that killed 10 in this recent outbreak. 150 state coordinated inspectors fanned out across the south bronx testing for sources of legionella. they focused on 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 today. >> we believe as we have felt for i des now, that this outbreak occurred in one or more of the original five sites. >> five new locations have been detected to have the bacteria, they include this verizon office building at 11:06 avenue. the bronx hall of justice, a post office at 554 grand concourse that will soon be decommissioned. all activities at samuel gompers high school have been postponed. the mayor says it's proof the outbreak is on the decline, and says there have been no new cases in four days. this graphic shows where legionnaires has been active. where the cases can be found, the red triangle showing the locations testing positive for legionella bac

but they are looking at some other locations in the south bronx. also the incubation period for legionnaire's disease is 10 days so we might be dealing with this for another week so so. 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

there is an army of inspectors that converged on the south bronx yesterday. 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 th

. >> reporter: charlie lives at the daughters of jacob nursing home in the south bronx and like a lot of people here, he doesn't share the mayor's rosy optimism. >> what's very important to note is we have no evidence over the last few days of any new cases of legionnaires'. the last day someone became sick with legionnaires' was august 3rd. >> reporter: the mayor showed charts that shows the legionnaires' outbreak in the south bronx in decline. still, there are 113 cases now. two more people died for a total of 12 and now 12 cooling towers have tested positive, two more than the end of last week. the state has gotten more involved. >> i am comfortable with the state's action. i think we have been aggressive. i think the aggressiveness was called for. >> reporter: the governor and mayor held dueling news conferences today oddly at the same time but with some conflicting information. still -- >> they've been working together from the very beginning of this out brake. -- of this outbreak. the politicians are not the issue here. >> we're talking about it how we need somebody to represent

. 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 the work of many. many, many, many. >> reporter: at city hall the council enacted a new law ordering all cooling towers across the city must registered, inspected quarterly and if owners violate the rule, they face a fine, $2,000 for a first violation and 25,000 for a year in prison if owners willfully ignore a health department order. >> we are in the midst of al crisis in new york city. >> reporter: new york city has 100 to 200 cases of legionnaires every year but never in a cluster like this. there will be more cases but city officials believe this outbreak is pretty much behind us. >> we remain confident that this outbreak is contained. >> reporter: and, again, we haven't seen a new infection of legionnaires in ten days, since august 3rd. we don't know exactly where or how it began in early july but health department detectives are work

-- exposed in the south bronx. doctors say people should not panic. >> you have to breathe in a lot of this mist. if you and i breathe in the mist, it's unlikely you will get it. >> reporter: city health officials are hoping that the outbreak has peaked. in the mott haven section of the bronx, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >> happening today, governor cuomo's girlfriend, sandra lee will undergo surgery fighting complications for her double mastectomy. she announced the move jest on her facebook page, and lee was hospitalized for several days last week for an infection. she underwent a double mastectomy in may after revealing she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. >>> happening today, federal transportation authorities will meet today to review the trash that injured tracy morgan and killed his friend. it happened in cranberry last june, and in the preliminary report, the ntsb found the truck driver was driving 20 miles over the speed limit. >>> it's 6:08. in the next half an hour, road rage incident caught on ca

the outbreak is affecting more people in the south bronx tonight. 65 people are now been infected from legionnaire's disease, up from 57 cases last night. dave carlin is live with more on this developing story. dave? >> reporter: diane, we are talking to bronx residents who are worried and want answers. especially now that the number of cases grows. >> the number of confirmed cases of legionnaire's disease in the south bronx is now 65. with four confirmed deaths. >> it could be in the air. it could be anywhere. it could be anywhere. how do we know? >> reporter: health officials say they became aware of the first case around july 10. people with the disease live in highbridge, mont haven and hunt's point. and the source has not been found. more than two dozen buildings were checked for the legionella bacteria which grows in warm water. the testing focused on cooling towers and the results came back positive for the concourse mall on 161st street, lincoln hospital, the opera house hotel and two more buildings. and this building that houses a plastics building and the building that the he

