it's happening in ames, iowa, and it's gotten so bad, tens of thousands of people may be without drinking water there for days. our own ron allen has spent the day in the intense weather and joins us now from the soggy grounds of iowa state university. ron? >> reporter: good evening to you, ann. yes, this part of campus is usually dry this time of year, but this water has been standing here now for several days. further back, you can see there are workers inside several buildings trying to pump out water and dry out things to get it ready for school. also here in the town of ames is another big problem, there's an entire community of people who do not have clean water. city crews worked feverishly to repair flood damage today. officials say strict water conservation measures and a boil water alert will likely remain in place well into next week. >> ames is now a town virtually cut off by floodwaters. >> reporter: several consecutive days of heavy downpours brought ames the worst flooding here ever. hundreds of homes evacuated, businesses shut down, roads closed by rising water, in some ca

what one chef in iowa did to get >>> and what's cooking? what one chef in iowa did to get him slammed with a health fine. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> well, hello to you and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with to have and to hold. a federal judge has extended a temporary hold on same-sex marriages in california until next week. supporters of the state's controversial ban known as proposition 8 wasted no time filing a federal appeal to block the ban's removal before next wednesday's deadline. still, residents fighting for equal rights call it a reason to celebrate. nbc's noelle walker has more. >> reporter: another victory for prop 8 opponents. they are celebrating baby steps. the judge lifted the stay that's keeping same-sex couples from saying "i do," but they don't have the right to marry just yet. >> we're hopeful that we will be able to get married and we'll be able to announce wedding plans as soon as possible. >> repo

but iowa drys out. the storms have pushed through iowa and will make their way through the ohio valley today. if you take a look what it looks like on satellite and radar picture, your eyes are immediately drawn to this front coming through the midwest. watch this as we zoom in tighter, overnight, see all the activity sort of dissipate? kind of losing its umpf, because temperatures dropped overnight. as they heat up once again today the whole thing will fire up a potentially very wet day for places like inda plils. that's a quick look one thing chunk of the country. here's a closer look at weather for your weekend. make it a great day wherever you are. here's a little something for you. >> what's that. >> in times square today they will have a kiss-off. it's to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the end of world war ii so they will try to re-create that iconic picture of the servicemen. >> a beautiful picture. >> maybe set a world kiss-off record. >> i don't know if it will be as elegant as it was back

>> reporter: david, i'm in one of the hardest hit areas in central iowa. cois is my third day in colfax, and the water levels here, they keep going up and down. going up a they're on theon the rise. very discouraging for these seople. more than 200 homes are still more rnder water. this is the third day. these people are without power, clothes.electricity. opened uout even clean clothes. the red cross has opened up a shelter to try to help these people out, and hundreds have taken advantage of that. and this is a familiar scene in central iowa. central many towns are dealing with flooding. not as bad as colfax, but very widespread. s for the people here, they are just hoping and waiting for the arer to go down. david? >> lisa martone tonight, thanks very much. diff er ifficult weekend ahead. th> and one more weather note. look at this. these mages images from a 14-year-old, taken near her home in north dakota as these twisters approached. told us in a pho phone call haday to our newsroom she'd never seen anything like it, and then the sirens went off. one

they all pointed to iowa. angeles. >> in one situation, we had >> in one ls whoindividuals who became ill all had had been at the same catered breakfast and all had eakfast. hadraced it back to this wright back to this wriwa. >> reporter: 20 fda investigators are now combing these hen houses, where the eggs where the of associated with one of the egg baron's jack decaster, one of the top ten producers in the nation. the decaster empire has a troubled history of health, safety and immigration violations. the iowa supreme court calling it a repeat violator. tbreaks.federal rules requiring more testing in the hen house may prevent similar outbreaks. salmonella is dangerous, causing diarrhea, nausea and fever. it can it can be spread easily along g itproduction chain, making it ifficult to track. >> they send inspectors out to >> ry to find the contaminated ted . that can often take days, weeks or even months. >> r >> reporter: already, nearly 2,000 people have fallen ill. today, a new today, a new lawsuit was fil

