u.s. department of health and human services. >> a total of $53 million is going to 44 states. 4 native-american tribes in the district of columbia to improve access to treatment. opioid overdoses killed a record 3,050 in 2015 in ohio. >> romona: you may look forward to the holiday weekend will be happy about the pollen in the air. dan deroos has the pollen forecast. >> unfortunately, with the weather we have had over the month of august, high heat is exacerbating problems for people who have allergies. let's take a look according to pollen.com. here is our five-day allergy forecast. that sounds stage. but can you see wednesday, thursday, friday into the holiday weekend it is increasing that are going to impact your allergies and we can look at the allergy map. i don't know if you are traveling for the holiday. can you see 52% of the country is in the medium-high status throughout ohio. up north where it is already getting worse, they say the fall allergy season is supposed to start about two weeks before labor day. but we have been seeing that ramped up for quite awhile. went to web md to get a

u.s. department of health & human services. >>> "action news" at 12:30 tips with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again. sara is off. here are the stories we are following on "action news" at 12:30. the fbi searches the home and offices of local union boss, john dougherty, and a local councilman is getting a look from the feds. >>> and the justice center in philadelphia is closed because of the elevator accident yesterday. and the stage is set, musikfest begins tonight in the lehigh valley. >>> we are continuing to follow new developments in an fbi raid involving local union leader, john dougherty, talking about the investigation and we know that dougherty is not the only person being looked at. here is what we know so far. local agents and state police raided dougherty's

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health emergency because of the zika epidemic. puerto rico reported 1900 new cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the past week. the emergency declaration allows the u.s. department of health and human services to award grants and access emergency funds and move personnel where needed. heavy rain pounded sections of the gulf coast forcing numerous rescues of people stranded in waste high water. john bell edwards declared a state of emergency in the southeastern section of his state which is bracing for more rain through the weekend. there were two storm-related deaths. >> the scattered wildfires are burning on an island in portugal. the homes and businesses are still smoldering. the firefighters are dealing with more than 100 fires and forcing 100 people to evacuate to a makeshift shelter. two people have been arrested. >>> hillary and bill clinton released details of the 2015 tax returns. the clintons had an until of $10.6 million. they paid three million in federal taxes. they donated $1 million to charity and most of that going to the clinton foundation. and an end of an era at yankee stadium on friday night. alex rodriguez playing his last game with the yanke

u.s. department of health & human services. : as donald trump and hillary clinton dominate the news coverage, it's important to remember that wiser people have better answer to the nation's problems than either of them. of course, i'm talking about the libertarian presidential team, former governors larry johnson and bill weld. let's tackle issues republicans and democrats ought to be talking about. we are going broke. entitlements is the big reason. >> it needs to be addressed. medicare and medicaid need to devolve to the states. they woo would have to raise the retirement age. they can couple a fair means testing. they can allow people to self direct social security funds. john: if we don't what happens. >> at the current rate of spending we'll be $20 trillion in debt by the time president obama leaves office. on way to cut spending is to cut spending. you just have to do it with zero base budgeting. you take every account from last year and you start at zero and it has to justify itself all over again. once you succumb to the

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u.s. department of health and human services selected community development institute to run the county $6.4 million grant. the county relinquished the money after 50 years of the program. it was a move to help ensure that school would start on time for head start with the federal government that consists of members of the rerouting the incoming calls. tom sherwood is here now with new details on just what went wrong. >> jim, there's a lot of power flowing through that building. now we know an engineer hit the all-stop button. mayor muriel bowser officially opening a clothing center for homeless youth in columbia it was in the overnight hours. we know about the typical call volume that comes in during that time. >> reporter: the unexplained power shutdown early sunday for 90 minutes was still a mystery monday morning. but now, a district emergency officials at the office of unified communications tell news4 they tracked down the problem. an engineer investigating a water leak hit the all-stop button just before midnight saturday. >> received an alarm for a leak in the building. we had one of

