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rick scott is going to be leading things off.residential election, doesn't it? >> yes, and i mean, rick scott has been a great supporter of donald trump all along. so i think the highlights tonight are always the trump e t a humanity on donald trump, and they are just so articulate and well adjusted being children of a billionaire. i thought tiffany trump did an amazing job last night. she just graduated from college, for pete's sake, and put a real human touch on donald trump, how he always remarked on her report cards, and the values he taught the family. dream big, go after your dreams no matter how large they're, but put your head down and work hard for them. that's something everyone can relate to. that is the american dream. so the trump children really i think have been donald trump's greatest assets this convention so far. so i'm looking forward to hear what eric has to say tonight. lou: when you think of a family's children playing such an important role in a national party convention as they have in this year's 2016 rep

rick scott, obviously a crucial state for donald trump to win.ht now in hillary clinton polls there, but there is a lot of work to be done. we are told hillary clinton will be making her vice presidential announcement in florida. we will hear what governor rick scott has to say, and i am here with the panel, of course, and our colleagues. david axelrod, last night was supposed to be make america work again. we didn't tilly hear too much on the economic -- and it was back to hillary clinton time and time again. do you expect a different tone tonight? >> i think what we've learn side this party is united in its opposition to hillary clinton. the question is whether it can come together around this nominee, and i think we will have to hear more of that to be convinced that they can do that, and obviously, people will be looking for cues from ted cruz. marco rubio sent a video. i guess he won't affect himself in his campaign if he appears in video and not in person, but i think they've got a lot of work to do between now and the close of this convent

. >>> florida governor rick scott says his state could spend millions to fight toxic algae that is foulinglly mess is affecting an area known as florida's treasure coast. here is omar villafranca. >> reporter: the goopy blue-green algae blooms turned many southeast florida waterways into a thick poisonous soup. irene gomes, owner of driftwood motel in jenson beach says the blooms are the worst she has ever seen and scaring away her customers. how much business have you lost in a few days? >> from one group of relatives coming in together $1,000. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott declared state of emergency in palm beach, lee, martin and saint lucy. he believes water released from the largest freshwater lake in the state. the lake has high levels of phosphorous and nitrogen from fertilizer, animal feed and human waste. nutrients that algae thrive on. the lake also has a deadly history of flooding and is kempt in check by an aging earthen dike. to reduce pressure, the army corps of engineer must drain lake water into the saint lucy estuary, one of the areas now inundated by algae. >>

. >> that is governor rick scott why this is trump's ticket to the white house. the florida governor is joining us live next. >> governor scott had a powerful message. >> finally i had some great news. this is the time america has been waiting for. this year we get to fire the politicians. and who better to let the politicians know you are fired than donald trump? >> governor rick scott joins us live from cleveland, a friend of fox & friends first. good morning. >> good morning. i watch you every morning when i am working out. >> we love it. on your treadmill. >> great speech last night. one of the things we just heard you say was talking about we are going to fire the politicians. >> donald trump is clearly not a politician. i have been in business all my life. donald trump is going to bring a business head to the job. he is going to focus on building jobs. he's going to focus on destroying isis and military. he's going to be a great president. >> he mentioned isis. that's an issue so many care about isis and fighting terrorism. you experienced it first hand wit

the crowd went into day two mode, but rick scott was in day three mode. >> he also had a fantastic line that has not been deployed enough. if you acknowledge your own candidate's central weakness, you get more credibility when you tout his assets. he did that. he said donald trump is not always polite. but i thought it was a great speech. this speech should have been seen by more people than it probably was. >> although, you wonder, is it a tone-setter? is this the tone-setter for the night? but the other part of it, it was better only because it stood out. we might not have noticed this speech in a normal year, in a normal convention. i think that tells you how striking it was that this speech and maybe this is the start that they have paid attention to all the criticism they've gotten about how harsh night one and might two were. >> and, chuck, as a florida guy, we just heard from the governor of florida, we're very soon going to hear from the attorney general of florida, she's also on the list of speakers tonight. the last poll in florida, hillary clinton up by seven. how competitive

