give it a pop. ox 5 news this is "good day early call". juliet: firefighters get an overnight blaze under control in the bronx. this is a bad one, several injuries, we eddie live report. ben: entire building evacuation on the upper east side across the street from where all those bricks fell off that building on first avenue, and there is concern about more bricks falling after that incident earlier this week. juliet: cheers bill deblasio getting ready for surgery. we will tell you what the issue is. he will be fine. ben: minor i think.

it is a let down. i am not pregnant. not married. not running for office. this is it. i have a let down. i kind of think -- it was like people are really like -- thought it would be a funny little friend throughout the show. ben: got my hair cut. >> meteorologist: it looks great. juliet: i get a little -- after all the years ladies and gentlemen, when you, everett, blood running every morning,

almost there. >> meteorologist: happy friday. we have got some foggy conditions across the tristate mainly in coastal areas. from suffolk county until 8:00 or 9:00, in part of the jersey shore including down into the ocean county, and a quarter of a mile or less in many locations. the coastal areas to the east. one quarter of a mile, in long beach, in belmar, as you make your way inland, it is not so bad, mainly coastal areas have the fog. 53 degrees, not bad at all.

freezing. we will see a general trend. and high temperature 62 degrees this afternoon. 65 on sunday, it is a record high temperature, the general trend is for temperatures to be warmer but we have 60s through monday and showers too. it is so early, friday morning, keep our fingers crossed. things are fantastic. ines: watch for an accident on the garden state parkway, you have one lane blocked, long island, nassau county no problems on the northern or southern state parkway. let's look outside at the george washington bridge, upper level construction being wrapped up and slowing things down past the toll plaza, you are fine, no

lincoln and holland, trains running on or close to schedule. breaking news -- "america's nightly scoreboard" alarm fire, crews still working on the hotspots. robert moses with the latest on what is going on. >> reporter: i was standing in front of a firehouse and you can see pockets of flame as you get closer, smoking is still pouring out. at massive fire. at 11:42 p.m. that is when the first call came in. at 86 valentine avenue wall of flames leapt from one home to the next. they but right up against each other, the domino affect. the flames spread from one home

another, all to get the eight were damaged or destroyed. miraculously, minor injuries. two firefighters and one civilian. of the red cross is assisting those who were displaced. from the looks of it two of the eight homes that were destroyed were vacant so that is good news, perhaps that lessons, we got a chance to speak to some fairly lucky presidents up here. >> banging on the door, they evacuated the house. >> about nine houses on the block. across the street, it is not on fire, but they evacuate in abuilding just a precaution. >> i saw black smoke and fire from the back of my building and

bunch of smoke in the courtyard. >> reporter: the smell of acrid smoke is hanging over this neighborhood. we are waiting to hear from the fire department, the latest that we know, at eight homes damaged or destroyed, we will pass it along. back to you. juliet: is getting worse on the upper east side, so much traffic, a ton of noise, traffic will be horrible again this morning but apparently an entire building now, not the building with the bricks falling off of it but another building had to be evaluated because of fears of falling bricks on the original building and crashing to people's homes. families at the wood frame building at 346 east 60 third

to pack up and leave yesterday. first avenue between 57 food and 65 food is closed. contractors hoped to reopen by monday but the building department hasn't given them a timeline so who knows? ben: police, a gain of live and robbers targeting people in central park. four suspects were arrested yesterday, the and this is 14 years old, the oldest one. the gained was in a park near east 70 third street when they punched and 19-year-old man in the face and stole his iphone. officials believe the suspects could be connected to two other robberies in and around a park. juliet: in california dive that certain small lake for possible clues into the deadly terror attack. the fbi declined to say what they're looking for but sources say the attacker, the lake is three miles north of the crime scene. syed farouk and his wife tashfeen malik opened fire on

their holiday killing 14 people, injuring 22 others. ben: jury deliberations in the corruption trial of new york senate leader jean scelos and his son adam. jurors as to listen again to the wiretap and secret recordings, the onetime powerful republican is accused of using his position to strong arm free businesses, in fees and benefits for no show jobs. scelos it is son denied wrongdoing. juliet: bill deblasio undergoing surgery, to prepare a hernia. he developed the injury recently. hernias occur when tissue pushes its way through a weak spot in muscle. bill deblasio's case apparently will be outpatient, will be off today and tomorrow but is expected to have a public schedule sunday and will return to work city hall on monday. ben: andrew cuomo calling for changes to the common core.

