4,000 officers have lined the parade route. The governor says enough young people have died and called on the community for it to stop. Its a reminder that the violence the violence has to stop, and we all have a role and a responsibility carey gabays wife is pregnant with their first child. She remains at the hospital by mr. Gabays side as well as the governor, kala rama channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Now to the labor day holiday, and its a day to honor the American Worker and also known as the unofficial end of summer. One of the Largest Labor day parades stepped off in South Plainfield new jersey. This is the 58th year the parade has been held in the middlesex town. Tens of thousands are spending this holiday along the jersey shore. Were going to be in with meteorologist bill evans outside our studios on the Upper West Side on a perfectly beautiful unofficial day last day of summer. Youre exactly right. Its warm and were in a little bit of some unusual weather. Were going to have three days of 90degree weather in september. So summer is going out kicking and screaming. Today is going to be hot but not humid. Here at noontime the temperature now 88 degrees. Well easily get to 90 this afternoon. Theres a little bit of a west, southwest wind, places like sunset park are going to be a little cooler but places like murray hill are going to be a little warmer. 88 in newark and 83 from nassau island. Theres hardly any humidity. Now. The heat index will come to tomorrow when you see the southwest wind is going to change more to a southerly wind and pick up the moisture. From today into wednesday, were about 10 to 15 degrees in the normal. Were going to be looking at 80s and lower 90s especially tomorrow and wednesday. Weve got hot air that is poised to our south and west to keep sliding eastward ahead of a cold that front comes to us on thursday. The heat index this afternoon is hovering around 90. Notice the heat index for tomorrow. Thats going to be into the mid 90s and just west of the city in the urban areas of new jersey into the upper 90s. Well talk more about that and thunderstorms for thursday all in your accuweather sevenday forecast in just a moment. Back to you in the studio. As bill said its great beach weather and a lot of people trying to squeeze in a couple more days in the sun and surf. Anthony johnson deserving of such a break. We sent him to belmar with that part of our coverage, anthony. Reporter dont make me laugh, but you know the key to simple. Here along the jersey shore they have had plenty of that, a lot of sun all summer long, and when you have so much sun, you profits. Now as a last treat of summer down here in belmar, beachgoers get free parking on this Labor Day Weekend, and beach access. Now some restaurants along the jersey shore have reported 10 to 20 increases in profits this summer because every weekend has been great. The weather has been sunny every single weekend in the months of july and august, which is a real treat, and of course its sunny this september weekend. Another big factor is bringing in the big crowds. Cheap gas prices throughout the summer. This labor day you can buy regular gas in some places here in jersey below 2 a gallon. That means more people have been driving down for the weekend and quick day trips. The Tourism Business in the state brings some 42 billion into the economy, much of that comes from shore businesses during the summer. It also creates 300,000 temporary jobs. This has been a banner year for many business owners. Actually were about even with last year. We had a successful season last year. Weve been here 20 years now, so were just about even. We might even turn up a little positive because of having this extra week. Well know tonight by 12 00 tonight, but dont worry, were still going to disney world. Reporter and theyre going to disney world, and the dolphins are out here in the water enjoying the jersey shore. We saw a pod passing by just a few momentsing a just having a few little last minute bits of summer in the waves here along the jersey shore. Now with the temperatures expected to remain warm, possibly throughout the rest of this week, they hope that more people come down to the jersey shore. Theyre going to try to squeeze every dollar they can out of this tourism season. That is the latest live from belmar new jersey, Anthony Johnson channel 7 Eyewitness News. Such a great shot of those dolphins. Anthony thank you. As we mentioned earlier in the newscast, the annual west Indian American day parade for brooklyn is another sure sign that it is labor day. More than a Million People are expected to line the streets from Eastern Parkway and neck tee avenue in crown heights. Revelers expect to be dazzled by the floats and the music and of course all of those costumed dancers. Its all about unity and feeling beautiful and about showing how amazing the caribbean and unique and diverse it is. One island, one people one culture. Thats what were trying to project about brooklyn. Were a melting pot. One of the grand marshals for the parade is maxine williams, facebooks global head of diversity. New at noon, police are investigating an accident that has seriously injured a pedestrian in new rochelle. A 20yearold man was struck by a vehicle. Hes been taken to a local hospital in serious condition. We also have new information in a deadly hit and run in brooklyn. Police say the driver of the minivan believed to have struck and killed a disabled woman has turned himself in for questioning after seeing his vehicle