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governor rick scott confirmed the first suspected cases of locally transmitted zika in the u.s. one woman and three men in a small area just north of downtown miami. virus, the department of health is testing people in the infected area to ensure there are no other cases. >> reporter: president obama has been briefed on the florida cases and officials are crit sizing congress for leaving on recess before striking the funding deal. >> we need the money. >> reporter: a doctor with the national institute was health said she certain certain there expect a very big outbreak. pregnant women are at the greatest risk with devastating birth defects. florida residents are urged to wear long sleeves and repellt s the f darks -- fda in two motorcyclist traffic stop. the 43-year-old driver from brockton has been charged anthe the >>> wearing the same orange jumpsu he had on when carjack a come, kevin gearhart appeared over skype to face charges of escape, running from police and tempting to steal a car from a gas station. he was caught on camera walking away from the gas station. you can see

we will be hearing a lot more of that over the in, few hours. >> rick scott, the governor of florida, elected in 2010 he specifically was addressing the skeptics, people who might have misgivings about donald trump. he said he knows that he's not polite donald trump, that he can be a little rough and perhaps he's too direct, but the stakes are too high, that what is at stake right now is the american dream itself. >> he said the very survival of the american dream is at stake right now. the next president must destroy this evil which he referred to as isis. stand by. dana bash is with us right now. jim acosta is there, sara murray, they're all on the convention floor. dana, you have new information about ted cruz and what we anticipate from him tonight. >> i talked to a source who has seen his prepared remarks and in that speech that they have given about 30 minutes ago to republican officials, there is no endorsement, no endorsement of donald trump. this source says that in these prepared remarks there's just one line about trump, and he doesn't explicit he say that he will vote for

the thing i'm going to tell you that you don't know, while this convention was going on, rick scott,e not very popular governor of florida, was announced as the new head of a trump super pac. i'm told from a source he hasn't actually written a huge check to it. the expectation was that rick scott who funded his own campaign with $70 million of hits own money as written less than a mill. >> i remember president obama when he was a state senator running for senator and all of my progressive idealistic friends were obsessed with this guy, we had a kegger in my house, we gave the envelope in the campaign -- >> to run for senate. >> to run for senate. even running that state senate race there was something electrified about him, something that people cottoned to immediately and i went in boston and got the advanced version of the speech and sat next to a 60-something-year-old black woman who i had never met and i said i think you're going to like this speech and she liked that speech. >> we did learn that you had a kegger back then. >> that's what you're supposed to be doing in your 20s.

plus florida governor rick scott will join us. reaction to ted cruz, to the vp candidate mike pence, and much more. straight ahead. we're also expecting a decision on rates from the ecb. check out the euro markets. what's happening in socialism land this morning. down. we'll have that decision. "squawk box" will be right back. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." couple stocks to watch right about now. strong demand for barbie dolls. mattel posting a smaller than expected loss. also networks beating estimates. and the goldliner cutting the gold cost forecast. coming up when we return -- >> the barbie news was good, you said? >> good news for barbie. >> because the news had been bad. then they introduced new barbies. we didn't look into it. >> e with don't have any barbies in our house. >> not yet. >> not yet. >>> general motors ready to report. we're going to have the numbers shortly. plus -- >> vote your conscience. vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the constitution.

two florida governors rick scott are no. but the business of campaigning. it continues tonight no matter what the answer is is. >> are you hoping to cash in on it a little? >> right. >> reporter: that is what everyone is talking about outside the q tonight that inside it is all about the official nomination of donald trump. for president. and governor mike pence for vice president. right here in new york you're looking at a live picture of rudy giuliani. it was new york that capped the delegate vote. 89 delegates on the great state of new york that could move them over the top and that number is read by donald trump. his son will be speaking here tonight. also speaking tonight will be the house majority leader from california just a few seconds ago. take a listen. >> i will talk about a better way. the agenda and the fair attack system with a more secure america giving everybody an opportunity to rise, looking at the poverty across the process of what we would have in america making those changes. and also about their regulatory of where they are. that noth

