how do you get mrsa? >> you touch something where mrsa lives -- dari: is it an open -- do you have to have a cut? >> if you have a paper cut in your finger and you touch a surface with mrsa, you may get mrsa in that. it can get embedded into your system. it gets into your nasal passages. people are chronic carriers. it lives in the mucosa. it could be asymptomatic. when you have an open sore, it can get infected like a staph infection. the precautions that you have to do is wash your hands, constantly monitor your cuts. if you go to the gym, wipe down the equipment. they give you the wipes with antiseptic. you're supposed to clean it. nobody does that. take a shower after you go to the gym. that's important. and clean your -- the stuff that you exercise with. a lot of people don't do that. i'm very clean. dari: you are. >> i never got mrsa. dari: to the point of being a germaphobe. steve: if you want a great smile, it's never too late to get braces, but there are more things to worry about. this is someth

a lot of people have had trouble getting wd if mrsa. it i difficult to treat, resist mt to a lot of tibiotics. the fir sign is often painful, red, swollen gumps resembling pimples or spider bites. he is just looking to get things under control so he can get outs tof the hospital. unfortunately, this means the end of the season for number 85. chuck? >>> new at 5:00, police released surveillance video of the death of an aide to governor cuomo. they want to talk to this man about the september 3rd shooting of terry garbe. garbe was caught in a gang fire of if he is activity festivities in brooklyn. if you recognize this man, call police. >>> a cargo ship apparently sank after getting in the path of hurricane joaquin. a transportation safety board arrived today. we have learned two missing men who were on that ship have ties to our area. howard shownly grew up on east rockaway in long island, and kingsport. >> if it wasn't horrific circumstances, it would be much easier to have hope. >> investigators will try to determine why the ship appar

now a scary piece of mrsa infection close to home.giants football player fighting to keep his foot after being hit with the infection. alison: gio benitez explains how he got it and what the team is doing. reporter: overnight, the giants facing off against the san francisco 49ers. plus one of their players fighting a bigger battle off the field. >> touchdown. daniel fells. reporter: giants tight end daniel fells hit hard by the mrsa infection. nfl.com reporting he could potentially have his foot amputated. the 32-year-old now reportedly in intensive care since friday. first rushed to emergency october 2 after his temperature shot up to 104. doctors say the infection set in after a toe and ankle injury. mrsa is a dangerous staph bacteria resistant to most antibiotics, easily spread where people share equipment making locker rooms a prime breeding ground. fells has reportedly now had five surgeries and may need more to save his foot. doctors worry the mrsa will spread to his bones and possibly his blood. this morning the giants scrubbed

. >>> now to a scary case of mrsa. new york giants player daniel fells is fighting to keep his foot. gio benitez is at metlife stadium where the giants played last night. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning to you. as you know, mrsa is contagious. desperately trying to save his foot. >> back of the end zone, and sit caught for a touchdown! >> reporter: overnight, the new york giants facing off against the san francisco 49ers. fighting a much bigger battle off the field. >> touchdown! daniel fells. >> reporter: giants tight end daniel fells, hit hard by the deadly mrsa infection. nfl.com reporting he could amputated. the 32-year-old now reportedly in intensive care since friday. first rushed to emergency october 2nd after his temperature shot up to 104. drrs say the infection set in after a toe and ankle injury. mrsa is a dangerous bacteria. easily spread where people share equipment. fells has now reportedly had five surgeries and may need more to save his foot. doctors worried mrsa will spread to his bones an

. >>> daniel fells remains in the hospital fighting a mrsa invex. doctors hoping they won't have to amputate his foot. the so-called superbug mrsa is resistant to antibiotics. >>> turning to baseball now. suspension. the los angeles dodgers second baseman is being penalized for this slide in saturday night's game against the new york mets. tejada, who broke his right leg. major league baseball says the slide violated all of their rules. we could have a ruling on the appeal by game time tonight. if not, utley gets to play until there is one. >>> more baseball playoff action from our friends at espn. >>> john, john. buccibrosz, buccigross, anderson. this morning. blue jays-rangers. in the american league. jays swinging to stay alive. and they do. troy tulowitzki. a three-run shot off chi chi gonzalez. it was 5-1. mark lowe against robinson chirinos. the jays get their first post season win since clinching the '93 world series. still in a 2-1 hole. >>> this game in houston. game three, astros-royals. jayson castro, his team is losing. he singles up the

