Transcripts For WNBC Sunday Today In New York 20150920

Reporter union city is a melting pot of latin american influence. Yet there is an intense hatred for the castros overcome with difficulty. I do hope this is a good chance for the the people of cuba to improve their lives and thats why i support the idea of, you know, ending the embargo. Reporter this second visit of a pope to cuba in the last two decades is seen by many as one more step to their liking. Hopefully, more opportunity for people to express themselves and those people there nee something to start thinking that there is something else. Reporter at this restaurant, the nostalgia for what refugees left behind is on display. Patrons come from all over and we found a nun from cuba who spoke to us through an interpreter. Translator this is what the people need to be able to see what its like and be able to open their hearts. Different world from the freewilling capitalism of america and deep down, many feel this way. Same people are still there, same castros. Still waiting. Reporter just last week, president obama eased many of the travel and business restrictions between the two countries as many cubanamericans here, though not all, are applauding such moves, as that five decade plus embargo continues to crumble. Live in union city, im Brian Thompson, today in new york. You can find the popes schedule right through here in the u. S. Go online any time. We have a special section devoted just to his visit go to nbcnewyork. Com for all the details. New this morning, police at scene of a deadly shooting in brooklyn. Two people were killed and a third taken to the hospital. All happening in the downtown area just before 2 00 a. M. A story were continuing to track. Well bring you the latest information as it comes in. Who opened fire on two people up in the bronx leaving one dead. That shooting happened just before 8 00 p. M. Last night on east tremont avenue. A 25yearold man and a 34yearold woman were shot. That man died at the hospital. The woman is in Critical Condition. If you have any information, please give police a call. Now to a story we told you about last month. Police in ossining arrested a 27yearold man in connection with murder of a joerg. Authorities identified the victim as luis blanco of yonkers. His body found by the tall grass near the roadside. He had been stabbed multiple times. Joaquin resinosgarcia. A special honor for a fallen nypd officer. Family and friends came out to see a new sign go up to forever remember the nypd officer who died after responding to a fire on coney island. From now on, this section of granada place will be known as detective dennis guerro way. The Apartment Building fire was allegedly set by a 16yearold boy. He deserves this its sad to see hes not here to, you know, see this reward, but i know hes here with us in spirit. He will also be remembered by this car you can see on the screen. It will be used in parades and Public Events it has his badge number on the license plate. Still to come on today in new york on this sunday morning, the iteam getting results. We discovered banks ignoring environmental fines. Now the city says the banks are starting to pay up. Plus a woman fined for what she claims was a faulty metro card machine. She said i better get baquero. And we have a warm and breezy day ahead. Temperatures in the 70s, headed to near 80 today. Theres a chill moving in tonight. How cold will it get . Sky cam look with a look at the plaza. Some traffic coming off the ooklyn bridge as you would expect on a s buunday morning. A different day, different story in the subway series. Indeed it was. Heres a check of sports. Good sunday morning. The yankees got even in the subway series on saturday. Joe girardi is managing against the mets like this is october. Even up four games in the wild card, the bombers cant get comfortable. Know two on for carlos beltran. Beltran beltran turns this into a souvenir. Yankees jump out to a 30 lead. Third inning, lets just appreciate this. Getting dirty to keep this a 30 game. Easily one of the best catches of the season. In the sixth, brian mccann puts it where nobody can glove it mccanns 26 homer, tworun blast, 50 yankees. Mets have two on in the sixth. Michael pineda strikes out cespedes. Justin wilson fans, david wright and juan uribe with a pair of 97mileperhour strike threes. Toronto lost to the red sox, so the yankees are 3 1 2 game outs of first. Matt harvey against c. C. Sabathia tonight. To college football, where no team was more eager to just play a game than rutgers. Reeling after seven player arrests and the threegame suspension of kyle flood. Tough timing last night. Penn state was waiting. Rutgers down seven in the second. Barkley sheds three tackles for a 15yard touchdown. Ba is is going to be tough for rutgers, down 140, or 210 about a minute later. Nobody touches lynch on this 75yard score. Nittany lions drop rutgers to 12 on the season. Syracuse needed overtime to hold off central michigan. The orange are 30 for the First Time Since 1991. Lsu visits the carrier dome next weekend. Deshaun kizer making is first start for the irish. This will do the trick. Finds will fuller with the 46yard pass. The irish imo up 70. The fourth, the 91 yards and a score. This is the longest touchdown run in Notre Dame Stadium history. He finished with 198 yards rushing, three touchdowns. Irish go up by 23 points and they would need them. Ch rallied in the final minute to make it interesting but the irish hold on, 3022. Today giants host the th falcons this afternoon. Victor cruz out for big blue. And the jets will visit the colts on monday night. To golf, when is shooting a 69 disappointing when it follows rounds of 61 and 63. You have to feel for jason day. He was frustrated with his third round but stayed in the 60s, sinking this long birdie putt at 16. That puts him at 20 under heading into todays final round. Heres your look at the leaderboard. Day Still Holding a sixstroke lead over scott piercy and daniel berger. Rory mcilroy seven behind. Time round Coverage Today at 2 00. There was a wave of humidity ound town yesterday. Mmhmm. Thats going away. Did you get caught in it . Going away, dissipating. Very summery yesterday. Hot, 80s it was dry. A beautiful day. You were tickled. I was tickled. She loved it. A cold front coming through will change everything later on today and into tonight. Temperatures will drop sharply. Way. Those cool weather lovers will love it as well. Its mostly dry outside now. That cold front is moving through. We are tracking a couple of spotty showers. We have mostly cloudy skies in ntral park this is just a morning thing. The day gets better as it goes on. Storm tracker, we can track that front here. Here comes a shower moving from Rockland County into westchester cotyunty. Mostly light stuff no heavy downpours. Lots of clouds across new york city back towards new jersey. Temperatures are mild aheadf thtat cold front. 70 in tribeca. 71ar in sheepshead bay, 72 city island. Temperatures into the 70s up to danbury. 70, 68 in morristown. Here comes the cold front. 55 in monticello. Thats a sign of things that are coming our way later tonight. A little breezy with that frontal passage, 20mileperhour wind gusts in white plains, otherwise relatively quiet. It will be breezy throughut the afternoon and tonight. For your subway series, wrapping it up tonight, yankees taking on the mets at city field. Cool and breezy, temperatures falling into the 60s. If youre heading to the game, get ready for that. You may ne a layer. Future tracker, 7 00 this morning. Notice where the showers are to the east of town, nassau, Suffolk County and the jersey shore. Not a whole lot going on. 10 00 a. M. , sunshine breaks out. Brightening skies from new york city north and west. Clouds will Linger Longer for you in nassau and suffolk counties. If youre making it a beach day,inwait until noon. You will see big improvements there. 1 00 p. M. , looking fantastic. Brunch outside, go ahead. It will be breezy. Winds will kick up throughout the afternoon. Stays breezy into your monday morning. Another quiet commute for you heading back to work. Monday is a beautiful day. Sunshine and cl inds, temperatures are down. Still mild today. 78en for your high. Not as hot as yesterday. Breezy throughout the day. Witions out of the north. That humidity dropping hour by hour through the afternoon. Overnight tonight, that is when the chill moves back. Coldest night in months. 56 degreeseon the city. 40s north and west of town. Low 40s, temperatures close to 30s deep into the Hudson Valley. Get your jackets ready for tomorrow morning. Heres the sevenday forecast. Breezy today, high of 78. 73 tomorrow, below average temperature day. We have not seen that in quite some time. Monday and tuesday stays dry. Then were warming up as we head into the first day of fall wednesday back to 80. You want to stay up to date with the news 4 new york app, tap the news 4 logo, scroll down and select the weather time. See the latest forecast, interactive radar and your own weather video. Pat and gus, over to you. The goal of the citys select bus service is to speed up your commute by letting you pay before you board. One woman got hit with a big fine. She says the fare machine w oras broken and then she decided she better get baquero. Heres linda. Reporter now that shes joined the rank os of s of senior citizens, she was happy to learn card. Bus was in the distance. I put my card in the machine. It popped out. I said okay, maybe the machine is faulty. I went to the next machine. Put my card in popped out. The bus was coming. I had a train to make. Reporter sharon said she asked the driver what to do. I said im in trouble. I have t s new card, i tried it three times in two machines, it would work. He said get on board. Reporter when she got off, she was asked for her select bus receipt by officers. I said i didnt have a see the e. The machine was faulty. Too bad, were writing you up. Reporter she fought the fine but lost. The argument was a faulty metro card was not an excuse and the bus driver had no authority to tell me to get on the bus and ride it. Reporter she researched the mtas website and found these frequently asked questions. What do i do if i cant get a receipt . The answer was board the bus, tell the bus driver. Reporter so sharon asked for an appeals hearing which she again lost. She paid the 100 fine, but then took her complaint to news 4. We asked the mta to investigate what customers should do if the sbs fare collection machine is out of service. The