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governor rick scott is urging the government to help mebs of >>> my bad. low to mid-80s. recovered niegsly in the afternoon -- nicely in the afternoon. showers over hunterdon and mercer and somerset county. in the morning, should be 74 degrees. touch of patchy fog. after that thunderstorms will be help you navigate through it. accuweather is seven minutes away. >>> nearly four years after the unthinkable massacre in newtown, connecticut, a new school ready to open. the billing replaces the old school torn down after the community was devastateded in december 2012 by a shooting rampage. 20 children, six adults killed. the $50 million facility designed to keep students and staff safe and foster healing. >> intent of this building is to i can also share with you that the safety and security measures that are in this building are second to none. >> the school's special safety features include impact resistant windows, surveillance video inside and out and several gates that visitors must now pass through. 309 students are enrolled this fall. marco...! polo! marco...! polo! ma

rick scott also didn't echo that. >> nor does donald trump.hatever you think of the convention, his whips on the floor have done a good job of managing the convention. they know that's the cheer. they can ask the delegations if they want, i'm not saying they will agree but don't say this. they can ask. if he is flat reading the prompt t prompter they can grin up the crowd. he comes back from the script and they say why didn't you stay on the speech and he says the crowd was flat. hillary clinton is leading in the metric, the polling, the structure, the state by state. the die flynamics are for chang. the american people think is country is off on the wrong track. they are freaked out by cops getting shot in the street. he can make this case. the question is will he make the case. >> jeffrey. >> i just heard from donald trump, himself, he thinks that this convention has been a tremendous convention. he thinks that he has a message for you that he is not pleased. he thinks that we're not accurately representing his convention, which he feels has

. >> reporter: my name is rick scott governor of the great start of in order!'s 29 electoral votes could very well determine who is standing on the big stage in january. >> november 8 is a day of reckoning. >> reporter: consider this. the last republican to win florida george w. bush won the state by five points in 2004 with 56% support from latinos. eight years later though barack obama won the state by a single point. but latinos swung to support him 60% to 39. albert is of cuban decent and hasn't voted for republican since george w. and george w. campaigned on path to citizenship and support of bilingual education. >> i don't think the party is anything. i think it's dead. >> reporter: recent national poll of latinos by nbc tell monday dough shows clinton leading trump 76 to 14. >> we are going build a wall. it will be a real wall. >> reporter: trump's approval rating lung latinos stands at only 11%. >> while we're in this nation we should be speaking english. >> reporter: tampa resident corrina santana has mexican ancestors voted for republican presidential

. >> reporter: governor rick scott declared state of emergency in four opportunityies, martin, saint lucy, palm beach and lee, the impact now spreading to florida's golf coast. >> reporter: today protesters blaming state and federal officials for not doing enough to stop pollution on lake okeechobee. >> these guys need to get off their keesters and get this done. senator marco rubio touring the devastated areas and saying it wasn't that simple. >> because, in the end, there are multiple contributors to this. >> reporter: among the other factors fueling the algae bloom s are the warmer temperatures and heavy rain this year. >> all that coming together is a perfect storm. >> reporter: today we went along with a team from florida atlantic university as they collected samples. >> we don't have enough science yet to point a finger at anybody and say it's that, it's that, it's that. >> reporter: now concern is growing over the state's rich fish and wildlife. the algae's full impact still unknown. as you can see, the algae in this neighborhood is right up against these homes. locals here wo

florida governor rick scott says no mosquitoes in the state have tested positive for zika. health officials believe the turning to the weather, some much-needed rain. cindy, depending on where you are, you are seeing different amounts. cindy: some is better than the. light rain across the area of for much of the morning. take a look at what has fallen so far. most areas under a corner, in some areas, under .1 inches of rain. we continue with over the next few hours, there will be downpours. some of these, rain may come down hard enough to produce localized flash flooding. you can see the rain over boston north and west. to the south, we have some heavier rain showing up down toward where ham, the cape. the rain may even get a little open water. to the north and west, things are drying out but guys are starting to brighten and there could be one or two isolated thundershowers that pop up to the rest of the afternoon. although that main area shifts out of the cave at 4:00, we can unrelenting isolated storms by 2:00 this afternoon. more on your forecast, coming up. erika: than

