the big question this evening, what is the source of this outbreak, as you guys pointed out, they do not believe this is connected to the deadly south bronx. what they can tell us, however, is that having dealt with that deadly outbreak, the city was able to move much more quickly to get this one under control. >> very concerned because i could get sick and die from it. >> reporter: this bronx resident reacting to news today that the sty has i'd -- city has identified yet another cluster of legionnaire's cases in the bronx, this time in the morris park section. all seven individuals live or work in morris park, are between the ages of 45 and 75, all are currently hospitalized and all are said to have underlying medical conditions. >> this is very consistent with what we have seen about legionnaire's in the past, all over the city, department of health has been on this working with the state. >> reporter: mayor bill de

blasio and the health commissioner late this afternoon assured new yorkers that everything possible is being done to contain this outbreak. >> because we identified this as a cluster doesn't mean that we know what the cause is of these infections in these individuals but they are geographically linked and for that reason, the health department has already sought, identified and tested all of the cooling towers. >> reporter: hard lessons learned from this summer's deadly outbreak in the south bronx. by the time a cooling tower at the opera house hotel was identified as the source, 12 people had died and 124 cases had been reported. >> they said they had it under wraps and now you cases have been occurring. >> reporter: now, the health commissioner said earlier this afternoon that because there is now a law in place requiring that these cooling towers be registered, it was much easier

to get the ball rolling, get all those towers tested, 35 towers tested saturday and sunday. those test results taken to the labs, they are now waiting for results. another report coming up tonight at 6:00. for now we are live in the morris park section of the bronx, i'm sandra bookman, channel 7 eyewitness news. a new york police van crushed today by a piling rig in manhattan. we have exclusive video of that equipment toppling over and then landing on the nypd van. it happened in midtown, west 30th street and 6th avenue. investigative reporter jim hoffer with more on the company involved and he's at the scene for us. jim. >> reporter: let's update you. as you can see behind me, just in the last hour, they have made incredible progress in uprighting this 41-ton massive drilling rig. what they are going to do is back it up onto this flatbed truck and finally get it out of here. that's about eight hours after this rig moved onto the construction site, tipped over.

no one was injured but it was close, really close. the driver of this 41-ton drill was trying to make a tight turn into the construction site when the boom was partially raised either intentionally by the driver or mechanical malfunction, whichever it shifted the center of balance causing the boom to tip over, crashing onto an nypd van and the sidewalk. exclusive surveillance video shows just how close the drill by. >> this could have been catastrophic how many people could have been injured and hurt. >> reporter: the video clearly shows the sidewalk was never closed off during this tricky maneuver. one woman starts to run as the boom misses her by seconds. >> why should private industry here have the opportunity to swing around these big drills and booms and everything else

to profit themselves. >> reporter: the general contractor -- two years ago flintlock was fined nearly $250,000 by the labor department for repeated violations of failing to provide fall protection to its workers. in today's accident, no one was injured and since it wasn't a crane, the department of buildings says it had no jurisdiction here. >> who has jurisdiction? i'm going to pick something up that's a massive boom but there are no rules. i can do it when i want, how i want, without safety concerns. >> reporter: now, the buildings department to clarify here is saying that construction equipment this size, believe it or not, does not require road closures or even the sidewalk to be closed, only larger equipment such as those huge boom cranes or when they are lifting a crane to a higher height at a construction site, then it is required to close down the sidewalk and also the roads around the construction site. nevertheless, d.o.b.

has hit the contractor with a fine, a safety violation and they have also shut this place down, at least temporarily for now. we are reporting live in midtown south, jim hoffer, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> so lucky no one was seriously hurt. jim, thank you. new at 5:00, police in the bronx now searching for a man who tried to grab a teenaged girl off the street. take a look at this man. police say requiem brice pulled up to a 13-year-old girl on taylor avenue and then tried to pull her into the car. a second man got out of the car with a knife but the victim kicked brice and ran away. a good samaritan stepped in and away. right now president obama and vladimir putin meeting face to face at the united nations already clashing during their first meeting in nearly a year in how to bring syria's civil war to an end. president obama using a speech today to criticize russia's escalating military involvement n.j. burkett with details. >> reporter: two global