answer . They can board the bus, but they cant stay on. They need to ride to the next stop to get a ticket. Im not guilty of fare evasion. In my opinion, the bus driver was the mta employee, he was the only one on the bus. I did what he told me to do. Reporter a Media Liaison looked into sharons case and they say the fare collection devices on 3rd avenue and 34th street were working on the day sharon tried to use them. They also reviewed her metro card transaction history and they say the card wasnt used that day. They also pointed out that Bus Operators have no authority to tell customers to board without a receipt. So, sharons fine stands, but they will give her back the 5 fee for an audio recording of her appeal which she had requested but never received. In the newsroom, lynda baquero, news 4 new york. Oh. Lesson learned. If youre having a problem with a product or service, email better get baquero. Or call 1866news244. Coming up this sunday morning this weeks edition of the good fight. A brave woman from queens is undergoing kidney dialysis, but what shes doing for others like her is truly inspiring. And later, donald trump speaks out about what he didnt say in response to a supporter criticizing the president. In this weeks edition of the good fight, were introducing you to a woman helping ease the pain of dialysis. Kidney dialysis. Angela davis is a patient herself and she knows the impact this has on her life. People like her. Reporter this scenario is routine for nearly 500,000 americans undergoing regular dialysis treatments to clean their blood of toxins. Machines doing the work their kidneys can no longer do. Many of them talk about loneliness, sadness. Many of them are depressed. Older generation who are very set in their ways and used to doing things. Its often difficult for them. They suffer from a lot of isolation. Reporter angela davis has been a dialysis patient since 2008 when her kidneys suddenly failed. My whole life suddenly changed once i started dialysis. It was a blessing. It taught me so many things about myself starting with the ability to fight. Reporter and not just for herself but for other patients undergoing what is a grueling and debilitating treatment. Three years ago angela founded the nonprofit for kidneys sake to enhance the lives of dialysis patients and help them live fuller lives. I have Kidney Disease, but Kidney Disease does not have me. My life does not stop because i have Kidney Disease and because im on dialysis. It just changes. Reporter with the help of corporate sponsors, shes taken patients on trips, even hosted a zumba party. They felt so exhilarated, many of them said i cant believe i did that what they mainly learned is they dont have to stop and they can do. And that bag around other people and being social makes a world of difference in your life. Emotional state, everything improves. It just gives people more hope. You know, again to go on and do what you need to do. Reporter life doesnt stop. No t does not stop. Reporter theres a Community Education component. Board member dawn loudry spent seven years on dialysis before getting a transplant. I wanted to be an inspiration. I wanted to show you can do it. You can get three it where three days a week for four hours at a time, angela comes here to the Dialysis Center for treatment. But its the work she does outside of here that prompted administrators to nominate her for the American Kidney Funds hero of hope award. Astonished, amazed, humbled. Reporter the Fund President said she inspires others by giving back despite the challenges of living with kidney failure and lang says shes not fin angela says shes not finished. Were coming to a town near you. Thats my goal. She will get there. I have no question. Angela is on her way to washington at the end of the month. The American Kidney Fund is honoring her as the hero of hope for the year. Its a big gala. What the American Kidney Fund, gus, they literally provide Financial Support for people going through dialysis so they can continue treatment, help with insurance premiums. Excite an organization. Shes honored. We are were honored to meet her. If you or someone you know is me, or send a note to our tips line. Great story. Up next at 6 30 on today in new york, as we prepare for the popes arrival in the u. S. A look at how the pontiffs popularity varies through the generations. And why the man accused in a string of highway shootings in arizona says they have got the wrong guy. And getting ready for another warm and breezy day. High temperature of 78 on this sunday. Then temperatures tumble overnight tonight. Well look at some of the coldest spots in the hudson whats happened to snacking . Absentmindedly eating one after the next . We are a creamy cheese that Still Believes in savoring our food. The laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. Sky cam live with a look at lower manhattan. Clear skies and cooler temperatures are on the way. Welcome back to today in new york on this sunday morning. Im gus rosendale. Im welcoming those cooler temperatures. Are you ready for it . Im ready for it. I was working in the garden yesterday, sweating like a well, sweating. Raphael mir lph phael miranda here with the cooler temperatures. The humidity dropping already as that cold front clears the region. You can see on Storm Tracker one or two spotty showers moving through Westchester County. Thats our only problem as the front slides towards the east. Temperatures back to 70s. 78 in lyndon. 78 in central park. Winds out of the north at 15 Miles Per Hour all afternoon long. So well be breezy, that humidity will be nice and comfortable. 74 in fairfield. 76 in franklin lakes. 78 in east brunswick. Mid 70s down the jersey shore. Tonight, the coldest night weve seen so far, down to 56 in the city. 53 in white plains. We had 40s, now headed towards low 40s, like monticello, 42 your low tonight. The heat coming on in the Hudson Valley. 44 in poughkeepsie. Even Westchester County, 47 degrees your low. Tomorrow morning the sweaters will be a must. Well look at the sevenday forecast and see when we warm things up again coming up. Pope francis rides a wave of popularity as he comes to new york this week, he does have critics. Dont we all. Traditional catholics, typically older, are often at odds with the pope with his progressive views. But those views get the attention of younger catholics. The day pope francis was elected as the new pope was one of the happiest days of my life. Reporter his young life. Hes only starting high school but hes quite comfortable with his catholic faith. I deeply admire pope francis. It made me emotional to think about how special this was. Reporter most catholics his favorable rating among all catholics is a strong 71 . Thats down from 89 last year. In that time among conservative catholics, the drop was deep, from 72 to 45 . The generational thing happens every day. And there are people that are going to be angry and people not going to be happy or theyre going to disagree. Reporter this man knew pope francis. They worked together at the cathedral in buenos aires. So he wasnt surprised to hear what pope had to say on gay marriage nor that it caught his sons attention. When he said who am i to judge that brought attention to everyone, especially the teenagers who are sometimes confused and ask difficult questions and to know what direction to take. Reporter this pope seems to have a voice with your generation. Why is it that younger people seem to identify with him . I feel like thats made other people look more into religion, more into their faith, really think more about it. Reporter the pope has the ear of a younger generation, important to a church battling a decline in parishioners, and the hope is that traditional catholics come around. Theyre shocked by some things hey didnt expect from the Catholic Church leader. Thats great because hes showing them and we are all showing them that what were capable of. As he said, we cannot be parttime christians. Reporter john chandler, news 4 new york. On the heels of the big trip here, you may have noticed its getting hard to get around. Local and federal authorities are locking down the city ahead of Pope Franciss visit here. Workers have been securing manholes, light poles, barricades are already up across the city. Jay johnson has been reviewing security preparations in person. You can expect lots of street closures as the pope tours the city, beginning with evening prayer on thursday. There will be closures around the paper residence on the Upper East Side and pope francis will address the United Nations on friday morning. Around 11 30 that morning he will spend some time reflecting at the 9 11 memorial. Then hell go to east harlem. After that, he will travel in his motorcade through a procession in central park and he will end his day with a mass at Madison Square garden at 6 00 p. M. Friday evening. All over the city. You can find a complete list of street closings on our website and the popes itinerary. We have a special section dedicated to his visit. Head to nbcnewyork. Com. In other news, police releasing Security Camera video of a man wanted for allegedly raining a homeless woman on a harlem street. Here is the man police are looking for. Early thursday morning near a homeless camp on 125th street and park avenue. After the man took off, the 22yearold victim walked to a reported that she had been assaulted. In the bronx, two car crashes from each other sent two pedestrians to the hospital. The first crash was on union avenue at 155th street. Police say a driver struck a man and kept driving. Witnesses tell us that victim was hit on turn. Some people that saw it right here, they say it was on purpose. They saw the guy. He was arguing or Something Like that. Was, like, he sped up, he hit him, and kept going. Reporter the man who was hit is in Critical Condition and police are still searching for that driver. And the man accused of shooting at cars at an arizona freeway insist police have the wrong guy. Investigators say they spotted Leslie Merritt jr. At a pawnshop friday allegedly selling a gun. And they arrested him later that night at a walmart. Merritt explained to the judge why he says he is not the gunman. All i have to say is im the wrong guy. I tried telling the detectives that. My gun has been in the pawnshop for the last two months. I havent had access to a woman. Reporter police say merritt pawned the gun that they linked to four of the 11 cars shot on the highway in the last two weeks. Theyre also looking for a possible copycat