July 29, 2026 • 35 mins
Imagine finding out your doctor is not really a doctor. Another East Side Legionnaires death
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
WABC New York, WRCR Haverstraw, one oh seven one WLR
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
It's the seventy seven WABC News Hour, Talking the News
with Noah Laden, All the news you need to know
with Joe Nolan, Traffic, justin Elik, Sports and no Talking
the news with Noah on seventy seven WADC.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Yes, that's me, Good morning. It is Wednesday, July twenty ninth.
Your forecast from the seventy seven WABC Weather Center. Could
see some thunderstorms this morning, chance of rain this afternoon.
The high going to be eighty tonight and overnight Hartley cloudy,
low sixty eight and then Thursday just clouds h seventy nine.
If you are walking out the door with us right now,
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sixty nine in raining and Yonkers up in Westchester. It's
sixty eight and rating in hawthorn Over in New Jersey,
and it's sixty nine in cloudy right outside our midtown studios.
This he's the Top five at five. Another night of
flash floods and firefighter rescues. A big day for doctor
Fauci on Capitol Hill. Wait, what's rabbit fever? And how
(01:08):
do you contract? At pitfull goes on the attack in
Queens and why is one New Jersey town telling another
to shut up? All right, let's get into it. At
five oh four. New Jersey hit really hard again last
night flash floods. In Hawthorn, they had flood waters both
Monday night and again last night. It happened you'd be
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swept away, Pa Sack. The storms are getting worse. I mean,
you know, I've never seen nothing like this. Sheer force
of the power that was ripping through here with the water.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
When we were hearing from the mayor of Hawthorne, he
says it's been years since they've had floods like this.
Two story days torrential rain caused the Gulf ole Brook
to overflow, shut down roads. In Patterson, it was a
similar ordeal, with at least twenty people needing to be
rescued last night from a storm that broke part of
a road. There was flooding everywhere. Here's the maters fact.
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If you go to twenty first Avenue, plumb manhole.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Cover had just risen up as a result of the
water pressure.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
And it came down that rapidly. It was intense, really intense. Yes,
So here some of the rainfall that we saw yesterday,
and you just realized how intense it was. Morris County
six point four inches that was recorded by about eleven
o'clock last night, Essex County four point seven inches, and
most of this falling in a short period of time,
and then it continued to rain overnight. Maybe you heard
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some of the thunderstorms blowing through overnight. In Woodland Park,
which is right next to Patterson, two daycares had to
be evacuated along Lachawana Avenue after rain overwhelmed the community there.
They had to bring trucks in to get the kids out.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
I've been here about fifteen years through the council and
the mayor's office, and I've never had to evacuate the
daycare centers.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I mean, what was that like? Yeah, a little bit scary. Yeah,
that's the mayor of Woodland Park. Sixty people evacuated across
that town yesterday. Nearby they were inundated with flood waters
as water went inside homes and cars. Seventeen water rescues
in Midland Park. In one place in Midland Park, this
massive tree gave way fell on a house and a car.
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Here's the home on all of a sudden, the ground
just shook.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Literally we thought it was a hurricane, and all of
a sudden, the whole tree just came down on our
if you see the room.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Yeah, So nobody injured. Thankfully, there's no sign of how
bad the damages. I guess we'll see that at daylight.
And then here in the city there were what they
call safe locations that were available to people overnight because
they were really worried, as they have been in the
past about the rain waters and flooding going into people's
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basement apartments and people getting trapped there. We've had that
in the past, people have been killed. So overnight, they
had these overnight locations where you could leave your basement
apartment and head to one of these overnight shelters, a
lot of them in local schools. One of them was
PS two thirty and Kensington, Brooklyn. Here's the Emergency Management
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commissioner at Christina Farrell talking about being prepared overnight. Now
we didn't see that anybody took part and went to
these shelters at least as of about eleven last night.
Speaker 7 (04:13):
I was thinking about people that live in basement apartments.
We have flood sensors, we have things so when it
starts to rain, we can see where the rain may
be hitting more and then you know, quickly deploy resources
right there.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
And we've seen this over the last few administrations. The
Mayor's warning people here you live in a basement apartment,
pay attention to the weather, because things have gotten worse
over the last decade or so. And Mayor Mom Donnie
doing the same thing yesterday saying, hey, make sure if
you're in a basement apartment, you pay attention to what's
going on.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
The agencies have been clearing catch basins, prepositioning assets. So
these storms are always challenging, and we want to be
on top of everything.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Okay, daylight, we'll tell us a whole lot. And I
imagine at least in New Jersey anyway, and we're seeing
this in Westchester as well. There'll be a lot of
cleanup to do a little bit later today when it
stops raining. WABC News Time nine we learned last night
that a sixth person has died from the Legionnaire's outbreak
on the Upper east Side. So far, ninety diagnosed with
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the disease since the outbreak was first identified, six s
patients still in the hospital, sixty five have been discharged
in New York City Health Department currently investigating that community
cluster of legionnaires that's on the Upper East Side and
the neighborhoods of Carnegie Hill and Yorkville. Official say they're
confident though the source of the Legionella bacteria has essentially
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been eliminated five point ten down to d C where
doctor Anthony Fauci heads to Capitol Hill today to testified
o COVID nineteen's origins. Correspondent Blake Berman as more.
Speaker 8 (05:41):
Doctor Anthony Fauci will testify before the Senate Homeland Security
Committee Wednesday, responding to a subpoena from the chairman.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Senator Ran Paul.
Speaker 8 (05:49):
The Kentucky Republican is calling the former National Institute of
Health scientists to Congress as part of his investigation into.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
The origins of COVID nineteen.
Speaker 8 (05:58):
Fauci maintains the virus likely jump from animals to humans,
where a Senator Paul believed that it leaked from a
lab in Wuhan, China, acclaimed the FBI and CIA have
assessed have been possible.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Senator Ram Paul publicly released over one thousand pages of
Fauci's personal journal ahead of his testimony today, accusing Fauci
of inconsistencies between what he wrote in his diary and
what he said during many public appearances. President Trump bidding
farewell to South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham at his memorial.
Speaker 7 (06:30):
In d C.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Yesterday took place at the Washington National Cathedral. The President
called Graham a beloved friend and a giant of the
US Senate and.
Speaker 9 (06:39):
True American original who left us much too soon. Z
rose from a small town in rural South Carolina, place
he loves so much to become a constant fixed of
American politics at the highest level.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
The President listing some of Senator Graham's biggest accomplishments in DC.
Speaker 9 (07:00):
We were record funding for our military. As a Budget
Committee chairman, he delivered the largest investment in border security
in history. And last year he shepherded the passage of
the largest tax cuts in American history.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And the President noting that the legislation that he the
Graham got passed and that he said that Senator Graham
gave everything. To his contrary, it was a.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
Man who gave America the full measure of his good
and mighty heart, until that heart itself just gave out now.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
His sister Darlene, who's been appointed to serve the remainder
of his term, now said she's going to run for
a full term. There's a primary Republican primary on August
eleventh in South Carolina, the main election that comes up
in November. And then you had Sean Hannity, who was
a good friend of Lindsey Graham as well, gave a
yuwigi at the National Cathedral yesterday. He says that Senator
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Graham never forgot about his South Carolina roots while he
was in DC.
Speaker 10 (07:59):
He was so to serve the people of South Carolina,
for the people of that great state. I want you
to know, with no ambiguity, that you gave Lindsey Graham
the honor of a lifetime.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
The Senator loved his TV appearances. He wasn't shy about them.
Meet the Press. He was on Hannity all the time,
and Hannity says when he did show up, it was
good for ratings.
Speaker 10 (08:20):
Lindsay, my friend, goodbye. For now, we will see you again.
We will finish the work that you started. Well done,
Good and faithful servants, servant, enter thou into the joy
of thy Lord.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
The goodbye continues this morning in South Carolina, where his
body has been returned. There'll be a funeral service this
morning at ten forty five five point thirteen. Kentucky Governor
Andy Basheer calling for Senator Mitch McConnell to disclose more
details about his health or resign from office. We have
not seen the senator since June.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
If he doesn't have the capacity to serve, then yes,
he and or every other member of Congress should resign
if they don't have the capacity.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
To A Democratic governor issuing the ultimatum in a letter
that was sent to McConnell and to Senate Leader John Thune,
the Republican senators and i've been seen in public since
his hospitalization after suffering a fall at his home in
DC back in June. Now, McConnell's office has released statements
and two photos of the senator saying he remains in
a rehab facility. But that's all they've really told us.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
All I'm trying to do is ask the Bear minimum,
and it raises the concern that he might not be
able to meet the Bear minimum. And if that's true,
then yes, Kentucky would need a resignation and would ultimately
need a replacement. I do not know, and that's the challenge.
