faces huge expectations guiding his country through recovery from years of civil war and a recent ebola outbreak also coming up. triple tell up on its way out in india in a women for women parliament inches closer to stamping out the contentious islamic practice of saying divorced three times to end the marriage. and a syrian a wrestling a champ gets a second sporting chance as a refugee in egypt passing on his athletic knowledge to this committee treads in the country. only rock it's great to have you along. liberia is poised to usher in its first democratic transfer of power in more than seven decades international soccer star turned politician george we out won a landslide victory in this west african country's presidential runoff while a little while ago his opponent joseph conceded defeat liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africa's oldest modern republic and will be the first democratic transfer of power since one thousand nine hundred forty four the country was devastated by a fourteen year long civil war that ended in two thousand and three and the recent ebola

faces huge expectations guiding his country through recovery from the years of civil war and a recent ebola outbreak also coming up. mourners remember eighteen age girls stabbed to death in a german drugstore the suspected assailant a fifteen year old afghan refugee is fueling debate in germany over the country's asylum laws. and shredded to forget it for those hoping to be loved here in the new year it's out with the old in new york city visitors and residents celebrating good riddance day you bid farewell to last year's bad memories in the lead up to new year's celebrations in times square. great to have you along. liberia is poised to usher in its first democratic transfer of power in more than seven decades international. soccer star turned politician george weah won a landslide victory in this west african countries presidential runoff liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africa's oldest modern republic it will be the first time that a democratically elected government hand over power to another since nine hundred forty four the country was devastated by a fourteen yea

faces huge expectations guiding his country through we're covering from years of civil war any recent ebola outbreak also coming up. mourners remember a teenage girl stabbed to death in a german drugstore the suspected assailant a fifteen year old afghan refugee is fueling debate in germany over the country's asylum laws and a shred it to forget it for those hoping to be luckier in the new year is out with the old in new york city visitors and residents celebrating good riddance day bid farewell to last year's bad memories in the lead up to the new year celebrations in times square. very much for your company. liberia is poised to usher in its first democratic transfer of power more than seven decades international soccer star turned politician george weah won a landslide victory in this west african country's presidential runoff a little while ago his opponent joseph conceded defeat liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africa's oldest modern republic and will be the democratic transfer it will be the first democratic transfer of power since one thousand nine hundred forty

we went into the epicenter of the ebola epidemic and we were scared. it was scary. just because it looks on the outside like everything, it was scary. the fact president obama sent 3000 health workers into the eye of the storm at the height of that epidemic and crisis of fear in this country was extraordinary. i learned later when i came back to this country, and my son had been baking me not to go, -- wasing me not to go, and he five at the time, and he is a of parentsd a group went to the group administrator and asked he be kept home because of his mom going. luckily, they did not listen but that gives you a sense of even the most international school in the city were the parents are in every war zone there is fell prey to that, and obama went into the burning house and said, we are going to deal with this there and we don't want to coming here. i do not care what the politics are. i think all of us were proud to be a part to that extent. i think the dog barking, to put it that way now, these are difficult times for some of us, maybe for many of you. to go out on

during the ebola crisis, we brought a public health worker from liberia. screendcast on the big in the security council his emotional plea to the countries gathered. he said every day i have to turn parents away who are carrying their children and having to leave their children at the door of the clinic. if you all don't do anything, we are all going to be wiped out. you could hear a can drop in the chamber, this was after the world health organization read the statistics in a way that would've gotten no one's attention. think humanization, trying to puncture the bubble, get people to hear, it's like a challenge in this country, people stop listening to one another. and then always know what you are for. this is something, i had a wonderful team of career diplomats who may meet the ambassador was in many way, and some of political appointees as well. we all had our list. who were we trying to get out of jail. even if we could not solve syria , what was the thing that was not solving syria that we could do that would improve or save lives? pushing each othe