tara has been looking into why this is happening in the south bronx in new york. dozens of other cases reported. 65 people? >> 65 people have contracted this disease. 55 of them hospitalized as you mentioned four of them died. they had preexisting conditions but really affecting this neighborhood in the south bronx. now investigators and epidemiologists trying to figure out how it started. daniel te hada spent nearly a month in a medically induced coma in a new york hospital because of ledge air's disease. >> i was going to wait one more day to go to the hospital. if i waited one more day, i don't think i would be out here right now. >> reporter: it's caused 65 people to get sick since july. four all with preexisting conditions died. >> the cdc needs to come in this community. >> reporter: residents of the south bronx are calling for more action as health officials say the outbreak could get worse before it gets better. >> we think it's very possible that there will be an increase in cases over the next seven days. >> reporter: named after an outbreak in the '70s

in the last two weeks 92 people have been hospitalized, all in the south bronx due to headache, diarrhea, if anybody has a please see cal. monday there'll be a print on a press conference that a comprehensive package with a new plant prevent these outbreaks in the first place will be announced. new yorkers have yet to see this. rubio has canceled appearances, also skipping the major policy announcement about the homeless, diblasio did find time to shoot a promo, and he had time to shoot a special with a comedian. >> who was the mayor really gonna do? you're gonna break down legionnaires' disease everything that i've read has come from essentially, air conditioning. so if you have old air-conditioners with mildew and bacteria you're going to get it. i'm not sure what the government is supposed to do about it. >> the new york state health commissioner is on the ground, they're trying to fix this. >> people are dying in the south bronx, how about shutdown the air-conditioning and those water towers. >> i understand that a lot of people have been hospitalized with legionnaires' disease are a

health officials spent the day van canvassing the area. >> reporter: in south bronx governor cuomo dispatched 150 state employees to test every cooling tower on buildings across the bronx, 10,000ers have tested positive for the bacteria that causesly legionnaire disease, state officials are testing cooling towers that have not been tested by the see already. the residents say that widespread testing is long overdue. >> about time they have done something for us. >> it got out of hand, at first they said it was in a concentrated area. now, it is in my backyard basically. >> reporter: city officials are requiring that every building owner in the city test the cooling tower went next two weeks for face a misdemeanor, some say that state stepped in because the city mishandled the crisis, the mayor disagreed. >> we took charge on day one, we took matters in our own hands that is where the situation is changing. >> reporter: mayor de blasio also tweeting about leaming legionnaire diseasing reports there are no ni new cases. lidia curanaj "fox 5 news." christina: donald trump is not backing down fro

>> we have to walk around around we have to breathe. >> yet that is how 65 people in the south bronx were sickened with legionnaires' disease. they all inhaled a bacteria that causes the-like illness so far four died and 55 remain hospitalized. ferghts that's public, you know, public places that's scary as a father. >> been a frightening few week per many since outbreak first detected hire in the south bronx on july 10th. as a result city officials tested water supply and 137 rooftop ac units but five cooling units tested positive for it. lincoln hospital. concourse plaza. upper house hotel. verizon office building and streamline plastic company. >> hoping i don't get it. so close to home. >> i don't know how you can catch it -- >> not from another person. people were infected by inhaling mist given off by infected cooling units. >> once a year, you have the inspector from the city should go around, and then that's part of maintenance. >> maintaining qimght properly is essential in preventing the growth. symptoms of legionnaires' include high fever. cough, aches but highly treat publ

>> definitely. >>> so far, it is the first case outside of the south bronx where 10 people have died the victims, older adults with health problems, but the disease also infected 101 people. health officials say five cooling towers that supply air- conditioning within 10 blocks of each other tested positive for the bacteria. 36-year-old marvin montgomery believes he contaminated he contracted it from the hospital. he plans to sue new york city for $10 million. >> we think the hospital breached its duty to adequately check the environmental systems. >>> the state is taking action hoping to stop this outbreak. >> we are starting a massive testing effort in that immediate vicinity where we will actually have a coordinated testing program where we will send people out to test these cooling towers to determine if they are a source of the bacteria or not. >> as we mentioned in this story, lincoln hospital did have a contaminated water tower. there is no need to panic because this disease is treatable and preventable. cbs 2 news. >>> thank you. new this morning, police in longbeach californ

