cbs 2ize jennifer mclogan report from west babylon. >> tying up and try to protect themselves. it's very scary. >> reporter: doors locked, shoppers turned away as they try to have new york and company clothing store following a harrowing heist in west babylon. how are the women doing who were tied up? >> they're safe and fine. >> scary to think you can't go shopping for fear you will be robbed in the store. >> reporter: police in suffolk and nassau getting word out. the staple dangerous gun- wielding crook could be responsible for multiple robberies inside stores in babylon, carl place, east meadow. armed with rope and wrist ties, patron and employees have been bound together and threatened while the masked man grab purses, jewelry, cash, ands to after registers and safes. tip from the community response bureau. >> the most important thing is to remain calm, be excite, comply with whatever the hand of the suspect are. property can always be replaced. >> reporter: we first told you about the spree last week, not far from the roosevelt field mall, a busy strip mall on glen cove r

in antiquity, we faced destruction from the ancient empires of babylon and rome. in the middle ages, we faced inquisition and expulsion. and in modern times, we faced progroms and the holocaust. yet, the jewish people persevered. and now another regime has arisen, swearing to destroy israel. that regime would be wise to consider this. i stand here today representing israel, a country 67 years young, but the nationstate of a people nearly 4000 years old. yet the empires of babylon and rome are not represented in this hall of nations. neither is the thousand year reich. those seemingly invincible empires are long gone. but israel lives. the people of israel live. [applause] prime minister netanyahu: the rebirth of israel is a testament to the indomitable spirit of my people. for 100 generations, the jewish people dreamed of returning to the land of israel. even in our darkest hours, and we had so many, even in our darkest hours, we never gave up hope of rebuilding our eternal capital of jerusalem. the establishment of israel made realizing that dream possible. it ha

yet the empires of babylon and rome are not represented in the fall of nations neither is the 1,000 year rites. those empires are long gone. but israel lives. the people of israel lives. [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> the rebirth of israel is a testament to the spirit of my people. for a hundred generations, the jewish people dreamed of returning to the land of israel. even in our darkest hours, and we had so many, even in our darkest hours, we never gave up hope of rebuilding our eternal capital jerusalem. the establishment of israel made realizing that dream possible. it has enabled us to live as a free people in our ancestral homeland. it has enabled us to embrace jews who come from the four corners of the earth to find refuge from persecution. they came from war torn europe, yemen, ethopi a and the soviet union. and today, as the rising tide of anti semetic behavior sweeps across europe, many jews come to israel to join us in building the jewish future. here is my message to the rulers of iran, your plan to destroy israel will fail! [applause] >> israel will not permit any

don't be surprised if you see some rain in places like babylon. it's dry from the city north and west. it's not until tomorrow morning really. there is our cold front. showers popping up from west chester county down towards new york city. they may linger for a few hours before drying out very nicely. we get a nice dry finish to your sunday. 56 is your high temperature. it's below average a little bit. drizzle along the coast. 49 for the low tonight. showers towards morning. seven day forecast shows temperatures stay cool and fall like for the next seven days. >>> coming up after the break where you can hit the dance floor for a good cause. >>> later why do pit bulls get a bad rap? a closer look at the breed, plus i...love new york. these grapes are squishy. i...need a shove. can someone help me? i...love new york. yes, that's a real bear. i...won a trip. that is so exciting. (announcer vo) play the i love new york scratch-off from the new york lottery. you could win trips to exciting new york destinations or up to $25,000 in cash. that sound. lik

in antiquity, we faced destruction from the ancient empires of babylon and rome.the middle ages, we faced inquisition and expulsion. and in modern times, we faced progroms and the holocaust. yet, the jewish people persevered. and now another regime has arisen, swearing to destroy israel. that regime would be wise to consider this. i stand here today representing israel, a country 67 years young, but the nationstate of a people nearly 4000 years old. yet the empires of babylon and rome are not represented in this hall of nations. neither is there thousand year reich. those seemingly invincible empires are long gone. but israel lives. the people of israel live. [applause] president netanyahu: the rebirth of israel is a testament to the indomitable spirit of my people. for 100 generations, the jewish people dreamed of returning to the land of israel. even in our darkest hours, and we had so many, even in our darkest hours, we never gave up hope of rebuilding our eternal capital of jerusalem. the establishment of israel made realizing that dream possible. it has enabl