another farm, hillandale farms of iowa is also the source of 170 million recalled eggs. they say it is devastated by possibly making people sick and they never had a recall in its history. investigators are looking into links between these two companies. >>> a heat advisory in effect for most of the bay area tomorrow. expecting triple digits in many locations. will you be in it? i will have an answer in 3 minutes. presenting the cadillac "summer's best" sales event. a fantastic opportunity to get a great offer on a new cadillac cts sport sedan... ..the most acclaimed vehicle in its class and a car and driver 10 best third year in a row. summer brings out the best in all of us, so now's the perfect time to get behind the wheel of a brand new cadillac. now during cadillac's summer's best sales event... get zero percent apr financing for 72 months or this attractive lease offer on a cts sport sedan. >>> the lawyers for philip garrido say they will try to get him declared unstable. the lawyers say the mental health issue came up on friday. meanwhile this thursday will mark o

una compañía que proed de ze huevo en iowa los retira del mercado para evitar casos de salmonella cientos de personas se han enfermado al con su mirls. autoridades de salud federal dicen que huevo contaminados con salmonella han fer madre a cientos en el píaed país por lo menos 38 aquí en el condado de sansanta clara, juan cárdenas e uno de ellos. >>> no como uno o dos, si no como 5 o 6 al tiempo los preparé con cebolla y con ajo y me los comí y el viernes en la mañana empezó con diarrea. >>> los oficiales de salud de santa clara fueron los primeros en dar la voz de alarma. >>> las personas que están en riesgo son los bebés, los niños pequeños, los ancianos, y los personas con una enfermedad crónica. >>> los huevos kocontaminados vienen de una planta de iowa, ya hay casos en california colorado y minnesota aunque la firma está retirando estos productos muchosrefieren dejar que pase tiempo antes de volver a comprar. >>> con lo que dice no. >>> pienso que es muy bueno que sepa uno lo que pasa para así e evitar que siga skeen deend se. >>> hay una forma sencilla de proteger, a

go to them to buy their eggs because they're afraid they might be using or selling eggs from those iowa farms that are possibly tainted with salmonella. then you have places like the olivera egg ranch in san jose, which raised and produced eggs here locally. it's business, as a result, is increasing because of the nationwide egg recall. the owner telling us he's had other stores call him up looking for safe eggs to sell to their customers. more individuals are coming in here because they're not sure that the eggs in their regular supermarkets are free of salmonell salmonella. >> coming in. and they tend to be more reassured buying them locally, where they know the eggs produced here in california. >> reporter: now, to keep your eggs safe from salmonella or any sort of bacteria, the owner here recommends keeping them at 45 degrees and below or 140 degrees and above. 550 million eggs have been recalled because of salmonella contamination linked to those two farms in iowa. over 1,300 people are believed to have become sick as a result. reporting live in san jose, bob redell nbc bay area ne

meanwhile, in ames, iowa, water water everywhere, but nothing to drink. >> colfax, iowa, is drowning. days of heavy rains have submerged cars in 6 to 8 feet of water. convenience stores are islands. >> this home where i'm living now we built in 1963. and i have never, ever seen anything like it. >> flood waters have finally receded in iowa, but what is left behind is barely salvageable. >> i woke up at 6:00 and looked outside. there were people a little more than knee deep wading through the water outside. >> 50,000 people are without drinking water until next week. fema has mobilized 25 trucks filled with bottled water. like much of the midwest, iowa has been soaked repeatedly by storms and more are on the way. one study shows a dramatic increase in the days of heavy rainfall since 1958. a 27% increase in the midwest. more than double that in the northeast. meteorologists blame an unusual weather pattern. >> the pattern we have seen that is lots of heat in the southern tier, cooler in the plains hasn't changed so as a result, we have seen storm after storm after storm move across the

well, the water is still rising here in colfax, iowa, though forecasters have said they don't expect it to get much higher than it is right now. the good news: most of the rain has now passed to the east and they're calling for a dry weekend for the most part in iowa. erica? >> hill: don, thanks. meantime, in the gulf, b.p.'s blown-out well has not leaked oil in a month, but crews are still not done fixing it. the first family, though, is packing up tonight for a weekend trip down to the gulf region. chip reid is our chief white house correspondent. chip, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, erica. for months, the experts have been saying that well will not be plugged until they finish drilling relief wells two miles deep and then plugging the well from the bottom with mud and cement. but recently, some of the experts have said, "wait a minute, that well has not leaked for almost a month so maybe the temporary cap that they put on top has actually turned out to be permanent." today admiral thad allen, though, said better safe than sorry and he ordered work on the relief wells to

