bill de blasio creÓ un comando para detenerlas. y tantas personas deberÍan estar un poco atrapadas. periodista: el alcalde bill de blasio y andrew cuomo han prometido tomar acciÓn contra estas mujeres. cuomo considera que lo que hacen es ilegal y afecta a los negocios del Área, daÑando tambiÉn la imagen de la ciudad. estÁ concejal municipal dice que las autoridades deben buscar la manera de regular la situaciÓn que se vive allÍ. >> hay tanta gente ahÍ, posiblemente unas pocas personas, con permiso, licencia, lo que haya para estar en cierta Área. periodista: estas mujeres piensen que no estÁn actuando indebidamente. >> es algo que no lo veo mal, todo estÁ bien, no sÉ por qué polÉmica. periodista: este neoyorquino considera que la prohibiciÓn afectarÍa la industria del turismo en nueva york. >> las muchachas se ven bien bonitas, siempre y cuando usen ese tipo de ropa creo que estÁ bien. >> pero no estÁn vestidas, estÁn solamente pintadas. >> es algo de diversiÓn de las personas. periodista: a pesar de que bill de blasio ha criticado

out of the woodwork right now. >> there's no doubt new yorkers are completely dissatisfied with bill de blasio who has had an opportunity to put into practice, i guess to charlie's point, some of the things hillary is running on right now and that seems dangerous. >> de blasio's numbers are higher than bloomberg's were in terms of approval rating into the second year. >> aren't those numbers down a lot? yeah, i think they're down a lot. >> absolutely they're down. absolutely they're down. he's rebounded a little bit this week. part of that is he's learning to manage the personality of the city. some of it has he highlighted and been effective in terms of things he's done well. >> what has he done well? >> he went and negotiated with the labor union. >> gave away the store, fomented anger against police and probably was the root cause of two cops getting shot. >> okay. >> our streets are dirtier, homelessness is all over the place. thank god we have bill bratton who is at least keeping the lid on crime and doing the right thing. bill de blasio has been a mess. >> got it. so i -- >> 17% of the v

de blasio will have the party establishment and union support. different ball game. he is rich, smart, and a democrat. don peebles once backed bill de blasio and even donated to his campaign and he thought de blasio would be a transformative figure someone who would change the city. instead, disappointment. >> we'd all see that in bill de blasio and we haven't seen it. the quality of life is down. the vast majority of new yorkers feel the city is going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: peebles like many new yorkers is dissatisfied with de blasio and he's worried about police and an uptick in shootings and murders earlier this summer but what de blasio said about place after the eric garner grandup grand jury decision -- grand jury decision, that infuriated peebles. >> the mayor of the city does not stand up at a press conference on national tv and criticize the very police department that he runs. >> reporter: and now peebles could run for mayor in two years and pay for it himself. he's worth about $700 million. and yes, he'd run as a democrat against de blasio. >> i like bill de blasio. he's a likable person. i -- he is -- i

arantxa: bill de blasio dijo que autoridades prosiguen con la intenciÓn de decenas de edificios en elce la enfermedad del legionario que ha cobrado la vida de 10 personas e infectado a 108. bill de blasio informÓ que se vale mencionar los edificios que puedan tener una torre de refrigeraciÓn. la bacteria denominada come carne ha provocado la muerte de la florida de mÁs de la mitad de quienes han sido contaminados. pertenece la familia del germen que causa el cÓlera y suele encontrarse en aguas cÁlidas, aunque tambiÉn en mariscos crudos. un experto hizo varias recomendaciones para evitar ser vÍctima de esta enfermedad. danney: no hay manera de verla pero cuando ataca lo hace de manera silenciosa, se trata de la denominada bacteria carnÍvora que continÚa cobrando vidas en el estado de la florida. se reportaron 19 contagios en el aÑo, 10 resultaron fatales. en 2013 se registraron 41 infectados y 12 muertes. en 2014 32 casos, siete fallecieron. a pesar de que esta bacteria vive en el mar, los expertos dicen que los baÑistas pueden contener leyendo a la playa. pero que simplemente tienen q

i have no idea why bill de blasio. i don't know if the police commissioner has anything to do with this. why they are allowing the homeless epidemic to start spregd across new york again? i've had a lot of friends saying they're going to move out if this continues. >> like you, i am a part-time resident of new york city, but even to my eye, you can see the changes in the atmosphere and the conditions on the street over the past six or seven months. our full time new york city residential correspondence is mr. willie dpieft. what have you foyed? >> if you live here every day, no question about it. we seem them around our neighborhood, our building. this has come up for the administration the last couple of weeks. they say it's because of the previous administration's cuts to the homeless budget, but if you anecdotally you didn't see it on the street in the way you saw it in the plume berg years. so something has changed. >> that's just a lie. by the way, unemployment is down. this isn't like 1933. this isn't like 2009.

