everybody really got into a panic. now, fred new york health officials saying that this does not affect any drinking water or swimming pools or founds. it s summertime so that s something people think about when they hear that it can be transmitted through the water. but that s not something to panic about. it s not transferred through any kind of drinking water, no need to worry about that. officials here are now working on long-term plans for monitoring those cooling systems where the bacteria was found, and for that community they are holding a town hall meeting tomorrow night. all right. thanks so much sara ganim in new york. we ll have much more from the newsroom right after this. mum.
look for a motive behind the shooting of mohammad youssuf abdulazeez s horrible attack, some states are increasing security at military recruitment centers and even arming qualified guard members. i want to bring in cnn correspondent sarah ganim. sarah, what have you heard about what states are doing to try to keep these facilities protected? reporter: good morning. as grief here turns to calls for action across the country, several states changing their rules on how national guard recruiting offices like this one here are kept secure. another victim, petit officer randall smith s name is added to this make shiftd mshift memoria the recruiting office where there was a deadly shooting spree on thursday.
denied all of the allegations. so far cosby and his attorneys are not commenting on these new revelations. but some of his accusers are. former supermodel beverly johnson spoke to cnn just hast hour last hour with her reaction. i think it s a time that the healing can begin and also forgiveness, but also a message of women using their voice. yeah. when it s necessary. let s bring in sarah ganim now with more on the details of this case. i know you ve read through a lot of these documents. yeah. this is really fascinating. this is first of all his first version of the story that he s told. but in many of the cases of the women who have accused him they didn t just accuse him of sexual assault. they also said they believed they were drugged. they remember cosby making them a drink, giving it to them
now, the other part of that is what comes next. it s very unlikely that as shocking as this is that this could lead to criminal charges or other kind of civil litigation. the statute has run out in many of these cases, almost all of them. but there are women who are fighting back in a more creative way. they are suing him for definition for denying that he did this. thanks so much sarah ganim. later this hour i ll speak with gloria alred who s representing more than a dozen of cosby s accusers. and one of the accusers is going to join us to discuss these latest revelations. the u.s. doubling down and preparing for a lounge haul.ng haul. in a rare visual it to the pentagon president obama warned that the fight against this terror group is going on the an ongoing campaign. this will not be quick.
gunshot wound to the top of his skull. the cross-suit any intensified on including prison executives like the superintendent who initially led governor andrew cuomo on a tour of how the convicts broke free. now, one big question has been how could authorities not have heard the power tools? david sweat says they didn t use power tools. they used a hacksaw to cut the hole in their cell and then to get into the sewer pipes. escapee and convicted murder david sweat s condition has now been upgraded. sarah ganim is live outside the hospital. what s the latest? reporter: good morning. yeah david sweat continues to recover here. his condition being upgraded yesterday from serious to fair. and just so that you have an