String of recent controversies. A new quinnipiac pole showing Hillary Clinton opening up a double digit lead in colorado and virginia and on the plus side of a too close to call race in iowa. Back to you. Ernie thank you for that. Joining me, bob burkowitz, you know it all. You follow this so well. Now we have a new trump team. What do you think . What do you make of this . If the people say look, mr. Trump, you have to stay on message. No getting into fights with gold star family or accusing people of being cofounders of isis. Stick to the message. He said in an interview yesterday with a local tv station ive got to be me. Im not going to pivot. Im going to be who i am. He quoted popeye. So for all the business about stay on message, youre going to pivot, he cant. He has to be the kind of guy thats going to speak his mind. Ernie a lot of people are looking to this as a desperate move. Is it too late . I dont think its too late but its getting close. Hes down double digits in a lot of states. Hes down by 9 points in florida. 9 points nationally. Down in colorado. Hes put two republican states in play, arizona and georgia. Hes got one percentage approval rate with africanamericans. Hes down 20 percent with women and with hispanic voters. Ernie what does he need to do . Get back on message. Theres plenty of stuff to talk about when it comes to Hillary Clinton. Theres the email, benghazi, certainly the issues about the foundation and her position on state. Plenty of good material. Ernie he should stay with this. Every day over and over and dont let go. Ernie we hear about the october surprise. Maybe there might be something he might decide not to run. The party could change. You hear all of this. I dont think the party will change. I dont think they have a right to pull a nomination from somebody who was nominated by tens of millions of voters. Could he say at the last minute i dont want to be called a loser, saying this to himself . I dont think dont think so. I think hes there for the long haul. Ernie thank you for joining us. Lets continue to follow some of the other stories making news. In the headlines, according to the huffington post, the withdrawal of aetna from obamacare was a reaction to the Justice Department blocking a merger with humana. Aetna said it was leaving because of costs. People in 11 states now have to find new healthcare providers. Water is starting to recede in devastated parts of louisiana. Were damaged or destroyed. More than 30,000 people have been rescued since friday. And many are staying in shelters or in hotels. Its like my subdivision was in a bowl. Everything around us was flooding. It was scary. We didnt know how high or fast the waters would rise. Ernie the amount of water is staggering, almost 7 trillion gallons over the course of a week. Livingston parish was hit with 21 2 feet over 15 hours yesterday. Thats whats happening in louisiana. Nick is joining us. Huge amounts of rain there. Nick the video is reminiscent of katrina in 2005 going into that area. Ernie the government was there helping these people out. Nick its a ton of rain for them. It becomes multiple problems because you have the rainfall that eventually collects in the lowlying areas. A big, big problem. Ernie weve got a little rain in the forecast . Nick a couple of showers overnight. Maybe about day break. Other than that, were okay. Better day today. The humidity was down. Ernie much better. Nick more comfortable. 85 and 77 in new york city. A good day. Little warm on the morning low. The average low should be 68. Nowhere near records. The record high and record low of 95 and 56. Did you hear thehu area. We had a hundredth of an inch in the city. 82. The humidity at 53 percent. The winds out of the northwest at 9. It should be a dry evening. Nothing really happening tonight. The action takes place overnight, more so the first part of tomorrow morning. It was mid 80s for the city and to the hudson valley, southern connecticut. No sea breeze today. Wind coming out of the west and northwest. 87 at newark and islip and the east end. Montauk, 82. Its mid 80s back west towards central long island down to the jersey shore as well. Low 80s for the city northward. Sussex, 81. 75 from monticello. The dew point numbers, big difference. Yesterday they were in the mid and upper 70s. Oppressive. Today, low and middle 60s so more comfortable. The humidity levels start rising again tomorrow and beyond as we get more of a southwesterly wind coming into the forecast. Right now the wind is out of the westnorthwest. Well see that continue and tomorrow well see the wind change to the south and southwest. Nothing nearby as far as any showers now. Take a look at the satellite photograph. As we go westward, youll see showers trying to make it across pennsylvania. The initial batch just getting eaten up by the dry air. There are showers back to detroit and down here in west virginia. I think some of these, while the initial part may not survive, well start to see the threat about the day break hour. Theres no organized system that will be moving through the first things out tomorrow afternoon and turning more humid and quite warm through the end of the week into the humidity. Well see humidity and temperatures on the uncomfortable side. 73 in the city. 60s in the suburbs. The shower threat through 9 00, 10 00 in the morning. More sun in the afternoon. 84 will be the high. Thats where it should be. Theres futurecast and the showers initially getting out of the way. Later tomorrow afternoon, early eening, could be an isolated shower w the city or an isolated thunderstorm. I dont think much of that will happen. Friday, sunshine, clouds, back in the upper 80s. This front will be the next weather maker. That could bring the threat back by mid to late sunday afternoon and lingering through monday. Traveling around the country, not bad in the northeast. Boston, 82. 