if 90 people every day were perishing from ebola or some contagious disease, even the flu, there would be an outcroix, an out-- outcry, an outrage, and we would be clamoring to do something. here the solutions are self-evident. none of them is a panacea. none a single magic solution to this problem. and the trap raised by the gun lobby that none will necessarily deal with the mass killing that just happened is indeed a trap we should reject. the ban on bump stocks might have prevented las vegas but not charleston. the closing of the loophole, 72-hour loophole that permits purchasers to bye a gun if the background check has not been completed within 72 hours might not have prevented las vegas but it would have prevented charleston. dylan purchased a gun only because he was able to circumvent the background check as a result of that 72-hour loophole. the ban on certain kinds of high capacity magazines might not have prevented san bean dino -- san bernardino or orlando, but it would have helped to prevent sandy hook. we will never know whether any of these measures would prevent every one

faces huge expectations guiding his country through recovery from years of civil war and the recent ebola outbreak also coming up. crippled. on its way out in india in a win for women a parliament inches closer to stamping out this contentious islamic practice of saying of course three times to end a marriage and a syrian a wrestling champion it gets a second sporting chance says a refugee in egypt passing on his athletic knowledge to his fellow syrians in the country. it's a pleasure to be with you. liberia is poised to usher in its first democratic transfer of power in more than seven decades international soccer star turned politician george weah won a landslide victory in this west african. g.'s presidential runoff while a little while ago his opponent joseph conceded defeat liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africa's oldest modern republic and will be the first democratic transfer of power since nine hundred forty four. to the cheers of jubilant supporters liberia's new president weeps tears of joy. george weah has waited a long time for this moment after past elec

country was devastated by a fourteen year long civil war that ended in two thousand and three and the ebola outbreak that erupted back in two thousand and thirteen. to the cheers of jubilant supporters liberia's new president weeps tears of joy georgia has waited a long time for this moment after past election defeats this time he's won a landslide victory. supporters on the streets celebrate the triumph of the rags to riches candidate. because certainly the guardian is not a kid to own up to it because they're mandated to chew over as such in the reality presenter the author of the euro. has long been a familiar face to liberians born in a slum he shot to soccer stardom in the one nine hundred ninety s. playing for europe's top clubs since retiring he's been active in liberian politics for over a decade. in this year's election he stood as a candidate of change running against outgoing vice president joseph barak i. we as promises to fight corruption and boost the economy went down well with voters well enough to dispel concerns about his running mate jewel howard taylor the ex-wife of for

country's former communist regime in one nine hundred forty seven two health care workers contracted the ebola virus in sierra leone have filed a lawsuit against the government accusing it of mismanaging funds they also allege in adequate resources from the government led to their infection more than three thousand people have died from the virus in the country between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen. now to south africa where a potentially historic vote is set to take place delegates from the country's ruling a.n.c. party are gathering right now to elect a successor to president jacob zuma is shaping up to be a tight race one of the front runners is the ex-wife and form four former rather foreign minister. zuma she's a leftist who's vowed to improve prospects for the country's black majority she's up against deputy president zero rum opposed is a business friendly trade unionist and one of the wealthiest people on the continent the winner will likely be south africa's next president. for more on this we're joined by journalist philip divest from the mail and guardian ph

to help workers who contract to the ebola virus in sierra leone have filed a lawsuit against the government accusing it of mismanaging funds they also allege in adequate resources from the government led to their infection more than three thousand people died of the virus in sierra leone between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and sixteen. now to south africa where a potentially historic vote is set to take place the ruling a.n.c. party is gathering right now to elect a successor to president jacob zuma and the race is shaping up to be too close to call one of the front runners is due much ex-wife and foreign foreign minister. suma she's a leftist who has vowed to improve prospects for the country's black majority she's up against deputy president cyril run oppose out he's a business friendly trade unionist and one of the wealthiest people in africa the winner will likely be south africa's next president. for more on this joining us from johannesburg is journalist with the mail and guardian philip devitt philip it's good to see you it's a close race between the two potentially sp

