stacey: chicago cubs fans who couldn't make it to wrigley field for game 3 in the nlcs might want to think about heading to principal park tonight. the iowa cubs are holding an open house tonight, complete with the chicago cubs game on the big screen. the iowa cubs held a similar open house for the cubs wildcard game against pittsburgh pirates on october 7. more than 2000 people were there to cheer on a cubs win. that looks like a lot of fun. sports. all of the eyes are on the cubs. announcer: from iowa's sports leader, this is kcci 8 sports. tony: welcome back. there is no place like home. hopefully that is the case for the chicago cubs. right now they trailed 2 games to zero against chicago. andy: it certainly is important to be back here in front of the home fans and they are expecting a sellout crowd. live outside wrigley field where 42,000 plus are already starting to fire land. john q sack just made his way in. -- john qcusack just made is where. they lost would put them in a very difficult spot. i asked kyle schwarber earlier today about the pressure going into this near must w

the winner of the mets/dodgers series will face the chicago cubs. >> he got an! strike out! the cubs win! chicago cubs are heading to the national league championship series. duke: the st. louis cardinals, 6-4 to close their series, chicago, the best record in all of baseball in 2015 during the regular season, first son denis hughes clinching win, giving was built in 1914, went to cubs park in 1920-26 before officially becoming wrigley field in 1927, marty mcfly in back to the future part 2 looking good, the movie projects the cubs win, in 2015. meantime in hockey henrik lundquist and the rangers at home, jets' first period, rangers on 3 on one and rick nash will pass it to the score, great passing by the rangers' leading to an easy goal, that is all they would score winning 4-1 love final score. predators in new jersey fixing up the first period, predators on a power plant, weber gets the point, the one timer, first of the seas and assisted by weber, predators take a one-0 lead, same score, devils on the power play, the save their clears it all the way down and creditors win

the chicago cubs, can't go inside that. antwan: always in virginia >> you have to adopt the mets affect. mets lives matter here? obama of the body bag city, you were for them. juliet: they didn't make it into the playoffs. >> let me tell you, you can kiss my barney stone. you are facing the cubs. by the way did the mets beat the cubs a all this year? nothing. enjoy it now because all of a sudden you are going to be sitting shivah when the chicago cubs go on to the world series. juliet: a lot of mets fans will be happy if they go to the new york series. >> because met lives matter? become president of that organization? antwan: what happened at bill deblasio's town hall? >> they blew me out. at praise my appearances on "good day early call". why don't you bother reading the newspaper instead of doing your nails. the point being ladies and gentlemen, i show up in washington, the first town hall meeting in two years, doing us a favor as taxpayers and they throw me out but the dominicans behind me they won't get in because they

chicago cubs are headed to the national legal. the first time ever. they are trying for the first world series titles since 1908. kansas city royals facing houston astros in deciding game five. royals rally, astros prepare for the game yesterday. it will be johnny on the mount for the royals. in the other deciding game five toronto going to face texas. >> nicole: said story here, former nba and former reality star lamar odom found unconscious at a brothel. former member of the kardashian family. they received a call from love ranch in nevada. 70 miles outside of las vegas of a report of unresponsive man needing an ambulance and it has been reported by tmz that kloe is by his side. >> cheryl: stay with us. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ even better. a game changer! the ready for you alert, only at lq.com. we heard you got a job as a developer!!!!! its official, i work for ge!! what? wow... yeah! okay... guys, i'll be writing a new language for machines so planes, trains, even hospitals can work better. oh! sorry, i was trying to put

good job, vladimir putin. >> cheryl: there we go. >> nicole: chicago cubs are moving on. its in nine dominant innings. struck out 11 without a walk. pittsburgh reliever. the cubs now face the cardinals in st. louis in series. manager was impressed the winning picture predicted that the cubs would win. >> jake -- i can just think of name in super bowl victory. he was by reporters surrounding him. that was my thought. >> nicole: you saw the incident during the playoff game. rodrÍguez, a little more aggressive than the rest of the players and got thrown out of the game. he took it out on the war cooler. [laughter] >> cheryl: okay. >> nicole: was knocked out cold. we would have the latest on russia's escalation in the syria complex and the u.s. response. and top officials from volkswagon will get grilled on capitol hill today over the scandal. we'll have the latest on that developing story. checking u.s. stock market futures this morning, we are seeing stocks under pressure abroad and here at home. dow futures down 90, s&p futures down 11. you're watching fbn:am, first look at