gunman. Thankfully nobody us ha been seriously injured. Family, friends and fans mourning the queen of steamy reading. Novelist Jackie Collins lost her private battle with Breast Cancer. Collins wrote more than 30 novels, all of them best sellers. Most were about the glitz and glamour of hollywood. According to People Magazine collins was diagnosed with stage four Breast Cancer six years ago. She only disclosed her illness to her three daughters. Actress joan collins, was 77 years old. Decision 2016. And donald trump now responding to the controversy sparked bay Campaign Supporters comments. The republican president ial candidate joined other candidates at the iowa faith and Freedom Coalition last night and trump addressed the criticism hes receiving for not correcting the support er er who was talking about the religion and citizenship of president obama. The supporter had said the president is a muslim and not born in this country. They wanted me to speak up in favor of the president. You think hes going to speak up in favor of me. Why do i think hes not . Would i consider putting a Muslim American in my cabinet . Absolutely no problem with that. Several of trumps republican rivals and democratic candidate Hillary Clinton also weighed in. She said anyone seeking the highest office of the land should start behaving like a president , as she put it, and stand up for the truth. Guests on this mornings meet the press. Republican candidates ben carson and Governor John Kasich will also join host chuck todd. You can catch meet the press here on nbc 4 new york. Coming up, a once in a lifetime opportunity for some students. High schoolers react after learning they will meet pope francis in just a few days. And storm team 4 meteorologist Raphael Miranda will have a check of the forecast. I think thats old cyrus. 1800 pounds of do whatever the heck i want. Take the long way, huh . Thank you cyrus. Lease an mkc for 299 a month only at your lincoln dealer. We are two days away from pope francis arrival in the u. S. You can imagine being a High School Student and getting to meet the pope . Get the chance to do just that. Reporter around the world 1. 5 billion say he leads them in faith. Millions more at least intrigued by him. Relatively speaking very few get to meet pope francis. 12 seniors from new york area catholic high schools will. I read it i screamed. Me and my mother were jumping up and down screaming. I told my mom. She was bouncing off the wall. My brothers were happy for me at first and a bit jealous. And happy for me again. Reporter they are student leaders with exceptional grades. Some volunteer in soup kitchens. Others lead the school mine istry. All say she are inspired by the 78yearold francis. Its difficult to maintain tradition of catholic faith in todays society. And i think i would want to know where he finds his voice in these debates. Hes showing genuine love. Hes open with what he believes. Hes accepting of everybody. I think not only christians but nonbelievers appreciate that. Reporter the students will be a part of the gathering at our lady queen of angels. The pope enjoys such gatherings and he may linger. My father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in february, and for our family, its been a constant struggle. And if i could i would love to ask the pope if he could say a prayer for my father. I know hes a man chosen by guy. Hes so influential t would mean the world to me. As we were watching that piece, what a bunch of good kids. Theyre excited about that. Clear skies today, a taste of fall on the way. And the humidity is dropping as we speak. Pat, you will to the be sweating later today. A big difference. Much drier, cooler air mass coming in the sunshine will warm us up today. We are not calling it a chilly day. Still above average with temperatures well into the 70s a great day to get outside. Enjoy some of that breezy sunshine. Clouds and showers associated with it. 72 outside now. Lets look at Storm Tracker. Tracking that one lone shower moving through Westchester County, mount kisco, maybe some drizzle. Otherwise its quiet out there and clearing skies off to the west. Temperatures in the upper 60s to lower 70s at this hour. 07 in sayerville. 70 in point pleasant. Look at the cool air working in. Temperatures dropping now into the 50s in monticello. 66 in danbury. Still muggy in bridgeport. When you have a dew point of 70, thats sticky. 50s and 40s, thats refreshing and feels good this is all working in today. Fresh air is around the corner. Moving through. Gusting to 23 Miles Per Hour in danbury. Breezy throughout the day today. So your shore cast for today, sunshine and clouds. Clouds will linger. If you want to go to the beach, wait until about 12 00, 1 00 p. M. If you want that guaranteed sunshine. Otherwise beautiful day. Temperatures in the mid 70s for the jersey shore. 76, fire island. May be breezy, the sand may be blowing around a bit. Water temperature close to the air systems this time of year. Uv index of six. Small craft advisory for this afternoon and a low risk of rip currents on this sunday. Future tracker heading through the day, we say adios to that cold front as it slides off shore, beautiful sunshine around 1 00 p. M. Its quiet heading to work and School Tomorrow morning. It is chilly. 6 00 a. M. , sunshine and clouds, temperatures starting out in the low 40s in the suburbs and north and west of town. Tomorrow morning. Breezy. Overnight tonight down to 56. The coldest night of the season so far for many of us. The sevenday forecast shows temperatures stay down tomorrow and tuesday. A little bit below average there. 73, keeping it dry. Then the warm weather returns just in time for fall on wednesday, wednesday is sunny with a high of 80. You want to stay up to date with these ups and downs with the news 4 new york app, tap the new 4 logo, scroll down and select the weather tab. See how to submit your own weather video. The news 4 app is available in the app store now. Ourt and gus . Thank you. Some of the worlds final titans were apparently ignoring their debts to new york city. When the iteam got involved, things changed. Three months ago the iteam exposed banks failing to pay environmental fines, now the city is collecting and the city is thanking the iteam. Here is chris glorioso. We expect everyone to pay. Reporter jeff sheer is new yorks deputy finance commissioner. Since our iteam report he says banks have started settling their debts. Thats why we appreciate youre bringing this to our attention. We thank nbc for letting us know. Reporter hes talking about our discovery that some of the nations wealthiest banks have ignored new york city environmental fines for years. Three months after we found nearly 3 million in unpaid fines, the city says banks have paid half of what they owe, including 14 violations at this hsbc branch, now satisfied. 12 violations at this one, paid up. In all, hsbc told us the bank has resolved 92 of about 800,000 in environmental fines that leaves about 8 of hsbcs penalties unsettled including fines on this property. Boarded up building with broken glass and liquor bottles on the lawn. Foreclosed on this bronx building across the street from this military vet. The property accumulated tickets for dirty sidewalks and a rodent infestation. The city says these penalties are still outstanding. Since our story, since positive has happened. The property has been sold. And it looks cleaned up. Im surprised it got done so fast. Probably if you didnt report it it would have never happened. Wide receiver there were boards on the windows, there are now clean windows. Where there were overgrown weeds, there is manicured grass. The gate is now locked. Looks better now. I guess theyre doing a good job with it. Hsbc is one of ten banks the iteam identified with unpaid debts. The city wont reveal which banks paid which fines, but jeff shear says recovering 1. 5 million is progress. The clock is ticking. Reporter hes setting deadlines and consequences if banks fail to pay the balance. That had a pending city contract we put that contract on hold until we knew that everything was being resolved. Reporter chris glorioso, today in new york. If you have something you think the news 4 iteam sha look into, give us a call at 866news244 or email us at tips nbcnew s tips nbcnews tips nbcnews it may be Second Nature to some people, but the thought of swimming is tough for some people, even adults. Tracie strahan has the story on positively black. Sure, your kid was splashes in the pool this summer, but the Usa Swimming Foundation finds that nearly 70 of africanamerican children dont know how to swim. Now, fearing for the safety of little ones, the group has teamed up with a well known swimmer who has broken barriers in the swimming world and made it the goal to teach 800,000 kids to not just swim but make a splash in the pool nationwide this year. Were joined by somebody ive been trying to interview for years now. Colin jones, twotime olympic Gold Medalist and a spokesman for the Usa Swimming Foundation. Youre a new yorker a bronx guy. You have trusted me with the goods today. This is not even a humble brag. This is a big brag. Had to bring it in. When is this from . London. Thats part one of the relays that we swam. We brought home gold. Nobody ever dropped it before, right . No. I dont want to be the first. Lets talk about how you got started as a bronx guy. How did you get first in the pool . I had humble beginnings. At the age of five i almost drowned. A lot of people i believe in irony. A lot of people dont know that about me. My parents brought me to an amusement park, we went down this one ride, i ended up flipping upside down. I was completely supervised. Thats the biggest piece, had lifeguards there, parents there. The proper supervision was there. Proper supervision, and i was still able to flip upside down and be under water. We see that in 30 seconds a child can pull away. They pulled me out, resuscitated me and the first words out of my mouth are which ride are we getting on next. Youre trying to teach how many kids to swim . 