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from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the peace summit between north korea and the united states, the one that president trump canceled thursday, it is back on again, maybe. the trump administration is apparently working on the assumption that a summit with north korea may happen after all. this about-face one day after the u.s. president sent a letter to kim jong-un explicitly cancelling their historic meeting in singapore set for june 12th. president trump now tweeting both sides are engaged in productive talks that could revive the meeting. earlier, he told reporters he was encouraged by the conciliatory tone coming from korea. we get more from pamela brown.

>> reporter: president trump indicating the summit he already canceled with north korean leader kim jong-un may, in fact, still happen. >> mr. president, is the summit still on? >> we're going to see what happens. we're talking to them now. it was a very nice statement they put out. could even be the 12th. we're talking to them now. they very much want to do it. we'd like to do it. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: just one day ago citing north korea's open hostility toward the u.s., president trump declared the meeting was off. but did leave the door wide open. >> if and when kim jong-un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue, and actions, i am waiting. >> he didn't need to wait long. the president's apparent 180 on the meeting comes after what trump called a, quote, warm and productive statement from north korea in a tweet. that statement praising the president saying president trump made a brave decision and his efforts to make the summit happen.

and the summit is desperately needed for the improvement of the relationship. we reiterate to the u.s. that we are willing to sit face-to-face at any time and in any way. when asked today if he was worried the north koreans are playing games, the president said -- >> everybody plays games. you know that. >> reporter: and secretary of state james mattis is expressing optimism. >> give and take of trying to put together big summits and stuff. diplomats are still at work. and from our point view of at the defense department, that's a fine thing. >> reporter: the white house is reiterating that the president is serious about the meeting. >> the president's not just looking to have a meeting. he's not looking for just a cheap political stunt. he wants to get something that's a long lasting and actual real solution. and if the meeting takes place june 12th, we'll be ready. if it takes place july 12th, we'll be ready. we'll do whatever is necessary to prepare for that on that front. >> reporter: as uncertainty looms, the president is sowing

more confusion over the fbi's use of a confidential human source to better monitor russian activities. a source who made contact with several trump campaign advisers. trump is woorngs gain alleging a massive conspiracy with zero evidence tweeting, can anyone even imagine having spies placed in a competing campaign? by the people and party and absolute power for the sole purpose of political advantage and gain? but lawmakers briefed thursday on the use of that confidential source aren't yet coming to the president's defense or saying much at all. >> were you surprised with what you learned? >> nothing particularly surprising, but, again it was classified so there's no real report i can give to you. >> reporter: as for north korea, i spoke to a senior administration official who says the white house is more optimistic than expected. and attributed that to north korea's conciliatory statement praising the president and saying that it wants to talk any

time, any place. also the fact that the communications with the north koreans have reopened contributed to this change in outlook. however, the official cautioned that anything can happen between now and june 12th. pamela brown, cnn, the white house. now live in seoul, south korea, cnn correspondent matt rivers standing by following developments there. matt, just give it a day. i feel like i've got whiplash from the 180 here. talk to us about the reaction there, this reversal by the u.s. president. what has been the response from south korean officials there? >> yeah, whiplash is a really good way to put it, george. it has been really a back and forth 36 to 48 hours near south korea. start with the incredibly deep feelings of disappointment, the major setback felt by the south korean government after that announcement from president trump. it was south korean president moon jae-in that really played the role of middle man between

north korea and the united states. its biggest proponent, the summit's biggest proponet of happening was the south korean president and then the president made that announcement. that said, ever since that announcement happened, we really had step after step after step that seems to push the likelihood that the summit might happen even again on june 12th higher and higher fop that, we got a reaction from south korea. the spokesperson for the office of the president said in a statement in part it is fortunate that the embers of the north korea/u.s. dialogue are not going out but are coming back up again. we are watching the development carefully. george, it's worth noting there that they're not really coming out and saying they're expecting the sumit to happen. i think maybe some lessons were learned over the past week or so. you have the national security adviser here a couple days ago saying he was 99.9% sure that the june 12th summit was going to happen and then the president of the united states made that announcement.

