from fox 5 news is "good day early call" juliet: a man police believe may be involved in two hotel murders is in custody, sources say joseph dan clair about 3 to murders took place in hotels in brooklyn and midtown. ben: the homeless population in the city has risen since bill deblasio took office. the data showing there are 4 thousands more public people staying in shelters. >> the mother of a high school football player seen hitting opponents in the head with the helmet is standing by her son. the mother saying it was an accident, she says it may have been racially motivated. i am juliet huddy. ben: i am ben simmoneau.

it is friday morning september 18th, thank you for being with us, good morning. juliet: you are looking pliant today. ben: we know what is going on here? this is the day she was not going to mosque. i think you should have to do it in all fairness. >> meteorologist: wait a minute, how did i get caught up in this? juliet: i am not allowed to mock you but i can lock you. and ines. i will probably eat unleash can't you. >> meteorologist: i went to a book for yesterday afternoon. it was a lot of fun. juliet: should have invited me. ben: picked up a book on chemistry. ben: juliet: that of chemistry when iowa's in high school. ben: that is shocking.

peek at what happened yesterday. i love it on a friday. we have 49 degrees, 89 degrees was your high temperature yesterday in central park, almost made it up to 90, same at newark, 86 in allentown, 79 in monticello, looks like this morning starting like what we had yesterday, generally speaking temperatures should be coming down, yesterday they did not, they went up a hair, 70 at central park, 57 in poughkeepsie, 54 and monticello, 52 in sussex. we have an air quality alert in new jersey not including northeastern sections where you have high levels of ozone. if you have any breathing issues, emphysema, look out for the elderly and the young, doing anything outdoors today definitely not the best air quality it's sort of they said take it easy is the bottom line.

clear skies coming, stormy weather over the great lakes and midwestern states and are we going to get it? doesn't look good as far as grain is concerned. temperatures will be coming down, high temperatures this afternoon 86 degrees, 83 tomorrow, then we got to the 70s, 77 sunday with partly cloudy skies and we will keep it partly cloudy for awhile which is where they would be this time of year and a chance of a shower on tuesday. let's see what is going on early this morning. ines: westchester problems northbound by the sawmill. blocking a lane and an accident on the grand central parkway east bound approaching the queue gardens interchange, just a lane closed, let's check the staten island expressway by bradley avenue east bound and west bound, george washington bridge, flashing lights, traffic on the

upper level stop for clearing away, construction, 10 or 15 minute delay on the upper level, lower level better option lincoln or holland. as far as trains, looking good, everything on or close to schedule. ben: police questioning a man in connection with two hotel members. juliet: police have been searching for joseph dan clair, he is in police custody. police interviewing him at the midtown police precinct, being questioned about the july 23rd murder of a woman in brooklyn and the september 8th murder of a woman at the manhattan broadway hotel on 30th street midtown, he was seen on video entering both hotels with those women, and fingerprints were found that one of those scenes. and investigating whether he raped two other women. ben: the homeless population has been risen since bill deblasio

came to office, 572 did 6 people housing shelters, according to the latest weekly data from the city. mayor bloomberg's final months in office, 53,000 so despite 4,000 people, what is more people staying in shelters are staying longer. the average, 534 days compared to the previous average of 515 days, they are working to upgrade services and prevent homelessness. juliet: happy reunion after a boy with accidentally left the brooklyn park by their care workers. can you imagine? your parent finding this out to give police tweeted this picture after a good samaritan found him alone in sunset park yesterday afternoon. that good samaritan, the good samaritan brought into the precinct on a field trip with a dozen other kids from the quality of life academy. some reports say one of the

teachers miscounted the kids. kind of hot major miscalculation and left him behind by accident. no response yes in the day care facility. ben: we are learning more about the proposal to create zones for times square. panhandlers and big crowds, a plan created by special task force also the area from 42 and 47th street bordered by broadway and seventh avenue to be read designated a public space known as times square comments. cit seekers would be restricted to so-called designated activities and runs and also civic zones for public events and float zones for pedestrian traffic. >> we have to give some thought to that. in the sense of making it easy to control, would it in fact work. ben: city leaders think the rule will regulate street performers. juliet: the mother of a high school football player seen hitting an opponent in the head with his helmet is defending her

