Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News 20240622 : comparemela.

Transcripts For WABC Eyewitness News 20240622

The number of cases is 100, ten fatal. Mayor de blasio announced that any building with a cooling tower will have the system tested asap. The order instructs the owners or manager to test and disinfect their cooling tower within the next 14 days. Failure to comply with the commissioners order is a misdemeanor. Reporter the state is getting involved as well. Today the Bronx Borough president invited the state Health Commissioner to tour concourse plaza, a Shopping Plaza where one tested positive for legionella, the bacteria that can grow in water based systems. Time is not our friend. We need to make sure that the borough is safe. The governor ordered that the state provide testing of cooling towers for free. Incredibly populated area. A lot of people, a lot of cooling towers and we are trying to figure out how it started. Reporter the mayor says the required testing is out of an abundance of caution. Until the numbers come down, wendy rivera plans to avoid the affected neighborhoods. I know its a little silly but to me its like saving my life. Im trying to stay alive. Im afraid. Reporter not only does the the city is not clear of the source of the outbreak but not sure how many cooling towers there are. They arent seven tramly registered with one department. At 6 00 Emergency Management is trying to go about locating and identifying the towers. For now live in the melrose section of the bronx, marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. We have been tweeting out updates and we have an entire section at abc7ny with information on the symptoms and how it is spread. Its available on our home page. The search is being scaled back right now for that missing swimmer off the jersey shore. The 25yearold man was last seen struggling in the waves off sandy hook last night. Darla miles joins us with new details. Darla . Reporter lifeguards and park rangers will patrol the beach on foot but the helicopters and dive teams are done for the day. The gentlemans family is down there while they are going through the search. Reporter no one was more glued to the helicopters and rescue boats than the family of the 25yearold swimmer that never came out of the water in sandy hook. Obviously they havent found him and its sad. You wanted to go to beach b but it was closed. Yeah, it was closed. Reporter beach b is where investigators say the young man was enjoying the day with his girlfriend around 7 30 p. M. A 911 call was placed about two people who were struggling in the water. There was cops and ambulances and a lot of action going on. Reporter this is cell phone video of life guards from nearby beaches running to help they called off the air and dive teams late in the afternoon. I see a lot of activity. Helicopters, two helicopters since i got here at 9 30, then boats back and forth searching with no result. The area where the Monmouth County resident went missing is unprotected which meant a lifeguard is not stationed on that beach. You never want to hear about it later like oh, i went out to hang out at the beach and then you never come back. You dont see your family. Its sad. Now, investigators have not released the name of the 25 yearold swimmer only saying that he is a resident of Monmouth County. Reporting live in sandy hook, darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Mayor de blasio announced that the city has settled a longstanding dispute with the Uniformed Firefighters Association over disability pensions. An agreement has been reached to withdraw a lawsuit filed by the Firefighters Union against City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito over pension benefits. A suspect is in custody for a violent attack on a woman in chinatown. Zin mcdade was arrested in a separate incident. Investigators linked him to an assault on a 55yearold woman that happened last month. She was hit in the back as she was standing at motte and grand streets. She was treated for a cut. Bail is set for 75,000 for the man accused of opening fire in a parking lot near the pnc arts center in new jersey. Police say 27yearold karon powell shot two men ages 23 and 24 after a hiphop concert in holmdel. Both of them were critically injured. Powell is charged with two counts of attempted homicide and weapons offenses. People are still without power days after the terrible storm. Brookhaven was one of the hardest hit. More than 1900 dont have electricity there. 96 of the homes affected have restored power. Utilities are coming back in Cliffside Park following the huge water main break. A train collapsed on a road there yesterday. Crews moved the 600,000pound piece of equipment off the main and are repairing the damage. Gas and Water Service are evening. A boil advisory will be in effect the next day or two. We are awaiting sentencing with the 11th american convicted in the road rage attack on alexian lean in 2013. Sims was convicted of assault and gang assault for taking part in the chase. He institute trial along with former nypd detective wojciech braszczok. He was sentenced to two years in prison. To politics, tonight is a big night for anyone following the president ial campaign. Record numbers are expected to watch the first republican primary debate and candidate donald trump may be the biggest reason. Karen travers is there with a look at what you