. >> smith: a second iowa farm is recalling eggs possibly tainted with salmonella. today's recall includes 170 million eggs shipped to stores in 14 states, including wal- mart. add that to the 380 million eggs recalled a week ago. here's bill whitaker. >> reporter: the second iowa egg producer, hillandale farms says eggs it's shipped under five brand names since april could be contaminated with the salmonella bacteria. the cartons are stamped with plant numbers p-1860 and p-1663. what's now the biggest u.s. outbreak from eggs has put the spotlight on egg production, especially the facility with where this outbreak allegedly began, wright county egg in galt iowa. the huge seven million chicken facility is owned by jack decoster, no stranger to controversy. this year, decoster was ordered to pay more than $100,000 for ten counts of animal cruelty caught by hidden cameras. in 2000, fined $150,000 and dubbed a habitual violator of iowa's environmental laws. even with tougher new federal rules, researchers say there are too few regulators to oversee today's megaproductio

that iowa egg almonella poisoning can only be described as disgusting. gg ands is shocking. it's an industrywide practice that has to stop. >> reporter: at wright egg and quality egg, owned by the same ice any, fda inspectors found live mice inside the egg laying houses. and and dead flies and maggots too numerous to country. at hillandale farms, inspectors found 65 unsealed rodent holes uid liquid manure streaming out f a gap in a door. in a statement, wright county in a gg said, the vast majority of fhe concerns already have been addressed. the lackthe lack of sanitation these massiveve factory farms that can lead to just the kind th of food-borne illness problems we're seeing. of . reporter: the iowa farms >> share business ties with egg baron jack decoster. his companies charged with multiple violations ver the years. uding a $2a $25,000 fine after undercover video revealed this nt of heatment of hens at a farm he owns in maine. he own inspectionsections are the serst ever at these farms since new standards took effect in new july. dministration hasa

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but huckabee is number one right now in iowa. based on the christians out there. >> he remains a mormon. >> he's a mormon. >> mormons exactly, you saw those polls saying muslims hold 58% didn't want a muslim for president. a high number said we wouldn't take a mormon either. >> and a medical condition in this country, you don't think it bleached out? >> it should bleach out, but it hasn't. >> the recent poll that showed obama being -- a lot of people think he is a muslim. that same poll talked about how now what the jews are considered to be the most trusted religion now. they moved up, muslims have moved down. it's the same kind of way african americans are more accepted now politically than immigrants and illegal immigrants. >> there is also a decline generally speaking in the religiousness of the culture, broadly speaking. religion doesn't count as much anymore. >> it does -- >> yes or no? >> independently denomination totally? >> it still counts for an awful lot. especially if you are a mormon or muslim. >> i think it counts

la compañía de iowa tuvo que ampliar el retiro de millones de huevos que podrían estar contaminado con salmonella, 302 millones de huevos han sido sacado de estantes fueron distribuido en todo el país con 13 marcas distintas y hay enfermos en california, colorado, arizona, nevada i wloi nois, texas y wisconsin. >>> bueno vamos a cambiar de tema porque muchas personas quieren perder peso pero le temen a la lipo su succión después de tener a su bebé any kolo le ha costado perder peso nunca quiso hacer una liposucción porque tiene pánico a la cirugía por eso no lo pensó dos veces cuando le hablaron de este sistema. >>> son ondas de ultra sonido que penetra el cuerpo en áreas especificas esta diseñado para destruir grasas, haciendo una implosión. >>> el pros diment no requiere anestesia y el paciente vuelve a su labor normal inmediatamente. >>> es una liposucción sin cirugía, esto hace que el paciente drene la célula grasa. >>> por eso debe ser acompañado con masajes linfático además, el doctor usa la radio frecuencia. >>> seguro socieseguro social e calentamiento por deba

