Celebration. Adams new campaign, take 5 to stay alive also lays out simple steps he believes can drive down the number of shootings. Go through your home and see if your child is one of the individuals who is carrying a gun. Dont start mourning after your child has shot is shot when your child is part of a crime. Reporter others point out there is no single solution to this troubling issue, that it has many layers involving the police, Community Leaders and those who live in these communities. We have the ability to address this problem in a meaningful way. Its important because whatever new york city does, the rest of the country will follow. Reporter next to this coffin adams printed out fliers approach. Again the coffin will be here through friday. For now we are live in downtown brooklyn, kemberly richardson, kemberly, thank you. New details about a Chain Reaction crash in jersey city that injured several People Including Police officers. Tonight we are hearing from the family of t
You could see wires dangling across lanes. Drivers saw five hour delays. We get up from like 10 00 this morning and we just got here. Reporter again, state police within the hour confirming the death of that truck driver. At this point they have not released his identity. For now we are live here in linden, new jersey, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Toni, thank you. What a mess. Another view of all of this from newscopter 7. Shannon sohn above it all and it looks like they are beginning to pull that truck out of there. Reporter yeah, they are finally making a little bit of progress just about half an hour ago, it was still on its side but we showing you with sky rider 7. Look at the damage to the tires there and the front end of this vehicle, burst into flames. We can also show you here exactly how this accident transpired. This is the southbound side of the new jersey turnpike on that outer roadway but you can see the three roadways next to it are all still closed down if you
To track down and disinfect possible sources of the bacteria. Good evening. I am sandra bookman. Dozens of wilderness were tested and disinfected today. The number of cases now stands at 108. But no n new cases have been diagnosed in four days. Ten have died. Five new tested positive for the legionella bacteria. Reporter well, we begin with the good news. City officials now believe that the legionnaires outbreak is now contained. However, they continue to find the legionella bacteria in new locations, including the bronx county hall of justice behind me. Five more buildings in the bronx were disinfected today disinfected today. The additional sites are at this bronx courthouse. New york city house court, Ava Post Office on the grand concourse. This is unchartered territory. Reporter according to the mayor this has been learn as you go. They didnt even have a comprehensive list of cooling towers in the bronx, which is where it can breed. We have to canvas a part of our city. Today the g
The iran deal revealed. Campaign 2016 heats up as the republican candidates face off tonight. The topten candidates just finished their first debate moments ago. At the center podium, the candidate topping the polls, donald trump. He started the show off with a bang and some disapproval from the crowd. Reporter the big question going into the first debate was which donald trump would show up. The answer came out of the box, and it drew boos. [ audience booing ] reporter of the top10 candidates who made the cut for the prime time debate on the fox news channel, trump and only trump refused to pledge not to run an independent campaign, refused to back the gop nominee even if it is not him, even if it would mean splitting the republican vote and helping to elect a democrat. Hes already hedging his bets because hes used to buying politicians of reporter the questions were often provocative. Jeb bush was asked if he agrees with some who say the last thing the nation needs is another bush in
Increasing the next several days, eventually a storm system will interact with that humidity and that could mean some heavy downpours later on in the week. We will detail that in your full accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Liz. Jeff, thank you. Following breaking news right now, two children seriously hurt after they were hit by a vehicle. This happened in new rochelle a short time ago. Police say the children were walking behind an Apartment Building when the accident happened. They are listed in serious condition at a local hospital. The crash is now under investigation. And another breaking story, this one in nearby larchmont, firefighters are at the scene of a huge fire that broke out this afternoon. Fast moving flames destroyed the salt shed inside a facility that is owned and operated by the state thruway authority. Newscopter 7 happened to be in the area and reached the fire soon after it broke out and before firefighters had even arrived. Fire is now being brought under