if 90 people every day were piercing from ebola or contagious disease, even the flu there be an outrage and we would be clamoring to do something. here, the solutions none of them are is a panacea, none, single magic solution to this problem. the gun lobby when they say none will deal with the mass killing that just happened is indeed a trap we should retract. the ban on pump stock may have prevented las vegas but not charleston. the closing of the loophole that permits purchasers to buy a gun if the but background check has not been completed within 72 hours met night have prevented las vegas but it would have prevented charleston. dylan reported purchased a gun only because he was able to circumvent the background check as a result of that 72 hour loophole. the ban on certain kinds of magazines might not have prevented san bernadino or orlando, but it would have helped prevent sandy hook. we will never know if any of these measures would ever prevent everyone of the killings we fight, but each of them can save lives. if we save one life we will have saved the world. shame on congress

witht into west africa robert, we went in to the epicenter of the ebola epidemic. we were scared, it was scary. looks on theit outside like everything, it was scary. the fact that president obama oft 3000 troops into the eye the storm at the height of the epidemic and the crisis of fear was extraordinary. i learned later when i came back to this country, my son was worried. studentd later he was a in an international school in new york were all the parents were going to places like that cause. a group went into the school administrators and asked that he be kept home because of his mom going. luckily, they didn't listen. that gives you a sense of even the most international school in the city, they felt afraid of that. went right into the burning house and said we are going to deal with this there, we're not going to do it here. all of us were proud to be a part of seeing and a lead against the grain to that extent. i think the dog that is barking rightsn't now, these are difficult times climate would be one example of something that has been hard to watch these la

, so you have to bring ina batsman or ebola, so you have to bring in a spinner.a batsman or a bowler. if i wasjoe root, i would look for those two games in melbourne and sydney and try and go for a bit of difference and change. what has gone on has not worked, so they might as well use these last opportunities to bring in a couple of players. west ham midfielder manuel lanzini has been charged by the fa for diving during saturday's premier league match against stoke. west ham were awarded a penalty after lanzini fell to the ground, which led to them taking an early lead in their 3—0 win. he'll have until 6 o'clock tomorrow evening to respond to the charge of successful deception of a match official. burnley‘s james tarkowski has been charged with violent conduct following an off the ball incident with brighton's glenn murray. it took place during saturday's goalless draw and wasn't seen by any of the match officials, but was caught on video. he also has until 6 o'clock tomorrow to respond. rugby union and france's all—time leading scorer frederic michalak will re

ebola is unpop lay. dater people your own age in alabama is unpopular.y choices of wardrobe in middle school were unpopular. this tax bill is trash! say it with me, trevor, trash. >> trevor: yeah, but, roy, it makes sense, the bill gives rich people huge cuts and hurts average americans. at this h point, it seems like the only solution for the republicans is to rework the tax plan. >> no, no, dude, they don't have to rework anything, they're just selling it wrong. the problem is they're out here pretending the bill isn't for the rich. stop fronting, ball out. don't change the bill, change the message. >> trevor: what? >> part of the fun of being rich is being able to rub it in the poor person's dusty-assed face. ( laughter ) the republicans' whole attitude about the tax plan should be, hey, look, america, check this, we just signed paperwork, we about to be stunting on you broke bitches, we riding clean, flossing, getting in my private yet, all you broke ass middle class haters about to be sitting on struggle and if any of your punk ass democrats have an

. >> police believe the motive for the ebola al attack was robbery. >> i don't think the guy had a dime on him or cell phone. they beat him for nothing. >> then police initially said many as five teens participated until the attack. so far, no word if any more arrests cents are expected. but for now, live outside police headquarters, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," rahel, joe, back to you. >> all right, trang, thank you for those details. >>> candlelight vigil held for victim every deadly hit-and-run, police continue looking for a suspect. loved ones gathered last night at street road philmont avenue in trevose. poli memory. died last monday after being hit by pick-up truck on street road. her 18 year old boyfriend, will yam advance arsdale recovering from injuries he sustained in the hit-and-run. investigators say they've at least one person of interest in the case. >> cause of deadly apartment fire in gloucester township camden county remains under investigation this morning. that blaze killed a father and left his wife and ten year old daughter injured. now the flames broke out e

