news4's brian thompson is in irvington with the story. >> reporter: yeah, foul play is not suspected here. reverend christian, according to sources was found dead in an office area of his church early this morning. but regardless of how he died, the loss is certainly real. 15 years the reverend ron christian had been the dynamic leader of a church that started with a dozen or so and now counts some 6,000 members. many of them came to their tears. a community in grief over a hero >> i want to preach to some people that you might not look like you know god. but if anybody spends time with you, they would know that he a walks with you and he talks with you. >> it's a major blow. pope. >> the urban pope. drug addiction and prison. something this man identifies with himself having served 25 years for robbery with a bb gun >> people always tend to focus on that. >> reverend christian never hid his past. but became the sort of pastor who touched everyone he met, including shontaye mack gee who his church. >> he calls my son the little preacher. >> christian showed up everywhere, knew anyone

. >>> 17,000 square foot mansion in irvington on the hudson. it was built in 1925, and there's so many peek unique featured including temperature controlled bookshelves. that's coming up in living large. >>> very chilly this morning, but it's going to be a great halloween, and then we will talk about rain for the second half of my weekend. rain or shine you have the fore it's a any time. your pictures and video. -- from the ituneses store. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast? you got to know when to hold'em. know when to fold 'em. know when to walk away. know when to run. you never count your money, when you're sitting at the ta... what? you get it? i get the gist, yeah. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent >>> happy days' star has died from complications from his gallbladder. >>> a man's house was deemed a danger, and it was torn down while he was out of town. carolyn gusoff with th

found dead in his church. 51-year-old reverend ronald christian died today in the baptist church in irvington. reverend christian was a former heroin addict who turned his life around 18 years ago. foul play is not suspected in his death. >>> a school bus driver and his aid facing criminal charges for leaving a 6-year-old boy with autism alone on a bus for more than seven hours. authorities say the child was picked up to be taken to his school in edison last week, but he was never escorted off the bus. instead he spent hours alone in the backyard before he was discovered. bus driver luis gonzalez and aid maria velasquez charged with endangering the welfare of a child. >>> president obama had an audience with the pope. the many pope actually. adorable toddler being pushed in his own popemobile. the first family's halloween party. mr. obama was so taken with the pint sized pontiff, he declared top prize. the kiddo one of hundreds of children from local schools and military families who came to trick-or-treat at the executive mansion. >>> to gracie mansion, mayor de blasio and first lady showing

he's not just a man in the community of irvington or newark or new jersey or america but he touched lives around the world. >> such a huge loss. police say there is no sign of foul play. the cause of reverend christian's death will be determined by an autopsy. >>> authorities investigating a deadly fire in the bronx, the fire department says the fire started on the first floor of a building in the mount hope section about 8 last night. crews found a man unconscious inside an apartment. he was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later. the victim's identity has not been released yet. another resident of the building was treated for smoke inhalation. >>> now to the latest in the fight to defite isis in syria. for the first time the u.s. will deploy troops to help aid rebel forces. fewer than 50 are going, but the move is still seen as significant. political reporter dave evans is here with the details. >> the move is significant because it marks the first time that american troops will be deployed inside syria. the white house insists they will not be involved in day-to- day combat

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the bay area, i know there's a screening coming up at san ramon valley high school, as well as in irvington high school. and this is the launch of a nationwide screening campaign, which we hope is going to inspire people across the country to create--to push back on the traditional model and create the schools that our kids need for the future. jessica: all right, go watch it, "beyond measure." we'll be back in a moment. [music] great change comes from doing the right thing. like the radical idea that health isn't an industry. it's a cause. so we do things differently. we combine care and coverage. and believe prevention is the most powerful of cures. so forgive us for not going with the flow. we just think the flow should go with us. which makes us rebels with one cause. your health. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. this moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey...flaky...happy. toaster strudel. now with more icing. ica: a court figh

