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Been released but one female officers remains here. Reporting live in jersey city, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Darla, thank you. Calls for action tonight in brooklyn after a violent weekend that left three people shot and killed. President eric adams and several Council Members holding a rally outside burle hall this morning to launch a campaign against gun violence. They are calling for community and Police Cooperation after a wave of shootings over the last two days. They set up an open casket outside burle hall as a stark reminder of the cost of all this gun violence. When a bullet is discharged from a barrel of a gun, it does not discriminate. It would take the life of anything and anyone that it is. York cop. Eyewitness News Reporter Kemberly Richardson at todays rally will break down the Antiviolence Campaign coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00. In less than an hour, concerned Community Members will come together in the bronx to address the legionnaires outbreak that has left four people dead. 71 cases have been reported. Eyewitness News Reporter joe torres spoke with Council Member va anythinga Vanessa Gibson who organized it and joins us more on what we can expect tonight. Reporter the meeting gets underway here at the bronx museum of the art. The new York City Health commissioner, the state assembly speaker, the Bronx Borough president will address the crowd at the beginning of the meeting. There will be a Powerpoint Presentation followed by the main reason so many people coming out to the meeting tonight, a period of questions and answers. It could happen anywhere. It could happen in the bronx, it could happen anywhere. Reporter no worries for rally maldonado who lives and works close to the op rahouse op Opera House Hotel is there this is new york city, one of the best cities in the whole world. Reporter maldonado and others are happy city leaders are hosting a town hall meeting at the bronx museum of the arts. Vanessa gibson organized the meeting to address concerns to answer questions and to clear the air. We want to make sure that the public is aware of the disease outbreak but educated about the causes, the factors, we want to caution everyone to not be alarmed. Since the outbreak on july 10th, city leaders have confirmed several dozen cases of legionnaires disease and a handful of deaths, five south bronx buildings had their cooling towers cleaned. Its still unclear which tower is spreading the bacteria. We dont know where its coming from exactly but what we do know is they have tested buildings where none of the people walked into and those buildings also tested positive. And luckily we didnt have any outbreaks or we didnt have any cases coming out of those buildings. Reporter so you see questions still unanswered. The Bronx Borough president points out there have been legionnaires outbreaks in the city before, coop city, brooklyn, other points of the five boroughs. Whats unusual in this instance is the huge cluster of cases in one particular area. Coming up at 6 00, a look at whats being done to prevent future outbreaks. We will see you in an hour. For now we are live in the bronx, joe torres, channel 7 Eyewitness News. People there understandably worried. Thank you. New details tonight about the retrial of a man accused of killing 6yearold etan patz 36 years ago. A judge today setting jury selection for the second trial of Pedro Hernandez beginning on february 22nd. His first trial you will recall ended in may with a hung jury. Hernandez confessing to killing the boy after luring him into the bodega where he worked in 1979. After todays hearing, attorney for hernandez expressing frustration that the trial wont start any sooner. Tension because my client sits in jail and the people keep requesting for a delay and now we are not going to get started until end of february and we wanted to get this case moving earlier. Jury selection expected to take a couple of weeks. Opening arguments expected to begin in march. Moments ago the three suspects in the shooting death of a new jersey teen appeared in court for the first time following their arrest. Naji mcduffy, Darius Emanuel and justin nesssmith facing a firstdegree murder charge. 16yearold broken Wirth Spann Braun Witherspoon was hit. His family donated his organs to six people. Police say they have arrested a man who broke into a womans apartment in the west village and assaulted her as she slept. 