three babies were born with microcephaly.t means con to mental -- continental africa should start testing for infection and start monitoring for microcephaly and brain damage. laura: thank you for coming in. in other news. india's highest ever temperature has been recorded in the state jestan,ester on -- ra 51. in pakistan they sought a temperature one degree higher. reports they live ammunition was used as security forces and that dozens of people have been wounded, some seriously. the protesters are angry about corruption and the failure of the government to provide ready. you're watching bbc world news america. still to come. prisoners of the body and mind. the bbc goes inside one of the toughest prisons in america to look at why mental health issues are such a problem. in austria thousands have been protesting against the rise of the far right freedom party. than onedate won more third of the vote in the first round of presidential elections and goes into the second round as the favorite. for the first time candidates fro

if you look at these babies, microcephaly microcephaly may be one reflection of developmental reality due to the virus or developmentally tissue but these babies have other issues, retinal, eye problems, deafness problems, deafness and other problems. i think when we do finally get the full scope, we we are going to see that microcephaly may be the most obvious gross manifestation of the effects. there may be a lot of other things that we are seeing that will be detrimental to the fetus. >> just in terms of the trend five or the trend -- we have enough to say that the risk is high enough in terms of the concern about the birth defects. we do not know factors to make it more likely that someone is going to get trained in general it increases with age. the older you are the high the risk risk is. it is a on common condition. i do think that further study of the full spectrum of zika infection from the mildest no symptoms to what are these rare but potentially serious complications will help us understand whether there are some predictors that would help give some warnings to people. >>

every child that has something with microcephaly, that may cost $10 million over the lifetime of that child in terms of that family providing that child with support they need. besides the pain and sorrow and challenges that they will go through. add that up. it doesn't take a lot of cases for you to get to $1.9 billion. why wouldn't we want to make that investment now? my hope is that we would have a bill i could sign now. part of what we are trying to do is to accelerate and get the process going for vaccines. you do not get a vaccine overnight. you have to test it to make sure any potential vaccine is safe. you have to test to make sure it is effective. you have to conduct trials where you are testing it on a large enough bunch of people that you can make scientific determinations that it is effective. we have to get moving. what essentially the cdc and nih have been doing is taking money from other things just to get the thing rolling. we have to reimburse the money that has already been depleted, and we have to sustain the work that is going to be done to finish the job. congress

these are pregnant women, and on friday, puerto rico announced its first case of zika related microcephaly. unfortunately, those numbers are only expected to grow so this really is an emergency, and public health experts have repeatedly made it clear that as we get closer to the summer and mosquito season, we cannot afford to delay. we need to better control mosquitoes that carry the zika virus. we need to raise awareness to make sure families are informed about this disease, and we need to give access to family planning services and accelerate the development of a vaccine. president, has a strong emergency proposal to accomplish each of those goals in february. i support that plan and i'm disappointed that instead of acting on it as quickly as possible, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle simply confused -- refused to consider it and found reason after reason to delay. they said the administration should take money from the ongoing ebola response to combat zika. then they said they needed more information, even though zika has been discussed in 55 congressional hearings. even aft

if you look at these babies, microcephaly microcephaly may be one reflection of developmental reality due to the virus or developmentally tissue but these babies have other issues, retinal, eye problems, deafness problems, deafness and other problems. i think when we do finally get the full scope, we we are going to see that microcephaly may be the most obvious gross manifestation of the effects. there may be a lot of other things that we are seeing that will be detrimental to the fetus. >> just in terms of the trend five or the trend -- we have enough to say that the risk is high enough in terms of the concern about the birth defects. we do not know factors to make it more likely that someone is going to get trained in general it increases with age. the older you are the high the risk risk is. it is a on common condition. i do think that further study of the full spectrum of zika infection from the mildest no symptoms to what are these rare but potentially serious complications will help us understand whether there are some predictors that would help give some warnings to people. >>

and the child is born with microcephaly. we don't know what happens in six, nine months, a year down the road. i do know many medical experts believe there will be further manifestations of the disease's impact on the central nervous system in many of these children years after this debate in congress is finished. i do know that puerto rico is being ravaged by this. puerto rico is a territory of the united states. these are american citizens. that have been infected with zika. they don't have a senator from puerto rico, although i'm more than honored and grateful for the opportunity to speak on their behalf on these issues. but what people have to understand -- and 24-s not the right way to approach it. but even if your approach is well, but it's puerto rico, it's not the mainland of the united states, then i invite you to go to the airport in orlando and miami and you can see the constant flow of people back and forth. we also look at the fact that the summer months are coming. mosquito season is here, and it's coming fast.

