in miami, phil keating, fox news. it's time for your news and weather together. more than a dozen people arrested near sherman park for disorderly conduction and resisting an officer. this happened in the area off 44th and auer -- after neighbors

in miami, phil keating, fox news. >>> a major change in an east bay jail healthcare system. >> this has's now happening. >> the decision today by alameda county officials after a yearlong investigation by our 2 investigates team. >>> plus, a critical endorsement by donald trump. the announcement he made just minutes ago meant to help unify the republican party. >>> and a bay area veterans memorial vandalized. the efforts now to find out who did it and why. k ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 is next. to prove how authentic my new brewhouse bacon burger is i'm going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. it's awesome. amazing! what if i told you, you are eating a jack's brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. not this one. absolutely lying. and what if i told you... that i'm jack. whaaaat?!! no way! no! didn't see that coming, did you? porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. jack's new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. hey, where did jack go? he was just here. >>> more than 200,000 people are expected to attend the event this weekend. this year

phil keating reports. >> it is a beautiful mosquito if you look at color sxagz markings on it. and what a challenging opponent. >> reporter: shelley of lee county, florida is a soldier on the zika mosquito. >> it should be highly respected in that border here. >> we should be scared. mosquito are the deadliest animal to humans and killing 725000 people every year through the virus they carry. >> when you have that along with international travel, it is a threat. >> reporter: but the state's geogra ph y makes it easy for mosquito. authorities anyhow they had to create their mosquito control. >> they voteed to tax themselves to have a special service of the mosquito control. >> here in lee county with acreasonabling and marsh. the annual mosquito budget is $17 million. that is the largest in the state and funded by local taxes. the program right now is putting every available resource in to preventing the disease from spreading. >> airplanes spread larvae by day. and brush kill adults by night. helicopters survey the industrial and residential area. >> i how great of a concern is

fox news's phil keating. there for the takeoff. historic moment, phil. this was fascinating to see today. reporter: lot of excited people there, cheryl as well. only two years after the communist revolution, 55 years ago, the last u.s. commercial aircraft flew from florida to cuba. now it is back and soon will be far more abundant. ♪ the cuban band, cuban coffee at the gate provided flavor and historic excitement was abundant. >> our commitment from today is to continue to serve the market between the u.s. and cuba as best we can, keeping our fares low, keeping our service friendly, keeping it safe and secure and making travel between the u.s. an cuba much more affordable an fun. reporter: today's inaugural flight serviced santa clara in central cuba. soon jetblue will fly to camaway cuban and american airlines from miami begin service to cuba over the next week. carnival now cruises to cuba. for many years you could fly on charter plane to cuba. it would be much more expensive than flying commercial. >> the big difference it is easier to get on board, r

in miami phil keating, fox news. >>> as a pregnant woman becomes infected with the zika virus the baby misshapen heads. there will be a special fox news reporting. >> the baby we delivered with mi can encephalitis she probably was bitten in the first trimester of pregnancy and never thought it would lead to the child being affected. [speaking spanish]. >> it is so harmless, right. they don't know. and i don't know. i can't tell you if it was me or my husband, i don't know. >> trace gallag, her airs right after fox report here on the fox news channel. >>> and new orleans communities in full clean up mode following a close encounter with a fierce tornado. >> oh, wow. look at that debrie. >> look at. that the twister levelled several homes and filling the streets with debris. this is how witnesses described it. >> it sounded like a freight train. the roof was shaking and moving and i thought the roof was going to come off and i would go with it. >> will carr, following all of this. what is it like in louisiana and surrounding areas? >> reporter: hey there, laura. they are expecting bad st

fox's phil keating has more. a popular area in miami beach including world-famou becomes the second zone in south florida where the zika virus is spreading. florida governor rick scott says state health officials identified five new cases of the zika virus.. it is believed all five cases were contracted in a one-point-five mile area that encompasses most of south beach... these new illnesses bring the number of locally transmitted cases to thirty-six. scott says: two of these individuals are florida residents and live in in miami dade county.. one person of texas and one person is a resident of taiwan scott has requested additional support from the centers for disease control and prevention.. and says the state has begun more aggressive mosquito campaigns in miami- dade county.. he adds that state efforts are working to control the spread of zika as they were able to clear three additional blocks in the wynwood area free of the virus. scott says: " this is in addition to the 14 blocks we were already able to clea

phil keating has more on the cases where they were found from miami beach. >> reporter: the breaking of south beach now accompanies by the breaking news that zika is actively spreading on world famous miami beach. five new cases under investigation involve two local residents and three tourist. notice is connected to the one-square mile active transmission zone across the district. >> we believe we have a new area where local transmissions are occurring in miami beach. >> reporter: during this emergency, governor rick scott changed his plan to come back to miami to once again talk zika. >> we also would like a detailed plan from the obama administration how they would like us to work with fema. i asked for this on june 1 and we have not received it. i have called on the president for this. >> reporter: the second active zone runs from 28th street to 8th and from the ocean oto the bay. they are advising pregnant women to avoid this zone as well as the other areas. all summer long, this has been a famous tourist destination, and they hoped zika would not make it to the beach. sales hav

