Welcome to the overnight news. South florida is bracing for possible floods. A system that could become a Tropical Storm is churning off the coast threatening the region with several days of heavy rain. It comes as the miami area is struggling to containt zika virus. Spread by local mosquitoes which can breed in just a bottle cap of water. Omar vi with more on the double threat. Omar. Sun bathers flocked to miami beach to soak in the sun before the storms roll in. The ocean winds are expected to bring in several days of rain, including heavy downpours. Right now the main concern at the shore is the strong rip current. On land, Health Officials want to make sure pooling water from possible floods doesnt turn into a widespread breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying the virus. Pools of standing water. In florida, 42 people contracted the zika virus from local mosquitoes. 38 of the cases are right here in miamidade county. Elaine . Omar villafranca. Thank you. Chief meteorologist, craig s
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The frontrunners number one supporter going viral. And who says he doesnt have latino fans . Trump there in las vegas. Were going to get to that soon on this friday morning. But were going to start with that bombshell on capitol hill. The House Majority leader abruptly dropping out of the race to become House Speaker. Kevin mccarthys stunning announcement left republicans in shock, some of them even bursting into tears. Now the party is scrambling to find a new replacement they can all agree on. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest from washington. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter good morning to you, marci and kendis. Kevin mccarthy will not be John Boehners successor. His withdrawal from the House Speaker race has republicans in a tizzy. No one saw this coming. In less than 2 1 2 hours, Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy went from a confident candidate for speaker of the house to a withdrawal. I think i shocked some of you, huh . The one thing i found in talking to everybody, if we are g
Life. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Thanks for joining us. Im annemarie green. This morning the prevailing sentiment among the house of representatives is now what . Kevin mccarthy aers stunning decision to withdraw from the race for speaker left the Republican Caucus scrambling to find a new leader. Mccarthy announced his intentions during a meeting of republican colleagues just before they were expected to elect them as their nominee. Reporter mccarthys was like a political earthquake. All delegations of the conference were shocked. Reporter in the end mccarthy decided he wasnt the lawmaker to bring the severely divided party together. If we are going to unite and be strong, ghewe need a new faco help do that. Reporter mccarthy was undermined by the members of the gop caucus known as the Freedom Caucus who made demands he feared he couldnt meet and backed another candidate, representative daniel webster. This is the same group that pus
Basis. Plus, cabbies have higher built in metering fees that the others dont. Let us charge the customer the same price. We are ready for competition but they are telling us you charge this amount and they are free to charge 1. 5. Thats a campaign of killing industry. Reporter the mayor says the higher fees pay for the citys costs in managing the cars at the airport. Were certainly doing everything we can to reduce the barriers so everyone can compete fairly but that doesnt many everyone is going to be paying exactly the same fees. The Business Models are different so there are going to be different fees attached. Reporter the goal, he said, is to offer whats best for the consumer. We want full and fair competition at the airport and throughout the city because we think thats how residents will get the best systems. Reporter there are literally dozens of people taking turns speaking on this issue. Taxicab drivers as well as uber and lyft drivers sought will be a long time before the ci