the mrsa mystery. the pro football players battling a potentially deadly infection, often stronger than antibiotics. and the debate now, should they be near other players? >>> one-two punch. the dual explosions just miles apart. giant holes where homes once stood. was the same culprit to blame? what every homeowner should know. >>> and up in the air. the woman on a charity walk suddenly suspended on a drawbridge, holding onto her purse and for dear life. >>> good evening, and it's always great to have you with us here on a sunday night. and we do begin tonight with that clock ticking, and what we ask happened to all that talk of a deal this weekend? no deal at all. tonight, so many americans simply fed up. an angry crowd taking down barriers at the lincoln memorial. swarming onto the steps that have been shut down all month. some of the demonstrators then tossing those barricades in front of the white house. other national monuments open this weekend for the first time in days after pleas from tourists

a lot of policies and procedures we put in place when we had the first two cases. >> reporter: mrsa istially deadly infection that often invades the body through an open cut or wound and it can spread within 24 to 48 hours and infect vital organs. >> participants in contact sports of all kinds, including nfl, should take mrsa seriously because it can infect players with relatively speaking minor skin infections, but they can become life-threatening and cause disabilities. >> reporter: football players are especially susceptible. a texas department of health study found the infection rate among football players 16 times higher than the average in. and over the past decade, 32 teams have been hit by the virus. as for the bucs, they lost to the eagles and the mrsa outbreak compounds the misery of a winless season. matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> what is worse is they believe there's more than one type of infection, type of bacteria inside of the locker room. >> yeah. >> and even though they have sanitized their facilities twice after the initial outbreak, it's still happening. >> by the

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some people doing monday morning quarterbacking, as far as the mrsa and the impact it had on the team. at least one member of the tampa bay buccaneers admitted after last night's loss, that the staph infection has been a big distraction. after a tough loss to the philadelphia eagles. the tampa bay buck hecaneers ar facing a more formidable foe this morning. mrsa is stalking the team's locker room, tackling three of the teams' players including offensive guard karl nicks, and place kicker lawrence tynes. sidelining both of them for the game. but jonathan banks the latest player to be infected suited up. doctors decided he's not at risk for spreading the staph inspection. >> based on my observations, i didn't think there was anything high risk. football are particularly susceptible. football players 16 times higher than the national average. over the past decade, 32 teams have been hit by the virus. >> participants in contact sports of all kinds should take mrsa infections seriously because it can affect the players with relatively minor skin infections. >> reporter: mrsa is a potential

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we call this community acquired mrsa.problems at all. >> that type infection manifests itself as a skin lesion. i have patients come in at least a couple times a month with these. oftentimes they describe it as a spider boy. i thought i got a spider basis point t. way it will look, locking like a boil or an abscess, painful. a pillple. often red, warm to touch and can start to drain. these can actually become quite severe. that's the type of infection we see. >> you remember back in 2006, we were reporting so much. it's been going on. we are seeing more of it. come out into the environment. remember, we get it from contact with an infected wound, sharing utensils. >> what does that mean for going to the gym, too? >> i tell you what the cdc says, this is important. it says it's okay to keep playing sports. we are talking multiple sports. remember, wrestleers get this. other sports players that have close contact t.cdc says it's okay to play once you keep the wound properly covered. no leakage, no drainage. the wound is not

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nfl game against the philadelphia eagles, they have been sidelined by a microscopic bacteria calls mrsa, fears of connotation threaten cancellation of the game but the league has announced it will go on as scheduled. raining back adrian peterson of the minnesota vikings intends to play tomorrow in his team's game despite a personal tragedy, his two-year-old son died yesterday, allegedly beaten to death by another man who is under arrest tonight. terrell brown has more. >> after a 911 call from this apartment complex wednesday, first responders radioed in. >> the choking two-year-old male, not conscious, not breathing, doing cpr. >> the two-year-old boy wasn't responsive, he died yesterday in a sioux falls south dakota hospital. the toddler is the son of minnesota vikings runningback adrian peterson, it was unclear how much involvement he had in the child's life. peterson returned to practice yesterday after a one-day leave of absence and when asked he didn't directly address the ordeal. >> i really appreciate all of the support, from the fans, from the organization, you know, this is a

