shoulder with florida health authorities. there is a very aggressive effort under way to control mosquitos there. pregnant women have been urged to stay away from the particular neighborhood we are focused on. we'll keep working as one team, federal, state and local to slow and limit the spread of the virus. i want to be clear though. our public health expert does not expect to see the widespread outbreaks of zika here that we've seen in brazil or puerto rico. the kind of mit likely to carry zika are limited to certain regions of our country. we cannot be complacent. we expect to see more zika cases. even though the symptoms for most people are mild, many may never know they have it, we've seen that the complications for pregnant women and their babies can be severe. i want to encourage every american to learn what they can do to help stop zika going to

fighting zika costs money. helping puerto rico deal with its zika crisis costs money. research in the new vaccines, and nih announced the first clinical trials in humans. that costs money. that's why my administration proposed an urgent request for more funding back in february. not only did the republican-led congress not pass our request, they worked to cut it. then they left for without passing any new funds for the fight against zika. our experts at the ni hinch and cdc, folks on the front lines, have been doing their best moving funds from other areas. now the money is rapidly running out. the situation is getting critical. without sufficient funding, nih clinical trials and possibility of a vaccine could be delayed.

politics. more than 40 u.s. service members have now contracted zika overseas. in 50 u.s. states, we know of more than 1,800 cases of zika connected to travel to infected areas. that includes nearly 500 pregnant women. zika is present in almost every part of puerto rico, and now we have the first local transmission in florida and there will certainly be more. meanwhile, congress is on a summer recess. a lot of folks talk about protecting americans from threats. zika is a serious threat to americans. especially babies. right now. i want to urge the american people to call their members of congress and tell them to do their job. deal with this threat, help protect the american people from zika. with that, i am going to take some questions. i'm going to start with someone

mason, the new correspondents association president. >> happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> you and other officials said it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted strategies sufficiently to address that change? given your comments this week about donald trump's volatility president, are you concerned he will be receiving security briefings about isis and other sensitive national security issues? >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you're satisfied, that means the problem's solved and it's not. so we just spent a couple of hours meeting with my top national security folks to look

it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary because so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow there's still some caliphate being born, and that can insinuate itself then in the willing to travel there or carry out terrorist attacks. it's also destabilizing for countries in the region at a time when the region's already unstable. i am pleased with the progress that we've made on the ground in iraq and syria. we are far from freeing mosul and rocca. but what we've shown is when it

on the ground so long as they've got the support from coalition forces that we've been providing. in the meantime though, you're seeing isil carry out external terrorist acts, and they learned something they've adapted from al qaeda, which at a much more centralized operation and tried to plan very what isil figured out is if they can convince a handful of people or even one person to carry out an attack on a subway or at a parade or some other public venue and kill scores of people as opposed to thousands of people, it still creates the kinds of fear and concern that

in some ways, rooting out these networks for smaller, less complicated attacks is tougher because it doesn't require as many resources on their part or preparation, but it does mean that we've got to do even more to generate the intelligence and to work with our partners in or the fact is that those networks will probably sustain themselves even after isil is defeated in rocca and mosul, but what we've learned from our efforts to defeat al qaeda is that if we stay on it, our intelligence gets better and we adapt as well. eventually, we will dismantle these networks also.

however, it is so important for us to keep our eye on the ball and not panic, not succumb to fear because isil can't defeat the united states of america or our nato partners. we can defeat ourselves though if we make bad decisions. and we have to understand as painful and tragic attacks are, that we are going to keep on grinding away, preventing them wherever we can using a whole government effort to knock down their propaganda, disrupt their networks, to take their key operatives off the battlefield, and that

indiscriminately killing civilians, for example in some of these areas, instituting offensive religious tests on who can enter the country, those kinds of strategies can end up backfiring. in order for us to ultimately win this fight, we cannot frame this as a clash of between the west and islam that. plays exactly into the hands of isil and the perversions, perverse interpretations of islam they're putting forward. as far as mr. trump, we are going to go by the law, which is tradition and the law, that if

