. >>> now to concerns about the avian flu. cats may have been expose to the virus in new york city shelters. they are being quarantined right now, right now none of the cats have tested positive for the avian flu. >>> the tigers in the brandy wine zoo will be looking for love. early next month, zana will move to the wildlife conservation center in. the tigers are losing their habitat due to logging and poaching. >>> this is video of a very special labrador in our area, and it's plowing up on facebook. meet tugger, he's a therapy dog. he made his surrounds dressed as santa. it's already received more than 64,000 views. >>> speaking of posting, we'll be asking you for holiday photos, this video was sent in by judy morgan, it looks like santa has a backup plan in case rudolph gets sick. santa says he has magic oats for these two ponies. and of course if you want to bring something for these two to eat, they prefer apples and hay. use the #nbc10holiday. you can send your photos through the nbc10 app, by the way it's free. we'll be

. >>> three animal shelters dealing with avian flu scare. dozen cats in quarantine after possible exposure. they came from shelters in new york. none tested positive for avian flu. the virus spread through the poultry industry a decade ago. this time it is not harmful to humans. >>> a close call for minnesota vikings. they had a rough landing headed to a holiday weekend game with the packers. >>> later, christmas in bethlehem, pennsylvania that is. how the lehigh valley community known as christmas city usa is getting ready for the holiday. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live to set a dislocated shoulder.w for st $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. >>> it will be a white christmas in boise, idaho. four inches fell yesterday. another six to eight expected before end

percent increase in direct government farm program payments, to nearly 13 billion dollars in 2016 avian flu is spreading rapidly across europe with the largest a-i outbreak in nearly two years. and thousands of birds also being culled in europe, as highly pathogenic h-5-n-8 avian influeza is spreading there. the world organization for animal health confirming a-i in 10 european countries, including croatia, germany, sweden and russia. an estimated 27 thousand birds in europe have died in just a few weeks from avian flu. hong kong and ukraine lauching bans on poultry and poultry products from those affected countries. cotton farmers in texas are still trying to play catch up after a late freeze. the latest usda report showing 77 percent of the country's cotton crop is out of the field, that trails average by 7 points. arkansas, lousiaina, mississippi and missouri have all wrapped up this year. but texas farmers are behind average by 14 points. those are the headlines...meteorologist mike hoffman joins us from our studios with a look at weather. mike, the southeast getting a much needed drink

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. >>> in chester county,ith an avian flu about a dozen cats are in exposure to the bird flu virus. none have tested positive. the virus spread through the a decade ago, it is not harmful to humans. >>> 5:37. a close call vikings. they had a rough landing heading to a holiday weekend game with the packers. we'll tell you about it coming up. >>> christmas in bethlehem, pennsylvania that is. how the known as christmas city usa is getting ready for the holida fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. >>> four inches fell over the area, another 6 to 8 inches expected today in idaho. temperatures were expect to drop overnight. folks there could see ic

farms else where in japan after some birds tested positive for avian flu. you can call it a global report card. it's an oecd assessment that ranks countries on the educational performance of their teenagers. while japan's teens are typically ranked close to the top, some people are worrieded about the latest results. nhk world's moshe komata has the story. >> reporter: every three years the oecd sends out the program for the international student assessment. it tests 15 year olds from dozens of countries on science, math, reading and problem solving. 2015's grades are out. compared to their international peers, japanese students continue to rank high in math and science. but one score in particular is seen as cause for concern. japanese students dropped from fourth to eighth place on the reading test. experts and teachers are worried it's part of a trend that could get worse. they think today's digital world is hurting student vocabulary and also their comprehensive abilities. take this school in tokyo, for example. two years ago, they introduced tablets in

in today's agribusiness report, we have the over ten countries dealing with the avian flu. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---. report, i'm david geiger. ---- europe is facing an outbreak of bird flu.. the world organization for animal health reports the highly pathogenic avian influenza h-5-n-8 in austria.. croatia.. denmark.. germany.. hungry.. the netherlands.. poland.. sweden.. switzerland.. and russia despite biosecurity efforts.. it's been about a month since the first reports of this animal health officials in sweden report culling two hundred thousand laying hens.. some nations like hong kong and the ukraine have launched bans on poultry and its products from some of the affected nations. ---- there might still be life in the trans-pacific partnership trade deal.. despite president- elect donald trump's intent to withdraw.. american farm bureau trade adviser dave salmonsen.. says the 12 nation deal could be resurrected if trump eases up.. because there's a precident for saving flawed trade deals.. he say than bilateral

