the overflow was out here on merrick boulevard. all of them stood outside at attention with a dead silence paying attention to the tribute going on inside. >> he's a guyanese and he has shed light on guyana in a positive way. >> reporter: some might argue fallen nypd officer randolph holder has three families. his biological family, his brothers and sisters in blue, and then there are his fellow emigrants from guyana. >> i am so proud and i want to thank him and to give moral support. >> reporter: so wednesday's celebration of holder's life isn't just about blue. it's also about the red, yellow, and green. >> you came to the wake yesterday as well. >> yes, i did. >> what was that like? >> heartbreaking. >> reporter: still it was the color blue that filled merrick boulevard in front of greater allen a.m.e. cathedral in jamaica, queens. >> this is probably one of the strongest brotherhoods i've ever seen. it's heartwarming. sometimes i see a little choked up. >> we're just here pulling together for the officer as i'm sure they'd do f

merrick boulevard is now shut down in both directions. as they do begin to arrive we are learning more about the history, the background of the officer holder. scuba teams as you remember recovered the weapon from the harlem river on sunday, and ballistics checks now indicate the gun was sold legally at a gun shop in south carolina in from the personal car of a south carolina state trooper three years later. how it allegedly ended up in the hands of tyrone howard is not clear, but investigators say what is clear is gun, the stolen gun made its way to new york city and was used to murder a new york city police officer. and again, the service for officer holder expected to begin at 3:00 this afternoon. as i said a moments a, merrick boulevard is now shut down, and i'm looking down the street and i'm seeing officers who are now walking down merrick boulevard to get here to the service. i said a moment ago that the -- at 12 noon that the long island railroad has set up shuttle buses at the jamaica station. the mta set up buses in order to get

. >> on merrick boulevard in queens paying my respect to officer randle folder here at his funeral. a lovely call randy inside. from diana. his father and grandfather were police officers. he chose to pursue the american dream and become a police officer himself in 2010. that dream was shattered when a career criminal gunned them down in harlem last week. commissioner breton spoke during the service command what he said was very moving. he gave officer holding aa promotion to detectives command there was a standing ovation. it was heartbreaking when he said that detective told it was released from his duty in the now he has a new assignment which was to be a guardian angel in heaven. >> i'm just doing what i want. >> they produce a lot about the here. thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well you've come to the right place. great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes th

today she grieved with the nypd, lining merrick boulevard to pay their respects, many holding his native flag. >> he protects us and keeps our city safe. >> reporte it was holder's dream to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather who were also police officers in guyana. he came to the u.s. to fulfill his dream five years ago. that dream came to an end last week when he was shot in the head in east harlem. >> we lost one of our officers who was doing what we ask them to do each and every day. >> reporter: he is the fourth nypd officer in the last year killed on the job. >> i really weighs heavy on all of our hearts. >> reporter: and reverend al sharpton has decided not to give the eulogy tomorrow, saying he doesn't want a side show. he wants the focus to be on officer holder's brutal and senseless murder. we're live in jamaica tonight, lori bordonara, new york, news 5. >>> tonight at 6:00, the dna of a deadly shooting. news4 investigates and takes you inside the atf gun lab. how agents are tracking the history of the gun used to kill the new york city officer. mark santee ia

. >> reporter: in 2008 when nancy marie bergman of merrick, new york, was diagnosed with breast cancer, she struggled not only with her disease but with figuring out how much it would all cost. >> it put more stress on me than >> reporter: today's report by castlight health, which studies health care costs, ranked cities by the price of common women's services such as office visits, h.p.v. screening and mammography. sacramento, california, ranked highest on mamo grams at $485 compared to $159 in cincinnati. michelle scott is general council for fair health. has there been anything that just knocked your socks off? >> i think sometimes the fact that there are such disparities in pricing and that they can occur within blocks of each other. >> reporter: for example, a mammogram done for suspected cancer where bergman lives cost $211, but 30 miles away, in teaneck, new jersey, the same test is $95. why is there such a wide range of prices for the same procedure? >> there's a wide range because there are a lot of different circumstances, and the costs may overhead, rental considerations and