de blasio of putting lives in danger just as the mayor defends his record. cbs 2's jessica schnedier has the story. >> reporter: warring rhetoric between new york city bill de blasio and former top cop ray kelly. in a sunday op ed in the daily news, de blasio proclaimed new york city is as strong as it's ever been, saying the quality of life issues like homelessness and times square panhandling and near nudity have been overblown by hopper bolic pundits and right wing politicians with an ideological axe to grind. excerpts obtained by the new york post show kelly slamming de blasio's tactics and abandonment of stop and frisk crime fighting. he wrote he shrugged and walked away from a routine and useful policing tool, continuing, i personally resent the implications of de blasio's false narrative. i knew the truth that our policies targeted reported crimes. we didn't target people based on their skin color. some agree de blasio's new york hasn't lived up to the progress of his progressive policies. >> i don't feel it as a city employee. i don't get any sick days, i don't get maternity leave. i don't really see the changes that he claims he's made. >> reporter:

message of creating economic opportunity. >> what's the most frustrating is the policies i see bill de blasio implementing are going to further impede the upward mobility of people who need it. >> reporter: fueling the early talk about 2015, 2017 -- >> de blasio managed to tick off the governor, the clintons and a lot of people who, you know, worry about new york city falling back into old bad habits. >> reporter: today the mayor pointed to universal pre-k, overall crime reductions and his affordable housing plan. >> and anyone who wants to run against me, god bless 'em and i'd like to see what they want to put up in comparison to that in terms of record of achievement on behalf of the people of this city. >> reporter: the mayor says he hears the names being bandied about including public advocate tish james and comptroller scott stringer. supporters are urging tony avella and dan garodnick to run. this is a long list but the mayor says, come one, come all. kristine? >> all right, tony. >>> overcrowded and unsafe. now the lirr is making some changes. it is a situation we first told you about

reporter: mayor bill de blasio think workers in the south bronx and numerous other city agencies for their efforts to contain the legionnaires outbreak. twelve people were killed and 121 others infected. the mayor says that the worst history of the legionnaires disease outbreak is under control. reporter: the city health commissioner said that every water tower must be inspected and tested by next week. the city is also expecting test results in about one week to determine the exact building. the city says that every building impacted by the outbreak have already been disinfected. meanwhile today, the city council passed legislation that will require delving so cooling towers to register them with the city and have them inspected and cleaned every three months. the state will also use it as a model for state law. >> some require that they be monitored. reporter: the cdc was at a news conference today, and they said that the city's response was swift and robust and handled well. linda schmidt for "fox 5 news". dari: former jets linebacker ikemefuna enemkpali showing remorse for the lo

governor cuomo and mayor bill de blasio agree that they want topless women out of times square. they pose for photos with tourist pretense often demanding anywhere up to $20 going topless is legal in new york. technically the women are not breaking the law but not everyone thinks they belong that they belong in an area full of families including governor andrew cuomo. >> i was around on times square and this is starting to remind me of times square. there wasn't blatant corruption, it was cd, there were panhandlers. steve: he was asked when the public can expect to see a crackdown and he said soon. dari: while the times square controversy is raging from a group of women are playing a close attention game. they are topless activist dedicated to spreading nudity rights. let's get over to sharon crowley with more. reporter: that's right, of course the women that we have been talking about are the women who have painted bikini tops on walking around, posing for pictures with tourists prayed that this is really nothing new, especially the controversy dating back to the 1960s as we ta

as testing of these towers continues, mayor bill de blasio announced emergency legislation that would higher every cooling tower in the city to be registered with the department of buildings and would mandate inspections and cleaning. >> it will occur quarterly, and potentially dangerous levels of microbes must be reported to the department of health. failure to comply with this law will be considered a major violation and building owners are going to be penalized. reporter: none of it brings comfort to the residents and family members with loved ones living in this nursing home. >> i hope that my mother does not get sick from this. she's been living here for a couple of months, and i hope she does not get sick. reporter: you can imagine that if you lived here in this nursing home in the bronx or you have a relative who is, how concerned you could be. the city health officials are fully aware of that and they tend to have more meetings and outreach tomorrow here in the bronx to let people know what is happening and what they should or should not be concerned about. sending it back to