phil keating is live in many beach with more. phil?ousness of this burgeoning zika emergency in florida, the governor and the state's surgeon general flew to miami this morning to declare what no one here in miami beach from tourists to business owners to residents wanted to hear. >> we believe we have a new area where local transmissions are occurring in miami beach. >> reporter: five locally transmitted cases in fact all now linked directly to miami beach. the bay area island is one mile wide, and this new zone of transmission encompasses the 1.5 miles from 28th street to the north down to 8th. it was hoped that zika would never be included in the same sentence as the beach. it is a world famous tourist destination and responsible for much of miami-dade's tax base. officials are offering free spraying and mosquito control teams are now canvassing south beach, dropping egg-killing pellets standing water. zika has been linked to smaller brains and skulls in babies. the cdc is advising all pregnant women to stay away from the wynnewood

phil keating reports. >> it is a beautiful mosquito if you look at color sxagz markings on it.ging opponent. >> reporter: shelley of lee county, florida is a soldier on the zika mosquito. >> it should be highly respected in that border here. >> we should be scared. mosquito are the deadliest animal to humans and killing 725000 people every year through the virus they carry. >> when you have that along with international travel, it is a threat. >> reporter: but the state's geogra ph y makes it easy for mosquito. authorities anyhow they had to create their mosquito control. >> they voteed to tax themselves to have a special service of the mosquito control. >> here in lee county with acreasonabling and marsh. the annual mosquito budget is $17 million. that is the largest in the state and funded by local taxes. the program right now is putting every available resource in to preventing the disease from spreading. >> airplanes spread larvae by day. and brush kill adults by night. helicopters survey the industrial and residential area. >> i how great of a concern is that. >> water in

phil keating live in miami with the latest. >> reporter: so we now have a total of 14 confirmed zika cases in broward and miami-dade counties which health experts believe was transmitted by local mosquitos. in six of the ten new cases, people didn't even know they had the zika virus because they had no symptoms. at this point the cdc and florida's health department are confident this local transmission should not spread beyond a few specific neighborhoods where all 14 people have visited over the past month. it's a very popular area for locals and tourists with a lot of art galleries, restaurants, bars and shopping. the local transmission zone comprises aile area just north of downtown miami containing the wynwood arts district, midtown and edgewater neighborhoods. since friday the state and county have ramped up their spraying efforts, adding personnel with pesticide backpacks to walk around these neighborhoods and around the houses spraying to kill the mosquito responsible for spreading the disease and an emergency response team from the cdc has also flown in to help. but an alarmi

in miami, phil keating fox news. >> talk about a fish story.unforgettable day tour two teenagers fishing off the jersey shore. >> the boys made a wild cast and the camera caught it all. fox 29' viewer hannah kenny captured this video of two boys reeling in shark at ventnor city beach. pretty big guy there, right? she tells us the boys were on the peer when they hook the shock a few hundred feet off the shore. it was quite a spectacle. drawing in dozens of people. took an hour. hope the shark wasn't too too exhausted. the boys did release it back into the water and it swam away. >>> a young mom runs into the store for only a minute when her car is stolen. in the back seat, her three-year-old daughter. her tearful message after her daughter was found safe. >> new fight over after school programs at one elementary school. why one group is fighting to add satan, as in like the devil to the curriculum. >> one family forced for their garage. for years what took over so terrifying the family never got very close. ♪ >>> now, with tomorrow's traffic her

in miami, phil keating, fox news. it's time for your news and weather together. more than a dozen people arrested near sherman park for disorderly conduction and resisting an officer. this happened in the area off 44th and auer -- after neighbors there into late-night hours since the fatal shooting of sylville smith in that location. among those arrested -- a state assemblyman and an observer for the a- c-l-u. both were released after being detained for several minutes. court documents reveal why attorneys for morgan geyser and anissa weier -want changes to their upcoming trials. the girls were 12 years old when they allegedly stabbed a classmate to please the fictional character, slenderman. geyser's a trial moved to another county due to pre-trial ?publicity in waukesha county. weier's attorneys want jurors from another county brought in to waukesha ... so weier is not uprooted from the detention center and away from family and her counselor. trials are set for next spring. a new poll by marquette university law school shows a narrowing gap between presidential