superpowers, two very different strategies on syria and the middle east. both the russian and u.s. president are expected to meet here within the hour but at the moment there appears to be very little common ground. president obama took his case directly to the united nations general assembly today. global problems, he said, require global solutions. >> when a terrorist group gv beheads captives, slaughters the innocent and enslaves, it is an assault on all our humanity. >> reporter: the president portrayed the crisis in syria, the instability, the refugees and the blood shed in stark terms. the resolution he insisted begins with a change of leadership in damascus. >> we must recognize there cannot be after so much blood shed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo. >> reporter: but the russians are backing syria's dictator ba cher al-assad -- bashar al- assad with political and

military support to battle isis militants and today russian president vladimir putin called for a world war ii era military collision against -- coalition against isis. >> and naturally the muslim countryists are to play a key role and also because the islamic state does not only pose a direct threat to them but also desecrates >> reporter: it was assad's brutality that gave rise to isis revolutionaries. >> can't simply pacify the broad majority of a population who have been brutalized by chemical weapons and indiscriminate bombing. >> reporter: mr. obama did not mention mr. putin by name but much of his speech here appeared directed at the russian president. both men expected to meet here face to face within the hour.

much more on this developing story coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00 tonight. for now we are live at the united nations, n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, n.j. and, of course, with the president in town and the general assembly going on, you can expect gridlock in manhattan especially on the east side. part of first avenue is shut down for six blocks around the u.n. there will be sporadic other closures around the area. we will have all of that information at abc7ny.com. the woman who helped two inmates break out of a prison in upstate new york today giving a tearful apology in court and then the judge put her in prison. joyce mitchell went during her -- wept during her sentencing, she could serve as long as seven years. the former prison tailor pleading guilty to helping the prisoners escape from the correctional facility back in june. in court mitchell apologized to community. >> i not only let myself down, but my family. my husband and my children are

my life, my world. >> mitchell may also have to pay restitution for the cost of a massive manhunt which ended with one prisoner dead and the other recaptured. police in queens are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a man after a fight that spilled out into the streets. it happened at around 4:00 this morning when police say a fight started at the crystal hookah lounge in astoria. a 26-year-old man from brooklyn was shot dead. investigators say he was armed at the time of his death and has a long criminal record. the suspect fled the scene in a white bmw. also in queens, police are on the hunt for another criminal, a hit-and-run driver who left a man critically injured. it happened last night just before 10:00 on union turnpike in forest hills. police say the driver was behind the wheel of a burgundy jeep with new york license plate. the 30-year-old victim remains in critical condition at jamaica medical center. new tonight in the race for president, donald trump getting specific with a policy plan, sort of. republican candidate says couples earning less than 50,000 a year, that's about the

median family income, would pay no income taxes. the top business tax would be just 15%, that's half of what it is now. he also says he will cut deductions and loopholes. >> it will provide major tax relief for middle income and for most other americans. it will grow the american economy at a level that it hasn't seen for decades. >> trump claims these changes would not add to the annual federal budget deficit or the national debt. as for the rich, superrich, they might benefit too. we will explain how coming up at 6:00. and pope francis back at the vatican tonight after his busy trip to cuba and the u.s. the pope arrived in rome this morning after an overnight flight from philadelphia. mayor de blasio called the pope's visit a success. >> i think everyone felt energized by his visit, felt inspired. i certainly felt tremendously inspired. we have been through something extraordinary, something i think will have lasting

positive ramifications for this city and for this country. >> the mayor said the nypd and other city agencies should feel proud about how the pope's visit came off so well. quick look at wall street, stocks plunging again today over worries about china's economy. healthcare companies leading the decline as bio tech stock prices continue to fell as well. the dow down 326 points. the s&p slid 49 and change. new information on a football tragedy in new jersey. coming up what caused a high school quarterback to die after coming off the field? and good news for passengers using kennedy airport. the changes just announced that could make it quicker and safer for your next trip. plus, an out-of-this world discovery on mars and the major implications it could bring with it. and i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. as we near the end of the month of september, big pattern change coming. right now it's still warm and humid, we've been so used to the 77, still dry. humidity coming up and also a

couple of showers on radar, and a lot of rain off to our south, even tropical trouble brewing

