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Get your [ bleep ], or you join a gang to protect you. The police say the smoegs ke condition was caused by a smoke grenade. The suspect fired at least four shots from inside that apartment, and then more than five officers returned fire as he apparently emerged from the building, shooting at officers. As for the fire lieutenant, hes expected to be released from the hospital sometime tomorrow. Back to you. Listening to that video, it sounded like a war. Thanks so much. Tonight, mayor de blasio under fire for what he was doing during that standoff. Apparently, getting a workout in at the gym, as all this drama unfolded. Michael george is live at city hall. Reporter clearly, the mayor wasnt happy about getting that question. He says he was on top of the situation by phone all morning. Some say this is an example of a mayor whose priorities are in the right place. Others feel this is a big fuss about nothing. Was the mayor out of line . Reports came out that after de blasio was briefed about a firefighter shot in the standoff, he went to the gym before heading to the hospital. The mayor brushed off the question when news 4 asked him about it. Were briefing you on a serious situation, and thats not a serious question. Reporter critics of mayor said it showed disrespect to the wounded firefighter. The mayor should have immediately issued a statement, going to the hospital to be with the victims family. Reporter the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association echoed. De blasio left at 11 15 friday morning but briefed on the situation earlier. Saying he was on calls with the fire commissioner and Police Commissioner about the situation on staten island, starting at 7 7 00 a. M. He should have gone to the hospital. He could have done his workout earlier. The mayor isnt showing the respect for the people that serve the city. Its not surprising. Lets put it that way. Reporter and the mayor did meet with the injured firefighter at his bedside. The Mayors Office says he was on the phone with fire and Police Officials even while at the gym. Michael george, news 4 new york. Thank you. Our coverage continues on nbc new york. Com. You can watch some of the first video from the scene as it all unfolded. New information about a breaking story we first brought you last night on news 4 new york. Tonight, were seeing Surveillance Video of a deadly shooting in brooklyn. You see a gunman here come through the front door of a building on saratoga. He fires three shots and then quickly runs off. One man, isaiah, was killed, and two others were shot in the arm. If you recognize the gunman, call police. Now to the steamy forecast. It was nice while it lasted. Picture perfect weather appears to be ending and stifling heat is moving in. Heres meteorologist janice huff. Temperatures are on the rise. Todays temperatures were three to five Degrees Higher than yesterday. Theyll continue climbing into the weekend and most of next week. Anywhere between 90 and 95 degrees. Humidity will come into play. The wind is going to make it feel more stifling. The dog days of summer are going to last for a while, with only a slight chance of relief, maybe an isolated shower or thunderstorm. We dont see many 50s on the map. We start in the 60s and 70s for tomorrow, and then we build on that. By the afternoon, 1 d , its starting to approach 90, peeshl over especially over the cities. On sundays, its hotter, low to mid 90s. By monday, possibly mid to upper 90s across the area. In the meantime, we have stifling heat, as well as poor air quality. We have an air quality advisory for most of new jersey tomorrow to midnight sunday, and other counties may be included by the weekend. Well talk more about the heat and show you the numbers in a few minutes. Getting warmer already. Thanks so much. Tonight, crews are investigating a pair of manhole explosions in hells kitchen. 45th street and 9th avenue, it caused a small fire underground. Nobody was hurt but the fire made a mess of traffic on the west side during rush hour this evening, as crews worked on the problem. Its been the buzz of brooklyn heights. A mystery drone seen flying high above streets. Attached to the bottom of it, a camera that appeared to be looking in windows. Checkey beckford tracked down the story about the person at the controls of the drone. This is down right creepy. Reporter thats right. Those people who looked out their windows and saw that drone with a camera attached peering back in were definitely creeped out. Tonight, were learning more about why it may have been all the way up there, high above the heads of unsuspecting pedestrians walking below. 