. >> reporter: fox's phil keating hat the latest. >>reporter:if democrats are going to retake control of the considered a critical must win, and the democrats wanting to do just that include two sitting congressmen. third termer allen grayson and second termer patrick murphy. once a registered republican, he calls himself fiscally conservative and socially progressive. he narrowly unseated gop incumbent alan west in 2012. grayson is the most liberal of congress and belittled republicans during the health care debate. >> health care plan for america, don't get sick. he has also been the subject of ethics investigation. for that senators harry reid and chuck schumer asked him to drop out. grayson's ex-wife made domestic abuse claims against him which grayson staunchly denys. >> 26 grayson bills passed the house, passed the senate signed into law by united states. farce i know i don't think patrick has passed a single vote by the house or signed i think live i have been a legislative hero. fact checkers say his claims are inflated and m

>> phil keating in miami. thank you. >>> now a follow up. fox news has learned of a second state department investigation into the mysterious deletion made to the department's video of a december 2013 press briefing. the censored material covered up with a white flash featured our own jen rosen questioning jen psaki about iran and psaki appearing to lie. last week, the top attorney issued a report, including after interviewing 34 state department employees, he could not determine if the deletion was deliberate or accidental. now state's top internal auditor, the inspector general, confirms that his office has conducted its own probe, also interviewing witnesses, but saying it has reached the same dead end. house oversight chairman jason chaffetz tells fox news, congressional republicans will be demanding access to the raw investigative files of both offices. >>> a u.s. defense official tells fox dangerous confrontations between the american navy and iranian vessels are up by more than 50% so far this year. just this week, there have been fou

as phil keating tells us, the popular south beach neighborhood is the latest area of infection. >> reporter: a popular area in miami beach including world- famous -- world-famous south beach becomes a second cello south florida where the zika virus is spreading. governor rick scott says five new cases have been identified. it is believed all five cases were contracted with anyone .5 mile area that encompasses most of south beach. these new illnesses bring a number of locally transmitted cases to 36. >> two of these individuals are florida residents, one person is a resident of new york, one a resident of texas and one day resident -- and won a resident of taiwan. >> reporter: they have begun a more aggressive scale campaign miami-dade county. the governor ads that they are working to control the spread of the, as they were able to clear three additional blocks in the winwood area free of the virus. >> this is in addition to the 14 blocks we have already been able to clear in the winwood area. this is good news. this shows that the education of the public is working. >> >> reporter: they are

>> phil keating reporting from miami, phil, thank you. >>> let's talk more now about the danger from the zika virus here in the u.s. and at the olympics with fox news medical analyst, dr. marc siegel. doctor, why all of the attention to the outbreak in miami-dade county. is it likely to spark a wider spread of the zika virus here in the u.s.? >> absolutely not, chris. there's a lot of precedent for this, for this not happening, with the related virus called dengue fever, which has many more cases around the world and has never had anything more than sporadic cases in florida. every year, they spray florida with about 8 million acres worth of something called naled, that's 100% successful at killing the aids agyp thai mosquito. it's never been a lot more than that with dengue. it's an anxious public here that we're trying to reassure. >> let's take a look at the bigger picture. the olympics, as we've said it, are getting underway tonight in rio. that has been a hot spot for zika. how worried should we be about athletes and fans going to rio, going to the olympics, spreading the virus

fox's phil keating with more for us. >> reporter: popular area in miami beach including world famousecomes the second zone in south florida where the zika virus is sprea spreading. florida governor rick scott says state health officials identified five new cases of the zika virus. it is believed all five cases were contracted within a 1.5-mile area that encompasses most of south beach. these new illnesses bring the number of locally transmitted cases to 36. >> two of these individuals are florida residents and live in miami dade county. one person is a resident of new york. one person is a resident of texas. and one person is a resident of taiwan. >> scott has requested additional support from the centers for disease control and prevention and says the state has gun more aggressive mosquito campaigns in miami, dade county. state efforts are working to control the spread of zika as they were able to clear three additional blocks in the wynnewood area free of the vir virus. >> this is in addition to the 14 blocks we've already been able to clear in wynnewood. this is good news and show

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>> phil keating in miami. thank you. >>> now a follow up. news has learned of a second state department investigation into the mysterious deletion made to the department's video of a december 2013 press briefing. the censored material covered up with a white flash featured our own jen rosen questioning jen psaki about iran and psaki appearing to lie. last week, the top attorney issued a report, including after interviewing 34 state department employees, he could not determine if the deletion was deliberate or accidental. now state's top internal auditor, the inspector general, confirms that his office has conducted its own probe, also interviewing witnesses, but saying it has reached the same dead end. house oversight chairman jason chaffetz tells fox news, congressional republicans will be demanding access to the raw investigative files of both offices. >>> a u.s. defense official tells fox dangerous confrontations between the american navy and iranian vessels are up by more than 50% so far this year. just this week, there have been four mo

