News 4 long island reporter greg cergol was in the verdict room as the verdict was read. Reporter rob, that touched off cheering on one side of the courtroom and a silent protest on the other. The verdict was issued by a Nassau County judge, patricia herrington, ending a weeklong bench trial that was conducted without a jury. The judge in effect accepted the claim of the white Police Officer that he feared for his safety when he beat that young black driver. As relieved vincent left court withou t a word. Just moments before the nassau Police Officer had been acquitted on Assault Charges in the beating of a westbury man that was caught on video during a 2014 traffic stop. This verdict validates what we have said from day one, which is that the force that was used in this case s s, in fact, justified. Reporter the alleged victim was also in court for the verdict, but left without comment. His supporters exited the courtroom with their hands raised in the air, and later dont shoot. Dont shoot. Dont beat me. They shouted dont shoot, dont beat me as they left the court house. We know the system is broken. We know a black man cant get justice in this country. You can beat, kill, and brutalize us, and a judge is going to look the other way. It is clear now that the u. S. Attorneys office, and the fbi needs to come in here and clean this sewer out. Reporter howells supporters are indeed asking for a federal prosecutor to take a look at this case to try and reverse what one person called a legal lynching. But again, the judge in effect said that kyle howell touched off this entire incident by reaching toward his glove box at the beginning of this traffic stop, it turns out, he was trying to hide a bag of were live this afternoon, greg cergol, news 4 new york. Thank you. New here at noon, score one for the new York Attorney general. A judge has granted the ags request to ban Fantasy Sports sites, fandual and draftkings from operating in the state. The sites allow players to compete against each other for money. New york has banned bookmaking and sports gambling since way back in 1894. Draft kings and fan dual are fighting that litigation. Well dozens are in emergency shelters this afternoon after a massive fire destroyed their mes in the bron. Ames jumped from building to building for hours overnight. We tracked the breaking sivituation this morning on today in new york. Along valentine avenue near east 180th, Lori Bordonaro is live wi how people are coping after a massive fire, lori. Reporter rob, this fire consumed this row of nine homes here along valentine avenue, decorations, so much stuff in the sidewalk, very little could be halvaged. Fortunately, everyone made it out okay. We spoke to one mom though who says it was a close call for her family. The game came through the window from the third floor to the second floor. Reporter her four children were inside their bronx home, her fiveyearold saw flames inside her bedroom. She was at work, her sister, baby sitting. When my sister went inside, the top bed was on fire. Reporter the fire raged and the sister grab the children and ran. Thteey made it out safely, but the home, one of nine gutted as the fire spread. This christmas decoration, one of the only things still intact. I was so scared, i just run an d my kids was outside in the street. Shoeless, and nothing, you know, with no sweater, nothing. Reporter 200 firefighters under control. One of the problems with a wood framed building is t t its purely combustible, its completely combustible, everything burns, the furniture burns, the structure memories burn, the roofing burns. Three of the damaged buildings were vacant. 89 people now have no place to call home. Many getting elp from the red cross, others feeling hope iss, just weeks before the holidays. We dont know whats going to happen now. Were homeless. Reporter ten people, cluding six firefighters su ffered minor injuries in this fire. Right now the fire marshal and investigators are out here trying to determine the cause of this fire. Live in the bronx, Lori Bordonaro, news 4, new york. Lori, thank you. Well tempers are flairing, traffic is snarled, and people Walking Around one Upper East Side neighborhood are very concerned. The worry that more bricks could come crashing down endangering the Apartment Building right crumbling structure. News 4s Katherine Creag is live near 64th street where people have been told to pack up and leave, kat. Reporter yes, this big Apartment Building from where the bricks fell, that is this one right here. Were zooming into the memorial Apartment Building, the one that was evacuated. Residents forced out, and there have been numerous street closures around here. We want to show you a map of the street closure us. First aenue closed between 60 and 64, 61st street, closed between york and second avenues, and as you might imagine, its also c sing major traffic jams. For four daysnow, the morning rush has come to a halt for thousands of drivers on the Upper East Side. Tempers are flaring, a tipster sent us this video of two Truck Drivers fighting at 58th street and first avenue. [ horn honking ] drivers we talked with say it has been frustratedg. I cant even get on the fdr drie. I have to detour all the ay around in order to get there. Reporter when 1,000 bricks monday night, the city shut down streets, they remain closed as th e building gets repaired. Like whats going on . We cant get into our own stores and like our local shops and everything. So its a big hassle. Dont want any bricks falling on my head. So, you know right. They have to do whats safe. When they block stuff like this, you dont know where to go. Youre all confused. Reporter to make matters worse for nearby neighbors, theres a vacant order. At least 16 tenants had only a few hours to gather up some longings. The ho is