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WCBS CBS 2 News At 5 August 19, 2016

Battle cry from miamidades mayor. We are battling it and will continue to do it. Im sure miami beach isnt happy on the announcement because it will have an effect on the economy. Reporter not long after mosquito spraying began on ocean drive today the cdc warned pregnant women, stay away from south beach. The news comes like a punch in the gut to floridas hospitality industry. The floridas tourism director was left virtually speechless. On miami beach, gary nelson, cbs 2 news. The director of the cdc says crews will not be able to spray the south beach area to prevent zika. He says planes cant fly low enough to spray the pesticides because of the citys high rises and strong winds over the Narrow Island also hinder such flights. And in the meantime with zika spreading in miami, there is yet another reason for concern. We all know about the danger to babies and pregnant virus may also be able to affect adult brains. Dr. Max gomez joins us to help us understand this new threat dr. Max, just how worried should we be about this new study . Its not clear yet. Up until now the main concern with zika was if a pregnant woman passed the virus to her baby which could cause a devastating brain malformation called microcephaly. A study in the journm infect and possibly kill off developing adult brain stem cells. But in mice. Thats the important thing. Thats important. The big question would be, what does it mean for humans . Reporter its not clear. Mice and people are obviously very different. And healthy adult humans may be able to fight off a zika infection and prevent it from attacking brain stem cells but immunocompromised adults might be susceptible to zika. We dont know. What would be the longterm know right now because the stem cells that zika attacks may be the source of replacement brain cells as we age. Its theoretically possible that this could have longterm impact on everything from personality to dementia but this is very, very speculative. Clearly we need more research. But its a troubling finding. Lots to learn. Thank you. Be sure to stay with us for continuing coverage of the zika outbreak. We have the latest from the cdc with symptoms and other on our website, cbsnewyork. Com. We have new information tonight in this mornings deadly bus crash in newark. In addition to one of the bus drivers theres been a second death, a passenger. Cbs 2s Christine Sloan is live in newark with new information. Christine. Reporter dick, a female passenger has died and the driver of one of the buses is dead at the scene. He was a 27 year veteran of Critical Condition and five others in serious condition here at universit hospital. Take a listen to what happened this morning. Twisted metal, passengers trapped after two nj transit buses collide in newark during the morning commute. The light changed and the other bus tboned the 13 knocking it into the air. Reporter people at the bus stop taking matters into their own hands before paramedics arrived. Me and a couple of er the windows and pull, like, pieces of the chairs and stuff out of the bus to get to the people. Reporter inside nj transit bus 13, more than two dozen passengers including [indiscernible name] injured and trying to get out. I was in the back so i see the bus when the bus come to the middle. Reporter you can see him on the bus rolling cell phone video seconds after the yes. Very fast. Going very fast. Reporter he says passengers sitting next to him were pinned in their seats unable to move. What did you hear . I just hear the people asking for help and the guy wanted help. I was scared think the guy gonna die. Reporter another passenger tells me on the phone he was taking a nap when the driver of nj transit bus 59 hit th [indiscernible name] who was killed. A passenger says it was chaos. She said she was [ inaudible ] reporter investigators trying to determine the cause of the accident investigating surveillance video. Its an active investigation. There are many witnesses and much evidence to be looked at. Driver identified as james roberts. He survived. He was treated and released from the hospital. Live in newark, Christine Sloan, cbs2 news. Kids are to blame for a fire that either destroyed or damaged seven homes on staten island. The Fire Department says children playing with matches started this fire along benghazi iger avenue in st. Hours. The red cross is helping the 55 people left homeless. A queens man is accused of i am ing a police officer. He pretended to be a cop flashing a small fake badge when a Highway Patrol officer pulled him over early this morning on Community Drive in the officer says he was driving erratically and tried to impersonate him. He is charged with multiple violations. A public apology from ryan lochte. His behavior in rio is giving the u. S. Swim team a black eye. Steve overmyer has the latest. Reporter ryan lochte says he has learned some valuable lessons while never admitting to lying. In a statement on instagram, he says several security cameras captured what happened. They are seen vandalizing the bathroom at the gas station. When they tried to leave security guards blocked their belligerent. You apologize for being aning you will you american, pay the damages, let th embassy know what you did, everybody moves on. Reporter lochte a 6time olympic Gold Medalist returned to the u. S. Before the police could wrap up their investigation. Two teammates stayed in brazil. Liar, liar, liar youre a liar reporter conger bentz flew back to miami this morning. As for the fourth swimmer jimmy feigen will be allowed to leave brazil as soon as he pays a fine of 11,000. This is a rough olympics for them. A rough way to wrap up what should have been a fantastic celebration. Now the black eye thats on the team. Its too bad. Yeah. Its a rough week for those guys and hopefully as ryan lochte says hopefully all of lets hope its over. In campaign 2016, donald trump toured parts of flood ravaged louisiana as he sought to recast his image and right his Campaign Team amid an ongoing staff shakeup. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer is live in our newsroom with the latest. Reporter Donald Trumps campaign has focused a lot on huge rallies that draw thousands. And, um, his decision to visit louisiana is a marked departure from that. Contrast between Hillary Clinton and president obama, who have yet to visit the storm ravaged state and to see the damage that was caused by two feet of rain that fell on parts of the state. [ yelling ] youre not playing golf in marthas vineyard. Were glad youre not playing golf. Reporter it was 11 weeks until election day donald trump was intent on showing a different side of himself by visiting flood victims in louisiana. And if in the process it showed president obama for remaining on vacation, trump allowed himself what for him was a gentle rebuke of president ial priorities. He shouldnt be. Reporter his highprofile visit did little to mask the turmoil in his campaign. He accepted the resignation of Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort ostensibly over his financial ties to russians ukranian allies. In a statement, trump praised manaforts work on the campaign and called h professional. Hillary Clintons Campaign pounced on the resignation saying it wasnt the end of the story. You can get rid of manafort, said Clinton Campaign manager bobby mook, but that doesnt end the odd bromance trump has with putin. Meanwhile, the email scandal continued to dog clinton. Details emerging from her interviews with the fbi said she claimed former secretary of state colin powell advised her to use a personal email messages and it vastly improved communications within the department. Mrs. Clinton was off the campaign trail celebrating bill clintons 70th birthday. As donald trump began airing his First Campaign ad in the battleground states of florida and north carolina, ohio and pennsylvania. Change that makes america safe again. Donald trump for president. Reporter well, just minutes ago, we got word that a judge is ordering mrs. Clinton to answer questions about her personal emails. Meanwhile, the e announced that the president will visit louisiana on tuesday. Live in the newsroom, im Marcia Kramer, cbs 2 news. Efforts to renovate the aging Laguardia Airport are under way. Crews have started to tear down one of the parking garages. Chopper 2 was over the lot this morning. The demolition is one of the first steps in a 4 billion project to improve the airport that will include new stateof theart terminal b. Conditioning units in one new jersey community. Plus, a little bit of good news about the syrian boy whose image has become a symbol of the cruelty of war. Broadway dreams dashed. What one producer is accused of doing that cost innocent investors thousands of dollars many people tear down history. I wanted to preserve it. This long island man didnt even know the history behind this home until he bought it. Why he spent a decade restoring this even while battling there, its a beautiful afternoon. So bring on the weekend will the weekend be rainfree . Well talk about that in just a fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. An engaging story with Award Winning actors in an historic theater. One producers broadway vision had all the makings for a successful show but it was all a sham. Jessica layton reports on the reporter fantasy may have gotten the best of this producer. Roland is accused of quite the performance tricking 7 investors into giving him tens of thousands of dollars for a play that was a farce. Its alleged the 41yearold dreamed up a sensational show on the life of opera singer kathleen battle. He said he had signed on Award Winning actress lupita niongo to star in the play. Prosecutors told investors he had secured the historic booth th but it was all a big lie a tale that schemed investors out of 165,000. The story of the phantom production is making the rounds on broadway stopping showgoers on the sidewalks. It makes me sick that stuff like that happens in the city. Maybe its a big misunderstanding or, you know, i think whats surprising is that the people invested [ indiscernible ] reporter the indictment alleges after the victims demanded their money back scahill sent them bad checks so where did the money go . Court documents say he blew it on stocks, credit card payments, rent, food, alcohol, and entertainment. Wow. He had a great time. Thats not right. But obviously he got caught. He will have to pay. Rrt in the business . Its nice work if you can get it. But the only ticket scahill has right now is the one to jail. In midtown, jessica layton, cbs 2 news. Now, scahills attorney tells cbs 2 his client pleaded not guilty. Our attempts to reach scahill will not successful were not successful. Firefighters are gaining ground on the bluecut fire in southern california. It spread out over 59 miles and has burned some 35,000 acres of land. Homes have been destroyed and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. The firefighters now say the fire is 26 contained. Right now, the wind is pushing the fire away from the city of Santa Barbara away from the front country into open wilderness. Its inaccessible. It will be aerial for a long time. So evacuation orders have been lifted but theres no word on when all cleared for all evacuees to return. In a tweet today Governor Cuomo announced new york is sending a team to help firefighters out west. The group of 20 is from the new York State Department of environmental conservation. They will join other crews working to contain