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u.s. department of health and human services declared an emergency in puerto rico last year when more than10,000 cases of zika were reported. in 2009, there was widespread concern over potential pandemic of the flu. >>> firefighters on high alert across the state. they're battling dozens of fires, including this one near los angeles. it broke out on a hillside near a middle school. closer to home, investigators contained a grass fire in san jose. it burned about 10 acres near fire station 33. firefighters battled it from the air and the ground. they had it under control in about two hours. no buildings or homes were damaged. >>>let's get another check on our hot, hot weather. >> it is a hot weather pattern here. you know, trying to compare it to last year at this time, we were even hotter last year. it's just that we're seeing more occasions of these heat waves. last year, we saw one and then average temperatures and then maybe another one a month later. we've been seeing heat waves week after week. let's look at the current conditions. this is looking out towards the bay bridge where you

u.s. department of health and human services. we know from experience there is a significant amount of crossover in the private health insurance. focusing on the model is working to share data in with potential criminal activity. for example, hard data analytics team prepared over 900 million health care claims data. data with over health care so these rings don't discriminate. the v scylla that dates back to the founding whether intact or illegally exported or shipped overseas in the u.s. often they don't know they might be stolen. the with the black market enterprise congress itself recognizes in the 1992 legislation and the purpose is to help protect consumers. this program administered it reduces the use of stolen vehicles and provide consumers protection. bissett is intended to make sure it is available to consumers. finally another issue wherere we have seen an abuse and contractor fraud. we see numerous cases of exploitation so those areas impact is serious damage to homes often beset within a date or tarot involving 20 con

u.s. department of health calling the trial and demanding for it to be stopped immediately. >> well, here'sse what if green tea to help. chinese researchers are exploring alternative ways to help people who suffer from tooth sensitivity. right now there aren't a lot of options and some toothpaste and other office procedures may help. they say a key ingredient in green tea can help reduce sensitivity. they're more prone to cavities and discomfort when eating hot and cold food and while chewing. >> i think green tea is supposed to be good for you. i just don't like it. >> it is not tasteful. although i'm going to have to bring i was can of green tea ginger ale. >> the ginger ale kicks it up a notch. >>> google at the center of a firestorm after a employee pins a message about women and tech jobs. >> let's take a live look across the d.c. region. 71 degrees and it's wet out there, folks. fox5 news morning coming back right after this. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> is that your >> i don't recognize this song. >> yeah, that's her. >> madonna. >> who is it. >> madonna. >> oh, madge, that's my girl. i'm not super

of louisiana. fema is reposition assistance team has been here since august 23rd. currently u.s. coast guard and department of human and health service and state requested resources including shelter commodities have been pre positioned on standby and are already here in the state and fema has worked with partnership since the 14th. they continue to support on-going recovery efforts from 2015 floods. we continue to follow instructions of the local officials as far as evacuations and continue to listen to those local officials they know best their communities. still the dangerous storm are in areas effected by this. we have ready.gov on-line to give preparedness tips to folks out there. thank you. >> admiral? >> good afternoon i'm the commander of the coast guard district headquartered in new orleans serves the people of the gulf coast states and the river system. coast guard is busy in texas supporting the federal response led by fema in that state but we have not lost our focus on the state of louisiana and i'm here today to meet with the governor to ensure we're as prepared as possible to support it has 39 rotary and 7 airc

u.s. embassy employees in havana. the state department employees believe several of them were subjected to akust stick attacks possibly by sonic devices. at least two serious health problems. i want to bring in correspondent patrick oppmann who was in havana and a former member of the joint chief of staff and retired chief of cia operations. this is fascinating. s patrick, let's talk about this. the state department addressed the situation in a briefing earlier today. let's take a listen and then we'll discuss. >> some u.s. government personnel who were working at our embassy in havana, cuba on official duty. so they were there on behalf of the u.s. embassy there. they've reported incidents that have caused a variety of physical symptoms. we don't have any definitive answers about the source or the cause of what we consider to be incidents. we can tell you that on may 23rd, the state department took further action. we asked two officials who were