35yearold Jeffrey Joseph of Staten Island is charged with burglary and sex abuse. Police say he was caught on camera entering the building early last thursday morning. He then allegedly climbed up a fire escape to a second floor apartment and groped a 43year old woman who was asleep. The court her young life so filled with pain and tragedy and her life ended so young and so filled with pain and tragedy. Bobbi kristina brown, daughter of Whitney Houston buried today in new jersey, the same cemetery where her mom was buried. New jersey reporter toni yates is there in west field for us westfield for us. Reporter there were two women out here, grandmothers and they cried their eyes out when that hearse came driving by today with the closest today was the closest they would ever want to be in Cissy Houstons shoes. The funeral home in newark that handled the finalitis of Whitney Houston three years later carrying out the same somber duties for her daughter. Bobbi kristina brought here to Fairview Cemetery to rest in a gravesite next to her mother, Cissy Houston seen here in this suv now burying her grandchild. I saw cissy as she was passioning and looking passing and looking at her and being a mother and grandmother myself i felt the pain she felt. Reporter Bobbi Kristina was just 22 years old, the daughter of whitney and singer bobby brown, many say she couldnt overcome the loss of her mother. She faced ter miles and turmoils and hurdles that ended in january when she was found face down in the bathtub in her atlanta area townhouse, very much the way her mother was found at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2012. Six months in hospice care, Bobbi Kristina died july 26th. Its just sad. Its sad to see this. I cant even imagine what sissy and cissy and all of them what they are experiencing now. We love you, bobby. We here for you, bobby. Reporter disagreements between the housing and brown families erupted at her funeral held saturday in georgia but it was quiet here at fairview where a Short Service was held at graveside where just outside the gates Whitney Houston fans mourned again. Age. Its just a tragic time and i just want to show my gratitude and my support. Reach within yourself and let got comfort you because hes the only one that can comfort you at a time like this. Reporter and it was a very private ceremony today. In fact, Fairview Cemetery was closed to anyone else while this ceremony was going on. For now, we are live here in westfield, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. So sad. Toni, thank you. Jurors taking another step toward issuing a death sentence for the colorado Movie Theater gunman. Jurors declining to rule out the Death Penalty of james holmes clearing the way before another round of arguments before they decide whether death and prison without life in parole. Found him guilty of murdering 12 people and trying to kill 70 others. Former president jimmy carter is recovering tonight from liver surgery. According to the carter center, he underwent the elective procedure in atlanta today. Carter had a small mass on his liver that was removed. There were no complications and he is expected to make a full recovery. Stocks on wall street investigators spent the day pouring over the latest round of Quarterly Earnings reports. They were discouraged by another drop in oil prices which helped push Energy Stocks down. The dow fell 91 points closing at 17,598, the nasdaq dropped 12 points and s p 500 lost five points. Coming up as we continue with Eyewitness News at 5 00, harsh words from new jersey governor christie. At the National Level, who deserves a punch in the face . The National Teachers union. As you can imagine, teachers are reacting. We will tell you what sparked this and tell you how they are responding to teachers. Changes announced today after a young bat boy dies in an accident on the field. Area beaches. Im meteorologist lee goldberg. About five minutes left in the Severe Thunderstorm Warning that is over Sullivan County, a small cell southeast of thompson, fair amount of lightning, its flying along and around 40 miles an hour near cragsmoor around 5 21. When it gets to kingston by 6 00, probably not as severe. We will it took leonardo and miriam years to master the toss. But just a few little steps to master depositing checks with the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Disprefn mesa authorities french and malaysian authorities meeting in parents. The plane part arrived in france ore the weekend, might help solve the mystery of the boeing 777 it disappeared mid flight last year. Boeing fragment found last week on the French Indian Ocean Island of reunion. A manhunt underway in tennessee for the gunman suspected of shooting and killing a Police Officer during a drug deal. Authorities say 33yearold officer shawn bolton broke up the deal for a small amount of marijuana in memphis last night which would have resulted in just a misdemeanor citation and a fine. Tonight police are looking for 29yearold Tremaine Wilborn who is now facing a first degree murder charge. An important warning tonight about rip currents after a frightening weekend for many in our area who ventured into the ocean. Especially who ventured on long island where lifeguards were indeed busy. Several people rescued from the waters. The tragic news, two swimmers did not make it. Meteorologist jeff smith at long beach in napa county where