eric chermi is at citifield in queens, new york with a look at how the mets survived bernie madoff. >the mets may be down 0-2 in the world sherz, but just being here is a huge win for a team nobody thought could get this far. the mets struggled both on and off the field for the past six years, losing games and money. a big reason -- team ownership's tie-up with bernie madoff. when the madoff scandal broke mets owner fred wilpon realized his assets were worth a lot more than he thought. he had to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to stay afloat and is to this day paying off settlements to the court's trustee. behind the scenes less money meant a leaner and some say smarter approach to building a team through young talent. finally, in 2015 it all came together led by up and coming pitching stars who make just above the league's minimum salary. >> the pitching staff is young. they're going to get better. so that's the exciting part. >> reporter: the surprise turnaround has caused an economic stimulus in the region. ticket prices are soaring. the average price for tonight's game is $

that there is just a different vibe, a different spirit when you're here at home here at citifield here in queens. and coming up, you'll hear from terry collins talking about just how the offense has to improve, hitting has to get better. back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> governor cuomo canceling plans to sell mets world series tickets as a fundraiser. cuomo was offering up seats for 3 and 4 for $5500 a piece. critics said the governor was exploiting the games to target wealthy donors. a spokesman said the fundraiser was nixed to make more tickets available for fans. >>> the senate has approved a budget deal that prevents a national default. the deal did pass after 3:00 a.m. the vote was 64-35. it had the support of all democrats and 18 republicans. presidential candidates ted cruz, rand paul, marco rubio, they all left the campaign trail to be there and they all voted against the spending plan. the bill sets government funding levels for two years. it suspends the nation's debt ceiling. it now goes on to president obama for his approval. >>> mayor deplaz blasio, 48% of voters say he doesn't

nbc's ron mott is a few miles away from here at citifield over in queens. ron, good morning. >> reporter: harry, good morning to you. we all know the cubs and mets have been victimized for years by bad luck. now one team is four wins away from getting back to the world series. energized fans on both sides are saying it is about time. fans of the chicago cubs and new york mets, good things have not come with the long wait. >> i have the pleasure to introduce the mets. >> reporter: it has been 29 years since they celebrated a world series crown in queens. 1908: faithful. only one gets the treat of playing for it all. 70 years ago in chicago, bar owner william sienna showed up at wrigley to root for the home team. the problem, the billy goat, the legend has it, cast a curse on the club. a black cat in '69 derailed that season. a cubs fan in '03 taking away an out five outs from the world series. >> why do things seem to fold at the most critical time? why are people's hearts broken over and over? better to blame a goat. >> reporter: at the billy goat tavern, t

in new york," download the news 4 new >>> today home sweet home. you are looking live at citifield. the mets hoping their world series fortunes change in queens. >>> plus a home torn down. while the owner was away. we'll tell you why one local town says this had to be done. >>> and a runway inferno. with what passengers saw just before a plane burst into flames. "today in new york" starts now. >>> good morning. it's friday morning, october 30. i'm darlene rodriguez. >> and i'm michael gargiulo. chris cimino here with the forecast for the start of a super busy weekend. >> lots going on, but the weather seems to be cooperating. we've cooled it down. still gusty, but does thats down to the 47 at farming hill. west of here, it's mid-40s places like bridgewater. a few upper 30s in northwest new jersey. with the wind, you need to bundle up early on. doesn't warm up anywhere near yesterday's 73 for sure. by noon sunshine, still breezy, about 57. mid-60s 50s by 6:00. we'll check out the rest of the weekend in a bit. >>> still doing pretty well. we is it have a couple problems out there. bruckner expressway, we have an accident eastbound by the huntsp

reporting live over citifield, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> shannon sohn above mcfadden's in flushing queens. >> the mets have done it. now on to the world series. >> we're going to have jimmy kimmel right now in full for you, you didn't miss a thing, as leaving with a sign saying thank you, cub fans. 70 years without an appearance. it's at least 71 now. wait till next year. a downcasted crowd in chicago. eyewitness news at 4:30 with ken and lori. they'll have more on this and of course the latest on the killing of officer randolph holder. thanks for joining us tonight. congratulations to the new york mets. from all of us here in new york and at wabc eyewitness news. jimmy kimmel in full is next. >>> and now, abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> dicky: from brooklyn, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- bernie sanders. and music from big grams. brought to you by cigna. with cleto and the cletones. and now, can you believe it -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi, everyone. thank you very much. that's very nice. appreciate that. relax, relax. this is em

queens tomorrow. terry collins spoke at citifield. >> i lost a pretty big player. i lost a pretty big piece of the puzzle. i'm not very happy about it. i'm not going to get in to it. this is not the place. i was pretty shaken up by it because i thought it was something that didn't need to happen. >> wait a few minutes, we'll hear more from the mets and get a little more information as well. we'll also talk about what else is going on in sports but the big story will be the mets-dodgers series, what happened last night, and how this affects the rest of the series. what won't change ask the fact that a 25-year-old now has a broken leg and won't be playing any time soon. >> fans obviously have a lot to say about what happened, a lot we can't put on tv. >> take a look at these photos from yesterday at bedford falls what the bar looked like while the game was going on. we're told there were quite a few gasps after this play took place. many of the fans here are long time fans. they're uncomfortable with what they saw yesterday. we reviewed the play with fans. we asked them what they thought about this situation. >> bottom line, was this intentional? >> yes. abso