brought in 300-pound of italian chocolate to create that beauty, filled with cream ebola a, chocolate mouse, great way to celebrate 75 years. >> up next, we will show you how the zoo celebrated it polar bear's birthday. >> also have this. >> it is the season for work holiday parties, i'm nicky batiste in new york, we'll have he had quit tips to help you make the best [burke] abstract accident. seen ♪ video-it. covered it.c we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >> ♪ ginger not having a party. >> our producer brought up this, if a cow is lying down, it means it is going to rain. i don't know about rain, but i believe we're in for some precipitation after different sort. >> doesn't it just mean that they're tired, relaxing? >> she certainly looks like she is relaxing. she is so chill. >> look at ginninger. >> not camera shy at all. >> sure you don't want to escape, run away. >> katie, don't even plant those seeds. >> well, also having a party at the philadelphia zoo for a record holder. >> the oldest polar bear in captiv

as the person though sometimes it's multiple people of the year as it was the year they picked the ebolaers. it has revealed a bit of a short list. despite public back and forth last month president trump is on that short list of 10 people. also included colin kaepernick the #me too movement, special counsel robert mueller and dreamers or undocumented immigrants who arrived here in the u.s. when they were children. now they want to remind you the designation goes to the person who has affected the news the most for better or worse. this is not necessarily an award because you did the most good. it means you affected the most headlines in the past year or just how people like hitler have been named. jimmy kimmel's infant son billy underwent a scheduled and successful heart surgery according to doctors. a spokesperson for the jimmy kimmel live show made the announcement yesterday. the abc late night host announced in may that his son had been born with a heart defect that required emergency surgery right away and as with now, additional procedures over time. >>> matt. >> good to hear that

function style research could be vital in finding a cure to some of the most diabolical viruses like ebola or bird flu but many like harvard epidemiology just mark lipsitz warned that these studies have done almost nothing to improve our preparedness for pandemics yet they risked risk creating an accidental. just in time for the holidays so trust me when i say it's time to start watching the hawks. it looks like. it's like. at the bottom if you. like you know that i got. this. week. well the one the hard science i wrote the. song. so money and pathogens is the top of the day to day top hot topic of the day today a little unsettling a little unsettling he would just like get out of the way this is how you get somebody. something. here you watch every zombie movie it start we were just trying to say no you aren't no you aren't that's always happening to put out. the walking dead people how this happened was actually you thanks to the bird flu there was a breakout of the bird flu back in seventy seven because one of the labs that was story and called you know in cold storage actually they sai

her 14 years in office brought peace and stability, but poverty and corruption and the ebola dimock dashedopes that brought her to power. her vice president was the face of continuity in the runoff election. but it was george weah's promise of change that won the day. although for many, the country's first peaceful democratic change of power since 1944 was cause enough for celebration. ♪ >> reporter: george weah's vice president will be his running mate, charles taylor's ex-wife to celebrate alongside him. weah has yet to show whether his relative political experience can be overcome. but for his supporters, the very fact of his victory provides change enough and much needed hope for the future. melissa bell, cnn, london. >> melissa, thank you. >>> as we prepare to ring in the new year, well, maybe you're wishing for a quieter 2018. that's understandable. this past year has brought an avalanche of headlines. cnn's phil black recounts some of the stories for 2017 one for the record books. >> reporter: terrorism, conflict, natural disasters, 2017 was a turbulent year. dominated by politics,

you would need to make sure it is built into a program for public health emergencies like zika, ebola, or the countermeasures development programs. sen. cassidy: this may be something to encourage that you monitor. i, if i say white house, they think pennsylvania avenue, sheldon and i put forward something for health i.t. my physician colleagues are retiring at age 55 because they are sick of electronic medical records and the dampening on their ability to interact as well as their productivity. includedh i.t. act was , supposedly it is progressing well, any thoughts about that and how we can ensure that health i.t. becomes an enabler of patient physician relationships? mr. azar: i need to be careful here because my father may jump to the table and start telling you about all the problems you are talking about. i think when secretary leavitt was secretary and we went down the journey on health i.t., he was adamant. electrification of health records without interoperability is not useful. that is just moving files to a different place. i'm afraid we've done a bit of that. we've electri