one man drowned this weekend. Jeff. Reporter tell you what, the wind has really picked up here in the south shore of long island and thats causing the sea to look rather angry and if you think about it, all these waves coming onshore, the water eventually flows back offshore, not evenly, though. It happens in small concentrated channels of rapidly flowing water called rip currents, enough to be dangerous and deadly during the past couple of days. As ocean water temperatures rise into the 70s here on long island, thousands of people are flocking to local beaches, inviting as it may be, that water has also been extra dangerous for the past couple of days due to strong rip currents. Theres a rip on this side so we are trying to keep everyone in between the and this side. And then when they drift they tell them to move over. Did you feel any of the rip currents at all . A little bit, yeah. Reporter you could feel them . Yeah. Reporter two people drowned at long island beaches over the weekend including one here in long beach, that victim was swimming after lifeguard hours had ended as for one reason why people are tempted to swim afterhours . Its expensive to get onto the beach and some people dont want to pay the money, so that they come afterhours and, you know, when its free and they take their life into their hands. Reporter to avoid getting yourself into trouble the first order of business is to only swim when lifeguards are present. We are on starting at 9 00 and off at 6 00. Reporter flags on the beach indicate which areas are safer to swim. Between the green flags, red, red means no. The rocks are pretty dangerous. We dont want people going over there. Reporter if you feel yourself being pulled out to sea by a rip current dont swim against the rip current because you panic and thats when you have problems. When you get out to sea, you swim parallel to the shore. Reporter from the time you arrive at the beach, lifeguards are your lifeline in these types of conditions. Where can i swim and be safe . Swim in front of me and listen to what i tell you and youll have a good time. Reporter if theres one piece of good news, rip currents tend to be rather narrow channels of rapidly Falling Water so if youre a halfway decent swimmer, you swim parallel to the beach until youre out of that current, until you no longer feel yourself being pulled out to sea and then you can start swimming back towards shore. Lee goldberg was mentioning that onshore pretty strong into tomorrow. Live from long beach, im meteorologist jeff smith for channel 7 Eyewitness News. Good to hear about those warnings. Got to be careful the next few days. You can even just do your own forecast. If you notice that its more humid out, we probably have more of a southerly wind or a wind coming off the ocean, thats going to stir up the rip currents a little bit more so we have had a temperate, not so humid summer. We havent heard about brad rip thats where it is. Dropping later tomorrow and into wednesday and thats when the wind will come off the land swimming situation. But not over the next 24 hours. So something to look at here in central park. Got mainly clear skies, this camera is pointed off to the east, we are going to look at a picture right now of lower manhattan, we are looking at the west, what a difference. So we have thunderstorms over the poconos and catskills, they are not headed to new york city right now and we have clouds off to the west. These storms are trying to get to the coast and they are running into more of the ocean breeze they tend to weaken and run away from the ocean breezes. And the pressure is Holding Steady and the high today now can be updated to 90 degrees. It would have been the fourth straight day at 89. There are your records and sunset and sunrise times. Were at 76. Look at monticello, rain cooled 72 but still 90 in kingston and poughkeepsie, a couple of storms headed your way, 91 in yonkers, 85 in norwalk. Our long island numbers are in the low and middle 80s, 92 in west orange, parts of new jersey have had a heatwave now for seven days. 90 all weekend long and back to last week. Now, the dew points are generally in the upper 50s, some low to mid60s, even 72 in montauk, we are going to get into this sticky to uncomfortable range tonight and then start to settle back during the day tomorrow. So its not a longterm oppressive situation. We have these spotty storms mainly north and west overnight tonight, clouds will break for sunshine, its a partly to mostly sunny day and a spot storm in the afternoon hours. We will give you the locations for those in a moment. So theres that cell racing along into southern ulster that caused a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, a few more cells weakening over southern Sullivan County so thats the strongest one right here and moving off to the northeast so ellenville, bragsmoore, Walker Valley affected by our brief heavy downpour, does not last very long. Down so the