good morning, everyone i'm tamron hall. this is "newsnation." we are following developing news. danish media reports this man is the gunman responsible for this weekend's terror attacks in copenhagen, denmark at a cafe and synagogue. two were killed in the attacks, five others injured. the image obtained by reuters from danish police. police haven't officially identified him as the shooter though. the gunman attacked a free speech event saturday where a cartoonist who had drawn caricatures of the prophet muhammad was speaking and shot a guard outside a synagogue hours later. the suspect was finally tracked down sunday and killed in a shootout with police. authorities believe he was a lone wolf but may have been inspired by last month's terror attacks in paris. denmark's prime minister spoke about the shooter at a news conference a couple hours ago. >> this is a young man of 22 danish citizen, born in denmark.

he was known by the police for several criminal acts including severe violence and he was also known to be linked to a criminal gang in copenhagen. but i want to also make very clear that we have no indication at this stage that he was part of a cell that took him to where he was now. >> msnbc reporter peter keldorff joins us from copenhagen. a couple hours ago, two men suspected of aiding the gunman appeared in court, despite belief from the prime minister and others that this individual acted alone as a lone wolf. >> reporter: yeah. the two men remain in custody for ten days the prosecutor wanted four weeks but ended up with ten days. they have been charged with helping out the gunman after,

not planning not for terror but helping the gunman, and then for attempt to murder assisting to murder. >> we heard details of the suspected gunman a 22-year-old man who had a criminal past but authorities still at this point do not believe he was trained in syria or anywhere else to carry out this act. what else do we know about him. >> reporter: he grew up in denmark. he was born raised in denmark, grew up in greater copenhagen area has a history of violence civil sentences, and was released only two weeks before the attack. one of the sentences was for a knife attack toward civilian and then released two weeks before as the prime minister said in your sound bite. he was known by the police in events.

>> and because he was known by authorities, obviously the question is what kind of surveillance was there any surveillance of this individual leading up. and i would like to know since you are live at the scene, what are you hearing regarding if they feel safe or further worries of potential copy cat. >> reporter: there has been different reports on whether or not the danish intelligence agency knew about this man, whether or not they had him under surveillance. yesterday it was out that our agencies had him under the radar, now today the media reports say maybe he wasn't that much on the radar as believed, but for sure. police knew about him. so the question is how much did the intelligence know about him, how much did the police know

about him. that's going to be investigated the coming hours and days to come. >> peter, thank you very much. greatly appreciate that live report from copenhagen. also developing egypt launches waves of air strikes against isis targets in libya after isis released a chilling video showing beheadings of 21 egyptian christians who had gone to libya in search of work in a televised address late last night, the egypt president vowed his country would take action to avenge the killings all of this marking dramatic escalation of egypt's role in the battle against isis. also major expansion of the isis threat beyond syria and iraq. joining me now, nbc news foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin. thank you for joining us as well. let's talk about the air strikes, and now reminiscent of what we saw from jordan after that pilot was burned. >> egypt has been struggling with terrorism in the northern

sinai. there is in that part of the country an isis cell that declared itself they have been battling the egyptian military for several months carrying out killings against egyptian soldiers. egypt was contained to that fight in its own country, it wasn't part of the direct coalition to other arab countries. now it is involved in direct operations against isis in libya, and marks a sharpest ka ladies and gentlemen not only for the egyptian government but the fact that isis is openly declaring itself in libya. isis expanded in other countries, but to different degrees and different capabilities. when we saw video of 21 egyptians being murdered it marked a turning point for how much organizational foot print yis has in libya. >> we got this information in senior defense and military official tells nbc news the u.s. did not provide targeting information to egyptian war planes that attacked isis training camps in libya. why is that significant? >> egypt has a robust partnership with the american military certainly a lot of intelligence sharing but the

targeting of these particular camps and weapons depot, it seemed the egyptians have for some time been monitoring it. they're certainly watching that situation in libya closely, it is next door. egypt has hundreds of thousands of nationals working there. they are certainly following the chaotic situation inside that country, but now seems they carried out strikes based on their own intelligence on the ground. >> back to the men and their backgrounds, why they were there, looking for work what more can you tell us about that. >> these are basic, ordinary egyptians trying to earn a living in libya. they're people that came from various parts of egypt, the countryside and what have you. libya has been for years a great place for egyptians to go and work. obviously the economy in egypt is not doing well. these are just laborers many working in the oil sector in libya and other industries and seems they were kidnapped over the course of the last several weeks at different stages. some muslims were let go these christians were held and murdered in a chilling video. >> obviously egypt's air strikes