. >> health policy regulators in a number of countries have changed their tune when it comes to the health benefits of modest drinking. the u.s. departmentalth and human services for example recently ditched guidelines that suggested light drinking could lower the risk of heart disease saying more research was needed. the polybeverage industry is fighting back with its own research. the "wall street journal" said they want to craft legislation regarding taxes. researchers at the university of washington found if your marriage survived to september, you should be good for another six months. most divorces come after the winter holiday and summer vacation. the research eveers you found between 2001 and 2015 couples that hadn't happy use the holidays to turn things around. and petco is launching a natural dog food line called wholehearted and created by nutrition and product innovation experts and it features only egg' 3s and -- omega 3s. and citrus food could prevent heart disease and diabetes. new information is that citrus fruits could negate the harmful effects of a high fat diet. eating orange and grapefruit and other citrus lower live

u.s. department of health and human services selected community development institute, an out of state head county's grant. the county relinquished the money after 50 years of the program. it was a move to help ensure that school would start on time for head start parents. >> we've got people at every one of our head start sites this morning, and the reports that i've had are thatyg5z everythin running smoothly. >> reporter: this after three incidents of child abuse and neglect surfaced. in one incident, a child wandered away. in another, kids were forced to hold boxes of books over their head for punishment. then here in capital lights, a child was forced to mop his own urine in front of his classmates. some of the incidents were not properly reported. >> i was a little worried at first. my son, this is his first day here. >> reporter: parents say the school did not inform them of the ongoing investigation surrounding the urine episode. >> i wasn't notified by the íó >> reporter: others say they have faith that everything is government. i'm going to trust the school. that's just me. >> rep

u.s. department of health and human services to drop the hammer on the program. 4 year old aleah smith already knows her letters and numbers thanks to head start. with some teachers now caught doing everything from humiliating a 3-year-old boy that wet himself to forcing 4 year olds to hold boxes of books overhead for punishment, her mom lost confidence in head start and pulled her out. >> it's devastating all the way around. this sets in to motion a bad experience for them early on in life. >> reporter: five members of the school board turned against the powerful chair and vice chair. with this letter alleging a cover up. for 5.5 months while children continue to be harmed, the chair and vice chair concealed pert independent information, the letter read, accusing the abuse of authority, lack of transparency and collaboration and failing to hold the ceo anded administration accountable. the ceo woods elementary school, carolway is charged with coercing kids to make porn videos. >> i don't have a chronology of date. >> reporter: he knew about the head start abuse in april but couldn't explain w

u.s. department of health and human services announced they will manage the county's $6.4 million federal grant. the county relinquished the federal money to ensure that head start would start on time today. it also saved the school system from having to appeal and defend the actions of alleged abuse and neglect some of the head start teachers are facing. they faced scrutiny for not properly reporting incidents. today, they enforced the importance of reporting wrongdoing within the classroom. >> it's unacceptable for anybody to not things and walk back in the classroom. >> reporter: now, there are a lot of questions about what happened with these reporting issues. but evidently reports of abuse never got back to the federal government so that it could come in and do a proper investigation as to what was happening inside of these head start classrooms. coming up at 5:00, we talk to parents who are returning their children to some of these troubled schools and ask them how do they feel about leaving their kids there today. reporting live, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> an unex

u.s. department of health and human services grant that may have the answer. >> unique look. >>reporter: in the back, baby in the front. >> easy to keep my hands free. >> in the diaper bag she keeps mosquito repellent made fur baby. >> i do it all. >>reporter: she is worried about 70 mental jordan been exposed to zika virus, which is spread by mo the virus linked to birth defect. >> i'm thinking about having it is crazy right now. >>reporter: a few miles down the road, the fight against zika taking place in a company. behind the stores past lab coats you will find 40 black box looking thing. >> this is my baby. >>reporter: tom west, division presiden dgnosc solutions. his company created a zika test in san diego that runs on panther. totally zika tests done by hand. the test can be used by blood banks. >> we want to clean the blood supply. >>reporter: and by women who may be thinking about getting pregnant. >> trying for another one. >>reporter: they are in the process of shipping out almost 1 million test. >> we are cranking them out now. >>reporter: said to be so sensitive

