these are the problems in the fourth-largest city of ohio. cheers greet the arrival of new water supplies in the city with toxic water. emergency was to clear, 400,000 residents have been served notice to stop drinking water, do not shower, and do not let pets come near tapwater. err on the side of caution. algae turned of the water intake into a toxic slush. it triggers vomiting and numbness. toledo is weathering the toxic storm. >> it is severe toxicity. >> life without water is a constant struggle. restaurants and schools are closed with no water for cooking. setting aside the little water that there is further everyday things that we take for granted. there is no end in sight. ,ichard, abc seven news ne new york. a detective was acquitted. joseph walker faced murder charges after the prosecutors i-97. guns down harvey on the had argued after a close call and walker said that he feared for his life. he tried to use his badge and shot as a last resort. unaccompanied immigrant children from central america have been enrolled in montgomery cou

these are the problems in the fourth-largest city of ohio. cheers greet the arrival of new water supplies in the city with toxic water. emergency was to clear, 400,000 residents have been served notice to stop drinking water, do not shower, and do not let pets come near tapwater. err on the side of caution. algae turned of the water intake into a toxic slush. it triggers vomiting and numbness. toledo is weathering the toxic storm. >> it is severe toxicity.

city of toledo, ohio. >> i can't imagine what today is like waking up for all of them. high toxin levels, what you're seeing here, turned up in the city's water supply. there are no reported illnesses, but the toxins are having a major impact. >> the national guard delivering water by the truck load. the red cross handing out gallons. >> come get some! >> the store shelves are empty and people in ohio are clamoring for cases. >> if i don't have water, my baby doesn't eat. so that's going to be an issue. >> can't wash dishes, can't wash up, you can't cook. it's hell. >> 400,000 people in the toledo area are without drinking water. boiling it will only make the problem worse. the warnings first issued on saturday. >> i want the community to know that everything is being done that is humanly possible. >> the issue appears to stem from algae blooms growing in lake erie. you can see this bloom from space. routine testing turned out two readings with micro toxins released from algae blooms. more testing is under way, but additional results are needed before the ban can be lift

gone thirsty out of the city decided to shut off water services for more than fifteen thousand people due to delinquent bills but just sixty miles south of detroit the city of toledo ohio is dealing with its own water crisis for entirely different reasons see over the weekend five hundred thousand people were warned not to drink their tap water thanks to an enormous toxic algae bloom in lake erie the main source of toledo's drinking water while this type of algae growth is naturally occurring the scope and size of this particular bloom could almost certainly be blamed on human activity see algae feeds on phosphorus and nitrogen which is heavily president agricultural runoff from farms and sewage and considering that the great lakes alliance as they made tens of billions of gallons of untreated sewage flows into the great lakes every year it's certainly no surprise that we're now seeing these mass algae blooms cover large swathes of lake erie but not to worry just today the mayor of toledo michael collins declared that the water is safe to drink. very thirsty right. here to tell you that it did a great job. but despite columns and willingness to drink the water this is

thursday after the city decided to shut off water services for more than fifteen thousand people due to delinquent bills but just sixty miles south of detroit the city of toledo ohio is dealing with its own water crisis for entirely different reasons see over the weekend five hundred thousand people were warned not to drink their tap water thanks to an enormous toxic algae bloom in lake erie the main source of tornadoes drinking water while this type of al. the growth is naturally occurring the scope and size of this particular bloom could almost certainly be blamed on human activity see algae feeds on phosphorus and nitrogen which is heavily president agricultural runoff from farms and sewage considering that the great lakes alliance estimates that tens of billions of gallons of untreated sewage flows into the great lakes every year it's certainly no surprise that we're now seeing these mass algae blooms cover large swathes of lake erie but not to worry just today the mayor of toledo michael collins declared that the water is safe to drink. very thirsty right. here it's only going to get a great job. but the spy columns welling this to drink the water this is a p

gone thirsty after the city decided to shut off water services for more than fifteen thousand people due to delinquent bills but just sixty miles south of detroit the city of toledo ohio is dealing with its own water crisis for entirely different reasons say over the weekend five hundred thousand people were warned not to drink their tap water thanks to an enormous toxic algae bloom in lake erie a main source of toledo's drinking water while this type of algae growth is naturally occurring the scope and size.