two cases of microcephaly. the florida department of health says we have 120 floridians diagnosed with zika, including pregnant women. because there's no cure for the virusing congress must act to do everything we can to prevent it. we need the diagnostic tests, we need the vaccines, we need research, we needs tools for our communities back home. we've got to educate our neighbors. and this republican bill is woefully inadequate. it put ours neighbors back home at risk and subjects -- and could subject us to huge economic risk as well. let's get specific. the g.o.p. zika bill provides less than one third of the funds requested by public health experts. i heard the republican appropriators say they intend to do more next year. the mosquitoes don't know that. do they? the mosquitos are not going to wait until next year. that's unconscionable. it's unconscionable that such underfunding does not allow the development of vaccines, the diagnostics, research in birth defects. the most immediate needs are woefully unde

microcephaly. did i say that right? i'm getting there.t results in babies born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains, as well as other problems. the virus has also been linked thatneurological disorder can result in paralysis and death. the worldhs ago, health organization declared to think outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. there is no vaccine or cure. as of mid-may, the cdc reported it is monitoring 279 pregnant women in u.s. territories were possible zika infection, and the agency has increased its testing capacity of the zika virus in the u.s. as the summer of mosquito season begins. frieden has been the director for the past.seven years . a physician with training in public health and epidemiology, he has worked to control health to and and responded battled the leading causes of suffering and death in our nation around the world. among the priorities he has tasked the agency to do our improving health security globally, preparing for, detecting, rapidly responding to, and preventing health t

microcephaly. did i say that correctly? i am getting there. being bornof babies with abnormally developed brains. the virus has also been linked to another syndrome, a neurological disorder that can result in paralysis and death. three months ago, the world health organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. there is no vaccine or cure. as of mid-may, the cdc reported it is monitoring to a just 79 pregnant women in u.s. states and territories for possible infection. the agency has increased as testing capacity in the u.s. as the summer of mosquito season begins. he has been the director of the cdc for the past seven years. a physician with training in internal medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology, he has worked to from theealth results leading causes of suffering in the u.s. and around the world. he is tasked with improving health security globally. and rapidly responding to health threats such as disease, and health care acquired infections. reducing the leading causes of del

we know that it causes microcephaly and other brain disorders. >> if you are in the pregnancy population, what should you be doing to protect yourself? >> the best way to protect yourself is if you can avoid travel or residing in areas where there's ongoing zika virus transmission. if you are in an area where that is occurring, you can take steps to protect yourself. notably, avoiding mosquito bites and also ensuring that your partner uses a condom. >> i know that here in the united states we have not had one case of transmission from mosquito bites at this point. in fact, the mosquitos that are responsible for transmission are not here in the united states but other mosquitos transmit dengue virus. how likely is there an outbreak at some point this summer in the united states? >> well, in the continental u.s., you're correct. there are no local cases of transmission. however, in puerto rico, there are ongoing cases of zika virus infection. in terms of the mosquitos, the ones that carry zika are in the parts of the united states and however the virus is not here in the continental united

. >> reporter: pregnant woman are especially at risk, as zika can cause microcephaly, a birth defectthat causes babies to have abnormally small heads and brains. just yesterday the territory announced its first zika-related microcephaly case among the 128 pregnant women diagnosed with virus. doctor villanueva tells his patients to do what they can to avoid mosquito bites. >> the problem is that the community's very poor. so the recommendations are not really affordable to them. some of them cannot buy the insect repellant. or it's also recommended that they should use screens and they should take advantage of the air conditioner. but those things are not affordable to our community, so we have to deal with their reality. >> reporter: last month, his clinic received a $250,000 grant from federal department of health and human services and the centers for disease control and prevention for a zika- awareness campaign. clinic board member carmen velez vega is a professor at the university of puerto rico school of public health and says part of the problem is that the amount of trash here