800,000 . Thats this year. We had to set the bar high. The make a Splash Initiative has been going on since 2008. Usa Swimming Foundation approached me, they showed me drowning statistics. Me growing up in swimming, i knew this was my way of giving back. Thinking about all my family that used to say, oh, you still doing that swimming thing. Was like a novelty. You get gold, how is swimming going . Changes completely. I think i know the answer to this. I admitted to you i dont know how to swim. I heard. I hate to tell you of people this, but what from some reasons you hear from africanamericans, and i hear it, too, that dont know how to swim. Yeah. So, ive been working with the initiative for about five, six years, in 2010 university of memphis put out a study. There were three major factors. Number one overarching is fear. The second was physical appearance. The last one was lets just say it, the hair. You ruined it. I know. It is ladies with their hair, guys wearing less clothes. We dont feel as confident. Im not saying you have to wear speed speedos. Thats for you. Yeah, thats for me. Thats a big issue, and then parental backing. When parents dont know thousand swim, a lot of times they dont get children into swimming. Thats a generational thing we need to break. Fear is the number one overarching. I understand. I almost drowned. I definitely identify with that. We talked about you being the novelty because even in 2015 theres still not a lot of black swimmers we see competing. Were coming around. Will we see you again in rio. Im traping. Ing training. Training for 2016. This month they put out the national people. Im part of the national people. Congratulations. Yeah. Im happy. Im in striking range to make the team. Do you still have time to teach me possibly how to swim . Absolutely. I brought gifts for you and your son. My little guy. Foundation, please, everyone, its so important to learn how to swim. Go to usaswimmingfoundation. Org, you can sign up your child or another child and get lowcost lessons. Get in the water. If it helps you win the gold, ill help you swim. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Ill see you at the pool. Its time to introduce to you this weeks wednesdays child. His name is eric. Hes 8 years old and has a great sense of humor. St. Janice huff introduces us. Reporter a perfect day for apple picking at the demorest farm. And an even better day to make a pit stop to feed the farm animals. They like on eat food. They need to eat food. Dont eat food, theyll be hungry forever. Reporter two activities eric would love to do with a family. Stop following me. Stop it hey they keep following me all day. Eric is definitely a child with a lot of sense of humor. He loves watching funny cartoon shows. He likes to make others laugh. Reporter despite having a learning disability, eric has managed to break down the language barrier. He arrived in this country only speaking mandarin. Now he speaks english which is great. Hes made a lot of progress. They had enough . Bellies are full. Reporter eric is now looking to be part of a forever family. One that he can laugh and tell jokes with. Eric would thrive the most in a very loving home. A home where there is two people that can provide extra time for eric. I definitely think that he needs extra love, extra attention, extra everything. If youre interested in adopting any of our wednesdays children, contact the nyc childrens hotline at 212676wish. Coming up next at 7 00, a check of the forecast and our top stories. Including a deadly shooting in brooklyn. We are learning new information about that triple shooting. Details straight ahead when today in new york returns. We thought we d be ready. But demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didn t need a loan. We needed shortterm funding. Fast. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. You can t predict it, but you can be ready. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself. Realize your buying now on today in new york, thousands line the streets of havana to greet pope francis on his Historic Hill pilgrimage to cuba. Police and security crews work through the night to get ready for the pontiffs arrival in new york. Welcome to today in new york. Its sunday morning. Im gus rosendale. Im pat battle. Glad you could join us. We are thrilled to have you with us. Phael miranda is in the Weather Center with a forecast well be thrilled with. In about five hours or so when the sun is out, the humidity dropping hour by hour, it will be breezy and beautiful today. Already off to a good start out there. Mainly dry on this sunday morning. Increasing sunshine heading throughout the day. The dry weather goes on and on no real rain in the forecast. We could certainly use some. We have one spotty shower with a cold front moving through. Thats in Fairfield County. Very light. Most of us are waking up to a jy sunday, increasing sun off to the west. Goodbye to the mugginess. Temperatures in the 70s throughout the mrning and afternoon. Cooler than yesterday, more refreshing and breezy. Winds out of the north at 15 Miles Per Hour. It will be a fantastic day. Get outside and enjoy. Then it gets chilly overnight tonight. Well look at overnight low temperatures. You may need the jackets in your near future coming up. Pat and gus . Thank you, raphael. Happening now, police are on the scene of a deadly shooting in downtown brooklyn. Two people were killed, a third taken to the hospital. Shelton dutes is there now and joins us with what we do know. Reporter we are learning new information about this shooting. A third man, who was 76 years old, has died from his injuries. Im standing outside the the nypd has this entrance blocked off. The shooting happened in the courtyard of the ingersoll houses. The gunman shot and killed three people. A 43yearold man and a 39yearold man i re both sh crot in the head and died at the scene. A third victim who was 76 years old, was shot in the stomach. He was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition but has since died from his injuries. When i spoke with police, theyre trying to figure out wht at the motive may havein been and right now the search continues for the gunman. Were live in downtown brooklyn, Sheldon Dutes, today in new york. Sheldon, thank you. Now to a story we told you about last month. Police in ossining arrested a 27yearold man in connection with the murder of a jogger whose body was found along route 133. The victim was identified as 52yearold luis blanco of yonkers. S body was found in the tall grass by the roadside on august 24th. Investigators say he had been stabbed multiple times. The suspect, joaqu n recinosgarcia is facing murder charges and is being held without bail in the county jail. Police in brooklyn are looking for the thieves behind a string of Cell Phone Store robberies. We have video of the suspects police are trying to track down. Two and sometimes three suspects have been involved in five robberies since august 29th in each case the suspects force employees into a back room and loot the store, stealing cell phones and other electronic devices. They also used guns in four of the holdups. No one has been hurt in this. Thousands of people expected in havanas revolution square today where pope francis will celebrate mass in a few hours. He arrived in cuba yesterday. His first visit to that island as pope. Darlene rodriguez is there and has more on pope francis message to the people. Reporter the papal plane taxied down the runway carrying the flags of cuba and the vatican. While he briefly lost his hat, he didnt lose his high spirits. A marching band playing the Cuban National anthem, red carpet and children with flowers gr a eeted the holy father on his first ever visit to cuba. [ speaking Foreign Language ] rep crorter speaking in his native spanish, po francis said it was the wi of Pope John Paul ii with his appeal for cuba to open with its magnificent possibility to the world and for the world to open to cuba. President raul castro who made headlines suggesting because of thipope he could possibly become catholic once again was at the International Airport to greet the pontiff. Land and country are receiving the pope with profound love, affection, respect and hospitality. But when pope francis took to the streets in the hope mobile, 100,000 cubans came to see the holy father. Many of them here. Its very important for the cuban people, this visit. This is the very, very importanr,moment and its a moment of peace. Reporter this order of nuns from puerto rico came to sing the holy fathers praises, but maumny cubans who dont necessarily consider themselves catholic understand the power of pope francis visit to cuba. Cuba is in this moment beautiful, right . That was Darlene Rodriguez reporting. Darlene will join us live from havana in our 10 00 half hour. And here in our area, cubans are closely monitoring the developments in their native meland. Many think that the popes visit is a good first step. New jersey reporter Brian Thompson continues our Team Coverage from union city. Reporter the cuban flag flies proudly here at jose marti park, named after a national hero. The papers all about the popes visit, yet i welcome that he goes to cuba. I dont think he will represent cuban people. Reporter union city is a melting pot of latin american influence. Yet there is an inte e hatred for the castros overcome with difficulty. I do hope this is a good chance for the the people of cuba to improve their lives and thats why i sup rt the idea of, you know, ending the embargo. Reporter this second visit of a pope to cuba in the last two decades is seen by many as one more step for a cuba more to thareir liking. Hopefully, more opportunity for people to express themselves. And those people there need something to start thinking that there is something else. Reporter at this restaurant, the nostalgia for what refugees patrons come from all over and we found a nun from cuba who spoke to us through an interpreter. Translator this is what the people need to be able to see at its like and be able to open their hearts. Reporter but cuba is a different wod from the free wheeling capitalism of amcrerica and deep down, many feel this way same people are still there, same castros. Still waiting. Reporter just last week, president obama eased many of the travel and business restrictions between the two countries as many cubanamericans here, though not all, are applauding such moves, as that five decade plus embargo continues to crumble. In union city, im Brian Thompson, today in new york. You can find the popes full itinerary online. We have a special section r devoted to his visit. Head to nbcnewyork. Com for details. Why the man arrested in a string of highway shootings in arizona, hes claiming this morning that the cops got the wrong guy. And the yankees take on the mets in day two of the subway series. Highlights and more in your sunday sports. And were expecting lots of sin subsnshineytoday, but then a chill moves in. Who may require a jacket everyone is saying, bu why . Fiber optic network, so you can get 100 out so whatever speed you need, fios has it with the Fastest Internet 500 mbps. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 i customer satisfaction. Ultimately, thats why. Get 50 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 350 back with a two year agreement. A live look at the tappan enzee bridge on a sunday morning. Its a different day and a different story when it comes to the subway series. Its been something else. Going for a playoff spot this year. Not just a spectator sport. Heres john chandler. Good sunday morning. The yankees got even in the subway series on saturday. Joe girardi is managing against the mets like this is october. Even up four games in the wild card, the bombers cant get comfortable. They made rookie noah two on for carlos beltran. Souvenir. Yankees jump out to a 30 lead. 16th. Syndergaard settled down. Third inning, lets just appreciate this. Game. Of the season robbing gardner of extra base in the sixth, brian mccann puts it where nobody can glove it. Mccanns 26 homer, tworun blast, 50 yankees. Mets have two on in the sixth. Michael pineda strikes out joan nis cespedes. Justin wilson fans, david wright and juan uribe with a pair of 97mileperhour strike threes. Toronto lost to the red sox, so the yankees are 3 1 2 games out of first. Matt harvey against c. C. Sabathia tonight. To college football, where no team was more eager to just play a game than rutgers. The Scarlet Knights program is reeling after seven player arrests and the threegame suspension of head coach kyle flood. Tough timing heading into last night game in happy valley. Penn state was waiting. Rutgers down seven in the second. Barkley sheds three tackles for a 15yard touchdown. This is going to be tough for rutgers, down 140, or 210 about a minute later. Nobody touches lynch on this 75yard score. Nittany lions drop rutgers to 12 on the season. Syracuse needed overtime to hold off central michigan. The orange are 30 for the First Time Since 1991. But number 13 lsu visits the carrier dome next weekend. Eighth ranked notre dame hosting georgia tech. Last weeks hero, Deshaun Kizer making his first start for the irish. First quarter, this will do the trick. Finds will fuller withhe 46 aryard pass. The irish go up 70. The fourth, 91 yards and a score. This is the longest touchdown run in Notre Dame Stadium history. He finished with 198 yards rushing, three touchdowns. Irish go up by 23 points and they would need them. Tech rallied in the final minute to make it interesting but the irish hold on, 3022. Its an nfl sunday. Today giants host the falcons this afternoon. Victor cruz out for big blue. And the jets will visit the colts on monday night. To golf, when is shooting a 69 disappointing when it follows rounds of 61 and 63. You have to feel for jason day at the bmw championship, dont you . He was frustrated with his third round but stayed in the 60s, sinking this long birdie putt at 18. That puts him at 20 under heading into todays final round. Heres your look at the leaderboard. Day Still Holding a sixstroke lead over scott piercy and daniel berger. Rory mcilroy seven behind. Final round Coverage Today at 2 00 on nbc 4 new york. Enjoy the rest of your sunday. For today in new york, im john chandler. 11. Okay. This is we sometimes hear from people, they love the cold, they love the heat. Who loves the cold . Some people do. Believe me they do, pat. Diplomatically they hate the hot weather. Very diplomatic forecast. Down the middle it will a warm one today. Not many people like the mugginess. Humidity dropping over the next few hours. Well be getting brighter. Clouds off to the south. Cold front moving through. Lots of clouds lingering south and east of new york city. Im talking to you, nassau, Suffolk County, jersey shore. 71 degrees outside, partly sunny skies. You can see on Storm Tracker were seeing this clearing trend off to the west that cold front moves through. One shower in Fairfield County. No heavy rain there. Temperatures in the low to mid 60s. 63 at rhinebeck. Winds breezy, gusting around 20 Miles Per Hour. That trend will continue today. Your baseball forecast, getting cool tonight, around 8 00 for the subway series, final game, 69. Breezy. Temperatures dropping into the 60s throughout the game. So it will feel cooler by the end of it you may want to bring a sweatshirt. Future tracker, 10 00 this mourn morning, that cold front exits off to the south and east. Brunch time, 1 00 p. M. , fantastic. Sunny from the city north and west of town. That continues into tomorrow morning. Monday, 6 00 a. M. , headed back to work and school, nice and quiet. It will be chilly. This is when you are waking up with temperatures into the 40s, rhinebeck and monticello flirting with 30s. The heat is coming on tonight in many homes north and west of new york city. Heading back to the house after work, nice and quiet. 78 degrees, bright and breezy the High Temperature. Still above average today for one more day. Probably the coldest night of the season so far in the city. The sevenday forecast, 73 on monday for the high, 73 on tuesday. Back up 208 to 80 degrees as we say hello to fall on wednesday. Tap the news 4 logo in the corner, scroll down and select the weather tab. You can see the latest forecast, interactive radar and how to make your own weather,video. Pat and gus . Hopefully a bit of everything for you there in that forecast. Youre a people pleaser. Thank you. Coming up on today in new york, we are cooking up something special. After the break, chef angie mar has a taste of an event that gives so many people a second helping of life. Welcome back on a sunday morning. For more than a decade a partnership between new yorks most Accomplished Women chefs and the Cancer Support hotline have helped thousands of women battling for their lives. One of those amazing chefs, angie mar joins us now to tell us about a special event tomorrow night. Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having me. Thanks for coming in. This is a great event. I was there last year. Im coming back this year. Lots of calorie bus for a good cause. How many chef also we have tomorrow night . 28 of the top women chefs from new york city. Im excited for this event. This will be my second year participating. I cant wait. Its a tasting is what it is. It is. Tickets are Still Available online. Yes. You can get a ticket online. At sharebenefit. Org. They start at 300. Its such a great cause. It is. Everything from your delicious burgers to lobster rolls, and celebrity suh chefs, sara gore from new york live will be there. Even the principle dancers from ballet, you know they wont eat anything. But Megan Fairchild will be there. And youll be there. Ill be there. Youre making your fabulous amazing, amazing burger. Tell us about it. Today well make the 45day dry age burger. Its a signature we do at beatrice inn. Its made with 45day dry aged ribeye that i bought. Cheese, red wine caramelized onions and a brioche bun. Unbelievable, 45 days dry aged. Yes. Its kind of like the best French Onion Soup you have had in a burger. The beatrice down in the west village, just seen a remarkable change undergoing there. Yeah. Yeah. Its been really fantastic. I took over the kitchen about a year and a half ago. Its just been a great, great experience. Having a lot of fun. You brought the burger back to the menu. It disappeared for a while. This is our recipe that we put on the menu. Its one of our best sellers. I mean, clearly we always do it. Just great burger. Whats in the burger. So the main its 90 dry aged ribeye. A bit of short rib, and some chuck. Oh. Girl. How can that be bad, right . Girl. All right. So we have our dry aged ribeye. Youre caramelizing the onions in red wine . Yes. We caramelize the red wine onions. I have two cups of sliced onions, sweating down, sauteing. Adding red wine to this. Does it matter what kind . I like cabernet. Cabernet . Yeah. You can use pino, but i like cabernet. Gives it such a beautiful, deep flavor. The color. And the color. Its all about the color, right . Onions and hair, i suppose. Ill let that keep producing. It has some thyme, kosher salt and sugar and a bit of black pepper. Thats all that is well let that go. It will end up looking like this. This. Thats pretty hot. My gosh. Thyme, thats an interesting ingredient. Yeah. It gives it a bit of verbaciousness. We have to talk about s. H. A. R. E. , its been around for a long time. The wonderful thing about s. H. A. R. E. , the women answering the phone on the other end have been through that cancer themselves. And its a free service which is fantastic. Exactly. You can call from anywhere in the country. If someone there cant help you, they will refer you to someone who can who has been going through what youre going through. A great organization. All the proceeds from tomorrow nights great event go towards the hotline. We appreciate it. Cant wait to taste the burger. One of my favorite veent events. Gus, you stay over there, ill taste the burger. All right. Were coming right back. The latest on our top stories including a violent night in brooklyn. The nypd still on the scene of an overnight triple fatal shooting. Im Sheldon Dutes with the latest. Friends, family and fans welcome back to today in new york on a sunday morning. 71 degrees, clear skies. That perfect september weather. Everyone can agree, they like this weather. Yeah. I dont think youll find too many people going, oh, man. We were joke being ing about it, you get too hot, too cold, this is prime. We had the hot stuff going on for months, its time for a cooldown. Heres a look at Storm Tracker. A cold front coming through knocking down that humidity. The mugginess is on its way out of here. Still muggy across long island and the clouds will hang out there, nassau and Suffolk County, and Fairfield County clouds may Linger Longer. Then the sun comes out. Its breezy and delightful outside. Winds out of the north at 15 Miles Per Hour. 74 in east chester. 76 in garden city. Temperatures in the 70s in Hudson Valley and jersey shore. 76 for your high in franklin lakes. Look at those temperatures tonight. Chilly. 53 in white plains. 55 in newark. We can turn the ac off. 54 your low temperature in islip. Those 40s north and west of town, thats going to make you want to have that jacket handy tomorrow morning, waking up to 44 in poughkeepsie, 47 in yorktown. 