we were asked tom frieden -- we will ask tom frieden from the cbc in just moments. -- cdc. , even inocks are mixed the wake of a lot of economic data this money, personal spending rising to the highest in seven years. the nasdaq still hanging onto a gain, the dow and s&p in the red. they have been for most of the session. volume continues to be lower. you would have expected that going into the holiday weekend, but now, coming out, we have the same phenomenon. volumethe board, the averages lower. volume there.t the major averages, seeing mostly gains with the exception of the doubt, the s&p up about 1.3%, third straight monthly gain for the s&p 500. in terms of best point performers, the ones that contributed the most to the s&p gains, we've got amazon.com trading at a closing record high today. apple shares showed a rebound on the month. we will be talking oil in a few moments. i wonder how commodities fared in may. julie: we've had a big recovery from the lows of the year. that continued in the month of may, up 10% here. a phenomenal run for oil prices this year. look at the other comm

don champion has more from dallas. [ applause ] >> reporter: cdc director tom frieden called the mosquitoirus the cockroach of mosquitoes. >> we put them in a bottle coated with insecticide and see whether they're knocked down or not. to see them in a bottle that had been coated with what should be a very effective insecticide happily flying around minute after minute, hour after hour, shows us how important it is that we improve the methods we have of controlling mosquitoes. >> reporter: the mosquito-borne virus has not been locally transmitted in the u.s., but federal health officials continue to press congress for funding to fight zika which can cause serious birth defects. this mosquito is highly resistant to insecticides. >> there is no example of effective control of this mosquito in the modern era. >> reporter: the cdc says the mosquito that transmits zika can bite four or five people at a time, making it capable of rapidly spreading the disease. vaccine testing will begin in september, but the cdc says it could take as long as two years to determine if one is safe and us . ny piec

funding bills both of which falls short of president obama's 1.9 billion dollar request, cdc director tom frieden had this to say about the delay. >> imagine that you're standing by and you see someone drowning and you have the ability to stop them from drowning, but you can't. now or a hundred thousands. that's what it feels like to know how to change the course of an epidemic and not be able to do it for any reason. >> frightening words there. nearly 600 cases of zika reported in the u.s. over 270 are pregnant women who are at risk of having babies born with birth defects. >>> a superbug long feared by medical professionals have been found in the united states. doctors confirmed that a strain of e. coli with a woman with urinary tract infections, even the last antibiotic of last resort is no help. the first superbug was found seven months ago in pigs and spread to a small number of people in china and traveled to africa, europe, canada and now to the united states. the cdc is investigating how the woman who do not travel outside the u.s. may have contracted the bacteria. >>> extreme weather con

we were asked tom frieden -- we will ask tom frieden from the cbc in just moments.

tom frieden said speed is critical because a day, a week, a month can make all the difference.t's been three months since the obama administration requested nearly $2 billion for zika. now congress is considering how much of that to approve. >>> prosecutors are turning to forensic experts to connect the dots between evidence seized after a near deadly home invasion and the man accused in the attack. coming up, i'll tell you which weapon they can put in his hand. >>> today was the warmest day so far this year with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. what kind of temps you can expect as we head on into the >>> we've seen the video of the arrest of those two attorneys who are now charged in they allegedly attacked a mclean lawyer and his wife. andrew schmuhl at the time when he was arrested dressed only in a diaper. jurors are seeing video of the moments that led up to the attack. julie carey is live to talk about what that video is showing us. >> reporter: that video played for jurors today was taken from a store security camera. it shows the suspect's wife alicia schmuhl buying a

tom frieden said this could be the end of the road for antibiotics.now how this woman became infected and what do we know about this so-called nightmare bacteria? >> we don't know how this woman became infected. he came to a clinic and hadn't been traveling overseas. this isn't something that could have been brought back from another country, for example. typically what happens, when there's a lot of antibiotic use in the country, they become resistant. this particular bacteria, known as e. coli, something that we've talked about a lot, does have a lot of classes of antibiotics to treat it, at least seven different types of antibiotics. and this particular bacteria didn't respond to any of those. and that's the big concern. i will tell you, jake, people have been anticipating something like this happening for some time and we don't know that for her -- her immune system may still fight off this bacteria. it gets a little bit of an indication of what may be to come, more of these types of bacteria. >> what does take to develop a new antibiotic that may

but just yesterday, cdc director tom frieden said it's not a reason to cancel the olympics.co rubio. >>> and i turn you over to wolf blitzer. he's, as always, in "the situation room." >>> happening now, shadowed by protesters. as donald trump targets california, demonstrators target trump. marches, rallies, confrontations and clashes. is this the new normal for the election campaign? >>> new strategy. with the nomination locked up, trump is looking to november. he's unveiled his battle plan turning key states from blue to red. trump is in california right now stepping up his attacks on hillary clinton. >>> on the front line. u.s. troops spotted and photographed with militia fighters battling inside syria. is the mission changing in syria and why is one key u.s.