and you ebola owl of the toilets, put toilets all over the house, start at two usually done by two and a half a sort of process don't wear too many deeper. >> so it takes six months, so these people are out of luck? >> well they should have started, no pressure, because if you are give your child pressure then it leads to anxiety, bed wetting all kinds of issues. >> i'm the say way as an adult, if i feel pressure, i can't poop. you ever go into like in a public facility? i have a hard time pooping in public. >> you prefer to be at local? >> not in public, but i prefer to be -- >> serial pooper going around? >> that was in kansas city missouri. >> yes. >> she would jog then stop and poop in people's yards. >> and it was very upset ago to a lot of folks. >> i believe they did nail her. >> my kids don't poop until they come home from school. everybody runs in all use all of the bathrooms. >> i agree. >> the whole day. >> i will wait, order uber after the show go out there and wait to get home. i call it the home porcelain. you want to go to the home. >> i thought you went to the hotel up

. >> there are few vendors that accept bit coin in exchange for physical good such as ebola french onionot of people will say what is it. a lot of people haven't heard of it. as long as you can find some of the l2 is willing to accept bit coin in exchange as payment, yes, you can use it to exchange it for real good. >> even bit coin experts say they are not sure they will ever come. it's just too early to tell. the people who are jumping on the bit coin bandwagon are investors. >> the reason, the value is soaring. on thursday, the value rose 40% in 40 hours. it's year-to-date gain is 15 100%. for the investment community, bit coin is becoming mainstream. >> starting on sunday the chicago board of exchange will offer it. the nasdaq in the first half of 2018. as for wall street, there is a mixed reaction. morgan stanley will wait and see. goldman sachs will trade on a case-by-case basis. jj.p. morgan chase says it is a fraud and he will fire anyone who trades it. >> protesting present trumps announcement recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. the timing of this decision actually but th

all four who went to emery survived an ebola infection. that type of partnership is what we're going to have to do for the avian flu in the future and many other things. i want your commitment you will continue to advocate for cdc and its funding and ability for the challenges of the 20th century. we don't yet know what they are but the solution will align our ability to be prepared when they come. >> senator, the cdc and its leadership and career staff are the envy of the world and i share that view. >> and they have saved a lot of lives. >> amen. >> and prevents so many tragedies from happening it's just unbelievable. >> have indeed. >> what they've done. last, this may seem to be a silly question, i was a salesman all my life, was on a commission income all my life. the medical loss ratio in the affordable care act includes the cost of a sales commission as part of the medical loss-ratio formula. which in effect put most people who sold health insurance to individuals who bought in the market out of business. because the commission they

remember, in 2014, ebola was front and center in the final weeks of the campaign.ry time i'm talking to strategists, they're saying, you know, be cautious about what we're seeing now. who knows what will happen then. >> all right, caitlin, molly, margaret, thank you so much for being with us. >>> we have some breaking news out of suffolk, two hours northeast of london. some sort of security incident. this is significant for a number of reasons. also, it's largely used as a u.s. air force base. we'll have much more on that, ahead. jewelry that tells her fshe's the best thing. that's ever happened to you. in a way that goes beyond words. it could be a piece jewelry designers created just for jared. or a piece we custom made just for you. because we're more than a store that sells beautiful jewelry. we are jewelers. the one, unique gift that tells her exactly how you feel. that's why he went to jared. another day of work. why do you do it? it's not just a pay check, you actually like what you do. even love it. and today, you can do things you never could before. ♪ ♪ y

will be for every other thing that you want government to do, whether it's responding to a potential ebola outbreak or dealing with north korea nuclear threats and floods and fires and emergencies in california right now. we see horrible fires. all those things you need government to do are being squeezed out by the big check writing company that's right across the street there that just writes checks to individuals. host: let's turn to the front page of "the washington post," senate race in alabama and this piece focuses on the impact it would have on the economy of alabama if roy moore wins. what's going to happen on tuesday? ruth: do i like like -- do i look like carnac the magnificent? i haven't been to downtown alabama. that would be fun. my guess is roy moore wins. and the reason that's a guess is i suspect there are a lot of people who are more voters who are reluctant to tell pollsters there are more voters because there's a certain potential -- or should be a social stigma attached to it or that they're more inclined to hang up on pollsters who call them or try to reach them. alab

