health officials in harris county say a newborn baby girl died shortly after she was born a few weeks ago. she was born the girl's mother was in el salvador while pregnant where doctors believe she became h zi there have been 99 cases of the zika virus in texas now. including two infants with microcephaly in harris county. >>> rod will not be leaving a federal prison near denver any time soon. a judge today upheld the former illinois governor's 14 year prison sentence for corruption. decision. he appeared in court on closed circuit tv. this is file video obviously. his daughters cried in the courtroom and tried to comfort their mom. he was sent to prison in 2012 for trying to sell or trade the senate seat left vacant when barack obama became president. his brotheidthis before going into the courtroom today. >> my brother has a lot of potential. he's got a lot to give back to his community. will determe that he's got a lot of potential left to give back and so i'm hoping for the best for my brother. >> today's decision came despite an appeals court tossing out five of the original 18 c

harris county, texas including houston is 1800 square miles and the third most populs county in the u.s. health officials warn this center could be the epicenter of zika this summer. with a warm muggy climate it is an ideal habitat for mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. max is a mosquito hunter and he knows what attracts mosses to humans. >> my trap has a light. and it memiceses a house. and so he comes to the trap to get a blood meal and they will pick up hum and take care. >> we don't just blindly spray. >> they direct mosquito control for harris county. >> we go out and trap and collect the mosquito and bring them to the lab we sort and id them and see if they have west nile virus or denghi and zika virus also. >> the houston area has another big problem. record rainfalls hit the region over the memorial day holiday and putting neighbors under water. now that is starting to recede, there is large stagnant pools of water everywhere perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. nmillions have died from denghi and yello fever. more than 1500 people died from west nile virus. yet we are

the executive director of harris county public health say the baby's county public health say the baby's mother had traveled to el salvador during health):"she was in el salvador, and uh, my understanding is she is from el salvador traveling here to harris county, but i can't give you anything more cause i don't have those details, but to tell you that she came to harris county in her second trimester. test results returned positive for zika. the baby died shortly after birth. and speaking of zika...hillary clinton is calling on congress to do something about the presidential candidate is set to tour a health center in miami. congress left for their summer recess last month without passing funding for fighting zika. clinton wants them to end their recess and return to washington to pass funding to fight the mosquito borne virus. and...a day after delta airlines canceled 1-thousand flights...another 250 flights have been canceled from tuesday's schedule .... a power outage on monday in atlanta grounded hundreds of thousands of passengers around the globe. georgia power confirmed it was "s

harris county, texas including houston is 1800 square miles and the third most populs county in the u.s. health officials warn this center could be the epicenter of zika this summer. with a warm muggy climate it is an ideal habitat for mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. max is a mosquito hunter and he knows what attracts mosses to humans. >> my trap has a light. and it memiceses a house. and so he comes to the trap to get a blood meal and they will pick up hum and take care. >> we don't just blindly spray. >> they direct mosquito control for harris county. >> we go out and trap and collect the mosquito and bring them to the lab we sort and id them and see if they have west nile virus or denghi and zika virus also. >> the houston area has another big problem. record rainfalls hit the region over the memorial day holiday and putting neighbors under water. now that is starting to recede, there is large stagnant pools of water everywhere perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. nmillions have died from denghi and yello fever. more than 1500 people died from west nile virus. yet we are

but behind closed doors in room 106 investigators of harris county's human trafficking task force are laying a trap. >> what we're doing basically is just trying to hook up our camera equipment inside the room here and make sure we've got a clear shot. >> the camera is focused on this bed right here so this area, if you sit down, that's the best shot right there. >> undercover investigators set up their surveillance cameras and equipment. their target -- prostitutes, their pimps and the men who exploit them. >> we're looking at underage mainly. what i did is target the 18 to 20, 21-year-olds. >> investigators troll the online ads which read like a takeout menu for those with specific fetishes and fantasies. >> big, beautiful women, slutty, sexy and petite. want to have a freaky friday? pregnant females. that's a fetish for some guys. >> bruce carr runs a federally funded sex trafficking task force for harris county. he says it's an uphill battle where men exploit any young girl they can control. >> and it's very sad because those particular girls, a lot of times, are picked up on low