next monday night, the eagles face the giants, but one giant is already in a battle, one giant has mrsa. he is in intensive care and in danger of having his foot amputated. the infection set in after a toe and ankle injury. he was hospitalized when his temperature shot up to 104. the whole team was thinking about fellows in the game with the 49 errs. >> we want to dedicate the game to fellows and his family and give him the game ball. >> he said he is grateful for the support he received and won't let mrsa defeat him. >>> chase utley will play when the dodgers meet the mets in the national league playoff. he was given a 2 game suspension for this slide which broke the short stop's leg. baseball analysts including two former phillies have mixed reaction. >> i was a base runner in that situation your job diso clear him away -- is to clear him away. >> he is not a dirt player, but he did slide late. >> reporter: the dodgers stand behind him, but umpires warn the team about retaliation. >>> chris coons and u.s. representative hosted a job workshop. they develop resumes and develop interview

he was diagnosed with a life threatening staph infection of mrsa. areas and no other players are believed to have contracted mrsa at this point. >>> the islanders open up on friday against the blackhawks and the devils host winnipeg on friday. >>> the devils will be announcing brodeur's number on february 9th against the oilers. he is the winningiest goalie in nhl history. he becomes the fourth player to have his number retired by team. >>> once again, the yankees lose in the wild card game, and i'm seeing people on twitter who say they have andy pettitte going in game 2, stuff like that. >> oh, that's just wrong. >> the team over achieved. >> i was going to say the same thing. >> here they are in the wild card game, and it hurts to think about that. you want to win the world series, because you're in it to win it, but the season comes up short. >> thank you, otis. >> back in a minute. >> yep. doers built this country. the dams and the railroads. john henry was a steel drivin' man hmm, catchy. they built the golden gates and the empire states. and a

>>> a breast cancer drug has been found to fight infections, even mrsa. researchers at the university of california san diego say tamixofen gives white cells boost and that helps kill resistant bacteria like mrsa. testing so far has been done in lab and on mice. >>> april showers bring may flowers, but what do october's dropping temperatures bring? well, they bring crawling critters looking for a warm place to ride out the winter. meg baker has tips to keep your home free of fall pests. >> reporter: winter is coming and some bug and animals are looking for a place to burrow. that place could be your home. >> typically pest will try to get in the house any way they can and it's very important to have a good seal, good exclusion, around the ex, exterior of your home. >> reporter: a mouse can fit in a hole the size of a dime. >> really small opening, they can squeeze themselves in so make sure these openings are closed off. >> reporter: the bug doctor advices homeowners to walk around their homes, make sure windows have screens and fouters are cleaned out. >

the team doesn't believe any other players have mrsa but as precaution they have disinfected the lockertraining and meeting areas. >>> former eagles safety brian dawkins gave a passionate pregame pep puck to the texas a & m football team this past weekend. >> right now i'm telling you -- i'm telling you they don't respect us. they don't respect us. but that don't matter because guess what you can do when you don't get respect? you can take it . it. >>> we going to go outer and take it. when i down the three, we going to take it on three, one, two, three, take it. >> texas a & m beat mississippi state 30 to 17. chip kelly get b. dawk on the phone before they play the cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> a new jersey priest is accused of pointing a gun at a child because the eight-year-old doesn't like the giants. we'll explain. >> an award winning actor finds an item that belongs to a new york college student and hardly plays a game of finders keepers. that story and more coming up on "action news." >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards,

the team doesn't believe any other players have mrsa but as a precaution, the team has disinfect itsom and all training and meeting areas. >> the eagles might want to call their former star safety and get him in for a pep talk because what brian dawkins said to the texas a & m football team really made a difference. >> right now i'm telling you from -- i'm telling you, they don't respect us. they don't respect us. but that don't matter because guess what you can do when you don't get respect? you can take it. we don' going to go out and take it. >> aggies beat mississippi 30 to 17 so here is our plea to coach chip kelly. please call b. dawk and find him a podium and a microphone. >> police in glenolden township are trying to determine if drugs or alcohol were behind this mess in prospect park. officials say kyle husher of ridley township sped away from police yesterday morning. he jumped a curb, sideswiped a taxi, then hit a pedestrian and slammed into a line of parked cars. this is exclusive video of husher being taken to court later that day. >> pennsylvania's auditor general says

