Cleanup is underway at Tweed Airport in New Haven this morning after heavy rain and thunderstorms led to flooding inside the terminal and on the tarmac last night. 

New Haven officials said the flooding was significant and also affected the security screening area, ticketing as well as the departures and arrival area. 

One passenger who spoke with NBC Connecticut said his flight was delayed several times last night and eventually cancelled. 

When he returned to the airport Tuesday morning, his flight was again cancelled. 

He said American Airlines told him the earliest he could get out is this evening.

The next flight expected out of Tweed is at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.

A driver hit a city bus as it was approaching a bus stop in Hartford, then hit a house when she swerved to avoid people who were waiting for the bus, according to police.

Police said the driver was going down the street when the brakes went in the 300 block of Hillside Avenue Tuesday morning.

No one was injured, and police said there is no structural damage.

Lightning started a brush fire in Brookfield when storms moved through Monday, according to the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company.

A Facebook post from the fire departments says they were called to Ina’s Road around 4:30 p.m. Monday and found a substantial fire in the rear yard from a lightning strike.

Fire officials said lightning struck a tree, then travelled down to a large pile of dead trees and brush from a macroburst last year. 

Firefighters extinguished the fire and said there was another lightning strike at the same time on Windwood Road.

Joe Andruzzi has three Super Bowl rings from his years as a New England Patriot, but getting his college diploma is at the top of the list of his many accomplishments. 

On Monday, the former NFL star was in Connecticut to get his degree from Southern Connecticut State University. 

Andruzzi played college football at SCSU from 1993-1996, where he had a decorated career, then pursued a pro-football career and played for the NFL for 10 years as a member of the Green Bay Packers, Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots. 

His playing career ended after he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Andruzzi said he was about to start his 11th year in the NFL and had a stomach ache that proceeded to get worse. In May 2007, he was diagnosed with cancer and went to Boston for treatment. Now he is cancer-free. 

Andruzzi said receiving his diploma ranks near the top of a long list of accomplishments. 

“What myself and and my teammates did years ago, to accomplish something that not many people get to do and also having a degree, and holding that up with my rings and being able to know what I accomplished with my life to this point is an amazing feeling," he said.

Andruzzi also started the Joe Andruzzi Foundation, which helps fund cancer research and assists cancer patients. He said the foundation helped its 10,000th person a couple months ago. 

"All these accolades that I received in football didn't mean much to me in 2007 when I was sick. My three Super Bowl rings, I cherish them, but they were put aside. I was battling for my life and now I am helping those that are battling for their life," Andruzzi said.

Andruzzi and his foundation were at a watch party to cheer on the foundation's running team at the Boston Marathon in 2013 when the bombs went off and a photo of him carrying a woman after the blast became one of the icon images from that tragic day. 

"Our watch party was the second bomb site. When we found that out, my heart was in my throat and we didn't know what was going on," Andruzzi said.  

Andruzzi said his wofe point out three young girls carrying a woman, so he ran over to help and picked her.

"You don't think. You just react. That's just who I am," Andruzzi said. "I guess it's instilled in me."

His father was a New York City police officer and his brothers are New York firefighters. 

Andruzzi added that he did receive a fourth Super Bowl ring from the Patriots in 2014 after doing some work with the team. 

Police are investigating a Tuesday morning shooting in Hartford.

Police said a 48-year-old man was shot on Meadow Street and is conscious and alert.

Major Crimes Division and Crime Scene Division personnel are investigating.

No additional information was immediately available.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touchdown in South Yarmouth on Tuesday.

A tornado warning is in effect for parts of Barnstable County in Massachusetts until 12:45 p.m. The warning comes after a storm system moving through the state produced a waterspout southwest of Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard earlier Tuesday morning.

Residents are urged to take cover immediately, moving to a basement or interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.

A 90 mph gust of wind was reported in Hyannis around 12:15 p.m.

Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes could be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, vehicles and trees is also likely.

There are already reports of damage, including roofs being torn off homes in some areas of the Cape. Video from the Cape Sands Inn in West Yarmouth showed the roof of the motel had been almost completely ripped off the building.

More than 7,000 Massachusetts customers are without electricity, including nearly 3,500 in Mashpee alone, where trees and wires have been reported down across town.

The storm will be near Brewster around 12:15 p.m. and Orleans and Eastham around 12:25 p.m.

Several people took to Twitter to say they were sheltering in place at work during the tornado warning.

