Brown good evening, scott is on assignment. Im james brown. Today, the food and Drug Administration took the extraordinary step of ordering the nations blood banks to begin screening for zika, even in places where the virus is not present. Zika can cause severe birth defects, and to date there have been nearly 2500 infections in the u. S. Linked to travel in countries affected by the outbreak. 42 were locally transmitted in florida, most likely from mosquitoes. Dr. Tara narula is a cbs news medical contributor. And i guess the first question up is why has the f. D. A. Called for a nationwide testing . These are updated recommend aegzs that come from the recommendationing in february. And it comes in the light of new scientific evidence, and the fact that were learning more and more about zika and how its transmitted. We know its transmitted sexually now. We know the devastating consequences that it can have on pregnant women, and now we have expanding area in florida of locally transmi
Francine welcome to the pulse. Live from bloombergs European Headquarters. First thing is first. Lets check on the markets. This is the picture. A huge scoop from Bloomberg News on what theresa may will are want to do with the city of london. She is refusing to prioritize brexit talks. Lets show you where the pound is. It is falling to the lowest against the dollar since 1985. We have had concern for some of the oil stocks. Markets, we dont have them. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. The cleveland fed president says a compelling case for the u. S. To raise rates. She was one of three officials who wanted to hike last month. She repeated her views that the feds november meeting should be considered a live test should be considered live should be considered live for a Rate Decision. T i want to be consistent i want to be consistent with our to medications. With our communications. If we wait until we see the inflation get back to your goal, then there is a high
A very tough defeat for all of the volunteers who have worked so hard for this library levy. Levy. They gathered here tonight at parlor city hoping for a Victory Party but soon it became obvious there would not be enough yes votes for even the simple majority required. David tominsky is one of those who worked hard for library funding. We will work towards that. That. Tthat. Matt hammill cbs 2 news, ten at 10. Matt thanks. Heres a look at the city council results in cedar rapids tonight. In district four, incumbent councilman scott olson faced a challenge by frequent Council Critic lisa kuzela. Kuzela. In the citys two atlarge races, incumbents ann poe and Susie Weinacht were challenged by three contenders. Contenders. In marion, marion,mayor Snooks Bouska announced earlier this year he would not seek reelection. So three men were looking to take his place, including two current members of the City Council Council there were also a pair of Council Races in marion. Incumbent kim etzel f
From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete eather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team rain spreads across the area tonight through saturday morning before tapering off around midday. Rain totals will be less than 0. 50. The clouds upper 40s. Sunshine and warmer temperatures make for a pleasant 70s. Continueing coverage. The search continues for today family, friends, teachers, and classmates coming together to look for moe sed. Take a look at his photo right here. He was last seen at his home a week ago thursday. The Waterloo West High School student is a refugee from burma. His family is worried because moe sed has special needs and is in need of his medicine. Kwwls Nikki Newbrough is live in Downtown Waterloo. Nikki you went along with one of those groups seaching for moe sed. There have been a number of searches for moe sed. What theyre doing is handing out posters like this to people and busines
I loved david. Or a black widow . Barbara briton is in the middle. Buried secrets. Thanks for joining us. Im lester holt. For years, the woman in this story lives in the most painful kind of limbo. Her son had disappeared and there wasnt a shred of evidence of what happened to him. She may never have known his fate if not for a quickthinking, rookie detective, whose tools included the internet and some plain old common sense. To solve this case, she would need the help of a killer. Here is keith morrison. Reporter its a strange thing that happens among the bogs and marshes, the low soft soil here in coastal florida. Things have a way of coming up, things buried in the ground, in the past or both. It was july, 2003, beaches quiet, snowbirds back up north. So no one noticed, at first, what was starting inland a little, in a town called pembroke pines, where Donna Velasquez, just three months a detective, a rookie really, had just been assigned to a brand new cold case unit. The sergeant