For their children. School board says children can be legally excused for religious purposes. All right. 5 04 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Good morning, chris. Good morning. In pretty good shape again as we finish up the workweek, which has been a beautiful weather week, certainly if you like summertime weather. Its a comfortable, beautiful start this morning. Temperatures generally in the locations. Were back to the mid and upper 80s. Yesterday, 89. I think today, 87 should do it. Night. 69 degrees right now. A beautiful morning. Weve got clear sky, lots of sunshine will greet us. Sun down. Degrees. In for lauren scala this morning, heres emily west. Those downtown subway delays on the 6 train. Just be aware of that as you head out. Also, some bus detours. Q46, qm6, s74, s76. Everything else looks fine. Commuter checklist is okay. We got a report of an accident off to the side the l. I. E. Doesnt seem to be a delay right now. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up. So today the debate resumes. A special task force trying to figure out what to do about topless women and those often aggressive costume characters who roam times square. Tracie strahan is in times square this morning with the latest. Reporter kerry, i think theyre learning that its not exactly an easy task, but there is progress to report after thursdays meeting. The task force agreed the construction in times square thats been a headache to some will be completed on time. But when it comes to spider man and some of the des nudas asking for money, thats up in the air. They discussed zoning off sections of times square for those costume characters. Commissioner bratton says hes not sure that will work. With an end of september deadline, this task force is weeks behind. The schedule is concerning some. Commissioner bratton says, however, hes not worried. It was a very limited discussion about times square. This was an hour. I thought it would be longer. Im very comfortable by the deadline or close to it that well have something that will allow us to move forward. Reporter it seems like the zoning idea is the big Sticking Point for this task force. Theyre proposing three zones. One for solicitation or commercial activity for the des nudas and everyone else, one happen in times square, and another one just for pedestrians to pass by. It doesnt seem theres any easy resolution. Back to you. Thank you. 5 07 right now. Breaking news this morning. Police are investigating a crash in the bronx, as you see these live pictures here. It has left a 23yearold man dead. Were told that man was hit by an mta bus on west 231st street in kings bridge earlier this morning. Were told he was hit just after he had gotten out of a livery cab. No word yet as to whether any arrests have been made. A 2yearold boy is now back at home. Hes with his parents after he was found wandering alone in a brooklyn park. Ethan was found in sunset park playground yesterday about 1 00 in the afternoon. He had been left at the park when his day care, quality of life academy, took a field trip with 14 other children. Police sent out a tweet asking for help in locating the boys parents. It wasnt that tweet that let the parents know their son was missing. I found out by the day care. One of the supervisors there, she called me and told me he was in the precinct. Basically, i was totally unaware of what was going on. Were told detectives later questioned workers at that day care center. Happening today in connecticut, Governor Dannel Malloy expected to sign a new law to improve boating safety. That law is named after a girl hit and killed by the propeller of the boat pulling her. Emilys law raises the age of boaters towing skiers to 16. The son of a missing connecticut couple now facing a federal gun charge. His home was searched last month in connection to the disappearance of his parents. Jeffrey and jeanette went missing august 5th from their easton home. Law enforcement sources have called kyle a person of interest. 5 09 now. New this morning, the taliban claiming responsibility for the deadliest attack this year on a military facility in pakistan. Gunmen stormed an air force base this morning in peshawar in pakistan. They killed 16 worshippers praying in a mosque thats on the base. Security forces counterattacked. They killed 13 of the militants, but the pakistanis lost one of their officers, a captain, in that battle. Right now reporters are at a prison in south africa to see whether Oscar Pistorius is going to be able to leave and go home. A parole board could decide to conditionally release the paralympic runner. He would serve the rest of his sentence for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at home. The parole board is being tight lipped about what theyre going to do. It is 5 10 right now. Those faulty ignition switches are going to cost General Motors theyve agreed to pay a 900 million fine and another 575 million to settle civil lawsuits. Despite the settlement, the u. S. Attorney is refusing to rule out criminal charges against gm officials. 5 10 right now. Ahead, a popular snack is changing its look to show support for gay rights. Plus, another controversy for donald trump. This time its not something he said but something he didnt say. And were going to have weather and traffic on the 4s coming up as we take a live look at people getting into the 5 13 right now. Four things to know this morning. Today on long island, police will release new details about a man wanted for 15 different gas station robberies in both nassau and suffolk counties. Police have only a glimpse of him from Surveillance Video, but they did put together a sketch. Also on long island, negotiations stretching into the morning to prevent a possible bus strike, but theres no deal yet. A consumer alert this morning. The government is recalling plastic Water Bottles sold at target because the straws can break apart. Company that makes them is offering free refunds. You can get a little morning boost for just a quarter at whole