political reporter dave evans has the story. >> reporter: the president is now counting on jerry nadler, a democrat and jewish who released this statement today. i have concluded for all its flaws gives us the best chance of stopping iran from developing a nuclear weapon. accordingly i will support the agreement. >> i am absolutely astounded, can't believe it. >> reporter: doug hikind a conservative assemblyman was furious with the decision. he even took a bus with say terror call -- satirical posters and parked it in front of nadler's office. >> i would say to jerry nadler if a republican president, george w. bush had presented the identical deal, nadler, gillibrand and all of the rest of them would be rushing to the hike phone to -- microphone to is. >> reporter: he says the only decision that mattersty moment is whether to support or reject the agreement that is on the table now, not on whether we could or should have gotten a better deal. other jewish democrats in new york, steve israel, he will i don't know the inning -- eliot engel all have said they will vote no and so would sena

local reporter dave evans was in the middle of it all. he's in lower manhattan tonight with more. >> reporter: as we just saw there, there was a huge media presence here in lower manhattan all day long today both locally, nationally, even internationally for donald trump facing something all of us had to face and that is jury duty or at least some of us have had to face. ultimately he was dismissed from the jury but trump is in a lot of controversy for another reason and that is his new policy on immigration. it could affect millions. donald trump says he didn't know he had been summoned to jury duty before, claims those summons went to one of his many addresses, he got fined but today no complaints at all about jury duty. >> it's the system, we go through it and it's a great system. it's a system that works and they do a fantastic job and i met some wonderful people. >> reporter: trump is taking this jury duty break from the campaign trail right as the latest polling shows him still way out in front. jeb bush has fallen all the way to fo

dave evans is in the south bronx for us. >> reporter: in the last couple of days, the mayor and city health department faced criticism about how they handled the legionnaires outbreak, that is coming from the city controller, governor and state. here at lincoln hospital, the opposite message from federal officials, cdc and u.s. congressman. he said the city health department did a great job in getting the outbreak pretty much behind us. the mayor wouldn't say it was all over yet but today was the feeling of a grand finale as he thanked doctors, nurses and everyone else that battled the legionnaires the last few weeks. >> everyone at lynn don con, they were in the core of this outbreak. this was the go to medical facility. the folks that work here served with tremendous distinction. >> reporter: the numbers show 121 cases of the disease in the south bronx. 12 people died and 20 cooling towers in and around the south bronx had the bacteria. they were cleaned, disinfected and officials say they are safe now. >> we are contained the outbreak of legionnaires in the south bronx. this took

for now reporting live in the south bronx, dave evans, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, dave. a lot of people anxious about this. we have an entire section dedicated to the legionnaire's outbreak at abc ny. we have answers to common questions along with stories on the victims. all of this available on our home page. >>> heart breaking testimony today during the sentencing phase of the trial of james holmes, the colorado theater gunman. grieving relatives of the 12 people killed in the massacre testified about losing their loved ones. the same jurors who found holmes guilty on all counts including murder must now decide whether he gets life without patrol or a leith -- parole or a lethal injection. >>> there was a severe storm warning but it didn't stop a circus operator from going on with his show and now two people are dead. 60-mile-per-hour winds collapsed a circus tent in new hampshire on monday, minutes before that collapse the national weather service issued a severe storm warning for that area, a father and daughter were killed and more than 30 others were hospitalized.

