Stretches nearly seven miles and vanessa is showing house it is all going. Vanessa . It is a beautiful morning for it. From 7 00 in the 1 00 today, you can get out along park avenue and enjoy not just the open streets but fun activities. For example, look behind me, guys. Slide the city. It is going to be a hot one today and i suspect many people will be enjoying this gigantic water slide. They actually tube down. I saw somebody lose their tube not that long ago. Pretty soaked. But the forecast today, it is looking great. Stunning out here this morning. There is a nice breeze. The air is dry. And here is where we are going later this afternoon. The temperatures right now, for us, in the 60s and 70s. And as we go through the day, we will be warming into the 90s. But 75 in the city. Just 57 in monticello. And 62 in the hamptons and 70 in belmar. As we look at the satellite and radar picture, most of us enjoying mainly clear skies. Well to the north there, you do see some showers. Today,
Another robbery in central park. This morning, police are looking for a man accused in the violent attack. Cbs 2ilana gold joins us live from the park with an update. Ilana . Andrea and diane, police say the victim is a 53yearold man. He was walking here on the upper west side. When the suspect asked him for money. And then he strangled him and stole everything he had. The nypd just released a sketch of this suspect. They say he is responsible for a violent robbery in central park, in the rammable section by 72nd street and west drive. It happened at 10 00 thursday night. It is terrible. And it is frightening. Police say he approached a 53yearold man walking by. He said he was hungry and needed money. But when the man told him no and walked away, the suspect followed, and then put him in a choke hold until he passed out. The victim woke up 30 minutes later and his wallet and backpack filled with cash, jewelry and keys were gone. It is very concerning. This is our park. We should be fre
It could be anywhere. It could be anywhere. How do we know . Reporter Health Officials say they became aware of the first case around july 10. People with the disease live in highbridge, mont haven and hunts point. And the source has not been found. More than two dozen buildings were checked for the legionella bacteria which grows in warm water. The testing focused on cooling towers and the results came back positive for the concourse mall on 161st street, Lincoln Hospital, the Opera House Hotel and two more buildings. And this building that houses a plastics building and the building that the Health Department says includes offices for verizon. All are disinfected. We will see what happens in a affects anybody else. Symptoms include fever, cough, chills and muscle aches. Contagious. So it is not spread from person to person. People get sick after breathing water vapor from faucet, showers and whirlpools or cooling towers. And people middle aged and older are at highest risk especially
Baseball diamond. Checkey beckford is live at the airport where the feds are investigating. Reporter rob, it seems the drone was in the air over the airport for quite some time. First, a jet blue pilot reported seeing it around 2 30. More than two hours later, the delta flight came within 100 feet of one. This was delta flight 407, safely parked at the gate at kennedy airport. Just minutes before, a very close call. A mile back, there was a drone flying just under the southside of this abandoned airport here. Reporter an unmanned drone, dangerously close to a flight about a land. What altitude would you say that was . Probably a hundred feet below us. Reporter normal required separation is 1,000 feet. Concerned, the tower told other pilots to be on alert. The one ahead of you reported a drone over there. A drone over there. Its extremely dangerous to the aircraft. Reporter john would know. Hes an airplane technician at kennedy. A drone so close to a plane could spell disaster. Ingestio
Bacteria. News 4s Michael George has the latest. Reporter some didnt have any idea until we told them the disease was found ntd cooling in the cooling tower. I didnt know it was in this hotel. So far, no one at the hotel has gotten sick. The cooling tower is being dis disinfected. Were taking all the steps to make sure the hotel is a safe place to stay. The outbreak is growing. 57 people have gotten sick and three have died. Health experts are trying to track down the source. 17 buildings have cooling towers. Three of them have tested positive. Its kind of scary because my mom suffers from asthma. Now you have me a little bit worried. The three people who died were middle aged. It doesnt spread person to person. You can only get it from breathing in the bacteria. Whatevers not atmosphere gets pulled into the cooling tower. Theres a lot more dirt and debris. Reporter its treatable with antibiotics if caught early. If you notice any symptoms, contact a doctor right away. 6 04 now and a f