They said they do not have anyone under arrest or suspects that have been identified. Were live from east new york, peisze cheng, today in new york. Well continue to follow the story as the day progresses. The midnight deadline for thousands of verizon workers to strike has passed. The workers remain on the job at least for now. Workers rallied in rye where negotiations are still going. But a deal looks elusive. The union offered the company a deal with retiree cost savings and health care. Verizon cam back with a new proposal thats unfair. Theyre a rich corporation, its time that verizon take some of that money and return it to their most important assets, their employees. In all honesty, theres a lot of work to be done. A lot of issues to be resolved. But theres a lot of talking going on. Thats also a good thing. Verizon says the strike would have minimal impact on customers. Theyve trained 15,000 nonunion employees in case Union Members walk off the job ziefrnl the number of buildings tested positive for legionella is growing. A fourth person has now died and at least 65 are sick. We are told that all of the people who did die had some underlying medical conditions that had weakened their immune systems. That makes you more susceptible certainly. They revealed it turned up in two additional bronx buildings. Steam Line Plastics on park avenue and a Verizon Office Building on 167th street. Michael george has the reporter infections on the rise. Now four people have died and 65 are sick in the outbreak of legionnaires disease in the its got a lot of people who own health. Try to avoid this area as much as i can. Not much i can do. Its caught when people breathe in an airborne bacteria. Thats been traced to cooling towers on the roofs of buildings. Lincoln hospital, a hotel, a Shopping Center a plastics business and now a verizon office. I am concerned. There are a lot of Old Buildings in regards to being decrepit. Reporter most people havent heard about it. This man lives close to where it was found. He asked us what he should do to keep his family safe . Its a frightening situation. What we going to do . Reporter heres what we told him. Legionnaires is treatable if you get help quickly. Keep an eye out for fever, coughing and shortness of breath. If you experience those, get checked out right away. Good thing i know. I can tell my friends about it. Reporter all five cooling towers have been disinfected but Health Experts worry there are more people out there who have already been exposed. We mighsee the number of cases increase because people have already been exposed and the infection may present itself over the next few days. Reporter right now, Health Experts are running tests trying to find the source of the infection. Meanwhile, officials and verizon are checking every other cooling tower they operate in the bronx. Michael george, today in new york. New on the political scene, speculation about Vice President biden making a run for the top job at the white house next year. But right now theres no indication that any announcement is imminent. Biden has run for president before and theres been talk for years he might run again. He has not confirmed or denied anything in the latest round. He has said in the past he would make a decision, final decision by the end of the summer. Thats rapidly approaching. Its a few weeks away. Speaking of politics, the white house will be the focus of meet the press coming up. Chuck todd live in washington with a preview. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, gus and kerry. Boy, what a sup nday. This is supposed to be august. The first Republican Debate coming up. So many candidates. Have they figured out who is going to be in the debate . No. Weve got a poll that well be unveiling in a few minutes at the top of meet the press. The new nbc wall street journal poll. Well show you our top ten. The problem for our friends at fox putting on the debate, we have 11 people in ten spots. The last three candidates in the bottom of the poll are tied for ninth. One cant make it. Theyre going to be using decimal points to decide who gets in and who is left out. When you talk about this debate, on one hand, were talking about who gets the last podium on one of the wings of the stage. Its that guy in the center named donald trump that focus of the attention. You cant leave him out. Hes always good for a sound not. Though . Are the other candidate worried about how hes going to play this game . He will well, the other him. One compared him to a rattlesnake, another to a drunk nascar driver. Whats interesting is i just spoke i know. You cant make it up. I just spoke to donald trump. Youll hear it at the top of the show. There is sort of a clark kent and superman or bizarro superman. Theres mild donald trump and high octane donald trump. I had a version of donald trump that, if thats who shows up in the debates, i think its going to shake up the field a little bit and make them uncomfortable. I think in some ways these guys are preparing for the loud trump. What happens if hes the guy with gravitas. Cant be more measured as dr. Ben carson. What role is he carving out in this crowd . Its funny. Hes trying to carve out the same candidacy really astrum p, be the nonpolitician in the field. Hes sort of this top tier candidate, at least in the polling that doesnt get treated that way by Media Attention and activists. Its interesting, i asked him that question about whether trump hurt or helped his candidacy. He believes it helped because its given legs to the idea that a nonpolitician can be taken seriously. Chuck, as you said. Quite a sunday. Stick around for meet the press with chuck todd at 10 30. A drunk nascar driver. Thats kind of how we talk to one another. Its 10 09. You might have seen unusual pictures projected on the Empire State Building last night. Award winning filmmakers tried to raise awareness about the plight of endangered species by illuminating the building with pictures and video of the animals. Theyre