The amazins are now National League championships. We have Team Coverage this morning. Reporter the mets win the pennant. I mean let that sink in for a minute. The mets are going to the world series. They didnt waste any time putting the pressure on the cubs. Great to see duda breaking out of the postseason slumber. This threerun shot in the 1st inning set the tone for the entire game because the next batter, he also sends one out of the friendly confines. The mets score four in the 1st and batted around and then in the 2nd, duda comes up and does it again, another twoout hit. Great sign for the metsful we will be needing his bat in the world series. And can you believe it . Daniel murphy did it again, he hit another home run, this one in the 8th inning, his sixth straight postseason game with a homer which is a new major league record. Drop the mic, daniel. Mets up 83, they sweep Chicago First world series in 15 years. Fifth in franchise history. 83 is the final. Game one of the fall classic will be on tuesday. And by the way, the first game at citi field will be next friday, october 30th. The world series, let that sink in. Thank you so much. Postgame and fan reaction in a moment. But first, traffic and weather on the 2s. John elliott has the forecast. Hey, john. Drop the mic, alex. Boom. I like that. Changing day. Numbers are going to be the same. In the mid70s. But more clouds and theres the possibility of some wet weather much later today. Clear and 61. Feels good out there right now. Winds southwest at 6 Miles Per Hour. And theres oh, see, you saw it didnt you . Theres the front to the north and the west. I mean, its not packing that much of a punch. And as has been the case, so many time, look at all the energy affiliated with it, riding up to the in order to of our area. The forecast, watch for increasing clouds. Numbers still mild, 75 the high and may hit sooner in the day today. And then theres the chance for a shower before, oh, the cold air fills in because its a cold front. And we will talk more about that. Alex is over there oh, meg baker is in for alex. Good morning everyone. In program us, new jersey, two lanes blocked on route 17 between mid land avenue and century road. And now the bridge is closed in both directions due to construction. And so far, no delays at the George Washington bridge. The lincoln and holland are also clear. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Alex and mary thank you so much. Back to the championship chase as the mets and the fans get ready for the world series. Team members spoke after their win last night including Daniel Murphy who became the first player of to hit a home run in six consecutive playoff games. I cant explain why and we keep winning ball games which is the most important part and the coolest part. Well, its a special moment for me. After all these years when this has been your whole life, to get to the ultimate series that every person who has ever played this game wants to get to, im going to enjoy it. The manager said he is not disappointed. He said the mets were just that good. They were. And thats how the fans feel too celebrating the championships as they get ready for the world series now. Story. Reporter mets fans in bars throughout the city and all over going bonkers when the amazins put a fork in the well done cubbies advancing to the amazing reporter its the mets first trip back to the october lost to the yankees in the subway series and 1986 when they won it all against the red sox and the fans are savoring every moment. Just going crazy right now. Just crazy. Its crazy. Reporter the mets website got a little ahead of itself yesterday showing off mets gear declaring them National League champions, even before the game started. The mistake was corrected. Lets go mets lets go mets reporter but who could blame them . The amazins backed it up, sweeping the cubs. And now, well, ill let the fans tell you four wins away from the World Championship lets go mets stay with cbs 2 news and cbsnewyork. Com as the mets head to the world series and of course we will have continuing coverage throughout the morning including a live report from chicago. Meanwhile, the new york mets paid tribute last night to a nypd Police Officer killed in saying we support our fallen hero officer randolph holder. The 13th precinct tweeted the image and thanked the team for their support. And the accused killer is being held without bail this morning after last nights arraignment. Janelle burrell has more. Reporter yeah, good morning to you. It has been an emotional few days here at the Police Service area five where officer holder worked. You can see this memorial growing in tribute to him as his family prepares for his funeral. The man accused of killing him sits in jail. Tyrone howard entered theman manhattan courtroom Late Wednesday night to a standing room only crowd of nypd officer, staring down the 30 yearold accused of shooting and killing officer randolph holder. As the judge ordered the career criminal held without bail for the murder i hope you burn in hell. Reporter one officer earlier in the even, howard ignored questions as he left the station house. Investigators say the resident had been part of a drug related shootout near east 102nd street tuesday night, leaving the the scene on a stolen bike believed to be seen here in surveillance video, Police Following close behind. When officer holder and his partner cornered him on an fdr foot bridge, Police Say Howard began shooting. Puts the bike down, pulls out his weapon and he fires one time, striking the officer in the front of the head. Officer