. >> reporter: hopwood family has been battling lyme disease four years. -- for years. their dad mark was the first to be infected. >> i was fatigued and bedridden and they finally diagnosed me.>> reporter: his wife was diagnosed years later. on how to control the ticket transmit the disease and control its bite. >> it is difficult and the ticks are small. >> reporter: the global flying alliance says the people need to be vigilant about wearing long sleeves, socks, shoes and repellent. >> taking showers after being outdoors and checking yourself, your children and your pets for the presence of ticks. >> reporter: researchers recommend that homeowners take steps to teach -- to keep ticks out of getting rid of leaves and spraying insecticide can lower ticks by 80%. the hopwood's live in a wooded area and are aware of what they need to do. >> sure you are not in the woods and then go home and go to bed. you need to take a shower and wash her clothing and be cautious.>> reporter: and watch for symptoms including pain, fatigue and headaches. because the earlier that lyme dis

hopwood family has been battling lyme disease for years, and, first to be infected in 2010. >> noticezy and fatigue, bedridden, and then they finally diagnosed me. >> reporter: his wife and two children were diagnosed years later. >> been a really long road. >> reporter: new cdc study reviews decade research how to control black legged tics that transmits disease and prevent by the. >> it is very difficult. tics are small. >> reporter: research shows people need to be vigilant about wearing long sleeves, shots, shoes and insect repellant. >> taking showers after being outdoors, and checking yourself, ourselves, children, pets for presence of tics. >> reporter: researchers recommend homeowners take steps to keep tics out of their yard getting rid of leaves, spraying insecticides can lower number of tics by 80 . hopwood live in a wooded area and well aware of what they need to do. >> be sure you are not in the woods and going home and go to bed. you have to take a shower, wash your clothes, you know, be cautious. >> reporter: watch out for symptoms including pain, fatigue, headaches, be

the hopwoods live in a wooded area and very aware of what they need to do. . >> make sure you're not in the woods and then just going home and going to bed. you have to take a shower, wash your clothes, be cautious. fatigue and headaches. because the earlier lyme is treated, the better. marley hall, cleveland 19. >>> now for a quick timeout with ramona and tony. >> romona: time to take time out with tony. he is joining me now from the hard wok casino. tony, i believe you have an event there with bernie cozaar? >> tony: yes. this is bernie's chalk talk. it's a private event. i can get you in, ro, probably. [ laughing ] >> romona: oh. >> tony: but i want to get bernie's thoughts on stuff coming up in the 5:00 hour. he'll be joining us and then the event kicks off. very optimistic about the browns. i'm going to tell you why. we found a new play for them. this is bernie's last play as a cleveland brown. he literally says my last play as a cleveland brown. i know a little bit about football. but there is like a foreign language to me. so i'm going to have to ask him >> romona: i can't wai