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so on monday based on the forecast, royal caribbean decided to turn around. it sent out this tweet saying the sail home has been smooth and nothing is more important to us than the safety of our so also, as you mentioned, lori, on top of this bad weather forecast, about 10 passengers a day on that anthem of the seas cruise ship experienced norovirus symptoms. but royal caribbean says it had no impact on their decision to return home. reporting live in bayonne, darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> all right, darla, thank you. >>> and a couple is due court today to face charges in a hit and run that killed a 7- year-old girl. afirst basian rodriguez is accused of driving the suv that hit shayla pi cardo and her mother as they walked to school on monday. surveillance cameras caught the crash as it happened. the suv stopped, passenger got out and both left the scene. the girlfriend, joanna alvarez is charged with hindering apprehension. both are being held without bail. >>> 4:37. a 7-year-old in paterson is back home this morning just days after taking a bu

say this, who would cruise from new york to the caribbean at this time of year? you're asking for trouble. not to belittle what happened. but at the same time i applaud the anthem of the seas for turning around after the incident a month ago. as far as you know, insurance, that's another important factor. you really believe in this, too. >> absolutely. i'm a firm believer in travel insurance. my grandmother broke her leg in thailand. if she didn't have travel insurance, it would have cost 75,000. i recommend alliance travel insurance. they will cover you if something happens on the cruise or any travel and health. a lot of times health insurance doesn't cover you outside the country. ernie: that's important to remember. as far as the industry goes, the cruising industry, do you expect some changes? we heard some reports about having more people monitor the weather. what do you expect? >> after the first incident a month ago, i think what you saw happen this morning when it came back was the result of the first one. so not taking a chance and just turning around.

the latest ordeal is over for royal caribbean's anthem of the seas. the unlucky oceanliner it back in port after another trip was cut short >> eyewitness news reporter darla miles is in bayonne with new reaction from passengers. darla. >>reporter: that's right, good morning, lori. the anthem of the seas pulled in here about 5:45 this morning. i want to show you where the cruise ship has docked here in bayonne and the passengers are getting off this morning. on monday the captain made the call to turn around instead of sailing into bad weather, this after royal caribbean was heavily criticized for cruising into a storm with hurricane force winds last month. but i'll tell you, lori and ken, every single person that we've spoken to this morning said they had a great time and they like the way the cruise ship handled everything. >> it had nothing to do with the virus, as far as we know. and we didn't see anybody sick on the ship, although i know viral flu. >> the ship is amazing. we can't wait to go back on the anthem. it was awesome! >>reporter: so at th

all throughout the caribbean, fish stocks are in decline and making a living from the sea is gettingea. we're trying to revive the fish stock around the island. >> so if this becomes a protected sanctuary, what are you doing far living? >> we'll have to go further out to sea. >> that means more gas. >> more gas, and less fish. so it's a strain, right. >> is there a future for the traditional fishing industry in jamaica or do you think like every place else in the caribbean, is it going to end up an entirely tourist economy? >> it's going to belong to the tourist. this place, i can tell you something, i live up the road, love the spot. and they're going to tell me i cannot fish here. >> here's what i'm kind of getting here, rich people want to live what they see as a simple life, in their minds, they want to live the life of a jamaican fishermen. they want to live the life of somebody that doesn't have a lot of money. but the people who actually do that now are giving up their living and essentially entering the tourist sector. there's weird irony at work here. who gets to live in par

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royal caribbean's anthem of the seas had to cut short another voyage 12-day trip to the eastern caribbean... but turned around because of severe weather. just last month, this same cruise ship sailed into an atlantic storm ....forcing passengers to hunker down in their rooms for about 12 hours. have you seen this? let's just call him a most unwelcome house guest... a florida homeowner went to his backyard patio... and found a 9-foot gator in the pool! he rushed back inside to tell his wife.. they called a trapper to remove the gator from the water. "he came out. he used a lasso effect, wrapped him up and it was pretty scary. at one point all the waves were rocking in the pool from just the gator thrashing in the pool but then he tired him out and hauled him and right out the door." the couple's six month old baby was unaware of what happened... but they say they're excited to tell him the story once he's old enough to understand. 4 shot fox19 flashback.... time now for the fox19 flashback.... nats right now the morning commute looks ok... but that could change for your drive home.. cather

