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Habitats and what diseases they could carry, like west nile and eee. youre around mosquitos all the time. are you alarmed by this spike were seeing? >> well, yes. this is a very unusual year here in new england. nothing like this has been seen before. >> at least 30 people have become ill in six states this year after being bit by mosquitos carrying eee. 11 of them have died. why the widespread strike starts with catching mosquitos. >> youre laying more traps now at the direction of the state. w...

We saw record temperatures in many areas prone to eee yesterday. mosquitos are still flying. its important that people take their own precautions until the threat is over, which will likely be in the next few weeks. john? cnn newsroom with christina mcfarland is next. for u.s. viewers, were getting breaking news on documents that just arrived on capitol hill from a key witness testifying today. "new day" continues right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. good morning. ...

While also combating the spike. while a rhode island baseball team squeezes in a late summer practice, up above, something is happening in the state for the first time in nearly 30 years. aerial spraying to kill mosquitos, a last line of defense in the states fight against eee. >> there are certain conditios,s like this year, where we have to go above and beyond those normal measures because peoples health is at risk. >> eastern equine enchephalitis can cause a rare brain infection, sometimes de...

Road. some whose vehicles had broken down. that community dealing with a deadly mass shooting less than a month ago. now to the growing threat from the mosquito-borne disease eee, at least 21 people sickened in 7 states, and 9 deaths. tonight word the virus has been detected in mosquitoes outside new york city. from new england to michigan, schools are now taking action. adrienne bankert from connecticut. >> reporter: in parts of connecticut, there will be no friday night lights. the windsor h...

With a gun. the urgent manhunt all day for a possible serial killer on the loose. the community, already rocked by a mass shooting. the warnings to drivers with car trouble to call poli. and a brki developnt just in. the new concern involving eee, the potentially deadly mosquito virus. that virus just discovered outside new york city. and tonight, from new england to michigan, what some parents are now being told. the deputy shot behind and critically wounded today. we have just learned he...

Youngest patients. the 5-year-old and 6-year-olds hospitalized with brain swelling and are now recovering. most people who get eee have no symptoms. but for a small percentage with brain swelling, nearly a third have a chance of death and many survivors suffer long-term neurological damage. for now schools and parents in connecticut are taking what precautions they can. >> im all for my kid being safe. for safety, i like that they made the games earlier. >> reporter: administrators say they will...

Of directly marketing to children in advertisements like this one from 2015 juul recently denied marketing to kids and says its trying to combat underage use. the company maintains illegal vaping products are to blame for recent illnesses while the government continues to investigate the cause, the fda commissioner is calling teen vaping an epidemic. >> in retrospect, the fda should have acted sooner. we should have begun regulating these devices sooner >> reporter: undoing the damage could prov...

Passengers who were visible on camera all appeared conscious after the impact of the crash. and there are now calls to end helicopter flights for tourists where the doors are off of the chopper. >> all right, linsey davis, thank you. in other news now, a major new setback for the new british prime minister boris johnson. the uk supreme court ruling he unlawfully suspended parliament there and misled queen elizabeth ahead of the brexit deadline. johnson, who president trump refers to as britain...

And we have been following the alarming spread of that mosquito-borne virus, known as eee. tonight, three new deaths to report. eight killed across several states, several sickened. and health officials in some areas are warning parents to keep their children inside at dusk until the first frost. heres abcs eva pilgrim tonight. >> reporter: tonight, three new deaths being blamed on eee, eastern equine encephalitis, that rare mosquito-borne illness. >> this year is really quite extraordinary. we ...

Events at night in some communities. >> there is no vaccination to prevent eee. this is one of the most deadly mosquito-borne infections. >> reporter: michigan has been hit especially hard with three deaths. 66-year-old greg mcchesky died in a week from being diagnosed. >> he went from perfectly healthy to brain dead. >> reporter: the virus spreads through infected mosquitos and less than 6% of people contract it. symptoms are similar to the flu or worse. >> if they have the infection of the bra...