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. >> the cdc has tracked down the specific source to wright county egg in gulf, iowa. the eggs were packaged and distributed under those 13 brands which the iowa company recalled last friday. the most common in california are lacerne eggs. the package end begins with the letter "p." if it follows with 1026, 1413 or 1946 with the sell by date may 16th to august 13th discard them or you can return those eggs to the store for a refund. we have a complete list of the 13 recalled egg brands. it is on abc7news.com under "see it on tv." live in santa clara, theresa garcia abc 7 news. >> all right, theresa. thanks a lot. for a list of symptoms associated with salmonella poisoning and a complete list of all the brands in this recall, just got to abc7news.com and click on "see it on tv." the san francisco unified school district is preparing to mail letters to parents about the importance of getting their kids vaccinated for whooping cough also known as pertussis. health department officials can restrict students not i amnized from going to class for a minimum of three weeks if

ron allen is live in ames, iowa with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the news out here is actually pretty encouraging. the water seems to be dropping everywhere. this area that i'm standing in yesterday was covered with water and as you can see, it's pretty much gone this morning. further in the background there, you can perhaps hear and see a huge truck. it's blowing warm air into that building trying to dry it out. that's happening in a number of places here on campus. beyond the campus in the town of a mc ames, there are tens of thousands of people in this entire community who do not have clean water. city crews worked feverishly to repair flood damage. officials say strict water conservation measures and a boil water alert will lookly remain in place well into next week. >> ames is a town virtually cut off by flood waters. >> reporter: ames had the worst flooding here ever. hundreds of homes evacuated. visits shut down. roads closed by rising water. in some cases with deadly consequences. police released the 911 calls from a group of local teens tr

half-million eggs recalled, the salomon u salmoned illnesses were linked to both of these northern iowa farms. >> and more information about the sewage and the redwood city lagoon. when an underground pipe ruptured is expected to be much larger than are rigidly anticipated. >> behind me, this raw sewage a leaked into a lagoon and the original estimate was 5,000 gal. and now we could be much more. for the most part, the repair has been done on the low ruptured pipe. and this area has been take off. but is still affecting not only these lagoon of these five garage, they been cleaned out, and they been able to use these again but there is still just how much sewage is in

now up to 380 million eggs from iowa. more than 100 people in the bay area are believed to have gotten sick from eating bad eggs. >>> furlough fridays are on again. the state supreme court overturned a lower court decision that had temporarily blocked furlough days for state workers. governor schwarzenegger ordered 150,000 workers to take three unpaid days off per month to save money during the state budget impasse. most state offices will be closed tomorrow and next friday. >>> major deal just announced this morning involving two of silicon valley's most prominent companies. chipmaker intel says it's agreed to buy computer security giant mcafee for nearly $7.7 billion. the deal still needs approval from mcafee shareholders and federal regulators. >>> traffic and weather right after this. ,,,, our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and p

now 380 million eggs produced in iowa. three states have had salmonella linked to the eggs. in iowa a health official says 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated eggs a person will develop flu-like symptoms. >> you're probably going to have some kind of abdominal cramps that started off. you're probably going to have a fever. you're probably going to have severe diarrhea. >> the recalled eggs are retailed nationwide under more than a dozen brand names and also sold wholesale to food service companies. >>> the muslim religious leader behind plans to build a mosque near the world trade center site in new york is leaving today on a trip paid for by the u.s. state department. imam feisal abdul rauf's tour of the persian gulf will cost u.s. taxpayers $16 tou. his trips to bahrain, qatar to and united emirates to promote religious tolerance. >>> meanwhile, the fierce debate over the planned mosque continues to test religious tolerance in this country. as jeff glor reports, some lining up on each side of the issue are surprising. >> reporter: the president's remarks sounded strai

it's a theme that's played out in homes across iowa. flooding shut down iowa state university. water rushed through the school coliseum, from parking lots to stairwells to the basketball court. but people still found a way to get around. some even used the unexpected pond on campus for a little summer fun. well, the situation out here is a little bit more serious than that. it could be three or four more days, the residents tell me, before they think they'll be able to get back and see what they can salvage in the flooded basements of their homes. a pretty grim situation for now, natalie. back to you. >> absolutely. they do need a break there. ron allen in colfax, iowa, thaumps. thank you so much. >>> u.s. combat operations are winding down in iraq. richard engel got an update from the commanding general in iraq. richard, good morning. >> good morning, natalie. general odierno says he is confident forces for the withdrawal of american combat troops this month but it will take years to know if the iraq war overall has been a success. >> i think if we get this right, i think over