thursday after the city decided to shut off water services for more than fifteen thousand people due to delinquent bills but just sixty miles south of detroit the city of toledo ohio is dealing with its own water crisis for entirely different reasons say over the weekend five hundred thousand people were warned not to drink their tap water thanks to an enormous toxic algae bloom in lake erie a main source of tornadoes drinking water while this type of algae growth is naturally occurring.

thursday after the city decided to shut off water services for more than fifteen thousand people due to delinquent bills but just sixty miles south of detroit the city of toledo ohiois dealing with its own water crisis for entirely different reasons see over the weekend five hundred thousand people were warned not to drink their tap water thanks to an enormous toxic algae bloom in lake erie the main source of toledo's.

of the incredible need, david. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> thank you. >>> and to ohio tonight, a kind of homecoming for lebron james. the city abuzz of this image, a super fan of the browns. and tonight, it's not just basketball at stake. perhaps the fortune of an entire city. >> reporter: akron, ohio, is fired up. expecting nearly 30,000 fans. it's better than christmas in cleveland tonight. lebron james, coming back to the cavaliers. just four years ago, fans burned their jerseys when he left for miami. now, fans celebrating outside his home when the news broke. he's expected to bring an additional $500 million from jobs to ticket sales. and perhaps most importantly, a world championship. >>> and the vacation nightmare caught on tape. again how far is too far when it comes to hotel security. >>> and later, right here, the story everyone is talking about. the white house on security lockdown, triggered by a 15-month-old getting through the fence. h when i had my first migraine, i was lucky. that sounds crazy, i know. but my mom got migraines, so she knew this would help. excedrin migraine starts to relieve my pain in 30 min

the governor of ohio has declared a state of emergency in and around the city of toledo. tests show the area's water is toxic and no one should drink it. as mark albert tells us, some 500,000 people now have no water. >> reporter: residents in toledo and nearby communities on saturday quickly bought up water bottles leaving store shelves empty after health officials declared the public water supply off limits. toledo mayor michael collins: >> we have used every single resource throughout the state of ohio, including now up in michigan, in order to bring a supply of water to get us over this first period. >> reporter: city officials say a recent test at a water treatment plant found a spike in the level of microsystin, a toxin that comes from algae found naturally in lakes and ponds. when ingested, it can cause numbness, nausea, vomiting, rashes, and even affect the liver. 500,000 residents in three northwest ohio counties who get their water from the toledo water system have been warned not to drink it or let children bathe in it. boiling will not eliminate the contaminat

download snapfix for free. >> breaking news tonight the governor of ohio declared a state of emergency in one of the state's biggest citiesresidents of toledo are stranded without any drinking water. frank gaffney the president. the drinking water in the 4th largest city in ohio is now toxic possibly because of allergy from lake erie. i have never heard of anything like this. how does this happen? >> you know, judge, we pick the critical infrastructure for granted. kind of like oxygen. we assume it will always be there. water is one of the necessities of life of course. the fact that so much of us -- so many of us have so much of it in pristine condition every day is nothing. in short a small miracle. i think what is happening in this case is apparently allergy that is spawned by fertilizer and manure running off of farms in lake erie has caused a bloom of this toxic material that is close to an intake or the drinking water for the people of toledo and put them in considerable jeopardy. not the looets east of it if yo water which is something you can do to make it more pure and drinkable it makes it more toxic. >> you can

been put in place in most of california to help conserve what's left but over the weekend the city of toledo ohio issued a do not drink advisory for resit residents of that city for a very different reason but still leaving four hundred thousand people without access to drinking water that different reason is algae and it's not the first time algae has been the culprit either almost a year ago carol township which is near toledo on very high levels of micro systems and its water supply and had to shut down its treatment plant as a result joining me now for more on this is keith schneider senior editor with circle of blue keith thanks for joining us tonight do you think for having us so what is. the first why are you here i understand toledo's water ban has been lifted lifted to snorting. levels of microsystems below the world health organization's advisory limit of one part per billion of this toxin in the water one part per billion that's very very very little this must be really going to be spent on what is microsystems microsystems' as it is a toxin released by sino bacteria which is a microsc

