You know, do you need help . Reporter police were first called to the house on ward plaza around 11 p. M. Wednesday. Neighbors tell us they heard no noises, nothing strange at the time investigators say the attacks happened. We are living in times you know, where, people stressed out, you never know whats ral happening, but you never really want to know that things happened like this next to you. Reporter neighbors tell us the knights have lived here more than 40 years, never heard them arguing, never thought there would be a problem with any of thinem. Something like this to happen for him to find out it is keith is very shocking. Reporter at this moment, investigators still trying to find out what sparked the family argument. You can see theres still Police Crime Scene tape around the family home. There is a Teaneck Police officer guarding this area as well. As for the suspect, he remains behind bars and charges, we are told, are pending. Reporting live, katherine creag, news 4, new york. Thank you. Breaking news now, another big story developing in washington, within the last hour, president obama announced the United States will now keep five times more troops in afghanistan than he initially planned. And they are going to stay there after he leaves office. News 4s Carrie Barrett working up details. The plan is to have 5500 troops still in afghanistan by the end of 2016, that is rather than the 1,000 president obama had originally said would remain. He made that announcement as he mentioned an hour ago from the white house. It means, of course, he is not going to be keeping his Campaign Promise to end the bar. He says he made the decision after months of assessing the situation and talking with his National Security team. There are about 9800 troops in afghanistan right now. The president will keep most of those there through the next year before dropping down to 5500 by 2016. These troops will be based in key areas, kandahar, jalalabad and kabul. He says their mission will remain the same, very narrow. Counterterrorism and Training Afghan forces, but the bottom line is that the recent uptick country shows that security is very fragile, it is at a high risk for deterioration and the Afghan Forces are just not as strong as they need to be. Meanwhile, the taliban has made gains, particularly in rural areas and can still launch deadly attacks in cities, including kabul. Much of this was predictable. We understood that as we transitioned, that the taliban would try to exploit some of our movements out of particular areas and that it would take time for Afghan Security forces to strengthen. Pressure from pakistan has resulted in more al qaeda coming into afghanistan and we have seen the emergence of an isil presence. So, senators Lindsey Graham and john mccain both releasing statement critical of the president s decision. Mccain says, in part, at a time went security situation in key part of afghanistan is deteriorating and eyesle is seeking to make inroads there, it makes no military sense to withdraw u. S. Forces oncagain, he says. President obama is putting our mission in afghanistan as well as our men and women serving there at greater risk and he is doing so for the sake of a troop reduction that has no political benefit but could have significant military implication. Now, graham says, in part, president obama is implementing a policy will thank will require our men and women in uniform to accept an incredibly high risk with little support simply because he is the president who promised to end wars. Now the president did acknowledge the dangers our troops are facial. In fact, he made a point to thank them and to express gratitude for the more than 2200 americans and thousands of afghan troops, police and civilians who have made the ultimate sacrifice there over the years. Of course, have a lot more on this story, shiba, on news 4, new york at 5 00. Carrie, thank you. This is new at noon, the former house speaker, dennis hastert, will plead guilty in his federal hush money case. The 73yearold expected to return to court on october 28th toed a not charges that he lied to the feds about bank withdrawals. Prosecutors claimed he used that money as payoffs to keep victims of sexual abuse quiet. It is unclear whether the plea deal calls for any prison time. Also new at noon, a long island official responsible for handling public emergencies is facing a personal one today. Edward corona has been arrested on perjury and other charges. Corrine sna a Deputy Commissioner in nassaus office of emergency management. He is expected to face a judge soon in hem stead. Prosecutors will not explain what he is accused of doing until after his court appearance. Searing emotion today in Westchester County as loved ones said goodbye to a loved man who had a promising baseball career. [ bagpipes ] a mothers pained screams could be heard above bagpipes outside the funeral for 23yearold mike know land. He was a pitching prospect for the oakland as. He was shot three weeks ago in a parking lot near the cross county parkway and he died last thursday. Police are still looking for the shooter. Sadness at a statin en island funeral for a teenager who died after falling down an elevator shaft in an old abandoned hospital the service for the 16yearold was held this morning. Demolition has finally started at the thompkinville building where marcos fellas friday. News 4 learned a Company Acquired the property in january and applied for a permit until in juvenile that wasnt granted until four days after the his death. Former nba and reality tv star lamar odom is still clinging to life today after the being found unconscious inside a nevada brothel. Sources tell e news he is being treated for a Drug Overdose at Sunrise Hospital in las vegas. Meanwhile, his estranged wife, khloe and other members of the Kardashian Family are with odom. The two were married back in 2009 but their