friday, billy joel. speaking of singing, the metropolitan opera conducted by mr. met who is under orders never to speak. both teams hungry. the last time the royals won the world series, 1985. >> rob powers and marcus solis are in kansas city where it's been raining for most of the day. heavy rain here tomorrow we'll begin this afternoon with rob. >> a couple developments since we saw you on eyewitness news at 5:00. it's still raining but not nearly as hard. there's been movement on the grounds crew and the mets themselves have come out. they're warming up in the outfield right now. they'll do what they have done, most of the pregame work inside. the mets and royals get ready for game 1 but job 1 is to dry things out and get this game started. the tarp has been on the field for much of the day. they have blowers out here underneath the tarp. they'll be fine playing through drizzle.

terry his guys would be fine to start. the problem for matt harvey would be a rain delay during the game. >> matt will be fine pitching early. supposed to stop in the middle of the game sometime, but if it doesn't, and we get some heavy rain or something has to stop the game, that would be a situation both teams would have a tough time in. >> then again, that's why colon and niese have been moved to the bullpen. the other people who will be apart of this game 1 tonight, marcus solis outside the stadium with more on the fans. marcus. >> as a mets fan, i know how it is when the team gets good. lots of people jump on the bandwagon but the fans who traveled to kansas city, you know their true blue and orange. perhaps no better example than that than this family. >> the it dark knight shall conquer all. >> reporter: of all the mets

fans in kansas city, john might be the most passionate. he literally wears his mets pride on his sleeve, orange and blue inked in to his arm. >> there's something magical about this team just like '69 and '86. we're going to come through. >> reporter: lo knrks -- logi is from staten island and will be working. he flew his nephew and sister to kansas city. the real highlight of the trip, going to game 1 with his family. >> a year and a half ago my father had triple bypass surgery. he was a diehard fan. they left. it earned me in to a met fan and this is something i wanted to do from him so i flew him up from tampa and we're going to the game. >> it could be a little rough especially at home with some of the yankee fans could be rough but we're winners all around. >> reporter: met fans have traveled in to enemy territory.

>> it's no longer amazing. these guys are good. they mesh together, once they made a few trades, picked up cespedes and uribe and roberts and they're a good team. >> they are a good team. watching them is not cheap. they spent about a grand in tickets, one met fan telling me he's playing stubhub roulette, waiting for just the right moment to get those tickets to get to see the amazings in person. >> that's what this is all about. you strip all of this away, you get down to baseball, it's still about a father and son enjoying a game. we hope you enjoyed game 1 later on tonight. it's the mets. it's the royals . laura behnke will join us coming up in sports. until then, rob powers, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> mothers and daughters too. eyewitness news has highlights of game 1 and reaction from local mets fans tonight at 11:00. the potential snag for game 1 is mother nature. it's been raining in kansas city. the big

question, could it delay tonight's start? we're also seeing a good deal of rain here tomorrow. meteorologist lee goldberg is timing it all out. he's over at the weather center with more. >> i like what i see in rob's shot it all, even the visibility from the 3rd base line to right field looks better. rainfall in kansas city has been fairly light. the field isn't soaked. a little slip pery and of course they've had the tarp on the infield. the steadiest rain we saw at 4:00 and 5:00, shifting off to the north and east. hasn't rained much on the west side of town. seems to be weakening. futurecast also showing yes, showers in the area around first pitch but the heaviest definitely shifting east so at worst it's a short delay off the top. probably an on-time start and 54 degrees. this is the western edge of the big rain that's heading our way. rain is trying to come up the coast right now. still a good 12 hours away from the tri-state area. around daybreak in new york city, a little earlier south and west. easily going to be an inch of rain around the area.

could even top two inches, especially north and west. the worst of this is going to be tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening. coastal flooding, minor during the times of high tide there's an advisory. rain arrives around dawn. heaviest from afternoon to the first part of tomorrow night and there will be ponding and flooding on area roadways for the evening commute especially. we'll have more on this, the halloween and marathon forecast a little later on. back to you for now. we're going to turn now to the other news of the night. we'll begin tonight with officer holder and a grand jury this afternoon indicted the suspect of the murd er of nypd officer randolph holder. tyrone howard was formally indicted on first degree murder and robbery charges for the shooting death of officer holder last tuesday in east harlem. eyewitness news as learned the gun used in the shooting was trace today a gun shop in south carolina where it was legally sold back in 2008. it has not been linked to any other shooting. meanwhile the final