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more breaking news today, a federal judge has dismissed four bribery counts against u.s. senator bob menendez, that also includes charges that florida eye doctor solomon melgen was facing. they were named in an indictment that accused menendez of accepting campaign

in exchange for political influence. but the judge refused to dismissal of the charges. we are going to have much more on this story as we get it. bill. nasa tonight confirming what their scientists have been talking about for months, water discovered on mars, not drinking water, of course, but it is flowing, the water is, and the implications about some kind of mike bock life -- micro biotic life -- >> the journey to mars got a whole lot more fascinating. >> reporter: a major break- through. scientists say the answer might be found on mars. researchers say they have now found potential signs of life on the red planet. it appears to have not only frozen water, but flowing streams of water. >> there's a lot more humidity in the air than we ever imagined. as we ingest the soils, they are moist. >> reporter: scientists say the latest observations taken from

nasa's mars reconnaissance orbiter strongly supports a long time theory that the salt water flow is down some martian slopes and because water is essential to life, the findings could have major implications. the evidence of flowing streams consists of dark narrow streaks that appear on the surface and tend to grow during the summer and then fade the rest of the year. scientists in 2008 found evidence of frozen water on mars but the source of that water is still a mystery. dr. denton able is a geologist with the -- >> not just was water in the past, not just ice that we can dig and scoop and find near the polar regions, but that there's water flowing in lots of different places right now. >> reporter: meanwhile, up until now, sending humans to mars and finding life there has been the kind of thing made for hollywood. matt dameon in his latest flick, the martians set to hit theaters this weekend. now nasa scientists say

hollywood might not be too far off, hoping to send humans to mars soon and be able to answer once and for all whether or not life will exist or has ever existed on the red planet. stephanie ramos the private service will be televised on the "yes" network, a public tribute will be held at the yogi berra museum in little falls on sunday. new york cop said desperately searching for two young sisters missing after they visited with their biological mother. the three and 2-year-olds were last seen by their foster parents yesterday morning in brooklyn. investigators say the girls were dropped off for what was supposed to be a five hour visit but the girls never brought back. new details about a deadly stampede in saudi arabia. the death toll may be significantly higher than previously thought.

say they were given 1100 photographs of people killed during the hajj last week. over the weekend saudi officials put the death toll at 769. the disaster happened when two large waves of pilgrims converged on a narrow road last week near the holy city of mecca. the giant shell oil company tonight abandoning its search for oil in the arctic after failing to find enough crude to justify the costs. the company says it spent about 7 billion so far exploring the waters off of alaska but did not find a significant amount of oil or gas. drilling was controversial, came under a lot of fire from the environmental groups who said the activity threatened wildlife and contributes to climate change. that deal is now done. >> don't want to spend more money on it because of alternative energy. time is turning. did you check out the moon last night? >> i did. >> pretty cool. >> did lee check out the moon?

>> i'm north of town so that's where the best viewing is with broken clouds, great pictures from viewers. thank you for sending them in. >> if you missed it, 2033. >> oh, that long? >> yes. we look at a shadow over the meadow right now but blue sky looking off to the east and blue sky is not what's in the forecast over the next several days. this is an unbelievable switch as everything is just snapping and we are going to go into a wet pattern that could take us for five or even seven days. it's 77 degrees right now, southeast wind at 3, very warm, very humidity, going -- humid, going to be a summery night. should feel great. no rainfall today. light sprinkles around nassau county and over into connecticut. there are your sunrise and sunset times. last year on this date, sunshine and some late fall warmth, early fall warmth in the middle 80s. 75 old bridge, 77 in point pleasant wrightstown, i think we will make another run at the upper

despite limited sun at times and an occasional shower. the dew points are up and that's what really feels so different than the last couple of weeks with all the dry air in place. now it feels more humid and feels warmer. partly cloudy early, mostly cloudy as the night wears on. i would have the umbrella tomorrow for a passing shower. a lot of the times going to be clouds, thin spouse in the clouds -- spots in the clouds and then an occasional shower in the afternoon. couple sprinkles we had over parts of new york city, northeast new jersey, hudson valley, connecticut and long island. they have dissipated as they moved into parts of duchess and parts of western connecticut. what's happening is this high right here was over here over the weekend and it just gave us great dry air and still dry conditions. now it's offshore and our wind out of the east-southeast, now moisture come in from the atlantic at first and then this front will scoop up this atlantic moisture and that will be our first drenching which comes tomorrow night into the first part of wednesday. after that, it's all types of moisture sources, whether it's the gulf of mexico or maybe even the tropics. this is tropical depression 11,