in antiquity we face destruction from the ancient empires of babylon and rome, and in the middle ages we faced inquisition and expulsion and in modern times we faced the holocaust, and yet the jewish people have persevered and now another regime has surfaced swearing to destroy israel. that the regime would be wise to consider this, i stand here today representing israel, a country 67 years young, but the nation state of the people nearly 4,000 years old. yet, the empires of babylon and rome are not represented in this hall of nations, and neither is the thousand year reich, and those seemingly invisible empires are long gone, but israel lives. the people of israel live. heil israel heil. the rebirth of israel is a testament to the indomitable spirit of my peoples. for 100 generations the jewish people e dreamed of returning to the land of israel. even in our darkest hour, and we had so many, and even in our darkest hours, we never gave up hope of rebuilding our eternal capital the jerusalem. the establishment of israel made realizing that dream possible. it has enabled us to live as

it happened around 9:00 last night on great east neck road in west babylon. police say 40-year-old michael dora was in the right lane in a wheelchair going southbound when he was hit by the driver of a dark colored vehicle. they say the car, which was possibly a nissan has front end damage. >>> also on long island, developing right now a 12-year- old girl is in grave condition after she was shot while simply standing inside of her home. police say the bullet came in through a window from the street. the shot was fired last night hempstead hitting the girl in the head. we're going to learn more about the investigation in a news conference from nassau county officials this morning. >>> mets fans are getting ready to cheer on their team in the national league championship series! it's exciting. cefaan kim is live at citi field where the mets will face off against the cubs at 7:30 tonight right? >> reporter: something like that, i mean good morning to you. i can now report even at this early hour, we are seeing signs of life here at citi field. we see stadium sta

in antiquity, we faced destruction from the ancient empires of babylon and rome. in the middle ages, we faced inquisition and expulsion. and in modern times, we faced the holocaust. yet the jewish people persevered. and now another regime has arisen, swearing to destroy israel. that regime would be wise to consider this. i stand here today representing israel. a country 67 years young. but the nation state of a people nearly 4,000 years old. yet the empires of babylon and rome are not represented in those hall of nations. neither is the thousand year reich. those seemingly invincible empires are long gone. but israel lives! the people of israel live. [ speaking foreign language ] [ applause ] the rebirth of israel is a testament to the indomitable spirit of my people. for generations the jewish people dreamed of returning to the land of israel. even in our darkest hours. and we had so many. even in our darkest hours, we never gave up hope of rebuilding our eternal capital jerusalem. the establishment of israel made realizing that dream possible. it has enabled us

it is 21 degrees warmer in babylon. we are headed for the mid-60s today. as i mentioned, showers this morning and clearing this lingering showers, especially east of the city. 63 degrees. then 3:00 it is mostly cloudy by 6:00, mostly cloudy and 51. we will have a better chance moving through. breaking news in queens. two men have been shot after a house party turned violent and the gunmen is on the loose. >>> alina gold is live in baystate -- bayside with the details.>> reporter: victims in the hospital after being shot on 28 street just after midnight. this area is blocked off while the investigator and search for the suspect. this is video from the scene. this is a quiet, high-end neighborhood. police spent hours talking to witnesses and collecting evidence. at some point, there was a argument and it is unclear what led to this. a man walked up to the victims, opened fire and then took off. one victim's 27 and he is acquitted -- critical condition. condition. -- the other is 23 and is in stable condition. the other seeing in brooklyn, those victims are e

yet the empires of babylon and rome are not represented in this hall of nations, neither is the thousand-year reich, those seemingly invincible empires are long gone. but israel lives, the people of israel live! [ speaking jewish ] [ applause ] >>> the rebirth of israel is a testament to the indomitable spirit of my people. for a hundred generations, the jewish people dreamed of returning to the land of israel, even in our darkest hours, and we had so many, even in our darkest hours, we never gave up hope of rebuilding our eternal capitol, jerusalem. the establishment of israel made realizing that dream possible. it has enabled us to live as a free people in our ancestral homeland. it's enabled us to embrace jews who have come from the four corners of the earth to find refuge from persecution. they came from war-torn europe, yemen, iraq, morocco, ethiopia, the soviet union, from a hundred other lands, and today as the rising tide of anti-semitism sweeps across europe and elsewhere, many jews are coming to israel to join us in building our future. here is my message to the rulers of iran, your

it is 48 right now central park and 59 in babylon and 37 in montecello. on the satellite and radar picture, we have a few clouds here and there. expect periods of passing clouds as a cold front makes its way on through and a stray sprinkle north and west. it is going to be a beautiful, but school start to the weekend. and we see the temperatures breaking out. 11:00 a.m., 52 but it feels like the 40s as you make your way into the afternoon, 2:00 and 56. and it will feel like 536789 and there will be a breeze out of the northwest and that will impact the feels like temperatures this morning. and 6:00, 49 and feeling like the mid-40s and that is critical for those of you plan to watch the mets tonight after 8:00 for that first pitch. temperatures will continue to drop overnight and it is going to get cold tonight and we'll talk about how low the temperatures go in your extended forecast in a bit. >>> thank you. our top story this morning, a 12-year-old girl is fighting for her life right now after getting shot in nassau county. she was hit while in her own l