conclusion, that the recent cluster of legionnaires cases originated at the opera house hotel in the south bronx. >> we found every patient isolate matched every one from the hotel. >> reporter: the management issued a statement which said in part, it's particularly disappointmenting because our system is two years old, has the most up to date technology available and our maintenance has been consistent with the regulations the city and state are putting in place. after 128 cases and 12 deaths, the health commissioner says the current health threat is over. >> we know we have no people who have reported becoming ill after august 3rd. that's simply a fact. >> reporter: health department officials are confident the outbreak is contained because the incubation period is a maximum of 14 days. >> most people get sick within the first week. often people say eight to 10 days. the outer limit would be 14 days. we are now well past the incubation period. we would be seeing cases if we still had people getting infected from this source. >> an army of experts worked around the clock, studying samples from

monthly cleanings on the water tanks on the roof in the south bronx, but late last week the department of health detected legionella in those tanks. >> we've been here since 1996 and we haven't had any kind of problems. >> reporter: streamline, one of five buildings that tested positive. all those locations have been sanitized. city officials believe the outbreak is contained and past its peak. >> we expect the case rate to decline and the number of cases to fall. >> reporter: it's unclear why the outbreak happened here in the south bronx. 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

an uptick in the number of cases. 12 people have died in the south bronx. 113 people fell ill. there have been no new cases in the last week. city leaders are hoping to prevent future outbreaks. mayor de blasio is pushing legislation to make sure cooling towers get registered, inspected and cleaned regularly. >> governor christie's run for president is not getting a lot of support in his own state. 54% of new jersey's voters say the term presidential does not describe christie. also his negatives in some part of the poll hit new highs. more voters than ever see christie as arrogant, self-centered and a bully but nearly half do describe him as smart. another republican candidate rick perry is having trouble raising money. now his national staff and workers in three early primary states are no longer getting paid. perry's cash-rich superpac promises to pump money into his campaign, as much as they can legally. perry recently failed to make the top tier at the gop debate. >>> donald trump's former campaign manager roger stone says he truly does believe trump wants to be president.

five new locations in the south bronx. the mayor says there have been no new cases over the past four days. eyewitness news reporter renee stoll live at the office of emergency management headquarters r mayor de blasio just wrapped up here. he did give us a list of five new sites that have tested positive. they include a verizon facility, new york city housing courts, the bronx hall of justice, and a post office and samuel governorrers high school. they have been disinfected. the cause is one of the five original sites tested positive. they don't know if it was one or more of those. the office is trying to figure out why this occurred now. >> this is literally unchartered territory and it's very important that we acknowledge that. we have never seen an outbreak of ledge theirs like this in the history of new york city. >> 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

the worst the city has seen in the 40 year history of this disease and it is all centered in the south bronx. meanwhile, take a look at this guy, accused of attempted rape in the bronx, the victim fought them off. rosanna: this stage is set for the republican presidential debate tomorrow. ten candidates were selected. greg: donald trump is in the middle. rosanna: chris christie mated too. greg: this is the eighth team, on primetime 9:00 tomorrow night, candidate to and not doing well in the polls including governor george pataki. that starts at 5:00. rosanna: a new documentary tells the story of a man known as a photographer for a top fashion magazine but was also homeless for six years. he lived on a roof of the building. greg: sharp looking guy, he was rolling with some heavy weights but has no place to live. all later we will be on the ice and cocoa show. they have that new show. there is a game show element, we are playing the heads up game, we are generally good at this. we are in a major slump. rosanna: not so good with the new people. greg: quick practice of the speed round. i put it

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 together as one to celebrate the life of the victim and really give a message that this won't be tolerated, and that we will ke

if you live in the affected areas of the south bronx and aren't feeling well, see a doctor. symptoms include a cough, fever, shortness of breath. people of the greatest risk for getting very sick are those with underlying medical conditions. joining us right now to talk about this is dr. james rafel from columbia presbyterian hospital. nice to have you back, dr. jim. >> always a pleasure. ernie: this is a big subject everybody is talking about. the important thing is it's not contagious. >> you said it before. you do not get from person to person contamination. you do not get it by touching or by drinking. you get it through the contaminated water supplies, but not person to person. ernie: here's what i'm asking. this was back in 1977. you remember it well when it broke out in philadelphia. it's been quiet. it's -- what's happening? what's changed? how come it's back? >> we don't know why the outbreaks occur. the bacteria is always around. it's in groundwater and streams or spas and standing water, but those are treated and the treatment eliminates it. from time to time, und