hurricane center, still had it as a tropical depression, but likely to become tropical storm joaquin as we go through the next day or so and then threatened the east coast, even we are at risk. a shower or two tomorrow, clouds, limited sun, 81. goodbye 80s. here comes the front, big shrug of rain -- slug of rain riding along that front needs a good soaking tuesday night into wednesday morning. more rain in the afternoon, a rare soaking. here's your accuweather forecast. warm, muggy, spotty shower. limited sun but 81, warm and then the heavy rain comes in tomorrow night and a real soaking potential flooding on wednesday morning, especially north and west. will this be the longest rainy stretch in months? and will the flooding be more north and west and maybe less so south and east? and tropical joaquin -- tropical storm joaquin is that a threat to us? >> thank you, lee. helping the homeless, coming up, the new way new york

is trying to help get them a new place to live. also credit cards are changing, we will show you the new feature being added and the deadline this week you should know about. i'm lauren glassberg and the saying goes all you need is a dollar and a dream.

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ja we are in the middle of hispanic heritage month celebrating their contributions to society by hispanics and mexican-americans. >> offering books by and for hispanics. >> empowerment through education, here's eyewitness news reporter joe torres. >> reporter: tucked away in a 1400 square foot space in east harlem is this bookstore. no, it is not a blue house, as the name suggests. but it's named after the blue house of celebrated mexican artist freida carlo. >> myself being of mexican descent, having studied her life, having visited her home many times i felt like it was a perfect name for the store and also because home, casa, everybody comes home and feels comfortable. >> reporter: her business is now 3 years old, it is not your ordinary bookstore. its shells are filled with books that tell latino stories, written by latino authors and illustrated by latino artists.

>> there are so many, hundreds of latino writers that exist. it's not just one or two that get on the new york times best seller list. there are actually many, including many that come from east harlem. >> reporter: the mexican american former teacher says education, exposure and empowerment are some of the benefits gained by customers who read the books sold in her store. >> those are the books that changed my life. those are the books that made me a teacher and an activist in my community. >> reporter: recognizing and uplifting latino cultures through books, a perfect example of what hispanic heritage month is all about. in east harlem, i'm joe torres, channel 7 eyewitness news. the autopsy results are in. coming up new information on why a high school student died after a football game in new jersey. plus we are talking about -- we will tell you what billy joel the singer is doing to ensure fans get tickets to concerts, not the scalpers. good news for travelers out of jfk.

new information tonight about the tragic death of evan murray, the high school football quarterback in new jersey who died after a game friday night. >> tonight the medical examiner discovers why this young football player died. this as his fellow students return to school stunned and grieving. >> and it wasn't a head injury or a heart attack. it happened after he took a hit during the game. >> new jersey reporter toni yates at war in washington township. toni. >> reporter: bill and sade, you know, this is a very, very difficult time for this community and this school. the loss of such a vibrant and very active teenager. the autopsy report did come out today. it was also the first day back to school since this tragedy. most of the students at warren

hills high school wore the school colors, many took advantage of counselors brought in for comfort. >> we did have a great number come in in a state of grief and an emotional state. >> reporter: this afternoon student athletes silently made their way to practice where football quarterback number 18, evan murray, played the game he loved. murray died friday night at morristown medical center after a football game where spectators say he took several hard hits. the medical examiner's report released this afternoon says the cause of death was massive intraabdominal merge, that's massive -- hemorrhage, that's massive internal bleeding due to laceration of the spleen. that kpu large, making it more susceptible to injury. and no evidence of head trauma or heart disease. his death was an accident. the family's own son, a young man admired by everyone. >> even if you didn't know him

personally, you knew he was a good person because that's what he emulated. >> reporter: designed t-shirts for the school's blue steak logo, selling nearly 1000, raising $11,000 so far for murray's family's expenses. memorials continue to grow in sadness with love. >> i'm a little shook up still, so it's a lot. >> reporter: abc's chief medical correspondent dr. richard besser says an enlarged spleen could have been the result of any of a number of viral infections and for sure the experts in this case will be trying to find out which one killed murray. for now we are live in washington township, warren county, toni yates, channel 7. >> thank you. new york city police touting a big heroin bust in the bronx today. investigators approached an suv near jerome park in the marble hill section. after searching it they found 22 brick shaped blocks of heroin in a concealed compartment.

