miles per hour is still a category 3 hurricane. this thing has weakened a bit, yes, but none nonetheless, it is still a major hurricane and it is heading toward ber meud a. here's the track, moving in the northeasterly direction throughout the day and overnight, category 3, just to the southwest of bermuda. but then as we make our way into the afternoon tomorrow, it passes just to the west of bermuda as a category 2 hurricane. bermuda can expect not only storm surge but very powerful winds as well. certainly they are under a hurricane watch now, no doubt there preparing very rapidly. when the storm passes us, it will be about 500 miles off the coast. but we'll still get rough surf here, we'll still get coastal erosion and this morning we are very much concerned with coastal flooding and coastal erosion. rain and cold temperatures will preproo vail too. more details in your full forecast. andrea and diane, back to you. >> vanessa, thank you. strong winds are packing a punch and threatening homes and weekend plans along the jersey shore. >> cbs 2's christine sloan joins us live from sea bright. christine.

>>reporter: good morning. the winds are whipping us around, as you can see here in sea bright, new jersey. take a look behind me. we are standing on a berm, and this storm is battering the jersey shoreline. the waves slamming against the shore. but here in this town it's not so much the ocean that's threatening the community, but a river just a block away. rough surf, strong winds and steady rain that swelled up the shrewesbury river, causing flooding on streets in sea bright, new jersey, the town vulnerable because it's squeezed in between the river and the ocean. the high water is bringing back bad memories of another storm. >> it sent all of us into a bit of a panic because it brought back all of sandy and we heard sandy on the news and it kind of gets your heart racing. >>reporter: this small town still rebuilding after sandy is

on edge. >> it's pretty bad. my mother-in-law lives in town, she was evacuated for a few weeks, so we're hoping not to have is a repeat of that. >>reporter: in union beach waters from the raritan bay smashing into homes and flooding streets, forcing some residents out of their homes. >> i'm very nervous. well, after sandy -- actually, four times i had to leave because of flooding. i was taken out the first time in the bucket of a payloader. >>reporter: the surging waters not too far from where superstorm sandy leveled dozens of homes. the destruction at the center of a debate over barriers to protect communities on the water in manalocking, a steel wall went up along an existing dune, extending 16 feet above sea level, despite some residents protesting it would block their views. governor chris christie now blasting another jersey shore

>> i'll say again quite candidly to towns like margate, you know, you are amongst the most selfish people in the state of new jersey, and if this hurricane had come to shore, the damage that would have been done to lives and property in margate, i hope it's worth the vanity act that you're all engaging in. >>reporter: we're back live in sea is bright, new jersey. as you can see the ocean is churning, those waves have been as high as 10 feet tall. it is quite windy and lots of debris ending up in the ocean. of course this berm was built here to protect the community and folks out here are bracing themselves for high tide later on this afternoon where they could see more flooding. we're live in sea bright, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. >> wow, christine, you can see how strong that wind is just by watching you try to stand up. thank you so much for this great reporting. new jersey is not alone.

of long island and staten island. cbs 2's alana gold joins us live from lindenhurst in suffolk county with a look at the damage there. alana. >>reporter: diane, right now we're on bayview avenue and this morning this area is still flooded from the storm. water is going through driveways and into yards and people who live around here worry the situation will only get worse at high tide. we want to show you this video from 9th street in lindenhurst during yesterday's high tide. this neighborhood was under several inches of water. the wind caused damage across suffolk county. this is just one of the trees that came crashing down in stoneybrook. crews were here cleaning up overnight and they were also busy in smithtown. here the storm took out a large tree on route 111, leaving behind quite a bit of debris. and staten island wasn't immune to the damage. you can see the fiery and smoky scene in great kills where power lines got taken down. the storm blew out several transmitters leaving hundreds without power. and back out here live in lindenhurst where people are

keeping a close eye on this bay, you can see the water is already high and there could be more problems later on. today high tide is at 3:00 this afternoon. live in lindenhurst this morning, allan a gold, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. new this morning, two people have died after a boat capsized in jamaica bay. police say five people were on the fishing boat when rough waters and high winds caused it to tip over. two of them were able to swim back to shore and call for helpment the nypd aviation unit rescued a third person who was stranded on the rocks. two other people were in the water. they were rushed to beth israel hospital in cardiac arrest, but we're told they later died. a search resumes this morning for a disabled cargo ship that got caught in hurricane joaquin. 33 crewmembers were on board the el farro which disappeared thursday morning. yesterday the u.s. coast guard released photos as it scanned the ocean from the air. the 735-foot ship left florida for puerto rico when a distress call went out saying it lost

