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A total of 10 people have died. Cbs 2s Steve Langford has more on the effort to keep more people from getting sick. Reporter state officials leaving Montefiore Medical Center in the bronx saturday with a test sample from one of the hospitals cooling to yours as part of a blitz to stop the spread of legionnaires legionnaires disease. The state effort for exampling on testing 100 cooling towers in five sections of the bronx, fordham, mount eden, hunts point, mott haven and highbridge. We are here today to help manage this process. We are in constant communication with all levels of government including the city. Reporter the governor and mayors offices are teaming up to fight the outbreak despite growing tensions and concerns over who is in charge just hours after the governor deployed 150 state workers to the bronx, mayor de blasio held a news conference. The mayor ....
Good morning, 6 00 a. M. , sunday, august 9. Im diane macedo. Im andrea grymes. Todays top stories are straight ahead but look who we have in the studio. John elliott in the house. Welcome john. Who is enjoying the treats . You got to be kidding, this is great. You guys both look lovely. I dont know how you do it every sunday morning. Me, this is just luck, i just kind of throw this together. How about this . It is just sublime out there on your sunday. I know lamenting the absence of the rain we need but Perfect Timing for the second half of the weekend. Got some plans outside . The weather will cooperate. It is delightful. 55 in monticello. 58 in sparta. 59 in summit. 65 in roslyn. 68 in the city. Pretty skies overhead. Another way to tell the tale. The vortex satellite and radar, there is the big low sitting and spinning kicking up the waves for the shore. But it is going to pave the way for a nice day for us. Around 80 at lunc ....
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 ....
We do see a few clouds popping up later this afternoon north and west, just a little dynamics at play. The high pressure, the driving force of our weather, big low off the coast will keep the risk of rip currents moderate for the long island beaches. Make sure youre ready for that. 84 for the high. Less humidity. We will talk more about the changes this week holds in a bit. But right now back to the desk. Our top story this morning, state Health Inspectors back in the bronx. Mayor de blasio said the monthlong outbreak has been contained but five more buildings tested positive for the legionella bacteria bringing the total to 10. The number of people infected now stands at 108. There hasnt been a new case in five days but the risk is still out there in parts of the bronx. Ilana gold has more about this story from the melrose section of the bronx. This courthouse is one of those buildings that just tested positive for the bacteri ....