with the latest on that. good morning, don. >> reporter: good morning. meeting in geneva yesterday, the u.n. health agency made clear its concerns that warns if not contained, there could be 4 million cases of the zika virus over the next year. >> it is now spreading explosively. as of today, cases have been reported in 23 countries and territories in the region. the level of alarm is extremely high. >> reporter: the zika virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and may cause birth defects. until last year when the virus was discovered in brazil, it had not been a threat to the western hemisphere. >> you have multiple countries in south america and in the caribbeans, so by anybody's definition, that would be considered a pandemic. >> reporter: so far, the disease has not spread in the u.s. and officials here say, for now, americans who do not travel

least 31 americans who have been to the caribbean or latin america have been infected. it is such a concern in el salvador they are advising women not to become pregnant until 2018 and even more concern this year where the olympic games will be held in rio de janeiro. for now no treatment or vaccine, but scientists in the u.s. and canada say a vaccine could be available for emergency use by the end of the year. >> that would certainly be good news. don champion here in new york, thanks a lot, don. three dangerous inmates who escaped from a california jail remain on the run, but a teacher who allegedly helped them escape is now under arrest. nooshafarrin ravaghi taught english at the orange county jail. officials say she developed a relationship with nayeri, the alleged mastermind of the escape. >> there is no confirmation that she brought tools into the jail.

the tools, but what we do know is that she provided google maps, those type of things, to prepare for the escape. >> the three inmates broke out of jail a week ago. so far, there have been ten arrests in connection with the escape. ethan couch, the american teenager who used a so-called affluenza defense, is due to appear in a texas court today. couch arrived in ft. worth yesterday from mexico where he and his mother had fled in december. couch was on probation following a drunken driving conviction. four people were killed in that crash. coming up on the morning news now, disturbing allegations in the flint water crisis. state workers may have gotten help a year before residents, as contaminated water flowed from the tap. this is the "cbs morning news." let's review: heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermacare.

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the world health organization will hold a special session monday to decide whether to declare the spread of the zika virus a public health emergency. the u.n. agency says the virus is spreading explosively and there could be 4 million cases in the next year. front-runner donald trump made good on his word to boycott last night's republican debate. instead, trump attended an event to raise money for veterans. trump was mocked at the debate by his opponents. the iowa caucuses are just four days away. well, before tonight's republican debate "face the nation" moderator john dickerson dropped by the late show with stephen colbert. he was asked if trump's antics have any chance of paying off. >> just very quickly. do you think trump hurt himself or helped himself by saying, bye-bye, i'm not showing up for your debate? >> we will know when they start voting. i think, though, he is running a campaign on strength, and he has all of hi opponents to bite on that territory and this is about him showing strength and

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pope. a black fiat that pope francis used while he was in philadelphia will be sold today at auction. the four-door sells new at $20,000 but the popemobile is expected to bring in far more. the proceeds will go to various charities. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will show you how walmart closures across the country are having a big impact on small towns. plus, disney's gender language gap. how some of disney's popular female characters aren't given enough to say in their movies and wine country meets the super bowl. >> if you had to have a super drink of super bowl 50, what would it be? >> it would be wine. >> reporter: york is one of the owners of the san francisco 49ers. to him, location is everything. why do you think football and wine go together? >> well, because it is northern california and you've got access to some of the best wines in the world. >> that is all ahead on "cbs this morning." that is the "cbs morning news"

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