that was the last communication with the crew, that includes 28 u.s. citizens. developing in afghanistan, three staff members for doctors without borders are dead after an explosion near a hospital in the northern part of the country. the explosion may have been caused by a u.s. airstrike. u.s. forces have been helping afghanistan fight the taliban in that area. officials say this was the 12th u.s. airstrike in the region since tuesday. a spokesman with the u.s. army says the incident is now under investigation. and we have new information on the shooting spree at umpqua community college in oregon. a law enforcement source confirms that investigators found a hate-filled note written by the gunman. there's still no indication, though, that he was affiliated with any group. we've also learned the itemeddity -- identities of the nine people killed. they include three recent high school graduates, several people returning to school and a 67-year-old professor. among the survivors, there's 30- year-old christopher minz. he was shot seven times after heroically trying to stop the gunman.

in addition to the dead, nine people were also injured. well, the mass college shooting in oregon prompted some senators to ask gun sellers to tighten up loopholes in their background checks. glitches in the existing law allows some sales to go through before criminal histories can be completed. cbs 2's lou young says the latest mass murder hit hard in our northern suburbs. >>reporter: thursday's nas shooting in oregon is just -- mass shooting in oregon is just another stop on a continueium of horror for those at sandy hook >> it's like the same routine, having the same conversation again. i'm feeling horrified again. >>reporter: mary anne jacobs is a library clerk in newtown, connecticut where many people felt the murder of twenty-first graders and six staff members years ago would have been the turning point in a fight for national gun control legislation. it hasn't worked out that way. >> i come from a family that believes in second amendment rights, my husband is a sportsman. he's disgusted. >>reporter: people we meet are almost numb from the repettive nature of the unfolding horror.

know, so much of it going on and it's almost like -- seems like it's a weekly basis. >>reporter: it seems like what it is, 294 mass shootings in america this year, incidents where four or more people died, and 142 shootings on school properties which amounts to it one a week. >> i go to college, so i feel, you know, unsafe on campus. >> i do feel vulnerable to a certain extent because of access that people have to it. >>reporter: people in sandy hook fight to keep the memory of their tragedy alive. in fairfield, for instance, there's a beach playground named for one of newtown's youngest victims. jessica racos would have been 9 years old had she lived and this playground is the 9th of 26 similar memorials, a reminder of just what was lost and how little has changed. >> more and more people are disgusted and are starting to stand up and say enough is enough. it's gotta stop. >>reporter: you're not helping? >> no, none of us are helping.

we have to have the courage to act. >>reporter: she has to imagine the tipping point would have been reached right now. live in fairfield, connecticut, lou young, cbs 2 news. >> the national rifle association has consistently resisted any modification of current gun background check laws despite what critics claim are numerous loopholes. time now 9:09. still to come, good-bye summer and hello shorter days. how you can make it easier to wake up in the morning. >> gotta hear that one. hi, pumpkin. you guys are going to be best friends. >> plus the pumpkin craze is in full swing, so why are some people against it? we'll take a closer look. how else would you have is a chance in life to hold in your hands something that is immensely powerful and useful that nobody else seems to know about? >> 70% of -- if 70% of cancers are preventible, what are we waiting for? "the c" word is one of many at the hampton international film

festival. it's a messy day for sure. vanessa murdoch is here with the forecast. >> absolutely, cold, damp and windy today to start your weekend. we do see some improvement for the second half, though. i'll line it up for you in my full forecast. first, though, a check on the community calendar from cbs 2 news and cbsnewyork.com. fi gesouptnsitth faesinrn a wfiaiblfr 5to00pb anwee t stalngwnad wrealngqu upadpes,oo yocaupadou fari veoupo fteth cleusitthfi milap u n ewouenrtnmt he,r t gbuthma rsotoetio 'rrad mb 1n stertiacon

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it's flavoring their drinks, snacks even dog treats now. but alex denis found out, some people are trying to squash this pumpkin takeover. >>reporter: fall. it's that magical time of year when temperatures cool, the leaves change colors. >> this fall at dunkin' donuts, get lost in pumpkin. >>reporter: and consumers are bombarded by the ever-growing array of puch kin spice products. >> we don't eat christmas trees, we shouldn't eat pumpkins. lynn actually tried to start a national anti-puch kin dayment the former hostage negotiator feels as though he's being held hostage by the autumnal squash. >> it's the whole pumpkin spice, pumpkins getting into food thing. it's out of hand. now we have pumpkin in marshmallow, pumpkin in bread, we have pumpkin everywhere. >>reporter: it's everywhere because americans can't get enough. sales of pumpkin spice products topped $361 million last year, up 79% since 27. so who's responsible for this craze?