You know, anybody can put out an official statement. But again,
I hope everything's okay, that he's competent to serve, But
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asking someone to prove that to their constituents isn't a
big or a heavy lift.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
It seems like just something, you know, tell us what's
going on, and then the people can decide what the deal.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
What we've seen are photographs and you know, statements, official statements,
and some come from staff. So just just give us
a little assurance and if everything's okay, everybody can move on.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Governor Bisheer says that's not enough those pictures. He wants
more evidence that McConnell's actually carrying out his duties in
the Senate five point fourteen. The President of Ukraine, Prime
Minister of Israel, they were both visiting the Oval Office
yesterday separate meetings. News Nations Kellie Meyer reports on the
discussion between President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahoo.
Speaker 11 (10:28):
It was really all smiles here, so it seemed at
the White House today, but we don't know exactly what
was said behind those closed doors because both of those meetings.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Were closed to the press.
Speaker 11 (10:39):
We did hear from Netanya, who's sharing publicly that he
had a quote excellent meeting with the President, But there
are those questions that remain around the next move for
both countries in Iran. Netanya who did say the meeting
touched on quote our common goal that Iran does not
obtain a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
President Trump warning the US could resume attacks against Ran
if they don't come to a deal. Now there was
US Saudy attacks that killed at least twenty Iraqi fighters,
wounded thirty two others, and strikes across seven provinces. As
the regional war continues to expand, and in its first
escalation in days, Iran fired missiles at a US based
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in Jordan, with the Jordanian arming saying it shot down
five projectiles. At dawn today, Tehran rejecting Oman's proposal to
split transit routes through the Strait Ohrmus and instead calls
for full control of the inbound corridor and partial control
of the outbound route. That's not going to sit well
with the White House and President Trump and Israeli Prime
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Minister BB Natanya, who holding those positive they say productive
talks in DC yesterday, but of course still just a
total mess in the Middle East. In a moment, we'll
head back down to Washington where the audio recordings from
former President Joe Biden were released. We'll find out what
was in those. We'll do that in the moment. The
first five sixteen. Let's head over to the seventy seven
(12:00):
w ABC Sports desk and here's Justin Ellen. Thank you
know im.
Speaker 12 (12:04):
I'll let him start out here in Chicago, Cole kitched
six shutout innings to four it falling. The Yankees beat
the White Sox three to two for their fifth victory
in six games. Anthony Volpe at an RBI double and
the second and scored on Max Schuman's two run double
as the Yankees moved within one and a half games
of ALIAS leading Tampa Bay. Jason Deminguez had two hits
and reached phase three times. Colds Are David Bednar yielded
(12:26):
a two run homer with two outs in the ninth
before striking out x Yankee Everson Pereira for his twenty
second save. Cole was dominant in his twelve start since
coming back May twenty second from Tommy John surgery. The
sixth time All Star right handers struck out seven and
walk two up next for the Yankees, Cam Schlitler before
get the start against Chicago righty Davis Martin and Tonight's
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game three of four against the White Sox first fifth
from Chicago. His scheduled for seven forty pm in Queens.
The middle game of the Mets series against the visiting
Elena Braves was postponed last night due to inclement weather,
called more than five hours before the scheduled first pitch.
It's been rescheduled. It's part of a day night doubleheader
to day and tonight. Left hander Sean Mania originally slated
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to pitch tonight, we'll start the first game, scheduled for
a one ten pm first pitch from City Field. The
scheduled starters for last night, that's right hander Christian Scott
and Braves all star left hander Chris Sale. We'll pitch
in the nightcap that is set for a seven to
ten pm first pitch from Queens. That is your sports
Noah Man, I'm justin Alicco. On seventy seven WABCA.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
WABC News Time five nineteen audio recordings of former President
Joe Biden's conversations with a ghost rider now public following
a legal battle correspondent Kelly O'Donnell reports of the Justice
Department as released a portion of the Biden tapes following
a review.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
The recordings were made in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen,
after he left office as Vice president. This is why
they didn't know I have this and years later became
part of a classified documents investigation.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
In twenty twenty four, you had Special Prosecutor Robert Hurd
declined to press charges. He wrote that the former president
was a sympathetic, elderly man with a poor memory. You
remember when all that came out, Well, the Heritage Foundation
sued to make the recordings public. In one Biden thought
to keep them private, but then withdrew his appeal.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Just last week, in twenty twenty four, Special Prosecutor Robert
Hurr declined to file charges.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I think I just said that the former.
Speaker 6 (14:28):
President had fought to keep them sealed, but withdrew his
appeal last week. Biden's office saying making the public is
just the latest example of this administration weaponizing the DOJ
for political retribution.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
The Joe Biden tapes revealed and.
Speaker 13 (14:45):
Its found all the classified stuff downstairs.
Speaker 6 (14:48):
The decade old tapes capture mister Biden's candid conversations with
a ghostwriter for a book. He's heard warning the author
that material from his files might be top secret. In
another clip, Biden criticized Obama's decision making process.
Speaker 9 (15:04):
Baraccos always got to the right spot and the daylight
and dollars short.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Yeah, So the tapes were shed some light anyway on
the occasional tensions between Vice President Biden at the time
when he was vice president and then President Barack Obama.
Five point twenty one out to Seattle, where police say
the guns believed to be used in Sunday's mass shooting
at a street fair that killed three. I had extended magazines,
which is right, need to hear. Police Chief Sean Barnes says.
(15:30):
One of the guns had no serial number.
Speaker 14 (15:32):
We recovered a polymer eighty nine milimeter ghost gun with
an extended magazine that had a thirty three round capacity.
When we processed that weapon, there were nineteen rounds left
in that weapon.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
A glock pistol was found while food carts were being
removed on Monday. It was equipped with a fully automatic
switch that made it capable of rapid fire. It had
a forty magazine twenty one rounds remaining nineteen year old
who died the scene. That was one of the gun men,
a fifteen year old boys in custody. Police believe there's
at least one other gunmen out there, but they haven't
(16:08):
found him yet.
Speaker 14 (16:09):
This was a Glock model forty five, nine milimeters pistol
with a fully automatic switch. Our detectives believe that the
polymer ghost gun and the Glock forty five were used
in this act of violence, but we are still waiting
on ballistic testing to be completed.
Speaker 7 (16:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
They don't believe it was a random mass shooting.
Speaker 7 (16:30):
It.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
They believe these three people were firing at each other,
maybe some gang related item five point twenty two from Seattle,
it's got out to Los Angeles where the poor people
who live in this Boil Heights neighborhood. That's where that
food warehouse caught fire back in June, and they now
have been trying to get all the spoiled food out
of this warehouse. I mean millions of pounds of spoiled food.
(16:53):
And I don't really understand why it's taking so long,
but the stink in that neighborhood continues, and now there's
a new problem. There is a fly infestation. Well, that
makes sense when you have spoiled food around and the
fly problem is huge.
Speaker 7 (17:07):
There is this massive infestation of these flies which could
literally make people not just sick, but kill people.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Yeah, so it is the green bottle fly that's on
this property a private company. Why they're letting them take
their good old time to clean this up, we don't
really understand. But now the issue is your flies, the
stink in the neighborhood in Boil Highs. We're very concerned
that this is a public health crisis.
Speaker 11 (17:33):
We're not talking about something that is a pie in
the sky possibility.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
It is happening in real time, and those neighbors asking
to be evacuated and put in another place until that
cleanup is done. Five point twenty four, a new report
says President Trump is pressuring Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
To ramp up efforts to reduce the number of childhood vaccinations.
News Nations Connell McShane reports it's driven by the President's
(18:01):
insistence that vaccines are linked to autism.