mayor bill de blasio says he hopes it was just an oversight. dari: hopefully they will take care of the problem. this man knows what victims are going through with this disease right now, he is in recovery january. he contracted it while doing cooling tower. he was in a coma for one month. his weight dropped to 79 pounds and he was in icu for four more. >> this is not a joke. it shut my organs down and you know, my prayers go out to every one of them because they don't know what they are in for. >> unbelievable. dari: they are now claiming that they knew about the bacteria in the cooling tower water and didn't do anything about it. antwan: officials with the department of defense said the pentagon has been the target of a cyberattack investigators strongly suspect that russia was part of the sophistication of the attack but they admit that they're not 100% certain. dari: a conference is attempting to stay ahead of hackers. many businesses are taking part in the annual laptop convention which provides companies the hiding cyberterrorism. a recen

. >>> nypd bill broughten is defending mayor de blasio from stinging accusations from a performancer top cop. ray kelly claims the mayor's opposition to stop-and-frisk arrests endangers lives. >> reporter: when bill de blasio ran for mayor he called it a tale of two cities. the former commissioner ray kelly charging that de blasio's decision to limit stop question and frisk was an amazing surrender. it happened him win election. the present police commissioner offering nothing but praise for his boss contending that crime has continued to go down even with the dramatic reduction in stop, question, and frisk. >> the belief that crime was correct. >> reporter: bratton didn't top there. he said. >> it was creating a very significant rift, if you will, between people of color in the department. and that's unfortunate. >> reporter: in his book, vigilance my life serving america and protecting the 'em peer city, he charges that de blasio sought to replace michael bloomington by running against the police. he charged in reducing stop question and frisk de blasio, quote, shrugged and walked a

. >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio says his office is taking action to make sure another outbreak doesn't happen again. by the end of the week, he'll introduce formal legislation that requires building owners to register cooling towers with the city and get regular inspections. >> in the event that legionella is found in a building, there will be a required process for immediately rectifying the situation, immediately decontaminating. failure to act leads to two things. financial penalties and the city will step in and act in lieu of the building owner and charge the building owner for any decontamination that has to be done. done. >> reporter: to put this in perspective, typically the city deals with two to 300 cases of legionnaires' disease every year. they've dealt with 86 since july. you can see why there's reason for concern. reporting from the south bronx, jennifer lahmers, fox 5 news. back to you. dari: without a doubt. thank you. and later in our show, fox's dr. manny alvarez is going to join us and tell you all about the legionnaire's outbreak. if you have any questions about the

build de blasio is allowing it -- bill de blasio, is allowing it right here in new york stock exchange. -- new york city. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage, all of taylor swift's music videos, interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. trish: welcome back, everyone. one of rallying cries for republicans has been obama care with all the candidates wanting to do away with it all together. governor scott walker is out with alternative plan. the first big pot sy announcement for his campaign. he wants to extend refundable tax credits for private insurance, restructure medicaid, allow people to shop for insurance across state lines and giving states more regulatory authority. walker says he will do what the republican senate has failed to do. listen to this. >> my very first day as president of the united states, i will send legislation to the congress to once and for all repeal obama care entirely. we'll replace it in a way that puts patients and families back in charge of your health care decisions. trish:

poverty went down then bill de blasio wants to put in programs, let me tell you what is stupid abouthis, if you are deemed fully employee able you don't have to work, they will still put new programs including english as a second language, new york city is so rich right now, 2 years from now we'll be so poor. >> hardest get on scavanger hut in new york city you would be hard pressed to find somebody who thinks that mayor de blasio is a good mayor. >> the conservative ideal that works, capitalism in works that is the liberal narrative, what we do know fortunely is whether or not it guliani or reagan, that americans do come back, when they have -- when they are reminded about who they are, rice policies are in place, but as long as left and liberals who cannot admit they are wrong and want to keep trying old failed thing. charles: victimization keeps them in power, a shame, detroit, they alleged first democratic mayor -- almost 50 years ago, it was called paris of the west, most enviable city in the world now it is a disasterrer. we could go city by city, yet democrats are never out of