here's dave evans with more. >> liz, this sets up a didly -- a dilemma for the president. if so he would be forced to choose between two of those closest advisers. >> over the weekend it was a secret meeting between the vice president and elizabeth warren biden ate lunch with obama. reporters asked about it and maybe it was unintentional but the white house was nice about clinton but nicer about biden. >> the president has indicate that had the decision he made i guess 7 years ago now to add biden to the ticket as his running mate was the best decision. >> warren has re fused to endorse anyone. >> i want to see the presidential candidates lay out where they stand on key issues. >> clinton's supporter bill richardson doubted that biden would run. he just lost his son to brain cancer. >> i don't think he gets in. i think the person al situation he's going through and the fact that hilary clinton is way ahead he gets in. >> the e-mail scandal is eroding support for hilary. only 37% see clinton as honest and trustworthy. compare that to biden at 58%. >> on the republican side

eyewitness news reporter dave evans has his story. >> reporter: after 33 years, lieutenant jack cambria walked out of police headquarters. he joined the department in 1982 and learned on the beat, it is important to be nice. instead of frowning, say good morning. >> people looking at me, i was looking at them. morning. good morning officer. oh my goodness. this stuff works. >> reporter: for the last 14 years, he ran the hostage negotiation team. the actor john tuturo played him in the taking of pelham 123. >> i know what i am doing. >> he became jack from his suit to his yellow tie and blue shirt and mannerisms and jack was on the set. >> we have confirmation that one firefighter is down. >> reporter: two weeks ago on staten island, cambria flew in the barricaded man's mother from delaware to try to help in the stand off there. >> they exchanged that they loved each other. at that point, he indicated he was going to surrender. >> reporter: across the city, 100 officers are part of the hostage negotiating team. lieutenant cambria said all candidates for his team have two important qualif

. >> dave evans is sympathetic to his clients and taxpayers statewide. waiting and wondering when their refund will arrive. >> it's more like 150,000. >> how much longer could these people wait? >> they don't know. >> the other thing is, be we got something in the mail that was requiring us to give them more information. something that we've never had to do before. >> she sent the additional proof of income. to add insult to injury for those who continue to wait, it's money they could have invested and grow interest. >> should the state be paying interest on these belated returns? >> they claim they're not going to pay interest. >> i've never had to do this before. maybe we should start being more proactive and seeing how many people are in the same position we're in, it's just annoying. >> they could contact their representative, the governor's office, they could contact the treasury. the more noise they make and the more noise collectively the people make, the more pressure it puts on the government. >> new jersey is not alone, hawaii, kansas and conne

political reporter dave evans is here with the story. >> reporter: we have seen in the last few weeks donald trump has said controversial things, offended plenty of people and he is the republican front- runner. last night in iowa, a reporter from mexico originally would not back down. some are calling trump's response racist. for reporters donald trump is the gift that keeps on giving. >> who would you rather have negotiating against china, against iran. >> reporter: last night trump tangled with univision anchor jorge ramos. >> who is next? please. excuse me, sit down, you weren't called. sit down. sit down. go ahead. >> i have the right to ask a question. >> no you don't. you haven't been called. go back to univision. >> reporter: trumps security then escorted ramos outside where a man in a suit with a trump sticker >> get out of my country. get out. >> i am a u.s. citizen, too. >> whatever. >> we are going to make clear that what his stances are are racist. >> reporter: in new york, he watched and was troubled by trumps univision remark. >> the message he was sending return to uni

political reporter dave evans here with a recap. >> reporter: donald trump was front and center because he is the leading republican candidate. tonight did he not back down from some of is his more controversial statements. the other candidates did take some jabs but mostly they tried to shift the focus to anything but trump. donald trump tonight surprisingly refused to back the republican nominee if it is not him, and that infuriated rand paul. >> this is what's wrong. he buys and sells politicians of all stripes. >> reporter: then trump was accused of being part of what hillary clinton has called the war on women. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. your twitter account -- >> >> reporter: but trump may have earned some points with a withering attack on the media. >> i think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. i've been -- >> reporter: governor christie was questioned about new jersey's sorry economy. >> if you think it's bad now, you should have seen when it i got there. >> reporter: and then christie and sena