Speaker 15 (18:04):
Sources close to the president reportedly say he's hoping that
alleviating autism could be a part of his legacy, and
he's reportedly disappointed that Kennedy's not doing more to help
make this happen since he took office. So Kennedy tried
to implement new guidelines that would have cut childhood vaccinations
from seventeen to eleven, but a federal judge stepped in
(18:24):
and blocked the proposal. Trump reportedly has urged Kennedy to
fight back, prompting the Secretary to now petition an appeals
court for a quicker decision.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Now most signed to say there's no proof that vaccinations
are linked to rising autism rates across the country. Five
twenty five down to Texas where they have that hotly
contested race for Senate there, Democrat James T. Larico has
been using his Christian faith as a way to attract
moderate Republicans, but at a rally near Dallas, his opponent
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Ken paxed and mocked some of those stances ago.
Speaker 16 (18:57):
He said, I'm by a county Christians. If you heard
say that, he said we had six genders. I'm looking
still for that in the Bible. I didn't even get
that bipology books in college.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Yeah, some of that a little here, hard to hear
the Republican nominee Ken Paxton says that his opponent claims
to be Christian, but takes his stances that suggest otherwise.
WABC News Time five twenty five. New technology is being
used to address the ongoing housing crisis in America. Three
D printed homes are popping up just about everywhere, cutting costs,
(19:30):
they speed up the timeline for contractors. They're made with
concrete and rebar, and they offer more protection than a
traditional home.
Speaker 17 (19:39):
With three D printing and US scaling this whole over time,
they will be able to buy a home that is
you know, fire resistant, water resistant, that's saves on insurance,
that saves on their energy bill.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
That's Nan Lynn. He's the founder of one of these
startup companies that makes these three D homes. A three
D printed home in California recently sold for three hundred
and seventy five thousand dollars. That's compared to the national
average of four hundred and seventy five thousand dollars for
a regular home. Spending will continues to soar in college football.
Speaker 18 (20:12):
First, on Tuesday, it was Ohio State University that announced
all thirty six of the Buckeyes sports teams would partner
with JP Morgan Chase Bank, and we're at Chase Bank Patch.
The bank will pay nearly seventeen million dollars per year
to the OSU athletic program that was upstaged by the
Irish as Notre Dame signed a multi year deal with
(20:32):
Sofi Technologies, placing that financial services company's brand on the
fighting Irish's jerseys in every sport starting this season, a
six year deal worth up to twenty million per the
richest in college sports history. James Flippin for the Worldwide
News Network WABC.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
It's the seventy seven WABC News Hour, Talking the news
with Noam Laiden. All the news you need to know
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Speaker 3 (21:04):
Talking the news with Noah.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
On seventy seven WABC.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Yes, that's me, Good morning. It is Wednesday, July twenty ninth.
It's my oldest kid's twenty third birthday. How did that happen?
Your forecast from the seventy seven WABC Weather Center could
see some thunderstorms this morning, chance of rain this afternoon
in the high going to be eighty tonight and overnight
party cloudy, low sixty eight and Thursday, just clouds high
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seventy nine. If you're walking out the door with us
right now, so happy you are sixty nine in Raining
and Yonkers up in Westchester. It's sixty eight and Raining
and Hawthorn over in New Jersey, and it's sixty nine
in Cloudy right outside our midtown studios. WABC News Time
five point forty. The mother of that twelve year old
boy who was shot and killed in the Bronx by
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stray bullet on Sunday, speaking out for the first time
about the heartbreak of losing her son, twelve year old
Jacob fraytest if you had been following this story. The
boy was on his way to bodega Saturday afternoon in
the Mount Eden section to buy a ball, and a
fight broke out on the street right next to the bodega.
Someone pulled out a gun fired off a whole bunch
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of shots. One of those bullets shot and killed Jacob. Well.
His mother, speaking out for the first time yesterday, Mgdhalia
Martinez says she's remembering her son, says he didn't deserve
his tragic death. She says, of course she's still grieving,
but she says she's had some smiles and laughs as
friends have showed her old videos of her son since
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his murder. He was a fun kid, loving, smart, corky kid.
He liked all the weird stuff. Forty five year old
William Ferrer. He was arrested facing a host of charges
for firing off those bullets, including murder. Mgdahlia says she
doesn't understand how or why this had to happen. She says,
anyone who recklessly murders a child should go and get
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life in prison without parole. Truly hope he can live
with himself for this.
Speaker 12 (23:00):
You know what he felt in him that he had
to do that, and for whatever.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
His reasoning is, it doesn't changed. He took my son's life.
It does not. An outside of Jacob's apartment, there's a
growing memorial of flowers, candles, handwritten messages, and she says
the mom that she loves that this community has put
their arms around her, and she says, that's help.
Speaker 12 (23:22):
It's an abundance of love, and I truly want to
thank everyone for that.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Five forty one letters have been said to thousands of
New York City homeowners stating that they may have to
pay that new controversial piety at tax, but many say
they shouldn't be on that less. The surcharge is aimed
at people who own a property in the city but
declare their primary residence outside of the Big Apple. It
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targets homes that have valued over five million bucks. It
stems from Mayor Mom Donnie's promise to tax the rich
and will raise at least five hundred million dollars directly
for the city, and I was part of the roll out.
The city created a database of the addresses that includes
but it's not limited to those properties that may be
subjected to the surcharge, and they made this public just
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a little outrageous. An eighty one year old woman on
the Upper East Side says she's lived in her townhouse
full time for thirty years. She has no other residence,
yet she's received a letter from the city. She finds
it threatening. The warning stated that she had until August
twenty first to prove she's exempt or pay the tax,
which she would owe fifty six thousand dollars, a lot
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of money. A Staten Islander who's in a condo, he's
in the database the family, but he didn't get a
warning letter, and he says this is the only home
he owns, and it's not worth a whole lot of mind.
Speaker 13 (24:42):
Retired on Social Security, you know, that's basically the money
that I get.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
I think it's ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
This is all working class, you know, and families and
children and grandchildren.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Yeah, so they're trying to sort it out. And even
the borough president, Vito Facella, he didn't receive a letter,
but his his name is listed on that website.
Speaker 13 (25:02):
My case, it's the house I grew up in that
my father lives. We will people have the same name.
He owns it, and I have my house. The danger
is it's almost like an enemy's list that's being created.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Yeah. Right.
Speaker 13 (25:12):
The whole notion of a property is a bad thing.
Is that the American dream is actually now an American nightmare.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah, it means like they're punishing people who are successful.
The city says it's committed to implementing the new surcharge
fairly and efficiently, and they did respond. They say the
mistakes that they made will be cleaned up. And while
we're talking about the mayor, he says he will be
at the nine to eleven memorial in September, even though
some of the nine eleven families don't want him to
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show up. Giovanni Gallante, whose wife was killed in the
North Tower, started a petition to keep Mom Donnie away,
and maybe you missed it. He was on with Sid
on Sid and Friends in the Morning yesterday in a
great interview and he was detailing why he does not
wear Mom Donnie there at the nine to eleven ceremony, him.
Speaker 19 (25:58):
Hanging around the people that supported nine to eleven, people
that have spoken bad about it and think that we
deserved it. They didn't deserve it.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
They will want to work.
Speaker 19 (26:08):
He's had situations where he knows the bomber of ninety three.
He supports all these people that are running that wipe
their face and hands on the flag.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
Now, Galanti says, thousands of people have already signed this petition.
It may not make a difference. I don't know how
many would be. The mayor would turn away and not
show up, and the mayor says he's going to be there.
But you can hear the entire interview with Glante and
with Sid by surfing on over to WABC radio dot com.
In a moment, we'll head to Queen's where a pitbull
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when on the attack. It was ugly. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first five forty five,
let's head over to the seventy seven w ABC Sports
desk and here's justin Ella.
Speaker 12 (26:49):
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you Pilo Foler's Vworlds the Best Phil Boiler's out. In Chicago,
garre Cole six shutout innings of four hit ball, and
the Yankees beat the White Sox three to two for
the fifth victory in six games. Anthony Volpi hit an
RBI double and then second and scored on Max Schuman's
two run double as the Yankees moved within a game
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and a half of AL East leading Tampa Bay. Jason
Deminguez had two hits and reach base three times. Closer
David Bednar yielded a two run home or two outs
in the ninth before striking out the X Yankee Everson
Pereira for his twenty second save. Cole was dominant in
his twelve start since coming back May twenty second from
Tommy John surgery. The six time All Star right hander
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struck out seven and walked two. Next for the Yankees,
Cam Splitler, we'll get the start against Chicago righty Davis Martin,
and tonight's Game three or four against the White Sox,
first pitch from Chicago scheduled for seven forty pm in Queens.