but on a much lighter note the new york mets are going to the world series after sweeping the chicago cubs. duke castiglione will have a report from the north side of chicago. juliet: the village halloween parade is about to get more interesting. we will tell you the grand marshal will be. all right. robert: i am robert moses in for ben simmoneau. juliet: i'm juliet huddy, ben is doing the 5:00, and 10:00. >> meteorologist: we are enjoying some fine fall weather out there. let's go mets. we have beautiful fall days in central park. the hero dog out there. no winter weather, for now, more springlike weather, 75 is your high temperatures today, 75, 76, 62 is the average high, 88 the record high, we seeing any records? no. it will be warmers and normal, 60 central park, 53 in newark, 44 degrees in sussex, no frost, nothing like that on a day like this, no one throughout the northeast is freezing. there are few showers in upstate new york, to the west of us there is a cold front approaching and we will see shower chances roll toward us in the tristate but i don't think we have much going on wh

think about this until this evening the chicago cubs have never clinched a playoff series at wrigley field and the cubs have been playing there at wrigley since 1916. tonight the cubs hit three home runs and 8 different pitchers struck out 15 different st. louis cardinals. this was for all the great cubs for more than a century. how about how year by as -- javi er baez hitting a home run off of john lackey. watch this throw to home plate, this kept the game tied. what a major-league throw that was. now we go back to the offense, anthony rizzo makes it a 5-4 game. then kyle schwarzer who was on fire, look how high this scoreboard is in my field. this thing is heading towards a lakeshore drive. 6-4 cubs. he got him. a strikeout. the cubs win. the chicago cubs are heading to mike: theo epstein who has only been on the job for years but has them where he wants them. clark' s we' ve known it has been tech a leading in the minor leagues. this year' s staff in this year' s team with a great vibe to get to another level. our young guys came and performed a right away. it is incredible, young

now on to the chicago cubs. in football the new orleans saints hand the atlanta falcons their first loss. we'll have all the highlights. welcome to "fbn:am," first look what is moving in today's markets and breaking news and what to expect in the day ahead. nicole: after the rally on wall street let's get you caught up on global markets. nikkei gained over 1%. hang seng up 3/4er of 1% but the kospi down a .1. >> let's see how europe is doing. cac 40 is 35 and dax is up about 96 points. nicole: let's see how the stock market is doing. dow futures up 2. s&p up just over one right now. lauren: look at commodities. oil hitting 47 even. nicole: we're seeing euro and canadian dollar and japanese yen lower. treasury secretary jack lew warning that the u.s. government will hit a debt limit and be unable to borrow money no later than november 3rd. secretary lew sent a letter to leaders. in exclusive interview with the fbn. >> the debt limit does not commit us to any new spending. all the debt limit does that give you abi

this is the oldest active professional team in america, what a night it was in chicago. cubsway from their first nls since 2003. and rizzo. how about this? that's a grown man hit right there. second straight game with a homer for him. he gave the cubs a 5-4 lead in the sixth inning. later on bottom of the seventh, cubs still clinging to a one run lead, this a monster shot by call sharber, they hit 12 home runs and lead it 6-4. top of the ninth, fans hoping to close out this series, hector r rondon, gets swinging to end this game. cubs win it 6-4, they take this series, three games to one and now awaiting the winner of the mets-dodgers series. mets were trying to close this one out facing l.a. justin turner had something to say about that, taking this ball down the line but left and two on. all the way to the corner, cespedes can't control this one and dodgers force a game five and win this one tonight, 3-1 over the mets. congratulations to cubs' fans everywhere. it's been a long time. >> your producer will be (man) hmm. what do you think? ♪ (stranger) good mornin'! ♪ (store p

