urgent throughout the city as well and so we look forward to bringing this project to fruition with cdc and the partners with the mayor's office of housing if you have any questions i'm available to answer them as well thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon chair cohen an immigrant from mexico when i recently moved to the states my neighborhood and first home in the mission district i live in two buildings for 5 years and because there was high rent and also, because of need of the space with my brother and sister they got married we moved into the excelsior we lived for 12 years and on the downturn of the economy our landlady lost her home our home we cannot afford anything on the mission we were looking at for - some landlords would not take children it was difficult we had to split up some of the rooms were 8 hundred and only allowed two people to live in the room lucky we found a home for 4 rooms 3 bathrooms that is my neighborhood and home for the families past 3 years and the story of my family or large family is one of hundreds in san francisco especi

urgent throughout the city as well and so we look forward to bringing this project to fruition with cdc and the partners with the mayor's office of housing if you have any questions i'm available to answer them as well thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon chair cohen an immigrant from mexico when i recently moved to the states my neighborhood and first home in the mission district i live in two buildings for 5 years and because there was high rent and also, because of need of the space with my brother and sister they got married we moved into the excelsior we lived for 12 years and on the downturn of the economy our landlady lost her home our home we cannot afford anything on the mission we were looking at for - some landlords would not take children it was difficult we had to split up some of the rooms were 8 hundred and only allowed two people to live in the room lucky we found a home for 4 rooms 3 bathrooms that is my neighborhood and home for the families past 3 years and the story of my family or large family is one of hundreds in san francisco especi

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more when channel 3 news >>> the cdc open heart has been linked to a bacteria. patients blood and organs are kept at a certain temperature. symptoms are night sweats, fever. >>> slidders are making a come back. they slide in your car and rob >> you're watching a brazen crime in progress. see this woman pumping gas? watch the silver car. as the woman is focusing on the gas, the thief opens her passenger door, slides in and grabs her purse. the crime takes 19 seconds. police call them sliders. >> this is the lowest of the low. their purse is in a gas station and look for a woman. this is my producer. they pull up along side. you are pumping gas. they call them sliders. they slide out and stay beneath the door frame. here is the pocket book. i grab the bag, close the door, one is the wiser. i have her bag and out of here. how long did that take? seconds. i'm gone. watch the same demonstration from her point of view. right there, do you see that? no. look closer. i opened her passenger door. i will highlight it. see it now? i get her bag, close the door and speed aw

the cdc sggestions of o make moms life easier at momseveryday do t com. the johnson county auditor says publicdonald trump's comments a" ve him feeling frustrated. travis weipert says he doesn't understand why candates and campaigns are st dng their jobs. kcrg t-v nine's mark carlson joins us live.mark, he thinks tt ter turn-out?yes, the concern i just aren't going to bother voting. johnson county auditor travis weipert says it's nearly impossible to rig elections because of all the checks and balances that are in place. weipert pointed to the transparency his office offers. just last month he invited us in for two days to observe the testing of voting machines and the preparation of absentee ballots. weipert says he's frustrated by this talk of rigged el from voters, i don't want them to be concerned about voting, your vote counts.. get off the couch, come out, don't think that with all this rigged election stuff that it's happening. we want you here, we want you to vote." so far nearly 10-thousand people have returned absentee ballots in johnson county.

it in a few days, but a certain complication has been linked t after an outbreak two years ago, the cdc warns cases may be surging again. nbc's dr. john torres has details. >> reporter: in less than 72 hours, carter went from a lively 3-year-old to a quad repleejic. the suspected cause, a rare complication from an common illness. >> were you ever thinking how could a virus do this to my son? >> a virus puts you out of commission for a couple weeks maybe. function from the nose down. >> reporter: some doctors are now warning, it could be the same mysterious polio-like illness that sickened clusters of children around the country two years ago. >> my concern is that we are seeing a trend now in 2016 that mirrors what we saw in twent 14. >> reporter: two years ago, the cdc reported 120 cases. last year, just 21. but through august of this year, already there have been 50 cases in 24 states. kid. >> he is a tough kid. >> reporter: as doctors try to learn more about what causes the sudden paralysis, they recommend keep vaccinations current to boost general immunity, wash hands frequently. >>