following the conversation last week with the president's proposal on what to do about isis, and many questioning the language of boots on the ground a number of democrats and republicans questioning that despite the u.n. ambassador the president saying the u.s. would not have a major combat boots on the ground role that boots on the ground are necessary to defeat isis but it would have to come from other countries. now we are seeing egypt, jordan what's your take on this? >> it is going to be critical to see how these countries behave the next several weeks in terms of commitment to the fight. one thing to have a day of strikes to pacify some of the domestic constituents who are angry in egypt and jordan. it is also going to depend on the long he have tee of commitments. it is time for these countries to commit not just with air strikes behind america's lead but to find their partners on the ground and really get those areas where there's fighting under the control of an ally. >> thank you so much for joining

us on that developing story. turning now to the dangerous winter conditions effecting a major portion of the country, much of the northeast has woken up to historic low temperatures as the arctic blast settles in. many cities seeing single digits temperatures, but factoring in the wind chill, could feel as low as negative 30 in some areas, while further south about 50 million people are bracing for a winter storm that's expected to get stronger throughout the day. from oklahoma to north carolina multiple southern and mid-atlantic states are under winter storm warnings with some areas expected to be covered in over an inch of ice, making for some pretty dangerous driving conditions. the weather is believed to have caused a 35 car pile up in chicago yesterday morning. it follows this weekend storm that brought high winds and even more heavy snow to new england, with boston getting another 16 inches, bringing their total this winter to over 97 inches.

in maine, the snow total is well over 100 inches. that is incredible. adam reiss, i thought you would be driving you're standing in boston with an incredible amount of snow behind you. i know you had a chance to talk to some people and they're over this. but what can you do? >> reporter: tamron this is some of that 97 inches you were talking about, it is not the snow as much today as the bitter bitter cold. it is very cold. 9 degrees, with a wind chill 9 below. we had a 20 car pile up in waltham not far from here icy roads causing those problems. roof collapses. judy and dan came from l.a. what do you make of this? the snow and bitter cold weather? >> left thursday 90 degrees, breaking record heat to this.

>> what do you make of it? >> i think the snow got to the microphone, the cold temperatures got to adam's mike. let's go to dominica davis, our meteorologist standing by. you've seen the video. talking about the cold temperatures and al roker, our colleague at the "today" show made the point that out west they're seeing above average temperatures. >> yeah. so we've had this pattern where it is spring like temperatures to the west. for us no signs of spring any time soon. i want to start with the wind chills. this is something you don't see often. look at this. pretty much every city here on this map has a wind chill below zero. it is a significant wind chill. it feels like minus 8 in boston. syracuse minus 13. minus 19 in buffalo. this has eased up. earlier this morning, boston was minus 28 for the wind chill. they haven't seen cold temperatures like that since

2004. so for many places along the great lakes and northeast, this is the coldest temperatures we have seen in close to a decade in some places. here is a look at the brand new storm. cold air is making it to the south. tennessee, paris, tennessee, don't get snow often, bowling green, they're getting in on the snow. picking up in louisville area over three inches. they could see 8 inches by the time it is done. we have ice to the south. this is tracking through southern and central tennessee. icing is a concern. i would say i-70 through the ohio valley today is going to be a mess. very brutal for travel. here is a look at future cast. this storm system moves through the ohio valley by tonight at 5:00, starts to push into the beltway. that's going to be problems for the evening commute, through baltimore as well. here in new york it arrives after midnight. then we will see that push to boston for the morning commute. new york boston you'll see snow coming in first thing tomorrow morning. then it exits out fast.

the good thing now is with the models models, they're not showing significant snow for new england area. could pick up two to four inches. looks like higher amounts are down through the mid-atlantic. baltimore could see five plus inches as well as d.c. that's something we have to watch. but this shouldn't be a major snowstorm now for new england and hopefully the track will keep it that way. >> dominica thank you very much. today the chief investigator is set to take the stand in the "american sniper" trial. this as prosecutors share new details of what routh allegedly said after the shooting. plus a big change of heart from the bush family mate rearch. what barbara bush is saying about jeb bush running in 2016 in the first read today, and this. live from new york, it is saturday night! >> talk about must see tv a parade of stars comes together

