>>> battling the deadly legionella bacteria takes more precedence today after testing crews discovered five more contaminated buildings including a courthouse and a school. we'll tell you the steps being taken to stop the spread. >>> a mother accused of killing her baby makes a shocking confession. what she told police about her son's state of mind. >>> it is a loss. >> ferguson, missouri, a year ago was in chaos. cbs 2 news sunday morning starts right now. >>> live from studio 46 this is cbs 2 news this morning. >>> good morning, 6:00 a.m., sunday, august 9. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm andrea grymes. today's top stories are straight ahead but look who we have in the studio. >> john elliott in the house. welcome john. >> who is enjoying the treats? you got to be kidding, this is great. you guys both look lovely. i don't know how you do it every sunday morning. me, this is just luck, i just kind of throw this together. how about this? it is just sublime out there on your sunday. i know lamenting the absence of the rain we need but perfect timing for the second half of the weekend. got some

. >>> legionella in the city. the death toll is growing. how city officials are changing their approach to this deadly bacteria. >>> a frightening consequence of synthetic marijuana. how easy access is causing chaos in the city. >>> the piano man plays his final concert at the coliseum. what celebrities might be joining him. good evening, everyone. i'm sibila vargas. >> and i'm chuck scarborough. legionella is getting deadlier. here's the latest. we now know seven people have died. a total of 86 have been sickened. the five buildings that tested positive for the bacteria are the only buildings affected. gus rosendale is looking at the city's latest ways to fight the disease. >> reporter: the city is scrambling to find ways to inspect these tanks. this deadly legionnaires' outbreak reveals the city has no way to inspect high tank cooling systems. now a vow from city hall to change that. >> we'll set new inspection standards for buildings with cooling and condensing units. those again are the usual sources of legionella. >> reporter: streamli

on saturday, they reported that five more buildings tested positive for legionella bacteria. 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 housi

test positive for legionella. a legionnaires' disease outbreak has forced the health department to perform a meeting. over the past month four people have died and 71 sick. >> before to got started they should have done something about it long time ago. it would have saved those four people's lives that died. >> reporter: inspectors are testing cooling towers across the borough. if not treated with chemicals, cooling towers are vulnerable to bacteria like legionella. droplets of contaminated water can be circulated through a building's air-conditioning. if the droplets are small enough, they can be inhaled and enter the lungs. cynthia rodriguez has two young children and says she is talking with her building's management about their cooling system. >> like i said, you want to make sure that they are taking the right steps towards making everything clean. >> reporter: so far five locations in the bronx have tested positive, including lincoln hospital, the opera house hotel, and the concourse plaza mall. >> any ques

they're searching, of course, for the sources of legionella. this disease killed ten people in the bronx. the mayor says, though, the outbreak seems to be tapering off. news 4's rob schmitt reports. >> the good news is that this outbreak is clearly 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 ten. 150 state coordinated inspectors fanned out across the south bronx testing for sources of legionella. they focused their efforts on specific locations, like hospitals and nursing home, 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

one by one the buildings are being tested. >> some have tested positive for legionella, but not all ofve been tested. >> reporter: it's part of the city's mandate to test and disinfect the cooling towers. the major says so far at least 12 cooling towers have tested positive, located in or around the recent outbreak area. >> we have had to figure out where they are, and get to them, then sample and inspect shem, and then disinfect. >> reporter: we spoke to some of the companies used to test the towers. >> if it's not treated properly, if the cooling water is not treated properly, then it's quite common to find legionella in cooling tower water. >> reporter: health officials still believe the recent outbreak comes from one of the first towers that were disinfected. >> it's difficult to tell in most of these outbreaks any source is never pinpointed to one source. >> reporter: disinfecting a single tower can takes about six hours and cogs up to $5,000. and city officials are debating legislation that would require regular testing of cooling towers. >> thank you. >>> artists in mexico are t

it's one of several places where cooling towers tested positive for legionella. >> reporter: she was with her husband for 43 years. now she and her family sit in a dark bronx apartment wondering what happened. suddenly on thursday carmelo was too weak to answer the door of his home. >> probably at the door 7 minutes when i told my brother he had to go downstairs and get someone to open the door for us. when they finally came up, he was on the floor. >> reporter: carmelo died from legionnaires disease. he had a number of pre-existing conditions like asthma and diabetes. the ideal host for the disease to rage unchecked, but the family blames the city. >> i feel that they were in a way negligent because the first time that they found out about it, they could have just started doing something about it before letting it spread all over throughout the bronx. >> this is not the time to let an older member of your family say i don't want to go to the doctor. this is the time we have to really encourage people to seek care. >> reporter: the city says it's made real progress combatting the spr

