Well start with Raphael Miranda. Raphael, we havent had a triple digit day in the summer, have we . No. Havent had a heat wave. Its like 89, raphi. Kept saying 89. That was the third day of the heat wave. Never happened. Weve had a string of 90degree days, though. Were going to get close again today and tomorrow. Flirting with 90. Youll see in the weather headlines, the heat does continue. Were turning up the humidity hey bit. It was comfortable over the weekend. That is ending a little bit. Chance for storms later tonight, especially north and west of the city. Then a cooldown is coming. No 90s towards the end of the week. Mostly clear right now. A quiet start in Westchester County and Rockland County. This is our weather maker later this afternoon. If you live well north and west of new york city, this cold front approaches, sparking off a few showers and thunderstorms. Probably just in time for the evening commute. Thats well north and west. Sullivan county, pike county, pennsylvania. Otherwise, hot and humid with a high of 90 degrees. Still hot tomorrow. We have to wait for the cooldown. Well tell you how cool it will get coming up in the sevenday forecast. Right now the cool lauren scala. Thank you, raphael. Good morning everyone. Right now, if youre headed to the upper east river crossings, two lanes shut down on the throgs neck bridge. There are some delays as they wrap this up. Head over to the whitestone bridge. Thats free and clear. Delays on downtown 1 trains. Thats the only issue on the rails. Everything else rolling along nicely. As far as the buses go, seven or eight detours out there. One in brooklyn, the rest in the bronx. Otherwise, new Jersey Transit looks good. The next update on the 4s. Malaysian as government wants countries along the western indian ocean to help search for possible debris from flight mm 370. The wing flap discovered is now in france. It will undergo testing on wednesday. Its believed to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Some metal was found over the weekend. Its not linked to mh 370. Happening today, Bobbi Kristina brown will be laid to rest in new jersey. She will be buried next to her mother, Whitney Houston. The only daughter of hit any houston and bobby brown died in hospice care. Private service was held yesterday near atlanta. Golfers got a shock when a coast guard helicopter landed on the green at the Richmond Country Club on staten island. The helicopter was monitoring a small oil spill in northern new jersey when the cockpit filled with smoke and fumes. The crew was forced to make an emergency landing. No one was hurt. The crew made repairs to the helicopter and it took off a short time later. In our money report, puerto rico expected to default on a bond payment today. Its going to miss a 58 million payment expected. The government says it cannot repay the entirety of what it owes. That comes to 72 billion. Puerto rico, though, is barred from seeking bankruptcy protection. So the commonwealth may be open to a flurry now of lawsuits. Now that its acquired, directv, at t is trying to lure customers away from the other cable companies. Part of the offer is instant access to directv without waiting for the installation. How would that work . People can start watching immediately on a tablet or smartphone. At t is offering deals to bundle its wireless and tv services for new customers. Everything is easy as possible, right . Thats right. New this morning, research is looking into something every parent can relate to. Picky eaters. Kerry barrett is here with the findings that were just released. Everyone goes through this at some point. Its the worst. Decades later, i still remember the battles that my parents had with my sister at the dinner table. With her. Not you. Of course. But i mean, theyre epic. Thats not what you want your dinner to be about. Its a time that your family, maybe the only time your family has to get together and actually talk. Think about what is on the typical kids menu, chicken fingers, mac and cheese, pizza, noodles. Most kids do eventually expand pal at. About 3 take it to the extreme and that can be a sign of social anxiety or depression. There was a study published in the journal of pediatrics. Researchers at Duke University looked at selective eating. Kids who are restricted in their diets. Maybe limited to four or five very specific foods. They found that those kids were nearly two times more likely to be diagnosed with psychological disorders. They think these types of kids are more sensitive to whats going on around them and ultimately whats going into their bodies. These are sensitive kids. They see things more intently, feel things more deeply, thats in their own internal experience an the world around them. So we should clarify. This isnt about kids they like a food one day, dont like it the next. Kids who go through phases. All of that is very normal. As a parent, you should understand that extreme picky eating is not your fault. You always think it is. Did i not introduce them to enough foods, did i not eat enough different foods when i was pregnant with them. Guilt is associated with parenting. What can you do . Most importantly, you need to make family mealtime a priority. Its hard to do. But it is important to do. Number two, dont have those battles about food at the dinner table. Try and make your family meals a calm environment and number three, this is interesting, i think. Practice trying to introduce new foods at other times of the day, not necessarily like at dinnertime when you know theres a battle brewing and youre already set up for that battle. Try to introduce them sporadically through the day. Hey mom is trying this. You want to try a little piece. Hopefully that could begin to open up their palate a little bit. As far as like the psychological issues that may go along with it, you need to talk to your Mental Health practitioner