he spent nearly three weeks in the hospital being treated for a dangerous mrsa infection. he posted this video of his return home. mrsa is transmitted by sktin-to-skin contact and can be deadly. >>> we will be right back. bruce beck live from chicago we thought we' d be ready. but demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. i could feel wo ourineadlines racing towards us. we didn' t need a loan. we needed short-term funding. fast. our amex helped us fill the orders. you can' t predict it, but you can be ready. another step on the journey. will you be ready when growth presents itself. >>> do ou believe in miracles? yes. where is al michaels when you need him? the mets are on their way to the fall classic. they need just three more outs in the ninth inning to sweep away the cubs in the windy city. the mets dominated tonight to take an early lead going up 4-0 in the first. they added two more in the second. lucas duda had a home run. travis darnell had a homer. and duda had a two-run double in the second. and then daniel murphy, the man who has been unconscious, the new mr. oc

the so-called superbug mrsa is resistant to antibiotics. athletes and military personnel are at higher risk than most people because of the close quarters and shared e equipment. chase utley is appealing his suspension. baseman is being penalized for this slide in saturday night's game against the new york mets. utley collided with ruben tejada, who broke his right leg. major league baseball says the slide violated all of their rules. we could have a ruling on the appeal by game time tonight. if not, utley gets to play until there is one. >>> more baseball playoff action from our friends at espn. >>> john, john. buccigross, anderson. to baseball games, playoff games played on sunday. >> yes, we're going to get right to it. we have a lot to get to here for you this morning. we'll go right at it. blue jays-rangers. in the american league. jays swinging to stay alive. and they do. troy tulowitzki. a three-run shot off chi chi gonzalez. tulo puts his team up, 5-0. rangers threatened a bit in the seventh. it was 5-1. mark lowe against robinson c

mrsa can fight against our stronger antibiotics. weaker drugs can still defeat it, but the problem is there's going to be a point where if we're not able to produce new antibiotics as fast as these bacteria are able to adapt to them -- steve: what's the deal? not enough money in antibiotics? we're not making new antibiotics we need? >> that's part of it. sure. the other part is we're not using the antibiotics appropriately. so people get put on stronger antibiotics and it's like a vaccine. that's how it works on the bugs. if they get exposed to a strong antibiotics but it didn't kill them, like vaccines are our exposure to something but it doesn't kill us, it figures out how to fight it in the future. that's the problem. it's thinking of it as an antibiotic. with this medication, tamoxifen, it looks like estrogen. the way it fights breast cancer, if you think about breast cancer cells as having a lock like a door and estrogen is the key that turns it on, this is like a key that fits in the lock but doesn't work. it doesn't activate.

remind us what mrsa is. >> yeah, mike and alex, it is resistant staff your us it is a bad actor.e community. it used to be just in hospitals. but we see it in the community, and football players can get and give it back to each other just by playing. what we think happened is this man had pain in his ankle or his foot, got a cortisone injection and contracted this mrsa, which is very resistant to antibiotics. it led him to get septic in my opinion, had bacteria in his blood, ended up in the hospital and has had five surgeries to try to get rid of this. >> does that mean a needle was contaminated or something. >> obviously something went ary when he got the the the injection. either the the site was contaminated, wasn't cleaned off properly, or there was bacteria somewhere, there and it the got into the joint. now if you can imagine how complicated this foot and ankle are, there are lots of little bones and news and cranny toss this bacteria to hide in, and so despite surgery, despite intravenous antibiotics it appears that it is very hard to get rid of this and may lead to the fa