farewell for the 33-year-old officer holder now underway. the wake for the third generation cop ending in jamaica, queens. thousands officers showing up from around the country. they're still there tonight. a police honor guard earlier today escorting holder's coffin to the greater allen a.m.e. cathedral. we're getting word reverend al sharpton invited to give the eulogy tomorrow, has now backed out, fearing his presence might distract from the family's mourning. political reporter david evans. >> it was indeed a bit of a surprise that the family and pastor asked reverend sharpton to give the eulogy but a lot of people objected so he's backed out. he said to me today he wants to keep the focus on the family and their grief. i spoke with him here in midtown late this afternoon. >> i withdrew because i felt that the attention must be on

officer holder and the fact that the city's lost a police officer >> reporter: al sharpton confirmed he won't be speaking at the funeral. some feared it would turn in to what happened to the mayor last year when officers turned their backs on him. >> there are those that want to make this about them and i'm going to engage in that. >> reporter: police officials declined to say much when they heard sharpton backed out. but the head of the detective's union was happy to weigh in on sharpton. >> probably uncomfortable for him to walk in to a church full of cops just the way it would be uncomfortable for the devil to walk in to heaven. >> you're comparing sharpton to the devil? >> he's been a police basher all his life. >> reporter: sharpton today noted he's spoken to police graduating classes in the past and in a letter, he writes i've

never been and never has national action network been anti-police. sharpton said he had hoped for a new spirit at tomorrow's funeral but now he says that won't happen. >> i was going at the invitation of the father and the pastor. i would think maybe people respect the fact they wanted to set a spirit of unity. >> i asked reverend sharpton whether he'd still be attending the service even though he won't be giving the eulogy. he said absolutely not. he wants the focus to be on the family and their grief. but he said he and national action network would be donating $5,000 to help with the cost of the funeral. dave evans, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> eyewitness news is going to bring you coverage on tv and online, the funeral service for officer holder tomorrow afternoon. funeral scheduled to start at 3:00, it will be anchored by liz and david novarro.

buried in his native guyana. on this tuesday night, the top cop in suffolk county already the focus of a federal investigation suddenly resigns late this afternoon. >> a new poll has not so good news for one donald trump as he lost his frontrunner status in the republican race for president. >> a reminder, we want to see your pictures showing us your mets pride.

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he's under federal investigation but tonight the chief of the suffolk county police department insists that has nothing to do with the sudden resignation. >> chief james burke said he resigned for personal and family specific. he didn't announce it. >> latest. >> shortly after that we heard from the suffolk county police commissioner that indeed chief james burke is stepping down and will officially step down within the next 15 days. burke is under investigation by the feds for an incident that happened several years ago when a man stole burke's gun belt and ammunition from burke's department issued vehicle which was parked in burke's driveway. that man alleged he was arrested and beaten by burke and several other officers while he was detained. federal investigators have been looking in to those claims.

burke has been with the suffolk county police department for the past 30-plus years and has always said he did absolutely nothing wrong in that case. his attorney says he's stepping down, has nothing to do with this federal investigation, but has everything to do with personal and family reasons. could the commissioner of the department, edward weber, released this statement to eyewitness news a short time ago saying chief burke is one of the most outstanding supervisors, investigators, and trainers in the history of the suffolk county police department. i thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the people of suffolk county. the commissioner said that the chief of support services, stuart cameron, will serve acting police chief. kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. now to the race for president. tonight donald trump has lost his bragging rights as the gop frontrunner. in a new york times cbs poll, ben carson is now on top with 26%. trump's

months of being on top in the national polls. marco rubio trails far behind. jeb bush and carly fiorina are tied at 7%. chris christie garnered 1%. >> 97 days until the iowa caucuses. straight ahead, lee

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time out this rain. >> i like what the kansas city radar is looking like. >> i like your mets colors. >> i'm 6-0 with mets colors. cloudy sky and a lot of lights on the george washington bridge, on the cusp of holiday gridlock time. 5:59 was the sunset today. semp at 6:00, 55. easterly wind at 8. we'll get p -- we'll get freshened overnight. average high, 60 degrees. there are your sunrise and sunset times. the rain could be heavy tomorrow especially second half of the day in to tomorrow night. balmy breeze on thursday. we'll get back in the 70s. cool and dry for trick or treat. that looks okay. maybe an early shower on marathon sunday, just a small chance. 55, teterboro. flushing is nicer than kansas city. 45 in monticello. clouds will keep temperatures up tonight along with an easterly wind that's getting stronger.

