Why dont you go back to l. A. . Excuse me . Well, you dont like it here. These arent your people. And things are gonna get bad very quickly. Why do you care . Because youre in my way. chuckles i work in constituent casework, senator. Thats hardly in your way. Well, heres the thing, lana. Laurel. Youve been slinking around my chief of staff. Really . Distracting him. What youre about. I do. And what am i about . Unpredictability. I know how your brother will act. Strategists can read other strategists. But you. One day, youre emotional; the next, youre strategic; the next, youre. Having your woman time. My . Woman time . . You dont drink anymore, do you, senator . Oh, i drink my kalecelery smoothies. You should try em. No alcohol . My bodys a temple. Why do you drink . cause i like it. Its fun. There are other ways to have fun. Joining other likeminded people in completing a mission. Sounds like a blast. What are these maps about . Uh, office work product. Its not very smart of you to let me see them. It wont matter. Youre gonna lose. Then why do you care if im in the way . chuckles you are a sly one. Im gonna keep an eye on you. knocking at door senator, the. Ah, gareth, buddy, how are you . I think you know lana. Yeah. Laurel. Shes here wanting to talk about chuckles well. Ill let you two talk. And well talk again. So. Um. So. Im not here about last night. Im here about gerrymandering. Your office is coordinating gerrymandering aryland state house. One of our constituents complained. Okay. Lets back up. exhales i think we should talk about last night. birds singing ive had good nights, ive had bad nights, but ive never had. Yes, it was odd. I dont know what it was. sighs what did you see . What did i. When i. Fell unconscious, what did you see . I dont know what youre after. I. Held you. And then i got dressed. So you didnt see anything near my ears . Your ears . No. Okay, look. I have these migraines, and i needed human contact. And if i wasnt there . But you were there. Yeah, but. When you get these migraines, what do you do . Are you asking if i sleep around . No. No, i just. exhales i want to feel like i wasnt being used last night. It was great. It wasnt great. It was weird. Okay, yes. laughs it was weird. What do you want . For things to be normal. I want to talk and joke and take you out to dinner. And pay. And then kiss you on your stoop one night and then i talk to my friends and they say not to call because ill come across too vulnerable, but of course, i call anyway. And then were, i dont know, happy and a little awkward on the phone together. Okay. Lets do that. Why cant we do that . Because you were yelling at me to go faster while you ate chocolate and salami. I just need some time to think. Makes sense. Oh, um. I need your list of gerrymander districts. quiet chuckle we have a bug. You do . How did you get it . Gustav that. That would take some explaining. We did a spectrographic test. Its 90 potassium chloride. That could explain the head explosions. Potassium chloride is combustible. Unknown. . Unknown . . How could it be unknown . There are some other oddities here. It moves. Even after you cut it up. Do you have the bug here . Yes. We need your help. We dont know what were dealing with here. And we dont have the equipment. The cdc does. Gustav were trusting you with this. Someone risked their life to get this bug. , im on your side. bangs gavel there are 38 proposed amendments to the cdc budget. Well address them one at a time. Senators will be limited to five minutes in discussing markups. Uh, first, the proposed 48 million earmark for Disease Control maintenance in new york. I move to approve. I second. Any discussion . None . All right, then. If theres no discussion, well move to a vote but do you have an objection, red . Well, ill call it more of a hesitation. Im reading this comic book i think the young people call it, uh, a graphic novel. Its called, uh, preparedness 101 zombie pandemic. Uh, a constituent gave it to me. I thought it was funny. chuckles but then, uh, then i realized who put it out. Its our very own centers for Disease Control. The real one; the one were discussing right now. They put out a comic book about how to repel a zombie attack. Luke this was merely a way to get people who usually dont care about disease to read about it. Im sorry, mr. Chairman. I thought i had five minutes. You do. Continue. Well, my question, uh, isnt about the cost of this. Im sure its negligible. My question is this. Is the cdc devoting Practical Research time and money to a Zombie Apocalypse . Okay, thats crazy. laughing i mean. Theyre not. Well, a constituent told me that a cdc researcher goes by the name of dexter wu oror wah dr. Wu . Is investigating bugs that take on zombielike characteristics. This is what i say. We are about to approve a 1. 3 billon budget for the cdc. We owe it to the taxpayers to make sure this money isnt spent on more zombie comic books and zombie bug research. applause youre moving that we delay approval of the cdc budget . Yes, until such time as the cdc director can assure us that the peoples money isnt being misspent. Are you studying zombie bugs . Well, im doing research into a bug that, yes, like a screwworm eats human flesh. Stop. But, sir our budget is being held up by this. This was given to me by a very trustworthy i dont care if you love crab and who doesnt then seize the day already. Crabfest is back at red lobster with so many kinds of crab and the most crab dishes of the year. So dive into whatever floats your crabloving boat. Like crab lovers dream. Crack open tender snow and king crab legs, and twirl creamy crab alfredo. Sweet and straight from the icy waters of alaska, youve gotta get it. To really get it. But it wont last forever, so hurry in. To turn knorr rice sides into something new, just saut . 