he grew up a mets fan. actually born one. >> i had mets onesies, been watching them as long as i remember. >> tell me what it is like as a father/son team. >> as a father i feel terrible i brought him up as a mets fan. >> reporter: he says he lived through the glory days and hopes his son experiences the same. >> i hope he can see it soon, like tonight. >> reporter: if they listen to this long-time fan mets move on and play the cubs. but if they don't win, they say regardless it has been a fun ride. >> as a mets fan it is fun to be proud of your team instead of have people 0 go oh, you are a mets fan, sorry. >> reporter: she is feeling good to be a mets fan right now. don't change your tv. the top of the ninth. obviously the crowd is super excited about the score. you are going to check in with us when the mets win. we'll see you then. for now live in midtown, back to you. >> how exciting. we are keeping an eye on the game. we will go back when it ends and bruce will have highlights in sports. >>> back to n

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met? >> he must be so excited but my question is did he have any sleep last night considering everything that happened? >> did you? did you get any sleep on the plane back from l. a. last night? >> a little bit. >> so much so lost his voice. >> mrs. met insisted. i understand, i understand. >> okay. >> we'll see you inside guys. >> we are super excited for him to join us. >> thanks guys. >> you bet. news first at 4, a shock for some shoppers. we will tell you what exercise heard over the loud speaker at a target store that some left feeling kind of violated. >> plugs a teenager battling cancer manages to get a special date for home coming. we'll she you who's coming to the big dance. >> and best seller springs to life on the big screen with that's a big bull. i think that's old cyrus. 1800 pounds of do whatever the heck i want. take the long way, huh? lease an mkc for $299 a month only at your lincoln dealer. okay. so everyone is saying, "hey! you gotta get fios!" but why? why fios? well f

the mets will be back today. we have new reaction from players and ecstatic fans just ahead. >> meteorologist bill evans tracking a big weekend cooldown. wake up temperatures we're ta and off you go, and off you go, for every step, every stride, every start, begin strong with the lasting energy of 100% whole grain quaker oats... and off you go. >>> now new york's number 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness news this morning. >>> and we're following a a bronx mother is accused of murdering her 6-month-old daughter by throwing her out of a window. >> mets fans waking up relieved their team survived that battle last night against the dodgers. the team now moving on to the series after beating l. a. >> and what kind of temperatures can we expect when they play the cubs at citi good morning, i'm lori stokes. rosato. today, friday october 16th, and you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> everybody happy friday to you. it

>>> let's go mets! let's go mets! >> game two tonight. bundled up and ready for action. mets fans hoping they can take a two game lead over the cubs as they gun it for a trip to the world series. we have live team coverage. >> first, family's heart break. stray bullet dies. good evening. >> another young child has been a victim of random gun violence. a little girl killed in her own home, a place where she should have been safe. >> that safety shattered when a bullet came flying through her living room window. she was just 12 years old, with her whole life ahead of her. now her parents have to do what no parent should do, bury their child. ida siegal has more tonight. >> neighbors are telling you this evening, this is not the first time bullets have been fired at that house. in fact, someone has been driving through the neighborhood and firing at what home multiple times. who they were aiming at is not clear. but as of this morning, a 12-year-old girl is dead. >> overcome with grief, the joiner held a vigil for the girl again. >> after a little more than a day in the hos

let's go mets! kevin na 4 games away from being world series champions, and 1 of the world series will take place depending on what happens with a lc is, first game at city field would take place next friday night, game 3, very exciting. i will send it back to you. >> duke castiglione is in chicago ready action to place. dave: 1 is going on? the mets on their way home? have they already left? duke: they have not left yet. i was a little surprise, they were going to be if this morning, but i think i got an e-mail that said there due to arrive at 1:30 back in queens. i am outside historically feels here and last night this place was rocking. there were talking about we can come back from a 3-zero deficit. that didn't happen. back to the future -- cubs would win it all. mets ruined in that story line. belting a 3 run homer, and and that quieted this plate 3-0 mets in the first and then daniel murphy in the continued is legendary october, sets a new major league record, his sixth straight playoff game w

mets are playing. they're actually in the favor of hitting the ball, that should make for an exciting game. quick spotty showers are possible before dawn tomorrow. it's ideal running weather really. we get the spotty shower coming ahead to the front. it's not a big deal. in staten island we may see a drop or two. that's it, and then we have a beautiful day in front of us. so temperatures climb from today's 56 to 66 tomorrow under mostly dry conditions, and so that sets the stage for really a terrific finish in central park. we'll have more clouds and sunshine through the afternoon, but if you watch the futurecast here, saturday afternoon for the trick-or-treaters, those cool temperatures overnight down to about 50, which is mild for this time of the year, by 6 a.m. tomorrow morning there's just these little spotty chances that we can't completely rule out seeing raindrops. some places may get no rain at all. by the time we finish the marathon, skies are looking good, maybe a little sunshine peeking thr

let's go mets. >> so either the mets, hopefully the mets or the cubs will be heading to the world series, depending on who wins this next series. the cubs have not won a world series since 1908. the mets, of course, since 1986. game one tomorrow matt harvey will take the mound. andrea grimes cbs-2 news. >>> the mets continue to chase their world series championship stay with cbs-2. as they take on the cubs at citi field saturday. >>> a bronx mother has been charged with murder after police say she tossed her baby out of a sixth floor window. investigators say 27-year-old tanisha farren dangled her baby out of the window in fordham heights yesterday. the baby girl was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. >> the neighbors started screaming no, no, no, no and they were yelling at her don't do it. >> three other kids, ranging in age from 4 to 10 were inside the apartment at the time. the mother was taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation and later booked. >>> a suspect in a double murder in jersey city is in the hospital this morning. he was shot last night. janel

