold back the east river. >> for people in this community, it's very vivid what it means, that there is a still threat out there. and we don't take any of it lightly. >> we don't yet know what the berms and flood walls will look like, but the city is spending that extra $100 million, hoping to attract even more federal money -- anything to protect lives and some of the world's most expensive real estate. >> that could definitely happen again 'cause we're in a red zone. it's like a hill -- it goes down. so, i'm on the top. like, all these other buildings back here get flooded. >> do you worry about it happening again? >> yeah, i'm scared of working out on the river because [indistinct] >> the mayor's announcement comes on the 10th anniversary of katrina and only a couple months from the third anniversary of sandy -- storms that have fo

of the east river tunnels, and it's caused by a power outage. trains are being canceled in jamaica and woodside on the port washington branch or diverted to atlantic terminal. subways are cross honoring on the e, 7, 2, and 3 lines, but we have reports it's already causing a mess. >>> now more breaking news. investigators say a deadly house fire in long branch, new jersey, was not an accident. we are told four people died, and the victims suffered other injuries. the four victims are identified as an unmarried couple and their two children. the police officers were the first to arrive overnight, but they could not get inside because of the intense flames and smoke. much more on the story coming up at noon. >>> and new this morning, surveillance video released of a suspect in an attempted rape in washington heights. it was last saturday at 1:00 a.m. in a building on west 172nd street. a woman was followed to her apartment and attacked as she started to get into her apartment. she managed to fight off her attacker and get in the door. >>> in the ci

. >>> a dozen body in the east river, and it happened right after a marriage proposal. how everyone was saved, including the engagement ring. >>> a busy day for pope francis, in public and behind closed door. >> i'm diane macedo in for cindy hsu. pope francis will be here in just 4 days. we will have more on the city's preparations in just a moment, but first, chris martinez will begin our team coverage from havana. >> reporter: diane, tonight there's no question. the pope's visit is inspire manager cubans, and some telling us his mass today was life changing. pope francis greeted showers of evening, and francis surged them not to give up hope for a future. >> every day be open to the dreams that the world with you can be different. >> reporter: it capped off a busy day for the world's first latin american pope. little girls gave him flowers, and crowds chanted his name. earlier he held a brief private meeting with fidel castro at the former leader's home, they exchanged books and discussed issues such as the environment. >> conversation was informal, and it was away fr

a dragon boat capsized in the east river. everybody made it out okay, 19 people onboard. >> the yankees take the subway series with the victory over the mets. >> the giants, man, oh, man, again. two weeks in a row they blew a 10-point lead in the final minutes of the game. giants, man, we've got to get it together. >> and it was a night of firsts at the emmys. viola davis became the first african-american woman to win top honors. jon hamm breaks his losing streak. >> now that the show's off the air, they're giving him an award. andy samberg was, i thought, pretty good. i thought he was pretty, pretty good. >> i thought he was funny. >> all right. so what else is going on? how was madonna? somebody went to the concert. >> yeah. >> did you vogue? >> she did vogue. let me tell you something, this woman still gets down. she is an entertainer. costume changes, sets, on the floor, taking off shifts. i mean, climbing poles. >> there she goes. >> upside down. >> how was the music? >> the music was great. she played a lot of oldies, a

greg: big problems in the tunnel under the east river. they are stopping add wood side or jamaica. people are taking cabs and the subway. some people going home. ines, can you take a train going east from jamaica? >> yes. greg: all right, only into and out of penn station. >> power problems there. greg: so, bowling. the last time i went bowling, my 9th birthday on stewart avenue in garden city and they gave you boy. rosanna: -- -- teresa: pizza too? >> greg: yes, roll this out. nice job. look at what she's dressed in. you are wearing a skirt. anna: that is a little black dress, with the cutouts. i wore a sweater. alley. greg: where is this? >> in times square. it is a cool place. i spoke can kelly and she's one of the top fro federal governmentsal women's bowlers and won ten titles. she's from new jersey and will be on the new professional women's association and finally back after ending in 2003. greg: finally. anna: yes, the first bowler to be featured in the espn. they have athletes without clothes showing off the form and athletic prowess. i talked to kelly about the career and

