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captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: zika hits miami beach. u.s. health officials expand a travel warning to south florida after more people are infected by local mosquitoes. also tonight, the long road to recovery for the vps of louisiana's historic floods. >> all of what wasns house is gone. >> ninan: firefighters gain control of a monster fire in california, but more than 100 homes are lost. >> it's heartbreaking as a member here of this community to see the damage that was created by this fire. >> ninan: and it's a sprent to the finish line at the summer olympics. we're in rio where it's last call for this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. the the zika virus continues to
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despite weeks of spraying of insect side in the miami area. health officials have identified a new zika zone in miami beach. five people have been infected there, apparently by local mosquitoes. that's just across biscayne bay from the initial zika zone, and it brings the the total of mosquito-borne infections in the area to 36. the mosquito-borne virus can cause severe birth defects. pregnant women and hir partners are being advised to postpone travel to miami-dade county. david begnaud is there. >> reporter: the crowd in than usual for a 90-degree saturday. some might say you can blame it on zika. >> now that i-- i'm here and i know it's close, i feel afraid, and the first thing i just when i, i want to go pack. >> it's so dangerous for us because we're on holiday. >> since we discovered i was pregnant, we've been taking a lot of-- we've been very careful about it. >> reporter: aerial mosquito spraying not effective here due to high-rise buildin buildings d strong ocean gusts.
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at private homes. the city is warning people, standing water on your property could result in a fine. this morning, philip levine, the city's mayor, joined in on the fight against zika. >> we have vacuums. we have blowers, which blow the water and disperse it so that it dries in the sun. >> reporter: according to the c.d.c., the first zika infection on miami beach can be traced back to mid-july. when did you find out there were cases on miami beach? >> we found out yesterday. >> reporter: when? >> you know, it's incredible, we governor gave his press interview. >> reporter: you didn't get a heads up. >> no, zero. which is so frustrating that the governor, literally, has been using this and his press conference to score political points. i mean it's a shame. >> reporter: a new travel varies from the c.d.c. warns pregnant women to avoid the area. dana bator from chicago canceled her plans to travel here even before the advisory. >> don't want to be a guinea pig and i don't want my unborn child to be one, either. and the birth defects are so
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the risk. >> reporter: in response to the mayor saying it's shameful the governor didn't give him a heads up zika was in mime of miami beach before the public found out, the governor's office told cbs news today that the the governor did call the mayor yesterday and again today, but was unable to reach him. reena. >> ninan: okay, david begnaud, thank you, david. flood watches and warnings are posted across the deep south this weekend. a large section of texas is actuallia risk, as is southern louisiana. this past week, historic f in louisiana killed at least 13 people. entire neighborhoods are devastated. a massive cleanup is under way. manuel bojorquez is in the flood zone. >> reporter: volunteers are helping kathy edmonston clear out what the flood destroyed. she's lift here almost 30 years. what have you lost here? >> virtually everything, virtually everything. all of what was inside of my house is gone. >> reporter: her home had never been hit by floods. this time, two feet of water
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>> reporter: edmonston of one of hundreds of flood victims at this community meet outside baton rouge, learning how to apply for federal aid. fema says the number of people who have registered for assistance in the 20 affected parishes has jumped to more than 103,000, a one-week total the agency has not seen since super storm sandy in 2012. 40,000 homes were damaged, and the water reached area where's many thought fld >> get him, get him. >> reporter: even those who helped in the rescue effort were not spared the devastation. national guard sergeant justin smith rescued a man from the amite river last week, only to later find his own home had flooded. now, it is his family that needs help. , much like kathy edmonston, who says before additional federal aid arrives, the support from neighbors near and far is the only thing getting her through. >> love you. >> love you.