u.s. department of health and human services says funding will focus honorary duesing over prescribing ofainkillers, increasing access to treatment and making sure that the anecdote is widely available. prescription overdose was responsible for more deaths in the united states from 1999 through 2008 then heroin and cocaine overdoses, combined. >>> well, if you are the parent of the athlete and you know all about yours, but did you know that young athletes who is it out immediately after a concussion, recovered twice as fast as athletes who keep playing according to a new study that found that players that left the game right after a head injury took an average of only 22 days to recover, those who stayed this is game, took double that time. >>> well, if you talked to your talk, chances are he is not just listening he can probably understand you. >> dog lover probably already believe that but researchers in hungary say they have scientific proof. help scanned the brains of dogs as they were listening to their train are seeking and they found dogs processed words, left them and use right he

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u.s. department of health and human services has declared a public health emergency in puerto rico over therusn the island has more than 10,000 cases, and the surgeon general warned that 25% of the population will be infected by year's end. zika is linked to severe birth defects. new data shows the cost of expanding medicaid under the affordable care act is almost 50% higher than projected. up to ten million low-income americans have been added to medicaid rolls so far. but the agency overseeing the effort says it's running nearly $6,400 a person. that could make it much more difficult to expand medicaid in 19 states that have not yet done so. wall street closed out the week with a sub-par session, after weak data on retail sales. the dow jones industrial average lost 37 points to close at 18,576. the nasdaq rose four points, and the s&p 500 dropped a point. for the week, all three indexes gained a fraction of a point. and, at the summer olympics: an upset today in women's soccer. the u.s. team lost to sweden in the quarter-finals-- on a penalty shootout-- after regulation play ended in a t

u.s. department of health and humantn services has been terminated.he acts that are documentedth in the report from head startatr areom unacceptable and will nott be tolerated in our school system.. >>> now, prince george's county schools has 30 days toass decide whether to file ane an appeal. ap officials say they're stillthe weighing the options butns insist that the program willgril begin this year as schedulededud and that is due to start nextt week. >> what a mess. >> yeah, it puts the parents p in a bad situation and it's it' amazing to me that it even got n to the point after all thatllha information came out.n me o >> it makes you wonder whatde systems were in place and who aw didn't follow -- it's a mess. hopefully they get it sorted out. >>> it is 5:05.> is mike thomas speaking of ag o mess, the weather last nighttigt leaving a trail of destruction across the region and. >> quite a trail ofra destruction.stru one thing we hope when we haveae storms this strong that maybebe it gets rid of the heat andeat humidity.humidity. that's not going to

u.s. department of health and human services, marion provides disability awareness training and seminars on americans with disabilities act. the center has developed online accessible meetings, events, and conference guide that i suggest you all check out, and a customer service film called "at your service" that provides guidance to ensure full inclusion of those with disabilities. marion? >> good morning. it's really my pleasure to be here to talk about something that we feel very strongly about, and i hope you do too by the end of this presentation. as lauren mentioned, the ada national network is one of ten regional centers providing information, guidance, and training on the americans with disabilities act, the ada. as you heard jennifer mention recently, the ada just celebrated its 26th anniversary of the signing of the ada here in washington, d.c. we have come a long way, and many of us with disabilities now expect today, 26 years later, we have a long way to go. and the regional ada centers are here to provide you the support you need to ensure full inclusion, whether you're providi

u.s. department of health 73% ofan services found indicate12 to 17 religious beliefs are important part of their life. do we acknowledge that? we talk about teaching the whole child but there is a whole there. it is not just their intellect. it's their emotional and social aspects. we don't talk about spiritual aspects. the fact of the matter is most students coming in 20 public school environment have some religious orientation. teachers can create an environment that allows them to be who they are. what we are going to talk about is how to create a welcoming environment in a public school for religious expression in the classroom. for key things. these are very practical. i want you to come away from the presentation and do these things in your local schools. i don't want you to just say that was interesting. i didn't know they could do that. i want you to implement this in your local community. it will be a life-changing. you need to step up and help clarify religious freedoms. celebrate religious freedom day. the third thing is encourage prayer in school. teacher led prayer was thrown