president, they need to get security briefings so if they were to win, they are not starting from scratch in terms of being prepared for this office. i'm not going to go into details of the nature of the security briefings that both candidates receive. what i will say is that they have been told these are classified briefings. if they want to be a president. that means being able to receive these briefings and not spread them around. >> are you worried about that? >> i think i've said enough about that. mary bruce. >> thank you, mr. president. >> we are going to pause to allow some stations to leave our

we have been listening to the president talking about two of the issues we are most concerned with here in america. the isis threat and threat of zika. >> the next president will inherit this fight against isis military action and more immediate this fight against zika. he is calling on congress to restore or offer some of the funding his administration asked for to fight >> he said the u.s. is relentlessly been fighting against isis. air campaigns have continued to hammer isil targets. >> we'll continue to listen to it and have updates throughout our newscast. we have other news. in long island, a neighborhood is shaken up by a home invasion.

out. one thing neighbors know, it was a terrifying situation for a homeowner held at gun point and police officers swarming back yards, giving orders for everyone to stay inside and get away from their windows. wale is in port jefferson station with more. >> reporter: i spoke directly with a man who woke this up morning staring down the barrel of a gun. police are working to figure out if that home invasion a few miles away is linked with this happened right here. residents say four guys broke into this home around 3:00 a.m. police are now trying to figure out why. >> i got scared because there are five police officers in my backyard. >> reporter: the homeowner allowed us into the home where the home invasion took place. he woke up with morning with a gun pointed at his face. too scared to go on camera, the family tells us the tleefbs broke into this front door,

money. >> police staying tight-lipped on how or why they ended up here at this home in port jefferson station, 45 minutes later. after a three-hour standoff, they arrested two people for outstanding warrants. officers also removed a 2-year-old boy from the house. police are not connecting the two incidents right now. they say they are looking into it. neighbors are clearly shaken think said stay in your house. that's what we did. they said do you have any kids? i said we have a 5-year-old daughter. he said get her away from any windows, anything like that. >> reporter: the family wouldn't come to the door for us, but neighbors tell us police visited this house before. >> i wasn't shocked, to be honest with you.

>> reporter: the standoff took three hours because police called on a bull horn and no one came out. they forced their way inside and found people hiding. we'll figure out if the people arrested here were involved in that home invasion. if so, if they are looking for anyone else. back to that breaking news in new jersey. we have been monitoring closely the past hour, tor fire has southbound lanes of i-287 in oakland shut down. the flames are out but the backup's getting bad. chopper 4 over the scene. what can you tell us? >> that's right. pretty big mess down below. 287 southbound lane and exit 58 for route 202 in oakland. serious tractor trailer truck accident happening after 4:00 with this tractor trailer traveling southbound losing

abutment and bursting into flames. we understand the driver escaped without injury. as we bring you back out, big-time travel problems in the area. the right side is 287 northbound. all traffic does get by there southbounders, you are completely shut down at exit 58 forced off the highway on to route 202 for a local to bumper traffic. that will get worse. we are dealing with delays two, three miles. a big-time problem that will be out here for a couple of hours. in bridgewater, connecticut,

homeowner. it was an all-out manhunt after 3:30 this morning. people were told to stay in their homes and call if they saw anything suspicious. troopers recovered a shotgun and found a stolen car. police are relying on tips from the public. >> call 911 if you think it's small or insignificant. to you it may be, to us it's a piece of the puzzle. >> police found a car in waterbury. the suspect may have had an accomplice. it's a bad time to be a crook in the big apple. a warning from the nypd as the department touts another crime in citywide. things are not improving everywhere. andrew siff is outside one police plaza in lower manhattan to explain. >> make no mistake. there are some trouble spots. domestic violence is up.

but they say crime is headed in the right direction. top nypd commanders with a message for law breakers. >> it is not a good time to are criminal or gang member in new york city. >> reporter: the bravado amid new numbers, shootings down 22% with 139 fewer shootings than this time last summer. homicides down 4%. all with 11,000 fewer outgoing police commissioner bill bratton said he told new yorkers it could be this way. >> this is simple. this is not rocket science. it is a specific policy to reduce arrests. >> reporter: the news isn't all good. assaults ticked up in july, reported rapes increased. so has domestic violence. some communities have seen a spike in crime. >> we know that there are neighborhoods where we have to

