monmouth, ocean county, lightning strike there. more lightning strikes from putnam to dutchess county. we're seeing heavier downpours. the rain has gotten lighter. most of brooklyn getting lighter too. inspto queens and nassau county, that's where the heavier downpours lurking offshore. that's sliding to the north and east. anticipate the rain to pick up in intensity there. we have fl d advisories in effect in the areas where the heavy rain is headie, into brooklyn, queens nassau county and western suffolk county for at least a couple of hours. and down to the south to monmouth county until 8:30 for the heavy downpours. breaks down this way. for the next couple of hours or so, especially from the city on east and southeast, heavy rain continues to shift east. eastern hudson valley, jersey shore, the focal points for local street flooding possible. drying out later this morning into the afternoon. we'll talk more about that forecast in a little bit. she's got the update on the commute. emily west. >> we're checking out the i.e., the

monmouth university do another poll. they did release their latest polling number for the republican candidates today. surprise, surprise, donald trump wins. but they also, with the release of that data, they put out a cautionary statement explaining their polls, like every poll, they've got a margin of error, saying it is statistical nonsense to be making these decisions about who is allowed to compete based on these differences in the debates. look closely at -- look at these columns here. the number they put in their poll, the lower and upper margin, the report change, including the margin of potentially stacking error. if you're honest about it, if you are honest about it, if you want to look at what these numbers really say, and you take account the margin of error and the statistical analysis and basically almost all of the candidates overlap. yes, there are a few candidates who you could safely say are top ten candidates like donald trump right now. and you could safely say that george pataki and my friend jim gil

most of new jersey quiet except along the coast of monmouth county. our main focus right now, we go into nassau county where the heaviest rain is. it's training in off the atlantic. this area in here from long beach on towards the north and east, hempstead, go along the l.i.e. toward oyster bay eventually. heavy downpours for a while longer. this band will shift into western suffolk county as well. it is pulling out of queens. because of all the heavy rain we've seen, we have that flash flood warning in effect for queens. all of nassau county and southwest sections of suffolk county. it will expire in brooklyn, queens. as we improve through the next hour or so as the rain continues to move east progressing. pockets of rain, most of rain east of the city. a shower can't be ruled out. temperatures back into the middle 80s. emily west is back. >> heavy delays here on the outer bridge crossing. the ramp is going to be closed. that is eastbound to west shore expressway from a crash involving this box truck. looks like they are backing on maybe some help ju

they're working through monmouth and ocean county sliding eastward. look at the clear weather behind that. this will be great for tomorrow. the humidity's drop. the winds come out of the north and we'll have a beautiful day tomorrow. starting out this morning, we've got showers and storms, and then this afternoon sun and clouds, warm and humid, 85. the humidity starts to drop off toward the evening commute and into tonight. tonight it's partly cloudy, comfortable, low humidity. we're around 70, a gorgeous night. it's like you heather, just sunny and nice. >> you're so sweet. >> here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. [ laughter ] >> we're going to have some great weather tomorrow. so you're going out this morning right now. you've got to have your umbrella, the rain gear. there's the showers around, particularly as you saw south of the city and north of the five boroughs. tomorrow a sunny delight, and then sunday it's a little more humid. there's the possibility of a passing shower. that's not even a big deal on sunday. >> i notice everybody on th

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. >> reporter: a state police helicopter is in the air and monmouth county divers are in the water. the 25-year-old man disappeared in the rough surf. officials say at this point it is looking grim. >> we're in a tough situation here. >> reporter: lifeguards went back on duty this morning and people are back on the beach but say this is a sad reminder. >> there is rip currents all over the jersey shore. lifeguards will might have v move you down to a different spot if the area is bad. >> i've seen them come out to get someone who wasn't listening to them to come in closer. >> the man was swimming in an unprotected area which is off limits to swimming because of the endangered species here. the lifeguards in the nearest protected area were done for the day. rose russ said lately the rip currents were especially bad. >> the whole summer has been rough with the water. it is exhausting. you have to be a good swimmer. >> the national recreation area officials say you should only swim in a protected area. >> you always need someone to look out for what is going on. >> the rip currents mad