u.s. department of health and human services, marion vessels provides this ability awareness training and seminars on the disabilities act. the center has developed online meetings and events and conference guides that i suggest you check out and a customer service film called at your service that provides guidance to ensure full inclusion with those with disabilities. >> good morning. it's my pleasure to be here. i'd like to talk about something we feel very strongly about and i hope you do to by the end of this presentation. as lauren mentioned, the ada national network is one of ten regional centers providing information guidance and training on the americans with disability act. as you heard jennifer mentioned recently, the ada just celebrated its 26 anniversary of the signing of the ada here in washington d.c. we have come a long way and many of us with disabilities now expect full inclusion and activities of all aspects, including voting, participation of political campaigns, going out to eat, work, worship and play. we sadly realize that still today, 26 years later, years later, we

u.s. the department of health in florida is now looking at 15th case. that just came out this afternoon.a result of this local transmission in a small area, known as winwood, about a little bit north of downtown miami, the cdc has issued that travel fwins particularly for pregnant women. we want to look at the impact this might be having on companies. we talked about the health care companies in this space, but what about the others ch we took a look at the trpss of calls from the most recent quarter. some are seeing a boost and some that are maybe seeing a hurt from zika. start on the positive side. spectrum brands saying that the talk around zika is helping their home and garden business. another company is rollins, they own orkin as well as other pest control companies. they are seeing a boost in their small mosquito business as well. on the negative side, we heard from marriott in our last quarter conference call saying this is affecting occupancies ch here's a quote. they said occupancy declines in caribbean and lateth latin america are due to weak economic conditions and a impact o

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u.s. department of health & human services. >>>. >>> friday, august 5 good morning your top stories right o get a look at health of the labor market estimates call for 180,000 jobs, to have been audioed to the economy last month unemployment rate coming no at 4.8%, one key measure we will watch this morning, the labor force participation rate now at historic lows, on to race for the white house hillary clinton facing a tense moment in rally in las vegas secret service russiaed the stage after animal rights activists interrupted the event watch. >> we need to invest in our young people, and give them different paths besides, four year college, to get ahead. >> later in the speech clinton addressed one key issue from millennials in this election. >> we're going to make community college free. >> both weighing in on economy in jobs a closer look what millennials are looking for fletsdz race straight ahead government war on business, now business fights back, details on new lawsuit over rules preventing companies from tryinto lower their tax bills, markets this morning are higher ahead of jobs

>>> and we have startling new developments in the spread of the zika virus here in the u.s. the florida department of healthow identified ten additional people infected with the virus. bringing the total number of people to 14 who likely contracted it locally through a mosquito bite. while in a small area north of dounlt miami. joining me now is the director of the national institute of health, allergy and infectious diseases, doctor, what is the level of concern given this is a very small area? and how does it spread so quickly in this area. what can be done about it? >> well, certainly it looks now that these are mosquito-bourn transitions locally. florida has a considerable number, a few hundred travel related cases and they also have as you would expect, mosquitos that are the same types of mosquitos that are in south america and the caribbean that have been spreading it there. and what likely happened is that someone who had a travel-related case, namely got infected elsewhere were bitten by mosquitos that then bit individuals who had never left the continental u.s. and in that this case that area in f

bright has served as advisor to the world health organization and the u.s. department of defense, and has been many years working on influenza vaccines and therapeutic influenza at the cdc. focuses ony si at the maternal and child health, opioid abuse, and childhood obesity. previously, kelly served as policy advisor for the alliance for a healthy generation. thelamarr hasbrouck, executive association of city health officials, which represents 2800 local health departments around the u.s. previously, he was the top doc in illinois, managing the public health agency. focused mainly on polio eradication. let us start with dr. rick bright. thank you for inviting us to participate in this afternoon's briefing. i am thankful to dr. fauci, forgiving the situation we are facing on the ground currently. as i mentioned, i am from the biomedical advanced research authority, barta, and office in the prepared entry response. the close coordination with local and state officials has been critical in the last 10 years, since we were created in responding to a number of public health em

