we're talking ebola. we're friends.the entire world has discovered these fears are not unfounded. sometimes simple acts of kindness have had deadly consequences that stretch across continents. this apartment here is where eric duncan lived. he's the man who brought ebola to texas. >> reporter: thomas eric duncan was one of mercy's neighbors, living on the same street she did. he carried a sick woman out of a taxi and back to her house. this house. and then took off on a long-planned trip to the united states. reportedly, she was the same woman who infected mercy's mother. >> have there been many people in your area who have ebola? many people sick? >> yes, yes. >> how many? >> two people died. >> reporter: i was reporting on duncan. my colleague was watching 9-year-old mercy grapple with her new reality. >> where will she sleep? >> reporter: it is the height of the outbreak in monrovia. everyone is careful. >> people are getting sick and dying. >> this society had been vulnerable even before ebola came in, in terms of p

she was the only case of ebola. you did not hear about the big outbreak in uganda because they stopped it before. we can put into place laboratories disease, community awareness, health care control. we can stop them before they spread. >> view feel vindicated because of the spread? >> we wish to have no cases. it is harder to care for ebola then we recognize, especially when there is severe diarrhea and vomiting. we have put into place systems so that each is monitored for 21 days. with the system that we have done, we have as close as we can do to a closed loop system. if someone comes back with fever or flu, they are effectively isolated and transported. >> thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> a prospect of getting to zero cases of ebola. pope francis arrived for a warm welcome. the pope began by calling for reconciliation in a country that was 20 part by a civil war. 100,000 died and they said it was important to address the past. caroline is traveling and sent this report from the capital. >> at 20,000 feet,

it is unlikely to be ebola. he cannot take any risks. >> very difficult. >> how many bodies do you think you have collected? >> so many bodies. >> when you go home, do you think about the day and have dreams about what you are seeing? >> sometimes. sometimes i pray, you know? sometimes, i think about things. >> another body and another distraught daughter. she died after showing classic symptoms of ebola. this is the fourth body the team has come to collect in as many hours. it is the body of henry who complains of feeling unwell. last night, he was dead. >>. is how the day ends at the main cemetery. -- here is how the day ends at the main cemetery. bbc news freetown. >> they be -- baby arthur just one of the many killed by ebola. the spread does seem to be slowing down. too many have already died. for good news, today christians are celebrating christmas. the greek orthodox community has reason to celebrate. right instruction -- reconstruction has started on the church. the new church designer has spoken to the

we help the doctors address ebola outside of the country. >> how to keep driving ebola out of the effective countries will be the topic of a special session in geneva on sunday. erica wood, al jazeera. >> turkey's president is chairing his first cabinet meeting, which critics say is another sign of president erdogan's increasing rule. he said he had a right to attend the cabinet meetings, but his two predecessors did not do so. they say that erdogan is trying to bring in an authoritarian presidential system. >> he wants to show that the prime minister is not enough to governor the government cabinet. on that case actually i have two questions, one of them is to president erdogan in his time of--before why he doesn't make this kind of chair of prime ministers. he does not head this type of meeting before. on the night of the president my second question is that he has to show that he is prime minister or is he a public prime minister. he has to prove himself. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three colleagues who have now been in prison in egypt for 387 days. mohamed fahmy

efforts to ebola efforts. senator, i think everyone appreciate, is that you're doing what a subcommittee chairman ought to do that is go where most important thing foreign relations, could have gone to paris or rome you went to liberia because that's where couple of thousand -- trying to work with this ebola epidemic. just give me a debrief here what are we doing right on this, how is this thing going and anything we're doing wrong. >> first, great news. something about which all americans can be, should be proud. i went to visit our 2400 trips from the 101st airborne to see the work that they have done. they have done remarkable work, they and doctors and nurses of the cdc and uniform public health service turned the corner on the ebola epidemic. but i'm calling for a change in strategy by the pentagon. we can't declare mission accomplished withdraw too early here. we can bring home a thousand or more of these troops now. they are currently bored because they have accomplished of building new treatment units

it looks like now this is a doable effort now to bring ebola down to zero. but they would also caution that bringing the disease down to zero hasn't been done yet. and in addition talking to senior w.h.o officials just in the last couple of days that with the new cases coming up, over half of them are from places where they haven't necessarily expected it, not from contacts of current ebola patients, which they're tracing rigorously, as we know. so there is still no reason to relax, no reason for complacency. and i think health experts would be very concerned were people to think, okay cases under 100, now we can relax. that would not be the case. >> indeed it's about now, now that we're into the new year, that some of those treatments are being tested, some of those trials are getting underway. >> well, that's right. and i think the vaccine, that are being tested some of them here in switzerland, will be very useful in the future. not necessarily really ready in time for this ebola epidemic. they have months to go. so the effort still has to be controlling