so i think there's caution optimism near south korea. but they are keeping a little bit in reserve because just like the rest of us, the south korean government is not sure how this is going to play out. >> we'll have to wait and see. matt rivers live in seoul, south korea. thank you. let's talk more about this now with peter matthews. he's a professor of political science at cypripypress college. again, this on again, off again approach to this summit. is this trumpian theater that we're seeing or some sort of negotiating tacttactic? what do you make of what's happening. >> it's a very dangerous tactic that could explode at any time in the wrong way because diplomacy needs consistency, a measured approach and this way no one knows what's going to happen and the people negotiating with can't really trust you. it's very concerning especially with nuclear weapons in the background. we'll have to see where this

goes. >> it was very interesting to see the president's response, very personalized using the words i and me but also the north korean response very telling. really, the key to opening this possibility again of talks. what do you read from the north korean reaction to president trump's cancellation? >> i think north korea is acting sophisticatedly. let's be calm and cool about it since trump is not and bring him back to the table so we can show we have the upper hand here in being able to set the agenda even meeting. if president trump is walk away like that, we want him to come to the table so we can have a good deal that will help the north koreans to have equal footing with the united states across the table and to get these nuclear weapons challenges under control and have a peace treaty signed. they want a peace treaty. >> let's talk just a bit more about that because we understand that there are discussions that are happening. we don't know exactly what is being said, who is having those discussions at this point.

but the greater question is this. given what we do know, what we have seen, who wants this more, peter, in your view? is it north korea looking to take a new approach with the possibility of seeing sanctions lifted? is it president trump who has staked a great deal of his presidency on this being a possible legacy moment, even worthy of a nobel peace prize and those commemorative coins that we have seen? >> i think those coins are what's motivating trump. no, actually, the peace prize is something he'd really like to have. president obama got it and he wants to keep up with president obama. it's a big prize for him if he can bring across a negotiation that's successful. but north korea also wants it. the economy is not doing well with the sanctions implied against them for so long and they're concerned about trump's unpredictability and he's probably showed them he can do things that have never been imagined before. i believe both sides want to to a large extent. trump has to keep a cooler head and not let john bolton run the show he's the one who made this

last event occur, that north korea walked -- that trump walked away because north korea was upset at bolton saying the libyan model would be used. when he agreed to give up his nuclear weapons in exchange for working with the u.s. in the end he got overthrown by nato-backed forces led by the u.s. north korea doesn't want to suffer the same fate. they are concerned about getting this settled. that was a very bad comparison bolton made by saying the libya model could be used and that really blew things up in the latest investigation. >> it seems like things may be getting back on track. another question within the region, south korea, a very important u.s. ally. they say that there is no daylight between the united states and south korea, but clearly that nation has been caught in between very unpredictable parties. >> yes, in fact, south korea was

a major player in this. president moon helped to bring president trump and kim to the -- leader kim to the table. and yet they have the biggest stake in it. sojapan. they didn't even notify them he was going to call off this latest meeting. he made that announcement about calling off the meeting without even letting them know about it. it's not a good way to treat your allies. if you treat your allies, what could your opponents think about whether they can trust you or not. it's a real problem. >> the other nation in play here, china. where does china factor into all of this in your view? >> in a big way. china has a lot of influence with north korea. if it chose to use it. 90% of north korean trade is with china. and china has also agreed to put stricter sanctions on north korea and that helped to bring them to the table. now china has problems with the united states because trump has upped the ante. he wants to force them to buy

more of u.s. goods than what we sell them. this is the problem of using trade as a weapon and mixing it up with diplomacy. i think china has a major role to play but trump needs to handle them the right way. >> we'll see where this goes in the days ahead. peter matthews, thanks for your time and perspective. >> my pleasure. thank you. the stories still ahead but live pictures of vote counting under way in ireland. it could be history in the making. and a major victory for supporters of abortion rights. cnn is live in dublin, ireland, ahead. plus, the eu rolling out new data laws and some tech giants were already breaking the rules. we'll explain as "cnn newsroom" pushes ahead.