"So there's a tornado warning rn at work and I'm sitting here in a shelter in place listening to Radio Ga Ga by Queen drinking a cold Coke. How's everyone else's day?" said Nick Karas.

"there's ANOTHER tornado warning on Cape and my boss goes 'okay guys there's a tornado warning, stay away from the windows, i'm going outside to watch it," added @kaaatiejane_.

"Tornado warning--Super windy and dark here on Cape Cod. Hanging out in an interior hallway with coworkers," said Mary E. Cronin.

"We're prepared to squash in the bathroom again but sitting in the living room keeping an eye out. Wearing my bike helmet to make nieces laugh. #auntantics" said @maalivahti.

One man on vacation in Falmouth posted a picture on Instagram showing a group of less-than-thrilled children hunkered down in their basement.

"Tornado warning on vacation down in Falmouth," Jason Brown said. "Great times. #wizardofOZ #tornado"

Tuesday's tornado warning comes after a tornado warning was issued for parts of Cape Cod on Monday night. That storm knocked down trees and caused damage centered on the Harwich area.

An earlier story follows:

Rain that began Monday will continue for many Tuesday morning.

The front that brought an end to our weekend heat is now stalled along the south coast of New England, with waves of low pressure continuing to ripple along with periods of heavy rain.

We saw more than 3 inches of rain Monday evening in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and that weakened only a little bit as heavy thunderstorms that moved across eastern Massachusetts. That rain is now on the coast of Maine and racing away to the east.

We have more rain developing again to the west, with a much cooler air mass and a rather soggy Tuesday.

There are still some thunderstorms, but they should not be as strong as they were on Monday. Our biggest threat from the weather on Tuesday is localized flash flooding where the ground was soaked last night.

An additional inch or two of rain is possible in a few locations.

Drier weather moves in from northwest to southeast during the afternoon. It will turn into a nice afternoon west of the Connecticut River in Massachusetts, Vermont and northern New Hampshire.

From Boston to Cape Cod, the rain may not end until later in the day, but there’s a pretty good chance of a little sunshine before it goes down. High temperatures will only in the 60s and 70s. Wind is from the east and northeast and may gust past 25 mph near the coast.

The exception is Nantucket, where the wind could get gusty from the south as a low-pressure system goes right over the island in the evening.

One more wave of low pressure will clip Cape Cod in the islands Tuesday night, with a period of rain that will last through about sunrise Wednesday.

Otherwise, most of us are mostly clear and cooler Tuesday night, with a low temperature in the 50s to low 60s.

The less humid air and sunshine will spread across all of the region Wednesday with a really nice day. High temperatures will be in the 70s to low 80s with low humidity.

We’ll have almost chilly weather for Wednesday night with a low temperature in the 40s and 50s, setting up a beautiful Thursday with sunshine and a high near 80 degrees. It starts warming up on Friday but should stay dry, humidity will build a bit with a high in the 80s.

The early call for the weekend is summer warmth with moderate humidity and just a slight chance of a thunderstorm. Stay tuned to the latest in our First Alert 10-Day Forecast.

Hamden police are investigating a vehicle theft and kidnapping after a woman stole a pickup with a 9-year-old inside, according to police. They said the boy was located moments later. 

Police said they responded to the parking lot of the Family Dollar on Dixwell Avenue at 4:30 p.m. Saturday and a 62-year-old Hamden man told police that he left his 9-year-old grandson in his truck while he went into the store to “shop for a couple of items.” 

He said he left his vehicle, a gray 2005 Ford F150, running and found the truck and his grandson missing when he went back outside. 

Moments later, officers located the child at McDonald’s on Dixwell Avenue after someone saw the boy alone and upset and called police. 

Police said an Amber Alert was issued and the state Department of Children and Families was notified. 

Officers learned that a woman in her 20s got into the pickup and drove it to the Hamden Mart, where she met with a man who got into the truck as well. At that point, the woman ordered the boy out of the vehicle, according to police. 

Police said the woman involved has a slim build, ear-length black curls and was wearing a peach shirt. 

The man was thin, has “puffy hair on top” and was wearing a peach shirt. 

Hamden police are investigating.

A lifesaving drug is not required on flights due to a shortage. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and “America’s Sexiest Doctor” want to change that. 

