a wave of deadly e. coli now spreading through the south and elsewhere and they're looking for where it started. >>> and the class of 2012, one of our favorite nights of the year around here. our send off to this year's graduating class. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. the president has been under a lot of pressure on the economy ever since a week ago today when the last round of bad numbers came out on jobs. and every day the european financial uncertainty continues. and so today, he came out before reporters in an attempt to calm the waters, but in a charged political season with the republicans running hard after his job, he declared the private sector is doing fine and then the other side pounced. it's where we begin tonight at the white house with our chief white house correspondent chuck todd. good evening. >> good evening, brian. the president has been struggling to get in front of this issue and show the public he's in touch with the growing concerns about the economy. that morning press

a new outbreak of the e. coli illness has food safety investigators now scrambling to find the cause. >> they say the deadly outbreak likely came from something we eat, perhaps produce or undercooked beef. that's a special concern given the start of grilling season. abc's tahman bradley has the details from washington. >> reporter: this morning, disease-hunters at the cdc are racing to find a mysterious and deadly, new outbreak of e. coli. nearly a dozen cases, possibly more, detected across the south. including in the cdc's own backyard near georgia. other cases in florida, louisiana and alabama. scientists scrambling to stop the spread. >> they're racing against the clock because they want to figure out what this product is and get it out of the market before it sickens or kills anyone else. >> reporter: the youngest victim of the outbreak so far, a toddler, just 21 months old, in new orleans, who died last week. she and the other victims are believed to have been sickened by the same strain of e. coli. >> we kn

the nation's disease hunters race to find the cause of a new outbreak of deadly e. coli. >>> an abc news exclusive. brian ross tracks down the bullies hounding and tricking americans into paying millions of dollars for debts they do not owe. >>> and storm of bees. stopping traffic. turning homes into hives. why is this happening? and, can you outwit them? >>> good evening. we begin with a kind of battle cry from some of the toughest athletes in this country. former football players, thousands of them, joining together to say no one should pay the price they have paid for the game they love. it is the biggest lawsuit in the history of sports. the target, the nfl, and the accusation that the league covered up how many players had suffered serious head injuries. it is a suit that could change the way the game is played, from the pros on the field to children in american schools. and abc's chris cuomo tells us about this first quarter in a very big fight. >> reporter: the signature of professional football -- violent contact -- is now the basis for the biggest court fight in

we are on the trail of a deadly e. coli strain coming up next. >> but first here's a look at some of the other stories on our rundown. the news edge at 11:00 is coming right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at lech clock. at 11:00.  >>> a mysterious e. coli outbreak has hit six states. a 21-month-old girl has died of the bacteria, but there's no word so far on the exact source. fox's john roberts has details. >> reporter: a deadly e. coli outbreak, more than a dozen illnesses reported in six states and just last week a baby girl died in louisiana. the centers for disease control and prevention says the outbreak occurred in april and may. >> this is clearly an outbreak and it's getting the full-court press both from the cdc and all those state health departments to find the cause just as quickly as possible and to cut it off so we don't get any more cases. >> reporter: the outbreak strain is e. coli 0145, a dangerous but not well known type of bacteria. the cdc only began recommending labs test for it i

e coli 0154 would be found in water, food or fresh meat. other strains of e. coli haven't gotten much attention in the past. but just this past week, the usda started to test meats for the strains. >> in the long run, as it relates to meat overseen by the usda, the testing protocol is going to be a good thing for consumers. >> reporter: those sickened were most likely exposed some time in may. if this is a fresh product, it's probably off the shelves. tonight, david, there is it still concern these infections could spread. >> david kerley in washington, thanks to you. >>> we turn to a troubling video from california tonight, sparking new debate about what many of us would very should do when we see a parent abusing a child. the video shows a stepfather using a belt on his stepson while plays catch. tonight, there are charges and members of the boy's family are defending the stepdad. here is john schriffen. >> reporter: what would you do if you saw a game of catch in someone's backyard turn wrong? oscar lopez from southern california decided to capture the outra