giants tight end daniel fels has a scary case of mrsa and he's fighting to keep his foot as he fights an infection that can be deadly. nfl.com says the 32-year-old could potentially have his foot amputated and has been in intensive care since friday. doctors say the dangerous staph bacteria which is resistant to most antibiotics set in after a toe and ankle injury. fell has now reportedly had five surgeries and may need even more with doctors worrying that the mrsa will spread to his bones and possibly even his blood. the giants say they're pulling for and supporting daniel. >> dedicated the game to daniel fels and his family and thank god we were able to give him the gamely. >> fels tells abc news grateful for the support i've received from family friends teammates coaches and fans. this will not defeat me. great attitude. mirrors mrsa can be spread where people share equipment so this morning the giants were scrubbing their facilities including their locker and training rooms and everyone of course pulling for fels and fighting for him to beat this, you guys. >> d hoping the best. >

>> mrsa is a bun of the one of the bugs that got a standard identical. he has one that is hard to treat and invade ing his bone and ankle. the hope he won't have to have part of his leg removed but we don't know. in january of this year we have a new antibiotic class that can actually attack some of these bugs. but the key is to prevent antibiotic resistance from happening, and governor jerry brown took a major step forward in this case. >> is mrsa contagious? >> yes. if we itch it can go underneath the skin or, in his case, a shot. but we need to prevent it. >> thank you, doctor. >>> we take you to a school with standing desks are helping students burn calories and improve grades. that's next on "cbs this morning." and how it can hit you out of nowhere. i know. i had it. and talk about it. and did you know that one in three people will get shingles? (all) no. s why i' m reminding people if you had chickenpox is already inside you. (all) oooh. s had chickenpox? and look that nasty rash can pop up anywhere even worse than it looks. doctor or pharmacist. w

some precautions here after one of their players was diagnosed with mrsa. tight end daniel fells was being treated for a chronic ankle condition when he was diagnosed with mrsa. the disease can be fatal. the locker room, training room and all meeting rooms have been scrubbed down just in case. >>> kevin harvick dominated the field at dover in the nascar sprint cup series on sunday, but his celebration is raising a few eyebrows. he backed his car into the wall during his celebratory burnout which would hamper nascar's ability to do a proper post race inspection. harvick says he doesn't remember hitting the wall. he says you have to play hard and celebrate hard. he's the reigning sprint cup champion. >>> just getting word from culpeper county schools that a suspect has been ap pprehended the search that was happening there. three schools put on lockdown because of someone with a gun. the schools remain on lockdown for further investigation. because suspect has been apprehended off campus. that, according to culpeper county schools twitter account. >> thanks.

mrsa is very contagious. fells is out for the rest of the season. >> a local elementary school banned teacher busted. he is facing child pornography charges. we'll tell you how he was caught and what the school is now telling >> and what happens when a pregnant woman goes into labor in the middle of a flood. meet the mom with one incredible story to tell. >> i'm meteorologist bill evans here in the weather center. wow is it nice outside. what a beautiful fall day, light breezes. temperatures are in the 60s. 66 to 67 degrees, a little light breeze out of the north and the northwest, dry humidities and some beautiful weather around the harbor. we're going to talk about warming into the 70s, rain on friday, beautiful weekend i'm chris bosh. when i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto . hey guys! hey, finally, somebody i can look up to... ...besides arnie. xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood cl

>> mrsa is one of the bugs that got resistant to the standard antibiotics we use. and it's invading the bone in his ankle. the hope is this new generation of apartment buy otics will work and he won't have to have part of his leg removed. we just don't know yet. there is hope on the horizon. in january of this year for the first time we have a new actually attack some of these bugs, but the key is to prevent antibiotic resistance from happening. governor jerry brown took a major step forward in this case. >> is mrsa contagious? yes or no. >> sure. we have it on our skin surface. when we itch, it can go underneath his skin, or in his case, a shot. >> thank you dr. david agus. >>> these aren't your typical classroom desks. they have no seats. we take you to a school where standing desks are helping students burn calories and improve grades. that's next on "cbs this morning." and improve grades. that's next on "cbs this morning." and how it can hit you out of nowhere. i know. i had it. c'mon let's sit down and talk about it. and did you know that one in three people w

