president obama asked congress for $1.9 billion to fight zika earlier this year. nicole: president obama making historic visit for summit of southern asia countries. the white house says it will commit $90 million to clear unexploited bombs the u.s. dropped in veit new mexico war. the u.s. contributed $100 billion through the years. >> since laos is a relatively poor country, their capacity alone to clean that up is hampered. nicole: he was scheduled to meet in laos but the meeting was canceled. lauren: president obama and russian president putin held an important meeting aimed at ending the bloodshed in syria. look at that. president obama said the meeting was candid and blunt but there are still obstacles in the way of u.s. and russian agreement, the two leaders have told top diplomats to schedule meeting this beak and president obama brought concerns about cybersecurity as well as situation in ukraine. nicole: u.s. intelligence d oassopio t un ss tblist in election in the united states political institutions. u.s. hopes to understand the intent of russian campai

president obama asked congress in february for $1.9 billion in emergency money. legislation to partially pay collapsed in july. meantime a controversy is growing over the safest way to fight the virus in florida. miami is using specialized trucks today for the first time to kill mosquitoes carrying zika. they are spraying what's being called an environmentally friendly organic bacteria called bti. >> it attacks the larva of the mosquito getting into the gut to make it so they can't process food and they can't develop. >> the mayor of miami-dade county says the chemical has proven to be effective but critics say it's not strong enough and they need heavier chemicals to be used. the commissioner is calling on miami-dade county to stop using it. >>> a wildfire is growing in northern california. the saddle fire has burned 600 acres in butte county south of paradise. cal fire announced this morning three structures have been destroyed and 300 more are threatened. evacuation orders are in effect in some areas. the fire started yesterday and is only 10% contained. the c

now thisebruary -- so is months ago -- president obama asked congress for $1.9 billion for a zika responsemost of blue-green us some funds are needed, but where congress is deadlocked is where that money comes from, is that new money, is that money we shuffle over from other places? and then the house republicans wrote up a version of legislation that included some senaterovisions that democrats basically said is a poison pill, they cannot pass the bill as it is. it is the process of creating legislation that is holding it up right now. it is not that the federal government -- it is not that lawmakers do not realize it is a problem. it is that they cannot agree on the specifics and details of what is going to go in that bill to find the response. politics andthe policy section look at the rise in the automatic voter registration. josh, what exactly is it? josh: automatic voter registration is a policy where rather than someone having to opt in and affirmatively make a certain amount of effort to register themselves to vote, when it is possible, using existing government agencies who have t

president obama asked congress back in february for 1.9 billion dollars in emergency funding, but legislation to pay for the proposal collapsed in july. several people in the u.s. have been infected with the zika virus, we'll be right back. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. blinds to gquiet.w motorized blinds and shades. convenient. and surprisingly affordable. right now, take 25% off all motorised blinds and shades. life's just gotten a little bit easier. blinds to go. blinds for life. video. take a look at this, oh, my goodness, in the video you can see a young boy dangling from the ski lift and he suddenly dropped 30 feet. the staff at the ski resort saw the boy slip under the safety bar and they quickly grabbed a blanket. the child spent the rest of the day skiing. >>> in the people scene leslie jones is back on twitter. the ghostbuster star was harassed on social media. she was quiet until they began tweeting again. she told fans she has been through a lot in her life and will always get back up. good for her. >> an he elk in dis

president obama is asking congress to authorize $1.1 billion to help fund prevention and treatment. funding exp s wmur's jean mackin has the story of a newton family taking their story to the national stage. jean: next week will mark two years since the griffins lost their daughter. since then they vowed to tell her story to prevent other families from going through this. parents brought their pain to the table at the white house. they all lost children to the opioid crisis and all want >> our daughter courtney isn't coming home. we can do a lot to save others lives. jean: they lost their daughter to a heroin overdose in 2014. they say they struggled to find treatment and insurance coverage for it. they made their heart ache public holding memorials and launching their own nonprofit to help others and speaking to a national drug czar about funding to put the act into action. >> we're doing this becau daughter, but there is help for the other addicts who need it. >> while we're doing everything that we can, that congress needs to appropriate more money for treatment. it's the single