south, the back end or southern part of the line is weakening, tries to fire up and then falls apart. I doubt these will try to reach new york city, if they did it would be close to that 6 00, 630 time period. The storms can only a bit of a shoving match here. The storms can only make it so far east and then begin to fall apart. The worst storms are up toward new england. The rest of the weather map nice for the middle of the week and then we will look to this low out of the rockies, that could mean wet weather late week, whether its a soaker or shower still working on the forecast but i think the end of the week is cooler and damp at times. Popup storm tomorrow, 90 degrees, best chance north of new york city, humidity is higher in the morning, starts to drop later. Pretty hot day. And then less humid on wednesday and that looks like a partly to mostly sunny day, should be great. Warm and humid tonight, isolated thunderstorms, best chance north and west. Down to 75. 90degree day, early clouds give way to sun, breezy, hot, isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon hours and then tomorrow night scattered clouds and less humidity. For 5 30. I told you about a popup storm mainly north tomorrow, one near the jersey shore too. New information im looking at there. Will the new jersey heatwave extend to nine days and will we have a soaking and only low 70s by the end of the week . That will be a first in a long sevenday accuweather forecast coming up later on. Thank you. Well, flooding has forced dozens of people out of their homes in florida. The evacuation effort underway of tampa. Been cleared. Floodwaters have reached as high as three to 4 feet in some areas. Local shelter. No serious injuries have been reported. City officials in chicago conducting an investigation a festival. A 35yearold man was killed and 15 injured yesterday when the large tent was toppled by strong winds from a storm. It was part of a weather system that also prompted the evacuation of the local blues festival. No one at that event was hurt. Who new Charles Schumer from new york was connected to amy schumer . They are teaming up and wait until you hear why. Did a bus driver fall asleep behind the wheel . What a quick thinking passenger did to avoid the disaster. August is heating up, just dont get scorched if youre shopping. You have to know what not to buy and what to buy so, i needed to deposit a check. I was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. Just the third day of august but so many folks these days not thinking so much about huhuh. Back to school. Before you pull out your School Supplies and equipment for your kids, 7 on your sides nina pineda here with backto donts. Some backtoschool items at their cheapest prices of the year but others are going to drop to better discounts if you wait a month or two so dont get scorched on some sales or you may regret it later. Lets begin with what to buy. August is the month for summer, summer is on sale in august. Reporter dans website dealnews. Com is chockfull of summer steals, this is the time to stock up on staples, swimsuits, flipflops, shorts and tanks will all be slashed, the same atrue for summer decor. Patio furniture is one of the big things thats on sale in august at pottery barn, at sears and at target are three of the stores that have the best deals. Reporter deals also abound on beds this month. August is the biggest month format tresses. Reporter your Favorite Brands wont be this cheap any other time of the year. The heirloom thousand dollars off, we have sterns and fosters 250 off. Reporter also seeing best of the year rock bottom prices, laptops. With backtoschool sales, august is the best time of the year to buy a laptop except for black friday. You should be looking for a 15inch screen. Your child needs something at least that large. Should also be looking for a good processor so they can do things fast. What you dont need to buy according to dan, the latest version of windows. We suggest that you wait. If you buy a windows 8 or windows 7 laptop which are Still Available and have the lowest prices you will pay hundreds less than a windows 10 laptop. Reporter another deal news, dont buy yet, the newest apple iphones and ipads. Traditionally Apple Unveils new products in september making october the time to purchase. That means the old ones, the ones that we have now go on sale. Have an iphone 6 probably around 50, the ipad air 2 probably around 359 maybe less. Reporter deal news tracks even better discounts if you buy apple at authorized resellers. When they discount apple, mac laptops, they are so much school sale. Reporter stay away from tvs and fall clothing, both drop in price in autumn. Labor day is monday, september 7th and those labor day sales are going to creep in in august and youre going to be looking for some promo codes and some stacking coupons to really stock up. My grandmother would have really. We love to save money. Thank you. Still ahead, harsh words from governor christie saying teachers deserve a punch in the face. Hear from educators of new jersey sounding off tonight about his comments. And the comedian amy schumer teams up with someone with a familiar name as well, her cousin, u. S. Senator Charles Schumer in new york. We will tell you about the issue they are tackling together. Champions. Now a team for brooklyn trying to play baseball at the next level. 