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. >>> the monmouth county sheriff's office said a 25-year- old man was with a a group having trouble around 7:30 last night. >>> three towns remain under construction after cliff side park -- workers were left with a serious mess. >> what you can see here is sludge and everything else. >> we are using plastic cups and bottled beer. the only stipulation is to not cook any food. >>> busta rhymes has been arrested for getting into a fight at the gym. he allegedly threw a cop taper with a protein drink at a worker. the victim refused medical aattention, he's being charged with second-degree assault. >>> a manman violently robbed a woman in the bronx and then raped the victim. it happened around 6:00 in the south bronx, and four men force the their way into the apartment at gunpoint, and the four men made off with cash, cell phones, and keys. >>> a man will be sentenced today for his part in a motorcycle road rage attack. robert sims was one of ten who pled guilty. he was charged with wojciech braszczok who was sentenced yesterday. video shows wojciech braszczok smashing the back window o

that's good nude, meanwhile, we had heavier rainout toward ocean, monmouth county. now pulling away, but, it leaves behind the ponding on the roadways, you get the idea. just expect sort of the aftermath of the storms, but now thankfully meisha this rain is out of here. >> that's such great news, especially during the morning commute. one of the busier stretches, 59 southbound at girard, basically been accident-free all morning long, great news, considering the volume out on the roadways, going to the wide, see the areas that you are dropping down, just little bit. our typical 95, the schuylkill, the vine starting to slow down, just little bit. even the blue route as you head northbound toward route one, so overall, as we head into the rush hour, you can expect the normal delays that we would typically see. >> thank you. and before we go this friday, we want to congratulates cbs-3 reporter jan carabeo, she off this morning, because she is getting married this week end. >> yes, for good reason. we're so happy for jan and her soon to be hundred i, and due. here is a p

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. >>> record crowds are expected to watch american pharoah at monmouth park this weekend. it will be his first race since winning the triple crown. 5,000 fans got a sneak peek when he took to the track this morning for a run. you can catch all the action at the invitational sunday starting at 5:00 on nbc 4. if you have tickets, officials are urging you to take public transportation. extra service is added to get fans to and from the track. increase of 15 trains over the course of the day with service every 15 minutes in the hour after the race. new jersey transit made improvements at monmouth station to handle the increased crowds. >>> it's the blue moon. despite its name, don't expect the moon to be the color blue. the term refers to a second full moon in a single month. stargazers witnessed the lunar event last three years ago. if you miss this, you won't be able to see another blue moon until 2018. you know how we say once in a blue moon? >> right. >> that's why. it's so rare. >> it's beautiful, too. >> it is. >> i caught the moon last night and it was nice. not that ni

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still see heavier rain across ocean monmouth counties, aerial flood advisory posted there at least for the next hour or two. meanwhile temperatures as we speak, in the how these contour colors start to change, the further inland and northwest you travel, do you have some changing color contours, in other words, the cooler air starting to nudge in, and it is still very warm and mug toy start thing off across south central new jersey for, but gets better from here. watch for patchy fog, nothing more, as sky begin to clear for sunshine, we start to these back up. talking mid to upper 80s, 87 about most for our daytime high in philadelphia today. but, with time, skies just keep on clearing. again, from west to east, to say the poconos, inland suburbs, you see almost completely sunny day. and it is just a nicer day by comparison. once this wet weather gets out of here. meisha, over to you. >> so nice to hear the humidity will less n and lessen. thank so muchment happy friday to you. still early. in the 5:00 hour still, so welcome, just grabbing your cup of coffee, tuning in to see what's go

more significantly, right down here along the line of monmouth and ocean counties in new jersey just south of i-195, right along the garden state parkway just west of man issaquah muggy, the high getting up to 84, maybe some storms around. accuweather forecast for tonight going like this, maybe a stray thunderstorm early and then quite warm and sticky, we are down to 78 for a low. sunny to partly cloudy, hot, humid tomorrow, spotty afternoon storm especially north and west of the city, 91, spotty storm early tomorrow night and then just muggy out there, 75. warm and humid on wednesday, not quite as hot, only getting up to about 84, about normal for this time of year, maybe heavy storms coming in thursday night and lasting into friday. we have to leave that storm chance in there all day friday, 83, and then over the weekend mid-80s, we should clear out, we should dry out by that point. >> can't complain about that. >> nope. >> thank you. >>> rob is up next with sports. >> down to the mid-80s, there you go. >>> baseball, the yankees deal with an jawstled distraction -- off field distra

