Pelley an well begin tonight with breaking news. Late today the c. D. C. Confirmed what had been suspected, that zika virus does, in fact, cause severe birth defects. Mosquitoes in the United States are soon likely to carry and spread the virus. This map is showing you the 27 states where the particular type of mosquito thrives. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter the c. D. C. Said confirmation the zika virus causes microcephaly, an underdeveloped brain at birth, is unprecedented. Its first time in history a virus transmitted by mosquito bite has been found to cause birth defects. Dr. Sonja rasmussen is with the c. D. C. What were learning is that they have a severe form of microcephaly that is oftentimes associated with other problems in the brain that can be seen on imaging on c. T. Scans or m. R. I. S that make us really concerned. Reporter the c. D. C. Says it made the determination based on mounting evidence from many studies. Images released today by researchers in brazil, where the v
Of doctors in the epidemic of painkiller abuse. Reporter what percentage of your patients get prescriptions for oxycodone . Nearly 100 . Pelley and the man who talked his way into the Baseball Hall of fame. Its time for dodger baseball. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley an well begin tonight with breaking news. Late today the c. D. C. Confirmed what had been suspected, that zika virus does, in fact, cause severe birth defects. Mosquitoes in the United States are soon likely to carry and spread the virus. This map is showing you the 27 states where the particular type of mosquito thrives. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter the c. D. C. Said confirmation the zika virus causes microcephaly, an is unprecedented. Its first time in history a virus transmitted by mosquito bite has been found to cause birth defects. Dr. Sonja rasmussen is with the c. D. C. What were learning is that they have a severe form of microcephaly that is oftentimes associat
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Referendum. Hundreds of people marching nigeria to put new pressure on the government to find that rls kidnapped by boko haram two years ago. This, after a video appears to show proof of life of the hostages. Thanks for joining us. A belgian man who has been described as the biggest recruiter of jihadists belgium has never known ever known has been handed a 15year jail sentence. Found guilty of recruiting dozens of people, including recent suspects in the brussels and paris attacks. 42yearold was the man who called for this hearing today at the Belgian Court of appeals. He was carrying out his 12year sentence he was given last year for radicalizing and sharing extreme ideology among what the prosecutor called naive gitators and fragile youth. He was given a sentence of 12 years and put into a prison with ir first the radicalizing deradicalizing center. He insisted he was not the jihadi. He wanted to have this hearing to make him a freeman or have his sentence shortened. But the judge r
Faith in their police force. Lets just get real about the facts. There are some individuals who may have made a mistake. They will suffer those consequences. But the entire police force deserves respect for the extraordinary job they are doing. The probe centers on two businessmen with ties to mayor de blasio and his campaign and also former chief of department phillip banks. Thank you. Much more at 6 00. Much more. Thank you. Developing now in brooklyn. A special hearing could change the fate of a former nypd officer convicted of killing an unarmed man. A juror is accused of hiding Key Information during jury selection. Cbs 2s dick brennan is live in downtown brooklyn with the late details. Dick. Reporter the hearing was to decide were to throw out the conviction of officer peter liang. He was convicted of shooting the defense says a juror lied while being chosen saying that nobody in his family had been accused of a crime but later the juror told a newspaper that his father went to p