the state of iowa sued him for water pollution and waste violations and eventually classified him an habitual violator of state laws. his company was fined for federal health and safety violations in 1996 that the u.s. labor secretary described as sweat shop conditions. the company paid $2 million and admitted wrongdoing. in 2003, decoster pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. >> this hen gasps for air as she slowly dies. >> reporter: then there is undercover video showing animal cruelty. the company paid a $130,000 fine admitting the behavior was unacceptable. today, wright county egg tells nbc news it continues to fully cooperate with the fda, but food safety advocates are alarmed. >> this is why we need a cop on the beat, a strong fda with tough inspectors and tough enforcement authority in mandatory recalls. >> reporter: the fda doesn't yet have mandatory recall authority. this recall is a voluntary one. new national egg safety rules that went into effect in july are designed to eliminate the risk of salmonella contamination at the farm. today the fda said if the

as investigators trace the web of suppliers and distributors of millions of eggs to two iowa farms. once again it's raising questions about our food system and, in this case, questions about why a solution that does work isn't being used more. our report from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it may be a symptom of an overwhelmed and antiquated food safety system. the fda says its inspectors never visited the iowa egg farm now at the center of the salmonella investigation because farm accountability standards were so weak. tough new egg safety measures were actually proposed in the late '90s but didn't take effect until july 9th. >> it was sadly a little too late for this outbreak which began back in may. it will make a difference going forward. >> reporter: 20 fda investigators are now at two farms in iowa -- the wright county egg farm owned by jack decoster whose violations of health, safety, pollution, and animal cruelty laws go back decades. decoster supplied chicks and feed to hillandale farms which is also recalling millions of eggs. inspectors aren't sure how the hens themselv

eggs from wright county egg in galt, iowa, in colorado, california and minnesota. the cdc said about 300 cases of the strain of salmonella linked to the eggs. state health officials say tainted eggs have sickened at least 266 californians and seven in minnesota. the eggs were distributed around the country and packaged under the names lucerne, albertson, mountain dairy, ralph's, boomsma's, sunshine, hillandale, trafficanda, farm fresh, shoreland, lund, dutch farms and kemp. the food and drug administration is investigating. the eggs have a 3 digit code there range from 136-225. the planned number is pete 1026, p p-1413, p-1946. >> the sutter pacific medical foundation is calling back about 3,000 patients who need to be revaccinated at its clinics in the san francisco bay area and north coast. foundation officials say some vaccines were not stored at the proper temperatures so they may not be effective. officials are asking that anyone who got vaccinated between january and june at one of its care centers in san francisco, sonoma, marin or lake counties to return fo

nbc' ron allen is there in ames, iowa, with an update tonight. good evening, ron. >> reporter: good evening to you, kate. the good news is the weather has been good here, no rain. and the floodwaters around town have dropped considerably. there's still a problem here, though, at iowa state university. behind me, they are pumping water out of the bowels of a huge sports arena here on campus. that process is going to go on for sometime. they're also drying out several buildings here on campus. but school officials are confident things will be okay as some 28,000 students begin arriving here next week for the fall semester. now, out in the town of ames, some 55,000 people, volunteers are still giving away free bottled water for people to drink because there are concerns that the municipal town water supply could have been contaminated during all the flooding as this town recovers from the worst flooding here ever. back to you, kate. >> ron allen, thanks so much. >>> severe weather also overseas today. strong winds in portugal are fanning wildfires a

. >> the second company is hillandale farms of new hampton, iowa. iowa. of tests from two of the plants beenrm that eggs had been contaminated with salmonella bacteria. they're sold under the names of namesdale, sunny farms and sunny meadow and distributed to grocery wholesalers in 14 and s. in 14never you have the huge >> whenever youbreaks, you're reaks,g at risk the seniors, the ery young, millions of seniorns can be at risk. oung.llandale is just 100 miles wrighrom wright county egg and yalt, iowa. and there are business ties between the two companies. galt cou salmonella tends to spread through unsan teitary condition. this is hidden camera footage taken at a hen house in maine take that is owned and operated by the family that owns wright the comp owns wright >> you can see the flies. the investigator saw a lot of nsects, flies, and rodents. rodents.ter: critics say there's likely not the case there are just a few rotten eggs in the poultry business. conditions like these are fairly common. the fda is casting a wide net in its investigation but for

