Man who said can i ask you a question . Sources say the suspect may have called out to her on purpose to get her attention in order to toss the chemical in her face. Police say the victim tried to drive away but couldnt stopping her car and screaming for help. Felony likes alvarez saw where she abandoned it. I saw a lot of cops there and it was in the middle of the street. Reporter sources tell Eyewitness News that the attack was not random as detectives and a crime scene unit searched the Victims Office and officers canvased the neighborhood for surveillance video. That was darla miles reporting. We will try to get back to her and get more of the story when we can. Meanwhile, we want to turn to the weatherment after several hot and humid days we could get heavy rain coming through the area after isolated storms yesterday that left route 22 flooded in union county, new jersey. All lanes were reopened through Scotch Plains but now the next storms could be more widespread. Meteorologist amy freeze is in for lee goldberg. She is timing out the storms. They will start late tonight. It could be northwest new jersey that gets the brunt of this. Still blue sky showing up boroughs. A breezy spot. Tonight we will see changes and the potential for the heavy rain developing. The heaviest thunderstorms will be coming in, it looks like, for early to midmorning tomorrow. So, the latest information we have coming in tonight is after 11 00 p. M. These showers will develop from the west to the east. Safer the low 80s this afternoon, upper 80s in the outlying areas, temperatures will fall into the upper 70s. It wont meal change the air mass but it will cool us off a little bit. The weather alert for areas in green is a Flash Flood Watch. This is where we will get the most rain and where it will also rain the longest. The amounts right now coming from the computer models by the way, these showers in sussex are the early showers. The computer models show us at least two inches in many spots and up to four inches locally in some areas. That will cause the low lying flooding. After 11 00, there they come moving in west to east and we should have rain through the majority of the morning hours. For central park, here is the breakdown. Temperatures fall into the low 70s then we fire up the storms and they will be present across much of the area with the heaviest right now, the bulls eye northwest, new jersey. I have new information coming in and have that in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Amy, thank you. There is a significant update about new york citys legionnaires disease. Late this afternoon they declared the outbreak is over and the Opera House Hotel in the bronx was the initial source of the bacteria. Marcus solis is at that hotel with the latest. Marcus . Reporter from are the beginning, City Health Officials said it was likely to be one Single Source for the outbreak and now they say scientific testing proved them right. They say that the cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel on east 149th street has been identified as the culprit, the source of the outbreak that killed 10 , 12 fatalities. The tower was disinfected august 1st. No new cases since august 3rd. Today the Health Department did declare the outbreak over. Scientists tested samples from 25 patients, some who died. Samples from the legionella bacteria was taken from the cooling tower. It was a painstaking process that took time because cultures needed to grow but the results came back the same at different laboratories so the city finally has its smoking gun. After rigorous testing, verification and agreement at all three laboratories, we know that for everyone of the samples for which testing is now complete, there is a match with the strain found at the Opera House Hotel. We looked at the legionella strains cultered from the initial five cooling towers and other towers nearby. None of them matched the strain found in patients. Reporter in a statement, the management at the hotel called the findings disappointing adding that testing was just completed yesterday showing that the tower is free of legionella. At 5 00, more details on what the hotel says it will do moving forward and we will hear from residents living in the neighborhood that were exposed to the mist that was contaminated for several weeks. Live in the mott haven section of the bronx, marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, marcus. Former president jimmy carter began radiation treatment on the four cancer supports on his brain spots on his brain. He spoke candidly and openly about the diagnosis. I had a wonderful life, thousands of friends and i have had an exciting and adventurous gratifying existence. So, i was surprisingly at ease, much more so than my wife was. But now i feel, you know, this is in the hands of god. The four spots of melanoma were detected after liver surgery. He said so far the pain is slight and he has not felt weakness. Nevertheless, he plans to cut back on his humanitarian work and focus on his treatment. This afternoon, president obama tweeted president carter is as good a man as they come. Michelle and i are praying for him and rosalyn we are all pulling for you, jimmy. Joining us is dr. Richard besser. Thank you for joining us to talk more about this. A lot of folks think of melanoma as a skin cancer. A lot of folks were surprised that it spread to his brain. Thats right. Melanoma is the skin cancer that we worry the most about, cause the is most skin scan ser deaths. There are 74,000 people that