probably more cloudiness, monmouth, ocean, middlesex county down the shore. sprinkles are trying to get to philly. the air is dry over us. i don't think a lot of these will survive the trip. if they do, it's south of 195, south of 78 in new jersey. here is this low right here. you can see the circulation. it's not looking as organized. this will go just far enough offshore that we will be on the western fringe of the cloudiness. that may be offshore at this point. i am not concerned about rainy more. we may get a partly sunny day on saturday even at the beaches. nicer to the north tomorrow. it's the day with a fair amount of cloudiness. even the south shore of long island. more sun to the north and west. that storm skips out to see. there is a second piece. we have to monitor that. it's curling offshore. look how far the western edge of the cloud shield is, a few hundred miles offshore. that's good news. we have to watch this weak system sunday that could bring extra clouds to north and west. maybe the poconos or catskills. partly to mostly cloudy overnight.

portions of staten island, monmouth county and the five boroughs. smack dab in the middle. a midday break and then gusty thunderstorm late in the day. highs around 80. left overshowers and lows in the upper 60s. but it does dry out i think the rest of the week. 85 and towards the weekend. >> chris, thank you. >>> an accident right now on the meadowbrook southbound, near the parkway. you can see the delay building on the southern state. and then pass trains west of summit, now it's back to about 30-minute delays, via hoboken. and we've got a couple overturned vehicles. i'll tell you what those are at 6:00. >>> new jersey is considering actually changing school start time, governor chris christie signed a bill to study the benefits and the consequences of starting school a little bit later. they're going to look at the effect on after-school activities and bus schedules as well. >>> well, the government insists you are safe while flying. despite a troubling study. 2 out of 10 air controllers admit to making a serious mistake within a year. 6 out of 10 admit to being tired whi

there will be high clouds around and stubborn in monmouth and ocean county. there are two-pieces to the coastal system. they are safely south and east saturday leaving us with a beautiful day. that system over ohio could give us a couple of patchy clouds sunday afternoon north and west. overall we will slip in another nice august weekend. partly to mostly cloudy skies tonight. might see a shower over southern new jersey, down to 69. tomorrow it's 82. a mix of clouds and sun more high clouds. you will favor more shine in our northern suburbs, northern jersey, hudson valley, connecticut. more cloudiness down the shore. in between and long island you are just seeing partly sunny skies on average, 82. tomorrow night partly cloudy skies and 67 degrees. at 4:30, it's thursday. we get the weekend get away. we will check it out from mountain top to seashore. the hurricane center gave an update. they typically do this in early august. they gave an update to the may atlantic hurricane forecast. where they are headed with that when i come inside. >> thank you, lee. >>>

your eye gets drawn to the shore points, still very heavy rain clocking you around ocean and monmouth county, we do still have flood advisory posted there until 8:30 this morning. so we put things back into motion, though, this is three hour loop. storms are not necessarily booking it, but moving right along, and brunt of the really heavy storms that rumbled through cape may county have thankfully at this point gun to not only taper off b

you can get a sense of that into monmouth and ocean county, and it will break up a bit. the worst of it clearing the shore, and then more will fill in when the second front pushes through, and a soaker into the hudson valley right now, definitely going to slow you down. timing it out for you now between 9 and 10, busy weather, and the popup storms this afternoon, and then for the mets tonight, we could see a popup shower or storm before we are done with this, and just a wrap around shower for wednesday afternoon, and it's really just taking it easy today. it's going to be a busy one, right, alex? >> john, we are already seeing it for you. heavy delays on the staten island-bound goethals bridge, due to a disabled vehicle. it's in the process of clearing, and stick with the outer bridge crossing, the slow traffic affecting the northbound and southbound sides of the new jersey turnpike, right around exit 13, and anticipate a slow ride there, and also slow with the disabled vehicle blocking the lane on the southbound side of the west side highway, it's at 125th street, and t