most of the news stories have been directed towards microcephaly and the effects on pregnant women. i am wondering if it affects and another demographic, neurological diseases that might affect other parts of the population? >> you're talking about gilliam bray, and with no doubt were not seeing and we don't know the exact about gilliam bray but that's not necessarily the attacker number. we need we need to do more these cohort studies that we follow perspective. the relationship between dion jillian beret and zika is a very significant. we have to be careful because we see this in many viral diseases like a case of myelitis and a 17-year-old woman, case of encephalitis in an 81-year-old man, a case with encephalomyelitis, one can't say for sure that there is a significant part, but there doet not seem to be anything significant above and beyond trans -- it's an underappreciated fact that we do look microcephaly as one particular morphological problem that's the thing that's associated with infection. it it goes way beyond that because if you look at these babies, microcephaly may b

and on friday, puerto rico announced its first case of zika related microcephaly. unfortunately, those numbers are only expected to grow in the coming months so this really is an emergency and public health experts have repeatedly made it clear that as we get closer to the summer and mosquito season, we cannot afford to delay. we need to better control mosquitoes that carry the zika virus. we need to raise awareness to make sure families are informed about this disease. and we need to expand access to family planning services and accelerate the development of a vaccine. the president laid out a strong emergency funding proposal to accomplish each of those goals in february. i support that plan and i was very disappointed that instead of acting on it as quickly as possible, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle simply refused to even consider it. instead, they found reason after reason to delay. they said the administration should just take funds from the ongoing evil in response to combat zika. then they said they needed more information about the president'

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is, what is the association really between getting a zika infection and this condition known as microcephalyect? 1 to 13% of mothers who have the zika infection during the first trimester will have a child with microcephaly. this is a relatively new thing and we're starting to put edges on just how much of a risk this is for a woman who develops the zika infection. also, this idea that it's not just the head, not just the brain but really the entire central nervous system affected by zika, including okccular or eye problems. >> dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much. >>> donald trump pulls his clothing line out of one factory because the workers there were paid too much. what were they making? a hint, it's less than the price of a cup of coffee. >>> he's pals with donald trump so why doesn't he want the presidential candidate to use his music at rallies? legendary music performer dee snider will be here and he'll tell me coming up. so stop clicking around. book direct at hilton.com now that's satisfaction. there's no one no one surface...e. no one speed... no one way of driving on each and ever

what we look at as microcephaly, if you look at the babies microcephaly may be one reflection of developmental abnormality or direct destruction of developing tissue but the babies as you follow them have a variety of other issues. retinal, eye problems. deafness problems and a variety of other things, so i think when we do finally get the full scope we're going to see that microcephaly may be just the most obvious, gross manifestation of the effects, and there are a lot of other things that we'll be seeing that will be detrimental to the developing fetus. >> did you want to add? >> in terms of the neurologic complication of zika in a nonpregnant setting, we've made recommendations for avoiding travel if you're pregnant because we have enough data to say the risk is high enough, you know, in terms of the concern about the birth defects. we don't know of factors that make it more likely that somebody will get neurologic diseases following a zika infection and based on what we know now we don't know that the risk is so high for everybody that nobody should go to these places. in general, it incr

researchers found that the chance of a pregnant woman infected with zika virus will have a baby with microcephalyre in the range of 1 to 14%. it's a condition in which a baby's skull is smaller than normal. women infected in the early stages of pregnancy face the greatest risk. >>> the extra time you devote to work could be take a toll on your mental health. a new study finds psychiatric disorders are common among work a a workaholics. they are younger and single and more educated with a higher so she economic status. when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. only nicorette mini has a patented fast-dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i only choose nicorette mini. >>> good saturday morning to you, so glad you stayed with us, 5:53 a.m. 65 degrees. sky6 live hd giving you a lovely glimpse over wilmington, delaware. if you love the sun and the heat you'll love the day. >>> next time you order an uber it may cost you more money. uber x and uber pool have raised their rates in the city. the minimum far