can expect. Reporter diana, good afternoon from its fitting that the republican election season will kick off right here. This arena is famous for lebron james and the cavaliers but next summer, this is where one of the republican contenders will accept the nomination. Tonight they will be on stage making their case to voters why they should be the one up there at the Convention Next summer. Ten republican contenders, one potentially epic show down. The goal for nine of them, break through and stop one man from dominating the night. They have to figure out a way to get oxygen back in the race. Right now all that is being consumed by donald trump. Reporter donald trump the solid frontrunner, center stage for his first ever political debate. His team lowering expectations. Senior advisor saying trump doesnt prep. He has gone after his opponents with fiery attacks rarely seen this early in campaign seasons. But his strategy tonight if i am attacked i have to do Something Back but i would like it to tampa bay very civil. Reporter some republicans say its time to put trump under scrutiny. One way to do that, tie him to the clintons. Trump team confirming he spoke by phone to former president bill clinton about his political future before jumping in the republican race. The debate is two hours including commercials. That breaks down to about 10 minutes per candidate. Stay way from the oh, i gotcha moment and identifying out in short framework to say this is who i am and this is why i would make a better president than the rest of these people on stage. Reporter earlier in the night and getting far less fanfare, a secondary event for the 7 candidates that didnt qualify for the main stage. Jeb bush and scott walker are on side of donald trump. They could get it from all sides if the other contenders dont put it on trump, bush and walker are who they will go after next. Political reporter dave evans will be watching the debate and have highlights and reaction on Eyewitness News at 11 00. Right now we are learning more about the gunman in the tennessee movie shooting. Investigators say vicente montana had propane, lighter fluid and may have wanted to set off an explosive device. He was committed four times. He was shot to death by police. His motive is yet to be determined, although we know and you know that he has mental issues. He has been diagnosed apparently as a paranoid schizophrenic in the past. Police say he had a realistic pellet gun. Three people in the theater were injured. The search is on for debris from flight 370 as the search continues whether a wing flight belonged to the doomed flight. The malaysian government says its from the plane. French investigators are not entirely sure. A lot of family members, people on the flight remain skeptical. The search for an arsonist. New exclusive video shows a new york city restaurant going up in flames minutes after man sets it on fire. A firefighter killed in a hit and run tonight. Now a new push for answers. And an airport overhaul. The changes happening at new york city airports and what it could mean for your future trips. No reason to skip town with a Weather Forecast like this as we head into the weekend. Join the millions who have already switched. We switched. And now, were streaming netflix. 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It happened at the restaurant strictly vegetarian on church street. Kemberly richardson is there with new exclusive video of the flames. Kemberly . Reporter sade, this fire caused so much damage this building is boarded up. Its not clear when or if this restaurant will reopen. Seconds after this fire bug took off, another man, who was working in the area, pulled out a cell phone and started report recording the flames. Going on. I didnt want to get close. Reporter Colin Johnson couldnt believe what was going down in front of him. Flames. His cell phone video something Eyewitness News. The 18yearold works for a private Sanitation Company and was making a pickup near the building and spotted this. I saw a flash and smelled smoke, we backed up. We saw the fire. Reporter it was after 3 00 in the morning july 23rd when police say this man walked past the restaurant strictly vegetarian and calmly lit it on fire. Today the nypd released this video of surveillance cameras from the eatery and traced the suspects every move. That is him. He appears to toss an incendiary device at the front left corner of the restaurant and walk away. Collins saw what it was. A small gas bottle on the ground. Reporter like a gas can . Yeah. Reporter there was so much damage inside the restaurant it has been shut down every since. Looked like it was set on top of way down to the floor. Then from there it just started to spread up top. Reporter sources tell Eyewitness News one theory on the table, detectives are looking at a possible landlord tenant dispute. Two other businesses are shut down. Another fears it may be next. And now this. Sources say the restaurant and Building Owner have been hitting heads. The case ended up in court. The restaurant was able to stay and now the fire. Every day people come by trying to buy them out. The next thing you know, a fire hey. Reporter this fire was set after 3 00 in the morning on july 23rd a thursday. If you have any information, call police. Live in the flatbush section of brooklyn, kemberly richardson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, kemberly. Five