. >>> president obama is asking congress to provide $2.6 billion in aid for louisiana. >> the area is still recovering from devastating floods. the president made this request yesterday, the monday would i go toward rebuilding damaged homes, infrastructure and small businesses. >>> north east florida is dealing with tropical storm julia this morning. julia became a tropical storm just after ten while sitting along the state's northeastern coast, it is bringing heavy rain, wind to the jacksonville and st. augustine area leaving damage and flooding behind. there is a tropical storm warning in effect until friday night. >>> will we expect any residual effects from that one. >> thankfully, no. we're in the clear from that storm system. looking at storm scan, julia is obvious here, receipt i much first thing your eye gets drawn too but our next system that has think direct impact has this frontal boundary passing through later tonight but even that doesn't look like much fanfare to the region. lets turn to very briefly julia. it is still a tropical storm. basically it is at this point movi

six months and count -- six months and counting, and that's how long president obama asked congress do do its job and provide supplemental funding to combat the virus. mr. speaker, how many more americans must suffer before the house republicans realize that the health of our families matters more than politics? how many more pregnant women must receive the devastating news they contracted the virus before the g.o.p. leadership stops playing games with american lives? instead of heeding the pleas of the c.d.c., public health experts and the medical community, house republicans revealed their true priorities when they decided to hold zika funding hostage over women's health care and the confederate flag. that's just wrong, mr. speaker. let's protect pregnant women. let's save vulnerable infants. let's pass a clean zika funding bill. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> request permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. th

and february president obama asked congress for nearly $2 billion in emergency funds. hitting a charisma point if you listen to the cdc. on friday tom friedman the head of the cdc talked about how they are essentially out of money, essentially out of money for fighting zika and warning the country is about to see a bunch of kids born with microeicrmiccy in the next few months. >> ios 10, you can get voice mail transcripts in addition all those apple planning to release a free coding application app. we should try it the app because we will learn how to code. the app is called swift playground developed with middle school students in mind what comes to coding that's where i am. it introduces the basics of computer programming. apple saying there are over 100 schools and districts teaching the app this fall in the u.s., europe and africa. company offering its own get started with coding work shops to show the basics of swift playground app. >> i even got confused what the ios 10. why would you want to hide your stock apps? >> no. currently there are certain apps that com

in a letter to president obama, governor john bel edwards asked congress to approve two billion dollars in federal aid. the storm dumped as much as 2 feet of rain in some parts of louisiana over two days. >>> back here in the bay area, authorities in alameda county are searching for a missing man. 57-year-old kent murray was last seen two days ago at his home in san lorenzo. none of his friends or children have seen him since. he is not considered at risk. >>> a man who was set free by has now turned himself back in to the san francisco county jail. 20-year-old victor rodriguez walked into the lobby of the hall of justice about 9 a.m. this morning more than two days after being mistakenly released. on wednesday, a clerk filed paperwork dismissing all charges against him mistakenly. rodriguez is still facing charges of robbery and battery but there will be no new charges linked to this week's release. >>> now on the campaign trail for the latest donald trump traveled to detroit to seek support from blacks while hillary clinton is trying to distance herself from an email scandal. craig bo

the white house is asking for money to help louisiana rebuild from disastrous flooding in that state. this is video of some of the damage. the obama administration is asking congress for $2.6 billion so that people who live in the area affected can rebuild their homes. this comes as the governor of louisiana is heading to washington to press for the money to help his state. more than 55,000 homes and 6000 businesses were damaged and the flooding. >>> former president jimmy carter says his latest brain scan shows that he remains healthy. he made the announcement as he spoke at an event in atlanta last night. the 91-year-old president began cancer treatment about one year ago when doctors found tumors in his brain. after a round of radiation, carter announced that he was cancer free. and the most recent mri shows scarring from brain tumors. but otherwise he is doing okay. >>> and a woman's purse goes up in smoke. in e-cigarette explodes. this happened in new jersey sunday. the woman was at the checkout counter when her purse started smoking. she said everything inside of her purse either melted or was severely burned. she said the battery out for e- cigarettes had b

here's what we know about this situation. 33 members of congress are now asking president obama for help to find money to pay for this memorial. the january 8th memorial foundation has now launched a $4 million fund-raising campaign. plans for the memorial were released earlier this year. it includes carvings along a >>> well, a bit of a weather alert, the valley dealing with i. skyfox tracking a large wall of dust as it moved into the valley from the southwest around rush hour last night, it's a reminder to stay safe when you are driving out in the storm. a reminder about your weekend forecast coming up with the weather in cory in just a bit. >>> the up to keep folks on labor day weekend. dumb drivers and smartphones don't mix. just one of the memorable messages the agency has been putting on their signs, of course a reminder to stay off your phones and keep eyes on the road while driving on labor day this weekend. >>> still to come, brock turner a free man after just three months behind bars after sexually assaulting a woman on a hack into hundreds of miles away. >> and temps are on th