for any e. coli outbreak at this time of year, suspicions immediately turn to undercooked ground beef. the period of april to september is what scientists call high-prevalence season for e. coli. because outdoor barbecues increase the load. more and more of this type of food poisoning is from vegetables. spinach, lettuce. and among the most risky say food experts, sprouts. those are often eaten raw, it's very important to wash them well. >> thank you, jim. >>> we're going to bring in our chief medical editor, dr. richard besser. this was your area of expertise. walk us through. >> they're going to be looking for any connection between these people. and it's hard to do. normally, when you get a stomach bug you think, what did i eat last night that made me sick? actually, it takes a while for infections to develop. they're going to look at the entire week where they got sick. what did they eat? where did they go? where did they shop? looking for any clue to connect the people in the region? >> is there

of course, e-coli often spreads through tainted food and it can make you violently sick. officials say this particular strain can cause kidney failure and bleed to death. john roberts is on fox top story live tonight, the home of the c.d.c., what are officials saying? >> they're telling us they have 14 confirmed cases in six states and two clusters of them. one in the county surrounding atlanta, the home of the c.d.c. and another cluster of four in louisiana. mostly centered around new orleans, two in alabama. one each in florida, tennessee and california. it's possible because california is so far away that that person may have traveled to one of the other states and that's where they contracted it. this whole thing took on a new sense of urgency after a 21-month-old died last thursday from e-coli 0145. that's different than the 0157-h7 that we're so familiar with that's obviously equally as deadly. maybe she picked it up from animals at a petting zoo she visited but she's the only patient to have visited a petting zoo and they're all infected with the same strain. georg

. >> the mad dash to find the source of an eekeek -- e-coli outbreak. a special ceremony. >> first, the live picture outside. >> first, john has your insta-weather plus forecast. >> a lot of good mornings in the past week or so. nothing going on locally. there is a front to our north and northeast. it looks like if you look at the trajectory of this rain, it will stay north of us. chances of shower activity slim. to our our north, up in eastern pennsylvania on toward new england, they say the chance to see rain shower activity. 29.95 the barometer. showing a rising tendency over the past few hours. let's take a look at what happened yesterday. more sunshine, a few clouds. enough sun came through to take the tment up to 85 at the airport. mourning lows yesterday 5 -- mourning lows 52 and 53%. we can see a trend starting here with temperatures. let's look at readings around the bay and around the state. lighter green indicates readings near 70 degrees. when you see a little hint of yellow, that's where it is up near 70. 70 downtown, 63 at the airport. eas

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is to eat con tomb nated food like ground beef, e. coli 0145, dangerous but rare bacteria, the same that sickened two dozen people in five states back in 2010. >> our recommendation to the public is not be overly alarmed, not be panicked, by a ware that there's and outbreak. >> reporter: afternoon outbreak that's such a mystery, one wanting to be solved. >>> it's >>> once again here's tamron. >>> here's a salute to the class of 2012 and some of the best in their own words. >> this is what i've waited four years for, my whole life really. >> this is a really fun day for my mom and for my family. i'm the first in my family that's ever gone to a university before. >> i think i'm feeling a little bit of everything, excited. i'm scared. ♪ >> life is full of contra dikszs. if you want wealth, create value for others. if you want to fly, fall down often. >> you're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down as lodge as it's one fewer than the number of times you get up. >> the keys to success is to continuously mai

there have been cases of e. coli outbreaks that have been related to petting zoos where children have gone in and put hands in the mouth before the parent could wash their hand but those are really very rare compared with food-borne outbreaks. >> we reached out to the georgia department of public health and center of disease control to explain the latest of their investigation and both refused our request. we hope to get them on in the next hour of "newsroom." >>> a high school graduation in new jersey but it looked like the apocalypse. look at that. the huge supercell thunderstorm formed during the ceremony last night. hard to concentrate on the biggest moment of your young life when you have that monster looming over your head. no reports of a tornado coming out of this and no reports of injuries but we think there were a lot of soaked ground, tassels and diplomas. welcome, matthew. >> hi. >> so you're watching your sister graduate. when did you notice that the weather was getting bad? >> just as they were reading