political reporter dave evans is here with the story. >> reporter: the immigration fight is heading up in the republican primary rei and jeb bush and donald trump are the primary ones on that point. governor christie doesn't have a say so on iran agreement but he said as governor it's important for him to say what he thinks. >> iran wants to annihilate the jewish people. >> reporter: governor christie joined jewish leaders in trying to persuade cory booker to oppose the iran agreement. >> we cannot permit a treacherous, murderous, deceitful regime to possess the most dangerous weapons the world has ever invented. >> reporter: while governor christie was off the campaign trail, jeb bush has lately targeted donald trump. >> a lot of good talkers running for president. [ laughter ] one in particular that i'm thinking of. [ applause ] >> reporter: yesterday on the texas mexico border, bush ridiculed trumps plan to build a wall. >> the simple fact is that his proposal is unrealistic. it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. it will violate people's civil liberties. >> reporter: trump i

the political reporter dave evans talked to peebles today and he is here now with much more. >> reporter: rumors for months now all might challenge the mayor in a pry mire in to 2017. but that's awfully difficult for a democrat who doesn't have a lot of money as the inqume bent is accummed 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

that tells you everything you need to know about the man. >> thank you, dave evans. what a beautiful story. coming up on this saturday morning, an innocent bystander has been hurt. a suspect is on the loose now after an operation in westchester county ended in gunfire. >> developing this morning, a suspect is in custody in texas accused of killing a deputy as the deputy was pumping gas. >>> only a few saturdays left this year, and how is this going to ok. so everyone is saying 'hey, you've gotta get fios.' but why? why fios? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optics network to the home, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. and access to the fastest internet and in home wifi available from any provider. with big capacity too, so everyone in the house can be online all at once. only fios has 500 meg download speeds, with equal upload speeds. so you can upload your favorite videos up to 5x faster than cable. and with the fios mobile app, you can view your entertainment at home, or on the go. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated number 1 in customer satisf

. >> eyewitness news reporter dave evans joins us with the mayor's message to everyone today. dave. >> reporter: if you look at these initial numbers it shows there's bad news here. two more deaths from this disease, a total of four more cases of legionnaires disease in the south bronx. city officials are saying look at the bigger picture, look at the last date that we know that someone actually got sick from this disease and that was six days ago. that's why the health department is now saying they believe that this disease, this out break, has been contained. they say they see light at the end of this tunnel. >> health inspectors have found two more buildings contaminated with the legionnaire bacteria died. yet despite this the mayor today spoke of good news of a corner being turned in this battle. >> what is very important to note is we have no evidence over the last few days of any new the last [000:59:56;00]

political reporter dave evans is in lower manhattan with how it would work. dave? >> reporter: sade, $100 million is announced on top of the other money to protect lower manhattan from future homes. most will go for the footings so that the city can quickly put up a temporary flood wall to protect lower manhattan in a couple of hours before an approaching storm. it will start on the lower east side at montgomery street. it will go all the way around the bottom of manhattan and then come up to the northern part of battery park city in the hudson river. sandy is considered the second costliest storm in history. in parts of manhattan, 14 feet of water. 7 subway lines shut down. today the mayor helped put together go bags with flashlights and batteries and announced the city will spend $100 million on a new effort building berms and temporary flood walls to hold back the east river. >> for people in this community it's vivid what it means that there is still a threat out there. and we don't take it lightly. >> reporter: we don't know what the berms and flood walls will

for now reporting live, dave evans, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you, dave. >>> we've got more breaking news that we told you about on eyewitness news first at 4:00. you're looking at a picture from the news copper. this is at 48th street and 2nd avenue in manhattan. the scene of an accident here. it does look like a car has kind of gone up we serious condition. we do not know what caused the car to go up on the curve or exactly what happened but of course we are trying to find out more information about this. >>> turning to other news, is in critical condition right now after he was pulled from the water along the jersey shore. news copper 7 was up over the bright. two people were caught in a rip current off a part of the beach that doesn't have lifeguards. one of them was okay but it took rescuers nearly 20 minutes to find an he was rushed to the hospital. >>> down the shore a 12-year-old boy is in the hospital right now after a sand cave just collapsed news copper 7 was over the beach where it happened in surf city, new jersey. lifeguards said the boy got stuck when he was d