segment as you may know the quality of life has drastically declined since the liberal mayor bill de blasiolected. as part of the changing street situation, there is now an invasion of topless women in times square. ladies accept money while posing for pictures. >> do you feel this is indecent? >> not at all. we are celebrating new york. we are celebrating being a woman. we are times square. >> there is little children coming by i'm a bit shocked. there are so many young kids around. and there is also a lot of religious people around. he think it's really really inappropriate. >> here now the host of stossel and the fox business network john stossel. so, as a libertarian, what do you think about this? >> well, i think it's fine as a libertarian and certainly on private property anybody should be able to do what they want. but on public property, it is a conflict. >> i'm fine with topless, other people aren't. what if they get totally naked and what if they want to have sex in times square? you do need rules for the public square. >> let's just stay on the topless issue. right now, the new y

segment as you may know the quality of life has drastically declined since the liberal mayor bill de blasio as part of the changing street situation, there is now an invasion of topless women in times square. ladies accept money while posing for pictures. >> do you feel this is indecent? >> not at all. we are celebrating new york. we are celebrating being a woman. we are times square. >> there is little children coming by i'm a bit shocked. there are so many young kids around. and there is also a lot of religious people around. he think it's really really inappropriate. >> here now the host of stossel and the fox business network john stossel. so, as a libertarian, what do you think about this? >> well, i think it's fine as a libertarian and certainly on private property anybody should be able to do what they want. but on public property, it is a conflict. >> i'm fine with topless, other people aren't. what if they get totally naked and what if they want to have sex in times square? you do need rules for the public square. >> let's just stay on the topless issue. right now, the new york cit

mayor bill de blasio signed onto a long-term battle against the bacteria that's sickened scores of bronx residents this summer. >> when it comes to new yorkers' health, we won't take any chances. >> reporter: the city's new legionnaires' law requires cooling towers to be registered and inspected quarterly and disinfected. city health officials estimate bacteria build up in cooling towers is responsible for 60% of the city's cases. >> they represent a source of particular concern because they are outdoors and can spread legionella to an entire community. >> reporter: the south bronx outbreak has affected 127 people. a dozen have died. 102 have now gone home from the hospital. beyond the bronx, the process begins of scouring the rest of the city to identify all cooling towers. >> yes, it is a huge undertaking. it is going to require hundreds and hundreds of city workers. >> reporter: the mayor says he doesn't know yet how much that will cost. we do know cleaning cooler towers could reduce future outbreak, but it won't wipe out legionnaires' all together. >> we'll continue to see sporadic c

given the last few days of gun violence in the borough, mayor bill de blasio, police commissioner bill bratton, and district attorney kent thompson talked to the crowd about the rash of recent shootings. >> we all know that last night in red hook, five people got shot. and the other night, nine people got shot in east new york. we cannot have that. we have to come together to end the gun violence here in the great county of change. >> reporter: three women and two men were caught in the crossfire of a gun shootout in red hook monday night. 19-year-old houston is in critical condition. she was four months pregnant and lost that baby. the expectant father, 21-year-old devon callahan and his sister deanna smith were also hit outside their home. >> they were standing, waiting for the chinese food to come. >> reporter: destiny jones and another man were also hurt in this shooting. investigators release this photo of a suspect. his name is marquis frederick. he also goes by kiki. police say two men jumped out of a silver suv and started firing. it was part of a retalatory shooting between tw

but in his mayoral campaign, bill de blasio supported a much more ambitious plan, to require the operator of parks to contribute 20% of their budgets to fix up parks in poor neighborhoods. city hall is no longer expressing support for that idea. >>> if you have something that you think the i-team should look into, give us a call at the number on your screen. >>> still much more ahead tonight. >> she's been telling you to watch the closing doors for years. but now the voice of the four, five, and six trains could soon be silent. >>> and steve is coming up next with a very hot forecast for the start of your workweek. stay tuned. >>> do you remember these shots out of seaside heights of superstorm sandy's wrath? tonight, the owners of the pier have received the okay to rebuild nearly three years later. the 226 x 226 foot section of the pier will be built. this is the spot why the jet star roller coaster plunged into the ocean when sandy hit. we all remember that shot. >> so we've all heard of those subway announcements, stand clear of the closing door. ever wonder who the voice is? >> she's

in new york city run by liberal mayor bill de blasio, murders rupp by 9% in one year.e up nearly 7%. in chicago, run by liberal mayor rahm immanuel, murder is up an astounding 22%. shooting incidents up more than 18%. criminal sexual assault up more than 6% in the windy city. in los angeles, where the city council is unbelievably left wing aggravated assault up more than 26% year to year. total violent crime. up more than 20%. that means thousands of innocent people are dying or being injured because of foolish public policy. here in new york, authorities now let i have a grans openly bother passers passersby and use the streets as bathroom and do whatever they want to do. traffic chokes the city. commuters can't even get into work sometime. the decline is stark and frightening and everybody knows it some of the chaos is coming from the top. as president obama's openly declared so-called nonviolent offenders should be given leniency by the criminal justice system. included in that nonviolent category, people who sell heroin, cocaine, crack, meth, folks who sell poison

