>> well with, certainly in liberia, the american presence has made a difference. staggering capacity of the liberians themselves, the way they have organized, have made a difference and, indeed, that epidemic which was doom and gloom in september has plummeted. now, the danger is to get cocky and think, okay, it's all over, we can all go back to behaving exactly as we did before ebola emerged and, obviously, liberia made that mistake before in april thinking it had this small intrusion from guinea and that a it was over and everybody could go back to business as usual. of course, we know what happened after that. guinea, i have not been in guinea, but i can see that the data we have so far looks promising. that's a country where the president himself has equally engaged in fighting the epidemic. sierra leone is another story. >> woodruff: well, what about the challenges in sierra leone, based on what you saw? >> it's a really tough situation. physically, it's a very tough country -- mountainous, hilly, lots of mud -- very difficult simply to get around from place

thankfully it's decreasing in liberia. the work of the u.s. military, the world health organization, the cdc and volunteer groups such as doctors without borders. dr. siegel fills us in. >> we see kids that are suffering from ebola. they just don't feel well. they want to be touched, they want to be hugged. >> nurse marina novak from doctors without borders recently returned from sierra leone. >> when you're wearing the tpe, they reach for you, and because there's always the risk that a child could knock off your goggles or tear through your protective equipment, you're unable to carry them. >> novak is one of thousands of care workers with the organization. they say one of the biggest challenges is ebola is a moving target. >> they need us here and elsewhere, and they're in different forms. >> doctors without borders has admitted more than 6,000 patients and shipped more than 1200 tons of equipment to fight the disease. but they say it is the coordination of services that is crucial. >> it's absolutely essential, in addition to the isolation

and the first trials have been kicked off a couple days ago in the knee and sierra leone and liberia which is going to be determining whether the antibodies in the person's plasma who is recovered will be protected. we have put together with the people in emily and nebraska and adapted trial designs to take a look at a couple of these therapeutics with the control being an enhanced care. in other words he intensive replenishment and fluid and electrolyte balance so it is in the placebo because it is different from the situation in which you are giving the vaccine. i will hand it over, 12 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. sorry for the glitch. >> thanks for the invitation. as you know, there's a long tradition of global health weather on the r&d side of things. or work on the other that scene. and different -- the different outbreak. it seems for the great and leading driving the community to participate taking part and the tragic situation. and the next few minutes, talked-about tweeting. talk about some key enablers, get incentivize to buy to set pay, and share some learni

liberia tries to contain the deadly virus. >> liberia remains one of the worst affected countries with more than 3000 deaths. the world health organization says the total number of deaths has reached over 7500. >> the affection rate has been declining, fear of contagion is so strong that the relatives of victims often become outcasts including the children. >> ebola crisis in liberia reached its peak in october, aid workers wore protective sees to remove the dead. 100 new cases were identified each day. there was a spreading sense of panic. this girl's mother died in the way to the hospital. nobody noticed her crying on the street except for one aid worker. he tells us that she was standing there all alone and nobody was looking after her. her mother had died. they could not say whether it was a bowler or not, they suspected it was, but the mother had died on her way to the hospital. the girl was still very small. they found the phone number of her grandmother. she did not respond to the calls. so, she took her to a special facility for children who have lost their parents to ebola. of

there are outbreaks going on in other parts of liberia.t the same time, in the western part of sierra leone, in the capital, the epidemic continues to worsen. it is the new epicenter. many expressed a concern that, terventions are put into place, it could become as bad as monroe p a was. was. monrovia what i did, every single day, day and night, was work with patients. i think there are a lot of important interventions going on that, combined, were very effective. what has to be done to stop the transmission? those efforts were successful. >> it is great to hear of a turnaround. we'll be watching. thank you for coming and sharing with us. >> i appreciated. -- appreciate it. >> it is amazing how many, despite the risk, are volunteering to work and west africa. hockey,tball and ice sports are coming under scrutiny for hits to the head. >> as a result of the actions in the ukraine, the russian economy is feeling the heat. moscow had to scrap a pipeline going through the ukraine and had to use turkey. >> it was time to set the seal between the