>>> go mets! let's go! >> mets mania. the mets get set for their first national league championship series unnine years. >>> stray bullet shooting. a young girl gravely wounded when a bullet hits her inside her home. tonight an all-out search for the gunman. >>> good evening. i'm joe torres. sandra bookman is o. >>> we begin with the mets preparing to play ball in the the mets take on the cubs at citi field beginning at 8:07 tonight. and right now diehard fans are swarming citi field. everywhere you look, it's blue and orange. we have team coverage. tim fleischer is outside citi field, but we begin with sports anchor laura behnke with the latest on the players and coaches before they take the field tonight. laura. >> reporter: hey, the postseason has been a whirlwind so far for all four teams remaining in the hunt. but for the mets and the cubs, the cubs are a wild card team. they had to play an extra game just to get here. while only 48 hours ago the mets were in los angeles still in the divisional series. tonight both t

game 4, mets and cubs. a win would vault the mets in to their first world series in 15 years. that win could come tonight at wrigley field. we've heard a lot about met pitching in this series. tonight it's long island native steven matz. he's 24. he's been off for about a week. he's made seven career big league starts. his eighth could who game that gets the mets in to the fall classic. >> i don't really have any history with them. they look like a tough lineup. they're a bunch of young fiery guys. it's a great ballpark, a lot of history here so it's going to be fun. >>> from high above wrigley field in chicago, a big night no doubt. don't forget here at home and those lucky to be outside that building right now. anthony johnson is there as well. anthony joining us live from chicago with more on the met faithful ready to see history possibly in person. >> joe torres just arrived here a few moments ago at wrigley field telling me he got on a plane. everybody on the plane pretty much coming to chicago. they're all here, the mets fans are here. you can see them behind me right no

let's go mets! let's go -- champion! let's go mets! >> reporter: the mets arrive back today at citi field at 1:30. welcome home, boy, well done. scat rapoport, cbs 2 news. >> thank you -- scott rapoport, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. the mets head to the world series. we will have continuing coverage throughout the morning. >>> meanwhile, the new york mets paid tribute last night to the nypd officer killed in the line of duty a sign at citi field reading, we support our fallen hero officer randolph holder. the 13th precinct tweeted the image and thanked the team for their support. >>> and now to the accused killer of officer holder. bail this morning following his believed to be seen here in video. police following close behind. when officer holder and his partner corned him on an fdr foot bridge, police say howard began shooting. >> puts the bike down. he pulls out his weapon. and he fires one time, striking the officer in the front of the head. >> officer down. >> confirm officer down? >> reporter: 33-year-old holder, a third generation

on paper that is advantage mets but hendricks is 2-0 lifetime against the mets allowing one run in 13 innings. those are the nuts and bolts. laura behnke is live in chicago with more on big game 3. >> reporter: the last time the mets were 2-0 in in alcs they went on to the world series. repeat won't be easy but the team is feeling confident. mets are looking good. >> especially when you are running out the four starters, you have an ace type on the mound for you where a lot of teams in baseball don't have that. >> reporter: despite the results, the cups lineup is dangerous, especially at wrigley. >> any team that has good power, this is a good place to play. >> our guys are ready to play. ment we have been through the moments in the past. i have been in these moments in the postseason in the past. so, anything is possible. you got to throw that jab. >> reporter: degrom has two wins in the postseason but struggled against the cubs 0-2 with era over six in the regular season. >> i know they weren't good starts. i will flush that and, this is the play-offs. it's going to be a new start f

fans say that mets fever has got their temperature rising. >> let's go mets. let's go mets. let's go mets >> that all too familiar battle cry for fans of the amazins this season has turned into a victory cry. the national league championship series of the chicago cubs, the mets are three wins away from advancing to the world series, and now it's time to take care of business tonight. >> strong pitching beats good hitting, so if syndergaard is really good on his game and shuts them down, we have a chance. >> several hours ahead of game 2, a sea of orange and blue. it's been 15 years since the mets last made an appearance in the world series, almost 30 since they last won it. so the moment not lost on mets fans. les nichols one of the many who has been to every home game this season. >> it's been a lot of fun. my son's a yankee fan and i went over to the yankee playoff game, if and it just seems like they're used to winning over there. here even when you win you're kind of shocked. >> and the pregame tailgate party starting early in flushing. the brothers arriving more than th