just mention the advisory up through ocean, monmouth counties. keep ion. that will meantime, though, it does get better from here, as i mentioned. here's how it feels at the moment. see the very discontinuing contour line that gets drawn basically from i95 on west. air mass starting to get more comfortable. see how the cold front crossed through, even to the deep south, oklahoma sit, wichita, for example, has seen the front clear out. look at the wind direction. that's critical here, right? so as you have more of northwest component to the wind flow, it starts to bring in a drier, less moisturize dollars air mass, if you will, skies clearing for everyone, just only going to get better from here. actually head to nice weaken overall, too. >> just feels like a friday, doesn't it? always the best. all good news. >> no rain, all good news, thanks, good morning, everyone. tgif to you. it is friday, happy to be here with you. here is a live look outside at the ben franklin bridge, for those of you coming over from jersey looking great. i love to show the shot in

new monmouth university poll shows trump now holds a 2 to 1 lead over bush. these new polls will help determine which candidates make the cut for the first republican presidential debate. that of course is thursday. it is almost certain at this point that trump will be center stage that night. but which of his rivals will he then face? athena jones is at the gop forum in manchester new hampshire for us tonight. athena at the last-minute, three of the candidates that are running for president, ted cruz mark owe rubio and rand paul they all announced they are staying back in washington for a senate vote. they are going to be participating via satellite. also missing, donald trump. why? >>> hi kate. well he has given several reasons. said at one point -- his camp said he was angry about a critical editorial in the union leader newspaper. that's who is sponsoring the event. they published an editorial poking fun at donald trump after he questioned the heroism of arizona senator john mccain. that was a couple of weeks ago. you know of course that john mccain was a

rain filling in staten island through brooklyn, and into monmouth county, and then heavier rain, and you're seeing breaks. sullivan and ulster, a nice sunrise, and there's a front pushing through. you have the heat, and the heat will be knocked out, and a nice day tomorrow, there's clouds racing by overhead, and it's a northwest wind, and it will be less humid, and it should be brighter as well. we should be dry on thursday, but there's the potential mess headed our way friday into saturday. i say mess in the sense it's a longer term event, and we could see over 2 inches of rain, and the timing will be rough to start your weekend, and it will likely linger into saturday. your day today, starting with storms, and then steamy sun, and 90, feeling warmer with the higher dew points, a leftover passing shower or thunderstorm, and then 71, and remember, tonight is national night out. the first tuesday in august, leave the light on, get to know your neighborhood and your neighbors. we have been doing this since 1981. 60,000 communities doing it, maybe yours. thursday, staying nice, cooler,

the monmouth county sheriff's office tweeted a notable folk. appears to be an object floating in the water. the coastguard says it believes debris that has been located did although there's no confirmation of that. witness spotted the 40 foot steel fishing boat taking on water and sinking at 4:30 yesterday, the witness notified the coast guard. that started 8 huge search that stretched into the evening. anda huge search that stretched into the evening. and nypd dive team used sonar. ville vessel was last seen in the city hook channel, nothe vessel was last seen in the city hook channel, no word of any distress call, the search for the vessel is set to resume later this morning. that is the latest from island, new jersey. back to you. ben: robert moses, thank you very much. much more still to come on wednesday morning including the fall seen around the world. multimillion-dollar masterpiece destroyed by a young boy. juliet: audrey keeping track of the forecast. we are riveted to the video. >> reporter: cabarrus 69 degrees, plenty of sunshine tod

. >> and there was this race at monmouth park racetrack on sunday night. american feral run his first since the triple crown and when the governor went to present the trophy in the winners circle, we have some video here where he was booed by someone in the class and finally he appeared on the state of the union with jake tapper on sunday morning where he said that the national teachers union is the single most disruptive force in public education. >> at the national level, he has hardly endorsed hillary clinton 16 or 17 months before the election. therefore later membership, they are the single most destructive force in public education in america. >> i spoke with steve who is the senior person on the new jersey teachers union. to get his reaction. >> it's shocking language. if someone says you deserve a punch in the face come how would you feel? our members are numb to that. they are so used to this after 5.5 years and he has never done anything but use this kind of language. >> to add to the conversation we have new jersey state senator who is consideri