it will make stops in sierra leone and liberia. with supportive partners including unicef and the world food program. according to the latest estimates by the centers for disease control, liberia has the most deaths from ebola nearly 3500. guinea and sierra leone have combined about 4,000. is that brings the death toll to be 7600. the cdc and hospital scrambled to protect the public. robert ray looks back at the spread of ebola in 2014. >> reporter: described as dreadful and merciless ebola a deadly disease with no cure that has infected almost 20,000 people and killed nearly 8,000. >> this morning i am declaring the current outbreak of ebola virus disease a public health emergency of international concern. >> reporter: in march of 2014 west africans in sierra leone guinea and liberia were put on high alert. >> protect yourself. listen to the health care workers. believe it is real, go out and carry the message to wherever you are. >> researchers believe the origin of this outbreak came from an infected fruit bat which some people

pre outbreak liberia had a growth rate of 11%, cut to 3% for 2015.ierra leone's economy group funny percent and is now -- grew 20% and is now expected to contract. the world bank says the three countries look set to lose more than $2 billion in income. the world bank president jimmy yon kim is set to begin a visit to west africa and says the impact will grow more devastating. the organization has pledged $1 billion in financing for the worst hit nations. >> now to syria, the latest death toll has risen to about 200,000. as winter moves in, the u.n. says many refugees could go hungry. the world food program is being forced to pull he military aid to 1.5 million refugees as it does not have money. the shortfall is due to several countries who have failed to honor their pledges to help. in addition to the war parts of syria are under threat from the islamic state group. the northern town of kobane has been under siege for two months. most of the population has fled but there are some determined to remain among the ruins of their homes. here's more from

if one looks at liberia, the united states has been heavily involved in liberia, the uk, sierra leone, but their have been a variety a variety of agencies involved that have put resources and. okay. here we go. this is where it started. can i start now? okay. these things happen in may. people were starting to get a little bit concerned. september and october my life changed and turned into an intern in medicine again. you are involved in a very intense situation. here is here is what we are seeing right now with the sierra leone case is essentially overtaking considerably the cases and liberia. i i mentioned the public health responses that were actually involved in keeping these things and the affected countries under control. everything everything really without looking at things like disease specific therapeutics and certainly not a vaccine. and i mentioned the united states getting involved with the construction, the department of defense playing a major role role when the president called in the department of defense and brought and the ability to do the engineering command and

we had the relationship with liberia. the british had the relationship with sierra leone, and the french with guinea. and so the three countries divided things up along historical routes. >> 2400 service members in west africa, and coming up in the middle of jan, they'll have to decide what they'll do. the options are to move another part of west africa, or pack up and go home. should u.s. boots stay on the ground in west africa? >> my presence would be that they would stay and move their of activity props more into sierra leone. there's a lot of do. they build things, they have provided logistical and managerial expertise. they are not taking care of patients directly. we need the management, coordination and the capacity to erect treatment centers. >> once the crisis is managed. we have to look back and find the successful vaccine, the fires trial showing promising results, isn't it? >> it is. early days still. doing a vaccine trial in west africa, problems are not ipp sure mountain. you have to give informed concept, e

liberia fared worse with only 23% of its cases isolated. guinea is the only country to meet the target, 99% of cases isolated. sierra leone and liberia have completely missed monday's target for safely burying 70% of their ebola dead. sierra leone just 27% of its burial teams trained and in place. liberia, 26%, guinea, though, has 83% of its teams trained and in place. that gives you an idea of what they are up against. >>> well, let's take a closer look at all of this now. we have been covering the ebola outbreak and in cnn london, what are the reasons, nima, with all of the emphasis on ebola and support from around the world that these countries still are missing these targets? >> reporter: well, i think firstly we should be clear while there's been a lot of conversation about this and a lot of emphasis, the support isn't really at the levels needed to make a dent in this and i think we're seeing that now can the numbers. this is a huge wake-up call for the international community because this deadline was supposed to be the first hurdle