. >> five new tested positive for the legionella bacteria. >> reporter: well, we begin with the good news. city officials now believe that the legionnaires' outbreak is now contained. however, they continue to find the legionella bacteria in new locations, including the bronx county hall of justice behind me. five more buildings in the bronx were disinfected today -- disinfected today. the additional sites are at this bronx courthouse. new york city house court, ava post office on the grand concourse. >> this is unchartered territory. >> reporter: according to the mayor this has been learn as you go. they didn't even have a comprehensive list of cooling towers in the bronx, which is where it can breed. >> we have to canvas a part of our city. today the governor september a state health commissioner and 150 workers to test even more buildings in the bronx. since july, 108 patients have been diagnosed with ten have died. but now the numbers are finally skewing in the city's favor. no new cases have been reported in the last four days prompting the mayor to declare the outbreak now cont

said the month-long outbreak has been contained but five more buildings tested positive for the legionella bacteria bringing the total to 10. the number of people infected now stands at 108. there hasn't been a new case in five days but the risk is still out there in parts of the bronx. ilana gold has more about this story from the melrose section of the bronx. >> this courthouse is one of those buildings that just tested positive for the bacteria but even more locations could be affected. so in just a few hours teams with the health department will be back in this hour testing dozens of buildings. >> reporter: state health inspectors have another tough job ahead of them today. they plan to take water samples from 42 cooling towers across the south bronx that supply air conditioning and send them to a lab for legionella testing. >> this is literally uncharted territory. we have to acknowledge that. we never saw an outbreak of legionnaires' like this in the city. >> reporter: they're focussed on 100 cooling towers in five sections of the bronx. on saturday they tested 57 after the bronx bor

one by one the cooling towers are being tested for legionella. >> so some of the cooling towers haveested positive, but not all of them have been tested. >> reporter: it's part of the city's mandate to test and disinfect the cooling towers to prevent the spread of legionnaires' disease. some have already tested positive. >> we have really had to from scratch figure out where they are, and get to them, then sample and inspect them, then disinfect. >> reporter: we spoke to companies using the towers. >> the cooling water is not treated properly, then it's quite common to find legionella in cooling-tower water. >> reporter: health officials still believe the source of the outbreak was accidentfied aied -- identified and then disinfected. one testing company estimates the city has anywhere from 5 to 10,000 cooling towers. city officials are about to debate legislation that would require cleaning and testing of cooling towers. >> thank you. >>> new york prison officials are investigating claims by inmates who say they were beaten and tortured during the manhunt for two high-profile escape

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and new york state health teams descended on new york city today to test forll the legionella bacteria in at least 100 sites. >> we're going into a new phase with the implementation of the commissioner's order. that's literally going to require every building, every building with one of these cooling towers, and that will, obviously, be in the thousandssly, of buildings around the city, to be inspected and to be cleaned. >> reporter: city health officials have linked the outbreak to five water cooling towers in the bronx. the outdoor units are used for air conditioning in large buildings.s. they've since been decontaminated. new york 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 commonly caused by inhalation of mist or vapor containing the legionella bacteria. the respiratory disease is a severe form of pneumonia. it's not spread person to person and fewer than

where the cases can be found, the red triangle showing the locations testing positive for legionella bacteria. wtoday's meeting was to let the public take it cautious sigh of relief, health commissioner mary bassett ending with this. >> we are very optimistic about the waning of this outbreakp p. >>> the mayor says there are 42 buildings left in the south bronx to be inspected and if needed, disinfected. the hope is to have all that work done by tomorrow night. >>> tonight we are getting our first look at a woman accused of throwing her newborn baby out of a fourth floor window. she was escorted by police to court tonight. she's charged with second degree murder in the death of her 3-week-old baby boy. neighbors found the h baby's body in the courtyard of their apartment building today. if convicted she faces up to 25 years to life in in prison. >>> a missing kayaker lost. they were kayaking this morning, officers say their kayak capsized and the couple fell into the water. a woman says she was pulled out of the water by a passing boat. her boyfriend is still missing, the searre has

