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WNBC Sunday Today In New York June 22, 2024

Nonunion employees in case Union Members walk off the job. A number of buildings that tested positive for legionella. A fourth person now died and 675 gotten sick. However, were told that all of the people who died did have underlying medical conditions that had weakened their immune systems. On saturday, Health Officials revealed that the bacteria turned up in two additional bronx buildings. Steam Line Plastics on park avenue and a Verizon Office Building on 167th street. News 4s Michael George as the latest. Reporter infections on the rise. Now four people have died and 65 are sick in the outbreak of legionnaires disease in the bronx. Its got a lot of people who live here worried about their own health. Try to avoid this area as much as i can. Not much i can do. Its caught when people breathe in an airborne bacteria. Thats been traced to cooling towers on the roofs of buildings. Shopping center a plastics business and now a verizon office. I am concerned. There are a lot of Old Buildings in regards to being decrepit. Reporter most people havent heard about it. This man lives close to where it was found. He asked us what he should do to keep his family safe . Its a frightening situation. What we going to do . Reporter heres what we told him. Legionnaires is treatable if you get help quickly. Keep an eye out for fever, breath. If you experience those, get checked out right away. Good thing i know. Reporter all five cooling towers have been disinfected but Health Experts worry there are more people out there who have already been exposed. We might see the number of cases increase because people have already been exposed and the infection may present itself over the next few days. Reporter right now, Health Experts are running tests trying to find the source of the infection. Meanwhile, officials and verizon are checking every other cooling tower they operate in the bronx. Michael george, today in new york. A Beautiful Day at the beach turned to tragedy in the waters off long island. Dangerous rip current pulled two swimmers out to sea on long beach. This photo shows the lifeguards looking for them. One of the swimmers was found right away. But a 23yearold brooklyn man was found submerged an hour later. He was rushed to the hospital. No official word on his condition. They had gone back into the water after lifeguards had gone off duty. News crews checking out new reports of possible wreckage from Malaysia Flight mh 370. This, of course, one day after the piece of debris arrived at a french lab where it be analyzed more now from bill neely. One piece of the boeing wing flap has arrived at a Specialist Lab and next week experts will say if its from the missing plane. Some believe thats very likely. 370, were at the stage were getting more and more confident that that is. Reporter experts caution, the debris may tell us only that the plane crashed in the sea, not how or why. Only the flight recorders or the fuselage can tell that. But it can eliminate some theories. Looking at this piece, he says, we can be almost sure there was no explosion or fire. A suitcase found nearby will be examined for traces of dna that might match the missing passengers. Experts say spotting more debris will be hard. It floats just below, not on the ocean surface. Oceanographers say, just because washed ashore here, it doesnt mean more will follow. The debris field could be vast, scattered right across the indian ocean. Finding anything relevant amid all of this junk will be hard. Australia leads the search effort, still going 24 7 skourpg scouring the seabed in an area the size of texas. The debris found may change that. It may influence some of the area were covering. But thats yet to be determined. Reporter in reunion, they prayed for the families of the missing and for help in finding answers to so many questions. Bill neely, nbc news, reunion. Another Major Economic deadline has passed. This time its purported to make a 58 million bond payment. Officials say they dont have the money. This sets the stage for what could be one of the largest municipal debt restructurings. The commonwealth owes 72 billion. The governor says puerto rico hopes to renegotiate its debt with investors. 6 08. You might have seen unusual pictures projected on to the Empire State Building last night. Pretty cool. Award winning filmmakers trying to make the plight of endangered speech is theyre hoping to prevent mass extinction. One was cecil the lion that was recently killed by a hunter. You might have noticed this. There are conflicting reports about the fate of sees he will cecils brother Kerry Sanders has more. Reporter the brother of cecil, the lion killed by dentist palmer is also feared dead. Cecil left behind several cubs and it is believed that his socalled brother jericho had been looking after them. The two lions in this photo protected refuge in zimbabwe. Both were fitted with radio tracking collars. There are unconfirmed reports that jericho has been shot and killed by poachers. Volunteers at the Zimbabwe Conservation task force say they were notified by phone that jericho had been killed but they have yet to see evidence thats true. In a statement they said, it is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that jericho, cecils brother, has been killed. Were absolutely heartbroken. Whats confusing say researchers at another local Wildlife Organization is that jerichos collar remains active, sending a gps signal and movement suggesting hes still alive. All this unfolding as officials in zimbabwe push to extradite american, dr. Palmer. I understand that already the processes have started and we are looking forward for his extradition. Reporter palmer admitted to killing cecil claiming he thought his guides