53 in bridgeport. Chilly tonight, then it goes up later on this week. Well look at the sevenday forecast coming up in a few minutes. News that were tracking, its happening now. Police in brooklyn trying to find the gunman in a shooting that left three people dead. Sheldon dutes joins us from the scene with the latest. Reporter detectives have been working through the night trying to figure out what may right now the entrance to the ingersoll house here along myrtle avenue is still blocked off by the nypd that shooting happened just before 2 00 a. M. In the courtyard of the ingersoll house in downtown brooklyn. Its unclear what may have provoked or prompted the shooting, but the gunman shot and killed three people, a 43yearold man and a 39yearold man were both shot in the head. They both died here at the inger ingersoll house. A third man died at the hospital. We want to show you the entrance to the ingersoll house is blocked off by the nypd as detectives inside continue their investigation, trying to figure out what happened, trying to figure out a motive. I did talk to police this morning, they tell me theyre trying to figure out any information on a suspect. Thats the latest live here in downtown brooklyn. Im Sheldon Dutes, today in new york. Thanks for the update. And the search is on for another gunman this one opened fire on two people in the bronx, leaving one of them dead. That happened last night on east tremont avenue. A 25yearold man and a 34yearold woman were shot. That man died at the hospital. The woman is in Critical Condition. If you have any information, please give police a call. In the bronx, two car crashes just a block from each other sent two people to the hospital. The first crash was on union avenue, 155th street. Police say a driver struck a man and kept going. Witnesses tell us the victim was hit on purpose. Some people that saw it right here, they say it was on purpose. They saw the guy. He was arguing or Something Like that. It was, like, he sped up, he hit him, and kept going. The man who was hit is in Critical Condition and police are still searching for that driver. And just a block away a woman was hit by a car while trying to cross the street this was at 155th and prospect avenue. Police handcuffed her husband for attacking the driver who hit her. That woman was taken to the hospital with a leg injury. A sad day as friends and family members said goodbye to a young boy hit and killed jersey. Hundreds of people gathered as ramir tulles was laid to rest. Last week the 3yearold boy was on a sidewalk, on his way to preschool with his mom when a fugitive being pursued by police drove up on the curb and struck him. His family heart broken. Before he was one, he was walking, talking. That was right there that could show you he was going to be a bright young man. Yeah. The driver accused of hitting including vehicular homicide. That pursuit is under review. The time is 7 34. And its getting even harder to get around as the city prepares for pope francis visit. As the pope prepared for mass in cuba, local and federal authorities here working overnight in an overnight security sweep. Crews checked man holds and have been setting up barricades across the city. Homeland theyre not taking chances here. You can expect lots of street closures as the pope tours the city. Beginning with evening prayer on thursday at st. Patricks cathedral. There will be intermittent closures around the papal residence. The pope addresses the United Nations on friday morning. Around 11 30 that morning he will spend some time reflecting at the 9 11 memorial. Then hell go to east harlem. After that, he will travel in his motorcade through a procession in central park and he will end his day with a mass at Madison Square garden at 6 00 p. M. Friday evening. He is making tracks. You can find a complete list of street closings on our website and the popes itinerary. We have a special section dedicated to his visit. Head to nbcnewyork. Com. The world is remembering the bestselling author of the rich and scandalous. Novelist Jackie Collins lost her private battle with Breast Cancer. The bestselling author wrote thor than 30 novels, most of them about the sin and secrets of hollywood. In a statement her family says she will live on through her characters, but we already miss her beyond words. Jackie collins was 77 years old. The man accused of shooting at cars on an arizona freeway insists police have the wrong guy. Investigators say they spotted Leslie Merritt jr. At a pawnshop friday allegedly selling a gun. Anosmd they arrested him later. In court, though, merritt explained to the judge why he says he is not the gunman. All i have to say is im the wrong guy. I tried telling the detectives that. My gun has been in the pawnshop for the last two months. I havent had access to a weapon. Reporter police say merritt pawned the gun that they linked to four of the 11 cars shot on the highway in the last two weeks. Theyre also looking for a possible copycat gunman. Nobody was seriously injured in the shootings but it scared a lot of people. Still ahead a few titles you might want to add to your reading list. Well check them now the this weeks bills books. And Raphael Miranda has a what makes a subway footlong the biggest, bestest sandwich . You do. cause its all about your choice. Of freshly baked bread. Tender meats, melty cheeses, and everything in between. The handcrafted subway footlong. Its got your name all over it. We thought we d be ready. But demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didn t need a loan. We needed shortterm funding. Fast. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. You can t predict it, but you can be ready. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself. Realize your buying it is closing in on 7 40. Lets go across the street and check in with erica and craig. We didnt see you this morning. Normally we see you in makeup. Normally we hear new makeup. Okay. Truer words. Do you mean when you hear pat and me when were singing . Because were really good, right, pat . Our cd is coming out. It will drop all right. In other news, we will have full coverage of pope francis as we know youre paying a lot of attention to this, too, as we all await the popes arrival here in new york. That trip beginning in cuba where the pope is. Tens of thousands coming out to see him on his first day. Some of our correspondents made their way to cuba because they didnt want to wait until he made it up here. Were live with more on that visit. Also ahead, remembering Jackie Collins. The bestselling author died late yesterday. She had a sixyear battle with cancer. Well look back at her remarkable life. Plus could it final i be the year john hamm goes on with an emmy. The big awards show is tonight. Plenty of people are rooting for hamm, now that madmen is over. Hes never won. Well give you the full rundown of what you can expect tonight. The high stakes of fantasy football. You can get rich quick if you know what youre doing. Its legal, but why some are saying people should look again at online fantasy sports. A congressman is pledging do that. All that plus a Live Performance from celloist yo yo ma. I saw one of the preview monitors. I guess he was doing a rehearsal over there, beautiful. Gus very excited. Yes. All right, raphael has a look at the weather. Some this is probably the best time of year. Yeah. This is one of my favorite days of the year. Breezy, humidity gone. The sun will be out by the afternoon. For me, thats perfect. Temperatures in the 70s this will be my day. Hopefully will you enjoy it as well. Temperatures in the low 70s now. And the mugginess is exiting already. Its getting drier, more comfortable as the hours go on. We have Sunshine Building in from the west later today. Heres a look at Storm Tracker. Beautiful start to your day in the Hudson Valley. Lots of sunshine in sullivan county. The clouds will Linger Longer for nassau, Suffolk County and Fairfield County. You have the cloudiness to deal hours. You get the sunshine by the afternoon. Plains. 50s north and west of town. 70 in morristown. Nice start for you as you get ready to go out there. Wind gusts now, 20 Miles Per Hour. Thats going to be the trend throughout the day. It will be breezy, especially through the afternoon. Winds out of the north. Refreshing north breeze that well enjoy. It will be a decent day at the shore. Heres your beach shore cast. Temperatures in the 70s for the rockaways, fire island and the temperatures build in. If you want to go to the beach, maybe wait until the sun arrives this afternoon. 12 00, 1 00 p. M. , youre good to go. The north, 15 Miles Per Hour. Maybe some sand kicking up with those winds and water temperatures in the low to mid 70s. Uv index up there, its a six. Theres a Small Craft Advisory later on today. A low risk for rip currents. Future tracker heading throughout the morning 10 00 a. M. Beautiful picture from new york city, north and west from town, clouds hanging on by the coast, they also fade away by 12 00, 1 00. Tomorrow morning, monday, quiet commute as we head back to work and school. Chilly commute. Temperatures in the 40s north and west of town, even in the city. This is the second time so far that weve seen temperatures in the 50s. Thats going to be a bit of a shock to the system for many of us. Keeping it dry by monday afternoon. 78 for your high today. Bright, breezy, absolutely beautiful. Overnight tonight, down to 56, clear and cool. Get ready for the chill tomorrow morning. Your sevenday forecast shows temperatures staying down tomorrow. 