> our top story this morning, the state health inspectors will be back in the bronx looking for legionella bacteria in the cooling towers. >> mayor de blasio said the outbreak has been contained but five more buildings tested positive yesterday. the number of cases is 108. there hasn't been a new case in five days but the risk still remains in the bronx. ilana gold has more from the melrose section of the bronx. >> the bronx county hall of justice is one of the buildings that just tested positive for the bacteria. but it is possible even more can be affected. teams from the health department will be back in this area testing dozens of buildings. >> reporter: state health inspectors have another tough jobs ahead of them today. they plan to take water samples from 42 cooling towers across the south bronx that supply air conditioning and send them to a lab for testing. >> this is literally uncharted territory and it is important we acknowledge that. we have never seen an outbreak of legionnaires' like this in the city. >> they're focussed on 100 cooling towers in five sections of the bronx, f

doctors say legionella is a common bacteria that occasionally forms in dangerous amounts. this scare is now prompting the city to set new standards for cold water tank testing and inspection. currently, there are none. >> we are going to be very a aggress ifr ive in dealing with this problem. >> reporter: now a 10,000 bill to sanitize the tanks and higher price. >> there's still people sick and there are people who have died. >> reporter: going forward, the mayor calls for continued public vigilance saying if anybody has any symptoms, they should get help immediately. the seven people who did pass conditions. we'll take a closer look at the proposed inspections and the complete absence of inspections right now at 6:00. news 4 new york. >>> turning now to those nasty storms that tore up parts of long island bringing down trees and knocking out power to more than 60,000 customers. the lights are back on tonight for only about half of them. those downed trees and power lines are also causing problems for the evening commute. there are delays and lots of service changes on the

the part that i'm not so sure about is the value of testing cooling towers for legionella. you know, legionella -- i studied it for years when i was at the cdc -- it's a really difficult bacteria to get out of water systems. it hides in different places. it hides in the slime that's on the inside of pipes. it hides inside amoeba, which can be in water and water systems. and so, just finding legionella in a cooling tower or in a water system doesn't mean that it's a risk. what you want to make sure is that the ph of the water there is correct, that the chlorine levels, if that's being used as your protectant, is at the right level, and that they're scrubbing it down to get the film off of there. >> you said that this is one of the most difficult diseases to prevent and detect and all that stuff. why is it so hard? because of all what you just said? >> yeah, because of all of those factors. you know, each year, the cdc estimates there are up to 18,000 hospitalized cases of legionnaires' disease a year. the estimates are a bit fuzzy. but that's a lot of disease. and outbreaks

all cooling towers must be registered with the city with required regular testing for legionella and cleaning. and building owners must have cooling towers inspected and certified annually. violators face heavy fines. >> this has become an emergency situation. and so we -- the fine structure is one that is going to really ensure that there is compliance. >> reporter: city health officials are breathing a sigh of relief after 10 days of no newly diagnosed cases. >> we have contained the outbreak of legionnaire's in the south bronx. >> reporter: residents have lived with weeks of worry. >> i'm confident with a prayer. everything works with a prayer. >> reporter: praying the new regulations serve to prevent future outbreaks. in mott haven, the bronx, tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >> the health commissioner says the number of legionnaire's cases will never go to zero and there will always be sporadic cases because the bacteria are so prevalent in our environment. >>> a dozen children were hurt when a bus hit a building in irvington new jersey. surveillance video captured the out-of-control bu

the city is now requiring all landlords with cooling towers like these to have them tested for legionella in the next two weeks. cooling towers on five buildings in the south bronx have already tested positive. here's abc's dr. richard bears. >> it shot out of these giant fans into the air, and it can travel for as far as seven miles. >> reporter: with that kind of range, people in the bronx feel like they're in the crosshairs of this outbreak. >> i know it's maybe a little silly, but to met's like saving my life. >> reporter: the city's immediate plan, of course, is to have every landlord in the city that owns one of these cooling towers to have it inspected, and if necessary, to have it cleaned out and make sure that it is not spreading legionella. they believe that will end the outbreak. reporting live from the bronx, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> so many people hope that does. new at 11:00, some new yorkers gathering to honor a teen who was killed in a stabbing at a gay pride parade in jerusalem. two groups holding a memorial in greenwich village. >> everyone was here toget