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But with the republican president ial debate just three days from now and with governor christie close to not being included, was he trying to generate some headlines . 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 thursdays 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 its 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 before but its that pitching comment thats punching comment thats angered them now. I wouldnt want my students behaving like this in class and wouldnt want my own children behaving like this. Very inappropriate and to say anybody would punch anybody in the face for whatever reason, that is not a solution. Reporter christie will take his antiunion spiel to thursdays big debate, it will include the top 10 republicans, christie is there but barely. The latest polling shows donald trump widening his lead with 26 now, followed by jeb bush, scott walker and you have to go all the way down to seventh place to find governor christie with 4 of the vote. Teachers see a connection now between thursdays debate and christies latest inflammatory remark. He does like to stir controversy and to get his name, you know, out there as much as possible because i think that probably going more west people dont know so much about governor chris christie, but also i think that i wouldnt want him representing our country in peace talks. Reporter but christie is not backing down. He says with the Teachers Union, he never will. They are the single most Destructive Force in Public Education in america. Reporter nationally the aft, the American Federation of teachers which has already endorsed Hillary Clinton responded to christie by saying problems. Randy weingarten who used to be the uft president says here extremely inappropriate especially because most teachers are women. Bill and sade. Thank you. The schumer cousins, one a new york senator another other comedian today teaming up for gun control. Amy schumer stars in a movie called train wreck, during a screening in louisiana a man opened fire on fellow audience members killing two people. Feeling heart broken over what happened she decided to join her cousin, Chuck Schumer in new york today to discuss violence. No one wants to live in a ill or other dangerous people can get their hands on a gun with such ease. The time is nofor american changes. Congress is working on a mother that measure that would reward states that submit information to the federal background commission, states who dont comply will be hospitalized. 13yearold girls pulled from the Long Island Sound on sunday off Jennings Beach in fairfield. Police say they were riding on an intertube being pulled by a boat when the tube ran into a yacht. The girls were thrown into the water. People on the yacht pulled them out unconscious and then called 911. The kids hit the boat. They were in tubing and she is unconscious. Where exactly in the water are you . Aryou ofof black rock beach. Okay, youre in fairfield. Hold on. Im going to get help going. Good news to report about the girls. We have learned they have been upgraded to stable condition. Also in connecticut, starting today, police there are cracking down ondrivers who talk or text while behind the wheel without using hands free devices. The u drive, you text, you pay Campaign Runs through august 16th. Drivers caught using their phone without handsfree devices will be fined 150. In april during a Similar Campaign Police Issued nearly 16,000 citations statewide. President obama unveiling his ambitious plan to take on Climate Change aimed at sharply reduced Greenhouse Gas emissions. Its a move that could place central to his leg play central to his legacy but already pushback. Stephanie ramos has the story from washington. Reporter a scannedding standing ovation as president obama took another aggressive stand on Climate Change. I am convinced that no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a change in climate. Reporter because of this, obama unveiled a tougher dioxide emissions from power plants in the u. S. We are the first generation to feel the impact of Climate Change and the last generation that can do something about it. Reporter he adds, its important to start today with cleaner future. The e. P. A. Is setting the first ever nationwide standards to end the limitless dumping of Carbon Pollution from power plants. Reporter those plants are the largest source of Greenhouse Gases in this country, releasing about 30 of the u. S. Carbon pollution. Once