>> correct. >> narrator: the spread of mrsa, a staph bacteria that causes infections resistant to many antibiotics, has long been a big problem inside hospitals. but over the last two decades it's also been found outside, in the community. >> in addie's case, she was a a skin picker. she, as do many kids, picked at her little scabs. and that was likely what introduced the staph infection. >> narrator: but the staph was just the start of addie's troubles. >> she already had evidence of an early pneumonia. and it looked like she was about to get a lot sicker. >> i asked him what were the odds of her making it, getting well. >> hoffman: what did he say? >> he said 30%, but he had to think about it for a minute, and i knew he was lying to me. i knew. by the time your blood has bacteria in it, you're in real trouble. >> narrator: the staph infection had so damaged her lungs, the doctors had no choice. to save her life, they put her on a lung bypass machine called ecmo. >> i remember saying, "ecmo?"... with a squeaky voice, like "no, really? you're not really talking about ecmo." >> narrator

what is mrsa? >> mrsa is a type of staphylococcus infection.possible that one of us carries it. mrsa is a special type of strain where 2% of the people has it and it's resistant to a number of antibiotics. >> you find it in nursing homes, the hospital, staph infection basically. >> exactly. what we're seeing is a surfacing within places where you have contact sports, nfl, wrestling. >> should they play this game then? >> absolutely. i'm not a wise guy when it comes to wagering. i'm going to place a straight bet that it's no problem. >> they're going to play the game. one of the guys that has it for the buccaneers, he has it, a defense, cornerback. no concerns for the eagles and the buccaneers? >> it's spread through direct contact. he has to be in contact with somebody else and there be an open wound. >> they're going to be in contact. they're slamming into each other. >> correct. he's going to have his wound covered up. they also have their uniforms. it's unlikely that this will spread. >> you make sure you wash your hands. give me tips to kee

others are hoping the prepares will ease the mrsa virus. >>> out with the old and in with the new. that's the message a group of women in ra wanda are receiving. >> the typewriter is her life line. she doesn't know when it was built. all she knows is that it's older than she is. and she's 35. and because they bought it secondhand back in 1995 and she's been here in--with her two friends ever since, they are the last of kigale's street typists. there used to be a clattering rank of nearly a dozen lined up here, internet cafes are lined up along here. but there are still some willing to pay for this. >> i have someone looking for another job and i use these typists because they know how to write it quickly. if i had to do it myself i wouldn't do it well. >> but the three old friends know their days are numbered. they only have to look to a neighbor on that. that's why the government is sending them on a course for information technology. >> i'm looking forward to it. i'm lucky to be giving these skills, 1st i graduate i can give up this really old machine. >> still there will be prem

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addie's trouble was different she had mrsa, which could activate in a simple abrasion. other gram negative bacteria come from the gut and it could easily be that somebody is in the hospital for another reason has those bacteria enter the bloodstream and then coat an iv or breathing tube and cause infection that way. it is easier to get infection from a hospital because that's where sick people are. >> david, is there a lot out there that can't be treated with antibiotics? >> well the cdc record said 2 million are getting next gettins per year. probably more. but the thing that's worrisome and that we saw with the research we did for this film on front line was these gram negative bacteria are starting to become resistant to our most modern last resort antibiotics, the ones that worked before. and that really concerns people because you get to that edge of life, to that desperate situation where you need something and there's nothing in the medicine chest. >> that's the situation, people forgot what it was like before antibiotics came into play. what do you think washing

