Happened over the last several months and to a few months ago to last month to last week, to yesterday, this is indeed a pandemic in process. Reporter the cdc says the infections occurred at two separate workplaces in early july. Governor rick scott says that doctors offices, Visitors Centers and different local department of Health Offices will be receiving zika prevention kits for di good job dealing with it. But Congress Needs to approve more funding. Thank you. These cases of zika raising serious questions, new Health Questions around the country. Dr. Max gomez joins to us answer questions. So a lot of mosquitos out there. How do people know whether or not they have even been infected . Most people have been bitten and infected, and they wont mild symptoms usually. The most common symptoms are fever, rash, joint, muscle pain, pink eye, and a headache. These symptoms usually last a few days to a week. Now, infected people are rarely sick enough to go the to hospital and almost never die of zika. The real issue is for protect women who are at greatest risk because a virus can cause birth defects known as microcephaly where the babys brain fails to develop normally. B mosquitos. Correct. So do we protect ourselves the same way we would protect ourselves from other mosquitos . Exactly. Pretty much exactly the same way. So lacking a vaccine or treatment, the best protection against zika is prevention of mosquito bites using insect repellent containing deet. Wear long sleeves and pants tucked into your socks and avoid being out at dusk or dawn when they feed and avoid wooded areas or freshwater lakes, breed. Finally, infected men and women can transmit the zika virus through sexual contact so the cdc recommends safe sex practices for anyone who has been to areas known to have zika. Is there any way to know at this point what the longterm effects of this might be . I know you say this has to do with childbearing age women and their partners. What about everybod else . We dont know. We havent followed it for an extended period of time. As far as we can tell, like many other viruses. You get it youre infected, then the body clears it so there shouldnt be any long term effects other than of course to, um, a baby thats born with microcephaly so we believe that once the body clears the virus, youre out of the woods. Hopefully. Hopefully. All right. Entering into territory we just dont know. Exactly. All right, dr. Max, thank you. Other headlines now. An 87yearold new jersey woman stranded for two days after making a wrong turn on the from dying. National guardsmen were in the right place at the right time. Cbs 2s tony aiello spoke with the woman, saved by soldiers. Reporter Jeanette Haskins didnt think she would be alive today. I had resolved the fact that i was going to die. Reporter saturday, while driving from Little Egg Harbor to baltimore, she somehow got stuck on a remote trail in the woods used by tan a there. I wasnt really concerned because i thought somebody will find me and help me get out. Reporter she was traveling with her cat. She had no food or water and her smartphone was dead. Two days passed and no one came. It was so hot. It was really a nightmare. Reporter she grew dehydrated and started hallucinating. I would get out of the car, i thought i saw a car coming. And i would blow the horn. And then i would realize it wasnt anything there. And i knew that was a bad sign. We had a heavy rainstorm monday morning and i had some bowls that i had brought to feed my cat and i set those out and i got water in those. So i drank those. Thats the only water i had. I was resigned to the fact by monday that i wasnt going to get out. And right after that was when the men came. Reporter the men, four Army National guardsmen from mission at the military base. They stumbled upon haskins car, gave her water and oxygen, and got her help. I passed out in the car, i know. And i came to, and there were these mens faces. It was the best thing that ever happened. We have so much to be grateful to them for. Im convinced if they hadnt found me i wouldnt be here today. Haskins is recovering from dehydration. Unfortunately, during the located. She says waking up and seeing those soldiers was the best feeling of her life. The National Guardsmen will be honored tomorrow at that are home base near boston. Thank you. Campaign 2016 pain. The conventions are over. The race for the white house is on. The candidates taking their messages to voters in swing states. Jessica layton has more. I have to tell you it was also kind of overwhelming. Reporter still reflecting off her campaign as the official democratic nominee looking ahead on what could be the hardest and most important date of her political life. Its not so much that im on the ticket. It is because of the stark choice that is posed to america in this election. Reporter the former first lady today told supporters given the tone in the two different campaigns, she and talking about different planets, slamming him for painting a picture of a divisive nation in decline as the democratic pick for president blasted her opponent at this Temple University rally, the tweets keep on coming from trump. Quote, i am watching crooked hillary speak. Same old stuff. Our country needs change. And he still is fuming over comments made at the Democratic National convention. I was going to hit one guy in particular a very little guy. I was going to hit this guy so hard his head happened. Reporter that particular guy is believed to be like cal bloomberg who called Michael Bloomberg who called trump a con man. Trump spoke in Colorado Springs this afternoon. Isnt it good to have trump running for the presidency . [ applause and cheers ] reporter the balloons at both conventions have dropped. And