of need both mental evaluation and treatment. judge seen here at public meeting last year with the u.s. attorney for the district told lawyers for the department of behavioral health, the shortage of beds for patients at saint elizabeth's mental hospital is causing unlawful delays and asking for additional team is unlawful request. she told attorneys for the district, as well as doctors from saint elizabeth who are in the courtroom today, each summer we have a backlog, but this summer is the most serious. an attorney for the district's department acknowledged in court they have seen a 60% in increase needing mental health evaluations over the next few years and currently nine inmates are still in jail on a waiting list to get into the hospital. so far this summer, the longest wait has been 24 days. that was unacceptable and when the judge orders an agency to do something, she told the agencies, adding it's an interest of human beings who are in jail unlawfully. >> mark what happens next year. what are the options? >> well, so the judge told the city that one of the options that the law provides for is that the city can use a private mental facility, like psychiatr

department believes several of its employees at the u.s. embassy in havana were targeted by a covert sonic device that caused hearing loss. two staffers experienced such serious healthems they had to return to the u.s. for treatment. according to a state department official, the workers were not in the same place at the same time. also reported a variety of concussion-like symptoms. >> the fbi is looking into the case. the trump administration responding to the incident by ex-y pelling two cuban -- expelling two cuban diplomats from their embassy in washington in may. cuban officials call the reaction an overreaction. the foreign ministry is taking the matter with great seriousness. >>> first lawsuit has been filed against president trump's ban on transgender members of the military. five unidentified active duty transgender service members are seeking to block the measure claiming it is unconstitutional. they say the president's three-tweet directive has resulted in immediate concrete injury by threatening their reasonable expectation of continued service. the ban has not been formally implemented. the pentagon refusing to comment on the lawsuit. >> so far the pent

percent of alcohol consumed in mexico is illegal mexico's health authority has seized more than one point four million gallons of adulterated alcohol since two thousand and ten yet the u.s. state department had not worn travelers about alcohol risks in mexico until the journal sentinel's investigation. and now a warning for job seekers as employers shift to entirely digital job applications the risk of scams targeting job seekers goes up hackers attempt to hook tens of thousands of people each year through job scams according to the federal trade commission and young people are a frequent target the most susceptible being under thirty four years old think about it you put incredibly sensitive information on job applications and acceptance forms from your social security number to your bank information for direct deposit not only that but hackers can deliver a fake job applications containing malware or ask you to download files for the application process gaining access to either your personal computer or a corporate network if you're job hunting at your current job in two thousand and fifteen the cyber security research firm dell secure works uncovered a network of dozens of fake linked

u.s. it would quote face "fire and fury like the world has never seen." a major order from the d-c department of healthcal center in southeast washington has been ordered to stop delivering babies - and offering prenatal care - for 90 days the health department did not specify why they issued the order but one high ranking city official tells abc7 news umc has quote "woefully inadequate facilities" and quote."grossly underserves the community." good morning washington. toss to eileen - delightful today and tomorrow - delightful today and tomorrow - rain chances friday through monday - no sign of high heat and humidity low humidity. very nice for early august. highs: 82-85 winds: n to se 5 mph tonight: mainly clear. another comfortable night. lows: 65-70 winds: se 5 mph thursday: sunny start with increasing clouds late. still pleasant. highs: 81-84 winds: se 5-10 mph attorneys for the man accused of during a traffic argument - say he acted in self defense. "ernest stickell" remains in jail without bond. he is accused of shooting a woman on eisenhower avenue in alexandria in mid july. the victim was shot

u.s. department of veterans affairs is taking new steps to use technology to improve access to health careeterans across the nation. president trump announce the initiatives today at the white house today include using video technology and diagnostic tools to conduct medical exams and give veterans the ability to use mobile devices to schedule, reschedule, or cancel .ppointments with ava dr. japanese prime minister shinzo abe reshuffled his cabinet today seeking to repair his approval ratings by installing well-known moderates in key roles. at a press conference, he apologized to the japanese people, adding "we will put the economy first. he has faced criticism for prioritizing conservative issues such as amending the constitution. approval ratings for him and his liberal democratic party have fallen after a series of scandals over alleged cronyism and other abuses. turkey's top diplomat is promising to root out militants plotting against china. a visit to beijing, the turkish foreign minister spoke alongside his chinese counterpart and said his country would treat threats to china's secur