as we bring you back live to merrick bowl will he vard the viewing is at 9:00. the funeral on wednesday. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, we're just getting details now of a bipartisan federal budget deal. it would increase spending by about $80 billion. medicare and social security would see some cuts. also, congress would extend the debt limit. vote on this two-year deal expected tomorrow and it would free the incoming house speaker, paul ryan. >>> today the mets and royals play in new york city. hundreds came out in support of their favorite team. the same time the mets were working out in kansas city, they're taking on a royals team who are just as hungry. just one year ago they lost the championship to san francisco on their home field. >> it's hard to get here so you've got to have some fun with it. even though it's pressure packed as it may be, you've got to enjoy it. >> i think that's what makes this so special is you've delivered for a fan base that's been waiting for this for a long time. >> tonight's game one gets underway at 8:00. you can bet mets

. >> lanes are shut down eastbound near merrick avenue. >> up to the minute the minute you're up with "today" in new york. >>> welcome back. microsoft is taking on tech in a big way. they opened their flagship microsoft store on fifth avenue. what you've been share hearing on social media. so many folks sharing their pictures. this guy having a great time at the opening. but wait until you see all the excitement. here is the unveiling here. this video shared with a #microsoftnyc. everybody excited two. big product releases. the surface pro 4 and the hybrid laptop surface book go on sale today. they're excited, cheering. i think this look likes a slow motion video here. and as we take a look at a couple more shots, this of the unveiling and so many folks with their phones up. very excited about the new microsoft store which is just five blocks south of apple's flagship cube store. >> some high rent there on fifth avenue, natalie. >>> new numbers are proving what new yorkers already knew. uber is take over. according to "the wall street journal," in july alone, uber averaged more than 1

southern state parkway shut down eastbound out by merrick avenue. heavy delays in both directions there. head over to sunrise instead. that would be a much better option. heading over to westchester county on the sprain brook parkway after route 100b, there's an accident in the right lane. delays go back a few miles there. heading over to the bruckner, a new accident westbound by the hunts point drawbridge, that's in the left lane. stop and go back to the bruckner interchange there. heading over to new jersey, a 40-minute delay into the lincoln tunnel coming off the eastern spur ramp to 16e. there's an thax blocks a lane. now we have the rampb shut down from route 1-9 getting on to the eastern spur of the turnpike with an overturned tractor trailer. a lot of problems this morning. >> all right, lauren. thank you very much. clips, chris, another check. >> that's why it's a joy to come in at 3:00 a.m. in the morning. clear sailing. >> one of the reasons we love it. >> chilly morning out there. temperatures starting out in the low 30s. sussex, 31. poug

lemonis: do we have merrick brand dog food with grain? lisa: we don't. example of lisa's self-righteousness getting in the way of them being a profitable business. they need to carry products that meet everybody's needs. if it falls within the brand promise, they need to carry what the customers want, not what they want, and i'm gonna push this thing all the way to the wall. going forward, any product that meets the bentley's food promise should be available. so, like, when somebody says, "i want grain-filled," as opposed to grain-free, you're gonna be a powerhouse. you got to carry everything. giovanni: i think we'll lose a lot of credibility with a lot of the customers on why they trust us. lemonis: let the customer decide what they want. giovanni: and then we have no niche. i'm sorry. lemonis: the niche is products that meet this food promise. giovanni: i'm not gonna agree with it. lemonis: so, then don't have a brand promise, 'cause it doesn't mean anything. -giovanni: i think it does. -lemonis: then, if it does, then if somebody complies with it, wh