The middle game of the net series against the visiting
Atlanta Braves was postponed last night due to inclement weather
called more than five games or five hours I should say,
(27:53):
before the scheduled first pitch. It's been rescheduled, and that
as part of a day night doubleheader today and tonight.
Left hander Sean Macnia originally slated to pitch tonight, we'll
start the first game schedule for a one ten pm
first pitch from City Field, and then the schedule starters
for last night, if that's right hander Christian Scott and
Braves all star left hander Chrissill we'll pitch, and then
nightcaps at for a seven to ten pm first pitch
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from Queens.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Baseball players must hate these doubleheaders, right, yeah?
Speaker 12 (28:18):
I think they like these day night doubleheaders more so
than a split doubleheader, which is one game right after another,
exactly one game right after it day.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Night means how many hours in between the game.
Speaker 12 (28:30):
They'll play this first game, you know, one ten pm
first pitch, it'll probably end somewhere around four o'clock, and
then the seven o'clock four to thirty latest, and then
you get a couple hours before the seven o'clock game,
come out around six third, you know six, I mean
I would imagine they come out a little bit later
for warm ups on a day night double header day
than they normally would. So you know, you come out
around six, get ready for game two coming out at
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seven to ten pm tonight.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
But yeah, when it's a day night doubleheader, they move
the crowd out and they bring a whole new kip exactly.
Split double head. Are you get tickets for both games?
Speaker 4 (29:01):
Got it? Deal?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
But always I learned something new every day, how about that?
Speaker 12 (29:04):
And but yeah, it's got to bring these guys back
to those little league days. You know, playing four games
in one day, it's you know, it's sitting out in
the sun all day if you're a parent with your
beach chair. But yeah, it's it's a kid's game at
the end of the day normally, and they had a
lot to do it exactly, So get out there and
play because you're not gonna be playing for the next
couple of years.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
Presumably that's your sports points true.
Speaker 12 (29:26):
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Speaker 3 (29:34):
W ABC News Time five fIF two, it sent out
to Queens where a pitbull went on the attack, HEARDing
biting four members of a family, two of them children,
while they were unloading groceries from their cars. Police say
it happened about ten o'clock Beach, sixty second Street and
Thursby Avenue. Sam samarrat We said it was his family
(29:55):
that was visiting from out of town. They were from
Canada here on a vacation and this pit bull bit
his relative as a sixteen year old girl and eleven
year old boy as they unloaded the grosses. A thirty
seven year old man also bitten, so was a forty
two year old woman. It was their parents.
Speaker 18 (30:12):
I ran out and see, like everyone else, my son and.
Speaker 5 (30:18):
Screaming.
Speaker 14 (30:19):
It came out of nowhere.
Speaker 3 (30:21):
When they're getting off of the call.
Speaker 20 (30:26):
Everybody there was blood everywhere The eleven year old boy
suffered injuries to his thigh, that sixteen year old girl
injuries to her neck, her thigh, her leg, a thirty
seven year old the dad had injuries to his left hand.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
Forty two year old injuries to her private area. In fact,
they're still in the hospital being.
Speaker 18 (30:43):
Treated, beat on most severely.
Speaker 19 (30:49):
Tell us blood everywhere.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Now here's I know people get mad at me when
I go after pitbulls, but I crossed the street when
I see somebody with a big bowl in my neighborhood.
Thankfully there's not a lot of them. But this man,
the guy who owned the pit bull. Apparently after the attack,
he shows up, he grabs the pit bull and he
walks away. Nothing, nothing to the family, nothing at all. Plice,
of course, are looking for him. So far they haven't
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found him. Five fifty one. Let's head out and up
to Westchester, Memaherinak where police are searching for a man
who is accused of groping a woman over the weekend.
As she and her two friends had left a bar,
a neighbor heard her screaming for help from his apartment.
He looked outside caught a glimpse of this wanted man
(31:31):
who they haven't found.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
I hear screaming, screaming, like crazy, screaming. The guy was
completely aware of black clothes, and he had the jumper
covered his head, and he had a face mask in it,
and he had a hand like this, and he was
running to the hallst Avenue.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Now, one of these three women who had left this
barther was about midnight or so, say this guy. They
realized he was following him. He then grabs this woman
around her waist. The two other friends fight him off.
They kick him repeatedly. Some of them have scrapes to
their arms. I mean, they're otherwise okay. And finally this
guy raced off. But of course neighbors are worried about
(32:06):
who this individual is and if he could strike again.
So police have increased patrols in Mamara, Necaus. They search
for this creep.
Speaker 4 (32:13):
In this neighborhood. I've been leaving for the last almost
five years. It never happened something like that.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
Never never know, yeah, well never until it does happen.
Five point fifty three cops in Suffo County on the
Long Island, they continue to look for people involved in
these massive street takeovers. They've been happening almost weekly there
is and if you haven't seen this, it is crazy
and wild. All of a sudden, there'll be one hundred
and two hundred people on ATVs, motorcycles, dirt bikes, electric vehicles,
(32:44):
and they just take over highways. And so that happened
over the weekend in Suffolk County. Locals they're just fed
up with the rowdy and dangerous behavior on the road.
I think it's very selfish of the people who are
doing it.
Speaker 13 (32:57):
I think it's really I.
Speaker 17 (33:00):
Think it really terrorizes people in the suburbs.
Speaker 10 (33:03):
There's no consequences, why should they stop what they're doing.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
So over the weekend, you had two hundred vehicles drive
from Smith Aven Mall that's in Lake Grove. They traveled
nearly twenty miles southwest to Bay Shore to cause problems there.
Speaker 16 (33:16):
We're going to look for faces, we're going to look
for vehicle identifications, we're going to confiscate additional vehicles, and
we're going to arrest additional people.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
That's the police now. They did make five arrests over
the weekend, including a twenty two year old and his
name is Shamir Solomon, who allegedly had a loaded gun
in his possessions, little frightening. They also seized ten vehicles,
but they stopped the street takeover in one town and
this group of people just went to another town. So
they said they're going to be for patrols over the
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weekend to make sure it doesn't happen again. While we're
out on Long Island, a man there says a tick
bite has left him battling a rare illness. This individual's
names Dean Gernhard. He's from Ridge. He says he's dealing
with symptoms since May after he believes he was bitten
by a tick at his home. Now he didn't know
(34:07):
exactly what it was, he knew he thought it was
from the tick bike. So he went to see an
infectious disease specialist at Stonybrook Medical and they diagnosed him
with rabbit fever. It's just like we need another thing
to worry about, rabbit fever. This is so rare, this
bacterial infection here. I'll let him describe it.
Speaker 21 (34:27):
Pretty shocked and surprised me that I had it, because
I honestly was hoping that it was going to be
negative and I wasn't going to have anything.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
But unfortunately I did.
Speaker 21 (34:36):
Test positive for it, but at least they found it,
so now I'm on a treatment now.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionally, two
hundred cases of to romia or rabbit fever are reported
in the US each year. This guy should go played
a lot of ray since he's been honestly pretty awful.
Speaker 21 (34:54):
I've been having such bad migraines, really bad shortness of breath.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
I've been able to really sleep that much. Yeah, it
doesn't sound good. So rabbit fever it's really rare. It
sounds really frightening though, but it's a bacterial disease that
is commonly spread by tick bites and deer flies who
have had contact with infected animals like rabbits. That's why
it's got the fun name of rabbit fever.
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Speaker 3 (00:24):
Yes, that's me, Good morning. It is Wednesday, July twenty ninth.
Your forecast from the seventy seven WABC Weather Center. Could
see some thunderstorms this morning, chance of rain this afternoon.
The high going to be eighty tonight and overnight Hartley cloudy,
low sixty eight and then Thursday just clouds h seventy nine.