get melanoma each year a small percent go on to be metastatic. When they do, one of the places it goes is to the brain. When they die it is often due to the metastasis in the brain. Tell me about his treatment and what it includes . He is getting a lot of new treatments for metastatic melanoma. He is getting radiation to the brain. When you think about radiation to the brain, it used to be radiation to the entire brain that has severe side effects from that. Here he is getting directed radiation to those four spots. Those spots are tiny. We never used to be able to pick up spots that small. They are optimistic that picking them up that early will be helpful. He is also getting medication to boost his own immune system and fight the cancer in his bodies. When you see him in the video, he is 90 years old. He looks really strong. What do we know about prognosis and is there a potential cure for this at this stage . There is no cure. Its not curable but it can can be managed. When you think of someone who is 90, almost 91, the average Life Expectancy without cancer is another four years. The treatment he is undergoing we dont have years of experience with so its hard to say how much time they will give. The five year life expect santi for someone with metastatic melanoma is about 16 . The treatments hopefully they wont make him uncomfortable, allow him to live the kind of active life he has been living. Watch him talk about it and open, it was inspiring. His strength and attitude were wonderful to see. It will help other patients. News. I will. Thanks a lot. Thanks, richard. New at 4 00, a large tree toppled over on Staten Island and trapped a woman beneath it. Video shows the woman crushed under the tree as she waited for rescuers to arrive. It happened this morning in port richmond. Firefighters tell us the woman was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition. Other witnesses say that other than being somewhat scratched up and shaken, she seems to be okay. I saw the lady on the floor. She was smoking a cigarette. Its not clear what caused the tree to be uprooted from the ground. People say it was not windy at the time it fell over. New Jersey Transit trains are running on time again following a deadly crash on the tracks. A train hit a car in emerson hitting an elderly driver in the vehicle following the accident. The Pascack Valley line service was suspended. No one on the train was hurt. The reason the car was on the tracks is under investigation. A man faced a judge today in new york. David karnauch was extradited to new york city from his home state of tennessee. The judge decided to release him on his own reconnaissance. His Attorney Says they will continue to fight the case during the next scheduled Court Appearance in september. Well, new York City Police commissioner bill bratton wants the pedestrian plaza in sometimes square closed. He said it would help restore order in that busy area. Mayor de blasio said closing the pedestrian plaza is one option being considered by the task force which is addressing the growing problem of costume characters and topless women preying on tourists to take pictures for cash tips. The task force must report back to the mayor by october 1st. Breaking news on wall street. Stocks suffered major losses today. In fact, the dow is back below the 17,000 mark. Investors in the u. S. And around the globe were scared by another slump in the chinese stock market. Stocks on wall street another drop in Oil Prices Hurt that. The stocks were down 358 points to close at 16,990. So, not a good day on wall street. It hasnt been below 17,000 in a while. Could Caitlyn Jenner be facing manslaughter charges . Outrage after a wedding gown shop closes in new jersey leaving brides who put down a deposit scrambling to put up a plan b. And a shark that did not want to give up. Hear from the kayakers on the other end ok. 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An accident was just cleared on the new jersey side of the goethals bridge. There are residual delays on the Staten Island side of the bridge. But traffic is moving along. That is good. At the hudson river crossings, 25 minutes at the outbound lincoln, 30 minutes outbound holland. George Washington Bridge at this time, no delays. Well, we are following a developing story in california where a sheriffs investigator plans to recommend a vehicular manslaughter charge against Caitlyn Jenner. Jenner was involved in a deadly car crash on a highway in malibu. Investigators found that jenner was driving in a, quote, unsafe manner for the road conditions. Jenners s. U. V. Rear ended a lexus pushing it into oncoming traffic. The 16yearold driver of the lexus was killed when she was struck head on by a hummer. The District Attorney will determine what charges jenner could face if convicted of manslaughter, he could face up to a year in county jail. This afternoon. A baby found locked in a safe at a hotel in niagara falls. Police found the parents. Turns out the baby girl was accidentally locked in the safe during a game of hide and seek with her siblings. After a Maintenance Worker freed the child they headed to ontario to visit friends. The family was very could ownership pertive and no charges will be filed. New Safety Measures are being implemented in movie theaters in response to deadly shootings. Regal says backpacks and bags of any kind are subject to inspection prior to admission to all of the theaters. According to regals web site, that goes for guests and employees. Large bags and backpacks