there is no chance of legionella developing with the students or faculty and staff. >> no dormitories or students moving in were affected by the bacteria. known to cause deadly legionnaire's disease. it's a type of pneumonia. >>> a rally outside the classroom in delaware county today. look at this. skyforce 10 outside the courthouse in media. large groups of people there of chester upland charter school teachers who wanted their voices heard. at the same time, the pennsylvania department of education and the school fought over funding inside. governor tom wolf recommended cutting the amount of money per child by more than half because the district is already $20 million in debt. the parents are afraid the court battle will delay the start of the school year. >>> the race for the white house was the likely lunch discussion inside the white house today. vice president joe biden and president obama had their weekly lunch together. the vice president had meetings about a possible run for the white house. the vp also hired a new communications director over the weekend. she ran john edward

we were also told last week 14 buildings in total within that impact zone had the legionella bacteria in those cooling towers. and, again, the city legislation requires that all buildings and -- with cooling towers be inspected been 30 days. there is a big rush on that. again, this meeting gets started at 6:00 tonight. live from the south bronx, ida siegal, news 4 new york. >> thank you for those late details. >>> now we head to thailand. at least 18 people are dead, more than 100 hurt. it happened at the height of the evening rush in thailand's capital, bangkok. a bomb was planted on a motorcycle and it exploded inside the shrine, a popular tourist attraction. the neighbor is full of five-star hotels and upscale shopping malls and they were packed at the time. of so far, no one has claimed responsibility. >>> good news for your evening commute. new jersey transit and amtrak riders, it's going to be a lot easier getting home tonight. trains were delayed up to an hour this morning because of a switch problem and disabled train in the hudson river tube caused issues as well. and then th

>> the way to stop legionnaires' disease is to test for legionella bacteria in water systems. so the proposal by mayor di blasio to test cooling towers will go a long way to preventing legionnaires' disease. >> the contaminated cooling towers are now clean but city officials warn the numbers of people infected could still climb. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> investigators continue to scour the beaches of reunion island, hoping to find pieces of flight mh370 and debris, some of it intriguing, keeps turning up, including this piece of plastic found today. there's no indication that it is from the missing flight or even from an airplane. a piece of wing found last week confirmed to be from a boeing 777 that's now in france where it will be closely examined beginning tomorrow. >>> it's being called a potential game changer in the war against isis. the ability to launch u.s. and allied air strikes, fighter jets, not just unmanned drones, from bases a lot closer to isis positions. and could start very soon. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more. >>> the u.s

that water came back positive for the legionella bacteria. the last update provided by the university was on friday. as we mentioned, the fall semester begins today. students are on campus now. the chester county health department told the school there was no fleet to curtail any activities. we'll follow this one for you. live in westchester this morning, matt delucia. >>> stocks fell in trading on the asian markets as investors responded to the shake-up on wall street last friday. sack sa south korea also fell. the did dropped 531 points on friday. >>> there are a lot of issues that philly companies need to think about. the media stocks have been taking it on theç chin. in general, the companies that are involved in energy have really been hit hard. companies like sunoco are down 26% year to date. on the flip side, companies that are involved in things like health care, because you've got a lot of aging baby boomers and a lot of obama care people coming on, those sorts of companies have done well. >> nbc 10 will ten to watch the overseas ma

lincoln hospital breached its duty to adequately check, you know, the environmental systems for legionella. >> reporter: montgomery had a job passing out flyers outside of the hospital and would often go inside to use the bathroom. in addition to money, he wants accountability from new york city officials. >> he is irate. he feels that, you know, they had notice of this. and they just were dragging their feet. >> reporter: now the state has stepped in getting ready to put a team on the ground in the bronx to help test cooling towers, this after bronx borough president ruben diaz bypass city hall and went to the governor. are you surprised that he went to cuomo than coming to the city? >> the bronx borough president is responsible for his, um, his borough, his neighborhood. and this is a collaborative endeavour. >> reporter: sitting in governor cuomo's manhattan office, flanked by a team from the centers for disease control, new york city's health commission, the state health commissioner and some county health commissioners answered questions this afternoon. the state stepped in but why di