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the mosquito-borne virus has been known to cause brain damage, microcephaly.is puerto rico's first confirmed case of microcephaly caused by the zika zirs. the cdc said, this case of zika virus disease in a pregnancy saddens and concerns us. >> puerto rico has 925 confirmed zika cases, 18 of those in pregnant women. president obama has asked congress for $1.9 billion in emergency funding to help fight zika. e.t. phone home. when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. change the way you experience tvd something you love, with xfinity x1. jofor their wedding on searching fbooking.com.ct place oh! yurt. yes! earthy... just rustic. [laughing] oh my gosh. wow. [owl howling] [gulp] uh, how about an island? island, yeah. yeah. yeah. [laughing] were you laughing in your fantasy? yeah! me, too. [gasps] & in a world held back by compromise, businesses need the agility to do one thing & another. virus disease in a pregnancy th people, and partners to help companies be... local & obal. open & secure. because no one knows & like at&t. ♪ ♪ (laughing) th

central america, other places, that you can get congenital abnormalities in babies, particularly microcephalymage to and under development of the brain. the way you prepare for this is fundamentally by mosquito control and avoiding mosquitoes. we working on vaccines to protect people in south america, central america, even ultimately if we needed in the united states, but making a vaccine takes a fair amount of time. we start our trials in september. right now, the major weapons one has is mosquito control, so -- fernando: for people across the country who had a concern, certainly people in the southeastern might be in an area susceptible to these mosquitoes, what should they be doing? right now they should not be necessarily doing anything except, as the mosquito season comes, do as best as you can to protect yourself as an individual from mosquito bites. these mosquitoes are very aggressive. they bite day, night, inside, outside, and the way you can protect yourself is, if possible, stay as much as you can in air-conditioned, screened rooms. where as much protective clothing as you can, and

the cdc confirming the first reported case of microcephaly in a fetus, this one linked in a case to airus in puerto rico. microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and prevents the brain from developing properly has been linked to zika. it's the first known birth defect connected to zika in the u.s. >>> a massive manhunt in manchester, new hampshire, is over. a suspect in custody and police there now saying that city is safe. police arrested 32-year-old ian macpherson in the shootings of two officers in separate incidents thursday night. one officer was shot in the face but survived. macpherson is being charged with two counts of attempted capital murder. each carrying a maximum sentence of life in prison. >>> and a horrific scene outside of a california elementary school. nine children injured after being struck by a car just as school was letting out. witnesses reporting a car seat flying through the air and a stroller pinned under the vehicle. the youngest victim just 11 months old. h del mar, california, police saying the 70-year-old hit another car

no cases of microcephaly have been reported here so far, but there has been one death associated with the virus, and the centers for disease control predicts that an astounding 20% of the island's 3.5 million people will likely contract zika this year. all this while the government is defaulting on its debt and cutting back on services. in san juan, we found a range of reactions. >> i'm not afraid of zika. >> brown: why not? >> i guess because it hasn't been near by me. i have never met anyone who has been sick of zika or any kind of danger about the mosquitos. >> it's dangerous. >> brown: are you afraid? >> yes, i'm a little afraid because the women that are pregnant have a lot of consequences because of the mosquito that bites and has the virus, the zika. >> brown: mosquito-borne diseases are not new here. but zika presents major new challenges-- to understand it, prevent it, educate people about it, all while avoiding fear and panic. we watched a counseling session for two pregnant women at a wic, women, infant and children, center in san juan. neither katherine merced nor nicole r

every child that has something like microcephaly, that may end up costing up to ten million dollars in the lifetime of the child, that family. that is attractive for pain and sorrow. and that up. it does not take a lot of cases. why wouldn't we want to make that investment now? so my hope was that we would have a bill i could sign now because part of what we're trying to do is accelerate the process. you don't get a vaccine overnight. initially you have to tested to make sure any potential vaccine is safe, maybe tested to make sure it is effective. testing it on a large group of people and make scientific determinations. so we have got to get moving. essentially with the nih and cdc have been doing is taking pots of money from other things just to get the thing rolling. wewe have to reimburse those plots of money that have been depleted and be able to sustain the work that needs to be done to finish the job. bottom line, congress needs to give me a bill that has specific funds to do the job. they should not be going off on recess, and certainly this has to get done over the course of t

kind of thing you would never want to see, and yet to understand that when a child is born with microcephalyasn't because the skull was malformed, but the virus destroyed the devastated brain and the excel collapsed around it. it's a horrible situation. third, we have now seen clear elf that even asymptomatic infection with zika during pregnancy can result in microcephaly, we now about four office five appear to be asymptomatic, the person feels fine, they have no way to know if they've been infected. four, zika almost certainly causes guy yam aarre syndrome. it's generally treatable. that's not what's so unusual about zika. what is so unusual about zika is the threat to pregnant women. five, diagnosing zika is hard, but we have matter enormous progress. cdc laboratory scientists have optimized tests, so we now have a rapid, highly sensitive test that can be used in urine or intoed that can detect the virus in someone acutely infected pretty accurately. we have also made them and disseminated them to 100 labs around the u.s. and nearly 100 countries around the world. we have also improved th

