major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far we ve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the school s handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. holmes was being seen by university psychiatrist, lynn fenton. cnn affiliate reports that she had concerns he might be a danger to others and told her colleagues but holmes dropped out of school before any investigation was before. in oakland a brick was thrown through a window of a obama office. reports say several car windows were broken as well. to oklahoma now and the wildfire disaster there. there are at least four major fires burning this morning, hundreds of homes are being threaten the
the cdc estimates more than half a trillion dollars in additional health care costs. we get the problem, but what are the solutions? david kirkoff is a ceo of weight watchers and author of the new book weight loss boss and lisa young is author of the book. welcome to both of you. lisa, only 4% of our elementary schools require daily physical education, a lack of sidewalks discourages walking. huge parts of the population don t have access to nutritious food. when we attempt to legislate solutions, americans say don t tell me what to eat, don t tell my kid what to eat. is this a nanny state? we have to go somewhere between those two extremes, don t we? absolutely, i completely agree with you. i think that the most important thing we need to address, which was released at the cdc conference this week from the institute of medicine report is we need an environment that supports healthy foods and beverages. does that environment today do that? no. so it s about consumer c
hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was hilarious. it is sunday, april 29th. good morning, everyone. i m randy kay. now, we start with that tragic post-game party in st. louis. one person was killed, and 16 others sent to the hospital when strong winds tore up a tent at a sports bar. as many as 100 others were treated for minor injuries at the scene. they got hit with the metal pipes. the wires, we have electric inside this tent. it s it messed up everything it ka have happened. we have some severe injuries for quite a few people. we understand there are about 100, 150 people under the tent. a lot of people i think still, and i don t think they were really aware of the seriousness of the situation. the fans that gathered there after the cardinals win over the milwaukee brewers. the tent was supposed to be able to with stand 90-mile-an-hour winds. the winds that tore up the tent were about 50 miles an hour. reynolds wolf will have more on the storm t
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