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gutting my house, these are all volunteers from katrina. i'm so grateful. so grateful to them. >> reporter: in flooded neighborhoods across louisiana, as the water goes down, the debris piles up. fema says it has already distributed more than $34 million in aid. president obama is set to visit the area on tuesday. reena. >> ninan: manuel bojorquez, thanks. more than 10,000 firefighters are battling six large wildfires 60 miles east of los angeles, firefighters have gained the upper hand on a wildfire that torched at least 300 buildings, including 105 single-family homes. carter evans is there. >> reporter: today, many homeowners are getting a first look at what the blue cut fire left behind. >> this is my grandma's china. >> reporter: for linda and brian shores, there isn't much. their family escaped as flames and smoke were bearing down, but they know many people waited
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stay. i didn't want to leave, didn't want to leave until we absolutely had to. but when you stay behind, you endanger the lives of the firefighters that are trying to save everybody and their homes. >> reporter: there really wasn't much you could have done. >> no. >> reporter: so far, there are no reported deaths, but damage assessment teams have counted more than 100 destroyed homes, and they're just getting started. san bernardino county firefighter eric erwin. >> the assessment i we know we have assessed areas that have sustained damage so the numbers will klein. >> reporter: this location is exactly where this massive 37-,000-acre fire started. they're not clear on who started it, but there is a homeless encampment, some butane exans they're also able to determine the direction the fire burned by looking at burn patterns on the trees. over the next four days, the fire tore through several desert towns with many close calls. >> oh, no! >> reporter: this video was
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reached her doorstep. her house is now gone, razz so many others. this was your dream home. will you rebuild? >> we will. we will. >> we'll be sitting on the porch watching the sunset again. >> reporter: most of the mandatory evacuation orders will be lifted today, so, reena, that means thousands more people will soon learn if their homes are still standing. >> ninan: carter evans. with the election nearly 11 weeks away, republican presidential nominee donald tr i voters to give him a shot. torrey barrett has the campaigns covered. >> you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. you have no jobs. what the hell do you have to lose? >> reporter: it was an awkward overture meant to attract black voters on the trump train. >> look how much african american communities have suffered under democratic control. >> reporter: hillary clinton responded to trump's comments with this tweet reading, "this
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staggering." all week, trump has been addressing mostly white audiences while claiming he would do more for african americans. >> democratic crime policies, education policy, and economic policies have produced only more crime. >> reporter: but so far, only 2% of african american voters prefer trump with 85% in favor of hillary clinton. trump is also underperforming nationally, trailing clinton by nine percentage point team is changing after the sez naegz of campaign chairman paul manafort. ukrainian anticorruption officials uncovered records of almost $13 million worth of illegal payments for manafort from his time working for the country's pro-russian president. meanwhile, clinton's controversies also linger. on friday, a u.s. district court judge grant a request by judicial watch that requires clinton to provide written
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but because of the timeline, those answers would not be made public until after the election. today, the trump camp and the r.n.c. convened a group of hispanic leaders to help the campaign with its outreach to that important and growing demographic. reena, according to a recent fox news poll, clinton leads trump among hispanics by 48 points. >> ninan: erring on barnett in washington. a federal judge in arizona is recommending criminal contemp sheriff, joe arpaio. he is nationally known for his tough stance on immigration. arpaio could face charges for ignoring a judge's order on immigration interrogation techniques. officials are investigating a shooting of a man whose speech and hearing are impaired. marlie hall has that story. marlie. >> reporter: reena, it's an unusual case that's left many people uponning answers.
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followed daniel harris after the 29-year-old failed to pull over. when the hearing and speech-impaired man finally stopped and got out of the car police say there was an "encounter." harris died at the scene. there are questions whether harris was aware of the sirens or could communicate with the trooper. neighbors in the charlotte suburb where the shooting took place say he was gunned down just doors from his family's home. many are shocked and sadded. neighborhood one time, with his family. seemed like a very peaceful family. these things are always heartbreaking. >> asked everybody to keep them in prayer because this is a rough time for them. >> reporter: the north carolina state bureau of identification has identified the trooper involved as jermaine sanders. he is currently on paid administrative leave. >> ninan: do we know if there is police protocol in dealing with hearing-impaired drivers?
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protocol when dealing with people who are deaf or hearing impaired. however, in this incident, it's not clear whether the officer involved knew that to be the case. >> ninan: okay, marlie hall, thank you, marlie. in alaska, two wilderness guides had to be airlifted to a hospital in seattle after they were mauled by a bear. they were leading a group of cruise ship passengers on a hike when they got between a bear and her cub. the other guide is o home stretch this weekend, and once again, we've learned that no human can reach the finish line faster than a guy named bolt. jamie yuccas is covering the games for us in rio. >> here's usain bolt. three times three, the triple-triple. >> reporter: it was a lightning-fast farewell to the olympics for usain bolt, who made history again last night winning his ninth gold medal in the 4x100 relay for jamaica.