. >>> this morning the obama administration is asking congress for more than $2.5 billion to help louisiana rebuild from last month's historic flooding. thousands of people were displaced. >>> and now to the race for the white house and the opinion of a high-profile republican has come to light this morning. buzzfeed former secretary of state colin powell called donald trump a, quote, national disgrace. last night trump made a new push for women voters appearing with his daughter ivanka. he proposed tax breaks for child care expenses and called for six weeks of paid maternity leave for women who don't get that benefit at work. >>> here in new york, trump faces a new investigation, the state's attorney general is looking into trump's charity and how he used the money from the foundation and as for hillary clinton, she is expected to pneumonia. and she has her work cut out for her. a new poll finds her trailing trump now in ohio. >>> four companies including mattel and hasbro have been fined after being accused of collecting children's personal information and then tracking them online. the s

congress about the radical ideology behind the terrorists' jihad. in his new book, "field of fight," he outlines his plan to asked, what was the uncomfortable truth he told congress that caused the obama administration to fire him? fmr. lt. gen. flynn: the truth was that we are facing an enemy , in radical islamism, that is something our administration, the current administration doesn't even want to describe, so it does a disservice for the american public. we also have to look at the ideology that exists within these groups. they share an ideology and i of core. it's not just the senior leadership in al-qaeda, in pakistan. it's also this shared ideology that many of these extremist groups have. i think that that's something that we have to consider as we look at every single one of them. sharyl: you were called into a room? fmr. lt. gen. flynn: i was called into a room in the pentagon by two individuals, the director of national intelligence and the under secretary defense for answered honestly at that congressional hearing that you might lose your job over it? fmr. lt. gen. flynn: no, i never did. never did. sharyl: how do you explain the disconnect between what you see as the trut

the corps, the house appropriations committee and the obama administration -- asking for the cedar rapids flood protection funds to be released. congress approved the cedar rapids project in 20- 14 but the obama administration has not yet included the project in its budget. " it's very tough for a small, urban area like cedar rapids to in the united states. so we are asking them to prioritize this project and go outside of their guidelines because this is the second flood in eight years in cedar rapids." " the army corps of engineers released a statement saying that limited federal resources dictate that projects be prioritized so available funds are focused on the highest performing projects first. as flooding and flood recovery continues, let 319-365-9999. you can also email pictures and videos to newsroom @ kcrg.com. cedar rapids police say they will identify the 13-year-old girl killed in a shooting yesterday morning on the city's southeast side. police did take 3 people into custody soon after the shooting. police came out to the corner of 8th avenue se and 15th street. the teenage girl later died at u-i-h-c. of the three people i

congress. at the end of the day, obama tried to get israel to be put in a box so that israel wouldn't go to congress and askore money. he sort of achieved that goal in violation of our constitutional setup. so this is odd where you've got a friend like israel, prime minister i admire, sending a letter to the president saying we won't take any money over this amount over two years, even if congress wants to give it to us. okay, bb, president obama, we don't buy that. we're not going to have a foreign leader conspire with the president of the united states to deal the congress out of doing its job. as much as i admire bb, i don't buy that. let me tell you too to my friend the prime minister of israel, i was over there a few months ago. the reason i plussed up the aid from 3.1 to 3.4 because of the things you told me about hezbollah having more missiles provided by iran. israel wanted 40 something billion and wound up with 38. the needs in israel are real. i appreciate it but it was well short of what it could have been. they left money on the table. here's what i'm going to tell the prime minister, don't tell

obama to prevent the move. pennsylvania congress man mike kelly filed a resolution to ask a jung to block the change. the move might enable the government to take over dept. goff uses by the government. if you have a galaxy note 7 stop using it now. samsung sends a warning the concern the faa a few days ago asked users to turn the phones off during flights the commission warning you to turn the phone off and leave it off. you can exchange it for a new phone. >> that does it for news at 5:00 thank you for watching, we will be back at 6:00 pas presidency i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. aid. trump should not be supported. i believe he's disqualified himself to be president. scare fallout. after that jarring video of hillary clinton becoming ill, tonight her campaign under fire. why did it take two days to disclose she had pneumonia? aides now admitting mistake, promising more medical records are coming. >>> is it a turning a u.s./russiamegadeal finally stops the bombing. can it last? >>> caught on camera,

