around midnight a small but smokey blaze broke out in the family's home in longbranch, monmouth county, not far from the beach. neighbors and first responders tried to rescue those trapped inside. >> we tried to break the windows on the bottom but by that time the ambulances and firefighters were already here. they discovered the couple and their boys in an upstairs bedroom and were taken to the hospital where they died. zbll it was like a bang, two big bangs and i was trying to figure out what was happening because you don't think that something that late is going on. >> it appears that several small fires were set throughout the multifamily home. >> it's not from what we see as an accidentsal fire. we are looking at it as an intentional fire that was set. bahari worked for the local department of public works as a mechanic, neighbors often saw their two little boys playing outside of the home. >> you watch and you feel helpless because there is nothing you can do. >> investigators say it appears to be a murder-suicide, but the motive remains a mystery. >>> sara, thank you. >>> vandal

firefighters from longbranch and other towns surette responded. they tried to get inside to rescue but the fire was too hot. they are investigating to find out what started the fire. >> juliet: to employees of a daycare center are accused of forcing children to fight each other. then they decided to share the videos. >> ben: the so-called fight club, is what they apparently called it involves at least one dozen children. more details now. >> reporter: good morning to. two former employees at the daycare center have been arrested and are now facing child abuse charges. prosecutors say they force young kids between ages four and six to fight and then recorded it. they. they even use the phrase fight club. >> that is most appalling, reprehensible thing i've ever heard. >> parents and grandparents are speaking out about what they have found. >> they should probably get some time. >> reporter: the prosecutor said 22-year-old workers forced children between the ages of four and six to fight on the playground. authorities say one of the daycare workers r

the service for all four will be in longbranch. they have not released a motive for the shooting. >> ben: a new report the civilian report review board verified 21% of cases against officers, so far this year. as the highest rate since the board was created in 1993. it six percentage points higher from the same time period last year. the report complete that cell phone video helps backup complaints, overall complaints against officers have plummeted 22%. spee1 ben hasn't been to the port authority maybe it's time to go out there. >> ben: i will go when you go to staten island. >> juliet): i will go there. here's the deal, those who use the bus terminal in the town are noticing changes. >> ben: but one third of writers will go to to a different date when they come home from work. here are some details. >> i just want say juliet wins in that scenario hands-down. this is a place that is riddled with problems and today one people, 30% of 110,000 commuters that rely on bus thousand terminal will be scrambling today. they are being told

funeral services are planned for a family that died in a fire last week, the services will be held in longbranch today, they say that bahari shot her and their two children before killing himself. >>> the brazen bandits robbed and discarded an atm. a viewer notified us of the damage on binghamton street. to long how long the machine has been there or if it contains any money, if you know anything about this the police want to hear from you. >>> pope francis arrives in philadelphia less than three weeks from now, and tickets for the pope's speech at independence mall are soldout. 10,000 tickets went online 30 minutes ago and now a message appears that the tickets are soldout. other tickets are available for events on the parkway when the pope is in town and they will be available tomorrow. >>> meantime septa is adding stops in center city both on the broad street and septa lines, hopefully making it easier for people to see the pontiff. as philadelphia prepares for the visit, pope francis is in the headlines after a major announcements. he is making it easier for catholics to get their marriages

. >>> a fire in longbranch, new jersey, has killed several people. there were reports of people trapped when the firefighters got on the scene. >>> a woman is busted after she escaped police custody over the weekend. >>> joe biden has signed on to be a guest of stephen colbert on september 10th. we will have that coming up, too. >>> good morning i'm chris wragge. >> and i'm mary calvi. >> we have been talking about stephen colbert starting september 8th. >> i think some the early political guests will give him a great opportunity to distinguish between the old character that was stephen to the new host that will be stephen. >> he has such insight when it comes to politics, and what will joe biden say? >> we are being consumed with colbert. colbert 24/7, and you can hear him in his car if you love his voice. that's thanks to the popular travel app waze. >> i can even change the settings to get the directionings from a voice i can can trust, stephen colbert. >> heavy traffic reported ahead. traffic, ugh my least favorite kind of jam followed apricot an

it's police found the four bodies all in a bedroom of their long judge branch home -- of their longbranch home on tuesday. it's believed the father killed the other three family members and then set fire to the house before killing himself. >>> a drone crashed into the empty stands at the u.s. open, luckily no one was hurt. a high school science teacher was operating the drone from the marina on the opposite side of citi field. he turned himself into police after his drone crashed. >>> rosie o'donnell's teenage daughter can now contact the new jersey man who is accuse of sending her obscene images after a judge lifted the no contact order on the two. the teenage girl was found in his home in ocean county last month after being reported missing just a week before her 18th birthday. his attorney says they met on it tinder, and he didn't know she was underage until after he sent her those pictures. >>> new this morning, we are learning about an event at westpoint that went from playful to painful. a pillow fight left two dozen hurt after someone filled their pillow case with hard objects. it

. >>> police now believe the fire at longbranch was intentionally suicide. >> go go go, go go. >> reporter: firefighters found the bodies of two children and their parents inside and determined both had been shot. police believe the father killed his girlfriend, sons, and then started the fire before turning the gun on himselfs. >> i called to my dad, and we ran out to see what was going on. >> reporter: neighbors say they had been arguing, and friends say she was trying to leave and was going to stake the children. >>> a 22-year-old woman was threatened with a box cutter on july 30th when she exited a train. the woman and her boyfriend were both not hurt. >>> 33-year-old james mckenan was being held at prospect park headquarters when he got away yesterday morning. he was detained on charge of making threats. he had just been released in may after serving 4 years for making a threat. >>> an illinois officer killed in the line of duty was remembered at an emotional vigil. hundreds of mourners gathered in fox lake, just north of chicago to honor the police lieutenant. the officer's widow spo