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we know the word got out for ebola, we know the city felt it was prepared because of this team.nk you very much. [ applause ] >> please step forward so we can acknowledge all that are here. thank you. there is a photo op here. okay. amika, please come forward. she provided analysis and staff report for the mayor's 2013 universal health council. on july 2013, mayor asked her to include the stakeholders and data driven process to examine san francisco's implementation of the federal affordable care act and it's integration in our own health and security plan. the final report issued in january of this year. the topic was controversial and the ten adversarial. micka remained the focus was on the staff. micka help identified the key issues in order to do its work and draft the key issues. she planned with meeting and planning and evaluation of logistics. it was successful to its success and certainly helped this commission through the issues. thank you very much, and congratulations a. [ applause ] >> our next award is to the jail information management design team and those who are

malaria programs why they are sitting there with ebola patients.t we see now is these small number of reports of ebola patients across the country in a wide geographical area. >> we should not think it's over. we looked in the report. at one point we predicted 1.4 million by the end of january could be affected. obviously there is nowhere near the numbers we are looking at now. how could they be so wrong. how could the predictions be so wrong? >> shows how challenging it is to come up with a mathematical model with variables that are variable. >> it gave us a range. back in september of 2014, the c.d.c. said themselves medical interventions alone will not decrease the number of ebola patients down to zero. >> is there a risk that the public will look at this and see the numbers that came into play and say "you people are chicken little. the next time you come and make a warning saying the disease will spread or now as you point out the disease may happen in pockets that we are not seeing you could be accused, the health community, being the chicken

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and now a second nurse comes down with ebola.as ready. >> we're stopping it in its tracks in this country. >> but are u.s. hospitals really prepared? the ebola crisis. >> a second health care worker from dallas has the disease. she's a 29-year-old nurse amber vinson who treated that dallas patient who died. diagnosing a person with ebola can be a lengthy process. it requires close monitoring and a lot of patience. the most crucial factor is time. for more we turn to our science and technology expert jake ward with the latest, jake. >> here in dallas there are obviously great questions here, where couldn't this have somehow been detected more quickly. well the trouble is that it turns out detecting ebola is a very complicated process. in a perfect world anyone in close contact with a person infected with ebola would be tested in the first moments after exposure but unfortunately the virus doesn't show up that quickly. testing people too early leads to missed diagnoses and false positives. so the current procedure is to monitor pat

the patient had been in ebola. >>> a scottish nurse being treated for ebola in london is in criticaldition after her health deteriorated. pauline cafferkey contracted it while volunteering in sierra leone. the hospital says she's been given plasma from ebola survivors and has taken an experiment antiviral drug. we'll keep you posted on how she is doing. the world health organization counts more than 20,000 confirmed or suspected cases now of ebola in west africa. more than 7900 people have died there. the vast majority of those cases have been in liberia, guinea and sierra leone. >>> beneath the thousands of deaths ebola has caused lies another layer of tragedy, many west african children are now left without any parents and people in their communities who have stepped up to care for them are struggling to stay afloat. nima elbagir has more on the crisis in liberia. >> reporter: some family fun in liberia. ♪ in spite of the year they've had. liberia is cautiously registering a drop in ebola infection rates but a new specter is stalking the children here. >> ebola have break down my f

i survived ebola. clancy reports. >> reporter: they are ordinary people telling extraordinary stories. she says "it never occurred to me that i would survive. suffering from ebola, you're more convinced of your death than your life." she tells how she drank the water water, she took the medicine. of nine people in her family six died including her father in a bed right next to her. but fear is not her message. "it's true," she says "you can die of ebola, but it's also true you can survive." fonta is one of some 30 individuals who will be part of a media campaign titled "i survived ebola." it carries the images and voices of survivors to newspapers television radio, the zmrnths mobile phones. >> we realized early on in our strategy that the biggest untapped resource in this fight against ebola is survivors themselves. survivors offer three things. they offer inspiration and hope. they can share actual facts that saved their lives that will allow others to save their own lives and the lives of their comm