30 stories up, this breathtaking view of the new york city skyline was interrupted thursday when this strange flying object suddenly appeared. Did you feel like you were in a scene from a scifi movie . Little war of the worlds. Reporter he even waved at the drone until they realized a camera attached to the device seemed to be recording them. Pointing the camera into our offices. Reporter they say the drone moved back and forth, up and down, high above court street. Even in front of apartment windows. We know he was zooming past some open windows of peoples residences, which was freaky. Reporter a reporter snapped these pictures. What was he doing there, and why did it look like he was spying on unsuspecting workers and residents . Asking me a lot of questions about reporter solomon, a Security Guard next to the building where the man was spotted said he saw officers confiscate ing the drone after complaints. The man was slapped with a summons for flying the drone over the city, despite his claim he was doing research for an architectural firm. You have to be careful. Its not a bird. Its not a plane. Its not superman. It was a drone. Reporter the folks at the Brooklyn Eagle say the main concern was the drone could have fallen into large crowds of people during the evening rush hour. This is the latest concerning incident with the drone in the past month. Calls by lawmakers for stricter regulations. Checkey beckford, news 4 new york. Drones all over the news. Did you feel it . A small earthquake rattled people in new jersey. The u. S. Geological survey confirms 2. 7 magnitude quake hit. No reports of injuries or damage to homes. Dozens of people felt the rumble. Some as far as rockland county. The smaller earthquakes arent that unusual. The last one to hit new jersey happened last year just outside of trenton. History in havana. For the first time in 55 years, the American Flag is flying above the American Embassy in cuba. The same three marines who took down the stars and stripes in 1961 were called back to replace it. John kerry was the first secretary of state to visit the island in 70 years. No cuban political dissidents were invited but kerry met with them in pirate. The crash that left this dump truck danger ling over tracks. Zigzagging through traffic. The story of a dog and a family who stepped in to save him. Chopper 4 over this unbelievable scene on route 80 in new jersey this morning. Look at this. A dump truck left dangling over train tracks. The truck crashed in the shoulder of the roadway, sending its trailer on to the support beams over new jersey transits lines. Service in the area was suspended for several hours as crews removed the truck and debris from the tracks. Police took over a Death Investigation in connecticut. Someone called 911 from a home in connecticut today. When police arrived, they found a man dead and the person who called for help. We dont know who the person is or their collection to the map who died. Police have not identified the victim. They have identified the victim but not released his name. An autopsy will reveal more details about how the man died. New york state will pay tribute to a fallen officer by renaming part of the turnpike after him. Itll be called Police Officer arthur lopez memorial bridge. The officer was gunned down near that exit in october of 2012. Last year, fuller was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder. We have been counting down the days, and it is finally happening. Tomorrow, nbc 4 and telemundo 47 are teaming up with shelters around the area to give animals a loving home. How one family helped save the life of a special pup. Reporter its been said that a champion is always willing to go another round. A champ never gives up. Here, champ. Reporter by all accounts, this guy was given the right name. It was emotional. We felt really sorry for him. Reporter champ was only four months old when found abandoned by his owners in an apartment. He wasnt left there. He had a fractured skull and nasal bone, wounds covering 40 of his face and an eye injury so severe, hed lose his eye. They said, after all hes been through and how sick he was, when he was on the table, and he must have been in pain, i would imagine, his tail wagged. They just knew that they had to save him. They just knew they had to try to save him. So they did. Reporter champs story went rival. When this family heard about him and met him, it was a perfect fit. We fell in love with him. At that point, his surgeries were all recent. His face was red and swollen. He was all tired and rolled up in a ball. He was so cute. Then he came up, and he played with us. It just your heart just melted for this little guy. Thats a good boy. Reporter champ lives in yorktown with the family, which includes two other rescues. Asher and suki. Hes a wonderful ful ful addition. Hes friendly, just a great dog. I love him to death. Reporter yorktown heights, news 4 new york. Thats cute. Tomorrow is the day when we are teaming up with dozens of shelters to find homes for pets in need. Many have agreed to cut the cost of adoption for tomorrow only. Dont miss this. You cant miss it if you have your mobile device. Thats because well be Live Streaming from area shelters starting tomorrow at 10 30. Youll find the stream on nbc new york. Com or the news 4 new york app. I have to admit, i am in love with that dog. Im sorry, daisy. I know youre watching, my dog at home. But that dog was adorable, champ, wasnt he . So cute. Great story, too. You were around a lot of animals today, janice. I was. They all wanted to come home with me because they were looking at you, rob. They said, yeah, we want to be robs pets. Cats and dogs. There will be plenty for adoption tomorrow in our clear the shelter campaign. Hopefully go on our website, nbc new york. Com, and find the shelter near you. Hopefully you will find a match made in heaven tomorrow and adopt a pet. Lets check out whats happening right now. Mostly clear skies and 77 degrees in the city. Its nice and warm in midtown. It is only going to get warmer from here. Weve been talking about the heat all week. Its starting to build already. There could be a couple of isolated storms but theyll be well north and west, and maybe out of the viewing area. There is a cold front approaching. The catskills and poconos, keep an eye to the sky for one or two storms. The 90s are on the way and not much rain coming up. The humidity, too. Had a small cluster of showers and thundershowers moving north. Now theyve dissipated. Thatll be the general trend. We are tracking this cold front north of buffalo, back toward cleveland. Theyre getting some thunderstorms tonight. That is moving to the south and east. I think itll weaken. Most of the storms, if any, will be well to the north and west over the weekend. Terrytown is 73. Brooklyn, 75. The city will see a mild start in the morning but approaching 90 around 5 00. 