If you are walking out the door with us right now,
(00:45):
sixty nine in raining and Yonkers up in Westchester. It's
sixty eight and rating in hawthorn Over in New Jersey,
and it's sixty nine in cloudy right outside our midtown studios.
This he's the Top five at five. Another night of
flash floods and firefighter rescues. A big day for doctor
Fauci on Capitol Hill. Wait, what's rabbit fever? And how
(01:08):
do you contract? At pitfull goes on the attack in
Queens and why is one New Jersey town telling another
to shut up? All right, let's get into it. At
five oh four. New Jersey hit really hard again last
night flash floods. In Hawthorn, they had flood waters both
Monday night and again last night. It happened you'd be
(01:29):
swept away, Pa Sack. The storms are getting worse. I mean,
you know, I've never seen nothing like this. Sheer force
of the power that was ripping through here with the water.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
When we were hearing from the mayor of Hawthorne, he
says it's been years since they've had floods like this.
Two story days torrential rain caused the Gulf ole Brook
to overflow, shut down roads. In Patterson, it was a
similar ordeal, with at least twenty people needing to be
rescued last night from a storm that broke part of
a road. There was flooding everywhere. Here's the maters fact.
(02:00):
If you go to twenty first Avenue, plumb manhole.
Speaker 5 (02:03):
Cover had just risen up as a result of the
water pressure.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
And it came down that rapidly. It was intense, really intense. Yes,
So here some of the rainfall that we saw yesterday,
and you just realized how intense it was. Morris County
six point four inches that was recorded by about eleven
o'clock last night, Essex County four point seven inches, and
most of this falling in a short period of time,
and then it continued to rain overnight. Maybe you heard
(02:30):
some of the thunderstorms blowing through overnight. In Woodland Park,
which is right next to Patterson, two daycares had to
be evacuated along Lachawana Avenue after rain overwhelmed the community there.
They had to bring trucks in to get the kids out.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
I've been here about fifteen years through the council and
the mayor's office, and I've never had to evacuate the
daycare centers.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
I mean, what was that like? Yeah, a little bit scary. Yeah,
that's the mayor of Woodland Park. Sixty people evacuated across
that town yesterday. Nearby they were inundated with flood waters
as water went inside homes and cars. Seventeen water rescues
in Midland Park. In one place in Midland Park, this
massive tree gave way fell on a house and a car.
(03:11):
Here's the home on all of a sudden, the ground
just shook.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
Literally we thought it was a hurricane, and all of
a sudden, the whole tree just came down on our
if you see the room.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Yeah, So nobody injured. Thankfully, there's no sign of how
bad the damages. I guess we'll see that at daylight.
And then here in the city there were what they
call safe locations that were available to people overnight because
they were really worried, as they have been in the
past about the rain waters and flooding going into people's
(03:42):
basement apartments and people getting trapped there. We've had that
in the past, people have been killed. So overnight, they
had these overnight locations where you could leave your basement
apartment and head to one of these overnight shelters, a
lot of them in local schools. One of them was
PS two thirty and Kensington, Brooklyn. Here's the Emergency Management
(04:03):
commissioner at Christina Farrell talking about being prepared overnight. Now
we didn't see that anybody took part and went to
these shelters at least as of about eleven last night.
Speaker 7 (04:13):
I was thinking about people that live in basement apartments.
We have flood sensors, we have things so when it
starts to rain, we can see where the rain may
be hitting more and then you know, quickly deploy resources
right there.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
And we've seen this over the last few administrations. The
Mayor's warning people here you live in a basement apartment,
pay attention to the weather, because things have gotten worse
over the last decade or so. And Mayor Mom Donnie
doing the same thing yesterday saying, hey, make sure if
you're in a basement apartment, you pay attention to what's
going on.
Speaker 7 (04:40):
The agencies have been clearing catch basins, prepositioning assets. So
these storms are always challenging, and we want to be
on top of everything.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Okay, daylight, we'll tell us a whole lot. And I
imagine at least in New Jersey anyway, and we're seeing
this in Westchester as well. There'll be a lot of
cleanup to do a little bit later today when it
stops raining. WABC News Time nine we learned last night
that a sixth person has died from the Legionnaire's outbreak
on the Upper east Side. So far, ninety diagnosed with
(05:09):
the disease since the outbreak was first identified, six s
patients still in the hospital, sixty five have been discharged
in New York City Health Department currently investigating that community
cluster of legionnaires that's on the Upper East Side and
the neighborhoods of Carnegie Hill and Yorkville. Official say they're
confident though the source of the Legionella bacteria has essentially
(05:29):
been eliminated five point ten down to d C where
doctor Anthony Fauci heads to Capitol Hill today to testified
o COVID nineteen's origins. Correspondent Blake Berman as more.
Speaker 8 (05:41):
Doctor Anthony Fauci will testify before the Senate Homeland Security
Committee Wednesday, responding to a subpoena from the chairman.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Senator Ran Paul.
Speaker 8 (05:49):
The Kentucky Republican is calling the former National Institute of
Health scientists to Congress as part of his investigation into.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
The origins of COVID nineteen.
Speaker 8 (05:58):
Fauci maintains the virus likely jump from animals to humans,
where a Senator Paul believed that it leaked from a
lab in Wuhan, China, acclaimed the FBI and CIA have
assessed have been possible.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Senator Ram Paul publicly released over one thousand pages of
Fauci's personal journal ahead of his testimony today, accusing Fauci
of inconsistencies between what he wrote in his diary and
what he said during many public appearances. President Trump bidding
farewell to South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham at his memorial.
Speaker 7 (06:30):
In d C.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Yesterday took place at the Washington National Cathedral. The President
called Graham a beloved friend and a giant of the
US Senate and.
Speaker 9 (06:39):
True American original who left us much too soon. Z
rose from a small town in rural South Carolina, place
he loves so much to become a constant fixed of
American politics at the highest level.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
The President listing some of Senator Graham's biggest accomplishments in DC.
Speaker 9 (07:00):
We were record funding for our military. As a Budget
Committee chairman, he delivered the largest investment in border security
in history. And last year he shepherded the passage of
the largest tax cuts in American history.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
And the President noting that the legislation that he the
Graham got passed and that he said that Senator Graham
gave everything. To his contrary, it was a.
Speaker 9 (07:24):
Man who gave America the full measure of his good
and mighty heart, until that heart itself just gave out now.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
His sister Darlene, who's been appointed to serve the remainder
of his term, now said she's going to run for
a full term. There's a primary Republican primary on August
eleventh in South Carolina, the main election that comes up
in November. And then you had Sean Hannity, who was
a good friend of Lindsey Graham as well, gave a
yuwigi at the National Cathedral yesterday. He says that Senator
(07:55):
Graham never forgot about his South Carolina roots while he
was in DC.
Speaker 10 (07:59):
He was so to serve the people of South Carolina,
for the people of that great state. I want you
to know, with no ambiguity, that you gave Lindsey Graham
the honor of a lifetime.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
The Senator loved his TV appearances. He wasn't shy about them.
Meet the Press. He was on Hannity all the time,
and Hannity says when he did show up, it was
good for ratings.
Speaker 10 (08:20):
Lindsay, my friend, goodbye. For now, we will see you again.
We will finish the work that you started. Well done,
Good and faithful servants, servant, enter thou into the joy
of thy Lord.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
The goodbye continues this morning in South Carolina, where his
body has been returned. There'll be a funeral service this
morning at ten forty five five point thirteen. Kentucky Governor
Andy Basheer calling for Senator Mitch McConnell to disclose more
details about his health or resign from office. We have
not seen the senator since June.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
If he doesn't have the capacity to serve, then yes,
he and or every other member of Congress should resign
if they don't have the capacity.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
To A Democratic governor issuing the ultimatum in a letter
that was sent to McConnell and to Senate Leader John Thune,
the Republican senators and i've been seen in public since
his hospitalization after suffering a fall at his home in
DC back in June. Now, McConnell's office has released statements
and two photos of the senator saying he remains in
a rehab facility. But that's all they've really told us.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
All I'm trying to do is ask the Bear minimum,
and it raises the concern that he might not be
able to meet the Bear minimum. And if that's true,
then yes, Kentucky would need a resignation and would ultimately
need a replacement. I do not know, and that's the challenge.