searched his home in yonkers, found 44 more pounds of heroin. police in connecticut arrested and charged a husband after his wife was fund dead in her -- found dead in her home. police responded to 50-year-old lisaer than fonty -- lisa enfonte's home in shelton. she and her husband were arguing when he shot and killed her and fled the scene. he turned himself in this afternoon. new numbers show crime is dropping in connecticut. fbi data reveals that violent crimes dropped nearly 10% in 2014. governor dan malloy says it's a 50-year low. murders dropped 5.5%, rapes were down 12%. the governor credited the works of police officers, criminal justice policy reforms and efforts against drug addiction. on long island, a man is accused of driving drunk when police say he hit and killed someone on a motorcycle. the crash happened in brentwood. suffolk county police say 22- year-old anthony brody santos

motorcycle that was turning onto clark street. the motorcyclist was killed. brody santos was not injured. new at 5:00, jfk airport now operating at full capacity for the first time since spring. taking a live look at the airport which now has all four of its runways in full use, all four working finally. runway four left, 22 right was closed for months undergoing a $400 million facelift. the improvements here include a new high speed taxiway, wider runways and a longer safety zone. while concrete replaces the runways asphalt base, the port authority says the project will help reduce delays, enhance safety and increase the surface's lifespan. a total of 220,000 tons of concrete was used in this project. that's enough to fill, by the way, all 32 nfl stadiums to a depth of 3 feet. that's a lot. the hunting guide charged with aiding in the killing of

cecil the lion says he has been wrongfully charged. seal bronkhorst appeared in court in zimbabwe today as his lawyers filed to have the charges dropped. prosecutors say bronkhorst help dentist walter palmer kill cecil in what they described as an illegal hunt. the court ruling expected next month. meanwhile a lawyer for the family of bobbi kristina brown is coming out swinging after a court order stopped the release of the autopsy results in her death. in a statement bobby brown's attorney says nick gordon, his daughter's longtime boyfriend harmed her. bobbi kristina, the daughter of singer whitney houston died in july after spending nearly six months in hospice care. she was discovered unconscious in her bathtub in january. billy joel teaming up with senator chuck schumer. coming up we will show you how they are trying to make sure it's the fans who get tickets to concerts and games. plus the big announcement

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a new strategy tonight to address the ever growing homeless population in new york city remember . more than 58,000 people living in shelters. >> mayor de blasio hiring more lawyers to help struggling parents pay their rent and avoid eviction. mallory hoff at city hall with the story. >> reporter: we learned today that more than $60 million will be spent on this initiative by fiscal year 2017. the mayor telling us today he is determined to fight homelessness in new york city, he believes this is a step in the right direction. helping residents avoid eviction, that's what mayor de

>> we are investing $12.3 million in very powerful tool, free legal services for tenants facing eviction and who are victims of harassment by unscrupulous landlords. >> reporter: de blasio announced his initiative at a news conference at city hall. his strategy, hire attorneys for tenants who cannot afford legal backup. >> and there are strong and clear laws against such harassment, against forced evictions, but so many of our tenants who are in these situations don't have the legal support they need. >> reporter: the mayor says unscrupulous landlords are creating illegal circumstances. >> when my landlord came to me and told me that he needed me to move out, i was in a state of shock. no way. why? why did i do? >> reporter: in her case, an attorney made a world of difference. >> she presented all of her

the decision was i would not be evicted and my whole building is now rent stabilized and that not only helped me, but it helped every other tenant that was in the building. >> reporter: flaws says when it comes to -- de blasio says when it comes to the issue of homelessness, new yorkers need to know they have support. >> we will help people every step of the way, whether it's before they might become homeless, if god forbid they find themselves homeless and most importantly getting them out of shelter and into permanent housing. >> reporter: and as you heard the mayor say there, this plan fights both harassment as well as eviction. he believes this is the right combination to move forward with this issue in new york city. live outside of city hall, mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> mallory, thank you. there is a new push tonight to make sure you get a fair price for concerts and other big events. senator chuck schumer introduced legislation today that would crack down cyber scalpers that use what are

called -- buy up all the popular concert tickets across new york and then sell them on other websites at ridiculous prices. he used billy joel's concert as an example. >> the performers hate it because they want their fans to be able to see them at a price that the fans can afford. i spoke to billy joel this weekend. he's in support of the legislation we are introducing. >> schumer's legislation calls the websites to be shut down. they would also be fined millions of dollars. among the sports that may be part of the olympics in tokyo, the host city recommending the international olympic committee include baseball, softball, karate, skateboarding, climbing and surfing recommending they all be added to the games in 2020, bowling squash and the chinese martial arts of wushu did not make the cut. it will be baseball and softball's first appearance in the olympics since 2008.