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welcome back. we are in the second week of the eddie ray routh trial, the man accused of murdering "american sniper" chris kyle. possible motive is perhaps coming to light. a former deputy testified friday about what he claims was a confession he overheard while routh was behind bars. the officer quoted routh as saying i shotd them because they would not talk to me they were just taking me to the range, so i shot them. i feel bad about it but they wouldn't talk to me. joining me now is legal analyst

lisa green, following this case from the very beginning. lisa, good to see you. this officer says he overheard routh say this four months after the killings. number one a lot of people wonder is this testimony relevant, how is it admissible? >> it sounds like hearsay, there are many exceptions to the rule that may allow it in. the prosecution is trying to say it wasn't the work of someone insane, it was the work of someone who was angry, who had a motive. what we are hearing is addition additional evidence about whether he was intoxicated, whether he was stoned. the prosecution wants you to think this was someone under the influence who was angry and shot in anger. no insanity defense there. >> and his uncle, routh's uncle testified also on friday he was asked if routh knows right from wrong, he said yes. he testified routh has smoked marijuana before he left to the gun range, possibly had whiskey as well.

to your point, this is painting a picture, was this a person who knew right from wrong or was this a person that may have been under the influence of marijuana and anger. >> right, and the defense would say is this a man under the influence of his demons it is an evidence we heard from routh and his family that suggest if he was insane. he said i don't know if i am going insane. his relatives said after they heard from him we think he is psychotic. same uncle and the sister. we are seeing a kaleidoscope of views that leave you wondering will it take the experts to help the jury decide one way or the other about this. >> the uncle talks about knowing right from wrong, saying that he smoked marijuana and drank, also said routh talked weird, his description, since he got out of the marine. also said he seemed to be more traumatized after serving in the post earthquake haiti after his tour in iraq. and with that said for so many

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welcome back. small drones buzzing through the sky could become a part of everyday life. the federal government is proposing new guidelines for businesses to use them for deliveries, aerial photos monitoring crops and other commercial purposes while police departments could use them to chase suspects as well. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us and has more on what we may have in store. >> reporter: hi tamron, the faa revealed proposed rules to govern, how, when where unmanned commercial drones are allowed to fly. while commercial drones are still banned that could change with the faa laying out new flight rules. if you haven't yet heard that overhead buz, you may soon from realtors showing off prime properties to forest fire surveys, tv tower inspections, and movie chase scenes. the faa is taking first steps in

approving commercial unmanned aircraft systems or drones, 55 pounds and lighter. it is also proposing strict rules. drones would only be permitted to fly during daylight hours, under 500 feet at 100 miles per hour or less. pilots would be required to hold a new faa flight certificate, and maintain constant visual contact with the drones. that could make it difficult for amazon's hopes of delivering packages by drone. the faa goal. >> ensuring that these aircraft don't come into conflict with other aircraft that they don't endanger people on the ground. >> reporter: but the faa has serious concerns. last month, a drone crash landed on the white house lawn and private and commercial pilots report multiple cases a week of close calls with unmanned drones. >> american 190, use caution, a drone was reported i am not picking up anything on radar. >> reporter: the rules are the same. stay at least five miles away

from all airports and for now under 400 feet. >> i think we can be much more assured that we are less likely to see any close encounters and that's what we all care about. safety has got to be paramount. >> reporter: the unmanned aerial vehicle is applauding these rules as sensible. new rules that limit when and how government agencies can use drones, laying out first amendment privacy protections. >> thank you very much. that brings you to today's gut check. do you feel like your safety and privacy are protected with new rules on drones? go to newsnation.msnbc.com. a look at the likely gunman behind the copenhagen terror attacks that officials say was not part of a terror cell. up next, i talk with evan kohlmann, following the latest developments on this case and the threat of lone wolf

