i am lidia curanaj, "fox 5 news." christina: very concerning thank you. >> crews search for a missing kayaker who fell in hudson river, 32-year-old iran jones and his -- ian jones and his girlfriend were kayaking saturday morning. officials say their kayak overturned they went into the water, lennox was picked up by a boat but jones is still missing, neither one was wearing a life jacket. christina: the sports world remembering frank gifford, he passed away this morning at age of 84, duke castiglione is joining us with more. duke: frank gifford was a legend off the field and on the field in the broad broadcast booth. in all american american at usc, giants first round pick in 1952, 8 time pro bowler. 6 time all pro, 1956 nfl mvp, and a member of 1950s all decade team, inducted into pro football hall hall of fame in 1997. he was a matinee idol on and off the fields. which angered his pole fellow players. >> iing never figure out some of the animosity, once i got over the hurt of that, i just said to hell with it, i pla

i wouldn't do it otherwise. >> reporter: lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. kerry: hope the kids find time to relax. thanks for that. >> well, it's an example of how an athlete is giving back to his communities and it's never been done before. russ is joining us next with the multimillion dollar commitment to lebron james to educate kids in cleveland. and check out the weather app. it features daily and hourly forecasts, a live interactive radar to track storms where you are, and you can get weather headlines and storm alerts and warnings when lightning is nearby. download the app for free today. search fox 5 ny weather in the itunes store or google play. [music] [excited yelling] ah, yes! you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. so why should we get it all the same way? call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. are you guys texting each other? whether it's 3 megs or 300 megs. yeah. for the right price. from $14.99 everyday low price internet,

curanaj, fox 5 news. juliet: that was really cool. still ahead, clark of win for the yankees, duke has highlights of this strange game. >> meteorologist: some thunderstorm action out there over the north-central sections of new jersey, somerset county toward the city. looks like one little thundershower popping up over the south end of manhattan. that is the only thing going on, not to say we won't see that continue to develop and make its way slowly to the northeast. it does not allow of lightning with it but it is putting down a lot of rain in a short time. localized flooding could be a problem over the next hour or two. park, we will end at 90 for high with a mixed i through the day, very emitted, this should be the last of the 90 degree days. the heat wave would be over but stay sticky for the rest of the weekend rain chances pick up even more so thursday and friday. robert: duke castiglione is here, the wind was overshadowed. >> i was watching that game last night. yankees taking out wins at the stad

lidia curanaj is following that from the newsroom. good evening. >> that's right. many buildings in the area are on lockdown. a lot of people have been sending out tweets. jackie sends out this tweet here. everyone looks calm. but not allowed to leave the building. then you have this one. check out this video that she's showing. you can see a massive backup of traffic. everything is a standstill because the entire area of houston and varick in lower manhattan is a crime scene. you can see the video how many cars and back up traffic we have going on. let's check out one of these pictures. you see the emergency vehicles and first responders that are out here. happened. we have a couple of more tweets. then you see another angle right here. you can see the ambulances and police. it's an incredible scene. so many buildings on lockdown. streets on lockdown. a massive response, massive scene out there. this is a developing story. we'll bring the latest details back to you. christina: lidia curanaj, thank update. >>> now to our featured story on the revelations of bad wor

our lidia curanaj whats. reporter: legendary musician stevie wonder performed in central park monday night. would you like to go with me note. if you are wondering why you are just hearing about this now, it is bus it was pop-up concert did the announce the fall leg of the critically acclaimed songs in the key of life performance tour. >> but amd the songs a serious note about social response k. >> we need to write songs that talk about helping our children to make this world a better place. >> this was not the first concert of the day. stevie started the day in d.c., then philadelphia and finished here in new york city. i had the vision of doing this getting everybody and some people say, well, come on. one day, come on. forget it. but i just believed it could be done. there we go. >> these tickets are one hot commodity even towing they were free. you could only get them online and i have been told they sold joint 30 seconds. web site as long as possible and i came refreshing the page and refreshing the page

they're in school mode. >> reporter: lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. steve: mode is coming soon. one new jersey man living proof number. i love this guy. jennifer: he's 93 and still manages to get a workout in. find out what keeps him going. [excited yelling] ah, yes! you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. so why should we get it all the same way? call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. are you guys texting each other? whether it's 3 megs or 300 megs. yeah. for the right price. from $14.99 everyday low price internet, to 300 meg ultra-fast internet, we have you covered. even with wifi at home and on the go. plans start at $14.99 per month. call 1-855-want twc to switch today. time warner cable. enjoy better. jennifer: this man is 93 years old and his workout could tire out anybody. steve: jessica shows us his inspirational routine. >> reporter: he's not a boxer training for a fight. he's a 93-year-old who jumps rope. >> i try to do 700 jumps each time. >> repo