of denyity's by moving to resources if they do not detain people living in the u.s. illegally. the department of veterans affairs is taking new steps to use technology to improve access to healthns across the nation. president trump announced the initiatives at the white house. they include using video technology and diagnostic tools to conduct medical exams and giving vets the ability to use mobile devices to schedule, reschedule, or cancel appointment's with a va doctor. china says it wants to maintain a good relationship with the united states when it comes to intellectual property. still, the prospect of an investigation by the trump administration has raised the risk of tit-for-tat retaliation by beijing. u.s. officials are gearing up for a probe into whether china violates the electoral property laws. venezuelan president nicolas maduro is dismissing the latest u.s. sanctions, saying they won't stop him. on monday, the trump administration added him to a growing list of high-ranking venezuelan officials targeted by financial sanctions. isuro is trying -- maduro trying to rewrite the constitution and overwrite any branch of the venezuelan government. global news 24 hours

the ntsb is on the scene, and the department of health is sukting air pollution tests and thankfully, no one was injured. >> thanks to you as well. >>> the u.s. military testing a long range missile amid rising tensions with north korea tonight. a test was scheduled. it was last night here, we reported that north korea's most recent missile test landed in the same area where an air france plane had flown through ten minutes earlier. more than 300 people on board that plane. >>> to our troops overseas tonight. from afghanistan, the battle in that country claiming the lives of two more u.s. service members. the taliban taking responsibility saying a suicide bomber drove a truck bomb. nine americans have died supporting afghan forces so far this year. >>> we turn next tonight to growing concern and what could be a new case of carbon mo new york side in a police cruiser. a police officers passing out behind the wheel. his cruiser, a ford explorer. the same type linked to other cases involving police vehicles, and here tonight, abc's david wright. >> reporter: tonight, another case of a police officer passing out at the wheel, and having an accid

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u.s. believes that several state department employees at the u-s embassy in havana were subjected to an "acoustic attack"... that someone used sonic devices - which left at least two of them with serious healthroblems. andy rose has more. / state dept. spokeswoman: "some u.s. government personnel who were working at our embassy in havana, cuba...reported some incidents which caused a variety of physical symptoms."the u.s. believes that several state department employees were subjected to what officials called, an "acoustic attack," while working in havana.the alleged attackleft at least two employees with such serious health problems including hearing loss, they had to be brought back to the u.s. for treatment, several senior officials told cnn. what is still unclear however, is what caused the attack that left the victims with symptoms similar to someone who has suffered from a concussion. heather nauert/ state dept. spokeswoman: "we don't have any definitive answers on the source or the cause of what we consider to be incidents."the state department is taking the alleged threat seriously, going so far as to remove two cuban officials from the u.s. in may. heather nauert/ state dept. spokes

health and safety issue a matter of american lives. >> reporter: for seven years, a u.s. interior department scientist has been working to relocate the villages to safer ground. part of his job is to raise awareness about the issue. >> the region of the planet changing twice as fast. >> reporter: last month at the united nations. six days later, one of 50 department employees assigned to new jobs. he responded with a whistle blower complaint. demanding an investigation and reassignment to his old job. >> i believe that the trump administration is retaliating against me for disclosing these risks to these alaskan native villages. >> reporter: and he says for speaking out about climate change which president trump has repeatedly questioned. clement says his new job is a waste of taxpayer dollars. they're paying you to do nothing? >> that's right. >> reporter: because they're hoping you will quit. >> right. >> reporter: he published an opinion post in "the washington post." i'm blowing the whistle on the trump administration he wrote, that chooses science over science. he says he received a gro