dying out over portions of monmouth county. there. and light cluster here, maybe ocean county, what's left of it, that will take place probably in the next hour or so. then clouds and sunshine. warm, upper 80s. low 90s. nice night, clearing skies. suburbs. another warm day tomorrow with 86, but with the humidity down, not too shabby for early august, that's for sure. shore of the today looking at upper 80s and low 90s, especially the jersey shore. 4 to 6 feet, small craft viegs sorry. advisory. ript rip current rick is high. stay out of the water. clouds take over thursday, 82. rain takes over with wind, friday into saturday. the latter half of the weekend looks better. still a rough commute for folks. what's the latest, lauren? >> it has been and continues to be. garden state parkway, shuts down three lanes, route 27 delays back to route 1 and beyond. almost back to the turnpike. not an easy ride on the garden. the turnpike is in better shape if you're able to get that far east. heading to the bqe, we still have lane closure eastboun

new monmouth poll shows otherwise. the poll find a majority of gop voters have a favorability. >> how is that willie favorability turning around? >> that was the knock against him, these are inflated numbers. look at the favorability, nobody likes him. they think he's a clown, he's not a serious candidate. now it's starting to flip. if you watch that candidate forum if new hampshire last night. i thought it was good sensitive. we heard from the candidates. donald trump wasn't there. we heard trump speeches and talking points. when he's standing next to those candidates on thursday and they're giving the trump speeches, everyone has always heard, not that there is anything wrong with the content or the substance of them. he will jump off the stage because he's not those guys. >> last fight, really quickly, did you not know what they were going to say? >> sure. >> before they finished their sentences? i think i love these guys and respect them. i know the end of that speech because it's the same speech republicans have g

ocean and monmouth county, a little shower heading to sandy hook. but you see it's dissipating, the yellow weakening somewhat. then off to the west a couple of showers, thunderstorms that might move to the north and west. we will look at mid-80s and probably looking at humid weather, temperature around 86. can't rule out a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. warm and sticky tonight. tomorrow more of the same. a pop-up shower or a thunderstorm. we will look at a cold front on friday. that will give us drenching heavy downpours of toad strangling rain. then that sets up a nice weekend. it will be warm and humid but saturday and sunday 83, 84 and lows at night 72. >> i'm sorry did you say toad strangling rain. >> yes, the poor toads have to hold their head up. >> oh, that's where that comes from. >> farm term. i grew up on a farm. >> i got that feeling. >> thank you for clarifying. >> gives you the idea it's a lot of rain. >> i got it. little toads. >> they will be fine they just have to hold their head up. >> poor toads. >> thank you, bill. >>> well, crews

we have some advisories' out there for monmouth county and a flash flood advisory there's so warning or advisory similar but the warnings a little bit worse some localized flooding going to be a problem for you in the west end of long island at least for the next couple hours because those showers are coming down and it is not moving quickly. 75 at central park, 76 at newark, 73 at newark and showers, the front is pushing through here but taking a the old-time to get out of here but it should continue to make progress as time goes on but the morning commute will definitely be on the rest your side especially through long island and connecticut so give yourself extra time. 75 by 7:00 a.m. with showers in the area but should break up by midday, high-temperature 85 degrees this afternoon and tomorrow you will see mainly sunny skies, high of 86, showers and sunday and tuesday, tuesday on the earlier side as the front passes by again. a little bit of everything going on. green is getting hung up in western long island. that might be a problem this morning. >> lot of evidence of a county i

this one approaching western parts of monmouth county. i think everything will tend to weaken as we approach the evening hours and lose that daytime heating. the maps are not too pretty if you look off to the west. there's a lot of shower and thunderstorm activity, a lot of instability in the atmosphere. if anything things will become more widespread so the entire tri-state area gets downpours tomorrow night into the day on friday. here's why. tomorrow we get sun and then clouds increase. i think shower and thunderstorm activity mainly stays west of new york city tomorrow, the high 85. the front tries to keep moving along but puts the brakes on because there's a system offshore that causes the front to stall along the coast. that means showers and thunderstorms will develop on friday continue through much of the day and maybe continue into friday night. that's why i'm concerned about more widespread minor flooding issues on friday. accuweather forecast for tonight, partly cloudy, warm and sticky, spotty thunderstorms west of new york city