here across the east river, great weather. this is one world trade. brooklyn bridge is here up to empire and the chrysler building not far from there. humidity is dry. winds are calm. a temperature of 67 degrees. great weather. pressure at 30.33 which is way up there in the fair weather category. anything above 30.00 on the bottom is extra credit. normal low about 61. 67 right now. a little warmer today. not going to break any record highs but a warm day. sun up at 6:30, sets at 7:04. you are correct, the daylight hours are getting shorter. feels like midsummer the rest of the week. fog is possible. i don't see any around this morning. there may be some in the valley. next shot at a shower is late sunday. that is iffy at best. look at hanover, 48. montclair 56. hopatcong 61. 60 hackettstown and beautiful centenary college. bridgeport 61, 63 to long island to the eastern end. we have a wind across here out of this high-pressure ridge. this will hang around. nothing coming along to push this out of the way maybe until sunday of this weekend and maybe in

you will feel that but not so bad as you look down the east river. 77 degrees. winds are out of the southwest. the wind out of the southwest goes a little more southerly today. that will inch up the humidity today. that's why it will feel a little more stuffy and steamy than yesterday. yesterday we hit 92. little in the way of humidity. hoe pat kong 64. 68 blairstown. 68 milford. 64 hand november and down to bridgewater 64 degrees. these numbers are warm, teaneck, essex hudson, union county. these are 6, 7 degrees warmer for this hour of the day. in spots winds turn a little more southerly and that's why the humidity picks up. so, inland areas, away from the coast will get hot and humid today. we are looking at clear skies all the way back here to chicago and the great lakes into the ohio valley, mid- mississippi valley. this front slides eastward and gets to us thursday evening. futurecast, computer guidance shows you that. sunshine today and tomorrow. here comes the front. early on thursday, off to the west. then it slides through the area. with the heating an

there we see down the east river there the seastreak. a lot of boat traffic. a pumper coming up, a barge. we have clouds and breaks of sun. to the west we have a few showers at noontime. temperature 69 degrees. wind northeast at 6. pressure continues to hang around, 30.28 which is fair weather. strong high pressure is being under cut by the low with clouds. a few minutes before 7:00 we have sunset. it feels like fall today. as summer ends it will feel like summer tomorrow as fall begins then we watch a system that might bring us rain on sunday coming up for the weekend. we will keep an eye on that. the pollen count is the focus. air quality is fine. it is ragweed season. 61 to 71 around the five boroughs. 57 monticello. northeast wind. so, that will keep it cloudy with intervals of clouds and sun. cool breeze around 74. a few showers in northeast new jersey. clear and comfy. 60 around the five boroughs. tomorrow, first day of our autumn and the autumnnal equinox at 4:20 in the morning and 80 digest. then thursday 80 and we cool down for the weekend. we will ke

that's because of signal problems in the east river tunnels. there's no major delays. we'll keep a close eye on that and weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> thanks, lauren. >>> breaking news in new jersey, three people died in a fire in long branch. tracie strahan is there with more. tracie? >> reporter: darlene, we're working to confirm reports that a mother, father and their two children lived inside of the home here on jolene avenue. but, we do know from authorities that one person from that group is in critical condition. from the outside, it's hard to tell that a two-alarm fire even broke out here. but that's exactly what happened after midnight on jolene avenue. sources tell us that police officers were actually the first on the scene. but flames made the attempts to get inside extremely difficult. now, again, sources are telling news 4 that three people were killed inside of that fire. officials say crews had major difficulty getting upstairs. >> tried their hardest to get up to the second floor where they thought there was some people. couldn't get up t

as i sway out here on the dark on the east river i am rory.inded of the fish market which is also swaying and about to fall down. part of the prese hiation sgediehere t argument is that they have to tear that down to build the new lu3 ry bnd tlding for the howard istghes cor-geration plans to put up here which is 300 million in hots.ing. >> did they mention the mafia, dogfighting, the thingsk the things that go on out there. it bigger. >> i i think it's great and thinksng outside the box. think the need to refocus their effortsk on that same list as the grand canyon. putting this up there with the grand canyon i don't know if i understand. >> 6048 miles, you think miles, you think your tir, 6 meet this guy. historic building. >> he has walked every street in every borough. >> every corner of new york is a story. >> it bealan, it was a creation, we didn't have any money, it was upon experience. four-year challenge. ultimately resulting in this boowe >> yet to do it in the morning, during the week, the summer, winter, thinic changes. >> just to be clear he doesn't just walk the walk. >> who

a calm wind, clear skies as we look down the east river. we will be looking at a morning where it's 54 brookhaven. 57 babylon. 46 around poughkeepsie and over to kingston and 43 in monticello. grab a sweater. grab a jacket. later on today it will get to 80 degrees and warmer tomorrow. heather, today is the first day of autumn t. i thought i would let you know that. >> i know that. >> feels like june. i know you like that. >> i'm happy it feels like june but the fact that winter is closer, not happy about that. >>> anyway, let's show you how things are looking traveling on to the george washington bridge, something you could be happy about. no major problems inbound. the upper level is slower than the lower level. inbound side is moving left to right. mass transit is doing great long island railroad, new jersey transit trains subways moving with no major problems at all. we showed you the george washington bridge how nicely it was moving. lincoln is okay. holland tunnel is doing just fine. alternate sides are suspended. >> good advice. thank