u.s. territory of guam. the "today" show will have the latest developments on this, including the reaction to president trump's threat. that's coming up. >>> residents called it a heartbreaking decision. the department of healthered the obgyn at the united medical center to shut down for 90 days. the hospital services -- the closest hospital services are now more than 20 minutes away. >>> and the powerball drawing is tonight. nbc's kerry sanders is keeping up with the excitement. you can catch his report on the "today" show in just a few minutes. >> hopefully you got your ticket for that. as we go through this week, take a look at your beach forecast. an isolated shower chance on friday. as we go through the next several days, no severe weather around right now. that's the good news. but as we look at the radar, we are not even dry into friday and the weekend. that's when we hav so at least for today, it looks good. the radar is looking pretty good right now too. this is what it looks like locally. clear do clear conditions, mid 80s, nice and sunny. >> can you never have too much clear. >> it's always a nice reassurance when you walk out the doors to know the radar is dry and there's no rain on it. i like to

health and safety issue. it's a matter of american lives. >> reporter: for the past seven years, joel clement, a u.s. interior department, has been working to relocate the villagers to safer ground. part of his job is to raise awareness about the issue. >> the region of the planet that's changing twice as fast. >> reporter: last month he did so at the united nations. six days later, he was one of about 50 department employees who were assigned to new jobs. clement responded with a whistleblower complaint, demanding an investigation and reassignment to his old job. >> i believe that the trump administration is retaliating against me for disclosing these risks to these alaskan native villages. >> reporter: and, he says, for speaking out about climate change, which president trump has repeatedly questioned. clement says his new job is a waste of taxpayer dollars. they're paying you to do virtually nothing. >> that's right. >> reporter: because they're hoping you will quit? >> that's right. >> reporter: he recently published an opinion piece in "the washington post." "i'm blowing the whistle on the trump administration," he

of the supreme court decision. and a breaking news word for the 2012 health care decision. she has been a justice of the since january 2015. justice kruger served in the u.s. department of justice as a assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel. 2007 to 2013 she served in the department as an assistant to the solicitor general. during her tenure, she argued 12 cases on behalf of federal government in the u.s. supreme court. dean of professor of law. previously, he taught at duke law school and at the university of southern california law school. he is one of the country's leading experts in constitutional law. the honorable alex kaczynski was appointed circuit judge for the ninth circuit in 1985 and served as chief judge on the court from 2007 until 2014. . after law school, he clerked for chief justice weinberger for the u.s. supreme court and justice anthony kennedy. prior to the appellate bench appointment, he served as chief -- judge to united states claims court. and finally, a professor of law with a focus on federalism and postconviction review. he was at our panel two years ago. she clerked for justice anthony and kennedy on the u.s. supreme c

u.s. congress. he talks about his opposition to the affordable care act, working for the prompt administration and the priorities for the department of health and human services. dearborn, michigan into up in atlanta, georgia? sec. price: i did my undergraduate at the university of michigan, but my mother's family is from roanoke. so when i was a kid we would take summer vacations down in roanoke and virginia beach. and my mother told me that at the age of six i announced that there was no reason for us to live here, we needed to live in virginia or the south. when i finished my medical school i interviewed for my residency from richmond south, in richmond and charlotte and atlanta, new orleans, gainesville florida, and selected the memorial hospital, which is what drew me to atlanta. i did my residency there. host: at what point did you say, i want to be a doctor? sec. price: as soon as i realized i could not be a professional baseball player, very early by the way. my father grew up on a farm. he was a dairy farmer. and in the late 1950's, there was the bottom fell out of milk prices and so we moved from the farm in michigan, to suburban

u.s. canada says at least one of its diplomats has also suffered hearing loss. the f.b.i. and the state department continue to investigate. anthony. >> mason: julianna goldman with a health mystery in havana. thanks. the software engineer fired by google this week is speaking out about it. he'd written a memo criticizing the company's diversity policies. john blackstone is at google headquarters in mountain view, california. >> reporter: at google silicon valley campus, the work scheduled today called for a town hall meeting where c.e.o. sundar pichai would address the controversial memo written by the now-fired software engineer james damore. he defended himself in an interview with bloomberg news. >> the whole point of my memo was actually to improve google and google's culture, and they just punished me and shamed me for doing it. >> reporter: the memo criticized google's efforts to hire more women, suggesting "biological causes may explain why we don't see equal representation. women, on average, have more neuroticism," damore wrote. >> it's largely because of the differing interests in people versus things, which is linked to prenatal testosterone. >> it is profound