from iowa, the eggs were sent across the midwest and west to california and sold under 13 brand names including lucerne, albertson's, mountain dairy, and dutch farms. in a statement, wright county eggs urges customers to return the eggs saying, "our primary concern is keeping salmonella out of the food supply and away from consumers." the fear is that thousands of people could become ill. the most common symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever. in some cases it can be far more severe. >> it can go from the intestinal tract into the bloodstream. and then those people who are frail, elderly or very young can have very serious, even life-threatening infection. >> reporter: for five years, arlene delaney has suffered from flares of debilitating stomach and colon problems after she ate contaminated eggs. we talked to her via skype. >> when i'm in a bad flare, i can't leave the house. i become housebound. and a bad flare with me can last up to a month until we get it under control. >> reporter: so far, no reported deaths from this outbreak, but health experts worry many people

all originating from iowa. the centers for disease control and prevention is working with state health departments to investigate the illnesses. note deaths have been reported. but more than 200 -- actually, exactly 266 illnesses at this point have been reported here in california since june. and many are of course believed to be related to the eggs. they have been bought at grocery stores and served in restaurants and local departments have been tracking case for weeks now. 14% of the state's cases are in the south bay. at least one restaurant in santa clara county is linked to the outbreak but the health department there won't say the name of the restaurant. >> our investigation we got some reports and some people that were sick and they had eaten at the same restaurant. and a staff member with environmental health went on yelp to see what was going on and found a number of people were complaining of being ill after eating there. and so we're testing all those people. we have confirmed one. so pro-actively we

and they all lead back to just two iowa f chris bury is in galt, iowa, and has the latest on the investigation >> reporter: good morning, the fda now has 20 inspectors on the ground in iowa at those two farms, the only farms that are involved in that massive recall. the focus now is on these henhouses. row after row of windowless sheds where the eggs are laid. >> they may have to look many places. they may have to look at the chicken, at the eggs, at the chicken litter, at the feed, at the dirt, at workers' boots, processing equipment, fan blades. many, many things could be a source of salmonella contamination. >> reporter: like detectives, investigators are tracing the bacteria back from clusters of cases where numerous people got sick. they first noticed a pattern in california. egg products from a high school prom, a college graduation party and a catered breakfast led them to the two iowa farms. >> we traced it back through several levels. who supplied the caterer? and who supplied the distributor? and traced it back to wright county eggs in iowa. >> reporter: the company, in a statement,

. >> reporter: as federal investigators examine seven hen houses in iowa for the source of salmonella, new details about the man behind the biggest egg recall in years. >> when i've seen things about an egg operation, it's often about him. >> reporter: he is jack decoster, owner of wright county egg, which has recalled 380 million eggs. decoster started in the egg business 60 years ago at the age of 15 to support his family after his father's death. but he's had serious run-ins with regulators, paying $10 million in fines and settlements in the past 15 years. >> last year, mercy for animals conducted an undercover investigation at a decoster egg farm in maine. >> reporter: the most recent, this video led to animal cruelty charges in maine last month. $130,000. in 2002, a $1.5 million fine for employment discrimination. in 1997, $2 million for health and safety violations. leading then secretary of labor robert reich to call decoster's operation as dangerous and oppressive as any sweat shop. and the state of iowa labeled decoster ah ha pitch wall violator of environmental laws a decade

another iowa egg producer has recalled thousands more eggs. and as that number grows, likely show will the case of the salmonella poisoning. that's the word from federal health officials. abc alex stone has the latest. >> the nationwide egg recall continues to expand, now half a bill eggs affected following the announcement another iowa producer has been distributing contaminated eggs. >> my guess is the investigation is nowhere near complete. the possibility this contamination will spread to many farms. >> hillendale farms of iowa is recalling over 170 million eggs after lack tests confirm salmonella bacteria. eggs from those farms were sold under names hillendale farms, sunny farm and sunny meadow distributed to grocery stores in 14 states. that's in addition to the 380 billion eggs recalled from nearby distributor wright county egg earlier this week. >> the fever was real bad. i lost almost 25 pounds. >> already over a thousand people have been sickened. >> i woke up in the middle of the night, sick to my stomach, horrible stomach pains. >>