fox 5 lidia curanaj has the very latest from the mott haven neighborhood. >> the cooling tower here at lincoln hospital is one of five site it ises that tested positive for the bacteria that caused legionnaires' disease. all five sites decontaminated but people here in the bronx say they can't help but wonder is the worst over? >> we have to walk around around we have to breathe. >> yet that is how 65 people in the south bronx were sickened with legionnaires' disease. they all inhaled a bacteria that causes the-like illness so far four died and 55 remain hospitalized. ferghts that's public, you know, public places that's scary as a father. >> been a frightening few week per many since outbreak first detected hire in the south bronx on july 10th. as a result city officials tested water supply and 137 rooftop ac units but five cooling units tested positive for it. lincoln hospital. concourse plaza. upper house hotel. verizon office building and streamline plastic company. >> hoping i don't get it. so close to home. >> i don't know how you can catch it -- >> not from another person. peopl

lidia curanaj is live tonight with the very latest. reporter: good evening antwan. all that's left here at the scene are some plastic gloves left by the pairld paramedics and a lot of broken hearts pip spoke to a friend of that innocent bystander he tells me that he was a devoted, hardworking, father, and he will be missed by so many. just and all around great guy. >> felix no matter -- oh, my god. i can't believe it. unbelievable. just minding his own business. >> vincent talking about his long time friend and coworker 61-year-old felix kumi a married father, was accidentally killed yesterday by an nypd detective when an undercover gun buying operation went terribly wrong here on this normally quiet mount vernon street. >> he was a dude. one of the nicest you would want to meet. religious, very quiet just a guy support himself. >> met his main subject in the bronx and then drove to mount vernon 4 p.m. once there, another man unexpectedly pointed this gun at the officer's head. suspects then rob officer and ran away. as they ran they shot at the men hitting one of t

that's the latest from sunset park, i'm lidia curanaj, fox 5 news. back to you. dari: thank you. >> quite a sinkhole. take a look at this video of a runaway railcar. police say a 13-year-old boy accidentally released the brake train. that caused it to roll a mile through town before it rammed a wall. yesterday crews were able to get the locomotive out of the wall. dari: that's incredible. the family of sandra bland is heading to federal court to find answers surrounding her death. they have filed a wrongful death suit on behalf of the 28-year-old suing the state trooper who arrested her and jail guards they believe are responsible for her death. an autopsy found bland committed suicide after being arrested and held in a jail cell in texas several weeks ago. but bland's family doesn't believe she killed herself and they say they don't want others to go through what they have gone through. >> we in filing this lawsuit are looking to hold those who are responsible for the stop and sandy's ultimate death accountable. dari: the family wants the justice department to l

lidia curanaj, "fox 5 news." >> new study questions the benefits of sin thick fish oil supplements. vense found that synthetic fish oil reduced inflammation but a new report disputes that claim. they say they cannot find any benefits in people who took the supplements and if you want to get the goods from omega three eat fish. we note is hard to find park in new york and even more so when are trying to park your plane. check out what one man did right there. he decided to park his plane in oceanside long island. that's the mess that in his very own driveway. 69-year-old herold go let ski says due to health reasons he can no longer fly and cannot afford to pay $150 in the fainors in run to not excited about the new vehicle in the yard there. he is already received several tickets. that is has hired an attorney to help out. tomorrow, triple crown winner one more time around the monmouth park racetrack before running in the in i havetitional. the park is sponsoring a farrow fan toast celebrate the colts' appearance. american pharaoh won the preakness, tepping ty derby and the belmont s

i am lidia curanaj, back to you. >> thank you, lidia. bobbi kristina brown has been laid to rest in new jersey. a gold hearse was escorted to the fairview sem tar rip westfield. whitney houston was bury lead to years. bobby crist nina brown died in hos pill care mo more than week ago nearly six month shavers was found facedown in a bathtub in the georgia home and early similar death to her mom, bobby christina was just 22 years old. a second american doctor suspected in taking part pin illegal lion hunt mare the same brashing see killville was killed. according to officials in zimbabwe, the 68 yell is a suspect in a illegal crossbow hunt that took mace in april. the owner of that company that conducted the hunt has been arrested. >> and deal airlines announcing today, it is banning the ship of hunting trophies aboard the planes worldwide following outrage over cecil the lion death. the ban includes the transport of all lions. leper, elephant, rhinos and buffalo trophies. self other commercial airlines have! the shim last week. >> well, r

