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WNBC Sunday Today In New York November 8, 2015

Egyptian desert. Today in new york starts now. And a good sunday morning to you. Welcome to today in new york. Its the eighth of november. So glad you chose to join us this morning. Im pat battle. And im gus rosendale. It is finally starting to feel like november. A bit of a change from yesterday, raf. We are ready for it, though. Temperatures require jackets this morning. Good morning, everyone. Its cool out there, but not too cool with temperatures in the 40s and 30s in some suburbs. It will be a perfect november day. We are expecting a lot of sunsyise and a comfortable feel. Then we have rain to track heading back to work over the next few days. Heres a look at Storm Tracker right now, we are not tracking any rain. Its a beautifully quiet morning. Mostly clear skies from new york city down the jersey shore. Planning your day today, maybe this is the day to check out the fall foliage. Perfect for that. Temperatures are generally in the 40s in the suburbs. Back to the low 50s by the middle of the day. Todays High Temperature is much cooler and an appropriate 56 degrees with sunshine continuing right into the afternoon and evening. And we have Colder Weather coming your way tonight. A freeze watch is in effect for parts of the tristate. Well tell you who coming up in your sevenday forecast. Thats in just a few. Thank you, raphael. A fire truck racing to a call strikes a man in the street. It happened at 15th street and irving place by union square. Michael george has more on the accident and the victims condition. Reporter firefighters who are used to responding to emergencies, but this time the firefighters were part of an emergency. This is the fire truck that was responding to a call passing through the intersection where they hit a pedestrian. Now it appears at this point the pedestrian was actually at fault. We got some cell phone video taken by a witness minutes after the accident. This video provided to us by a viewer shows the fire truck still on scene. Firefighters are treating the 34yearold victim on the ground. We are told he had a leg injury after being struck but the good news is its not lifethreatening. And this happened just after 8 00 p. M. At 15th and irving plaza near union square. Firefighters were responding to an emergency with their lights and sirens on. The pedestrian went out into the street even though he had a dont walk sign. He was knocked to the ground and firefighters started treating him immediately. We spoke to people who live in the neighborhood. Thats really sad but also, when i go across the street and hear sirens, i wait it out, even if it is a walk because you never know. Reporter and the victim is now in Bellevue Hospital with a leg injury, but we are told that injury is not lifethreatening. Near union square, michael george, today in new york. This morning a tragically similar situation on the Upper West Side. A cab driver killed an 88yearold woman as she was crossing 109th street and columbus. Police say the woman was not using the crosswalk when she was hit. The cab driver stayed on scene and the crash is under investigation. New this morning six people including three children are recovering after being rescued from a fishing trip. Suffolk county police say a fishing boat hit a sand bar off east fire island last night. One of the passengers was thrown during the collision, lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital. An 11yearold person also suffered minor injuries. The captain and passengers were not hurt. And an 11yearold passenger gus . Suffered minor jewishs injuries, in other passengers were injured. And police are search ing ing for a couple who stabbing someone in Harold Square. They boarded an f train and the man is in stable condition at last check. From who test protests in the streets to cheers on the screen, donald trump appeared on saturday night live last night. Many protesters appeared near trump tower and 30 rock. Many of the protesters representing latino groups were upset about trumps comments to hispanics. This what youre seeing right here is our pain and we are fighting for justice. Trump is our public enemy, number one, and we are extremely upset hes on saturday night live. A handful of Trump Supporters did attend the rally and appreciate Trumps Campaign is selffunded. Protests did not seem to hinder the do lds performance on the snl stage. The opening monologue didnt take long for him to get heckled. We are going to have a lot of fun tonight. Who was that . Trumps a racist [ applause ] its larry david. What are you doing, larry . Would give me 5,000. Trump also took part in plenty of skits and in one he played the role of President Donald Trump at a meeting inside the white house. And he poked fun at some of the reasons why people have been protesting him. Mr. President , the president of mexico is here to see you. Oh, thats great. Send him in. Ah, donald. Enrique. I brought you the check. Oh, thats so great. Trump did not appear in this nextcisketch, though. But he did live tweet it. His tweets were filled with music insults about the cast members and then popping up on the screen during that skit. And donald trump will join fellow president ial candidates Bernie Sanders, Carly Fiorina and ben carson on meet the press this morning. Carson will address the firestorm over reported inconsistencies and claims about his past. You can watch meet the press right here on news 4 at 10 30. Meantime, the top two Democratic Candidates air their opinions on marijuana losses as they stump for votes in South Carolina. While campaigning this weekend, Bernie Sanders expressed support marijuana. Hillary clinton disagreed with that but stid say did say she would lift restrictions on marijuana and studies on its effects. And now more on the latest investigation on the passenger plane that crashed in the egyptian sinai peninsula. A team is headed to egypt to analyze the security principles at the airports