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live images in dublin, ireland. terms like landslide and historic are being bandied there. if exit polls are there, they want to throw out some of the most restrictive abortion laws and it appears the decision was not even close. they're still counting ballots right now. atika shubert is watching it all live from dublin. atika, first of all, tell us about how important this is and what more are we learning from these exit polls? >> reporter: well, it appears that this will be an historic day. it would be a significant public

shift here if these exit poll numbers are correct. what the irish broadcaster has said in their exit poll numbers is that nearly 70% of respondents voted in favor of amending the constitution and legalizing abortion here in ireland. with only 30% against. so that's a tremendous change. now we're waiting for the vote to continue to be counted. actually tallied here in dublin castle. and then we'll get the official results in a few hours. but we're already starting to see reaction from those yes campaigners. abortion rights campaigners. they have been, obviously, very happy with the exit poll numbers that have come out. we've also been hearing from the other side as well. specifically from the save the eighth campaign. the eighth referring to the eighth amendment in the constitution which basically

recognized the right of the unborn as equal to the right of the mother. that was the legal basis for ban abortion. he put out a tweet saying once those exit polls came ourkts the eighth did not create an unborn's right to life but merely acknowledged it. the right exists independent of what a majority says. that said, with the result of the magnitude, clearly there was very little to be done. thank you to everyone no voter and campaigner. so clearly it seems to be a concession there that the no side of this has lost and the yes side of this has won. but again, still waiting for those official results which should come in in the next two hours or so. >> atika, if you could share with our viewers the context here. the legacy of this issue in ireland given the deep roots of the catholic church there, this would, as you point out, present a major shift in opinions. >> it's a huge shift. it's seismic really. you know, keeping in mind ireland has always had some of the toughest laws on abortion in europe in the western world and

it was codified into the constitution in 1983 with this referendum putting in the eighth amendment. but now it appears with these numbers coming in, that has been completely reversed. and i think one of the most significant factors of this was hearing from so many women in ireland talking about these harrowing experiences they had in trying to seek abortions. and we heard from younger women coming out talking about how isolated and alone they felt, how frightened they were as teenagers but also from older women who talked about how difficult it was even when they had medical complications such as fatal fetal abnormalities. it was those personal stories that really made a difference with voters. >> atika shubert live in dublin, ireland. we'll continue to watch the votes being counted and report any information. we'll stay in touch with you. the european union has just rolled out sweeping new data

protection laws and it's not just affecting people in europe. you've been getting e-mails from websites telling you they've updated their privacy policies. it's all part of the eu's new general data protection regulation simply called gdpr. legal experts say big tech companies like facebook and google that they're already breaking the rules and they could face billions of dollars in fines. the law only affects companies that handle data of eu residents and only eu residents can legally enforce it but it's already leading some corporations to change how they handle data. for all of their customers. here's a quick look at the gdpr. companies must ask in plain language if they can collect your data and hiding the consent in a small text of general terms and conditions, that doesn't count. if you ask a company, it must tell you how it uses your data. it must also give you an opportunity to permanently delete that data if you so choose. businesses will also be required to tell authorities about any

data breach within 72 hours of discovering it. the law affects any organization that stores or uses data on eu residents regardless of where it's based. let's talk a bit more about this with jesse. an associate professor of information systems at emory universi university. great to have you with us again. my wife has a small business. i opened an e-mail. there's a note from her. all companies small and big have to comply with this. flooding our inboxes. many people are finding it. what does this mean for consumers who have asked for more control over their personal data? >> i think this means we'll be asked for consent a lot more than we are used to. traditionally, consent means clicking on an end user license agreement when we sign up for an account. now the eu regulations are requiring companies to get consent on all different ways they'll use, capture and process our data. and so these e-mails are just

the beginning. for those of us in the u.s., we're seeing this because companies that operate in the u.s. and in the european union are kind of taking -- changing their policies across the board to be prepared for this in europe. and i think, you know, hopefully users will take advantage of these new rights they have. rights to access, right to erasure. they may not. privacy research has shown us that this privacy paradox where users tend to say they more privacy and more control online, but tend to act opposite. the actions they take on these types ofom services. we'll see how much users take advantage of these. >> these regulations apply specifically to europe. residents in the eu. what we're seeing around the world, here in the united states, companies that are taking a blanket approach to this as you point out, is europe really setting the stage here for the rest of the world to follow? >> i think so.