to me what's scary is what goes on before ebola and what will continue to go on after ebola. >> which is? >> there's no running water, or 100,000 people living without bathrooms. these things need attention. >> reporter: in so many ways katie meyler's work is just beginning. anne thompson, nbc news, bernardsville, new jersey. >> that is our broadcast on a friday night if for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here on monday evening. >>> it is troubling for us do this. it really is painful. >> freightstraight from the chief. put more officers on the streets. but where it is coming from is what has people concerned. thanks for being with us on this friday. >> a restruck touring of the san jose police department. the chief just released his command staff and more shuffling of officer. the goal to boost patrols in the dwindling department. i know you just spoke exclusively to the chief but what does it mean for investigations like homicide or robbery? >> well they are in trouble, jessica. this is a department in crisis. it is bleeding

your foundation has committed a lot of money to tackling ebola. how much do you worry it is going to set back health care? >> health is a precursor to be no about to have a transformative life -- eating able to have a transformative life. ebola will get contained and the thing we need to discuss is building up these primary health care systems so when an emergency comes in, they are prepared and can take care of it. >> all of the progress you are talking about couldn't it be imperiled by climate change? >> the amount of change in the next 15 years or 30 years is modest enough that by helping these farmers, you can get ahead. you can get productivity up. we have to stop committing so much co2 because the drastic scenarios are in the 2100 scenario. that is up to the rich countries. they have to change their transport systems with new innovations. >> you believe in progress. for many people who worry about extremism, inequality, climate change what gives you such ground for optimism? >> because of the people we meet on the ground. we have been travel

>> yeah i think that ebola started with one person.ously even with a handful of cases it could come back if people don't pay attention and a lot of attention and extra attention right now. >> where does the credit go for the level of containment that we see today? >> i mean i worked in the community. i would say that it was -- no one will fight harder to save their lives than the actual person who is trying to save their life so community members who fought and the people active case findings going door to door and lots of great organizations as well that played their part >> you clearly love that country. you were there, what was it 2006 with an adult literacy program. so what impact do you think then demeanoricre doing before or more. >> reporter: with louisiana's ports straddling the mississippi river and just 700 miles from cuba louisiana's agriculture commissioner says it's in a prime spot to trade with cuba and with rice he expects poultry, beef and chemicals to be exported. >> what it means is we expect in the first year 15-20%

doctors are testing to determine whether that person has the deadly ebola virus. kron-4's j-r stone has details. >>j r stone: this meant that the patient into the hospital and minutes later he founded the patient was being treated for ebola. officials say the patient originally went to a mercy hospital but immediate transfers made to this medical center where the person is under isolation. >>: there's a whole lot of people wearing masks around here >>: it's scary because you never know what could happen. i'm really nervous1 really nervous! >>j r stone: a representative from the california nursing association says that all of the nurses helping this patient are volunteers >>pam moore: california's new snow survey is out. and it does not look good for the state water supply. the statewide snowpack is just 25-percent of normal for this time of year. the sierra nevada currently holds the lowest january snowpack on record. officials say, just 7 - inches of snow is on the ground. that's down from 21- inches last month. the good news, experts say the snowpack is better t

that person showed up to mercy hospital, walked in showing symptoms of ebola yesterday. that emergency room was sealed and shut down as a precaution. the patient moved to uc davis medical center also in sacramento. >>> the countdown is on to super bowl xlix. commissioner goodell will give his nl state of the nfl address many hope he'll reinforce some of the recent policy changes. bob redell is live in arizona on the nfl beat, a live report coming up in about a half hour. >>> scott mcgrew's popular san francisco company joins twitter, yahoo! and google. >> it's important, kris, that in a democracy we know what our government wants to know about us. particularly as we hear more and more about domestic spying. readit if you're unfamiliar is a bulletin board website, various postings are voted up and down by popularity and thousands of subreadits, with subjects like woodworking or slow cooking. readit has given its first transparency reports saying what secrets it has to give out. it received 55 subpoenas for user information, a tiny number compared to google or yahoo!. read