over all a spectacular day. 66 in monticello. 72 edison and belmar and 73 babylon. it's mild out there. temperatures are going up. the winds are low and this is a good thing. we're at 2.7 today for pollen, ragweed is the irritant. today, tomorrow nice and the numbers start to raise on wednesday. our vortex satellite and radar shows high pressure. skies are clear. we start to get some changes to the other side of midnight. for this day we are in the clear. however, we'll be watching the impact of this cold front moving through. as we put your future cast into motion starting tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. we start to see those clouds moving in and then by 9:30 we could be seeing some light rain around here. there's that line of showers that starts to push through in the afternoon. some residual showers on tuesday. it's cloudy with a chance of rain all day. today mostly sunny skies, warmer today than it was yesterday. 74 degrees the forecast high. tonight we start to see those changes, patchy fog developing in the over night hours. we have a slight chance of seeing som

he was struck last night on great east neck road in west babylon. police say the man was in the right lane when he was hit by a dark-colored vehicle that fled the scene. they say that car, possibly a nissan has front end damage. >>> new information on contract negotiations that may leave thousands of children on long island without a ride to school. today school bus drivers voted to go on strike. union members rejected the final contract offer by bowman & sons buses. the company transports 15,000 students to school. the drivers did not set a date for the strike to begin. >>> new tonight, staten island perhaps looking more like the australian outback. why? well, people there were caught bouncing by. the marsupial was caught on camera hopping through the streets. pet kangaroos are banned in new york city, but they are allowed where the owner lives in upstate new york. he was not charged. >>> taking a plunge into pollution. coming up on eyewitness news, why a man decided to take a dive right into the disgusting canal. >>> and it's going to be chilly fo

next few minutes or so, 6:03, very heavy rain should be in freeport, marlboro, 6:06, freehold 6:09, babylon at 6:14 and howell at 6:19.

this one broke out in west babylon after 1:00 a.m. house on 16th street. flames shooting right out of the roof. the mother and daughter got out with any injuries. no word on how it started. >>> coming up here on news 4, rain moving our way. but will it spoil your sunday? that's the big question. erica's got your forecast coming up. >>> check it out. halloween comes early for some of our four-legged friends. a look at some of the crazy -- is there a dog in there? crazy pet costumes at the annual >>> hollywood is saying good-bye to one of its legendary actresses. maureen o'hara died in her sleep last night in idaho. she was known as a strong woman. hollywood called her the flame-haired irish movie star. her family said they celebrated her life listening to music from o'hara with as 95 years old. >>> thomas roberts joins us with what's on "nbc nightly news." >>> great to see you. we have a lot coming up tonight. especially this exclusive that richard engel just brought to us. video we can confirm, new body camera images from that isis raid inside iraq that le

searching for the driver who hit a man in 40-year-old michael dora died last night after being hit on babylon. last night. investigators say he was in the right lane in a wheelchair going southbound when he was colored vehicle. they say that car, which damage. >>> developing right now a 12- year-old girl is fighting for her life after being hit with a stray bullet on long island. it happened last night while the girl was standing in the living room of her home in hempstead. police say she was shot in the head when the bullet went through a plate glass window. she is in the hospital in grave condition. her family praying that she pulls through. >> beautiful girl, very beautiful personality. >> devastated because it's a young child, 12 years old who had a future in front of her. >> nassau county police are working with hempstead police to find the gunman. it remains unclear whether the shooting was random or whether the family was targeted. >>> the day is just getting started but you can feel -- it's kind of chilly outside right now but you can feel mets fever heating up the city. excitement is

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 showe

was inside hibachi grill on north babylon may 17th but he said from the beginning he wasn't the person who took pictures of the 8-year-old boy. the boy told police he saw a hand come over the stall and saw a flash going off. flores, jr. was arrested days later. he had to go in to hiding because people were threatening him. we spoke with him over face time in june and even back then he said he was innocence. >> i feel very violated inside, victimized, and i'm innocent all the way. i didn't do this. >> reporter: prosecutors agree, stating in court today based on the review and evidence, there is insufficient evidence available to mount a successful prosecution against this defendant. >> this is definitely what i could ask for even more. i'm so grateful. >> reporter: details provided by the boy's father simply did not match surveillance video from the restaurant. they say they also did a forensic analysis of flores, jr.'s phone. they say they found no pictures or video from the restroom and that nothing had been deleted from the phone. >> i give a lot of credit to the assistnt district at