liberia coordination of services with the help of the u.s.military, with the help of doctors without borders and the volunteer organizations we've talked about. they're stamping it out decreasing dramatically. sierra sierra 7,000 deaths. it's affecting other diseases there like malaria and heart disease, cancer, people are not getting their childhood vaccines. pregnant women are not getting taken care of. over here, i think the big problem was that we couldn't believe what our public officials were telling us. we saw one case and the next thing we knew two more nurses had it and people naturally, as they always do with emerging diseases, especially infectious ones said, i could be next. how do i know i won't be next? we went on tv and tried to talk about that and there was a lot of fear with that and what finally calmed the fears was what happened at bellevue hospital where dr. spencer was succe successfully taken care of and did not spread it to anyone. since then we had no more cases. the fear factor diminished. >> the fear, i think, a resu

it was just for the usaid and sierra leone, guinea and liberia, focus on liberia first, see how it goes with the rest of the thing and respond to usaid's efforts wherever they see fit. >> have you seen someone numbers of american troops in sierra leone or -- >> no. that would all be less than that, 2900 right now. because again the major efforts in liberia for the military will end here in december, january. is forced the usual logistics peace and engineering peace which is taking most of the people, okay? thank you. >> according to a rand corporation survey, reports of military sex assaults are up 8%. today defense secretary chuck hagel holds a briefing on the sexual assaults in the military. it's live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> according to a recent report mission by the labor department, millions of american workers are victims of wage violations and fraud. today, labor secretary tom perez discusses the minimum wage and enforcement of wage loss. you can see the event hosted by the center for american progress action fund live at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> and compton rece

officials said they found unreported cases, some in liberia. they also claimed a partial victory in their efforts to isolate 70% of ebola patients. they've achieved that goal in guinea and liberia but not yet in sierra lee yoin. they said they need more time and more international help. >>> representatives from about 190 governments have started discussions on ways to slow climate change. they've gathered in peru for a u.n. conference known as cop-20. delegates are to discuss a new framework to limit greenhouse gas emissions. the agreement will replace the kyoto protocol that expired in 2012. it is to go into effect in 2020 and include all member countries. >> translator: we have to make history at cop-20 in lima. >> representatives are expected to discuss whether to -- whether the reduction targets should be legally binding. they will also discuss whether they should include financial assistance for developing countries. the member countries will submit their targets as early as march. they hope to finalize the pact by the end of 2015. >> tran

the plague of ebola ravaging liberia. in the midst of this horror, a remarkable story of lives saved by this young woman. growing up in the poverty stricken town of kochthe liberia, she's been surrounded by disease and death. that's why she always wanted to make a difference to become a nurse. three years ago, fatu enrolled in nursing school. >> i don't like to see people suffer. and i really want to become a nurse now. we help people save the life of my fellow liberiians. >> reporter: fatu never imagined before graduating, she would have to battle a deadly epidemic beginning in july when her father was infected with ebola. >> he started to put on the symptoms. the vomiting, the stooling, the fever. so that was when we decided to take him to a town at the center. but when we went, they rejected him. we went to three facilities that night. >> reporter: three hospitals turned him away. >> yes. >> reporter: overwhelmed with gravely ill patients. finally, one hospital near their home admitted moses but fatu said no one was tr

my dad is from the ivory coast and i have family that's in liberia as well.o know that what i was doing was going to help people that i loved as well. >> time magazine just named ebola responders people of the year. how does that feel? >> very, very humbling. there are so many people out there right now, doctors, nurses various individuals who are contributing to this fight. >> do you feel like a hero? >> i wouldn't say hero but i'm very proud of what our team accomplished. >> reporter: game changers all. doctors, nurses americans, africans holding fear at bay. holding a virus back. >> you never know exactly what you're going to find until you step off that plane. and yet, no one flinched. they went out and they executed it perfectly. you should have seen the smiles on their faces when they came back. they were very proud of what they had done. >> reporter: for "this week," i'm dr. richard besser abc news, new york. >>> thanks to all of you for sharing part of your sunday with us today and all year long. before we go another big thank you. to everyone here be