. >> legionella bacteria was detected in the cooling tower of their building. the deadly legionnaires' disease but residents are still on edge. >> we live here, we should know what is going on. >> 12 people have died from legionnaire's in the south bronx and 113 are sick. and there is a promising sign. >> that points to the end of this outbreak and the rate of new cases has slowed. >> city officials in 18 buildings tested positive for the legionella bacteria. on monday night groups for decontaminating the intake center on east 151st street. bill deblasio has announced emergency legislation that will require every cooling tower 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 dangerous levels reported to the department of health. and will be considered building owners will be penalized. >> governor cuomo urged building owners have their cooling towers check. >> people getting sick and dying, building and is not complying. >> those with relatives living in

there were ten buildings here on campus that were found to have legionella bacteria, including main hallere. these bacteria were found in the hot water systems of the buildings. westchester university saying it began treating the units this weekend, that meant turning off the water and super chlorinating the systems to kill the bacteria. the levels found are not high enough to warrant immediate concern but this can be a deadly form of bacteria, because inhaling it can cause a severe form of pneumonia known as legionnaires disease. the last update provided by the university was on friday. the fall semester begins today. students are on campus now. the chester county health department told the school there's no need to curtail activities. we're follow this one for you. for now we're live in westchester, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 6:04 now. new from overnight, fire destroyed a home in mantua township, gloucester county. it brook out about 11:30 on holly brook drive. investigators say it appears the fire started on the second floor. no reported injuries. cause of fire is still under inve

cooling tower on top of this building one of 18 that has tested positive for the legionella back tier yap as you can imagine a lot of people in this area are concerned about their safety. so far 12 people have died from this outbreak in the brngs and 113 are sick. no new cases have been diagnosed in the past six days, which they say could mean this outbreak is coming to an end. as for cooling towers that i mentioned mayor de blasio announced emergency legislation that would require all of them to be registered with the department of buildings. they would also have to be regularly cleaned and inspected. inspections oh cur quarterly and potential dangerous levels of microbe must be reported to the department of health. failure to comply with this law will be considered a violation and owners will be penalized. >> legislation will go before the city council later on today. city health commissioner meanwhile says all cooling towers in south bronx are disinfected regardless of whether or not they test positive for this legionella bacteria. laments live here in the bronx this morning. julie

last summer maybe one particular tower didn't have that much legionellae in it. the weather currents you never know how the wind may end up blowing and what will be picked up and how the mist will be carried. >> the city has ordered all building owners in the entire city to really inspect for legionellae bacteria over the next 14 days. they say they are optimistic that the worst of this outbreak has passed us. we'll keep you updated. >> let's hope so. brian llenas thank you very much. >>> hundreds gathering in ferguson one year after the fatal police shooting of michael brown. plus pope francis set to make his first papal visit to the u.s. he will be greeted in philadelphia with a special honor. courtesy of abraham lincoln. after her performance thursday is carly fiorina now the dark horse of the republican primary race? we will debate it fair and balanced. >>> i will begin by reminding people jimmy carter couldn't win, and neither could barack obama. ♪ ♪ when you're living with diabetes steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady clinically proven to help m

the national institutes of health, however, does recognize showerheads as a source of legionella bacteria, especially in buildings that don't get cleaned on a regular basis. >> they can cause, you know, anywhere from 1,500 to $4,000 if it's a big tower. people don't do that if they don't have to. >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio announced he is formalizing legislation that would require building owners to register those cooling towers. the metro group says that will only fix a small part of the problem. reporting from the south bronx, jennifer lahmers, fox 5 news. back over to you. antwan: thanks so much. alison: the mayor of mount vernon describing the state's investigation into a woman's death at his city police headquarters as a very tender moment and says he plans to treat it that way. the 42-year-old was taken to the hospital to be treated for several medical issues after her shoplifting arrest less than two weeks ago. let mother of eight was back in police custody awaiting arraignment when she was found unresponsive in her holding cell. >> this incident that has occurred is a rarit

