but there was also encouraging news from the mayor and rob schmitt has ha that. >> the good news is that it's tapering off. >> reporter: mayor de blasio with good news amidst a busy day as the city works to find sources of legionella, the bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease, a deadly disease that sickened 108 people and killed 10 in this recent outbreak. 150 state coordinated inspectors tested for sources of legionella and they focused on very specific locations, like hospitals and nursing homes, places with more vulnerable potential victims of this potentially deadly disease. 161 buildings in the south bronx have cooling towers and each will be tested by the end of this weekend. a lot is still unknown but the mayor did tell us this -- >> we believe as we have felt for days now, that this outbreak occurred in one or more of the original five sites. >> reporter: five new locations have been detected to have the bacteria. they include this verizon office building, the bronx housing court, bronx hall of justice, a post office at 554 grand concourse that will soon be decommissioned an

always a good example for us all. >> reporter: rob schmitt, "today in new york." >>> the time is 10:07. we're going to turn to politics. it's called by many the trump effect. what exactly does that mean? chuck todd live in washington with a preview of meet the press. hi, chuck. >> how are you doing, gus? >> the trump effect is present around us. it seems he's getting into the heads of other republican candidates. how are they framing their messages in response to what he's doing sno. >> that's what's fascinating when you look at what we've done this morning. literally, when trump talks, the other candidates now, at least in the last couple weeks start to parrot. they feel it before, they were ignoring. now they feel they have to change their strategies. you can see it, you can see it in the words that they use. they discuss. it is clear that donald trump is campaign. he is dictating the terms of the debate. and now all of the other campaigns are struggling to try to respond to it. look, they're all acknowledging it, too. i have scott walker on the show. he acknowledges the issue that t

. >> reporter: rob schmitt, "today in new york." >>> 6:03 right now. the woman accused of throwing her baby out of a fourth floor window in queens is now facing murder charges. this is the woman being escorted by police in handcuffs last night. neighbors found the body of her 3-week-old son in the courtyard of their richmond hill apartment buileing on friday. if convicted, she faces up to 25 years to life in prison. >>> this morning, a kayaker is missing after capsizing upstate inth the hudson river. authorities will decide whether it's safe enough to resume safe this morning. ian jones and tally were kayaking in staatsburg when the kayak flipped over. dutchess county authorities spent yesterday looking for the man. helicopters, boats and divers searched the waters and shore. roouugh river conditions complicated the search effort. neither of them were wearing live preservers. >>> if you're looking for love own line, police are trying to catch a group of men of gang raping women when they met up with them. this happened twice in manhattan, including an

and good evening, i'm rob schmitt. tonight, we have new information about an innocent victim here who was in the wrong place at the wrong time shot down by a police bullet. and we understand the 61-year-old victim was a religious man. news 4's michael george has more from mt. vernon. >> reporter: well, rob, felix kumi likely had no idea that he was walking down the street and right into an undercover police sting. and when the bullets flew, felix was hit. for the first time we're hearing the police commissioner's response. a horrible mistake, an innocent bystander shot dead by the nypd officer. we spoke to friends of felix kumi. >> he was our brother, we all loved him. >> reporter: kumi was a meanwhile man and a caring father. there are still questions about how he died. but their faith is bringing them hope. >> the scriptures do tell us harm befalls all of us. but it just happened that it happened that way. >> reporter: the nypd said it all started with an undercover gun deal in the bronx, but the cop brought it to th

rob schmitt has the latest. >> the good news is that it's tapering off. >> reporter: mayor de blasio are good news amidst a busy day as the city works to find sources [000:29:56;00]

always a good example for us all. >> that was rob schmitt reporting. the officer involved in that was not hurt. one of the suspects is in the hospital and will face charges. the other is 28-year-old jeffrey air city from the bronx. he's charged with sales of a controlled substance and firearms. >>> two days after a stunt pilot lost his life. there was a moment of silence yesterday marking the death of andrew wright. the austin, texas pilot died when the plane crashed during a practice on friday afternoon. his plane was coming out of a steep dive and without warning, the tail snapped and sending the plane, as you can see, out of control. >>> this morning, medical examiner is investigating the death of a man found on fire. crime scene tape all that remains on 14th street and astoria where that man was found burning on saturday morning when firefighters put out the flames. police noticed there were injuries on that man's body. investigators trying to figure out who he was and if he was dead before the fire was set. >>> an italian girl getting treatment wi

i'm rob schmitt. >> i'm kerry barrett. drones reported at newark airport. >> ray vieda has reaction. >> reporter: four airlines reported the same thing, unmanned aircraft flying too close to a runway near newark liberty. the flights not affected, but the faa says it's a growing problem. the close call happene around noon today, two united flights and express jet, an northwest air link aircraft not ed the drone thousands of feet up in the air. the planes were landing, and the faa says a drone could cause a disaster if it hit a plane's engine. the agency says the number of droeps reported flying near airports around the country is increasing. in the last two weeks, four major airliners reported drones near jfk, and now this sighting. >> i think that definitely is cause for concern. >> i think it's terribly frightening that artificial gm objects like that get in the way of a major u.s. or international airl acer and cause great danger to all lives on board. >> reporter: the faa says rones are not alled to fly near airports or