and we are seeing the calm touch right there on the east river. to the left there, great place to go today, if you are down here, this is astoria looking south. that is socrates sculpture park. today is a good day to go. you have a lot of sunshine. it's warm but we are minus the humidity. humidity is at 36%. winds are southwest at 5 and pressure 30.34. strong high pressure over us. so, that means we stay clear. when the high pressure ridge is that strong it hangs around for a long time and this one will into the weekend. westhampton 78. brookhaven 78. 75 east hampton. westhampton a very interesting spot. one of the warmest places in the afternoon because of the sandy soil. then at night it loses that. that will happen tomorrow morning. 76 danbury and poughkeepsie. 77 down the jersey shore here. so, with a northerly wind you see it's a northwest wind, that keeps that humidity away. but, you know, as we go into tomorrow, we will see the temperatures warmer which will put us ten above normal tomorrow and higher than that west of the city in the urban

as we look over here toward the east river we've got a couple of ferryboats working up and down. we've got a great day for it. a light wind that's been out of the northeast, but at times it's been gusting up to 22 miles an hour. humidity is dry, and the pressure is at 30.25, steadying the temperature 68. with the pressure that high we have a brand new high pressure ridge over us giving us that northeast wind and i'll explain how that's working. normal high is 73. we should hit that later on. sun is going to set at 6:56. just a little bit before 7:00, and we should have a pretty sunset too. send us your sunset pictures, and we'll put those up this evening. lee goldberg will have that at 4 and 5. feeling like fall for the end of summer, but it's going to feel like summer for the beginning of autumn on wednesday when temperatures get into maybe the low 80s. cloudiest day is tomorrow. there might be a sprinkle. looking at 68 this hour now around murray hill, 69 over towards whitestone, 66 belmar, wrightstown, and 59 in the north. these are cool numbers with a little bit of cloud cove

we've got blue skies, no clouds, lots of sun, a little sailboat working its way down the east river. now that's a sailboat without its sail, so if the sail is not up on the sailboat david and shirleen, is it a sailboat or is it a vessel. >> at that point i call it a motor boat. >> there you go, it is a vessel. you are correct sir. you get your captain's license. >> it doesn't take much to get one from me. lunch would be good. here we go, if you're having lunch outside it's gorgeous. a beautiful day. there goes the circle line there. it's 83 degrees, the humidity is dry, the winds are southwest at 5. 81 at hauppauge, 76 around north port to massapequa. it's really a pretty day. low humidities, very mild temperatures, warmer than normal for this time of the year. a lot of sunshine and clear skies all the way back to this front. this front comes in on sunday but it comes in dry. still summery today at 87. tomorrow still summery at 83, and it's going to be the warmer half of the weekend. then here comes the front which will bring in cooler air. it will also bring cloudy skies for sunday.

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. >>> 19 members of a dragon boat team in the east river off new york city were thrown into chilly water. their boat was swept over by strong winds and large waves on sunday. they were all rescued's they were paddling. bun of the boyfriends asked his girlfriend to marry him and she said yes! >> it's very unique and we are very lucky. we went through good times and bad times like the currents and we survived this and surviving this, we will survive everything else. >> reporter: they all made it back safely to the dock with the engagement ring. >>> a rematch of last season's nfc championship game on "sunday night football," green bay's aaron rodgers passes for two touchdowns in a come-from-behind win against seattle. this time, the packers were able to score in the second half. green bay recovers a fumble in the closing minute to hang on for a 27-17 victory over the seahawks. seattle falls to 0-2. >>> dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo was sacked and his left shoulder was slammed into quarter. x-rays on the shoulder revealed a broken collar bone. that is his second fractured but dallas b

