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from fox 5 news this is "good day early call". juliet: as michael predicted correctly, some rain, flash flood watch in effect, heavy rain moves through our area. mike has the complete forecast coming. >> developing story and ferguson, missouri were 2 dozen people were arrested overnight, another night of protests took to the streets, fourth night in a row, we will have the latest. >> mayor bill deblasio says this fight was contained, two deaths attributed legionnaires' disease, they're finding more cooling towers that problematic, we will tell you what is going
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ben: i am ben simmoneau. juliet: i'm juliet huddy on august 11th. one year ago robin williams passed away. ben: did you see that this morning? did you remember the day? juliet: i saw it this morning. always resonated with me, the best guess i agree interviewed, an amazing guy, sweet sweet man. ben: never met him but i have heard that. juliet: on a happy note, not really -- juliet: it wasn't raining on us when we came in this morning. that is pretty nice. it is true, right? i was expecting torrential. juliet: it was raining on me. is out there now. is out there now. you just missed it. we have showers already starting, depending where you are as to when they started in new jersey, it has been going on for a while but here is what we have on whether headlines for
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affect for the majority of the tristate, looking at one to three inches of rain locally throughout the day today, showers and storms should end later on tonight and then we have nicer weather as we wrap bubble week. the weekend looks pretty good, maybe not perfect all the way through but pretty good. let's look at the radar, sky guardian 3d shelling showers popping into the city but there have been heavier showers to the west of us over new jersey. a lot of folks i dealing with heavier rain on top of all morning commute so it will be very inconvenient and it will add to your travel delays out there on the roads and perhaps in the air as well. 75 is your temperature, central park, 74 bridgeport, islip at 72, poughkeepsie, pretty significant system coming through tehran, low pressure, the trough, a cold front swinging through, looks like it will be a fairly slow movers though the majority of this will
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and it starts to become more showery later in the afternoon, mainly the morning commute will be hurt by these showers coming bosh but again notice it gets a little more broken up the on 4:00 so even though it's not completely dry at the time we get to the evening commute there will be less rain than this morning. tomorrow if anything we have a trough to follow up that could kick up an isolated showers but that would not be a big deal compared to what we have out there today so showers come at you for the first half of the day, high temperature manages to get up to 80 degrees later run, kind of unit outside the lead tomorrow pop out for many afternoon not out the question, high 85 tomorrow and sunny skies thursday and friday. this bring in ines, pretty early but rain is just getting started. ines: look a long island expressway, no problems, eastbound and westbound. let's go to where the cameras
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are where we have some problems spots, bqe traffic approaching the brooklyn bridge, all lanes closed on the manhattan bound brooklyn bridge, also one lane closed on the northbound bqe, trains doing fine, new jersey turnpike 15 east, director tree blocking a lane, could be a messy commute. juliet: protests continued 443 night in ferguson, missouri marking the anniversary of the death of michael brown. ben: 2 dozen people were a arrested last night in to this morning, hundreds gathered along the side of the main protest after brown, an unarmed black teenager was shot in a confrontation with a white police officer. officials say last night bottles and rocks were thrown at officers, none was injured. the protesters vowed to keep fighting for changes to what they call racist law-enforcement system. county officials have issued a state of emergency in hopes of preventing any more disturbances.
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>> we spent a great deal of time and money and devoted quite a bit rebuilding ferguson and i do not want to see it burned down or looted. >> what is urgent about those things, call for those to take the same kind of urgency as well. ben: protests sunday night turned violent. tyrone harris shot at officers forcing them to return fire critically injuring him. his family says the police are lying, he is facing multiple charges. >> two more people died in the bronx, legionnaires' outbreak, the total number of people the past where was 12. ben: 113 people have been diagnosed with the pneumonia like disease, the largest outbreak in new this year -- new york city history. kerry drew has the latest for us. >> i am very much concerned. >> and residents of the daughters of jacob nursing home in the bronx are worried. the bacteria was detected in the cooling tower of their building
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and the nobody has gotten sick from the potentially deadly legionnaires' disease presidents esteban edge. >> we live here, we pay to stay here, we should know what is going on here. >> 12 people have died from legionnaire's in the south bronx and 113 airsick but city officials say there is a promising sign, nobody has reported getting sick in the last 6 days. >> we have encouraging news the points to the end of this outbreak and the rate of new cases has slowed and we know people are seeking care. >> city officials a cooling towers in 18 buildings tested positive for the bacteria. on monday night crews were decontaminating the intake center on east 151st street, bill deblasio has announced emergency legislation that would require every coolant hour in the city to be registered with the department of buildings. cooling towers would also have to be regularly cleaned and inspected. >> inspections will occur quarterly and potentially