an eight-year-old boy told police a man took photos of him inside the stall in north babylon. wesc don't know why the charges oiwere dropped. >>> new at noon, federal agents arrested a man who they say bottles of salad dressing. this is what officers took from a guatemalan man's cute case. after noticing the bottles, the agents conducted a more ex tensive search. and that is when they noticed an unusual smell. the agents say the bottles h.ve $195,000 worth of cocaine. >>> the documentic presidential contender -- democratic presidenti al contenders had their moment in the spotlight following republican debates. re is a wrap-up. >> it wasn't quite as personal as the republican debates. if it highlighted some differences between the t y two contenders. >> guns. >> this has gone n too long, too fast time the country stood up against the nra. >> all the shouting i0.the world is not going to do what, i would hope all of uswadt. hands of people who should not have those guns. >> reporter: economic and political views. >> we should look to countries like denmark, sweden, norway, and l

smithtown, babylon, and brookhaven. 48 in wrightstown and 39 in monticello. look at the 24-hour temperature change. we're running 14 to 20 degrees ahead of last night's pace in the northern suburbs so we're doing much better. we'll start the day instead of the middle 30s, about 47. still upper 30s north and west but then as the southwest wind continues through the day, 60 by lunchtime. upper 60s during the afternoon. high clouds which i think are more prevalent in the morning and less so in the afternoon hours. radar and satellite show a couple high clouds now. there's a front sitting off to the north. a few clouds will break off to that front and dive down in to the tri-state area. there's our high. we get exposed to all this southwest flow, back of the warm front. you can see what happened in the warm front today. upper 60s and lower 70s. that's the type of air that's coming at us especially for wednesday and thursday. futurecast showing the patchy high clouds tomorrow morning. partly to mostly sunny day. nice recovery in the afternoon as we get to 68 degre

folks on the mainland are high tides have brought street flooding to south shoree communities like babylon, leaving homeowners hoping they, too, can avoid any major damage. >> i didn't expect it. i didn't expect it. i just pray that when i leave in a couple of hours, it comes back down again so i don't have to worry about my car. since sandy happened, we haven't seen this kind of flooding. >> reporter: now a lot of the flooding and erosion concerns ton fire island are the result of damage done by sandy that has yet to be prepared. when we see you again at 6:00, we'll s ke you to fire island's new achilles heel. for now we'ren baho,g y cergol, news 4 new york. >>llright, greg,athank you. hurricane joaquin may not be threatening the u.s. with a direct h , but things are only going to get worse in the bahamas. the category 3 storm is still churning over the islands as janice told us a few minutes o. and for americans who were looking to soak up some sun, s has run out there to get out. reporter: f theor visitors who wanted to leave nassau, there is now no way out. the airport shut down a few

you can head to the babylon branch or the hempstead branch. they're working on getting bus service in place. it is just not out there yet. also just got word than o path trains, you can expect delays on the hoboken to world trade center line and journal square to 33rd. i'll continue to keep you update odden on that as well. route 3 in new jersey, an accident is causing delays. quite a stretch of them. a slow ride through here. alternate side of the street more weather and traffic coming up si. >> all right. thank you so much, lauren. >>> today a sea of blue will ne the streets of ueens as thousands gather to give a final farewell tocmurdered nypd ofe ficer randolph holder. katherine creag is in jamaica, queens, where today's funeral services will be held. >> reporter: and darlene, we're starting to se de a l t of drivers now here traveling along merrick boulevard. this major roadway, along with the side streets, n will be closed down a little later today because so many people will be here f haor the funeral. it is going to be a heartbreaking

surveillance video showed him at the north babylon restaurant where the alleged crime happened, but prosecutors say the video shows flores was never alone in the bathroom with the boy and there were no photos of the boy on his cell phone. >> he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. it's another situation where people rush to judgment. >> i don't wish this on anybody, anybody at all. >> suffolk county police said no comment when asked why flores was arrested before the and his phone were fully reviewed. >>> seven men are now facing charges in costa rica. they're accused in a drug ring linked to a family run pizzeria. the owner and his family members were arrested back in march. investigators say they received shipments of cocaine from costa rica hidden in cases of yuca. >>> the fbi is looking into sport sites like draft king and fan dual. so far the agency is gathering facts in the inquiry. one issue being considered, the legality of the site. the probe comes after new york's attorney general launched an investigation into whether employees of one site used inside information for an adv

beach blanket babylon. the actors poked fun of the presidential candidates. of the many celebrities featured in the lineup. >> a bay area woman is raising money the add standing desks to schools. most classrooms replaced most of the traditional sitting desks with the standing desks. a parent behind the idea is working to raise $1 million for teachers who want the convert their classrooms. it costs $6,000 for one classroom. >>> a shack in san francisco listed at $350,000 sold for above to asking price. this 765 home in the outer mission sold for $40,800,000. the home is actually an earthquake shaq build after the 19o six earthquake on the house people who lost their homes. many still exist. no word on what the buyer intends to do with this one. >>> coming up on the 7:00 hour, a frightening wake-up call for people in solano county. the fire under investigation at an apartment. >>> workers stabbed at in market in the east bay. >>> we're talking commuter pet peeves. we'll tell you what caltrans is saying they will do about it. >>> 7:00 on this friday morning good