Schumer has teamed up with Dr. Mikhail Varshavski, People magazine's “America’s Sexiest Doctor,” to call on the Federal Aviation Administration to require EpiPens on all flights. Epinephrine, the only treatment for anaphylaxis, an allergic reaction, is presently exempt from flight medical kits through 2020. EpiPen is the brand name of an auto-injectable device that delivers epinephrine. 

"Doctor Mike" saved a passenger’s life earlier this month by administering injectable epinephrine on a Delta flight from New York City to Tel Aviv. The physician, who practices at Overlook Family Practice in Summit, New Jersey, treated a passenger who did not have known allergies but experienced an allergic reaction in midair, as reported by The New York Post. Schumer said the passenger experiencing anaphylactic shock could have lost his life if not for the lifesaving drug and the doctor onboard who knew how to administer the kit.

The most common anaphylactic reactions are to foods, insect stings, medications and latex, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. While EpiPen is a well known brand of epinephrine, there are other medical brands that provide the same treatment as EpiPen. There's been an industry shortage of the drug for about a year, which caused the Federal Drug Administration to extend EpiPen expiration dates to cover shortages last August. 

“To keep the traveling public safe in the air, the FAA must update their medical standards and enhance outdated regulations by mandating epinephrine and EpiPens onboard all flights. Most planes are ill-equipped to deal with allergic reactions, and as a result, flight attendants often defer to doctors or medical professionals on board to quickly manage situations that arise while in the air, and that is why Dr. Mike stepped in,” Schumer said.

The FAA responded to a request for comment and said by email that the injectable epinephrine (not epiPen) is required in a flight’s emergency medical kit.

"However, due to current shortages of both injectable epinephrine and EpiPens the airlines have an exemption from carrying it. The exemption terminates on Jan. 31, 2020 unless it is superseded or rescinded earlier,” according to FAA Spokesperson Kathleen Bergen.

Schumer said Sunday that “if the status quo continues, the airlines will not have to stock epinephrine or EpiPens on planes until 2020 at the soonest, and that simply cannot fly.”

Dr. Clifford Bassett, an allergy doctor based in New York City, says the drug should be in medical kits on planes to keep passengers safe.

"We know from elaborate research that epinephrine works fastest and the best delivery vehicle is injectable," said Bassett. "Whatever they (the airlines) can do to make it available, that's a good idea."

State officials will be holding a news conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss efforts to reduce gun violence.

Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner James Rovella will hold a news conference at the DESPP headquarters in Middletown at 1 p.m.

The news conference comes the day after community leaders came together in Hartford after a string of shootings there to discuss strategies on dealing with gun violence in the state’s largest cities.

On Tuesday morning, there was another shooting in Hartford.  

A water spout was captured by @marinecnvs as the storm passed Route 28 and Bass River from Yarmouth to Dennis, Massachusetts.

Frontier Airlines will be offering nonstop service from Bradley Airport to Miami.

Frontier Airlines will begin service to Miami on Nov. 14 on an A320 Neo aircraft. It will be a seasonal flight and will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, according to the Connecticut Airport Authority.

“We’re delighted to expand our service in Hartford to four routes with the addition of new non-stop flights to Miami,” Daniel Shurz, senior vice president of commercial for Frontier Airlines said. “Hartford residents have welcomed our low fares and friendly flying experience and we look forward to continuing our outstanding relationship with the airport and community.”

Frontier Airlines currently operates flights to Denver, Orlando and Raleigh-Durham out of Bradley International Airport.

“We very much welcome Frontier Airlines’ expansion at Bradley International Airport and the addition of their nonstop service to Miami,” Kevin A. Dillon, A.A.E, Executive Director of the Connecticut Airport Authority said. “Their footprint has been growing exponentially at Bradley over the last four months and now includes four nonstops to popular destinations. We’re pleased to offer our passengers this additional travel option along with the high level of customer service that Frontier offers its customers. We look forward to our ongoing partnership with Frontier Airlines and the conveniences their low-cost model is bringing to our passengers.”

It has been two months since New Canaan mother Jennifer Dulos vanished. The New Canaan Police Department has been inundated with hundreds of leads, but detectives have not released any new information in the last several days.

“There is a lot of activity going on that you are not seeing,” explained Kenneth Gray, a lecturer at the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences. “The public is providing information to New Canaan Police Department and so now they have to sift through those leads.”

The mother of five was last seen on May 24 while dropping off her children at a New Canaan school. For weeks, the search for her has spanned the state and authorities have spent days sifting through trash at a facility Hartford after bags containing Dulos’ blood were found. Law enforcement officials said surveillance video captured two people resembling her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend, Michelle Traconis, throwing out bags that ended up in the trash plant.