flying around. >> harris county, texas, which includes houston, is 1,800 square miles and the third most populous county in the u.s. >> health officials warn this city could become the epicenter of zika this summer. with a warm, muggy climate, it's an ideal habitat for mosquitos. and the diseases they carry. max vigilant is a county's mosquito hunters. he knows what attracts mosquitos to humans. >> we got some leftover. co2 in there. my trap has a light and it mimics a house, somebody in the living room. that is a level of intelligence. comes to the trap with intention to get a blood meal, sucks into the net. >> we just just blindly spray. >> this doctor directs mosquito control for harris county. >> we go out and trap and collect mosquitos and when we bring them to the lab, we sort them, i.d. them and test them, see if they have west nile virus, dengue and soon zika virus, also. >> they have another big problem. remember, record rainfalls hit this region over the memorial day holiday putting neighborhoods under water. well, now that that started to recede, it left giant stagnant pools o

they say there's no evidence of zika being transmitted in harris county. >>> and a disturbance in a new york city dellly ends with one man dad and the suspected shooter injured. they were called it a dellly early this morning by a man causing problem. they tried to escort the man out but authorities say the man then grabbed one of the officer's guns and fired it more than a dozen times. argued with earlier. >> review the tactics but looking a the video he made a very fast move and basically ripped the gun out of the holster. >> the other officer shot the suspect several times. he is expected to be o.k. neither of the officers were hurt. diswhrmplet back here in the triangle the durham county sheriff's office needs your help for two different shootings. deputies say a 72-year-old woman was hurt in february during a drive by authorities say dwanye gear -- in anger avenue and -- >> a -- sheriff's deputies say they search a home in pitsboro last week. the homeowner does was arrested >> the biggest glass installation company is closing its plant. safe light autoglass says they'll stop making

in harris county, they get executed quite quickly.o depends on pretty much to the prosecutor is in the quality of lawyers appointed to the defendant. if you have very aggressive prosecutors who seek the death ,enalty in virtually every case and you find lawyers who are so incompetent that in three cases in harrison county, the lawyers fell asleep while they were defending a death penalty case, you put those two together, and you can sentence a lot of people to death. bad lawyer a really in the appellate process, you kenexa execute people just like that. people just like that. >> my mom is here who lives in houston. harris county is where i went to high school. but things are changing. you are right about that. california has 743 people on death row, but their last 2006.ion was in one man waited 23 years before being executed. that is one of the lines of argument, is just waiting all this time. these individuals are almost all waiting in solitary confinement. automatically placed there because they got a death sentence. the texas priso

tropical depression 9 bearing down on central florida, seminole county's emergency manager says the time to get ready is now. alan harris, seminole county emergency manager:35-:41 look over their plan, review their kit. if they need to buy any additional supplies now's the time to do it. he used to recommend a 72-hour kit, but he says with a storm like this, a week's prep is very important, and water is a must. harris1:43-1:56you want to have tools in there, extra batteries, a radio, nonperishable foods, water - about a gallon of water per person, per day. he also recommends homeowners batten-down the windows with plywood and clear away branches and debris from around power lines. harris 2:17-2:23this is a great time to start measuring the windows. if you haven't bought rain plywod, now's the time to do it. most of these supplies are available at your local after the storm.some shoppers say they're ready for nature's fury. david gilkes12:08-12:18 just getting the boards for the windows, screws, some flashlights, batteries, a few cases of bottled water. pretty much about it. others, not so much. kevin blandford 14:07-14:

harris county officials confirming the state's first death associated with the mosquito-borne virus. zika-related defects dying shortly after birth. shah says: "..this was a child who was born to a mother who was in a zika- affected area in latin america and traveled to harris county in her second trimester." anti-zika efforts a priority in another southern state -- florida. health officials here are looking into a case in palm beach county that was likely contracted here in the u-s. the person recently traveling to than a dozen locally-acquired infections were announced last week. scott says: "..we are continuing to work hard and brought in additional experts for spraying on the mosquitos. it killed a lot of mosquitos and hopefully we had an impact on any local transmissions." zika also a hot topic on the campaign trail. hillary clinton visiting miami's zika- tranmission zone today - where's she's calling on congress to cut short its summer recess to deal with the virus. clinton says: "..this is a serious challenge and one that we need to be mobilized to further." president obama in