they do tend to have a stronger stance on privacy in europe than we are used to here in the united states. but i think the users all across the world are -- especially in wake of some of the most recent scandals have pervasive these technologies have become, users are wanting more control and privacy. and the european union's new regulations are strong. and the fines that go along with them can be severe. so it shows that they are taking a very strong stance on this with companies. >> briefly here and we pointed this out, companies required to notify users within 72 hours of any breach. how does a company carry that out? >> it's difficult. i think technically, they have to notify the governing authority within 72 hours and users within a reasonable amount of time after that. for large companies, this can be difficult with large amounts of data, complex systems. understanding the scope of the breach. from what i understand, the regulation is they have to notify the governing body within

72 hours if they've determined there's been some jeopardy to privacy of their users. just figuring that out in 72 hours can be difficult for large companies. and small, medium sized businesses, they may not have the resources to figure these things out within 72 hours. so it would be interesting to see how this is enforced, and the types of penalties that come along with it and just in general how much -- how many resources and things are spent by companies in order to be prepared for breaches. breaches have become very common place. some recent reports that i've seen have shown there are over 2 200,000 breaches known within the last year. we'll see companies communicating a lot more with users about potential breaches. we may get breach notification overload from companies. but i think the stakes are really high. >> the pressure clearly on. okay. i want to talk about one person that is certainly on the hot seat.

the ceo of facebook, mark zuckerberg. for transparency. for security issues. and he was in europe. he spoke with regulators there. and he spoke about regulation. let's listen to what he had to say. >> sure. >> i think the internet is becoming increasingly important in people's lives. some sort of regulation is important and inevitable and the important thing is to get this right and to make sure that we have regulatory frameworks that help protect people, that are flexible so that they allow for innovation, that don't inadvertently prevent new technologies like ai from being able to develop. >> but critics say that zuckerberg danced around a lot of their questions that facebook is still dancing around, skirting around some of these regulations. what were the biggest takeaways about what he had to say? >> i think regulation is something that's scary for these companies. largely because with the gdpr, it's moving toward an opt-in type scenario.

where users have to opt-in to sharing their data. these companies have primarily opted on an opt-out type model to this point. assuming we can use your data unless you opt out. and we know from psychology and behavioral economics that users tend to stick with the default. if the default is you can't use my data and have to opt in, a lot fewer users are going to be opting in to share their data which will have dramatic impacts on revenue for a lot of these businesses. they may have to rethink their business models. mark zuckerberg and facebook want their customers to feel safe on facebook. but at the same time, they want to make revenue and regulations that can prevent them from making revenue in the ways they have through targeted advertising using personal data. if that goes away, that's a -- that jeopardizes their potential to make money. >> jesse bockstedt, thank you for your time and perspective. we'll stay in touch with you. still ahead here -- cnn takes you on a rare journey

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he said he was encouraged by north korea's willingness to get together. the president said the summit could still take place in singapore on june 12th as originally planned. they are still counting the votes right now in ireland. and if the exit polls are correct, voters there want to change to expand access to abortion. you're looking at these images from dublin, ireland. it is seen as an historic moment in that country. we'll bring you the official results as soon as they come in. truck drivers in brazil are set for a sixth straight day of strikes. they're blocking highways in protest over high diesel costs. the country's president authorized military force to clear highways. officials said there were over 500 road blockades across brazil on friday night keeping fuel and critical supplies from reaching their destinations. the disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein is currently out on bail. he was charged with felony

counts of rape and criminal sexual act and sources say more charges may be coming. his attorney says weinstein will plead not guilty. he is set to appear in court again on july 30th. as part of his bail agreement, harvey weinstein is required to wear a gps tracking device and surrender his passport. his attorney says he paid the $1 million to make bail on friday. in the meantime, he is under investigation for other allegations in los angeles and in london. actress rose mcgown was the first -- was one of the first women to come out against him, and she told nbc's megyn kelly how she responded to the charges. listen. >> this man had hunting grounds all over the world, and he had accomplices and a complicity machine. he was the cult leader of hollywood, i would say. their king. >> if he were watching this today, what would you say to him? >> we got you.