getting $3 million from the federal government to help bring you better health care t is made up of 41 straight awards from the u.s. department human health and services t is improve conditions and services at ohio health centers. >>> a new warning about zika virus in our country as lawmakers in florida ask for nor federal resources to fight the virus. it could spread beyond florida. right now there are two hot zones in florida where the case of the virus have been confirmed, miami beach and south beach. but the cdc is not taking any chances and they are warning pregnant women and their partners to avoid those two county. and the national institute of health warning the spread of zika virus is inevitable. >> i would not be surprised if we see cases in texas and louisiana where you have the situation with the flooding in louisiana. there will be a lot of problems getting rid of standing water. >> reporter: the nih said it will spread aggressive will attack virus and contain the mosquitoes that and they warn that the funding will one out at the end of this month and they need more -- more help to keep the zika virus under contr

bright has served as advisor to the world health organization and the u.s. department of defense, and has been many years working on influenza vaccines and therapeutic influenza at the cdc. kelly murphy focuses on maternal and child health, opioid abuse, and childhood obesity. previously, kelly served as policy advisor for the alliance for a healthy generation. dr. lamar hasbrouk, the executive director of the national association of county and city health officials, which represents 2800 local health departments around the u.s. previously, he was the top doc in illinois, managing the public health agency. he also spent many years at cdc, ana countrythe guy director focusing mostly on polio eradication. let us start with dr. rick bright. dr. bright: thank you for inviting us to participate in this afternoon's briefing. i am thankful to dr. fauci, for giving a comprehensive and elegant overview of zika and the issue we are facing on the ground currently. as i mentioned, i am from the biomedical advanced research authority, barda, and office in the prepared entry response.

the health department, the state of florida health department has been testing people around the area. the good news is yesterday's batch of tests came back negative. nicole: u.s zika in the united states. lauren: in asia, one green arrow up a quarter of 1%. the nikkei in japan has investors disappointed by the latest economic stimulus to 1.9%. the hang seng down 1.8% in the caspian south korea down 1.2%. nicole: did you see the german dax up one 10th of 1% at the cac down one quarter of 1%. the london ftse down two tenths of 1%. banks are the one area doing well in europe automakers are under pressure. lauren: and the u.s., futures are down. the a+ in a row. we've not seen that in five years. the dow down 29 points in the premarket. id. four points. nasdaq down nine points. trained to look at oil which is down 10 of 12 days under $40. so 3977 a barrel. gold is down $2. 23% after june 8th highest. concerns about the u.s. economy are by no corporate earnings. posted may 4th straight quarter of shaking profits as well as lukewarm sales. weakness from energy companies offsetting u.s. consumer strength of two thirds of the companies in the s&p 500 with adjusted ea

of the virus transmitted here in the u.s. all cases have come in from outside of the country and we did speak with health department late thisfternoon. they tell us that they are following the glooins of the cdc when it comes to testing. live in walnut creek, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> west nile virus has caused its first fatality in california this career. state health firms confirm the person was a senior citizen, no word on how or where the person contracted the virus sochlt far this year, there have been ten human west nile cases in california and eight different counties. >>> san francisco firefighters on the other side of the lot tonight accused of setting a homemade bomb. it started wednesday in the neighborhood of the city. police neighbors woke up to a loud boom and called police. officers then discovered something had exploded in a planter. they believe james novello set off that homemade bomb. >>> an ad calling for police to tone down the rhetoric has been said soaking new outrange in san francisco tonight. that ad pappear nd a newsletter and tonight, many believe it's more proof of the tone deaf police