on "eyewitness news at 6:00" political reporter dave evans with what impact this could have on the trump campaign. >> hillary clinton taking a dig at trump. clinton visiting a community college in iowa saying that voters shouldn't be distracted by the republican front-runner. she said other candidates from the party are just donald trump without the hair. clinton acknowledged immigration saying that agricultural nationwide -- agricultural nationwide is heavily dependent on immigrants. >>> women in the u.s. armed services, this time in the navy. the first four female sailors celebrity for submarine school have begun training in connecticut. the base has been reconfigured for their privacy but the first coed group is not being received differently than any other classes. last week two female soldiers completed the army ranger training program. >> love it. >> go women. good for them. >> girl power, i guess. >> that's right. >> you know where we stand. >> that's right. nice to join you. thank you for allowing. >> he is so smart. that's why we love him. >> that's how i keep the seat. >>> anot

political reporter dave evans joins us with the president's message. >> reporter: the president's address at american university in d.c. was almost an hour-long and he was blunt saying it's either this agreement or war. still, two more new york congressional members despite being democrats announced their opposition. >> if iran cheats we can catch them and we will. >> reporter: the president today launched and intense campaign to try to save his iran agreement. without it, he said, the u.s. will be on the path to another war in the middle east. the choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy or some form of war. maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon. >> reporter: the white house has lobbied jewish members of congress to support the deal. steve israel announced i tried very hard to get to yes but at the end of the day i was compelled to on pose it. and one says sufficient place guards are not in place. the most important jewish vote, senator chuck schumer. no decision. >> we are sticking to this subject right now, okay. >> reporter: yesterday with comedian and hi

. >>> political reporter dave evans will be watching the debate and have highlights and reaction on "eyewitness news at 11:00". >>> right now we are learning more about the gunman in the tennessee movie shooting. investigators say vicente montana had propane, lighter fluid and may have wanted to set off an explosive device. he was committed four times. he was shot to death by police. >> his motive is yet to be determined, although we know and you know that he has mental issues. he has been diagnosed apparently as a paranoid schizophrenic in the past. >> police say he had a realistic pellet gun. three people in the theater were injured. >>> the search is on for debris from flight 370 as the search continues whether a wing flight belonged to the doomed flight. the malaysian government says it's from the plane. french investigators are not entirely sure. a lot of family members, people on the flight remain skeptical. >>> the search for an arsonist. new exclusive video shows a new york city restaurant going up in flames minutes after man sets it on fire. a firefighter killed in a hit and

political reporter dave evans is in lower manhattan with what dave. >> reporter: sade, you remember years ago all different kinds of people used to be automatically dismissed from a jury pool, professions such as doctors, lawyers, reporters and also controversial politicians but times have changed. that's not really true anymore, not even for donald trump. donald trump's ignored so much jury so many mondays -- summons no problem now. he claims he loves being called to jury duty. >> great system, a system that works and they do a fantastic people. >> reporter: trump spend the weekend campaigning in iowa at the state fair, even showed off his own -- today he arrived for jury duty by stretch limo, a reporters, cameras, tourists and average new yorkers. >> just curious to see him and i think he's very controversial in the media so we were just curious to see him personally just for a glimpse. >> reporter: do you like him? do you think you could vote for him? >> i don't know if i would necessarily vote for him but he's entertaining, though. >> reporter: inside the courthouse we are told trump

dave evans in the studio with more. >> reporter: as you know, today's poll has good news for donald trump, bad news for hillary clinton. the numbers aren't so much about trump as clinton. she has a serious problem on whether americans trust and like her. many say clinton badly handled her e-mail server scandal. today's poll is a disaster for hillary clinton. when she was secretary of state she was adored. her favorability rating 69%. only 26% unfavorable. compare that to today. 44% favorable, a whooping 53% unfavorable. yesterday clinton appeared testy and even through up her hands in frustration after questions again about her private e-mail server and an fbi investigation. >> we turned over the server. they can do whatever they want with the server to figure out what is there and what is not there. that is for the people investigating it to try to figure out. but we turned over everything that was work related. every single thing. >> reporter: in march when the scandal broke, americans were split when asked did clinton do something wrong. today 56% say, yes, clinton did do something wro

