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signs in the stores now say the strawberries come from strawberry and mexico instead. tropical smoothie cafe as removed them from the entire supply chain nationwide, not just in virginia, but the commonwealth is the only place infections have been identified. garrett haake, wusa 9. >>> there's good news out of silver spring, maryland tonight, thanks to generous donations from the community. the montgomery county housing partnership has collected $400,000 for the flower branch apartment victims. the partnership and other county organizations held an information meeting on this today, and some of the money will help to pay for several passports that just came in well as other very important documents and items lost in the fatal fire. >> you usually can recover in some way, especially if you have proof of your documentation or a bank account or things like that. i understand a lot of the people here are not like that. they have no proof of anything. they can't say i have this insurance policy i can recover from or a certain amount of money in safe deposit or something to

garrett, the problem he was strawberries? >> reporter: that's right, lesli, the health department says all the cases have been linked to a single ingredient, frozen strawberries from egypt. the company uses the same supplier for all virginia restaurants, and tonight they said all the strawberries have been destroyed. most customers at the balston tropical smoothie cafe didn't notice the new sign on the door. they will use strawberries from me of egypt. >> if the smoothie tastes good, i'm good with it. >> reporter: investigators believe some frozen strawberries contributed to all nine branches in virginia carried the hepatitis a. virus. doctors diagnosed at least ten infections in the last few weeks in people who ate the frozen strawberries. almost all had to be hospitalized and have since been released. when the corporate office was notified, the chain ordered all strawberries from egypt destroyed. health department officials inspected this location today to be certain all berries were disposed of. customers applauded the qui

and strawberry's comments were, quote, unreal. his ex-girlfriend pinned a later in "daily news" saying, quote, you are refusing to accept any responsibility for what you were doing to yourself, your family, and your true friends. >> doc gooden went on to tell joe piscopo he's not read this letter in "daily news" but hurt that he is still using drugs because he has kids and he said his kids are reading all of these headlines. as i've been digging into this issue is trust is a factor and plagues individuals because they've broken trust so if he isn't using again he's pegged by this -- you know his past, and if not then, you know, his friends want to get him help. it's a very sad all the way from all angles. >> thanks teresa. >> 6:11 now. daily fact city sports back in business in new york state. >> draft king and faan dual and three resume bees in new york after lawmakers passed temp rairl permits to piengsding them as games of skill rather than gambling that is the game chance. companies have to pay annual fee up to 15% tax on reve

darryl strawberry says it's drugs and he's begging him to clean up his act. today gooden spoke out and he said he's just fine. you can hear him and judge for yourself. eyewitness news sports anchor laura behnke here with more. >> it's no secret dwight gooden has had a long history battling drug abuse. eventually got clean and he remains that way now. darryl strawberry says that's not the case and fears for gooden's life. >> reporter: what started as a missed public appearance by dwight gooden last thursday night has turned in to an ugly dispute among long-time friends after darryl strawberry went public with his concerns that his former teammate once again as a drug problem, saying gooden has relapsed in his use of cocaine. but according to strawberry, gooden was a no-show because of his addiction, which he says will kill the former pitcher if he doesn't get help. he today broke his silence, denying he has a problem. >> i don't have a drug problem. i am an addict. i'll have that the rest of my life but that doesn't mean i'm an addict. >> reporter: he said his

we've been talking about hepatitis a linked to frozen strawberries.we found out an employee at this location has hepatitis a so a lot more people may have been exposed. officials are trying to find out if an employee in gainesville contracted hepatitis a from frozen strawberries at the store or somewhere else. health officials are investigating dozens of cases potentially linked to the strawberries from egypt served at the smoothie chain in virginia. >> it takes time to do what we call genotyping to see if the r

from strawberries -- with strawberries from california. >> the perception is all tropical smoothies have this problem. when you are at right now is not under investigation at this point. tim: 14 of 35 northern virginia. health officials expect the number to climb because symptoms develop 50 days after exposure. symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, and nausea. >> we figure that they met the safety requirements. tim: again, this store is not part of this, but they are 35 cases right now in 90 stores across virginia. live in arlington, tim barber, steve: leon: new developers from italy. the death toll continues to climb after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake this week. three more bodies have been found, bringing the total number of dead to 281. the mayor of the town in italy says at least 50 more people are still unaccounted for. rescuers have been working around the clock to search for survivors, but hope is fading. a notorious and brutal crime. michelle marsh has this case. michelle: the suggested sentence for andrew schmuhl, two life sentences plus 98 years. he was convicted in a vi