tom frieden urged action to protect pregnant women from infections that can cause birth defects. >> we have a narrow window of opportunity to scale up effective zika prevention measures, and that window of opportunity is closing. congress did the right thing with ebola. i hope they will do the right thing with zika. president obama is asking for $1.9 billion to fight zika. the senate approved 1.1 billion, the house voted for >> sreenivasan: more than 4,000 migrants were rescued in the mediterranean sea today, as calmer weather brought more sailings, and sinkings. they were trying to reach italy from libya, just one day after hundreds died trying to make the journey. matt frei of independent television news narrates our report. >> what actually happens when a migrant boat sinks in the med, this is what happens. filmed yesterday in searing silence by the cct camera of an italian navy ship. the navy ship sent a small advance boat. it takes away a handful of those on board. ten minutes later, with the prospect of a rescue for everyone, the passengers on deck have started to move. first to

tom frieden. [applause] mr. frieden: thanks so much, tommy. thanks, doris, for arranging this. thanks to the national press club for this venue. it's great to be back. when an earthquake hits we understand the need to respond. now, imagine if you had the power to stop an earthquake. we together, using the tools of public health, have the power to stop the health equivalent of many earthquakes that happen around the world. the latest challenge we're dealing with is zika. this is unprecedented and tragic. it has been more than 50 years since we've identified any pathogen that can cause a birth defect. and we have never before identified a situation where a mosquito bite could result in an infection that causes a devastating birth defect. it is unprecedented. it is tragic. and it is now proven. we know that zika causes microcephaly and other birth defects but there's an enormous amount we dent know. we're still learning more, literally every day about what zika causes and how to prevent it. the top priority is to protect pregnant women. and that focus has to be our guiding princip

tom frieden. [applause] mr. frieden: thanks so much, tommy. thanks, doris, for arranging this.hanks to the national press club for this venue. it's great to be back. when an earthquake hits we understand the need to respond. now, imagine if you had the power to stop an earthquake. we together, using the tools of public health, have the power to stop the health equivalent of many earthquakes that happen around the world. quakes that han around the world. challenge we are dealing with is zika. it is unprecedented and tragic. there have been more than 50 years since we have identified any pathogen that can cause a birth defect. we have never before identified a situation where a mosquito bite could result in and of -- in an infection that causes a devastating earth defect. it is unprecedented, tragic, and it is now proven. we know that it causes microcephaly and other birth defects. there is an in norma's that we still do not know. we are still learning more every day about what it causes and how to prevent it. the top priority is to protect pregnant women. and that focus has to b

i spoke to tom frieden, head of the cdc, and he told me it's mind-boggling, this is no way to fight anpidemic. we're basically nickelling and diming the response when we know there are urgent needs that aren't getting met. the latest cdc numbers show there are hundreds of women who have pregnant and have zika infection. the ones in the united states, there's no evidence as you point out that they got it from a mosquito in the united states that was infected with zika. these are felt to be travel related. what the public health official i'm talking to are saying is, look, we've had all winter to think about this, to prepare. there is like watching an accident happening in slow motion. we don't know how big the accident is going to be, but do we really have to wait for the first case of mosquito that's infected with zika being in the united states, then turning around and biting somebody? now you have local transmission. do we have to wait before we go go high gear and give public health officials the funds they say they desperately need? >> what would the funding help do? >> sure. there

tom frieden, who's the head of the cdc, told me just this afternoon it's mind-boggling, this is no wayht an epidemic. "we're basically nickeling and diming the response when we know there are urgent needs that aren't getting met." i'm hearing similar sentiment at every level of public government. >> what specifically is not being done for lack of money? >> well, local mosquito control efforts. you heard from david begnaud's piece what's going on in florida. i'm hearing similar urgency elsewhere. and in houston the public health officials there told me they are desperately awaiting, desperately need congressional funding. >> and it's already mosquito season in the south. >> you know, it's already mosquito season in the south and you have to ask yourself as public health officials are asking, do we really need to wait for the very first mosquito right here in the united states to get infected with zika and spread it locally before springing into action and mounting a full-court press that is so desperately needed? >> dr. jon lapook following zika for us every day. jon, thank you very muc

