thank you, dr. ian. we have some audience members who have online questions for dr. head. >> how you doin. my name is deborah. i'm 32. i've bean 911 operator for the past 13 years. that's made me very suspicious of everyone i meet online or sometimes in person. so, how long should i wait if somebody i like contacts me how long should i wait before i meet them. >> first of all, the great thing about zoosk all your information is personal. it's private. i always say it's not how long, it's not a time issue it's a comfort issue. so don't just say well in three months i'll give my number. no. in zoosk particularly you hide your information. then when you meet them then you decide whether you're comfortable to give them t information. it's not a time issue. >> wow. we have another question. >> hi, guys. how you doin. my name is zoe. i recently decided to start onlineating for the first time, and i had a question about my profile picre. should i get professional photos taken or is that too desperate? >> wendy: what an investment. >> you would be surprised. i have friend onl

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what's the first one, dr. ian? >> everyone knows this seat cover. this is the flap, right?e flap go in front or does it go in back? those who think it should go in back, raise your hand. hmm-hmm. those who think the flap should stay in the front, raise your hand. ah. pretty good, right? everyone says front. this is how it really works. if you look here ... at the seat cover. you will see that the shape of it, is your indicator of how it goes down. when you break the flap, like this, and the sides, it's also delicate, the proper way to do it really is to put it and let it hang in the front. now, why is covering the seat important? actually, theoretically, you could get infections from sitting on a dirty seat. but most bacteria cannot live long enough on the seat, so it's not likely; but there are parasites that, if they're on the seat, they could give you an infection, and the dirtiest part of the seat typically tends to be up in here, which is why they have the flap go in front. >> i still say, if you can squat -- >> can i get to mine? mine is less controversial. >> sunscre

ian william nbc news, tacloban. >>> this is dr. nancy snyderman in cebu.in tanauon city ha a team of doors arrived st week to treat the sick and wounded. >> i've never been in a war but this is what i imagine it's like. >> reporter: within three days th performe 100 surgeries. >> we need supplies quickly. >> reporter: when weere here on wednesday resources were stretched thin. we brought some bic suppls, gauze, wraps, needles, sir rings and bleach, not a lot. some acetaminoen but at least someing that will help tie them or because wh we left they didn't have much. it still is crded inside as it was the other day, a long line of patients but a far y from what wsaw the last time. >> ow. >> reporter: you have a lot of good supplies here, yr a bit antibiotic, even a solar powered refrigerator and food is now plentiful. the makeshift operatingoom is still active upstairs but not nearly business busy. >> when the americans left afte ick days of work w came here the night before so we took over from them. >> reporter: there are doctors here, patients who are bing

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dr. jeffrey sachs and get the ian williams package prepared. we might get to that as well.ll, how do we even put this event in perspective? is there anything? >> well, it's unbelievable. and they are saying that they can't be sure but looks like the most powerful typhoon ever to make landfall and so it's unbelievable the power that this storm had, and, of course, the devastation is shocking and we're learning more. >> it's indescribable. beyond the fact that we can't even imagine how many people have perished. it can be up to 10,000. right now we're talking about pockets of areas where there are people who will not get help, who will die now because there's no way to get to them. and there's no way to get to everybody. i mean it is -- how about this compared to the tsunami? >> well, the tsunami came from an earthquake which is a very different kind of phenomenon in terms of the devastation, of course, both were shocking and the tsunami in japan was followed by the nuclear disaster. but what's happening here and this is the part that people have a hard time coming to grips w

ian williams in manila, thank you so much. we will have more later in the program from dr. nancy snyderman, who's been visiting the health facilities, or what passes for health facilities. >>> today the president's second-term problems got worse as another of his crucial nominees faced opposition from a leading republican. jo jay johnson ran into a buzz saw from john mccain. >> what is required for us to have 90% effective control of the border? can you assure this committee of that? >> senator, i will commit to you to working with you -- >> no, i'm not asking to working with me. i want to know if you will give this committee the exact metrics that are needed, sector by sector, so we can obtain 90% effectiveness on the border. not working with me. answer yes or no, please. >> i'm inclined to give you what you need. >> i'm not asking for your inclination. i'm asking for a yes or no answer. i don't think that's a lot to ask. as much as i admire and appreciate you, unless you can tell me that you'll give me the information which this committee has the right to have, i cannot s