ebola, we will be ready for the next ebola epidemic.t be the one that creates the problem. it's great we built these tools and might be used it's these other pathogens we need to be ready for. >>> post inging on facebook turning into a viral hit and a boy praises the biggest difference in his life and caught the attention across the world. over 25,000$25,000 has been raised to help the students visit harvard. >> they said to me do you know we made it? i didn't understand what they were talking about. the $100,000 in 45 minutes. i was like what? >> i was walking to go home. a guy asked if he could interview me doing a blog called humans in new york on facebook. he asked who inspire med the most? i said miss lopez, my principal. i got 8,000 hits in one hour. i was like what? snoo>> they came to the school and said, what can i do to help? >> i said harvard for me what i experienced is what i my students need to experience. once i went there i felt like i belonged. i was an adult when that happened. i want my scholars to have that experienc

brantley when they came down with ebola. dr.ack ra returns to liberia thursday and expects to have some measure of immunity now that he has already had ebola. >>> police swept portions of western europe friday. how far do their connections go? plus the troubled past of the man blamed for terrorizing the kosher market in paris. >>> i'm paula newton. here is an update on the top stories we are following this hour. pope francis is back in manila after a shorte than planned trip to taclaban. after the typhoon chased him earlier in the day. there are concerns the weather could affect sunday's planned outdoor mass in manila. the typhoon is now tracking northwest toward manila after making land fall over the philippines a few hours ago. the storm is forecast to deteriorate by sunday. by then no destructive winds, but plenty of heavy rain. >>> a seniorennior belgium terrorist reports. two suspects killed in a shootout with police a third in custody. not all the terrorists in that cell have been rounded up. the shooting along with the te

to me what's scary is what goes on before ebola and what will continue to go on after ebola. there's no running water or a hundred thousand people living without bathrooms. these things need attention. >> reporter: in so many ways katie meyler's work is just beginning. anne thompson, nbc news, bernardsville, new jersey. >> that is our broadcast on a friday night and this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $300 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $300 back. just call 1.888.774.4418 today. captioning provided by the national broadcast company >>> no, no, stop! >>> well cosby being confronted by a heckler is not all that surprising. what happened next is intriguing indeed. i'm billy bush. p

. >>> could the tide be alternating against the ebola virus in west africa?en john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tomorrow at 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera >> "consider this". the news of the day, plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> real perspective. "consider this". monday through thursday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello there i'm barbara serra. here are the top stories on al jazeera. a crucial ceasefire is holding in yemen. iran has confirmed that a member of its elite revolutionary guard was killed in an israeli air strike on syria on sunday which also killed six hezbollah members. >>> and recep tayyip erdogan has chaired his first parliamentary cabinet meeting. >>> men sentenced between three years and life in prison in the city of man

ebola or no ebola. what do you think, matt?old and you're on a cruise, there's something wrong with you too -- [laughter] e mean, i will tell you why i like this because this is the opposite of what i would ever do. i wouldn't eat that food. ebola, they crash, i mean, it's terrible. but it's baby boom ors, it's americana, middle of america, and they slid from 2011 and 2013, they're turning it around. charles: you look like a cruiser. >> i am. trust me, my family's working for the disney cruise line. that is the coup d'etat of what -- charles: the who? >> is that french? >> we love the disney cruise. >> i don't want to do it for myself personally -- >> royal caribbean, just being launched out of new york. great things, skydiving simulator, you can do all sorts of amazing things. charles: i did two speech offense the smaller ones, i would not get on one of those big boats -- >> why not? charles: too many people. i wouldn't leave new york city -- >> i would never set foot on a cruise. but baby boomers are feeling better about the

after six weeks of no new infections mali is free from the ebola virus. ♪ welcome to al jazeera, if youre just joining us the situation in yemen seems to be spiralling out of control and you see on t.v. gun battles ongoing between yemen soldiers and houthi fighters who took control of sanaa last year. the president has flown from the presidential palace and prime minister's convow has been attacked. the minister of information told al jazeera the capitol is in chaos and could be a new yemen by the end of the day. >> the president is in his house. it's very tense. we can still hear fire exchanged and random, not as much as the morning, random explosions or gunshots. there is -- there was a meeting around an hour ago at the president's house that included the prime minister and high-level representatives of the houthis and they agreed from this meeting that the ceasefire will happen and there will be a field committee which is supposed to go around the streets and ensure that the ceasefire does happen. however, once the members of the meeting including the prime minister left the meeting