and the city is full of cooling towers. >> lidia curanaj, "fox 5 news." >> the heenup is set for fox's primetime republican debate in cleveland thursday night. it is the first formal face-off of the 2016 pimmary season. here who is made the cut. donald trump gets center stage flanked by jeb bush and scott wacker and mike huckabee and include ben carson, ted cruz, marco rubio, paul and john caves that will square off 9:00! thursday. rick perry, rick san to cripple, bobby jindal, lindsey graham, forge pa tachyand jim gilmore did not meak the cut and will participate in their own debate four hours earlier. >> a lot of folks. oop well, all right. she was trying to ache point about what is wrong donald trumppp, but -- is going to be cleaning your toilet, donald trump? >> dell kelly osbourne stuck her foot in the mouth on the vow and how she is explaining. >> never before seen photos of notorious big just found and where we talking to the photographer who took them more than 20 years ago. >> more violence hit! hipping the hip-hop world and the shooter who opened fire outside of a concert in

lidia curanaj "fox 5 news." christina: donald trump is not backing down from controversial comes he made about fox news debate moderate or and anchor megan kelly, kelly asked him about his history of comments toward women. later trump said he was treated unfairly at the debate, this morning he claims he said nothing wrong, and added he cherishes women, he also said his republican rival for president jeb bush who has the problem with women. >> i will be phenomenal to the women, i want to help women, what jeb bush said last week i felt was out of order, he came back a day later and said i misspoke, that is a bad thing to misspeak about. christina: trump was talking about a statement that bush made about funding for planned parenthood, asking if the country needs to spend a half billion dollar are for women's south healthy. christina: to finded -- tie phoned side -- soudelor hit taiwan last night it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. >> 70 years ago today, the u.s. dropped a atomic bomb on nothing sacky, toda

i am lidia curanaj, "good day new york". greg: what the watch out for in this series? the cannibalistic humanoid underground well as with anybody remember that? a craziness of the in the 80s. wild story. we also have this. in connecticut the death penalty on the books until a few hours ago. it has been overturned and the two killers will benefit, they will get a list. theresa: they were sentenced to die for the killing of another entry to daughters and a home in the in, a story familiar to a lot our viewers and they will be spare. robert moses joins us with a latest on this story. >> reporter: that home invasion eight years ago was so terrible, so horrific that many people thought the only suitable punishment for the two men who carried it out was that the four judges yesterday disagreed and now connecticut joins the list of states that no longer have the stomach to kill the most notorious criminals. the crime was shocking and heinous. home invasion in cheshire, conn. in 2007. jennifer petit was raped, strangled and murders, her daughters, hayley and michaela died of s

that this is latest here from south nyack, lidia curanaj, "fox 5 news." >> thank you, lidia. >> thank you. dari: the fda has improved the so-called female viagra. the little pill is supposed to boostly bid do in women that works by stimulating hormones in the brain that are related to sexual desire but the new drug's label will kara a warning that combining it with alcohol can trigger fainting. so there is a risk benefit to any medication. the side effects for this involve sleepiness, feeling of lethargy which are women have to work and take care of children and run a household cannot be convenient because the medication has to be taken on daily basis. dari: it marks the turnaround of the fda previously rejected the drug twice before. steve: all right. is day four of the heat wave. the first in two years here in the city. newark had one. the city pools as you can see they were filled to capacity. dari: same goes around the city bry a great flies get relief and the real relief am coming. audrey is here. reporter: good evening, dari and steve. the fourth straight day of 90-doe gree heat

fox 5's lidia curanaj joins now. hi, lidia. >> well, also take about it a um the time. my friends, they also have kids. >> angela garcia is referring to the year old dar's selective eating habits. pizza, be ching nuggets. that is all in negotiations. >> her fellow mom and friend heidi also struggles with the same issue. >> she is very, very picky. >> heidi's 5-year-old daughter only looks to eat one thing. >> rice. >> you love of rice. >> rice. anything else? >> no. >> so should these moms worry? maybe. according to study published in the journal of peed at tricks. preschool age children who are extremely select about what they eat are more hockley than others to have underlying emotional problems. >> most parents don't need worry of the more than 900 children studied only about 3% were found to be extremely picky eater ins and that small percentage according to the study are more likely to suffer from anxiety or depression. >> 17% of children were foundp to be moderately picky. these are children who will only eat certain foodance they had higher levels of anxiety and

