Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Just ahead of the spring and Summer Travel season we got a sobering update on zika today. The nations Top Health Officials warning the zika virus appears to be a lot scarier than first thought, spreading much faster, and the United States will soon be in the cross hairs with the mosquito population taking off in the coming warmer months. The National Institutes of health and the cdc issuing an urgent plea to Congress Today to act now to pay for immediate steps to protect americans. Nbcs tom costello has details. Reporter tonight, a stark warning that the Haunting Images of babies born with microcephaly in brazil abnormally small heads and brains are becoming a very real concern in the u. S. Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit initially thought. Reporter the zika virus is carried by a mosquito, until recently, researchers believed it was found in just 12 states. The new estimate, 30, further north than first thought, thoug
Generation at sea world, this is a very decision for us. We havent taken a whale from the wild in 40 years, that means were sunsetting our program over time. The reaction is mix went ahead tourists we spoke to. Its good to know, the humans and animals, and for that educational to see them. Not in the natural habitat, so you get to see them, but sad theyre in captivity. Were going to tomorrow, because well probably never see them again. I dont believe breeding animals neither. There are other changes as well. Therell be natural orca encounters, in the parks, instead of the shows. Theres 29 orcas in their care, one thats pregnant. The final orca born in captivity, will stay with their family. Partnership with the enemy, the Humane Society of the united states. The adversaries, are coming together to focus on animal well being. Sea world is committing 50 million with the effort to be the leading rescue organization in the world. People for the ethical treatment of animals is making a stat
Any school bus on the road today, more tan 700 School Closings today that includes philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools. We have all of those closings and delays for you at the bottom of the screen and on cbsphilly. Com. We have teen coverage for you, too, first the latest on the traffic and weather together. My gosh, kids are cheering, all pumped, parent have to figure out what the heck to do with the kids today. What are parent going to do. I will say looking at the roads right now, looking little more quiet than they typically do on a monday, so i am thinking a lot of par hadnt to stay home with the kids. At least little break weather wise. Indeed we are. This week as a whole not looking too bad at all. So we will see obviously some cold air remain in place here, so thats really the one and only issue i would say, weatherrelated, comes along with just the aftermath of storms like these. Because as the temperatures fall off, you start to get some of the refreezing takes place
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Number one concern and worry is Drinking Water and number two is wastewater. Everything else is a distant third. If theres a problem with the Drinking Water it has to be addressed immediately. Middle of the night, middle of the winter, it doesnt matter when. Every citizen and especially the most vulnerable depend on the safety of the water including families with infants, schools, our Nursing Homes and people with compromised immune systems. We cant have any contamination of the Drinking Water. Our sewer system also needs to function prop toerl avoid any probability of a sewage spill or sewage backup into peoples homes. I would say to you that this really does keep me up at night. Congressman tonko knows that right now our part of the state is buried in snow, just last week the frost penetrated the ground so deeply that we experienced two ruptures in our water planes that are 5 to 6 feet underground. This forced us to issue a boil water advisory where we have to tell families to boil w