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the chicago cubs are heading to series. >> and for the first time since wrigley opened in 1914, they've home. cubs fans were beyond you foric as they had the best record in baseball. and fans poured into the streets celebrating what might be the wait for a world series title. and we're guessing that most of chicago may still be celebrating at this hour. going strong in chi town. and a take all in los angeles on thursday and it's a winner take torontos. game time is 407:00 and then houston at kansas city, 807:00. i'm guessing, bill karins, whatever the weather was -- >> can you imagine, if they make to the world series, one of the highest ranked world series in a long, long time. >>> 90% of us have fantastic weather. we have rain heading your way over the next couple of days. it's been kind of dry in florida, the humidity is returning and over the next few days, it's mostly areas on the southeast coast. rain. areas around tampa. and from new england all the way across the country, about as good as it gets. now a look closer. and some people starting to complain just a little bit that the

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the chicago cubs. >> reporter: the cubs beat the cardinals 6-5. is the first time in cubs history they had a series think about that, if you can pick up how long that was wegman part was built in 1914, then in 1927 it became wrigley's field. maybe marty mcfly .. to the future two is right, cubs when it all. although the mets do not want to hear that. the rangers and the jets, a great pass there and rangers are up one-nothing. then when the face-off and makes it to-1. the new jersey there's no score with the predators. points. know what happens. predators went 3-1. i'm going to host the media day college basketball season almost upon us. the big he had a great conference. will be live streaming our coverage and you can check out the live coverage on our website, fox 5 ny.com. >> juliet: excellent. how fun. >> ben: let's go mets, big nightmare night. >> juliet: let's get a check of the weather. >> mike: duke is like the hardest working on this building. we go. clear skies, 59 degrees at central park right now, another clear and cool start to the day

jon: the chicago cubs are pulling out all the stops-- the chicago cubs are pulling out all the stops-- well at least they need to. down 3 nothing going into game 4 tonight at wrigley-- the cubs need to find their bats again. to the credit of the mets-- their pitching has been lights out. the cubs have lived and died by the long ball this post season-- and in these three games it's been pretty absent. but tonight chicago has called upon thomas ian nicholas-- the actor who played henry rowengardner in the rookie of the year-- to come out to the game. it's in hopes of bringing good luck-- and for the first time since the movie he'll dawn a rowengartner jersey at wrigley. but in all seriousness whatever luck it may bring-- the cubs have their backs against the wall. don't plan on manager joe maddon to change a thing in his clubhouse as far as what he needs to say to his team. here's what he had to say after last night's loss. " i don't have team meetings i don't believe in them. for me to stand up and give a speech has nothing to do with tomorrow at all. our guys know how to come prepared

. >>> i am so happy to have this chance to visit with all of you, and to see a chicago cubs t-shirt righthere. let's make it happen. i mean, really, wouldn't it be wonderful? unbelievable, but wonderful. wouldn't it? you know, i grew up going to wrigley field, and being a cubs fan, and you have to be a very patient person to be a chicago cubs fan. i think that instills in you character. that you can't always expect things to turn out as you wish them to be. but this time, it might actually happen, and so we're all holding our breath and crossing fingers and toes, and sending some prayers skyward. so thanks for wearing that. it gets my blood going. >> that was democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton, weighing in on the mlb playoffs at a campaign event in iowa yesterday. the cubs visit the pirates tonight in the national league wildcarl game. the one game playoff will decide who advances to face the cardinals in the n.l. division series. last night the new york yankees hosted the astros for the win or go home american league wild card game. yankee ace tanaka gave up a pair of solo

extend a century long wait for the home fans. >> 107 years and counting is how long fans of the chicago cubsave been waiting for their team to add to their two world series title. >> early on, there was little to choose between the teams at chicago's wrigley field. a couple of homers for the cubs and the mets daniel murphy racking up his sixth home run of the postseason saw the scores tied at 2-2. >> man alive, david daniel murphy. >> in the sixth inning, two fielding errors resulted in the next two up. >> oh, my goodness! >> the metals chasing some history as they bid to reach their first world series in 15 years. >> that clubhouse right now, that's all they're talking about is tomorrow. they know what they're facing. we've got some experienced guys who have been in playoffs before and been in some big situations. we aren't looking any ahead except tomorrow we have got to get ready to play. >> in the american league, the toronto blue jays revival ground to a halt. the kansas city royals bouncing back from their loss in game three to thrash the jays in front of the toronto fans. >> what a fi