of understanding falls with attorneys at the state department. >>> a quick check of headlines, a federal health official says the u.s. have to deal with the zika virus for two years as it could spread across gulf states like louisiana and texas. >>> in chicago, four people are dead while at a vigil for another shooting victim. >>> nicholas sar cozy says he will run again in next year's presidential election. he lost to current french president franÇois hollande four years ago. >>> this is a fox news alert. a state department briefing under way responding to questions about ties with the clinton foundation. this as we learn of another crack in the dam for hillary clinton. let's listen. >> evidence of the way the process works in that, you know, any secretary of state has aides who are getting e-mails or contacts via a broad range of individuals and organizations. >> so as far as you're concerned, what these e-mails, like the ones that just were released today, don't show anything new, this is old news, you guys have already looked into this and decided that there wasn't any problem? >> i mean, of course we're always a

u.s. on "closing bell." >>> florida's department of health announcing they are investigating a new case of nontravel zika. >> this comes out of the florida department of health and they are looking at yet another case of locally transmitted zika in this area of -- this neighborhood of miami, essentially. locally transmitted cases vee mosquito to 22. they don't think there is any more spread. we heard overnight from a new study looking at birth defects associated with zika. this makes it more keshing. we know it is linked with microcephaly but linked with birth defects linked to joint damage in babies as well. bad and scary news there as well. however, there is a potentially new solution for zika in the form of genetically modified mosquitos. programmed to wipe out their own kind. we talked to ceo, rj kirk, about the size of the market. some pegged it for pesticide and disease carrying at 2 billion to $3 billion year. here is what he said about that. >> i think it is significantly more than that and the reason is, it should be born in mind that footprint of this mosquito on a word wild basis is enormous no

of the zika virus in the u.s. four people who tested positive were infected close to home. marley hall shows us what officials in florida are doing to fight zika. >> reporter: the florida department of healths making house calls. its mission is to reach every resident in this downtown miami neighborhood to warn them that zika is now officially here. >> that's really terrible news that it's coming so close to home. >> reporter: teams have fanned out across the area collecting urine samples. dr. eileen marty worries more cases could be discovered and says testing is an important part of prevention. >> the door-to-door urine request is what has allowed the state of florida to make the determination that ongoing mosquito transmission is happening in this specific area. >> reporter: miami-dade county's mosquito control is out in force killing and collecting the insects known to carry zika. 19,000 mosquitos have been tested. so far, none were positive for the virus. but officials warn that doesn't mean it isn't spreading. >> florida's taken an aggressive approach. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott says he predicted the outbreak and has already allocated $22.6 million to fight the virus in

of the mosquito- borne disease. state health department says none of the women contracted the virus here in the u.s. instead, all picked it up in a country where zika is active. >> there's a very real risk to women who get pregnant and travel to areas where zika is transmitted. even in california we are seeing negative outcomes to births with women who acquired zika infections while pregnant. >> reporter: officials aren't revealing any information about the mothers. one returned home with her baby to her home country. mosquitos capable of carrying the virus have been found in 12 counties but aren't currently carrying or transmitting the virus. there are 114 confirmed cases in california. all considered travel-related. back to you. >>> a rescue in san francisco after a man fell from the deck of a ship in dry dock. firefighters shot this video during the rescue. they used a rope to get a man out of a tight pitch black space inside a military ship after he lost his footing and fell 15 feet. he remained conscious. the space where he got stuck had no venations adding to the challenge for everyone involve

of the zika virus in the u.s. the new york city health department joined the cdc ing a travel advisory for southern floridaed due to zika. the warning is for a one square mile area of miami. kristin thorne is live in college point queens where officials sprayed for mosquitoes overnight. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning, lori, the city health department is focusing on three neighborhoods in queens for the first ro spraying of the summer including here in college point, flushing, and white stone, so why these three areas? the health department says they have reason to believe that these areas may carry a high number of the mosquitoes which carry the zika virus. as you mentioned, lori, again the city health department taking an unprecedented step, issuing a travel warning to people in our area not to go to what is really concerning for health officials down there, their aggressive spraying program has not gotten rid of the mosquitoes, which is leading them to believe that possibly these mosquitoes are becoming resistant to the pesticides. >> that is very worrisome. you have to rely on people using repe