liberia fared worse with 23% of its cases isolated. guinea is the only country to meet the target with 99% of case withes isolated. sierra leone and liberia have completely missed monday's target for safely burying 70% of their ebola dead. sierra leone has just 27% of its burial teams trained and in place. liberia has only 26%. guinea, though, has 83% of its teams trained and in place. in its latest numbers, the world health organization counts more than 16,000 confirmed or suspected cases of ebola in west africa. almost 7,000 have been fatal. the vast majority of these are in liberia, guinea and sierra leone. w.h.o. officials also confirm six deaths in mali but say the outbreaks in senegal and nigeria are officially over. >>> scientists say the first experimental trial of an ebola vaccine have led to good results. it has so far proven safe for humans. we spoke with the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. skblt proof of the pudding is going to be whether it actually works. that's next step. so sometim

the things we are doing in liberia. now in liberia by the end of the year a lot of that will start to be picked up by the civilian agencies so we will just have to continue to monitor that situation. it began usaid has assistance and response teams in each of those countries and as of today they have not requested that support. >> general rodrigues how you adjusted your mission out. given the fact that rates are coming down? how has it changed and what lessons learned if he had to do this again and sierra leone what would you do differently and finally to think u.s. personnel still need to be quarantined when they leave? >> i think as we look forward to another country and sierra leone those four things are what the committee believes are the things that are making a difference. outreach to people in the education and training of the people and the health care workers as well as the lab so those are the things that are the most important. of course the challenge to find and understand where there's a hotspot and move th

according to latest estimates, liberia has the most deaths from ebola, 3400. guinea and sierra leone has 4,000. 7600 is the number of deaths. it took months before the deadly disease made its way to the u.s. when it did c.d.c. and authorities scrambled to protect the public. we take a look back at ebola 2014. >> reporter: described as dreadful and merciless, ebola. a deadly disease infecting almost 20,000, killing nearly 8,000. >> this morning i'm declaring the current outbreak of ebola a public health emergency of international concern. >> reporter: in march 2014 west africans and sierra leone, guinea and liberia were put on high alert. >> protect yourself. listen to workers. believe it is real. go out and carry the message to wherever you are. >> researchers believe the origin of this outbreak came from an infected fruit bat which some consumed. according to the world health organisation there is no specific treatment or vaccine, and the fatality rate can be up to 90%. >> it varies from patient to patient, but can be severe. the virus itself attacks the cell

. >> when he went to a school in liberia, this is what this doctor expected to see. >> nothing in theedia told me that the school system in liberia was shut down since december. >> no parent wants to send their kid to a school where they get a disease and the teachers don't want to work there as well. >> david knows the problem all too well. education, an unlikely casualty of ebola. a form he were amazon executive and world reader has been giving africa the e-books he used to sell. >> there's a reason books never made it to kids in the developing world. a lot of it is economics. a lot of is it costs a lot to ship. >> but using his connections to bile the electronics version at a deep discount, he loads the kindles full of books and ships them to where they need them. >> while schools are closed, not every kid has an access to a kindle they can read world reader books on something else. >> the kids can still get access to the textbooks by reading them on cell phones. >> world reader has apps that run on the simplest phones that run in places like sierra and sierra lyonne. and liberia.

the capitol of liberia. there is a number of cases in the region.e is the area of big concern. and the aid unfortunately is in sufficient. >> jon: it's in sufficient. have governments, now the news media has less focus on it have you seen a drop in the type of funding that you need for that sort of thing? have governments abandoned the effort and it's left now to the ngos on the ground, is that what is happening? >> it's not exactly what is happening. it's what is happening is the aid is just now being effective on the ground. it has taken three months. it's been very very slow to deploy. the plan in the beginning of september is yesterday's plan. it does not coincide to today's news. not only is there still a need for additional response. the response as it was designed three months ago is no longer -- for example, at that time there was a huge need for additional beds and isolation units in monrovia, right. it's no longer the case. there are cases in monrovia of not enough beds. what is needed at the moment is a very flexible and agile -- to adapt

