chris clackum, nbc news. >> you don't think that you need the x-box? i'm just saying. there may be other opportunities for more books. 4:58 coming up on 5:00 a.m. if you're keep watching "today in new york" by downloading the "news 4 new york" app on your mobile device. our next hour starts right now. >>> breaking news. a gun battle sends protesters running during events to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of michael brown. >>> also new developments. do health officials have it under control? >>> why drivers are seeing a big break at the gas pumps. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning everyone. monday morning. august 10th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >>> 5:00 right now. kerry barrett in for michael gargiulo this morning. chris cimino is here with the forecast. good monday morning to you. >> comfortable this morning. especially in the suburbs toward the north. the temperatures near 60 and 65. the city and the five boroughs in the low 70s. west central portions of the new jersey. clouds will see more than today. limited sunshine. but not a lot i

chris clackum, nbc news. >>> reports say a new iphone will be unveiled in less than a month. find out what new features tech experts believe the new model will offer. that's all coming up. >>> now we're going to see some showers around the area this afternoon and then heavier rain on the way tonight. plus thunderstorms tomorrow. all of the timing ahead in my seven-day forecast. >>> fans of apple's iphone, mark your calendars. there are reports that the company plans to hold a big event on september 9th and like past events in the fall, it's expected to focus on apple's next generation of iphones. analysts expect the new iphone to come with force touch display which senses how hard someone is touching or tapping the screen and responds accordingly like the apple watch. there are also reports that the new iphone will have a better camera system and faster wireless clip. apple executives will likely show off the latest ipad as well as the long-awaited successor to apple tv. >>> verizon is launching a new pricing plan this week. it will no longer offer discounts on phones to new

chris clackum, nbc 10 news. >>> today a bucks county police department is set to demonstrate its new body cameras. police in lakefield have the ability to record, store and manage audio and video encounters with the public. they will help to diffuse aggression between the police and community. other members of local law enforcement are expected to attend today's demonstration. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it got hot over the week sxeshd now it's about to get even hotter and the humidity is going up. the 90s, well, that continues for a while. the air quality alert in effect for much of the area and finding relief is not so easy. beach is one of those places and the mountains in the other and indoors is the other and now we see a lot of sunshine out there, just light wind and 85 degrees with southwest at 7 and it feels like it's 89 because the humidity is so much higher than it was. this is the area for the air quality alert and you can see it covers most of the area and the beaches are just fine and that's a good place

chris clackum, nbc news. >> we'll be back in just a minute. not on ur dier ple.tt/v >>> getting tuna, an eco-tourism adventure known as tuna diving. they are surrounded by 400-pound atlantic blue fin tuna, the largest species of tuna. adults can reach 13 feet long and weigh 1300 pounds. you'll be on one of these cata marans and scuba dive right in the middle with these gigantic tuna. holy cow. hopefully they don't know that we eat them while you are in the water. >> i see that at the monterey bay aquarium and i would not want to swim with them. they're amazing. >> they're huge. >> man you'll get to take one home. lunch that carries out. >> thanks for joining us. our next newscast is coming up next. >> have a great day. stay safe in the heat. d 6. 4 poi oh ethqua in olandand e ak >>> today on "access hollywood live," hello, nina, and donald trump reports for jury duty and you report to me. >> kind of the same thing. and an intense new movie. >> low blow. >> and why are you -- >> and so jacked up, barely can get into that tight linen jacket right there. >> but i di

. >> shear chris clackum with what happened. >> reporter: at the opening bell of the new york stock exchange, the markets started acting like many thought it would, you up well over 300 points within the first two minutes of trading. >> china cut interest rates. europe looks stable. >> reporter: china is in fact getting blame for the wild ride on wall street monday with the t doe pludoe plummets. it see awed through the day and ended up with the eighth point loss in history. some wondered whether the slide was truly momentary. >> federal reserve was remarkably silent yesterday. janet yellen did not speak, hardly reassuring. >> reporter: with swik swings severe, many investors find it difficult to follow the other advice that is to quick focusing on daily fluctuations. >> and you know the story will continue for weeks to come. we'll continue to follow the latest there wall street. anytime we're not on the air, track the numbers using our digital platforms. >>> and two crashes within blocks of each other, one of them injured a police officer. the other sent someone to the hospital with life th

chris clackum, nbc news. >> i love school supplies. i was just saying as we were listening to chris' story there. i used to get so excited when it was time to go back to school and buy all the supplies. >> what a weirdo you are. >> to smell the new notebooks. >> they crack when you opened them. >> i kind of -- it's kind of a sentimental feeling, i think. >> it is. >> enough. i don't like the smell of the notebooks. getting there. getting closer and closer. we still have some summer to get to and enjoy. we'll see that bit end of the week. a setback. i'll explain in a second. outside on the plaza, it's quiet. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. 72 degrees the current temperature. hasn't budged all morning. more clouds today, more humidity and that will keep the temperatures down actually. normal high is 83 for this date. we make it back to 80 this afternoon. but still, most of us will be rain-free today. there could be a stray shower, especially west of the city a little later this afternoon. you'll notice it turning more muggy as we g

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chris clackum, nbc news. >> nbc 10's in-house hurricane expert has been tracking the storm for days now. >> we are talking about chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. even if erika weakens, the rain from the storm could still cause problems? >> yes. it's already caused a number of deaths in the caribbean and probably more by tonight and tomorrow in places like the dominican republic which has a very mountainous terrain and that's where the storm is. it's very very close there, as you can see. the red areas are the biggest thunderstorms. that's right over the dominican republic. they have mountains that are over 10,000 feet high. that's a bad combination. the track as we told you yesterday likely to go south of puerto rico and now south of dominican republic. there's haiti. there's cuba. the pressure has not dropped. the winds have not increased. what's going on here? well, hurricanes need warm ocean water to start off. 80 degrees, you need a cluster of thunderstorms to start off with. then you add a little bit of spin. the warm air rises, evaporation from the warm ocean, but w