. >>> rick scott declared a state of emergency for a massive algae blue.em to reduce the algae spread. the bloom giving off an ov overpouring stinoverpou overpouring stench. >>> it is time to get down to business as americans prepare to celebrate this weekend. gas prices at the lowest point for independence day since 2005. nearly six in ten travelers are expected to take at least a four-night vacation. >>> apple looking to bring on artists like kanye west and beyonce. it comes at a time when apple aims to include more including a new design. >>> just ahead, an american record is set as the olympic qualifiers. history is made at the college world series. sports next. tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto wi

governor rick scott referred to four human cases in miami-dade and broward county counties. no mosquitos there have been tested positive for the virus. but health officials ruled out other potential causes. concerns about the zika virus have shut down blood banks in those two counties. >> 80% of people who get zika infections don't get sick. i can be healthy and donate blood. that zika virus can be circulating in my bloodstream for about 6, 7 days. >> pregnant women are still the biggest concern since zika may lead to birth defects. >>> lake tahoe setting records but not the good kind. the warning about warmer water. coming up. >> good afternoon from the kpix 5 weather center. the coast is not clear but we do have other good news. we are starting to see light at the endful tunnel. the big relief for the inland areas. the big cooldown, details as the newscast continues. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, california desert.. killing pilot. >>> the military is investigating why one of the marine corps fighter jets crashed in the southern california desert killing a pilots. the f/a-18 c went d

governor of florida rick scott indicated that spring is -- straying is underway and they are trying to contain it to an area north of downtown miami. travellers tell us they will have to wait and see what updates they get from public health officials and they are hoping this will contain the situation but they may want to reconsider their plans to go to that part of florida. people have said, gosh, this is a lot bigger than we originally thought. that it has spread from south america to north america and that has people on edge but right now people are waiting to see what happens next before they make any drastic changes. live at sfo, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> stay >>> coming up at 6:00, call it another injustice. tonight only on 7, the promise the state has yet to fulfill to a man who spent 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. >>> and the big money being spent at the palo alto v.a. on art. like this $400,000 boulder. why some say the spending is justified. >>> and the move from strip to chip. 7 on your side's michael finney looks at how the transition is going and the c

governor rick scott says one woman and three men likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites. no mosquitoes have tested positive for zika. the director of the cdc says he would not be surprised if more cases are reported. >>> in lake county firefighters will be mopping up after a brushfire that started in clear lake oaks off highway 53. at least 30 acres burned. the fire destroyed one building. people and animals had to evacuate. dry and windy conditions spread splaims. the devastating rocky fire started in lake county exactly one year ago today. >>> and the fire in monterey county grew a thousand i can aers today. it has burned 33,000 agriculturers. cal fire released a time lapse video. it has burned an area slately bigger than the city of san francisco. it could take a month to put out. >>> well, big news for voters' rights groups. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, the state laws overturn #ed -- overturned. >> suggesting you are a little man moved by fear. >> the heated response to hillary clinton after the democratic convention. >> and space-x called to duty again. 9 new m

. >> reporter: my name is rick scott governor of the great start of in order! >> it's 29 electoral votes could very well determine who is standing on the big stage in january. >> november 8 is a day of reckoning. >> reporter: consider this. the last republican to win florida george w. bush won the state by five points in 2004 with 56% support from latinos. eight years later though barack obama won the state by a single point. but latinos swung to support him 60% to 39. albert is of cuban decent and hasn't voted for republican since george w. and george w. campaigned on path to citizenship and support of bilingual education. >> i don't think the party is anything. i think it's dead. >> reporter: recent national poll of latinos by nbc tell monday dough shows clinton leading trump 76 to 14. >> we are going build a wall. it will be a real wall. >> reporter: trump's approval rating lung latinos stands at only 11%. >> while we're in this nation we should be speaking english. >> reporter: tampa resident corrina santana has mexican ancestors voted for republican presid

. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott says he predicted the outbreak and has already allocated $22.6 million to fight the virus in his state. >> 28 counties have received funding to combat zika. now that florida's become the first state to have a local transmission, likely through mosquitos, we will continue to put every resiewrs available to fight the spread of zika in our state. >> reporter: zika is linked to a birth defect causing babies to be born with abnormally small heads. officials are urging pregnant women and those planning to become pregnant to avoid mosquito bites. >> it's a small little thing of standing water get rid of it, all around your house and your business and wear insect repellent. >> reporter: federal health officials say they do not expect the virus to become widespread in the u.s. or reach levels seen in brazil. they do say we may see small outbreaks like the ones in miami and they're advising those planning to visit south florida not to change their travel plans. reena. >> ninan: so a little bit of good news there. >> reporter: just a bit. >> ninan: we'll ta

. >> rick scott says four residents with zika likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites in the area. more than 1600 zika infections have been reported in the united states. the four patients in florida would be the first not linked to travel outside the u.s. mainland. that's what's happening in the news. it is friday. a lot of people wait for friday. i know you love it. we talk about friday on monday. nick: i talk about the weekend on monday. ernie: how's it going to look? nick: looking okay for the rest of today. a shower or two northwest of the city. that's about it. that. the heat is done. ernie: that will cool down. nick: today we made the low to middle 80s. a couple of upper 80s, but no more 90s for a while. it is going to stay humid. 83, 69 in new york city today. look at that. that's an average day compared to what we've been recently. record high 99. record low at 59. we did get well needed rain, the early part of the morning. it poured in central new jersey on to long island. we got an inch in new york city. we can take have fallen over the reservoir country, but they

governor rick scott wants to set up grants to help homeowner that want to switch from tanks to central sue war systems -- sewer systems. septic tank run off is partly to blame. >>> people are looking for interesting ways to cool off. the hottest day of the year so far. >> pretty close. maybe not quite. a 96 in june. close. >> feels like the hottest day. >> more humid. interesting picture. i had to. i tweeted it earlier. getting cooled off by a hose at the national zoo. >> moving slowly. >> they are on the east coast of africa. they are used to the heat but they have to cool down. >> we will all want something like that by tomorrow. mary, great picture. it's on facebook if you want to look at it. down to 93. dew points are below 7 o. it has become below 70. dew points were in the 70s until 1:00. t' heat index. tomorrow 95. heat index 102. 94 friday, 102 as well. still hot on saturday but less humid. negligible heat index. maybe 95. upper 80s sunday. upper 80s monday. average high is 88. not crazy hot and not breaking records. a hot and muggy evening will lead to a warm and muggy night.

businessman florida governor rick scott is here to go "on the record."ening, sir. >> it's exciting to be here. >> fun to be-to-have another businessman nominated as well. >> like my racetrack in 2010. i was the oyster. i was not the establishment candidate and all the polls i couldn't win and we won. it's exciting. i have a partner in washington who is going to help me get more jobs. >> you are very optimistic. florida is a very tight state. it's a big state to win. you have got to win florida. you have got so many electoral college votes if there. >> you have to win florida. the most important state. >> the most important state. i thought wisconsin was, mine. tell me what does donald trump have to do to win those independents and undecideds? >> i think it's all about jobs and he has the right background the business person. a person who has never created private sector job hillary clinton and strong on isis. >> what's your unemployment rate. >> down to 4.7%. >> 1,118,000 jobs. hopefully we have another good month. issue is the economy. think about it wi

florida governor rick scott is speaking. tonight's theme make america first again.eadliners include trump's former political rivals senators marco rubio and ted cruz and wisconsin governor scott walker and his son eric trump. former speaker of the house newt gingrich and as we mentioned trump's vp pick. mike pence. we have team coverage tonight beginning with cbs reporter craig boswell inside the q. >> reporter: you just ran down the list of speakers. about 16 people expected on this stage tonight to address this delegation and the nation. we're hearing today melania trump' speech writer with an explanation of the lifted phrases and look, outside we're also hearing from demonstrators who are trying to get their voices heard as well. [ yelling ] >> reporter: police moved in to break up a crowd as protestors set fire to an american flag outside the quicken loans arena. several people were detained as police moved in to control the crowd. a protest heated up shortly after republican presidential nominee donald trump made a dramatic return to cleveland this afternoon. h

florida governor rick scott pumped up the crowd last night. he is with us.which was overarching theme coming into this and you also talked about the american dream. i don't know why or how it became so many different things to so many different people. how does donald trump tonight go up there and let everyone know, every single person in america that he is their guy and can make their dreams come true? >> well i think what he ought to do is talk about his lifetime, what he's done, how he raised his kids. the american dream is important to me. i started school living in public housing. don't know my natural dad. grew up this country where you build a business. my mom told me i can do anything possible. i would talk about. he is here for everybody. that he is going to make sure this is country where it is fair. you have every shot to build a company, do whatever you like to do in your life, as long as you're helping other people. charles: here's the problem with that. just a year ago entrepreneurship dropped to the lowest level ever. millenials are starting h