. >> sreenivasan: i wanted to ask you about the avian flu in asia now.eports of millions of birds in korea and other parts of asia that have been culled already. how concerned should we about this? >> we need to pay attention to this. i don't think there is a need to panic about it because we have been following outbreaks of bird flu for decades. the first time we got involved with it here was back in the '90s in hong kong when you had the h5n1 which are viruses that are influenza viruses which are fundamentally viruses of water foul, chickens and sometimes other animals. they rarely jump species and infeskt humans, and when they infect humans, they do not efficiently spread from human-to-human. that's where most to have the bird flu situation is right now. having said that, we always have to be alert for the threat or the possibility that they may, when they jump species like from a chicken or another type of a foul to a human, that they then become really efficient in spreading from person to person. we've not seen that thus far, hopefully we'll never

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macatee who are researching how to protect us against, among other things, emerging diseases such as avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease while helping the department to develop the technologies of tomorrow. this past july, i thanked lieutenant commander tianna garrett and ingrid hope with the office of health affairs for their work in preparing our border agents, doctors, medical professionals and first responders for the emerging threats posed by the zika virus. from the domestic nuclear detection office which tracks radiological materials across our country to the national intiewrt and integration center which monitors intiewrt attacks and coordinates private security efforts with the private sector, the department of homeland security is truly remarkable in its ability to work together as one cohesive unit to achieve its common mission. while it hasn't always been easy for the department of homeland security has matured by leaps and bounds to become more than the sum of its parts in the 14 years since its creation. the department remains the youngest cabinet level agency in the federal gov

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flu.. the world organization for animal health reports the highly pathogenic avian influenza h-5-n-8 in austria.. croatia.. denmark.. germany.. hungry.. the netherlands.. poland.. about a month since the first reports of this bird flu outbreak.. animal health officials in sweden report culling two hundred thousand laying hens.. some nations like hong kong and the ukraine have launched bans on poultry and its products from some of the affected nations. ---- there might still be life in the trans-pacific despite president- elect donald trump's intent to withdraw.. american farm bureau trade adviser dave salmonsen.. says the 12 nation deal could be resurrected if trump eases up.. because there's a precident for saving flawed trade deals.. he says renegotiating a deal with multiple countries is harder than bilateral deals.. and the bigger question is if t-p-p partners like japan wil even renegotiate.. "do you walk away from the whole exercise, which took place over these many years? or will potential is to not move ahead at all in the u-s be more willing to revisit certain areas?" officials from ja

flu outbreak. the outbreak we were preparing for was an avian influenza. it did not happen in the bush administration but it did happen at the beginning of the obama administration. not a senior -- a single official had been confirmed. what they did was they went off the shelf and got this flu plan that had been developed in the bush administration, deployed it and deported effectively. the number of deaths -- and i'm not saying the swine flu if untreated would have hit as many people as the 1918 flu -- but in that 2009 incident there were fewer flu deaths than in the average year. the average in the 1990's was 36,000. there were fewer people dying from flu in the 1990's. host: the range of your book goes from covering the flu epidemic to the financial crisis. what made you decide on such a broad range of presidential responses? guest: i was trying to get at disasters that have ripple effects, that went beyond the immediate area where they took place. a pileup in 1995 is a tragedy but does not have ripple effects. the swine flu or the 1918 flu, that obviou

flu outbreak. the outbreak we were preparing for was an avian influenza. it did not happen in the bush administration but it did happen at the beginning of the obama administration. not a senior -- a single official had been confirmed. what they did was they went off the shelf and got this flu plan that had been developed in the bush administration, deployed it and deported effectively. the number of deaths -- and i'm not saying the swine flu if untreated would have hit as many people as the 1918 flu -- but in that 2009 incident there were fewer flu deaths than in the average year. the average in the 1990's was 36,000. there were fewer people dying from flu in the 1990's. host: the range of your book goes from covering the flu epidemic to the financial crisis. what made you decide on such a broad range of presidential responses? guest: i was trying to get at disasters that have ripple effects, that went beyond the immediate area where they took place. a pileup in 1995 is a tragedy but does not have ripple effects. the swine flu or the 1918 flu, that obviou

flu outbreak. the outbreak we were preparing for was an avian influenza.t did not happen in the bush administration but it did happen at the beginning of the obama administration. not a senior -- a single official had been confirmed. what they did was they went off the shelf and got this flu plan that had been developed in the bush administration, deployed it and deported effectively. the number of deaths -- and i'm not saying the swine flu if untreated would have hit as many people as the 1918 flu -- but in that 2009 incident there were fewer flu deaths than in the average year. the average in the 1990's was 36,000. there were fewer people dying from flu in the 1990's. host: the range of your book goes from covering the flu epidemic to the financial crisis. what made you decide on such a broad range of presidential responses? guest: i was trying to get at disasters that have ripple effects, that went beyond the immediate area where they took place. a pileup in 1995 is a tragedy but does not have ripple effects. the swine flu or the 1918 flu, that obviousl