new jersey by 7:00 in the morning closing in on new york city. wind gusts along the coast could be near 40 miles per hour. wind driven rain, lots of leaves blowing around and storm drains could be clogged and slippery on area roads. clouds thinning to the north. we have a fair amount of dry air in place. this will happen in about 12 hours or so. checking in on the kansas city radar, that's right where kauffman stadium is right here. light drizzle. looks like they'll have a good shot at starting on time. big system right here. there's the low. lots of gulf moisture and atlantic moisture. remnants of hurricane patricia. starts at daybreak tomorrow then as we go through the afternoon, gets heavier especially north and west. heaviest may be in to tomorrow evening. leftover shower early thursday and the afternoon looks great. we could push 2, 2 and a half inches north and west. likely to be localized street flooding. plenty of clouds overnight becoming breezy. late rain south and west of new york city.

windy with periods of rain getting heavier during the afternoon. winds gusty. temperatures not the problem. 64 tomorrow night. windy and mild with a period of rain. thursday, early shower. clouds break for sun. 73. could be an isolated shower in the afternoon. brisk and bright on friday as we go in to halloween. early evening hours, trick or treat time, 51, should be dry. marathon sunday, 20% shot of an early shower. we'll be out of there by 8:00 or 9:00. i think there's a very low shot. it will be milder. the wind will not be nearly as gusty as last year. don't forget to turn the clocks back, get an extra hour. >> only 20% shot. >> and runners wouldn't mind if it's just a brief shower. >> once again for rob, the forecast, he had the umbrella. no rain, robbie. >> we're good right now. it's still rain ing but we can play through this.

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good pitching will always stop good hitting. the mets have very good pitching. we'll see if that works tonight. >> if that holds true, that's exactly what will happen tonight. welcome to kansas city. 171 games in to the season, the mets are about to play their biggest game so far. game 1 of the world series the mets and the royals. let's take a look inside the pitching match-up. matt harvey goes for the mets. he's been groomed for exactly this moment. kansas city goes with edinson volquez. the biggest topic so far today, the weather. whether or not it will affect game 1 tonight. with arrowhead stadium literally next door and this weather, there's a definite football feel here today with both teams ready

>> we start in kansas city where the fans are going to be looking forward to it. >> reporter: everybody on the roster, echoing thoughts of everybody back home. the mets are about to play in the world series. >> it's satisfying knowing that we have this patch on our right sleeve and we're representing new york and this organization and this fan base in the world series. >> just a dream come through so i'm going to go by murph's advice and live in the moment and soak it all in. >> the mets throw hard, the royals hit hard and tonight, finally baseball. >> i think it's going to be a really, really fun series and i'm excited to get it going. >> joining us on the field in a matter of minutes, the hottest hitter on the planet right now, daniel murphy. for more on murph, let's go back outside the stadium, laura behnke who will be joining us in a few minutes. >> every october it seems one

player breaks out in baseball's postseason. we may have one more series to go but it's already clear who this year's hero is. daniel murphy. >> reporter: the cover of this week's sports illustrated says it all. the amazing murph. this truly is the october of daniel murphy. >> what planet is daniel murphy on right now? >> he's still on earth. he's still with us and hopefully we can continue to ride him for four more wins. >> reporter: seven postseason home runs, a mets franchise record, and six straight games with a homer, a major league record. >> no matter who you face, you've got to try to get a good pitch to hit, be on time and put a good swing on it. >> reporter: you can bet the royals are all about shutting him down. >> he's a good hitter. we've got to make the adjustment with him. we cannot let him beat us. >> you better execute pitches. and that's what we're going to try to do.

record in to perspective, 38 at-bats in the first nine postseason games of his career, and perhaps the legend will continue tonight. for now we're live outside kauffman stadium, laura behnke. he's just making it look easy. >> the numbers have been astronomical. they're ruthian series. we'll see you back here in just a minute. finally from us, we do still have two world series games to play here in kansas city but back home citifield is getting ready to host its first world series game as well. workers busy spray painting the world series logos. mets return friday night in what will be the first ever world series game at citifield. but first thing's first. let's worry about game 1. we've got to play this one first. tarp still on the field. all the pre game work was done behind closed doors inside but the work got done. game 1 tonight. the mets have been

waiting 15 years for this return trip. jason pierre paul, word is he is now in negotiations with the giants to make his return to the football field. fingers crossed open up tonight. we'll have everything wrapped up tonight at 11:00. rob powers, channel 7 eyewitness news. finally ready for game 1. >> we got our fingers crossed. see you tonight at 11:00. speak of 11 :00, let's check in to see what sade is working on for eyewitness news tonight at 11:00. >> we all know too much sugar is bad for you. dozens of kids gave it up for just a few days. wait till you see what happened. plus a little boy in a bad place. his head stuck between two steel bars. how did he finally get it out? we'll have those stories tonight at 11:00. >> that's it for us for now. thanks for watching tonight. i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm liz cho. world news tonight is coming up next. eyewitness news returns at 11:00.