. >>> a deadly shooting at a gas station irvington. investigators believe the 57- year-old victim was a worker at the station. the shooting happened just before 8 last night. no arrests have been made. >>> this morning the parent gang related shooting in downtown brooklyn is prompting action from the borough president. 16-year-old amari henkins was killed and an 18-year-old wounded when gunfire broke out last night. the shooting started after some sort of argument between two groups of young people. . >> they started fighting, and then there was like ten gun shots and it started in front of mcdonald's and ended over here. it was sad. >> no arrests have been made and brooklyn borough president eric adams is holding an 8 a.m. news conference to address gun violence in the community. >>> time is 4:40. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> today we're going to be looking at clear skies to start out and a really pretty morning. the temperature

reporter: their discovery was groundbreaking, now any fossils found during that time are named for the irvingtonof fremont where gordon and his friends first discovered them. >> our motto, as boys, was what we found belonged to the public domain of science. >> reporter: so they gave most of their collection away. >> and so we gave them about 20,000 specimens which were now in the collection of uc berkeley. some are here. >> reporter: the new fossils will join the older ones on display, giving older and newer scientists more material to discover. the museum hopes to have the new bones on display and available for study within the next six months. among the fossils, another mysterious find. cattle bones, experts believe they gave back to the mission period. the museum will work with the researchers to figure out what the bones are and whether the unidentified fossil fragments identify any new species. >>> all right, we will coming up, on board the uss coronado. >> yes, behind scenes on one of the most technically advanced ships in the navy. >>> well under way in san francisco, one of the best part

. >>> tonight's living large" takes us to the historic village of irvington. >> the home synth what was once the founder of tiffany and company. >> reporter: this estate on 12- acre with 17,000 feet. alex prince gave us a tour. >> you get to see views of the ball said. allah said. >> reporter: a 30-foot gallery leads to the formal room. this one has red lacquer walls and brings you to a formal living room blood pressure. >> it was malcolm forbes' desk. the artwork came from a show in beijing after tiananmen square. >> reporter: it's temperature- controlled at 65 degrees, fill with rare books. a whole 'nother level up here? >> yes. >> reporter: the kitchen is divide into section. island, rest rand-grade pantry. >> as we come the original staircase, you see another window that lights stairwell. >> reporter: upstairs the master suite could be a self contained apartment, complete with a giant dressing room. fitted. >> reporter: there's a sit fitting room that brings you to the sleeping area. this could be 800 square feet. >> oh, yeah. >> spa-like marble bathroom. >> reporter: on the lower l

. >> reporter: from irvington, tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> workers cleaning up from yesterday's plane fire. >>> the director says 45-50 gallons of jet fuel spilled onto the tarmac yesterday along with the chemicals that firefighters used to put out the flames. investigators looking into the cause of the fire say the plane had no previous incidents or issues. 17 people were hurt when the engine on the dynamic airways jet suddenly caught fire. >>> new york city lawmakers considering not -- tough new penalties for people who rent their homes illegally through airbnb-type websites. it would increase the fines for illegal rentals from -- from 1000 to $10,000. it includes new penalties for landlords to evict tenants in favor of guests. opponents of a purple -- say it drives up costs for residents. supporters say it is a business opportunity for apartment owners and renters. >>> counting down to the tcs new york city marathon. >> the opening ceremony just minutes away. we are heading life to central park to bring you the parade of nations. way back when, in the neighborhood

essex county prosecutors say a family member found the 51-year- old dead inside the church in irvington. an autopsy will determine the cause and manner of death. >>> now to new details this afternoon about the convicted rapist on the run in the southeast. overnight police in kentucky say he was killed. he eluded authorities for a week before he was taken down last night in kentucky. abc's lana zak has the story. >> a week of terror as the man hunt for an armed and dangerous an end. authorities found 62-year-old floyd ray cook hiding in an kentucky. >> he brandished a gun. he can have one, and shots were exchange -- he did have one, sustained wounds which ultimately led to his death. >> with the help of heat imaging equipment, authorities tracked down cook in the dead of the night. >> tonight was a scary moment because we didn't know where he was and when you're searching in the dark that's an uneasy feeling. >> cook had been serving a sentence of more than 100 years when he was paroled in 2009, his rap sheet including rape of a minor, assault and armed robbery. on saturday cook was pull