the cdc warns pregnant women to reconsider trips to parts of asia. health officials say the virus is spreading in thailand, indonesia and other countries. a similar alert for islands in south and central america and the caribbean. >>> now there's a show of strength. new jersey state troopers participated in the 22 pushup challenge yesterday in west trenton. dozens of officers dropped to the ground to do pushups. it raises awareness for post traumatic stress disorders. >>> let's start with radar again. we have a storm system sitting to the west, barely budged the last few days. as a result we have been pulling all that moisture in, then we have all of that moisture, on and off showers and drizzly mist hanging over the region for days. that's still in the forecast for today with breaks in rain today, not a complete washout. should see periods with not as heavy rain as seen the last few days. what we are looking at are showers west of the area, then heavier spot of rain sitting over the ocean at this point. clouds are in the region. it will be another c

the cdc is advising pregnant women not to travel to this neighborhood, about one square mile in size. the cdc also says pregnant women and their partners may not want to go to any part of miami-dade underway in the miami beach area. >>> the online fight between st. pete mayor rick and city councilman steve cornell is getting nastier. they are at odds after cornell compared the city's nearly 200 gallon sewage discharge to the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill. this week, cornell posted on facebook an unflattering article from the tampa bay times about the response to the sewage spill. earlier this month, mayor chrism b twitter. cornell originally responded on facebook that he wasn't going to engage in a debate. >>> we are expecting a major update on tainted water wells in polk county next week. independent tests do show elevated levels of radioactivity. the testing company says other elements found in the same tests point to a natural source of the contamination and not necessarily the mosaic ksc sink hole. the official says all of the other chemicals found in the radioactivity in water

>>> back at the live desk for you at this hour, the cdc making another change to its recommendations surrounding the men who travel to a zika active area, they say, should wait six months to have unprotected sex, and women they're advising a full eight weeks. this is the fifth time is cdc has updated the zika guidelines. >>> and an update on the stolen jose fernandez jersey. we don't know who swiped it, but we know it was returned. it was stolen after a vigil at his high school in florida. a day later a large en inside. jose fernandez died over the weekend in a boating accident. >>> accident. >>> what some students wore to school this week in florida has them in hot water. they were dressing up at part of spirit week, but the costumes crossed the line. they dressed up like the klan. >> this shouldn't be >> on another dress up day another student wore a confederate flag as a cape, and he was asked to take it off. >>> new at 6:00, one of the sheriff's candidate former boarding students exposing her nightmare to abc 15. >>> and what people in arizona are demanding from hickman family fa

cdc, this is typically found in brackish warm waters and kills more than 100 people a year there were no warnings and she believes more should be done to let people know about the dangers that could lie beneath. >> maybe not everybody dies from it. still, we should know that it is in the waters there so you can avoid maybe certain areas. i don't know. if i had known i would have never receipt him get in the water. >> reporter: as for how people the protect themselves, the cdc says cover up any wounds before go ing into brackish don't quo in at all. also, stay away from live shellfish like oysters. 12 news. >>> thank you. >>> meanwhile, massive water bills and mounting questions. yesterday we told you about higher water bills in buckeye, asking the concerned homeowners to respond to our verify address and many of you did just that. we received e-mail after e-mail of people saying their bills have skyrocketed by hundreds of dollars. and the water company will only tell them to hire a plumber and- on for several months impacting dozens of people. our very own brahm resnik joins bus this

. >> anchor: the cdc confirmed at least 50 cases. >> it is a terrible disease but it is not necessarily something >> reporter: dr. frank espers a pediatric infectious disease specialist at rainbow babies hospital said he has seen this before in his patients. mystery polio-like illness can be found in adults but mainly children are affected by it. >> every child gets a viral illness, sometimes many times throughout the year. in certain circumstances a child will actually become very weak or paralyzed after having this >> according to the cdc the number of cases up substantially from last year. 50 people have had afm from january to august of this year. some of those cases are being seen right here in northeast ohio. >> we see cases here every year. not necessarily always identified to a particular virus. more times than not we are never able to figure out what virus it is. >> reporter: the good news for many patients the paralysis that comes along with the illness is temporary. prompts over the first several months. whether or not they go completely back to normal or see a 90% improvemen

the cdc is encouraging more women to be tested for zika and sparking travel warnings as well. ali gorman joins us now from the "action news" big board with the details. >> reporter: this will likely affect families in our area the cdc is using a color coded risk map. the red is active zika transmission, the yellow area means local transition and they don't know the risk. pregnant women should postpone going to those areas in florida and the cdc wants more testing any pregnant woman that lived in traveled to or had unprotected sex to someone that traveled to miami-dade county you are asked to be tested for is the zika virus. even if you visited in august and july. we have details at 6abc.com. >>> it's now easier for preteenagers to get the hpv vaccine. government officials say that for kids under 14 two doses of the vaccine works just as well as three, the recommendation was for three doses within six months and the vaccine is recommended at 13 and three doses are recommended for kids that did not have their first shot by the age 15. >> and if you have type two diabetes, know t