months later and no leads. A renewed push to find the hit and run driver that killed a new jersey firefighter. Justice for George Kavanagh is a fab page set up. The reward for information is 15,000. The 75yearold volunteer firefighter was struck and killed by a car in march in front of the firehouse. Coast guard and suffolk crews rescued five people from the Great South Bay after a fire on their boat. They abandoned the ship near the robert moses causeway. Rescuers pulled them from the water before 10 00 p. M. West islip put out the fire and a salvage crew towed the boat to a marina. No wane was hurt. Away ward dolphin keeps swimming in the south river in old bridge, new jersey. Newscopter 7 saw it surface a couple of times this morning. People gathered on the nearby bridge to see the site. Officials with the Marine Mammal stranding center are monitoring the dolphin. They believe it will eventually swim back out on its own. New at 5 00, does the subway seem cleaner in mta officials claim fewer trash cans lead to less garbage. The mta removed trash cans from 39 stations, all part of a pilot project. Officials say those stations had up to 66 less garbage. There was less rodent activity. Those two are connected. The mta plans to continue the Program Throughout the year. Get rid of the trash cans, you get rid of the trash. You notice this. That happened the last couple of days. I look down and see a lot of cups. Not as much. I usually see the rats. Something fun and fun for the whole family as well. We have had this mix of weather lately. All those storms the last couple of days and we get respite and. We are in good shape for the weekend. We have to dodge a storm. Speaking of going underground, its more comfortable. Not as bad on the platform. A lot of high clouds around. We will take that. We dont want the rain clouds. We dont need them for the weekend. Nice in the meadow right now. Beach on . Beach is on sade. The beach is on. One day that is better than the other. 82 right now. Humidity at 34 . Wind is currently out of the north. The high 82. That is two degrees below average. There are the sunrise and sunset times. Last year on the state mostly sunny and 83. 85 in sayreville. More high clouds in the jersey shore but nice on the beach. We saw darla miles there earlier. It looked nice on the shore. 80 in poughkeepsie. 80 islip. 83 in newark. Clouds are going to be on the increase the first part of the night. In fact, the cloudy yeast time will be during the overnight. Clouds retreat. Sun and high clouds during the day tomorrow. Probably more cloudiness, monmouth, ocean, Middlesex County down the shore. Sprinkles are trying to get to philly. The air is dry over us. I dont think a lot of these will survive the trip. If they do, its south of 195, south of 78 in new jersey. Here is this low right here. You can see the circulation. Its not looking as organized. This will go just far enough offshore that we will be on the western fringe of the cloudiness. That may be offshore at this point. I am not concerned about rainy more. We may get a partly sunny day on saturday even at the beaches. Nicer to the north tomorrow. Its the day with a fair amount of cloudiness. Even the south shore of long island. More sun to the north and west. That storm skips out to see. There is a second piece. We have to monitor that. Its curling offshore. Look how far the western edge of the cloud shield is, a few hundred miles offshore. Thats good news. We have to watch this weak system sunday that could bring extra clouds to north and west. Maybe the poconos or catskills. Partly to mostly cloudy overnight. A shower can sneak into southern new jersey. 82 tomorrow. Mix of sun and clouds. Favoring Sunshine North and more cloudiness south. Tomorrow night partly cloudy skies and 67. Here is what we are working on for 5 30. Only weekend shower threat turn out to be north and west . We will investigate that. Does the Hurricane Season look like it will be below normal . Hurricane season came out with an update to the main forecast. Significant rain a possibility one day early next week. More in the sevenday forecast. Thank you, lee. A harlem man wrongly convicted of murder dies nearly a year after his tonight new allegation coming from Sharrif Wilsons family as they take on the city. Also, rapper busta rhymes arrested in manhattan. What he is accused of doing to an employee at a gym and his reaction on social media. So, i needed to deposit a check. I was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. Prep trauma unit 5. Whatve we got . Bp 64 40 sterilize sites. Multiple foreign objects in the body. Tweezers. buzz buzz if youre the guy from the operation game, you get operated on. Its what you do. buzz if you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Rapper busta rhymes got out of jail after he was arrested in a manhattan gym. His real name is trevor smith junior. He posted this picture on facebook after he got out. He is facing Assault Charges after police say he attacked an employee at the steel gym in chelsea. Police say the 43yearold threw a protein drink container at a man not seriously hurt. Firefighters in Northern California are making progress against a massive wildfire. Officials say the fire burning about 100 miles north of San Francisco is 40 contained. The fire scorched nearly 110 29th. Dozens of buildings have been forced from their home. 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