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So heres some words of wisdom. Politicians dont embarrass easily. You do. Mmmm, i do not. Senior year, mom picking you up from school. Okay, thank you. And then that time your pants fell down around your knees that was good. Have fun. Im going. Ludicrous the district, the better. door closes . . . . So, you see it, too . Yeah. Crop circles. Come on, you cant be going crazy, too. No, im just saying what does it mean . Nothing. What could it mean . Youre saying someone is gerrymandering districts into crop circles. That doesnt make any sense. Because these bugs are not of this world. Oh, my god, you have been wanting to say that for weeks. Gustav how else do you explain all . Rochelle a million reasons demographics. Ii dont know. T of voting districts . It makes no sense. Look. The circles theyre all pointing towards something. Capitol hill theyre taking over the government. Theyre coming for us. Okay, lets try to maintain, please. Laurel what did you find out about that bug . The one that you caught . Yeah, rochelle. What did we find out about it . That has nothing to do with this. What . We gave it to wu at the cdc for a more . Thorough examination . And his boss took it away from him. Why . The budget. Red wheatus. Rochelle they argued the cdc was being frivolous t, looking into bugs. So everything was put into storage. Oh, god. Gustav dont you see . Were in a game of chess with a higher intelligence. That wouldnt be hard. When we make a move, they make a counter move. Where are you going . To find out about the cdc. We take the fight to red. He wants to stop the government from working. The cdc is just the beginning. Luke good, so were all on the same page. We hold together. Now amarants on our side, so are two other moderate here. Excuse me. chuckles propaganda. You can get the cdc back up and running . Yeah, this time we have the votes. I just cant be seen going on about bugs, okay . Mmhmm. Hi. paper crumpling hey. What was that . Nothing. Just a note i was leaving. Well, you could give it to me. Yeah. I do. Good. Look, i dont want things to i dont want things to be awkward. Yes. I told him not to again. I just dont like when work impacts. chuckles life. So, tonight . . Tonight . . Drinks . Oh, yes. Um. No. Unfortunately, i have to meet a friend. How about tomorrow night . Mmhmm. chuckles gareth . Thank you. We can make this normal again. quietly yeah. . Lying close to floods, oh. . Hey, stacie. Hi. Loud bar. Yeah, i know. Good music. Ah, lets go some place quieter. No, i dont want people to hear us. Here. I have water. Lets go. Lets dance. Why . cause its fun. Remember, the west village . Like that. Im a little tired. Okay, well, im dancing. Come on, ill give you a scoop out there. . Catching me . . Feel so good. . So, you dating anyone . No. What about michael from last year . We broke it off. Yeah, i know. He made a mistake. How do you know . He told me. I called him. He said he wanted to see what you were up to. Is this what you did with abby . Is . What . What i did with abby . Try to remake her life. Were not your playthings, laurel. Take the moat out of your eye, then worry about me. No. No, i know how this works now. You try to turn it back on me, you try to make it my problem, but its not gonna work. I felt the bugs in my head, stacie. I know what theyre doing to you. And i know theres a cure. There. Thats michael. He misses you. Just give it a chance, stacie. Ah. Ow. Listen to me. Stacie. Shes gone. Stacies gone. You cant get her back. She doesnt want to come back. I came back, stacie. You just have to use the right side of your brain. This is different. Knock the side of my head. Go ahead. hollow thumping theres nothing there. Go ahead, chase us away. But your friend will be a lobotomized idiot. What do you want . Everything. We. Want. Everything. Are you taking over the government . What government . There is no government anymore. chuckles the summer of this. 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It neutralizes the republican senior vote. And here . This puts all the collegeeducated together. I mean, theyre helping us, not hurting us. And why are they doing that . chuckles i have no idea. General stupidity . Never underestimate the stupidity of your opponent. But lets not get in the way. When your opponent is shooting themselves in the foot. Let them. Youre overthinking it, sis. Hows it going . Were losing. Ella and red should be at each others throats. Its odd when theyre not. gavel banging are we ready to vote on the cdc budget . Hell yes. Ella mr. Chairman, i just have one thing to say. sighs go ahead. My colleague, red wheatus, wants to derail the cdc by undercutting its budget. And i cant support that. The cdc does good work. Rong animal lover, i cant agree with its. Methods. Still, i want to amend the proposed bill. The cdc should be more ambitious. More like our friends in finland, who arent satisfied with just getting by, like we americans are. 