liberia is reporting dozens of new cases. authorities blame the flareup because people have been going in and out of the country and poor hygiene. health officials say 3,400 people have died from ebola in liberia the past year and 8,000 cases have been reported there. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. plus turning the tables on airlines for their high prices now you can cash in while you fly and we will show you three trucks on getting the most bang for your buck. >> tomorrow on espn you can watch stanford and maryland at levi stadium in santa clara starting at 7:00 p.m. all leading up to the national championship game on espn on january over a million californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. and, through covered california, y

it's been kicked out just a couple of days ago in new guinea and the s-sierra leone and liberia which will be determining whether p. antibodies in a person's plasma will be protected. we've put together with other people in every and nebraska a design to take a look at a couple of the therapeutics with the control on the enhanced care in other words the electric light of the lens so it isn't a placebo because it is different than a situation in which you are getting the vaccine. a positive >> thank you for the invitation. whether it is on the r&d side of things are the commitments to the vaccine but also on the manufacturing supply and we are happy to be part of this. congratulations for driving the community to participate in the tragic situation not only on the west african country's. what i thought i will talk about in the bucks next few minutes is the program and number two, but has been very important in helping us and others to rt

>> well, it's very possible that we are going to be going back to liberia. we're not quite sure when, but we are hoping that and there is the possibility that we will be returning, yes. >> if you do, take our cameras with you, ebola survivor nancy writebol joining us this morning from little rock. we are going to continue to follow the story and continue to follow one nancy for everything that you do. thanks for being with us this morning. >> coming up in two minutes from doha, more on the deadly suicide attack hitting a school in kabul. we are learning of at least one fatality. >> a conversation with a one time hacker for anonymous. he became an f.b.i. informant. that is tonight right here on aljazeera america. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> we invite you to have a great day and these are images of the day. the president and first lady handing out toys. >> part of the toys for tots program. >> have a great morning. we will see you back here thunderstorm morning at 7:00 a.m. don't skip a beat. >> thousand us attend the funeral of a palestinian mini

the number of cases is slowing in liberia. the spread is stable in new guinea but liberia is out of control in sierra leone. they ha > breaking news. dozens of quarry workers in kenya killed in an isis attack. owe figurs say they a.mmbushed workers while . the non-muslims were singled out and either shot or beheaded. at least 36 people died in the attack. eun? >>> thn is under way into the largest child safety seat recall. what you need to know to keep your child safe. >>> today is giving tuesday. how you can give back to your co a wintry mix is here. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking your hour-by-hour changes. time is >>> welcome back. gr graco's handling of a recall is under investigation. they are looking into the timeliness of reporting the problem. earlier 6 mil defective car seats. the problem involved buckles on child and infant car seats sticking in the latched position. that can create a potential life threatening risk during an emergency. they could face up to $35 million in civil penalties. >>> toda

missionary was flown from liberia to atlanta.es were confirmed in spain and senegal. >> nigeria, spain and senegal were declared free. number of places in liberia were going down. the disease was still spreading. current ebola outbreak has been the worst ever with 7,500 people. let's speak now to the journalist who recently visited. thank you very much for making it on the show. one year on from the first case. what is your impression of how the people of guinea have been affected by this. >> what i found is people bereft, hungry. they are angry, suspicious. how did he well this chrisible for the deadly incarnation. but most a sorrowful people i think. >> it's not just the loss of lives. it's also the economy, the livelihood of people that have been affected. >> you could tell it here. the entire village has become indebted because of ebola. people had a community chest. it had the egive lens in dollars. a lot of money where a poor village days. they grow coffee beans. but everybody had been affected. homes have been - it belonge