. >> now, more on the hepatitis a classes linked to smoothies and frozen strawberries. strawberries were used at tropical smoothie cafe stores that have since stopped making them with those straw beberries. we are joined right now by dr. taylor wallace with the department of nutrition and food studies at george mason university. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> this is near andea the weekend informed me that she took her little brother to one of these truck smoothie places and had strawberry smoothies. i called their doctor. they have both been vaccinated for hep a. is it still something that parents should be concerned about? >> yes. in the district they require mandatory hep a vaccinations for school children. >> what are some of the warning signs of hepatitis a? >> it's very similar to other food-borne illnesses, nausea, fatigue, upset stomach and in severe cases, discoloration of your urine. >> what's disturbing is they were from egypt. you usually hear that our frozen fruits and vegetables come from mexico and other places. >> right. and this i

the store pulled all the strawberries from its stores. if you bought a smoothie from august 5th to august 8th you could get a vaccine. you want to watch for signs, one is jaundis. this applies to people that may have gotten frozen strawberries from restaurants. let's hear from one man who says he may have been exposed to the virus. >> i think if it is the first time i've heard of anything like this happening to this store and if anything like this happens again then they're obviously screwing up but everyone makes mistakes. i expect them to be vigilant to make sure their fruit supplies aren't contaminated. >> reporter: here is part of a statement that was issued by the company pulled all strawberries sourced from egypt from every store in our system. not only the virginia cafe. that applies to the cafes in maryland. for more information about hepatitis a and what it is and what the symptoms are and a full statement from the company go to the nbc washington app. >> okay. thank you so much. >>> i want to go to decision 2016. donald trump is

darryl strawberry is not the only one putting gooden on glass. his ex-girlfriend penned a ten-day letter in the daily news. >> reporter: he has not read that letter. rosanna: i heard that one of the children reached out to darryl strawberry. >> reporter: there are reports that his children have been reaching out for the ex-girlfriend to buy food. his gift of food. they are fine. greg: twice gooden was so high, so strung could have been the greatest moment of his life. the world series parade. he mentions he was not there. he was at a drug healers apartment. the word at the time was he overslept. you know who was there, though. >> i was there. i was therefore the 86th celebration. greg: different hairdo back [laughter] rosanna: much more than a party. it was a dream come true. greg: that a girl. rosanna: those were the days. greg: cool stuff. mike what's. what's up. getting a little out of hand. rosanna: it was great for the whole city. we knew how to party back then. mike: i think you still do. very good. cool stuff. the weather is awesome outsid

gooden respondd to strawberry's comments on a radio show, completely down playing any trouble saying missing the event had nothing to do with drugs he took issue with strawberry going public. >> darryl hurt me a lot, i thought we fixed the relationship. better choice of picking friends. >> we spoke to the vice president of karen treatment centers who said there are certain defense mechanisms for people with addiction. >> no matter what the defense mechanism of projection, gooden was projecting a reaction that strawberry. even if he is not using, what is going on with him? he had a rough year, that leads to stress. stress can lead to relapse. this is a chronic disease. >> the expert thinks these 2 baseball legend whose have seemingly been through it all will eventually reconnect. >> they have too much in common not to. they understand what each one goes through and as a result, that is a bonding mechanism. >> gooden plans to release a statement this week to fully explain his side but i mean, it is alarming when you look at pictures to see what he looks like now, very concerned, just l