a major overhaul of the controversial curriculum. let's go to teresa priolo live in a newsroom with more. >> reporter: this is big news. a lot of parents happy about this. the 15 member task force things the way our teachers teach, the way our students learn and everyone is assessed is all wrong. given the controversial set of teachers in a big fat f. a big hold to be reworked. >> most parents are very much against the stress on common core end of leads to teaching for the test. i don't know anyone who likes that. >> of common core could get a report card it would be failing miserably. that is the finding from a task force implemented by governor andrew cuomo and that panel is recommending that four year moratorium. >> any movement away from that.

of national education standards were developed in 2009 as a uniform set of skills that students should master in each grade to be college ready but around the country many states are finding it isn't doing that. instead is pushing educators to teach for the tests creating stress on students and calling into question how we evaluate our teachers. in new york common core makes up at least 20% of how students are evaluated but that might soon change. the task force suggested overhauling how students learn, how they are tested and how our teachers are assessed. the recommendation, 21 in all, include a hold on linking tests, and their length. and community feedback on the quality of those tests. governor andrew cuomo now doing an about-face embracing the

core was supposed to ensure all of our children have the education they needed to be collagens career ready but it actually causes confusion and anxiety. the complete 180 in the wake of 20%, sitting out a test in april. the recommendations unveil hours after president barack obama signed a new bill prohibiting the federal government from mandating states adopt standards like common core. in new york these recommendations must be approved by governor cuomo and the border regions. you heard that statement praising the suggestion, the legislature has recently appointed several regions that have been critical of the state's current test evaluation system. they will meet again in january some recommendations could be approved as soon as monday. that is the latest in the newsroom.

on "good day early call," what is going on with or the weather? ben: not even winter yet. juliet: probably record-breaking temperatures. ben: one cold day and a little bit of snow. heather: probably late january. ben: december 31st. if you think subways are more crowded you are right.

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>> meteorologist: let's check out the high temperatures yesterday into an impressive range, a lot of 60s from the tristate region including sussex, 60 degrees yesterday, in central park and islip and montauk topped out at 60, the warm spot happened to be belmar, 63 degrees, 57 in bridgeport, very nice and this morning we are setting mild again. maybe hair warning yesterday, depends on where you are, 53 at central park, 49 in newark, 44 in montauk. some clouds and some fog out there on the east of long island and parts of the jersey shore, visibility number that down to a quarter of a mile. it is up until 8:00 depending

a lot of clouds rolling on through. and to exit the area we will see more sunshine further into the day. and we are going to continue with that southwesterly flow. let's look at a future cast, doesn't bring us a lot. we are going to start on the sunnier clear side and looks like it is going to stay pretty decent through saturday, not much happening here again. no real disservice coming to us, cloud cover sunday but as long as we continue with southwesterly flow the warm temperatures will continue to be our main weather feature. that is the case today, high temperatures 62, warmer in yesterday. as we go through the next seven days high of 63. that is a record, 63 monday, a few showers coming through an showers coming through thursday, temperatures come down a little bit. daily and hourly forecast on the

download at the itunes store and google play store, you are set to go. what we see, a gridlock alert day. it will kick in later. juliet: afternoon problem. the afternoon is a good start, staten island express when no problems for the verrazzano bridge, construction wrapping up, all green here. looking at the bqe for the brooklyn bridge, no issues on the northbound side. things on the vanik looking great this morning, on la guardia airport eastbound and westbound, back to you. ben: it is more crowded and intimate because it is. the nba continues to shatter