zika striking and taxes, harris county officials confirm the state's birth and death associated with zikae a newborn girl died shortly after birth, they say her mother was y in a zika affected area in latin america and traveled to texas i and efforts are a a park in florida p health officials are looking into the case in palm beach county that was likelyly y contracted in the us. kandance walker park reopens tomorrow for the first time since a boy died.an caleb schwab died from a neck injury after going airborne on the verruckt, the biggest and fastest ride and schlitterbahn waterpark and now hearing about complaints from earlier in the day, john powell saysndt the s thing happened to his daughter, son-n- three weeks ago. we found that would happen to them were by thehe same thing likely happened, the raft went airborne and this guy was killed. >> police say he was not relate to to win he was writing with, they suffered minor facial injuries, the police are not seen as the group met the weigh >> three girlst fall from a ferris wheel, 45 feet in a tennessee county fair all three were

child who was born to a mother who was in a zika-affected area in latin america and traveled to harris county in her second trimester." the battle against the zika virus... also remains a priority in florida. a new case in palm beach county was likely contracted here in the u-s. the person recently traveled to miami-dade county... where more than a dozen locally-acquired infections were announced last week. ".. brought in additional experts for spraying on the mosquitos. it killed a lot of mosquitos ." president obama initially requesting one- point-nine billion dollars to help fight zika back in february. the house passed a one-point-one billion dollar bill... but the legislation remains stalled in the senate. congress is out of session until the black box has been recovered.... from the wreckage of "el faro". that's the freighter that sank near the bahamas during hurricane joaquin. the n-t-s-b says it retrieved the data recorder - which investigators hope will offer information on the ship's final moments. the 790-foot "el faro" sank in 15- thousand feet of water in ocotber - while travelin

the drones are part of project premonition, a partnership between microsoft and harris county. >> we will pick up a trap. >> microsoft researchers ethan jackson sets up smart mosquito traps if backyards. at parks. and in the woods. the traps will track and prevent zika before it becomes an epidemic. >> we built a mosquito catching robot. this one is smart because it can, in realtime, tell what is flying around it and tell the species apart. >> with artificial intelligence they detect the vibration of the mosquito wings and capture them to be studied. in the next state, microsoft will deploy automated drones equipped with mapping technology in tandem with the smart traps to scan the area and identify mosquito hot spots. the data is turned around almost immediately to show what time of day mosquitos are the most active. >> that's a huge spike. >> it is. this is the time of day you probably don't want to be out in yard. >> for britney parker kerrigan, zika is a concern. she is eight months pregnant with a baby boy. >> it makes me nervous to know this species of mosquito is in the area a

child who was born to a mother who was in a zika-infected area in latin america and traveled to harris county in her second trimester, the child unfortunately died shortly after birth. and so again, this is a travel-associated case. >> goodness, a newborn, shortly after birth. officials say there is no sign of local transmission of the zika virus in that state but that texas is prepared if an outbreak occurs. >>> hundreds of homes are being evacuated today as a wildfire continues to grow out of control in california. it's called the pilot buyer, burning in the san bernardino national forest. it's already grown to more than two square miles since it started sunday north of los angeles. actually that's the big sur fire we're taking a look at, a separate fire. the other fire, more than 5,000 firefighters are fighting the pilot fire, which began with an illegal campfire. >>> the 2016 race is about to enter a new stage today. hillary clinton campaign issuing a challenge to donald trump ahead of the presidential debates this fall. our political panel will weigh in. >>> plus new details after a frea

harris county health officials say the baby girl was born with microcephaly -- a condition caused by the zika virus -- in which a child's head is abnormally small. test results returned positive for zika. the baby died shortly after birth. officials say the baby's mother had her second trimester-- and that's where it is believed she became infected unknowingly. meanwhile in florida -- the number of locally transmitted zika cases has risen to 21. it's believed they likely contracted the virus through a mosquito bite. the governor is urging the federal government to partner with florida in the fight....but he will find a way to allocate funds to combat the disease and for mosquito protection efforts. the florida department of health still believes the transmission is only taking place within a small area in miami-dade county. you have your chance to weigh in tonight on whether or not meters should be added along the lakefront. county executive chris abele wants to charge drivers a dollar an hour to park along streets like lincoln memorial drive... and at locations like the north point