at the end of 2015 i was giving talks as was anne and tom frieden at the end of the ebola epidemic you can be absolutely certain we'll see another emerging infection in some time and no sooner did i catch my breath than zika came. we'll continue to see emerging and reemerging infections. it's the interaction between microbes and humans. sometimes you get something like hiv-aids and you have things that are little blips that are curiosities. you have things that come and then good public health measures suppress them like sars. we didn't have a vaccine for sars but very intensive classic public health measures suppressed them. and you getting? that's devastating to a region like ebola and now something that's causing concern in the americas, but beyond the americas because i can tell you the europeans and people in africa are quite worried that this is going to be seeing what we're seeing in the americas we're going to see there, so, jason, you're right, there's a possibility that we'll see a lot more of this. >> between the way that we live and the way microbes evolve there will always

tom frieden, the director of c.d.c. said, never before in history has there been a situation where a bite from a mosquito can result in devastating fetal malformation. children must never -- these children born, not only are they physically deformed, they may never talk walk, they may never talk or sea or hear. it will cost $10 million to take care of a child -- the lifetime of a child so affected. the house republican bill is reckless and radically unequal to the seriousness of the threat. just think of it this way. they gave less than 1/3 of what the president asked for. they didn't make it an emergency so they took the funds from other investments like ebola, which had their purpose and should be left intact. but the really shocking part of this, and you wonder -- i know they really don't value science, but this one even goes beyond that. less than 1/5 was requested for the c.d.c. public health activities. this is the point of the speer in the public health -- addressing a public health emergency. 750 -- around $750

tom frieden, direct of the centers for disease control and prevention, discusses the zika virus outbreak today at the national press club. you can see his remarks live at 1 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> this sunday night on q&a, u.s. senate historian talks about various events in senate history and/or her office does. >> i came in june of 1998 as a newly minted senate historian. my colleague dick baker and don ritchie said to me it's going to be nice and quite. we have an election coming up. you have lots of time to settle in and get comfortable danger job. within a few weeks the house i decided to impeach bill clinton and we got very busy very quickly. and had a good deal of research on impeachment trials. we did not have a presidential impeachment since 1868, and the senate leaders at the time that lott and tom daschle really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> this memorial day weekend booktv features three days of nonfiction books and authors. here are some programs to watch for. >> go to booktv.o

i spoke with cdc director tom frieden two weeks ago. he told me this is no way to seriously fight a public health danger. we need a multi-year commitment so c. d.c., n.i.h., public health departments can begin studies to understand the risks to others, improve our surveillance system, study how long these mosquitoes actually carry the virus and definitely a vaccine as quickly as possible. the cdc takes this seriously. the center, for disease control is the front line of defense of the united states of america when it comes to public health danger. and how seriously do they take the zika virus? they have dedicated a thousand staff members to fighting it. they understand this is a public health emergency and we have a limited opportunity to catch up and try to stop its spread. last week i held a round table event in chicago with local health department officials, medical professionals, vector control expects. they're coming neferg they can to prepare for -- everything they can to prepare for zika. ramping up health education. we're lucky

centers for disease control and prevention tom frieden will talk about the zika virus outbreak and what's being done to prevent its spread. at a briefing in washington, d.c. we'll take you there live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >>> this memorial day weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. saturday evening at 6:00 evening on the civil war. >> sherman could not have agreed more, and by the time he captured atlanta in september 1864 his thoughts on the matter had fully matured. once again a rebel army had been defeated and another major city had fallen and still the confederates would not give up. so rather than continue the futile war against people, he would now wage war against property. >> georgia historical society president todd gross on union general william tecumseh sherman arguing that sherman's march to the sea campaign was hard war rather than total war and that his targets were carefully selected to diminish southern resolve. sunday evening at 6:00 on american artifacts take a tour with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. viewing some of the oldest rooms in the capital like the

just last month th director tom frieden indicated clusters ever locally acquired zika were possible in the southern united states by the summer. last month the administration officially announced that they would transfer 52 -- $52 million from the remaining ebola funds to jump start the zika response while waiting for congressional action. while $002 -- 502 million is a good start, it's just a traction of what is needed to mount a full response to zika. congress does need to act because the $502 million ebola funds isn't just found money. those dollars were sustaining efforts to detect and prevent another ebola outbreak in west africa while also helping developing countries to better respond to outbreaks on their own. it's unacceptable we would be forcing our public health professionals to choose between addressing a he bola or addressing zika. there's no question that the united states must take the threat of zika seriously and mount an urgent, aggressive and suts stained response to the -- sustained response to the virus. as we speak a federal international task force led by the depa