record 6.2 million people. that is the most writers and attracting riders should in 1985. ridership in october just shy of 6 million, the highest in four decades. >> organizers of santo, are trying to make nice this year, falls through. for the first time they publicly released the plant roots which will start at mccarron park, through williamsburg, the east village. organizers also agreed to tweet police messages about safety and proper ways to behavior. the annual charity event is a nuisance to a lot of folks because of the drinking and malays and other bad behavior. let's talk about this. curtis -- curtis sliwa is here. he is complaining. >> always.

in town wearing red. there will be all these guys, knuckle draggers, stone to the bone, urinating, defecating, look around the block, out of my neighborhood now. you see because they are white. spears, more pigs than people in iowa. they think they can deface the great city of ours especially my beloved borough of brooklyn. ben: i don't know they are from iowa. >> people have begun to assimilate and look like santa claus. imagine these kids hoping to sit on the of santa claus and they seat this drunken rebel coming at some falling down, totally drunk, and you talk about killing the image of santa claus for your little children may be

peering into the eyes of santa claus. they ought to ban santa icon. juliet: she won't see it. ben: don't frequent the eastern zone. >> that is right. on the upper east side. ben: these are not my kind of neighborhoods. juliet: what does that mean? your kind of neighborhood? oh brother. ben: i have come to the lower east side. you are not hanging toward the bar. >> my blood in the lower east side, but -- ben: how many neighborhoods have been shot in? >> only one. ben: let's keep it that way. donald trump, a new poll is out, nbc news wall street journal poll, 57% of adults polled

muslims from entering the country but among republicans 42%, almost half, supported, 36% oppose it at that said his poll numbers generally seem to be on a rise. juliet: people are concerned about national security. that is over all the number one concern of voters. >> can i do donald trump -- that hair is magnificent. can i touch your hair? can i see if israel? people put -- i can't even touch it. juliet: you can't touch any part of me. >> no matter what the donald does his numbers go up because of the hard-core trump, he can do no wrong. tax the mexican that 20%, attack the muslim at 40%, they got to figure out who is the next group he is going to launch those b-52 bombers at, and that will put

ben: are we at a point, iowa is six weeks away. >> the holy rollers rule iowa. >> voting will begin in six or seven weeks. has strong poll numbers. could he be the nominee? >> having been a veteran of many political battles you got to get your vote out. they still have to get them to go to the polling. ben: he put together an organization, they didn't think he was going to, he has an organization in iowa and another one in new hampshire, one of the two, in south carolina, things could happen very quickly. >> you got to get the vote out, the folks who never ran a campaign before. ben: still ahead.

otherwise you will see it this weekend. >> i am mesmerized about your hair. juliet: they cannot lose the final seconds, sports is next,

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juliet: i brought some can issues over, we will bring them over to you. complaining today. the knicks on the road, i want you to read this. ben: four game losing skid didn't look good early on, they were down by 14. there are 10 seconds on the clock, to be the knicks, 99-97. juliet: a nice deal by juliet and the nets in the fourth quarter, at home in brooklyn, this puts them up by 5, two minutes later with bodies,

aggressive there. the net's extend their lead. brooklyn went for the sixth time in the last seven home games, 191 over the sixers. lopez, love that guy. football, good news for jets fans. ben: jerome reavis is ready to play, he was practicing yesterday but with no contact. this is the first time he took the field since suffering a concussion against houston. no matter what, he says he went through the concussion protocol. before he can suit up sunday. it promises to be the fight of the century, but rematch between holly homes and run the route the from u.s. c. juliet: they set a tentative date in las vegas. there are a couple problems. she may not be healed from the beat down she got. she doesn't want to wait that

ben: they are fighting for the fight.

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