the health department says at oobs'r another area where localy transmitted cases of zika have become a concern. puerto rico. the obama administration announced yesterday that the u.s. territory is under a health state of emergency. as a result of the outbreak there. puerto rico reported nearly 2,000 new cases in the past week. and more than 10,000 since december. that includes more than 1,000 pregnant women. the zika virus has been tied to severe birth defects. the u.s. surgeon general visited puerto rico earlier in the week and says he predicts a quarter of the population will be infected by the end of the year. reena? >> ninan: a quarter of the population. that's significant. >> reporter: staggering number. >> ninan: thanks so much, marlie. well, in switzerland a 27-year-old man started a fire and stabbed several people on a train. a six-year-old child is among the wounded. the motive for the attack is not known. in northern syria, there were celebrations in the streets after rebel fighters backed by the united states took control of manbij. that's a town that had been under isis control. liberated women uncovered their faces. men, who had been forced to grow be

u.s. airports. the crisis ended without an outbreak. now, the department of health and human services is updating procedures, which would take away from 2014 to prepare for the agency posted proposed new rules on line. airline pilots have to report deaths and illnesses of passengers on board as they for international flights to help quickly defect disease spread. the c.d.c. could ban animals from entering the country if they have a risk of carrying communicable diseases. quarantined passengers would have new protections -- protections. isolation orders. a senior official would have to put in writing why a potentially infected person has been denied travel rights, and health officials could monitor quarantined people by phone, email, and text messages instead of the daily in-person visits. changes designed to improve disease response while protecting passenger rights. blair miller, fox 25 news. >> mark: the health and human services department is asking for the public to weigh in before finalizing the disease response rules in the fall. >> vanessa: too many parents a

of resources. u.s. e.p.a. has resources available to check whether the bacteria levels are monitored at your local beach and information through your local health department. i actually had a conversation with the butt of mine -- a buddy of mine down in rio who talking -- talking about 70% of african-american kids don't swim so one is to get our kids to learn how to swim. >> hopefully someone like simone manuel will -- will inspire more people to swim. >>> to find more information go to wral.com and search help team under the health and life tab and get information at u.s.a. swimming.org. thank you much, doctor mask. >>> coming up. we talk with two stars from tonight's show newsies. >>> pick three numbers now. >> [ music ] >>> i i guess they don't sing that in nebraska where you came from. >> no. they might sing it but they are not experiencing it. >> no. not like that. [ laughter ] get her down some of the places along our coast. >> i can't wait to go. >> there's a big surfing beach and the outer banks is totally different. it's a little wilder up there. >> a lot of beaches in north carolina. >> my choice. >> yes. you know we only have a couple of more w

of the u.s. where the virus is endemic. this afternoon i spoke with the alameda county public health department, they are advising people to use caution if they plan to travel to countries with known zika virus >> either pregnant women should be advised not to trouble. --pregnant women should be advised not to travel. the show where long clothing, to cover up their skin if they do. >> reporter:finally, people who contract a fever, red eyes, a rash, and joint pain. many people don't develop y symptoms, but health experts say if you've travelled outside the country and you're showing symptoms.. call your doctor, especially if you're pregnant. >> reporter:in berkeley, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> steve: thank you, charles. >> steve:tonight the blame game is in full effect. congress.getting heat from all levels of government.to fight zika. >> vicki:problem is.congress.is still on recess.and did not act before going on recess. it all down. >> grant: yes, president obama is frustrated. the florida governor is angry. >> grant:confressional representatives from south florida are looking to their peers for help. summer vaca. it