phil keating, let's start with the democrats. >> wasserman-schultz is facing her toughest primary challengees, never this strong of a candidate. 90% of the money that's been spent against her has come in from out of state. pry merely from the feel the bern crowd. the congresswoman has been forced to spend about three million of her own dollars, mostly in tv ad buys, versus previous years where she's coasted to victory. hillary clinton supports her, but after she had to resign as chairman of the democratic national convention, political newbie and law professor tim kenoba believes wasserman-schultz is vulnerable and can be beaten many this democratic primary. he is backed by bernie sanders and that's why many people are observing this race in florida as a proxy rematch of the sanders-clinton fight all yearlong. >> what about marco rubio? >> well, a lot of republicans in florida are dissatisfied with his performance the past sucks years, primarily his high absentee rate while he was running for the presidency. he has actually four republican challengers he's facing off on primary day today. b

miami, phil keating fox news >> how did the kardashians get in there?special >> not that i watch it >> that's right. >> educational. >> the weather, i mean, obviously, he tape that day awhile ago, probably looks, the west coast of florida getting pounded. we have great view from space. the various hurricanes that are out there now, hurricane gaston got winds of 105 miles an hour, had the most beautiful eye and structure but there are also two hurricanes in the pacific. if i have any good newsings those three powerful storms are not going to affect us, certainly going to affect hawaii and incredibly beautiful from space. are they not? but you know what? when what he really need to learn about these hurricanes, we have hurricane hunters investigating them and that's a what's going on with tropical storm hermine. they've been flying in and out of tampa. you can see the plane and watch as it continues to spend probably 12 hours inside this hurricane, and it's not a hurricane yet, tropical storm, but it recently noticed that there were winds at flight level

phillip keating with more. phil?solutely, jon. 55 years later, travel from florida to cuba has returned and the excitement was absolutely abundant. ♪ the cuban band and the coffee provided the flavor and the historic excitement was clear among everyone's faces. >> our commit front from today is to continue to serve the market between u.s. and cuba as best we can, keeps our fares low, keeping our service friendly, keeping it safe and secure, and just making travel between u.s. and cuba much more affordable and fun. >> today's santa clara. soon they'll fly elsewhere. silver airlines and american begin their service in the next few days and eventually there will be 110 daily flights into cuba. as of now carnival cruises to cuba and for many years people could travel on a charter plane as long ads they had permission from the government but more expensive. >> the big news is it's easier to get on board. you can buy a ticket now. you used to always be able to buy a ticket, but there were more hurdles to jump through. it's

phil keating live in florida. phil, thanks.ing a foothold in the middle east and threatening to destroy western civilization as we know it. but next here why secretary of state john kerry thinks the solution would be for the media to cover this whole thing a lot less. really? plus this.t is. it is up to their bumpers. look at that. >> it is like a lake. >> like you're inside of a lake. gregg: flash flooding sweeping through one community. we'll tell you where this is taking place. better buckle up. that inactive satellite radio of yours is ready to roll. because the siriusxm free listening event is on right now! just hit the sat button in your car and listen free thru sept 6. that's right, two glorious weeks of commercial-free music, plus talk, sports, comedy, news, and more. your ride has never, ever, rocked like this. oh yeah, siriusxm is on for free right now. so tune in and let's ride! martha: so heavy rain causing major flash flooding in parts of colorado. take a look what is going on the streets in this area. >> look at t

phil keating, fox news. >>> now to live radar t is a mess of rain a mess. we're in for more here in the next couple of days thanks to hermine. and paul has yet another update. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. the world's clean energy super power's either going to be germany, china, or us. and i'm going to make sure it's us. from 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. we'll beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. we can do this, millions of jobs right here in america. on wall street... the dow >>> the dow loseing 5 3 and the nasdaq dropping and the s&p slipping as well a little bit more than 5 points and what is slipping the dry weather here. it is pretty much gone, i don't remember a day like this. it is just amazing. scary for so many people, ul paul, we rarely get 8, 10 hours like this. area of low pressure west of us on the wet side the thing we're watching. and kind of looking at this is that the strong band of rain or heavy band approaching. and on pinellas now. this is the

phil keating on the story live in miami today, phil. what is going on in the race, phil?orter: a lot of exasperation by both candidates about the other and heated interruptions, very emnecessary end of the recent democratic primary battle between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. first and likely only debate between six-term congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz and her democratic primary challenger, law professor tim canova went down sunday morning in south florida. >> can you gain it? >> you can't guarranty everything. >> may i interject. >> no, you may not. >> one second. reporter: there is a taste. canova has been hauling in campaign dollars, nearly 3 million so far, running political ads on miami fort lauderdale television, hammering wasserman schultz tied to corporate interests. he is backed by equally critical senator bernie sanders, largely explaining why 90% of his campaign dollars are from out-of-state. here in miami-dade county early voting began today for this august 30th primary, bill. bill: is she actually vulnerable? could she be challenged and moved. >>