that is the latest in south bronx. back to you. juliet: it is 5:18. bill deblasio launching a major $22 million plan to combat the city's growing homeless problem, getting a lot of flak in the papers. we will talk about that coming up but let's get to mike for a check of the weather. >> meteorologist: show you what is happening, temperatures, very nice, made up to 83 degrees, that was your forecast high, 85 and newark, 78 in sussex, 80 in bridgeport, temperatures right now 71 in central park, 58 in poughkeepsie, 54 in monticello, 6, comfortable 67 in montauk, some clouds out there, most of it over central and southern sections of new jersey in monmouth and ocean county, you saw showers on radar and satellite, probably not much should the ground but you have still have clouds in the area but there breaking up and thinning out and the area of low pressure driving at all is going to pull most of that out to sea before it becomes a big problem in the tristate. mid-atlantic region dealt with a decent amount of light to moderate rainfall but for us doesn't

dozens of people in south bronx have been sickened, health officials say they expect to see more cases. >> every time i hear of another point i think of that family and what we went through for 28 days in hospital. >> reporter: the outbreak of hits close to home. her cousin 30 one-year-old daniel tie contract the disease last month and recently got out >> reporter: >> i want to make sure all possible areas caddying tested. >> reporter: hundreds of concerned people packed into a meeting in the bronx museum of the arts monday night to get answers. >> this is my problem. i am a community activist, a senior citizen. >> reporter: the outbreak has killed seven people and sickened 81 others. >> people are afraid of the unknown. no one understands exactly what is going on. >> reporter: mary bassett and other officials tried to explain the fact about legionnaires' disease, it is not contagious and officials believe it was spread by water vapor from cooling towers on top of buildings in the bronx. five buildings tested positive and have been decontaminated and health officials stress the water i

been reported in rockland county, and it's confirmed one of the individuals was exposed in the south bronx, but dr. robert glattor says people should not panic. >> reporter: if these people did get it merely by walking by the cooling towers of the buildings, why shouldn't other people be concerned? >> they didn't get it necessarily just by walking by. they probably had a prolonged exposure. we don't know why at this point, but this mist, you have to breathe a lot of it in. if you or i breathe the mist in, it's unlikely you will get >> reporter: he also said the legionnaires' disease is most serious and possibly deadly in people with chronic health issues but for others, it can be treated with antibiotics. >>> a fight broke out on the jersey shore, and jessica shoo needer show -- schneider shows us why. >> reporter: the man's wife and kids watched the fight from the car. >> both drivers got out of their cars, and there was a physical confrontation. >> reporter: police say the victim was stab in the arm, chest, and lower back, and the arguing between the two cars started a few miles away bef

. >> it is the first case outside of the south bronx where the outbreak killed 10 people and affected 100 others, traced the problem for five areas that have since been treated. >> we think the hospital breached its duty to adequately check the environmental systems. >> says his client got sick at lincoln hospital, he plans to sue the city for $10 million. the governor ordered the health department to take action . we are starting a massive testing effort in that immediate vicinity where we will send people out to see if they are a source of the bacteria or not. >>> those inspections will start in just a few hours, in the recent cases people have gotten it from breathing in mist from the water. cbs 2 news. >>> we're following developing news in mali, 12 people are dead after a stand off with extremists, soldiers rescued 4 u.n. employees who hid in the hotel for 24 hours during the attack, 5 million soldiers i should say, a u.n. contractor and 3 hotel staff are among the dead. 3 jihadis were also killed. >>> new this morning police say two young girls were abandoned in a casino parking

there are now seven deaths related to the legionnaires outbreak in the south bronx. there are now 81 cases and 64 people hospitalized. this is a live picture of the town hall happening now in the bronx. do we have that live picture? apparently not. okay. we'll continue following this story online tonight at 11:00, as well. >>> we're next with sports. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. >>> you hear that? if you listen closely, you can still hear the cheers echoing from citi field. what a scene that was last night. in front of a near sellout crowd, the mets gave the home fans plenty to cheer about. third inning, mets went deep three times in a span of five pitches. fans wanted more offense, more offense they got. curtis granderson, daniel murphy and lucas duda bringing the crowd to its feet. i don't think the fans sat down the rest of the night. eight games. these are the mets we're talking about. brilliant, protecting a 5-2 lead in the eighth. the big righty blew away candidate bryce harper on his 109th pitch of the night

i'm live in the south bronx. brynn gingras, news 4 new york. >> brynn, thank you. >>> a funeral service was held this morning for the westchester county woman found dead in a jail cell. family and friends said their good-byes to 42-year-old ray net turner. she was found two days after being accused of shoplifting and one day after being treated for high blood pressure. the state's top prosecutor is investigating what happened. >>> three years after hurricane sandy flooded subway tunnels and damaged the system, repairs are finally coming to the tunnel that carries a and c trains across the east river. but that is going to be a nightmare for anyone who depends on those lines to get between manhattan and brooklyn on the weekend. news 4's andrew siff is live in brooklyn heights tonight with details on that. andrew. >> reporter: well, rob, if you're one of the thousands of people who live or work in brooklyn heights, you can't get more convenient than this station. the a and the c to brooklyn bridge high street. it wi