the mets have very good pitching. we'll see if that works tonight. >> if that holds true, that's exactly what will happen tonight. welcome to kansas city. 171 games in to the season, the mets are about to play their biggest game so far. game 1 of the world series the mets and the royals. let's take a look inside the pitching match-up. matt harvey goes for the mets. he's been groomed for exactly this moment. kansas city goes with edinson volquez. the biggest topic so far today, the weather. whether or not it will affect game 1 tonight. with arrowhead stadium literally next door and this weather, there's a definite football feel here today with both teams ready >> we start in kansas city where the fans are going to be looking forward to it. >> reporter: everybody on the roster, echoing thoughts of everybody back home. the mets are about to play in the world series. >> it's satisfying knowing that we have this patch on our right sleeve and we're representing new york and this organization and this fan base in the world s

the mets look to go up 3-0. the mets leave most of their fans here at home but you can find mets fans even in the shadow of yankee stadium. let's join aj ross in the bronx. aj. >> i've got to tell you, kind of like an alternate university out here. tumbleweeds blowing. yankee stadium shops are closed as the traditional bronx postseason excitement. it's been transplanted across town to queens. find some mets fans, a few rare elusive mets fans and they say their loyalty and excitement, it knows no boundaries. >> reporter: despite living in the shadows of yankee stadium, bronx native francisco rodriguez has been a mets fan since the 1960s, loyal to his favorite team even in spite of his own family. >> most of my family are yankees fans. i'm the only mets fan in the family. and i got a big family. >> reporter: rodriguez admits it's surreal to now see 161st street so eerily quiet and barren. across town new life has been breathed in to citifield. >> not too many mets fans in the bronx. we are a few but we can handle.

there hoping for another victory tonight.>> let's go mets. let's go mets. let's go mets.>> reporter: the let -- the mets fans were loud and proud at citi field last night. cheering on the team and winning the first game of the national league championship series.>> he was awesome and on the money. go harvey.>> murphy starts it and ends it. he is the man.>> it is so exciting. the first playoff game of my life. also the first one i could share with my dad.>> reporter: and showed up early -- bands -- the fans showed up early and stayed late. many dressed up. jeff put on all the net team -- have mets shoes and socks and a playoff t-shirt and a hoodie. i have a mets hat and i have mets gloves in the car.>> reporter: this nine-year-old and his father flew in from florida to watch the game.>> we were coming up from florida and people were screaming, go mets.>> reporter: they are already looking beyond the playoffs.>> we are going to the mets.>> reporter: fans will be back here at citi field for game 2. it will be cold, so if you are headed to the game, make sure y

with all of that at stake the mets hitched their wagon to steven mets, a 24-year-old from long island. he hasn't pitched in 10 days and makes his 9th career start in game four of the world series. >> i think his stuff and what he's done speaks for itself. we're not afraid that we have this young guy going out there with all this lack of experience. pitcher. >> it's been an exciting year to watch him and his progress. the best is yet to come. >> reporter: for more on metz and the world series, we'll go back to the studio. laura behnke is there with me. >> as you mentioned steven hasn't been in the big leagues very long, but it did not take the stone knee brac native very long to make his mark. since june his starts have been must-see tv, which is no surprise to the people who watched him grow up on long island. we wept out there to talk to his high school coach would seemed tone vision tonight for june. >> he's going to win a world series game for the mets no, question. when the mets win a world >> he will look to get the same type of offensive help that noah syndergaard got last night

the mets preparing to face the cubs. the winner of the best of seven goes on to the world series. >> we are so excited. mets fans waiting for this moment for years. the amazin's host chicago in game one of the series. >> cubs won all seven regular season games against new york. mets know they have their hands full. both have a lot to prove here. nine years since the mets made it to the nlcs, 12 years for the cubs. the mets have not won the world series since 186 and a for the cubs it's been more than a century. >> bruce beck is live at citi field. hey, bruce. >> reporter: natalie, it doesn't get much better than this. new york-chicago. mets-cubs. game one of the nlcs. a dream matchup. to look back but look ahead. that was the wild clubhouse scene thursday night in los angeles after the mets clinched their series with the dodgers in dramatic fashion. as fast as you could see a new york minute, the amazin's turned the page and hit the reset button for game one of the nlcs, versus the cubs tonight. >> they are pretty fired

meet the mets >>> now to the met and their championship chase. crews are out there today in queens, taking special care as they painted the world series logo onto the field. this is more than a simple stencil job. operations manager tells us they started the work yesterday and he is certain it will be dry and ready to go by game time. >> oh, that's done by hand. >> i know! >> i didn't know that. >> on friday night, that paint better be good. >>> it's on funnel fitting fall classic begin in kansas city. >> it was 29 years ago today the mets won their last world series. who can forget the scene at shea stadium in 1986 when the mets defeated the red sox in seven games? >> we have team coverage for you in kansas city for game one. meg baker with the fans but we begin with otis livingston and the weather has gotten chimely, o. >> reporter: yeah, you're right, maurice. it has been raining since this morning. the tarp is still on the field. they're expecting it to be drizzly until first pitch at 8:07 and the mets are pushing forward to go from the begin

