BEEN CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
THIS -- AFTER THE DAM BROKE JUST
BEFORE SEVEN-O- CLOCK TONIGHT.
A COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE ROAD WILL
REMAIN SHUT DOWN
UNTIL THE FLOODING SUBSIDES AND
REPAIRS CAN BE MADE..
ROD:
NEW TONIGHT -- GOVERNOR CUOMO
HAS SIGNED LEGISLATION
ELIMINATING A RELIGIOUS
EXEMPTION TO VACCINE MANDATES
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
CHRISTIE:
THIS --IN THE FACE OF THE
NATION'S WORST MEASLES OUTBREAK
IN DECADES.
CUOMO SIGNING THE MEASURE SOON
AFTER BEING APPROVED BY STATE
LAWMAKERS.
SIMILAR EXEMPTIONS ARE ALLOWED
IN 46 STATES, THOUGH LAWMAKERS
IN SEVERAL OF THEM ARE ALSO
CONSIDERING THE ELIMINATION OF
THE WAIVER.
SUPPORTERS SAY MISINFORMATION
SPREAD BY ANTI- VAXXERS HAS
CREATED A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
Dr.
Jana Shaw: "It is a dangerous
choice--not vaccinating is
dangerous.
And it not only affects their
children, their family, but
everybody else around them."
CHRISTIE:
OPPONENTS OF THE BILL, INCLUDING
PARENTS OF UNVACCINATED
CHILDREN, PROTESTED OUTSIDE NEW
YORK'S CAPITOL AHEAD OF THE
VOTE.
THEY SAY THE BILL IS AN ASSAULT
ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
CHRISTIE:
NEW AT ELEVEN -- SAINT JOSEPH'S
