Dari we appreciate that. Steve the mayor taking flak for his absence during the standoff. Dari particularly because he was working out at a gym in park slope, brooklyn. Dan bowens is live on Staten Island to tell us how the mayor has responded to all this criticism. Reporter this all unfolded on Destiny Court in Staten Island on the other side of that large black nypd vehicle. Officers out here still collecting evidence. You can see the yellow evidence markers, likely many of the shell casings that were fired during the shootout. While the shootout and standoff unfolded, mayor de blasio as you mentioned was at a gym working out according to his aides for 80 minutes, the mayor refusing to answer questions about this as he briefed the public on what happened here according to the nypd. The suspect set off a smoke bomb when police tried to enter his apartment earlier this morning. Thats when lieutenant james hayes entered the residence and was shot in the left calf and buttocks. The suspect was barricaded in the house midmorning and the firefighter was in the hospital when the mayor completed his workout at the ymca in park slope. According to a spokesperson for the mayor, she tweeted earlier, quote, bill de blasio spoke with fire and Police Commissioners several times by phone on shooting early and at gym for 80 minutes. According to her, the mayor left the gym at 10 40 and went to the hospital. Brushing off the questions about this during a public briefing earlier, but some were critical. Were briefing you on a very serious situation, and thats just not a serious question. He was out to lunch definitely in this. As the leader of the city, i think he should be on the scene. Theres nothing he can do anyway except advise and assure people and, yeah, for assurance, maybe it would have been a good idea. Actually this morning when i was going to work, i noticed his entourage out here this morning. I couldnt even believe he still comes to brooklyn to go to the gym here. Reporter taking a live look out here on Staten Island, the nypd still collecting evidence from the scene, the home where the standoff took place is the beige residence with the green roof and the skylight. We should note the mayor did go out of his way this afternoon to and lieutenant hayes. This standoff. Back to you. Steve thank you. Crews have removed this overturned truck along route 80 in morris county, new jersey. It collided with an suv earlier causing major delays. Three people suffered minor injuries. The trucks container, as you see, came loose and was hanging over a railroad bridge. That forced parts of nj transit to be suspended. Things are back to normal now. Dari an historic moment between the u. S. And cuba. After 54 years, the American Embassy in havana officially reopened. [cheers and applause] United States marines hoisted that flag which was presented by the same marines that took it down in 61. The moment comes after cuban reopened its embassy last month in washington. Secretary of state john kerry presided over the ceremony, making him the first secretary of state to visit the country in 70 years. The establishment of normal diplomatic relations is not something that one government does as a favor to another. It is something that two countries do together when the citizens of both will benefit. Steve not everyone happy about the renewed relations between the u. S. And cuba. Florida senator and republican president ial candidate marco rubio slamming the president s decision. He addressed the Foreign Policy initiative today saying president obama is rewarding the castro regime for antiamerican ways. In the eyes of barack obama and hillary clinton, his former secretary of state, the cuban people are suffering because not enough american tourists visit that country. When in truth, the cuban people are suffering because they live under a dictatorship. Steve they hope the embargo will be lifted. Dari a Staten Island man is behind bars tonight charged with pretending to be a doctor. Prosecutors say Donald Lee Edwards claimed to be a psychologist even though he never completed any medical school or doctoral program. He is accused of treating 100 patients out of a basement apartment in stapleton. He faces several charges, including the criminal sale of controlled substances and could serve more than five years in prison if convicted. Steve the City Council Unanimously passing new measures to fight the spread of legionnaires disease. One Council Member from the bronx didnt show up to vote. Dari we sent arthur chien to find out why the Council Member was absent. Reporter when we talk about the legionnaires outbreak in the city, we arent just talking about the bronx. All the cases were in this borough, which is why it caught our attention when two city Council Members were not present at the vote yesterday. Owners would have to test the water in the cool towers on a quarterly basis. City Council Votes important like the one yesterday to address legionnaires disease following the largest outbreak in the citys history. Miller . Between the names. Seven city Council Members were absent for the vote yesterday. Okay. Two were from the bronx. Considering all cases of legionnaires, over 120 and all 12 deaths were in that borough, maybe not okay. Keep us honest. Do you think he should have been at the vote yesterday . Yes, i do expect him and all other of our members to be there representing the bronx. Its messed up. Reporter fox 5 tried to reach the councilman today. We dropped by, but no answer. A sign at the door, the notification that no one would be expected today from 9 00 to 5 00. By the