down. Officer down . Reporter 33yearold holder aircraft Third GenerationPolice Officer and emigrant from guyana died hours later. His father, a former officer in guyana seen outside their home where his family is now preparing for his funeral. The world needs to know that that young man was irreplaceable and the sacrifice that he gave to the city was sacrifices that many members of the service give. Reporter now officer holders funeral is set for next thursday in queens. As for the suspect Tyrone Howard, he has been charged with first degree murder and we should note, he has more than 20 arrests dating back to the time that he was 13 years old and had two outstanding arrest warrants at the time of officer holder was killed. Reporting live this morning from east harlem, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. Thank you. And the Empire State Building was lit in blue last night in honor of officer holder. The mayor says it honors a brave man Whose Mission was to protect new york city. Mayor de blasio and Governor Cuomo ordered flags to fly at half staff in honor of officer theyll remain that day until the day after his funeral. Time now 4 38. Still to come, a massive fire leaves hundreds of people homeless. Find out how long it took and a humpback whale spotted near the jersey shore . Why you are advised to stay away from it. Oh, what could possibly go wrong . In the city right now, its quiet. It is comfortable. We have readings in the 60s. Its going to be another late summerlike day but maybe the last one for a while. Watch out, could see a few drops that we need later in the day. And then back to the 50s. And im not talking fonzi. Coming up. A massive fire at a new jersey Apartment Building sends flames shooting into the sky leaving two firefighters hurt and hundreds of people homeless in passaic. The fire broke out just before 9 00 last night. It took dozens of firefighters including residents to help put out the flames. A number of people were concerned about injuries but they did bring those flames under control. My husband opened the door and he saw all the smoke but the alarms never went off. Never. Well, its really scary, you know. It is. What do you think when you look at the building . My god, incredible. You know, you lose everything in a flash but you have your lives, so. A city spokesperson says 300 to 400 residentses have been displaced. The injured firefighters are expected to be okay. No word yet on what started the fire. Well the time now is 4 42. Traffic and weather on the 2s and heres john elliott. Tell you what, were going to have another blast of cold air take over into friday into saturday. So please heat your apartments and homes safely. Obviously avoid candles and make sure you monitor the fireplaces and space heaters too. Always mindful of that when you see a fire, just think and want to make sure you stay safe and comfortable. 57 north shore. 44 cooler for barry watching the meteor shower. Have to give a thank you to charlie, enjoying the sounds of the season as much as the sights. Once again, just a beautiful picture, seeing less color north and west, more closer to the the city. And nice composition with cloudsover head. And he called it yesterday so back up on the big board, bruce adams had them taking it in four, so way to go. 57 in northport. And a beautiful sunset last night as well. And we are going to see more if the way of clouds today. And may not be as pretty of a day, likely almost as warm. And then theres the chance of a shower later today as well. 61 with clear skies in the city now. And i saw a shooting star this morning. No one saw another shooting star . Well, you see mary calvi, theres a shooting star right there. Relative humidity at 53 . And numbers around the area, again, we have the 60s but you have the 40s circling the city. And interesting in the hamptons where its 42. You know, thats 14 degrees so there is that give and take already underway. In the city, we will see clear skies give way to more cloud, 75 the high. And earlier in the afternoon, clouds fill in and push through. A stray shower possible later today. And odds are low, you get a sense of that front off to the north and a lot of the moisture will ride north of our area. So the models are not that aggressive in bringing in those showers. And you can see the front trying to push through but into the afternoon, there you see a stray shower early evening, could see a shower into sussex, orange, putnam county. And watch how it falls apart. Long island you may see a shower tonight which would be great. And then its relatively dry friday into saturday but its a cold front so the numbers are going to be lower. Dry, speaking of, absolutely, over 7. 75 inches below normal as far as the deficit for rain this year. Not a lot with this system. We will leigh the chance of a shower we will the chance of a shower in forecast. And 50s friday into saturday. And still that chance of a shower on sunday. And cool again the first part of next week. So enjoy the summer feel. How much of the ride can you enjoy, meg . Thanks, john. I see your orange and blue. Good work for the mets. On your way, in program us, new jersey, construction has two lanes blocked on route 17 in both directions. Thats between mid land avenue and century road. And the bridge is closed in both directions due to construction. Traffic is being diverted. And construction has two lanes blocked on the northbound fdr drive between 79th street and the rfk triborough bridge. And another look at the Staten Island expressway, no delays on the Staten Island at the tolls. And clear on the northern and Southern State parkways. And mass transit, all is on or close on metro north, path and long island railroad. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Thank you. Well happening today, Hillary Rodham clinton is set to appear before the house benghazi committee. Seven republicans and five democrats will question the former secretary of state about the attack back in 2012. Four americans were killed including ambassador chris stephens. Have learned through emails and documents that there were hundreds of mentions about security incident, particularly in 2012. So we have questions for the secretary about what she did with respect to those security requests. The clinton president ial campaign has accused the republicanled panel of carrying out a partisan investigation. Now to campaign 2016. The guessing game is over, Vice President joe biden announces he will not be running for president. Unfortunately, i believe we are out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning biden was encouraged to run by democrats worried about Hillary Rodham clintons email scandal and sag poll numbers but she was well received and political analysts say that dimmed bidens prospects. And on the republican side, paul ryan is on his way to becoming the next speaker of the house. The Freedom Caucus has announced it will support him. He decided to make a play for the position but only if he could get the necessary backing by weeks end and he said he wont give up family time. His family lives in wisconsin. And on money watch, stock futures are higher this morning after wall street posted losses on wednesday the. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 48 points. The nasdaq composite dropped by 40. And the s p 500 lost 11. Next week youtube will announce a new Subscription Service for 9. 99 a month. Subscribers will be able to watch almost everything on the site without commercials and access to original shows and movies and google streaming music service. Google owns youtube and has been looking for a new revenue stream. Ad revenue hasnt been able to recover the cost of providing millions of money. Ebay reported a stronger than expected quarterly profit and raised the profit forecast for the rest of the year. Investors were concerned about the companys finances after the spinoff of paypal in july. Ebay stock jumped 8 in overnight trading. Governor cuomo says uber should be regulated city by city in the state. The ride Service Looking to expand on long island. Uber says thousands of long islanders have already downloaded the app. You probably share a cab with four other people before you get home to drop off all those people. Uber, its just me. I would be more willing to go with a cab because they are licensed and marked and you know what you get. Currently the only access to uber on long island is for riders in nassau counties to and from new york city. All right, well the time now 4 49. Looking for classic italian dishes at great prices . Well, we have a dining deal for you. And a humpback whale hang out along the jersey shore but you shouldnt get too close. And another check on traffic and weather on the 2s ahh. Ah. You probably say it a million times a day. Ahh. Ahh ahh. Ahh but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. Say ahh. Ahh. Cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your innetwork annual checkup. So america, lets go. Know. Ahh and take control of your health. We dont ask ourselves that because it is 4 51 so that means we are here on cbs 2 news this morning. 61 degrees. Yeah. An unusual sight at the whale has been spotted feeding for several days. It has been seen near ocean city and island beach state park. And if you are down the shore and spot the whale, keep your distance. Its actually illegal to bother them. Im picturing it in my mind right now. Yes, picture that. Thats a big whale. You can imagine, yes. This is great. Oh, yeah . Should we be like yeah. This is super. 61 out there right now. Feeling dynamite today. But its not going to be as pretty of a day. Clouds in the morning and in the afternoon and a stray shower possible and even tonight. Again, stray the operative word there. And not a lot of moisture work with. It is comfortable with a reading of 61. And the friend keeping us warm. Its our last day in the 70s. Struggling to get out of the 50s friday and saturday. And dry start to the weekend, rain chance returns on sunday. Nice and comfortable, mid to upper 70s today. And then the drop friday into saturday. And you see it, a little bit of the rain right there. We want to show you the rest of that front. And then the other big story thats making news around the country, this front, the risk of severe weather, tornado watch already underway for parts of west texas. Still a lot of heat in the Central States and thats going to be bringing in more active weather for the plains later today. Thank you so much. And the commute this morning. Construction might hold you up this morning. Lets get you around that. In program us, njtv, in two lanes blocked on route 17 in both directions between mid land avenue and century road. And in bay i dont even, the bay i dont even bridge is closed in both directions due to construction. And traffic is diverted to the goethals bridge. And two lanes are blocked at 9th street on fdr drive. And just reminder, alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect citywide. Mary and alex thank you so much. In our next half hour, the vatican responding to rumors and when we return, sizzling steak cooked in garlic and olive oil . 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