we got "caribbean queen." we've got -- when the going gets tough when the going gets tough hey hey hey hey >> jimmy: caribbean -- what am i missing? lover boy want to be your lover >> jimmy: yeah, do we know what song he's doing yet? >> questlove: he's going to do "suddenly" and "caribbean queen." >> jimmy: oh, snap. that's it right there. come on. that's fantastic. "suddenly" and "caribbean queen?" >> quest: yeah. >> jimmy: billy ocean will be here. [ cheers and applause ] i'm so excited. and we have a very, very special performance from my girl sia. sia will be here next week. [ cheers and applause ] she is so talented man. she's insane. but first, we have a great show tonight. a fun time, we love this guy. he's a great actor. just had two huge movies out, and now he's back on broadway in "blackbird." the tony nominated jeff daniels [ cheers and applause ] he can act. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: he knows how to act. plus, she's a youtube superstar known as superwoman. if you go on -- oh, my gosh. she's funn

does that mean people should in the go to the caribbean. >> it is presumption us to say caribbean.dc has the list of the countries in the caribbean that have mosquitoes that can transmit that virus but not every country in the caribbean has that. just bohamas, no cases of it. you should first look to see what island. we have put up a map. if we put up the map of the united states the entire united states would have it because there is a case in the united states. so even if you look at mexico for example with a lot of spring break people are traveling to mexico. but the the state of quinntanoru where cancun and riveria maya the hasn't had a single case. we have more cases in the united states, 101 right now. so you have have to watch what you expenditure money on for cancel fees if you are suddenly scared of this virus. >> because these fees, in the u.s. map these are the states where we have, of course philadelphia, pennsylvania, new jersey, are on there. but have you noticed anyone canceling their plans. people think spring break coming up are they canceling. >> i think a lot of

given that the caribbean represents the majority of can valley revenues, only 43% of royal caribbean and the lion's share of norwegian cruise's business, that is a big deal. granted both carnival and royal caribbean said zika hasn't been much of a problem yet. carnival hasn't seen material negative impact on bookings. this outbreak has only just started. i fear the headlines will get worse before they get better. people will be less willing to go on vacation in this crucial region for the cruise industry. don't get me wrong. carnival is well run. cruise stocks are extremely cheap. carnival trading 12 times earnings, royal caribbean is 11. until we have a clearer picture of the potential damage or vaccine or cure, you have to steer clear of this group. bottom line, the space has gotten cheap. with. travel and leisure section you tragic terror attacks in belgium, it's careful which stocks you buy in the weakness. airlines gets two thumbs up, priceline and expedia, they are worth buying. the cruise lines, why take the chance the zika virus proves to be a real problem when you have so to

so the way this house is constructed is typical of french design, french and caribbean.mething that's a little bit unusual for people who live in areas settled by the english. it does not have interior hallways or staircases. however, the porch would act almost like a hallway. you could walk from one room on the end to one room on the other just on the porch. it's also important to note they are african in origin. and the people who built these houses were african and african descended slaves, building things that were familiar to them. something that is really significant about the whitney big house is the original murals which are here. this is the only part that we have had reconstructed, our conservator had to redo this pattern because it was so deteriorated. however, we do have the original on the posts here. and these are from the 1840s. this is from a time of great sugar wealth and so that's why this is really significant. some people in the 1840s, 1850s, built enormous mangss. and most of our visitors here are expecting to see something like tara, you know, somet

the vast majority of movement into slave societies was into the caribbean and into brazil. the united states we outlawed the international slave trade in 1807 which did not fully cut it off, but it significantly lowered that movement, because people were still being pirated. they were being smul smuggled into the united states. the last slave ship it's estimated arrived 1859 or 1860 and that's right up until the end of the civil war. but it did cut off the majority of that trade and this is an interesting time around 1807 that at the exact same time the lands down here in the mississippi river valley were just beginning to be developed. so the louisiana purchase happens in 1803. 1807 you can't get any more slaves into the united states and so at the same time that people are buying up large tracts of land and really increasing their need and reliance upon compulsory labor, slave labor, they didn't have a supply of enslaved people coming from africa. and so what we -- this changes the culture here and what happened is that a very robust domestic slave trade developed in the

