from fox 5 news this is good day early call. >> caller: police need your help finding a gunman who shot and killed a good samaritan stop a robbery at a group brooklyn delhi. wikipedia president obama criticizes the republican presidential candidates. you will hear what he has to say about them when he was in new york yesterday. >> i'm juliet huddy. >> i am ben simmoneau. it is tuesday morning november 3rd, it is election day across the country with one year until the big elections that there are a lot of local and municipal races going on across the country today. juliet: get out there and vote. >> meteorologist: i know that it

any thing we are voting on? that is what i thought. might point. anyway, got to get out and do it. let's show you what we have, 53 degrees is your temperatures and for par, 47 in newark, 34 in sussex, 45 in bridgeport as well as montauk and it is of little cooler outside and we had yesterday. winds not doing much. if you have any thing is real light from the northwest at 3 miles per hour but most are reporting winds calm at this hour, clear skies, wind calm, combination for a clear star to the morning which is what we have, yesterday we did keep a lot of cloud cover a round for the early part of the day that started to break up later in the day. now we have mainly clear skies around the tristate region and looks pretty good year with high pressure in control. if you like the sunshine and warmer temperatures that is coming up, high pressure in control, sunshine throughout the day so once the sun comes up it comes up earlier in all.

it will go to work and get temperatures and above normal range. wet weather remains over the carolinas. today we will see temperatures rocketing up to 69 by midday and the high of 72, well above normal temperatures, 68 thursday, small shower chance late thursday early friday but rain out there, reading looks pretty bleak. let's bring in ines rosales and see what is going on early on tuesday. hopefully we are all right, construction. ines: starting with some issues, staten island expressway no problems but you do have a problem on route 440, all lanes closed by 21st because of an accident, construction on route 17, two lanes closed each direction by midland avenue. let's show you the bqe, traffic slowed year eastbound, west bound side, east bound slow, accident in the area has the least one lane closed.

if you are taking trains, looks good everything on or close to schedule. ben: for the record. the entire new jersey state assembly and senate are up for reelection. ines: that is what i told him. did you do your research? ben: i knew that but had to think about it for a minute. mayor bill deblasio is seeing his lowest approval rating since he was elected. juliet: 33% of new yorkers approve of how he's handling it by the wall street journal, down sharply from 44% approval last may. not surprisingly he gets more support from democrats but his approval among black voters has fallen from 59% down to 50% and among latino voters down 49% to 37%. ben: polls open at 6:00 to cast the ballots in today's

elections. in the national level, candidates are complaining about their last debate and what they would like to next week's debate. juliet: president obama is commenting on their complaints. robert moses joins us from the newsroom with more. >> reporter: president obama made his comments at a fund-raiser in the city last night. let's just say he wasn't very kind. the republican field is wide open but its newest front runner is enjoying his biggest lead yet. ben carson is the republican to be. the new nbc news wall street journal poll finds carson with the support of 29% of republican primary voters. donald trump is six points behind. marco rubio, ted cruz and jeb bush follow. the poll was conducted before the most recent debate during which candidates rally criticized the cnbc moderator's for their questions. new jersey governor chris christie says the moderators are not the stars. >> they want to make themselves famous, they are more important

and get to brag to their friends on cocktail party look what i did to that republican. >> reporter: top republican aides released a letter to television networks with demand for future debate. among the stipulations, opening and closing statements of at least 30 seconds, no leaning rounds, no candidate to candidate questioning and temperatures in the date -- the below 60 degrees to avoid sweating. not all candidates are on board. campaigns of chris christie, carly fiorina and john kasich said they would not sign the letter and donald trump's campaign manager said the campaign would speak directly with the networks. the candidates are going after the job president obama has and during an appearance last night in the city the current commander in chief didn't sound impressed with their credentials. >> it turns out they can't handle a bunch of cnbc moderators.

applause] let me tell you. if you can't handle -- if you can't handle those guys -- i don't think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you. >> reporter: back to that paul jeb bush finished fifth in the poll, his campaign has struggled. in an attempt to rehabilitated he released a new slogan, dad can fix it. he is purportedly referring to the country. remains to be seen if he can also affects his campaign. that is the latest from the newsroom, some pretty tough comments from the president. ben: interesting slogan on the part of jeb bush. juliet: reminds people of

we will talk about it later on. i am shocked used that slogan. ben: big step in giving former inmates a second chance for a president obama would like the federal government to stop asking about criminal history on job applications. recalls it banning the box, during a visit to a halfway house yesterday he said he wants congress to get rid of the check box on federal employment applications that indicates whether the applicant has committed a felony. he says the change would give former inmates a second chance but not everybody is for that idea. >> we are not suggesting ignoring but we are suggesting when it comes to the application, give folks a chance to get through the door. give them at chance to get in there so they can make their case. >> i think it is wrong. it takes the right away of transparency of the employers to find out what kind of people they are interviewing, who they are interviewing. ben: chris christie lashed out