the cdc said it was higher than the national average by 1%. children can enroll without vaccines if they were medically or religiously or philosophically exempt. >>> cdc is recommending children and adults to get a flu shot. if you get it too early it weakens, on the flip side, if you get it too late, it is not as effective. >> if you're wondering what ryan lochte is doing with his personal life stay tuned for morning buzz. >> here's a look at "g.m.a." >> reporter: in the this morning's "g.m.a." first look, a new nonsurgical procedure that's melting away stubborn faculty. >> it takes 25 minutes. unlike other noninvasive procedures this is the first ever to use laser it's less painful than other alternatives. here's how it work, these plates are attached to the patient. next a laser penetrates the skin heating up fat cells and destroying them. >> in some patients was amazing way of removing some localized area fat that's bothering them. >> reporter: and coming up at 7:00 a.m. dr. jennifer ashton weighs in live. with the "g.m.a." first look i'm

the cdc is advises pregnant women not to travel to the area. the cdc says that pregnant miamiidecade county now -- miami-dade county now, and we need the rain and maybe even the snow. >> i had friends coming from phoenix, arizona, it was chilly when we got off the plane. no, no, no, this is warmer than what we are normally seeing in october. >> taking a look at radar and salt, we are seeing the -- satellite, we are seeing the effects of a strong storm system. they are still feeling the effects of gusty winds, very very heavy rain, and colorado, we are seeing some southwest flow, increasing cloud coverage, across the southeast, we'll see this start to decrease and dissipate. and we're seeing partly cloudy skies across much of the state this morning. here your first alert headlines, yesterday we were one degree shh of breaking a record. today, very warm once again, highs well above average, unfortunately there is increased fire danger for much of the southeastern corner of the state. we'll stay a little bit cooler tomorrow than what we elt warmer

she oversees the cdc's emerging infectious diseases program and dr. bell, thank you very much for being here today. >> sure, thanks so much for having me. >> i feel like i've been hearing about this story for a long time, but is there some sort of tipping point we're hit? are the superbugs really starting to win the battle? >> the superbugs are always changing, and the more they change and the more antibiotics we use, the more dangerous the situation is, and certainly now in other parts of the world there are bacteria that are resistant to all known anti-buysics, so this is really a frightening situation and really one of the move serious infectious disease threats of our time. >> what does it mean for medicine? what are the implications here in the united states? >> you know, this really is putting modern medicine at risk. if you think about some. main advances in medicines over the last decade, for example, cancer chemotherapy, organ transplantation, joint replacements, the success of all of these sorts of innovations is really based on our ability

the cdc centers for disease control surveyed nearly 6,000 women. researchers found that half of them between the ages of 15 and 44 expect to have children. that is up from 46% in 2002. we don't know why. but we do know that researchers say this could mean a higher u.s. birth rate at some point in the future. >>> meanwhile, huer women are dying from breast cancer in the united states. the cdc just reported a drop in breast cancer deaths among women younger than fief terriers old. researchers believe that drop in death rates may come from improved education about the importance of breast cancer screening and treatment. more women also now have access to personalized and cutting edge treatment. >>> all right. so now we're talking about sports and not the eagles. >> no, not the eagles. there's a ton of ex phillies still in the playoffs. especially guys in from that twos eight world series team. a lot of mixed emotions for fans seeing their guys on ♪ >>> sean bell taking on in former phillies and looking into whether we should still show them love. hi

a new report from the cdc reveas thecla -- that clamidia was the most. leaving fewer places for people bringing just a ton of smiles. how her fight against cancer is imagine if your child were trapped in a failing school. imagine if your child couldn't read or write at grade level. imagine if your child were stuck on a waiting list. 32,000 kids want to go to a public charter school. but they can't. if you like your public school, question 2 won't affect you. but for kids stuck in failing school districts, question 2 will let parents choose something better and give all our kids hope. uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. when it served her purpose, ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? oh absolutely, i would do that. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politician. looking out for herself. independence usa pac is responsible for t