lidia curanaj has more of these flatbush. lidia? good. i don't understand why anyone would go down there. you've got the rats and urban legends of the all a gators i was googling and there have been alligators and who knows what other vermins but they went down there that manhole here on avenue h and east 35th street, and they wanted to find some treasure. but they ended up coming up with an arrest. >> what they were looking for -- we have rats down there. >> deep in the dirty sewers three brooklyn man on the search for buried treasure. it kicked off a massive policeman hunt in east flatbush wednesday night. >> down there hours. cops and firefighters combed through tunnels after a witness called 9-1-1 when he spotted a man prying open a manhole corp. at h around 7:30 p.m. one of the treasure seekers marquis evans is a trainee with the department of environmental protection. his l fellow hunter david allegedly told police they were looking for jewelry and other valuables. the police commissioner said while clearly terrorism is a concern he

lidia curanaj looks at the psychology behind people compelled to check up on their partners. steve: tough commutes on the gwb. lower levels will be closed during the week and from 11:00 p.m. through 8:00 a.m. on saturday. workers will be removing temporary construction platforms used during the upper level deck installation. drivers can expect similar closures through mid october. alison: the first female soldiers to complete the u.s. army's ranger school graduated today, capping off a historic week for women in the military. the two received their black and gold ranger tabs at the ceremony in georgia. they graduated alongside 94 male soldiers after completing an intense nine week training program. they opened the program to women this week. steve: first she tackled a trapeze. now simone boyce is ready for a new adventure. alison: see her conquer the so, i needed to deposit a check. bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techn

lidia curanaj is live with the latest on this investigation. reporter: good evening antwan. all is quiet here now at downing home behind me. but earlier searched it from top to bottom and trying to figure out exactly what made him snap. >> why did 68-year-old kevin downing walk into this lower manhattan federal building yesterday and kill security guard and then turn the gun on himself? downing fort lee new jersey neighbors are baffled and say they knew him as a kind man wife passed away from kerns a few years ago. >> nice guy. great -- i can't say anything bad about him. >> shocking. >> bill pascrell was a whistle blower fired by department of labor in 1999. but federal building where the shooting happened houses a regional office for the department eve labor. past cell ho had taken up the cause told associated press we felt that this person had been given a raw deal to put it mildly that there was no excuse for it and treated very badly. police say downing shot him in the head before the city guard had had the chance to reach for his gun. camara scheduled to leave work at

lidia curanaj find out what mom and dad can do to help when the kids it get swamped. >> class never end once the school bell ridge. once students get home, that is when more work begins. they get hours and hours of homework and i believe that 2:00 at this time is too much. >> that mom is right. according to a study in the american jurn nal of tamly therapy, early elementary school students are getting significantlily more homework than ex recommended by education leaders in some cases nearly three times as much. >> i am not surprised by that at all and i also think that some of the teachers they have a schedulele that they need to adhere and cover certain amount of material. i don't blame them but the only way that they can disperse all the material is to give it for homework. >> far par reg expert and blogger knows this firsthand. she has spent countless hours going over her 12-year-old daughter's homework. >> through sports and like other things i want to do and just like, if i am not feeling well, it is so much homework. the national owedcation association and national pta says stude

. >> lidia curanaj, "fox 5 news." a beautiful die take your kids outside. people were out and about enjoy thing sunshine in ryan park. will this weather last throughout the entire weekend? i am hope sog. fox 5 is here with the forecast. what do you think? meteorologist: jen, i doings last. really, the past few weeks, we have been has been nice. we had sunshine. we had the hot weather now the 90's are back. just yet. we may m be able to do it within the next couple of days. through this evening, there is air quality alert in effect. we had high levels of ozone through the day today, so t means, you he, working outdoors weather. try to slow it own. take it easy. you will want to keep yourself hydrates the next few days as well. because we we're talking about hazy, hot, humid weather, lsting through temps are going to be warmer than normal. maybe a heat wave. that will be for the first time this summer even though we have been close to that a couple of times. right now, central park at 84 degrees. we h a south bro at 17 miles per hour. so it is a little bit br

