anticipates are completed to come to light. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms has a beverage alcohol library that investigates moon shine, counterfeit and refilled products. the fbi has not said whether it will accept the atf s help. senator schumer asked the centers for disease control to investigate the misuse of pesticides and the cdc doesn t have any plans to go and meantime the toxicology results that triggered this investigation is still pending. and tourism taking a hit there. a big hit at least 75% in the month of june according to one report. jackie heinrich. well it appears a heat wave is part of the u.s. as major temperatures and high humidity create a dangerous situation for the midwest let s check in with our accuweather meteorologist for the latest. christopher? yeah, john talking about the heat to continue with those heat advisories across the midwest, the entire state of iowa seeing
dominican republic. edited could help determine if alcohol is to blame for series of very mysterious tourist deaths. ainsley: griff jenkins is live in our nation s capital. are officials trying to down play these deaths? i m not sure. good morning, ainsley and steve. important to remember the fbi cannot go beyond the dominican s requests for assistance in investigation. sovereign nation. the fbi is testing samples from at least one of those motel mini bars that s good news. not confirmed it yet until now. fox news told involvement limited to assisting with toxicology results only. if true this would mark a deeper dive in allegations that booze may have played a role here. fox news has learned as recent as april the dominican rum producers association was advocating to curtail counterfeit alcohol. meanwhile dominican officials are scrambling to reassure island paradise their island is safe. it s all hysteria against the dominican republic to hurt our tourism. this is a very competitiv
as as the d.r. officially requests. tampering with fraudulent liquor. fox news has learned as recently as april the rum destill ler s operation combating counterfeit alcohol very interesting. they are not commenting. island paradise is safe for travelers. continuing to maintain these death are isolated you incidences. all died from natural causes. dominican officials pushing back on what they see unfair characterization hurting livelihood. spokesman carlos tells fox news. this quote s: it s all his hysteria guns dominican republic to hurt our tourism. we get millions of tourists. we are a popular destination. people are taking aim at us. waiting game for whether the toxicology results show any anything suspicious that would point towards poison or not to combat on these
ones were healthy before vacations. we know at least three had alcohol from mini bars we don t know if the other six did. meanwhile wilcox whose another lela cox died suddenly in punta cana is waiting for the dominican attorney general to get approval to get a sample of his mother s blood sent to the u.s. for toxicology tests. we are learning 54 members of a jimmy buffet fan club got sick while traveling to pawn can a can that in april. the members swam or same pool. trip became ill after eating at japanese restaurant hard rock hotel in pawn can a te o can that where two americans died. the state department has not issued a new travel warning for the dominican republic. i m told they re awaiting fbi toxicology results for three of the victims expected in about three weeks. dana? dana: all right, brian. thank you. last night one of those jimmy buffet fans was on the
reporter: well, again, we have not confirmed that report but, yes, her son did tell that to our affiliate and listen, i travel all over the region. i m based in the caribbean. many of these islands, many places that americans like to go do not have the facilities that people are used to. and that apparently extends to investigating a death. and her son told our affiliate that he was very concerned that her body was going to be cremated immediately and he hired a lawyer. he told our affiliate to postpone that cremation so they can do some more investigating of their own. but from what the information he received is, is that his mother died of a heart attack and when somebody dies of an apparent natural death they don t do all the toxicology results perhaps they would do in the united states. so he s not accepting it, apparently. those results, and he feels he would like to have more tests