Commissioner Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner James Rovella told NBC Connecticut the evidence is still being processed.

“The evidence has gone to the Connecticut State Police laboratory, scientific services for analysis and that includes a wide array of testing. We haven’t gotten all the results back from that and we haven’t been able to see the entire picture yet.”

Rovella said his agency is assisting New Canaan detectives with the more than 1,200 tips they have received as well as 80 surveillance videos.

“They’re working it jointly, including some of the more in-depth interviews and following up on all the tips.”

“There’s 1,200 leads that could potentially lead to the breaking of this case, but as time goes on it becomes more and more difficult…the evidence shows that there may have been foul play here, but the absence of a body makes it a very difficult case,” said Gray.

Fotis and Traconis are charged with tampering evidence and hindering prosecution. Both remain out on bond.

Three adults were charged in connection with a family fight that was caught on camera earlier this month at Disneyland's Toontown.

Some witnesses tried to break up the fight and others looked on in amazement during the July 6 brawl. Video of the fight, which was shared on social media, showed family members throwing punches, hair-pulling and yelling at each other.

The violence even spilled outside the park and into the parking structure as family members left, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, which charged Avery Desmond-Edwinn Robinson, 35, with five felony counts and nine misdemeanors.

Robinson, of Las Vegas, is accused of attacking his sister, brother-in-law and girlfriend, endangering his child and three other children who were with the family, and threatening to kill members of his family as he drove out of the Anaheim theme park, the district attorney said in a statement. Robinson also allegedly assaulted a Disneyland employee with his car after the family was escorted from the park by Disneyland security.

"The Orange County District Attorney’s Office does not tolerate domestic violence or child endangerment anywhere," said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.

Robinson faces one felony county of domestic battery with corporal injury and one felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury on a woman with whom he was in a dating releationship. He also faces a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon and two felony counts of criminal threats. He was charged with five misdemeanor counts of battery and four misdemeanor counts of child abuse and endangerment.

Arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday. It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney.

Robinson's sister and her husband face misdemeanor charges stemming from the fight.

Park visitors stepped into to help break up the fight. Others called for help as children screamed and cried. 

"Any type of violence is inexcusable and will not be tolerated," Disneyland Resort spokeswoman Liz Jaeger said in an email. "Those involved were immediately removed from the premises and turned over to the Anaheim Police Department."

Police took an initial report, then moved forward with the investigation after seeing the video.

A major facelift is on the way for a Hartford library following years of residents’ request for a larger location. On Tuesday, state leaders gathered to break ground at the new site of New Park Library set to open in a little over a year.

For years, locals have dealt with the small and sometimes crowded library on Broad Street. The goal at this new location is to provide a sense of community by offering resources for kids in the neighborhood.

The new two-story, 13,000-square-foot building will become the largest branch library in the City of Hartford, providing much needed community resources to an already vibrant retail and residential neighborhood. The new library will include a 150-seat community room, learning lab, meeting rooms, a café, exhibit space and designated adult, teen and children’s areas along with a protected courtyard.

The $12.5 million project will be funded by an $11.1 million grant from the State of Connecticut Bond Commission and a $1 million grant from the Connecticut State Library. The City of Hartford provided additional funds.

Oraquel Calderon loves her Hartford neighborhood and believes the new library is a gold mind for students.

“To build this library is a good thing for the children,” said Calderon. “Sometimes they don't have anything to do, they're bored and they can come over here and learn."

Calderon says she’s dealt with the issue for more than 30 years.

"It's more spacious and this building has a lot of potential and I'm glad that they thought about putting the library here,” said Calderon.

The library is set to be the city’s largest branch and revitalize a once prominent city corner.

Bridget Quinn-Carey is the CEO of Hartford Public Library.

"It will really be an amazing dynamic space for families and kids for adults, for everybody,” said Quinn Carey. “This will create an entirely new experience for them.”

Quinn-Carey says it’s a plan that’s been in the works for 25 years.

"This community has been advocating for a new library for a long time,” said Quinn-Carey. “It really is also a stimulus for economic development, the properties around will hopefully see some investment as well.”

Nearly two blocks away, visitors still shuffle inside to read their favorite novels, meet-up with colleagues and access the internet.

Anibal Ortega just moved back to Broad Street and is glad the next generation has a resource like this at their disposal.