. >> reporter: the florida governor rick scott confirmed the first cases of locally transin his zikan the u.s. one woman and three men got the virus from a mosquito bite probably. health officials say the infections occurred in a small area just north of downtown miami. >> while no mosquito traps have tested positive for the zika virus, the department of health is aggressively testing people in the affected area to ensure there are no other cases of this virus. >> reporter: president obama has been briefed on the florida cases. white house officials are criticizing congress for leaving for recess before striking a zika funding deal. >> we really do need the money. >> reporter: the national institutes of health says while he is almost certain the u.s. will see more cases, he doesn't expect a large zika outbreak like in brazil or puerto rico. >> we must assume that that could happen and that's the reason why you get very aggressive in trying to prevent it. >> reporter: pregnant women are at risk because the virus may cause birth defects. to prevent mosquito bites, florida residents are

. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency in lee, martin, palm beach,nd st. lucie county. he blamed water released from lake oklahoma choaby. residents like crystal, it's too little it too late. >> people on the treasure coast are going to be celebrating their independence at a movie or at a mall instead of in the water which is a total departure from what our lifestyle is. >> reporter: the smell is so bad, people are wearing masks to breathe and they're leaving their boat at the dock to avoid all of this. it could be weeks before the algae washes out. >> elliott: that is awful. omar villafranca, thank you. still to come here, your mileage may vary along with how much you pay with a new type of tax. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart.

rick scott is blaming the mess on release from lake okeechobee as it contains fertilizers in human waste. thank you florida. they have agreed to limit the runoff is some residents say it is a little too little, too late . >> experts are sounding the alarm wild parsnip. it's yellow and can grow 4 feet high, the thing is it causes a rash that eats away at your skin causes severe burns. if you are exposed to ensure skin with rubbing alcohol, poisonous plant wash or dishwashing soap. >> can we just take a timeout here quickly, that was a lot of bad news on a friday night. >> then there is howard and he's can tell us more. >> am supposed to follow? >> tell us one good thing we can expect. >> it will be absolutely beautiful tomorrow, the sun will be out the humidity will be down. it's going to be the best day of my seven-day forecast is tomorrow. >> another good thing is the 30 guarantee, let's take care of some business. the warn for call for county. >> the forecast high today was 87 and before the storms hit we hit 88 degrees, that is 37 of the last 39. we are doing well. still a couple of s

governor rick scott says one woman and three men likely contracted the virus through mosquito bites. no mosquitoes have tested positive for zika. the director of the cdc says he would not be surprised if more cases are reported. >>> in lake county firefighters will be mopping up after a brushfire that started in clear lake oaks off highway 53. at least 30 acres burned. the fire destroyed one building. people and animals had to evacuate. dry and windy conditions spread splaims. the devastating rocky fire started in lake county exactly one year ago today. >>> and the fire in monterey county grew a thousand i can aers today. it has burned 33,000 agriculturers. cal fire released a time lapse video. it has burned an area slately bigger than the city of san francisco. it could take a month to put out. >>> well, big news for voters' rights groups. still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, the state laws overturn #ed -- overturned. >> suggesting you are a little man moved by fear. >> the heated response to hillary clinton after the democratic convention. >> and space-x called to duty again. 9 new m