forced from their homes. >>> giants say tight end daniel fells still in a tough bat -- battle with mrsa. he posted saying my heart is with my brother tonight, including the hashtag this will not defeat me. they scored in the final minute of the game to beat the 49ers then they made sure fells knew they were thinking about him. >> we dedicate the game to fells and his family. thank god we were able to give him the game ball. >> the team was able to skype with fells from his hospital room after the win and give him the game ball. >>> charges will not be filed against dentist who killed the well known lion in zimbabwe. authorities are no longer seeking the extradition of water palmer over the killing of cecil the lion. he's free to visit the nation as hunter. >>> a district attorney in texas is now investigating the police tasing of a city council member. this is the same town where sandra bland was arrested over the summer. last thursday police in prairie view used a stun gun on 26-year-old city councilman jonathan miller. miller had approached the officers who were two of his friends out

. >> plus, giants talk about the team effort to fight off mrsa after a player contracted the dangerous infection. >> jeopardy host alex trebek donates a million dollars for a scholarship at fordham. we'll tell you about his connection to the school. >> a woman shows up for a the house she paid for had been >>> for the first time we're hearing from giants players. tight end fells got sick from the dangerous bacteria mercer. later they scrubbed their locker rooms and training areas in response. fells out for the rest of the season. our sports anchor rob powers here now with the very latest. >> yesterday the giants placed daniel fells on the injured reserve list as the staph infection in his ankle diagnosed as mrsa. they were finding protocols to deal with the infection and the facility. today the nfl and its players association wanted the team to address the issue with the rest of the players. doctors, people in charge at the whole facility. players were able to ask questions. the building has been cleaned thoroughly top to bottom. the team says it's staying ahead of everything. the main

. >>> the giants are taking action after one of their players was diagnosed with diagnosed with mrsa. doctors discovered the staph infection. they are taking every precaution to prevent the outbreak of it. the training center in new jersey is scrubbed including the locker rooms, meeting an training rooms. >>> the yankees 2015 season could be over in a matter of minutes. they are trailing the astros in the american league wild card game. >> john chandler is live at yankees stadium where fans are hoping for a miracle tonight. >> chuck, sibila, you are right. hoping for a miracle after a long two years of quiet octobers and no playoff baseball. in the bronx, the playoffs are back complete with pomp and circumstance and high expectations. >> this is unlike anything i have evert.een before. the energy, the crowds. >> i hope we win. >> i hope we get in. >> reporter: the yankees taking thmie field at the playoffs was a welcomt sight to those that actually saw it. ouletside of gate four, thousands were stuck waiting to get in. >> look, the line is not moving. it is in ste second inning alread

areas of king philip regional high school in wrentham after a student is confirmed to have contracted mrsa. classrooms and other areas of the school were cleaned from floor to ceiling. no other cases of the antibiotic-resistant infection have been confirmed. school officials say the student is receiving treatment and doing jc: the fire on the roof of this boston building is being blamed on a malfunctioning solar panel. the fire truck it down and ignited part of the rubber roof. the fire chief estimates damage and $50,000. >> the patriots now 7-0 this season after last night' s big win. sportscenter 5' s bob halloran is here to talk about the still-perfect pats. bob: well, there are perfect crimes perfect strangers and a perfectly good explanation, honey, why the lawn still hasn' t been mowed. and now we have the once again perfect patriots, 7-0 after demolishing the dolphins last night. meanwhile, tom brady tossed 4 more touchdown passes. check out this five day soar-cast. brady completed 65% of his touchdowns and no interceptions. the man came ready to play. >> guys did a great job tonigh

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mrsa is a contagious drug resistant potentially deadly bacteria. the head coach addressed the situation this morning. >> we still do not know the reason for the infection or where it came from, but the players are all obviously very supportive of daniel and i think that most of the questions got answered this morning. >> fells will be out of the rest of the season. we're going to have reaction from his teammates coming up at 5. >>> he is one of the most famous painters the world has ever known, but right now at the museum of modern art the sculptures of pablo picasso are taking center stage. >> he was born in spain and lived in france but the source of his inspiration might surprise you. sandy kenyon went to the moment to check it out. >> it's being called a once in a lifetime event, the chance to see the best collection of picasso's sculpture ever assembled in a single place, and it fills an entire floor at the museum of modern art in midtown. >> if you want to come see a picasso like you've never seen him before, this is the place to do it. >> cu