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Severe weather is moving through the area right now, hitting new jersey especially hard. Union avenue in paterson looks more like a raging river. Theres waves in the street and trash floating by the cars. Its slow going in hacken hackensack. Elise has updated conditions. Te updated flood alerts, and a flash flood alert in effect until 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow night, and the rain is not done with us. In spite of the rain we have seen, theres more. East hampton getting rain and the heaviest rain has moved offshore, and thats good news. We are looking at another cell with very, very heavy rain. Central new jersey with a break. Rain clearing from new jersey. Thats the good news. As i mentioned, theres more coming, and cloudy skies, and chance of rain overnight tonight, and a repeat headed into the day tomorrow, and i will have more coming up in the full forecast. Jessica . Elise, thank you. Dont forget to wake up with cbs 2 news this morning at 4 30 a. M. For the latest forecast and up totheminute traffic and tr haunting verbal assault on the nypd. A mysterious person is tapping into policeonly broadcast frequencies and threatens a police chief. Hazel sanchez with the radio threats. Reporter it appears the unknown hack was on the nypd frequentsies to get under the frequencies to get under the skin of one captain. Who he is. Reporter the relentless taunts began at 6 00 on saturday afternoon. The man accessed the nypd radio frequencies and was harassing the midtown precincts and one of its captains. [ inaudible ] reporter the man never says who he is during his communication with police, but he implies hes no stranger to the singled out captain, addressing him directly with jail . Im out now, and im coming to put a bullet in your head. Reporter police have not said if they identified the frequency hacker. They sed the threats are not credible, but they are continuing to investigate. I will put a bullet in your mother, too, son. Reporter police say other people have infiltrated the nypd radio frequencies in the past. They dont know how this man did it. No other threats were made now to an attempted rape at a church gym on Staten Island. Police say last sunday at our lady of Mount Caramel Church this man attacked a female Security Guard during a party. The woman was able to fight the man off, and other guards were outside at the time trying to break up the fight. A priest told us they try to make sure and have every safety measure in place during the event. The doors are locked, and they have to enter in and be patted down by a and they check the invitations. He should have been a person invited or the friend of an invited person. Thats exactly what police say. They think the suspect was a guest at the party, and so far no arrests have been made. Now to a developing story near baltimore. Heavy storms slammed maryland, causing flash flooding that killed two people. The governor declared a state of emergency in elcott county where a group of strangers superheroes. Amy yensi reports. Reporter a flash flood swept through, leaving a trail of devastation in its path, and two people are killed. At every turn, mangled cars, ripped sidewalks, and entire roadways washed away. This is like our katrina, and im not saying that lightly. Reporter this video shows a group of people forming a human chain to save a woman stuck in her car. The streets of the Historic Town turned into a river on sunday night when a of rain in just 2 hours. Governor hogan declaring a state of emergency after surveying the damage. Its worse than any of us expected it to be. Reporter the intense current turning deadly. A 32yearold tried to escape her vehicle and was washed away. Joseph Anthony Blevins was traveling with his girlfriend when their vehicle was carried throughout main street and buildings at risk of collapsing, theres no telling when people can go back to work or go back home. They are in a state of emergency in the area, and no one, other than Emergency Personnel are allowed in that area. Reporter steve bahr is doing what he can to pitch in. We decided that people need help here, and we went out and bought a bunch of pizzas, and we are handing them out to the people working here. Reporter c for the long road of recovery. No other people have been reported missing at this time. It could take months before things are back to normal in the hardest hit areas. Amy yensi, cbs 2 news. A water main break in new jersey sent water pouring into the streets of edison. At least 3 basements were flooded, and as Brian Conybeare reports the water was not shut like a geyser than a residential street in edison, new jersey. It was a boom. Almost like a volcanic sound. Reporter but it wasnt a volcano. It was a massive water main break on sunday night under stephenville parkway. So forceful, rocks and asphalt shattered the windows of cars on one driveway. Millions of gallons started to rush basements. Chinn had two pumps running and had to tear out all the carpeting by hand. Its very hard. It took me 2 hours, and its very, very heavy. Its soaked. Reporter all this water is running downhill, and that is turning backyards into rivers. Martin fitzpatricks house also flooded, and parts of his yard looked like a lake. We have about a foot of water in the basement. Reporter he estimates the no one got hurt or injured, and so it could have been a los worse. Reporter new Jersey American Water needed 22 hours to finally get all the valves closed to shut down the 48inch water main. Reporter why is this taking so long . Its more than a number of valves. We could turn it off