>> hey, pumpkin, meet sposh. you guys are going to be best friends. >>reporter: coffee giant starbucks introduced the pumpkin spice latte in 2003. ironically without a trace of actual pumpkin mixed in. this year with real pumpkin, clever ads and hundreds of millions of drinks later, it remains their best-selling seasonal beverage. >> that has reverberated out to everyone else and now you see everyone doing a pumpkin spice something and it's gotten out of control. >>reporter: pumpkins are deeply rooted in american culture and baking pumpkin goods are a yearly tradition. but pumpkin spiced sausages and flavored vodka were probably not on the menu at the first thanksgiving. lynn thinks americans have bb duped into eeght and drinking decoration. >> come the end of november, where's pumpkin? gone, with your money. it just runs off. it's like a bad relationship. >> i have to say i'm one of those people who loves pump hin condition flavored everything.

a big fan, thanksgiving is a month away, time for the gingerbread lattes to get you for spirit. >> ask me what i had for dinner last night? >> what did you have for din sner >> pumpkin ravioli. it's really good. i never had a pumpkin latte, the starbucks one. i'll have to try it. you definitely need something warm to drink today to get you through the rain. it's just chilly out there too. >> it just cuts right through you, really. between the damp and the cold air, we're only going to top out in the 50s today and near the coast more likely the upper 40s. it's going to feel like the 30s for some of us because winds will be gusting as high as 50 miles per hour. isn't pretty out there and it's not going to get any better today. so we take you live outside to show you this murky start. wet weather covering the lens. we have light rain, 50 degrees. northeast winds now sustained at 31 miles per hour. so for today lighter rain than we had yesterday, but the gusty winds will still continue, they'll be persistent out of the northeast, causing moderate to major coastal flooding again

during high tide today and tomorrow it will still be a concern. now, for your sunday, we do see improvement in the forecast. it will be mainly dry, but still windy to end the weekend. those winds, though, will really start to subside as we go sunday night into mondayment coastal issues really our biggest concern for today. we don't expect rainfall flooding, we expect coastal flooding. that's because winds will be gusting up to 50, rough surf with waves 6 to 10 feet high. so coastal erosion will continue to happen, moderate to major coastal flooding the biggest impact as mentioned will be high tide times for most between noon and 4:00 this afternoon. coastal flood warning in effect for the jersey shore as well as nassau county. advisory in the more bright greenment that happens today. and i believe it will happen tomorrow, at least in the advisory range. as far as winds, we do have a wind advisory, basically from monmouth and ocean counties, most likely there to see those gusts up to 50. inland winds won't be as potent, but nonetheless, for all of us, it's still going to

be a damp and windy day. 26 right now is the wind speed in the city, the gusts, 33 mile per hour gusts in the hamptons, white plains 18 mile per hour gusts. temperatures are chilly. it is 50 in the city, 43 in monticello, 51 for babylon and we do not warm up much today. as far as what's happening on the radar, we've got light rain for many of us, drizzle, mist for those who aren't seeing the steadier stuff come down. general trend for today, by afternoon, though, we do see it breaking up a bit more. let's show you what it looks like. 10:00 a.m. we've got that steadier stuff, but this afternoon it looks to break up, just some scattered showers, but still very damp and drizzly. as we go overnight, we start to see a few breaks in the clouds. tomorrow i think we see a little sunshine, it will be mostly cloudy, but still some spotty showers, especially close to the coast and it will still be on the windy side tomorrow. as we make our way into monday and tuesday, we really start to see skies getting clearer. but for today only 56, again, the winds really our biggest concern along the coast. we will have light rain

becoming a little less steady later on. overnight, showers, drizzle and 52. tomorrow we'll be in the 60s. mostly cloudy, still some spotty showers and the warming trend will continue into the mid week when the sunshine returns by tuesday. diane and andrea, back to you. >> all right, vanessa, thanks. if the weather permits, the mets will play three games this month with post-season baseball on their minds >> here's otis livingston with your cbs 2, wfan sports update. >> good morning, everyone. maybe mother nature is not a baseball fan, both the yankees and mets had their games postponed because of rain. they'll be made up as part of doubleheaders later today. and with rain in the forecast for the weekend, the fight for homefield advantage is in serious jeopardy for the mets. >> it's not a question of whether they make us play, it's a question of whether we want to play. nd and, you know, we always want to complete the season, especially if there's anything riding on a full schedule as something may be here, but there really hasn't been any conversation with major league baseball about that. >> now, to the nfl and a team that brought you the butt

as the jets flew over 350 rolls of toilet paper for their trip to london. the head coach said he wasn't touching that one, as in no comment. there's big ben, parliament, buckingham palace, i'm sure the jets will do some sightseeing while in london. make no mistake about it, this is not a vacation, it's a business trip, especially after last week's loss to the eagles. here's your invitation to get up a little earlier on sunday morning, 9:30, in fact, right here on cbs 2, the jets and dolphins from london. for cbs 2 news, i'm otis

have a great saturday. that is the "c word," one of the films that be showcased at this year's hamptons film festival. the festival has screened the best oscar picture winner in six of the last seven years.