. >> i'm rob schmitt. we begin with the deadly standoff. an ordeal that had streets on lockdown for hours. >> a gang member is dead, his mother outraged and a firefighter recovering after being shot. the confrontation that took a neighborhood by siege. >> the chaotic scene played out in front of nearby tv cameras. the feds knocked on this gain member's door a year ace nd agreed to be handcuffed and go quietly. he decided to shoot out this morning. police shot out with a gang member as nearby civilians screamed. his mom was there. police flew her in from delaware and asked her to help hostage negotiators talk him into giving up. >> we need him if he's in jail or out. he said, i know, ma, i'm going to come out. >> reporter: it started at 5:30 a.m. u.s. marshalls moved in to arrest him. [000:29:55;00]

i'm rob schmitt. causing delays at the airports. 90-minute delays. kennedy and laguardia the best at 45 minutes delay. not clear if a truck played a role in this accident. a truck knocked down a utility pole leaving power lines in the roadway. as a result, tully avenue closed and manhattan avenue in both directions. the forecast, rainy today. clearing out tonight. more strong storms in the evening, looks like. tomorrow, spotty shower. clearing out and warmer, and then hot on the weekend. >>> coming up next here on the "today" show, 19-year-old austin mahone performs his latest hit, and we're back here actually at noon. we'll see you then. take care. blinds to go's summer celebration sale's so hot you're gonna need shades. not those shades. these shades! take a cool 20-35% off all sun shades, cascade shades, basswood and more. shades on sale. that. blinds to go. blinds for life. cannonball! blinds to go's summer celebration sale is going on now shades, basswood and more, all at 20-35% off! year. just when you need to cool off most. blinds to go. blind

i'm rob schmitt. >>> a new pedestrian plaza opening in about a half hour in manhattan. plaza 33 set up on 33rd street be tween 7th and 8th avenue. tables and chairs for outdoor lunches, this plaza open until october 11th from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. >>> a check of weather. cloudy, humid. high 80 degrees. all of that humidity opens up the skies tomorrow. it going to be a wet one. then we clear out wednesday. thursday looking great, and a heat up again for the weekend. >>> coming up next on the "today" show, we catch up with reality tvs manzo family. and news 4 at noon, and also on our website. i'm like a boxer in a ring. a small boxer. you don't expect much... and then, wham! i hit 'em with huge creamy goodness! alright round two! bring it, girlfriend! rich, creamy, 100% natural cheese. mini babybel. snack a little bigger. >>> we're back on this monday. jenna bush hager is filling in for kathie lee and this is where we get you in the loop on the hollywood scoop in today's buzz. >> contributing editor of "rolling stone" and host of incoming on spotify, joe levy is here

i'm rob schmitt. chopper 4 over an accident about a half hour ago. we saw a truck smashed into at least two parked cars on francis lewis boulevard near 47th avenue in auburndale. the driver went into cardiac arrest and crossed over the median in oncoming lanes. >>> and a beautiful weekend. thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow a washout, it's looking like. then we get to pretty nice the rest of the week. hol t by the weekend. >>> coming up on the "today" show, remembering frank gifford. a look back at his life and le gacy, and another local update coming to you in about 30 minutes. we'll see you then. happy monday. >>> taking a look all the the headlines, target is taking aim at labels. they will stop separating toys and bedding into boys and girls sections in favor of the designation kids. the changes will happen over the next few months. clothing will be divided among boys and girls. big changes coming in the way you pay for cell phone service. the nation's largest wireless provider verizon will stop offering phones at discounted prices when customers

i'm rob schmitt. a live look at the tappan zee bridge. nj transit twins and buses running with delays due to earlier problems at the lincoln tu2.nnel. all trains in and out of penn station subject to delay ups to one hour. trains on the morris, ex-is and montclair resumed service to penn station, were diverted to hoboken. nj transit you one hur delays. p.a.t.h. honoring tickets. >>> and hot today. high 94. storms fire up this afternoon and we slowly cool down. tomorrow still hot. rain chances and cooler temperatures for later in the week. >>> coming up on the "today" show, kathie lee and hoda have all the latest pop culture news with "today's buzz." we're back in another 30 minutes. we'll see you then. have a good day. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. what a world, what a life i'm in love >> oh, yeah! that, of course, is frank sinatra. it's monday, august 17. i hope you had a lovely weekend, everybody. we've got a terrific show today for you. the

i'm rob schmitt. drivers at the george washington bridge, delays of 30 minutes heading into the city. moving slow. 45-minute delays at the lincoln tunnel and 20-minute delays at the holland inbound. >>> problems on the long island rail road as well due to weather. running with delays of 20 minutes in both directions. mta says due to high water conditions east of the westbury station. also delays at our areas three major airports including 90-minute delays at newark. >>> light showers on and off today. may see a break in the wet weather mid-day then comes back this evening. tonight leftover showers. clear tomorrow. thursday friday looking good and hot for the weekend. >>> coming up on the "today" show, elvis duran reveals his artist of the month, and we'll be back here in 30 minutes. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza." >>> i will, everybody, tuday august 11, 2015. that song is called "love myself" by haley stein f