one reason given for its slow response to the ebola outbreak. where it gets its money is criticized, because a few rich countries, the u.s. and britain and organizations like the bill and melinda gates foundation are providing a large part of the budget. with that money comes influence and decisions not necessarily based on the best global holt outcomes or priorities. >> if those countries decide to do something, they can bring about a change in the organization. if they are happy with the status quo or not sufficiently motivated to change it, then the organization stays. >> among reforms considered are the creation of a rapid response team to deploy when an outbreak like ebola occurs. setting up a special fund dedicated to public health emergencies and rules to assure all staff are properly qualified for the jobs they're doing. these and other measures if adopted by the world's governments, it's hoped that the w.h.o. will be better equipped when another out. >> broke occurs. >> let's find out what is going to be adopted and speak to a spokesman

we are trying to help the doctors address ebola out of the country. >> how to keep driving ebola out of all the infected countries will be a topic of a special session in geneva on sunday. >> breaking news now army commanders say 24 out of 80 people kidnapped by suspected boko haram fighters have been freed. they were captured on sunday along the border with nigeria where boko haram rebels are based. most taken were children after homes were ransacked and burned. >> after a check on the weather now, rob's here. dangerous weather in the united states. >> the fairly rare event for most of us, i have a video for you, footage that you may want to have a look at if i bring it up. this sort of thing oh, it's not coming up for me, here you go. a little cloud in the east there, shows you nothing. still what came behind it, that is somebody taking a long skid down the icy track. that's what happened when rain hits the cold ground. in chrondraft in oklahoma, we have forest fires. who would have thought that in the went officer. >> this is a rather complex frontal system. this hanging fruit her

if confirmed, it would mark the first ebola case in california.now a bay area university might play a big role in fighting this disease. "today in the bay's" damon trujillo joins us live from stanford. if the gates foundation made a huge donation for research. >> reporter: good morning, sam shall it's a $50 million donation, the ten-year grant will be used to develop a vac steen fight ebola and other viruses around the world. big news at stanford. the patient in sacramento is being tested at the uc davis medical center, where he was taken after walking into mercy hospital with ebola symptoms. the patient is considered low risk and is in isolation at this hour as doctors await test result. those results might come back as early as this morning. in the meantime, the er at mercy hospital was sealed shut yesterday. the california nurses association has been in touch with the nurses on the front line in sacramento and it appears all protocols are being followed at this time. >> we know that obviously testing has been done. i know that, so at least the

still to come, she defied the odds and defy the ebola. focusing on these guys. >> there have been angry protests as they were prepared to outline the plans for the city in the coming year. >> the acrimony of politics opens the protest banners in the hong kong parliament by pro-democracy mps. some were taken away by security guards. the annual address was delayed by a few minutes. when it came, it was disney's as usual with him repeating the mantra. -- it was business as usual with him repeating the mantra. >> the democratic development of hong kong must be underpinned. we should act in accordance with the law. or, hong kong will do generate into anarchy. >> the 2.5 months of protests and blockades were not anarchy. civil this obedience in pursuit of a higher goal. democracy without the veto over which candidates can stand. they will find little to cheer about. >> the people of hong kong are pro-democracy. there is a promise of real democracy. >> they can either accept the package or risk getting none. it is a choice that many say is not e

a second nurse comes down ebola. the c.d.c. said it was ready. >> we are stopping it in its tracks in this country. >> are u.s. hospitals prepared? the ebola crisis. >> a second health care worker from dallas has the disease, a 29-year-old health care working. diagnosing a person with ebola can be a lengthy process, requiring monitoring and patience. time is the crucial factor. we turn to jacob ward science and technology correspondent, for the latest. >> here in dallas there are great questions - why couldn't this have been detected more quickly. the trouble is that it turns out detecting ebola is a complicated process. in a perfect world anyone in close contact with a person infected with ebola would be tested in the first moments after exposure. the virus doesn't show up that early. the amount of virus in the body grows over time. it doesn't reach a detectible level until symptoms appear. testing people leads to mis misdiagnosisies and false positive. while we can't test earlier, we might be able to test faster. currently th

to me what's scary is what goes on before ebola and what will continue to go on after ebola. there's no running water or a hundred thousand people living without bathrooms. these things need attention. >> reporter: in so many ways katy myler's work is just beginning. anne thompson, nbc news bernardsville, new jersey. >> that is our broadcast on a friday night and this week. thank you for being here. i'm brian williams. we hope to see >>> brad and angelina's second secret wedding? >> angelina's surprise new confession now on "extra." ♪ ♪ extra, extra ♪ >>> the blank lee that i dos you haven't heard about until now. >> we know about the wedding in france. today details on the other spur of the moment meeting with a justice of the peace. >>> teresa giudice's prison report card. how she's behaving what's driving her crazy, and why she could get an early release. >>> new, bill cosby outrage. >> the shocking joke hee cracked at a woman headed for the bar at his comedy show. >>> jennifer lopez on her super steamy new sex scenes with "the boy next door." >> people were like applaudin

