Has followed him since he was a boy. Is he talking . Yes. Reporter the owner of the brothel says he was using a large quantity of a viagra like cocaine was involved. But local Law Enforcement is not confirming any of that. We are not sure what kind of medication he was taking. The nba star is now in extremely critical condition. His estranged wife is by his side. A close childhood friend spoken exclusively about what he means and why they love him. He had a heart of gold, he took care of a lot of people. Reporter he is facing many challenges. Reporter we are told that he had a 5050 mac chance of survival. He is having major heart issues and multiple strokes in the hospital. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family. I dont know him, but ive always heard great things from former teammates about him which everyone has issues that they have to deal with and they need as much support as possible and so lots of prayers go out to him. Last june that two of his Close Friends both died from drug overdoses and hes lost a child as was his mother when he was 12 years old. But its never stopped giving people jobs, putting them buy cars and apartments. And of course many prayers for him. Both from his friends and family and also on twitter. Dari Caitlyn Jenner said keep praying for him. Steve many people are still worried. As lisa just mentioned, one of the drugs found in his system is known as herbal viagra, Health Officials have warned about the as jennifer found out that they store. You can find them in almost any gas station or bodega, if taken by the wrong person they can be they are unregulated by the fda and doctors say that anyone who takes them is taking a gamble. Reporter advertisers tout them, the doctors say these are anything but safe. It can be stronger, and they could have other chemicals as well. Reporter doctors say that a lot ingredients as viagra. If you have preexisting Heart Disease it makes it dangerous. It can trigger arrhythmias and you could pass out tour or at the if the doctor says if you are on any description of contain nitrates, which might have million men are, it could lead to stroke or heart attack. Herbal enhancements have been a target of the fda for years, but they are tough to regulate in the last 10 years the industry has grown to 400 million is a business. Steve a chaotic scene on a simultaneous outage disrupted the Computer System that checked passengers on terror watch lists. Passengers will not be checked in or out for several hours the many outages reported in new york and charlotte in dallas and boston, we have learned that the system is back up and running. Dari a passenger on a flight from mexico city had 11 pounds of liquid cocaine in six oil and vinegar bottles. They have a street value of nearly 200,000. Homeland security is taking over the case. Steve the woman that suit her nephew for 127,000 as the connecticut law forced her to do it. She broke her with wrist when the boy jumped into her arms at his age birthday party. The Insurance Company offered her a dollar to cover the cost of those very the lawyer said that she had no choice but to sue. The attorneys say that connecticut law requires those claiming injury to sue the individual responsible. Dari this is a direct deposit system that promises customers fast access to money. But thousands of users say that they have not been able to access accounts for days. The problem. Reporter this was just the beginning for Russell Simmons and his business endeavors. Users of this car, called the rushcard, did not say that things went as planned. It is essentially a glitch, when its preventing customers from getting to their money. The rushcard is described as a prepaid visa that lets you shop and get cash at atms and pay bills, buy online and get direct deposit. This ceo releases statement and in part it reads that its around the clock to resolve these matters and we have restored many of our customers accounts and we acknowledge that there are still customers that neither accounts fixed and their problems resolved. Russell simmons has taken to social media to address the fallout. Users have not been shy about voicing frustrations. And she got her money back tonight. [inaudible] steve bill de blasio held a town hall meeting in washington heights, the topic of affordable housing, 250 people showed up, reiterating his commitment to build 200,000 units of affordable housing. The city has increased Free Legal Services for people in need help with issues including fighting a bit since and some people in the audience said that the mayors plan does not do enough to protect lowincome residents. It is. Dari john kerry plans to travel to the middle east to ease growing tensions between palestinians and israelis. Israel is in a state of heightened security after a series of deadly attacks by palestinians turned eight israelis in jail. More than 30 have also been killed. Nearly half of them were identified as attackers and the rest were killed during violent protests with Israeli Forces stay on with this hiphop mogul steel music to use in his song big pimpin. Steve and superstar jarule is with us. Giving us a glimpse at what it is like being in the music business. Flipping the switch to light this empire state holding in blue tonight, celebrating saint marys Health Care System for children. Tomorrow they will visit st. Marys before hosting a concert with nelly at the Hard Rock Cafe in times square. And dozens of students and staff in the Delphi University made a human ribbon today in honor of Breast Cancer awareness month. Everythineverythin g we provide is free of cost and we want everyone to know that you dont do go through Breast Cancer alone. We offer everything. Community, support groups, hotline is staffed by those that are Breast Cancer survivors themselves and we want everyone who is wearing pink today to know why they are wearing it. And my grandfather Angel Martinez vi came over from puerto rico, and his thing was the american dream. He taught us that health is your greatest asset. And thats why 45 years ago, he chose ghi which is now emblemhealth. Ghi