the baby was born with defects in a harris county hospital and died shortly after birth.ealth officials say that the mother traveled to latin america during her pregnancy where it is suspected she became infected. >> this is a travel associated case and as the judge mentioned we don't have any evidence of zika in our local mosquitos here. >> according to the cdc, 15 babies in the u.s. have been born with zika-related birth defects. 7 women have lost pregnancies due to zika. >>> clean-up continues now in ellicott city maryland after floodwaters last week. resident and business owners are being allowed temporary site visits to assess the damage and gather items from their homes and shops on main street. some buildings may still collapse. about 2 dozen cars swept away by the flood have not yet been claimed. they are being towed to an impound lot and stored at the owner's expense. >>> roberta has the forecast. >> it's just a beautiful day here in the bay area. good afternoon, i was going to pick up two ship cruisers here in the bay area -- they are docked right near the embar

doctors this harris county say she was born with birth defects. the girl's mother was in el salvador while pregnant. this is the first zika related death in texas. >>> inspectors in tennessee suspect a mechanical failure led to three girls falling from a ferris wheel from a county fair. the girls tumbled 30 to 40 feet when their gone a 6-year-old girl has traumatic brain injury. >>> and the water park where a 10-year-old boy died on a water slide is expected to reopen. caleb schwab suffered a neck injury on the slide. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. the park says it inspects all their rides every morning. concert ended with a trip to the hospital for teens who may have had alcohol poisoning. law enforcement sources tell us 13 teens were rushed to the hospital because of alcohol intoxication. among them was a 15-year-old girl who was unresponsive. other fans who passed out were treated on site. >>> 4:51. still to come, find out how much time and how much money you spend while sitting in fios is not cable. which means we can

authorities say a baby girl with defect associated with the virus died shortly after being born at a harris county hospital several weeks ago. texas public health officials say the child's mother traveled to latin america during her pregnancy and that is where they think she got the virus. >> we're continuing to follow the developments at philadelphia international airport where delta airlines is still trying to get back up to speed following yesterday's computer glitch. have a live look right now at delta ticket counter. outage centered at the airlines at lan that headquarters yesterday triggered thousands of concellations and delays, there were at least four morning arrivals and departures canceled after the international, with seven more flight delayed. passengers are dealing with long lines for day number two. >> first was delayed three hours and then our connecting flight was canceled. so we tried to get in line here at the delta kiosk, and that was taking even longer. so we ended up cancelling our flight altogether and re booking with another airline. >> reporter: in addition to allison's or

doctors perform tests, linking two infants in harris county, texas were born with the disease. workers -- the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases has been developing a vaccine. which is similar to the one for west nile. >> i remember the first time i got my mammogram. and, it was not a very pleasant experience, but i am glad i have done it. and i will continue to do >> today is the day we urge you to assess your own breast health, start by doing a self breast exam and remind a friend to do the same. denver's first lady spoke about the fear of regular checkups and also the life-saving importance of good breast health. >> it is so important to get screened, i know a lot of women think it is a fear. they have a fear it will hurt. it is more important to do that for that split many of a little bit of uncomfortable. >> mary louise will be singing the national anthem for the third time at the race for the cure. it is on september 25. there is plenty of time to register for the race. >>> doctors recommend you get an annual mammogram every year they are covered by mos

harris county health officials say the baby girl was born with micro-cephaly -- a condition caused by the zika virus -- in which a child's head is abnormally small. test results returned positive for zika. the baby died shortly after birth. officials say the baby's mother had traveled to el salvador during her second trimester-- and that's where it is believed she became infected unknowingly. meanwhile in florida -- the number of locally transmitted zika cases has risen to 21. official say they likely contracted the virus through a mosquito bite. the florida department of health still believes the transmission is only taking place within a small area in miami- dade county. saved from being torn down and an african-american arts center is being planned in milwaukee. sean ryan joins us live from the milwaukee business journal headquarters. let's start with -- the african-american arts center. 1. which building would be renovated into the new center? 2. who is leading the project? let's move on to the historic sale in walkers point: 1. why was the building facing demolition? 2. what are