“I think it will change the community for the better because kids need education,” said Ortega. “"This will probably help kids realize the importance of public libraries and their impact."

CEO Bridget Quinn-Carey, Hartford Public Library Board Chair Greg Davis, Hartford Public Board Secretary Ana Alfaro were joined by Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, State Senator John Fonfara, State Representative Minnie Gonzalez, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, CT State Librarian Kendall F. Wiggin, and Hartford Architect Tai Soo Kim.

A 300-pound bell was stolen from a church being demolished in Waterbury, and now police are hunting for whoever took off with the more than century-old item.

Crews are upping security at the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Waterbury after discovering the theft.

Project manager Albert Well quickly realized something was wrong when he found a storage container broken into at the site.

“It’s cut with a die grinder,” he said. “Obviously they had tools.”

Well displayed some of the valuables that they thought had been safely stored, including a bell.

The bronze bell of a set of three. In late June whoever broke into the container hauled away the smallest one, which weighed roughly 300 pounds.

“It’s devastating because we worked so hard to secure everything, to keep everything,” Well said.

For decades the bells had hung in the tower above.

“Every time we started church services or a special service like at Easter time they would ring all three bells,” longtime church member Nancy Brooks said.

Brooks said her wedding here was one of the first when it opened in the mid 1970s.

“A lot of memories there, a lot of weddings, just great times,” she said.

Time had taken a toll on the building and demolition started earlier this week.

“It’s something that needed to be done. You know, it’s unfortunate. But it does happen,” Brooks said.

Now amid the heartache of watching history destroyed, comes more pain. First, someone got away with scrap metal, and then days later came the theft of the bell.

“There is always hope it will come back. But for now we just look to see what we can do with the other two and get them in a good home,” Well said.

Crews are taking extra precautions after the theft, moving heavy piece equipment right up against the storage container to help prevent it from being struck again.

Police estimate the scrap value of the stolen items is about $500. Anyone with information on the bell is asked to call police.

Ansonia police are investigating after a man was shot multiple times in the middle of the day Tuesday.

Police said officers were called to the area of Howard Avenue and Church Street around 12:20 p.m. Witnesses said they saw a man running from the scene and he might have been shot.

Soon afterward a gunshot victim arrived at the emergency room of Griffin Hospital.

Police said the victim is a 21-year-old Ansonia resident and was shot multiple times. He was transported to a New haven hospital where he is listed in serious but stable condition.

Officers found multiple shell casings of different calibers at the scene, meaning more than one person was shooting. They determined there were more than a dozen shots fired, police said.

Ansonia police are asking anyone who lives in the area and has surveillance cameras to contact investigators. Anyone with information on this crime should contact police at 203-735-1885.

Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans shut down a major highway in San Juan, Puerto Rico, this week in the largest of nearly two weeks of consecutive protests calling for embattled Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to step down. The historic demonstrations follow the release of a private chat on the Telegram app that showed Rosselló and his closest allies denigrating everyone from Hurricane Maria victims to Ricky Martin to political opponents, journalists and members of their party. The "Rickyleaks" backlash has also come amid a political corruption scandal involving allegations of financial fraud by former members of Rosselló's government. All this as Puerto Rico still struggles to recover from the devasation of Hurricane Maria. 

In the face of such unrest and calls for his resignation, the governor has apologized several times but vowed he's “more committed than ever to work for Puerto Rico.” 

So far, Rosselló’s only concession has been to resign as president of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP, in Spanish) and drop his re-election bid for 2020. In an announcement Sunday, he said he’s willing to undergo an impeachment trial by the legislative branch, where his party has the majority.

On Tuesday morning, some of the 11 participants in the leaked chat were ordered to surrender their phones after Puerto Rico’s Justice Department issued a search warrant as part of an investigation. That has raised the possibility of future indictments.

Here’s a recap on how Puerto Rico got here and possible scenarios on what to expect in the future.

What’s the scandal?
Developments have been fast-moving since the arrests of several former members of Rosselló's administration earlier this month, especially after Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) published the 889-page chat that drew attention from news outlets in the United States and worldwide.

On July 10, Puerto Rico’s former education secretary Julia Keleher, former Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration head Ángela Ávila-Marrero and four other people were arrested by the FBI on charges of steering federal funds to politically connected contractors.

The six people arrested in the alleged $15.5 million fraud are facing 32 counts of money laundering and other charges, according to Puerto Rico's U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez.