. >> investigators tell us that alcohol may have played a role in a boat crash in monmouth county. emergency crews rescued two men and a woman who were on a fishing boat that hit a jetty on saturday night. police arrested the operator of the boat who is now facing charges. >>> a philadelphia man is facing several charges in connection with a hit and run that injured a 6-year-old girl over the weekend. investigators say mark edwards was driving the car that struck the girl on saturday night on sylvester street. the little girl is in stable condition and being treated for broken bones. >>> it is considered our civic obligation, jury duty and one presidential candidate is taking time off the campaign trail to report. does donald trump hope he gets picked in detail ahead. >>> more information on the murder of morgan freeman's granddaughter. a witness speaks out about what he heard at the time of the deadly stabbing. >>> how long is this heat wave going to last and when will storm arrive to give us a break? i'll show you ahead in my seven-day forecast. >>> out west, the coyote canyon fi

heaviest rain across monmouth, ocean county. moving into staten island and queens. the next half hour to one hour at least. then the storms will go further east to long island and connecticut as well. officially i flash flood warning in effect for mercer county. it looks like that will be dropped shortly. that expires at 4:45. northwestern suburbs into orange county, western putnam county and sussex county. this may be dropped as the heaviest rain has passed. we'll break it down like this in terms of what to expect. the heaviest rains shift for the next hour or two. northern new jersey, the heaviest point for the showers. could be local street and flooding possible in the next hour or two. then it dries out later this morning into the afternoon. things improve. in terms of the road so far, any damage from the rain that moved through. emily west is here for lauren. let's find out about that. >> so far, you need to be aware of the rfk triboro bridge. that's until 5:00 this morning. northbound at 63rd to 96th. a couple lanes blocked here. let's look at the wet roadways

this is chopper video of the fire in ocean township, monmouth county. it broke out shortly after 1:00 at the twin brook village apartments. according to our sister station, wnbc, several apartments were destroyed. not clear yet what sparked this fire. no one was hurt. >>> guilty is the verdict for a craigslist killer from montgomery county. thomas coffee was convicted of first degree murder for the june 2013 shooting death. he was immediately sentenced to life in prison. prosecutors say coffee shot and killed daniel cook, who was looking to purchase an atv from coffee off of craigslist. coffee then robbed cook after the murder. coffee also was linked to two other craigslist robberies that month. >>> it's what fans have been waiting for. the eagles fans got their first look at the team in action today in south philadelphia. >> day two of training camp offered the public a look at some of the new faces we will see on the field. tim furlong is at lincoln financial field and comcast sports net's john clark has been watching the action on the field. how are

there's also a south carolina poll that's out today for from monmouth. looks the same, donald trump polling at 30%, doubling the candidate doing second best in south carolina and mr. trump is not only way out front, he pushes all these supposedly more viable supposedly more mainstream candidates down into single digits low single digit, total dominance, a huge day for donald trump in those early state polls news that is very bad. here's one thing to notice. in that p p p poll, yes, donald trump does better than jeb bush or scott walker or new bedford, but none of them even come in second to donald trump in new hampshire. none of them comes in third in new hampshire. donald trump comes in first, second place the john kasich, third place is carly fiorina. what? john kasich doesn't do great in south carolina but carly fiorina does there, too. in that south carolina poll donald trump by a mile, then ben carson is second, jeb bush comes in third in south carolina but then carly fiorina is tied for forty place with marco rubio. carly fiorina relatively speakin

this is tom hammond saying good night from monmouth park in oceanport, new jersey where the champion strutted his stuff. >>> stunned. he was disappointed. i think he really liked it here. >> it's day one of eagle's training camp and some new faces join the birds as they return to the practice field today, but it was another player on his way out who had some strong words for head coach chip kelly. good evening. nbc 10 is our official station for the philadelphia eagles and we have you covered with all the big stories coming out of camp. ron burke is live at the nova care complex and ron, everyone's excited for the upcoming season but brandon boykin's comments about his former head coach really caught fan's attention today. >> no doubt, denise. you come into a situation like this thinking it's going to be about sam bradford coming back to practice after being injured for the second time seriously. perhaps about super bowl aspirations for this team, but it turned into a now former eagle once again making comments about how his head coach relates to players of color. >> when he left her