the festival's executive director and artistic director are here to tell us all about it. thank you, both, so much for coming in. >> thanks for having us. >> such a great event. i know it's been around for 23 years. what make this is festival different from all the others? >> well, we're actually a year- round non-profit organization based out in the hamptons. we do events in the city occasionally, but we are happy to be able to have a screen writer's lab in the spring. we do a bunch of different types of programs in the summer, including a documentary series with alec baldwin and we do the festival in the fall and we bring those elements back into the festival at that time. so an audience winner from the documentary series will be at the festival as well as a screen play reading from the screen writers who did our lab in the spring. >> seems like a very interactive experience. >> yes, exactly >> david, tell me, what kind of films -- do you focus on any particular kind of films? what should people expect? >> we don't focus oi any particular kind of film.

we have a wide range of films that will appeal to all different audiences. and we have an animation film by charlie kauffman to "son the seoul" which is a hung gairian. april and the extraordinary world which is a french animated film closing out the festival with bridgette spies, latest film by stephen spielberg. >> i know you have some centerpiece and spotlight films. how do you go about choosing those? >> those are some of the bigger films in the festival. we had "argo" and 86 fok catcher." this year we have a film called "carol" by todd haynes stars kate blanchette and a film called "spotlight." i was thinking about it when i walked through the newsroom here, a journal film about the boston globe that broke the catholic sexual abuse scandal

so those are really sort of big films that audiences get really excited about, but we also have is a lot of different films from smaller documentary and short films. a really wide range of stuff >> your history just with the oscars alone shows you have very good taste when you're picking these films. tell us a little bit about your signature programs as well. >> sure. so david just mentioned stephen spielberg. the very first film festival 23 years ago started signature program called "conversation with" and we had a conversation with stephen spielberg and martin scorcese. we've been doing another program called conflict and resolution for 15 years which is about war-torn areas and the effects war has and the violence on people there. and new this year, which i don't think any other film festival does we have a compassion justice animal rights section where we focus on several films about animal rights. so that's really exciting and new, and we can't wait for people to see some of those films. david, maybe you want to tell

we have a film called "the champions" which is the aftermath of the michael vick dog fighting ring and what happened to his dogs. >> there was a show that used to document some of them anywar and the progress that they made at the -- anyway and the progress they made at the best friends animal sanctuary. i was addicted and i can't wait to watch this film and see a little bit more about what happened to them. animal rights, cancer, very big topics in my heart and sounds like you guys have a whole slew of films that cover important topics for just about anyone, right? the hampton film festival runs from october 8th to 12th. for more information, head to our website at cbsnewyork.com. thank you both so much for coming in. andrea, back to you. >> diane, thanks so much is. time now is 9:25. up next the day's top stories. >>reporter: strong winds and heavy surf battering the jersey shore. we'll tell you what emergency crews are doing to protect residents. and landing those heart-to-

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geouofheas g fs. hurricane joaquin will not make his way to our area, but you can still expect some rainy conditions with wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour in some areas. we have team coverage. and a boat capsizes in the jamaica bay. how some of the passengers survived. plus a priest with a gun. the shocking allegations against this priest and what he did inside a church.

continues right now. good morning. it is coming up on 9:30 on this saturday, october 3rd. i'm andrea grim dplp es. >> i'm diane meceda. we begin today with the weather, even though hurricane joaquin will not make landfall in this area, we will be feeling the the effects of that storm and another storm throughout the weekend. on staten island a lot of lightning lit up the sky after gusty winds downed poles and trees. >> on long island overnight winds toppled down a tree right on top of a car and the rain dropped more than two inches causing roadways to flood. >> and right here in the city people struggled as 30 to 40 mile per hour winds destroyed umbrellas. >> we have team coverage this morning. meteorologist vanessa murdoch is in the weather center. christine sloan is in new jersey and alana gold is on long island. vanessa, let's start with you. where is this storm heading now? >> well, it isn't really until late tomorrow that we're seeing it make its exit. but in the meantime we are tea