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boy--- >> the bucs are scheduled to play the eagles on sunday depending on the containment of the mrsa outbreak. >>> the dodgers are trying to get to baseball's biggers stage for the first time in a quarter century. greinke will take the mound while kelly gets the nod from st. louis. sit tight. we'll have more in the program. >> people in the drone industry will gather together to discuss how the drones can be used in emergency settings. annie gallagher has more from gainesville, florida, one of the sisters of the u.s. drone industry. >> reporter: this is a maverick, and inside its carbon fiber body this tiny aircraft carries in it cutting edge technology. it's controlled by a preprogrammed flight a path and offers a bird's-eye view of the ground below and can launch from just about wherever. buyers from across the spectrum are lining up for training session. >> you can look at it, track it, you know, we can also do this, agriculture, we can do pipeline inspection, we can so we're getting kind of feedback that the plane is more versatile than we even thought. >> reporter: and small hig

how does that affect our health, the doctor on flu season and the deadly mrsa epidemic.in swenson ordered shoes from us online but they didn't fit. customer's not happy, i'm not happy. sales go down, i'm not happy. merch comes back, i'm not happy. use ups. they make returns easy. unhappy customer becomes happy customer. then, repeat customer. easy returns, i'm happy. repeat customers, i'm happy. sales go up, i'm happy. i ordered another pair. i'm happy. (both) i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy. happy happy. i love logistics. >>> flu seasones under way. that's why i've got my shirt off. after a moderately severe flu season i want to be prepared like you. joining me is a member of the fox news million aid team and great guy, professor of medicine nyu medical center. and here to receive a flu shot one of our esteemed producers lee ann miller. great to see you out here. i think i'll join you if you don't mind. lets start with the flu. how bad is it expected to be? when should people be getting these shots? >> first of all, last year was actually a very bad flu

. >>> the tampa bay buccaneers football team is dealing with an outbreak of mrsa. so far, three players diagnosed with the bacteria. the team says they are working with the specialists to treat players and sanitize the training facility. >>> california democratic governor jerry brown vetoed a bill that would have put in place the toughest gun restrictions in the nation. it would have been future -- ban future sales of semi-automatic weapons. signing in law 11 other gun bills but says this one would not reduce criminal activity and would ban several guns used for hunting. that is a quick look at the top stories in our news flash. ♪ ♪ >>> now the affordable care act, americans have to give merge information to the i.r.s., to the same lady and the organization, potentially but someone's definition shared personal information with the white house political people. >> as you can tell that is one congressman very upset. congressman jim jordan grilling sarah ingram at a house oversight hearing this week. the woman who used to head up the division of the i.r.s. accused of

. >>> the third player for the tampa bay buccaneers has been diagnosed with a mrsa infection but the bucs plan to host the philadelphia eagles sunday. the team did not want to identify that third player but nfl.com is reporting it's rookie corner johnathan banks. the new comes after they say his infection had returned. tynes lawrence was infected last august. >>> he talked about the impact of his leaks to a group of u.s. whistle blowers who travel to russia to give him an award. >> people all over the world are realizing that these programs don't make us more safe. they hurt our economy. they hurt our country. they limit our ability to speak and think and live and be creative, to have relationships to associate freedom. >> michael isikoff is in d.c. with us with more on snowden. this was snowden's first on-cameraance in while. what is his status right now? >> snowden is federal fugitive and facing federal charges for violation of the espionage act. we see here he doesn't seem concerned here. he is even defiant. he even argues it should be u.s. intelligence officials and not he who sh

for the tampa bay buccaneers has been diagnosed with a highly antibiotic resistant bacteria known as mrsa. this comes after two other buck near players were infected in august. the team says the first two players became ill within davis each other but with very different strains of bacteria and different symptoms. so far doctors have not been able to pinpoint the exact source environment affection. the nfl says the infections won't affect tomorrow's home game against the philadelphia eagles. >>> the u.s. and afghanistan are trying to work out a deal in resulting some of our troops remaining there beyond next year. secretary of state john kerry left afghanistan earlier after a series of negotiations with afghan president karzai. an afghan spokesperson says many issues between secretary kerry and president karzai are unsettled. at the same time u.s. forces in afghanistan report the capture of the man you see here, identified as a senior pakistani taliban commander suspected of working with al qaeda. more on the ongoing talks between secretary kerry and president karzai from connor powell re