in miami, phil keating, fox news. >> a murder of a chicago mother in broad daylight is sending ((lloyd )) chicago police in the >> chicago police are questioning three people in the shooting of chicago nba player dwyane wade's cousin. >> prayer vil image for nikea afternoon while she was pushing her newborn in a stroller. >> wasn't hurting anybody. a bullet that had no name decided to find its way to her head. >> the cousin of dweand. dwyane wade, part of an nba special against violence. >> we can start the so it. >> according to the chicago tribune there have already been 455 homicides in chicago this year, compare that to the 490 murders in chicago in the whole of 2015. >> our children are living in fear. how do you go to school and get an education, when you're afraid to go to school and praying you get home from school alive? >> police say aldridge was not the intended target of the shooting. her baby was not hurt and is now being members. in new york, brian yenis, fox news. >> donald trump is stirring up controversy again on twitter by using the death of dwyane wade's cousin to ge

mike tobin covering the ohio senate race for us and phil keating has the latest on the senate race in tobin. hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, martha. it's an interesting race in ohio because it's got a lot to do with a guy who's not running for senate, donald trump. when you look at the latest polling numbers, portman is on his way to a comfortable lead against ted strickland, 45.2 to 38.8. however, when you look at the polls for the presidential race, hillary clinton is beating donald trump in ohio 45.3 to 40.5. so the logical move for strickland is to connect portman to the republican nominee. >> rob portman is continuing to wrap his arms around donald trump and to say he supports him to be the next president of the united states. >> reporter: now, portman dodges any connection with trump. he's never been photographed with him, and he highlights things that separate him from the republican pack like all of his endorsements from labor. >> i decided a long time ago, long before we knew donald trump would be the nominee, we were going to do our own independent campaign. >> reporter: so his r

phil keating is live in miami with the story. >> reporter: stormy and blustery primary day in the sunshinehigh profile raises for congressman. wassermann schultz is facing her strongest primary challenge in many years, perhaps ever. it's seen as a proxy rematch of the struggle between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. more than $6 million has been spent on wassermann schultz' primary battle, most of that tv spots, a lot of that paid for with money from out of state. hillary clinton supports the former dnc chair and her opponent is supported by bernie sanders. >> if tim kanova wins the primary, he'll go to washington with limited knowledge and experience. schultz would go back to washington with a severely hurt brand. >> reporter: on the democratic side, running for the u.s. senate seat currently held by republican marco rubio, you have two congressman, alan grayson and patrick murphy. polls show both of them comfortably winning i want to be, that will put them against each other in november, in a high stakes and costly florida senate race. back to you in new york. >> we'll be watching, p

in miami beach, phil keating fox news. >>> a man shot and killed outside of his home -- >> -- he justed music. that's all he did was do music and be at home in his room. >> how the victim is being remembered as berkeley police investigate their first homicide of the year. >>> caught in the act, a search for two people seem tagging buildings in san francisco. >>> dorm drama, why hundreds of students will not be able to move into the building they were assigned to at san jose state. >>> police in berkeley are investigating that city's first homicide of the year, a young man, an aspiring rapper was shot just after midnight outside his home. we spoke with the victim's families today. >> reporter: police say this was no random attack in the family of a young man who was shot to death says they can't think of a reason why anyone would have targeted him. >> -- targeted him. his sister is grief stricken. >> if it can happen to our family, it can happen to anyone family. >> reporter: it happened just before midnight. he didn't recognize the person that was at the door so he went out the back d

mill who wishes he was phil keating. jay gib is the rich man's -- he smiles like a certain giant i know. a dead ringer for zach morris. >> there you go. you got it right there, clearly. >> i can't believe we didn't make fun of ben kis se l. >> what do you think? >> that was the most laid back archer. yeah, he seems like a cool guy of the. >> it is a very impressive sport. jay to shoot -- i mean a regular old bow and arrow and i did it in the boy scouts. >> in 9th grade they had arch rein my school and i tried out for it and made the team and was the best archer on the team and was very happy about it. then they took it out because they said it was too dangerous to have. >> really? i don't know why. >> i was like a beast. it was a bulls eye. i could have had a gold medal. if it wasn't for liberals taking them out of the school. >> i want the medal. >> these are the medal and lebron zeros. >> they have absolutely no shooting implements. they should check the air pressure on that bow. that's all i'm saying. >> it took me aw

phil keating reports on the efforts to kill mosquitos before they can attack. >> reporter: the zika air under way with plans to continue spraying over a 10 square mile area this weekend. the county says after the flyovers, the traps revealed 100% killed. this despite a budding showdown. >> government in action that is the height of irresponsibility. >> reporter: florida senior u.s. senator democrat bill nelson today the latest raekted official to descend on miami's emergencyhe's calling on congre return early from august recess to pass the president's $1.8 billion zika funding request. >> what about when it's discovered in another state? the fact is that this is a health emergency about and it needs to be dealt with straight on. >> reporter: he follows in person visits on the street by the governor saying the crisis is real, here and now. >> we don't want people to be scared of coming here. so from my perspective, whatever it takes to get this done, whether a special session, if the senate went in tomorrow in a pro forma session, i'd be pleased with that, as well. we need the funds. >>