way, city Council Members are paid more than 112,000 a year base salary. We were able to reach anna bell palms office. She had a medical emergency which led her to miss the vote we were told. A daily news expose said she has the third worst attendance in the city council, missing nearly a third of meetings in addition to 16 medical absences. Keep in mind that theyve only met once this month and once last month. Its not like were asking them to do a lot. Were asking them to show up for one important day when the city tackles this looming and scary Health Threat reporter the bill was passed unanimously, which means residents in the bronx will get their protection, even though two members didnt show up for the vote. Arthur chien, fox 5 news. Dari new york city Emergency Management teams were out in force today educating bronx residents about legionnaires disease and other potential emergencies. A mobile office was set up at Joyce Kilmer Park and will make stops in Staten Island and manhattan over the next two steve new information on debris believed to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight. Testing confirmed most of the debris was not from the jet. Last week officials said a wing fragment found on the island of reunion was confirmed to be from flight 370. 239 people were on board when it disappeared in march of last year. Dari and a minor earthquake rattled parts of Central New Jersey early this morning. The 2. 7 quake struck after 3 30 in the morning. There were no injuries or reports of damage. But many residents reported being awoken by the tremor. The last earthquake to hit new jersey was a 1. 9 in trenton. That happened in december. Steve today marks 12 years since the historic blackout which crippled new york city on august 14th, 2003. Falling trees in ohio cut three outages. It took some areas days to get the power back up and running. It was the largest power outage in american history. Dari protecting air travelers by sniffing out danger. Steve were going behind the scenes at Newark Airport to see the tsas specially trained k9s in action. Dari and lots of restaurants scrambling to create the perfect chicken sandwich. Whats behind the craze and where to go to get a good one. Steve after decades and decades of dominance, the burger has competition when it comes to being the best thing on a bun. Dari the Fried Chicken sandwich about. We sent our Stacey Delikat to craze. Cheeseburger, move over. It was my understanding that heard what . Birds. Reporter its all about the bird this summer. Its a crispy Fried Chicken sandwich. Its got the shredded lettuce, the crisp, cold pickles and herb buttermilk mayo. Reporter the chicken shack is the newest addition to shake shacks menu. Its one of many stand out foods to hit the scene this summer. Theres something lighter about it even though its totally fried. It seems better in the summer. Reporter to get this, you have to cross the river. The chicken shack is only available at the chains brooklyn restaurants. If popularity is an indication, locations. Zack is the president of operations at shake shack. Do you think Fried Chicken sandwiches are having a moment right now . I think for sure. I think for sure. Its like a resurgence of something super yummy and just comfort food and you see a lot of them now. Reporter shake shack isnt the only big name getting into the chicken game. In the east village, this empire is offering a hot chicken sandwich and its inspiring legions of fans. They opened in june and since then, the spicy chicken sandwich has gained star status on instagram. Our seasoned flour is savy. Reporter at hill country, their bird is no spring chicken. Theyve been serving it all day every day since opening five years ago. They stepped up their offerings with the wicked witch to edge out the competition. We add a hot honey, which adds a sweet component. Reporter the chef says Fried Chicken and summer go hand in hand and its a year round staple. If you go back generation after generation, every is tied to Fried Chicken in some way, shape or form. Reporter i brought you back some sandwiches to taste. I want to say there are many more places than the three we visited. Theres probably 10 or a dozen that have gotten buzz for the things theyre doing with chicken sandwiches. Only so much i could eat in one day. Steve hill country and shake shack, theyre good ones. Reporter worth trying. Steve the problem is theyve been in the bag. We wont dig in now. I intend to try all of those. Reporter it probably would still be okay cold. Cold Fried Chicken is good. Maybe the bun is a little soggy. Dari okay. Which one is which . Reporter these two are shake shack. This is hill country. Hill country also has these cute little pies. What i like is they do their own shake. They make a milkshake out of the pie, which was unbelievable. That would have gotten warm. I couldnt bring that back. Yeah. Lots of good eats. Steve its all about indulging in small doses. Its agreed in moderation. Its really good. Maybe once a week on the weekend. It hits the spot. Thats for sure. Dari awesome. Steve good deal. Thank you. Lets talk about the weather. It was another perfect day outside today. Were running out of ways to say that, which is fine. Yeah. We started to see more humidity today. Thats going to increase through the next several days. I think well find a few other adjectives to describe the days coming up into the weekend. 