. >> la semana pasada el alcalde de nueva york, bill de blasio anuncio la digo naciÓn de $.22 millonestales y desamparados eso parece que obviamente no le estÁn dando la importancia que le daban antes. >> los desamparados de new york una crisis apunto de estallar que muchos dicen que estÁ fuera de control. >> una encuesta reciente revelÓ marÍa celeste arrarÁs que 49% las personas de new york opina que new york cruza por su peor deterioro en los Últimos 20 aÑos, marÍa celeste arrarÁs. >> gracias por la informaciÓn y bueno la furia de la naturaleza se hizo sentir en colorado, las torrenciales lluvia han desbordado un estanque en el 15 rea de colorado springs, convirtiendo las calles en rÍos que arrasan con todo, marea paula tiene mÁs de lo que esta pasando adelante. >> marÍa celeste arrarÁs los bomberos han estado demasiado ocupados tratando de rescatar a las personas que han quedado atrapadas por inundaciones. >> los rea shuls formados por aguaceros en colorados bajaron por las calles con tal presiÓn que movieron algunos automÓviles que estaban estaciÓn ♪ ♪ nados en este casados chocaro

. >>> well, mayor bill de blasio says the city's bad days are in the past and new york is safer now than ever. those revelations in an op-ed penned by the mayor. in it, he addressed many quality of life issues facing new yorkers, including crime, unemployment, and homelessness. he blamed right-wing politicians for trying to convince people that the city is on a slippery slope saying, "the facts and figures show just how categorically false and misleading these fearmongering attacks really are. and this much is certain, under my watch this city is never going back to those days". >>> local cops helping an animal in need. how officers helped this struggling bird and helped save his life. >>> and here's a look outside. very nice weekend for august. we're in for another hot week. it's going to get warm. steve's got the forecast coming up. >>> a women's health clinic is getting support from a charity that features exotic cars. some 400 exotic cars on display on liberty island this afternoon. the purpose is to raise thousands of dollars to benefit the new women's hospital as part of the new je

the teen used a pellet gun to shoot a police officer assigned to guard mayor bill de blasio. >> reporter: chuck, that teen accused of shooting an officer with a pellet gun left the courthouse silently. his attorney told the judge, it was all an accident. still, tonight, we're hearing from other folks, victims of pellet gun shootings in that same neighborhood, on the same block. outside the courtroom, the attorney for the 19-year-old was memorandum. mum. the teen was quiet, too. in front of the judge, the attorney shed light on the shooting. the mayor's security detail was shot. he shot a pellet or bb gun at the female officer. the attorney called it an accidental discharge. the teen tried to hide the gun and ran through a service elevator, even dodging police on the street. his father bailed him out after bond was reduced to $10,000. he is charged with reckless endangerment among other charges. a friend and family member stood up for the teen's character. anything at all you want to tell us about him? >> really only one thing -- >> reporter: barb, who lives ne ar the shooting, shared her

new york city mayor bill de blasio stressed the importance of early treatment. >> it is vital to remember that because this is not a contagious disease, and it is a disease that can be treated with antibiotics, it's important to inform anyone on the affected area, who believes they have symptoms, that they must get care >>> health officials suspect that five cooling towers in the south bronx are the source, and it's a week since the last new case of lijon air's was -- legion air's was diagnosed. dismoo the suspects of the slender man case will be tried as assaults. two wisconsin girls charged with the attempted murder of a class mate, telling investigators they stopped a girl 19 times to please a fictional internet character known as slender man. today a judge ruled that the case would remain in adult court, calling it a frankly vicious crime >>> an iranian court is suspected to rule on the case of a "the washington post" reporter imprisoned there for a jeer, jason reseighon has iranian and american citizenship, he is accused of spying for the united states government. he and "the washing