on television. The nypd released the video of this van where Marlene Zotti was killed. Her brother says zotti was crossing the street with a walker when she was hit. No word on whether the driver will face charges. In a few hours from now, Governor Cuomo will head to puerto rico for a one day visit to discuss the financial crisis in the u. S. Territory. Hes taking a special delegation which includes congressman nadyaville has quiz and reuben diaz junior. Diaz says the situation in puerto rico is grave and something must be done. There is 73 billion in debt. They dont get the reimbursement rate from the federal government that other states get even though they pay into the medicaid system. One doctor per day is leaving puerto rico. Puerto ricans have to come to the United States to get health care. Taxes are being raised. Diaz says he hopes the visit pushes the u. S. To help. Joe torrez is headed to cover the governors visit. You can see his report today and online at abc7ny. A major move by the white house, president obama plans to sign an executive order requiring sick leave for employees of federal contractors. The new protection will affect 300,000 people. Making sure theyve got decent benefits. When you reward people who are playing by the rules, thats how everybody does better. Thats how america gets ahead. The white house has said the cost will be made up by lower worker attrition and better loyalty. And still to come, exclusive video, cars go up in flames on a street along the island. Now a mystery left for police to try and unravel. Plus the dentist who killed cecil the lion is ready to go back to work, and is now backlash. Well tell you what he wants the world to now know. And a referee blind sided, tackled during a High School Football game. Now the Players Behind i new numbers out this Labor Day Weekend reveal big changes in the race for president. Hillary clinton losing ground to her democratic challengers and in matchups against republicans. Abcs kenneth moden live in washington. A lot of candidates are laboring this holiday. In a newly released poll Bernie Sanders is at his highest in new hampshire. Clinton is at her lowest. My voice is a little raspy. Hillary clinton is losing her voice and support 1 percentage point at a time to her rivals. I think theyre getting nervous. A new poll has Bernie Saunders a 9 point lead. A man who hasnt entered the race has 16 . Vice President Joe Biden was in pittsburgh kicking off the annual labor day parade, his audience members of the large and politically Important Union united Steel Workers who chanted run joe, run. Build labor, we build america. Gop front runner donald trump is not laboring today, taking a break but his name is still being mentioned after his Foreign Policy blunder on the radio last week. Are you familiar with general solamani . Yes, go ahead, give me a little go ahead, tell me. He runs the kuds forces. Trump responded over the weekend calling that radio host a third rate got you guy. You have to find a way to elevate the debate to focus on the changes that would actually get us a government that could work again, that is not captured by the tiniest fracture of the 1 who fund campaigns. That new poll has trump beating clinton in a hypothetical general election matchup in iowa. We are months away from the first caucus and primary votes and things can change quickly on the campaign trail liz. Reporting live here in washington, kenneth moten, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Across europe leaders are pledging to take in more refugees fleeing syria in the escalating crisis. Germany is expecting around 2500 people today, another 20,000 arrived over the weekend. Others are streaming in to austria and france agreed to take 24,000 people. Most of the migrants are escaping war in syria. Greece is working on a plan to move up to 18,000 people crammed on to a small island without enough services. A Law Enforcement officers from around the country converging in illinois at this hour. Theyre gathering to attend the funeral of a Police Officer who was fatally shot on the job. Funeral services for lieutenant Charles Gliniewicz are being held in his hometown of antioch. The 52yearold was gunned down on tuesday after he radioed he was chasing three suspicious men on foot. Police in las vegas say theyve arrested a gunman who ambushed two officers in their squad car. The man allegedly opened fire on the officers, with a semiautomatic handgun while they were stopped at a traffic light. One officer was shot in the hand, the other officer chased the suspect and caught him. The injured officer is listed in good condition. Las vegas started putting two officers in its squad cars after another attack on police on friday. We are counting down to pope francis historic visit to the United States and new york. Today is the last day to enter a lottery to receive two tickets from the city for the popes procession through central park september 25th. Anyone in new york state is eligible. Go to abc7ny. Com pope to sign up. A local High School Coach who has inspired people across the country, now it is time for her to receive Something Back. See the surprise that left her thrilled beyond words. And Quarterback Tom Brady talking for the First Time Since winning his fight with the nfl, his what he calls new focus. And a beautiful look outside on this labor day monday. Are we about to hit another record, meteorologist bill evans is up seen haley . Abc7 and your Tristate Ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. Check this out, thats a