still left with very -- we're still left with very rough conditions. just look at the onshore flow of the rain. what's happening, we have a stationary boundary set up along the coastline here and it is destabilizing the atmosphere. and, of course, we have joaquin way down near the bahamas. but it is a moisture feed for us, so that's why we have gotten so much rain. and the two systems combined are churning up the seas. we've got powerful northeast winds that will create more problems along our coast today. but as for joaquin, the stats right now still a category 3 storm with winds of 125 miles per hour. i will say this, a little bit of good news, it's finally starting to pick up forward pace and move away from the bahamas northeast at about 13 miles per hour. this is bad news, though, for bermuda. here's the deal, the storm will continue in the northeasterly direction, overnight tonight sustaining winds at 115 mile per hour. so still a cat 3. tomorrow afternoon it passes by bermuda. doesn't look like it's going to make a direct hit, but i can assure you they'll be dealing with some storm surge effects,

some wind and certainly some rain. so they'll definitely be getting hit in bermuda with this storm. it will continue making its way in the northeast and take a really sharp turn away from us. at that point it is 500 miles away. it will be churning up the seas still. we'll talk about direct effects and indirect effects for your weekend coming up in my full forecast. andrea and diane, back to you. >> vanessa, thank you. homeowners along the jersey shore are bracing for those rough winds and waves this weekend. >> cbs 2's christine sloan joins us live from sea bright. christine. >>reporter: diane and angie, the winds are very strong, pretty much what you would expect during a nor'easter. it's whipping up the sand here in sea bright, new jersey. we are standing on top of a berm built to protect this community from the ocean that looks pretty menacing right now. the ocean is churning, the waves are slamming the shoreline, but the concern more with the river that's just a block away.

rough surf, strong winds and steady rain that swelled up the shrewesbury river, causing flooding on the streets in sea bright, new jersey. the town vulnerable because it's squeezed in between the river and the ocean. the high waters bringing back bad memories of another storm. >> it sent all of us into a bit of a panic because it brought back all of sandy and we heard sandy on the news and it kind of, you know, gets your heart racing. >>reporter: this small town still rebuilding after sandy is on edge. >> it's pretty bad. my mother-in-law lives in town. she was evacuated for a few weeks, so we're hoping not to have a repeat of that. >>reporter: in union beach waters from the raritan bay smashing into homes and flooding streets, forcing some residents out of their homes. i'm very is nervous. well, after sandy -- actually, four times i had to leave because of flooding. i was taken out the first time

in the bucket of a payloader. >>reporter: the surging waters not too far from where superstorm sandy leveled dozens of homes. the destruction at the center of a debate over barriers to protect communities on the water. in manalocking, a steel wall went up along an existing dune, extending 16 feet above sea level. despite some residents protesting it would block their views. governor chris christie now blasting another jersey shore town for refusing to put up dunes. >> i'll say again quite candidly to towns like margate, you know, you are amongst the most selfish people in the state of new jersey, and if this hurricane had come to shore, the damage that would have been done to lives and property in margate, i hope it's worth the vanity act that you're all engaging in. >>reporter: we're back live in sea bright, new jersey. you can see this nor'easter is

here, of course, the story is the whipping winds that are causing a lot of problems out here and high tide sometime late this afternoon, and that's when residents here may see some more flooding on their streets. we're live in sea bright, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs 2 news. >> all right, christine, stay safe out there. clearly those winds are very strong. we appreciate you being out there. new jersey is not alone either. the storm also slammed part the of long island and staten island -- parts of long island and staten island. cbs 2's alana gold joins us live from lindenhurst in suffolk county with a look at the damage there. >>reporter: diane, this morning it's been raining out here. we're dealing with quite a bit wind and there's also some flooding. take a look. this is bayview avenue. you can see water is covering the street, it's going into driveways and yards, and this isn't the only neighborhood here with problems. we want to show you this video. it's from 9th street in lindenduring yesterday's high tide. the area was under several inches of water.

the wind in suffolk county knocked out power and tore down trees. this is just one of the trees that came crashing down in stoneybrook and crews are cleaning up damage out here for hours. there were also problems on route 111 in smithtown after the storm took out a large tree and crews were also on scene here overnight removing the debris. and we've also seen damage on staten island. there was a fiery and smoky scene in great kills when power lines went down and a number of transmitters were blown out as well. and back out here live in lindenhurst where the water in this bay is still very high. people who live around here are worried about more flooding later on today because high tide is at 3:00 this afternoon. we're live in lindenhurst this morning, al oo na gold, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. new this morning, two people are dead after a boat capsized in jamaica bay. police say five people were on the fishing boat when rough waters and high winds caused it to tip over. two of them were able to swim back to shore and call for help. the nypd aviation unit rescued a third person who was stranded