health problems they had to return to the u.s. for treatment, according to a state department official. the workers were not in the same place at the same time. and also reported a variety of concussion-like symptoms. >> the fbi looking into the case. the trump administration responding to the incident by expelling two cuban diplomats from their embassy in washington in may. cuban officials call the expulsion an overreaction. the cuban foreign ministry says it is taking the matter with great seriousness. >>> a republican senator's theory of why john mccain voted against the senate health care plan left even a radio host stunned. >> he has a brain tumor now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> really? >> more of ron johnson's comments and what he's saying now. "how to win at business." step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. can make anyone slow downt and pull up a seat to the table. that's why she takes the time to season her turkey to perfection, and m

is on the scene, and the department of health is conducting air pollution tests and thankfully, no one was injured. david? >> linzie janis, our thanks to you as well. >>> the u.s. military testing a long range missile amid rising tensions with north korea tonight. the launch from an air force base in california was previously scheduled with advanced warning to commercial airliners and ships in its path. it was last night here, we reported that north korea's most recent missile test landed in the same area where an air france plane had flown through ten minutes earlier. more than 300 people on board that plane. >>> to our troops overseas tonight. from afghanistan, the battle in that country claiming the lives of two more u.s. service members. the taliban taking responsibility saying a suicide attacker drove a truck bomb into a military convoy. nine americans have died supporting afghan forces so far this year. >>> we turn next tonight to growing concern and what could be a new case of carbon monoxide in a police suv cruiser. a massachusetts police officer behind the wheel, crashing into another car. his cruiser, a ford explorer. the same type linked to other ca

u.s. bombers over the korean peninsula yesterday, those flights originating from andersen air force base in guam. those bombers were joined by japanese and south korean aircraft. jonathan: developing now, a major order from d.c. department of health. a southeast washington hospital must stop delivering babies and offering prenatal care for 90 days. alison: this comes as a surprise even to d.c. councilmen who said they had no idea this would happen. jay korff is live outside of united medical center. any idea why they are doing this? jay: no, that's the thing, no one power is saying why this happened, and that is just one of the headlines in a shocking story. pregnant women who came to the united medical center in southeast d.c. for prenatal care or planned on giving birth year will have to make other arrangements, to the dismay of longtime health care advocates. >> i was shocked. the first question that came to mind was, where did the women go? jay: tuesday health department officials issued a statement that said this applies strictly servicesry and nursery for the next 90 days. anyone as to what happened to spur this decision. one high-ranking city officials grossly other serves the community. ward seven councilmember vincent gr

u.s. congress. he talks about his opposition to the affordable care act, working for the prompt administration and the priorities for the department of health and human services.

u.s. department health and human services. -- we are working to share data and investigations across all lines of insurance to detect fraud and terminal activity. dataxample, in 2014, our analytics teams compared over $909 to a data resulting in over 100 schemes. organizedords, these rings don't discriminate. they will caps off anyone regardless if these vehicles are shipped overseas or sold in the u.s., they do not know these vehicles might be stolen. itself congress recognized and passed known ason newsreaders. its purpose is to help keep stolen vehicles from being resold. fraud andam protects provide protection against unsafe vehicles. another issue where we have seen many of these is contractor fraud. we been very active from a public awareness standpoint and we have seen numerous -- in short, it is pretty simple. there's serious damage to the homes. thank you for being here. >> thank you chairman moran and ranking member blumenthal. i appreciate the opportunity to provide testimony on insurance fraud in america. cfa is concerned and fraud by consumers against the industry. although most insurance companies are honest and