73 for the high. Clouds and sunshine on tuesday, 73. If youre missing the heat t comes back by wednesday and thursday, low 80s, lots of sunshine through the week. If you want to stay up to date, tap the news 4 logo in the corner of the news 4 app. Select the weather tab, see the latest forecast and the satellite. Still to come, a yacht catches fire off the coast of texas. How the people on board were those wildfires out west taking a staggering toll on the golden state. Officials say the two massive wildfires burning in Northern California have killed five people. Together they destroyed more than 1,000 homes. Officials fear that a new heat wave forecast for next week could bring those fires roaring back to life. As if they have not had enough. Businesses destroyed. Its a remarkable rescue for some texas boaters. Four people pulled to safety as flames ripped through their vessel. But it wasnt the coast guard who saved them, it was Good Samaritans out on the water. The three adults and a 6yearold boy were out in galveston when the boat burst into flames. The yachts owner said the fire started out in the engine. Everybody okay. Still to come on today in new york, bill goldstein has books. Find out what reads are making waves. Here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, well never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. So we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per serving. So if you want to eat light and not give up rich flavor, do what we do. Make it race, gender just a few of the themes of this weeks reading list. Bill goldstein joins us with more. Quite an e clectic list. You are excited about this first book. This is called negro land memoir. Margo jefferson is looking back on her life and her familys life. Her family was a wealthy upper class black family which is not very much focused on in the history of africanamericans in this country. Anher father was a doctor. She grew up in chicago. Her mother was a socialite. Negroland is her sense of this mythic place, where she loves and horrible word but it shows the pressures on her and her family to be better than, different than other black people, to be exemplars and feel, as she does in this book, through the culture of White America and black america. The book is so brilliant on Race Relations and the internal pressures she feels as a young africanamerican woman and as a critic coming to new york. But theres a great chapter, brief chapter in which she and her family are watching television in the 50s. You hear her mother and father, what they think about lena horne, and sammy davis jr. Who according to her mother, and was white people. It was a great book. Riveting. I thought it was elegant shrapnel because it keeps exploding on you. Fin our second book. This is a great novel. Thomas mallon writing about the Reagan Administration in finale. It is not my dna to be drawn to reagan as a sympathetic character. But this made you understand how he worke in his presidency. It is set in 1986 around the gorbachev summit in icelan you get to understand how politics works, what goes on in his mind, which is very opaque to many people, including nancy reagan. Theres so many wonderful characters, so much great conversation, you believe as if this is happening, even though most of it is fictional. They interact with great fictional characters, too, who bring richa rd nixon into the picture. Thomas mallon is a wonderful novelist. Ter i read this i read about so please read about finale even if you are not wanting to read about reagan. Many say its hard to get into him, into what hes like. Sweet caress is the third. This is by william boyd. He writes vast enpsych cyclopede ic novels. This is about a woman to photographer who travels from the t0s, she is born before world war i up to vietnam. This reaches a deep emotional climax during vietnam. You get the entire 20th century through the life of this woman what is incredibly unusual is william boyd collects anonymous photographs. Thats what he likes to do. Shots that are not ascribesed to he used his collection toil lus illustrate his novel. You may have read his book any human heart in which a life intersects with the 20th cefintury. He has great skill at doing this he wrote the new confessions about a filmmaker this is about a woman photographer. I loved it. I fell into this. Big event coming up. The brooklyn book festival today. If youre up watching this you can get out to brooklyn between 10 00 a. M. And 6 00 p. M. Don zens of panels with many authors. Margo jefferson will be there. Probably hundreds of authors there. Brooklyn book festival between 10 00 and 6 00 today. If you have a question for bill, email him him billsbooks nbcuni. Com. You can find a list of wreck recommendations on our website, nbcnewyork. Com books. Coming up at 8 00, a check of the forecast and our top stories including that deadly shooting in downtown brooklyn. The nypd is on the scene of an overnight fatal triple shooting. Ill have the latest straight ahead. Smallbatch cold brew coffee. Now on today in new york, tens of thousands expected this morning in havana as pope and why the man accused of opening fire along arizona highways claims police have the wrong guy. And the search for suspects in a deadly triple shooting in downtown brooklyn. Good morning. Welcome to today in new york on this sunday morning. A lot going on. Darlene rodriguez will be here later in the morning reporting havana. Exd wa have more todo. Afternoon. Increasing sunshine. Maybe waking up to cloudiness out there, especially east of new york city as the hours go on, the day gets better. Dry weather continues. We need some rain, we will not get any over the next few days. You can see we have sunshine in places like sullivan county, pike county, pennsylvania, sunshine in the Hudson Valley. From new york city east and sothuth, locked in with that cloudiness. Your day planner, 71 outside. Saying goodbye to the mugginess. Goodbye humidity. Around lunch time feeling great, 72. Todays High Temperature down from yesterday, 78, warm and pleasant. The best part is the humidity is gone this stafternoon. A chilly start for your monday morning as we look at your he overnight forecast. Thats coming up. Happening right now, police are on the scene of a deadly shooting in downtown brooklyn. Three people were killed when sh ots rang out. All of this happening just 2 00 this morning. Sheldon dutes joins us with wh weow know. Reporter pat and gus, that deadly shooting happened behind me here at ingersoll house. Police still have this entrance off of myrtle avenue blocked off. Detectives worked through the night gathering evidence and information about this deadly shooting which happened just before 2 00 a. M. In the coheurtyard of the ingersoll house in downtown brooklyn. Its unclear what may have provoked the shooting, but the gunman shot and killed three people. A 43yearold man and a 39yearold man were shot in the head. They died at the scene. A third victim who was 76 years old was shot in the stomach that guy was taken to the hospital in Critical Condition and he later died from his injuries. I want to show you another live look of whats happening here along myrtle avenue. Al this entrance blocked off, crime scene units still inside the Center Courtyard area of the ingersoll area. Theyre trying to gather information on a possible motive. Theyre looking for information on the suspect and waiting to contact family members before releasing the names and identities of those three victims. Its unclear how they might be related, if at all. For now in downtown brooklyn, Sheldon Dutes, today in new york. Also new this morning, the search on for a gunman who opened fire on two people in the br onx. One person was killed. That shooting happened just before 8 00 last night on east tre monday tremont avenue. A 25yearold man and a 34yearold woman were shot. That man died at the hospital. The woman is in Critical Condition. If you have any information, please give police a call. Now to a story we told you about last month. Police in ossining arrested a 27yearold man in connection with the murder of a jogger who was found along route 133. The victim was identified as 52yearold luis blanco of yonkers. His body was found in the tall grass by the roadside on august 24th. Investigators say he had been stabbed multiple times. The suspect, joaquin recinosgarcia is facing murder charges and is being held without bail in the county jail. And the man accused of shooting at cars at an arizona freeway insist police have the ong guy. Investigators say they spotted Leslie Merritt jr. At a pawnshop friday allegedly selling a gun. And they arrested him later that nieaght at a walmart. Merritt explained to the judge why he says he is not the gunman. All i have to say is im the wrong guy. I tried telling the detectives that. My gun has been in the pawnshop for the last two months. I havent had access to a weapon. Weapon. Police say that merritt pawned the gun that they linked to four of the 11 cars shot on the highway in the last two weeks. Theyre also looking for a possible copycat gunman. Nobody was seriously injured in any of the shootings. Excitement is building as pope francis prepares to celebrate mass in havanas revolution plaza. Hundreds of thousands of people will be there for todays service. A marching band and cub cuban raul castro welcomed the pope as he arrived. The popes presence has renewed hope across that country. Yoe u n see the crowds lining the roadways in havana. And welcoming the pope to that cuban nation. Very important for the cuban people this visit. This is very, very important moment. Its a moment of peace. Cuba is in this moment beautiful, right . Todays mass is expected to last two hours or more. Youre looking at a live picture of revolution square in havana. Dutiful crowds just gathered on the square. Yo pope francis will meet with cuban president raul castro at the palace. Pope francis traveling to the u. S. Hell be here on tuesday. His first visit, of course to washington, d. C. , then hell be here in new york on thursday and then go down to philadelphia. Darlene rodriguez is in cuba this morning. Shell join us live from that mass coming up at 10 00 a. M. Closely monitoring the developments in their native homeland. A lot think the popes visit is a good first step. New jersey reporter Brian Thompson continues our Team Coverage from union city. Reporter the cuban flag flies proudly here at jose marti park, named after a national hero. The papers all about the popes visit, yet i welcome that he goes to cuba. I dono think he will represent nothing for the need for the cuban people. Reporter union city is a melting pot of latin american influence. Yet there is an intense hatred for the castros overcome with difficulty. I do hope this is a good chance for the the people of cuba to improve their lives and thats why i support the idea of, you know, ending the embargo. Reporter this second visit of a pope to cuba in the last two decades is seen by many as one more step for a cuba more to their liking. Hopefully, more opportunity for people to express themselves. And those people there need something to start thinking that there is something else. Reporter at this restaurant, the nostalgia for what refugees left behind is on display. Patrons come from all over and we found a nun from cuba who spoke to us through an interpreter. Translator this is what the people need to be able to see what its like and be able to open their hearts. Reporter but cuba is a different world from the free wheeling capitalism of america and deep down, many feel this way. Same people are still there, same castros. Still waiting. Reporter just last