we got you. yeah. >> cnn has learned the president of the united states, his attorney michael cohen, met with a russian oligarch in january 2017, days before mr. trump's inauguration. that according to a source. and this video reviewed by cnn. special counsel robert mueller questioned the russian oligarch. his name victor vekselberg. mueller asked him about a meeting at trump tower. in this video, you can see vekselberg wearing the hat waiting to go up to cohen's trump tower office. the source says the aim of the meeting was to improve u.s./russia relations. a firm connected to vekselberg paid cohen more than $500,000 for consulting work. last month, the u.s. imposed sanctions on the oligarch for election interference. in this exclusive report, cnn's matthew chance tried to ask victor vekselberg about his connection to michael cohen,

but, as you'll see, vekselberg wasn't exactly forthcoming about it. >> mr. vekselberg, quick question from cnn. >> thank you, not now. >> why did your company pay hundreds of thousands of dollars -- >> i said not now. >> -- to president trump's lawyer? >> i really appreciate -- just later, okay? really appreciate -- i understand. you are so aggressive. no, no, no, please. >> did you want to buy access to the president? do you know -- what did you get for the money? >> please, later. >> these are questions, sir. please answer them. >> we'll tell everything. not now because -- >> did you -- what did the fbi question you about? >> thank you very much. now to the u.s. state of hawaii. kilauea is turning parts of that state's big island into a volcanic wasteland. more people are being forced to

leave. this as molten lava flows onto the streets there. active fissures are bubbling up pushing lava up to the surface and ash plumes are being thrown 10,000 feet, some 3 kilometers into the air. and it takes just minutes for this volcano's destructive fury to engulf homes. take a look at this. >> this house, this house. house on that side over there also gone. this is insane. lava is advancing about, i don't know, three feet per minute, two feet per minute. and we have -- we are seeing this river move across this lawn. taking that house in a matter of minutes. >> wow. cnn's stephanie elam was near the volcano when lava fountains

opened up out of nowhere. here's her report. >> reporter: thick waves of fresh lava glaze a path down a mount of volcanic rock. this didn't exist just a few days ago. >> we gambled and maybe didn't win. >> reporter: every day, steve heads into leilani estates to check on the house he built by happened. only one way to his house remains but this road is now scarred with jagged cracks. a byproduct of kilauea's eruption. steve says some folks in the neighborhood patched the road enough to make it passable, at least for now. when we first met steve three weeks ago, it was just days after the eruption began. back then, he thought his home would be gone by now. >> there's three fissures right next to my house. what i'm thinking is they're going to grab a hold of each

other. >> reporter: his fear turned to fact. the fissures have banded together into a massive volcanic complex. kilauea's eruption is callous in its haphazardness, leaving residents who haven't lost their homes with a sick vein of hope each day. >> how do you feel being back here right now? >> a little numb. at this point, we're kind of numb. it's been three weeks. the heartbreaks slowly. >> reporter: just a few hundred feet from this driveway, lava continues to ooze closer. it's already taken out some homes here. swallowed by the unforgiving molten rock. tin roofs at rest in a sea of black. >> it almost looks like it's going to fill in this basin and then i'm -- when that happens is when all hell is going to break loose at the top. >> reporter: we were just standing down here five minutes ago and there was no lava fountain to be taken but look at this now. it's like it came out of nowhere. you can hear it. the ash is blowing around. we're told by residents that as early as this morning, this

