Im jamie colby, and today im headed to palm harbor, florida on the gulf coast, about 20 miles northwest of tampa. You know, sometimes the strange things that people inherit on this show reflect timeless american values. Sometimes, though, they tell us how much times have changed. This is one of those stories where the heir is faced with a gorillasized challenge. My name is debbie cobb. My grandmother, Anna Mae Noell, passed away in october of 2000, leaving behind her 53 primates that i had to figure out how to care for. Debbie, im jamie. Nice to meet you. Glad to meet you. You know, i see theres a lot of retirees here in florida. Yours are a pretty wild bunch. Well, you havent seen the half of it. What a beautiful place. Its a 12acre primate sanctuary, full of irresistible characters. Like pongo, a 400pound male orangutan. He really, really likes you jamie, because he doesnt just purr for anybody. [ pongo vocalizing softly ] thats purring. Thats purring. I can tell hes a flirt. Oh, a b
Good to have you then. Then thank you. You know that this is a holiday wake and of course black friday moral important. Tell me how you things see things going into the end of year and into 2020 do you say the economy stay strong. Yes economic fundamentals are pretty good we are going at 3 percent in 2018 and we have probably slowed down to about 2 percent here in 2019 and one of those reasons we are staying that slowdown is that consumers remain strong for your Business Investment has slowed down in live of some of the trade insurgency and Federal Reserve being is it too tight and the good is here maria, is the Federal Reserve start cutting Interest Rates and were starting to see modest Balance Sheets expansion and we expect that to sort of see through the economy. Particularly in early 2020. And the u. S. And china, are really sitting down and having serious talks about a stage i trade deal. Just this week, you saw china, and the u. S. Both staying we are if you get close to a deal,
Progress between the u. S. And china. They agreed to talk again in september. In a clear sign of american frustration, the president threatened to impose tariffs and 300 billion of additional chinese goods. This time the tariffs would hit not just industrial goods, but highprofile products American Consumers love including cell phones and other electronics. China responded by depreciating its currency to make its exports cheaper around the world. And by declaring it would suspend purchases american agricultural products. Then, President Trump responded to that by formally declaring china it currency minutes later under american law. The Financial Markets are worried. The u. S. Stock market suffered through its worst day of the year on monday. Its rebounded since but theres been a lot of volatility in the stock market and the bond market as investors decide where this is going and how much it might affect Economic Growth in the months to come. All of this raises crucial questions nearin
I was on 24 hour a day dialysis, a feeding tube, trach. It took me a long time to accept the fact i didnt know what was going on with me until i woke up. I thought it was the next day. And when i looked at my body, i realized i had lost a third of my weight. Reporter he was in a coma for a month. At that point, he weighed only 79 pounds. It was then that doctors diagnosed him with legionnaires disease. Hes one of eight people who contracted the illness in coop city in january. He was doing flooring work across the street from the cooling towers. Today sitting here, seven months after his ordeal, despite the daily struggles he faces, he says he still considers himself one of the lucky ones, especially when he thinks of the south bronx where the death toll from legionnaires disease continues to rise. This is not a joke. You know, it shut my organs down completely, you know. My prayers go out to every one of them. They dont know what theyre in for. In april, he and his attorney filed suit
Right now on fox 5 news at 10 but we do know clearly weve had no new cases reported in the last four days. Some encouraging words from mayor de blasio who says the citys deadly legionnaires outbreak has been contained. Hello and good evening, everyone, im Christina Park. Antwan has the night off. The mayor announced no new deaths from the legionnaires outbreak in the south bronx, even though five additional buildings tested positive for this potentially deadly bacteria. All this while state Health Officials have sent out crews to test cooling towers in the infected areas. Lydia she ran knew is in the norwood section of the bronx, a lot of people worried out there tonight, lydia. Absolutely, christina. The cooling tower here at the hospital is one of about 100 state employees tested. Now, this is, obviously, a huge outbreak thats been happening, so 108 cases have been reported so far. So thats gone up. Now we have ten infected buildings, all of which have been decontaminated, but the ma