a met insignia. blue and orange. >> they danced to take me out of the ball game and tonight they hope to celebrate a mets win. >> we broke out the garters. let's go mets. >> good luck. >> the garters for good luck. >> how about that. it's brought them 30 years of marital bliss. maybe a win for the mets tonight. as they look to go 2-2 in game four here tonight. that's a wrap from citi field. >> the best fans here in new york. thanks so much. how is the weather for tonight's game and halloween as well? storm team 4 will have the forecast in a few minutes and show us your mets pride. we have a fan photo gallery on nbcnewyork.com. send us your pictures by going to our site or new york app. >> we want to go to a horrific plane crash from egypt that went down after take off. everyone on board was killed. they were heading to st. petersburg in the sinai pi ninsula. woo are getting the first look at the scene. the huge pieces of wreckage from the aircraft. clothing all over the ground. the aircraft disappear

let's go, mets. >> that's right. let's go, mets. pride. when you post your photos on social media, include bc7ny. stay with eyewitness news. we're your source for to citifield. >>> we begin with big developments in the murder of new york cop randolph holder, al sharpton, a long time critic will at the family's request speak at officer holder's the nypd tonight saying the gun divers recovered from the harlem river is in fact the gun that killed officer n.j. burkett tweeting found that gun. he's at the river in east harlem for us. >> that's right. they tell me finding a needle in a hay stack would have been easier than this. it took five days in unforgiving currents, but investigators say they have the murder weapon. >> reporter: out of their dry suits for the first time in nearly a week. the nypd's elite scuba team managed to beat the odds, finding the 40 caliber pistol used to murder officer randolph holder at the bottom of harlem river. >> they know, they really wouldn't want me to call them heroes. i think randolph holder is a hero. but

mets station. celebrating. hashtag abc7ny. we have a team of reporters in kansas city covering every step of the way as the amazins take on the royals in the world series. >>> brooklyn police are searching for a gunman after a deadly shooting inside a deli. the 32-year-old man was inside the deli grocery and grill store in east flatbush last night. police say an argument broke out and the man was shot in the upper body. police are trying to determine what caused the dispute to escalate. >>> 6:36, it will be an emotional and final farewell for family and friends of nypd officer randolph holder killed in the line of duty last week. members of the ceremonial unit carried his casket out of the church in queens last night after thousands of people lined up to share their respects at his wake. >> reporter: good morning ken, it will be another long and difficult day of good-byes here at greater allen a.m.e cathedral. like we saw yesterday for officer randolph holder's wake we are expecting thousands of pe

the mets, those amazing mets, headed back to the world series. such a long road to get there but they are back. they celebrated in chicago last night. and coming home soon to celebrate with all of their met fan friends as well. and so the mets now head home as the national league champion. they await the winner of the alcs. they head to the world series game one on tuesday, it's been amazing. >> oh. and fans are running on fumes this morning after a night of celebrating this huge victory. the team is expected back in new york later today. eyewitness news reporter dray clark live at citi field. good morning to you dray. >> reporter: well, good morning ken. mets mania goes well beyond citi field in queens here, fans are celebrating everywhere this morning and that includes right there in the city of chicago. so many fans made the trip to the windy city to see the mets win the nlcs and sweep the cubs, a lot of fans showed up there last night with the big sines and some even -- signs and some even carried brooms. they were inside wrigley field last n

ben: speaking of messes from the rain to the mets. new york heads come down two games to and none in the best of seven world sees so they have their work cut out for them. still possible, let's go mets. >> it is in three years since superstorm sandy devastated parts of our area. three years, i can't believe that, right after i got here. ben: november 12th, 2015, -- 2013. juliet: i will have to go out to kansas city which is not a trip i am looking forward to because my friends, whoever loses, whatever team loses, we have to go to reach other's make the effort to go. ben: right here is a nice little town, some good barbecue. ben: my friends are there, that is cool. ben: i bet you can get a cocktail for $5. right? juliet: i was thinking of the actual cost of the trip and a hotel but unlike the way your mind works. $100. kansas city in october. >> meteorologist: the mets can still make it from this point forward. if it continues on this -- >> meteorologist: let's have some rain, it is not quite done but our rain totals generally in the r

it's unbelievable. >> the mets in 5. >> the mets in 4. >> 4 mets in 4. >> i will give them one win. i feel bad for the cubs because years, but the mets are going to win the world series. >> everyone agrees. >>> the mets are trying to make their way back to the world series for the first time since 2000. >> the mets in 3. >> still ahead tonight, we have other news for you, including a quest for good grades that goes too far. >> we believe that daniel changed at least four of his own grades. >> walking from court with their heads covered. suspected student hackers accused of switching their grades remote i will from home. >>> running late. willingly, a traveler who was willing to try anything to make his flight. >>> one beer brand offering their drinkers their money back. >>> alarming social media posts. you get an alarming e-mail every day. should you believe them? rumored, just ahead. shoo c'mon. well will you look at this. fortunately your 2015 cr-v comes standard with multi-angle rear view camera and bluetooth handsfree link. honey get out here right now please. so you can call yo

the first time in years. >> let's go mets. >> reporter: mets mean ania started early in mid town where the new team shirt was already sold out. bill drove 60 miles and struck out. >> i'm very disappointed. i can't find onepof the new shirts. i looked everywhere. they are all sold out. >> reporter: here at holy trinity school, students got to swap uniforms for blue and orange. >> we decided if mets won, they could wear whatever they wanted to school today. >> reporter: fourth grader matthew white got to stay up late on a school night to root for his favorite team. >> i want them to winiche world series if they're going to win. hopefully they beat chicago. >> reporter: and the students asked the principal if mets win the world series can she close school for the day. she says she's a huge mets fan but that's not going to happen. live outside constituenty y citi field, lori bordonaro, news 4 ew york. smoke coming from a kennedy rport runway. >> it wasn'tmehat it seemed to . we'll have that plus this. >> reporter: i'm pat battle. new jersey transit is asking passengers to be nicer but do c