right now, and we would have hundreds of people without batter. Reporter amazingly no one did lose geyser slowed to a trickle so crews could begin repairs. Seven tractor trailer found burned out in brooklyn. The suspected arsonist is still on the run. Reporter Fire Destroys a tractor trailer in East New York early sunday morning, and this was just one of seven total trucks that caught on fire within hours and blocks of each other. We spoke with one woman who said she was on stanley avenue unmarked truck pulled up, and she did not want to show her face in fear. The man got out of the box truck, the passenger side, and he came out of the truck, and he walked right here to the passenger side of the tractor trailer, and he busted the windows, and next thing i know, theres an explosion. Reporter explosion that left the mirror melted, the Steering Wheel crisp and some roofs b urned off. The witness she saw break into at least one of the vehicles. He was short, maybe 59, and chubby. He had on all black, a black hoodie. Reporter nearly all were garbage trucks. They are on blocks typically lined with trucks overnight, and some believe these ones were targeted. This is someone who wants to close the trailers down. Reporter in all seven of the troublingings, the fire was drivers often sleep at night. Burnt matresses are still on the ground, but many drivers say they will not be sleeping too soundly. Im probably not going to get too much sleep if i stay here after seeing that. Reporter police are still investigating if there was any criminality involved. Ali bowman, bauman, cbs 2 news. Donald trump is defending the comments he made about parents who criticized him last week. Clinton and tim kaine were campaigning in ohio today, but in between the talks with the voters, the democratic president ial candidate couldnt help but speak about the war of words, and the father at the center of the controversy ripped into his character. 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Meanwhile, the ntsb is investigating the crash, and they believe the balloon hit highvoltage power lines. Theres evidence to indicate that the balloon or some component of the balloon hit the wires themselves. Two of the victims have been matt and sunday roann. The couple had been married for less than 6 months. Flood waters are starting to recede, but people in one Staten Island neighborhood said they will be dealing with it for days. Reporter every time it rains, they wonder whats the best way to get home. I try to go in illegally against the one way not to hit the water house is like its own Little Island on Staten Island, and they are surrounded by flood water. Reporter if you had known how bad it was, would you have thought twice about buying the nows. Probably. Reporter a couple of blocks away on grimsby street, its just as bad. Not just giant downpours but every time it rains. If it rains for 5 minutes, thats a huge puddle up the block. All summer theres a giant water is scary. Especially with bugs and mosquitoes and all the viruses, its not healthy. Reporter people say the problem with the flooding, which at this point is about a foot deep it doesnt go away it will look like this for days, even long after it has stopped raining. Reporter some believe the answer is a better drainage system, but in this lowlying area, the water has nowhere to go. The department of Environmental Protection is working on a project to cut in new wetlands to filter the storm City Council Member steve matao wants something done now. in my opinion the best interim solution is have dep pump out the water as the flooding occurs. Reporter whatever the fix its frustrating. Reporter unless its before the next storm, it wont be as fast as the families need. A deb spokesperson says the first phase of the wetland looking to see if theres any shortterm solutions. Elise finch has been monitoring this throughout the weekend. Elise, you said it was bad, but you said the rain is not done . Its not done. We are going to see more showers and more thunderstorms as we head into the day tomorrow, and yeah, some folks have gotten, sort of a moderate or modest amounts of rain, and others not so lucky. We will check in with our weather watchers to see what kinds of conditions people are in brooklyn, almost midnight. Alaina says very uncomfortable out there. No wonder. 91 dew point. Ac is on. You need to keep that on. Thats for sure. As we head to connecticut. Stan is in greenwich, giving us the rain icon. Its 72 degrees, and his comment, keep the rain coming, my tomato plants love it, and so do i. I dont have to war. I think when you get a smaller, more manageable amount, just you look on the bright side. The 4inch and 5inch totals there for one day, just a few hours, and it becomes harder to appreciate. The rain and toll right now in central park, and 71 degrees, and the visible is low. Heres the headlines, damp and mild tonight. Improving on tuesday. It could kind of be rough to start for your tuesday, like early morning, but gradually improving throughout the day on wednesday. Thursday looking grt. Low 80s. Laguardia the hot spot with 83 degrees, below where we should be. Central park only made it to 79. We thought we would hit 80, but we couldnt get there. Central park, just under an inch of rain today, and thats the surplus for the month at 2. 32 inches, and so thats for the month. Just over 2inch surplus on the year, and just under a 4inch deficit, and we have really had 2 inches in the past couple of