theyll be able to return sunday night, the problem is the city is worshipped bricks will continue falling. Damaging the nearby 16unit building, and the original buildings where where the brooks fell, inspectors discovered cracks in the remain fog sad above the collapse. Emergency management workers say repair crews have to fix, by hand, fat sad work. Its been described as a big job and noteasy. As repair goes on to the first avenue for so man residents, it is incredible for them to see first of a like tht is. No traffic in that area. Me of the side streets. There is traffic, but no traffic in that immediate area because of the danger of falling bricks. And the department of Emergency Management says it might be lifted, the street closures by monday morning, at the earliest, but might last longer. Reporting live, Katherine Creag, news 4 new york. This has been a nightmare, kat, thank you so much. Federal jury is back at work deciding this father an son. Jurors just wrapped up a review of some evidenc including can government wiretaps. Theyre going to decide whether the once powerful leader strong armed companies into giving his son noshow jobs that paid very well says he did nothing illegal. Lawmakers on capitol hill are scrambling to avoid a Government Shutdown right now. The house is expected to give final approval to a temporary spending measure. That would extend this deadline the can continues to get kicked, it would also give Congress Time to agree on a deal. Its expected to include an extension of the act to help septembe 11th first responders. Yesterday House Speaker paul ryan said he will include funding in the next budget. Bill bratton was in washington to pressure the senate to do that. He was surrounded by officers who count on that bill to pay for their health care. Coming up next here in noon, fallen officer honored in queens. A permanent tribute just gone up to an ounce whooufrs gave everything for the protection of others. Were going to talk with his parents, coming up. Also a happy homecoming for three crew members of the International Space station. Details on their long journey back to earth. Dave. Is there any cooler air in sight . Thats the big question right now. Well have the answers for you. And well tell you if were going to break any records ritual that has become all too common i new york city, Police Officials and grieving family members have gathered to honor a fallen officer. News 4s Michael George is live in Queens Village where officer brian moore was remembered as a hero this morning, michael. Reporter rob, officer moore ed a hero, protecting this city, according to commissioner bratton and many others who knew him, and now this street sign has gone up, it will carry his na me forever. Now, just a short time ago, commissioner bratton and offier moores parents were here to unveil the new street sign, tective brian moore, he was promoted host humously, he was killed back in may. Car a mile from here when he was kill bade suspect he stopped on suspicion of carrying a gun. Just a short time ago, we heard from the parents of officer moore. It is with a heavy heart and heavy mind, heavy thoughts, that all of us are here. I lost my son, my family has lost a dear family member. Were very proud of brian today. And ive always been proud of my son. And i always will be. Reporter and the suspect in detective moores murder is now facing homicide charges. Were live in Queens Village, Michael George, news 4 new york. Michael, thank you. If you are near the plaza hotel in midtown, youre going to see protesters awaiting donald trump. He is expected at a Republican Party fundraiser today. New nbc news wall street journal show most americans are not with him. 57 oppose the idea of banning states. Trumps proposal has more support from republican voters, 42 support a ban, 36 oppose it. Last night, democratic president ial candidate hillaryt clinton appeared on late ntght with seth myers, she called trump, quote, dangerous. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is losing support at home as he fights to win over voters nationwide. New poll from Rutgers UniversitysEagleton Institute for politics shows the governors approl rating has dropped to an alltime low. According to to the poll, just 33 of new jersey voters approve of his performance. 62 disapprove. The governor campaigns again this weekend in new hampshire. In todays money report,s stocks dropping after a key energy report. Mary thompson is live at cnbc headquarters with whats happening today in the markets. Hey mary. Hey there, rob, as you mention, stocks are tumbling following a report from the International Energy agency. Weakness in oil prices is demand for oil is expected to slow. Even as the markets remain very oversupplied. The news sending crude oil to the lowest levels in almost seven years making it no surprise that the Energy Sector is one of the worst performers in todays route on wall street. The good news in all of this though, consumers are finally spending some of the money theyre saving from continued low gas prices. Two tenths of a percent last month, the biggest increase since july. Mega merger to close out a record year in dealmaking on wall street. 