>> phil keating in miami.important story we'll follow as the liolympics start this we as well. >>> you would think that plan to ntalists would be lower pollutants they think are behind climate change. as dan springer reports from seattle, in this particular case, the enthusiasm is a lot different than you would expect. >> reporter: environmental groups have been at work with carbon fuels for decades. they argue coal, oil and natural gas are at root of the change in the world's changing climate that they say is real. so, you would think that they would line up against the ballot initiative of carbon use. >> putting a price on carbon is the single most thing we can do. >> it would add 25 cents to every gallon of gas, increase air fares and raise utility bills costing $2 billion a year. revenue neutral by cutting the state's sales tax. similar system has been in place for british columbia for eight years. they report a 16% drop in carbon emissions and no major economic hit. but the alliance for jobs and clean ene

we begin with phil keating in miami where democrats are picking a challengeer to encumbent marco rubio and deciding what to do with their high profile but damaged representative. good evening, phil. >> reporter: good evening, bret. in most of florida, just about 45 minutes left until the polls close-up in the panhandle in central time they'll have an extra hour beyond that. rainy day today. didn't help turnout too much on what is historical ly a 40% turnout day in florida. getting national attention and out of state money. debbie wasserman-schultz is in the biggest democratic primary challenge of her political career, coming on the leaked e-mails of the democratic national committee. she is endorsed by hillary clinton. while law professor tim kanova is backed by sanders making for a rematch. after having to resign from her dnc chairmanship during the democratic national convention. >> we don't take any money from corporate interests. none of their pacs are super pacs. it leaves us free to represent the people. >> they want to know they have a fighter. they want to know that it's someon

phil keating is live in miami with more. hey, phil. >> reporter: hi, shannon. day in florida is democrats are in fact going to be able to pull off retaking control of the u.s. senate in dc, florida's seat held by republican marco rubio is considered a critical must-win. three-term congressman from orlando, alan grayson, is running to do just that. he's one of the more liberal members of congress, famously ripping republicans during the health care debate, belittling the gop plan as, quote, don't get sick and if you do, die quickly. he's also been the subject of ethics investigations and domestic abuse claims by his ex-wife in a messy divorce which grayson staunchly denies. >> 26 grayson hills passed the house, passed the senate, were signed into law by the united states. i don't think patrick has passed a single law in the house. he's been a legislative zero. i think i've been a legislative hero. >> reporter: political fact check verers have called his cl, quote, inflated. two-term congressman patrick murphy is also hoping to change chambers. he's won the suppo

phil keating reports. >> first, it's a beautiful mosquito if you look at the colorations and the markingsn it. but second is what a challenging opponent. >> shelly of lee county, florida, is a leading soldier in the bat toll protect the public from the insidious zika carrying mosquito the aedes aegypti. >> should be highly respected and that borders on fear. >> we should be scared. they're the deadly animals to humans, killing 725,000 people worldwide every year through viruses they carry. >> wherever you happen to have this, along with international travel, it's a real threat. >> but the stit's geography stakes it prime breeding ground for mosquitos. lee county along the west coast has the largest mosquito problem. some areas have as high as 45,000 eggs per square foot. authorities knew early on they had to create their own mosquito control district. >> they voted by referendum to tax themselves to have a special service of mosquito control. >> here in lee county, an area with a lot of acre age and a lot of marsh, the annual mosquito control budget is $17 million. that's the largest in t

phil keating shows us what happened from miami. >> we've been -- >> can you guarantee -- >> you can guarantee -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> the first and only debate between debbie wasserman schultz and her democratic challenger took mace sunday morning in south florida, a heated hour reminisce sent of the democratic primary hour between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. >> this race has a lot of parallels with the national democratic primary. you have a moderate candidate competing against a more progressive candidate. debbie wasserman schultz, clinton, biden and obama back her. backing her rival is bernie sanders. >> reporter: he's echoing equally critical bernie sanders who accused debbie wasserman schultz and the democratic national convention of bias in favor of clinton, a charge substantiated in the dnc hacked e-mail scandal. she had to resign from chairing the dnc because of those e-mails. not taking any chances, she's brought in heavyweights to the district. >> i've won every election. >> reporter: the two also sparred on israel, an important issue in this district. he's called for