there. They say there was a noise heard on the recording device right before the plane went down. The plane broke up in midair killing all 224 people on board. Investigators are now testing to see if theres evidence of a bomb blast in the wreckage. Number one most important thing is testing the residue of this airliner to try to see traces of explosive. Whether or not theres pitting on the metal. Whether or not theres evidence of shrapnel. Isis claims that it brought that plane down shortly after takeoff from Sharm Elsheikh. That has not been substantiated. Coming up, costing a woman big bucks. And you better get baquero. And we are getting cooler day by day as we head into the weekend. In fact, we have a freeze watch in effect for parts of the tristate tonight. Ill tell you what kind of temperatures were expecting the l. I. E. Meets the nbc. Are you wrapping . Thats as close as well get. Good morning, good to be with you on this sunday. Do you feel that . I do. But thats what i asked for and you delivered. A little crispness out there. Light jackets today. Not too intense, the cold. It feels much cooler than yesterday, obviously, but we are dealing with temperatures where they should be this time of the year. No snow, nothing to worry about in terms of the rain or snow falling from the sky. It is dry. We have mostly clear skies and temperatures settling down into the 40s. 47 degrees in central park. As you head out for your moderate jacket. And we do have the mostly clear skies, but we do have a freeze watch in effect for Suffolk County for tonight into tomorrow morning. Expecting conditions at or below freezing in places like eastern Suffolk County as you head to montague and the hamptons. The freeze watch in effect, if you have plants outside surviving the chilly weather, take them inside tonight. As the chill gets even worse tonight into tomorrow. Heres a live look at Storm Tracker, and weve got mostly clear skies from the Hudson Valley right through the city setting us up for a beautiful high pressure, sunny day. The heat clicks back on in homes overnight. 41 in newburg. 36 in monticello. Down to 36, one of the cooler spots in poughkeepsie. Danbury coming in at 38 degrees. So this is a big change from yesterday, obviously. This is how much temperatures have dropped in the past 24 hours. So were generally about 15 to 20 degrees cooler than we were yesterday at this time. Didnt need the jacket yesterday, you do need it today. Football forecast for this afternoon, jaguars in town taking on the jets. 1 00, beautiful football weather. Sunshine and pleasant. Temperatures in the mid50s. A light breeze. Really a great day for anything outside. You can see on future tracker at 11 00 this morning, as you head out to brunch, perhaps, sunshine dominating our weather all through the afternoon. Right towards 8 00, no weather problems here. Well head to work monday at 7 00 a. M. , mostly sunny with a nice commute for you here. Still chilly and we begin to gradually moderate temperatures throughout the day. By 6 00 tomorrow evening, also keeping it dry, mostly clear skies. Here comes the rain by tuesday, late morning, showers and a few heavy downpours perhaps overspreading the tristate for your tuesday into the afternoon into the evening. And some of these showers may even linger into wednesday. So a bit of an unsettled pattern developing heading back to work, but we do need the rain. So thats good news. 56 for your high for today. Temperatures right where they should be. Blue skies to enjoy some beautiful fall fog i cant imagine fog foliage out there. Theres your sevenday forecast, back to the 60s tomorrow. A little less chilly monday heading back to work. Showers on tuesday, lingering into wednesday morning for veterans day. Then another round of showers possible on thursday with temperatures into the low and even some mid60s. You want to stay uptodate with the news 4 new york app, tap the news 4 logo in the corner, scroll down to the weather tab and see the latest forecast, interactive radar and how to make or submit your own weather video. Thats available in the app store right now. Pat and gus, over to you. Anyone who traveled abroad knows you can save money shopping at a dutyfree store. But be careful what you buy because you could run into trouble. That happened to a new jersey woman and she said, better get baquero. Heres linda. Reporter this woman looked forward to a Family Vacation in mexico, but she forgot to pack her pack of cigarettes on the way to the airport. I stopped at the duty free store and they had a special for four cartons for 26. The check asked me where i was going. Reporter she showed her travel documents at the dutyfree store in new york. When she arrived in mexico they asked me how many cartons i had and i immediately we were kind of pulled over like we were a criminal. Reporter she said the customs official told her she was only allowed to bring two cartons of cigarettes into mexico, not four. He agreed to charge tax just for one carton, but the amount she had to pay, 169. And she arrived home, barbara tried to contact dufry. I used the number on the receipt. I left four messages over the four weeks and nobody responded. Reporter she filed complaints with the Better Business bureau and the Attorney Generals Office and then contacted news 4 for help. Its just not a situation that i appreciated trying to go on a Family Vacation and relax. This was not the way we wanted to start off. And this is their obligation advise people, they know what the limitations are. And theres no reason to put people in this kind of situation. We reached out to Dufry North America who said this is a buying tobacco requires a specialist who will ask where you are flying and how many people. Charts are posted behind the cash wrap and it is possible the information was not clearly communicated to barbara. Dufry is now posting tobacco allowances in plain sight for customers and on their website. And for barbara, dufry offered a goodwill credit to her card in the