one mother with zika has an infant born with microencephaly. on top of that hawaii has been dealing with an outbreak of a fever spread by the same mosquito that carries zika. the denge outbreak began in september and only yesterday were we able to go 30 days without a new denge case. the unique location of hawaii means it serves as transit location for many pacific island nations where zika outbreaks occurred in the past. places like french poll knee shah. we know this disease can migrate and migrate quickly. that's why we have to get ahead of it. having the administration shift ebola funding around is not the answer. that is akin to robbing peter to pay paul. what will we do if ebola also has a resurgence this summer in shift money back from zika? the united states is in a strong position compared to many other countries to fight zika. we have in development vaccines, blood screenings, cleaning tools and research that will be game changers. when the president sent his $1.9 billion request to congress, he laid out how the funding would be spent

if a pregnant woman contracts the virus, they have confirmed it can cause microencephaly. a condition that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads. money and safety, those were the two issues. led to raised voices and frustrated nerves. new metro gm paul wedefell, and representatives from the fta and ntsb, listened as house members challenged metro's request. the federal tbft chipped in. >> virginianes to step up to the plate. maryland needs to step up to the plate. and the district, with that huge surplus, now needs to step up to the plate. you sure as heck ain't going to get it out of my folks. >> reporter: metro has been considered chronically underfd. -- d.c. delegate to congress, eleanor hoams noted it is trying to keep it funded. >>> atlanta braves baseball player is arrested for assaulting a woman at a local hotel. >>> coal again tonight. frost raze advisories posted. and also, loudoun county and north and west towards martinsburg and hagerstown. temperatures in the low to mid- 30s. we'll come pack and talk about when temps finally return to average. an

a doctor is warning that microencephaly can ravage the region. >> i'm worried in extreme poverty and poor neighborhoods in houston and new orleans, maybe tampa, that we are highly vulnerable to see the zika virus transmission leading to microcephaly cases. >> reporter: especially vulnerable, the poor living without air conditioning or window screens near standing water where mosquitos thrive. unborn babies may be at risk throughout the mother's pregnancy, not just in the first trimester. zika can cause other forms of brain damage that show up years later. >> the more and more you get concerned about what the scope of what this virus is doing. >> doctors from the cdc and national institute of health are asking congress for millions to fight the virus. >>> today is national equal pay day, april 12th represents the number of extra days that a woman working full-time has to work to earn the same amount as a man in a year. in honor of female equality, president obama will designate a new national monument in washington, d.c. it houses an extensive collection documenting the accomplishment

one mother with zika has an infant born with microencephaly. on top of that hawaii has been dealing with an outbreak of a fever spread by the same mosquito that carries zika. the denge outbreak began in september and only yesterday were we able to go 30 days without a new denge case. the unique location of hawaii means it serves as transit location for many pacific island nations where zika outbreaks occurred in the past. places like french poll knee shah. we know this disease can migrate and migrate quickly. that's why we have to get ahead of it. having the administration shift ebola funding around is not the answer. that is akin to robbing peter to pay paul. what will we do if ebola also has a resurgence this summer in shift money back from zika? the united states is in a strong position compared to many other countries to fight zika. we have in development vaccines, blood screenings, cleaning tools and research that will be game changers. when the president sent his $1.9 billion request to congress, he laid out how the funding would be spent

going on with the unborn babies, microencephaly. they would not answer that question and said citing privacy issue yous, they wouldn't go there. i mean, it's something to pay attention to, absolutely. >> the chief concern, though,still pregnant women, right? >> it's all about the babies. so they are taking it very seriously. >> thank you for that. >>> when we come back, sandy kenyon's weekend review. >> first, meow, it's super cat saturday. going over to amy with super cat. >> get your paws up. [ laughter ] >> i don't know it is a cat once removed from grumpy cat. i don't know if it's courtney or anastasia. she's got the double first name. they said they told me to send in my cat. we love your cat. pascha. we have godzilla hanging out keeping the view. thank you till for sending it full house, right? full house. all right. >>> two royal sisters hits theaters this weekend. >> and there's a lot of huge stars here. charlize theron, kate ohms worth, but here's the question as always. is it something to see? >> we have someone to ask. >>

the cdc confirmed what's long been suspected that's the the virus does cause microencephaly that causes smaller heads as a result. this comes after the cdc reveals that more mosquitos live in more states than first thought. >>> and megyn kelly met with donald trump and she explained what happened. she talked about it last night on "the kelly file." take a look. >> you may have heard the news that yours truly took a trip over to trump tower on fifth avenue in new york city. there i had a meeting with donald trump. the meeting was at my request. and mr. trump was gracious enough to agree to it. we met for a hour, and we discussed the possibility of an interview. and i hope we will have news to announce on that soon. by the way in case you were wondering, yes, the doormen appeared a bit stunned when i walked in and they too were incredibly gracious. stay tuned. >> and those are your headlines. had a chance to talk to him about this last night. he was very gracious, she was very gracious. see, no hostility whatsoever. >> great. >> hopefully the judge has the same attitude. sometimes he's ve

because it's been linked to this birth defect known as micro microencephaly.ed cases coming into the united states from folks who have been in these countries. we don't have transmission via the mosquito yet. that's what preparations today are for. this is carried by this mosquito. we have a map of u.s. cities considered to be potentially at risk. for you this is an analysis done by the national center for atmospheric research. they looked at cities where the mosquito exists as well as a number of travellers coming back from those cities. southern cities like miami, houston, orlando really are most at risk. we have a big circle over new york city and the size of that circle is related to how many travellers are coming back in. we should have a lot more on this today including an interview with tom freiedenfrie. >> is there a vaccine coming. by the summer, especially given the weather, how hot it will get new york could be affected. >> reporter: it's not only possible that cities could be affected. in term of the vaccine folks think we can get a vaccine into ea

the cdc has stated that it causes microencephaly in birth defects that means a generation of childrenborn with troubles walking, seeing, developmental delays. this is a potentially big problem so we have to look at the best science to see what can work. i know there's a lot of fears. i completely understand that. but what i think needs to happen here is really good communication. that's what needs to happen amongst the citizens in florida. the company that's producing the mosquito and the fda. >> speaking of, do you think companies -- the company said we look forward to proposed trial and to protect people from the mosquito and from the diseases they spread. do they need to be doing ghoerm. >> who? >> the company pushing the mosquito -- >> i think what they're doing is a great thing. i think it's not experimental but it's kind of new to us. i think we need options. so i think this is really important. we need to be looking at our option. >> in the meantime, until mosquitos take hold across the country, use a lot of bug spray. >> use a lot of bug spray and be careful where you travel.

zika has been linked to many health problems but most notably a terrible birth defect called microencephaly. we've all seen the pictures of these babies with these small heads caused by a mosquito bite. dr. anthony fossy from the national institutes of health, he's the leader of the institute dealing with infectious disease, came to the capitol last thursday and briefed us about this thing called zika. he described how dangerous it is. he was accompanied by senators for disease control -- by the centers for disease control. he of course represents the national institutes of health. we had the secretary of health and human services there. they are there to tell us how serious this situation is, how dangerous it is. there are a number of problems as a result of this virus, but the one that's been most illustrated is the fact that the -- in infants the skull doesn't fully form so the skull never completely pushes out to form around the brain. so when they're born es these babies have tiny -- born, these babies have tiny, undeveloped skulls. sometimes the skulls collapse. aside from their damag