now the real work begins. Both candidates have about 100 days to make a case to the country. Hillary clinton and running day bus tour through pennsylvania and ohio, two critical swing states. Donald trump is speaking right now in colorado. His vp pick, mike pence, is campaigning in ohio. Live in the newsroom, jessica layton, cbs 2 news. Thank you. The fbi is now investigating another Democratic Party hack. This time, a Democratic Congressional campaign committee. Investigators say the breach resembles the recent hacking of the Democratic National committee. Yo exposed embarrassing emails that forced Party ChairmanDebby Wasserman Schultz to resign. Democrats say they are cooperating with the investigation and have increased security. Now to a developing story on long island when police where police are investigating a deadly stabbing. A man found dead near a restaurant in Nassau County. Chopper 2 was over the scene in glen cove where someone discovered the body this a restaurant. Nassau county police say a 25 yearold man was stabbed to death. Investigators believe the attack was not random. So far no one has been arrested and police are not naming any suspects. Disbelief in brooklyn. A neighborhood there where a man was viciously beaten and a woman tied up during a robbery. The attack happened inside an Accounting Firm. The suspects are on the run. Cbs 2s Steve Langford reports. Reporter ct robling street in williamsburg about 5 30 thursday afternoon this small Accounting Firm invaded by two men who police say savagely beat a 60yearold man and tasered him after tying up a 19yearold female employee. Looks like they were hit on the head. I dont know exactly. Reporter this man works next door. He saw the victims. Put her to the ground and tied her up. Reporter a suspect seen running away in a fedex uniform police say the suspects got away with cash. Witnesses say the suspects ran this way. They have not been seen since. Sorry. He is not available. Reporter is he okay . Yes. Hes fine. Reporter the victim not available but neighborhood friends openly upset. He is a wonderful person to everybody. I feel sorry for the whole thing. I feel bad. I hope they are going to get these two people. Reporter the Accounting Firm closed for now, Surveillance Video to be reviewed, focusing in on a suspects who outfit may have proved dangerously deceptive. In williamsburg, Steve Langford, cbs 2 news. Now it our wet weather and the flooding left behind especially in gowanus, brooklyn where drivers tried to travel through flooded streets early this morning. This is 9th street between smith and second avenues. There was a foot of waterer surrounding cars at one point. One driver escaped through his on 1 and 9 caused a backup. Police redirected traffic during the morning rush. Dont put away your umbrella yet. There could be more rain over the weekend. Well have the full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Meantime, theres trouble off the coast of new jersey. A man falls off his jet ski and then ends up stranded in the water. See how divers rescued the man from the air. Plus, a new beginning. Several years after tragedy, we go inside the new Sandy Hook Elementary School and show you the security designed to also ahead a first for the Staten Island ferry. The city considering adding a new stop in manhattan. And ice cream without the im Robert De Niro and new york is my home. And now its the easiest, because now there are new tourism guides on the road, and on your phone that make it easier to find the places you love. Find great dining, amazing history, and worldclass entertainment, no matter where you are. Take the ultimate road trip and see why i love new york. For more information, go to iloveny. Com your daughter wants to stay organic. Your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like stop shops natures promise brand. Moving beyond the unimaginable tragedy. A new school is opening in newtown, connecticut, this fall. A new school with an old name. First graders and the six educators were murdered in december of 2012. Cbs 2s lou young has the story now from Sandy Hook Elementary School. Whats meant to make you feel like youre coming home. Reporter our tour of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School comes more than 3. 5 years of the massacre of 20 students and the six adults in newtown. The old school because of the horror. This is adjacent to the crime scene. We would trade it if we could change the past. Reporter the 50 million marvel of uplifting architecture and stateofthe art security was built with federal and state money with welcoming natural colors, full camera coverage, a gated property perimeter, and doors of thick steel and ballistic glass. There is even a type of moat it strikes me as a gentle fortress. It is. And it does create a natural separation between parking and the building. Its more like a home to us. And home where students can really grow and mature and be nurtured and feel safe. Reporter roughly 35 of the 400 students coming here for school in the fall will physically remember taking the old sandy hook. Just inside the main entrance, they will be greeted by shelly, a 28yearold turtle that also lived at the building is peppered with architectural details based on student artwork. All of the incoming students have already seen the place and were told they are anxious to begin again. We had one little guy who was upset because he wanted to start school tomorrow. They are ready to come back. Reporter the new Sandy Hook Elementary School begins the school year on august 29. We are in newtown, connecticut, lou young, cbs 2 news. Always think about those kids. We have a warning if you are heading to the beach this Health Department in suffolk and nassau counties are advising against swimming at more than 80 beaches on long island. Storm runoff can elevate bacteria levels in the water. 