for blending with west african and caribbean religions coming into louisiana. it's also important to note that these people were selected by slave traders for specific skills and traits that they had. most of the people came to different parts of the u.s. as slaves for different reasons. a lot of it had to do with the crops they were familiar with. the first two slave ships that came to louisiana, the captains of those ships were under orders to find skilled indigo growers because they were trying to establish an indigo economy here in louisiana, and the european traders and slaves did not have the skills to grow indigo. they had to find people who knew how to grow it and process it, and who knew how to build those skills. same thing with rice. rice growers were wrought into louisiana and south carolina. -- brought into louisiana and south carolina. you find this trading in africa going to specific markets in the united states to create that crop wealth. so, most of the people in the early years we can see were coming from west and central africa, a few people

the coo leader turned elected president, led venezuela away from the caribbean nations and making peace with the united states after the thank you multiof the cold war. he made friends with cuba and iran and even the kim dice nasty in north korea. and sold oil on generous terms to poor neighbors. during those years, venezuela manufacturing declined, the government spent ver shsly. then he died after a long bought cancer. the vice president a much less politically skilled figure took his place and the price of oil tumbled. from a hundred dollars a barrel to $30s a barrel and the antiforces persuaded suffering venezuelians the revelation had its chance and failed. the opposition has a strong ma superiority in the congress. it is starting to look like like the jig is up. tough times on venezuela. we have a look at the mess unfolding in south america. >> these are the streets of downtown. supporters of the president came to condemn the renewal of a decree with the u.s. and ruling that venezuela is a threat to their national security. these were those same streets when the late president was

diving into mexico's caribbean coast, home to the delicious caribbean spiny lobster.ow do they catch them sustainably? but we start our journey in singapore, where it's all about learning and more learning, no matter how tiny you are. signals pass between synapses in a child's brain incredibly quickly. the process starts in the womb. at two years old, the most important connections have already been made. over time, the child develops their physical coordination, memory, intelligce

the caribbean players were not accustomed to that. i met a sports writer from jacksonville, florida, and every year, this is where the yankees moved further south. they had spring training in jacksonville. he asked me to write a children's book, and they kind of wanted to do this themselves. every year, they would say, come home, and a your room. -- stay in your room. [laughter] mr. ramsey: he had a yankees uniform and a picture of all of it. every year he would come to your home and stay in your room. that's pretty incredible. but it was a bad thing but a good thing, too. mentioned the sundown towns. there was a book i read that was interesting, because a lot of communities are to the north, not down in the south. ohio, pennsylvania, los angeles, they were known as restrictive covenant, but still known as sundown town. it was not only in the south. what he shows there his research is that even into the 1980's, several areas would not allow you into certain communities if you are of color or jewish. i've grew up -- i grew up on bergen

caribbean blacks, most of whom were bahamian.of south florida, which began in earnest with the construction of railroads in the late 19th and 20th centuries by this guy. henry morrison flagger, the tycoon largely credited with big the father of modern florida. his dream was the florida east coast railway, which would run from jacksonville to key west connecting the ports of miami to the rail system of the rest of the united states, creating along its route new towns, new cities, new edens where america's rising middle class could frolic and play. he also agreed to lay a foundation for the city on both sides of the river. as more and more whites moved in, segregation took hold and much of the bahamian community was forced into the black neighborhoods like overtown. if you're looking for old miami, original miami, you're looking to a great extent for black miami. ♪ these days liberty city is mostly ignored by developers, but back in the day it was the epicenter of the black community. a lot has happened since then. >> corn beef, pa

what could we see in the coming year, destabling to the neighbors, or the caribbean. >> all those are possible. what we are seeing now in venezuela is political paralysis. we have a weakened government and divided opposition despite its strong showing in the last elections we have desperation in the streets and marked by not protests, but protests over the daily sufferings of life. it is unclear where that's going. the explosive protests like we had in 1989 and that is a scenario that could lead to regionally. >> a lot of people that can have left the country and leaving behind a lot of poor people seeing no way out. there is almost a million venezuelians that have past 50 years or so, now representing a huge -- that we never thought when we realized the potential that venezuela has as a country. you mentioned the impact in the region, one thing is on one side of venezuela you have columbia, who is cull min nating, finishing and apparently with success a peace process that setting columbia in a different scenario than it was. then you have cuba, they are transitioning out of the depen

but royal caribbean said that decision to return. >>> time for traffic and weather on the 2's. this is why a lot of the cruise ships are in fort lauderdale. >>> kind of stormy out there right now, stormy seas as we set sale, we got snow on friday and a warm up by this time we're looking at the 60s in the area, it is just, march is kind of that dialic where you get these big swings, get a little burst of snow here and there, this deal on friday shouldn't be a deal breaker but slow you down we've got the wind and rain slowing you down the park on serving light rain pockets of heavier rain to the west, look at that camera, see it is just dancing around, it is just screaming out there. 40 miles per hour this morning, and then almost as strong, if possibly not even a little stronger out of the northwest this afternoon, temperatures tell the tale. 51, 47, still 50 in morris town. 54 in new york, it is 16 in buffalo. it is 18 in detroit. so their numbers cooler than yesterday, we're a lot warmer than yesterday, but with the wind chill you've got single digits wind chills up state and