the chicago cubs have one last shot at beating the new york mets tonight... the mets have a three-and-oh lead in the series. shane simmons has the story of a barber... helping cubs fans catch the spirit. city nats of all the noise supplied from the windy city... nats theres only one sound nats of clippers 36:17 that was pretty wild. thats drawing a crowd on this tuesday afternoon.. nats of clippers 36:06 its been really cool you know to get noticed for something like this. the quad cities miguel rosas, 49:21 so its definitely by far my favorite one id say. setup shop at the acme hotel in downtown chicago on tuesday — displaying the jake arieteta haircut thats been the buzz of the city... 39:40 like right here in the center its a lot lighter. 39:56 so you can tell right here and right 38:35 uh... youve got to get the beard down. the beard is what makes arrieteta looks how he looks. you know? to the eyes 35:28 all together it probably took two hours. miguels work has gotten national attention... 36:06 its been really cool you know to get noticed for someth

predicted skypeing and all that great stuff and most importantly it will be the rallying point for the chicago cubs to turn it around down three games to the new york mets because although the new york mets in the fields it was a miami team. the turnaround, the cubs will go all the way to sweeping the mets in the next four, two wrigley, two in shea stadium a you will be apologizing to me. >> the film had flying cars we still don't have today. >> the delorean car, that was cocaine, the last time the mets won, 86, you remembered, need i mention any more? >> i think we have a picture of you. that was view. >> my chicago cubs, notice how serious i am. mets began to lose, when the ball got caught and all of a sudden terry collins, the way he was with about umpire. >> the views curtis express's are his son, we are not responsible for his commentary. >> i hate the mets and i hate to mets fans until the day i'd died and cannot say it more clearly? >> let him know what you think about him when you see him. >> i you suggesting that? >> i am not suggesting violence. much more on the mets and the game that cou

juliet: something we have not heard a long time, they beat the chicago cubs, swept the cubs, won the national league title. lucas andshowed a big time last night with the three run home run batting in two more runs after that but daniel murphy continues his legendary october with another home run in the eighth inning, sets up a major-league record with a home run in six straight playoff games. mets win a-3 to reach their >> that was the goal. that is everybody's goal. we got the opportunity and made it. >> eight months of getting a lot of hard work and seeing all amazing. any chance to play in the world series. >> daniel murphy right now. position. >> i love the fact that duke was there. he was there, he will be reporting for us coming up, the champagne was flowing in the locker room, flowing on the same flow, maps, long road to get here, one more hill to climb, more reaction from the mets coming up in a few minutes in sports. >> of course the goes without saying that mets fans this morning and barely contain their excitement. juliet: i wonder how our photojournalist brenda is doing,

>> i rember watching '86 at home so hopefully this year we n do it again. >> reporter: chicago's mayor says if cubs win, he want mayor deou blasio to donate to a youth ogram in chicago. mets win, he'll do the same here in new york city. he says he'll throw in some pizza and beer o bcourse. we're live outsind citi field, lori bordonaro, news 4 new york. >> sounds like a plan. and we'll have more coming up in sports. we'll hear from mets ace and harvey. >> for high school football players and their fans, this is friday night lights time and one long island high school is making a mid season change with safety in mind. bran d new state of the art helmets. greg cergol has the story. >> reporter: four games into its ason and hewlett high school's football team made a dramatic change. it wasn't to the playbook. the team changed its brand of helmet converting to one of the safest on the market. >> we know there's a lot of attention to concussions. we want to make sure our students had the very be. reporter: the superintendent reversed field after seeing research hat his district's old helmets weren't as s

cubs really need this one. game three of the nlcs. games are here on the north side chicago, which means chicago when happy home field advantage back to new york. wiki. about these chicago cubs -- the the reason the cubs are here now is because of all of the tremendous talent and has come through the morning, including left-handed slugger kyle's warmer. -- kyle schwarber. >> it is a lot of fun. andy: obviously, we also have some iowa fans that made the trip. there is eric hansen with his hand towel they are handing out. first pitch coming up just after 7:00 at wrigley field. coming up at 6:00, we will be live outside the ballpark. it really is a must win game for chicago here at wrigley field. live on the diamond at wrigley steve: one of the taller cub fans at wrigley field tonight. meanwhile, the kansas city royals still lead the alcs 2 games to one, after losing last night to the toronto blue jays. the two teams are playing game 4 right now in toronto. royals leading 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth. stacey: next at 5:00, democratic shift. a presidential candidate drops may