. >> reporter: the outbreak deemed a wake-up call by new york city mayor bill de blasio with 108 cases, according to him. his office didn't know how many cooling towers are in the south bronx or where they are located until now. the towers are where the bacteria grows and can spread casing a type of ammonia. >> we have used aviation, a variety of methodologies to canvas a part of our city looking for something we haven't had to look for before and then meted oddically going build i by building. >> reporter: tomorrow all buildings with possible cooling towers will have been inspected and disinfected with 200 people working around the clock. health officials say the cause. outbreak started at one of five sites tested. the de blasio listed new buildings that were test nd and had the bacteria, including government buildings and one location samuel gompers high school. under the direction of the governor, state commissioner dr. zucker arrived to the facility to test for the bacteria that's already claimed ten lives in the city. you can see the mass tester dip into the cooling tower's water.

but during his mayoral campaign, bill de blasio supported a more ambitious plan to force the private operators of central park, the highline, and other well-off parks to contribute 20% of their budgets to help fix up parks in poor areas. city hall is no longer expressing support for that idea. back to you. >> thank you very much, chris. and remember, if you have something you think the news 4 i-team should look into, call us at 1-866-news 244. >>> this is new tonight, an update to a heartbreaking story we first brought you on tuesday. police in patterson say they've arrested the driver who hit and killed a teen on a bicycle. the passaic county prosecutor's office say james reinhart hit the 16-year-old on beach street monday night and then drove off. police say reinhart was driving with a suspended license. >>> the family of a connecticut couple who vanished more than a week ago says there is no indication that money troubles played a role in their disappearance. no one has seen or heard from jeffrey or jeanette navins since last tuesday. >>> a long island doctor is accused of taking

. >>> also, when he was a candidate bill de blasio said he would ban horse-drawn carriages in his city. as mayor, hasn't done it. those stories and more at 6:00. >>> new information tonight on that bizarre case at niagara falls, where a baby somehow wound up locked inside a hotel safe. police say the family still hasn't returned to their brooklyn home. they were staying at the howard johnson in niagara falls yesterday, when they asked hotel staff to help them get their baby out of the safe. the child was alert and crying when rescued, but the family managed to bolt before police were notified. >> this may be nothing more than a preventible accident and we're just trying to verify that. >> police say the family is of asian descent and a language barrier prevented staff from finding out more before they left. investigators want to make sure the child is okay. the couple was last seen in a gray ford van with the new jersey license plate number b 31-eub. >>> the company that owns infidelity website ashley madison admits some of the data posted online by hackers is real but avid life media

. >>> up next, if bill de blasio were to run for mayor again right now, how would he to? >> we are poring through the latest numbers and we'll have that when we come back. so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then iboas like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank. >>> new numbers tonight on mayor de blasio's approvalirating. 44% of ew yorkers like his performance.inanother 44% of new yorkers do not. an even split. but when you break dow the mayor's numbers along racial lines, it is a different story. oum r governor affairs reporter melissa russo is in the newsroom. >> mayor de blasio ran for office on a tale of two cities. but new yorkers are telling a tale of two de blasios, depending on who you ask. the racial divide in new york city persists. black voters support m or de blasio. 64% of black voters approving of his performance. 24% disapprove. bu

. >> the last day someone became sick with legionnaires was august 3.en >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio and his team of health ofdicials trying t assure new yorkers the unprecedented legionnaires outbreak is on the decline and there was no way to predict or prepare for it. >> there was no handbook or playbook previously provided by the federal government, state government or city government, because we had no such previous outbreak of this nature. we've all had to work together. >> reporter: but are the city and state working together? today, as the citydounced le pslation to regulate cooli towers, which we n know are bacteria breeding grounds, governor andrew cuomo seemed aware of the city's plans, while announcing his own. >> i don't know what the city is proposing. i ng want to have a statewide protocol. >> reporter: governor cuomo, whose relationship with the mayor has been tense for months, s implied there was a need for leadership from the state on legionnaires, but when asked if the governor was dismissing him, mayor de blasio dismissed those questions. >> we're going toass laws

. >>> new york mayor bill de blasio has called for the city wide inspection of cooling towers after seven people died from legionnaires disease. doctors are treating dozens of others. rooftop cooling towers are the source of the outbreak. >> we're not at the level of panic but anxiety is really high. >> officials say the once contaminated cooling towers are now clean but legionnaires disease has an incubation period of ten days so the number of cases could still climb. legionnaires disease began in philadelphia in 1976 when american legionnaires returning from a convention at the bellevue stratford hotel began to show mysterious symptoms. within a week 130 were in the hospital and more than two dozen died. >>> with now less than two months to go before the world meeting of families and the pope's arrival, philadelphia is hosting another global gathering of catholics. the knights of columbus is holding a convention in center city this week. it's a catholic men's organization which promotes charitable works. one of the goals this year is to draw attention to the plight of christians in the