. >>> a deadly shooting at a grandson station in irvington. investigators believe that the 57-year-old victim was a worker at the getty station. the shooting happened just before 8 last night. no arrests have been made. >>> this morning an apparent gang related attack in downtown brooklyn, a shooting is prompting action. 16-year-old amare henkins of queens was killed and an 18- year-old wounded. witnesses say the shooting started after some sort of argument between two groups of young people. no arrests brooklyn borough president eric adams is holding a news conference to address gun violence. >>> you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. >> some big old big time rain is coming our way. here's our camera in midtown, a great day for today until that rain gets here. we're looking at what's going to be the rain from just south of d. c., cincinnati down south coming up north. that's the leftover remnants of patricia. today we're going to be looking at a nice moon dropping behind manhattan and temperatures have been around 46

we have abdul kamal from irvington, new jersey, shot 10 times. he had a cellphone in his hand. jerame reid had his hands up and open, shot at point-blank range in bridgeton, new jersey. kashad ashford shot 7 times -- 4 times in the head, and radazz hearns, a 14-year-old boy, shot 7 times in the back, and because he survived, now they're trying to charge him and make him into a criminal. these things are happening in every community across this country, and not to mention the astronomical rates of unemployment, the rates of homelessness. there's just so -- there's so many issues that confront us. we have to build the movement to transform this social system that produces problems like this. it's important that we build out the infrastructure to be able to confront these issues when they come up. national action network has spent its 25 years trying to connect the dots nationally, and now we've been able to latch on to this moment and be able to elevate this to a national level so we're being discussed in presidential debates. >> and to have victories. i mean, we stopped stop and

nj transit has five bus routes through irvington on a detour. if you're getting on the subways, all looking good as well as your major commuter lines. more weather and traffic ahead. >>> we have an update to a story we brought you yesterday. it was that dramatic attempted abduction and escape in connecticut. police have the car they're looking for, but now they're looking for the woman who was behind the wheel. jen maxfield is in bridgeport with the latest. the nation saw this escape by this teenager from that moving vehicle. >> reporter: i know, what a brave young woman and how desperate she must have felt in that moment to have jumped from that moving car. police here in bridgeport were outside police headquarters now say an arrest is imminent. again, as you said, such dramatic video of this young woman jumping from a moving car to get to safety. we want to get right to that surveillance video. that was taken at 7:15 on monday morning on boston road here in bridgeport. if you watch closely, that gray toyota sedan traveling away from you can, y

at 7:25, developing this morning in a deadly shooting at a gas station in irvington, investigators believe the 57- year-old victim was a worker at the getty station. the shooting happened just before 8 last night. no arrests have been made. >>> it is 7:25. here in vineland, home of progresso, but just one kind of chicken. white breast meat chicken every time. so if you're not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do...make it progresso. this moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey...flaky...happy. toaster strudel. now with more icing. >>> an amazin run has led to this. the mets and royals face off in game 1 of the world series. the mets play their first world series game since 2000 starting at 8:07 p.m. they held their final workout in kansas city yesterday. they're trying to win the first world championship since 1986. today is the 29th anniversary of the day they clinch that had last title. >>> and we have several reporters in kansas city covering every step of the way. we're going to bring you updates on air and online through our social media pages. let'

church. 51-year-old reverend ronald christian died yesterday in the christian love baptist church in irvington. reverend christian was a former heroin addict who turned his life around 18 years ago. he spent the rest of his life helping others. foul play is not suspected in his death. >>> cute story of the morning here, president obama was visited by the pope yesterday at the white house. not the real pope of course, an adorable toddler, though, dressed as the pontiff and being pushed in his own pope mobile attended the first family's halloween party. that's adorable. the president -- look at that. the president was so taken with the pint sized pontiff he turned to reporters and declared, "top prize." the kid was one of hundreds chosen from local schools and military families to trick or treat at the white house. very, very cool. >> super cute. it looks like they had like part of me like cookie pops from the first lady. >> yes. >> healthy i'm sure. >> i always like to see exactly, you know, don't goive me broccoli. don't give me broccoli on a stick on halloween. i don't even want any popcorn.

police also investigating the fatal shooting at a gas station in irvington, new jersey. happened on sties uyvesant avenue. a man who may have worked at the station. >>> a look at the commute with lauren. >> michael, the reason the bqe looks good is because the traffic is stuck behind a disabled truck eastbound at hamilton avenue. we have delays in both directions on the a and c train. avoid the bridge. 60 to 90-minute delay at the george washington bridge. an hour at the lincoln, 20 at the holland. back to you. >>> lauren, thanks very much. want to check the weather. but tomorrow, wet and windy. the rain could be heavy at times. 66 for a high. thursday is warmer. 73. it's going to rain in the morning before we dry out. >>> coming up on the "today" >> show, family guy seth macfarlane tells us about his latest project and sings a song from his latest album. another update in a half hour. see you then. we thought we' d be ready. but demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn' t need a loan. we needed short-term funding. f