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omar el hussein. this image obtained by reuters from the danish police. joining me now, terrorism analyst evan kohlmann. thank you for joining us. first, what is the critical question you believe needs to be answered before it is conclusive this individual acted alone. >> some questions may have already been answered. this guy got out of prison a few weeks ago, had been put in there for criminal activity for gang activity, stabbing somebody on a bus. hadn't been to syria, hadn't been to iraq. in two weeks he got out of prison, highly unlikely he was in touch with a master scheme by isis to carry this out. everything about this case his age, his background the lack of travel the fact that he just got out of prison suggests to us this was almost certainly a lone wolf. >> and back to his background talked about these kinds of cases before a young man perhaps impressionable living in an urban environment, somehow

gets drawn in stops in jail at some point, then we have this behavior. >> yeah look i think there's this meme that they're all fundamentalist, have big beards know about the religion. he didn't know anything about islam, about isis didn't know about syria or iraq. he was a moron, a low level criminal that got in his mind to up the ante. the fact he turned to politics in this fashion is tragic. but this guy doesn't represent anybody. he doesn't even represent isis never mind anyone in denmark or anyone else he is the epitome of a lone wolf. >> what we do know at this point is he will be labeled a terrorist, someone who carried out this act. you make the list of the things he did not know from the religion on but what he did know is how to get a weapon and how to carry out this in two locations to put fear in individuals. >> and that's the parallel to france, the individuals in france, while they may have been

better schooled in this they came from a similar background had the criminal background the access to firearms had the willingness to die, and unfortunately again those guys weren't scholars in islam either. this underscores the fact that people that are doing this we cannot blame muslims or islam for this it has nothing to do with this. these individuals are thugs, plain and simple, thugs. people like that in this country as well. we have to be careful to not let them come across firearms because that's what happens. one of the things you saw in denmark, you saw arrest of two individuals arrested for similar to france suspected of giving firearms or getting rid of firearms that this individual used. >> and so much of our coverage for the past several years, especially after 9/11 was this obsession with cells, terrorist cells. you talked a lot about people pulling back from that and this view of this group of individuals planning something out, you know via the internet in this collective way doesn't

exist really. shouldn't say does not exist, but in the latest cases -- >> if you look at the emphasis in isis propaganda isis is not telling people come here and we will give you training and go back. isis is saying forget that do whatever you want in your own country. you don't even have to come here. if you can't come here what you should be doing is blowing up targets in your own country, whether france belgium, united states copenhagen. unfortunately there are people out there that are dell used enough to see this on social media and take them up on it. there are indications he was on social media, posting radical messages on facebook profile, this is somebody that was supporter of isis but again, the epitome of lone wolf. this is not somebody that represents anything other than himself. we have to be careful about drawing any larger implications other than this is a lost individual that may have been seduced by isis propaganda. >> thank you very much evan. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you very much. turning to politics and the

race for the white house, looks like former first lady barbara bush is giving her blessing to her son jeb, if he runs in 2016. during a dinner for the former governor in florida on saturday mrs. bush said she's changed her mind. two years ago, the family matriarch said there had been enough bushes in the white house. her endorsement comes as three polls show jeb bush as one of the early front runners in three critical states in iowa mike huckabee leads the pack with 17%, among republicans with bush right behind. new hampshire, leads with 18%, and in south carolina senator lindsey graham leads with 17%, with jeb bush next. joining me nbc senior political editor mark murray. we will start off because it is colorful, it is a holiday, one to talk about, barbara bush at this dinner saying that i guess she's ready for her son to run. >> and for jeb bush she needed to say that she changed her mind. she had previously done so before, but tamron you and i

remarked about the comment she gave about there have been too many bushes should have other families run for the presidency and that was probably a mention about her own family and jeb bush and about the possibility of having another clinton in the white house. i wouldn't be surprised, even though barbara bush retracted the statement, said she's fine with her son running, we won't see that pop up in some tv ad appeared not only on the "today" show but it appeared in another interview she did on cspan, so where things are never lost forever, and political ads, wouldn't be surprised to see that in 2016. >> talk about take aways, the nbc, marist poll shows hillary clinton has a massive lead over other democrats. >> the republican field is wide open seven republicans getting double digit support. on the democratic side hillary

clinton has either 56 point lead in iowa 56 point lead in new hampshire, 45 point lead in south carolina so she doesn't have much competition at all. but going back to the republican field, while it seems to be wide open, jeb bush and scott walker are the only two republicans in double digit support in all three states and given that you have to call them the early front runners on the republican side. >> mark murray thank you very much. greatly appreciate you joining us. have a good day. >> you, too. now to an exclusive for msnbc, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg sat down for a fascinating, wide ranging interview that will air tonight on "the rachel maddow show." among the topics the 81-year-old justice discussed race in america. >> i am wondering how you see the current state of race relations in our country. >> people who think you could wave a magic wand and the legacy of the past will be over are