. >> thank david merrick who let me out of my broadway play so i could be here this evening, and little did he know what it would mean to me. i also, of course, want to express my great gratitude to arthur penn, my own particular -- >> we could not let you come without surprising you that we are so honored to have you here. >> thank you. come back. you have to come back. >> good. >> let you co-host with me sometime or something. >> whoa. [laughter] that'd be great. >> and you, my dear, we will set up our dinner as soon as we can, but you're going to be busy for the next couple of weeks. >> i will. >> catch the third edition of the chelsea film festival beginning on thursday, october 15th, and for more information, log on to chelseafilm,.org. >>> coming up next, find out some of the big nam 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 walk away. know when to run. you never count your money, when you're sit

. >> john merrick is officially a deadhead. he's joining members of the grateful dead calling themselves dead and company. they will play on halloween at madison square garden. they will be headlining and worcester on december 10. >> have at the forecast when next time? >> boston at 62, our normal high 59. we are overachievers today. the dew point temperatures are in the 50s. there is some humidity, feels more like september than october. here comes a cool front that will generate a few showers this afternoon. not everyone wants the rain. about a 30 to 40 percent chance look at tomorrow. we will have sunshine, but high temps in the lower 50s. if you're heading to gillette this weekend, you may have a couple of raindrops, but game

accomplished by market magic, of 1 billion people used to live like this the longer do.bp john: 50 years ago merrickoverty me spent $22 trillion wafted away made it worse and more intractable. also for the first seven years of the war the poverty level did drop significantly. and improvement stopped despite 50 years of massive wealth creation that is about the same but it stayed roughly double why didn't the improvements continue? because they encourage people tuesday's port even not get married if there was a man with a job in-house you may lose your welfare check. and he may have that to but instead they ask for handouts. >> people are accustomed to hand out with in a few blocks a dozen restaurants told us they are eager to hire people if only they would apply but those in the welfare line say things like this. >> there is nothing out there. >> no jobs? >> nothing in my feel like i'm a medical assistant. john: what about outside your field? >> that doesn't give me the money i need to stay where i am. john: but not working well led her stay so she does. that is handouts' discourage work. so what sh

the southern state parkway you spout all lanes are closed by merrick avenue because of an accident. delays on the west stone bridge, an accident just cleared on the bandwidth that was by northern boulevard. the george washington bridge heading into the city the upper level is doing with your normal 15 to 20. lincoln tunnel is already a 40 minute delay. between the plaza and 495. route three, you your steel dealing with 40 minutes. >> juliet: look was back, anna gilligan. >> anna: it is great to be back. jimmy fallon, he just cannot catch a break. the comedian took a hard fall in boston over the weekend after he took and dropped a bottle of yeager meister. he was in town to accept a comedy or from harbor. a fan handed him the bottle of booze, this is the one video that caught the moment, you can't entirely see what happened. apparently someone knelt in front of him and he was surprised by it fell over her. you can hear the bottle smash in the video, fortunately the injury is not as bad as the one he had the summer. he had said the summer that he almost had to have his finger amputate

john: 50 years ago merrick the declared war on poverty me spent $22 trillion wafted away made it worser the first seven years of the war the poverty level did drop significantly. and improvement stopped despite 50 years of massive wealth creation that is about the same but it stayed roughly double why didn't the improvements continue? because they encourage people tuesday's port even not get married if there was a man with a job in-house you may lose your welfare check. and he may have that to but instead they ask for handouts. >> people are accustomed to hand out with in a few blocks a dozen restaurants told us they are eager to hire people if only they would apply but those in the welfare line say things like this. >> there is nothing out there. >> no jobs? >> nothing in my feel like i'm a medical assistant. john: what about outside your field? >> that doesn't give me the money i need to stay where i am. john: but not working well led her stay so she does. that is handouts' discourage work. so what should redo? soheork eiag so for thousands of years looks like this to lots of people

