And please help out thats all we want we want people half first we want hard for our faces. Were back to you. New york nurses say they still do not have the supplies they need to face the coronavirus pandemic today workers rallied outside of the Westchester Medical Center just north of new york city. Theyre calling for more masks and other personal protective equipment. The nurses also say theyre understaffed anymore ventilators for the large number of patients with covid19. Today new york reported nearly 800 new deaths as the total number of coronavirus test in the state has now passed 7,000. There have been over 160,000 confirmed cases. More than the entire country of italy. A small sign of relief for new york state though is that less people are going to the hospital today Governor Andrew Cuomo said there have been only 200 new hospitalizations of the last 24 hours. The lowest number since this crisis began. But the law also made it clear that his state is not out of the woods yet.
That, you see some famous sites of new york as it passed through the statue of liberty sailing into lower manhattan. World trade center in background of one of these sites, brings up memory this ship has been here before. Three days after 9 11 it helped out with first spenders then. It is back for a second go around. You have 12 operating rooms. 700 beds put into circulation right away. Mayor de blasio speaking, talking about new york has been asking for help and now the help has arrived. Heres the mayor. I cant tell you how much this means. It is so much more than even we realized at this moment, that our nation has heard our plea for help here in new york city and there could not be a better example of all of america pulling for new york city than the arrival of the usns comfort. Some major, major moment in this long battle. Connell mayor de blasio thanking by name both President Trump and defense secretary mark esper in participate of his remarks. You see numbers. New york needs hel
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
The twin turboprop was reportedly flying in bad weather. It is carrying 54 people, 49 passengers and five crew members. We will keep you updated on the story as we learn more. And we begin with breaking news in east harlem. The search is on for a man that escaped Police Custody still in handcuffs. Ilana gold joins us live from east harlem with more. Ilana . Reporter andrea, police say the suspect is 25yearold austin stevenson. They tell us he escaped from the 23rd precinct after he was arrested for trespassing. Here is his picture. Police released it moments ago. They want everyone to be on the look out for him. We wanted to show you video of police scouring the area by 102nd street and park avenue. They are going to a number of buildings trying to find the suspect but they havent had any luck. Here is what we know. The escape happened at 3 00 outside the 23rd precinct. They just took the suspect out of the patrol car. As they were walking him up to the building he got away and ran off
Monroe 64 is where you are starting off your day at 8 01 in one second. There we go. 8 01 exactly. Vortex satellite and radar, skies have cleared out after Early Morning showers. We are sitting pretty. A mostly sunny day with a slime chance of showers well north of the city. An air quality alert goes into effect at 11 00 a. M. Today. This is especially important for those of you who suffer from allergies for young kids and the elderly as well. Difficult to breath with the high heat and high levels of o soap. Here we go, to break down the day, 9 00 a. M. , 82. Thats what it feels like. By noon 86 feels like 88. Mostly sunny. Three this afternoon, 92 the high this afternoon. It will feel like 94. Skies are mostly sunny. This evening, it will start getting more humid. We will talk about what you can expect as we make our way into the workweek coming up in the full forecast. Vanessa, thank you. Breaking news this morning, indonesian airliner flying through bad weather is now missing. Trans