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today, health officials in puerto rico confirmed their first case of zika-related microcephaly, a fetus that had tested positive for zika virus had a severely underdeveloped skull and did not survive. swreek zika is carryed by several types of mosquitos. it has not been found in mosquitoses in the continental u.s. but that is expected to change. the president has requested nearly $2 billion to fight the virus, but congress has not come up with the money. a fallen hero was laid to rest today. thousands lined the streets of coronado, california, to honor navy seal charles keating. keating was killed in iraq last week, the third u.s. service member to die in the war against isis. american military traditions sometimes stand in violation of religious obligations. this week, the citadel, said it will not allow a female student to wear a muslim head scarf. but in sharp contrast to that, the pentagon has surrendered to a sikh u.s. army captain who must wear a beard and turbin to serve both god and country. don dahler introduces us. >> reporter: as the sun rises in virginia, officers of the 249

the cdc confirming the first reported case of microcephaly linked to the outbreak there. also the first time the birth defect has been caused by the virus contracted on u.s. soil. the conditions preventing an infant's brain from developing properly. >>> now to new jersey and the family hitting the jackpot. a mother and her seven grown children, splitting a prize worth $284 million. linzie janis tells us they already know where some of that money is going. >> reporter: tonight, the smith family claiming their giant jackpot. >> you wish you were me right now. right? >> reporter: breaking the news to the world and everyone they know. >> are we live? so they're finding out right now. >> reporter: 70-year-old pearlie may, buying the ticket for the whole family. mom paying just $6 to play twice. her daughter valerie saying the magic numbers came to her mother in a heavenly dream. >> we had, a divine intervention gave us the numbers. that's only way you can explain that. >> reporter: so these aren't regular numbers you always play? >> no, no birthdays, no anniversary dates. >> r

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pregnant women infected with zika, which is carried by mosquitoes, can give birth to babies with microcephaly and other severe fetal brain defects. no word yet on when the new test might be available. alabama chief justice roy moore says he will fight to keep his job. moore has been suspended and faces removal for ordering alabama judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses. filing ethics charges against moore yesterday, the state's judicial inquiry commission said he "flagrantly disregarded a fundamental constitutional right" established by the u.s. supreme court last year. moore says the commission has no authority over his orders. he was previously removed as chief justice in 2003 after refusing to remove a ten commandments monument from a state judicial building, but he was re-elected in 2012. on tomorrow's program, the hit broadway show "hamilton" was nominated this week for a record 16 tony awards, including best musical. we'll report on how "hamilton" is changing the way history is being taught in the classroom. i enjoy music a lot, hip-hop and rap and everything. so having it be di

we have now determined it is a cause of microcephaly and other brain defects. what we don't know is the full range of health problems that might result from this infection to the fetus. that is something we really do need to study. it will take time to see how children who may have been exposed develop. that is part of the work we are starting now and that we hope to continue with, some emergency funding. this is what we have been doing, what we have been able to do to date good we have determined the length of the microcephaly and guillain-barre. we are looking at other pregnancy outcomes, we have seen miscarriages and other things. we learn that sexual transmission is more common than expected. it seems to be happening more than we would have predicted. there a lot more to be learned. here are some of the things we're doing. i hope you have all heard about our travel guidance, or particularly for pregnant women. we are working with clinicians so they know what to do was somebody in the united states who may have traveled. this is not an emergency yet in the u

we have determined the link with microcephaly. were examining the link with guillain-barre. wheezy miscarriage and other things associated with the zika. we've learned cycle turns vision is more common than expected. it was sort of theoretically known but he seemed to happening more than we would have predicted, and there's a lot more to deliver their some the things we're doing but i hope you'll have heard about our travel guides, particularly for pregnant women. we're working with clinicians so that they know what to do with someone in the united states who may have traveled i do want to say i think ron said this is not an emergency it in the united states. this is an emergency in puerto rico right now and the territories. about the early response has been to support those areas. i will talk more about that. we been doing a lot in the laboratory diagnostic area, something that had 13 cases reported in 57 years. most labs are not testing for. we have several different tests that we've been getting out to the public health labs around the country. again, that system were it'