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blocker that's cut down on acid, that's your defense mechanism and where we see colitis, super bugs, mrsa, e coal lie. we haven't had good antibiotics coming in so patients need to be aware and let's mention -- >> dr. siegel, you go to the doctor, you get sick. >> he said something important i want to follow up on. did you just say that taking all the ant die-acids counter effects the effects of antibiotics? >> yes. and there are a lot more to that. we're leaving the catheters in the hospital a little too long. we're giving too many of these h-2 blockers. we're giving the bacteria a chance to really grow. so what can you do and when your doctor comes in, i know it sounds arrogant and you may not like it, doctor, please wash your hands, can you please clean your stethoscope with alcohol base. do i really need that antibiotic? >> dr. siegel, you get sick, bronchitis, they give you antibiotics, for example. boom boom boom. give you a z-pack. is that the right way to do it do you think? >> absolutely not. here's the dilemma here. you're pointing right to it. the dilemma is, antibiotics are ca

. >>> giants tight end daniel fells will miss the rest of this season with a staph infection, mrsa. they tell us they're working with infectious disease specialists and to find consultations with national experts to deal with the infection. >>> back to baseball.

. >>> the nfl network reports giants tight end daniel fells today to deal with the mrsa infection. optimism building. >>> we get ready for the harlem globe trotters. they try the crazy 8 trick shot from the fourth floor fire escape west 8th and mcdougall. he makes the shot on his eighth attempt. crazy cartoon festival coming up on saturday. >> that's crazy. >> coming up tonight on eyewitness news at 11:00, we have dramatic video of a high speed crash. a truck flying off the freeway flips over. wait till you hear what sparked this frightening wreck. >> buyer beware. why dietary supplements are sending tens of thousands of americans to the e.r. every year. that's it for us for now. thanks for watching. i'm bill ritter. >> i'm liz cho. world news tonight is next. eyewitness

fells is fighting the mrsa virus. nfl.com reports doctors are fighting to save fells' foot. fells has already had five surgeries. >>> the big nfl week kicked off earlier. five unbeaten teams to start the day. let's go to atlanta. 4-0 falcons hosting washington. here's what happens when you're unbeaten. the ball literally bounces your way. julio jones recovers a fumble. you seem to get all the breaks when things are going your way. 59 yards all the way the other way. falcons go to 5-0 with a 25-19 win. >>> another unbeaten cincinnati 4-0 at home against the seahawks. seattle undrafted rookie runningback thomas rawls 169 yards rushing. this game goes to overtime. mike nugent ties it with a field goal in regulation. then he wins it with a 42-yarder in overtime. cincinnati is still unbeaten. 27-24, winners on a big day for andy dalton. >>> other scores today. the bears out lasted the chiefs by one. the browns beat the ravens by a field goal in overtime. the bucks snapped an 11-game home winning streak. packers move to 5-0 with a big win over the rams. bills go to nashville and b

one of the best stories of this day, giants tight end daniel fells battling that mrsa infection for weeks released from the hospital. on ice the islanders look for first goal. this is cal the is is les win another one. the devils against the coyotes. up 2-1, they were so close. the game goes to overnight tied at two but add toach. >>> we now want to take you back to our lead story where an nypd cop has been shot in the head. he's in critical condition at harlem hospital. >> n.j. burkett at the scene with new information. new jersey. >> reporter: that's right, bill, back here at the scene where the investigation continuestown fold in the middle of the fdr dry. you can see it's still shut down to. assigned to psa 5, a five-year veteran of the force, shot in the forehead after he confronted a group of young men after reports that at least one of them had a gun. there was a shoot-out. according to jim dolan down at 102nd street, a total of 10 shots were fired. six there and four here at 120th street. the alleged gunman was cornered at 125th street. he had a bullet wound in the leg. he's been