. >> reporter: the mta initially blamed amtrak, which shares the east river tunnels. but late today, said it still hadn't found a cause. so they made temporary repairs. >> we have been working hard all day to make a temporary fix to the system. we think we can get through a normal rush hour normally. but we want people to be aware we should check because things can change at any moment. >> reporter: the explanation did little to calm riders still seething about their woeful wednesday. >> just say, oh, signal problems. what is that? what is a signal problem? come on. they have people running this equipment all day long. and they have a signal problem. they don't tell nothing. >> 12 hours after this happened, a lot of commuters have not learned what caused the power problems. it remains under investigation. live at penn station tonight, andrew siff, news 4 new york. >> understandable frustration out there, andrew. thank you. >>> monmouth county prosecutors say an early morning fire in long branch, new jersey, does not appear to be accidental. sources tell news 4 that sh

the east river is calm. water choppy locally tomorrow with the rip currents kicking up. 91. humidity knocked down a touch by the northeast wind. so, it feels like the actual temperatures. heat indices aren't too much lower. 93 was the high today. 13 above average. sunset 7:26. despite a shower through kingston. 91 yonkers. 96 norwalk. 83 andover. a shower to your west. and down the shore, no theft of showers. 84 belmar. 92 in west orange. so s hazy skies right now. an isolated storm during the overnight. best threat of a shower may be the first part of the day tomorrow. the front isn't totally through, limited sun then lower humidity about this time tomorrow. drier by the weekend. notice the showers. looks like they are trying to make inroads into the hudson valley and catskills. this is falling apart over ulster and orange county. gusty near kingston but a sprinkle at new paltz. this area will fall apart and stay to the west as high pressure noses in. with this front not totally getting in, it may be around us tomorrow. you could wake up to a shower and a fair amount of clo

. >> reporter: on the east river in new york city, the nypd shows off the newest boat. >> the cabin itself is bullet resistant. >> reporter: just a small part of the unprecedented security operation for the pope's five-day visit to the united states. three cities, washington, d.c., new york and philadelphia. 16 events and multiple processions open to the public. crowds at times over a million. >> the numbers coming to philadelphia could far exceed anything else that we've had in the city in modern times. >> reporter: each city will have thousands of law enforcement, snipers, s.w.a.t. teams and police helicopters. >> the entire fleet will be in the air and the ground goes into lockdown. the streets, the rivers and of course the air space as well. along with the pope, new york city is also hosting the u.n. general assembly. 170 world leaders. >> and on top of it all, by the way, the president is coming. >> the pope's visit is so large and complicated, the secret service is in charge. among the challenges his desire to meet the faithful. >> people get excited and they want to touch the pope a

river tunnels. there was no lirr service in or out of penn station. >> the problem is that giant tangle of switches in rail yards you see before the tunnel into manhattan, we lost switch power there this morning. when you can't move the switches, you can't move train. you've been seeing this throughout the summer. infrastructure is a problem. when you lose power, signal, switches, any of the 100-year-old elements that make up the rail system in the busiest metropolis in the nation, you have the potential people. >> reporter: robbers walking down to the hot crowded subway to get on d train. >> hot, miserable, crowded, slow. i was on the train to here. it took me over two hours and 10 minutes. >> reporter: mark, chair of the long island railroad commuters council, says the lack of communication was worse than the power issue. >> it was disaster as far as communication. >> reporter: the long island railroad commuter council says that both the mta and the lirr pledge to give commuters vital information,

river. rescuers rushed to their aid, but all could think about was that expensive engagement ring. >> the proposal went well without a hitch. it was just -- >> good thing i list toned help and didn't put the ring in the bag. that will would be at the bottom of the water right now. >> there you go. put it right on the fingerment luckily no one was injured, the couple say they've got a story that they'll never forget. >> now, saved in the nick of time. a senior at school in plymouth county massachusetts, he says his apple watch and the staff at tabor academy saved his life. paul, senior knows tackle at the take bore football team, just bought the watch they days earlier, had finished practice will week when he began to feel pain in his back and chest. >> /tested my heart rate, it was about 145 for about two hours after the practice ended, i was so dehydrated, and my muscles start today actually breakdown and re lows a protein that is sort of tox mike my bloodstream. >> wow. now paul will be ok

the east river, like a piece of glass, we have a fairly calm wind that will be light through tomorrow. 74 comfortable degrees. wind is calm and 88 degrees. your high today, 66 the low. 75 degrees the average. 13 degrees above. we lose 3 minutes of daylight tomorrow. sunrise 6:38. halftime report in september, running almost 7 degrees above average beyond the pace for the warmest september if something like this continues. precipitation well after the saturday rain fall, a little closer to normal. we're in a dry pattern again. next four days your weather headlines, rain is no guarantee. more seasonal temperatures will follow. long island, comfortable in the upper 60s. 77 warmer degrees. we're going to see widespread 50s, around 50 well north and west. upper 50s on the island will drop into the upper 60s in new york city. again, just like today, lots of sunshine, low humidity, light wind, and we should top out in the upper 80s once again. satellites mainly clear. a few high clouds that are creeping up the coast. make for a pretty sunrise tomorrow morning across southern new jersey. but