. >>> another day and more bad news on the legionnaires outbreak in the south bronx. more people have died and more buildings have been identified as possible sources of the cteria. here's where we s and tonight. 12 people have died of legionnaires disease, two of hithose deaths reported just today. 113 people have been sickened and two more buildings have tested positive for the bacteria. news 4's melissa russo is live at city hall where the mayor is working with the cdc and the state to end the outbreak and lm people's fears. melissa? >> reporter: sibilia, city officials say while sadly some pe le who already have been infected with this particular form of bacterial pneumonia may continue to die from this, that, in fact, they believe they bhave successfully disinfected the source of the sickness and that the number ha new cases has been tapering off. >> 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 decl

. >> as revealed, the potential of 161 buildings in the catchment area of the south bronx which is very defined, the good news is that this outbreak is clearly tapering off. there's still more work to be done. >> reporter: the mayor was asked if politics is getting in the way of fighting the disease. >> we took charge on day one. we took matters in our own hands. that's why the situation is changing and we used all the resources of the government to address it. i learned a long time ago god blessed the child who has its own. new york city has often had to go it alone. >> reporter: tonight the urgent inventory continues to identify buildings in the south bronx and across the city that have cooling towers even helicopters are being used. we are told the mayor says we are in incharted territory the worst outbreak of legionnaire's disease in city history. steve langford, cbs 2 news. >>> we have new information now. the mother of a newborn baby boy found dead outside a queens apartment building has been charged in his death. according to police sources, rashida choudhury confessed to throwin

the fear of legionnaires here in the south bronx is very real. and so tonight the city is offering yet another opportunity for people to come out and ask their questions. this also comes as the governor announces this afternoon emergency regulations on the state level, part of which would require buildings with cooling towers to register with the state. that would be a mandate. also, those towers must be tested and inspected within 30 days. they're also offering a tip line phone number for anyone in the public to use if they have questions. all of those regulations are to go into effect immediately. you might remember, the city passed legislation last week, requiring, among other things, that buildings undergo quarterly inspections. we're told the state has worked with the city on these new state measures, and that the mayor signed the new city legislation tomorrow. tonight, we are expected to reiterate the same good news from last week, which is that there are no new cases or new cooling towers with the legionella bacteria, and the numbers are t

adam slater's client is one of the 101 people in the south bronx who have tested positive for legionnaire's disease, marvin montgomery is just 36 years old and he's a smoker but he was never sick until this. >> he almost died. you know, his doctors told me it was touch and go when i spoke to them for a while. luckily he's going to live, so if he is that -- >> reporter: said the city ignored its responsibility to respect and safeguard cooling towers and so he says it's the sick. >> had they been proactive rather than reactive we wouldn't be sitting here. >> and your client wouldn't be sitting in a hospital. >> unable to walk and on dialysis. >> must get out there, root out the problem, cut it off at the source and prevent further spread so that everyone obviously recognizes that the disease has diminished. >> reporter: the state and the centers for disease control are now involved in the effort to stop the spread of the disease. the state will pay for anyone with a cooling tower to test it for safety. >> if the building owner does not have adequate knowledge of how to collect the sample. we

the number of cases climbing now in the south bronx. four people are now dead, 71 others sick. health officials expect to see even more cases. the town hall is tonight, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at bronx museum of the arts. >>> 4:34 just about. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. it's monday morning. as michael says, it was feel more pleasant. i thought so. the humidity is coming back, right? >> compared to what we had over the weekend, it is coming back. it was a fantastic weather weekend. today the mugginess creeps back in. especially by later this afternoon. you can see in the weather headlines, continued hot temperatures near 90 all weekend long. we'll do that again today. tracking a chance for storms tonight and tomorrow. we have a cooldown coming our way deeper into the week. here's a live look at storm tracker. quiet start out there on your monday morning. this is a cold front across the ohio valley and the great lakes. this will approach the tri-state later this afternoon, especially north and west. sullivan county, northwest new jersey, you have the best chance of seeing s