i spoke to the head of public health in harris county where houston is, and he's beside himself.very level of government and people can't understand why they can't get it together. >> john dickerson is the moderator of "face the nation" and political director of cbs news. over the years, he has covered six presidential campaigns. his new book is called "whistle-stop: my favorite stories from presidential campaign history." >> election religion about the future. although, in a way, donald trump is very much relying on a vision of the past and saying what you miss and long for in america, i can return to you, which is another way in which we're talking about different turf here. >> rose: i'm asking what that is, other than in america. >> it's an america in which values that people feel like they grew up with are-- are still a part of the common conversation. people are are, you know-- i mean, depending on-- it has to do with an economy that works and people feeling like they can leave their children in an economy ask a country where they will have a better life tomorrow. they feel

. >> i believe it was around october 2012 when i received a phone call from the harris county districtce just letting me know that poncho had been caught. basically poncho wound up taking a plea deal for a year. after several months, he was wound up released by the -- by the -- from the sentence. >> 90% of crimes in america are plea bargain. so he's charged with a felony. his lawyer pleads it down to a misdemeanor, and he's out in less than a year for time served and good behavior. it frustrates prosecutors, it frustrates cops, and it breaks the hearts of victims to see these guys get away with it, and they get away with it all the time. >> one milestone we had during the course of this investigation is we were able to recruit two informants. these informants came forward because they were appalled that some of the girls being prosecuted there at las palmas were beaten, forced to do this, tortured. and they were also appalled that there were minors there. one of the two individuals that were helping us, he was the one that had to fill out those sheets. there was one that had basically

she was an in a latin america and traveled to harris county in her second trimester. >> reporter: zika erts are a priority in another state, florida. officials here are looking into a case in palm beach that was contracted here. the person traveled to miami-dade where more than a dozen infections were announced last week. >> and brought in experts on the spraying and dealing with the ourests. >> it is a hot topic on the trail. hillary clinton visited the transmission zone today where she is calling on congress to cut off the summer recess to deal with the virus. >> this is a serious challenge we need to address before it expands even further. >> the pre $1.9 billion to fight zika in february. the it was passed but the legislature was stalled in the senate. at this point congress is not scheduled to return to capitol hill until september 6th. in miami. >>> another rough day for delta airlines as it tries to recover from the ouplg that grounded its entire fleet. you can see a number of flights the airline said it has pared back the schedule so things should improve. for some stuck overse

this mom had been in another country, she traveled to harris county, the houston a second trimester. she did not know that zika was in play that's the words we heard. she may have been asymptomatic one in five people get symptoms of the zika virus. it does not matter can you transmit it to a fetus even if you have no symptoms. we hear the baby was corn and died shortly after birth but took until lastnise to get the results back that the child had they tested the mother and the results were uncertain and we know that can happen in those circumstances. but we think, think, perhaps there was a problem with the baby's brain it is not just the brain the thinking part that is affected but the brain stem so some of the babies don't survive they stop breathing. >> that is scary and sad to be pregnant and not have symptoms and not know that are you >> it is horrendous, we don't know what will happen in the future go. back and look at the information from brazil. we have not seen that much. they have not documented things as well. expect more. >>> and trying to keep e cigarettes, they are taki

the story there is the first confirmed death in harris county from the zika virus. an infant who suffered from zika related birth defects died soon after being born. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. >>> iran's former president wants president obama to fix a u.s. supreme court ruling allowing families of people killed in attacks linked to iraq to collect damages. they sent a letter to president obama. it is not clear exactly how he expects the president to fix the ruling since last april. some $2 billion in frozen iranian assets could be at stake. the white house has not commented. >>> it appears turkey and russia is about to reconcile. their relationship may be getting closer. that may not be close for the united states. greg tells us why. >> reporter: a love fest in st. petersburg. they met for the first time since turkey shot down a russian fighter jet along the syrian/turkish border severing ties between the countries. today it was like it never broke up. >> translator: relations are important for bilatera

they made it a political point in houston and harris county. in north carolina, we are driving. they have a government which does not recognize. we will make sure we have ids so people feel protected and safe. -- itu know, it is just is just sad to know that across the country people are in fear. right? they are not protected. at any moment, you are vulnerable to someone come into your house, someone coming to a safe place for you and rating you. -- and raiding youl. we will not stop until we and all deportations. nan: ok. wow. so we are going to turn a little bit to what we can do and then we will go back to some substantive stuff. that brings us to our next analyst. with judgeships, we are just not concerned with supreme court justices but there are about 850 -- around 850 judges at the district court level, court of appeals level, and nine on the supreme court. and by the way, i should just tell you, we do focus groups every two years where we meet with a group of about 30 or 40 democrats, republicans, moderates. i usually go to these focus groups every two years and the firs