look at the smoke and flames shooting out of this house on 16th street and west babylon. a mother and her teenage daughter were inside when it started, but fortunately they were able to get out safely. >>> investigators trying to figure out what gutted an historic synagogue in new brunswick, new jersey. you can see from these pictures from chopper 4 the flames were burning through the roof of that building and out the front door. it fortunately no one was hurt in that fire. >> no injuries to anybody, firefighter or otherwise. we're going to take our time and get it right. >> and we are told that one torah was pulled from the synagogue before fire gutted the entire building. >>> police now releasing the identity of a man that was struck and killed by a livery cab in brooklyn. he died at the scene. the driver did stay with him, cooperating with police. and we're told that driver has not been arrested. >>> hurricane patricia no longer a monster storm but it's still capable of causing a frightening amount of damage. >> the storm roor ared on shore yesterday, the strongest hur

island, some incredible video showing flames and smoke tearing through a home on 16th street and west babylon. investigators trying to figure out how that started. >>> 41 degrees. going to get much warmer? >> not much warmer. it's a chilly start to your weekend. mostly dry today. 56, that's the best i can do for you today. showers moving in after midnight with the cold front. and that front is going to linger a bit into your sunday. >>> we're back at you in 30 >>> back now on this saturday morning, october 24th, 2015, with images for you of hurricane patricia in mexico. it is now weakening. patricia's weakened to a category 1 storm. authorities warned tourists and residents, though, they are not out of the woods yet. there is still a threat of killer mudslides. the storm's remnants are also making their way toward texas, so a lot of people really focused on that. at this point, though, no reports of death, which is very, very good news. we begin our coverage with nbc's in ixcapa, mexico, just south of where the hurricane made a direct hit. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica.

yonkers, 72, and i have west babylon at 73. that's the warmest reading, thank you, elizabeth for that. plainboro, new jersey, it was 78. the record will stay in the books for another year. my headlines looking like this 72 for today. tomorrow a similar pro file. i think you will break the 70- degree mark. it's not an all day rain or a washout of a day. whatever rain you pick up, not going to erase the deficit. from january 1st, our deficit is resting at 6.8 inches to be precise. tomorrow, new models suggest a quarter of an inch to half an inch. some spots may see more if you get a heavy downpour or a storm i would say half an inch is a pretty good number. the very temperatures satellite and radar, nothing is going on out there the rain chances are up around buffalo. the cold front will be pushing through the area. you can see the motion on the screen. the rain will pull out here. yes, you're going to get rain, but not an all day rain, and then a nice weekend awaits. once we get the wet weather out of here, that's saturday and s

and we've also seen street flooding in communities like babylon. fortunately authorities say nothing too serious so far. however, there are a number of long islanders without power this morning. pse&g reporting close to 4,000 outages, most of them in nassau county. the rough surf, wind and rain has also limited ferry service today between the mainland and fire island. that will be in force throughout this weekend. back here in long beach, the rough surf is, in the words of one surfer, just a beautiful thing. >> in the water you can just sense the whole ocean is a little frustrated, a little angry. you've just got to get some energy out. >> reporter: despite this surfer's joy today, most here in this city that was devastated by sandy are really breathing a sigh of relief that joaquin doesn't appear to be a threat to us. three years is too soon to be thinking about another storm like that. >>> of course this morning we've been talking about the coast guard resuming its search for a missing cargo boat with 33 people on board. that includes 28 american

surveillance video showed him at the north babylon restaurant where the alleged crime happen. prosecutors now say that video shows flores was never alone in the bathroom with the boy, and there were no photos of the boy on flores' cell phone. >> i'm just relieved. this is such a blessing right now. i don't wish this on anybody. anybody at all. >> flores says his arrest was a mistake from the very beginning, and he hopes to start rebuilding his life. >>> 5:08 now. seven men are facing charges in costa rica. they're accused in a drug rinkling linked to a family run pizzeria in queens. investigators say the men were smuggling cocaine to a pizzeria in corona with ties to the mafia in italy. the pizzeria's owner and family members were arrested back in march. investigators say they received shipments of cocaine from costa rica. >>> authorities say they've broken up a gun trafficking ring that was bringing weapons into new york by bus. prosecutors say the conversation about the gun running operation were overheard on a wiretap. >>'s think about who and how many victims might have su