hoping to prevent april mass extinction. Meanwhile, police in queens as you can see there, on the lookout for a gator. On twitter, the twitter has a handle named jaws. Were told that a jogger spotted this reptile sometime yesterday. Police are still searching for him or her. At last check they were not successful. See them keeping an eye out for him there. Looking stern and worried. Coming up, a special opportunity for you to get a firsthand look at a local landfill that has been transformed into a beautiful park. But first, the latest on the wildfires that have sparked a state of emergency in california. Our dry weather weekend continues on this sunday. Sunshine back to the 80s already in some spots. Another beach day. How long will this beautiful weather last . Well take a look at the sevenday forecast and a muggy change coming our way. You exercise. You choose the salad. Occasionally. But staying well physically, financially, emotionally its hard on your own. So cignas got your back, and your knees, 24 7. Your questions. Coaching. In sickness and in health, cignas there, helping you to get well and stay well. Thats having a partner, whos with you all the way. Cigna. A ferocious wildfire forced neighbors to evacuate. The rocky fire destroyed at least 50 homes and other structures threatening 6,000 more in lake county. So far the fire burned more than 42 square miles and only 5 contained. 20 large fires are burning across Northern California and firefighters are mourning one of their own who died on the fire line just last week. For decades the words fresh kills frankly meant trash dump to new yorkers, especially on staten island. Not anymore. What used to be the largest landfill is being transformed into a beautiful park. That park is holding a discovery day to let you check it out. John chandler takes you inside. Reporter if youre looking for serenity on staten island, follow Martin Martinez to what many consider an unlikely place. I try to come every day. Little exercise. He finds peace on the paved path that just opened along the still developing Fresh Kills Park. Much better now. Reporter then Fresh Kills Park was the Worlds Largest landfill. It stunk. I couldnt breathe. When i had to go to the mall, it was horrifying. It was the most disgusting horrible thing ive ever smelled in my life. Reporter susan grew up near the landfill filled with 54 years of trash and once used to sort through the rubble of 9 11. Its gorgeous now. I waited 40 years for this to happen. Im waiting for more good things to happen. Reporter her friend nancy park. Shes a little more skeptical of the big picture here. Well see how that turns out. Reporter this is how the city en vipgss it turning out. A massive green space three times the size of central park. It might take a couple of generations to cycle through and forget what fresh kills once was and what it is now becoming. In fact, park says it wont be fully complete until 2036. Martin cant wait to see what it looks like then based on what he bikes now. Now when you ride through here, its like youre riding through a forest. Its beautiful. Reporter in the wilderness of staten island. Talk about transformation. What it used to be and now you feel like new england. Im ready to go. The weather is perfect today. Beautiful again. It doesnt get much better than this. We have the heat. Feels like summer. But we dont have the humidity. Its not muggy outside. Its a comfortable sunday with temperatures in the 80 eads. We could see 90 in some spots. Look at the sunshine. Get used to it. An allday event with the sun. 80 degrees and mostly sunny skies in central park. Still comfortable, though. Humidity is in check. Lets look at Storm Tracker and its a quiet picture. Exactly what we want to see on the weekend. No rain and hardly any cloud. Struggling to find the clouds on the satellite picture. It was chilly. Not chilly but temperatures in the 50s. It was refreshing in northwest new jersey. Were back to the 70s in most spots. Klosing in on 80s. Close to 70 in high point. 75 belvidere. Looking at 81 in oakland and low 80s from new york city to long island. Great beach weather developing at this hour in the hamptons. Great baseball weather too. Later on this afternoon and evening. Nationals taking on the mets. 8 08. Pleasantly warm for that. First pitch temperature 80 degrees and temperatures sliding into the 70s throughout the game. Future tracker, break down the rest of the day hour by hour. This is 1 00 p. M. Were keeping it nice and quiet. Temperatures well into the 80s by then. By 4 00, were heading into the homestretch of the day, looks good. Mostly sunny skies. A few clouds off to the south. 8 00 tomorrow. Its still dry and sunny. You need the sunglasses as you head to work tomorrow. By 7 00 p. M. , tracking a cold front. This is tomorrow afternoon and evening. The next chance of rain, especially north and west of new york city we could see a few strong, even severe thunderstorms as a cold front approaches and some of that rain lingers into tuesday morning. It should be gone by the time you head out to work tuesday for the commute. Its going to be another hot day ahead. 