foods. The chain selling 12ounce cups of coffee for just 25 cents. Theyre going to be doing it for the rest of the month. Thats not bad. And knowing whole foods, it wont be just regular coffee. Some fancy organic blend. Hand ground. There you go. Way above my stock. In the meantime, if youre heading out this morning, expect a day very similar to the last few days weve had around here. More summertime weather. Maybe iced coffee for the afternoon. Weekend looks nice. Just a few more clouds get into the picture. It starts to feel like fall early next week, if you were looking for that type of thing to happen. We have an air quality alert in effect for a good portion of new jersey from 11 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. Folks in these areas with respiratory issues should limit their time outside and especially limit exercising. Pollen report, a little better news here. Ragweed pollen is still high, but it went from very high. The weed pollens have dropped to a low level. High point, new jersey, 53. One of the low points in terms of temperatures. Oakland, its about 55. 60 in white plains. In the city, were in the upper 60s. 69 degrees in central park. Most of long island and coastal connecticut in the low 60s this morning as well. Future tracker, pretty quiet. Clear sky right now. It stays that way for the bulk of the day today. Lots of sunshine. This is 1 00 in the afternoon. We go into the evening and start tomorrow morning. Could be low clouds, especially from the city and clinging up particular. Off. Afternoon. Tomorrow night, this is 8 00. Low clouds start to return. Clouds from the north, which pretty much dies out. There could be a couple showers that hold together well to the north and west of us. For the most part, this is not a rainproducing front coming through. Just a lot of clouds around on sunday. The front goes through. We may break out back into sunshine, but a northeasterly wind will develop off the water, keeping us cooler. 88 for today, the expected High Temperature in the city. Mid and upper 80s. A full day of sunshine. Sevenday forecast, 83 tomorrow. Well see a few clouds late in the day. Not bad though. 76, a little cloudier on sunday. Maybe some afternoon sun as it turns cooler. Breezy, gets a little cloudier on monday. Could be a touch of drizzle or a couple showers on tuesday. Back with nice stuff even though fall arrives on wednesday. Near 80 once we get to thursday. Lets find out about the commute. Were heading to long island now. If you are traveling from there, this is the l. I. E. Eastbound. This accident in the hov lane. Traffic is getting along okay, but the hov lane is taken up. Lets look at the l. I. E. Central parkway traffic is moving along very nice. The lincoln tunnel this morning looks like a nice ride. Out of the way. Where we still have problems is in westchester on the taconic parkway. Reports on the throughway southbound. Expect delays there into Rockland County this morning. Still delays on the 6 downtown trains due to signal problems. Commuter checklist, everything looks great. Not going to find any problems there. Alternate side, meter rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. 5 18 right now. Now to decision 2016. Donald trump is being criticized this morning, and its for something someone else said at one of his town hall events. Tracie potts is in washington with that. Weve seen this happen to politicians before. Its what you say or dont say when people speak out at your event. Reporter exactly. Usually with donald trump, its what he says. In this case, its what he did not say. Well show you part of that question and how he responded. But we are going to see him and many of his republican colleagues later today. Theyll be in the souths first primary state. Most of the republicans, 11 of them, will be at a conservative forum in South Carolina this afternoon. South carolinas senator, lindsey graham, didnt make the cut. Hes polling below 1 . Donald trump will be there. This morning trumps under fire for not correcting this question in New Hampshire last night. We have a problem in this country. Its called muslims. We know our current president is one. You know hes not even an american. This is the first question. Reporter Hillary Clinton tweeted calling it hateful rhetoric, disturbing, and just plain wrong. Cut it out, she said. She also said shell soon announce whether she supports the keystone xl pipeline. Im putting the white house on notice. Im going to tell you what i think soon. Because i cant wait. Reporter jeb bush targeting clinton and democrat Bernie Sanders in las vegas last night on growing the economy. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders, you know what their views are. Hillary, shes kind of drafting right behind bernie. Reporter sanders is a new target, since polls show hes overtaking clinton in iowa and New Hampshire. Now, clinton is also putting out a new statement, urging the folks here on capitol hill, lawmakers, not to get hung up on this planned parenthood issue and Defunding Planned Parenthood and shut down the entire government. Theyve only got a couple weeks to figure that out. All right, tracie. Thank you very much. Its 5 20 right now. Doritos colorful new look didnt last long. They began offering rainbowcolored chips this week to celebrate the lgbt community. They were only Available Online if you made a 10 donation. We just checked the projects website. It seems there was such a big demand for these that they dont have any left. Theyre sold out. However, we should mention there are some up for sale on ebay. More. Still ahead, a local School District warning parents about a possible data breach. Also, a School Bus Crashes into a pond. There are kids inside. How they made it out. Here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups. But just one kind of chicken. Its white breast meat chicken every time. Because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more flavor from it. And in vineland, its all about flavor so if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do. Make it and were back right now. 5 24 on this friday. We want to show you some amazing and cute video of a young bear having fun. The bear is trying to get in the hammock. It was spotted in the backyard of a home in Colorado Springs. He got in the hammock, trying to relax. Says the mother bear was keeping a close watch. This happens when the beds are too soft or too hard. I think the little bear likes the hammock. Just right. That is cute. What is this human thing . Yeah, somebody fetch me a cold drink, please. Exactly. Some peeled grapes. I want to see him get out of that thing now. Weve been in this very, very warm weather pattern, but its about to change. Not so much today, but by the time we get to the weekend. Summer has been clinging and lingering. 