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welcome back. this morning, everyone is still talking about what will go down as one of the best nights in tv history. biggest stars to grace the "saturday night live" stage were in attendance. from legendary schizophrenia to performances, some of the most memorable guests the show didn't disappoint. he is still smiling there, referring to craig melvin who was there with the fun. >> it was quite the show. talk about must see tv. 40 years of comedy packed into a three and a half hour show. side splitting nostalgia. might be another 40 years before we laugh that hard again. on a night where even the stars were star struck. >> welcome to the "saturday

night live" 40th anniversary special. >> the special sunday night edition of "saturday night live" did not disappoint. paying tribute to 40 years of late night laughs. by revisiting some classics. >> superstar! >> and updating some favorites. >> dear rose and rose and a dan a. >> and tony bennett, whose score is so low it can't be represented by a real number. >> i am having a great, great, great time alex. >> my name is matt foley, and i am a motivational speaker. >> some audition footage before they were famous. >> we are raising money while we are on the bus. >> started teasing on everybody.

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already said. >> got a laugh, but did it get the right laugh? >> a funny, fitting tribute to a pop culture phenomenon 40 years and counting. >> good to see so many stars back on the stage. tamron hall, favorite moment what was it. >> i was at the all-star game. you are supposed to tell me when you ask me questions. i love the clips you showed i loved seeing eddie murphy. >> i would like to have seen more eddie murphy. >> a lot of people were saying that such a big show so many stars, you want to spread the wealth, share the love. he has a new movie coming out anyway. you look like you had fun. >> i did. i wasn't there, i was here. >> you're so far away. see you later, bye. strange shot. we are showcasing our series born in the usa, where we spotlight american business success stories. new york fashion week big names descended on new york. there are newcomers making

headlines. julie miller made a name for herself in the fashion world. got a big break in college. she was a junior at pratt institute at nyc, decided to reach out to wait for it katy perry on my space. remember my space. asked her to wear her designs. the next day katy perry provided her contact information, reached out to julie. two weeks after that julie found herself back stage at our very own "today" show with katie katie, she crafted a piece for her, the watermelon romper she wore that on her performance in 2008. more recently julie's flair for fun caught the eye of another music icon her top was featured in beyonce's video worn by one of the dancers. joining me julie, good to see you. how do you describe your style. i love it. what's the description. >> i like to call it fun, flirt

ee retro, rock and roll. i want it to make you feel happy. >> it makes me feel happy looking at all of it looking at you here. it wasn't always a happy, pleasant experience. you're starting a new business on your own. tell me what you had to sacrifice. what you had to do before you got the e-mail or letter back from katy perry. >> well she was the first person i made clothes for besides my teachers in the classroom. so it was all student work and i just had a hunch that she would absolutely wear it. i was balancing making costumes with the classes, it was wild to be in the dorm room balancing homework and fan letters on the internet. >> how did you balance it financially? you were a student. >> right. i mean i was just hustling all day, every day just working and making as many custom pieces as i could so i could afford to keep going with it. and then going through school at the same time. >> when i read your story, so

much of it to me is about risk reward. if you're not willing to take the risk not willing to send the e-mail or note to katy perry, you don't get the reward. how did you fight the fear of oh my she says no, or if i get a no, i can't go on. >> one thing i always have to remember is that you have nothing to lose by sending e-mails or taking chances. so what. katie perry doesn't respond. i wasn't talking to her yesterday. you have to keep going and trust in yourself believe what you're doing is what you are meant to do keep working. >> back to my idea the risk reward, fashion is risky as well. >> right. >> so the reward is you get pop stars who feature it in videos pop stars that end up on the stage like katy perry willing to wear it. >> right, it is an unbelievable reward. every time somebody purchases something on my website or i send something out, it is a great feeling to have. i am always so excited when