excited for mets fans. chris, it's a nice time. >> that's nice of you, darlene, as a yankee fan. >> i really mean that. >> i know from you actually it is genuine. >> it is for sure. >> some people can root for both teams and really feel that. as a met fan for 48 years, you cut me, i'm blue and orange.>> and that's a problem. >> it is a problem and it's just not getting taken care of. we have an early spotty shower north and west of the city this morning. that's about it. a cold front coming on through. nice and breezy thisiafternoon. temperatures bounce back into the 60s. the key about the weekend is it's dry. the other key is it's very chilly. get out the heavier fall wardrobe. those heavier sweaters and jackets will be needed. temperatures for today take a nice climb from about 54 early on this morning. by 11:00 a.m., a jump to the 60s. about 3:00 we get close to the high for the day. towards the evening, the sun comes down, temperatures start to drop. temperatures generally in the midnand upper 50s aroun

let's go mets! let's go mets! >> let's go mets! >> reporter: mets mania on display in times square. >> national league champion, let's go mets! >> reporter: which opened up early at 6:00 a.m. for fans who could not wait to get their mets fix, gobbling up league championship shirt, all things amazin'. >> what you got? >> three of them. one is never enough. >> reporter: you look like you need three more hands. the ceo telling me his stores will sell more than 500,000 pieces of mets memorabilia in the next two weeks. usually around this time he would sale maybe a hundred. >> it's insane. >> reporter: it is what happens when protender becomes legitimate contender and perhaps next, world champions. >> let's go mets! >> and stay with cbs 2 news as we follow the mets on their championship chase to the world series. and go to cbsnewyork.com for game highlights and a mets photo gallery. >> it's been amazing. >>> there's much more coming up here on cbs 2 news at noon. >>> so many things crossing my mind and i heard her screaming. >> breaking

antwan: always in virginia >> you have to adopt the mets affect. mets lives matter here? obama of the body bag city, you were for them. juliet: they didn't make it into the playoffs. >> let me tell you, you can kiss my barney stone. you are facing the cubs. by the way did the mets beat the cubs a all this year? nothing. enjoy it now because all of a sudden you are going to be sitting shivah when the chicago cubs go on to the world series. juliet: a lot of mets fans will be happy if they go to the new york series. >> because met lives matter? become president of that organization? antwan: what happened at bill deblasio's town hall? >> they blew me out. at praise my appearances on "good day early call". why don't you bother reading the newspaper instead of doing your nails. the point being ladies and gentlemen, i show up in washington, the first town hall meeting in two years, doing us a favor as taxpayers and they throw me out but the dominicans behind me they won't get in because they haven't been invited. they won't have the proper paperwork. is the first time in new yor

mets, dodgers, one team advances. exciting. >> tension. >> all right, rob, laura, thank you very much. >>> we want to know how you are showing mets pride. using is #abc7ny. >>> something of a poll scandal on long island. how the past caught up today with a local commissioner. why he has been arrested and accused of perjury. >> a 7-year-old boy on a mission to thank every officer >>> funeral for a pro baseball prospect killed in a drive-by shooting. the funeral for michael nolan in yonkers. he died on friday three weeks after he was shot in the parking lot of a burger king. cops are still looking for his killer. he was drafted by the oakland he was 23 years old. >>> another funeral to tell you about on staten island. friends and classmates of 16- year-old marcus castillo gathering at a church in port richmond. he feel six stories down an elevator shaft in tompkinsville. the building is now scheduled for demolition. >>> a high-ranking emergency management official in nassau county arrested for lying about his past. >> e

you're a mets fan. maybe it's the same thing. [ laughter ] >> reporter: after all these years, we're in bedford, westchester county, lou young, cbs 2 news. been to shea stadium, she never set foot inside citi field. that could change if someone gets world series tickets for her. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, three long island teenagers implicated in a hacking scandal. they are accused of breaking into their school's database partly to improve their grades allegedly, partly as a prank. cbs 2's emily smith with the story tonight from commack. >> reporter: 17-year-old daniel soares stood tall as he walked out of court released on his own recognizance. he is considered the ringleader in a criminal school computer hacking case at commack high school. >> we are waiting for a full investigation to be done and he maintains his innocence. >> reporter: also charged in the incident, mosquera and erick vaysman, all juniors in high school charged as adults. police say soares broke into his high school after hours and equ

the mets, man that mets fans love to hate has entered the building. chase utley is on the field. straight ahead we'll get in to the controversy and to the game itself. -are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. until i learned about bath fitter. bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. isn't that amazing? right over your existing tub. and only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantees a watertight fit. plus, they do it all in just one day. >>> just about two hours away from the start of game 3 and talk about the controversy, job. >> it is controversial. major league baseball made a stand when ruben tejada wasn't able to. the mets shortstop had his legs snapped by a chase utley slide. utley has been suspended for games three and four of the series but he's appealing that suspension. he's not in the starting lineup but eligible to play. the hearing won't be held today. game 2 is still on everybody's mind. utley crashes in to tejada to break up the double play. he broke tejada's right leg. no surgery needed. he'll heal up for six to eight weeks, be ready for