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a child who was born to a mother who win a zika infected area in latin america and traveled to harris countyher second trimester. >> the white house is calling on republicans to approve a $2 billion worth of funding to fight zika. congress is not scheduled to return to the capitol until september 6th. >>> in san francisco public health officials say edible marijuana is most likely the reason more than a dozen people became sick at a party. they believe these gummy ring candies served at a girl's celebration over the weekend were in fact edible pot. 19 people including children as young as six years old ate that candy at the party. all experienced similar symptoms including rapid heart rate, high blood pressure and confusion. >> you have samples and urine and blood from the patients and we intend to look at what the concentrations of thc are. we're always concerned with the packaging as a candy or something that is, um, palatable and attractive to child. >> it's still unknown who supplied the edible marijuana and whether they did it on purpose. >>> one man was so fed up with the packages bein

fridays el salvador where it is expected she became infect n her second trimester she traveled to harris countytexas where she gave birth a few weeks ago. the testing confirmed the baby has microcephaly, a condition where the head is abnormally small and most cases brain development is incomplete. >> the child unfortunately, died shortly after birth. very difficult time for both the mother and the family as you can imagine. >> reporter: fifteen babies in the u.s. have been born with zika a related birth defects and seven women lost pregnancies due to sick a those numbers could grow, nearly 1,000 pregnant woman have been infect with zika. the these maps so where sick ace most prevalent. all cases are travel related except in south florida. pennsylvania now has 58 people confirmed with zika. fifty in new jersey. delaware has ten. >> new jersey senator bob menendez is joining other politicians calling for an emergency session of congress. wednesday he will hold a press conference, pushing for legislation, to fund a federal response to zika which is being called a national public health crisis. in

harris county health officials say the baby girl was born with microcephaly.ther was infected during a trip to el salvador. and she returned in her second trimester. >> the mother did not know that the zika virus was -- was in play. and in this case, this is a situation where the child was born with microcephaly, and the doctors did the right thing, which was to begin the process of testing. >> the baby died shortly after birth. the cdc said 15 babies in the u.s. have been born with zika-related birth defects and nearly a thousand women in the u.s. and territories have been infected with zika. >>> and now to your voice and your vote. both were out campaigning today. trump made a statement about what group may be able to stop hillary clinton. >> hillary wants to abolish -- essentially abolish the second amendment. by the way, if she gets to pick -- if they gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. although, the second amendment people, maybe there is. i don't know. >> clinton's campaign responded telling abc news, what trump is saying is dangerous. ab

a judge threw out the case...because the evidence against johnson was missing from the harris county constable precinct 4 evidence room. samuel gardner, client's in our judicial system. 00 if evidence is destroyed, those cases need to be dismissed."johnson's case is one of 90 total that the district attorney's office has thrown out. constable mark herman says he immediately fired the deputy who accidentally got rid of evidence tied to pending cases while cleaning the evidence room, where the deputy worked for 14 years. no charges have been filed against the deputy. paul morgan - attorney "how many other innocent people have been sent to prison over cases with no was the first case thrown out because of missing evidence..a d-a spokesperson says the prosecutor didn't know about the missing evidence when johnson pleaded guilty two weeks ago?he's now being released from jail. lauren lee ewn ahead on wakeup. one colorado man is making sure the summer goes out with a blast. the death-defying stunt he's performing. firefighters have been working pioneer fire. the staff member that's helping