Federal officials said $13 million was spent inappropriately by the Department of Education and the other $2.5 million by the Health Insurance Administration between 2017 and 2019.

One day later, on July 11, a handful of pages from the private group chat were leaked with rumors that there were many more to come. In these pages, Gov. Rosselló called former New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, also Puerto Rican, the Spanish word for “whore.” The insult stemmed from Rosselló being upset that Mark-Viverito had criticized DNC chairman Tom Pérez’s support for Puerto Rico’s statehood. Referring to the oversight board that manages the island's finances, Rosselló also wrote, "go f--- yourself." 

Weeks before that leak, the son of Puerto Rico’s former treasury secretary, Raúl Maldonado, Jr., had written on Facebook about the existence of a chat where Rosselló behaved as a “corrupt person.” Future disclosures would provide evidence for his case. 

Rosselló, who was on a family vacation in France when the first stories broke over the leaks, returned to the island to face the backlash in a news conference at the executive mansion.

“I’m also human and I err,” Rosselló said in his first public appearance asking for forgiveness.

That night, the governor was asked by a CPI journalist if he believed the remainder of the chats rumored to exist should be published. The governor said the messages had been deleted but didn’t remember when and by whom.

Two days later, on July 13, CPI published 889 pages of the chat, “War Room Fortaleza,” that revealed more sexist, homophobic, machista, racist and violent slurs.

The conversations that took place from late November 2018 to January 2019 displayed several efforts from Rosselló and his allies to discredit, harm reputations and remove from their jobs political figures like opposition House Rep. Manuel Natal, opposition Sen. Juan Dalmau’s wife, former head of the statistics institute Mario Marazzi and the federal monitor of the police Arnaldo Claudio.

Sen. Juan Dalmau, from the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP, in Spanish), told NBC “Rosselló’s tenure is over,” and argued the chats show three "very serious" potential crimes.

“There’s evidence of some public official’s interest to get rid of police monitor Arnaldo Claudio who, by the way, was appointed by the federal government. They see him as an inconvenience for their agendas,” Sen. Dalmau said.

He said there was also an exchange about his wife, in which Rosselló and his allies suggest she be replaced by someone in their party. In the discussion, a payroll document of Dalmau’s wife from the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, where she works, is shared and questioned by the governor and his peers. “We should give this position to a member of the PNP,” Rosselló’s former media consultant Carlos Bermúdez said.

Finally, Dalmau said, Rosselló and his colleagues "shared privileged information with private sector officials in the chat for them to benefit from it.”

Dalmau highlighted the three conversations as potential crimes from a list of 18 that was introduced in the House by Rep. Dennis Márquez, from his party, as a first step to begin Rosselló's impeachment. “For me, those three may constitute crimes,” Dalmau said.

In his last news conference to date, Rosselló said, "I have not committed any illegal acts, I only committed improper acts."

Dalmau is convinced that “Rosselló has to go, impeached or not” and that the governor’s party “needs to act firmly because Rosselló lost legitimacy.”

In the infamous group chat, Elías Sánchez-Sifonte, Rosselló’s former campaign manager and right hand, two media consultants and a publicist participated in discussions, made suggestions and gave instructions on how to handle government affairs.

Sánchez-Sifonte, in fact, is the subject of a story published by CPI last Friday that alleges a multi-million dollar corruption network behind the chat conversations.

If the governor doesn't resign, can he be impeached?
Yes. Puerto Rico’s constitution establishes not only that a governor can resign, but they can also be impeached.

According to the constitution’s Section 21, Article III, the House has the sole power of initiating an impeachment if two-thirds of its members vote to indict the governor. The Senate would then hold a trial, presided over by Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court chief justice, where the sentence’s only outcome would be the removal of the governor.

The vacant position would then be assumed by the secretary of state which, like 16 other positions in the executive branch, is also vacant right now. Next in line would be the head of the island's justice department.

The House hasn’t started the process, but its speaker Carlos “Johnny” Méndez said three lawyers are analyzing the situation and the documents to see whether an impeachment process should be started. The decision might come as soon as this Wednesday, according to Méndez.

An impeachment “is not a legal procedure, it’s a political procedure, meaning that the same guarantees and procedures from a legal case don’t apply,” Efrén Rivera-Ramos from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law told NBC.

