This outbreak is a wakeup call. We essentially do know where it originated. We dont know why it originated. A new phase in the fight against a legionnaires outbreak. More buildings affected by the outbreak including a school and a courthouse. Im diane macedo, and cindy hsu is off tonight. Mayor de blasio says the outbreak is contained, but the work is far from over. Five more buildings tested positive. Theres 108 case, and theres not been a new case in four days, but the risk lingers in parts of the bronx. Matt kozar has more. Reporter diane, the city believes the source of the unprecedented outbreak is among the five original buildings that tested positive. The cdc and state Health Inspectors are working with the city to get it all under control, and this weekend, they are pulling out all the stops. Reporter wearing a protective mask, a Health Inspector carefully scooping a water sample from the montofur hospital. Inspectors focused their efforts on 112 cooling towers in the bronx. On
Good morning, 6 00 a. M. , sunday, august 9. Im diane macedo. Im andrea grymes. Todays top stories are straight ahead but look who we have in the studio. John elliott in the house. Welcome john. Who is enjoying the treats . You got to be kidding, this is great. You guys both look lovely. I dont know how you do it every sunday morning. Me, this is just luck, i just kind of throw this together. How about this . It is just sublime out there on your sunday. I know lamenting the absence of the rain we need but Perfect Timing for the second half of the weekend. Got some plans outside . The weather will cooperate. It is delightful. 55 in monticello. 58 in sparta. 59 in summit. 65 in roslyn. 68 in the city. Pretty skies overhead. Another way to tell the tale. The vortex satellite and radar, there is the big low sitting and spinning kicking up the waves for the shore. But it is going to pave the way for a nice day for us. Around 80 at lunch time in the city. Your high today about 83 and feeling
We do see a few clouds popping up later this afternoon north and west, just a little dynamics at play. The high pressure, the driving force of our weather, big low off the coast will keep the risk of rip currents moderate for the long island beaches. Make sure youre ready for that. 84 for the high. Less humidity. We will talk more about the changes this week holds in a bit. But right now back to the desk. Our top story this morning, state Health Inspectors back in the bronx. Mayor de blasio said the monthlong outbreak has been contained but five more buildings tested positive for the legionella bacteria bringing the total to 10. The number of people infected now stands at 108. There hasnt been a new case in five days but the risk is still out there in parts of the bronx. Ilana gold has more about this story from the melrose section of the bronx. This courthouse is one of those buildings that just tested positive for the bacteria but even more locations could be affected. So in just a f
Lone wolf attack. The detonator went off but failed to set off the main charge that would have been devastating. The detonator burned people on the train car and sent passengers scrambling for cover. People were jumping over things at the train station. Jumping down. Jumping into people. I dont think you understand. That is what im trying from the higher level to the lower. Not caring if they break their bones. You can hear how desperate people were to get away from the incident. This is the video circulating on social media showing the aftermath on board the train. It appears to have been contained in a construction bucket in a foil lined plastic bag and you can see the flames inside and outside of the bucket. Mike, you said 29 people injured in this incident, many reporting flash burns. Passengers say it started with an explosion at 8 20 local time in one of the train cars during the height of the morning rush hour. Passengers rushed from the scene with burns on their faces and bodie
Its a Good Opportunity to connect with them in general, but also make sure that their projects are not susceptible to any incorrect procedures. And thats it. I just want to wrap up. First of all, i want to acknowledge the many people who have worked very, very hard on this effort. Obviously supervisors wiener, kim, and chiu and their various aides who put a ton of time into this, ilene warren from the city attorneys office, we heard of her heroism on this effort. Also there are a number of people at the Planning Department who have really thrown themselves into this. Im going to start with laura because shes gone above and beyond. Also tanya shiner, andrea contrayer as, noni [speaker not understood], chris kern who are all in environmental planning, mike wynn and elton chin in our Information Technology group, and jonas has been a very helpful advisor and really greased things to make things happen and let us make changes. So, thank you very much. Im happy to take any questions or comm