at the president saying he only showed up in the garden state because it achieved things he failed to achieve on a national level. juliet: a man was shot and killed while trying to stop a robbery in a brooklyn deli, a good samaritan. let's look at this video, surveillance video shows the robbery in progress, this is in east flatbush tuesday night, police say the man in the red sweatshirt shot and killed 32-year-old damian francis who tried to stop the crime. the 2 suspects are still on the loose. if you have any information please call crime stoppers at 1-800-577-tips. ben: first responders at ground zero calling on congress to restore health care funding for thousands who got sick after working in the rubble. one proposed bill extends coverage for another five years but would also cut funding by 60%. critics say that is not good enough. >> it is not going away in 5 years.

are diseases are not going away in five years. why do we have to come back and begged again in another five years when we have the funding and a bipartisan bill right now? ben: there are a 33,000 responders who struggle with illnesses and injuries. 9/11, 3700 of them have been diagnosed with cancer and more than 1200 died. juliet: this is outrageous to me. the kind of waste this government goes through every day, pork spending, the fact that people were down there, that is shocking to me. why they have to go and they give is beyond me. in editorialize in. still ahead on "good day early call" we are warming up. didn't seem like that this morning. it was chilly. ben: i thought it was okay. only 53 degrees right now. juliet: dari: 7 later today. ben: uber driver takes action after being attacked, nabbed are

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53 degrees your temperatures central park, same in montauk, temperatures of come down and significantly in montauk 13 degrees cooler than it was 24 hours ago. it is 3 degrees cooler in central park, 5 degrees cooler in new work, 9 degrees cooler in belmar. depends on where you are but you have perfect conditions for a cooler start to the morning, clear skies, light wind, not calm and looks like a good looking day, high pressure in control, lots of sunshine today, more than we had yesterday. we had messy weather over the carolinas with that stall out front boundary and the area of low pressure but high-pressure doing a good job blocking that to the south so we don't have anything coming through year active weatherwise, sunny skies today as well as tomorrow, high temperatures in the low 70s today and tomorrow, not much

a few clouds start building in toward thursday and some showers chances picking up thursday night into friday but doesn't look like anything major coming through any time soon for sure. sunny skies with warmer temperatures, a high of 72 degrees later on this afternoon, clear skies, milder temperatures tonight with lows from 42 to 55. the next seven days sunny and warm, 68 for a high thursday with pretty cloudy sky and quick chance of a shower coming in. not a big deal, out of fear of atomic it to freda, high temperatures 70 friday. myfoxny.com weather apps at the apple itunes store and google play store with daily and hourly forecast detail for you right now for free. for let's bring in ines rosales and see what is going on tuesday morning. are we looking at? ines: not bad, let's start with street cleaning rules, it is election day, that is suspended, meters remain in effect, nassau county checking in with no

southern state parkway, same for your commute in new jersey by the persephone area, 287 and route the doing fine. keeping an eye on the problem on the bqe, flushing avenue before kent avenue, that is where the camera is, this is an accident on the east bound bqe slowing everyone down, two lanes closed leaving only one lane getting through. west bound you are fine, let's go to the george washington bridge, overnight construction wrapping up, only one lane open, trying to pick up, clear it out of the way. upper level it is a 5 to 10 minute delay if you hit the lower level, a better option, lincoln tunnel 495 doing well and holland. ben: california at man arrested on accusations he beat up his uber driver has inspired his position as corporate manager at taco bell. that report was kept on-board video. the driver says the passenger

put on a seat belt when he was picked up in california friday. when the driver stopped and told him to get out, that is when things got out of control. >> at that point i tried to block his blows with my arm and settle on but pepper spray before i was -- turn of round and spray him until he stopped beating. ben: benjamin golden is his name, he was arrested and charged with public intoxication and assault and has been banned from using uber for life. taco bell has encouraged him to get professional help. juliet: remember rachel dolizal, she has admitted she is white. the former president of an naacp chapter in washington, she told everyone for years that she is black.