was the first to cover Preventative Care for new york kids. Today with my business, im passing on the Family Tradition of hard work and good health to angel ix. Were talking generations of healthy, brooklyn angels. Steve i love that riff there. And big pimpin causing the rap mogul jayz a headache. Timbaland says that he assumed the appropriate rights. And jayz said that he never knew where the sample came from in the first place. Dari one of the greatest hiphop producers of all time and he grew up right here in queens. Im talking about dj marly marl. He has collaborated with the list of people that goes on and on. I was able to sit down with him career. How did you get into hiphop . In queens in the park, i was like the neighborhood dj, i let the band guys hook up to my equipment and the next thing you know i am learning how to balance the drummer. He was so good that he got a meeting with mr. Magic. He heard my right untrendy maxes. Show. We used to play slick rick, dougie fresh and others. Dari dj marly marl started the juice crew and soon just about everybody wanted to be a part of it. Wars got started. He auditioned for me and mr. Magic and magic turned him down. In 1984 he found himself in another famous battle. It was funny because they spoke about a stock of girl that they can get. Now Everyone Wants to be that stuck up girl. Probably one of his greatest achievements was producing megahit mama said knock you out with ll cool jay. I threw the be behind it, and then made it what it was and he was like i have the words for and he also did this as well. The list just goes on and on. It is so incredible. You could hear him with his cohost every friday night from 8 00 oclock to 10 00 oclock. And right here he is going to be spinning for a on our special after empire coming up next. Lets check in with the weather. Heidi we still have the same range of temperatures and then the bottom falls out for the weekend. Not much rain coming, its going to be staying dry. A touch above average. And right now 62, humidity drive, pressure rising. Here is your sky guardian, no rain in the forecast. If anything its going to be a shower the first part of friday morning and that is about it. Bridgeport, isolate, 67 sure, 64 sussex, monticello and again the upper 60s premuch the rest of the area. End of the 50s we go to the lower 60s. Already down to 46, monticello, upper 30s tonight and cooler spots to the north and west. You can see the clearing on the satellite photo that will continue overnight. Another one lurking over here. Future test will show you the cooler temperatures moving into the end of the week and upcoming weekend. Fiftyfour in the city, 40s in the suburbs, 60 the noontime hour and i tomorrow around 65. Its a beautiful day, going to stay bright and sunny. A couple of showers as it moves along and the first part of friday morning and the sun should return. And then yes, this is snow showers that could make it as far south as the catskills. And we will have the first widespread frost in the suburbs sunday and monday. Its chilly, 38 in the middle 40s, 52 in midtown, beautiful day, middle 60s about where it should be and the sevenday forecast shows storms. Breezy on saturday, goodlooking day, 57. Thirtyeight in the city on sunday morning, 52 despite the sunshine. Climbing back in the 60s for tuesday and wednesday. Right on schedule. Steve good deal. Coming up next we have russ salazar on sports. He do but first, here is the commute for tomorrow. Reporter i have your toyota traffic tracker. Both directions from the rest of the week various lanes closed. Tune into good day new york and i will keep you updated starting at 4 30 a. M. And i will russ how are you doing come everyone . The mets were floors and transports to fly out to l. A. A rhyming their late this evening or tomorrow night, the number five. Lets get it on. And right now i want to go to this team played earlier today in toronto. The blue jays and rangers tied at two. On third base with two outs. Get a load of this. Aaron sanchez throws a pitch and Russell Martin gets a chance to throw the ball back. And this umpire says hold on a second. He sends the runner back. But its not a dead ball because its alive. And explains the situation and they ruled that, making it three to two for the rangers, it is [inaudible] the ball is alive and in play. He drops it and it rolls away. Two points to be made. Number one its a disgrace to the umpire did not know immediately to make the correct call in making matters worse he initially made the wrong call. Number two, can you just imagine if that would be the deciding run in the ballgame . Fortunately for the blue jays that was not going to be the case. Score tied at threepoint. Byebye, so long, farewell and they are leaving format2. Steve thank you. Show here that we are not done. Dari dj marly marl is in the house and after empire is im going to run my car over your head. Donor. Announcer tonight on after empire. The glitz and the glamour and the glory. From one empire to another. Jarule is. He is revealing the truth about living life in the fast lane. If you want to break your record, this is what you do. To some of your Favorite Music and dj marly marl is back by popular demand spinning for us. Steve wednesday night it is 10 30 p. M. And that means after empire. Who better to join us once again. Dj marly marl. It doesnt get better than that. Dari there he is. And we are bringing in the streets to the studio. Steve look at that piece of him dj marly marl, thank you for joining us. Thank you. Steve there is one key thing that stands out. Dari there are a lot of things. For me, the big scene is characters burning up vernon turners corpse. That is intense. Reestablishes the control of lucious over the entire family. And lucious knows everything. He knows where he is and you cannot get anything past him. Steve we do have a clip here for you. Entre e, we have to stop, we we dont have time to keep trying. We are going to get caught. The sun is going to come up in like two hours. It is not worth it. Dari this show redefines the term family drama. Where do