62 beaches in Suffolk County and 19 beaches in Nassau County fall under this bathing ban. If you would like to see the full list, go to cbsnewyork. Com. We have the whole advisory there for you. A little inconvenient when you think its the weekend. Yeah. [ laughter ] lets check in with Nicole Mitchell. She is in for lonnie quinn. And what about that weekend, nicole . We c got through everything today, it was so lovely outside. So as the sun broke through, temperatures were much cooler. Here were some of those totals and we have a few more clouds out there right now. But partly sunny skies, a temperature of 83 degrees. And a lot of us over an inch of rain, some places closer to two inches of so balance mar, new jersey, parts of new jersey got the rain earlier so saw some of at one inch. This was needed rain. Almost the whole area is in a drought. Some of the worst of that is in Suffolk County. So the beaches are not appreciating it but it was definitely needed rain. Heres the radar right now. More quiet than the soaker we saw into the morning hours. But we have a little bit of rain here. So if you are near port jervis, for example, youre seeing some of that go through. It will stay spotty through this evening. Then some the weekend. Ill talk about exactly when because we still have beach chances coming up. Back to you guys. Thank you. Lets take you up to chopper 2 right now. Breaking is a situation on the highway right outside laguardia. Major delays. Joe biermann overhead right now. Joe, what do we have . Well, you better have a friend who flies in a helicopter if you are trying to catch a flight into or out of laguardia. Laguardia traffic is just ground to a halt here off the grand central. Its due to internal road congestion here at laguardia. Port authority done doesnt have a reason why all the congestion. Part of it is part of the construction. Its friday. A lot of people on vacation. But well over an hour and i would guess maybe a twohour delay if youre driving in here to laguardia. Its just all congestion on the internal roadways. So just allow a lot of extra time. Live in chopper 2, jo joe, i have never seen anything like that. Is that just too many cars . Thats what going on . It happened i want to say, maurice, back in, um, a month or two ago and it just comes to a gridlock, grinds to a halt and takes hours and hours and hours for both Port Authority and nypd to unwrap gridlock. Okay. I hope they figure out a cause for this so it doesnt airport to catch a flight missing flights. They may miss their flight, thats for sure. Exactly. If you have friends or if you know somebody or if youre leaving, heads up. Pope francis made an emotional visit this morning to the nazi concentration camp in auschwitz. He toured the complex where people were killed. Seth doane is traveling with the pope in poland. Reporter the pope walked alone through that infamous gate at auschwitz. His white vestments a sharp contrast to barbed wire of this place. For nearly 15 minutes, he sat in silent prayer. The pontiff then prayed again in the blackened prison cell where catholic st. Maximilian kolbe volunteered his life to save another. At nearby others gathered to watch the pope. If you are jewish, he is a are human beings. The holocaust was not only a jewish tragedy. It was a european tragedy. It was a tragedy of mankind. Reporter this is not the first time a pope traveled to to auschwitz. John paul ii and benedict also came. This pope decided to remain silent, not a speech. [ indiscernible ] [ extremely heavy accent ] shouts, cries, shouts, screams. Silence in this place Even Stronger than words. Reporter the popes only words were those he wrote down in the guest book. Lord, forgive us, for so much cruelty. Seth doane, cbs news, krakow, over books. Sidewalk vendors and Police Square off in one part of the city. The confrontations that have some people outraged. Plus, baseball season is in full swing but a lot of people are talking about football. How the sport is uniting and dividing families. Were killing ourselves trying to be perfect and its making us insane. Moms overworked and overcommitted as well as exhausted. A sneak peek at the new comedy just ahead. When we became teachers, the state made a commitment to us. I knew that i wasnt going to make a fortune. But i would have a secure pension plan when i retired. Each and every one of us made that contribution from every paycheck we ever earned. Theyve been negligent in their responsibility they have made a promise, theyve made a commitment, im dana tyler. Coming up on cbs 2 news at 6 00, coming up at 6 00, a lawsuit against the nypd and an officer who didnt know c pr is dismissed. At 6 00 hear from the parents of the person asthma attack after Police Arrived on the scene. Also tonight, a coyote attack in new jersey. A man needed 40 stitches after being bitten while he was in a park. Plus, a Pasta Company in hot water. Scott has that. It is the case of the pasta lawsuit. A pasta making giant accused of misleading its customers by underfilling its pasta boxes. Well tell you which ones were talking about coming up. Thank you, scott. See you at 6 00. Right now at 5 00, as you jets and giants both on the practice fields today. That means in just a few weeks, sunday routines are going to be changing around here. Cbs 2s Steve Overmyer has more on what lies ahead. Reporter the clock is started on the countdown to the end of summer. Sunday also soon no longer be filled with sand and surf but soon pigskin and turf. Its get prepared for game day early on. And then were there watching the game. Just watching football all th reporter we are still in j