scene here on fox 5 she finally admitted the truth. >> i acknowledge iron is biologically born white to my parents. [applause] >> she has experienced discrimination and even -- identified as black by police when given air-traffic ticket, therefore she can -- ben: i am going to save her 15 ago. thank you. bad news for fans thinking about showing got dressed like darth vader or storm trooper or even princess leia. juliet: some movie theaters will

kind even light sabers. >> reporter: two chains announcing bans on light sabers and masks for screening of the newest installment of the star wars franchise we >> i am a big star wars fans, it is basically you can have an impact on ticket sales. >> i would get scared if i saw someone with a mask when watching the movies always a good idea. >> reporter: costumes are allowed but they are banning both light sabers and masks from theaters. amc took a softer stance optimally to ban light sabers and they see the bands as security measures taken in light of several shootings that happened in movie theaters across the country. one in 2012, but a screening of the dark night rises, this summer at the movie train wreck. >> i can definitely understand a theater wanting to be able to see the faces of individuals in case something occurs.

the star wars fan group new york jedi. even though dressing up isn't huge part of the experience he understands times of changed. >> as a fan you think it will take away from the experience? >> i don't think anything will take away the experience of people going there. people have been waiting a long time to see their favorite characters on screen again. >> reporter: "star wars: the force awakens" opens dec. eighteenth. on the west side, fox 5 news. juliet: i you going to see it? ben: yes. you got tickets? juliet: i didn't. ben: what is the date? juliet: december thirteenth, eighteenth. ben: why didn't you offered to get me a ticket? juliet: it was offered to me. ben: you should have said you need one more. juliet: you have a baby on the day. ben: he will beat here by that or somebody will go nuts. juliet: still ahead the new york

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ben: a you ready to vote today? >> meteorologist: might as well that the election day forecast. i don't have anything to vote on. ben: in the city there is not a lot if anything. juliet: it is not happening in the city is not happening. ben: there are serious races in new jersey but iron is reading the coverage and they are saying no one is paying attention. it is they assembly. >> meteorologist: i didn't get a mailers. ben: you don't live in new jersey. you see it on tv. juliet: cable probably. >> meteorologist: let's show you what is happening. it is cool this morning, 53 central park, 47 in philly, 40 for you in williamsport which mainly clear sky over the northeast and the tristate as well. we had cloud yesterday but they have broken up and move on. skills and wet weather to the south of us but not as much as yesterday. a pretty quiet weather set up

we will see a lot of sunshine throughout the day and above normal temperatures, high pressure blocking things up, you had that area of low pressure weakening and trying to meander or head off shore and meander in southeastern states, the carolinas, the wet weather where they do not need it. we have high pressure in control so you have sunshine and a lot of folks will enjoy the sunshine but we could use the rain fall but it is not in the cards. here is what you have for election day forecasts, the polls open up at 6:00 in the morning, 51 degrees with the son coming to you at that point, lunchtime voting, temperatures 69, it will be nice and warm, no excuses in terms of not getting out there to vote because the weather will be fantastic, 72 for high, 63 for the 9:00 p.m. when polls close.

afternoon, 71 tomorrow, 68 thursday, strong shower chance late thursday, friday a high of 70, temperatures coming back down to normal over the weekend, a fairly mild saturday with a high of 63. juliet: duke is taking a well-deserved day off. ben: i hope he is leaving. juliet: we look at sports starting with basketball, both locals in action. ben: taking on the milwaukee bucks, president bill clinton taking in the game with bucks co owner score tied at 94, get the lay up and the foul and a two point lead. moments later milwaukee's greg monroe makes the turnaround to tie the game at 96. just over a minute left, chris middleton steps that jumper, bucks up by 2, they go on to win 103-96. juliet: the knicks were facing

11, he missed the jumper goes over, throws down the dunk, whatever that means, the bench loves it, take another look, uses all of this, that is a rookie guy. ben: yes. juliet: the knicks down 9 but the spurs with too much, tim duncan gets the shot, 72-65, they win 94-84. juliet: in the jets are home against jacksonville, this sunday. the head coach is not sure who he will play quarterback, we're back to the rex ryan era. they were injured in last night's was in oakland, patrick for ligaments in his left thumb. he can play through the pain but will need surgery at some point. geno smith later bruised his left shoulder on this tackle. both are right handed. it is up in the air and who will play depend on how quickly

either one heels. juliet: jason pierre paul, giants defense an end lost a finger and a fireworks accident, could play this sunday against tampa bay but he might not. there we go. going out on a limb. the head coach did not say es when asked by reporters but didn't rule it out. cheese said if he continues to advance the way he has over the last few days it would be a decision they would be confident in making. pretty cool. juliet: ben: use mets fan got a world series camp tattoo. you might think he regrets it but apparently not. juliet: he got it during the first game of the series so you knew he was in for it. he told whether he keeps it or get it fixed he will always love it. davis has been a longtime fan, world series tattoo. that is commitment but we admired that.

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