world health organization published its final ebola figures for 2014. the worldwide told stands at 7905. the british nurse who contracted ebola has agreed to be treated with an experimental antiviral drug. she is also receiving plasma from survivors of the disease. here is our health editor. >> this was the first roberts report seen here with volunteers before leaving for sierra leone. she tested positive for ebola on monday and only yesterday was airlifted from glasgow to london where she is now being treated at a specialist isolation unit. >> she is sitting up and talking, she's able to read, she has been eating a bit drinking, she has been in communication with her family. >> she was being treated well -- with blood plasma from a patient that had been treated with ebola. >> obviously very good reason that it will help her otherwise we would not be using it at all but we simply don't have enough information to know that is the case. the one thing i will say about the drug is that it has been used extensively for different reasons and it has a very goo

the ebola outbreak in west africa. researchers say a promising new vaccine has passed a crucial milestone. jay? >> john, the break through here which is reported in the new englandthe new england journal of medicine today is that researchers are taking a common cold virus found in chimpanzees and burned it into ebola. inject a tiny bit of ebola into it and the milestone was that it seems to be utterly safe in humans. 60 participants in the u.k. showed no adverse effects from it. more exciting, they produced the antibodies that you want to see when you administer a vaccine. that means that there is a good chance that they could actually have an immune response to ebola when this gets tested further. >> what are the next steps in developing the vaccine? >> this is really just a first step. it's a major one. an idea that you can put ebola into a person without it reproducing. that's an extraordinary thing. now it needs to be tested in the wild. it needs to be introduced in an area where people are widely affected by ebola

ebola.n though ebola is not a good thing. >> reporter: a nurse and representative for the california nurses association says there is a team of volunteer nurses working on the patient following strict cal/osha standards. >> ebola guidance calls for rigorous training, education and the highest levels of personnel protective equipment. >> reporter: the hospital canceled a scheduled press conference without any explanation. earlier in the day, a spokesman emphasized, uc-davis is designated by the cdc as an ebola treatment center. that's why the patient was transferred to uc-davis from mercy general in east sacramento. and neither hospital is saying whether he or she recently traveled to west africa at the center of the worst ebola epidemic on record. >> the focus of my -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the patient's test results should return tonight or at most in a couple of days and they say they won't be releasing any new information until then veronica. >> thank you. >>> drunk driving suspect i

an update on the fight to contain ebola.did the new england patriots cheat by using under- inflated footballs? >> woodruff: a day after the president's state of the union address, both republicans and democrats predict most of his proposals won't go very far. the gridlock in washington has left the heavy lifting of government to more local levels the cities and towns across the country. we wanted to find out what local leaders think about the issues raised last night what the economy and infrastructure look like to those managing it. for perspective on that, we are joined by two mayors. they are democrat stephen benjamin is the mayor of columbia, south carolina. he's had the job since 2010. and richard berry is mayor of albuquerque, new mexico. he has been at his city's helm since 2009 and was the city's first republican mayor in three decades. we welcome you both to the program. >> good evening. glad to be here. >> woodruff: mayor berry, let's start first with a question about the president's speech last night. what did you

hospital uc davis en sacramento una persona que se sospecha podria estar contagiada con el virus del ebolapor que llego aqu? pues por que este es uno de 4 nosocomios en el estado dorado que estan preparados para identificar y atender a estos pacientes. inicialmente la persona llego al hospital general mercy con sintomas consistentes con los de esta cepa. y acabamos de enterarnos que en este momento la sala de emergencias de mercy esta cerrada.no se han dado a conocer mas detalles. pero siguiendo el protocolo establecido por el departamento de salud publica de inmediato se ordeno el traslado del paciente a este centro medico. llegaron como a las 10 por un acceso privado.y lo hicieron bajo las medidas mas estrictas para evitar un contagio.portaban mascaras vestimenta a prueba de contagios y guantes. el doctor gil chavez del centro de enfermedades contagiosas de califiornia por medio de un comunicado dijo que en este momento el paciente esta siendo evaluado.. no se ha confirmado que padezca del virus pero esto es parte del protocolo de respuesta si el paciente ha viajado recientemente a sierr