looked deep, deep red. as the winds pick up, the heat of the lava field scorches past. >> just a matter of time. i don't know what's going to be left of leilani. i really think it might be wiped out. >> reporter: a seemingly endless supply of lava fueling steve's nightmare that his house will be lost to kilauea. stephanie elam, cnn, leilani estates, hawaii. >> what an image. what devastation there. now to the u.s. gulf coast. the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season is set to hit. get this. just as americans get ready to celebrate the holiday weekend. our meteorologist derek van dam here to tell us about it. >> it's very unfortunate timing, isn't it, george? a lot of people going to the beaches across the gulf coast. unfort notally that will be met with cloud cover, rain and potential for tropical storm force winds. here's subtropical storm alberto. and the latest update from the national hurricane center

doesn't show any strengthening from its 2:00 a.m. update to 5:00 a.m. local time, but nonetheless, the storm is still looking very unorganized as it moves across the yucatan channel here. still sustained winds at 40 miles an hour. there's a lot of organization here which is good news. however, it is moving into an extremely warm gulf of mexico water and that means the potential for development and strengthening does exist. national weather service still has what is tropical storm watches across the yucatan peninsula, parts of cuba. as we zoom into the gulf coast states from florida all the way to parts of louisiana, including lake pontchartrain and the greater new orleans metropolitan region, the official forecast track has sped this system up somewhat by about six hours or so but, really, the big concern here is going to be the potential for storm surge and then the heavy rainfall that could lead to localized flooding. get this, george, anywhere from 4 to upwards of 8 inches of rain

expected across the gulf coast states through the holiday weekend. >> yea. >> yea, right. exactly. i have friends down there. our colleague lynda kinkade is trying to celebrate. >> i saw kinkade take that picture down there but rain is on the way. derek, thank you so much. it is a race against time and a virus in congo. you'll hear from the health officials trying to keep the outbreak of ebola there from turning into a full-blown epidemic. details ahead. ure it needs and keeps it there longer with lock-in moisture technology skin is petal smooth after all, a cleanser's just a cleanser unless it's olay. with tough food, your dentures may slip and fall. new fixodent ultra-max hold gives you the strongest hold ever to lock your dentures. so now you can eat tough food without worry. fixodent and forget it.

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full-blown epidemic. the focus right now, the presence of the deadly virus in a crowded trading hub which leads straight into congo's capital. our zain asher explains. >> reporter: health workers in the democratic republic of congo are in a life or death battle to stop the spread of an ebola outbreak first reported in early may. the challenge is magnified by the difficult conditions and lack of any local elts care infrastructure. >> getting in vaccines, getting in freezers, having enough fuel so these freezers can function in the area where you don't really have electricity. you need vaccination teams to be trained so they know exactly what they need to do. >> reporter: in one case, the relatives of three ebola patients helped them leave a hospital isolation ward. one was about to be discharged, but the other two were highly infectuo infe infectious and died within 24 hours. they are trying to trace anyone

who may have been infected after coming into contact with them. they're also trying to educate those at risk about the virus. >> translator: it is very important that family members of the patient understand the risk of spreading the disease when they keep the sick at home. if people understand that, there will be less chance that they'll want to escape. it is a hospital, not a prison. we cannot lock everything up. >> reporter: the world health organization says efforts to halt a full-blown epidemic have reached a critical point. there's particular concern about the presence of the virus in bandaka, a crowded trading hub with road links. >> the next few weeks will really tell if this outbreak is going to expand to urban areas or if we're going to be able to keep it under control. >> reporter: ebola was first discovered in the congo in 1970s. it spreads through direct contact with body fluids from an

infected person. more than 11,000 people died in an ebola outbreak in the west african countries of guinea, liberia and sierra leone between 2013 and 2016. zain asher, cnn, new york. joining me to talk more about this is dr. ritigliano, the acting unicef representative in the democratic republic of congo. good to have you with us, sir, to talk more about this problem. unicef, obviously, putting a great deal of emphasis on schools, on children who may be at risk. tell us more about that approach and how it's being received so far. >> well, as you know, children are always vulnerable and in this kind of epidemices, they are, of course, one of the weakest link of the chain. and we work for children and with children and mostly the schools are open, as you know,