You know, anybody can put out an official statement. But again,
I hope everything's okay, that he's competent to serve, But
(09:49):
asking someone to prove that to their constituents isn't a
big or a heavy lift.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
It seems like just something, you know, tell us what's
going on, and then the people can decide what the deal.
Speaker 5 (09:57):
What we've seen are photographs and you know, statements, official statements,
and some come from staff. So just just give us
a little assurance and if everything's okay, everybody can move on.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
Governor Bisheer says that's not enough those pictures. He wants
more evidence that McConnell's actually carrying out his duties in
the Senate five point fourteen. The President of Ukraine, Prime
Minister of Israel, they were both visiting the Oval Office
yesterday separate meetings. News Nations Kellie Meyer reports on the
discussion between President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahoo.
Speaker 11 (10:28):
It was really all smiles here, so it seemed at
the White House today, but we don't know exactly what
was said behind those closed doors because both of those meetings.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
Were closed to the press.
Speaker 11 (10:39):
We did hear from Netanya, who's sharing publicly that he
had a quote excellent meeting with the President, But there
are those questions that remain around the next move for
both countries in Iran. Netanya who did say the meeting
touched on quote our common goal that Iran does not
obtain a nuclear weapon.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
President Trump warning the US could resume attacks against Ran
if they don't come to a deal. Now there was
US Saudy attacks that killed at least twenty Iraqi fighters,
wounded thirty two others, and strikes across seven provinces. As
the regional war continues to expand, and in its first
escalation in days, Iran fired missiles at a US based
(11:17):
in Jordan, with the Jordanian arming saying it shot down
five projectiles. At dawn today, Tehran rejecting Oman's proposal to
split transit routes through the Strait Ohrmus and instead calls
for full control of the inbound corridor and partial control
of the outbound route. That's not going to sit well
with the White House and President Trump and Israeli Prime
(11:38):
Minister BB Natanya, who holding those positive they say productive
talks in DC yesterday, but of course still just a
total mess in the Middle East. In a moment, we'll
head back down to Washington where the audio recordings from
former President Joe Biden were released. We'll find out what
was in those. We'll do that in the moment. The
first five sixteen. Let's head over to the seventy seven
(12:00):
w ABC Sports desk and here's Justin Ellen. Thank you
know im.
Speaker 12 (12:04):
I'll let him start out here in Chicago, Cole kitched
six shutout innings to four it falling. The Yankees beat
the White Sox three to two for their fifth victory
in six games. Anthony Volpe at an RBI double and
the second and scored on Max Schuman's two run double
as the Yankees moved within one and a half games
of ALIAS leading Tampa Bay. Jason Deminguez had two hits
and reached phase three times. Colds Are David Bednar yielded
(12:26):
a two run homer with two outs in the ninth
before striking out x Yankee Everson Pereira for his twenty
second save. Cole was dominant in his twelve start since
coming back May twenty second from Tommy John surgery. The
sixth time All Star right handers struck out seven and
walk two up next for the Yankees, Cam Schlitler before
get the start against Chicago righty Davis Martin and Tonight's
(12:47):
game three of four against the White Sox first fifth
from Chicago. His scheduled for seven forty pm in Queens.
The middle game of the Mets series against the visiting
Elena Braves was postponed last night due to inclement weather,
called more than five hours before the scheduled first pitch.
It's been rescheduled. It's part of a day night doubleheader
to day and tonight. Left hander Sean Mania originally slated
(13:08):
to pitch tonight, we'll start the first game, scheduled for
a one ten pm first pitch from City Field. The
scheduled starters for last night, that's right hander Christian Scott
and Braves all star left hander Chris Sale. We'll pitch
in the nightcap that is set for a seven to
ten pm first pitch from Queens. That is your sports
Noah Man, I'm justin Alicco. On seventy seven WABCA.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
WABC News Time five nineteen audio recordings of former President
Joe Biden's conversations with a ghost rider now public following
a legal battle correspondent Kelly O'Donnell reports of the Justice
Department as released a portion of the Biden tapes following
a review.
Speaker 6 (13:47):
The recordings were made in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen,
after he left office as Vice president. This is why
they didn't know I have this and years later became
part of a classified documents investigation.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
In twenty twenty four, you had Special Prosecutor Robert Hurd
declined to press charges. He wrote that the former president
was a sympathetic, elderly man with a poor memory. You
remember when all that came out, Well, the Heritage Foundation
sued to make the recordings public. In one Biden thought
to keep them private, but then withdrew his appeal.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
Just last week, in twenty twenty four, Special Prosecutor Robert
Hurr declined to file charges.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I think I just said that the former.
Speaker 6 (14:28):
President had fought to keep them sealed, but withdrew his
appeal last week. Biden's office saying making the public is
just the latest example of this administration weaponizing the DOJ
for political retribution.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
The Joe Biden tapes revealed and.
Speaker 13 (14:45):
Its found all the classified stuff downstairs.
Speaker 6 (14:48):
The decade old tapes capture mister Biden's candid conversations with
a ghostwriter for a book. He's heard warning the author
that material from his files might be top secret. In
another clip, Biden criticized Obama's decision making process.
Speaker 9 (15:04):
Baraccos always got to the right spot and the daylight
and dollars short.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Yeah, So the tapes were shed some light anyway on
the occasional tensions between Vice President Biden at the time
when he was vice president and then President Barack Obama.
Five point twenty one out to Seattle, where police say
the guns believed to be used in Sunday's mass shooting
at a street fair that killed three. I had extended magazines,
which is right, need to hear. Police Chief Sean Barnes says.
(15:30):
One of the guns had no serial number.
Speaker 14 (15:32):
We recovered a polymer eighty nine milimeter ghost gun with
an extended magazine that had a thirty three round capacity.
When we processed that weapon, there were nineteen rounds left
in that weapon.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
A glock pistol was found while food carts were being
removed on Monday. It was equipped with a fully automatic
switch that made it capable of rapid fire. It had
a forty magazine twenty one rounds remaining nineteen year old
who died the scene. That was one of the gun men,
a fifteen year old boys in custody. Police believe there's
at least one other gunmen out there, but they haven't
(16:08):
found him yet.
Speaker 14 (16:09):
This was a Glock model forty five, nine milimeters pistol
with a fully automatic switch. Our detectives believe that the
polymer ghost gun and the Glock forty five were used
in this act of violence, but we are still waiting
on ballistic testing to be completed.
Speaker 7 (16:27):
Now.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
They don't believe it was a random mass shooting.
Speaker 7 (16:30):
It.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
They believe these three people were firing at each other,
maybe some gang related item five point twenty two from Seattle,
it's got out to Los Angeles where the poor people
who live in this Boil Heights neighborhood. That's where that
food warehouse caught fire back in June, and they now
have been trying to get all the spoiled food out
of this warehouse. I mean millions of pounds of spoiled food.
(16:53):
And I don't really understand why it's taking so long,
but the stink in that neighborhood continues, and now there's
a new problem. There is a fly infestation. Well, that
makes sense when you have spoiled food around and the
fly problem is huge.
Speaker 7 (17:07):
There is this massive infestation of these flies which could
literally make people not just sick, but kill people.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Yeah, so it is the green bottle fly that's on
this property a private company. Why they're letting them take
their good old time to clean this up, we don't
really understand. But now the issue is your flies, the
stink in the neighborhood in Boil Highs. We're very concerned
that this is a public health crisis.
Speaker 11 (17:33):
We're not talking about something that is a pie in
the sky possibility.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
It is happening in real time, and those neighbors asking
to be evacuated and put in another place until that
cleanup is done. Five point twenty four, a new report
says President Trump is pressuring Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
To ramp up efforts to reduce the number of childhood vaccinations.
News Nations Connell McShane reports it's driven by the President's
(18:01):
insistence that vaccines are linked to autism.
Speaker 15 (18:04):
Sources close to the president reportedly say he's hoping that
alleviating autism could be a part of his legacy, and
he's reportedly disappointed that Kennedy's not doing more to help
make this happen since he took office. So Kennedy tried
to implement new guidelines that would have cut childhood vaccinations
from seventeen to eleven, but a federal judge stepped in
(18:24):
and blocked the proposal. Trump reportedly has urged Kennedy to
fight back, prompting the Secretary to now petition an appeals
court for a quicker decision.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Now most signed to say there's no proof that vaccinations
are linked to rising autism rates across the country. Five
twenty five down to Texas where they have that hotly
contested race for Senate there, Democrat James T. Larico has
been using his Christian faith as a way to attract
moderate Republicans, but at a rally near Dallas, his opponent
(18:53):
Ken paxed and mocked some of those stances ago.