around wright county egg of gault, iowa. last week they were recalling 19 million egg cartons, but in the past 24 hours that recall has been expanded to almost 32 million egg cartons. hundreds of people have become sick, over 250 in the golden state alone since june. the fda, cdc and state health departments are investigating. they are looking at restaurants in california, colorado, minnesota and north carolina. the eggs have been packaged and shipped out under 13 different names including lucerne, albertson and ralph's. salmonella is a bacteria that causes food poisoning. if you think you have some of those eggs, yes, you can kill that bacteria by thoroughly cooking the eggs, but those health experts are recommending just get rid of them. if you have any questions whether your eggs are under those 13 names go to our website and look at the full list there at nbcbayarea.com. reporting live here, deemed a safe restaurant in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> it's good they're doing their work and checking them. thank

we filed two lawsuits, one in wisconsin, and one in iowa federal court. and we'll seek -- we're seeking compensation for the victims for medical expenses and lost wages. really the most important thing is, we now have subpoena power, and we have the ability to get documents from this company and ask some of the very tough questions of the regulators, is to what were they doing over the last four months in that facility. >> should this man from st. louis contact an attorney right away? >> if they are a culture positive case and the cdc has confirmed it, they are linked to this outbreak and they should contact a lawyer if they so choose. >> larry: another tweet to kingsthings. egg substitutes are going to be hard to find in stores, david? >> well, yeah, they're pasteurized and they're starting to pasteurize eggs as well. that's a growth industry in this country. it's a shame we have to presanitize our food before we handle it. i cringe when i refer to these facilities as farms. you saw them, this is row afro after of row of buildings. this is industry, and

all of them come from a producer called wright county egg in galt, iowa. the cartons in question are stamped with plant numbers 1026, 1413 or 1946. the voluntary recall of eggs from those plants started friday. with some stores reaching out directly to customers enrolled in their loyalty programs. >> hello. this call is from your local ralph's store with an important recall announcement. >> reporter: even though all the tainted eggs have, presumably, been removed from grocery store shelves, millions of them are already in people's fridges. >> this outbreak could really be one of the largest linked to eggs that we have seen in 20 years. >> reporter: when an outbreak like this occurs, local health authorities become food detectives. >> this is shoe-leather epidemiology. this is an outbreak investigation. >> reporter: in northern california, officials noticed that dozens became sick after eating a certain kind of custard pie. in southern california, 12 people became ill after attending a catered event. >> similar incidents were being discovered in other parts

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. >> at the clear lake fairway store in mason city, iowa, 1,000 cartons of eggs have already been removed from the shelf. >> not really scientist matter. take 'em, throw 'em in the dumpster. >> the salmonella outbreak has spread leading to the recall of more than 380 million eggs. according to federal health officials, 2,000 people have alreadbeen infected. >> real bad, lost almost 25 pounds. >> woke up in the middle of the night, horrible stomach pains. >> even after three of its farms were flag for salmonella, they continued shipping eg from their other farms in iowa. only later were they added to the recall. the government has been slow to act on food safety. >> why did they take so long before we discovered there was this widespread contamination problem. >> already wright coty egg is facing lawsuits. the owner has been sued for water pollution and waste violatns at other farms. in 1996 he was fined for what the u.s. labor secretary described as sweat shop conditions. the cdc and fda are urging customers to pay attention to cartons with the following numbers indicating these eggs are

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i grew up in madison county, iowa. madison county, iowa, has rowe's acres. it produces millions of eggs daily and is not part of the recall. they run an excellent business. senator chuck grassley has done a lot in this area to weed out the bad. i want to let -- reassure my fellow americans that most of the eggs are siafe and and the fda does a good job in monitoring these chickens. it is just too bad the lawyers had given a bad name to iowa eggs. i just wanted to reassure americans that there are too stinkers out there that are trying to wreck a good name of iowa eggs. host: guestwhat is the differene way the eggs are associateproduh the ones you are associated with and the ones they are monitoring? caller: the businessman that is under indictment is always trying to do it cheaply. it is all in management. the owners of the managers had to cut corners. arrows acres they do not cut corners. they do it the right way. -- at rowe's acres they do not cut corners. i am very happy with them, and they're the second largest egg producer in the united states, and they