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 rarity, but from day one, we have been open and transparent about the unfortunate death. alison: governor cuomo has given the attorney general authority to step in for local prosecutors in the case after several recent high profile police-involved killings. antwan: a detective was sentenced to two years behind bars, convicted of second-degree assault in the motorcycle gang attack of an suv driver in upper manhattan. the 34-year-old was acquitted of serious charges that carried 25 year

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 uncharted territory. it is important we acknowledge that. we've never seen an outbreak of legionnaires' like this in the history of new york city. >> they're focussed on 100 cooling towers in five sections of the bronx, fordham, mt. eden, hunts point, mott haven and high bridge. they tested 57 after the bronx borough president asked the governor to get involved to help control the outbreak. >> we're here to help manage this process. we're in constant communication with all levels of government including the city. >> reporter: the city revealed five new sites where the health department found traces of legionella bacteria, all in populated area. they include a verizon building, housing court, hall of justice and samuel gumpers high school. it can cause deadly pneumonia. >> they told my parents a few times that i was on the verge of not making it. >> daniel tejada, more than 100 people recently infected with legionnaires' disease

that may not be the case in the south bronx.the business owner that you just saw said that the city pays for the testing and the disinfection, and it can cost up to $5,000 per tower. >> and it costs. it's real. and vanessa, thank you. a state of emergency in ferguson, missouri, has been extended through friday by the county executive. but meanwhile, questions emerge about ferguson's new interim police chief, anderson. documents show that anderson has had trouble in the past while on the job. he was suspended three times in less than 12 months while working for the glendale, arizona police department. >>> in iraq, claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing at a food market in baghdad. isil said that it targeted it because it's a gathering place for shiite muslims, and it's determined to carry out similar attacks. >> reporter: in the blink of an eye, the scene turned from mundane to murderous, as a truck packed with explosives blew up in a crowded vegetable market. the prominently sunni neighborhood is one of the capital's most

the updated numbers and tried to calm resident's concerns. >> they have traced that dy sees five south bronx buildings. it is unclear which wince spreading the bacteria. fox 5's stacey delikat has the latest. good evening, stacey. at 6:00, the town hall meeting begins here at the bronx museum behind me that will feature representatives from the health department, and from the office of emergency management, they will giving the latest facts and also trying to dispel rumors. now let's recap the latest numbers. according to the most recent information from the mayor's office, four people have died from the disease. >> i am concerned. >> more than 200 concerned people packed in tonight to get answers about the deadly legion were in's outbreaking that sickened 81 in the south bronx. >> people are afraid of the unknown. nobody understandeds what is going on? >> new york city health commissioner mary bassett and other official as sought to explain the facts to dispel rumors. >> we are very concerned and we have had our disease detectives working around the clock. >> the my none na like dy sighs no

folks who live here in the south bronx, if you have symptoms that might be associated with legionnaire's disease, please seek treatment immediately. >> mayor says the city's aggressively investigating this outbreak. the original source he says has not yet been officially found. to answer your questions and the legionnaire's outbreak, we now have an entire section dedicated to the story on our website, the link is at our home page at abc ny. >>> maybe it woke you up last night, all the thunderstorms and rain in the middle of night. the storm passed but the damage for many people especially on long island did not. drive cam 7 over several. for scores of thousands of people in suffolk county, their least friday. meteorologist jeff smith in the village of shoreham with the damage for us tonight. >> reporter: and, bill, we are here along miller avenue in shoreham and if you were watching at 4:00, there was a large tree down and wires down right in the middle of the street. the town of brookhaven has been furiously working to clear that away so the pseg crews can come in and restore power to t

it is believed that emissions from a cooling tower from one of five buildings in the south bronx is the source of the outbreak. the city is also expecting test results in about a week to determine the exact building. the city says every building in the bronx impacted by the outbreak has already been disinfected. today city council passed legislation that will require buildings with cooling towers to register them with the city and have them inspected and cleaned every three months. the state will use this as a model for state law. >> it will require that all cooling towers in the city be registered with the department of buildings so we know how many there are and where they are. >> reporter: there's been criticism from some officials about the city's response to the outbreak, but the cdc was at the news conference and said, quote, the city's response was swift and robust and handled well. in the south bronx, linda schmidt, fox 5 news. steve: police are offering a $2500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who fatally shot chinks. he was shot several times while si

