julian crews reports from rosemont where a bed bug summit is underway. >> reporter: it's making people buggy and age old problem that's resurface wag vengeance. bed bugs especially in new york, stateside epicenter of the infestation and in chicago where experts predict it women get a whole lot worse. >> we expect chicago to have an outbreak like new york has had. somewhere between the next one and three years. i'm putting my bets in two summers. >> looking for ways to sloe the spread of the north american bed bug summit in rosemont. with the growth in international travel, one of the key bed bug transfer points according to experts are hotel rooms. bot. of the head board and mattress. >> you want to take a quick look around the head board and box springs to make sure you don't see anything. take a look at the mattress. >> increase league resistant to pesticides, growing pandemic has crossed international borders, spawning a cottage industry of bed bug exterminators specializing in new fangled techniques from specially trained dogs that can sniff out bed bugs and their eggs to super sli

. >> and experts from across the nation gathered in rosemont illinois for the first annual3 bed bug summitluded the latest bed bug science. chemical treatments. and fumigation. bedbugs were nearly wipeed out 50 years ago have made a ajor come back in north america because of the banning of ddt and other past toxxc ccemicals. -> john haabaugh had just about enough of the referee sunday afternoon in cincinnati. %-lewis, and the roughing theray passer on terrell suggs, his patience was at historically low levels and after a conversation with the referee, he ii going to be lighter in the alllt. a lot lighter. the nfl has announce that had john harbaugh is fined $15,000 for making physical contact with referee. john harbaugh touched him demonstrating suggg was within the strike zone for hitting the quarterback to his credit referee did not react but nfl leaving john harbaugh chastened and $15,000 lighter. >> i was animateed in descriiing the strike zone, i think, and, i think, he understood. you know the motions of it. and i will make sure that i let him know, i think i was over the line in my

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in rosemont, illinois bed bug experts are showing off their latest weapons to combat the blood-suckingreate yours. to a spray to the machines. represents from the centers for disease control, the military, the travel industry and colleges are all here. scooby, who's trained to sniff out the bugs with his nose, has been working seven days a week. >> households, dorms, hotels and office buildings, you name it. >> reporter: bed bugs took another bite out of the big apple this weekend when an infestation forced nike town to shut down its flagship store in the heart of midtown. new york tops the list of the 15 most bed bug infested cities in the country with ohio holding the distinction with the most infested bed bug state. >> you definitely want to catch it early. >> reporter: the cost of eradicating the bugs are soaring. the summit vendors are pitching inexpensive ways to detect bed bugs. had a small card board bug hotel that goes near the bed and these plastic interceptors that go under the beg legs. preventive gadgets like this luggage protector and mattress encasement can help homeowne

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. >> reporter: in rosemont, illinois, bed bug experts are showing their latest weapons to battle.ntatives for the centers of disease control the military, travel industries are all here. scooby, who is trained to sniff out the bugs with his nose, has been working seven days a week. >> households and dorms. and lapels and office buildings. you name it. >> bed bugging. an infestation forced niketown to close down. >> ohio holds the distinction of the most bed-bug infested state. >> one bed bug can grow to 30,000 in six months' time if you're not careful. >> it is topping $658 million in 2009. the senate is pitching expensive ways to detect that jug. and these plastic interceptors. >> as they travel, they can't get out. >> preventive gadgets like this. but experts admit, once they're in, there are no easy solutions, and extermination could run into the millions of dollars. >>> bed bugs were nearly nonexist ept. but apparently, they have been carrying this back with them. and they are, as you saw, back in force. >>> sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene of a vehicle that has apparently

kevin tibbles has the story from rosemont, illinois. did you check the bed before you set on it?> i'm probably sitting on the safest bed in america right now, tamron. the beg bug summit, the first of its kind in america. with all the stories we're hearing lately. the empire state building. bedbugs in nike towns. beg bugs on college campuses. bedbugs in military bases. it's becoming a serious issue. we used to think that when you went overseas on vacation you may come back with a few surprises in the luggage. because we travel so much on business and everything else, they are now here, and the folks in this room want to make sure they don't outstay their welcome. i want to introduce you to lauren with a little treatment this is -- hit me. this is a bedbug's worst nightmare. that's minus 100 degrees farn height. i like that. do that again. >> wow. >> do you have to spray the entire bed, or are you targeting one bug at a time? >> we spray all the cracks. >> they get all the cracks. i'm doing the translation here. he's from knl. they do all the cracks and crevices. i guess it's calle

. >> they have the -- bedbugs -- >> in rosemont, illinois, they are coming up with their latest weapons. from a spray to the machines. >> carbon dioxide. >> representatives from the military, the travel industry, and colleges are all here. scooby, who is trying to sniff out the bugs with his nose is working seven days a week. >> inspect the household, the dorms, and the hotels and office buildings. you name it. >> bedbugs took another bite out of the big apple this weekend when an infestation forced nike town to shut down its store here in the heart of midtown. >> new york tops the list of the 15 most bedbug infested cities in the country with ohio holding the distinction of the most bedbug infested state. >> one bedbug can grow up to 30,000 if it's not controlled. you definitely want to catch it early. >> the cost is soaring, topping $258 million in 2009. the summit vendors are pitching some inexpensive ways to detect bedbugs. a small bug hotel that goes near the bed and these interceptors that go under the bed legs. >> they fall in that well and they can't get out. >> preventive gadge

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and now a first of its kind bed bug summit is about to kick off in rosemont, illinois, outside chicagoer correspondent susan koeppen joins us live. susan, good morning. >> good morning, harry. this summit is not only sold out, it's going to be standing room only today. there is a waiting list to get in to this event. everybody seems to be here, the cdc, epa, the military, colleges, universities, everyone is bugging out about bed bugs, and everyone is looking for solutions. it's been the year of the bed bug. no bigger than an apple seed, these little blood suckers have caused big problems. taking another bite in the big apple this past weekend, when an infestation shut down niketown's flagship store in new york city. the latest addition to a growing list of retailers, corporations, even the empire state building, overrun by bed bugs. according to a study by terminex, new york city tops the list of the 15 most bed bug infested cities in the country, with ohio holding the lowly distinction of the most bed bug infested state. >> there are just many more places where bed bugs will be found.

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