on the rocks. police found two others in the water. they rushed them to beth israel hospital in cardiac arrest, but those two people later died. well, there's a search under way this morning on staten island after a fire that caused some major damage to a two-story building that's home to the staten island chamber of commerce. police have released these images. in the video a man appears to discard a cigarette while walking near the location of the fire. it happened on bay street in st. george last saturday. no one was hurt. new jersey police have arrested a priest in little ferry after he was accused of threatening a boy with a gun. the the bergen county prosecutor says 54-year-old kevin carter pointed a gun at the 8-year-old inside st. margaret of crotona church and indicated he would shoot the boy. witnesses say it happened just before mass got under way on september 13th. he's charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault by pointing a firearm. the vatican has fired a

he's gay and has a boyfriend. month senior made the announcement on the eve of the opening of the senate on the family. the vatican spokesman called the decision to come out ahead of the biggest meeting of the bishops irresponsible. he was a mid-level official in the vatican's doctrine office. he reportedly revealed he was in love with a man who he identified as his boyfriend. he remains a priest for now. a brooklyn woman kicked out of her gym for her workout gear now says religious discrimination is to blame. as cbs 2's tracy carasco tells us, she's now suing the gym to make sure it's not skirting the issue. >>reporter: this woman likes to go to the gym, work out and stay fit. but as an observant jewish woman, she prefers to maintain her modesty while doing so. >> i don't feel like i need to compromise that just to go to the gym. >>reporter: and it was this exact outfit, leggings, a knee-

shirt and sneakers, she claims fot her kicked out of two lucille roberts gyms. he staff told her her skirt was a safety hazard and she needed to take off her skirt. >> i can't take off your skirt, it's on for religious reasons. she said it's trespassing. >>reporter: the 25-year-old said they would remove her membership right in the middle of a kick boxing class. >> i was embarrassed that they stopped the class and all eyes were on me. >>reporter: she now has filed a lawsuit in manhattan federal court because she says is the gym is being unfair. >> i can understand if my skirt was to the floor, but my skirt doesn't come to the floor. why should i not be able to work out at a gym just because of my religious beliefs? >>reporter: a spokesperson for the gym tells us they take the safety of its members very seriously and the addition to uphold a dress code policy consistent with industry standards and equipment manufacturers is not an attempt to hinder any personal

reporting from brooklyn, tracy carosco, cbs 2 news. gm is launching a car sharing service in new york city in hopes of competing with uber and zip bar. the pilot project will be for residents of the ritz plaza apartments in times square. they'll be able to rent gm cars by the hour. gm says it's looking to relieve residents from the burden of owning a car in the city. getting primetime reservations at popular restaurants can sometimes seem impossible, but would diners be willing to pay the extra to get a table? >> now one company is testing surge pricing which goes up based on demand. cbs 2's sarine branson has more on the premium service. >>reporter: trying to get a primetime reservation at a popular restaurant can sometimes be impossible. >> nobody wants to go early or too late. >>reporter: now open table, the online dining reservation app is testing a premium service in new york, a surge pricing like uber that goes up based on demand. expect to pay at least $25 per

person extra to get the most sought-after spots at new york's high-end mexican spot casme, the first test site, weekends are booked through mid october. >> i would so do it. i would do it. i know everybody else would do it that i know. >> i would not pay an extra $50 just to get a reservation. i'll look somewhere else. >>reporter: san francisco- based open table says it's all about giving customers what they want at a benefit to restaurants. they provided us with a statement that said in part: our diner demand and data is unmatched so we believe we can capture more value for primetime tables. >> that was sarrine branson reporting. after the pilot program, open table says if diner and restaurant interest is high enough, they'll expand the premium service soon. time now 9:40. still ahead, trouble waking up these days? well, four natural ways to get going as your mornings starts to get dark and stay there longer. forget the collectible cards, baseball memorabilia is taking a turn. why even champagne bottles are fetching quite the fee.

first here's vanessa murdoch with your forecast. >> it is going to be a very stormy start to your weekend. we're talking rain, wind and cool temperatures. when does it end? i'll have the details coming up in my full forecast. but, remember, rain or shine, you can check the forecast anytime with the cbs new york weather app. you can also check live radar, send us your weather pictures