eyewitness news political reporter dave evans in the newsroom with more. >> the president said to be very unhappy with senator schumer right now, that's why schumer's decision to vote against the iran nuclear agreement is so important. he does have a major leadership role with democrats. he persuades many other members of congress and tonight schumer is laying low not doing interviews trying to explain his vote to supporters and perhaps to some -- do some damage control. >> reporter: the white house today blasted senator schumer and his decision last night to vote no on the iran nuclear agreement. >> but there's no denying that this disagreement, this difference of opinion that emerged overnight is one that has existed between senator schumer and president obama for more than a decade. >> reporter: while the political world was focused on last night's first g.o.p. debate, news that schumer would break with the president on iran. he released a long statement one line read, i believe iran will not change and under this agreement it will be able to achieve its dual goals of eliminating

eyewitness news political reporter dave evans here now with more on whether the senator's opposition will even make a difference. dave. >> as you know, senator ma den des- is a senior -- menendez is a senior member so he carries clout and he joins chuck schumer now. all of this certainly not good for president obama but despite schumer and now menendez it still does not appear there are enough votes to override a likely presidential veto. senator bob menendez announced his decision today telling an invited audience that iran has violated too many treaties before to be trusted now. >> i know that in many respects it would be far easier to support this deal as it would have been to vote for the war in iraq at the time. but i didn't choose the easier path then and i am not going to now. i know that the -- >> reporter: in a lengthy speech, menendez offered an alternative, rather than a 10- year agreement, he says it should be 20 years or longer and he says the u.s. has to get something in return for easing sanctions. >> and we should make it absolutely clear that we want a deal, but we wa

>> political reporter dave evans here with the latest. david. >> as you know, this is a long running dispute dating back to when governor christie first took office and he has tangled with the teachers union ever since. so this latest remark was not a big surprise but it might -- with republicans voters who will be closely watching thursday's big televised debate, the first of the campaign season. governor christie has said before he would handle a bully by punching them in the face. that led to a question yesterday and an answer that angered many. >> at the national level who deserves a punch in the face? >> the national teachers union. >> governor christie has said it's not teachers but their union that has caused so much trouble. >> because they are not for education for our children. they are for greater membership, greater benefits, greater pay for their members. >> reporter: in east brunswick today we talked with two teachers, one from orange and another from hawthorne, they were furious with governor christie. they fought with him

evans. >> i'm dave kinchen, grieving mothers got together to remember victims of violent crime. in fact, two more people shot in chester last night. brad sattin live at the scene of that shooting. brad, you also attended a vigil earlier? >> reporter: dave, you're right. that was only a couple miles from where we are, where the shooting happened around 11:00 last night. actually, right at this corner here, there were a group of women just kind of sitting in front of their home here when a gunman apparently came from around the corner just opened fire, couple people were hit. the good news is that no one was killed. however, that is not the case for so many other families dealing with loss in chester, not far from here in the eyes eyes of grieving mothers who met at memorial park couple miles away to share grief and look for answers bullet holes in plain sight as the kids play in the 100 block of potter street, gunfire all too common. someone opened fire. >> somebody came up and just started shooting. that said all. that said all i heard. it's shame because the kids can't come out