. >> police believe the motive for the ebola al attack was robbery. >> i don't even think the man had a dime on him or cell phone. so they beat him for nothing. >> and police initially said that as many as five teenagers participated in this attack. so far no word if any more arrests are expected. but for now, live outside police headquarters, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," joe rahel, back to you. >> trang thank you. >> in trevose bucks county candlelight vigil head for the victim every deadly hit-and-run as police continue to look for the driver. loved ones every jessica kurtz gathered last night to release balloons in her memory. the 19 year old was killed last monday after being hit by a pick-up truck along street road. her 18 year old boyfriends, william van arsdale continues to recover from injuries, he sustained in the hit-and-run. investigators say, they have at least one person of interest in the case. >> the cause every deadly apartment fire in gloucester township camden county remains under investigation this morning. father was killed, his wife and daughter injured. th

we are not dealing with ebola. we're dealing with decisions made by people working in your agency and others in terms of the volume of production in america that has led to this epidemic and the abuse of that production and distribution by doctors and pharmacies and others and our failure to respond adequately. that's why we're sitting here today. senator grassley: senator cruz. senator cruz: thank you, mr. chairman. ms. ashley, thank you for being here and testifying. i want to follow up on some of the questions that senator kennedy asked you. you're here testifying on behalf of d.e.a. did the d.e.a. as an agency take a position when this legislation was pending before congress? ms. ashley: again, i hate repeating myself. i was not present during those conversations but it was my knowledge that concern was expressed the entire time. senator cruz: ok, your personal knowledge -- you're testifying on behalf of an agency. ms. ashley: yes, sir. senator cruz: presumably somebody at the d.e.a. knows whether the d.e.a. to

i wasn't so sure about the ebola crisis breaking out in alaska but i thought after deportations had begun this was a real issue because what i realize what i thought about it i realized i had a responsibility in this. while not even thinking about it i outsource my capacity of trust. when two-thirds of americans are using facebook as their source of news they have outsourced their capacity to trust in the algorithm and what's interesting to me is that we are quick to blame the platform. the platform are only a mirror of our behaviors of what the community does. what i've seen is when we don't like what we see we blame the mirror. i'm not saying these tech companies, like i'm very hard at them -- hard on them. facebook if you look at the volume it's the scale of the problem that is so huge. 1.3 million posts every single minute. do you know how many community moderators they have? it was 4.5000 when i made this. they have 7.5 million moderators. that means there is one moderator for 466,000 users. think what is happening is a bigger trend and the new institutions of the world, they have to

carries a this bomb gun inside were a shot of uranium is thrown into ebola uranium. but the one problem they have was they didn't know how much uranium they needed in each end of this device. so, otto went out into the canyon and created this guillotine device. you could change the size of the plug and another set of washers were he to change the size of the ball and then he would drop the washers with his guillotine and they would pass through the evolve for a couple of seconds and create a very split-second .f super cut we were trying to come as close as we could to an atomic explosion without blowing ourselves up. i want you to notice what this bomb looks like, here comes the plutonium bomb which looks like that. there is quite a difference here between those two and that is when the physicist at los alamos first theoretical put together the idea for the plutonium bomb, they have the concept that the plutonium coming-out of hanford, washington would be extremely pure and it was not that your. what they needed to do was to figure out how to compress it from the siz