. >> reporter: harris county public health director says project premonition is their best defense so us. >> reporter: the $1.9 billion in federal aid proposed by president obama has stalled in congress and now harris county says local funding is running low. >> one way is between a rock and a hard place. this is about real people. this is about real communities. this is about impact on human beings. >> reporter: pushing houston to bet to take on the crisis. nbc news, houston. >>> coming up next, no parachute, no wing suit, meet the man behind this history-making jump. plus, a lot more from matt live on copacaban beach, "today's" home for the rio olympics. and a live concert from pop sensation andy grammer ahead. but first, these messages. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous always keep laundry pacs away from children. keep them up. keep them closed. keep them safe. creamy swirls of pure indulgence. silky sifts of total transcendence. tempting accents of sheer pleasure. introducing "unicorn whispers." this should be the name. or something more like "golden

they made it a political point in houston and harris county. in north carolina, we are driving. they have a government which does not recognize. we will make sure we have ids so people feel protected and safe. -- itu know, it is just is just sad to know that across the country people are in fear. right? they are not protected. at any moment, you are vulnerable to someone come into your house, someone coming to a safe place for you and rating you. -- and raiding youl. we will not stop until we and all deportations. nan: ok. wow. so we are going to turn a little bit to what we can do and then we will go back to some substantive stuff. that brings us to our next analyst. with judgeships, we are just not concerned with supreme court justices but there are about 850 -- around 850 judges at the district court level, court of appeals level, and nine on the supreme court. and by the way, i should just tell you, we do focus groups every two years where we meet with a group of about 30 or 40 democrats, republicans, moderates. i usually go to these focus groups every two years and the firs

they have made this a political point in houston and harris county.lso in garden, north carolina, we are trying this. they have a government which does not recognize. we will make sure we have ids so our people feel protected and feel safe. just,so, you know, it is it is just sad to know that across the country. people are in fear. right? they are not protected. from any deportation, and that at any moment, you are vulnerable to someone come into your house, someone coming to a safe place for you and raiding you. we will continue to fight. we will seek relief until we stop all deportations and and the raids. it is not enough. nan: ok. [applause] man: -- nan: wow. so we are going to turn a little bit to what we can do and then we will go back to some substantive stuff. that brings us to anisha here. we are not just concerned with supreme court justices, but there were about 850, around 850 judges at the district court level, court of appeals level, and the nine on that supreme court. and by the way, i should just tell you, we do focus groups every two

and a big thank you to toma jaeger and hillary cane and to the harris county green party for making this amazing convention possible. i'm honored beyond words to be your candidate, and i'm so honored to be running for president of the united states with the green party. the only party of, by, and for the people, that is what we're. we have been ahead of the curve in so many ways. on climate change, on green energy, on demilitarization, on marriage equality, on free public higher education, and canceling state of the union debt. on stopping the transpacific partnership. on ending the war on drugs and he incarceration states. on providing represent perfectations -- reparations for slavery and to the indigenous people of this nation. on opposing war crimes committed by saudi arabia and yemen, and ar crimes and occupation committed by the israeli , and so t in palestine much more. we have been ahead of the curve for decades and all of a sudden that curve is catching up to us bigtime. [cheers and applause] dr. stein: i want to again recognize the heroes who have kept the party going through t

campaign since october of last year, and they have made 287 g a political point in houston and harris countywe are driving to have municipal id's. if the government will not recognize us, we will make sure we have our own id's so are people feel protected and safe. just sad tow, it's know across the country people are in fear. they are not protected from any deportation, and at any moment you are vulnerable to someone coming to your house, someone pming to a safe palce free -- lace for you and raiding you, so we will continue to seek relief until we don't see anymore deportations. [applause] nan: all right. towe will turn a little to, what we can do, and then we will go back to some substance. here.rings us to anisha with judges, we are not just concerned with supreme court justices, but there's about 850, around 850 judges at the district court level, court of appeals level, and nine on the supreme court. we do way, to tell you, focus groups every two years where we meet with a group of about 30 or 40 the voters, democrats, republicans, moderates, and i usually go to these focus groups ever