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steve: you might say the chicago cubs have their backs against tony: announcer: from iowa's sports leader, this is kcci 8 sports. >> such an important historical landmark. >> cubs win world series. against miami? >> who would have thought? 100 to one shot. tony: it was predicted back in 1989. in 2015, the cubs win the world series. and considering we are all moving around on hover boards and driving flying cars, we need to take "back to the future 2" very seriously. so being down 3 games to 0 seems like a steep hill to climb but the cubbies hopefully have hollywood on their side tonight. sports director andy garman drove our delorean east to chicago and he joins us live with more. andy: the nlcs, to this point, has felt more like groundhog day starting -- groundhog day starring bill murray. they are trailing the entire zero games to three. that is the series score right now. the mets have a chance to clinch. joe maddon said there are no magic tricks or words, they just have to get out and play better. >> to stand up and give a speech, that have nothing to do with tomorrow at all. our guys

the uni women's bbsketball teamm is and e chicago cubs try to keep the faith down 3 games to none to the new york mets in the national with skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs. commentator: the 32-year-old head of a pharmaceutical company raised the price of a life-saving drug overnight by 5,000%. i'm announcing a detailed plan to crack down on these abuses. commentator: he may be lowering it after hillary clinton blasted him out of the water. her plan would limit the out-of-pocket costs that c csumers have to pay.. clinton: nobody in america should have to choose between buying the medicine they need and paying their rent. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. good evening, i'm rick coleman. game four of the national league championship series--the ew york mets lead the chicago cubs three games to none... but the wrigley field faithful are eeping the aith...as t te cubs try to become just the second team in major league history to rally from 3 down. but another horrible start foj the cubs--with two outs in first---the mets hit back to back homers oof chicagootarter jason ham

finish chicago cubs 8-3 with four game sweep. magical night for the mets.is is the first time the mets have been in the world series since the year 2000, the mets are going to try for the first title since '86. new york is ready to celebrate by the mets, by the way, just so you know. they beat the kansas city royals 7-1 yesterday and they forced the american league championship series game six, this will be friday night. >> nicole: before you head out the door let's take a look at the thursday morning forecast, we are going to fox meteorologist maria molina. >> maria: hello to everyone at home. temperatures are not too bad specially for this time of the year. if you are waking up to 50 in boston and 60 in new york city, not bad at all. it's actually going to be a relatively quiet weather day. but where it's not quite as we head farther west, western texas, a line of storms that's on the move and concern for tornadoes this morning, so a tornado watch is in effect out here and the concern for flash flooding will continue as well into the weekend. some areas c

. >> they will face the chicago cubs in the national league championship series. elizabeth: that's right, the cubs officially have their opponent in the nlcs. the new york mets beat the los angeles dodgers 3-2 in game five last night to win the series. that means the cubbies will be heading to the big apple for games one and two. the series starts saturday at 6:30. you can watch it on tbs. eric: great that baseball fans have two teams to cheer for, the kansas city royals and chicago cubs. go cubs and royals. shifting to basketball this morning -- that looks so much fun, they're back to back big 12 tournament champions and right now coaches around the nation expect another banner season from iowa state basketball. prior to this year, the cyclones highest preseason ranking ever was ninth. that was in the ap poll back in the 1996-1997 season. well this year, the first usa today coaches poll of the season has the clones checking in at seventh. kentucky and unc are tied at first. big 12 rival kansas is up there as well at number five. could be another big season in the