about. You know what i find out, when your child goes to a friends house, whatever theyre serving, your child will probably eat because they dont want to be rude and say no. They come home saying i tried shrimp or whatever it may be. Thank you, kerry. Its 5 09. Just ahead, new rumblings this morning. Why theres speculation, you look beautiful by the way. Why theres speculation that joe biden is about to throw his hat in the ring. Well have more of kerry coming up. Well take a quick break. Its 5 13. Here are four things to know this morning. City Council Members holding a meeting at town hall to tackle questions about a deadly legionnaires disease outbreak in the south bronx. Four people are now dead and 71 others sick. Happening today, Bobbi Kristina brown will be laid to rest in new jersey. The 23 2yearold will be buried next to her mother, Whitney Houston. It is the second straight week of fastrack week for r train riders. No service between 95th and 36th streets. You can use the d or n trains or shutting puss. Kraft recalling tens of thousands of cases of cheese. Theyre the singles american and white american. Piece of the plastic could stick to that cheese. It could create a choking hazard. For more information, head to our website, nbcnewyork. Com. 5 13. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Heading over to the weather center. Raphael miranda. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Great start to the workweek. Nice and dry this morning. It is warm out there. Temperatures near 80 already in some spots. Theyre feeling the humidity a little bit. Especially in the city. A muggy feel over the weekend much heres a live look at storm tracker. Quiet, no rain to track this morning. We could see showers in places like northwest new jersey. Speaking of northwest new jersey, yesterday was very cool. Temperatures in the 50s at this hour. Its not as cool as it was at this time yesterday. Now were in the 50s. 68 in parsippany. Mild for you there. 66 mine hill. 58 in califon. Theres a cool spot. 64 in high point and 70s from new york city. Dry and mild across bridgeport and white plains at 70 degrees. As we take a look ahead, its only monday. But lets look to the weekend. It gets cooler later on this week and that trend stays with us. Temperatures, instead of the upper 80s to 90s, were talking about low to mid80s, saturday and sunday. We could start making outdoor plans, maybe another Beach Weekend ahead. Heres a look at future tracker. Lunchtime today. You can see a sunny picture here. Watch what happens at 5 00, 6 00 p. M. A few showers and storms in places like the Hudson Valley, western Hudson Valley, northeast pennsylvania and new jersey. Thats where youre running into storms around 6 00, 7 00. Overnight, we could see a few popup storms. Dry by tomorrow morning. This is tuesday, 8 00 a. M. Another dry commute. Watch what happens during the day. A few more showers and storms pop, especially after 4 00, 5 00 p. M. Nothing major. Could have a few heavy downpours, especially tomorrow afternoon. For today, all about the heat and the increasing humidity. I know we dont love the mugginess, but its back today. A high of 90 degrees. Overnight, an isolated storm. Sevenday forecast shows the heat to contend with for the next three days or so. Then were cooling down on thursday with a High Temperature of only 79 degrees. All right, lets take a look at the commute and see if its above average or below average . I dont know what to call it. We only have a couple of problems. Maybe above average. Downtown 1, trains are running express from the 6th to 42nd street. Its due to police activity. Otherwise, trains look good. On the road, an accident on the 5. That shuts down two lanes. Delays arent too bad. The gowanus expressway, once you get past that belt parkway accident, heres what the gowanus looks like. Slow going right now, but not too bad. Heading over to the cross bronx expressway, everything moving along nicely. No roadwork today getting in your way. Youre in for a nice ride. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. The next update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Donald trump ready to debate Vice President joe biden testing the waters. Tracie potts joins us live in washington with more. Tracie, two major developments over the course of the weekend. Reporter exactly. Trump still on top and new poll numbers to prove that. But on the democratic side, yes, joe biden, Vice President joe biden apparently thinking about a deathbed wish from his son beau according to reports. He is seriously considering taking on Hillary Clinton. The New York Times reports Vice President joe biden is quietly testing the waters and could decide whether to run forp president by september. If he runs, he runs. Donald trump is not worried about that or thursdays debate. Id like to discuss the issues. Im not looking to take anybody out or be nasty to anybody. Reporter including Texas Governor rick perry. Trump tops the wall street journal poll with 19 followed by scott walker and jeb bush. In the latest national average, perrys just outside the top ten. Full well expect to be on the stage. Reporter hes fighting for the last two spots with Ohio Governor john kasich and new jersey governor chris christie. Well see what happens. Id like to be there. Once you get on the stage, it doesnt matter if youre number one, five or ten. I was 1 in the National Polls four years ago and won 11 states. Reporter only the top ten will be on stage thursday night. Which means the bottom seven will be out. But not completely out, michael. They have a separate debate theyre holding earlier that afternoon. Tracie, thank you very much. Today, president obama plans to launch a new effort to fight Climate Change by cutting pollution. He wants power plants to reduce their use of coal and produce more electricity using they have to cut Carbon Emissions