strawberry has gone public with his concerns that gooden has relapsed in his cocaine addiction and is spiraling out of concern. gooden denied there's anything wrong with him and said his friendship with strawberry is now open, releasing a statement saying in part i'd hoped we could keep these differences between us. i'm sorry for his inability to show more character and strength. there for me. strawberry spoke on espn new york radio tonight. >> it's time to do this intervention publically now. he needs help. if he doesn't like me, wants to talk about me, say what he wants, that's fine. as long as i know in my heart that i stepped up to try to do the right thing to help this man save his life, maybe, just maybe one day he can come back and say you know what, thank you. you helped save my life. >> this is heartbreaking. those two were just heroes to a generation of mets fans. >> bottom line, this is a s at the the lincoln summer invitation sales event, it's time to relax.

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ten people came down with help sites a after eating smoothies with strawberries in them.pical smoothie cafe says they've stopped using the strawberries which came from egypt. we asked how concerned customers should be. >> tropical smoothie products right now are safe. they have pulled the strawberries from their system, so it's not a problem eating this now. it's just a potential and small risk associated with people who consumed these berries over the summer. >> the health department says customers who had smoothies from august 5th through the 8th could still benefit from a vaccine to prevent the disease. there are t 6 tropical smoothie locations in virginia. go o to our nbc washington app to see the chain's full statement. we also have more information about help sites a. >> our high today, 91. it was the 11th day in a row we hit 90 degrees or higher. i don't have to tell you that, though. you know how hot and uncomfortable it's been. at least the humidity levels for saturday were down. rain and thunderstorms tomorrow. that's going to bring much cooler temps to the area

strawberry. >> why not. >> what is in it. >> eel topped with avocado, strawberry, honey, soy, and nuts have you ever had honey on your sushi. >> no. my gosh, that is really good. >> um-hmm. >> where did you come up with the idea to put fruit on sushi. >> first idea because there is a classic combination, very first one i created was strawberry called the godzilla roll and classic combination of avocado and strawberry. when i saw other sushi bars they are using after cade owe only i came up with the idea for strawberry and then, honey to bring it completeness and added nuts. >> you said blueberry sauce, as on the last one. >> blue before you balsamic reduction made in house. >> what else. >> crispy flounder, cucumber, avocado and topped with fresh grapes with blueberry balsamic reduction. >> okay, all right. >> have you been convinced that fruit works on sushi. >> you have won me over, alex. >> it works. >> it works really good. >> congratulations. >> awesome. thank you so much. glad you enjoyed it. >> let me just say this. >> what? >> you gotta try this. >> it looks good. >> so from su

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painted strawberry -- tainted strawberries are to blame. min with had a smoothie there in the past 50 days should keep an eye out for symptoms. you can find details about hep a and all the symptoms that come along with it on our wusa 9 app. >>> premature babies exposed to a deadly bacteria doctors say the three babies have not developed any infections. they were moved out of the nicu last week. doctors believe the contaminated water likely came from pipes that lead to the nicu but staff members are still investigating. hospital officials say the water system is clean but the preme unit is still closed. >>> we have the weekend forecast for those that might be heading to the beach. >> i'm jellos if you are heading to -- i'm jellos if jealous jealous if you are heading to the beach or shore. in the wake of the front, 82 gorgeous on monday. same deal north. 86 on saturday. 86 on sunday. yep, your timing is night on sunday. and the wake of the front fantastic on monday. sunshine, temperature goose back into the low 80s with low humidity. for us