of the homes have been lost. aetna, the u.s.'s third largest health insurance company says it , will significantly cut its participation in the affordable care act's marketplaces next year after the department of justice moved to block its merger with another health care company. aetna claimed it faces more than $300 million in losses this year as a result of the exchange. but a letter in july, the aetna reduceeaten aetna would its participation in the exchange if the justice department blocked its merger with health insurance company humana. bertolini wrote -- "if the doj sues to enjoin the transaction, we will immediately take action to reduce our 2017 exchange footprint." aetna reported a 38% increase in its overall profits last year, despite the loss it reported on the public exchanges. last month, the justice department also sued to block a merger between healthcare giants cigna and anthem, which would be the largest heath insurance merger in u.s. history. in news from the campaign trail, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton took aim at donald trump's record as an employer during a speech in ohio wednesday. mrs. clinton: it just really hits me personally when people are st

health department. >> first at 9:00, we begin with a developing story captivating much of the four u.s. olympic >> swimmer feigen had to pay $10,000 to leave brazil. we are now trying to sort all of the details out. >> reporter: the olympic sized event getting a lot of attention is whether or not u.s. olympic ryan lochte and his teammates were ever robbed at gunpoint in rio de janeiro. the athletes station bathroom and were questioned by armed guards before paying for the damage and left. teammates were escorted off the u.s.-bound flight wednesday night and taken to the police station where they faced hours of questioning. both swimmers heckled as they left the rio police station returning to the hotel rooms before boarding a flight out of brazil last night. on the night in question, lochte and his teammates maintained they got an ataxi headed to the olympic village. >> the guy whipped out his gun, comed it, put it to my forehead and i was like whatever. >> reporter: police released new surveillance video from integration where the swimmers say the -- video from the gas station where th

: in florida, health department workers are literally going door to door in an effort the spread of the zika virus. this after the state has become ground zero for the infection of the u.s. mainland. those cases so far limited to this one square mile area just north of miami. >> we just announced this morning on top of the four cases we announced on friday we have ten more cases. as you know, two of those cases were in broward and the others were in miami that we announced on friday. all the additional cases are in that one small square mile downtown miami. >> reporter: these are the first cases of zika that have been transmitted from a mosquito to a human being in the u.s. florida's 400 other cases are contracted during travel to another infected country. the governor meeting today to share strategy and to keep residents informed, particularly pregnant women or women planning to get pregnant. the virus causes microcephaly, heads and brains. >> my concerns were making sure i understood the virus. >> reporter: officials have distributed mosquito repellant kits and have distributed larvacide. >> the recommendation is if you're pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant,

u.s. surgeon general exes all people to be affected by zika by the end of the year. >> crazy. the health department says people who visited farmingdale may have been exposed to hepatitis-a. a worker tested positive. people who drank beverages a the rest a ran july 19th, 23rd, 26th, or the 30th are at risk. free hepatitis-a treatment is available in great river until 7:00 tonight and from 10:00 in the morning until 4:00 tomorrow. >> people in one long island village packed a board meeting this morning to try to stop a casino from being built in their come. >> the concerns fell on deaf ears. [chanting] reporter: while he started the chants inside of friday's board meeting, the village proved controversial we have a resolution approving the ap willing ication for a special permanent. reporter: the debate has been going on for months but the chaotic meeting minutes long. >> my attempt was just to make the voices of myself and others in the room known. >> the entertainment company that was hired by sulf kotb plans to operate up to 1,000 video lottery terminal machines inside of the hotel. the spokespers

u.s. is one of the few countries that can't do that. >> no, the state of california does negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers for drug prices. they negotiate very heavily. the department of health care services which oversees medi-cal fee for service, they negotiate very heavily. cal pers negotiates the department of general services which oversees for the prisons and local hospitals. >> the federal government for the affordable care act, for example, and the prescription drug expansion under president george w. bush, they're prohibited, the government is prohibited -- >> i don't know that that's the case. >> i believe it is. >> okay, well, it doesn't matter. this isn't going to affect the federal government. it's not going to affect this program. it's going to affect californians. >> one of the claims your campaign makes is that if this occurs, and if these prices are linked to the va, that prices are going to go up for veterans. there's nothing in prop 61 that says that? >> that's correct, that's correct. but this program, the same type of thing extending va prices to other agency, was tried in the early 1990s called obra. prices to va went up, congress repealed the law becau