as lidia curanaj show is. it is groundbreaking across the country. reporter: in a landmark decision the westchester county judge has ruled out person's facebook post, pictures and even status updatings can be used against them in a custody battle. >> mat try moanial attorney represents and in this if i in the middle of ast custody battle well his estrangessed wife. >> i argued there were public records. it was relevant be a material in a custody receding. the judge bought my argument. >> he alleges his wife dr. christina antwan travels too much and should not be their 4-year-old chaldea primary parent. he wanted the facebook submitted as evidence. dr. and dwan, away on family trip, spoke us to by pone. >> ail care about is my son and my sonp's well-being and provide viding him and giving. the love in every possible need be met for him. it is unfortunate that 2:00 my son would have to grow up in a world where everything is public. >> dr. and dwan's attorney says while the client is ambivalent about the judge's decision. others will likely not be. >> i

lidia curanaj has the details of the mayor's new rental assistance plan. >> reporter: there have been a lot of complaints surrounding the homeless population in the city. just last week, fox 5 cameras were rolling at panhandlers targeted drivers on park avenue. to combat the problem, mayor bill de blasio authorized an emergency measure to provide rental assistance to adults facing homelessness. the mayor said, quote, we've moved nearly 15,000 individuals into personal housing through our rental assistance programs and this is a continuation of our aggressive efforts to both prevent homelessness and move new yorkers from shelter into permanent housing. the $10 million plan is expected to provide aid to as many as 1,000 adults. rental subsidies will be available to tenants facing evictions and those who have timed out of homeless shelters. it's unclear whether or not the plan will help people already living on the streets. >> the landlords were very upset with mayor bloomberg for ending this plan. >> reporter: this man is with the manhattan institute. he believes landlords will particip

lidia curanaj has the story. >> nowadays everything can be rated, from our dining experiences to hotel stays and even our physicians. north shore lij health system is the first hospital in the metropolitan area to begin posting online ratings of its doctors. dr. potters is the chairman of the medical group at lij. >> we've assured that the ratings that are posted under the north shore lij medical group are those of patients who actually saw their physicians. and not only that. each fashion has to have a minimum of 30 ratings. and that means that there's validity to the data that's there. >> next to a doctor's profile on the hospital web site, you'll see the rating, ranging from 1 to 5 stars. for the lowest has been a 3.63. the highest, 4.93. the ratings are based on a questionnaire a patient filled out. the chairman says in the future, hopefully patients will be able to learn even more about their doctors. >> for the surgeon, you want to know what their results are in terms of cure after cancer operation, hernia repair, et cetera. so that data eventually has to become available. it's n

. >> fox 5's lydia lidia curanaj is live where kevin downing lived. good evening. reporter: good evening. this is downing's home behind me. into the morning, investigators were searching it from top to bottom trying to figure out what made him snap. why did kevin downing walk to the lower manhattan federal building yesterday and kill the security guard himself? the neighbors are baffled and say he was a kind man whose wife passed a away from breast cancer a few years ago. >> it is a shock. it is a shock. you never know who is your neighbor. >> according to new jersey congressman, downing was westing blower who was fire bid the department of labor the federal bring where where the shooting happened houses a regional office for the department of labor. he had taken up the machine's cause told "the associated press" been given wrong deal to put it mildly" there was no excuse for it. he had been treated badly. him in the head before the senior guard even had the chance to reap for his gun. he was scheduled to leave work at 4:00 p.m., but agreed to work late. he was kel

lidia curanaj has more on how this disease is spread. >> inhaling the air we breathe and search died in the south bronx. dispersed by a cooling tower contaminated with legionella. bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease a company that is specializes in cleaning and sanitizing cooling towers. >> when party flows dong to the top of the cooling tower -- >> located within near blocks seven out of ten tested positive for legionella where they believe that outbreak may have maintained tower. >> one that is contaminated with actually contaminate another cooling tower nearby. of course this is an airborne thing where it water mist is spray into the atmosphere and drawn in by another cooling tower, well then that cooling tower will be infected as well. >> does not regularly inspect cooling towers as a result city officials have now proposed legislation that would mandate maintenance and a legionella testing. >> long overdue nd hopefully legislation passed by the may or your de blasio will put more of their focus on this. >> south south bronx is largest ever in new york city. elsewhere? >>