polar bear who became tangled in a fishing net. This happened on a small island in alaska. Government scientists hit the bear with a tranquilizer from a helicopter then residents who live in the island helped keep him from drowning as a sedative took effect. Once it was sedated, the bear was untangled. He appeared uninjured after waking up he headed back into the wild. Wow. Its a good deed. Its a frightening one because you want to make sure the bears sedated. Its a good deed nonetheless, something i would imagine our meteorologist bill evans doing in this situation. He works better unsedated actually. Heres whats going on n is the type of weathers thats mesmerizing today. Here weve had a beautiful summer. Weve had rain, its been like during the week. We are a little short rainfall, but the weekends have been really good, and of course were ending the unofficial end of summer on a really good note. Humid. We have a lot of the sunshine as we look from our camera here, brooklyn to the lower east side. 88 degrees, look at the humidity, 35 . Thats why it feels so nice. A west wind is a dry wind. Its a warm wind. The temperature goes up. The humidity remains low. We have bermuda high over us, and thats why we have such a nice day. We have a sunset at 7 19 thats going to be gorgeous. Normal high is 78. Were going to crush that today. Were going to get to 90, maybe 91 this afternoon. Abnormal heat for september. Over the next several days its going to be 90plus with a real feel around 95 and 100 in some spots. Then a potential strong thunderstorm line comes through with a cold front on thursday, and thats what you kind of get this time of the year as you start to slowly change into fall. Massapequa and north port are 81, 82 in hauppauge, the west and southwest winds south facing shores are a little cooler. Well see the inland numbers pile up, 88. The dull snowman in central park and across manhattan and over towards newark in the urban areas of new jersey. A wind out of the southwest, 5, 8, 10, 12 Miles Per Hour, that keeps it dry. That keeps the humidity away. Tomorrow and wednesday youll feel that humidity, especially tomorrow as the temperature probably gets to 93 which could tie or break the record set nearly 100 years ago in 1919. So you see its clear back to the great lakes. That cold front gets here on thursday. Most likely overnight thursday into thursday night. Heres our futurecast. You see were dry through tomorrow, we say there you see wednesday there you see some clouds and there comes the front on thursday about 2 a. M. As we go into friday. Once that plows through we cool off for the weekend. The real feels tomorrow, the heat index around 94. You see those red shades there into the interior, essex, hudson, union county, thats 95, 98 maybe even 100. Southwest 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour this afternoon, water temperature up to about 75 right at the beach. Rip current risk is moderate. Its hot today on this labor day, its 90. Its the humidity, the humidity picks up tomorrow with some record heat. The real feel tomorrow is about 95 to 98 and we could tie or break that record high. Its comfy tonight with 73, the humidity picks up tomorrow. Well see if we can tie that record of 93 degrees and heres your accuweather sevenday forecast. Thunderstorms thursday, maybe a leftover friday and that sets us up for a drier, cooler weekend coming up. Feels really good out here. There. It feels great out here. We need to go out there. All right. See you guys in a minute. Thank you. And still to come, a man he survives. Today hes telling his story. Find out why he says the hammerhead shark, the one that bit him is the real victim. And caught on camera, a street performance takes a surprising turn. Is that who you think it is . , the back of caring about the things that make each of our clients unique. Thats what makes Riverspring Health unique. Many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. A ref blind sided by players, a street performance by a rock star, and a squirrel raising a racket, just some of the stories that were caught on camera and caught our attention. Were going to begin with two High School Football players in texas facing possible criminal charges after they were accused of targeting an unsuspecting referee during a game. Watch as a defensive back from Jon Jay High School runs directly at the ref as soon as the play begins. The player hits the referee from behind knocking him to the ground. Thats when another player dives into the ref head first. Reports are they were not happy with an earlier call. Both players have been suspended from the team and school. The referee has not decided if he will press charges [ music ] because i miss you babe and i dont want to miss a thing thats aerosmith front man steven tyler. He spotted a street performer in moscow and decided to jump in and join him. People could not believe it. Hes in moscow to celebrate the citys birthday. Isnt it great. And one player didnt need a tennis racket, a squirrel invaded a womens double match during yesterdays session. Tennis officials tried to corral the critter but it eventually ran off into the crowd. Poor thing looks so freaked out, doesnt he . Where are my nuts, they were all in the stands, he didnt realize it. Meanwhile, steven tyler sounded amazing. Really really cool, awesome for the people who happened to be walking by. Its incredible that he had very cool. Comenting up next coming up next, two cars erupt in flames overnight. 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