. >>> a search at sea after a man reportedly fallsrom a royal caribbean cruise ship. the coast guard epping in to find him before it is too late. this is a map of where the cruise ship passenger went overboard. more than 30 miles off the coast of key largo. officials say 46-year-wld david mosman from houston, texas may have fallen overt 3 a.m. saturday morning. the missing passenger was on nanaigator of the seas. the ship on its way to port everglades. mosman was on the 10th deck when he fell into the water. it is still unclear how or why it happened. >> as of now, there are no reports of david being found. but we are still searching. we have two of our aircraft that we are searching. also a coast guard cutter that is searching and we plan on searching throughout the night. we are doing our very best and we have -- we have a lot of assets on scene and we are doing the best we can to bring david back home. >> neki: caribbean released a statement t ying the ship along with the coast guard conducted a search for the missing guest early saturday morning. the ship was advi

we see the mid-to upper 60s in what come seek the royal caribbean. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan (donkey noise) hey candidates, get 30% off every guest every ship in the caribbean but hurry, this offer won't last long come seek the royal caribbean book today at 1-800-royalcaribbean. >>> good morning and welcome back. we are seeing it's nice and dry. we're waking up to comfortable upper 60s and not as cool as enjoying 66 in pompano beach. 67 fort lauderdale. even see the return of 70s in some spots. milder in marathon. 69 in key west the winds blowing light from 3-8 miles per hour out of the northwest and northeast down to the case. we have a weak front that is moving through it's a dry frontal passage for us meaning not going to bring us drastic changes to the weather pattern. another warm afternoon in store. we see clouds streaming in from the gulf. across

this gives them, as one executive told me, the caribbean that they imagine. find it fascinating because it gives people isolated and the reason the carnivals and cruise lines were going into the areas is to help the local economy. is there some of that as well? there is a head tax that the local governments get. thehey are taking life and existing port, the local merchants and the restaurants and the retailers might get cut out. carol: i have seen the carnival cruise lines port. it is huge. is this something customers want, chris? chris: yeah, building the largest one of these, private islands, $200 million. it is hard to believe they would be spending this kind of money of customers warrant checking off those comment cards saying, yes, this is what we want. carol: interesting. talk to us about the amount of money being spent by these guys. chris: $85 million in the recent carnival one. there is an eco-friendly one that is going to have the ewing area and features focus on the wildlife. they are experimenting with different trends of what people want. a priva

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. >>> the royal caribbean anthem of the seas is cutting another trip short. arrived in its home port last month, got caught in the severe storm off of north carolina on saturday royal caribbean they would return to avoid another storm in the same area, there is also a norovirus outbreak aboard the ship, and royal caribbean said that had nothing to do with the decision to return. >>> a manhattan woman accused of milking hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly men how police say she used her charm to support her fancy tastes. >>> and a plane debris could malaysia airline flight that disappeared years ago. >>> a toddler falls out on an interstate, inch away from speeding cars. governor andrew cuomo: there is an unhealthy income inequality gap that is only growing. if you work full-time you shouldn't have to choose between paying the rent and buying food. i say lift up the working families of this state and pay a real decent wage. we fight until this nation fulfills its promise of opportunity for all and that's what this . >>> a manhattan woman accused of d

the royal caribbean anthem of the seas left bayonne, new jersey this afternoon on a three-day trip to nova scotia. and the forecast suggests it could be facing rough seas once again. last month the ship ended two trips early after facing severe storms even dealing with a norovirus outbreak on board during its latest voyage. >> we need to get some intervention on that ship or something, have it blessed or something. >>> some new information about bobbi kristina brown after a medical examiner violence a dangerous cocktail led to her death. but one question remains. >> new fallout in a hospital tragedy. a fably speaks out about a woman's -- a family speaks out about a woman's final moments. why they say the nurses failed to act. >> didn't know how close this person was to me. i could just hear him. >> a woman sees a strange the