the corps, the house appropriations committee and the obama administration -- asking for the cedar rapids flood protection funds to be released. congress budget. " it's very tough for a small, urban area like cedar rapids to compete with the larger cities in the united states. so we are asking them to prioritize this project and go outside of their guidelines because this is the second flood in eight years in cedar rapids." " the army corps of engineers released a statement saying that limited federal resources dictate that projects be prioritized so available funds are focused on the highest performing projects first. continues, let us know if you see news. give us a call on our newsline 9. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also email pictures and videos to newsroom @ kcrg.com. cedar rapids police say they will identify the 13-year-old girl killed in a shooting yesterday morning on the city's southeast side. police did take 3 people into custody soon after the shooting. police came out to the corner of 8th avenue se and 15th street. the teenage girl -- all are males and two are juveniles. more than 50 people gathered for a vigil la

and now the obama administration is requesting for funding for louisiana. the white house is asking congress for $2.6 billion in aid. the money would be for rebuilding damaged homes and infrastructure and helping small businesses there. louisiana governor john bell edwards asked monday for $2.8 billion in relief. >>> well, nsa leaker edward return to the u.s. he is currently living in russia. here in the u.s., he faces charges for violating the espionage act after revealing classified information. he claims the leaks were moral and ethical because they revealed the scope of nsa surveillance. american leaders disagree saying he put citizens in danger. >>> right now, history is being made in washington, d.c. the library of congress is getting both its first woman african-american librarian. she is being sworn in right now as only the 14th librarian of congress since the inception in 1800. her predecessor held that job for 28 years. he was criticized for not keeping up with changes in technology. she is the longtime ceo of the library system in baltimore. >>> and now this morning's takes a clos

congress also came together almost unanimously to do something that has never happened in the 7+ years of the obama administration. >> the choice is clear, i ordered my colleagues to override. >> the democratic leaders askingthe colleagues to override president obama's veto of a bill called jazz that would allow 9/11 victims to sue saudi arabia for its alleged role in the attacks. it is the first time that congress has overridden and obama veto and he was none too pleased that >> it is a dangerous precedent and an example of why sometimes you have to do what is hard and frankly i wish congress had done what was hard. >>reporter:'s argument is that congress approaches on sovereign immunity the us soldiers and diplomats abroad could themselves become legal targets of other nations that if you actually shared by many outside of congress the politically there was enormous pressure to stand shoulder to shoulder with 9/11 families. >> the political pressure carried today but there were some members of congress that were not happy voting for this veto override. some are talking about making some tweaks in the bill in the weeks and months ahead. >>> another embarrassing moment for gary johnston was being interview

ly ask congress to send me a bill to immediately repeal and replace disastrous obama care. this will instantly save another 2 million jobs. some people remember, i see that, he was the architect of obama care, and he said, remember, they got him, i guess on a sell phocell phone, he saij of transparency was essential for passing the legislation, and he talked about "the stupidity of the american voter" having to do with obama care. the stupidity, the stupidity of the american voter. this is what we get. this is the hateful attitude of insiders, and the et societiers have had enough of this on november th, we're taking back our country. november 8th. another major reform will be school choice. and by the way, we're gets rid of common core, we're bringing it local. bringing it local. totally getting rid of common core if is a disaster. and all you to do is look at the rankings per schools and see that we pay the most per pupil and we're on the bottom of the last. this will be a lot of really good changes. i want to provide every d disadvantaged child in america can choose the

. >> vanessa: more than 200 days since president obama asked for emergency funding to deal with growing zika virus and congress still has not acted. but after months of partisan fights on capitol hill, lawmakers are close to a $1.1 billion plan, it is stripped of the controversial >> have anything to do with the confederate flag and zika doesn't have anything to do defunding planned parenthood. >> vanessa: the zika plan would be part of a much bigger budget bill to fund the government for the next few months, but the senate majority leader still will not say with a vote will happen. >> mark: the changes april if he can the bridgewater state hospital, a prison that treats mentally ill inmates. inmates to a new secure facility at the nearby old colony correctional center. the state will hire a new vendor to treat the remaining patients at bridgewater. the hospital has been under increased scrutiny since the death of a mentally ill man who is being restrained by guards. >> vanessa: new at 5:00 p.m., the chipotle restaurant compaign is giving payouts to customers who got sick at their stores, including 14 people r