. >> reporter: in 2008 when nancy marie bergman of merrick, new york, was diagnosed with breast cancer she struggled not only with her disease but with figuring out how much it would all cost. >> it put more stress on me than the actual diagnosis of cancer. >> reporter: today's report by cast light health which studies health care costs ranks cities the price by common women services, office visits. hpv screening and mammography. sacramento, california ranked highest on mammograms at average of $485 compared to $159 in cincinnati. michelle scott is general counsel for fair health, a consumer organization that tries to make health care costs more transparent. has there been anything that just knocked your socks off? >> i think sometimes the fact that there are such disparities in pricing and that they can occur within blocks of each other. mammogram done for suspected $211. 30 miles away in teaneck, new jersey, the same test is $95. why is there such a wide range of prices for the same procedure? >> there is a wide range there are a lot of different circumstances and the costs may be dr

. >> reporter: the nypd flatbed just arrived with barricades to set up along merrick boulevard. as they have in the past, jetblue is offering free flights to law enforcement across the country for anyone wanting to attend. solidarity vigils held last night outside of randolph holder's precinct and 40 other precincts. the goal was to pay tribute to the five-year fallen nypd vet and others whose lives were cut short. this was held the same day the bullet was identified that took his life. >> when i had my light i came and it was, you know, about six inches away from my other hand that's holding the line. i saw it out of, you know, the corner of my eye. >> today i take pride in recognizing these often unsung heroes. i know they wouldn't want me to call them heroes. i think randolph holder is a hero but i'm going to use that word to describe what they did. >> reporter: the man accused of shooting officer holder, tyrone howard, is expected to be in manhattan state supreme court today. right now he's charged with robbery and murder after allegedly coming face to face with the officer

merrick boulevard will be closed outside the church to accommodate the thousands that are expected to attend. officer holder's funeral was scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. we are going to stream that service live on nbcnewyork.com deehe newsbr new york app. if you want to check the weather, wet, windy rain. 66 for the high. tonight, the storms taper off, 63 degrees. tomorrow, leftover showers with a high of 73. friday, mostly sunny, breezy and cold. 60 for the high. coming up on the "today" show with kathy lee and hoda, the dden risk of mixing food and medicine. join us for news 4 at noon on nbc 4 new york.com. et the moore's! we're the moore family, an as yoreu t n uee, t we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. you can too. call n . now we can connect more devices, at the same time. the wifi in this house is amazing. so is my guacamole. hi grandma and grandpa! ha, look at that! [laughs] time warner cable even has an internet plan for us. get the internet speed that's right for you.

the southern state parkway shut down eastbound by merrick avenue. you can see the delays go back pretty far now. this is what it looks like by millburn avenue, slow, slow, slow. queens, the l.i.e. westbound out by the stamford, darien line. back to you. >>> lauren, let's check the weather. lots of sun, high of 58 degrees. tomorrow, mostly cloudy, 60 degrees. wednesday, rainy and windiment 66 is the high. thursday, high of 68. friday sun and clouds. coming up on the "today" show, matt lauer sits down with donald trump for his town hall discussion. >>> it's 8:00 on "today" and coming up pancakes and politics, a specialntown hall meeting with republican front-runner donald trump live from new hampshire as voters tell us what's most important to them in this presidential race. >> how is he going to fix health care? >> what are you planning to do about education and what are you going to do about the common core when elected snpt. >> how is he going to help alleviate all the burdens that are placed on small business owners? >> we'll get answers from the

their abandoned pickup truck found along the merrick parkway. the owner of the property says he noticed something strange in the yard when he was doing an autumn clean-up. >> the homeowner is an adult male and he has a son. i don't have any comment on a connection. >> reporter: 27-year-old kyle is identified as the pipe suspect in his parents' disappearance. he has shorter hair a light beard and heroin addiction locked up on federal gun charges, he was denied bail today after a federal prosecutor said the evidence strongly suggested the defendant killed his parents. his lawyer left court without comment. are you representing him in the murder of his parents? >> reporter: no comment. >> reporter: a neighbor where the bodies were found looked at the scene and wondered how the woman she knew might have died. >> oh, it's horrid! she was a lovely woman. she worked in the library. she worked with kids. she was always up and fun. great to be around. we're very sad it hear it. >> reporter: live in connecticut, investigators are still on the scene. they