a troubling development announced today by florida governor rick scott. four cases of zika have been diagnosed in the miami area. it is believed they were infected by local mosquitoes. have tested positive for the virus, but health officials say it is just a matter of time. governor scott is urging the federal government to help. >> the federal government needs to do their part. it is not a florida issue. it's a u.s. issue, national issue. we're just at the front of it. >> however, as the zika virus spreads, members of congress are now on a 7-week vacation. lawmakers left washington recently without passing any zika funding measures that president obama requested presidential politics and both major party candidates hit the road a day after the democratic convention. hillary clinton campaigned in philadelphia where she accepted her party's presidential nomination last night. meanwhile, just a few minutes ago, we learned the fbi is looking into the possible hacking of some of her campaign computer systems. as for donald trump, he campaigned in colorado tod

in the meantime, republican governor rick scott out of florida is live in tampa.u, and thank you for your time. i was curious to know if you were able to applaud everything in the 75 minutes last night. >> i think both donald and i ivanka did a great job. he's reached out the all americans. he's said we have got to vote for the survival of the dream of this country, and we're going to treat everybody with respect. and i agree with him. we want jobs, we want law enforcement, we want isis destroyed, we want to focus on what's good for all americans and make in the america we all can be proud of. bill: what do you think was his most effective comments or perhaps an attack if you want to call it that against hillary clinton? how did he prosecute the case against her? >> i think talking about law and order. i think let's look how we all think hillary clinton's been treated differently than you and i would be treated, and he also knows that in the last seven and a half years our law enforcement community has not been treated with respect. and he's going to do. that i tr

and thursday night will be governors rick scott and mary fallon, ivanka and donald trump.otably not on that list of confirmed speakers, vice presidential contender mike pence. >>> as donald trump becomes the party of lincoln's standard-bearer next week, hillary clinton made a high-profile attempt to contrast him with the first republican president by speaking from the same place where lincoln declared a house divided against itself cannot stand and to offer her own regrets about excessive partisanship. >> now, i realize that our politics have contributed to the sense of division that many americans feel right now. and as someone in the middle of a hotly fought political campaign, i cannot stand here and claim that my words and actions haven't sometimes fueled the partisanship that often stands in the way of progress. so i recognize i have to do better too. i get a letter from a mother the other day who said her adopted son asked her with a shaky voice if president trump would send him back to ethiopia. when kids are scared by political candidates and policy debates, it's a

. >>> florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency over a massive algae bloom along the state's atlantic coast. he ordered the fast tracking of water storage projects to reduce the algae's spread. the bloom, giving off a lovely overpowering stench, and described as guacamole thick, is blamed on water pumped out of a lake into the st. lucie river by the army corps of engineers. looks and probably smells like a big old mess there. sports now. john pernot is headed to his first olympics. he set a new american record. kevin cordes punched his second picket to rio after coming in second. coastal carolina is the 2016 college world series champs. they beat arizona 4-3 in the deciding game three. it is the first-ever national championship for the school in any sport, and the first championship in the history of the big south conference, so a huge congratulations to them. >>> all right so the nfl has suspended quarterback johnny manziel for four games. the suspension is reportedly for violating the league's substance abuse policy. he has previously vowed to get, quote, completely

. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency in palm beach, lee, martin, lucie counties. he blamed water released from lake okeechobee. the lake is filled with runoff containing fertilizers and human waste. the u.s. army corps of engineers have agreed to reduce the amount of runoff by 35%, but for residents like crystal, it's too little, too late. >> people on the treasure coast are going to be celebrating their independence at a movie or at a mall, instead of in the water, which is a total departure from what our lifestyle is. >> reporter: the smell is so bad, people are wearing masks to breathe and they're leaving their boats at the dock to avoid all of this muck. josh, it could be weeks before the algae is washed out. >> elliott: that is all just awful. omar villafranca, thank you. well, still to come here, your mileage may vary, along with how much you pay, with a new type of tax. pay with a new type of tax. you totaled your brand new car. nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quar

. >>> florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency over algae along the coast.ing off an overpowering stench and described as guacamole thick. what a mess. >>> all right. time to get down to business as this weekend. gas prices, they are at their lowest point for independence day since 2005. around 43 million people will travel this weekend. nearly 6 in 10 travelers are expected to take a four-night vacation. and apple is looking to acquire jay z's music streaming service title. it comes at a time when apple aims to invest more in its music platform including a new design. >>> just ahead, an american record is set at the olympic qualifiers and history is made at the college world series. sports is next. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and women who