And charles koch says he is not supporting donald trump. Koch along with his brother, they have said they would spend hundreds of millions of dollars to put a republican in the white house. But the money will now go to helping republican congressional candidates. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 1st. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this plans to fight the spread of the zika virus in florida this afternoon the governor is hosting a preparedness round table. In the meantime, spraying has increased hopes of keeping the virus contained. This after officials confirmed what are believed to be the first locally transmitted zika cases in the u. S. Eva pilgrim has more from miami. Reporter south florida on edge, waiting on test results to reporter so far four people confirmed with zika virus. At least four bitten by mosquitos in this one square mile of miami next to downtown. Health workers are going door to door testing to see if more people have zika vi
H, the number of nontravel related zika infections in florida rose to 16. This time the person is in palm beach county. 75 miles north of the miami zika zone but had traveled to miamidade county. David begnaud has the latest on the battle of the virus linked to b d reporter there has been aerial spraying over the zika zone at least three times now. With 17 locally transmitted zika cases. The one mile area of wynwood was a ghost town. She feared she had zika. She started having flu like symptoms. Today she received good news. We did your test last week. It was negative. Whew. One less thing to worry about. Reporter she says she has been taking precautions including using bug spray any time she is outside. Reporter you understand how randomly it could have been you . Absolutely. And, and in any situation, when you become pregnant, you just accept you are not in control. One thing that you are in control of, with zika is you can prevent. Reporter her obstetrician, dr. Maria beacham worrie
Concussion and three small spinal cord fractures. Shes said to be conscious and okay. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 8th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you all. We begin this half hour with the death of a tenyearold boy during a family outing at a water park. He was riding on the water slide in kansas city kansas, the tallest in the world. 17 stories insane or crazy in german. Riders have to follow some strict rules. Theres no word on how this accident took place. We honestly dont know whats happened. Thats why an investigation, a full investigation is necessary. All our rides are inspected every day, and our rides are inspected by an outside party before the season starts. The water park will be closed guards may be too distraught to work there. Its the first fatality at the park since it opened. Zplrch donald trump is looking to get back on message. Hes been struggling in the polls, and he tried to mend fences with the republican est
Hillary clintons emails. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Reporter criticism on trump for seeming to ask a hostile Foreign Government to mettle in an american election. But trumps message now . Lighten up. His campaign again and again hitting that word, sarcasm. Once again the National Media takes what was clearly a sarcastic comment made by donald trump. Theyve taken a statement laced with sarcasm. Reporter trump wasnt backing away from his comments when he made them. Do you have any qualms about asking a Foreign Government to hack into a system of anybodys in this country . Thats up to the president. Let the president talk to them. Does that give you pause . No. Reporter in fact, he democratic opponent. I hope they do. They probably have her 33,000 emails that she lost and deleted. Because youd see some beauties there. So lets see. Reporter from the Clinton Campaign,
The ceremonial head of the town. He actually bought his way into office. His name was drawn during a food festival. Each entry cost 1. I smell a scandal. He took office last year. His then sixyearold brother was his advisor. It was a family sort of affair. Robert served two mayor when he was 3 and 4. That young lady looks ambitious. Coming up, the stories behind the story at the Olympic Games in rio. Why the team to beat this year is a bunch of superstars. The u. S. Womens gymnastics, and why is it the mens team doesnt get the same attention . And bringing the taste of rio home to you. Well check out a brazilian dish. World news now weather. Brought to you by colonial pen Life Insurance. Since i was a kid, ive done every t empty my pocket change into this old jar. Its never much, just whats left after i break a dollar. And i never thought i could get quality Life Insurance with my spare change. Neither did i. Until i saw a commercial for the Colonial Penn program. At such an affordable