president obama has asked for a billion dollars to fight the epidemic. and so far congress has not come up with the money. >> he passed a bill to extend drug treatment back in july but haven't provided the $181 million to pay for it yet. >>> let's take a look outside. like it's moving all right on 275 at fowler avenue. but, paul, it looks cloudy. >> a little hazy out there. >> it is friday. we want to hang out. >> let's get the latest from shay. what are we in for this weekend? >> things are looking decent. we will have showers and storms as we're seeing develop right now. at the main sail beach inn, only blue skies and sunshine. things are looking great there. take a look at pinellas county now. we have heavy downpours coming down. and also into hillsborough county, a bubble up. as i zoom in here around the safety harbor area, some heavy rain out there and some thunderstorms as well. this is just moving to the southeast. so if you're in coachman you will be seeing that heavy rain over the next 15 minutes or so. pinellas park, you're seeing heavy downpours as well. as we zo

asked. it's a dangerous loophole. closing it will save lives. let's make it harder for criminals, safer for us. for the first time - congress has rejected a veto by president obama. the house voted today - to override his veto of legislation that would allow the families of nine-eleven victims to sue saudi arabia. "two thirds having voted in favor, the bill is passed (thump) " the move by the house comes after the senate voted 97 to one... to also override the veto. saudi arabia is accused of backing the nine- eleven attackers. the legislation to sue the nation that obama and top pentagon officials warn could put u-s troops and interests at risk. this is a--it's a dangerous precedent and it's an example of why sometimes you have to do what's hard. if you're perceived as voting against 9/11 families right before an election, not surprisingly that's a hard for people to take several lawmakers who voted for the legislation defects could trigger lawsuits from people in other countries opposed to u-s policies and military actions. but proponents said the bill is narrowly tailored and applies only to acts of terrorism that occur on u.s. soil. our legal analyst bob mas

ask congress to do a field hearing. come down there and listen to what we hear every day. >>russell: problem with congress is the amount that president obama wants them to approve for zika funding. nearly $2 billion. republicans only willing to billion. federal funding is critical since money from the centers for disease control is just about to run out. state has been updating the number of zika cases every day. there are 13 involving people who got it while they were travelling. two of those new cases are here in the bay area. one in hillsborough county, the other in manatee. >>laura: but interestingly enough, in a study that asked americans what health condition concerns them the most, only 3% viewed zika as a significant health care the checkup survey found cancer to be the top concern. 30% of participants claimed this was the biggest health care challenge. obesity second followed by neurological diseases, diabetes and then heart disease. infectious diseases were thought to be the least significant health care challenge. nice to let somebody else do the driving every once in a while. uber and lyft are possible. hillsborough county. the

interview on msnbc when he was asked about the syrian city devastated by civil war and went blank and responded what's aleppo. >>> a major defeat for president obama as congress overrides the first veto of his administration. both chambers overwhelmingly reversed the president's blockage of a bill to let 9/11 arabia. president obama says the measure sets a dangerous precedent for the u.s. with its allies. >> this time in saudi arabia but let's say that there's a terrorist who comes here from great britain, our closest ally, they come here and carry out something, now under this legislation, somebody who had been harmed by that terrorist could sue the british government. >> well, five of the 9/11 hijackers were saudi nationals. open the u.s. to lawsuits from other nations. >>> and also from capitol hill, st stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown on the way to the president's desk. it provides $1.1 billion to fight zika and half a billion dollars in flood aid. republicans also promise to send money to flint, michigan, later this year to deal with that city's water crisis. the bill keeps the government operating through december 9th. >>> president obama h

congress left without passing any bills.. so health organizations have been scrambling.. spreading their budgets thin. obama is asking for one-point-one billion dollars to help the virus. in more local news.. dogs rule the pool! pups took over public swim this weekend.. as part of an season "dog daze." hundreds of dogs and their owners showed up at desert breeze aquatic center.. taking a dip in the pool.. splashing around before the pool closes for the rest of the year. there was also a funniest pet competition.. won by a dog that played dead when its owner pretended to shoot it. this super happy dog serves up more than just smiles.. she has a very special task.. as connecticut's first ever pup to work in a rape crisis center. lily is sweet and calm.. and helps victims relax after their trauma. the 7-year-old likes to give sloppy wet kisses.. and encourage people as much as she can. lily's owner says the big pup loves to be held.. and is perfect for those in need. here in the valley.. we love mojave max. but.. desert tortoises like him are endangered.. and it's our job to protect them. so.. biologist "time shields" h