evans. >>> i'm dave kinchen. much different kind of day in court for kane this afternoon. 29's brad sattin was there when she was arraigned on perjury charges. he joins us live from the newsroom and brad, did the attorney general have anything to say? >> reporter: dave, she really didn't n fact she said nothing to the media. very little during at rain many itself. really not the time when a plea is made. no plea was entered but her attorney says kane is positive upbeat and confident about the out come here. pennsylvania's em bald attorney general answered no questions as she entered the montgomery county detectives bureau in norristown for a rain many on saturday. 4984 old kathleen kane elected in 2012 is facing charges of perjury, obstruction official oppression and criminal conspiracy over allegations that she leaked secret grand jury information to the media and then lied under oath about it. >> sad day in that there's been arraignment now for the chief law enforcement in the state. >> reporter: her mug shot was taken, she was fingerprinted then free to leave following

evans. >> i'm dave kinchen. kane's first appearance as criminal defendant was in montgomery county where those charges were filed. fox 29's brad sattin is live in norristown. brad did the attorney general have anything to say. >> reporter: she said nothing. she was tight lipped. we could tell you this was her first public appearance since risa ferman the district here in montgomery county announce the charges. that was on thursday. kane walked into here the detectives bureau across the street from montgomery county courthouse around 1:30 this afternoon. she had nothing to say to the media and very little to say to the judge. >>> embattled pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane took no questions as she arrived for her arraignment in norristown this afternoon. facing criminal charges allegeding she leaked secret grand jury information to the media and then lied under oath about doing it. >> what do you want to say to voters. >> reporter: her mug shot was taken she was finger printerred and video conferenced w

let's turn to meteorologist bill evans with the forecast. >> dave and shirleen, there are showers and thunderstorms firing up in western new jersey, south of morristown, south of i-80 heading turnpike. we will see more popping up. 86, 85 degrees. 84 to the urban areas of new jersey. look at the wind. southwest at 26. north at 28 over to brooklyn and queens and the humidity are high. this is how it feels outside. 90 elizabeth, newark to the park. 92 jamaica queens over to j.f.k. taking the ferry home back to jersey city, brooklyn, you got the wind out there southeast at 2624. that will feel refreshing. could be a bumpy ride. we are looking at showers and thunderstorms popping upcoming up tonight with this front through the area and it will make for flooding tomorrow morning during the morning before it pushes out noontime to eastern end of long island. we will talk about that coming up. >> thank you, bill. >>> is uber conducting background checks on drivers? prosecutors in one state are skeptical. look how beautiful it is... honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know -

evans. the hit-and-run accident happened on rom bert street no north philadelphia. fox 29's daveinchen joins us live now from temple university hospital where that child was rushed right after the accident. dave? >> reporter: that's right, joyce, we've just learned from investigators that that victim a five-year-old girl was transferred here from this hospital to saint christopher's hospital for children. she's in good condition both the family and police want that driver found. >> devastate. five years old. um, not responding. something i never seen before. something i don't even want to witness again in life. >> reporter: five-year-old girl describes ceasing her niece on the ground after an suv struck her 2200 block of north lambert in north philly and kept on going. >> they were all out here playing in the swimming pool, taking in barbecue and all of that, and he just came speeding up the block. >> reporter: investigators say just before 5:00 p.m. a light colored jeep with pa tag struck the girl and left her with abrasions her aunt says the five-year-old has a concussion and s

evan nova lost the last time out and got nicked up again falling behind 3-0 in the third. the newly acquired dave price. undefeated for the career at the rogers center, as a visitor and as a home player. struck out six in 7 and and a third innings. and the yankees took the lead off of carlos beltran's bat. three-run pop to make it 4-3. meanwhile the last outs took longer than expected. tying winning runs on base and took andrew miller 12 pitches to finally put away troy. snapping toronto's 11 game winning streak. yankees back in first place. that deserves a high five. 4-3 the final. mets and pirates. bartolo colon gave up a homer in the first. took a while for the mets to get it back. off the bat of yoenis cespedes. and second as a met. 20th of the season. colon settled down nicely after the kick hup in the first. one and seven in the last night's start. left with a no decision after striking out seven in seven innings. extra innings. bobby parnel, three straight hits to start the 10th. and gregory polanco, go ahead rbi single. the pirateses end the mets winning streak, 4-3 the final at citi fiel