130 billion transaction. Combining the firms into one that will be called dow dew point, itll save 3 billion a year. Rob, back to you. Another merger, mary, thank you so much. Well three astronauts are safe, back on earth after spending more than 140 days at the International Space station. Landed in kozic stan shortly aftehe kr 8 00 this morning after a threehour decent to earth inside a space capsule. The three men will be replaced by nasa astronaut tim cobra, british astronaut, and a russian cosmonaut here in the next four days. 140 days in space. Must be something to see. Well, we got weather the our of this world right now. 56 degrees in september. And were on our way to the 60s again, rob. Amazing. The interesting thing is theres no sign in the short anywhere. The warm trend continues. Lets walk over to the weather wall. Ll show you the details. As i go over there, lets go outside and take a look at the beautiful rink at rockefeller center. And the tree, so many visitors from all over the worts and all over the five boroughs in the tristate having great weather to come and enjoy the beautiful scenery at this time of the year. Mostly sunny skies, 56 degrees, lets go to the headlines right now and see whats happening we are actually im going to step out and pick up another clicker at this point and make sure thesore under warranty. There we go, we are seeing this warm air, stick with us for the near term, everyone. I think into next week, were going to be talking about temperatures which are between, lets say, five and 15 degrees above the norm. Looking like a record breaker as we head into this weekend. 64 is the record today. We could get up to 62 or sho so. Showers to start the week, thats not going to change the thermometer much. All right. Why do we have all of this warm weather . Well, el nino sets the stage by bringing warm air or making it available to us and bringing it in from the west. Then you have a bermuda high right over us that kind of adds that warmth. It steers it right over the tristate area and locks it in. Then you have the polar jet, and that sits up north keeping all the cool air up above us. And not getting into our region. So we wind up with ten degree to 20 degree temperatures. Above the norm. City. 58 on long island in month talk. You want to know where the cool air is . Its right here. It is over the cascades, the Sierra Nevada into the pacific northwest. And the rest of the country seeing rather warm temperatures. We are goingen to stay dry, at least today, tomorrow, and nday. But there is some rain in the forecast as we head to monday. 49 degrees should be our temperature tonight. Well see patchy cloudiness, could see a repeat of a little bit of fog. Few temperatures in the 30s as you head into the suburbs outside of the city, and of course, last night, we had patchy fog too. You have to watch out for that limited visibility. As far as the weekend goes, it is going to feel like spring once again. 62 degrees tomorrow, were not going to set a record tomorrow, because the temperature record , i think about 68 degrees. Its significantly warmer than today or sunday. But sunday, again, the record stand at 64 degrees from 1923, at that number or even warmer on sunday. So, a spectacular weekend to get in all that shopping, and everything you need to do if you have outdoor plans, make them, dont cancel them, and celebrate. Here is your sevenday forecast, everyone. As we head through the next several days, look at the temperatures, 62, 64, 60, and even as we head to monday, where we see some changes in the sky conditions, and breezy and cooler air do roll in, the temperature is still in the mid to upper 50s. Breezy and cooler conditions, i think monday we could see some temperatures, or i should say some showers roll in during the second half of the day, during the overnight and then well see breezy and cooler conditions wednesday and thursday, thats when well see some breezes kick in, and warm moisture coming in our direction, but look at that, we are still at 50 degrees next friday when the High Temperature is still typically in the lower 40s. So well above normal for the could we see much cooler temperatures as we head into ristmar . Could be possible. But its still a very far way away to accurately call that. Well keep our eyen to. That seems to be the trend at this point, but too early to stick with the forecast. And dave, el nino gives more ra in to california and makes us warmer, right . Again, what its going to do for us is give us above normal temperatures, and above normal precipitation. Keep in mind, thats a very tricky, you know, if youre above normal temperature wise, buart still below the freezing mark, and above normal precipitation wise, you could wind up with heavy snow. So we have to watch it, but right now, were seeing the dry weather and the warm temperatures. Much. New york live coming up next here at 12 30, here ear sara with whats ahead. Hi rob, coming up, we want to perfect burger. We are checking out a few black tap. Code. Well have to see. And ere getting the scoop with oscar winner, Marley Matlin from the spring awakening. Whats your favorite burger, rob . I dont know what my favorite is, iveveeen there in soho, its fantastic. I like the five guys burgers. Theyre pretty strong. Napkin burgers are good too. Theres a million, thanks. Still ahead here on news 4 at noon, santa con is coming to totawn. Where you might to want avoid this weekend, unless you want to party with st. Nick. Santa con makes its way from brooklyn into manhattan this weekend. Thousands of costumes santas taking part in the annual bar crawl will meet in mccarron park in williamsburg park. Then the east village, but the nypd is reminding them, not to be naughty during their travels. Local residents and businesses about their unsanta like behavior. Well be right back. Behave for uncle pete. Bye, see you guys later. [boys screaming] now Time Warner Cable makes your internet go faster. Up to 300 megs. Are you having fun . Yeah its ok. Its good. Inhome wifi powered by the latest equipment available to cover all your devices. So when you need more from your internet, its there for you. Discover how much more is included. Get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call 1855want twc. The today show is preparing to say farewell to a longtime member of the family. Willard scott is signing off after 65 years at nbc. 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