zika has been widespread in central, brazil and south america and, caribbean in recent months. say pregnant woman who are woman who can become pregnant are among the highest risk for zika. our shawnette wilson talked more about it with our doctor mike. >> what is so worrisome is that fact that shawnette, that there are cases that involve pregnant woman and this can lead to significant congenital defects, mainly something called micro self liz where the child is born with a very small sized brain. unfortunately we do not have a vaccine. we don't have have any good drugs for this particular virus. i think that we will start to see more and more of a spread and my concern is that as the summer comes along we will see this spread up into florida, texas, and as the temperature warms, even up here we may see it spread even further north. >> reporter: health officials said a warning at the college student thinking about traveling to the caribbean or z ika impact area during spring break. back to you alex and mike. >> i don't know, i would adjust my plans. >> people have already bought

and people think it is all over it's not all over the caribbean. you can go to st. lucia, and grenada, and antigua and the bahamas and the beautiful turks and caicos and those are zika-free. sandals is promoting zika-free as well and have 65% off, three nights, free candlelight dinners, catamarans, and really, really great destinations there, in st. lucia, antigua, antigua is one of the top honeymoon -- >> we were there and it was fantastic. talk about these here. you said fairmont, right? what is that like. >> the fairmont is in bermuda, if you ever thought of going to bermuda, they are offering great promotions there as well. free nights, and, discounts as well. so why not visit pink sand beaches, you know? their literally pink sand beaches. >> john: bright pink. >> like a hue of pink. >> john: i have never seen that night is beautiful! very quickly. looks fantastic. >> yes. great deals. definitely great deals. and, the thing about it is, most of these resorts, you can travel with the feeling that, let's say you find out your wife was expecting. and you didn't eve

we got "caribbean queen." when the going when the going gets tough hey hey hey hey immy: caribbean -- what am i missing? lover boy want to be your lover do we know what song he's doing yet? >> questlove: he's going to do "suddenly" and "caribbean queen." >> jimmy: oh, snap. that's it right there. come on. that's fantastic.caribbean queen?" >> quest: yeah. >> jimmy: billy ocean will be here. [ cheers and applause ] i'm so excited. ry special performance from my girl sia. sia will be here next week. [ cheers and applause ] she is so talented man. she's insane. we have a great show tonight. a fun time, we love this guy. he's a great actor. just had two huge movies out, and now he's back on broadway the tony nominated jeff daniels is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he knows how to act. plus, she's a youtube superstar known as superwoman.oh, my gosh. she's funny. lilly singh is stopping by, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] you know lilly singh? she does all sorts of sketches and fun stuff. she plays her parents. she does a version of them.hat she does. man oh man,

royal caribbean s anthem of the seas had to cut short another voyage due to storms. it made it back to its home port in new jersey this morning. the ship was on a 12-day trip to the eastern caribbean-- but turned around because of severe weather. just last month-- the same cruise ship sailed into an atlantic storm with winds of up to 125-miles per hour. traffic on a brand new bridge in oregon was at a standstill yesterday morning. crews there worked to remove a truck that was wedged between a guardrail and a concrete barrier on the sidewalk. the driver was gone and so were the keys. pedestrian traffic was shut down for more than an hour. police contacted the driver, who told them she got stuck after following the wrong path. the woman will not be cited. happy birthday dr seuss! and to birthday people across the country are taking time out of their day to read to kids. today is national read across newschannel 3 got in on the action too. i had a great time reading to ms. harvey )s pre-k class at sewells-p&point elementary in norfolk -p&where i read dr seuss s tongue t

. >> we're talking about royal caribbean's "anthem of the seas." you've heard of it.ter charging into hurricane force winds last month. well, it is now being forced to turn around yet again. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: for the second time this month, the "anthem of the seas" is heading home early, but royal caribbean says it's because of the weather, not because ten people a day are reporting symptoms of norovirus. the cruise line tweeting that a "severe forecast storm" is to blame and that norovirus in a small percentage of 6,000 passengers "didn't affect the decision to return." an abc news forecast map shows the ship now racing to beat the storm, and arrive on wednesday. ahead of that oncoming storm that will hit on f same ship took a ferocious beating from 30-foot waves and 120-mile-per-hour hurricane-force winds. passengers forced to hunker down. >> the water kept constantly coming above the window and it looked like we were in aquarium. >> reporter: and those passengers have already filed suit. now royal caribbean says it's just trying to be extra cau

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