ben: zachary keith tells us it was just an accident. >> he is apologetic for this. he said it was an accident. his hand got stuck in the helmet and uneven. >> reporter: surrounded by supporters, this is the play from last friday that got her son kicked off the football team and suspended from school. and 18-year-old senior, number 1, the play resulted in a 15 yard penalty. >> football is a tough, rugged contact sport. >> reporter: after the game the video went viral. >> mistake, yes. we have all made mistakes but this was a very serious one. >> reporter: according to lyndon superintendent that is why the initial two game suspension turned into a full-blown criminal investigation in getting kicked off the team. >> where do you draw the line between an assault and contact during a football team? >> reporter: once was brought to

our attention. >> we've given a copy of the video and from that point weed did an investigation. >> reporter: there were derogatory used, but they are adamant that what happened was an accident, not retaliation. community activist donald gibbons junior. >> this kid and his family are being crucified over an accident, not even a mistake, it was an accident. >> he did win that football game, the player that was hit in the head with the helmets and a ten stitches although he did finish. the young man who was suspended for the remainder of this season is being recruited to play football at the next level. that complicates matters a little bit. juliet: the mother said there might be racial issues, the student that was hurt might have been saying racial things on the field and that created problems.

we will keep you updated. ti-hua: politics, donald trump facing criticism, this time for something he actually did not say. ben: a person asking an unquestioned said, talking about muslims, president obama is a muslim, trump did not correct in. robert moses live in the newsroom with details. >> reporter: so far for all the controversial things donald trump has said he has not suffered at all in the polls. he still leads his republican challengers. the question is will trump suffer any consequences for not correcting an ill informed question? >> we will have some fun because instead of making the speech which i have been doing over and over i want to take questions. don't we like that? >> reporter: when donald trump asked for audience participation during an appearance in rochester, new hampshire, that is when things got interesting. in the past donald trump has faced criticism for what he did say.

crime, they are rapists, some i assume are good people. >> in this case it is what he didn't say. >> this man, i like this guy. >> okay. the problem in this country is called muslims would we know our current president is one, you know he is not even an american. but anyway, we have training camps rolling where they want to kill us. that is my question, when can we get rid of them? >> we will look at a lot of things. a lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying bad things are happening, we will be looking at that and plenty of of the things. >> reporter: the never told the questioner that the president is not muslim. hillary clinton pounced on twitter. donald trump not denouncing false statements about the president of the united states and a for rhetoric is disturbing, just plain wrong. cut it out. in 2011 from himself questioned whether president obama was

american which prompted the president to release his birth certificate. the questionnaire in new hampshire yesterday evoked a moment from 2008 when a woman questioned john mccain but listen to how john mccain's response differed from trump's. >> canned trust obama. he is an arab. he is not -- no. >> no, ma'am. he is a decent family man, a citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with. >> reporter: trump's campaign manager said from did not hear the question is a depressant is muslim. the campaign manager criticized president obama for waging a war on christianity. the president has said in the past that he is a practicing christian. that is all latest live from the

ben: every day there's something new. juliet: people never cease to surprise the. still ahead on "good day early call" will we be cooling off during the weekend? sunday afternoon it better be warm. i am working this weekend. ben: you can check her out saturday and sunday morning. fox news channel. the latest battle over traffic, the new round in [excited yelling] ah, yes! you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. so why should we get it all the same way? call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. are you guys texting each other? whether it's 3 megs or 300 megs, yeah. for the right price. from $14.99 everyday low price internet, to 300 meg ultra-fast internet, we have you covered. even with wifi at home and on the go. plans start at $14.99 per month. call 1-855-want twc to switch today.

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>> meteorologist: time to get you going friday morning, things looking good here, nice and calm and relatively warm, 70 central park, 65 and newark, 55 in allentown, the key for in monticello, montauk you have 60 degrees with mainly clear skies. attendee dewpoint, same basic range we had yesterday, the average dewpoint around 55 which isn't bad. that is what we have, for par, 61 and islip, 66 to the east in montauk. we have fought mainly clear sky, not much going on. this week has been very quiet, keeping an eye on a couple things, low pressure to the southeast, atlantic water stirring things up, pretty damn in south carolina, north

carolina lot of clouds. a cold front approaching from the northwest but the ridge of high pressure doing a good job blocking things out. do we see anything making progress and giving us more cloud cover or showers as we head into the afternoon, high pressure keeping us high and dry with clear skies, a few more clouds popping into the area tomorrow and more as we head into sunday as the weak front robson to the area bringing some cloud cover and at this point looks like it will be bringing in enough clout cover and slightly cooler air to drop your temperatures down but rain chances are pretty minimal. a few sprinkles on sunday. high temperature another warm one, at 86 degrees, 83 tomorrow, more clouds sunday, sprinkled not out of the question with the front passing by and we will keep clouds, temperatures in the 70s for the most part beginning next week, better chance of showers tuesday, then we have clear skies after that. the myfoxny.com weather apps at the apple itunes store and google play store, daily and hourly forecasts there for you

