Today. Brayton came with his chief oneal. The top uniformed off ers. Brayton is the best face in policing and he has run Police Departments in boston, los angeles and twice now in new york. He took over a department in transition reducing stop and frisk while continuing a dramatic record low crime level in the city. Today, brayton wouldnt say what hes going to time. Im leaving with reluctance. I wish i had more time chronologically to stay around three or 4 years to work on issues. I dont have that type of time. Missing you every single day, but this friendship, this deep, deep connection will continue. I want to thank you for all youve done for the people of new york city. And today, brayton says hes spent the last 31 months in Office Putting to the a team that can take over for him once he does resign. Will take place on september 16th. Well see you at 5 00. Live at city hall, dave, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, dave. Lets go over to tim fletcher who has more on oneal. Report
With the zika crisis costs money. Research for new vaccines and nih Just Announced the first cringe cal trials in humans. That costs money. Thats why there is an urgent request for funding back in february. Not only did the Republicanled Congress not pass the request, they worked to cut it. Then they left for summer recess without passing new fight against zika. The folks on the front lines in the meantime have been moving funds from other areas to make do. But now the money that we need to fight zika is rapidly running out. The situation is getting critical. For instance, without sufficient funding, Clinical Trials and the possibilities of a vaccine which is well within reach could be delayed. This is not the time for members have now contracted zika overseas. In 50 u. S. States, we know of more than 1800 cases connected to travel to affected areas and that includes 500 pregnant women. Zika is present in almost every part of puerto rico. Now we have the first local transmission in flo
Thunderstorms in the afternoon. Today and tomorrow 105, 110 is the real feel. Much of the area, 100 to 105. You have to go all the way out to the far eastern end for it to feel a little better. It will be quo hot and huh quite hot and humid. Thunderstorms later. We will talk about it in the forecast. Without a shadow of a doubt its hot outside. The power grid is working cool. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rocco is live in downtown brooklyn outside the office of emergency management. Reporter hi, shirleen. Its hot out here. Feels like 100 degrees. The mayor is talking about heat concerns with airconditioning running overtime and its putting a strain on the power grid. With the thermometer pushing 80 before noon, they cut the morning run short. Its hard on be. A lot of my friends didnt come to the park. This is beyond everything. I thought florida is bad. This is ridiculous. I hear a lot of people complaining. Im from d. C. So the humidity is regularly like this. Im okay with it. Report
Back. And her face was completely full of blood. She landed on her face. She was in really bad shape. I dragged her out. I said, listen. You need to get up off the f loor. It was a Police Officer on patrol, who heard a loud pop at the home before the fire broke out. He immediately called for fire and first first aid assistance. Moments later, they were helping with the rescue. One father was actually officer was trying to hold him and break him as best he could. Here are the pictures that the three officers that the chief was just talking about. The officers helping out with that rescue, lieutenant christopher bowl, patrolman, and patrolman dominic verde. The red cross also on hand, helping six people from two families, all of them displaced by this fire. An investigation, as you can imagine, is now under way. Live in little ferry, im joe torres, eyewitness news. The coast guard rescuing hundreds of people from a ferry boat that caught on fire off the coast of puerto rico. We have smok
They were examples of goodness and righteousness and examples of peace and understanding. We will take their example and build upon it. We do not know if it was a [indiscernible] crime, but this was not an act of compassion or an act of love. Currently theres a 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an individual at this hour as we point out though. A person of interest is being questioned by the nypd. Tim fleischer, Eyewitness News. We have new information on the scare, jfk. Theres flight delays. A celebration of the post olympic victory was behind it. Last night, passengers flooded into the street as heavily Armed Police Officers flooded the street after a 911 call reported shots fired. People who didnt make it out outside found any place to hide. I put my backpack in front of me because i didnt want to get shot in the head. When it started happening, i had an image in my mind with someone coming with guns. In the end, the Port Authority and the nypd says no gun or ev