Speaker 16 (18:57):
He said, I'm by a county Christians. If you heard
say that, he said we had six genders. I'm looking
still for that in the Bible. I didn't even get
that bipology books in college.
Speaker 3 (19:08):
Yeah, some of that a little here, hard to hear
the Republican nominee Ken Paxton says that his opponent claims
to be Christian, but takes his stances that suggest otherwise.
WABC News Time five twenty five. New technology is being
used to address the ongoing housing crisis in America. Three
D printed homes are popping up just about everywhere, cutting costs,
(19:30):
they speed up the timeline for contractors. They're made with
concrete and rebar, and they offer more protection than a
traditional home.
Speaker 17 (19:39):
With three D printing and US scaling this whole over time,
they will be able to buy a home that is
you know, fire resistant, water resistant, that's saves on insurance,
that saves on their energy bill.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
That's Nan Lynn. He's the founder of one of these
startup companies that makes these three D homes. A three
D printed home in California recently sold for three hundred
and seventy five thousand dollars. That's compared to the national
average of four hundred and seventy five thousand dollars for
a regular home. Spending will continues to soar in college football.
Speaker 18 (20:12):
First, on Tuesday, it was Ohio State University that announced
all thirty six of the Buckeyes sports teams would partner
with JP Morgan Chase Bank, and we're at Chase Bank Patch.
The bank will pay nearly seventeen million dollars per year
to the OSU athletic program that was upstaged by the
Irish as Notre Dame signed a multi year deal with
(20:32):
Sofi Technologies, placing that financial services company's brand on the
fighting Irish's jerseys in every sport starting this season, a
six year deal worth up to twenty million per the
richest in college sports history. James Flippin for the Worldwide
News Network WABC.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
It's the seventy seven WABC News Hour, Talking the news
with Noam Laiden. All the news you need to know
with Joe Nolan, Traffic, justin Elik, Sports and no.
Speaker 3 (21:04):
Talking the news with Noah.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
On seventy seven WABC.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Yes, that's me, Good morning. It is Wednesday, July twenty ninth.
It's my oldest kid's twenty third birthday. How did that happen?
Your forecast from the seventy seven WABC Weather Center could
see some thunderstorms this morning, chance of rain this afternoon
in the high going to be eighty tonight and overnight
party cloudy, low sixty eight and Thursday, just clouds high
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seventy nine. If you're walking out the door with us
right now, so happy you are sixty nine in Raining
and Yonkers up in Westchester. It's sixty eight and Raining
and Hawthorn over in New Jersey, and it's sixty nine
in Cloudy right outside our midtown studios. WABC News Time
five point forty. The mother of that twelve year old
boy who was shot and killed in the Bronx by
(21:51):
stray bullet on Sunday, speaking out for the first time
about the heartbreak of losing her son, twelve year old
Jacob fraytest if you had been following this story. The
boy was on his way to bodega Saturday afternoon in
the Mount Eden section to buy a ball, and a
fight broke out on the street right next to the bodega.
Someone pulled out a gun fired off a whole bunch
(22:12):
of shots. One of those bullets shot and killed Jacob. Well.
His mother, speaking out for the first time yesterday, Mgdhalia
Martinez says she's remembering her son, says he didn't deserve
his tragic death. She says, of course she's still grieving,
but she says she's had some smiles and laughs as
friends have showed her old videos of her son since
(22:33):
his murder. He was a fun kid, loving, smart, corky kid.
He liked all the weird stuff. Forty five year old
William Ferrer. He was arrested facing a host of charges
for firing off those bullets, including murder. Mgdahlia says she
doesn't understand how or why this had to happen. She says,
anyone who recklessly murders a child should go and get
(22:55):
life in prison without parole. Truly hope he can live
with himself for this.
Speaker 12 (23:00):
You know what he felt in him that he had
to do that, and for whatever.
Speaker 3 (23:04):
His reasoning is, it doesn't changed. He took my son's life.
It does not. An outside of Jacob's apartment, there's a
growing memorial of flowers, candles, handwritten messages, and she says
the mom that she loves that this community has put
their arms around her, and she says, that's help.
Speaker 12 (23:22):
It's an abundance of love, and I truly want to
thank everyone for that.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Five forty one letters have been said to thousands of
New York City homeowners stating that they may have to
pay that new controversial piety at tax, but many say
they shouldn't be on that less. The surcharge is aimed
at people who own a property in the city but
declare their primary residence outside of the Big Apple. It
(23:47):
targets homes that have valued over five million bucks. It
stems from Mayor Mom Donnie's promise to tax the rich
and will raise at least five hundred million dollars directly
for the city, and I was part of the roll out.
The city created a database of the addresses that includes
but it's not limited to those properties that may be
subjected to the surcharge, and they made this public just
(24:10):
a little outrageous. An eighty one year old woman on
the Upper East Side says she's lived in her townhouse
full time for thirty years. She has no other residence,
yet she's received a letter from the city. She finds
it threatening. The warning stated that she had until August
twenty first to prove she's exempt or pay the tax,
which she would owe fifty six thousand dollars, a lot
(24:30):
of money. A Staten Islander who's in a condo, he's
in the database the family, but he didn't get a
warning letter, and he says this is the only home
he owns, and it's not worth a whole lot of mind.
Speaker 13 (24:42):
Retired on Social Security, you know, that's basically the money
that I get.
Speaker 3 (24:46):
I think it's ridiculous.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
This is all working class, you know, and families and
children and grandchildren.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Yeah, so they're trying to sort it out. And even
the borough president, Vito Facella, he didn't receive a letter,
but his his name is listed on that website.
Speaker 13 (25:02):
My case, it's the house I grew up in that
my father lives. We will people have the same name.
He owns it, and I have my house. The danger
is it's almost like an enemy's list that's being created.
Speaker 4 (25:11):
Yeah. Right.
Speaker 13 (25:12):
The whole notion of a property is a bad thing.
Is that the American dream is actually now an American nightmare.
Speaker 3 (25:18):
Yeah, it means like they're punishing people who are successful.
The city says it's committed to implementing the new surcharge
fairly and efficiently, and they did respond. They say the
mistakes that they made will be cleaned up. And while
we're talking about the mayor, he says he will be
at the nine to eleven memorial in September, even though
some of the nine eleven families don't want him to
(25:39):
show up. Giovanni Gallante, whose wife was killed in the
North Tower, started a petition to keep Mom Donnie away,
and maybe you missed it. He was on with Sid
on Sid and Friends in the Morning yesterday in a
great interview and he was detailing why he does not
wear Mom Donnie there at the nine to eleven ceremony, him.
Speaker 19 (25:58):
Hanging around the people that supported nine to eleven, people
that have spoken bad about it and think that we
deserved it. They didn't deserve it.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
They will want to work.
Speaker 19 (26:08):
He's had situations where he knows the bomber of ninety three.
He supports all these people that are running that wipe
their face and hands on the flag.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
Now, Galanti says, thousands of people have already signed this petition.
It may not make a difference. I don't know how
many would be. The mayor would turn away and not
show up, and the mayor says he's going to be there.
But you can hear the entire interview with Glante and
with Sid by surfing on over to WABC radio dot com.
In a moment, we'll head to Queen's where a pitbull
(26:40):
when on the attack. It was ugly. We'll get into
that in just a moment, but first five forty five,
let's head over to the seventy seven w ABC Sports
desk and here's justin Ella.
Speaker 12 (26:49):
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Boiler's goa pilosporlos dot com to find a deal under
you Pilo Foler's Vworlds the Best Phil Boiler's out. In Chicago,
garre Cole six shutout innings of four hit ball, and
the Yankees beat the White Sox three to two for
the fifth victory in six games. Anthony Volpi hit an
RBI double and then second and scored on Max Schuman's
two run double as the Yankees moved within a game
(27:11):
and a half of AL East leading Tampa Bay. Jason
Deminguez had two hits and reach base three times. Closer
David Bednar yielded a two run home or two outs
in the ninth before striking out the X Yankee Everson
Pereira for his twenty second save. Cole was dominant in
his twelve start since coming back May twenty second from
Tommy John surgery. The six time All Star right hander
(27:33):
struck out seven and walked two. Next for the Yankees,
Cam Splitler, we'll get the start against Chicago righty Davis Martin,
and tonight's Game three or four against the White Sox,
first pitch from Chicago scheduled for seven forty pm in Queens.