greg: and daryl strawberry coming up. rosanna: hey, what a gorgeous day to be outside. 9:01 in the morning. the temps going to up to the mid 80s. greg: welcome back to america. rosanna had a three in fort portugal. rosanna: we were celebrating a friend's birthday. she wanted to do something special. greg: how old is she, a hundred? rosanna: no, half of that. greg: it is a big deal s. that a restaurant over there? rosanna: yes, about 15 of us went. it is not ryan lochte. that is elvis durant. he's moving in on you. look at this. rosanna: no, it is a fun picture. greg: were you doing on purpose? rosanna: yes, we were travel buddies. we went together on the a little fun and send the picture to one my husband and two, his partner. there you go. we rent add boat. we went to a seaside place for seafood. if you are thinking about portugal, you get a lot of value for the dollar. the people are lovely there. greg: you shouldn't rent an recklessly. that is what rosanna did and the co-pilot was the elvis character. rosanna: elvis le

cases linked to the egyptian strawberries used in strawberries for july to early august. 10 days were in northern virginia, and there could be legal consequences for the family. >> reporter: the first lawsuit lays out the symptoms of a panhandle man who brought several smoothies in august. he spent 4 day in the hospital with hepatitis a. his filed a lawsuit. >> we are fully reliant on everyone in the food chain to make sure the products are safe for human consumption, and it's serious business. when people try to cut corners, and we find out companies do, people die or get extremely sick. >> reporter: food companies roll the dice by sources their products from companies like egypt with less stringent safety requirements. >> we are dealing with a systematic problem. the food is allowed to get into the consumer supply. >> reporter: a second class action lawsuit will seek damages for anyone who got a hepatitis a. vaccination because of the outbreak. tropical smoothie has not received word of the lawsuit. >> a lot of times it's contaminated water. we asked dr. tina shing the question we h

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the chain destroyed the strawberries immediately once the connection was identified. customers we spoke to applauded the quick action of both the health department and the company. >> they have already corrected it, i'm glad they actually corrected it. seems like they care about their customers. >> hepatitis symptoms don't develop until about 15 to 50 days after exposure. the health department expects they may see more cases as people start to recognize those symptoms which are fatigue, fever and yellowing of the skin or the eyes. >>> and this weekend it's your final chance to get immunized for free if you have a student in prince george's public schools. clinics will be held today from 11:00 to 3:00 at the shops at iverson in temple hills. the beltway plaza in greenbelt and the mall at prince george's in hyattsville. you can also go to the health department severally health center. health insurance -- students who do not receive state mandated immunizations will not be allowed to start school on the first day, which is august 23rd. >>> another apology this morning fr

. >>> frozen strawberries from egypt may be to blame for a hepatitis a outbreak in virginia. right now the state's health department is dealing with 10 cases. testing indicated the strawberries may be causing the illness but other food providers are being tested. to tropical smoothy cafes. >> when they fund the particular strain that individuals were infected with, in this outbreak, they determined that it was a strain that was uncommon in the u.s. >> tropical smoothy has stopped using the egyptian provider at all stores nationwide and also pulled the strawberries from other providers in mexico and california. >>> turning to campaign 2016 now, republican presidential nominee donald trump said of the african-american voter. he was speaking at a rally in virginia. >> i fully recognize the outreach to the african- american community is in an area where the republican party must do better. and it will do better. >> recent polls showed trump lagged significantly behind hillary clinton among minority board. as for clinton she spent the day at a series of fund raisers. >>> another r

ever since the virginia department of health announced that frozen strawberries from egypt used here and other tropical smoothie locations around our area were likely to blame for outbreak of hepatitis-a. that alert came out a week ago, on august 19th. but, listen to when the ceo hearsays he first found out about it. >> on august 5th, the virginia department of health contacted us about potential link between hepatitis-a cases and frozen strawberries from egypt. we voluntarily and removed all of the strawberries from all by from august 5th to august 19th, is specially important, because once expose today hep-a you have 14 days to get a vaccine, and help keep yourself from getting sick. so i asked the department of health why the delay. and what they're saying is that when they contacted the ceo, they only had preliminary evidence, that there was a link between the berries and the help tight cases, and they say they didn't feel that was enough to go public with. and risk naming the wrong product, or potentially the wrong business. >> as you heard from the ceo, these smoothie locations