obtained proper permits. No charges have been filed against dr. Palmer. While the investigation overseas i wills death continues, many in zim st. Bab way and beyond are holding out hope that his brother is still alive. Kerry sanders, nbc news. Well be following that story of course, very closely as many of you are. Meanwhile, police in queens on the lookout for an alligator on the loose. On twitter, they named him jaws. Were told that a jogger spotted this threefoot reptile in flushing meadows yesterday. Police are looking for him. But at last check, they have not found him. Three feet. Keep an eye out for jaws. Three feet, i dont know. Coming up on today in new york, wildfires spreading like wildfire out west. Nearly two dozen reported right now in Northern California alone. Man who is supposed to fix your windows is nowhere to be found. Better get baquero. Its another beautiful start out there. Lots of sunshine. Temperatures in the 70s. We are tracking a rain chance over the next couple of days. Well talk about the timing of that for your umbrellas, coming we look at this. This is a ferocious wildfire burning just north of San Francisco. At this point, it has destroyed at least 50 homes and outbuildings. 6,000 additional homes are threatened. This thing is huge. Officials expanded an Evacuation Order in lake county. 12,000 people had to leave. The socalled rock fire has scorched now more than 42 square miles. Its only 5 contained. Firefighters battling 12 large fires and, of course, mourning one of their own who died on that fire line last week. They have had a tough, tough time of it these past couple much months out there, with the drought of course, its going on for years. Yeah. No relief in sight right now, unfortunately, they have to deal with that, more of the same the next couple of weeks. Hoping for rain. Hoping the pattern changes over the next few weeks. Well see. Were not getting any rain. Thats good for us. If you want april barbecue day, going to the beechl. You can do it again today. Lots of sunshine out there right now. A beautiful start. Temperatures are comfortable in the low 70s. Were missing that mugginess again. You probably felt the lack of it yesterday. Thats whats going on today. 71 comfortable and sunny in central park. Lets look at Storm Tracker. Tracking another quiet morning in the tristate. From the Hudson Valley down the jersey shore. Not much going on, on this sunday morning. Its cooled down nicely north and west of town. Westchester county, down to 59 in armonk. Give the ac a break in some spots. 56 in sloatsburg. 50s in morristown, sussex, monticello, 52 degrees. Warm around the city. 71 again in central park and 58 in westhampton. Baseball weather later on today. Sunny for the nationals taking on the mets. Hopefully going for the sweep there. Lots of stays in check. A dry night in baseball. Future tracker throughout the rest of the morning, 10 00, mostly sunny skies. Set this into motion. Not a lot of action. 3 00, 4 00, a few passing clouds. Otherwise, sunshine dominates our weather on this sunday. Its delightful, near 90 but doesnt feel muggy. Sticky in the morning hours. The morning commute, 8 00 a. M. , still quiet. You dont need the um brem as yet. Heading home north and west of new york city, this is 7 00 p. M. Dry in the city but areas north and west, into the Hudson Valley, northeast pennsylvania and northwest new jersey are tracking a cold front coming through bringing popup storms. Some could be severe, especially in sullivan county, ulster county. You need to be on the lookout Late Afternoon to the evening tomorrow. Overnight into Tuesday Morning, a few of these showers and storms may linger. Not expecting a lot in the city. But stays slightly unsettled on tuesday as well. The sevenday forecast, beach day, 88 for a high. Late storms tomorrow. Muggy with a high of 91 degrees. Sweating it out. Warm, not as muggy on tuesday. A slight chance for a shower or storm. Hot and dry an wednesday. Stay up to date with the news 4 app. You can see the latest forecast, interactive radar and how to submit your own weather video. Store right now. Raphi, nank you. The hits keep on coming for Fiat Chrysler. It is now investigating the radios in nearly 1. 5 million of the automakers cars. The reason for this, hackers apparently got into a Jeep Cherokee through an electric opening in a radio. When they did that, the hackers were able to take control of the suv over the internet. The Fiat Chrysler recalled millions of cars in the past few weeks. Just yesterday, it announced several hundred thousand more are being recalled because the side airbag might inflate if you slam the car door too hard. Thats not good. 6 17. Youve probably seen the ads for websites that promise to hook you up with a contract for for the Home Improvement projects going on. What do you do when the contractor doesnt deliver. A new jersey woman got baquero. Reporter jean sharp shows us the three windows she had hoped to replace in her home. She searched for a contractor online and found one through home adviser. Com. Decided to start with the windows. Get the windows out before i did anything else. He took a 50 deposit, set a date to do the windows. I just didnt hear from him at all. She paid the contractor directly, 775 in late april. She said the balance was due after the work was completed in midmay. After the deposit check was karnd. They wouldnt answer my calls. I was texting and calling. He couldnt do the job. June 19th. He said he was going to send a certified check. Jean turned to news 4 for advice. Ill have to find another contractor and start over. I will talk to other people and see who people recommend instead of going that other route. We tried several times to reach the contractor jean paid and never heard back. We contacted home advisor. Com and they told us, although we take certain steps to examine the credentials of our list of service professionals, we make no guarantees regarding the skills or the quality of the job. Problem solved. Home advisor. Com issued jean a check for 775 as part of their homeowner resolution process. Theyve also terminated the contractors membership. Now, when we researched his license, it turns out that it had expired. Lesson here, do your homework and make sure that the Home Improvement contractor you choose is fully licensed and ask for referrals. In the newsroom, lynda baquero, today in new york. Always good advice if youre having a problem with a product or service. You can email at nbcnewyork. Com our consumer investigative unit. 866news2444. 