“If there’s evidence to prosecute the public official, that’d be done in a separate legal and ordinary procedure in our courts” since “the sentence (in the impeachment trial) wouldn’t entail anything but only removing the official from their post. It’s not a criminal trial,” Rivera-Ramos said.

For the same reason, in an impeachment trial there’s no need for evidence of a crime per se, Rivera-Ramos explained. “The House can start the process whenever they want.”

In Puerto Rico, no governor has ever stepped down or faced an impeachment trial.

Who is still supporting Ricardo Rosselló?
If a massive display of hundreds of thousands of people marching and protesting for the governor’s resignation is not enough, members of Rosselló's party, former governors, internationally-known stars such as singer Ricky Martin, rapper Bad Bunny, rapper Residente, actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, members of Congress, Democratic presidential candidates and more have asked him to step down.

The governor, in a rare appearance on Fox News, spoke to Shepard Smith and failed to name someone who supports him. Rosselló mentioned the mayor of San Sebastián, Javier Jiménez, who later told a newspaper he didn’t support the governor. However, there are a few people still supporting him, at least publicly.

House Deputy Speaker Rep. Lourdes Ramos is a fervent advocate of Rosselló. “I trust the governor,” she told NBC last week.

“I know him since he was a kid. I know his family. I know his upbringing. And when he said he regretted everything, I believed him, and no one can tell me what to think. I have that right,” Ramos said.

The lawmaker from Rosselló’s party said last week that “we’re giving the governor the time and space he asked us to evaluate the situation.”

She also believes the chat shows no evidence of criminal activity, so she doesn’t agree with an impeachment process. “I’m not a lawyer, but the caucus consensus is that there are no crimes,” she said back then.

On Sunday, after Rosselló’s announcement to step down as president of the party and drop his re-election bid for 2020, Ramos’ press office sent a written statement.

“The lawmaker, who doesn’t endorse an impeachment process, pointed that several lawyers have commented the inexistence of crimes that link the governor with corruption acts, serious felony or moral deprivation, as the Constitution requires (to impeach a governor),” the statement reads.

However, Ramos, like Speaker Méndez, is waiting for the three lawyers to provide their analysis on whether to pursue an impeachment process.

Would there be votes to impeach Rosselló?
House Rep. José “Quiquito” Meléndez, a lawyer and member of the governor’s party, believes “the legislative branch has the votes to impeach the governor.”

Puerto Rico’s House has 51 seats, which means 34 votes are needed to reach the two-thirds required to file a political indictment and start the trial in the Senate.

From the 51 seats, 34 are controlled by the PNP, 15 by the Popular Democratic Party (PPD, in Spanish), one by the PIP and one by an independent candidate.

“There’ll always be three or four people who’ll support the governor,” Meléndez told NBC, referring to some of his peers in the party, like Rep. Ramos.

“The people’s demands are far much bigger and the governor’s announcement on Sunday only fueled the fire even more,” Mélendez said.

Meléndez believes the governor should step down, but if that doesn’t happen, he’s confident the House will proceed to begin the impeachment.

As for the Senate, Dalmau won’t say if they have the votes in favor of impeaching Rosselló because, "I can't speak for my colleagues." But he’s not pleased with how the legislative branch has handled the situation.

“This hasn’t been addressed promptly, as it should have,” Dalmau said.

Out of 30 seats in the Senate, 21 belong to the PNP, seven to the PPD, one to the PIP and one to an independent senator. For a sentence of impeachment to pass, three-quarters or 23 members of the Senate have to vote for it.

Why is all this such a big deal for Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico has been stuck in an economic recession since 2006. In September 2017, the island was obliterated by Hurricane Maria, after also taking a hit from Hurricane Irma. Its government estimated $139 billion would be needed to recover from the disaster.

President Donald Trump has claimed his administration handed Puerto Rico’s government $92 billion for relief, which they have “squandered away or wasted.” The figure the president repeatedly mentions is incorrect. Puerto Rico has received $13 billion so far from $42.5 billion assigned for relief efforts.

The federal government has estimated that $92 billion is the amount the island could be allotted over the next 20 years.

Trump signed a bill last month allocating $19 billion for Puerto Rico and other states battered by natural disasters after a long feud in Congress.

But after the president’s repeated remarks on corruption in the island’s government, the scandal jeopardizes that much needed aid, Dalmau and Meléndez believe.

“Congress has had an anemic attitude to provide relief funds to Puerto Rico and the governor’s actions showed he and his allies tried to profit from that [...] and, naturally, that affects Puerto Rico,” he said.