microcephaly, did i say that right? that results in babies born with small heads and underdeveloped brains and other problems. t's also also been linked to guillen-barre syndrome that can result in paralysis and death. three months ago, the world health organization declared the zika outbreak an international emergency of concern. as of mid may, the c.d.c. reported it's monitoring 279 pregnant women in u.s. states and territories for possible zika infection and the agency increased its testing capacity for the virus in the u.s. as the summer mosquito season begins. frieden has been director for the centers for disease control and prevention for seven years. a physician with training in infectious disease, epidemiology, i'm going to just go with that one, he has worked to control health threats from infectious diseases, respond to emergencies and bat they will leading causes of suffering and death in our nation and around the world. among the priority he is has tasked the agency to do are, improving health securities glo

the chances of pregnant women infected with the mosquito born virus are in the range of 14% of microcephalye range is wide because researchers focused on what was seen in one place. women infected early in their pregnancy face the greatest risk. >>> happening today, the nation's top spellers will compete in the scripts national spelling bee finals. the group was cut from 284 to 4. a first grader was among the competitors which is a first. the winners get prized trophy and $40,000. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is putting the hammer down between an on going beef between north an south jersey. the post popular sandwich in new jersey christy said is a taylor ham. most call it a pork roll. you can seem to forget about debating it, governor christie is going to file an executive order calling it a taylor ham. >>> 15 shots are shot and have a man in critical condition and cars damaged on a philadelphia block. caught on camera arc driver takes off after run into a child on a bike in norristown. >>> concert chaos, a rapper is wounded and another is killed as another hip hop star was about

just because they're not born with microcephaly does not mean they will not suffer from other neurological deficiencies or other neurological deficiencies in the years to come. we simply don't know. it's not just the first trimester threat anymore. we now know zika can be transmitted and can do serious damage in the second trimester as well. we know that soon the olympic games will be played in brazil and that means hundreds of thousands of people will travel from and through the united states to the olympics and back. we know that we have constant visitors coming in and out of this country. how do you think you get to 109 cases in florida? these are people that have either traveled abroad or have been infected by a partner in the one case that i've said. and so this is an issue we should jump on with a real sense of urgency. and it is a federal responsibility to be involved in this. it is the job of the federal government to keep our people safe from external threats and zika today is an external threat spreading to this country, a country that is at the epicenter of global commerce and t

september, some south american countries began reporting a sharp increase in the number of cases of microcephalyn in which babies are born with abnormally small heads. before long, the zika virus was named. the disease rages on with cases being reported in over 50 countries. how can we prevent the further spread of the virus through technology? a startup uses computer modeling to prevent further breakouts. joining me is nathan wolfe, with a long background in epidemiology. it's been a year since the first case was reported in the americas. it doesn't seem that we are close to a vaccine, cure, or real treatment here. i mean, isn't that astounding to you? nathan: it's interesting. if you actually think about it, in the last three years, we have witnessed tremendous epidemics. a year ago, it would have been ebola. the year before that would have been the coronavirus, like sars. it's interesting that our world is changing in fundamental ways. population density is increasing. human mobility is linking places. this means there will be an increasing frequency of these kinds of events in the years to c

zika is linked to microcephaly that can cause small heads and brain damage in newborn babies. zika virus is being blamed for drop in the puerto rican tourist industry this year. they estimate 42,000 hotel cancellations through 2018. that translates to $28 million in the lost revenue. the zika virus hit puerto rico hard with 1100 confirmed cases. jonathan: "7 on your side" now with a consumer alert. this afternoon general mills announced it's recalling 10 million pounds of flour in 20 states. that inc gold medal and signature kitchen brands sold at safeway. 38 people got sick so far. how do the d.c. restaurants stack up to those in paris? apparently well. scott thuman has the prestigious ranking coming to the capital. this is big news. scott: especially for foodies. the coveted michelin stars want to make it fourth city in the u.s. with the distinction. where they go and the restauranturs. jonathan: find the newest hotspots at d.c. refined.com. alison talked to director. there has to be nerves out there. jonathan: there are great restaurants. if you tried something new every ni