1866news244. Still to come on this sunday morning, a big day in new jersey for American Pharoah and all of his fans. Harry cicma will have a preview. Mets fans are shouting doodah doodah. You are watching today in new brandon thinks hellmanns is heaven in a jar. Thats because our ingredients come from. Farmers committed to responsibly sourced oils. Blended with ingredients like cagefree eggs. Mmm. Heaven. Real ingredients. Thats how were working to welcome back. In sports, the mets pull out a come from behind victory, but the yankees drop one in chicago. American pharoah gets ready to race again. Heres harry cicma. Good morning everyone. The mets entered the night just two games behind the first place nationals courtesy of Wilmer Flores and his walkoff home run friday night. All eyes on the newly acquired yoenis cespedes. He made miss mets debut 24 hours after a trade deadline deal with detroit. Citi field, the faithful fwreet greeted him with a standing ovation. He was 0 for 3 in his first atbat. The story of the night ws lucas dude a. He demolishes this pitch to center. That ball is long gone cutting in the seventh, duda going deep to left field. His 20th of the year. He has eight home runs in his last seven games. Were all tied up at 22. Bottom eighth after an intentional walk to cespedes. Duda comes through. A dunl over the head of jayson werth. Curtis granderson scores. The mets hold on to for the win. The yankees were in chicago for game nine of a ten hp game road trip. They send mitchell to the mound. Mitchells second Career Major League start. The yankees down 10 in the second. Alexei ramirez crushing one to left. That makes it 20 white sox. Here is the play of the day. Third inning. Didi gregorius, watch garcia get up and robs him taking away a sure threerun homer. Fly but he saved two runs on the spectacular catch. Former Yankee Melky Cabrera takes him deep. Then its 61. The yankees lose. 82 the final. Jets general manager made first comments on Sheldon Richardsons recent arrest as a result of driving 143 Miles Per Hour with a 12yearold in the vehicle. Mccagg nan expressed his support for him but did not talk about sheldons longterm future. As said the other idea, its not about words. Its about actions. How he handles himself. We worry about sheldon in terms of decisions hes made off the field. Theres a degree of trust thats been broken. We are, you know, were supportive of him. Its been almost two months since American Pharoah made history completing the triple crown. Later today will be his first race back since winning the belmont stakes. Record crowds are expected on the jersey shore to watch American Pharoah in the haskell invitational on monmouth park. You can catchall the action right here on nbc 4. Coverage starting at 5 00 p. M. Enjoy the rest of your sunday everyone. For today in new york, im harry cicma. All right, harry. Reminder about that nj transit is adding Additional Trains to and from monmouth park. Dont drive. You dont want to get stuck in traffic. Well also tell you about a special day today at a landfill being transformed into a park. Hanging ten. Dogs on surfboards. Well tell you why. Do we need a why . Why not . Waiting for the perfect beach day, weatherwise, this may be the day. Well have a look at your come to sesame place before little kids become big kids. And celebrate our 35th birthday with our new Neighborhood Birthday Party parade. Save 10 on admission and get a free 2nd visit at sesameplace. Com sesame place. Go before they grow. Kelloggs frosted miniwheats. 8 layers of wheat. And one thats sweet. To satisfy the adult. And kid in all of us. Nutritious wheat for the adult youve grown into. And delicious sweet for the kid youll never outgrow. Feed your inner kidult. With frosted miniwheats and now you could win up to a hundred dollars when you buy any specially feel like a kid again with dunkins new cookieflavored iced coffees. For a limited time, dd perks members can enjoy any sized iced coffee for 1. 99. Live look at Lower Manhattan. Not a cloud to be seen. Great summer weekend rolls our way. Welcome back to today in new york on this sunday morning. Im gus rosendale. Im Kerry Barrett in for pat battle. Speaking of the weather, lets head over to raphi. You step outside this morning and its a little bit of relief. Little refreshing out there. Even north and west of town, temperatures in the 50s right now. We cooled off very nicely under mostly clear skies in the Hudson Valley. Day. Quiet on this sunday morning. Clear skies from the Hudson Valley right down the jersey shore. On. Places in the 80s. Fire island, rock island. Comfortable sunshine. Low humidity. Waves are a little bit lighter today. One foot on sound. Winds shift to the south this afternoon. 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. A little breezy at times and milder. 75 to 79 degrees. Dont have to be quite as brave to go in the water. Uv index very high. No advisories. But there is a moderate risk for rip current like yesterday. We saw what happened with the rip current in long isla

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