60s in homedale. Seaside park, toms river, 71. Great beach day at the shore. Make sure youre covered up and you have plenty of sunscreen. In the direct sun, it can get hot. Stay cool and drink lots of water. Itll approach 90. Chester, 68. Youre not going to see the 50s tonight, north and west. A blanket of clouds and one or two showers or storms after 4 00 tomorrow afternoon. It does warm up for you, too. In the 60s in fairfield. Mid 70s in. Into the mid 80s. By the end of the weekend, youll be approaching 90 degrees, as well. Tonight, white plains, 68. City down to 67. Its a small night. Youll see temperatures starting to warm up, of course, as we go into time. 90s tomorrow. Newark, the mid 90s tomorrow. With the humidity over the next several days, its going to feel like mid to upper 90s, especially early in the week. The temperatures dont drop far below 90 degrees all the way to friday. Maybe on thursday, maybe. Theres a chance. Wondering where august was. There it is. Thanks so much. Whats coming up in sports . Whats more exciting, baseball and the mets and yankees are rolling toward the post season, but then preseason football is starting. Big blue opens preseason play in cincinnati. The giants First Team Offense didnt look like itself. Yankees arrive in toronto intent on wrestling first place back from the blue jays. What a finish. Thats next here on news 4 new york at 11 00. You have to see this texas style roupd ndup. A horse had broken free from a yard and running loose in traffic near houston yesterday. Officers tried to corral the mare, but animal control arrived and tapped on an empty feed bucket to get the horses attention. He was captured and the owner could face criminal charges. Beach goers on cape cod saw this shake near rk near the shore. This was days after a shark was seen killing a seal 20 miles from here. Officials closed beaches after that. They think the seal population is attracting more sharks to the area. I think it was just his tail. That is scary. You wouldnt go in the water, right . No. Neither would i. Priority number one in the preseason, nobody gets hurt. The giants wisely help out victor cruz, as he continues to carefully come back from the devastating knee injury. Both rookie safeties left with injuries. In cincinnati, First Team Offense, rusty. Eli manning played three series behind odell beckham. Just getting the blood flowing tonight. Second quarter, moves the football for a little bit, finding Dwayne Harris on the sideline. Great balance. Dragging both feet in for the catch. Dart takes the plunge for the giants for the first and only touchdown of the night. 9 carries, 52 yards. Giants lose, 2310. Here is bruce beck. You said you wanted to get your nose a little bloody tonight and feel the pain again. What was it like being back out . It was great. Making some tackles, doing my job within the scheme and play hard, fast and aggressive. I felt like i did that. I wish we would have done a better job of getting points early. Well go back to the drawing board and start scheming. Its the preseason. Its not time to hit the panic button. First place in the al east is up for grabs in toronto tonight. The yankees are the hunters, no longer the hunted. Down in second place after the jays leapfrogged them. David price on the mound after the yankees issues last weekend. Shut them out in the eighth. Two on, henley drives this to the gap in left center. Ground rule double. Teixeira scores. Two strikes, one sweet swing. Beltron, could it be a homer . 43 lead for the yankees. To the ninth, tulowitzki. Miller chases to end it. Bigtime stuff from the closer from saves his 26th. Looking like a playoffs. Jays win streak stops at 11 straight. Yankees back in first by 1 2 game. We do it all again tomorrow. Mets entered 4 1 2 games up on the nationals and theyll admit to score board watching. The division seems to be theirs to lose. Time to test their medal against the wildcard leading pirates at citi field. Down 10 in the sixth is where well pick up. Cespedes had a good night. Really like to show you, but apparently, the squirrel died on the treadmill tonight. Well be back with more news after this. Thats it for news 4 new york at 11 00. The tonight show is next. Today in new york begins at 6 00 a. M. Its friday. Have a great weekend. Good night. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests kevin spacey, keeganmichael key, comedian monroe martin, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 313, detroit steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hey oh, looking good [ cheers and applause ] looking good hot crowd. Hot crowd tonight. 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