mentioned earlier, temperatures have certainly been dropping. 43 in central park right now, 28 in babylon. a look at 24-hour temperature change. 15-degrees colder in white plains, and 8 degrees colder in the city. skiesover head are mainly clear right now. two systems are moving generally in that direction it by noon, 53 degrees, and still looking lovely. by 3:00. mostly cloudy and 57 degrees. beyond there, temperatures will start to drop. 6:00, prime time trick or treating. mainly cloudy, by 9, 52 and cloudy. we will talk about wet weather for the second half of your weekend. >> thank you. >>> good weather for halloween, and good weather for baseball. this halloween night, they could even anythings up with the royals. highlights. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. no team has ever come back from being down 3-0 in the series to win the world series, and in fact the yankees were the only team to ever blow a lead like that in the playoffs, but we will not talk about that. it shifted from kansas city to citi field. the '86 mets were one of them that have won from being down 0- 2, so you ha

yet the empires of babylon and rome are not represented in this hall of nations. neither is the thousand-year reich. those seemingly invincible empires are long gone. but israel lives. the people of israel live. [applause] the rebirth of israel is a testament to the indomitable spirit of my people. for 100 generations, the jewish people dreamed of returning to the land of israel. even in our darkest hours, -- and we had so many -- even in our darkest hours, we never gave up hope of rebuilding our eternal capital jerusalem. the establishment of israel made realizing that dream possible. it is enabled us to live as a free people, in our ancestral homeland. it's enabled us to embrace jews who have come from the four corners of the earth to find refuge from persecution. they came from war-torn europe, from yemen, iraq, morocco, ethiopia and the soviet union, from 100 other lands. and today, there's a rising tide of antisemitism once again sweeps across europe and elsewhere, many jews come to israel to join us in building the jewish future. so here's my message to the

babylon babylon, 62. in and around the city, white plains, 64 degrees right now. same thing in morristown. well up to north, really not all that cool either. poughkeepsie at 66. this is where we're going to spend the morning and early afternoon, right in here. some partial sunshine 37 this . this line of showers will generally weaken, but it could once we shake these morning clouds, we turn partly sunny. then it clears on out. tonight, looking good. tomorrow, lots of sunshine. a cool, crisp autumn day in the 50s. a clear, cool night tomorrow night at citi field. saturday, 8:00 a.m., starts out nice and sunny. the clouds start to move in halloween evening. but no rain. that stays to the north and west. there might be a sprinkle around our marathon sunday. that would be about it. temperatures actually turn a little milder by sunday. 73 today. that's the warmest of the bunch. upper 50s and 50s again friday and saturday. more clouds around sunday. maybe a passing sprinkle. we gain an hour sleep. clocks go back an hour sunday morning. 63 the high. early next week looks

very comfortable, 60 at smithtown, babylon, oyster bay, long island looking good. 52 in poughkeepsie. 48 around wrightstown. temperatures are warmer than at 8:00 it should be 50. 62 at noontime. 67 this afternoon before the blast comes in of cold air. we're going to talk about that for the weekend coming up, what that means to baseball and your weekend. all that in your accuweather seven-day forecast. weather then heather every 7 minutes. happy friday to you. >> happy friday to you. we're going right over to our mass transit chart and tell you if you use mass transit you should be happy. long island railroad, new jersey transit on or close. metro north for the most part no major problems to report. our subways are doing okay. we do have some construction there. that could slow you down as you try to leave brooklyn and go north on the bqe east, that ramp to the brooklyn bridge has been reopened. the inbound side of the brooklyn also reopened earlier. our street cleaning rules are in effect. >>> thank you. and the new york mets are the talk of the town this morning. >> that game took so

20 minute delay and it looks like our buses instead of trains, long island railroad patchogue to babylon streets -- >>> really warm day, nice temperatures, easy to take and skies should be decent too with a mix of sun and clouds. the warm breeze, though, that we get today does turn chilly tomorrow. we have a few clouds out there, 59 currently, we should move into the 60s here mid-morning and that westerly wind continuing to take our temperatures up. we will go 77 for the afternoon high, 52 the low, spotty showers possible but tomorrow it's sunshine, windy with chilly numbers, back down to 60 so dropping off as much as 15 to 17 degrees tomorrow and our temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s over the weekend. >>> that is the news for now. is coming up >>> welcome back to "good morning america." look who's with us. bob saget in the house. >> hi. outside. >> you were just dropping by. >> i just came by. >> so weird. >> over there. >> we're going to talk about that coming up. >> good morning. >> first you're going to help us with our "top 5" list. a very special "full house" edition and thes