sea cdc will also be the property manager of the project. in february of this year the commission approved the clues of a glaciation agreement along with a $2.5 million predevelopment loan to begin design in other construction work. the predevelopment loan was capitalize using a portion of the sf thought city donation. the 11 53rd st. moment includes rental housing affordable homeless veterans and low income families. the veterans unit represent a little over half of the unit total will be restricted to no more than 30% of area median income or ami. which amounts to an income of $22,000 per year for a single adult veteran. the remaining half of the unit will be affordable to families earning no more than 50% of area median income were again, 64,006 over for a family of four. as stated earlier both sea cdc and sword will provide services at the development with swords focusing on the needs of veterans and sea cdc focusing on the families. 11 53rd st. will provide a total of 119 affordable the 62 bedroom book are comprised of two studios and 5

i was just speaking to tom frieden, head of the cdc. he said we need better testing and figure out how to kill the mosquitoes. we need education. >> up next a deadly air pollution. the world health organization this week released a report pollution has on the global population and people live in places where air quality is poor, 92%. and estimate 7 million premature deaths a year are attributed to indoor and outdoor air pollution. the report calls air pollution the most serious environmental risk factor we face. jon, they call this the invisible killer. >> it is an invisible killer. believe it or not it contributes, aor w.h.o., to about a third of deaths from stroke, copd is a form of chronic lung disease and lung cancer and up to 30% of deaths from heart disease. this is not just a theoretical problem. it's killing us now. >> they looked at the whole world in analyzing this data. >> it turns out the quality of air you breathe in large part defends on where you live. they found countries with large populations, china, india, russia, tho

the cdc is pushing a different type of flu shot this year. they are producing 160 2016-2017 flu season of which 120 million units will be thimerosal-free. why is this important? thimerosal is a mercury- containing organic compound used as a preservative since the 1930's. the food and drug administration's research has shown the need to add preservatives during the manufacturing process has decreased. they have been working with manufactures to eliminate thimerosal and recommends thimerosal-free flue shots for children 6 years and younger. last year clark county reported 646 confirmed case resulting in 400 hospital visits and 36 deaths. the cdc has announced 160 million there are two types of flue shots, injections and nasal spray. the center for disease control and prevention does not want anyone taking the nasal spray vaccine this year and the nasal spray was never recommended for women who are pregnant. if you love the with... it may be the reason that you're very healthy. yeah ...a new study shows that on- the-job social links contributed

there some people might have a cdc committee patient our chief medical officer at cdc at the time did such a good job that he parlayed into a job at abc news at his nether chief medical correspondent. but he had prepared him i know that because i was in the government and the new they had these exercises. there was one federal official who did a terrible job and that was joe biden. he had legislative experience but not executive experience. he went on tv and said exactly what you are not supposed to say in a flu epidemic which is i don't think anyone can go in enclosed space right now which was a disaster for transportation, economy. robert gibbs had to walk it back. he was the press secretary, and not very subtly. he walked it back. it was like is protecting joker he just threw go under the most. joe can take it but i thought about it, the vice president biden had real government experience in the legislative side of things but not the executive site. the executive site is different and unique you prepare. >> you wrote a book on communication and twitter and the modern age. how does

cdc officials said yesterday the epidemic is getting worse. the most common std last year was chlamydia, more than 1.5 million people report having it. most reports from young adults. cdc officials say half of all d stds are from people under the age of 20. >>> pregnancies are supposed to last 40 weeks, but some researchers are wondering if that's one week too long. dr. dwight rouse, the principal investigator of the arrive study says babies born at 40 weeks or more are susceptible to other complications. >> if you look at data on how babies do, they have the fewest problems when they're born in the 39th week. >> the arrive study is still going on. so far the study has almost 400 participants including mothers and babies which would be a good thing. >> i would say. a lot of people thinking it's a good thing as well that the last debate just wrapped up. plenty of people fact checking what was said last night. scott mcgrew, some people also fact checking the moderator. >> a lot of people think chris wallace from fox news, sam, did a really good

the morning this morning from the cdc. >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, this is wbz news this morning. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. i am kate merrill. >> i am chris mckinnon -- i am chris mckinnon. it was chilly overnight. >> it is the coldest data his is -- it has been a while. >> 72 yesterday, and no it feels -- the wind is blowing, adding some chilled to the air but it is going to feel -- to be colder tomorrow morning, frost and freezing conditions of all over the place except in coastal spots. upper 40s for the most part, lowes the wind will be decreasing, not as much by midday and this afternoon, essentially sunshine all day long so here is the daily planner, sun shining across the board from the morning rush to lunchtime to the ride back home. 48 now, said rising at 6:56 am, and a lighter wind at noon. it maxes out around 58 and the sunset at 6:03 pm. that blast of cold, the wind dropping up at the temperature will in the 20s and 30s, freeze watch and warning for much of the area. more on the weather in a minute. traffic and weather to gather. >>> it