. >> the yankees get involved in dwight gooden darryl strawberry back and forth. i'll tell you how. plus a sight for sore eyes. victor cruz at giants practice without a sore groin running routes, catching passes giving giants fans hope he will play >>> welcome back, everyone. encouraging news for the giants and in particular victor cruz. he wasn't limited in practice today. no restrictions as he continued to recover from that groin injury. he took 18 snaps during the live team high 7 passes. it was his heaviest work over the summer. all systems are go from him to play in the game against the jets on the weekend. he hasn't played in a game in 2 years and only played a game and a half with beckham. he gave us his impressions. >> he looked fresh today. again, the biggest thing is just [ indiscernible ] love to get preseason in. >> if you are a new york football fan, you won't want to miss the jets, giants battle for the metlife snoopy bowl this saturday night at 7:30. we'll get the call from the booth and on the sidelines for in game interviews. but before that, i'll be hosting our hal

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so the strawberry moon is what? why do we call it the strawberry moon? did you say i don't know? >> are strawberries is in season now? i don't know. but it could be that. >> stephen: what was special about the moon that just the sky to be special and unique to their lifetime on earth. an earth that has been here for 4.5 billion years. so this is evidence of a delusional state that you want the universe to-- ( cheers ) >> stephen: something special happened in my lifetime and my life has some kind of meaning i'm not just photoplasm that will be gone. >> this configuration of the moon and planets will not repeat for 60,000 years. and you say, whoa, that's cool. but they don't tell you tomorrow's configuration a every day you can find something that won't repeat for, you know, millennia. and so something can be rare but uninteresting. because of how common its rarity is. >> stephen: wow, you could really make the night sky seem not special, neil. okay, let's get back to our little friend the moon up there. >> this is beautiful. i love what you did here. >> stephen: exactly, the fake

girl: strawberry twist. lauren: you want a strawberry twist?all right, so, your total's gonna be $7.50. lemonis: how many staff members do you have? tonnie: 12. lauren will be the one who'll be in the front. -lemonis: hi. are you -- hi. -lauren: i'm lauren. lemonis: hi, lauren. how are you? -lauren: good. nice to meet you. -lemonis: very nice to meet you. -are you a baker? -lauren: when i have to be. lemonis: so what is your primary role here? lauren: i'm in the front selling the product. lemonis: okay, great. nice meeting you. lauren: you too. thank you. tonnie: there's a lot going on with tonnie's minis right now as we speak. i'm doing a project in newark that's close to being finalized. the people who are giving me the space, they're building out the store. lemonis: at their expense? tonnie: at their expense. so what i have to supply is equipment, the first month's deposit, working capital. lemonis: and they're giving you the money to do that? tonnie: they'loaning me the money to do that. lemonis: do you feel like you're ready for more expan

a procession is being held in was killed while fighting the strawberry fire in the great basin national park. metro officers and clark county firefighters, along with crews from the the fallen hotshot the fallen hotshot firefighter was killed while fighting the strawberry fire in the great basin national park. metro officers and clark county firefighters, along with crews from the forest servce, b-l-m and national parks... will be paying their respects. the funeral procession starts at 10 o'clock.. it will go from davis funeral home on rainbow.. to the north las vegas a while we are keeping a close eye on the blue cut fire in southern california.... the clayton fire has scorched 4- thousand acres, just north of sacramento. the fire has already destroyed more than 175 structures in the town of lower lake... and it's just 20 percent contained. hundreds of firefighters are working on spot fires, while helicopters drop retardent from above. as a man is arrested, accused of starting what's become a massive fire. "i was glad he was arrested. it's not right but he'll get what's coming to him e

it's a strawberry that was only used for 35 day period, but it was long enough to make a number of people sick. >> once they found the strain that the individual were affected with, they determined that it was a strain that was uncommon in the u.s. >> the smoothy chain has since pulled all the strawberries from egypt. they're using fruits from mexico and california. >>> labor day say tbeu weeks away, and that means many of you are heading out of town for a summer trip. the word day to travel friday, september 2. steve, what is going on outside? >> monsoon thunderstorms are popping pup right here in the northwestern part of town is where we've e seen a lite loath of lightning on our valley pinpoint radar. we've seen a bit more of it down here around the 101 and the 202, where those 2 areas meet, i think is where we'll see some action. we have a severe thunderstorm warning that's still in effect. that has since expired. that's good news. severe thunderstorm warning just expired. that's good news. these storms are not going to last all they're they'll stay with us. they're quick quick-moving