88 for a high. Above average. Continuing to trend what weve been on. Mostly clear and a mild night ahead. Lets look at the sevenday forecast. The hot stuff keeps going for a few days. 91 tomorrow. As we head back to work. You will feel the mugginess on monday that were missing today. Gets sticky for monday. A little better on tuesday. Still hot with a high of 90. Wednesday, 88 degrees. Finally, cooling down by the end of the week. You want to stay up to date with the news 4 new york app. Tap the news 4 logo in the corner and select the weather tab. You can see the latest forecast, interactive radar and how to submit a weather video. Its available in the app store now. Kerry and gus over to you. Next on in sunday morning, tomatoes and mozzarella. Whats not to love . Nothing. We have a recipe that is perfect for this time of year with those perfect ingredients. Were going to cook up a storm coming up on today in new york. If you have bright summer tomatoes, your time has come. Owe seeks ited about a cooking segment. The long time executive chef at lydias place on the upper east side. Terrific spot. Shows how to turn the summers tomatoes into something very special. Chef, good morning. Good morning. We saw a recipe yesterday and i was salivate ing yesterday afternoon. Seeing you in front of us. All the heirloom tomatoes. Everything is summer, summer, summer. What are we making . Almost from scratch, i sit and do all the process to make mozzarella and everything take too long. We have local mozzarella. This is from upstate new york. We put the mozzarella in water like 141, 150 degrees. In a sooef there. Ten seconds, full power. We can use a microwave for it. So you take it in there. Wed have to bring in a fire marshal. Why do you put it there . Trying to soften it up. To make almost like paper thin. Its going to be the you have to roll it out. The inside of it. You take it out of there. How can you tell its ready . Soft. But not too soft. A little warm so its maleeh leable malleable. Quarter inch cup there that youve sliced . Yes. Put it in the paper. Rolling pin. You start to roll it. It needs to be paper thin . Yes. Youre going as thin as you want. Okay. So do you that for a couple of minutes. Of course, its better you reach the we have one we just made a few minutes ago. Excellent. Doesnt take a lot of time. No, fast. Super, super, fast. Like a tortilla. Almost like a crepe as well. Real thin that way. It is mozzarella, with real milk. Cheese. Cant go wrong with cheese. More cheese, please. Im sorry. You want top notch quality stuff here, too . Yes. Better the mozzarella is, the better the result will be. Youre folding the chopped cheese with the milk into that kind of crepe thing. Its like a little purse. Okay. We put these on a plate. Oh, my word. Its diet food. Its just that easy. After that, theres no more preparation. No. Just a little tomato. How do you season it up . Olive oil, salt. Youve got edible flowers and all kinds of good stuff in here. Just to make it real more interesting. Add a little color. Coarse ground salt. Then we have the nice tomato. Then you think this is the best time of year to make this sort of dish, right . Especially the tomatoes theyre around only for 40, 50 days. Theyre colorful with the heirloom with the purples and the greens and the oranges. Where do you get this . We work directly with the farmer. All the farms. Basil seeds. Do they taste like basil . Yes. A little spicy necessary of the basil. Then we can use micro basil. We have more violet. Just give it a little color. Also for the taste. Not just the look. Mostly for the taste. If youre watching at home, the recipe is up on nbcnewyork. Com. Phenomenal. The restaurant is if he lydia. Topping it off there. Dont chins chins ce on the olive oil. You talk about the fact that your daughter loves to eat produce out of the gardens. Probably because you make beautiful recipes like this. If you have the produce, its the most important thing in the world. Like respect for the produce. Olive oil, salt and fresh produce. Chef, thank you very much. Appreciate you coming. Back in a moment with a final check of the forecast. Leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. P get your first month s payment r plus five years wearr and tear coverage. P make the most of summer. T with volvo. Just want to remind you. On august 15, nbc is teaming up with hundreds of shelters across the tristate to find homes for pets in need. Many shelters agreed to cut adoption fees that day. Hope you can take part. Before we go, check out these pictures from the new jersey reporter, Brian Thompson at the Monmouth Park train station this morning. Busy day there. Nj transit jammed with people heading out to see American Pharoah run at the haskell invitational. Its his first race since the triple crown winning belmont. If you cant make it out today, tune in at 5 00 p. M. Well be showing the race right here on nbc 4 at 5 00. Good weather for it. Very dry today. Its mild. Going to a high of 88 degrees. A little cooler than yesterday. Humidity is still in check. Its comfortable, its not muggy. Its a beach day. So get outside and enjoy it. It does turn muggy tomorrow, though. Get ready for that. The humidity is back on monday. Couple of storms are possible monday night especially. The heat stays with us through the middle of the week. Thursday we finally cool down. Mondays always stink, dont they . They did. Thanks for spending your sunday morning with us. Well see you next saturday starting at 6 00. Meet the press is next. Thanks for having us in for news. This sunday a potential po political bomb shell. Word that joe biden is seriously considering taken on hillary clinton. We have the latest on what we ally know. Also game on. Its Republican Debate week. It was hit trump. Hit trump, and i am in the lions den. How will the others deal with the wild card donald trump . The man himself donald trump joins me this morning. The latest clues as to who is in and who is out. I will be joined by the other nonpolitician thats breaking in ben carson. We will talk immigration, black lives matter and the iran deal. Its probably the worst deal in history of america. Joining welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc News Washington this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good morning. If you love politics and campaign, this is the show for you this morning. All this week we have been talking about one thing. The first republican president ial debate. Then we have a potential political stun er. Vice President Joe Biden is said to be taking a serious look into jumping into the race. It will end the democratic primary. We will goat that et to that in a moment and whats going on in the biden world and a time that he may make the decision. To the man on the republican side. Donald trump is going join us, and he will like what we have to