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Floridas governor confirmed today the first u. S. Cases of the zika virus transmitted by mosquitoes. Its in south florida. Dick brennan reports. Reporter the Florida Department of health believes three men and one woman contracted the disease within a mile in south florida. That has fear spreading. Health investigators in south florida are going house to house looking for places where mosquitos can breed stepping up virus from spreading. No mosquitos have tested positive for the zika virus, people are being tested in the area to make sure there are no other cases. Reporter transmission. Zika virus here in the u. S. Transmission of the zika virus here in the u. S. Was inevitable and there will be more cases. The critical issue is to make sure those local cases dont become disseminated and very aggressive mosquito the way you do that is with very aggressive mosquito abatement programs. Our mosquito zika action plan in new york i ....
Relationship with a doctor an ophthalmologist. And some lavish trips according to the government that the doctor provided to senator menendez along with campaign donations. According to the government the senator got these gifts and these donations and in exchange for that he tried to influence things in the government on behalf of the doctor. That includes a dispute that the doctor had with the medicaid administrator because he was being accused of fraud. And then secondly he was also pushing a contract that the doctor had a company that had a contract down in the dominican republic. And so this is the focus of the investigation by the Justice Department. We expect that these charges are going to come in the next couple of weeks. This is something thats been a Long Time Coming at the Justice Department. I want ....
Into this. The relationship between these two men. I should mention that you know a lot of the governments case spilled out into the open a little bit just last week when the Third Circuit court of appeals up in filed a ruling that disclosed the government was basically trying to force some of menendezs aides to provide testimony to the government. So this is going to bring up a host of issues for the government. They are going to face constitutional question of whether or not what menendez is doing was really just part of him doing his job. Its called the speech and debate clause in the constitution. Thats what menendez is arguing. So we expect a big fight from menendez on this. In fact i want to get to dana because i understand you have reaction from senator menendez. If you looked at me looking at my phone, i wanted to make sure i have it to read to you. Heres what his spokesperson says. As we said before we believe all of the s ....
Charges would be for corruption. evan what are you learning now about these allegations? well ana, these are corruption charges that the justice department is going to bring. we expect it will probably be another couple weeks before they are officially announced. attorney general eric holder has already signed off on the request from prosecutors to bring these charges. now, this centers around the relationship menendez has had with a prominent democratic donor and a friend of his, someone who s given to his campaigns and to the democratic party. salman melgen. he took trips with him and didn t disclose them later on. later on he paid $58,000 to reimburse for the cost of those trips. the government and fbi here in washington at the justice department have been looking ....
Says. as we said before we believe all of the senator s actions have been appropriate and lawful and the facts will ultimate confirm that any actions taken by senator menendez or his office have been to appropriately address public policy issues and not for any other reason. she goes on to talk about that the senator and dr. melgen have been close personal friends for decades and that the two have spent holidays together. they ve gone to each other s family s funerals and weddings. and so that is the basis of their relationship and certainly that is part of what they are going to argue that that s where their relationship ends and that there isn t anything corrupt or anything to suggest they re as corrupt as perhaps the federal government thinks that there might be. not just with trips but also the things that have been reported there have been questions about whether or not the senator helped get a deal done that the doctor wanted to get done with ....