in liberia friern new cases were reported in december, a -- 49 new cases were reported in december. community health workers in monrovia have begun door to door campaigns to raise awareness about ebola. health minister has blamed the flareup on the number liberians traveling in and out of the country. >>> cameroon's air force has launched air strikes for first time against nigerian based boko haram. five separate villages and the military in northern tip of cameroon. explaining some of boko haram's recent movements. >> the latest attacks may be attempts by boko haram the try and infiltrate nigeria's neighbors as well cameroon, niger and chad. several attacks to seize and control some areas inside cameroon. it could also be a take back for cameroon's participation in the fight against boko haram in neercht nigeria. cameroon has contributed significantly in the international effort to dislodge boko haram in that part of the country, neercht nigeria. probably these attacks may be like a retaliation for cameroon's participation. perhaps boko haram is overly ambitious, perhaps countries

liberia and guinea have met that goal. but in sierra leone, about 500 new cases are reported each week. >>> a court has ruled that physical fatigue caused the death of a woman following the march 2011 disaster in northern japan. local government officials had refused a claim to that effect by her family. a lawyer said it's the first time a court has gone against such a decision. 85-year-old oyaka lived in se sendai. >> we survived in our car for three days. we had no water and no food. >> she and her common-law husband returned to the house. they lived there for about a month after the disaster. she needed nursing care. she and her husband decided against living in an evacuation site. she started running a temperature in april. she developed pneumonia. her condition worsened. she died in august. the presiding judge at sendai district court said the conditions worsened her conditions. that led to the physical and mental stress that caused her death. the judge ordered the local government to pay the family condolence money.

in liberia, more than 3,000 have been killed, while the number of new infections is going down.eople struggle to find much to celebrate. >> no, no, not celebrate, because of ebola. people are afraid, taking precaution. for me, i told my family and kids, i will not go out. i will stay home and watch movies all day. >> unlike liberia, the virus in sierra leone is still spreading. experts say restrictions on movement as well as the in flux of foreign medics and money will soon show results. al jazeera. >> pope francis has delivered his christmas day address in vatican city. tens of thousands gathered on st. peter's square to hear his message and blessing. he condemned the killings of minorities in iraq and syria by isil fighters and appealed for an end to conflict in africa. he urged dialogue between israelis and palestinians and condemned last week's attack by the taliban that killed 130 students in pakistan. >> 1.2 plan roman catholics of celebrating christmas around the world. it may not be the leading religion in communist china, but that's not to say it is christian holy day i

the united states has been heavily involved in liberia, the u.k. and the sierra leone, and there have been a variety of agencies involved, things like safe burials,etc. -- safe etc. here we go. so this is where it started. thank you. so it started here. in july things really got bad. in september and october my life changed and turned into medicine, which translates to getting no sleep when you are involved in a very intense situation. the november and december. here is what we are seeing right now with the sierra leone cases essentially overtaking considerably the cases in liberia. i mentioned the public health responses that were involved in keeping these things in the affected countries under control. everything without looking at things like ebola-specific there appear to ask and certainly not a vaccine, education, hygienic cactuses, a aggressive supportive care, i mentioned the united states getting involved with the construction of the bullet treatment units, the playing a of defense major role when the president brought in the ability to do

a decline in infection rates in liberia.hile over the last few months the united states has helped to rally the international community. we have mobilized more than $2 billion in commitments to this fight because this has truly be a global effort. but that money would not be there had it not been for the u.s. leadership. so our strategy is beginning to show results. we are seeing some progress. but the fight is not even close to being over. as long as this disease continues to rage in west africa, we could continue to see isolated cases here in america. in west africa, this remains the worst ebola epidemic in history by a long shot. and although we've made some progress in liberia, we still have work to do. we are seeing that we have still have a lot of work to do in guinea and it's actually been getting worse in sierra leone despite some good efforts from our british partners. this can still spread to other countries as we have seen in the country of mali. every hotspot is an ember that, if not contained, could become a new

some 3300 have died in liberia. 1600 deaths in guinea, 8 in nigeria, 6 in mali, and just one in the united states. former president george h.w. bush has been given a good prognosis by doctors, but he will be staying at the hospital as precaution. he was taken to the hospital tuesday evening after feeling short of breath. a family spokesman said today his condition is not as severe as the illness he experienced two years ago. >>> the use of gin sing to treat medical conditions is widespread especially in asia. the use is thought to be useful for treating everything from cancer to attention deficit disorder, and while some medical experts may not recognize its medical value, some farmers are taking advantage of its economic value. >> reporter: on the shaded mountains of appalachia, the autumn gold rush has begun. chris mills and his family have been digging up ginsing roots for nearly half a century. dodging copper head snakes in search of what some say is the most lucrative root in the state. >> they can stay in the