, but not all of them have been tested. >> reporter: officials testing for signs of legionella bacteria, which, when inhaled, can cause legionnaire's disease, a severe form of pneumonia. health officials point out that the disease is not contagious and has only killed those with already compromised immune systems. although no new cases have been reported in the last four days, mayor de blasio says state and city health workers are rushing to identify anymore potentially hazardous buildings. >> so, we really had to, from scratch, figure out where they are and get to them, then sample and inspect them, then disinfect them. >> reporter: cecilia, the cooling tower atop this hospital in the bronx is just one of 57 tested today. and mayor de blasio says he hopes to have the rest of the coming towers in the danger zone tested by tomorrow. cecilia? >> phillip, thank you. >>> and we turn to ferguson, missouri, now, where tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the death of michael brown. today, brown's father leading a march through the streets. his son's death by a white police officer spark

samples from the legionella bacteria was taken from the cooling tower. it was a painstaking process that took time because cultures needed to grow but the results came back the same at different laboratories so the city finally has its smoking gun. >> after rigorous testing, verification and agreement at all three laboratories, we know that for everyone of the samples for which testing is now complete, there is a match with the strain found at the opera house hotel. we looked at the legionella strains cultered from the initial five cooling towers and other towers nearby. none of them matched the strain found in patients. >> reporter: in a statement, the management at the hotel called the findings disappointing adding that testing was just completed yesterday showing that the tower is free of legionella. at 5:00, more details on what the hotel says it will do moving forward and we will hear from residents living in the neighborhood that were exposed to the mist that was contaminated for several weeks. live in the mott haven section of the bronx, marcus so

the disease a type of severe pneumonia caused by breathing in water vapor that contains the legionella bacteria, five cooling towers in the bronx testing positive for it. our dr. richard besser climbed to the top of a similar tower to show how bacteria spreads. >> it's shot out of these giant fans into the air. if it's contaminated with legionellae, it can travel for as far as seven miles. >> reporter: today the city's health commissioner ordering all building owners to test and clean their cooling towers within 14 days or face a misdemeanor. the disease is not linked to water towers like these that store tap water or to home window or central air conditioners like these. >> reporter: the people who died all had other health issues as well, but the scary part is, david, that everyone who contracted the disease got it by just breathing the air in this neighborhood. >> real concern here in new york. thank you. our dr. rich besser was a top expert on legionnaire's at the cdc and rich sat down with the new york city health commissioner asking her are he confident they really have the sourc

the process known as superchlorination went into effect over the weekend to trace out the legionella. chlg . >> i bring a water bottle with me. kind of freaks me out. hope they get it under control. >> at this point, all the hot water is back on. no buildings were ever closed. there is no chance of legionella developing with the students or faculty or staff. >> school officials and the county health department have canceled all school related activities. the health scare has not interrupted or altered enrollment. >>> today, pennsylvania's top the prosecutor isxt+u at the dee table. right now, investigators are laying out the defense they have against attorney general kathleen kane. kane is charged with leaking grand jury information and lying under oath. nbc 10's mitch blacher is live outside the courthouse in norristown where kane appeared for her preliminary hearing. >> reporter: it was 1:00, just about 1:00 when kathleen kane went into the montgomery county courthouse for her preliminary hearing. it continues right now as we speak inside the courthouse. this is the first time that

legionella bacteria was found in hot water systems in nine buildings on campus. hot water was shut off while remediation was done over the weekend, it included super chlorination of the hot water system. university spokesperson says testing done after remediation shows no signs of that bacteria and there is in threat to students or faculty. >> we are probably one of the most safe places in pennsylvania at the this point because we know what we have. many places just don't test. we will go through some permanent testing protocols to develop that, know where we stand and know when and where we have to remediate anything if that should occur in the future. >> legionella bacteria was found in campus cooling towers since july but since then the university has been doing regular testing. >>> rutgers hired three cyber security firms to protect computer networks as hackers attacked four times during the pennsylvania past four years. companies will test the university's network for vulnerabilities, new jersey's flagship state university expected to spend two and three mil

dari: sharon has more where the legionella bacteria has been found. reporter: hello, that's right from the mayor and health commissioner had a press conference confirming two more people have died of legionnaires' disease, in spite of the grim announcement, they say that they do believe that they are getting a handle on this deadly outbreak. reporter: some residents of this nursing home are worried. >> it's not safe for us to be here, they should find a place to put a. reporter: nobody here has gotten commissioner say that the legionella bacteria was detected building. >> i figure that we live here. we should know what is going on. reporter: the numbers continue to do a go a lot. city officials say that the deadly outbreak could finally be under control because nobody has reported getting sick in the last six days. >> we have encouraging news that points to the end of the outbreak. and we know that people are taking care. reporter: officials say that so far cooling towers in 18 buildings in and outside of the south bronx have now tested positive for t