week, president obama eased many of the travel and business restrictions between the two countries as many cubanamericans here, though not all, are applauding such moves, that five decade plus embargo continues to crumble. In union city, im Brian Thompson, today in new york. It is getting harder to get around this morning. Local and federal authorities are locking down the city ahead of Pope Franciss visit here. Workers have been securing manholes, light poles and barricades are up across the city. Jay johnson has been reviewing security preparations in person. There will be a lot of street closures. All begins with evening prayer on thursday at st. Patricks cathedral. Then pope francis will address the United Nations on friday morning. Around 11 30 that morning he will spend some time reflecting at the 9 11 memorial. Then hell go to east harlem. After that, he will travel in his motorcade through a procession in central park and he will end his day with a mass at Madison Square garden at 6 00 p. M. Friday evening. You can find a complete list of street closings on our website and the popes itinerary. We have a special section dedicated to his visit. Head to nbcnewyork. Com. Coming up after the break on today in new york, our papal visit coverage continues. Hes called the peoples pope, but his progressive views have made him the young peoples pope. A look at pontiffs popularity among the youngest in his flock. And a Fallen Police officer is remembered by the community that he served. We have a sunny day ahead, even though its cloudy now. Temperatures return to the 70s, then the chilliness settles in. This is one of those days where the weather story connects everybody. No matter where you are today youre waking up to clear skies and beautiful temperatures. Wait until you see how long this will go for. I think youll be happy. Pope francis riding a wave of popularity into new york. With all that said he does have his critics. Trafrnlgts traditional catholics, typically older, are at odds with the pope of his traditional views. But those views get the attention of younger catholics. The day pope francis was elected as the new pope was one of the happiest days of my life. Reporter his young life. Hes only starting high school but hes quite comfortable with his catholic faith. I deeply admire pope francis. It made me emotional to think about how special this was. Reporter most catholics francis. A recent gallup poll shows his favorable rating among all catholics is a strong 71 . Thats down from 89 last year. In that time among conservative catholics, the drop was deep, from 72 to 45 . The generational thing happens every day. And there are people that are going to be angry and people not going to be happy or theyre going to disagree. Reporter this man knew pope francis. They worked together at the cathedral in buenos aires. So he wasnt surprised to hear what pope had to say on gay marriage nor that it caught his sons attention. When he said who am i to judge that brought attention to everyone, especially the teenagers who are sometimes confused and ask difficult questions and to know what direction to take. Have a voice with your generation. Why is it that younger people seem to identify with him . I feel like thats made other people look more into religion, more into their faith, really think more about it. Reporter the pope has the ear of a younger generation, important to a church battling a decline in parishioners, and the hope is that traditional catholics come around. Theyre shocked by some things they didnt expect from the Catholic Church leader. Thats great because hes showing them and we are all showing them what were capable of. Reporter gregorio wants to make sure others get that message. As he said, we cannot be parttime christians. Reporter john chandler, news 4 new york. Gus said it best, its a day that everybody i think can enjoy. We are all united in the beauty of todays weather. Very few complaints. The cloudiness is lingering now. Oh, gosh. Theres a cold front coming its much clearer and crisp outside. All the mugginess from yesterday is gone. Temperatures are in the 70s. Still comfortable outside. Waiting for clouds to clear. That will happen over the next few hours, probably 11 00, 12 00, thats when skies really brighten up. Partly sunny skies as you start your sunday. We had showers off to the east, those are gone. Cold front about here right now. Moving across the region. Mostly clear skies in sullivan y ies will build in. 68 in jersey city. 68 in staten island. 70 up in the bronx. Temperatures in the 50s, well north and west of town. You can see that cooler air working in. It will do that over the next couple of hours. Breezy today. Hour. That will be the trend today. It will be breezy, but with the sunshine and warm temperatures, drying out things nicely with that wind from the north. The subway series, last game tonight, cool and breezy. Not as hot as the past few days. Temperatures at first pitch in the 60s. It will feel chilly as the game goes on. Bring your sweatshirt if youre heading out to the game. You can see the clearing trend nicely on future tracker. Clouds linger south and east. Nassau, Suffolk County, jersey shore, not bright yet. You have to wait a bit, 12 00, 1 00. Jersey shore enjoying a fantastic day. Tomorrow morning, headed back to work and school, chilly around 6 00 a. M. , but nice and dry. 78 for your high for today. Bright, breezy, still above average for one more day. Look what happens overnight tonight. These are your low temperatures. This is what youre waking up to monday morning. 54 in Westchester County. Were waking up to 70s. 40s, thats what we got in yorktown, morristown. Upper 40s here, jacket weather. Temperatures in the low to mid 40s. Below average temperatures, thats a switch. 73 tomorrow. 73 and dry on tuesday. Back up to where we are used to being, above average as fall arrives on wednesday with a high of 80. You want to stay up to date with the news 4 new york app. Tap the news 4 logo, scroll down and select the weather tab. You can select the latest forecast, interactive radar and select your own weather video. Its available in the app store right now. Back now live, well go down to havana, cuba where pope francis arriving at revolution plaza. Looking at the background there, thats what is often called the popemobile. You can see the pope being of people. For so many this is a renewal of faith in cuba where many have been intimidated by the former communist regime. There today a celebration of faith, pride and coming up around 10 00 a. M. , Darlene Rodriguez will join us live with what is shaping up to be a remarkable day south of our border. Closer to home, a new street sign up in queens to honor an nypd detective who died while responding to a fire on coney island. This section of granada place will be known as detective Dennis Guerra way. His family and friends gathered yesterday for the renaming ceremony. He died of smoke inhalation last april after a 16yearold boy set an apartment fire. Its sad that hes not here to see this reward. But i know hes there with us in spirit. He will also be remembered by this car you can see on the screen. It will be used in parades and Public Events it has his badge number on the license plate. His family so proud. All right. Still to come after the break, fall in love with autumn entertaining. This will be fun. Francesco joins us to get us in the spirit with a francesco its not about hugging trees. 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I know i shocked some people on social media, theyre already sending me surprise faces, north and west of town you will need a jacket. It will be chilly. Temperatures in the 40s. Thank you. Upcoming at 10 00, Darlene Rodriguez reports live from havana, cuba. Thats a live look of the pope. This is a sneak peek at some of the pageantry that we will be seeing here in the coming days. Just a short while ago arrived at revolution plaza, greeted by hundreds of thousands of the faithful. A full report when we see you at 10 00. All right. Sit tight for open house nyc followed by weekend today. And this is open house nyc. This week were revealing the secrets of staging. See how a few changes transform this jersey city condo. The pages of new york magazines special design hunting issue comes to life as we take you inside three stylish homes. Plus, were shining the spotlight on three amazing westchester homes, including one thats perfect for the equestrian enthusiast. Muffin dowdle this fourstall barn with a heated tap room is beautifully situated on the property. Lets go on up to the ring. [music playing] welcome to open house nyc. Right now im coming to you from a meticulously renovated apartment at the legendary carlyle house. Inside youll find every design detail imaginable. The timeless elegance in this lightfilled home begins in this grand gallery, which lead you to a spacious living room with over fsized windows. Other features include a woodburning fireplace, coffered ceilings, and stunning light fixtures throughout. Our tour of Westchester County begins in bedford. We stop by an estate which sits on over 28 acres on the edge of the beaver dam river. This magnificent Country Manor features 11,000 square feet exquisite living space. Friend to the show, muffin dowdle, my names muffin dawdle. And welcome back to bedford. This long driveway is going to take us down to river bend farm, 28 parklike acres on the beaver dam river. [music playing] 10 years ago, our current owner was riding his horse through this magnificent countryside. And he fell in love. He designed this fieldstone and shingle Country Manor house. Come, lets take a tour. Riverbend farm is approximately 11,000 square feet of exquisitely appointed living space every detail was meticulously thought through by the owner, including bringing the outdoors in, as you can see with this sunstreamed fronttoback a stone fireplace grace this warm family room. And this is the Perfect Place to watch open house. The formal dining room has beautiful curveshaped windows and subtle cove lighting, which sets the mood for any dinner party. Guess whos coming for dinner . Whoever it is, this kitchen can handle the action. Its just a wonderful space and thoughtfully designed for any chef. This delicious master suite is a soothing refuge. We have tray ceilings and a gas fireplace to sit by. Down the hallway are a pair of large walkin closets. And the luxurious limestone master bath has radiant heat. But this room is all about the light through these enormous windows. This commanding view allows you