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the east river, like a piece of glass, really calm. tomorrow, the water will get choppy. a northeast wind coming in. 82 degrees. the wind is calm. the pressure on the rise. the high today was 93 degrees. the record 99. newark came close to a record. there your sunrise and sunset times, the average high is 80. we are closer to that tomorrow. 95 in newark. and 90 in belmar. and 92 in white plains. no question the warmest day of the stretch. a couple showers have cooled stainhope new jersey. it is still 80 in clifton. coming in the mid 70s. now catskills have cooled off. cold front sitting over the mid hudson valley right now. notice the northeast wind tomorrow. gets gusty during the day. a lot of clouds around first part of the day and a shower threat maybe through lunchtime, early afternoon, especially west of new york city and the clouds will break for sun at times during the afternoon hours. but there will be clouds. they are here right now and we had a couple thunderstorms that were over orange county, now just weakening showers working over parts of central new jersey,

as we look across to the east river, we can see really beautiful weather across the flushing. this is the jersey shore brought to you by the jersey shore. and as we look down the boardwalk and down the beach, it's absolutely gorgeous this morning with clear skies, low humidities, 69 degrees, calm wind, pressure at above 30 which is great. that means fair weather. when you look at the barometer, got good stuff going on. sun's up at 6:39. we're going to feel like mid summer's day today and tomorrow, and this is our last weekend of the summer of 2015, which has been absolutely perfect weather-wise just about every weekend. next shot of shower comes on monday. summer ends like summer began. we're looking at a uv index of 6 today. a couple hours gets you a sunburn. the sun even though weaker this time of the year strong enough to burn you. 56 at poughkeepsie. these numbers are way warmer than normal. we should be around 60 here and 50 to the north. it's a nice morning the clear skies back to the great lakes. this cold front comes to us on sunday. by the time it gets to us it loses

if you have a commute or just traveling around today, staten island and seastreak at a -- east river ferry has a weekend schedule in place. the hudson river ferries operating on a modified schedule. on the buses or sundays, nj transit will vary by route. no express bus lane today and decamp on a saturday schedule. changes on all of the major commuter lines. everything is moving along just fine. no problems out there. there's less frequent service but you can still get around. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >>> for those who are trying to cram in one last beach day today, there's a bit of good news. lori bordonaro is at rockaway beach. an extra week, right? >> reporter: hi, kerry. yes. an extra week. that's good because if you couldn't make it out to the beach this weekend or today, we still have time. no worries there. the city officially extended the beach season until next sunday, september 13th. that means another week of soaking up the sun, working on your tan. the extension part of a budget deal put in place back in june. the only ones closed are cedar grove and wolf pond.

all the east river crossings, no delays yet at mass transit. metro north, new jersey transit, and l.i.r.r. are so far on or close to schedule for you. alternate-side parking suspended for yom kippur. you to pay the meters, and remember to be safe, don't text and drive. >>> donald trump was on the late show with stephen colbert last night. his campaign often foe cons the country's failures, but he -- often focuses on the country's failures, but he doesn't blame the people. i would blame both sides. certainly on body sides. we got into a war we shouldn't have been in. look what happened in iraq because we destabilized the middle east. his upcoming interview with 60 minute outs in -- minutes in our join next hour. >>> investigators are combing the e-mail accounts of clinton's long time aide and cheryl mills to see if they contain any confidential information. >>> the volkswagon emission scandal could become a criminal case, and a new starbucks app could mean less time waiting in line. hena daniels is live. >> reporter: a criminal investigation has

ment great down the east river to one world trade. 59 degrees. dry humidity. west wind and a pressure rising will make for a great day today. high number of 80. low 72. we are cooler this morning. normal high is 76. normal low 62. keep those numbers in mind as i show you the seven-day forecast. we will be way above that this week. it's 6:35 when the sun is up. gorgeous sunrise and beautiful sunset later on. we will have several of those this week. this is the first 50s we have seen since june. breezy today, seasonal sunshine. temperature about 78. warmer than normal for this time of the year. then a big warm up tomorrow and it looks like the humidity will stay in shape. temperatures in the 80s. a look at 52 hanover. 53 blairstown. looking at 57 newark. 54 belmar. 48 toms river down another degree. a west to a southwest wind. it will be coming in with this high-pressure ridge that will warm us up even though we are cool from the overnight hours. so, goes we have high pressure coming in. low pressure is leaving. that's why we have a wind out there 10, 12, 20 mil