president Obama Leaves Office new requirements will include an order that Carbon Emissions be reduced 32 by the year 2030, but some republicans are joining business groups to say the administrations plan would be costly on the economy. They will also likely result in Higher Energy bills for those who can afford them. Reporter president obama says they are wrong. The nerdier way to say that is we will be keeping 870 million tons of Carbon Dioxide pollution out of our atmosphere. Reporter the Administration Says states will have flexibility. They will have until next year to come up with a draft under the new guidelines. In washington, stephanie ramos, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Police officers in queens rescuing a small dog from a very hot car. It happened yesterday afternoon in forest hills. Temperatures were in the high 80s, somebody noticed the dog in the car and they alerted police who were able to get into the vehicle through a slightly open window. The puy had been left there an hour without any vision of the owner. Issued a summons but allowed to keep the animal. A bad boy bat boy struck and killed on a baseball field. Another frightening escalator accident. Coming up you will meet a new yorker who helped save an entire bus load of people in North Carolina including his up. Great to see you. 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New information tonight following the tragic death of a 9yearold bat boy who died after he was hit in the head with a bat at an amateur baseball game in kansas. The National Baseball congress now suspending the use of bat boys and girls during its world series following the accident. A player accidentally hit Kaiser Carlyle as he took a practice spring. Today carlyles team, the liberal bee jays remembered the boy. Trying to get bats for a season or get more innings and get extra work in against good hitters. He was just out here to enjoy being with the team and enjoy hanging out with everyone. And thats something that is remarkable seeing that in such a young kid. The team says it will honor kaiser at games tonight and tomorrow. One pilot killed after a helicopter accident in russia, an accident that was captured on camera. The attack helicopter participated in an air show about 100 miles southeast of moscow when its hydraulic system failed. An alarm system sounded, the pilots struggled but ended up crashing. One of the two pilots died. The Russian Air Force suspended flights on this hype of helicopter while the crash is investigated. Another tragic escalator accident in china to tell you about. This time the mans leg amputated. The floor panels giving away and trapping the mans legs. Comes after a week comes a week after a similar accident in central china. A mother died while pushing her baby to safety. In that accident the escalator panels also gave way and she fell through. Right now rescuers looking for victims after two trains lifting part of a bridge came crashing down on several buildings in the netherlands. The dramatic moments all caught on camera. The crane toppling four homes and two shops, at least 20 people are believed to have been hurt. Well, the show isnt until tomorrow but fans are lining up to see, who else, one direction. The group now a foursome will perform for Good Morning America summer Concert Series tomorrow and among the songs that are set to play is the bands new single drag me down which quickly climbed to number 1 on itunes. Be sure to tune into Good Morning America tomorrow beginning at 7 00 a. M. On channel 7 following Eyewitness News this morning. Just got a text from a friend of mine over at gma, 20,000 people on the waiting list for tickets to this concert. Guess they are a little popular. Coming up you will hear from the Bus Passenger who helped prevent a tragedy from becoming a disaster. Plus a hitchhiking robot made its way across europe and even the streets of new york but find out where this social experiment met its demise. And a big win for a youth bauble team in brooklyn. Now they are hoping to get to the next level. We will tell you what has to happen first, though. And im meteorologist lee goldberg. We have a lot of clouds around all of a sudden in new york because they are out ahead of a thunderstorm that was over sullivan, weakened quite a bit but moving to the northeast, pretty close to kingston and maybe into rhinebeck as well and we are timing that storm a little after 6 00 but it continues to weaken over that area and right now a few more storms forming over eastern pennsylvania. Right now partly to mostly cloudy skies and 87 degrees, your sevenday accuweather forecast is next on ride away by roy orbison begins to play i ride the highway. Im going my way. I leave a story untold. He just keeps sending more pictures. If youre a freerange chicken, you roam free. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Two wheels a turnin. It took Serena Williams years to master the two handed backhand. But only one shot to master the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Ss a social experiment now dead after a robot built to hitchhike around the country was found destroyed in gruesome fashion in philadelphia. Hitch bot mate it safely through boston and then new york city before meeting his death in philadelphia. The robot built to test the kindness of strangers on his way to d. C. When he disappeared only to be found without a head just hours later. A high tech hitchhiker had visited germany, canada, the netherlands before embarking on his newest journey two weeks ago. One person, thats all it took. Thats not too nice. What a friendly segue into poor robot. Do something with that, lee. I dont know. Not much i can do. Go ahead and get outside and look at a nicer forecast as hours. Got clouds around as we look at threatening skies off to the north. Some Building Clouds up there toward the george washington, the Hudson Valley and into the catskills. Our temperature at 87, partly sunny skies, southwest wind about 17 to 25 miles an hour. Heres a planner, we will have clouds around during the evening hours, 80s dropping into the upper 70s, the humidity is actually spiking during the overnight, so there can actually be a little thunderstorm that probably flares up over parts of the area during the overnight. Dont be surprised to see that and then some clouds may be left over from that in the Early Morning hours, we will start out the day around 75 or so. So clouds may be maybe even a shower east of new york city leaving the area, clouds giving way to sunshine during the day tomorrow. Then there could be a popup during the afternoon hours the best chance for an isolated storm in the afternoon mainly in our northern suburbs, we will watch that closely. Notice the thunderstorms that were over the catskills and poconos, been a lot of weakening a couple of other cells trying to get into northwest new jersey right now. This cell is really weakening near high falls, going to marbletown, there will be a rain shower here but nothing severe here, the warning expired over Sullivan County at 5 15. Our futurecast is insisting a flareup on the front along the front of a couple of storms this evening. There will be clouds around during the overnight. Then as that humidity spikes overnight, maybe a couple other thunderstorms around, i think they will be isolated. Whelm have to watch this we will have to watch this trend of the futurecast depicting a thunderstorm blowing up during the morning commute tomorrow morning. I think its overplanning. A couple of popups during the afternoon, i think thats accurate and it will be during the afternoon hours and then the humidity drops later in the day. Now with the wind still out of the south at least early on and southwest, there will be a rip current risk thats high again tomorrow. A choppy boating day, the water temperatures are inviting but its not that safe to swim. Make sure youre near a lifeguard and there will be rip currents. There will be a lot of improvement into wednesday as the winds become more off the land during the day. Air quality moderate, uv index at 8 and the pollen count is moderate. Later in the week a storm coming out of the rockies, looks like its going to come at us or to our south. Decent amount of rain to this system, even if we dont get the heaviest rain with it we will be overcast and temperatures struggling to get out into the lower to mid70s. A spot thunderstorm around, 90 degrees tomorrow, and then on wednesday 87, less humid, clouds will be gathering on thursday, worst case is late day some rains moving into our western suburbs, friday looks like a cool and damp day, 76 could be optimistic but i think the clouds are going to break on saturday and overall we are looking at a nice weekend. Its not the heat that we have experienced of late but still pleasant around 80 degrees and nice into early next week, so hopefully that seven day wasnt too robotic. No. Very good. It took me three minutes to get something. You were working at the time. Thank you. Great story coming up next and maybe you can help. Tonight a group of 12 and 13 yearold National Championship Baseball Players and their parents using social media to try to get them to the next level. The team plays in brooklyn, 16 all stars trying for the gold but only if they can get the green. The deadline, they are entering the 9th inning. Heres lucy yang. You instruct, we win in brooklyn. Reporter they are world champions. They just won the National Amateur Baseball Federation in july. Now they are training for the ultimate tournament of World Series Champions next month where they will keep against five other World Series Champions like the Little League team from chicago. Are you nervous . No. Why . Because i know im one of the best players out there. Reporter as you can see they have the confidence and skills to compete on a National Level but they dont have funds. We come from a tough background. We