talking about how the mets, they're going to do this. >> let's go, mets! >> reporter: mets fans have been planning this since they heard about it on our air this morning and since 1986. >> i think this might be one of the newest mets fans but have you been long suffering? >> yes, since '86. my dad took so decided to take my son now. >> what's his name? >> jayden. >> jayden, how you doing, how old is he? 18 months. >> reporter: some mets fans got off early. others made sure the whole family was here to see this and to see vips like doc gooden from the '86 team. >> i think we got it. >> don't say that yet. >> his pitching is unbelievable. >> nice young team, great attitude. >> a lot of excitement. >> i'm really excited and i hope they win. >> how long have you been a mets fan? >> my whole life. >> and how old are you? >> nine. so nine years. >> that is a long time. so you've really suffered for this? >> yes i've been hoping for this for my whole life. >> unexpected this year. >> young team. >> youth movement, big pitching, we're going to win it no doubt. lit

now siuee the mets have picked up so much and doing so great we're so proud of our mets we have seen a lot more people. >> reporter: that means hiring extra helpers and stocking up on supplies. sister marie is busy in the tchen. >> we'll work as hard as we have to work as long as they keepa winning. >> businesnat pine restaurant near citi field is booming. >> everybody comes by to say hi and cheer. i'm excited. i've been a met fan since '84. >> reporter: the manager says his bar has champagne stabss from the l tt time the mets went to nlcs in 2006 and some of the players came to bartend. he's hoping they return s the 2015 world series champ. >> i rember watching '86 at home so hopefully this year we n do it again. >> reporter: chicago's mayor says if cubs win, he want mayor deou blasio to donate to a youth ogram in chicago. mets win, he'll do the same here in new york city. he says he'll throw in some pizza and beer o bcourse. we're live outsind citi field, lori bordonaro, news 4 new york. >> sounds like a plan. and we'll have more coming up in sports. we'll hear from mets ace and ha

> go mets >> got your mets blue on. gremlins in the computer this morning, candy didn't hear me so chuck if you can hear me lets take a live picture. then we're going to go to the accutrack and that will give us -- >> scotch tape >> this is a live picture, brooklyn into lower manhattan, temperatures right now are in the 30s and 40s. 43 in central park, 36 in below freezing are monticello, sussex. morristown just up to 32 degrees. this cold start will lead warmer conditions this afternoon. we're going for a high of 56 in the city, sunshine mixing with some clouds and then first pitch for game 4 of the world series, 54 degrees. i think we'll drop down to 52 by the 9th inning, coming up, it's an exciting morning. not only do we have the mets baseball happening but we're also talking halloween trick or treating forecast and of course the tcs new york city marathon tomorrow morning 24 hours away. you've never seen anyone happier about that forecast than yours truly. i'll have the accuweather seven- day in a few minutes york.

the time were enjoying a 6-1 mets lead. fans not only feeling good. fans feel ing pumped. >> we took a one flight round here. we're going to the world series. >> these guys have been playing their hearts out. love it. love it. >> it has been a beautiful october night here in chicago weather-wise but a night, a series that did not go the cubs' way. it's been all mets all the time. they led every game all the way. we hope to catch up with a couple more fans once the game ends. mets fans, they're going to stay until the very end to congratulate their team. cubs fans, this summarizes it. just about 10 minutes ago a cubs fan was here, pulled out a trumpet, and played taps. wait till next year. once again. taps. >> 8-3, one out, bottom of the 8th. we'll have more from the mets in just a minute here but they are leading right now and they seem to be five outs away from the win. >> and when that happens, rob powers, i assume we're going to see you right back here and you'll have the latest out there in tv land. >>> vice president b

two young guns with the mets. were able to get just four strikeouts combined. >> joe: such a strength for kansas city. able to put the bat on the ball. baseball. with that we send it to ken rosenthal. >> ken: johnny cueto brilliant. two hitter. when did you know it was going to be the good johnny? >> he has been good at home. he was locked in the first couple innings. he was missing spots not out over the plate. hair in or out. he was electric. the type of outing we needed. with the way we used our bullpen last night. huge outing from a big-time player. >> ken: two out, two run single broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth. what was it, that inning against degrom. location or royals' aggression? >> our aggression. off a guy like that. an ace. any opportunity you get, in position. you got to take full advantage of it. that was key tonight. every time we got guys on base off degrom. we took advantage of it. those are big opportunities. the way he throws the ball. all of those. >> ken: thank you. erin. >> erin: what a treat, m

the mets are now in the driver's seat. the last thing they want to do is give up control in this series which does make it a big deal to win tonight. it's the dodgers in a must-win situation and the mets have to beat kershaw for a second time. >> we're not overconfident by any stretch. we know we've got to do exactly what we did the other night ask make him work. when he makes a mistake we better put a good swing on it because you're not going to get a lot of them. >> you're hoping his stuff is good. he's been pretty good on the short rest we've had a couple times but stuff has been good on those days. >> the series would resume thursday in los angeles if the mets can't get the job done here tonight. but nobody in the ballpark is thinking that way right now, least of all the fans. let's get back outside the stadium now. aj ross is >> mets fans are still riding that huge wave of momentum after last night's commanding victory and goes without saying they are expecting the tide to continue in their favor. closing out the seri