that is getting into merrick avenue. we can head to our maps. we also have an issue as you head on to the van wyck going southbound near northern boulevard an accident, delays come off the whitestone bridge on to the van wyck south getting into northern boulevard. 2 and 5 fire department activity, jackson avenue. >> thank you. >> oh, my gosh let's look outside, it's absolutely gorgeous. we have a beautiful sunrise in progress, sun's up in 17 minutes. we have 48 degrees, and it is 42 up around essex, hudson, union county areas, 45 there, 43 town the shore. a cool and crisp morning. tomorrow we're at 61, and we've got rain on wednesday, but that's out of the way just in time for a very busy weekend coming up. >> all right. >> thank you bill. >> i want to see a pretty sunrise john del giorno, give us a shot of it please. that's the news for now, i'm ken rosato.

. >> merrick boulevard went silent as an nypd honor guard escorted the white harass bearing officer randolph holder's coffin. a third generation police officer and a five-year veteran of the force murdered in the line of duty one week ago tonight. >> it feels like a family member just been swiped away, like a family loss. >> by mid-morning hundreds of mourners stood on a line that stretched for more than three blocks. pat cabel did not know the officer but was here to pay her respects well before dawn. >> it's overwhelming. it's really overwhelming, you know, sad. it's really sad. it's a sad day. >> one person who will not attend the funeral is the reverend al sharpton, although he was invited by holder's father and is listed in the program as a speaker, sharpton today declined the invitation. "some union leaders and some others want to turn your and your pastor's noble efforts into some kind of confrontation or side show and not keep focused on the brutal, senseless murder of your son. i refuse despite my strong feelings on police issues to be part of anything that would marginnize or take

guard escorted the gleaming white hearst bearing officer randolph holder's coffin, merrick boulevard went silent. his former officers stood at attention and saluted, respect mixed with sadness for a third generation police officer murdered in the line of duty one week ago tonight. >> it feels like a family member just been swiped away. like a family loss. >> reporter: hundreds of mourners stood on a line that stretched more than four blocks. among those paying their respects, the mayor of new york, the city's police commissioner, former commissioner ray kelly, the archbishop of new york, the pba president and officers from across the nation. all for one simple reason. >> it's really overwhelming. it's sad. it's a sad day. >> reporter: retired police officer joseph was an instructor in guyana where he said he trained officer holder's father. >> when one police officer is hurt or killed in the line of duty, every policeman through the world is hurt badly. >> reporter: captain raymundo was his commanding officer in psa 5. >> he worked hard every day. he was a very humble man, very good

vis-À-vis, the united states, going and trying to sabotage an international agreement with iran, and the merrickngress again -- in the american congress, against the american a administration, things which are unheard of by any other country, israel learned in the recent years that they are possible. not only possible, there -- they are productive and working. bring diana buttu back into the conversation, also netanyahu speaking at the yuan journalist and lee saying israel will negotiate with the palestinians without any preconditions. >> it is a farce. one of the things that non-yahoo! said over netanyahu said over and over again as he is not going to stop settlement construction, effect, he is going to continue it. in fact, this is what has happened. in addition, he is also said they reserve the right to continue to kill palestinians. so while he indicates yes no preconditions, in fact, it is quite the opposite. the issue is not whether there whether thetions, negotiations process works, and it doesn't. i was part of the negotiations process. you cannot negotiate with one very powerful party b