. >> phil keating live in miami for us, thank you. >>> we'll have an in-depth look at the fight againstika virus and whether or not the u.s. is on the verge of a pandemic. here is a preview. take a look. >> interpreter: it's like emotional feelings. i have to be strong at this time. they are telling me a while have to wait until she's born to know what's going on with her. >> reporter: this expectant mother spoke exclusively to the knocks news channel before giving birth this year. she allowed cameras to catch the first moments of her daughter's life, the first baby born in the continental u.s. with microcephaly linked to the zika virus. >> interpreter: waiting on god really to know what will happen. >> reporter: she is from honduras and was visiting relatives in the u.s. >> the baby we delivered yesterday with microcephaly, she was probably bitten in the first trimester of pregnancy, and she never thought that mosquito bite is going to lead to the child being affected. >> interpreter: now instead of a mosquito bite, it's like so harmless, right, one doesn't really know. i do not know.

. >> this morning governor rick scott and other lawmakers are asking for more fox 13's phil keating has more from miami. >> reporter: the breaking waves of south beach now accompanied by the breaking news that zika is actively spreading on world famous miami beach. five new cases under investigation involve two local residents and three tourists who visited the beach from new york, texas and taiwan. neither case is connected to the health department's previously declared one- transition zone across biscayne bay over miami's hip and trendy wynwood district. >> we believe there is a new area where local transmissions are happening in miami beach. >> reporter: due to this, governor rick scott changed his itinerary to talk jobs to instead come back to miami to once again talk zika. >> a detailed plan from th obama administration how they would like us to work with fema now that this has become mosquito-borne in i initially asked for this on june 1 and asked iby june 15. we still haven't received it, and i have repeatedly called on the president for this. >> reporter: florida is now se activ

phil keating has more. >> reporter: if democrats are going to take control of the u.s. senate, florida's seat held byarco rubio is the democrats want fog do that include two sitting congr congressman. third termer grayson and patrick murphy. once a registered republican he calls himself fiscally cons in 2012. grayson is the most liberal members of congress and fa famously belittled republicans during the health care debate. >> here it is the republicans' health care plan for america, don't get sick. rorter: he has been the subject of ethics investigations. for that senators harry reid and chuck human is very asked him to drop out, grayson's ex-wife made domestic abuse claims against him which g grayson staunchly denies. house and senate. signed into law but the president of the united states. farce i know patrick has not passed a single vote into the house or signed into law by the president. a legislative zer orb. i think i am a legislative h hero. >> reporter: fact checkers rate legislative claims as inflated and mostly true. >> that is congressman grayson. what he is

. >>> phil keating in miami, thank you. >>> and earlier i talked to the director of infectious diseases, and i started by asking him where the zika virus is headed outside tucson's borders. >> i hope it doesn't happen, but when you have travel-related cases lake we have in florida, carlos to 500 travel-related cases which means that people got infected is where and came to florida they have the right weather and environmental conditions, which make it difficult to control mosquitos. so i would not be surprised if we see both more individual cases and perhaps small clusters as we have already seen in florida and other gulf coast state s particularly like texas and louisiana, where you may see that. i hope we do not, but i think we should not be surprised if we do see other cases along other gulf coast states. >> and with louisiana's flooding does that increase the likelihood that that is going to happen? >> well, during the process of flooding, it does more to get rid of mosquitos temporarily, but then after the flooding there is a real problem withstanding water. that will make it a ver

fox's phil keating tel politicians are looking for ways to pay for it all. >> reporter: miami-dade county zika air assault is now under way with plans to continue spraying insecticide over a 10-square-mile area this weekend. the county laid mosquito traps first and after the flyovers the traps revealed 100% kills, this despite a funding sho showdown. >> government inaction that is the height of irresponsibility. >> reporter: florida senior nelson today, the latest elected official to descend on miami's emergency zika situation. he is calling on congress to return early from august rehe is to pass the president's $1.8 billion zika funding req request.what about when it is discovered in another state. the fact is that this is a health emergency, and it needs to be dealt with straight on. >> excuse me. >> reporter: he follows in person on the strt thursday by florida's governor and south florida's congressional delegation all dig a that florida's zika crisis is real here and now with today a new 16th case confirmed to have come from a mosquito in that neighborhood. >> we don't want people to

phil keating, thank you very much. >>> major league baseball players ryan howard and ryan zimmerman have been clear of allegations they used human growth hormone. that charge was made by al jazeera america in a program that also implicated several nfl players. howard of the philadelphia phillies and zimmerman of the washington nationals are suing the now defunct station for defamation. >>> american olympic swimmer ryan lochte says he's sorry for the way he explained what happened to him and three teammates early sunday in rio de janeiro. the apology comes as the swimmers and olympic officials try to move on after an incredibly embarrassing incident for all involved. correspondent steve harrigan has the latest tonight from rio. >> reporter: three of the four u.s. swimmers accused of lying about being robbed at gunpoint in rio are now back in the united states. gunnar bentz and jack conger were allowed to leave brazil one day after being pulled off a night by federal police who seized their passports and interrogated them about the tawdry events of sunday morning which included vandalism,