of the incredible need. >> thank you. >>> and to ohio tonight, a kind of homecoming for lebron james. the city abuzz over this image, as a super fan of the browns. on the sidelines of the training camp for the browns. and tonight, it's not just basketball at stake. perhaps the fortune of an entire city. gloria riviera is there. >> reporter: akron, ohio, is fired up. expecting nearly 30,000 fans. where so many watched a young phenom become an nba powerhouse. it's better than christmas in cleveland tonight. lebron james, coming back to the cavaliers. just four years ago, fans burned their jerseys when he left for miami. now, he says his relationship with cleveland is bigger than basketball. now, fans celebrating outside his home when the news broke. his return, expected to bring in an additional $500 million from jobs to ticket sales. and maybe more important, his promise to bring cleveland an nba championship. >>> and the vacation nightmare caught on tape. guests at a popular resort, roughed up. how far is too far when it comes to hotel security. >>> and later, right here, the story everyone is

now, do you remember hearing how half a million residents in one of ohio's largest city were told noto drink or use the water? we haven't forgotten this story even though it has left the head lines. run-off from large farms feeding toxic algae. not just lake eerie in trouble. why communicate at this across the country face similar issues and what, if anything, is being done. if anything is being done. vé . >> women bonnie hari, here to investigate what's in your food. i am in the stream. >> welcome back. there is a water crisis in toledo ohio that stem s from toxic and maneuver on large farms feeds the algae that releases toxin. it's not limited to residents who live near the lake. joining us from columbus ohio to talk about this is jen miller, the director of the ohio sierra club. jen, the federal clean water act brought it back to being a pretty safe body of water. it sounds like you are heading back to the lake erie of old. >> we have toxic algae dead zones, massive areas that are killing out all of the fish, all of the national has been at that point in times of the water and this

thank you so much, doc. >> you're welcome. >>> still ahead, no drinking water in one of ohio's largest cities triggers a state of emergen emergency. right now toledo tap water is not safe to drink. >>> also, the battle is ongoing against hamas. that's the warning from israel to gaza residents. will the talk of troop redeployment, what will it mean for the ongoing battle? we'll get into that with our brain trust. stay with us. tay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor should balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, like celebrex, ibuprofen, naproxen and meloxicam have the same cardiovascular warning. they

of ohio. were of bottled water delivered around toledo as the city entered its third day of the drinking water band. about three hours ago, the mayor lifted the ban. it had been issued after toxic algae flourished over the weekend. no injuries were reported. it was still really green, that water was. it is hot outside today. >> the heat and humidity are back. it is typical august. in a few days, we have more comfortable weather. >> in time for the weekend. >> let's show you what is happening outside. we had the morning fog burned off. blue skies and fog. at noon, it is 82 degrees at reagan national airport. shifting.have been they will shift to the south this afternoon. it feels like 84. cooler by the bank, 77 in annapolis. upper 70's from frigid to hagerstown. 70's to hagerstown. i think the wind will continue to shift as the afternoon wears on. there is the potential for bad air quality. orange is not the highest category but is a step up. we are usually talking about children, the elderly, or those with respiratory issues. avoid time outdoors in the heat of the afternoon. the satellite pict

entire ohio city ordered not to touch the tap. the scramble is on as hundreds ofhousands try to find water

. >> reporter: false alarms of ebola have sounded in at least two major american cities. doctors in columbus, ohio, isolating a woman who showed symptoms of a possible infection after she recently traveled to west africa. >> if they were in the high risk group they would get the patients in a private place. they would wear gown, glove, put a mask on the patient themselves. >> she's results in ohio were negative. same thing at kennedy airport in new york where a passenger just arrived from abu daby. meanwhile, american aid worker is now being treated at emory university hospital here in atlanta. after arriving from liberia on board of an isolation unit much like her colleague dr. brantley who arrived on saturday. thanks in part to an experimental serum grown in tobacco leaves. they are said to be improving. >> a week ago we were thinking about possible funeral arrangements. yet we kept our faith. now we have a real reason to be hopeful. >> reporter: today the "world health organization" begins a two-day emergency smut in geneva. this as the death toll climbs to nearly 900 victims. health officials