will be banned together. The minor inconvenience they say is worth the added safety. New at 4 00 a kayaker survived an encounter with a large shark that took a bite out of his kayak. He wpaddling off the coast of Santa Barbara when he felt something slam into his craft. He says he saw a dorsal fine in the water and new immediately it was a shark. He said the predator began thrashing against the boat then put his jaws around i saw him emerge from the water with the kayak in the mouth. I had a clear picture of the eye which is Something Like that big around, Something Like that, then a big wide open mouth. Can you imagine . Fortunately people on a nearby fishing boat saw the whole thing, quickly moved in to help him out. They pulled him to safety. They examined the bite marks to determine what kind of shark it was. Ill tell you what kind. The kind that likes kayaks if nothing else. A strong one. That kind. Anyway, amy freeze is in for lee goldberg. I got to say not looking forward to tomorrow or really kind of the the weekend because of the weather. Reporter right, exactly. We have a few systems coming in. This tropical air mass, some are calling it uncomfortable, enough with the stickiness already. What is coming our way is not necessarily relief. It could spell trouble for a lot of places. There is a flood watch posted for much of northwest new jersey, Central New Jersey because of a strong cold front coming in. Lets get started. Feels like the tropics here. Blue sky over manhattan. Checking the numbers, upper 80s for many locations. We are at 83. High today so far in central park of 86. Pressure holding steady. The humidity making things uncomfortable. Dew points are high this time of year that keep things tricky. I dont know, did it freeze . Im not quite sure. Is it working for you guys upstairs in the gremlins are in my dome dome today. Thats for sure. Its totally frozen. Absolutely frozen. Let me tell you this. Here are the details you need to know. Storms after 11 00 tonight moving west to east. A lot of rain for northwest new jersey. We will talk about when everything clears out and what you can expect for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. I need exact i got things happening this weekend. I need exact details. We have an outdoor birthday party. There you go. Bouncy castle or no bouncy castle. Weather by request via twitter. Something is in the computer. I will be back in a few minutes. Coming up next, a new and shocking revelation from reality star josh duggar. What he is now admitting. Could it be the secret to a good night kiss . The unexpected factor that could change the make or break date. She devoted her life to serving others. Now this nun has one request. What she is asking for from the some of my competitors plan to reduce the use of antibiotics over the next few years. But what are you having for dinner tonight . Try perdue simply smart and harvestland. Two trusted perdue brands of chicken raised with no antibiotics ever. New information about josh duggar. He is apologizing for cheating on his wife after his name was those among millions exposed in a data breach of ashley madison. In a statement, he says i have been the biggest hypocrite ever while exposing faith and family values. I have over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and i became unfaithful to my wife. I am so ashamed of the doable double life i have been living and grief for the hurt and sin has caused. The statement has released the porn addiction. The parents wrote their hearts are broken. Earlier this year the familys tlc reality show was canceled and josh duggar resigned from his post after it was revealed that he molested five girls including two of his sisters. Well, some new York City Catholic School students are preparing to host pope francis who will visit our lady queen of angels in east harlem when he is in new york city. He will meet with 24 students from four schools. They will represent the 70,000 students that the archdiocese teaches across the five boroughs. Remember, channel 7 is your go to the upcoming papal visit. If you need information on tickets, public transportation, road closure, so much more, its on our web site, abc7ny. Com pope. In hollywood you often here the movie Industry Needs more diversity. That cry is being answered in our area. A brooklyn based Student Group helping the problem. Entertainment reporter sandy kenyon is here with the details. Reporter dave, liz, this is a unique Cultural Exchange program that brings students over from france to work for a week with young men and women from our area. We caught up with them in the gowanus section of brooklyn. Action. The voice of authority belongs to local teenager tiana. Having that chance to be a leader as a woman is amazing. Reporter she is part of a brooklyn based program called real works which is looking to make the Film Industry more diverse one student at a time. The exchange with a Similar Group in paris is their boldest move yet. We each chose five filmmakers that would collaborate together and they met online. Sending each other short films designed to break down stereotypes, those from each country might have about the other. Such myths went up in smoke after the french actually came here. I never worked with people from another country before and thats like a great experience to have. They were really open. That made me get to know them a little more. Both groups share similar backgrounds. Im from the hood. And this is why i am so grateful to be here because its not a chance that p