. >>> giants tight end daniel fells is back home following a mrsa scare. >> daddy! >> my guy, how are you doing? >> fells posted this video online. he was released from hackensack university hospital after three wesfs. he'd undergone seven surgeries to take care of the possible deadly li ly staph infection. there were concerns his foot needed to be amputated. >>> in news for your health, a new study claims to have found a benefit to eating a mediterranean diet. researchers questioned several hundred people over the age of 80 about their eating habits. they found those who regularly healthy fats had a larger total ain volume. so this suggests that a mediterranean diet may help prevent the brain from shrinking as you get older, possibly reducing the risk of dementia. so much talk about the mediterranean diet. >> wonderful benefits. all right. 4:57. if you're about to head out the door, take us with you. >> keep watching "today in new york" by downloading the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. our next hour starts right now. >>> a first look at the man accused

. >>> the new york giants are trying to prevent a mrsa outbreak after one player was diagnosed with the disease. daniel fells is now on injured reserve. the giants' entire training center, including locker and training rooms, is all being scrubbed as a precaution. >>> it's 4:51 right now. still to come, a show you could see tonight in the sky. it is courtesy of nasa. >>> plus, it could be a childhood dream come true. the massive store that's coming to the meadowlands. >>> and the proposal that could let you travel over the verrazano bridge without a car. >>> a live look there at our mission control here at "today in new york." >> there they are. >> on this wednesday -- there's ans a that naught right there. tonight you can see an unusual cloud streaking across the sky. nasa is planning a rocket launch from its facilities on w lops island, virginia. it will create a colorful vapor cloud. this is a map of the viewing area. it could be visible all the way wn to north carolina. the launch expected sometime between 7:00 and 9:00 tonight. if you're outside, look to the south. if you get a goo

he was hospitalized for more than a week battling mrsa. and now doctors are trying to save his foot which is at risk because of the infection. he sent this tweet out before the game. my heart is with my brother, get the w. >> thousands of people return to the scene of yesterday's deadly attack that claimed the lives of 95 people in the turkish capitol. they came to remember the dead and vent their anger. funerals are being held for the victims at a rally promoting peace. the government is blaming them for the violence. >>> a deem lish in glass -- demolition in glascoe didn't go as planned. parts of two of the towers were partially left standing. plor -- more than 2,000 residents will not be allowed to return home after figuring out what to do. a police department in texas maces more scrutiny after police officers tased a city council member. >> this is a scene. come on. this is a scene. >> officer, please do not put your hands on me. >> go over here before you go to jail for interfering. >> police body cam captured a dispute between prairi

. >> new york giant's player could lose his foot due to a mrsa infection. in intensive care after being in the hospital more than a week. he has had five surgeries so far. they are fighting to save his foot which could face ampcation given the infection. >> a voter's candidacy for five days is rescued off the coast of hawaii. dramatic video showing the coast guard approaching the cat kata ma ran. the marner drifted too far off land to call for help. the voter thank goodness was not injured. >> now to extreme weather. a scary site for dozens of drivers in highways in florida. the water spout turning into a tornado damaging a male truck-- truck in his path. it forced it off the ground two times. many waited for the skies to clear up. the weather only lasting a couple of minutes. thankfully nobody is hurt there either. >>> to a fox business alert. millions of americans can expect to know increase from social security next year. >> cheryl casone from fox business is here telling us what is causing this change. >> good morning ladies. many social security recipi

the new york giants trying to prevent a mrsa outbreak after one player was diagnosed with the highly contagious disease. tight end daniel fells is now on injured reserve. the giants' entire training center, the locker rooms, training rooms all being scrubbed as a precaution. >>> today the yankees begin their off-season. their playoff run lasted just one night. they hosted the astros in the american league wild card game. masahiro tanaka gave up a home run to colby rastz mus in the second inning and another in the sixth. that was all the astros needed. alex rodriguez had a chance to even things up in the bottom of the sixth. with two on and two out, dallas keuchel gets him to fly out. the yankees lose 3-0. >> this was a club that fought all year long. and there's a lot of character in that room and this hurts. just didn't get it done. >> you work your butt off. you try as hard as you can, and it's still a little short. that was our year. >> the astros will now face the kansas city royals in the a.l. division series. they were saying that pitcher, keuchel, the last couple starts with t