. >>> mayor bill de blasio authorized another emergency measure, offering assistance to those facing homelessness. the $10 million initiative is expected to help up to 1,000 adults, called the special exit and prevention supplement. the measure will give subsidies to tenants facing eviction, domestic violence survivors, timing out of shelters and recovering addicts discharged from treatment. >> this program is aimed atoth preventingelesess and helping those who have become homeless move out of shelters. it's particularlygear t single , women a men. women in pticular who are survorofs estic olence, and both men and women who have beenvicted or are on the verge of eviction. >> it's designed to assist families with children which began in may. >>> the governor will lead a delegation to the island to help with their economic problems. this trip is expected to happen early next week. cuomo is going to be joined by a group of financial experts and other elected leaders. puerto rico has $72 billion in debt. and its governor says it cannot pay back. >>> coming up when news 4 at 6:00 returns,

. >> police officer assigned to new york mayor bill de blasio was shot with a pellet gun in front of the mayor's home sunday night t department spokesman says the officer was exiting an unmarked police vehicle, when she felt pain in her lower back. the officer was taken to a hospital for treatment and released. a 18 year old boy and 17 year old girl are now being questioned. >> still ahead this morning, rapper wiz kalifa arrested over the week he had at alax. main reason he say he was busted. >> we are in a stretch of perfect weather. may get chance for some storms later tonight. katie is watching it on what she calls her transition day today. a look at the forecast coming up >> looking at headlines this morning on cbs-3, pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, will be in montgomery county court. she's facing her first evidence hearing on charges she leaked grand jury material and then lied about it under oath. >> also, three americans who stopped gunman on board a train in paris received france's highest honor. just happened within the last hour. the french president presented

. >>> happening tomorrow, mayor bill de blasio will reveal his plan to deal with the homeless and the mentally ill. tonight two neighborhoods that strongly supported the mayor say help cannot come soon enough. tony aiello spoke to people who said the problem is in plain sight. >> man needs to do something because as far as i'm concerned, seeing this every day, like this it's the new heroin, and the new crack, and it's disgusting. >> reporter: billie cannot believe what is happening in her neighborhood. street people and homeless in harlem, many under the influence of synthetic marijuana, known locally as k2. >> reporter: moments after we took video of this man, he passed out. a paramedic told me he had no doubt the man was wasted on k2. >> it's eating up their minds, that. >> reporter: ilana gold found homeless men openly smoking the synthetic drug. you're smoking k2 right now? yeah. >> reporter: where did you get it? >> off the street. >> reporter: i found this full packet on the street, and many empty packets were nearby. it's illegal for the bodegas to counter. >> this area is infe

. >>> back in the state's new york mayor bill de blasio has called forever a city wide inspection of cooler towers after seven people died from legionnaires disease. doctors are treating dozens of other new yorkers in what is being called the worst outbreak of disease in the city's history. experts say rooftop ruehling towers are the source of the outbreak. >> we're not at the level of panic, but anxiety is really high. >> officials say the once contaminated cooling towers are now clean but legionnaires disease has an incubation period of ten days. the number of cases could still climb. legionnaires disease began in philadelphia in 1976 when american legionnaires returning from a convention at the bellevue stratford hotel began to show mysterious symptoms. within a week 130 people were in the hospital and more than two dozen died. >>> to our national night out and the celebration to build stronger communities. nbc 10 in ardmore, montgomery county last night. police and firefighters spent time hanging out with neighbors, enjoying live entertainment and carnival rides. >>> in delaware

mayor bill de blasio under intense pressure to improve quality of life issues in the city is talking tough. >> i'm not going to tolerate it. we're going to change things. >> reporter: but he offered no firm solution or timetable. >> city officials are working with the times square alliance, discussing three proposals. >> reporter: including parkland status for times square, allowing a band, requiring licenses and i.d.s of all performers and new zones. >> limit areas so people walking through times square have the option of whether or not they want to interact with them. >> doesn't bother me. no. i like the naked cowboy best. >> reporter: all characters are warned the sun may be setting on their time here. dave carlin, cbs 2 news. >> the times square alliance estimates as many as 30 painted women are working in shifts along with their handlers who do the painting and hold the cash. >>> an update now to a story that we've been following. mayor de blasio is responding to criticism over his reaction to an armed standoff on staten island where a firefighter was shot. lieutenant james haye