we'll tell you what led to a state of emergency in ohio's fourth largest stench an unusual sight in one cityverseas as a tornado ripped through the area causing widespread damage. justin. >> still tracking some showers in our forecast for the rest of the weekend. i'll let you know when we finally dry things out coming up in the eyewitness weather forecast. >> straight ahead in sports a big win for a few local sluggers. the taney dragons off to a great start in the little league national championships. we'll tell you all about today's big game. >> got a story you'd like us to investigate? e-mail your ideas to i-team at cbs3.com. >> caught on camera, a rare tornado hits istanbul turkey. you can see the funnel cloud throwing debris all about as it moved through that city. no exact reports of injuries or damage were released but rooftops of buildings were ripped off in the storm and the same severe weather system also dumped heavy rain which led to flooding in some areas as well. >>> and now to the crisis in the middle east. a ceasefire between israel and palestine untraveled just two hours afte

of those bases covered. >> philadelphia is competing for convention with phoenix brooklyn birmingham and columbus ohio. >>> well the cityis also of course hoping for a visit from pope francis and he is in south korea tonight. we'll tell you why his trip there could have an impact on his decision to come to philadelphia. >> plus a close encounter with a shark way too close to home. see that is shark scare caught on camera. >> then scammers are using death of robin williams to gain access to your personal information. our jim donovan will show was to watch out for. >> and babies on parade. we'll tack down the shore for this year's ocean city baby parade. >> back now on eyewitness news with a way too close encounter with the ocean's most dangerous predator many this video was shot last month by a fisherman off the coast of ocean city, maryland. that is great white shark circling the boat. it even tried to take bite of the motor at one point. that fisherman says it's not unusual to so sharks off the coast but he normally doesn't see great whites. >>> five more arrests have been made in the kaseen 93 heist at caesars atlanti

. >>> for the second day in a row residents of toledo, ohio, are being told to avoid using tap water because of a dangerous amount of toxins in the city's water supply. the toxins were discovered yesterday. they're believed to have come from a huge algae growth in lake erie. stores are sold out of bottled water. red cross and ohio national guard are handing out free water. >> it's awful but we can get through it. >> i think it will be all right. as long as i get my water today i'll be all right. >> i don't have water mix baby doesn't eat. so that's going to be an issue. >> there's nobody asleep at the wheel and we are not going to get off of this until this whole thing gets solved no matter how long that it takes. >> several restaurants are closed because they can't wash dishes or produce. >>> more than two dozen local firefighters are helping fight a wildfire threatening hundreds of homes in northern california. san francisco fire department last night sent 27 people to help in the bald fire northeast of redding in shasta county, which has burned nearly 55 square miles. just five percent contained. officials sale those firefighters cou

i'm not quite sure now of the cities, but columbus, ohio, and also encino, california, where they lived. and so i was doing a story that basically trekked them going home, basically, and doing a concert. >> hinojosa: so you were literally hanging out with the jackson five and the whole family? >> hmm, certain scenes, backstage, when they were onstage. and then they had a family reunion dinner so i attended that and observed the dynamics of the family and the brothers and the sisters. and then saw them in concert with the opening act being the commodores-- that was interesting. and then interviewed each of them separately. >> hinojosa: but let me ask you, did you at that point, did you realize that michael jackson could become this huge, international star? did you have a sense? >> oh, he already had a number of top ten hits. they were already quite big, and it was unquestionable that they were major stars. michael himself was a mega watt star. he was a brilliant performer. and this is... >> hinojosa: but he was a kid! >> he was only 13. >> hinojosa: he was a kid. >> he was only 13 years

ohio's 11th, includes the city of cleveland, founded by general moses cleveland in 1796.s of the 1800s, the city's population consisted of only three men -- a sociological condition known today as north dakota. in 1879, cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically. residents were proud of the achievement, though disappointed to see more of cleveland. (laughter) the 11th is home to the mighty chiia hogue gay river, once so polluted, it caught on fire 13 times. after the first 12 fires they realized they shouldn't try to put them out with river water. in 1935, the district was the first place of alcoholic anonymous founded by bill wilson and dr. bob smith. oh, shoot! founded by two guys. sorry. (laughter) okay. ohio's 11th is the home of the cavaliers, the browns and the cleveland indians, a team so bad that they are in last place at offending native americans. (laughter) the rock and roll hall of fame in cleveland attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists to the 11th each year. this year the hall inducted '70s rock band kiss whose front man gene simm