by the year 2030. Opponents promise to fight the plan in court and in congress. Grief turned to hope for one oklahoma family. Theyre mourning the loss of a husband and father. This past fathers day, sandy siebold along with their daughter decided to release balloons from the grave. It has a message for the finder to call them. When they returned home, they made an amazing discovery. The balloon drifted 25 miles and ended up attached to a fence near their home. What are the chances . I think i started crying because it was like a message from him. Sandy siebold says theyre still grieving but the balloons have given them a sense of peace. You always wonder the events that makes Something Like that happen. Yes. Its how you perceive it and you see how she does perceive it. So many people who lost someone will tell you thats a sign. Its 5 19 right now. A monday morning. Just ahead, a scary moment at a nascar race. Not on the track, in pit row. The strange sight behind home plate at a mets game. Why these guys dressed up as umpires. Follow the today in new york team on facebook and twitter. Well be right back. The spinning pinwheel of death. The disappearing wifi icon. You dont need a magician to fix these things. You need fios internet. Get fios 50 meg internet, tv and phone now for 79. 99 a month, price guaranteed for 2 years. Or, double your speeds for just 10 dollars more a month. And only fios gives you uploads speeds as fast as your download speeds. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past, get fios. Queensboro bridge. Square i video at a nascar race in pennsylvania. Brad keselowski was going too fast when he pulled in at pocono raceway. As you saw there, he went into two members of his pit crew. One of them flying on to the hood of his car while they got right back up and actually went back to work. Fortunately, the two crew members have minor injuries. But thats amazing. They got back up. Hit by a race car. Yeah. Thank goodness theyre wearing the helmets. At least that. Wow. Theres the dashcam video. See that one. They know how to move quickly. That much they do. Its 5 23. The mets had a big showdown in citifield last night. In the midst of the drama on the field, two guys were distracting behind the plate. Two fans dressed up as umpires. They mimic all the motions of the umpire. They called foul balls and threw imaginary balls back to the pitcher. Now, the fake umpires are actually raising money. Its for a group called ump cares charities. Mets won the game. And were thrilled to say they are tied for first place. I guess thats allowed even though it would be distracting to me as the pitcher. I wonder how the people sitting behind them thought. Probably annoying. Once you find out theyre raising money for charity, tolerable then. Weather is tolerable. It was a beautiful weekend. We had the low humidity, it was sunny. Yeah. Can we do it every day like that . Can you . Yeah, we can. Today well see the mugginess creep back in. I hope you enjoyed the weekend. A decent day. A little more muggy and still hot. 90 for a High Temperature in central park. Low 90s in linden. Youll see 93. East chester 88 degrees. 85 in garden city. Winds are out of the south today. That gives us the more moist flow. The humidity on the rise. 90 in ocean grove. Lots of sunshine, 89 in fairfield and sunny with temperatures in the 80s across long island. Isolated thunderstorms possible. Sort of those warm and humid nights in the city. 74 for a low temperature. 70s in white plains. You have to head deep into the Hudson Valley to find some 60s. Tonight will be one of those ac nights. You start to feel the humidity building. Gets a little uncomfortable. There is cooler weather on the way. Cooler weather that we havent seen so much lately. Thanks, raphi. Good news from the roads mostly. The Southern State parkway for the long island commuters. Heres eagle avenue. You can see the sun is coming up. Pretty pink sky. The one accident cleared out. You are in for a nice ride. Then well show you the commuter checklist. On the trains, metronorth, long island railroad, new Jersey Transit and path running without delays or Service Changes. But we do have delays and Service Changes on downtown 1 trains. Ill have the details coming up in a few minutes. Lauren, thank you. Its 5 25. Just ahead, the question president obama sent to someone high above the earth. Plus, theyre calling him jaws. Where the nypd is searching for this gator in the city. Reporter weve been crunching the numbers. You may not believe how much crime is up in one brooklyn neighborhood. Im Brynn Gingras. More on what the community is calling for after a weekend of violence. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you. Download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device right now. Well be right back. Looking for one of these . Yoplait. Smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. Right now. Enough is enough. Call for action following an outbreak of violence in brooklyn. Plus, wild scene. Several people run down in a Chain Reaction crash in a local neighborhood. A search under way for a little gator roaming one borough. Today in new york starts now. Good morning everyone. Its monday morning. Its august 3rd. Im darlene rodriguez. Im michael gargiulo. Chris is off. But storm team 4s Raphael Miranda is here with a look at the forecast as we start a new week and really a new month, raphi. Good morning guys. First monday of august. Nice and driep right now. 76 degrees. Its warm and going to be a hot one later on today. Lots of sunshine. A bit more humidity. Hazy, hot, humid kind of days. High temperature near 90 degrees. Theres a slight chance of a shower or storm popping up as you head home. Main lip north and west of town. I wouldnt worry about the um brem as. Well talk about the cooldown in the sevenday forecast coming up. Lauren has a look at the roads. Issues on