u.s. canada says at least one of its diplomats has also suffered hearing loss. the f.b.i. and the state department continue to investigate. anthony. >> mason: julianna goldman with a health mystery in havana. thanks. the software engineer fired by google this week is speaking out about it. he'd written a memo criticizing the company's diversity policies. john blackstone is at google headquarters in mountain view, california. >> reporter: at google silicon valley campus, the work schedule today called for a company-wide town hall meeting where c.e.o. sundar pichai would address the controversial memo written by the now-fired software engineer james damore. damore defended himself in an interview with bloomberg news. >> the whole point of my memo was actually to improve google and google's culture, and they just punished me and shamed me for doing it. >> reporter: the memo criticized google's efforts to hire more women, suggesting "biological causes may explain why we don't see equal representation. women, on average, have more neuroticism," damore wrote. >> it's largely because of the differing interests in people versus things, which is linked to prenatal testosterone. >

health. did you use it to get an early jump on your weekend at the >>> want to bring you up to date on the deadly news. the u.s. department of homeland security is sending out a statement saying we're will not let terrorism become the new normal. >> 12 people killed, 80 other hurt when a van rammed people on a sidewalk. . police now have the area, they evacuated and taken people out of the restaurants and homes >> our consulates in barcelona in our entire mission are currently assisting americans in spain who are effected by these events we're ask u.s. citizens in the area to let your loved ones know you are safe. >> tillerson said that terrorists around the world should know the u.s. and our allies will bring them to justice. and we're have this breaking news coming out of charlottesville. >> he'll talk about the future of the robert e lee statute, many are wondering what happens once they do come. the state house trust decided to remove the statute of the roger from the grounds of the state house. upholding slavery in the dread scott case, the worst decision in u.s. history. >> it might have been par for the course at the

u.s. government. therefore, we could see it in health care. we could see it in terms of identifying people, in terms of record-keeping. this is something across the departmentstice. we are starting to see potential applications. emily: $1.3 million. clearly, the technology holds great promise. it is still very early days. there are big questions about volatility, reliability. what do you make of this? bob: these are a lot of proof of concepts. it is an interesting enough technology they have to take it seriously. they have to try a variety of ways to think about how we can potentially deploy this technology, how can we overcome some of that volatility. volatility around cryptocurrencies has been crazy. in a lot of other markets and places, you cannot have that volatility. they have got to figure out ways to adapt the technology and reduce the volatility. i think they will try it in different places to see what can work and what cannot. how they address the issues of managing the ledgers as they grow. that has been an issue for crypto coin mining. those are issues that have to be looked at. emily: how does the u.s. approach compared to what is happening in o

of the state department. the u.s. senate's top republican left open the door slightly for another attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. g.o.p. health care overhaul legislation failed by a 51-to-49 vote last week, but majority leader mitch mcconnell said his party is still examining its options. he did, however, reject president trump's call for republicans to change senate rules and reduce its 60-vote threshold to eliminate filibusters. >> i mean, it's pretty obvious, that our problem on healthcare was not the democrats. we didn't have 50 republicans. there are not the votes in the senate, as i've said repeatedly to the president, and to all of you, to change the rules of the senate. >> woodruff: meanwhile, the republican chair of the senate's health committee wants to pass a one-year extension of federal payments to insurers. president trump has threatened to halt those payments, but democrats and others say the move would hike premiums. majority leader mcconnell also said today that the debate on raising the nation's debt ceiling could stretch until september. the treasury department says that september 29 is the last day it will

u.s. believes that several state department employees at the u-s embassy in havana were subjected to an "acoustic attack". that someone used sonic devices which left at least two of them with serious healthroblems. andy rose has more. / state dept. spokeswoman: "some u.s. government personnel who were working at our embassy in havana, cuba...reported some incidents which caused a variety of physical symptoms."the u.s. believes that several state department employees were subjected to what officials called, an "acoustic attack," while working in havana.the alleged attackleft at least two employees with such serious health problems including hearing loss, they had to be brought back to the u.s. for treatment, several senior officials told cnn. what is still unclear however, is what caused the attack that left the victims with symptoms similar to someone who has suffered from a concussion. heather nauert/ state dept. spokeswoman: "we don't have any definitive answers on the source or the cause of what we consider to be incidents."the state department is taking the alleged threat seriously, going so far as to remove two cuban officials from the u.s. in may. heather nauert/ state dept. spokes