it's sickened more than 100 people and linked to ten deaths in the south bronx. it's a form of pneumonia, spread through the water vapor. >> it's very scary. i have four young children and only live two blocks from here. it's very frightening. >> reporter: health leaders narrowed in on cooling towers in the south bronx as the source of the outbreak. bioside was injected into the cooling towering to kill any bacteria. it's isolated the areas around the towers. the health department is also monitoring the situation. the company deals with jet engines and is across the street from an orangeburg neighborhood. >> it's scary. i don't know what to even think because i don't know enough about how easily it's spread. and if it's right here, that's scary. >> reporter: right now, it's not known where that employee lives. the company is planning to do more testing on monday. reporting from orangeburg in rockland county. i'm ray villeda, news 4 new york. concerned about this. we're posting constant updates to nbc new york.com. if you have a question you want answered, post it

five buildings in the south bronx have been thoroughly decontaminated city officials say, in an attempt to contain the spread. meanwhile, residents are warned to seek help at the first sign of illness. >> we thought it was just regular pneumonia, you know he got sick. then we found out it was legionnaire's that's when everybody really got into a panic. >> now, fred new york health officials saying that this does not affect any drinking water or swimming pools or founds. it's summertime so that's something people think about when they hear that it can be transmitted through the water. but that's not something to panic about. it's not transferred through any kind of drinking water, no need to worry about that. officials here are now working on long-term plans for monitoring those cooling systems where the bacteria was found, and for that community they are holding a town hall meeting tomorrow night. >> all right. thanks so much sara ganim in new york. we'll have much more from the newsroom right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ mum. ♪ ♪ just tap it. ♪ i did! ♪ (yo gabba gabba!) ♪ ♪ irresistible moment

following breaking news at this hour, a fourth person has died from legionnaires' disease in the south bronx as investigators continue to search for the source of the outbreak. hello and good evening, everyone, i'm antwan lewis, christina has the night off. the city health department announced the latest death in addition to the four fatalities, more than 60 cases have been reported in the south bronx since early last month. lydia is lye in concourse -- live in concourse village with the latest. >> reporter: in addition to the number of sickened and the death toll rising, so have the infected sites. the city has now identified five infected sites including this one here at concourse plaza. many here in the bronx can't help but wonder, is the worst over? by simply inhaling the air we breathe, that's how 65 people in the south bronx were sickened with the potentially deadly legionnaires' disease. four of them have died and 55 remain hospitalized. >> that's public, you know, public places, that's very scary at a father. >> reporter: the outbreak was first detected on july 10th after all 17 comm

police say they forced a man into a south bronx apartment monday night, putting him on his knees and holding a gun to his head. one suspect sexually abused a woman taking a shower in the apartment. >>> the man who attacked moviegoers in a tennessee movie theater was a paranoid schizophrenic committed four times. the attack ended in a barrage of police bullets. police say that vicente montana wore a surgical mask. he fired at one officer then tried to escape the theater through a backdoor. >> metro police officers at the back of the theater of this mad max theater engaged limb. he was shot and fatally wounded and pronounced deceased at the scene. >> a theater attack in louisiana killed 2 and wounded 9. >>> the legionnaires outbreak in the south bronx is responsible for eight deaths. there are now 97 confirmed cases. work to disinfect cooling towers that lead to the outbreak is complete. 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 a

four people are dead, 71 others sick from the outbreak in the south bronx. health officials warn they expect to see more cases. a town hall will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight at the bronx museum of the arts. >>> 6:04 right now. time for a check of weather and traffic on the 4s. the kids are now counting down each day they have left in summer vacation. >> they can't wait to go back to school, right? >> some of them. >> we've got great summer weather. a great day to hit the pools and beaches again. it's hot but the unfortunate thing, we're turning up the humidity a little bit. not as comfortable as over the weekend. tracking a chance for a few showers and storms tonight and tomorrow afternoon. then a cooldown is coming, we could say goodbye to the 90s later this week. a live look at storm tracker. around the tri-state, lots of sunshine for you. a cold front is approaching. it's sparking off showers and storms. it's going to lose a lot of punch as it approaches later on today. well north and west of new york city, the best chance of rain. a high of 90 degre