>> phil keating in miami.t story we'll follow as the liolympics start this we as well. >>> you would think that environmentalists would be enthusiastic over a plan to lower pollutants they think are behind climate change. as dan springer reports from seattle, in this particular case, the enthusiasm is a lot different than you would expect. >> reporter: environmental groups have been at work with carbon fuels for decades. they argue coal, oil and natural gas are at root of the change in the world's changing climate that they say is real. so, you would think that they would line up against the ballot initiative of carbon use. >> putting a price on carbon is the single most thing we can do. >> it would add 25 cents to every gallon of gas, increase air fares and raise utility bills costing $2 billion a year. revenue neutral by cutting the state's sales tax. similar system has been in place for british columbia for eight years. they report a 16% drop in carbon emissions and no major economic hit. but the alliance f

first to miami, florida, phil keating watching the race there's. >> a couple of races in florida, oneg debbie wasserman-schultz. she's in the middle or at least until tonight her biggest primary challenge she's had in decades, this despite the rainey day with pockets of rain outside, people did show up today to vote around the state. congressman wasserman-schultz, well she's backed by hillary clinton in a what is seen as a proxy rematch between clinton and bernie sanders. sanders supports law professor tim conova. he feels wasserman-schultz is beatable after she had to resign her chairmanship of the democratic national committee because of that e-mail scandal. >> tim wins the primary then he'll go to washington with limited influence and no experience. if wasserman-schultz retains the seat she goes back to washington with a severely hurt brand. >> republican senator marco rubio facing four challengers for his senate seat. the strongest coming from conservative developer carlos beruff. who the winner faces in november will either be pa try murphy or alan gracin. polling data suggests b

in miami, phil keating fox news. ♪ >> back to your fox 29 weather authority.ce day, of course, everyone wondering about the weekend. >> i am. it was nice out there today. can we duplicate that one, scott. >> it looks like tomorrow, chris and dawn, we're talking heat, feels like temperatures around 100 degrees and also some scattered showers and thunderstorms. so all good things must come to an end as far as the nice weather that we've seen for your friday. we have some cloud cover across the area but we are dry. but off to the west, look at this front that will be the weekend system that will bring a line of showers and thunderstorms our way. not a complete wash out but certainly watch the clock and watch the timing much here's tomorrow morning. waking up to fog across the area. mostly cloudy skies. and once again it will be dry start running those errands but look at the clock. by 11:00 north and west as we move toward the pocono mountains, the lehigh valley. watching for some scatter showers and thunderstorms by 1:00 o'clock north and western suburbs. moving

phil keating shows us what happened from miami. >> we've been -- >> can you guarantee -- >> you can guarantee- [ overlapping speakers ] >> the first and only debate between debbie wasserman schultz and her democratic challenger took mace sunday morning in south florida, a heated hour reminisce sent of the democratic primary hour between bernie sanders and hillary clinton. >> this race has a lot of parallels with the national democratic primary. you have a moderate candidate competing against a more progressive candidate. debbie wasserman schultz, clinton, biden and obama back her. backing her rival is bernie sanders. >> reporter: he's echoing equally critical bernie sanders who accused debbie wasserman schultz and the democratic national convention of bias in favor of clinton, a charge substantiated in the dnc hacked e-mail scandal. she had to resign from chairing the dnc because of those e-mails. not taking any chances, she's brought in heavyweights to the district. >> i've won every election. >> reporter: the two also sparred on israel, an important issue in this district. he's called for a

fox correspondent phil keating tells us politicians are looking for ways to pay for it in a 10-mile area. they laid mosquito traps first and after the flyovers the traps revealed 100% kills despite a funding showdown. >> government inaction that is the height of irresponsibility. >> reporter: florida's senior u.s. senator democrat bill nelson today, the latest elected official to ascend on miami's emergency zika situation. he is calling on congress to return early from august recess to pass the billion zika funding request. >> what about when it was discovered in the state. the fact is that this is a health emergency and it needs to be dealt with straight on. >> excuse me. >> reporter: he follows in-person on the street visits thursday by florida's governor and south florida's congressional delegation all saying that florida's zika crisis is here and now with neighborhood. >> we don't want people to be scared of coming here, to from my frequent, whatever it takes to get this done, whether a special session. whether the senate went tomorrow into pro forma session, we need these funs. >> r