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some bad news for workers at whole foods markets.

about 1500 of them will soon be looking for new jobs. the grocery chain says it's going to be letting go of the workers over the next eight weeks in an ait empty to cut -- in an attempt to cut costs and lower prices. the company says some workers expected to get one of the nearly 2000 open positions with the company. turning to weather. it's starting to feel a lot more like fall. >> you know, you can -- we are coming into the end of this pattern now and the one hope we had was it doesn't come back at once, the rain and the water. it's all coming -- that's how it's happening. outside now, hazy skies, still warm and humid and will be as we go into the day tomorrow. temperatures still around the 80-degree mark. southeast winds picking up a little bit as the camera bounces and looking at manhattan right now. more haze and moisture in the air, pair of sevens and a pleasant evening. 2 inches, nearly 2 inches down for the month. nearly 8 inches a little more than that down for the year and the last time we had a five day stretch with measurable

have to go leading up to christmas last year so pretty remarkable there. and now we are going to see that as we go through tomorrow and into the upcoming weekend. there are a couple of little sprinkles here, not a big deal. our temperatures are nice and mild, maybe just a spotty shower. both tonight and into the day tomorrow might want to have the umbrella. as we look to our south and become exposed to all these systems you've got a system that probably won't form in the eastern gulf but a lot of moisture there and then what you have is tropical depression 11 and there was a 5:00 advisory from the hurricane center, still tropical depression 11:00. maybe by the time we see it at 11:00, certainly tomorrow morning, we may have tropical storm joaquin. all of the moisture sort of lopsided on the storm but it may become more organized. now, with the current forecast track, the hurricane center has updated its intensity to a tropical storm just off our shore or near. you can see the whole cone and that's by the upcoming weekend. very early on, so just forecasting intensity and track

right now at least i think some tropical moisture will get into the area and we will continue to get waves of rain tomorrow and through the weekend. tonight lots of clouds around and around 70. fine for the yankees/red sox game at 7:00. as you look at the futurecast, other than a passing shower tomorrow, look what happens late tomorrow night, it's a huge area of rainfall, starts to move in, likely to be heavier over northwest new jersey, hudson valley and connecticut. big soaking into wednesday morning, maybe some ponding on area roadways. again, especially to the north and west, and then some off and on rain for the remainder of that day. futurecast rainfall totals show there could be several inches north and west. that may be a little bit high there but you get the idea, heavier amounts north and west, potential flooding there in new york city -- and new york city on the southeastern edge of that. air quality good tomorrow, the uv index a 5, moderate and the pollen count is low. here's your seven-day accuweather forecast.

so just a shower or two and i would also throw in a hint of sun tomorrow at 81. now we got a soaking tomorrow night and a wednesday morning, in the afternoon showers and rain may be more spotty then in the 60s. another wave of rain on thursday and then what happens over the weekend is going to be determined by that front and maybe tropical storm joaquin. so don't get panicked about that track just yet. just be of the idea we are in that cone right now and a possibility we get tropical rain. >> when is the last day you had a day like that with those graphics. >> i may have to drop -- >> we do need the rain. >> yes, we do. >> thank you, lee. >> you got it. this week's powerball jackpot more than $300 million. that's right. and now you don't even have to leave home to buy a lottery ticket. >> because a new app delivers the ticket right to your phone and what about the winnings? lauren glassberg shows us how it works. >> reporter: if you ever lamented not buying that lottery ticket, you're in luck, jack pocket is a brand-new app that allows you to buy tickets instantly from your phone. >> the next one up is the powerball.

>> reporter: pete sullivan created the app with his father in mind, a lottery loving mta worker who often runs late because he's busy playing the lottery. >> i said wait a second, why can't he get a lottery ticket on his own. >> reporter: he worked on the app for two plus years and it launched today. >> pick your own numbers or do a quick pick. >> reporter: buy a ticket on jack pocket and it charges your credit card. meanwhile there's a crew of jack pocket workers buying tickets from lottery vendors. those tickets are scanned with a high tech machine. >> look at the tickets, decipher alls the numbers on the tickets and able to match it back to the user to users get a picture of the ticket bought on their behalf in the app. >> reporter: the app notifies you if you win, if you win less than $600, jack pocket deposits the money in your jackpot account which you can use to buy more tickets or transfer to your own bank account. if you win more, the winning ticket is securely delivered to you. right now you can only use jack pocket in new york state where you can play six of eight lottery games.