88 is what we made it to in central park. Thats above average for this time of year. This morning we start off with a comfortable 67 and that sun will be setting tonight at 7 54 p. M. So highs were mostly in the 80s across the tristate. A lot of the readings close to where we should be. We should be in the low to mid 80s. We were in the we were about that across long island and towards bridgeport. It was hot in poughkeepsie. 88 was the high there. Close to 90 at Newark Liberty airport. Youll hit that tomorrow. And right now were sitting at the high of 89 in newark. 82 in belmar. 81 in islip. Montauk point, youre checking in at 80. Heres the dew points. This is what i mentioned with the humidity. This is a measure of moisture in the atmosphere. Were seeing the numbers climb, which will make things more uncomfortable. Right now theyre into the 60s. Yesterday we were in the 40s and 50s. That made it really nice. Today its a little sticky. It will get uncomfortable over the next several days. Wind speed and direction is out of the southsoutheast. Looks like its light. It will be a little blustery through the overnight hours. We could have gusts up to 20 miles an hour. Mainly clear out there. Just a couple of clouds found to the north. There is a cold front were watching moving across the great lakes, helping to spark a couple of showers and thunderstorms. It will slowly edge our way over the weekend. It will help ignite a couple of showers north and west of the city tomorrow. Again, the front will fall apart leaving us with a muggy air mass sunday and into monday. Were not expecting a front to sweep through, bring us thunderstorms like we usually do. It will be different. Our futurecast shows tomorrow well wake up with mostly sunny skies. That will continue to be the case through saturday. It will be a Beautiful Day to be outside. To the north, heres the front i mentioned. It could spark a couple of isolated showers towards the hudson valley. Sunday, more of the same. Well turn up the heat and the humidity as well. Our futurecast is indicating a couple of showers. Im not calling for that. Well keep an eye on that one through the next couple of days. I think it will be a really nice but hot weekend across the tristate. Mostly clear. Mild tonight with lows in the 60s. Well be at 70 in the city. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, hot and humid. Were going for highs in the middle 80s to the low 90s. It will feel hotter than that when you factor in the humidity. Watch out for the isolated shower to the north tomorrow afternoon. If youre planning to head to the beach or go on the boat, great day for it. The waves will be at one to three feet. Water temperature in the 70s. U. V. Index at an 8. Wear sunscreen if youre heading out to the shore points. Sunday into monday, well be humid and hot conditions. We might see the First Official heat wave for central park over the next several days as we anticipate 90degree readings in the park and higher across interior new jersey. Do what you need to keep cool. Take the normal precautions when we have a heat wave. Summer steve came close. Right. We might actually get there. Be prepared. Dari i remember when i was a kid, the quintessential summer term would be the three hs. Hot and humid. Dari the city council has passed a bill requiring automatic fire sprinklers in pet stores. It was introduced after several animals were trapped and killed in a pet shop fire in manhattan, queens and the bronx. Pet shops and other facilities that house animals will have until the end of the year to install those sprinklers. Steve we all know security is tight at airports. What about the cargo that travels with us . The tsa put on a demonstration to show how highly trained dogs detect explosives at Newark Airport. The k9 was walked around until she sniffed out a fake explosives. She let him know there was something in the box that wasnt right. We try and train as hard as possible. The harder the scenario is for the dog, the better. It helps improve them. And eventually when it comes to a live scenario, you never know whats going to be out there. Steve all right. And the tsa says 100 percent of cargo is screened like this for explosives before takeoff. Dari wow. Im very interested in this. Standup comedy is not as easy as it looks. Steve i dont think it looks easy. It looks very difficult. Well check in with simone boyce who went to Gotham Comedy Club and did standup. She said it was a crazy experience. Dari the president releases his playlist for his favorite songs. Well tell you what hes listening to while on vacation. It took leonardo and miriam years to master the toss. But just a few little steps to master depositing checks with the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. I dont want to live with of hep c. Or wonder. Seek treatment. I am ready. Because today theres harvoni. A revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. 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Steve simone boyce went to Gotham Comedy Club to get tips. I have the best coach. Shes michel. Shes a veteran in the comedy scene. Shes been doing standup for 15 years. Im so nervous. Dont be nervous. Its three minutes. You know what i mean . Its like sex on your wedding night. Youre so tired and, boom, its over before you know it. Reporter how does it make you feel when you make people laugh . Great. Like ive worked hard on a great meal and people come over and eat it and they cant stop talking about how wonderful it is and how it made them feel. Thats what a good set in standup feels like. Bombed . What was that like . Yes. I dont know. I dont remember. Bombing is such a necessary part of comedy. Its like why would you be in a relationship and never be broken up with . You have to be hurt first. You have to be bad before it ca