Midmorning With Aundrea - April 23\, 2019

>> gayle king was here,it'been it's been a record-breaking flu season.

We'll go over the numbers.

And, the gift of books.

We'll tell you about an upcoming united way book drive.

Plus, meteorologist jacob dickey is cooking up a storm.

Midmorning starts right now.

Was it was celebrated earlier this week.

Earth day is an opportunity to take stock of the changes in the environment.

And for many people, it's a time to look at ways to change their own footprint.

For some, that means investing in an electric vehicles.

There are now more options.

A new car company hopes to take sales even higher by supplying america's demand for trucks and suv's.

Kenneth craig explains.

This is not your grandfather's pick up....it can go zero to 60 in just "3" second and there's no engine under the hood..

The rivian r-one-t truck and the r-one-s s-u-v are powered by electricty.

"they both sit o our skateboard architecture which puts the battery in the floor."

Rivian is the creation of ceo rj scaringe ... who hopes his unique designs will give the electric auto industry a jolt.

"there's demand for vehicles that you can fit your kids, your gear, your pets, your stuff in and there's also a demand for electricfication so we wanted to put those two together."

Electric vehicles are rising in popularity.

Sales jumped last year to over 3- hundred thousand.

But that pales compared to overall auto sales..

With gas powered trucks and s-u-v's leading the way.

Several auto makers are responding with e-powered s-u- v's... the jaguar i- pace was just named overall winner of world car of the year.

"the ability t have an electric suv is definitely a big thing.

Consumers are showing that they want suvs, particularly, crossover suvs and that's where we are seeing a lot of growth."

Kc "alrigh " rivian plans to have its s-u-v and truck on the market in the fall of 20.

"what you see o the surface here is a tile based system where you can quickly slide between different tiles."

The rivian can travel about 4- hundred miles on a charge.

But this gas free option comes at a cost.

The vehicles will sell for around 70-thousand dollars... kenneth craig, cbs news, new york.

In new york, the international auto show is underway.

It's a chance for automakers to unveil new cars on the market and some that are years ahead of their time.

Tom hanson got a sneak peek.

Kia motors unveiled its áhot new ride at the new york international auto show: the "habaniro".

"we call it th every car..

Commuter..

Crossover..

Utility."

The futuristic cross-over is completely electric... with butterfly doors... motor trends ed loh says it can even drive itself... tom: so this is a concept, but when do you think we'd see a car like this on the road?

Exp: i think you could see elements here very soon.

This could be on the road in a few years.

It's just one of many "concep cars" takin center stage... and giving us a glimpse into the future of automotives... including infiniti's q- inspiration 094749 tom: walk me through some of the features of this car... peter: sure.

Well one of the things you can see is there are no door handles, so if you wanted to get inside, you'd just push the button right here on the pillar... and the door opens wide - nice wide opening... 094800 and inside you're looking at a host of technologies that could make it into our future products as we move forward.

It uses cameras instead of rearview mirrors... a reflection of how infiniti builds new vehicles... the qx50 -- which is currently on the market -- started áout as a concept car... usually manufactures are working 4-5 maybe 8 years out on concepts... so it takes a lot of time for these things to gestate... to come into fruition after they show the initial concept.

103221 while these cars may seem straight out the future...they may soon be -- a reality.

Tom hanson, cbs news, new york.

Technology is also headed inside.

If fitness is your priority, there are several new high tech machines that can help you build your home gym.

Cnet's kara tsuboi brings us this roundup of the latest home exercise equipment.

Motivating yourself to get to the gym or a workout class can be tough.

So why not build your own gyn.

This new high tech fitness equipment might not be cheap but come with a wealth of features.

The mirror looks like an ordinary full-length mirror, but when switched on, is an impressive interactive display.

Stream a wide variety of classes like barre, yoga, boxing and more.

Sync a heartrate monitor to track your progress and even connect with other mirror users for motivation.

Mirror starts at fourteen-ninety-five plus a monthly subscriptioscription of thirty nine dollars.

The basic rowing machine has gotten a high tech upgrade.

Hydrow rower features a 22 inch screen to stream professionally led rowing classes.

But when you're ready for a break, you can swivel the screen and stream pilates and stretching classes.

The companion app also lets you do routines remotely.

Hydrow rower costs 24-hundred dollars plus thirty eight dollars a month for classes.

Finally, there's peloton's two machines, the wildly popular stationary bike and the newer treadmill.

You pay thirty nine dollars a month to stream live classes, but the bike starts around two thousand dollars while the treadmill will run you four thousand.

In san francisco, i'm kara tsuboi with cnet for cbs news.

A medical device to treat childhood a-d-h-d has been approved by the f-d-a.

It's the first medical device of its kind.

The monarch external trigeminal nerve stimulation system was given the o-k by the u-s food and drug administration last week.

It's designated for children ages seven to 12 who are not currently on medication for the disorder.

It is designed to be worn while a child is sleeping.

A small adhesive patch is placed on the child's forehead and the pocket-sized delivers a low- level electrical pulse to the parts of the brain responsible for a-d-h-d symptoms. the device has also been investigated as a possible treatment for traumatic brain injury in veterans.

This year's flu season is shaping up to be a record breaker.

The centers for disease control and prevention reported last week this flu season is the longest in a decade.

The c-d-c says th e have been 21 weeks of elevated fly activity reported in the u-s.

That's one week longer than the previous 10-year high, which happened during the 2014-2015 season and lasted 20 weeks.

Based on rates of illness and hospitalizations, the c-d-c says this season is considered to be moderately severe.

The report showed that flu activity is actually now declining.

11 states reported widespread influenza activity, compared to 20 states the week before.

When we come back, sharing the love of reading.

We'll tell you how thechoo as the school year comes to a close, this is a great opportunity for summer reading.