>> reporter: the mayor's hope is continuity as the commissioner next month hands off to his successor chief jimmy o'neil. >> i'm ready to go and continue the great work of commissioner bratton. >> reporter: commissioner bratton has six more weeks on the job. the nypd is planning to poll every neighborhood in the city to see how residents feel about andrew siff, news 4 new york. we are now just one day away from the opening ceremony of the 2016 rio olympic games. the competition has begun. the u.s. women's soccer team shut out new zealand wednesday 2-0 as the team looks for its fourth straight olympic gold medal. the rest of team usa is prepping

>> bruce beck live in rio tonight. one local athlete making history. >> "time" magazine's 100 most influential people in 2016. how many fencers do you think are on the lest? the answer is one. she is a woman from new jersey who's opening eyes in more ways than one. she is more than a in rio, she will become the first muslim american woman to compete in the olympics with a hijab. >> this is who i am, african-american, muslim, woman, these are things i can't change. being in this moment, i'm appreciative and thankful i get to do this not just for myself, but hopefully in turn do this

world. >> she has become a celebrity the last year and gave fencing tips to first lady michelle obama at the usoc in times square in april. the president told her to bring home the gold. the pride of maplewood, new jersey, is comfortable talking about the incredible backing she received from her home town. >> i never felt so much support from my hometown. environment in maplewood. they've been so expertive. there is a huge banner of me in my town in support. i feel the love here in brazil. >> many thought mohammed would be selected to be the u.s. flag bearer at the opening ceremony, but that honor was bestowed on michael phelps. >> i feel michael phelps is a wonderful choice to be flag bearer of the games, and to have

conversation with people like serena or michael phelps, i feel it's an honor. i'm very proud to walk behind michael in opening ceremonies in a few days. >> her name means "joy" in arabic. and smashing stereotypes gives her great joy. it would be a plus if she captured an olympic medal along the way in the team she has a great chance. this team is poised for glory. what a woman, by the way. i have such respect for her. >> we look forward to the competition. thank you. >> we are one day away from the 2016 olympic games. nbc 4 is the home for all the action. watching opening ceremony live

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let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist janice huff. >> we are still in the winning category with the weather department today with highs in the low to mid 80s and a few clouds. we had a dry day. 81 in central park. newark 81. one of the warm spots, laguardia a high of 84. 80 in islip. we've been very fortunate these last couple of days and nights where temperatures dropped into the 50s and 60s. tomorrow you may notice the humidity climbs. it will feel muggy. on this weekend, showers and storms for saturday. not all day. this is a line that will be moving through progressively throughout the day. we expect sunday to be great.

park. same thing in mill basin. 77 at jfk. temperatures inland are warmer. mostly in the 80s from poughkeepsie to trenton. 79 in monticello. it's pleasant everywhere. dry air across the region. no storms on the radar just yet. we will see that change when we get into saturday. the trend for this evening is clear skies later tonight, 50s again in liberty and madison. not as many 50s as last night but cool. south/southwest wind tomorrow brings in humidity. temperatures climb higher. 87 in poughkeepsie. 84 in the city. not oppressively hot but warmer. is there a slight risk a few of these thunderstorms coming

severe. it's dry most of the day. we'll have a lot of clouds to start the morning. it moves into the hudson valley and parts of north eastern pennsylvania around 10:00 in the morning. it passes south towards the city in central new jersey around 2:00. then moves off to the east. another line redevelops north of the city around 5:00. long island may not see the rain until 84 tomorrow. near 90 in spots saturday. 88 in the city. sunday is the beach day. fantastic weather. back to the mid 80s all the way to the middle of next week. >> thank you. more ahead on news 4 at 5:00, surprising find for new jersey firefighters responding to an office fire. why was there more than 100 thousand rounds of ammunition inside?

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hoping to hurt hikers and bicyclists? i'm david ushery. >> i'm sabila vargas. >> the trail is popular with hikers and bicyclists. pat battle joins us live from wayne with more. >> reporter: the first of those objects was discovered back on the 23rd of june. the most last night by one park user who brought all those items, who took pictures of them and brought them to police. hi mountain park preserve is huge. those objects were found on a small area on a bike path behind william paterson university in wayne. just because the area is not that big, doesn't make this less disturbing. >> i didn't see anything. i'm looking at the ground the whole time trying to dodge