. >> it's all about the mets. tough win tonight and all about what went down tonight. straight ahead, a game with drama almost to the very end. the series has been something. we'll have the highlights from tonight's game 4. plus we've got playoff baseball in chicago. the cubs with their own chance to advance. os el b\isbol de >>> all down to one last game on thursday. >> we're on hold for a couple days here. the mets are advancing to the national league championship series, it will be a couple days from now. they'll have to do it by way of los angeles. dodger beat the mets tonight so they'll play a deciding fifth game thursday. steven matz went from cheering for the mets to pitching a potential closeout game for the mets. went five innings, gave up six hits, three runs. justin turner drove in two of those runs in the 3rd inning. yoenis cespedes has trouble with the ball. the draurjz -- dodgers have the lead. daniel murphy's home run was the first hit off kershaw. he went seven innings. three hits, one run. the ser

now it's the mets' turn. they containing three here at citi field which is all dressed up in the world series paraphernalia for the first- ever world series game, the first in queens in about 15 years. they are down two games to none but there's no sense of panic. just ask the manager about his resilient squad. >> we're used to adversity. you have to win four. you can start now. we are not down. we're positive. we think noah will pitch well. we have to give him some runs to work with and swing the bats. >> reporter: the crowd will be at a phee pitch from the ceremonial pitch because future hall of fame catcher mike piazza has that. so that gets the crowd already in a frenzy. a little higher. we'll have much more coming up on in sports. for live outside citi field, otis livingston back to you. >> thank you. >>> a show of support for the mets in lower manhattan today. mr. met joined members of the alliance for downtown new york to raise a met flag in honor of the national league champs. it's flying at bowling g

so the mets followed me here. >> what does it mean to be a mets fan in the windy city? >> it's great. it's finally paid off. >> reporter: only one in the history of baseball has connell back from a it 3-0 deficit to capture the series that. was the red sox in 2004 over the yankees. the mets are too hot right now to even think about it. i think they sweep t he cubs tonight, win it 4-2, and i would expect david wrigh t and cespedes to figure in the offense. chuck and sibila, we might have brooms going in the windy city. >> the last prediction you made was right on, so let's go. that's good. >> i think the cubs are playing with a connection, don't you? >> i think so. >> a little rocky from the live shot. >> pulling on that cord. that's not going to change the outcome. >> by the way, showers?

live and die with the mets. they're in the nlcs so you've got to be here. >> and the mets fans are leave. they'll be talking about the possibility of a sweep, winning the national league championship series right here in chicago. the mets now after commanding three games to nothing lead. one more game, one more game and the mets could be headed to the world series. that's the latest live from chicago, back to you, rob, in new york. >> and thank you anthony. eyewitness news is your source for everything mets. check out abc 7 on line for all of the hype around the series and make sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for updates around the clock. >>> as we continue with the breaking news, we are following the latest about the police officer, new york police officer shot tonight in the ahead. he is now in critical condition as we look at the scene , the crime scene, and the backup on the fdr, all over the east part of manhattan from newscopter 7. >>> we're also waiting on a press conference by police commission

mets going for the sweep. it's a funny thing being a mets fan. cousin sal and i were talking about this. we love the mets. even though they're winning we haven't enjoyed one michbt series or didn't enjoy the dodgers series because every time the mets win we feel like we're being set up for something terrible. know what i mean? we're waiting for the chair to be pulled out from underneath us. and i will tell you, it's no way to live. it's a sick thing. there are a lot of -- i've been talking to mets fans. this seems to be a common thing. mets fans are miserable. pessimistic. and superstitious. >> the higher the climb, the harder the fall. that's sort of the mood of the moment with mets fans going into the next two games. they're cautiously optimistic. and they're getting a little bit superstitious too. >> come here, get the crowd going with "let's go mets." >> i don't watch the mets without this jersey. >> i don't watch the game with my wife, she's bad luck. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i don't know, seems like she's a pretty luck

the mets go up three-two. the mets when it. talking about the crazy play. >> i have never been in the playoffs before. it is absolutely massive. always tell me to keep your head up. keep your head up. fortunately, we came out on the right end of it. >> make sure that you show that play. the first time since 2006. the game against the cup tomorrow night. >> that is awesome. last night. >> probably on the plane. >> here to new york. they will give a pink warm welcome from the entire city. a couple of diehard fans. it is pretty early. the celebrations continuing her out the night. >> the new york mets have won the series. >> new york city went crazy last night. fans packed into the pop in midtown to take it all in. the fans have waited a long time for this. the team has not been in the playoffs since 2006. they have their eyes on the next series. >> it does not matter who you bring out. it is over. >> you can see the stadium lived up. you see a lot of fans driving by here. they are excited about this game. starting at 8:07 p.m. to