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the emergency is affecting hundreds of thousands in the 4th largest city in ohio bringing it to a standstill. many businesses and restaurants are closed and hospitals are canceling surgeries and moving patients. doctors are worried where the equipment was sterilizeed. >> right now i am grilling on the porch. we use one bottle water for brushing teeth. we share it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> the ohio national guard are patting out free cases of bottled water. >> ain't had none all day. >> it was likely contaminate by algae in lake erie turning the lake a shade green which can cause liver and nervous system damage and trigger vomiting and numbness. so for officials have not seen any cases of severe illness. the lake supplies water for 11 million so officials are scrambling how to stop the algae bloom. >>> if you you are worried about kids playing too many video games, it is up to a point but some video games are good. kids would spent an hour to three hour as day playing games tended to be better adjusted than those would played none but more than three hour as day is linked to are intoer

city police commissioner. mr. kerik good to have you on. >> thank you sir. >> tonight the mayor of toledo, ohio has lifted that city's ban on drinking tap water. city officials say it is safe to driven after being contaminated with algae from lake erie. bisi onile-ere has the latest. >> reporter: for first time the faucets inside wylie parker's house are running. her description of the past few days, stressful. >> kind of hectic. afraid to do anything with inside water, not even wash my hands. >> reporter: the harmful green algae bloom in lake erie contaminated the toledo water supply on saturday. city officials enforced a massive ban leaving nearly half a million residents dry. 72 hours later. [applause] >> here's to you toledo. you did a great job. >> reporter: the mayor's confidence however isn't enough to sway residents like parker who helps care for her grand children. >> i don't know, i just don't trust it. it's too quick. >> reporter: the city says forecasters predicted significant algae blooms in lake erie this year but environmental pollution such as chemical runoff from farms made the situation much worse.

. >>> and water woes in one ohio city are over this morning after a two-day ban of using the tap. more than 400,000 people in ohio and michigan can drink the water once again. high levels of an algae-induced toxin from lake erie forced toledo to issue a warning last weekend. now, the levels have returned to normal. ohio's governor is promising a review. >>> and coming up on the "morning news," digging out, people in southern california clean up after a wall of mud slams into the area. this is the "cbs morning news." you've become deaf to the sound of your own sniffling. your purse is starting to look more like a tissue box... you can clear a table without lifting a finger... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin. because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin doesn't start working until hour 3. zyrtec®. muddle no more™ if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humi

. >>> back in this country, there is a state of emergency in toledo, ohio this morning. people are lining up up in that city for bottled water. this after being told the water coming from their taps is toxic. >> reporter: they waited in line for hours. families across toledo, ohio desperate for drinking water. a state of emergency after city leaders declared the tap water flowing into homes for 400,000 people was too dangerous to drink. this family left town, drove nearly two hours so their kids would be safe. >> we weren't sure if it was safe to bathe in the water. we saw that water was going fast at all the stores. we wanted to get water as fast as we could. >> reporter: the scramble for water started just after 2:00 a.m. saturdays. within hours, lines at grocery stores stretched around the block. police called in for crowd control. lake erie, a major source of drinking water for toledo may have been impacted by a harmful allergae algae. >> we're trying toer on the side of safety. >> a precious resource suddenly so hard to find. >>> yet another deadly scene this morning in the southern gaza strip when an

. >>> back here in the u.s., the water in one of ohio's biggest cities is now once again safe to drinkthree days, 500,000 people in toledo couldn't use their water for drinking or bathing. you can see the reason here. that green sludge in lake erie. it's the result of a toxin. >> this is coming from every individual house that is putting fertilizer an their lawn. folks overapplying manure on some properties. >> that safety ban caused a run on bottled water all across the city. if ingested, the toxin can cause vomiting,