On top of that, the senator says that because of this situation, “Puerto Rico is being portrayed to the world as an unstable and place of unrest” and it’s causing losses in tourism, which the island desperately needs.

Last week, several cruise ships didn’t anchor in Puerto Rico, resulting in a drop of 15,000 tourists in Old San Juan and an economic hit of around $2.5 million.

The Wareham Gatemen defeated the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox 3-2 in the Connecticut Cape Cod Classic Tuesday.

“Everybody in Connecticut hears about the Cape Cod Baseball League,” said Y-D manager Scott Picker. “Now if they can’t afford or can’t get down to the Cape, they get to come to their hometown and watch a ballgame.”

“This is an awesome ballpark,” said Wareham third baseman Chad Stevens. “Thank you to all of the people with the Hartford Yard Goats. It was a lot of fun.”

“Players would come down here every game,” added Wareham manager and former Yard Goats manager Jerry Weinstein. “They’d drive two and a half hours to come play here.”

This is the second year that the Cape Cod Baseball League has played a game at Dunkin’ Donuts Park.

“First this corner lifted up and then the whole thing after that,” said Bobby Khan, an owner of Cape Sands Inn.

Surveillance video showed the moment the roof was ripped from the inn Khan’s family purchased in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

“We were doing fairly well, knock on wood, until this happened.”

Some guests vacationing at the Cape Sands Inn experienced the unimaginable.

“We’re sitting next to the window all of a sudden it started howling, raining sideways, all of a sudden our ceiling lifted up and came back down pouring inside,” said Jason of Belchertown, Mass., who says he and his daughter ran to the bathtub and covered up.

Relocating guests after an EF-1 tornado wasn’t something Khan ever imagined in his first summer in business. He renovated these destroyed rooms just eight or nine months ago.

But he’s glad everyone is safe.

“We have all of our things. No one got hurt. That’s all that matters,” said a woman from New Hampshire leaving the property.

A family from England thought visiting the JFK Museum was the only history they’d experience Tuesday.

“We see it on the tele and all that, but when it comes to reality it’s just unbelievable. You can’t write it can you?” said Mike Hilditch.

Anthony Piccoli of Storrs shot video while on the way to the movies.

He was trying to make the best of the stormy weather while vacationing in Harwich Port.

“The damage is crazy. You go everywhere along 28 S. There’s trees down, wires down, all along here, all the way down to Harwich about five to 10 miles down the road.”

The weather aficionado now has quite the story to share about his summer vacation when he comes back to Connecticut.

“We’re hoping we’ll get some power back, they might bring a generator, adds to the excitement I guess.”

As cleanup continues on Cape Cod, “I saw it in the movies and stuff, but never. I never thought I’d have to experience this kind of thing,” said Khan.

Flames poured out of a three-family home on Miller Street in Meriden last week when most were fast asleep. Hector Toledo lived on the first floor and says he heard the smoke detectors going off, woke his wife, and they ran for safety.

"We had to get everybody up and get out because the fire was already taking over,” said Toledo. "You want to get out. You don't want to lose your life."

All three families made it out but most of, if not everything, they owned was gone.

"It's devastating, and you think about what if it happened to you. You would hope people would come together as a group to support," said Meriden Council of Neighborhoods President Holly Wills.

That's what many in the community are doing. On Tuesday, Meriden's Council of Neighborhoods, the police and fire department, and Hunter's Ambulance held a fundraiser at the fire house on Pratt Street. People dropped off much-needed supplies including blankets, small appliances, and toys.

"Thank God they got out alive. That's the most important thing, so we need to help them. We need to give them a fresh start, and we need to do it as a community," said Lower East Side Watch Dogs Captain Diane Kubeck.

"Everybody comes out to help everybody, and it's a great thing. I mean, we're all looking out for each other," said North End Neighborhood Association President Steven Cardillo.

For Toledo and the other families, it means a lot that so many care. He says that kindness has lifted him up during this difficult time.

"It put a smile on my face. It brought some life back to me. I know there's hope," said Toledo.

The Council of Neighborhoods says they're looking for new household items like dishes, small kitchen appliances, glasses, silverware, bath towels, blankets, pillows, sheets, toiletry items, and toys for boys aged 6-10 years and girls aged 6 months to 10 years. The group says you can drop the items off at the Pratt Street fire house. You can also make checks payable to Council of Neighborhoods.