amount of 169. Barbara is very grateful. In the newsroom, linda baquero, news 4 new york. If youre having a problem with a product or service, email bettergetbaa care bettergetbaquero nbcnews and well see the giants activate Jason Pierrepaul with his debut following the fourth of july accident costing him his right index finger. They are still experimenting with a glove or wrap. And this week showed a strong practice for jpp, but it will be close to see if hell be anywhere close o the old jpp. But we are despeg te for that spark. It would be great to see jpp on the field. The game is pivotal for the giants at 44 in first place, but the patriots are looming next week. At 43 the jets feel pressure after backtoback losses. Jacksonville visits metlife stadium. And the coach was asked to steer his team through a trickyu stretch dealing wit a long list of injuries. Ryan fitzpatrick will play today bad left thumb and all because they need this win against the jaguars. They have lost 12 traight road games. Rex ryans bills are coming up next. And if youre the jets, you dont want to stumble into that on three straight losses. College football rolled through another saturday with what just happened here moments. Hosting florida state, scoreless in the first, not anymore. The noles have enough to make it 75 yards into the end zone. Pay no attention to the flags. Under 3 00 to play, florida st ate needs a stop and this is not going to help. Wayne galmanapinballs his way to the end zone. The tigers are headed to the championship game. And rutgers is playing in go ann arbor. Second quarter Scarlet Knights are trailing 143. Th,e wolverines jump ahead 213. Then the kickoff. Typically those are followed by something wild. And thats genario grand. Third return this year. Hes a first big ten player to don that in nine years. It was also the last time rutgers found the end zone. Michigan ended up rolli 4916. Two basketball notes from the nba. The nets are still inless falling to the bucks in milwaukee. And later today the knicks host the lakers and kobe bryant. It may be his last game at the ga rden if kobe is, in fact, going to retire after this season. And the red bulls and d. C. United resume their series tonight. Enjoy your sunday, everyone. Coming up this sunday morning, why shoppers are not feeling the holiday spirit from a malldisplay in long island. And as we approach veterans day, a final resting place that will reunite Twin Brothers semeparated by war. Every sip. The taste uniquely dunkin. Each cup uniquely you. Brewed fresh because its not just any coffee. Its your coffee, your dunkin. America runs on dunkin. Have a tip for new yorks biggest iteam . Call 866news244 or email tips nbcnewyork. Com. Were back this morning with after more than 70 years Twin Brothers from queens who did evooerytieng together. Well, finally they laid to rest besides each other. They were marines who fought side by side during world war ii. One brother was killed and his remains missing for decades until now. U. S. Troops stormed the shores of tarwa beach in a mission to ke control of the pacific island. They waited ashore under japanese fire. Among them, Twin Brothers michael and james riley from queens, new york. James never made it. According to my aunt, when michael came back he was changed, completely changed. He never was quite the same again. Reporter Maureen Riley says her father who died ten years ago never talked aboutdwa loss of his brother buried on that island along with a thousand other servicemen. If my uncle james was anything like him, he was a great man. Reporter maureens daughter paula followed her granddad into the nypd. She created family tree on ancestry. Com so they are children would know their acy and unwillingly planted a seed when a nonprofit reached out to her. They said remains were found and my great uncle was found among them. He was positively identified and i was blown away. This is where he was shot. Reporter the Defense Department compiled a detailed lamaw of the Young Marines recovery down to his dental records and the boots he was wearing when shot down. They gave them the awards that he received including the purple heart. But the greatest award will come when hes buried near his twin brother on their birthday. Its my final present. And maureen and her family, her two children, are going to travel down to florida today. Tomorrow, hell be buried near his brother with full military honors. What an incredible story. It is something they never talked about as a family, so now his bringing out all the its bittersweet for them. But really an amazing story and the dedication of that group, finding missing soldiers, Whose Mission is to find the missing soldiers. Sometimes for the family, they know the whole story and it is great to share it with the next generation. A great piece. Thank you. Well, this morning u. S. Servicemen and women will be honored in a special service at st. Patricks cathedral. A color guard will present the colors and selected bible verses will be read as veterans as part of the veterans week leading up to this wednesday. Coming up at 8 00 a. M. , well look at the other events happening this week including the annual veterans day parade. And coming up in a few hours, jersey city hosts the first veterans day parade. Several hundred people are expected to participate in the parade of veterans and heroes. The parade begins at city hall at 10 00 a. M. And end at museum where there will be a performance. Many say deck the halls in a traditional way, but in this viewer photo you can see a lot missing including the Christmas Decorations and a tree. Now, kids can still get their pictures with santa. Hes in there if you look to the left, but now its what is described as a futuristic glacier. Its something that i did as a kid, something i have a memory of. And they are just making e ing it sterile and clean and its wrong. Mall management has added a couple of trees. They say rolling out the new san

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