divorce has yet to be finalized. The reverend Jesse Jackson is also there, all of them praying for odoms recovery. His Close Friends and after a procedure today, i was able to go in and see him and hold hands in prayer. Officials determined that odom had been using cocaine and believe that he took a number of doses of herbal viagra. A warrant has been issued for his blood. It will be tested to find out exactly what was in his system. Tonight, mayor de blasio flies to israel for his visit for a speech against antisemitism, a stop at the western wall and meeting with palestinians. Israelis are stepping up security and that includes checkpoints around palestinian communities. Israel trying to thwart a wave of terror attacks which included a stabbing on a bus yesterday. Also, a palestinian with a knife was shot dead by police. Secretary of state john kerry is headed to the region to meet separately with israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and palestinian president , mahmoud abbas. David dinkins joins the likes of his predecessors to have a piece of new york city named after him. The big Office Complex at one Center Street was rededicated as the david dink Municipal Building. An draw sive was at the ceremony. Reporter outside a big building which was designed and built in 1914, known to most new yorkers as the Municipal Building or one Center Street. Now officially known as the david n. Dinkins Municipal Building. Mayor de blasio conferred the honor on the 88yearold former mayor today and former mayor dinkins invoked his favorite phrase, gorgeous mosaic, in singh the honor. I will always be at your service as one of new york city workers who was satisfied at the end of a busy weeks work in this building. Always proud in knowing that we worked as hard as we could, as long as we could and for as many as we could to do the right thing always. Reporter in his remarks, mayor de blasio was especially warm and effusive toward mayor dinkins. His wife, share lane mccray. She was a speechwriter for mayor dinkins in the early 90s. From Lower Manhattan outside the newly named david n. Dinkins Municipal Building, andrew siff, news 4, new york. The mets season comes down to tonights playoff Elimination Game against the dodgers. Pitcher jacob de grom, who won game one, will be going back to the mound but if he gets into trouble, manager Terry Collins says other mets starters may come out of the bullpen. A mets win will keep the world series hopes alive. If they lose, they go home. Tonights game five of the nlds gets under wait 8 07 our time. The chicago cubs are awaiting the winner of this game. And news 4s John Chandler is in l. A. For tonights deciding game. You can look for his live reports. It all begins at 5 00. Coming up on news 4, new york at noon, a change in venue of sorts for Oscar Pistorius. The olympic athlete getting out of prison, but he wont be completely free. We will explain. Plus, she was dubbed the her nephew, but now she is speaking out. The other side of this story. And erica is here with our fall forecast. Yeah, falllike feel arrives in ernest this bond, already feels cooler out there today and im tracking a few showers for you as well. All ahead in the 7day forecast. Were cracking down on medicare fraud. The Health Care Law gives us powerful tools to fight it. To investigate it. Prosecute it. And stop criminals. Our senior medicare patrol volunteers are teaching seniors across the country to stop, spot and report fraud. You can help. Guard your medicare card. Dont give out your card number over the phone. Call to report any suspected fraud. Were cracking down on medicare fraud. New at noon, sprinter Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison and into house arrest next tuesday. Pistorius will walk out of jail after serving just ten months of his fiveyear sentence for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp that is the minimum required by South African launch he is specsed to serve the rest of his sentence at his uncles home in brett tore ya. Scrutiny for suing her own nephew did it to have the Homeowners Insurance pay the medical bills. Jennifer connell claims her nephew hugged her so aggressively, she fell to the ground, broke her wrist it happened at the boys connecticut home four years ago when he was 8 years old. Connell filed a lawsuit against him, seeking 127,000 in damages. Well, after taking a beating on social media, she explained to the today show why she did it. As i understand it in connecticut, its not possible to name an Insurance Company in a suit of a Homeowners Insurance case. An individual has to be named. In this case, because sean and i had the fall together, i was informed sean had to be named. I was never comfortable about it. It took a jury 25 minutes to rule against her lawsuit. Wont be awkward at didnt appear so. Alls good. No benefit hike for Social Security and tesla goes driverless, short of. We are intrigued bill griffeth. Whats the deal . That was a bit of a surprise last night, that elon musk announced. Let me show what yous happening on wall street today, a bit of a bounce after the yesterdays big selloff after that surprise announcement by walmart that it would see lower sales and earnings dont road, sales just not coming in for the retail giant. The dow is up just 48 points right now, still a lot of earnings coming out these days from corporate america. You know, the good news about this mornings Consumer Price index report is that prices are steady, in fact, some are going lower, like gasoline. What it means now this time of year, when the Consumer Price index comes out, they reset the Social Security benefits and usually, theres a cost of living raise. Not this year. There will be no raise. First time thats happened in five years. Just 1 1 2 . Because we are in this ultralow inflation environment, that is precisely why the Federal Reserve has not started