. >> reporter: it was back in may when an 8-year-old boy at hibachi grill in north babylon said someone reached their hand over a bathroom stall and took cell phone pictures of him. days later police arrested flores, jr. he voluntarily turned over his cell phone to police because he said he knew he didn't do anything wrong. so did his mother. >> we're just thankful that everybody worked out. we knew from the beginning. >> reporter: flores, jr. lost both his jobs and went in to revealed they don't have enough evidence to pursue the case, that no pictures or videos from inside the restroom were ever pound on flores, jr.'s phone and number had been deleted either. >> he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. it's another situation where people rush to judgment. >> i don't wish this on anybody. >> reporter: w reached out to the suffolk county police department about this. they said they would have no comment. i asked flores, jr. if he plans to sue the police department. he said right now he's just in central islip, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> in brooklyn a car jumped a

took off. 40-year-old michael dora died last night after being hit on great east neck road in west babylon. it happened just after 9 last night. investigators say he was in the right lane in a wheelchair going southbound when he was hit by the driver of a dark colored vehicle. >>> and that is our news for so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. i'm rayna. this is halloween. this is halloween pumpkins scream in the dead of night >>> sara, this is getting you in >> oh, halloween. >> for the rest of you bah humbugs, hopefully these images will help. they're amazing. they're from the great jack-o'-lantern blaze in new york's on the hudson. this spectacular display features 10,000 pumpkins and they got started on carving these pumpkins. >> oh, those are pumpkins? >> those are pumpkins in and they started carving them back in june. i want to know how they preserved them. >> bleach. that's one of the tri

it looks dark near huntington, babylon over the island. that will pass. a couple sprinkles to try and reach the catskills right now and those showers near erie pennsylvania. they'll dry out during the evening hours. i expect this to have a dry evening. we're watching our next front that's sitting over lake superior. if you look at the track of that low, it's sort of curling through quebec, so the coldest air to the north of that is actually staying to our north. we lose a degree or two the next couple days but it's still pretty comfortable. that's one of several fronts that are going to pass through, and that second one will unlock the weekend chill that's sitting over parts of central canada. that will be our coolest air of the season by far. tomorrow's a great october day at 65. more sunshine than we saw today, just a few fair weather clouds. then you have one front slipping to our north, and here's the good news about friday. that front is looking like it's going so far to our north and weaker and weaker that there's really not much of a shower threat

it's 55 around smith town to babylon. 59 across long island. 62 towards the east end. a west wind this morning. you'll feel that when you get outside this morning. it's a little cooler, a little humidities are pretty low. it's going to feel like a nice sunshine. you'll see back to our west not much going on. there's sprinkles in the western part of the state from that cold lake effect. our futurecast shows the next system, a front to come in on friday. noontime on friday. a couple of showers. it blows through really quick and then makes for a chilly night friday night and a chilly weekend coming up. kiddos grab a jacket. you need that at the bus stop this morning. it's perfect business suit weather. grab a jacket or a sweater, 68 after school is going to feel great, and tomorrow we're going to be right around 66 degrees, so some really beautiful fall weather today and tomorrow. 68 today is a little cooler than yesterday. clear and cool tonight, 40s in the suburbs. 50 around the five boroughs. tomorrow we're at route 66. it's sunny, gorgeous, and then we're looking at t

babylon starting your day off at 52. on the vortex satellite and radar picture, not all seeing crystal clear skies yet but the general trend is clearing and leading to very sunny skies this afternoon. 9:00 a.m., it's 55 and sunny. and by noon, 59. still mostly sunny and breezy, 3:00. and 65 degrees, that's as warm mostly sunny and then falling back to 57 by 9:00 tonight under clear skies. a cool start to the weekend. a chilly night. and tomorrow we start warming back up. we will talk about the next chance for rain in the full forecast. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, police are looking for the men behind a jewelry heist in central park. >> it's second armed robbery this week. ilana gold join us live with the details. >> reporter: the robbery happened here on west 57th street in the middle of the day. police say the suspects got away with dozens of expensive watches and they want you to see this video. cameras capture the two men walking into the jewelry store at 1:00 yesterday. this was at a busy time in

people like mike huckabee from religious traditions that used to describe the pope as the horror of babylon. and the antichrist. and it just shows you that homophobia is really what unites people across different christian faiths now. it is disgusting. >> i went online last night -- >> shaun, please. >> there is one -- in part, we're kind of conspiracy theorists because when we learn this was in the work two weeks ago and know so little about it, i'm starting to wonder who was the motive who was behind planning the meeting and it seemed like almost an atomic bomb on the whole trip in a sense. and for so many people who saw the trip in a special way, it now has all of us deeply conflicted and i feel like kim davis and i'm by no means a kim davis apologist, but she's a political football and a tool being used by people. i feel like she was used in a sense. and it just makes me wonder even what was the pope told about what she said, what she did, who she was, and what do we really know about that. >> there is this question right, the degree of sophistication in the grand lair ty of who is plot