>> i think the point is the merrick of people have figured out that this model hasn't worked.del that began a third of a century ago. they are angry. this is important, like 35 years ago? it addresses some kind of natural phenomenon that we cannot get in the way up. we have to allow capitalism to work. you're saying this is a very new invention that has written roles and these rules should be changed? >> exactly. productivity of the american workers has continued to grow pretty steadily. historically, wages moved with productivity. you do these two charts, they move right together. 1980,ly, around productivity continues to grow but wages stagnate. this is a really unusual phenomenon. that is one of the things that motivated writing the book. we said, what has happened is, particularly in america, we began to change the rules. the labor rules, rules about the financial sector, rules about corporate governance, tax rules, you know, it wasn't inevitable speculation at a lower rate than you tax people who are working for a living. a marketot inherent in economy. what we say, this

this is merrick avenue. traffic backed up to at least eagle avenue. westbound side, you are fine. fifty-ninth street bridge, you are fine this morning. greg and rosanna. greg: ines, thank you. rosanna: everyone is talking about the mets. greg: tina is here for duke. rosanna: what do we think about this kansas city team? >> they are good. >> they are in missouri. >> there is a history. >> the game is tomorrow. matt harvey will be on the mound. since knowing their opponent, the mets just keep saying they are an excellent team. >> a seem relentless. a great characteristic to have. >> a very competitive fiery it just seems like they never go away. they find a way to win. no matter what the score is, the situation is. they grind it out. they never die. >> you go watch the series regular on fox5. duke will be out in kansas city for our pregame show. live game coverage. the game starts at eight. we will have all your post game coverage after the game. it was a big game of football yesterday. let's start with the giant that metlife stadium. third quarter trailing 13-10. dominick rogers lo

. >> reporter: and darlene, we're starting to se de a l t of drivers now here traveling along merrick boulevard. this major roadway, along with the side streets, n will be closed down a little later today because so many people will be here f haor the funeral. it is going to be a heartbreaking day. in fact, when fellow police officers who were the pallbearers brought in offic holder t thisjuhurch for the wake yesterday, his relatives cried out and hept. the greater allen ame cathedral will be filled to capacity with mourners to say good-bye this afternoon to the 33-year-old police officer. crowds are expected to pour out into the streets. people traveling from all over the country. at his wake, many remembered his dedication to his job that he took care of his family, that he wanted to be a detective. in fact, he will be promoted po sthumously today to detective rang by police commissioner bratton and his supervisor said this. >> we l mmost one of our valiant officers who was doing what we asked him to do each and every day. >> reporter: officer holder willmsbe buried in guyana, where

north merrick at 48. mutttown on mutton wn, you see 47 degrees. 42 in poughkeepsie. montauk warmer at 59. as we take ljok at bridge awater, 41 degrees. 39 in morristown. future tracker, not a lot is happening right now. we are going to see some clouds begin to roll on in. then a system comes in from the west. scattered showers. not everyone is going to see rain. our best chance, probably after 10:00 in the morning. by the evening, we're pushing that out of the way as well and heriim in csanges in the forecast temperature-wise. today, plenty of sunshine, real great day. 74 i degrees the high. dodgers versuhi mets. this is how you slide into base, for anyone who may be watching from the west coast this morning. partly cloudy, comfy, 66 degrees at game time tonight. 60 degrees in new york should be thuae overnight low. we'll bottom out at 56 in ocean grove. cool with a south breeze 5 to 10 miles per hour. weekend planner, it's going to feel like fall. saturday, a high of onl yoy 58. a crisp fall feel as we head to sunday at 57 degrees. and as we take a look at the next

haiti is joining us from merrick, new york.aller: i really feel for all the people that are affected by this. i personally don't have experience with it but i know lots of people who have struggled with this. my question is, if the doctor knows of any new developments. i saw a program a few years ago that was talking about painkillers that were being derived from poisonous animals. i remember puffer fish was the one -- i figure was japan. poison intoing the writing a painkiller from it. any developments that kill the brainut don't affect the or addiction receptors. thanks. guest: that is a good question. i don't know that there is any brand-new medication to be released is effective for pain and not addictive. i would say that we do have effective drugs that can relieve pain that are not addictive that are available on the market. these are medications like advil and a leave. we would called -- call them anti-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. tylenol is another example. it's not as though those non-opioid pain medicines don't