knew the one in the middle about the post endorsing trump was fake and i wasn't showed sure about the ebola crisis baking out in atlanta, but i thought the boston globe runs real. i thought after the immigration ban and this is a real issue because what i realize when i thought about, i was angry at facebook, but i realized i had responsibility in this because without even thinking about it i had outsourced my capacity to trust to an algorithm and so went two thirds of americans are using facebook as their source of news, they have outsourced their capacity to trust an algorithm and what's interesting to me is that we are quick to blame. the platform is only a mirror of all of our behaviors of what the community does and what i have seen is when we don't like what we see we blame the mirror. not saying these tech companies like i'm hard on them and i think they should be more accountable and what's interesting about facebook is if you look at the volume, so we post 4000 photos every second, 1.3 million post every single minute or two do you know how many community moderators they have? it w

strategically as we should and i hear you very clearly with the lack of resources will rehab of less like the ebola crisis there is a temporary spike of funding the neck gets in the way until the next crisis but this has been an ongoing crisis for more than a generation. one thing that occurred is that intellectual property violations. one of the reasons we have to depend on foreign -- for venture-capital if you have a really good intention then it is pirated in other countries you don't have that investment capital. do you see that as an important area to be a much smaller problem with an increase of venture capital available simply because we do not have our inventions rip-off on offshore? there was 150 billion chinese investment into start-ups. that is probably small compared to the amount of software that is stolen for example, in china every few years. we have to keep our eyes on that very strongly. also thanks for having the hearing it is a big deal. >> has you yield back things to the witnesses for their testimony today it was very educational illuminating for the members we will continue to

if 90 people every day were perishing from ebola or some contagious disease, even the flu, there would be an outcroix, an out-- outcry, an outrage, and we would be clamoring to do something. here the solutions are self-evident. none of them is a panacea. none a single magic solution to this problem. and the trap raised by the gun lobby that none will necessarily deal with the mass killing that just happened is indeed a trap we should reject. the ban on bump stocks might have prevented las vegas but not charleston. the closing of the loophole, 72-hour loophole that permits purchasers to bye a gun if the background check has not been completed within 72 hours might not have prevented las vegas but it would have prevented charleston. dylan purchased a gun only because he was able to circumvent the background check as a result of that 72-hour loophole. the ban on certain kinds of high capacity magazines might not have prevented san bean dino -- san bernardino or orlando, but it would have helped to prevent sandy hook. we will never know whether any of these measures would prevent every one

clapper in the white house situation room discussing north korea, ebola outbreaks, chemical weapons, and a gamut of national security issues. in the format of the principal committee meeting chaired by ambassador susan rice, and i was on the back bench. he was at the table. everye of you know, principals committee meeting begins with an intelligence of the. -- update. a ritualmost like prayer. mr. clapper went in town the latest update on whatever hard problem on the table that day. it has been my pleasure over my entire career to work with talented members of the intelligence community, and in particular to work with people who directly worked with mr. clapper in my last tour. i speak for not only myself, but in the of professionals intelligence, in protecting the integrity of humanity, which he led his -- the intelligence community from his role. he personifies the term leader. it is a special honor to be able to introduce you tonight. the other thing that shows the humility of that is i did a little bit of surveying some of his former teammates, and they said a favorite saying of

you don't have the ebola.do and i a laundry and dishes and dealing with the kids. >> there it is. the women laugh. >> we so can relate. you know, we're like, yeah. i know that feels awful. i have had it for three weeks. >> mr. roker, being the resident male. >> yeah. i'm going -- my dad, you know, i remember one time him getting sick. and he just kind of sucked it up. >> it is this generation. >> i'm older than your husbands. but -- >> let's name names. does brian have the man flu? >> brian hurt his thumb the other way. he walked to the door limping. >> come on. really? >> he called me heartless because i have no sympathy. >> we know that the men aren't just being wimpy. they are hurting more than we are. >> there is a scientific reason for man spread. how about let's start out with dwayne johnson. he and his girlfriend had an announcement to make. he let his daughter do the honors. writing in part, it's a girl. we're boundlessly grateful as this spring will welcome our second baby. and jazzy is excited to bos