>> a 13-year-old girl punched and kicked near her home in north babylon, new york.r attackers, three high school freshmen girls, two aged 14 and one 13. and it's all caught on camera by a 16-year-old boy. >> i was pretty shocked, especially seeing young ladies acting in such a violent manner. >> detective lieutenant robert edwards is the commanding officer at the precinct where the attack took place. >> she was, you know -- it was difficult to watch, you know, this girl being viciously assaulted. >> and viciously assaulted she was. the victim, whose name was never released to the public because of her age, stands there with her arms folded while three girls taunt her. then the girl in red comes up, punches her right in the face, tackles her to the ground and pounds on her profusely. another girl joins in the fray and begins to pull her hair all while cursing at her. >> [ bleep ]! [ bleep ]. >> the victim, in agony, crawls up in a ball but is kicked in the head several times. this violent scene takes place in the school yard of a local elementary school. the victim i

current temperatures out there, it's 49 in the city, 50 for babylon, 54 in belmar, 43 in monticello. you look at these numbers, you you say, okay, well, it's morning, no big deal. but we are not going to warm up much at all today. highs will be in the 50s for points inland, but along the coast expect it to be more raw with feels-like temperatures in the 40s. as we look at the vortex satellite and radar picture right now, we still have plenty of rain out there. it's going to be drizzly and damp all day, light rain on and off. we have a big moisture feed coming in from joaquin which is still battering the bahamas. so you see all this moisture, it's just riding up along this front, and it all starts down in the tropics. so going to be soggy today yet again, but we don't expect those totals to climb today as they did yesterday. but downed trees still very much a possibility with those strong winds along the coast. as we look at your hour-by-hour forecast here, we're looking at showers on and off today, lots of mist and drizzle. by noon you see a little bit of a break in the steady stuff,

and the sun's up this morning at 7:19. 46 at smith town. 48 babylon to brook haven. you get inland, it's going to be a little chilly. 36 monticello, 32 poughkeepsie. we're looking at a 3 to 5 miles an hour wind out of the north to northwest, a calm wind. a beautiful time for today and tomorrow, sunshine, wind out of the north from this high pressure ridge. eventually what will overrun that is the remnants of patricia here. it will come our way. i don't expect it to be a flood maker because we had hardly any rain this october. very dry. you see the low itself will keep cutting through the ohio valley and bring a lot of the ohio valley, and right to us a lot of rain as we start the day on thursday. it's off and on rain on thursday. i don't think there's flooding but there could be ponding on roadways. 59 today, and sunshine, this high slides eastward. here comes patricia on the back side of that with clouds today is a little cooler than yesterday. yesterday's high was 68. clear skies tonight. tomorrow a sunny day, clouds late in the day. we're at 61 which is our normal

babylon oyster bay 53. hempstead long island 55. danbury, 43. you have about 48 belmar, just some gorgeous weather out there this morning. we're going to have a beautiful sunrise right at 7:00. our noontime temperature, 70. that's when the parade steps off. it warms up really quick, and by afternoon we hit 75. a nice spring day. back to fall weather by wednesday. we'll talk about that in your accuweather seven-day forecast. heather's looking at your commute. >> we're going to talk about what's happening at the rfk triborough bridge. we had a stall going into queens. traffic is easing out nicely. no major problems there. if you're going to the brooklyn bridge reopened into manhattan, traffic is doing fine as you head there. we have the manhattan bridge, the williamsburg bridge doing just fine. as you head over here on to the new jersey turnpike on to the northbound side near exit 10 an accident in the truck lanes. they're doing guardrail repair. you have two lanes close down as you go through that spotlight. going on to broad street in fair view

falling from the sky in the hamptons except maybe a drone that crashed earlier in the week. 58 around babylon, 55 around poughkeepsie. 59 around white plains. we're looking at a southerly wind. that will make it moist, warm today, and we'll have this breeze that will feel very humid, and that fuels these showers and thunderstorms that come in with this front. the air mass ahead of the front is warm and the air mass behind the front is cool and dry as it slams into the area. we're not looking at a lot of rain. the most is white plains showing up at 8/10. not even an inch of rain. it moves through quick. the downpour could be fast enough. you know, and traffic's bad enough on a friday anyway, a friday afternoon. any rain is going to slow everything down. you see by the time we get to the afternoon, we jump into the mid-70s to upper 70s, 3:00 we started seeing these showers and thunderstorms. hudson river valley, northwest jersey, 5, 6:00 in the city and into tonight. have your rain gear ready for later on today. sunny breaks and warm, 78, shower and a thunderstorm this afternoon and into tonigh