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>> looking at the rain out there, 49 degrees, 9:44. vanessa will have the forecast coming up in a few minutes. but speaking of getting out of bed, the steep drop in temperatures revealing today proves summer is officially another change you probably have noticed is that it's the morning. >> for many that can make more challenging. cbs 2's dr. max gomez has some simple tips to help you out. >> having a lot more difficulty actually getting out of bed, considering it's still dark out. i leave my blinds open on purpose so is the sun comes in and wakes me up. the sun hasn't been waking me up. it's my alarm clock that's been waking me up. >>reporter: sound familiar? dino's early morning slows are being felt by millions who find shorter days are making it harder to get up in the morning. dr. steven lamb says it's not your imagination, it's biology. >> the body is constantly getting queues. it knows when you're supposed to go to sleep and it knows when you're supposed to wake up based on the amount of light that's in the environment. if that light is not present,

of sleep. >>reporter: and since so many of us are sleep deprived to begin with, wakeup troubles day ahead. do? kind of the opposite of what most of us want to do. >> as soon as that alarm goes off, you get out of bed, stand on. if there's a glass of water by your side, drink a glass of water. if you can actually even do a pushup or do some stretching, that will be extremely helpful. >>reporter: and light helps us wake up, turn on the broitest lights in the room to activate brain circuits. and dr. lamb says even a morning jolt of caffeine is okay. dino says that and some other tricks help him. >> i first start with a cup of coffee, third one for the day, and then i do a little bit of movement, exercising, some yoga, flowing in the morning to get some energy going, and then a cold shower always helps too. >> what you do the night before can also make it hard to wake up in the morning. alcohol disturbs sleep patterns, wakes you up in the

be tired in the morning. dr. max gomez, cbs 2 news. >> steve richly taking notes on that segment. i got it all, dr. max, thank you. >> we have to wake up in the middle of the night to come do the morning news. >> i don't know about the pushups, but the rest i think i can handle. >> hitting snooze, though, is going to be difficult not to do. >> i really like the snooze bar. >> so do i. i have like five alarms set. >> great try, dr. max, great tips. vanessa is here look take ago look at the forecast. you can't even see the shot behind you. >> i know. it is going to be a rough day, especially at the coast. so just keep in mind wet, windy and cool today. highs will only be in the 50s for most. i think along the coast more likely upper 40s. not pleasant out there. let's go ahead and take you live outside, show you the rainy lens. yes, we do have light rain falling in the city right now. it's 50 degrees, northeast winds are at 28 miles per hour. as we look at your headlines, lighter rain today than we had yesterday, but still very soggy.

gusty winds will continue. we actually could see gusts as high as 50 miles per hour along the coastline and that will drive water inland. moderate to major coastal flooding expected again today. if you saw it yesterday, you will see it again today, and then tomorrow mainly dry a few showers possible, but windy still as we make our way into the second half of the weekend. biggest concern today really is the coast. winds will be gusting up to 50 miles per hour, rough surf will we also will -- waves will be moderate to major coastal flooding is expected and the biggest impacts will occur during high tide times today, tonight and even into tomorrow as well. wind gusts at present 32 mile per hour gusts in babylon as well as the hamptons. 25 mile per hour gusts in belmar. temperatures are chilly and they don't warm up much today. it's 54 in belmar, that's the hot spot. hampton, you're sitting there too. 50 in the city, 46 for white plains, cool spot right now monticello at 43 degrees.

cover, the wet air, it's going to be very challenging for us to warm up much today, and that's exactly what we expect, a very chilly day. as we look at the vortex satellite and radar picture, just watch as the rain pushes up and around. what's happening, there's a stationary front off the coast providing the instability, also some moisture. but joaquin is feeding moisture all the way down from the bahamas up in our direction. so it's going to be soggy today, but not as wet as it was yesterday. we'd like to show what you it looks like hour by hour. 10:00 a.m. it's still wet out there. i think to the north of the city we still have some steadier rain, but then as we go into the afternoon, we see more scattered shower activity. i do not expect to see any sunshine today at all. that changes tomorrow. watch what happens. overnight we do see a few breaks in the clouds possibly, but expect more showers overnight, still windy. tomorrow mostly cloudy with spotty showers, especially close to the coast tomorrow.

side, though. monday looking even a little bit better, tuesday, wednesday, thursday looking amazing. but, of course, we have to get through today and it is going to be nasty out there. 56 degrees your high. again, i think it will be cooler by the coast, and then wind chills along the coast may be into the 30s. lighter rain, especially as we get into the afternoon, and then those gusts could be as high as 50 miles per hour. winds will be persistent, though, out of the northeast at 20 to 30. then tonight shower and 52. winds still possibly gusting as high as 50. it's tomorrow we bring the gusts down to as high as 45, we bring in a little sunshine. 63 degrees for your high possible. i want to mention with the repeated and persistent northeast winds, the pounding surf, coastal erosion will continue to be a problem. so it's not until really joaquin is completely away from us, that will happen really into tuesday that we'll see the surf also settle down.