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. >>> we are learning more tonight about the health and safety issues at the iowa farm at the center of the biggest egg recall ever. more than half a billion eggs have been recalled and more than 1300 people have gotten sick from salmonella. barry peerson with more on rice county eggs troubled past. >> >> reporter: the recall centers on a company with a long list of legal woes owned by austin jack who turned a farm with 125 chickens into an operation with 15 million hens. his troubles go back to 1997, at a $2 million fine. then labor secretary robert rice said workers were forced to live in rat infested trailers and handled manure and dead chickens with their bare hands n. 2001, the iowa supreme court called the coster a quote repeat violator of state environmental laws for his operations, and this 2002, the company paid a $1.5 million settlement in a -- over women who were subjected to sexual assault and rape by supervisors. most recently, the company's main operation was fined after it was secretly filmed showing workers breaking the necks of sick chickens and kicking the still liv

the floodwaters are quickly receding here in ames, iowa. if you had been in this parking lot, iowa state university yesterday morning at this time, you would have seen this car behind me completely submerged under water. but while the flooding is receding, much of the mess remains. in central iowa, residents are cleaning up and drying out. homes, basements, businesses. after three days of heavy rain brought record floods. >> we went this not long ago a couple of years ago. we thought -- i remember cleaning it up and thought it is not too bad. we won't have to do it for a while. here it is again. >> reporter: in des moines, an overflowing four-mile creek submerged cars and forced hundreds out of their homes. getting rid of the water and mud will take days. >> this is terrible. look at the cars. it is terrible. >> reporter: as the cleanup continues, friends are remembering a teenager killed when three cars were swept off a des moines road. the skunk river crested wednesday at a 22 1/2 feet. it could be a week before renters crent e -- residen

. >>> plus, when it comes to serving your country, there's one family in iowa that's got everyone beaay ."yoing "early today." w >>> well, welcome back. i promised warmer temperatures. it's going to take a little bit but we're going to get there. today cool in seattle, san francisco on the chilly side. you have to go to the desert areas to get the hot stuff. wednesday, a little warmer, 73 to 78 in seattle. a little better by thursday. the end of the week looking nice. 88 in portland, 96 in medford, 76 seattle. beautiful for the end of the week. still relatively cool down here on the coast of california. we still haven't changed that weather pattern, at least not yet. if you're watching us on knfd, 7/39 news in san diego. relive energy and attitude found in rock and roll music making through its many iconic images at the taking aim exhibit at the museum of photographic arts. that's your pacific event of the day. >> bill, thank you. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. levi johnston is doing anything but sit at home crying about losing bristol pal

the federal government says the eggs came from an iowa egg producers. millions are being recalled. thera garcia joins us with more. theresa. >> well, safeway and other stores selling the salmonella-tainted eggs are supposed to have pulle them from the shelves by now. we tried several times to get comments from safeway but none yet. it's up to consumers now to check and see if their eggs fall under this do not eat list. >> now i have to check the eggs. >> yeah. >> and throw 'em out. i just bought eggs last week here. >> many shoppers are still just finding out about the 228 million egg recall that falls under 13 different brands nationwide. the salmonella outbreak has sickened more than 250 people in this state. santa clara county and several other california public health agencies were the first to ale the centers for disease control in the early summer the outbreak was directly linked to eggs. >> this is shoe leather especially deem jolly. you need a lot of people really good at collaborating with each other, really good at sharing information and are tenacious and follow up on ev

hillendale farms in iowa was identified as the second farm with the tainted eggs. its recall was after the lab tests confirmed the illnesses associated with the eggs. they were distributed to food outlets in 14 state including here in california. an fda spokesperson said the recalls are related. >>> there's more than a dozen brands of eggs involved now. we have a complete list of those and the identifying numbers you will need to look for on your carton at home. all on cbs5 dom/health. >>> attention people who drink and get behind the wheel, law enforcement agents around the bay area want you to know they are on the lookout for you. an 18-day crackdown for drunk drivers got underway today for several bay area counties running through september 6th. several agencies are watching the spots and sending out roving patrols. the feds said 32% of auto- relate fatalities involves drinking and driving. >> there's a new memorial by the bicyclist closed from san francisco. one week ago want to a white bicycle covered with flower has been placeed at masoni avenue. bike advocat