and they will meet the chicago cubs. >> yes, they will. tonight's the first of that 7 field. good morning, new york city. mets fever is starting right about now. eyewitness news is live. but first we have breaking news to tell you about in queens. a woman's body found burning inside of a bathtub. >> also breaking on long island, police are trying to track down the driver who hit a him to die in the street. michelle charlesworth. >> and i'm lauren glassberg in for rob nelson. 17th. jeff smith is in for amy freeze with a first look at this morning's weather. and it is a chilly one out there. >> a lot of blue and orange layers tonight at citi field. it is going to be cold. game. we have the coldest air of the season as a matter of fact upon us right now in the tri-state area. jet stream dipped for a enough to the south. it's opening up the floodgates for this cold air to come in from canada, 10 to 15 degrees below average for this time of the year. a freeze warning in effect for tonight, much of new jersey, mid hudson valley, if you have any tender vegetation or plants or flower

that was the mets themselves, as the buses rolled in fresh off their sweep of the chicago cubs. the mets were the main attraction meet the meets, step right up and greet the mets >> reporter: and geet the mets they did. there were sign guy and cow bellma all skipping work, school, whatever important plans they might have had today. >> nothing more important than that, than the mets going to the world series. >> mindy cleared her scheduled and polished her nails. r friend designed these in mets colors a l season. >> i told her from opening day the world series she was going to do my nails in mets and so far so good. here we go to the world seri m. their fans, still rewinding these last 24 hours in their minds. >> can't be more proud of these guys behind me, more excited for this city, fan base and organization. we've all waited for a long time for this. >> what's the message you want to give to the plashs tonight? >> that i am so proud of them. i am so proud to be a met fan. i've been a met fan all my life, 54 years and i will be a met fan for life. >> long time coming, we're so

emily: a historic moment for the chicago cubs. their big win for the books. and the next step for the team. then new on the eyeopener at 5:00 housekeeping secrets revealed. the tips that will help you save time and keep things tidy around emily: we are following breaking early news to go. a driver claims he was shot at on the highway in wrentham. randy: police are searching for suspects there. this happened just before 11 o'clock last night along 495 south. police did find evidence of a shooting on the vehicle. the driver was not injured. police do not believe the car was randomly targeted. emily: former nba and university of rhode island star lamar odom is in the hospital this morning after he was found unresponsive in a nevada brothel. the owner of the brothel says odom could not breathe on his own and was found passed-out in a room yesterday. he had been partying there since saturday. randy: a boston man will be formally sentenced today in a 2012 murder in which he is charged. prosecutors say timothy kostka was looking for drug money in 2012 when he broke

quickly quieting hopes of a chicago comeback. the cubsreduce on offense against the mets' stellar pitching all series long. chicago was held to the lowest-ever team batting average in an nlcs. meanwhile, mets postseason sensation daniel murphy went four for five in the game. his final at-bat, came in the eighth inning with a man on first. >> one more. in the air. deep right center field. that ball is gone! >> the two-run shot means murphy has now homered in six consecutive playoff games. an all-time postseason record. the historic feat easily earns him honors for series mvp. we'll see if he can carry that momentum into the fall classic. >>> now to toronto. the second team contending for a world series championship has yet to be decided as the blue jays stay alive against kansas city with a 7-1 win in game five of the alcs. toronto's estrada allowed just one earned run. troy tulowitzki has three rbis and the jays cut the royals' series down -- the series lead down to one game. game six is tomorrow night in kansas city. >>> now, to the nba

the artist plans to sell the dolls on ebay in the next few weeks. >>> chicago cubs are going to the national league championship series. >> they got him! a strikeout! the cubs win! >> the cubs beat the st. louis cardinals 6-4:00 last night in game four of the division series. it is the first time in 101-year history of wrigley field the clubs clinched a post season series. they will play the winner of the dodgers/mets series. >>> in just the past hour, we reported three more small earthquakes have been reported in the same area as this morning's swarm of quakes in san rammon. coming up today, we'll check with an expert from the usgs about what these quakes mean and what we're learning about the seismic activity in the area. that is today on the four with mike mibach and keba arnold. thanks so much for joining us. see you back here for the four! captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com babies who are talked to from the time they're born are more likely to have a successful future. talking and reading to children in their first years has a huge impact