today's quick hit the cdc says specially transmitted diseases have hit a record high in the u.s. >> a new gallup poll finds 56% of americans support three other states welcome medical marijuana. >>> federal officials are now urging all pregnant women who live in or have recently visited miami-dade county to get tested for the zika virus. >>> plane crashes in three states. new details about the air accidents across america. first, though, watch this. look at that landing t. pilot was forced to land with malfunctioning landing gore right there. on the nose of the plane. it was d down the runway t. pilot walked away unharmed. in ft. lauderdale, iwitnesses says this twin engine plane landed after crash landing on a runway. the plane's landing gear is under way. the pilot and a passenger on board were not hurt. a different story for the pilot of this small plane. he and a passenger on board crash landed into the back yard of a house. this is in southern new jersey. the first responders saw the it took 20 minutes to free them. all the crashes are being investigated. >> scary. >>> is america

well, the cdc only reported 74 in that time. they say this means federal government missed a third of all cases. one mother who lost her child in an accidental shooting says we need to make some changes. >> only way to protect this from happening is to pick your guns up, put them up top dorks not store them loaded. >> research by the federal government has been curtailed after an nra supported law enacted 20 years ago cut cdc funding for research into gun violence. nra says they do not oppose research and safety is at the core of their mission. >>> some neighborhoods get a bad rap. some will tell you gunshots are the sound track of the north philadelphia neighborhood of fair hill. so our hank flynn headed over in search of a different tune. ♪ >> nobody has jobs. we have lot drugs up here, and definitely call that the bad land. >> long list of reasons some people call this north philly neighborhood the bad lands. >> kids literally dodging bullets. >> news crews usually only comes up here when somebody gets shot. >> fair hill se

jones, anything that you would like to add on behalf of community cdc? are there any members of the public who would like to testify on this item no. 1? seeing none we'll close public comment and supervisor breed, if there is no objection, we'll send the item to the full board with recommendation without objection. item 2 or would you like to skip over it? madam clerk, please call item no. 3 out of order. >> yes, item no. 3 say resolution establishing a new public benefits civic non-profit entitled the yerba buena gardens conservancy to assume long-term operating and management responsibilities for yerba buena gardens. >> i do not see ms. venancion from supervisor kim's office, so why don't we go to item 4. >> item 4, hearing to consider that the transfer of type 48 on-sale general public premises license from 451 bush street to 447 bush street forces sffsre, llc. doing business as as fluxus will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. >> do we have a representative from the police department? sergeant kennedy?

. >> the cdc recommend this year not to use the flu mist because in two of the past three flu seasons the flu mist was shown to be ineffective. infectious disease clinical pharmacist specialist says everyone over the age of six months should get the flu shot. >> you can't get the flu from the flu shot. >> if you're 65 or older the cdc recommends two vaccines given in a series to prevent certain types of dak too early infections that can cause meningitis and gnome. >> can get pneumonia from that from a pneumonia shot. >> if you're confused about what vaccine to get and when, check with your doctor. >>> coffee lovers -- listen up. people will soon be able to buy bottled done kin donuts coffee. it will still include the coffee blend and real milk, it will just come in different flavors. they're expected to shelves in 2017. so that's something to look forward to next year. >>> time now for a check of your weekend forecast. can you believe it's october already? there i was stumbling over 2016 and this year has flown by. >> i know, it goes too fast. fall weather is coming this way. you will

. >> the concerning numbers the cdc released today when it comes to some of the fastest growing headlines. main maybe bad for your bones. people who are heavy pot users. had more than twice the risk of suffering a broken bone. heavy users were defined as someone who smoked pot five times a day. over 25 year period. that is heavy use. study authors reviewed medical history for fractures and measured current bone density. using specialized x-rays. a record high in the u.s. the combined rates of stds are the highest in 20 years. people at the greatest risk were between 15 and 24 years old. >> . all new tonight. for children being treated for cancer. losing their hair can be a traumatic experience. fortunately there are several to make wigs for them. always looking for volunteers who are willing to donate. and volunteers just like this one. our very own producer. >> . >> all free of charge. >> . just who is doing this. and why. >> bill's war started in 1968 when he fought in vietnam. wounded by a round in the i stepped into a pit and got shrapnel in my chest and shot in the back. >> . he rece