i hate the mets. today i hope, hey, mike woods, you should play a locust come down, hail, the worst weather should be heading queens borough hall. juliet: because of the mother of a couple of your children, the queens borough president, and i'm sure dating you was a night mare. the event. >> i was told you are a person of no consequence and don't show up to the mets rally. ben: you would rather root against a team of the new yorkers. >> another team other than the yankees. if you are a true yankee fan, you are a closeted phillies fan or orioles fan. i'm a yankees fan. juliet: this is why you are not attending the event. >> carter was named after gary carter. juliet: why do that? >> i had no choice. it is the mother. i want my visitation today. i want an intervention. ben: how many children do you have? >> >> none of your business. ben: well, if an even number you can have two mets fans and two yankees fans. take a beating and put p mets cap on. >> no, get that off. fan, governor chris christie. >> sha

mets up 3-0. a long fly ball to the right and granderson makes the catch at the wall and keeping the cubs off the board. nine strike outs for him. in the 9th for the save. the mets win it 4-1. they are up two games to none as the series heads to the windy city. we have gotten big hits. again, because of pitching we crushing the ball but getting the big hits. we are getting the guys on the base. >> i felt pretty good out there. i wish i had gotten ahead of the hitters a little more. >> game three at wrigley field tomorrow night. it is a hundred-year-old field there. the cubs didn't play there the last time they played in the world series in 1908. >> giants down in philly tonight. no. 2 receiver randall is probable. paul to check on the access. jets coming off a bye week and the game citied in the second half. kicking off kirk cousins deep. after the pick, quarterback taking it in on his own and running for 18 yard touchdown and yets 20-13 lead. fitzpatrick with a big day in the air and hitting mars

the mets get one back as they cut the lead to two. with the mets trailing 3-1 in the eighth, they put two men on, two outs, but dodgers closer january janson to fly out to right field and end the threat. and another fly out ends it. the dodgers fight off elimination to force a winner-take-all game five thursday night in los angeles. >> we played a pretty good ball game, i thought. steven was outstanding. had one bad inning. probably a hanging slider and kershaw. and a slider. that's probably the pitch you would like to give back but other than that, it was a very good game. you are facing a good pitcher. when he's right, they don't get a lot of hits an he was right. >> we are going home for a chance to play. that's a good feeling to get out coming in here you think of getting a split. >> felt good to get a win don't. i wanted to send us back to l.a., feel confident with zach going in game five back home. really just wanted to push it. really wanted to win definitely for a lot of reasons. >> reporter: on the north side of chicago, the

meet the mets. >> go. >> meet the mets. greet the mets. stand right up and meet the mets. bring the kiddies and the wife. guaranteed to have the time of your life. because the mets are really socking the ball. hitting the home runs. over the wall. >> wow. you are like the 10th verse. pierre. let's get this thing. where are you from. >> from queens new york. >> so here we go. mets fans you got the song down? >> i think so. do you want to sing it in french or english. >> i don't know much france. >> meet the mets, meet the mets. step right up and greet the mets. bring your kiddies. bring your wife. guarantee to have the time of your life. because the mets are really socking the ball. knocking those home runs over the wall. >> that's fantastic. you both of the have pan na mime going. the winner. see. this is what you would expect. that's what we expect. correct. it. nice blue skies and not a cloud. temperatures at 52. almanac show the high was 63 and ten degrees above the average. cold and ending soon. the warmup is on the way. here is the temperature trend. hitting the 70s b

the mets have headed to game four. >> let's go mets! >> reporter: mets fans united. the cow bell a call to cheer on the team that has the midas touch. in words of this fan. >> this is unprecedented. we weren't supposed to win this year. we're taking it. >> reporter: he is part of after group of die-hard dedicated fans and when they aren't at citi field their possi is inside of this midtown bar. >> every time i have been here for an away game they have won. every time i have ridden my bike too home game they have won. i have a lot of superstitions. >> reporter: more spirit than superstition for this fan who was dressed head to toe for the team she rooted for since she was three. >> everyone is excite. nine long years and we are ready to party, celebrate and have the mets bring home a world series ring. >> reporter: even among this crowd, nonmets fans can't help but join the hype. >> you are in a bar cheering for the mets, why is that? >> because it is new york. >> mets magic doesn't exist for any other team. >> reporter: there's no point in me getting back on camera.

. >> i love my mets. >> let's go mets, baby. >> fan frenzy, mets fans go on the offensive. >> the game just ended the mets now lead the series 1-0. and exciting, but very cold night at city field. >> fans have been waiting for the mets did 2, beating the cubs in game one of the national league championship series. we have team coverage. we want to start here with bruce beck at city field. what a win. >> natalie, new york and chicago, the mets and the cubs kicking off game one of the national league championship series at chilly city field. what a matchup between two of the teams that were the biggest surprises in baseball this year. the mets scored four runs off big game pitcher john lester of the cubs. the key insurance run provided by travis darno who crushes a solo homer to center in the sixth inning to make it 3-1 new york. matt harvey was gutty and sensational. he got out of a huge jam in the 7th, by striking out back to back batters with two men on. harvey who was hit in the shoulder by a line drive fired 7 2/3 strong innings, striking out nine. the mets draw first blood in the n