The middle game of the net series against the visiting
Atlanta Braves was postponed last night due to inclement weather
called more than five games or five hours I should say,
(27:53):
before the scheduled first pitch. It's been rescheduled, and that
as part of a day night doubleheader today and tonight.
Left hander Sean Macnia originally slated to pitch tonight, we'll
start the first game schedule for a one ten pm
first pitch from City Field, and then the schedule starters
for last night, if that's right hander Christian Scott and
Braves all star left hander Chrissill we'll pitch, and then
nightcaps at for a seven to ten pm first pitch
(28:14):
from Queens.
Speaker 3 (28:14):
Baseball players must hate these doubleheaders, right, yeah?
Speaker 12 (28:18):
I think they like these day night doubleheaders more so
than a split doubleheader, which is one game right after another,
exactly one game right after it day.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Night means how many hours in between the game.
Speaker 12 (28:30):
They'll play this first game, you know, one ten pm
first pitch, it'll probably end somewhere around four o'clock, and
then the seven o'clock four to thirty latest, and then
you get a couple hours before the seven o'clock game,
come out around six third, you know six, I mean
I would imagine they come out a little bit later
for warm ups on a day night double header day
than they normally would. So you know, you come out
around six, get ready for game two coming out at
(28:53):
seven to ten pm tonight.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
But yeah, when it's a day night doubleheader, they move
the crowd out and they bring a whole new kip exactly.
Split double head. Are you get tickets for both games?
Speaker 4 (29:01):
Got it? Deal?
Speaker 3 (29:02):
But always I learned something new every day, how about that?
Speaker 12 (29:04):
And but yeah, it's got to bring these guys back
to those little league days. You know, playing four games
in one day, it's you know, it's sitting out in
the sun all day if you're a parent with your
beach chair. But yeah, it's it's a kid's game at
the end of the day normally, and they had a
lot to do it exactly, So get out there and
play because you're not gonna be playing for the next
couple of years.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
Presumably that's your sports points true.
Speaker 12 (29:26):
He being moregan to pierlospoilers go to pilosporlars dot com
to fund a dealing. Are you pilospoilers of the world's
best pot boilers? I'm just like On seventy seven wwt.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
W ABC News Time five fIF two, it sent out
to Queens where a pitbull went on the attack, HEARDing
biting four members of a family, two of them children,
while they were unloading groceries from their cars. Police say
it happened about ten o'clock Beach, sixty second Street and
Thursby Avenue. Sam samarrat We said it was his family
(29:55):
that was visiting from out of town. They were from
Canada here on a vacation and this pit bull bit
his relative as a sixteen year old girl and eleven
year old boy as they unloaded the grosses. A thirty
seven year old man also bitten, so was a forty
two year old woman. It was their parents.
Speaker 18 (30:12):
I ran out and see, like everyone else, my son and.
Speaker 5 (30:18):
Screaming.
Speaker 14 (30:19):
It came out of nowhere.
Speaker 3 (30:21):
When they're getting off of the call.
Speaker 20 (30:26):
Everybody there was blood everywhere The eleven year old boy
suffered injuries to his thigh, that sixteen year old girl
injuries to her neck, her thigh, her leg, a thirty
seven year old the dad had injuries to his left hand.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
Forty two year old injuries to her private area. In fact,
they're still in the hospital being.
Speaker 18 (30:43):
Treated, beat on most severely.
Speaker 19 (30:49):
Tell us blood everywhere.
Speaker 3 (30:50):
Now here's I know people get mad at me when
I go after pitbulls, but I crossed the street when
I see somebody with a big bowl in my neighborhood.
Thankfully there's not a lot of them. But this man,
the guy who owned the pit bull. Apparently after the attack,
he shows up, he grabs the pit bull and he
walks away. Nothing, nothing to the family, nothing at all. Plice,
of course, are looking for him. So far they haven't
(31:11):
found him. Five fifty one. Let's head out and up
to Westchester, Memaherinak where police are searching for a man
who is accused of groping a woman over the weekend.
As she and her two friends had left a bar,
a neighbor heard her screaming for help from his apartment.
He looked outside caught a glimpse of this wanted man
(31:31):
who they haven't found.
Speaker 4 (31:32):
I hear screaming, screaming, like crazy, screaming. The guy was
completely aware of black clothes, and he had the jumper
covered his head, and he had a face mask in it,
and he had a hand like this, and he was
running to the hallst Avenue.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Now, one of these three women who had left this
barther was about midnight or so, say this guy. They
realized he was following him. He then grabs this woman
around her waist. The two other friends fight him off.
They kick him repeatedly. Some of them have scrapes to
their arms. I mean, they're otherwise okay. And finally this
guy raced off. But of course neighbors are worried about
(32:06):
who this individual is and if he could strike again.
So police have increased patrols in Mamara, Necaus. They search
for this creep.
Speaker 4 (32:13):
In this neighborhood. I've been leaving for the last almost
five years. It never happened something like that.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
Never never know, yeah, well never until it does happen.
Five point fifty three cops in Suffo County on the
Long Island, they continue to look for people involved in
these massive street takeovers. They've been happening almost weekly there
is and if you haven't seen this, it is crazy
and wild. All of a sudden, there'll be one hundred
and two hundred people on ATVs, motorcycles, dirt bikes, electric vehicles,
(32:44):
and they just take over highways. And so that happened
over the weekend in Suffolk County. Locals they're just fed
up with the rowdy and dangerous behavior on the road.
I think it's very selfish of the people who are
doing it.
Speaker 13 (32:57):
I think it's really I.
Speaker 17 (33:00):
Think it really terrorizes people in the suburbs.
Speaker 10 (33:03):
There's no consequences, why should they stop what they're doing.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
So over the weekend, you had two hundred vehicles drive
from Smith Aven Mall that's in Lake Grove. They traveled
nearly twenty miles southwest to Bay Shore to cause problems there.
Speaker 16 (33:16):
We're going to look for faces, we're going to look
for vehicle identifications, we're going to confiscate additional vehicles, and
we're going to arrest additional people.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
That's the police now. They did make five arrests over
the weekend, including a twenty two year old and his
name is Shamir Solomon, who allegedly had a loaded gun
in his possessions, little frightening. They also seized ten vehicles,
but they stopped the street takeover in one town and
this group of people just went to another town. So
they said they're going to be for patrols over the
(33:45):
weekend to make sure it doesn't happen again. While we're
out on Long Island, a man there says a tick
bite has left him battling a rare illness. This individual's
names Dean Gernhard. He's from Ridge. He says he's dealing
with symptoms since May after he believes he was bitten
by a tick at his home. Now he didn't know
(34:07):
exactly what it was, he knew he thought it was
from the tick bike. So he went to see an
infectious disease specialist at Stonybrook Medical and they diagnosed him
with rabbit fever. It's just like we need another thing
to worry about, rabbit fever. This is so rare, this
bacterial infection here. I'll let him describe it.
Speaker 21 (34:27):
Pretty shocked and surprised me that I had it, because
I honestly was hoping that it was going to be
negative and I wasn't going to have anything.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
But unfortunately I did.
Speaker 21 (34:36):
Test positive for it, but at least they found it,
so now I'm on a treatment now.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionally, two
hundred cases of to romia or rabbit fever are reported
in the US each year. This guy should go played
a lot of ray since he's been honestly pretty awful.
Speaker 21 (34:54):
I've been having such bad migraines, really bad shortness of breath.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
I've been able to really sleep that much. Yeah, it
doesn't sound good. So rabbit fever it's really rare. It
sounds really frightening though, but it's a bacterial disease that
is commonly spread by tick bites and deer flies who
have had contact with infected animals like rabbits. That's why
it's got the fun name of rabbit fever.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
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You can hear The News Hour with Nom Layden weekday
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What the heck is going on here
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