the c.d.c. nearly 300 of the ship's 3,000 passengers and about 20 crew members became ill. dr. william schaffner of strand vanderbuilt university medical school says it appears to be norvirus. >> passengers can bring this virus on board, it is so highly transmittable that it spreads readily from person to person in this confined population that interacts so closely. >> reporter: norovirus is fairly common but this incident comes at a time when there is increased attention on the cruise ship i have. high profile mishaps like the carnival triumph made headlines when the ship lost power and stranded 4,200 passengers for days. in a statement to cbs news today, royal caribbean said, "during its sailing, explorer of the seas has experienced an elevated number of persons with a gastrointestinal illness, those affected by the short- lived illness have responded well to over-the-counter medication, being administered on board the ship." the c.d.c. has a vessel sanitation program and sent a health officer

people are told by the state and the c.d.c. s safe to drink, but we learned that the public schools here in charleston are not allowing kids to drink the water. most restaurants are not serving the water, they're using bottled water, so still uncertainty here when it comes to just these results and the long term effects. >> you can't blame them. jonathan martin reporting live from charleston, west virginia, thanks, jonathan. >> rescue crews in quebec are searching for 30 missing people after a fire engulfed a nursing home. five people are dead. there are fears the death toll will rise. the blaze began at a senior living center 140,000 miles north of quebec city. many at the home depend on wheelchairs and walkers. they were trapped inside when the massive fire began overnight thursday. authorities are looking into the cause of the fire but say the building was not fully equipped with sprinklers. >> a winter whiteout in indiana caused a deadly 40 vehicle pileup. cars and tractor trailers slammed into each other on i-94 connecting

. >> reporter: the c.d.c. is appears to be a typical season but some regions of the country are seeing a spike in cases. texas children's hospital in houston had a 45% increase in december compared to a year earlier. infectious diseases dr. jeffrey stark does not know the reason for the increase and says there's no drug to treat it. >> this is happening in our area at the same time influenza is happening, so we have the bad storm of both of those infections and in little babies it's hard to tell the difference between them. >> reporter: almost all children get the virus. the majority of cases are not severe but, scott, infants and babies can be especially vulnerable because their breathing tubes are so tiny. >> pelley: doc, thanks very much. a reality t.v. program is getting credit for reducing the teen birthrate. the national bureau of economic research says mtv's "16 and pregnant" and its spinoff programs have cut the rate by 6%. they follow teenage girls from pregnancy through the first weeks of parenthood s

conference c.d.c. says the chaos computer quarterman cast computer club oldest biggest computer hacker club in the world they had their yearly congress nine thousand people attended which was all time new record i would a few years ago there was maybe less than a thousand take it applebum just for folks to give a little background it was a he is one of the key people behind a detour technology that allows you to browse through safety amongst other things and one of the most effective digital civil liberties activist right now in the world living in berlin no longer wants to live in the u.s. and he did a presentation on one of the more recent sort of n.s.a. documents that have come out that shows that the kind of technologies that are used for target access so not just to just sweeping up your g.-mail but really going after your individual laptop there they have a sort of this whole science fiction aspect to them where. directed microwave pointed at laptops today and influence those machines from several miles a

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eight days ago, at least 66 "majesty of the seas" came down with symptoms of what the c.d.c. is calling a highly contaijoise stomach bug. with the olympics less than two weeks away, a terrorist group made a new terrorist threat against the government today. this adds to security concerns for people travel to the games, and americans headed to sochi are being warned to watch what they wear. >> reporter: the olympics are the pinnacle of national pride, both for the host country and the athletes who represent their own. but you may be hard pressed to see the stars and stripes or team u.s.a. logos in so much. >> olympic committee told athletes not to wear anything that identifies them as american in public and the state department agrees. >> we generally give this kind of guidance around big international events, particularly if there is some kind of threat, like we've seen here. sochi is near the rest of caucuses region where government forces it be to battle militants and terrorist bombings are a relatively frequent occurrence. stephen sestanovich is a former ambassador at large

rats were exposed to the chemical so it is hard to determine the effects on children now to be fair the c.d.c. never used the word safe to describe the water when it gave the all clear instead they said they would quote not expect any adverse health effects below one part per million meanwhile we are also learning that the amount of c h m spilled into the elk river is bigger than originally estimated it now stands at ten thousand gallons also a second chemical was leaking into the elk river that's known as p h h what's. more of the huffington post reports that freedom industries knew about the second chemical leak for weeks but did not disclose the details about it to the state or federal regulators because it's considered a trade secret that could hurt the company's bottom line financially if the information is disclosed freedom industries filed for chapter eleven bankruptcy it right after the spill essentially stopping all west virginia residents and businesses from seeking legal action against the company but as m.s.m. he sees chris has pointed out in order to file for bankruptcy freedom i