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five buildings tested positive for legionella, the bacteria that causes the disease including cooling towers at the opera house hotel. chlorine is one of the ingredients used to clean them. >> we put an alkaline detergent to clean for the debris and presence of bio film. that allows of the organism. >> work is complete at all five locations where legionella was detected. >>> an nypd sergeant charged with rape. the victim a teenage girl. a 43-year-old man, joel doseau, is accused of having an ongoing sexual relationship with the girl that he met when she was 15. >>> in new jersey another law enforcement officer is accused of having improper relationship with two teenage girls. eric reamy is charged with having illicit online conversations whom he was investigating or supervising. he apparently sent nude photos of himself to one of them. >>> a family of a harlem man who died after spending two decades in prison for crimes he did not commit is sue ing the city. sharrif wilson spent 21 years behind bars. he was exxon nor rated february in last year. he died in january from health problems

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officials say bacteria legionella was found in their hot water systems. >> i have classes in all of thoseings so that is scary. >> i didn't even know that was like happening, so i'm freaked out. >> i was nervous about it. >> reporter: are it comes week after a university employee tested positive for legionnaires disease earlier this summer. cooling towers showed levels in the legion nil bacteria in several buildings back then. the hot water systems are being treated to treat the the bacteria aim sure they are taking care of it. they know students will be in there. >> we're concerned when you have a child going and starting her first year at school and they have sent out a lot of communications, put our mind at ease so we know our kids are safe, and i am pretty calm that they have done what need to be done. >> reporter: university officials say that testing should, decontamination was successful, legionnaires disease is a a severe form of pneumonia but university officials say that it cannot be passed from person to person. back to you. >> thanks, dave. >>> still ahead on fox 29 news at 6:

legionnaires killed 12 people and 12 cooling towers tested positive for legionella. one of those places is is the daughter of jacobs nursing home. terrible news considering it's the elderly most at risk. when a tower is tested positive, it is cleaned out and decontaminated. the mayor says the legionnaires outbreak has been contained. >> we have no evidence over the last few days of new cases of legionnaires. the last day someone became sick with legionnaires was august 3rd. so, as we go through every passing day with no new sick sicknesses, it's a promising sign. >> reporter: today there will be a meeting and they hope to have the new legislation passed by thursday. later this evening around 6:30 in the bronx there will be a town hall style meeting about legionnaires and where it's headed. live in the melrose section of the bronx, kala rama, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> this morning police are looking for the man who pretended to be one of them. detectives say this man and another suspect knocked on the door of a bronx apartment and told the man insid

legionella bacteria can cause pneumonia like disease in some has been identified in the water of fife cooling towers atop buildings in the south bronx. >> we remain confident that the source of these current cases has been remediated cooling towers in the city -- >> any building that does have one of these cooling towers will be subject to this order. ed or or or instructs the owners or managers to test and disinfect their cooling tower within next 14 days. they don't know where every cooling tower is and how many there are city wide. current estimates put number around the 2500 according to the health commissioner. most are larger, industrial or commercial buildings. governor cuomo says state health department will offer free testing for buildings between now and october. >> scary for everybody. >> they need to find solution quick. quick as possible because kids about are to start school. >> in the south bronx for the disease concentrated anxiety remains high. >> a lot of concern you know especially for our children. and for our elderly people. >> victor saying he's confident in the

five out of 17 blon excooling towers have tested positive for legionella. why he believes the outbreak may have started with one poorly-maintained tower. >> one cooling tower can contaminate another cooling tower near by. this is the airborne thing. where water mist is sprayeded out to the atmosphere and drawn in by another cooling tower. well, then, that cooling towerle will be with infected as well. the city does not in pect cooling towers. as rule, city officialths have proposed legislation that would mandate legionella testing. >> is long overdue. the legislation is passed by the mayor with will put more of their focus on this. the south bronx legionnaire's outbreak this is largest ever in new york city. the big question. could kit happen elsewhere? >> oh, yes. it could happen anywhere within the city. and the city is full of cooling towers. >> lidia curanaj, "fox 5 news." >> the heenup is set for fox's primetime republican debate in cleveland thursday night. it is the first formal face-off of the 2016 pimmary season. here who is made the cut. donald tr