to register this morning, as you can see this is what i am talking about, showers out near ocean and monmouth counties, and around the tristate, new jersey but looks like there is a back down and cloud the setting out and we will see gorgeous sunshine through the majority of in the coastal areas and long island, some clouds around early on but showers have pretty much wrapped up. here's the reason why. this area of low pressure far enough south is keeping the moisture with in the location so we are not getting much out of it so we will see a lot of sunshine, high pressure continues to dominate our weather altogether, going for the future cast and see what it indicates, low pressure coming up of the mid-atlantic region keeping most of the showers there and cloud cover we have in the tristate only around for the morning, clear skies, high-pressure keeping inmates and dry, same thing into saturday, saturday in to sunday call more or less the same thing, they are slow to move, area of low pressure off of the of atlantic waters but we are in the clear with high pressure dominating the weather. her

at the haskell invitational in monmouth park. with 60,000 fans expected to attend and several road closures in the area, and anticipate some gridlock around the track. the jersey transit will attempt to keep a tight rein on the situation however with more trains running tomorrow. and some travel tips purchase the round tip tickets in advance and give yourself from the station. and expect longer wait times. >>> a dog nabbed right from a driveway in new jersey. the brazen crime caught on camera tonight. the owner's plea for help. >> and plus thousands of dodge cars are recalled tonight. why there could be a problem just like slamming the door. >> and a warning for hospitals. the common device that could be at risk for cyber attack. >> and after a pretty hot summer afternoon, where many locations actually hit the 90- degree mark it's a comfortable evening out there. near 80 in the city but already 60 end zone many of the sub -- 60s in many of the su hi. your daddy's getting a camry? yeah, i want him to have a really fun car. he's th

and the results are basically unchanged from monmouth's july poll. >>> the fbi is looking into the security of the private e-mail server hillary clinton used when she was secretary of state. that's according to a report in "the washington post." the paper also said the fbi has asked clinton's lawyer, david kendall, about the security of a thumb drive containing copies of clinton's eames that kendall possesses. clinton's e-mails have been under scrutiny since it was revealed she used a private server in her new york home while she was the top u.s. diplomat. >>> four children are dead following a fire late yesterday in central missouri. the fire broke out around 11:30 local time at a condominium complex in osage beach. authorities say six people were trapped inside the burning yesterday when firefighters arrived. they were able to rescue two adults but four children died. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> officials are hoping the cooler weather will be a big help in the fight to control the huge rocky wildfire in northern california, but it is still the largest of more than tw

monmouth university released a poll showing 52% of her e-mails should be subject to a criminal investigation. >> obviously, this is a huge problem. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate carley fiorina is critical of clinton's decision to use her own server. >> we have the chinese hacking into personnel management hacking 20 million americans and he was confident none of he e-mails were being hacked. >> reporter: secretary clinton is not a target of the investigation. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. >>> jeb bush was interrupted by black lives matter. the protesters clashed with bush supporters. bush supportered chanted all lives matter. bush met with black lives matter advocates. >>> christian taylor, the unarmed teenager killed in arlington, texas will be buried saturday. the police officer who shot taylor, brad miller, has been fired. arlington police chief spoke at the gathering. >> i can never promise you that we will not have a crisis in arlington but i can promise you, we will response with compassion, we will respond with love and we will respond with accountability. >> m

nj transit is adding additional trains to and from monmouth park. don't have to be stuck in traffic. if you can do mass transit, there you go. >>> next at 7:30, latest on the top stories. including breaking news from brooklyn. >> reporter: a house party in brooklyn gets out of control and nine people end up getting shot. i'm pei-sze cheng. a live report is coming up. >>> and also coming up, an i-team exclusive. melissa russo updates her investigation of women that are panhandling on the streets of new york city with babies in tow. blue skies and sunshine already. if it's time to head to the beach, we'll look at the shorecast. up don't want to miss it. it's coming up. because 100% whole grain oats are incredibly good for you. because they're heart healthy and granddads and everyone else in the family. everything we do is because of what really matters most. the goodness of oats >>> good morning. look at that beautiful shot of lower manhattan this morning. coming up on 7:30. 71 beautiful degrees out there. welcome back to "today in new york." i'm kerr