. >>> a new born in texas has died because doctors in harris county say the baby girl died shortly after she was born with birth defects a few weeks ago. the girl's mother was in el salvador while pregnant where doctors believe she became inspected with xi characterization this is the first zika related death in texas and there is no evidence that mosquitos there are transmitting the violence. >>> so long island, scare at a snoop dogg concert when teens started passing out from possible alcohol poisoning. of alcohol intoxication. among them a 15-year-old girl who was unresponsive. other fans who passed out were treated on site. >>> police are looking for possible victims of a scam where elderly women were told their families are cursed. four or five suspects have already been arrested. police say they preyed on older asian women. victims were told to hand over money and jewelry so the items could be blessed. ska million dollars. >> another lady will run over, yeah, she's good. >> police say a half dozen women were conned, one conned out of $280,000. >>> 5:50. still ahead, stuck in traffi

right now. >> during the trial, harris was incarcerated at hillsborough county jail in a housing unitrofile inmates. he was no more popular with the man who runs the jail than he was with the judge. >> mr. harris is, in my 25 years of law enforcement, probably one of the most manipulative, conniving, condescending people that i've ever encountered, in my opinion. he was difficult for the staff, no matter how much respect you afforded him, no matter how well you treated him, he found a way to try to turn it. >> but harris says is he simply misunderstood. >> i feel like everybody looks at me like a ted bundy type character, and i'm not. when i see myself in the paper, i think to myself, if people really knew who i was and how i really am, they would know i didn't rape anybody, i didn't kidnap anybody. the people that do know me, my friends, they know me. my family, they know me. so, it's surreal, it's heartbreaking, depressing, and i wish i could change things, but i can't. >>> coming up -- >> you could trust me. >> douglas burden prepares to defend himself for the attack on a sheriff's

because we spend a lot , of resources of a death penalty cases and trying to get everywhere like harris county, except that if we got rid of the death penalty we'd have less justice rather than more because society will allocate those resources currently to the tough cases and not really fight the likes of those cases as much? stephen: that's a tough question because one of the ironies that i see with those states that , money that goes to the capital cases right if , someone does a terrible crime and faces the death penalty and they get all these lawyers and social workers and investigators and then you have somebody , charged with, an 18-year-old kid may not be guilty of armed robbery that they may have a lawyer were one single public defender is carrying 150 cases and there's no question people facing the death penalty in some places are getting much better representation. i believe we could take those resources and put them into the armed robbery case so that lawyer has cocounsel and an investigator and we can do a better job of the most fundamental responsibilities that the system has wit

bruce, that one "no" vote came from supervisor john harris who represents the more rural parts of the county. he says he's heard concerns from small business owners about the impact of the increases. but what he's not heard, at craig tierney hopes to finish a business and marketing degree at the university of iowa in a couple of years and believes he'll have good job prospects then. right now, he depends on a minimum wage job, plus tips, as a bartender. and even when he moves on to better work, he knows ny who'll still depend on jobs paying near minimum wage. " i have a lot of friends working in the tipped wage and minimum wage industry. a lot of them are single mom w just for themselves but for kids to provide for them." as a member of the living wage linn county group, tierney and others watched anxiously as supervisors took up the minimum wage question. some supervisors still believe setting a minimum wage is a function of state government. but the feeling was since the state won't that hasn't been increased for almost a decade and not expect a local government entity not to take this up.

the deputy worked in the harris county evidence room for close to 14 yearsful investigators say when he was cleaning up the room, he simply tossed out the evidence for nearly 90 cases. those cases had to be dropped, every person locked up, even those pled guilty, they are all being released from prison. the deputy now other evidence is missing. >> jason: back to school shopping season, that could mean shopping not just for the kids but for you as well. one big way to save on big ticket electronics like cell phones and laptops without going to the store. >> catherine: the american heart association has a warning four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, counseling, or smaller class sizes. four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent of students who don't attend charter schools. not just a select few. come on... dogs just won't quit. neit

harry boomer is getting answers from lake county. >> reporter: football players like to play. that's what they do. when the play crosses the line into hazing, there is a problem or is there? >> did you get that letter talking about possible hazing and all of that? >> i am a coach's wife. i am not a parent. >> reporter: but you hear about it? you know about it? >> i heard about it. >> reporter: what did they say happened? >> i am not going to comment. >> reporter: that's odd. the cleveland catholic diocese confirmed the prions pal of -- the principal of lake catholic high school sent a letter to parent regarding the hazing incident. football is a game kids love to play and with things go awry people don't want to talk about it. mom is among the parents who says nothing really happened. problem. >> reporter: if nothing happened, then we need to report nothing happened from your point of view. >> eund. understand, but with it being kids it makes it more sensitive. >> reporter: saying i don't want to talk about it doesn't mean it didn't happen. we respect the parents' prerogative