>>> a possible deadly outbreak of an e. coli strain federals -- officials trying to find the cause. >>> it's friday, thanks for joining us, i'm megan pringle alongside lynette cook who has a look at your traffic and lynette charles. >> it is beautiful. >> every time i went outside it was raining. >> were you prepared? >> of course not, i listen to you, but i don't follow your advice. >> if you're listening to me, i hope you're following my advice. the advice today is have the sun shades, have the sunscreen and have a nice drink in your hand. >> now, see, i like that. >> let me show you what's going on right now in terms of temperatures. we are a little bit on the cooler side, especially in talson right now, that temperature coming in at 49 degrees. 56 in churchville and edgemere is right around 59 degrees. that's more seasonable, that's where we should be now for this time of the year. we head out into talson where we are seeing a beautiful sunrise, just plenty of blue sky. we're not even seeing any clouds out there. that is goi

testing for this particular strain of e. coli began just about three days ago. >>> also making news this morning, the "new york times" reporting scientific evidence that shows that the morning after pill does not work the way many people think that it does. scientists say that this pill just delays ovulation, however, labels on the pills say that it blocks fertilized eggs from implanting in a woman's uterus. >>> news around the world this morning, eight russian firefighters died while trying to put out a massive forest fire. authorities say that some of the change was caused because they were trapped. the firemen. six others managed to escape the burning forest. right now there are 14 wildfires in southern russian. >>> in peru, rescuers are searching for a helicopter that disappeared. authorities say 14 people were on board. the chopper disappeared on wednesday in a remote mountainous area. harsh weather conditions complicating the search effort this morning. >>> large biting spiders are becoming a big problem in northeast india.

. >>> federal health experts are scrambling now to trace the source of a mysterious e. coli outbreak. 14 people in six states have now been sickened by the same deadly strain of e. coli in just the past couple of months. at least one child died in louisiana, several other hospitalized. the cdc is looking at food and non-food as a possible source, but louisiana health officials suspect food is to blame. >>> prince philip was released from a british hospital today after being hospitalized monday just in time to spend his 91st birthday which is tomorrow, at home. he was forced to miss part of the queen's diamond jubilee after getting a bladder infection. >>> bake seam seams aren't jus kids. scientists are doling out cupcakes and cookies for nasa. party of a series of demonstrations against president obama's budget proposal cutting nasa's funding by $300 million. >>> well if you watch "america's got talent" you might have seen this guy. soldier timothy poe who wowed the judges on the nbc program after stuttering when he spoke but singing without a hitch. he said the stutter was

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she's died from a strain of e. coliin at least four states in the south. health investigators don't know how people are getting the bacteria. we return now to elizabeth cohen. so how did investigators figure out the child was getting sick and what it was from? >> what usually happens in these cases is a kid will have fever, vomiting diarrhea, and it looks like it's a run of the mill virus. but then it gets worse and they will often start seeing blood in the diarrhea. that's often the first sign that this is e. coli. this bacteria produces a toxin. and that toxin really can attack a young child. >> contaminated food that's probably sickening these people. why is that? >> e. coli usually comes from food. it's often from undercooked hamburgers or sometimes from produce. we don't know in this case. and that's the next step, don. that's what they need to figure out. they know when they put it under a microscope. they see a identical molecular footprint. it lets them know it's from the same source, but it doesn't know the sou

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>> all we know it's a strain of e. coli called 0145. this is a vicious strain of e. coli. proipt duce toxins. you have the bacteria and produce toxins to shut down your whole body. we're told they suspect that this has come from one source and that's because when they look at this under the microscope the molecular fingerprint is identical when you look at person to person to person. and you can see, you can seeing right here this is how they do it. they collect specimens from all people. they now have to figure out what the source is. >> we have one infant that has dined new orleans. >> right. then a number of people that have gotten sick. you were explaining to me they are doing very intense interviews with these individuals to try to track down the source. tell me how that works. >> they sit down with the cdc investigators, state investigators will sit down with people and get a list of everything they eat. they want to know everything. they will particularly pay attention to meat products and produce. we've seen e. coli in beef, lettuce and they want to know what peopl

>>> deadly e. coli outbreak in four states. what you need to know. >>> are you still making weekend plans? we have a free suggestion. >>> health officials investigating a mysterious and deadly e. coli outbreak across six southern states. outbreak is linked to 14 illnesses and the death of a 21-month-old girl in new orleans the largest cluster is this atlanta. the cdc is urgently trying to find and contain the source, still unknown. >> they are racing against the clock because they want to figure out what the product is and get it out of the market before it sickens or kills anyone else. >> the illnesses happened in april and may. none of them has been in california. >>> tomorrow, you can take in the sights of muir woods and other national parks for free. the national park service is waiving admission for national get outdoors day admission is normally $7. park officials say the free day is one day to encourage healthy outdoor activity. if you can't make it this weekend, the park service will have four other free days later this

