Ushering in big waves for long island. Exercise caution there. Buddy system for all of our beaches today. 83 at 3 00. About 84 for a high right where we should be. We are going to see some changes this week. Well talk more about that in a bit. Right now, though, right back to the desk. Our top story this morning, the state Health Inspectors will be back in the bronx looking for legionella bacteria in the cooling towers. Mayor de blasio said the outbreak has been contained but five more buildings tested positive yesterday. The number of cases is 108. There hasnt been a new case in five days but the risk still remains in the bronx. Ilana gold has more from the melrose section of the bronx. The bronx county hall of justice is one of the buildings that just tested positive for the bacteria. But it is possible even more can be affected. Teams from the Health Department will be back in this area testing dozens of buildings. Reporter state Health Inspectors have another tough jobs ahead of th
Into the bus companys safety record. Reporter a surveillance camera captured the school bus slamming into the liquor store on springfield avenue after colliding with an suv. The bus was coming down stanford avenue but the driver told witnesses and police the brakes failed before she could stop at the busy intersection. She was saying, oh, my god, my brakes went off on me. And that was it. And i thought, thats okay. Its going to be fine, you know,. Reporter this bodega owner was among all the people you can see here rushing to help the children, the smallest only 3. I tried to come back here. I grabbed a few bottles of water and tried to give it to the little kids because they were scared. Even the ones that they were okay, they were scared. And they were crying. So i tried to help out. Reporter officials here say the 11 children, the bus driver, chaperone and suv driver were all alert and conscious with scrapes, bruises and broken bones. We take injuries to be evaluated. You dont think
The phone that he was giving up. There was a threeminute incounter i would say. They said they loved each other and at that point mr. Tyree said he was going to surrender, his words, to come out. Reporter but just before noon six hours after the standoff began, he came out shooting. It appears given the way the man chose to die that what happened here may have been a matter of death by cop. Steve langford, cbs 2 news. Garland tyree has a long criminal history. According to investigators, he has 18 prior arrests and had been in and out of prison. He had been on probation since last summer. A newspaper clip he posted on instagram shows he was arrested in the 1990s for the shooting death of a neighborhood rival but was convicted on a lesser charge. And that firefighter injured in the shooting is recovering at Richmond University Medical Center on Staten Island. Thats where cbs 2s Christine Sloan joins us live. Christine. Reporter thats right. The lieutenant firefighter is here at this hos
Soon as today. This morning we are told he is in stable condition, after getting shot twice during the tense standoff. You can hear the chaos from friday morning when the six hour standoff and gunfire landed lieutenant jim hayes in 391year veteran with the fdny and father of two is expected to make a full recovery. The neighbors anxious for him to return home. A great family man. Taking care of his kids. Taking care of the house. Says hello. Very friendly. They showed up at the apartment of garland tyree to serve him for a probation arrest and they called the Fire Department for help with the smoke and lieutenant hayes went in and got struck twice. Once through the left buttock and then the calf muscle. And he opened fire at surrenders when he refused to surrender. We spoke to his mother after the suspect came to his defense. I dont think he wanted to hurt nobody. Sources say sources had been recently investigating the gunman in connection with many shootings in the city. And 18 prior
Temperatures. Similar in the low 90s. More humid and more clouds. Generally a mostly sunny day on tap and a hot one. The current temperatures, 76 in the city. 59 in monticello. 69 for yaphank and 68 in cranbury. Most of us in the 60s and 70s out there. As we look at the vortex satellite and radar we had a few showers making their way to the north of the city early this morning. They are starting to dissipate. The sprinkles, you may see a few more fall before all is said and done. By this afternoon, skies will be mostly sunny under an air quality alert. We have high levels of o shown in the atmosphere. 9 00 a. M. 79. Feeling like 82. By noon 86, mostly sunny. Feels like 88. At 3 00 this afternoon, we peak at 92 degrees. It will feel like 94. Skies will be mostly sunny. In the first forecast, the full heat wave of 2013. I will have details shortly. We begin with breaking news out of east harlem. Police are on the hunt for a man who escaped custody while still in handcuffs. Ilana gold joi