a monmouth university poll released today has "a more than 2-1 lead over the other gop hopefuls. he's at 26%. jeb bush is at 12%. you have wisconsin governor scott walker at 11%. here's our new poll of poll averaging the five latest national polls. the top three again -- trump, bush and walker then there's a five-way tie for forty place. joining me to talk about all of this ahead of this debate from new york we have ari fleisher, a republican consultant and the former white house press secretary under george w. bush and from harrisburg pennsylvania we have jeffrey lord former aid to president ronald reagan. he's a contributing editor ff american spectator. ari, to you first. you have donald trump and you're looking at these polls. is that going to have an effect? how much of an effect? what way will it affect this deal as they head into this key debate? >> it's had a dramatic already. it's crowding out lesser known candidates trying to launch their candidates and get noticed. that's what the phase of the campaign is about and donald trump has carved into ted cruz's campaign and t

has call invitational monmouth park. will take place today. the race purse worth 1.75 million, which could have something to do with it, i guess. >> taking part in the first ever exhibition game in africa, the game held in johannesburg, as current nba stars from around the world took on team after k that is on the dream for the spin mover and dollars fade, still has the dream shake. team africa, though works fall to team world 100 to 97. and one more note, phillies on boxing star, danny garcia wins in a nine round tko over pauley, 31 and zero. that's all for sports, i'm pat gallon, have a great day. >> lasted only 34 seconds round a defended her ufc women's title after knocking out challenger bet it is first round it, land couple of punches, then pair everying in-out punches ends the the match. will take on misch a tate next who was the only competitor, to take her past rounds one. >> and it is a tenth annual unleashed by petco dog surfing competition at imperial beach in san diego. more than 50k9 competitors hit their boards, dogs of all bree

he is preparing to run in the haskel invitational at monmouth park tomorrow. where he is the overwhelming favorite. and the haskel will be american pharoah's first start since he became the first triple crown winner in 37 years. 10,000 people were expected to show up earlier this morning to catch a glimpse of the colt in the clubhouse. it opened its doors to the public free of age from 7:00 to 8:00 this morning. american pharoah is expected to be retired later this year. >>> get ready to sacrifice some personal space. >> yes. >> time is 9:08. pills mixed up at the pharmacy. same color. similar names but very different effects. >> plus, tipping just became easier. we will show you some new technology that some say is paying off. >> and wilmer flores cried mid field when he was rumored to be traded but now he is having the last laugh. we will explain after the break. >> and a check of the forecast. vanessa? we'll be right back. come to sesame place before little kids become big kids. and celebrate our 35th birthday with our new neighborhood birthday party parade

taking two of three in the at monmouth park, triple cron oner american pharoah in the haskell invitational. >> a living legend, american pharoah up by three. he will could have won by 20. he easts up. >> american pharoah wins easily. american pharoah has won eight straight races. could have won this by 20 if he wanted to. congrats to the family winning in their home state of new jersey. victor es pin nose sachs the jockey of american pharoah will be on "good day new york in the 9:00 hour. triple crown winner. wins the haskell. wins grand slam and breeders cup jets quarterback geno smith, third year, new season, new head coach and offensive coordinator in chan gailey. new target with brandon marshall. he is feeling good. >> i think guys are in really good shape. we have a lot to work on. the team we've got aways to go. day three of camp. but the competition has been good. we've been put in a bunch situations by coach that is really good for us to learn and figure things out on the go. >> all right. over at giants camp everyone asking about jason pierre-paul still not in camp. still not exam

the latest monmouth university survey earlier today showing donald trump with 26%. governor bush in that poll has second place. governor walker third. again kasich in the top ten. he is at tonight's forum which just ended. so donald trump didn't participate. an understatement to say his absence was the elephant in the room. did an of the candidates go after him tonight or address him? >> hi anderson. this is really interesting. remarkable considering how much oxygen donald trump has been taking up when it comes to media coverage and standing in the polls. we did not hear a single candidate address donald trump, bring up donald trump on their own. of course they were all involved in the one-on-one q & a on the stage with a radio host. the host did not ask them about trump. the candidates could have brought him up if they wanted to. they chose not to. anderson. >> what about hillary clinton. clearly can't imagine them holding back relating to her? >> no. hillary clinton and president barack obama did come under a lot of fire from these candidates. take a listen to sen