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dangerous levels of microbes must be reported to the department of health. failure to comply with this law will be considered at major violation and building owners will be penalized. >> at the same time bill deblasio's news conference governor cuomo held a news conference where he urged building owners to have a cooling tower is checked. >> people getting sick, people buying, building owners who are not complying i believe will face consequences. >> those with relatives living in this nursing homes still concerned. >> she has been living here for a couple of months. i hope she does not get sick. kerry: kerry drew, "good day new york". >> 4:37. sandra lee will undergo surgery today for complications related to a double mastectomy. we posted inspector on facebook yesterday of her and governor cuomo and a note explaining why
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is a joy tried modern medicine, east and ballistic treatments the infection is an incredible monster. she was rushed to hospital last wednesday but when home over the weekend and treated with heavy doses of antibiotics, underwent a double mastectomy back in. we wish her the best. ben: an autopsy will be performed on a body found on the hudson river near hyde park. authorities will determine if it is ian jones. he and his 22-year-old girlfriend, the daughter of any lennox went into the water when there kayak capsized saturday morning. neither was wearing life jackets. it was picked up by passing boat and was not seriously hurt. >> reporter: jeb range incident, in camera in new jersey. a man was driving in brick township when a driver pulled up to his jeep and began yelling at him. both drivers got out of their vehicles, began fighting, two passengers in the car joined in the brawl, someone stabbed the driver of the jeep with a small
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knife leaving him with cuts to his head and all. they got back into their car and left. police are searching for them. ben: the lease is surging demand face a run the gas station in the bronx, let's show you surveillance video from inside the store just a fortune:00 sunday night. please save this man walked in, took out a gun and demanded money, got away with not $68. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers at 800-577-tips. kerry: after two decades the guardian angels are going back on foot patrol in response to the recent spike in crime in central park. it is apparently a 28% from this time last year. 28%. curtis, you all know him, joins five other guardian angels to patrol the park sunday night. he is blaming bill deblasio for the rising crime. >> in order to keep central park crown jewel of new york city we need to put.
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guardian angels back in central park. juliet: we tried to reach the mayor's office but have not heard back. ben: quality of life a growing concern, the police union launched a social media campaign sparking policy changes. ben: how frustrated officers are enlisted the public's help to deal with homelessness. >> it is an all too common fight in the city, you see homeless people, many facing obvious physical and mental health challenges wherever you go. for some residents moving em off the front doorsteps has become a daily routine. sergeant benevolence association president ed mullins is asking his member to snap pictures of what they see on the street. >> what we're seeing as a result of these policies is permissive behavior that is okay to leave people lying on the street, ok to carry a gun, we have seen, go up, and -- >> there are 3,000 homeless who live on the streets and do not
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seek space in shelters. he also says some panhandlers assumed to be homeless actually have homes. the mayor did not want to comment on the proposal. >> with all respect to our friends in the labor movement we have a police force that every day enforces the laws of new york city and they're quite familiar with what to do if they see a lot being broken. a member of the public sees a lot being broken they should report its joy police officer can deal with it. >> not everyone believes the 3,000 figure. a new apps called map the homeless was created by am mary hill residents that up by acts of public urination and other behavior he saw in his neighborhood. the mayor insists police are enforcing the same regulations on our streets. >> we are going to have a very consistent enforcement allover the city for any kind of offense that includes a homeless person committed. >> they also want members of the public to send pictures of the homeless they see on the streets.
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new program to help the mentally ill homeless to have violent tendencies and get them into treatment. i am lisa evers, fox 5 news. >> thank you very much, 4:41. ben: still to come get ready for some heavy rain moving through the area. >> the latest on the flat flood watch coming up. train delays might become more common. switch now, new york and get installed as early as today. mom switched. we switched. i switched to time warner cable and knew exactly when they were coming. thanks to their 1 hour appointment window. for $89.99 a month, you'll get 100 meg internet, hundreds of hd channels, and unlimited calling to the u.s., puerto rico, canada, mexico, china and india. and for a limited time, you could get a $300 reward card plus tv equipment and epix included.