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. >> there's an outbreak linked to frozen strawberries across virginia. darcy spencer is in gainesville. darcy? >> reporter: chris, this raises the health scare to a whole new level. we've been talking about hepatitis a linked to frozen strawberries. we found out an employee at this location has hepatitis a so a lot more people may have been exposed. officials are trying to find out if an employee in gainesville contracted hepatitis a from frozen strawberries at the store or somewhere else. health officials are investigating dozens of cases potentially linked to the strawberries from egypt served at the smoothie chain in virginia. >> it takes time to do what we call genotyping to see if the r stick by matches the virus of >> reporter: the owners of the gainesville store spoke to reporters about what they did as soon as they found out. >> we sanitized our cafe, we maintained safety protocols, recertified our employees on food safety handling and so it's disturbing that this can happen within our cafe. >> reporter: anyone who ate or drank anything from july

michelle: strawberry smoothie cut off strawberry supplier in egypt linked to the disease. we look at how many stores are affected in our area. >> it's a summer favorite that could land you in the hospital. that is according to virginia department of health. if you bought a smoothie at tropical smoothie cafe you could have hepatitis a. there are now 17 confirmed cases in the state. four in northern virginia. >> the biggest thing we are recommending for people right now is that if they did eat smoothies with them from tropical smoothie over the course of the summer they monitor themselves for signs and symptoms of hepatitis a. >> the symptoms are fever, fatigue, headache and nausea. >> the most distinct symptoms are jaundice, the yellowing of the skin or the eyes or dark urine. reporter: the cause of the health alert were strawberries from egypt. >> i'm chief executive officer of tropical smoothie cafe -- reporter: on youtube they say they got rid of the tainted fruits. notices in stores are saying the strawberries are now coming from california and mexico. some customers in

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>> reporter: more cases of hepatitis here in virginia linked to strawberry frist a smoothie bar. department of health said today 35 people have contracted help tight a, and all of them reported visiting a tropical smoothie cafe. we want to know why the ceo here found out about the link between the berries and hepatitis two weeks before the public did. more on that at 11:00, laura? >> in howard county police need your help tonight finding thieves who robbed a 7-eleven store and stole donation jar meant for children's charity. robbed 7-eleven on frederick road in ellicott people wearing dark winter clothing stole the jar and cigarettes, there is a reward of up to $1,500 for information leading to arrest. >> turning to your weather, weaver steamy steamy weekends in store. gwen tolbart here with tomorrow's forecast, not quite as steamy you said as it was today? >> reporter: exactly, little break in that humidity. going to be short lived, how much, and that's all the result of this frontal system, because as it has moved its way to the south, behind it we're going to see some drier ai

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strawberry says gooden is hooked on owe cain. he is deep into the addiction and something has to be done immediately. >> i know addiction. and my fear that people, don't change they die. they die this way. and, i just hope, i just hope the light comes on soon before it is too late. reporter: and you know strawberry has said he has been trying to do this behind the scenes and not make a big public spectacle. gooden just won't listen. strawberry said the problem is big enough for his son to see. he recently appeared on a espn documentary, 30 for 30. >> he was hammered. had his head down on the bar sleeping. i was like, he was going to be at spring training. >> we made good friends once we reporter: i mentioned gooden's ex. her name, janet root. she lived with the baseball great four years until his problem became too much to deal with. she moved out in february. she says gooden has been in downward spiral for the last two years. sounds like again something going on for a long time. greg: sure has. juliet huddy. stay with us on doc