. >> the chicago cubs have a postseason victory. >>> benches clearing as they pound the pirates one step closer to the world series. did "back to the future" predict it all? >>> and good morning, america. could it be cubs fans starting to believe they could win their first world series since 1908. there. this is their best chance since fun. just a few outs away from making it to the world series when a fan interfered, the infamous oh. >> that look on his face said it all. >> i think he to move out of town after that. >>> we begin with historic flooding in south carolina. 14 dams have already failed. 60 more in danger. the rivers are still rising there after trillions of gallons of rain fell. abc's alex perez is on the scene in columbia where a dike collapsed. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. authorities are watching all of those dams very, very closely and want you to take a look behind me here, you can see the water streaming down the canal there. crews expected to be back out here today trying to shore up a breach here. this dramatic video captures the power of those rush

and the chicago cubs beat the st. louis cardinals to reach a league championship series for the first time in 12 years. the cubs have not won the world series except for 107 years and the last appearance was way back in 1945. but it was the cardinals that started better. steven pic oty giving them a 2-0 lead. cubs fans packed into wrigley field found their voice. a 3-run homer giving chicago the leafed. the cardinals coming back to level the game. home runs and this from schwarber have the fans celebrating. the win was confirmed, the cubs clinching a post-season series in front of the fans for the first time. john hendren was there with them. >> reporter: this is what celebration looks like and they have been waiting a long time to celebrate. the cubs are a step away from the world series, a place they have not been since 1945. they have not come this close since 2008. if they win the division, they'll go to the series, and you don't think that's a big deal, they have not won in a world series since 1908, before world

the chicago cubs rl heading to the national league championship series! >> for the first time since wrigley opened in 1914 the cubs have clinched their first series at home. chicago fans were beyond euphoric as the cursed cubbies beat the team with the best record in baseball to take the division series 3-1. fans there poured into the streets celebrating what might be the next step in the team's 107-year wait for a world series title. and we're guessing that most of chicago may still be celebrating, and rightfully so at this hour. >>> in new york, the dodgers stayed alive with a 3-1 win over the mets to force a game five winner take all in los angeles on thursday. >>> and it's a winner take all fifth game for the remaining american league teams. rangers in toronto. game time there is 4:07 and then houston at kansas city, 8:07. >>> have you heard about the aunt who's seeking over 100 grand in a lawsuit over a hug from her 8-year-old nephew? got the verdict on that one coming up. >>> plus jennifer lawrence is downright mad. why she says she is over being lik

what a night it was for the chicago cubs. a night for the ages in many ways. one way is that the cubs had never clinched a postseason series at home in the history of wrigley field. that is 101 years and counting. >> schwarber says one high and deep. this ball is long gone! andy: one of the longest home runs of the season. it hits the e in budweiser on top of the video board in take a look at this. i took a picture at wrigley on a rooftop yesterday afternoon from out in right field. there's the board way over on the right. it ended up on top of that board, 60 feet above the street. the cubs had a guy shimmy up the ladder today to see that the ball was in fact schwarber's. they verify it and today they put it under glass. the cubs are going to leave it the playoffs and then they will [ craig ] anyone who's had our chicken knows it's plump and juicy. what they may not know is that it's also 100 percent natural. all our chickens are certified humanely raised, no antibiotics on a high-quality diet of soy and grain. why are they called tenders? they are called tende

the winner of the mets/dodgers series will face the chicago cubs. here is why. >> he got in! a strike out! the cubs win! chicago cubs are heading to the national league championship series. duke: i watched this game yesterday. 80 snider was there. juliet: they deserve to go on to the championship. duke: beating st. louis to close out their four game series, chicago disposes' the best record in baseball putting 2015 regular season, first time in cubs history they had a series clinching win in wrigley field. a long time. maybe marty mcflyer was right, back to the future part 2, the cubs win, mets fans don't want to hear that. i am excited about this, co-hosteding the east media day, college basketball almost upon us. the big east in the n.c.a.a. tournament, a great conference, fox sports will be live streaming coverage here and you can check out the coverage on our web site myfoxny.com starting at 9:30 a.m.. the rangers lost to winnipeg and the devils lost. ben: what is nice about the lc as is for the first time in many years no giants, no cardinals. duke: i thought about that y