and, therefore, this is a place where we have communication with them, where we discuss together what should be done and what should not be done in order to face the epidemic. in each school there's a washing hands facility. thermometers to get the temperature in order to check every child when they come and when they leave. so that if there is a case of fever or a child that is not feeling well, we can identify that child, put it in isolation, in a small isolation place and then take care of that child. and that is great because the children are, as you know, are open. so they collaborate. they are happy to collaborate. they are really participating and it's so good to see them, how they get into that business with such enthusiasm. >> so, obviously, the focus on children receiving the messages

and then seeing that play out throughout a families. let's talk more about what we've seen before. the region during the outbreak between 2014 and 2015 you see here the mab, the number of cases, the number of deaths. this was quite a big outbreak at the time and there was concern, obviously, the situation could have gotten much worse. here's how one health official describes efforts now to get a grip on what's happening. let's listen. >> getting in vaccines, getting in freezers, having enough fuel so these freezers can function in the area where you don't really have electricity. you need vaccination teams to be trained so they know exactly what they need to do, how to get the consent, how to define eligibility of a contact and contact of contacts. so all of that has to be done in

a very short period. >> so, doctor, talk to us more about that. is there a concern that if measures are not ramped up right now that we could see something similar in size and scope? >> no, i don't think -- well, of course, nobody can say that. not 100% sure, but we don't think so. we are in all places, we have a few places where, yes, it is very difficult to get the vaccines there, but the vaccines are getting there. after tomorrow, monday, the vaccination will start and then following that, we will start in the other two places. so i'm confident that we get to handle that kind of challenge. we do the communication side and the logistics together with the

unesco and w.h.o. and that is under way. now the problem, i mean, the risk is the city of mandaka where you only have four cases. if we have more and in a number that is really huge, then that can be a great risk. but we are putting the emphasis in responding, in following a track of all the contacts that are in mbandaka. the whole operation is very well aware that this is a risk. and the vaccination is available. so i think that we shouldn't get there. >> and, obviously, pushing very important topics like safe burials, hand washing, very important. we know that your group is certainly spreading that message. thank you so much for your time

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north korea put on a dramatic show for journalists thursday in a place that many westerners have never seen, destroying a nuclear test site. cnn's will ripley was among those invited to witness the event. his trip was tightly controlled, though he filed this reporter's notebook about the extraordinary journey. >> reporter: from the moment i landed in wansan, i knew this story was unlike any other. 18 trips to north korea, and this country still keeps me guessing. for more than 24 hours, we didn't even know if our trip to the punggye-ri nuclear site would happen. the rhetoric with the u.s. was really heating up. only when we boarded the bus did we know it was a go. we rode for more than 12 hours on a north korean luxury train. it was surreal. a ten-course banquet with all the blinds closed and strict orders not to film outside. we also couldn't film on the

drive to the nuclear site. arriving at punggye-ri was surreal. the buildings were log cabins, almost like a summer camp. definitely not what i expected. we had to carry our gear and hike for what felt like ages up steep ravines to get to observation posts built specifically for us. we visited tunnel after tunnel. the same tunnels north korea has used to conduct six nuclear tests since 2006. all of them full of explosives. football sized bags strung with wires. we even had lunch provided by the north koreans, ham and cucumber sandwiches, surrounded by buildings that would be blown up just hours later. the explosions were huge. earth-shaking. they sent rocks and debris flying. we found some of it scattered later hundreds of feet away. i can only imagine what it felt like during those nuclear tests.

it was totally impossible to verify if what we were seeing, if all those dramatic explosions, actually made the nuclear site unusable as the north koreans claim. for the nuclear officials on site, there was almost a sense of sadness. watching more than a decade of hard work go up in smoke. will ripley, cnn, at the punggye-ri nuclear test site, north korea. >> our reporters covering the world for you. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. for our viewers in the united states, "new day" is next. for viewers around the world "amanpour" is ahead. thanks for watching cnn, the world's news leader. this perfect nude glow?

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