why he decided to go against party lines. >> we have still a crisis in south bronx, legionnaires'. last night the debate, it got interesting early. donald trump said a lot of colorful things over the years. megyn kelly called him out. >> i tell you what with hillary clinton, be at my wedding. she came to my wedding. you know why? she had no choice because i gave. i gave to a foundation at that frankly that foundation is supposed to do good. i didn't know her money would be used on private jets going all over the world. it was. [applause] >> a moment from donald trump kind of carried the whole night in my opinion because of crowd reaction and things like that. >> you got to see the thing, i'm sorry that wasn't megyn kelly. but she posed a pretty thorough, provocative question i thought, oh my gosh what is donald trump will do with this one. he handle it own way. sometimes early debates are boring. last night, not really, not at all maybe until the very end. much more on that a little bit. it's a summer friday. hi, there, mike woods. >> it is summer friday, everyone is cutting out, h

. >>> legionnaires' disease in new york claimed two more deaths. 12 people in the south bronx. city health officials report no new cases in the last week. a sign the outbreak may be waning. so far, 113 cases diagnosed since july 10th with 76 patients treated at hospitals. the new york mayor requiring all existing cooling towers in the city registered with inspections. >>> new developments in the 2014 slenderman case. the two 14-year-olds will be tried as adults for stabbing a girl 14 times and leaving her in the forest. they wanted to honor the fictional man slenderman. the teens could face sentences of up to 65 years each. if tried in the juvenile court system, they would be held until 18. because the girls were just 12 years old at the time of the attack, the father of one of them believes it is a mistake to try them as adults. >> what is your biggest concern? >> she is a little girl. >> they will be arraigned on august 21st. >>> a 20-year-old new jersey man arrested for allegedly trying to join isis. he appeared in court monday, but did not enter a plea. prosecutors say he t

inspectors found the bacteria in rooftop cooling systems in five buildings in the south bronx. they have now been decontaminated. >>> two 19-year-olds have been charged with a shooting in redhook brooklyn. five people were injured including a pregnant woman who lost her baby after being shot. >>> campaign 2016, the republican candidates are coming together for their first debate. >> they will take the stage in cleveland with donald trump taking center stage. >> reporter: chris and mary, it's donald trump's first ever political debate, and the outsider status is what so many find appealing. with only two hours and ten candidates, they need to quickly and precisely get their point across. it's a show down in ohio with new yorker, donald trump, taking center stage. he leaves the republican pack looking for the white house. >> i am not looking to embarrass anybody, but if i have to bring up deficiencies, i will bring up deficiencies. >> reporter: on average trump is polling higher than his two closest competitors, bush and walker combined. >> my mission and objective is to show who

at least seven people have died and all of the cases have been in the south bronx area. today the mayor de blasio addressed what he called a growing problem. >> we're going to keep emphasizing to all new yorkers particularly folks who live here in the south bronx, if you have symptoms that might be associated with legionnaire's disease, please seek treatment immediately. >> the mayor says the city is aggressively investigating the outbreak but the original source has not yet been found. >>> you know there can be at will have omission information -- a lot of misinformation from people on the internet especially. joining us right now is abc's chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser to separate fact from fiction. you tell us. everyone is at risk? >> that's false. so the people who were at risk here are for one people who live in this neighborhood. but among those people is people who have risk factors. that's people who are elderly and smokers and either current or former smokers. people with lung disease. people who have cancer or diabetes. or on drugs that lowe

five cooling towers have tested positive in the south bronx. all within a 10 block radius of each other, officials say. all cooling towers will be infected and the state wants to help with that. >> tomorrow the state will begin to help expedite this process of testing? while legionnaires' seems to be under control, the relationship between governor cuomo and mayor bill de blasio is still looking for stabilizastabiliza tion. the state health commissioner never mention the mayor's role in the city health commissioner had to be able to speak and had to ask. [inaudible] 3 thank you very much tour a central question for all new yorkers is whether or not the city responded quickly and effectively to the outbreak. we asked the cdc on hand to give us their expert assessment. >> they have done a good job of mobilizing resources and reaching out to their partners for overflow. i think they are taking this very seriously. reporter: is part of taking it seriously, the city is going to create a registry of all buildings that have cooling towers. they believ