and hopefully we can keep this going. >> the cubs have received a message of congratulations from a fan of their bitterest rivals, the chicagos. president barack obama took to twitter to offer his personal congratulations. he said he will be supporting the cubs if they reach the world series. the cubs will play the winner of the series between the dodgers and matters that has gone to a deciding fifth game. the decider will be played in los angeles on thursday. >>> we have a new number 1 team in world football, belgium have assumed fifa's top ranking. they ended israel's hopes of making it to the european championships next year with a 3-1 victory. belgium confirming their place as group b winners, and move above argentina and germany in the world rankings. >>> the netherlands dream of reaching the yoeuro 2016 finalss now over. earlier we spoke to our reporter from london and asked him when did it all go wrong for the dutch team? >> reporter: what is remarkable is the expansion of the finals to 24 teams to 16 made it look inevitable that the established nations like the netherlands could qualify. in fact three teams finished

we caught up with one des moines native who is a chicago cubs superfan... he's been at wrigley field all week for the games, and he says he's focusing on the silver lining with the cub's performance this season. "the cubs were not supposed to be a very good team this year. i think realistically, everybody was going to be satisfied if we kind of played 500 baseball, and most indication pointed toward the cubs starting to get pretty good with their young talent in a year or two. so, despite the fact that the season didn't exactly end on the best of terms, i think if you would have told any cubs fan that they were going to be in the national league championship series at the beginning of the season, that would have been a monumental feat in itself and everyone would have taken it, so..." :01-:32 ross schoofs says he actually had sold his game 5 ticket on stub hub already...but that of course fell through last night. one upside to the cubs loss last night...schoofs ran into the team's owner, tom ricketts just outside of wrigley field. "he was just walking down t

chicago, where the art of losing is legend. but just maybe this year is the next year cubs' fans have been waiting for. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> and that would be a lead story. that will do it for us on this wednesday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for

the chicago cubs have beaten the st. cardinals to reach the national league championship series for the first time in 12 years. the cubs haven't won the world series for 107 years, and their last appearance in the fall classic was back in 1945. it was the cardinals that started better, giving them a 2-0 lead with home runs in the first inning. however, the chicago fans found their voice soon after. javier baez gave them the lead a with three-run homer with that kyle schwarber had the fans celebrating the 6-4 win when ron don struck out piscotti. >> this is what celebration looks like in a town that's waited a long time to celebrate. the cubs are one step from the world series, a place they haven't been since 1945. they haven't even come this close since 2008. if they win the division, then they go to the series, and you don't think that's a big deal, they have not won in the world series since 1908, before world war i, before world war ii, before you could show a television show. back here, they believe the curse has been

they completed a sweep of the chicago cubs late last night. now mets, they never once trailed the cubs. we will pick it up in the eighth inning, david murphy hits a sixth consecutive home run to make it eight-two. murphy won the mvp there. the cubs would go on to score two runs but the mets swept them eight-three. >>> as expect, mets fans, totally thrilled about that win, their team hasn't been to the world series in 15 years. the celebration continued into the mets locker room where they sprayed champagne before the nlcs trophy presentation. they face either toronto blue jays or kansas city royals. the royals currently lead that series three games to two. >>> well, final out for camden river sharks after 15 years the independent baseball team is seizing operations. team was una able to reach a lease agreement on the camden feel. other teams have expressed interest in that stadium. >>> 4:40. a fight between fans of rival football teams coming up next on "eyewitness news", a brawl breaks out after the eagles game monday night and it is all caug

the race to elect a new speaker of the house was derailed, and boast the houston astros and the chicago cubs took the wild card spots in baseball's postseason play-offs. here are the sights and sounds of the past seven caiz days. tensions rise in syria. >> the human rights monitoring group says russia launched another wave of airstrikes against starings in syria. >> they continue to hit targets that are not isil. >> rose: the pentagon admits targeting a hpital in afghanistan. >> president obama has personally apologized for the deadly u.s. airstrike. >> searchers have found possible debris in the bermuda triangle. >> rose: the carolina low country floods. >> some 1300 national guard troops called in to help 250 state troopers. >> rose: the secretary of education drops out. >> i'll be honest, i pushed arnesphoz stay. >> they recall cheerios because wheat containing cheerios were sold as gluten free. >> for the first time in 12 years, the chicago cubs have a postseason victory. >> how does it feel? >> it hurt. it hurts go. ♪ who let the dogs out >> a dog in california stood up to bears who cli