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>> meteorologist: looks like a day of rain has begun in the tristate, it started earlier in new jersey and working its way through the tristate. if your to the eastern long island or connecticut you're looking at a few sprinkles but it will be coming to you and that is what we see on sky guardian 3d. so far most of it in the light to moderate range but there are heavier showers coming through new jersey but when it comes to thunderstorm action only a few lightning strikes here and there so far but that is not to say we will be in the clear. we will probably see pretty heavy downpours it times especially for the morning commute. right now 73 central park, temperatures came down a couple degrees from what we have a little bit ago because of the rain coming through, same thing in newark, an allentown, 74 nysa, 73 in montauk. cloudy skies are here, showers
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rolling 9 in on cue, looks like we will definitely have to deal with it through the majority of the morning commute but once we get beyond lunch time looks like the heavier stuff will have already gone by especially for folks in the city. in eastern take a while longer. here's what we see on future cast and pretty solid rain as we go through the first part of the day but in the afternoon after 4:00 it becomes more showery as opposed to the solid rain with severe down boris but that leads us to the potential of flooding out there and that is why we have flash flood watches in effect until 4:00 this afternoon and then it starts to break up a little bit, things look better in days to come though there's still a chance of a quick shower popping up tomorrow, stills and instability in the area. temperatureswise back to 75 by noon and a high of 80 in less rainy afternoon in the evening and as we go through tomorrow quick little isolated showers possible, not really counting on much there, dry thursday and friday and another schmaltz our
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chance saturday, not a huge threat at this point. myfoxny.com weather apps and the apple itunes store, google play store, download for free, get headlines and alerts and flood watches and things going on with that. that comes in handy. let's bring in ines rosales with what is happening tuesday morning for getting around town, getting wet outside. ines: some problems spots, 78 westbound exit 56 in a local lanes and accident in the center lane, new jersey turnpike northbound truck lane by 15 flipped over tractor-trailer blocks a lane there, westjustin things are fine on the tappan zee bridge, speed restrictions are expected with weather coming through, usually is 45 miles an hour. sawmill looks good across westchester, let's look at the staten island expressway by bradley avenue, you are fine, quiet on the east bound west downside. as for the george washington bridge upper and lower levels doing fine, no we shoes, lincoln tunnel no. 95 from as well as
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holland tunnel. ben: the national transportation safety board will determine the probable cause of the crash the left tree seymour and injured. that accident happened in june on the new jersey turnpike. comedian james was killed, two passengers were hurt. investigators previously said a walmart truck hit morgan's limo at 65 miles an hour and a 45 mile an hour zone. they said the truck driver had been up for 24 hours before the crash. there was stopped traffic, he pleaded not guilty to those charges. juliet: needs to upgrade the aging tunnels under the hudson river. the railroad service stresses of the new tunnel isn't built soon recent electrical problems in the century-old hudson river tunnel will become more common. commuters i getting fed up with delays and they want federal and state officials to come together to work out a solution. >> to wait until the worst possible thing happens would
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seem to be very shortsighted. i hope we can be proactive and build the kind of infrastructure the city deserves. juliet: anthony potts and governor chris christie will meet with cory booker next week to start working on some sort of solution. the project could cost $14 billion. new york and new jersey want the fed to pay a big chunk of the money. ben: bill deblasio signed legislation authorizing a four months study on the effect of lirr -- uber and other for hire carson city traffic but 65% of new yorkers said elected officials were trying to limit uber because of campaign donations from the cab industry. the mayor was forced to backtrack on his plan to limit the number of uber cars until the study is completed. juliet: there is an apps for everything these days.
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so why not use one to find a pet? >> place shelter at one animals and loving homes. >> meet hazel, she's sweet, smart, adventures, loves to go for long walks and the best part, she has all her back scenes. darrell learners founder of all pause, and that making apps out to prove not all the good ones are taken. after all the does have experienced helping people find the right one. >> i had a company called snap interactive with my brother cliff, we have a large facebook trading apps, a large apps, a lot of experience in the dating and matchmaking world. >> reporter: much of the inspiration comes from dating apps like tinder. you can search for your perfect companion by sliding left or right and more than 20 filters help you narrow it down. >> you are able to send a message directly to the shelter,
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to leave the apps. >> reporter: it draws from a nationwide database of thousands of pet adoption sites and shelters. at the key main society of new york pebbles is one of 175 passport through adoption. >> we learned from the dating said the first thing people all look at our photos. we wanted to get vivid photos and make those the emphasis of the search. >> reporter: cheryl says it is a formula of the works but not just when it comes to matchmaking. >> so easy, use it on your couch and see pictures, you can do whatever. >> reporter: just like our parents told you, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prints or in this case -- >> lancelot is one of the 200,000 pets available for adoption on this web site. right now is only for itunes but developers are working on
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getting on android. juliet: lancelot, cute name. you might need a pet. ben: we have some these restrictions in our current place over all my daughter said i am going to get a kitty cat one i am 5 and i said decided that? she said the day. juliet: rocky start to the met's bid they come back to beat colorado. google show all.
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ben: that was accused of being a fair weather baseball fan which i resent tremendously. duke: the best record in baseball. ben: they had the worst record in baseball before the all-star break, that is the problem. antwan: i will agree with this. julius is supposed to be on the bicycle. do we get a picture here? juliet: first of all know. ben: we got to get to sports. >> get back on track after stopping a few straight steps
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the first play taking on a rockies' last may. bottom of the second inning, facing rockies top prospect andre and this one is gone so it is 1-0. all the mets can muster against the great pitch count, let's get hot again. we are going to be dangerous. i agree with that. rockets and 2-1 in the seventh, bases loaded and former yankee boom logan takes the amount, curtis granderson tied up, next pitch, daniel murphy left side. jose reyes, looks weird to see him there rockies uniform. mets up 4-2, that is how ends and nationals beat the dodgers last night so the mets a 1.5 games up in the nl east. yankees have a night out, they will open a three game series with the indians in cleveland scoring just one single run in
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this weekend, actually shut out of the last 26 innings, sticking it for toronto, also of last night so the yanks lead. days in the a.l. east. hockey news, new york rangers giving shared stroll a second chance. 01 year, $800,000 deal. back in a patrol was arrested on suspicion of having cocaine and ecstasy. mgm grand las vegas. we to misdemeanors and the cocaine charge was dropped, 32 hours of community service, also starting a program to help others understand the dangers of alcohol and controlled substances. the 33-year-old won two stanley cups for the kings. so you saw him, kings, rangers. we saw him, kings, rangers, in the stanley cup finals.
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