. >> do you have mrsa?> i have it in my calf or something. >> the spray helps to get the static out. >> is that it? >> yeah, that will work. go to makeup later. >> the pants get caught on your socks and you start to -- >> sorry to call you out about it. >> that's what we do. >> hey, rick. >> cool air across the west and that sticks with us for the next four to five days with temperatures above average in the east and below average across areas of the west. and a series of storms continue to bring more snow to the west also. we'll talk about that this morning, but this week has really been the story about this pesky low here off the midatlantic. some of the moisture from what was tropical storm karen, that storm that kind of wasn't out across the gulf, now it's kind of centered here across areas of the midatlantic bringing continued rain and continuing battering across the beaches and eroding the beaches. if you're in d.c., philadelphia or baltimore, you're looking at a gloomy four to five days with some are

. >>> three tampa bay buccaneers players have been diagnosed with mrsa.ections control expert. it's a bacteria that shows up as a skin infection. the condition can be especially dangerous in medical facilities and locker rooms, and it can lead to life threatening infections. >>> trending on bleacherreport.com. and now, the ducks have taken it up a notch. they'll rock the custom "o" contacts. take a look at those, miguel. i'm not sure if this is awesome or scary. and it might actually be both at the same time. >> i'm going to wear those in the next hour. very awesome, i think. >> you should. >> andy, thank you very much. >> all right. >>> it's the latest film hitting the big screen with oscar buzz. but is it fact or fiction? coming up, we'll take a look at the new tom hanks film "captain phillips." >>> in today's american journey, an actor who discovered his true calling in the california desert. what he stumbled on more than three decades ago has nothing to do with acting, and everything to do with caring. here's tom foreman. [ barking ] >> reporter: in t

i mean, we used to only see the mrsa infections in the hospital.e community. there's a colon disease that you can get. we only used to see that in the hospital. now we're seeing people in the community. and then in the hospital are the really, really serious super bugs. so it is a frightening concept and i think the most important take-home message for people today, like you said, if you have a flu or a cold, don't come in. tough it out with sniffles unless you're seriously ill, having trouble breathing, things like that. and don't demand antiobiotics and i think as doctors, we have to not give in to people and say, look. you don't have a bacterial infection. you don't need antiobiotics. jon: overprescribing them, a big part of the reason for them according to the c. d.c. thank you. jenna: now back to one of our big stories today. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle calling for big changes to the n.s.a. spy programs. intelligence committees in both the house and senate are holding hearings today which could possibly lead to the biggest changes i

. >>> the third player for the tampa bay buccaneers has been diagnosed with a mrsa infection but the bucs plan to host the philadelphia eagles sunday. the team did not want to identify that third player but nfl.com is reporting it's rookie corner johnathan banks. the new comes after they say his infection had returned. tynes lawrence was infected last august. >>> he talked about the impact of his leaks to a group of u.s. whistle blowers who travel to russia to give him an award. >> people all over the world are realizing that these programs don't make us more safe. they hurt our economy. they hurt our country. they limit our ability to speak and think and live and be creative, to have relationships to associate freedom. >> michael isikoff is in d.c. with us with more on snowden. this was snowden's first on-cameraance in while. what is his status right now? >> snowden is federal fugitive and facing federal charges for violation of the espionage act. we see here he doesn't seem concerned here. he is even defiant. he even argues it should be u.s. intelligence officials and not he who sh

not want to identify the third player, but this comes days after the team admitted carl nicks had a mrsaturned. lawrence heinz was diagnosed back in august. they still plan to host the philadelphia eagles on sunday. >>> capitol hill is buzzing with activity right now. it seems the big question is, can the senate gop strike a deal with majority leader harry reid and the white house? let's go now to kristen welker at the white house for us. with a good saturday to you, what is the white house strategy over this holiday weekend as we enter now the third week of the government shutdown? >> reporter: well, alex, i can tell you that senior administration officials are gathering here at the white house. there will be meetings throughout the weekend and certainly discussions with lawmakers on capitol hill. as you point out, those negotiations are underway right now on the hill. and all the focus is on the senate with essentially the house deal, the house had put forward a potential deal that would have extended the debt limit and also reopened the government, but only for a short period of time.