wildfires all along the west coast. To our weather now. A big question of the weekend, will the skies stay clear . Hope so. Lonnie quinn will let us know what to expect. Heres what we have. Right now thats a beautiful if you take a peek at what the atmosphere is serving up, we looked pretty good out there. Theres definitely some moisture. But whats happening is, is that moisture is moving in our direction encountering a sea breeze. Most of the rain getting eaten away, not all of it. Freeport has a little shower. You could see again this situation for your day tomorrow. Speaking of what we see out there, we weather lab at central park west. Its one cool looking mobile weather lab. Well swing it around and you can see pedicabs. At this intersection theres a lot of pedicabs looking to go through central park. Theres a couple right there. How about we swing back now to the vehicle itself. I want to look at some of the data on the monitor. Point. You will find that the dew point is the third number down. 64. 9. Very similar to what you had yesterday. The reason im zooming in on the dew point, 64, 65 dew point is muggy. Over 70 is oppressive. Tomorrow more humid and warmer at 87 degrees. Not ruling out a shower but i dont think rain is a b of the forecast just 20 chance for rain. Extended forecast later. Back to you guys. Thank you. We have new information on a confused little boy who has become a symbol of the suffering in syria. Meet this 5yearold child. His Apartment Building in aleppo was partially destroyed in an air strike on wednesday night. His parents and siblings also survived the attack. The boy was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance he has since been released from the hospital. He has become the symbol of suffering there in syria. Our hearts go out to those people. Certainly. Absolutely. Still ahead for us, a surprising sight erupts in brooklyn. Turning a local street into a waterfall. Well explain what happened. Life gets so busy we often, you know, grab for snacks instead of real meals. A lot of times we go for the sneaky snacks that look healthy. But they actually make you want to eat more. Well show you what to av we love the new York State Fair two words. Piglet races wine slushees. Bonding time. Fried everything theres so many bands. The bands those pigs are just so cute cheesecake, on a stick. A rollercoaster the great new York State Fair just got greater. From august 25th to september 5th in syracuse, new york. Order tickets before opening day for just 6. Its all here, its only here. Im dana tyler. Tonight at 6 00, quick thinking workers at a Cell Phone Store pulled the trapping wouldbe robbers inside. Where are the robbers . The mistake that led to their escape. Is part of westchester on the wrong side of the tracks . The mayor of mount vernon is complaining about the conditions of these bridges over the new haven rail line. Thats wood they might be due for an upgrade. We have the story coming up. And otis live in washington with the jets game tonight. Well see you at 6 00. Are you snacking instead of eating a real meal . That quick fix could lead to trouble. We have all been guilty of it. But as cbs 2s cindy hsu sneaky snacks that look healthy but only leave you wanting more. Reporter so whats your favorite snack . Chocolate ice cream. Reporter does that fill you up . Yeah. I can eat it 4 hours a day. Reporter when it comes to snacking you love . Corn nuts. Beef turkey. Kettle chips. Reporter registered dietician willow derose says even when you think youre going for healthy snacks, you may be eating the sneaky ones. I grab for a quick yogurt. They are all in my fridge and they are easy. T reporter she says the protein is great. But the sweeteners can spike your blood sugar and leave you feeling unsatisfied. Often times fatfree yogurts will have the fat taken out and sugar added instead so go for full fat and look for one with 14 or less grams of sugars for six ounces. Reporter energy bars are sneaky. Go for the ones with the shortest ingredients lists with seeds and fruits. Better is dark chocolate, nuts, fruits. Pretzels are just carbs. Opt for a whole grain version and pair it with something as protein like cheese or hard boiled egg or nuts. Reporter if you go for a diet soda to hold you over, not a good idea. A better option is sparkling water with lemon or orange. And if you go for coffee in place of a snack, a more satisfying choice would be eilat today with cows milk or soy milk which gives you protein, a latte. A hard boiled egg dipped in hummus and whole grain chips with salsa and guacamole. Experts say you should eat something every three to four hours to make sure you pack your back with healthy snacks. On the upper west side, cindy hsu, cbs 2 news. Hm. Good idea there. Hard boiled egg and hummus . By the way, cindy is always giving us tips. She says the key for satisfying fiber you want your snack to have at least two of those things to stop that grumbling stomach. So diet coke and pretzels, no bano. [ laughter ] in this heat it seems like an especially cruel confusing crime. Airconditioners stripped. Why thieves are targeting a critical piece of equipment in new jersey. Talk about sticker shock long island drivers discovering 135 parking tickets on their cars. Whats behind the crackdown that people are complaining my son has meningitis b. D that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. I am totally blind. I lost my sight in afghanistan. If youre totally blind, you may also be struggling with non24. Calling 8448442424. Right now at 5 30, feeling the heat in new jersey. Fans are going and no air conditioning all because of an unusual crime spree. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im jessica moore. Welcome back. Im dick b

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