according to the c.d.c. nearly 2.5 million americans die each year.ajority due to chronic and terminal illnesses and a part of reality that people want to talk about but surveys show they are waiting for someone to talk about. >> i think if 30% later have metastices why are not 30% of stories presented in breast cancer awareness month of the immediate y with women and men with disease, it should be an equal ratio and we see the happy stories and don't want to hear from people like me who unfortunately have the incurrable situation of taking chemotherapy for the rest of our lives and depending on that treatment. >> reporter: and she appeared on our program during breast cancer awareness month, for more than six years she has been using social media to share her cancer experience and now facing incurrable cancer she has recently started using the on line platform to share this chapter of her journey and she is not alone, more people are finding social media helpful tool for opening up with their experience of death and dying and hash tags and pictures a

asked for the center of disease control to conduct a study on the long term health effects however the c.d.c. has yet to respond right now the apartment of environmental protection does not have the authority to inspect or regulate above ground storage tanks such as the one that held the c.h.m. chemicals west virginia senate majority leader john under is set to introduce a bill that would change that today in capitol hill fashion speaker of the house john boehner made the chemical spill a political issue blaming the obama administration for not enforcing rules. we have a lot of regulations on the books and what they've been astray should i be the one who is actually doing their jobs why wasn't just point inspected since nine hundred ninety one i am entirely confident that you're in for regulations already on the books to protect the health and safety of the american people somebody ought to be held accountable here what we try to do is look at those regulations that we think or cumbersome or over the top in that are costing our economy jobs while speaker boehner protects the regulations are

the tobacco industry, $10 billion. c.d.c. expects the campaign to help up to 50,000 people quit. one of those who called in to the quit line at c.d.c. was a woman named kim in

the c.d.c. people have been hospitalized. there were nine deaths in just one st. louis hospital, and in north texas, at least 19 people have died from the flu this year. emergency rooms in dallas report a 40% patient increase from the flu, eight times more positive tests than just a few weeks ago. >> the influenza illness has really hit young adults and duties very hard. we're talking healthy adults. >> there are constant new efforts to conquer the flu, now a high dose flu vaccine for people over 65 which offers extra protection. >> there are new tools in the fight against the flu. like a smart phone app that helps users track and report cases of the flu. the c.d.c. has an app that discusses treatment and prevehicles. >> pharmacies in the bay area are busy as people race to get their shots. >> we're early in the season. it's just beginning. it's just beginning to take off, so if you haven't been vaccinated, get vaccinated. >> he stresses get the shot, wash hands and stay home if you are sick. tha

we are in washington where the c.d.c. now warning that even the young and healthy have cause for concern. daniel. >> del, good morning. this years flu is unimpressive strain, in addition to the elderly and sick who typically are at risk, this is striking young, healthy adults. state health officials are warning this year's flu looks a lot like the 2009 strain that killed thousands. the h1n1 virus means even the healthy are at risk. >> a lot of people previously healthy are getting very sick with flu. >> in minnesota, state officials say at least 96 people have been hospitalized just this week, and in texas, at least 19 people have died. an expecting mother in florida has died, according to state officials. at least four our pregnant women have been hospitalized. medicaid is offering to pay for the flu shots of expecting moms. >> we as pregnant women are afraid of everything. >> the centers for disease control is reporting widespread flu activity in 25 states. doctors are advising everyone to get vaccinated, especially the

people they say they prefer to have schools and hospitals rather than parking lots this is the very conservative c.d.c. is this is the other small city in space never happens something like that in a city like google so this is probably. one of the symptoms of of how problematic is speed the situation on the whole the whole of space. russian security forces have shot dead two militants in the southern republican dagestan counterterrorism officials say that special response officers moved in on a house where militants were holed up the gunman opened fire with automatic weapons and hurled grenades refusing to surrender three officers were killed and five others wounded in the shoot out explosives equivalent to fifty kilograms of t.n.t. were found inside the house one of the killed militants is believed to have been behind. a car blast in russia's south which killed three people last month. in other news this hour masses of protesters in thailand are refusing to back down continuing to disrupt bangkok to force the government to quit gunshots were fired at a crowd overnight injuring at least two people pr

health officials at the c.d.c. say the amount of the chemical was small enough that it was likely diluted by the river and no health concerns. water treatment processes would have removed it. what's gone for good is trust. a spokesperson for west virginia's governor says: >> freedom industries have been quiet during the whole situation, the president of the company issuing an pollee, but not average details about how this happened or details about their facilities here. we do know several lawmakers are pushing legislation to start regulating things to keep it from happening again. it would require sights to report any sort of chemical spill within 15 minutes. they would be subject to yearly inspection and they would have to what many people feel is most important, identify every chemical stored here, because we talked to so many officials here. they had no clue of what was being disorder in these tanks. >> jonathan martin, thank you very much. >> a criminal case more than 70 years old may be getting a new trial. the