but the app developer is hoping to sell other tickets in other states soon. jack ticket partners with licensed vendors that sell tickets and shares their commission, a cut of 6/10 on the dollar. it's free to use jack pocket and jack pocket doesn't take any of your winnings. it's all about convenience and that may prompt more ticket sales. >> download it on my phone. going to try it out. hopefully it works. >> that's interesting, yeah. i might consider it. >> sometimes you don't have time to run inside the stores and stuff like that so -- >> reporter: do you think you will download it? >> yes, i will. >> reporter: but in the meantime, is that the winning ticket? >> i really hope so. >> reporter: lauren glassberg, channel 7 eyewitness news. now for a story sure to summon your inner child. the just announced finalist for this year's national toy of fame, the 12 finalists are american girl dolls, battle ship, the coloring book, jenga,

scooter, the spinning top, the supersoaker, teenaged mutant ninja turtles, twister and, finally, whistle ball. two winners will be inducted november 5th. >> i'm a big investor for the american girl doll. rooting for that. seven on your side has what's different and how it will change how you use your credit cards, next. and i'm liz cho. coming up at 6:00, an mta driver accused of taking a city bus on a joyride and driving drunk talks exclusively to eyewitness news. we will tell you what he was saying, what's really going on. and with polls showing donald trump's lead in the republican race for president shrinking, he unveiled a new tax plan today. we've got the details on who trump believes should be paying more and who should be paying less.

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received a new card in the mail recently. now it has a high tech chip to help reduce fraud. this thursday, october 1st is the deadline for merchants to be outfitted with technology to handle the chip. 7 on your side's nina pineda has more on why the change and what it means for you. >> face up. push it all the way in. >> reporter: call it chip dipping 101 at polish beauty bar. >> there you go. >> reporter: owner suzie naum teaches a crash course several times a day to her clients. >> approved, take it out. >> reporter: who are unsure how to dip their own chip enabled credit cards. >> we have actually seen an increase of clients coming in with the chipped cards. >> reporter: the computer chips, these small melic squares will soon -- metallic squares will soon become the normal on credit cards. all u.s. stores are required to have chip card readers by october to avoid fraud costs. >> that chip is used to jeb eight a unique one time -- a unique one timecode that changes the transaction and the benefit of that is that if a

criminal hacks into the merchant system to steal that data, they can't use it to create a counterfeit card. >> reporter: since every chip dip has a different code for each purchase, criminals can't steal your info from a skimmer attached to a swiping device because it won't work when they try to use it. >> that code is changing all of the time. it's not randomly generated. it's a mathematical calculation. >> reporter: and vice is says -- and visa says so far the technology is unbreakable by any criminal. but while the chip will combat 2/3 of all theft in stores, you're still vulnerable elsewhere. >> all other types of credit card fraud, online shopping, when you're making transactions over the phone, so it's not a imaginic bullet -- magic bullet. >> reporter: this financial analyst says still use precautions with wi-fi and secure purchases online but when you have a choice -- >> you should always opt to dip now because that's added protection that the chip provides. >> reporter: you may just need

some help figuring out how to dip your chip and don't forget to take it out. nina pineda, channel 7 eyewitness news. more ahead. who wins and who loses in proposal? eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. >> this is new york's number 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness news with bill ritter and liz cho, rob powers with sports and lee goldberg with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. new york city health officials investigate another cluster of legionnaire's disease. more than half dozen people are now sick in this latest outbreak. i'm amazed. >> and an mta driver accused of taking a city bus on a joyride while junk talks exclusively -- drunk talks exclusively to eyewitness news. first we continue to follow breaking news in a sad and horrific story.

bronx. i'm liz cho. >> i am bill ritter. that newborn found late this afternoon in the middle of a courtyard. >> investigators at the scene right now on east 183rd street in the west fordham section. >> eyewitness news jim dolan is just learned. >> reporter: it is absolutely street. people horrified by what happened here this afternoon. about 2:30 this afternoon a woman went back into the back of this building on 183rd street into the courtyard where she found a horrifying sight, a newborn baby that had been thrown out of a window, police believe, that landed -- who landed in the courtyard. the mother of that child has been taken to a local hospital. the father of that child, the person they believe is the father, is at a local precinct right now as police investigate

exactly what happened.