breakdown for the next couple days, whatever it is. let's bring in ines and see what is happening. ines: problems, not a lot going on. good start friday morning. happy friday long island expressway nassau county, green with the northern state and southern state parkway, new jersey commute doing fine, 78 and 280 new issues, take a look at your commute, cross bronx by the bronx parkway both directions no issues, gwb construction wrapped up. let's go to cameras, upper level a 10 minute delay, they had to stop traffic and everything open and clean it, delays easing out, the level is the better option with the lincoln and holland tunnel, there's the grand central in front of la guardia airport, nothing going on in either direction.

back to you. ben: the city hired a four month study. driver for hire traffic congestion. lirr -- uber criticize the study saying four months is not enough. they're making recommendations, substantial amount of time. ben: i am not an expert in this arena. ben: the consultants are not starting from scratch the drawing on an extensive body of data and research. juliet: it would be beneficial firm's. all right, tonight the mets and yankees started three in subway series, we love our some ways. both teams, the mets are in the first place in the nl east, by eight games at this point. nine, okay.

jays, glad you are here, you always know. they trail blue jays by 3-1/2 games in the a.l. east. ben: the mets match the number, nine games after miami beat the nationals, justin board, three run shot, miami wins 6-4, eight games ahead of washington with 16 games to play. juliet: toronto beat the braves with this home run in the fourth, jay is win 5-0 and extend their lead over the yanks by half a game, the yanks a tree.5 back, 17 left to play. exciting thursday night football action i am told. the denver broncos taking on the cheeks. ben: first quarter, looks like they will win it. broncos in the end zone, never -- finds an open sanders front the 19 yard touchdown, denver

ties the 24-24 with thirty-second left. the chief gets the ball back but denver's brandon marshall strips jamal charles, bradley scooping up the ball going in to score, 21 yard touchdown right here. there it is an broncos win it 31-24 the final. juliet: the giants take on the falcons at 1:00 p.m. at metlife stadium and you can catch all that action right here on fox 5. ben: jets on the road monday to face the colts. when they get to metlife stadium check this out. stadium fans can treat themselves to this delicacy called the jumbo jet bagel, is a half pound of ham, a pound of breakfast sausage, four fried eggs, four slices of cheese, potato hash and a bottle of sauce. juliet: heart attack on a bagel.

is meant to serve 4 to 6 and it will cost $50. >> meteorologist: to feed everybody for 4. want to go on that? that is what we should have this morning. juliet: i love what way you said that. >> catches unsuspecting couples, not often does it catch a former president. >> jimmy carter planted a kiss, celebrities, that was some major kissing. >> they seem so in love, 90 years old. juliet: they get married in the 40s, this happened in atlanta a, they are braves fans. unfortunately the braves lost so a big round of applause.

the former president in high spirits battling brain cancer. ben: we wish him well.

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ben: joining us and the studio curtis sliwa, host of the joseph gliniewicz 7 none 77 the wat ec. juliet: in rare form today. what is wrong? >> none of your business. they the girl, let's get it on. >> let's talk about the homeless situation, compared to mayor bloomberg's last month the homeless population in shelters has gone up 4,000 in this last week. they were talking 57,005 believe. >> multiplied that by four comment and to let the mentally ill and comrade bill deblasio if he comes out of his drug induced psychosis from smoking on the

actually acknowledged this. ben: rudy guiliani, your friend, last week they were going back and forth about this issue and he has said because the shelter numbers also rose during his tenure, that is a good thing because it means fewer people on the streets. >> i am not interested in the shelter. i'm interested in what is roaming around the streets. mentally ill and homeless everywhere. bill deblasio has been in complete denial. now that you know according to the stats were you going to do about it? a blue ribbon panel or special task force? we need to get from healthy and get them out of sight and out of mind. they could brought a squad outside the studios of channel 5. juliet: we need to get some help because a lot people are mentally ill on the most reads. >> get off the streets and parked benches, of of the

ben: times square zones, three separate zones, float zones for pedestrians, civics zone, free speech zone for demonstrations and those things and have if you are seeking tips, if you are a painted lady. >> virtually having sex on times square, why not three isn't, x, double x and triple x, you can strip on down, have a little pasty below the navel and everything is copacetic. this is what it took the task force on many weeks for? is this not the dumbest idea at in imagination? juliet: i am with you on that. how will they labeled it? as security guards saying this is a triple boggles the and? candy come in here? >> from japan, germany, iowa,

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