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rio bolt fever. >> bolt, bolt, bolt! >> reporter: the u.s. men's track team has had people talking for a different reason. they were disqualified for illegally passing the baton and lost a spot at third place. the team's appeal was denied today by the olympic committee, and they will not attend tonight's medal ceremony. tonight, host brazil takes on germany for the men's soccer final. it will be a rematch of the world cup semifinals. brazillians showed up early today to marana 7-1 home loss. and for u.s. gym star simone biles, it continues to be her best week ever. on friday, she appeared on "cbs this morning"." >> i think one of my favorite moments this whole trip of winning the team gold because that's one of our favorite competitions, and everyone worked so hard for that one medal. >> reporter: today, those teammates and rest of team u.s.a., chose the four-time olympic gold champion to carry the u.s. flag in tomorrow
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simone is the first-ever female gymnast to be selected as flag bearer for team u.s.a. when tomorrow night's closing ceremony ends, brazil will hand off the olympic flag to japan, who will host the 2020 games in tokyo. >> ninan: thanks, jamie. coming up, he's the new face of war in syria. today his family suffered a tragic loz. ? ? ? trintellix (vortioxetine) is a prescription medicine for depression. trintellix may start to untangle or help improve the multiple symptoms of depression. for me, trintellix made a difference. tell your healthcare professional right away if your depression worsens, or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior or thoughts of suicide.
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from the daily reality of the syrian government, backed by russia, pomming its people with near impunity. children like omran daqneesh, whose bloodied face has become a symbol of syria's civil war after this image was broadcast around the world. he does not scream for his mother, but sits numb with shock in an ambulance. the medic who rescued him says he has never seen a omran. "usually, when a child gets out of an air strike they're crying, but this child didn't say a thing," he says. these children cannot go to school. often, they can't even go to hospitals because they are also targets, like the one shown here on a security camera video. the omar bin abdul aziz hospital that was truck in aleppo last month. and if children do make it to a
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limited. "children can't overcome these serious injuries," this doctor says, "because their bodies are too weak." and within this, parents in aleppo are faesed with the impossible task of making children, who have only ever known war, feel safe. at least the mother and father survived the air strike, and he got away with minor cuts and bruises, but his 10-year-old brother was not so lucky. he died of his in night. the children of rebel-held aleppo not only have to survive air strikes. food is scarce, and there's been no access to running water for nearly a month now. and, reena, the united nations is trying to negotiate a 48-hour truce so that relief workers can bring in desperately needed supplies. >> ninan: did bra, thank you. still ahead, an update on the still ahead, an update on the infamous preppie murder 30 year,
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infamous case. >> over here, over here. over here. >> reporter: in august, 1986, robert chambers made headlines for killing his friend, jennifer levin, in new york's central park. >> i didn't mean to hurt her. i liked her very much. >> reporter: he was handsome and privileged and the press called him "the preppie killer," but to police, he was just a 19-year-old kid with an unlikely story that seemed to blame t >> without my consent. >> reporter: he always said he struck her to make her stop. police never believed that story and chambers was charged with murder. he pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter, and served 15 years in prison. when he was released, he gave his only interview to troy
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death. >> reporter: okay. >> there's no question about that. >> reporter: you admitted guilt, but you did not intend to kill her. >> i don't believe i intended to kill her at all. >> everything he said about how she died is absolutely untrue. she was frantically fighting for her life. >> am i a monster? no. because if i were a monster, i wouldn't care, but i do. this is fr course i had taken. >> reporter: robert chambers hoped he could put his life back together, but life didn't work out as he planned. >> ninan: robert chambers turns 50 next month. where is he now? tune in to "48, the preppie killer" tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central, on cbs. up next, the push-up challenge putting muscle into saving the
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>> begin! one, two, three. >> ninan: in new york's times square, where the ball drops on new year's eve, members of the n.y.p.d. dropped and did push-ups. new york's finest were taking part in the latest craze to go viral on the internet, the 22 push-up challenge. jim axelrod has this story. >> reporter: move over, ice buckets. there's a new challenge rippling
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22, in fact, knocking them out and then challenging somebody else to do it. from stars like john krasinski, to a class of texas state trooper recruits, the 22 push-up challenge is not about pumping up pecs. it's designed to focus attention on a tragedy. for years, it was estimated 22 veterans committed suicide each day. deputy director of 22 kill, the foundation behind the challenge. >> when the statistic came out that 22 veterans a day are committing suicide, it's almost unbelievable. we wanted to find out more about where this number came from. >from. >> reporter: two summers ago, ice bucket challenge raised $115 million, but the group behind this challenge, 22 kill, says its primary goal is to raise awareness, not money.
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tried to kill himself after coming home from iraq in 2011. >> if i knew of an organization at the time that was doing what we do at 22 kill, i don't feel they would have attempted suicide. >> reporter: recently, the department of veterans affairs adjusted that number down to 20 veterans a day who take their own lives. the numbers may have changed, but the mission has not. >> we're not going to be done until it's zero. we're not going to change our name because of a new study. but what matters is the number's to keep that number moving in the right direction, 22 push-ups at a time. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: and that's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. the news continues now on 24-hour digital network cbsn @cbsnews.com. i'm reena ninan in new york.
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