are a Hard Working Team and i believe we can win this money to get to the tournament so we can win it. Reporter the bobby robins have set up a go fund me page bus, hotel and food. 1700. The tournament starts in two weeks and if they dont get enough donations, they will not be able to go. Not just one tournament. Its tournament after tournament to get to where we are going and its very expensive for us parents, Single Parents as well trying to get our kids there. There are hardships in every case. I take pride in being not just their baseball coach but also their friend, their counselors and just everything in between. Reporter these boys still have a lot of money to raise, in fact, most of the money they still have to raise but like good ball players they never give up. They are determined to get to missouri. In brooklyn, lucy yang, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Good luck to them. New Research Links picky eating to anxiety. A Duke University study found Young Children more finnic eabout their finicky about their food are more likely to have emotional issues. Picky eaters have underlying feelings of anxiety. Moderately are twice as likely as other kids to experience anxious feelings. Coming up hear from the quick thinking passenger who jumped into action when a bus driver struck another car avoiding a disaster. And coming up next at 6 00, a string of shootings in brooklyn over the weekend leaves the community on edge. Now one borough leader using a graphic display to try to combat all of this gun violence. Plus, after three drone scares at jfk airport, the high Tech Solution that could prevent a dangerous close call. Join the millions who have already switched. We switched. And now, were streaming netflix. 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All i knew is that this bus needs to be stopped, somebody has to try to stop it and i was right there. Reporter the 36yearold jumped into the drivers seat and applied the brakes, veering back in the right direction. He had precious cargo on board. When we came to stop, the first thing i asked my wife, that how is my son. Thats the first thing i asked her. She said hes fine so i asked her again, check him. Reporter he and his family were along with three bus loads of travelers from queens headed to a spiritual retreat in North Carolina. They were only minutes from their destiny destination when they crashed. The bus is from apex in brooklyn, the driver, 28year old Eric Jimmerson in new york is hospitalized and charged with misdemeanor death by a Motor Vehicle of a 55yearold grandmother. He and his wife were bruised as were several other passengers. He says the driver had been going the speed limit. I dont know if he had a seizure or he fell asleep. I cant tell. I heard a noise. He made a noise from his mouth. Reporter and its a good thing he did hear that noise. He saved a bus load of people. Everybody was like saying thanks and you are the hero, you saved us. Yeah, its a good feeling. Reporter he and his family made it back to new york early this morning. Sachen says he wasnt afraid to get back on the bus but is glad to be here safe and sound. In kew gardens, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. New power as a special prosecutor to investigate the death of a mother in a Police Holding cell. Eyewitness news at 6 00 starts right now. This is new yorks number 1 news, channel 7 Eyewitness News with bill ritter and liz cho, rob powers with sports, and lee goldberg with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Now Eyewitness News at 6 00. Growing words in the bronx tonight about legionnaires and the outbreak of that deadly disease. Right now a town hall meeting getting underway as we learn new details about whats being done to try to curb this deadly outbreak and prevent another one. First an extremely violent weekend in new york city, shootings out of control, 19 people shot, three of them are dead. Tonight new questions about how to stop this gun violence and one elected official using some dramatic theater to call attention to the blood shed. At 6 00 im bill ritter. Liz off tonight. The shootings again raising concerns about police strategy, lack of stop and frisk and guns out of control in new york city. Cold, hard facts. The number of people shot in new york city so far this year, 794. Last year at this time slightly fewer than 787. But this weekend eight shootings, 16 wounded, three people killed. Most of the violence in brooklyn and tonight the borough president , a former new york cop, making a dramatic statement about gun violence. Eyewitness News Reporter Kemberly Richardson with the story. She is in downtown brooklyn for us. Kem. Reporter bill, is it disturbing . Absolutely, but then again thats the point, a single open casket here in front of borough hall. We have watched people all day. First they are curious, stop but once they look inside that wooden box, well, they are moved their mood quickly changes