87 the expected High Temperature this afternoon with lots of sunshine around. The humidity stays at a comfortable level. Pretty similar to where we were yesterday. Friday night looks good too. Mainly clear skies, patchy low clouds by morning. This evening is fine. Overnight is fine with the low temperature of about 67. Still in the 80s one more day tomorrow. Then i think we start to see more 70s show up, which is where were supposed to be this time of year. Moving into fall. 21st . Its actually the 23rd this year. Yeah, we have the big party coming up. Whats going on there, emily . Commuter checklist looks really nice, especially people have had trouble all week with lirr. No delays. Starting off okay there. All the other commuter rails look great this morning. Lets take a live look at the gowanus expressway. Moving nice through industry city. Coming up at 5 30, an accident on the l. I. E. Ill tell you where that is and how much trouble its causing. Thank you. This morning, some Good Samaritan s and First Responders being called her ed ed heroes for saving a bus load of kids. 27 students on a bus when it crashed into a pond. This is near tampa. Thats not a little pond. Its pretty deep. One man jumped into action with a few others. Soon they were soaked, but they were pulling kids out of the bus. Every child was accounted for. I seen a kid, i grabbed him, took him to the bank. How many did you pull out of there . Myself, i probably grabbed half a dozen. No word on what happened, why this ended up in the pond. The bus, though, is expected to be checked for any mechanical issues a little later today. Amazing and fantastic all those kids were out. Ahead, the popular Clothing Store that accidently overcharged customers. And were hearing an explanation from the mother of a High School Player who hit one of his opponents with a helmet. Im lori board narrow live in younkers where police are looking for a gunman. Ahead, the latest on the victims condition. And if youre heading out the door, download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. Everyone is saying, hey you gotta get fios but why . Well, fios is a 100 Percent Fiber Optic Network to the home, so you can get access to the Fastest Internet and inhome wifi available. And fios gives you big capacity too. So everyone in the house can get online. But the main reason to get fios . Were rated number 1 in ultimately, thats why. Get 50 meg fios internet, tv phone starting at 79. 99 a month. Plus get 300 back. Hurry, offer ends september 19th. Breaking news this morning. Gunfire in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. These are live pictures from younkers near the cross county parkway. A man is rushed to the hospital. Well have a live update. Plus, two Rikers Island guards arrested. The plot theyre accused of hatching with some of the prisoners. And we have a commuter alert. When an entire subway line is going to be shutting down. Today in new york starts now. Were going to get to that big news in a second. 5 30 a. M. On this friday, september 18th. Im michael gargiulo. Thanks for waking up with us. Get the slobber off your mouth. Im kerri barrett. Darlene is on assignment. You know how that is. The slobber. Okay. Well, whatever it is, get yourself started with another nice day. Starting out around 60 degrees. Most of Suffolk County flirting with 60. One or two degrees off. North and west, looking at generally 50s. As cool as 50 degrees in morristown this morning. Another day filled with sunshine. Same old story. Just a different day. But its a good day because its a friday carrying us into the weekend. Look for a high of 87. More about that in a bit. Heres emily west. Still this accident in westchester on the taconic parkway near saw mill. Still seeing delays. Lets take a live look near the bronx river parkway. Westbound heads away from us. Not too bad of a go there. Still on long island, near sagtikos parkway, an accident wrapping up in the hov lane. More weather and traffic coming up. Were following breaking news in younkers. A man shot in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. Its the burger keng ing on central park avenue. Lori, whats happening . Reporter michael, police tell me the man was standing in this parking lot with friends when it appears someone drove by and fired. I want to show you the scene here. You can see its still a pretty active scene out here. A lot of detectives. Theyve been focusing on that black mercedes you see there, which police say belongs to one of the victims friends. The shooting happened just after 12 30 this morning here in the burger king parking lot. Police cordoned off the area and spent the morning interviewing witnesses and searching for evidence. Weve seen at least four evidence markers here on the ground. Earlier, a woman was seen here visibly upset. Friends of the victim, police say, tried to put him in the car. He was eventually taken by ambulance where he is listed in very serious condition. Police tell us they do have quite a few witnesses, but at this point, no description of that car or the person theyre looking for. Thats the very latest from here in younkers. Back to you. Okay. Thank you very much, lori. It is 5 32. Two guards from Rikers Island facing cha