you even buy that . [laughter] steve we have heard that before. Steve two weeks ago we saw hakeem lyon leak his own album and that was a big moment. He also took the stage and crashed a party. Hit with timbaland and everyone is trying to figure out a way to get their stuff out there. Reporter tmc obtained this, it totaled about 30,000 dollars in singles. And so that is when you know that you are a baller. That is how you do it. Dari you know a Little Something about making it rain. Would you be surprised if i told you that simone boyce is right because it is a way for them to promote their music. We have all heard about it and we have all seen it, but why do people actually do it . Make it rain. That will do. We are turning songs into a hit. They are turning it up at the strip club. They have this thing where they were making records and they were going to bring it to the strip club and you have a chance to keep being popular. I think that it starts with a dj. Who better to talk to than this dj, dj sloth. Record, go to the strip club, find out which is the best strip club out there and then give your song to the dj. That could depend on who you ask. We hire the djs play the music in the clubs and we allow the artist to come to the clubs. So we are like the middleman. Hollywood chuck is one of the top promoters. Looking at some of the biggest stars like rick ross and reanna i encourage them, everyone to hear the record. Or someone elses . I am a little bit more seasons than some other artists. We already have it worked out that you want to pay me for coming and i want a certain amount in 1 dollar bills. Give us an extra 3000 and you are thinking this is crazy but it is the promotion. But what about the players that are being showered with those 1 dollar bills . Meet the bartender here at a strip club in long island city. We are not talking about a movie that you watch in a theater. Night. You take 20 or 30 people out to the club and you have girls around you and the song comes on. And its like lowe, whose song is this. That is how it is. Its definitely fun. Thats awesome. As a dj i feel that i should have known that. A lot of this stuff was orchestrated but its amazing to from i promotional marketing thing. Very good. We appreciate it. How realistic is what we see every week . Jarule has lived the empire live and he is with us to talk about it. Steve and creating a piece of work right now our artist is spinning for good morning. What can i get for you . A medium hot coffee, cream and two sugars, please . Medium hot coffee, cream, two sugars sounds good. At dunkin, we make your coffee just the way you like it. If not, well make it again on the spot. See you tomorrow. Thats the dd commitment. America runs on dunkin. Dad took a job with the Transit Authority in 62 because he wanted excellent healthcare for his family. Hip and ghi which is now emblemhealth were the first to provide affordable and quality when i became a professor i had a choice, and i chose emblemhealth. That choice meant that when my baby harry needed an operation, he got a worldclass neurosurgeon. Today all three generations of dawsons are still with emblemhealth. Emblemhealth what care feels like. In the neighborhood. Baby | mom i love that were spending the weekend together. Oh i know hey, why dont you turn off your phone and all your stuff. Good idea. Its off. Mom . Oh my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. Did you like want to do something . I am doing something. Leave slow downloads behind. Its good to be back. The 100 Fiber Optics Network gives you the Fastest Internet available for all your devices. Get out of the past. Get fios. Dari oh, the things that you could say on tv. We are back to our special after empire. Steve jarule, welcome. One of the reasons that we wanted to talk usually feel that you are part of the inspiration for empire. I said to my wife, that looks familiar. [laughter] dari so the show ring studio . Yes. It definitely hit home. Dari what was it like . It was very fun and we were Just Creative young guys, expressing ourselves in a way that hiphop has come to be used to. But sometimes things do get crazy and things get out of control and the next thing you know if the feds are in the office and theres a lot of conspiracy theories. Defining of a record label. It was kind of like a gift and a curse. Because on one hand it is great. But then on the other hand it is harder for the art of lucious artists everybody is looking to steal music and they are not really supporting a lot of artists. Do you ever promote your albums with 3000 in 1 dollar bills at strip clubs . We go to strip clubs sometimes. We just enjoy the night. Dont you feel that there are so many more outlets of creativity . We have a reality show that is coming out, follow the rules with your wife at. Yes. What is the negotiation before that . You sit down and say how real are going to be . I have to broker a deal with a family. They were a little nervous at first. They did not sign up for the celebrity lifestyle that i live. So for them it was a little bit of shell shock but i think that they have been coming into their own and they have started to enjoy it. It seems like the artist some families in so many businesses that you talked about. Also the you have a shoe line as well. Yes. They are in stores, macys, you can get them online. Did you ever feel that the artist gets away from the music or do you want to stay with the music . Its all about creativity. My mind does not stop at taking records in the studio. I have movies in my head on the television shows, fashion. I love fashion. My book was a very therapeutic thing to do when i came out of prison. What inspires you . Life. You have great titled products. Guesstimate your name at his great. That is a good name, respectable business name. And it seems like we have so many things going on. Is there anything you dream of sleeping. [laughter] you know, i just enjoy being with my kids and my family and i know at this point in my life i want to see them push and be successful. I think that i want them to have their own house and