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e. coli before it spreads. katie marzullo is live with the latest. >> reporter: that's the good news, no cases reported yet in california. bad news is, authorities don't know the cause and they are worried it could spread many right now there are 11 reported cases in the south georgia, florida, alabama, louisiana, one fatal, new orleans toddler died last week the cdc the girl and others caught the same dangerous strain genetic fingerprint that produces a deadly toxin which can cause violent reaction, kidney damage and death they are racing against the clock. they want to figure out what the product is and get it out of the market before it sickens or kills anyone else. >> reporter: right now it is not clear if this is a food-borne outbreak. e. coli is typically found in undercooked chicken and beef, wash hands after you handle raw chicken, cook chicken and beef thoroughly and wash fruits and vegetables. top disease hundredders on the case looking to find the cause as fast as possible, because

. >>> the search is on this morning for the source of a deadly e. coli outbreak. what states are affected and details on this story straight ahead. it is friday morning. thank you so much for joining us here on "good morning maryland." it's like ladies night without charley. >> i know. >> 5:30 in the morning. >> i'm sure he misses us. >> yeah, right. >> we're excited that it's friday, we love it's friday. then i'm going to throw in the fact the weather is going to be awesome. >> great. >> everybody get out there and enjoy it, do what you gotta do this weekend. it is going to be a hot one, though. let me talk about what's going on on maryland's most powerful radar because we are pretty much dry, all five sweeps are on and we will stay that way as we go through the remainder of today. we are looking at some cooler temperatures this morning once again. they are coming a little bit below, especially walkersville coming in around 53 degrees. 56 degrees right now in norrisville and shadyside at 60. the winds were light and felt good yesterday. we'll still see more of th

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the source of e. coli now linked to nearly a dozen cases already, possibly more. here's what we know. those cases have been detected across four states -- georgia, florida, alabama and louisiana. and in new orleans, the most heartbreaking case. a baby girl just 21 months old, dying from the disease. it's believed all of the victims have been sickened by the same strain of e. coli. not all strains are dangerous, but this one is. it carries what's called the o 145 genetic fingerprint, that produces a deadly toxin, a poison that can cause violent reactions, kidney damage and death. >> they are racing against the clock because they want to figure out what the product is and get it out of the market before it sickens or kills anyone else. >> reporter: five of the cases are right in the cdc's backyard near atlanta. and in the growing concern, georgia authorities admit they are at the starting point. >> we know these cases are linked. and that would suggest that there was a common source somewhere along the way. we just don't know where. >> reporter: this is the time of

there are more than 700 different strains of e. coli. most of the types are harmless but some can cause pretty serious problems. >>> 34 of us question the cleanliness of hotels. now one major chain is taking a new approach. housekeepers at best western international will begin using ultraviolet light sterilization wants to use on things like the phone, the bathrooms and fixtures and light switches. extra pillow blankets will also be wrapped in plastic to you know you're the only one who used it. that should go over well. >>> many people wonder about the differences between cable and satellite. >> obviously the one we all know is one you need a dish, the other you don't. but john shows us a down side of one of these services so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: many people have switched from cable to dish t.v. services, because satellite t.v. tends to cost a little bit less. but there are some down sides. you are no longer dealing with a local cable company, and it's a local issue or tragedy, you may not get the same service. >> yo

. >>> the hunt is on this morning right now to find the source of an outbreak of e. coli that has killed one person. the cdc says that they have more than a dozen cases that they're investigating so far, possibly more. the cases have found -- have been found in florida, georgia, alabama and louisiana. a 21-month-old girl in new orleans died from this disease and experts say that they tend to see more outbreaks of e. coli this time of year because of people who are handling raw meat from barbecues. however, they are not sure if that is the source of this latest strain. we'll keep you posted on this story. >>> what you do for a living could actually affect your waistline. career builder looked at occupations that may contribute to weight gain. police officers and firefighters top that list. travel agents, judges, teachers, even doctors, they're also on there. career builder says that these jobs are either high stress or involve a lot of sitting. >>> new research says there may be a connection between how much you work and how much you workout, rather, and how much money you