when we have some big mess like the ebola crisis or so on, there's a temporary spike in funding and getsaten away until the next thing becomes a crisis. this has been an ongoing crisis more than a generation. one thing that occurred in some of your testimony was reference to intellectual property violations and one of the reasons we depend on foreign capital for venture capital when you have a really good invention like microsoft word and find it gets pirated in other companies you don't have the follow-on investment capital. do you see this as an important area? this would be a smaller problem if there was a huge increase in the amount of venture capital available simply because we didn't have our inventions ripped off offshore. there was a number of like 150 billion of chinese investment into startups. was that a number that occurred in one of your testimony? that is probably small compared to the amount of software that gets stolen, for example, in china every few years. i think we have to keep our eyes on that one very strongly. anyway, i just want to thank the chairman for having th

diseases like alzheimer's and flu and ebola know no borders. people throughout the world suffer from this disease and will be benefited from treatments and cures. we need to find the brightest minds everywhere to assist in this endeavor. as well as to identify populations with unique, environmental and genetic risks. the high quality research we do, doesn't happen oath in the united states. it happens elsewhere. in order to take advantage of these international situations, we need the best trained scientists with high ethical standards, with good data management capabilities, with laboratories capable of conducting the research that's absolutely essential. we facilitate building these partnerships, leading to capacity, building capacity to address the alzheimer's condition. these scientists are just being traininged today. nia is supporting the study in colombia of an extended family with the genetic mutation for if a mealial alzheimer's. this partnership began in the early 1990s when an american investigator ken kozak met a colombian physician

urbanization, climate change, globalization, and that leads to, as you know, e bowl, pandemics -- ebola, pandemics, you name it. we're in a mess. and the issue has got to be solved by both a combination of technology and science as good policy. so what i'm going to do is going to demonstrate to you some of what i believe are medical breakthroughs and technological breakthroughs in biotechnology, in engineering science and nanotechnology and data robotics, artificial intelligence. so if you think about the medical breakthroughs, every day you can read a newspaper, a journal article, you name it, about a breakthrough. but some of these are true breakthroughs. you think about genetic engineering. as we'll talk about, we're at the point where we can edit genes to treat disease. we generate medicine, the use of stem cells to regenerate new tissues and particularly in elderly and also in times of heart attack, stroke, etc. immune know therapy, the ability to galvanize your human system to fight cancer. precision medicine, being able to precisely predict who's likely to get disease and what tr

population with a larger discrepancy and also urbanization globalization and that leads to pandemics like ebola. so this is good policy. so i will demonstrate where those technological breakthroughs with engineering and nanotechnology of artificial intelligence. if you think of the medical breakthroughs with the journal articles so using the stem cells with new tissues in times of heart attack and galvanize your system to fight cancer. this is an amazing technique very simple technology but then see them you take in but also replace it of curing diseases. but not at the time of the embryo. but now to be treated for example 100 sans people have been treated the receptor of the hiv virus attacks the cell to kill it to make immune deficiency now it can be mutated so hiv can enter and guess what now in a way that enables you to treat hiv for a long time now it looks very promising that we can move that way and taking the cells from adults or a person with a genetic disease such as sickle cell and the bone marrow cells so the biggest challenge can you actually treat a genetic disease that the gamete

he even received a medal for his work helping tackle the ebola outbreak three years ago and his workith armed people with you 2a hours a day, you cannot go anywhere without it and that ta kes a go anywhere without it and that takes a little bit of getting used to. at the waist says shirley park school in croydon for belinda burns the day is also beginning. she is 110w the day is also beginning. she is now a trainee spanish teacher, but thatis now a trainee spanish teacher, but that is a far cry from her glittering past career. she spent decades working at the heart of government from everything working on the security at the olympics from being the uk's ambassador to cyprus. i spent 20 years in the foreign office which in london meant i was working in the ministry in whitehall advising the government ministers, number ten, about foreign affairs and foreign policy. i was out in the field working in embassies. herjob would often involve dealing with life and death decisions. the plane was taken hostage and diverted to cyprus and it contained several nationalities including british. at