new york city city mayor bill de blasio. >> it is crucial to understand that all the facts we have suggest that, one, this outbreak is tapering off very quickly. and two that we essentially do know where it originated. we don't know why it originated. >> reporter: legionnaires disease is comobl caused by inhalation of mist or vapor containing the legionella disease. it's not spread person to person and fewer than 5% of people exposed to it will develop the disease. >> when i got to the hospital, they took my temperature, and i think it was 105 or 106. >> reporter: new york city cab driver daniel tejada says he's better now, but fell into a coma after contracting the disease. >> they told my parents, like, a few times, that i was on the verge of the not making it. >> reporter: the mayor says the legionella bacteria has been found in five dcialg buildings, including two court buildings, a post office and a high school. however, he says there is no reason to believe any of these illnesses have been linked to those buildings. jim. >> axelrod: vinita, thank you very much. in california higher h

today mayor bill de blasio has an update on the outbreak. >> brazen burglar wanted for sneaking into a home snatching luxury items from gucci to wedding rings. we have the video police want you to see. good monday morning, i'm michelle charlesworth. >> i'm shirleen allicot. ken and lori have the day off. today is august 10th. meteorologist bill bill with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> we take a look outside, and we're going to be starting out with we're looking at 72 degrees. we're looking at 72 around ridgewood queens to whitestone to cambria heights. really nice numbers. 65 and 55 in monticello. we're looking at a continuation of our weather from over the weekend. 82 and sunshine today. you might feel a little more in the way of humidity. but, well, all good things must come to an end. showers and thunderstorms are coming your way for tonight and tomorrow. i'll talk about that next. happy monday. >> happy monday to you, sir. we're going to talk about our subway status. the a and c trains will be running via the f lines until 5 a.m. that's because of that work they're doing

telling you you don't know what words mean. [ laughter ] bill de blasio is a statist. terms of pop youism will, popular support, de blasio won in a landslide according to some of my friends in the "new york times." some of the dumbest people i've ever met. he won with the smallest percentage of the vote since women got the right to vote in 1919. that was the landslide. populism means that -- it's not a useful term anymore. whether the left of right. it might work a little bit of the tea party but it doesn't work very well. let me say one thing to clarence about twitter. my youngest son who is among other things an army ranger, did an article for daily beast on twitter fascism. he didn't mean this sarcastically, he's talking about the people behind this hideous character darren roof? the guy in south korea zblk dca? >> dylann roof. >> dylann roof. he had been following fascist -- not fascism like you tell your parents they're fascists because they have to go to bed. he'd been following their web sites on reddit. i don't know what reddit is but -- >> that's what children

uber's recent war with new york blasio was bill de not the first battle and probably will not be itsast. uber and other disruptive startups face hurdles in one company is stepping in to help. firm a political advisory that launched monday, the founder of task ventures and an early advisor to uber joins us now from seventh scope with more. thank you so much for joining us. what is your criteria when you look at companies that you want that is a great question. couple of things, the first and foremost thing is, can we help them? a regulatory or political problem or opportunity. it does not have to be about fighting. also, are they a company we think will have real-time -- that has potential and will grow? lot over then a last couple of days so we have got to make decisions on finances for that company and their prospects and regulatory status and whether or not we could make a difference. matt: how important are the prospects? you have taken a stake in the to bey rather than asking paid in cash or some other monetary form. >> we have got to do the same kind of due diligence. the regula

please welcome to the stage mayor bill de blasio. >> thank you so much, everyone.i want to thank jordan to the introduction and jordan is one of my favorite kinds of human beings. she is a brooklynite. so i thank you, jordan, for all you do. are there brooklynites here? brooklynites? thank you. i want to say it's a great honor to be at techcrunch disrupt this conference. everyone knows it's an extraordinary opportunity to talk about where we are going forward and what it means for new york city. and we are so energized by the tech community. we think it is quintessential to the future of this city. i believe there's tremendous opportunity for further growth here and great opportunity for the tech community not only to make is a stronger city economically but to make us a fairer and better city. so i'm thrilled to talk to you about some of the things we're doing and some of the ways i look forward to working together. i want to take a moment to acknowledge some folks who have done a lot of great work and are part of this growing community and deepening of the tech c