somebody does that. >> one of the things with fashion, one of the controversy z is that a lot is not made in the usa any more. how do you deal with that. i am sure when you launch the brand, you want to keep it here when you look at the numbers may not be the case. >> of course i love having full control over what i do and design. last season was the first season that i was able to get it produced by somebody not me i was making everything until last season. my orders got too much i had to outsource. i produce right in the garment district on 39th street i am able to oversee everything, drop off fabrics. i interact with the people i purchase fabrics from and i love being able to have that. >> it allows you to have other businesses based in new york. >> of course. i am about shopping local, supporting local designers and local talent i love that. >> it is fashion week. does it feel like a dream that you're getting all this attention, and not overnight, you worked hard for it. >> no, of course. i mean it is wonderful.

i didn't know beyonce would put my stuff in her video. i was on my couch, got an alert on instagram. i was like oh, my god. what is this. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> helping the local economy, staying true to who you are as an individual and your business model. good luck. i can't wait to wear a bando top. >> thank you. coming up talk live with activist jeffrey wright who just directed a psa for ebola awareness. up next going to talk about a fashion event he attended over the weekend to raise awareness on a story that's fallen from headlines and what he says the media is doing wrong here. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential.

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according to the world health organization the recent decline in cases has stalled and infections have spiked in guinea in the past few weeks and transmission is widespread in sierra leone, more than 4500 children in liberia lost a primary caregiver. the disease has also wiped out local economies and governments. it's knows reasons that drove jeffrey wright to start the ebola survival fund which supports community based organizations in liberia and sierra sierra leone, he wrote a psa called crush ebola now. >> the world is facing the largest ebola outbreak in history. >> there's good news and reason to be hopeful. >> treat it early, many infected with he'llebola survive. >> liberia, sierra leone and

elsewhere in africa. >> thanks for joining us. you are one the first person i saw on social media who said we cannot stand here and watch these stories and can't focus on one or two cases in texas. there are thousands of people dying and what are we doing about it other than talking? >> well i've been traveling to see era leone and we have a company we started around natural resource development trying to do it with close authorities. we're in close contact with local government reps and early on realized it was going to be a problem because that perspective was an understanding that the health care infrastructure in sierra leone and particularly rural areas relative to what we enjoy here was just tremendously wanting and so when the outbreak occurred, without infrastructure in the area or any significant

delivery systems there, knew it was going to be a problem. whereas here as we saw, people got infected and went to the hospital and got well and came out. eight of the americans who were treated in american hospitals survived. eight out of eight. 100%. >> it was not because of an experimental drug. we talked about a serum, it was actually i.v. treatment and simple things i say simple but things that can be taught and passed along to other countries. >> modern medicine supportive care. but the -- so what we're trying to do now through the ebola survival fund to see if we can support groups with that level of care to patients in the region but not only now but in the long term build up the health care infrastructure and work in alignment with natural plans to build up stren thning in the long term so we don't have to circle back. >> this weekend we were at the fashion for relief and you teamed up with naomi campbell and others and traveled to the

white house as well. what do you believe is the most critical message being lost in translation. i know a lot of people say the media, it's died down in the headlines, not talking about texas and atlanta. what's lost here? >> obviously, the instances of ebola are not as hot as they were in the fall. the key now is to get to zero cases in these countries. so for example, at naomi campbell's events, the models that wore t-shirts that said zero get to zero cases. paul allen is working with us now in delivering this message. we need to go beyond that and work in ways that support the health care infrastructure and delivery systems in these countries. we need to promote strength among the public sector. the issue is for example, there's an article that recently came out that sierra leone's government may have mismanaged

money into ebola aid but it miss az larger point. 95% of the moneys that were delivered for ebola went to ngos and foreign agencies the national governments aren't receiving funds we think they are receiving until therefore it's impossible to deliver the system fz they don't have the funds. you can say well these governments are challenged and there's corruption and that's true. i had a conversation with the president of sierra leone prior to going to the white house. i don't want the money to come to me. the ngos need to be accountable and work in alignment with natural systems to strengthen the long term. >> we're traveling to london to talk about this. follow jeffrey on his twitter account. that in itself is an education. thank you so much. congratulations on the event and tireless work to help so many others. that's it for our addition of

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