breaks of sun, much dryer, then lovely tuesday, wednesday and thursday, loving this. very fall forecast. we'll have lots of sunshine, low 70s. friday we bring back the clouds, maybe even a few showers with a high of 69 degrees. but you mentioned movie day, sleeping in today is absolutely the day to do it. and if you live in a coastal region, you want to make sure that you've secured stuff if you didn't do so prior. >> yeah. we've been watching christine sloan all morning, so windy. >> wind gusts there, you know, definitely making a big impact. >> thank you, vanessa. well, for the first time in nearly a decade, the yankees and the mets are heading to the playoffs at the same time. so this is a very good time to be a new york baseball fan. >> but it won't come cheap if you want a momento from the season. for the right price, just about everything is for sale. cbs 2's steve overmeyer has more on the changing face of sports memorabilia. >>reporter: how would you like to own a piece of this? [ crowd noise ] >>reporter: the mets are giving you a chance to purchase

an empty champagne bottle used in this week's celebration. it's only going to cost you $100 but it gives you an authentic piece of mets history. mets aren't alone. >> there's a lot of collecting going onment >>reporter: 20 years ago brandon steiner practically invented the idea of game-used memorabilia. >> it's all about getting the fans closer to the game, and i want the fans to have a piece of the game, more than what they could do just by watching it on tv or sitting in their seats. >>reporter: game memorabilia takes collecting far beyond the autographed baseballs. you can buy bases, pitching rubber, a sign from the old yankee stadium. it's all housed at steiner sports 50,000 square foot warehouse. >> he joins the 3,000-hit club with a home run. >> this is the actual lineup card from the day he hit his 3,000th? >> that's right, he signed it. >> he flies around the bases, first big league home run. >>reporter: if i was at the game where greg bird hit his first major league home run. >> and we were talking to greg the other day about that and he was, like, can i get that?

whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down. >>reporter: not every item is collectible. jackson purchased 15-foot letters from old yankee stadium. he just can't find a buyer >> we're talking about the letters that were hanging at yankee stadium. >> and i would say to anybody who's married out there, go bring the letters of yankee stadium home and tell me how your wife responds. >>reporter: what people love about memorabilia is there is a story behind this. >> exactly. it's all about the story, it's all about the memories that matter. i always tell people collect with your heart, collect the things you love, not with your pocket, hoping you're going to send your kids to school. that's all luck if it happens, great. collect stuff you can have fun with and enjoy the memories. >> the highest-priced game-worn item was a babe ruth jersey from 1920. it sold for $4.4 million, and you can forget saying the comeep as dirt saying that steiner sports, they've raised more than $65 million by selling dirt from infields around the country. >> interesting. well, a 1980s action

television classic is getting a revival. >> all right, hot shot, so you gotta -- >> cbs studios is putting a new "macgyver" series into active development. the production company says it will follow a 20-something macgyver as he uses his knack for solving problems to help prevent disasters. the pilot's director of "furious 7" fame says his initial concept was to do a young college macgyver who went to boston university. >> boston college, so cool. >> why boston, though? >> nothing wrong with college in boston we're exactly four weeks away from halloween now. and if you need costume idea, pinterrest say they are do-it- yourself costumes and thoughback costumes ghvment check out our writer vanessa. this is her daughter looking as a adorable witch. >> i like it. coming up, see if you can recognize this familiar face. >> that was me last year at medusa. as you can tell, i like to go all out with my costumes.

here's another one from two years ago at salary scellington from "the nightmare before christmas." it's d.i.y. you have to make the costumes yourself. it's not as fun when you buy them. >> this is a wolverine rocker. he has gray hair and that was part of his costume too. and this picture of little jacquelin and kelsey. see the witch costume? >> i like themment they're classic. i've done my share of the witch costumes as well. >> what are you dressing up as this year? >> i cannot tell >> that's right, it's a secret. >> i will be posting some photos after. >> yes, we did. those aralon's kids. thank you, alan. >> he wants to make sure the kids get credit. 9:54. after the break a check on your forecast and your top stories.

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welcome back. a quick check on your forecast now. it will be a very sogay, cool and -- soggy, cool and windy day. concerns today will be along the coast. here is a look at the radar and we will go right back to your extended forecast here. 56 degrees for your high today, winds gusting as high as 50 miles per hour along the coast, coastal flooding likely during high tide times today. coastal erosion a big issuement tonight 52, showers continue, still windy tomorrow, 63. some breaks of sun. still spotty showers, still on the windy side. >> and then back to the 70s later next week sphwhrvment and then back to normal >> thank you, vanessa. that wraps up today's cbs 2 news saturday morning. our next newscast is tonight at 11:00. >> you can check the day's top stories all day hong long on cbsnewyork.com. for vanessa and the entire cbs 2 news news team, i'm vanessa grim -- i'm andrea grimes. >> i'm diane mecedo.

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