92 in atlanta. Nicer in chicago at 88. Denver 88. Scattered storms across texas towards the desert southwest. 88 seattle with sunshine. Tonight we drop to 73 in the city. 60s to the north and west. The shower risk closer towards day break. More humid tomorrow. The shower risk early. 84 will be the high. Upper 80s friday, saturday, sunday. Humid days. Storms will arrive sunday and get out monday. Staying in the middle 80s. Tuesday, wednesday, more comfortable weather comes in. Back to the lower 80s. Lower humidity and lots of sunshine. Ernie i think people are enjoying summer. Theres a lot of good weather. Nick we were thinking a hot and its been online. Ernie everybody in the pool. Nick after you with your speedo. Ernie when we come back, chances are you qualify for Affordable Housing. Wait until you hear the guidelines and the rents for an Upper West Side lottery. 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You dont let anything keep you sidelined. Thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Always be you. Ernie welcome back. Heres a question about Affordable Housing which would seem to be reserved for people not making a whole lot of money. But as Jessica Formoso shows us, lotteries that include people making up to and more than six affordable tough to define. Watch. Reporter when people think about Affordable Housing, they think about apartments subsidized by the government. Thats not always the case. The cost of living in manhattan is so high, that Affordable Housing programs are covering incomes high and low. The median rent in new york is more than 3,000. Amy, the editor at curb new york, says thats why so many people are applying for Affordable Housing developers have been given incentives by mayor de administration to build more of it throughout the city. When the developer says we have apartments ready. Well put them in the lottery system, theyve earmarked typically about 20 percent of the housing in any particular building for Affordable Housing. Reporter Affordable Housing depends on income, neighborhood and on the developer. You can see Affordable Housing in new york is stretched so thin, especially when were talking about market rate apartments which arent one had 86 affordable apartments available and 56,000 applied. You have to make over 70,000 a year in order to apply for a studio or one bedroom apartment. The rent . More than 2,000. While it sounds kind of unbelievable to you and me like how can that be people who need to find affordable hous the case because its so hard for all income brackets aside from the very, very wealthy to find affordable apartments. I went to college in baltimore and paid 626 a month for rent. That in new york city will get you a shoe box. Reporter to live comfortable, one shouldnt spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent. But thats not the case for new yorkers. A recent found that new yorkers are going to spend at reporter im Jessica Formoso, fox 5 news. Ernie thank you very much. One of our regular guests is back. This is your beat. This is what you follow. And you certainly have been watching this. People are wondering is it really Affordable Housing . Is that really what we can call it when you look at the numbers involved . There are some units defined as affordable where the applicants who win the units are making 120,000 for a family of four. Make near 120,000. The fact is you cant have all your affordable units reserved for the very poor. If you concentrate poverty in one place, you end up with bad results. What you want is a mix of incomes. The city doesnt really have enough money to subsidize Affordable Housing for all of the very poor people. So it costs less to subsidize a middle class apartment. Ernie this has been a big push for the de Blasio Administration thousands of people trying to get these affordable apartments. Your attitude is just keep going for it. Even though you have all the competition . You have to be relentless. Lets be honest. The odds of winning are one in a thousand. But you can apply to lots and lots. You can apply to a thousand over the years. You may win one and it may come in handy. So many are spending half of their income on rent or more than half. So they are one financial disa why not keep applying for the lotteries . The rent for these affordable units is no more than 30 percent of your income. That could be the cushion you need if you get into trouble. Ernie you talk to brokers. You can call 311 and the Mayors Office for assistance. Call 311. Talk to your Community Board and get recommendations for organizations to walk you through the process. It is complicated. If your income is in a certain range and you have a certain family, you will qualify for some of these units, but you have to win them. Ernie does it look promising over the next five, 10 years . Hows the future look . Honestly the mayor sounds very optimistic when he talks about how many units he has created, affordable units. He has created record numbers of units. If you look at the broader new york city housing market, its so tough. We have 81 2 million people. More than 3 million housi units. Hes creating about 8,000 a year. Ernie a drop in the bucket. A drop in the bucket. Its a very small number. There are other programs outside of it you can get housing through and there are a million rent stabilized units. Try to get those. Ernie good information. Thank you for the advice. Coming up next, our International Food week continues with some of manhattans best brazilian food. Plus ive got a question for towel . Which is better for you . Do you have a preference . See what people said coming up. Well be right back after the break. . . . You live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. My son has meningitis b. But how did we end up here . His mom thought he had the flu and 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. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about 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. Ernie the robbery involving u. S. Swimmers in rio took a weird turn today. A judge ordered ryan lochte and jimmy feigen to stay in brazil, but lochte is back in the u. S. No one knows where feigen is. Weve learned they never went to the police about the robbery, after it hits the news. Its unclear what the next step will be. The games have been going pretty well. And new yorks Brazilian Community is excited to watch the olympics, hosted in their home country. So we decided to dedicate the latest installment of our International Food week to them. Heres kerry drew with her trip to manhattans little brazil. . . Reporter a taste of rio street. Youll find some of the best brazilian restaurants in the city. The street is known as little brazil. You can watch the olympics while sampling some of the culture from this years home country. Definitely brought a lot of people here that would never have thought lets eat brazilian. Reporter victor is the owner of empa ins it created the atmosphere my dad wanted here. He showed us his favorite brazilian classics on the menu. This is shrimp and coconut, mashed potatoes on top. Well be eating a popular steak in brazil, top sirloin on a platter thats sizzling. Perfectly ripe and battered and fried. Reporter you have to wash it down with the most well known brazilian cocktail. Tell us about the signature drink of brazil. Well be making brazilians national cocktail. Its a refreshing cold drink that a lot drink on the beach. Reporter he muddles the sugar and lime and adds this. And loves watching his city on the global stage. I love to see the beach volleyball. A few blocks from my home. I know that area very well. Reporter lets face it. Not all of us could make it for the olympics, but little brazil brings you closer to the action. We have to say cheers. Teach me how to say it. What is it . Salud. Drew. Ernie salud. Looks delicious. Get ready for fun tomorrow when we head to Staten Island for amazing german and spanish food and drink. And coming up, a question about personal hygiene in a public bathroom. Do you prefer using the hand blower or a paper towel . Think about that. Your answers are coming up after the break on fox 5. Rs, all stop shop produce is triple checked. 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. With all new fairgrounds, more rides and more fun. For just 6. Its all here, its only here. At the great new York State Fair everything natures promise is so wholesome. And it doesnt take the whole paycheck. Stop shops exclusive natures promise. Eat well for less. My stop shop. Ni do you prefer a hand blow drier or a paper towel . Probably the paper towel. Just a little more convenient and a little bit quicker. Know what i mean . The hand drier, youve got to stand there and wait for someone to be done. Paper towel, you grab it and go. I hate the noise and it doesnt feel it dries it. I prefer a paper towel. I think theyre the same as far as sanitary. I like paper one. Its a one time use. You dont touch anything. I use the hand drier. Ernie you like the hand drier. Why do you like that . Quick dry and ernie fast. Just walk out. Thats it. Ernie were still asking the question. Which do you prefer . I guess if its one of those super driers thats really fast, ill use that. But the paper towels are quicker. It just depends how much a hurry im in and where im heading. Ernie that makes sense. What do you prefer . I think because its more its better for the environment. Ernie oh, okay. Which is important to me. Yeah. Ernie youre careful about the environment, too. Okay. I try to be. Ernie all right. Take care, guys. We had a lot of reaction to that question. It was amazing. Nick, youll tell me, too. Thats it for now. Thank you for joining us tonight. For all of us in studio 5, our control room, big john, give us well see you again tonight. What do you prefer, nick . Nick the air drying. Ernie thats a lot better. Nexium 24 hour introduces new, easytoswallow tablets. So now, there are more ways, for more people. To experience. Hey mom, i could use some basil. Oh, sure thing, sweetie. Life is eating out of a flower pot. Wait wheres the . Right. Its being a food paparazzi. Honey, your rump roast just broke the internet. As it should. And a takeout romantic. Dessert happy anniversary. Life is mucho, and grande. Life is eating, laughing, loving i think dentists dont like to recommend whitening toothpastes to their patients with sensitivity because they may be more abrasive. Sensodyne true white is low abrasive. It will treat sensitivity first and foremost, but also whiten the patients teeth. Today on tmz drake went way, way, way over the top to prove theres no beef with eminem. The greatest rapper to ever get on the [bleep] microphone. Drake begins to bow down to eminem. Say hes the greatest of all time or bow, but dont do both. In terms of how people think of eminem, they think of him as one with of the greatest rapp that way. You dont know what youre talking about. I dont. That never stopped him before. Officials in rio are questioning the legitimacy of ryan lochtes claims he got robbed. Theres video of them coming back to the Olympic Village in good spirits. To draw a picture of ryan lochte being the mastermind of something theres no mastermind. He had to tell cops what he did and contradicted himself. No, thats a scam