and because of the abundance of caution recommended by the c.d.c. eera america has hired an environmental consulting company to take water samples from jennifer's home. so not only is mark from downstream strategies taking water samples from the home we were just in but on the river in charleston and taking water samples and will test these for the chemicals and mix of chemicals that went in the river system here and we will have results next week. according to federal environmental data for decades chemicals and waste from the coal industry have tainted water and groundwater supplies in west virginia and many doctors here were already concerned and want testing to continue. >> i think especially in the case of pregnant women, we don't know the effects on the unborn child, that is a developing fetus and we certainly shouldn't take any chances. >> reporter: for in the theme of environmental disasters in west virginia has reached a boiling point. >> no one has jurisdiction and what needs to happen is for over arching legislation to make sure that these

loss and he's the director for the center for civil rights remedy and at the civil rights project at u.c.l.a. . still ahead on art c.d.c. is known for hot air how about hot air and gas explosions a new report says the city has more than five thousand gas leaks under its city's streets i'll tell you more ahead. i've got a quote for you. it's pretty tough. because they were it's not storing. let's get this guy like you but smear about guns that are working for the people most issues the mainstream media are working for each other right because they should. they did rather well. i marinate join me. for that impartial and financial reporting commentary in from news and much much. only on the bus and only on. dramas the truth be ignoring the. stories others the few still noticing. the faces changing the world right now. pictures of today's news. from around the globe. locally. you may remember the fate of washington d.c. in the film independence day. while d.c. is not facing an alien attack there is reason to fear explosions in the nation's capital why well researchers have found about six thousand natural gas leaks under t

. >>> another cruise ship forced to return early because of an outbreak of the norovirus. itthe c.d.cwill board that ship to make sure it is being sanitized correctly. >>> a crew of robbers armed with hammers managing to get away with $700,000 worth of jewels from cartier's flagship store in manhattan. five crooks shoving past an armed guard and smashing open a display case. they scooped up 16 watches. police say it happened so fast no one had time to react. the robbers made a clean get-away. >>> new developments in the justin bieber sag tkpwafplt he was not drag racing when he was arrested in florida. tmz obtaining records showing bieber was going 27 miles per hour under the speed limit. this after we learn the singer tested positive for having smoked pop and the drug xanax. miley cyrus gave him advice. >> you've got a lot of money. pay people to make sure you don't get in trouble. and party at your house. >> okay. >> i guess she thinks that's good advice. >> not exactly a public service announcement. >> i think the scariest part of heather's story was through g.p.s. you can figure o

teens has declined dramatically since the peak in 1991 and a low in 2012 according to the c.d.c., the bureau says an unusual force behind the birth ray and the show 16 and pregnant and the spin off series "teen mom" 61 teens gave birth by the time 16 and pregnant aired in 2009 the rate went 39 out of every one thousand and then it's 29 out of 1,000 in 2012 and believe 16 and pregnant would have contributed in some measure to this resent sharp decline. >> i suddenly feel so grown up, in my life i don't come first anymore and joe is realizing he doesn't either. we have never been so stressed and it doesn't help that neither of us have slept in days. >> will you feed him for me? >> if you don't get up first. [baby crying] a crying newborn is basically the new sound track to our lives and both of our patience is starting to wear thin. [baby crying] it's definitely taking a toll on us. >> you left the milk out again. >> what? >> no, joe. that makes me, beep. >> reporter: can a show like 16 and pregnant reverse a trend like teen pregnancy? we are joined by a professor of economics at welsly

the tobacco industry, $10 billion. c.d.c. expects the campaign to help up to 50,000 people quit. one of those who called in to the quit line at c.d.c. was a woman named kim in rockford, illinois. she was watching an ad with her son that showed the devastating effect of smoking on a north carolina woman named terry. kim said the commercial scared her and that her son turned to her and said mom, you have just got to quit smoking. kim called the illinois tobacco quit line run by the american lung association, and was connected to the nicotine replacement match program. c.d.c.'s antismoking campaign is one of the many tobacco control and prevention measures that saving lives and shows that we must continue investing in effective tobacco control measures. this is a tough habit to break. one of my best friends in politics happens to be the president of the united states who used to be a smoker. he's not now, thank goodness, and his family's thankful, we're all thankful that he isn't, but he still takes a little nicotine gum to crew from time to time to deal with that craving that is th