United we read gives families and community members a path to donate books.

Those books are then given back to students and adults in the community.

The united way of north central mississippi is behind this drive.

Dr. brittney oliver with msu and richard switzer are here to tell us more.

A one-week book drive with students at local schools -- each participating school will have designated drop points on school property for students and their parents to bring used fiction or nonfiction books they no longer want or need.

A two-week community book drive -- designated drop points are set around the community for members of the public donate new or used fiction or nonfiction books.

Once collected, volunteers will take the books to a clearinghouse location, sort them according to reading level/genre and prepare them for redistribution.

The books will be distributed in a "book giveaway" to be he at the starkville public library on a saturday scheduled at the convenience of the library staff.

Dubbed "the great starkvill book swap," the book giveawa event will provide children, youth and adults an opportunity to select books they can read during the spring and summer months.

The "book giveaway" event wi also provide an opportunity for the library staff to distribute information about reading and other programs offered for children, teenagers and adults.

Books not taken in the book giveaway will be donated to the friends of the public library.

Andrew raborn >> as you have thousands of you come to this we have a good number of volunteers ... the actual distribution how does that work we have touched a truck ... e the actually purchased ticket items five dollars for each child do that at site ... feel free to come and ... i think this type of event or something for everyone so certain of the younger kids the older kids are very excited ... and you have some that are just really out there ... rea it really promotes this saturday seven ... in case of children that are not good with siren ... i so i also support some local so ...cleaup clean-up continues in lamar county, alabama after severe storms swept through last week.

A couple who had recently moved into their home is thankful to be alive.

They had only been living in the house for a few short weeks.

Our quentin smith talked to the couple who say they're heartbroken to see their home destroyed.

Nat it was in this bed where michelle jones was lying down just minutes before the storm came through thursday night.

" i'm just thankful to go because i was laying right where the tree just fell just minutes before it happened."

She's talking about this enormous tree that was uprooted and landed and fell on top of their home.

As the storm was getting closer, without thinking... jones got out of the bed and went to the back room....not knowing what was about to happen.

" i had just got up to go chec on my husband in the bedroom because i was laying in the living room.

When i got up the power went out, limbs fell on the trailer and all i had time to say was jeff i'm scared.

We heard a small boom, and then a big boom.

We walked down the hallway and we saw the tree right here."

It's a sight jones says she'll never forget.

"at first i was kind of worrie about my stuff.

I said my china cabinet, my tv, but bama husband looked over at me and he said just be glad that we're not taking you to the morgue because you were just laying right there where that tree was sitting, right there where the trees across your bed."

It took the couple over a decade to move their first home, but only a matter of minutes for mother nature started to rain on their parade.

" we live in an apartment for 1 years so we were just finally, we finally had our own place, because the landlord say i just called, treated like it's your own and that's what we did."

Though the home is a total loss there was one item in the house it was never touched or damaged in the storm..

" i had an angel and across across with some doves on it that was on top of my china cabinet.

The angel had fail but the cross with the dogs were still standing on top of the china cabinet."

Jones says she's always been a woman of strong faith, but after this storm her face got a little bit stronger and now she's more appreciative of every day life.

"god is awesome god is goo and he's the reason why am standing here right now."

Jones says they do plan to rebuild, but for right now they're going to stay with family until they can get back on their feet.

That same storm also caused damage at the cedar hill animal sanctuary in caledonia.

Employees there are reaching out to you now for help after the storm blew a massive tree on to their freezer crushing it.

That freezer contained 9 thousand dollars worth of food for the exotic animals.

Our cash matlock visits the sanctuary.

"there was a big loud thunde clap, and at the same time a boom.

That tree just went down."

Nancy gschwendtner is spending her day picking up after thursday's storm.

She runs an animal sanctuary that houses exotic animals.

In fact, the compound is home to 14 tigers, 2 lions, and 3 bobcats.

"it basically pancaked ou freezer, and in that freezer, we house all of the meat we feed to our exotics."

Nancy says the exotic animals eat over 120 pounds of meat a day.

And with the freezer out of commission, they only have enough food for the next 4 days.

"we've already reached out o facebook asking for donations, anything possible, freezers, meat..."

Employees say the financial blow has taken a toll on the facility.

"taking a hit of like 9 thousan dollars is a big deal to us.

We get no grants.

We get no federal money.

You know, it's people like you and me who donate and help us care about these animals that nobody else did."

The main goal of the sanctuary is to help animals in need.

"these animals have all ha pretty bad lives, and we are a true sanctuary."

Roll vo in monitor for more information on the cedar hill animal sanctuary you can visit our website, wcbi dot com.

All at t all that time out chasing storms this month has apparently inspired meteorologist jacob dickey to head back to the slow cooker for a hearty dinner.

Today - its classic chicago style meatballs.

We're taking it back home to illinois with a classic and award winning taste!

These chicago style meatballs the chag these chicago style meatballs are perfect as a stand-a-lone meal, or they're great mixed in with pasta night or for game night with the family!

Ingredients: meatball 1 lb ground beef 1 lb ground pork 1/4 cup onion, diced 1 tbsp garlic, minced 2 tbsp parsley, chopped 1 cup italian breadcrumbs 2 eggs 1/2 cup parmesan cheese sauce salt & pepper 24 oz.

Crushed tomatoes 6 oz.

Tomato paste 2 bay leaves 1 tbsp italian seasoning directions: 1.

Mix all meatball ingredients in bowl 2.

Form into 1 - 3 inch meatballs 3.

Grease a baking sheet, then place meatballs on 4.

Broil meatballs on high until brown 5.

Place meatballs in slow cooker 6.

Top with sauce ingredients 7.

Cook low & slow for 4-6 hours.

8.

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