raising interest rates. Good for consumers and borrowers, bad for savers and those who are living on Social Security. Come january, youre going to get the same check, no raise. And some tesla automobile owners woke up this morning to find their cars will practically drive themselves. Overnight, tesla downloaded a software into many of the models that will automatically keep the car in its lane, maintain a safe distance from the car ahead, it will find open parking spots and parallel park. Tesla founder elon musk says that drivers should still keep their hands on the wheel and Pay Attention because this software is still new and its constantly being updated. Musk says that drivers probably will be able to take their hands off the wheel in about three years as the Software Becomes more comprehensive that will be up to regulators at that time. So i dont know. Very cool. So amazing. Future is now. The future is now. You see drivers like this, just with their little the tips, the tips on the wheel, you know everything is okay, back there in a tesla. All right, bill, thank you, thank you so much. All right, erica . A pretty easy commute tomorrow, despite the fact we have a little bit of rain on the watch not going to be a big impact for you, but we do have much cooler weather behind the front thats gonna bring us those showers. Taking a live look right now from the top of the rock cam, currently 60 degrees, mostly sunny out there. It is chillier than it was yesterday. Look at those weather headlines a possibility of a shower, the cold front making its approach, a lingering shower is still possible during the morning commute. Maybe later on, you will see that just ahead on our future tracker but going to be breezy on friday and then this weekend is brisk and chilly. You will see that drop in temperatures in the 7day forecast. Right now though, 60 in central in white plains, so, still chilly, especially as you head to the north and west, 56 in sussex, 61 degrees right now in long branch. On stormtracker, our nice wide view here, you can see that approaching cold front, not a lot of rain with this system, just light, spotty showers, if you remember tuesday, we just had a couple of those light showers, except just to the south of citi field, where the rain came down heavier, pretty much what we are going to see again with this system. So future tracker, still dry through the evening hours and even into the overnight. 5 a. M. Though, those showers starting to move into the poconos and catskills. Will they hold together as they pass through the immediate metro area . That is the question. The afternoon, the colder air stars to push in, we could see a couple of light, spotty showers, winddriven showers, you know the kind when you get those big clouds develop and then you get the quick spritz out of those winddriven showers, exactly what we are going to say see and speaking of the winds, here they start as we head into the Morning Hours on friday at about 20 miles per hour. Thats your peak gust, not your sustained wind speed. They relax on friday afternoon and early evening but then on saturday, the winds pick up again. So, for today, really pleasant and nice, we dont want to skip ahead of this beautiful weather, 65, sunshine, tonight, dropping down to 52, the cold front approaches, could see a light, spotty shower, most of the showers will be north and west of town. This weekend, look at the gusty winds moving in and the cooler temperatures, a high of only 58 on saturday, only 52 on sunday and its still gonna be awfully breezy out there. So, here is a look at that 7day forecast. At least it is going to be dry this weekend, you will have to hold on to your hat, want that puffy jacket or nice, heavy sweat as you are heading out the door. Monday, temperatures start to rebound, up to 54 on monday afternoon, back into the 60s on tuesday and we are going to deep it dry, even through the middle of the workweek. Hey, good to see you. We will get the gloves ready, too, erica. I have been called worse by sara and jacque. Dont you worry. Nothing but love. Whats coming up, ladies . Shiba and, um, david, coming up right here, good things happen when you follow us on social media. We are surprising one loyal viewer in new jersey with a fun day out. Wait until you see her reaction. And look whos starring in an inspiring new football movie. We are talking to rudy himself, sean aston, about his role in wood lawn and what he does when he is out in new york at 3 a. M. All those things, right here at 12 30, shiba and, uh, david. Nothing good happens the 3 a. M. Can we say erica grow just joined our news team, we are just poking a little fun. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. This is love. Half the time, i dont remember my own name. I know, isnt that true . All right. Thanks, ladies. We look forward to the show. Still ahead here, the search home. Plus, bear scares in new jersey, another popular hiking area closed. Police are trying to track down a burglar who stole a dog in the bronx and heres a picture of the pup the thief took. Her name is luna. She is a siberian husky. Police say a tenant returned to his apartment on underhill avenue tuesday to find the pooch gone along with 1,000 in cash, a play station 4 and numerous pairs of air jordan sneakers. In new jersey, Bergen County officials are closing another popular hiking area because of concerns about aggressive bears. They are shutting down ramapo reservation where a bear reportedly chased eight people over the weekend. Not far, the rama pow state forest is closed because of similar encounters. Officials are expected to decide this week whether to keep the state forest close and investigation under way into whether the illegal feeding of bears has led to this aggressive behavior. Next on news 4, all right, so the rink is opened, so, this is next, right . 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