. >> liberia's president launches a drive against an ebola outbreak. a report on how people there have been coping. >>> zimbabwean president mugabe called a meeting to replace the secretary he sagged. he fired joyce maggura. let's go to our correspondent from zimbabwe. has this come as a surprise, given grace mugabe, robert's wife, campaigned, public campaign against mooujureujurmu. >> no, it hasn't. a big surprise that someone close to the president was accused of removing him, the former vice president joyce mugure u. he was meant to be here to address supporters, all his people are in the building. when he gets here he's expected to announce people or the body that will make the decision. also, of course, name his vice president who is expected to weigh in sooner, some time later today. right now they are waiting for him to arrive. no plaiption as to why he's late. any idea who might be named as the deputy? >> lots of people are speakulating, expecting is to be the justice minister, a long-time ally. people pelent him to be named the vice president.

. >> another was flaring up liberia's civil war had made the country extremely dangerous.y had a group of marines to evacuate all american safety. >> we ended upturning around going to liberia. we slam into liberia did a survey of the beach and grabbed the americans out so we missed the war that was there that was when i figured it was time to go to seal team 6. >> being a member of the seal team 6 is the ultimate goal of many navy seals. known as the warfare developing group they are the best of the best. the prefeshial tip of the fear becoming a member however is no eedz zee feat. >> to get into seal team 6 they are training navy seals to be a part of a no fail team. these are serious dudes. >> things heated up quickly with seal team 6 are pem unti -- wit them hunting down targets in iraq and afghanistan. >> probably 6, 7 nights a week that we would go out. that's where we learned how to fight. that's where we got as good as we did because we learned from the enemy. the enemy knew our tactics before we started fighting them in iraq. they used them against us. >> what wou

and we're seeing some improvement because of that in liberia. there is still a lot of work to be done. the outbreak will not end until we end it. and we, the united states and we the international community have to help our west african neighbors bring an end to this outbreak. >> well, i looked at some numbers, liberia as you noted sort of stabilizing there. sierra lee own it is growing. president warning that if we don't do something we will get it back here. i'm curious, how are you doing? are you physically fit? >> well, i'm physically well. i don't know if i would say i'm fit or not but i'm doing well, thank you.e >> any interest in going back or not? >> greta. there is a part of my heart that wants to be back there every day. but i'm trying to use my platform here to do as much good ascii for the people of west africa to be a voice for those who don't have a voice here. and hopefully some day i will get to go back to the work i was doing before. >> i'm sorry for what your family had to go through but it did put abjp spotlight on a very se

. >> he'd been exposed to ebola while in liberia.n to an epidemic of unprecedented proportions in the fers of its kind maneuver, two aid workers dr. kent brantly and nancy writebol were medevaced back to the united states from liberia. they survived. along with others thanks in mart to the selfless work of doctors and health care workers who literally put their own lives on the line. as 2014 comes to a close the world health organization tallies roughly 6,000 deaths among roughly 18,000 sick. the outbreak in west africa is far from early, but early stage vaccine trials are under way and they do look promising. >>> how many times over the years have i told you this? age is just a number. and, therefore, you're only as hold as you feel. well, now, there's finally some scientific research to back that up. hey what are you doing? i was thinking about taking this speed test from comcast business. oh yeah? if they can't give us faster internet or save us money, they'll give us 150 bucks. sounds like a win win. guys! faster internet? i have

over half of the reported deaths are in liberia. but the w.h.o. says the toll is likely far higher than the figures show in sierra leone. that country has an estimated fatality rate of 70%. >>> now to a story that just gets worse as the weeks go on. now at least 20 women say bill cosby, a man once known as america's favorite dad, sexually assaulted them. for the first time, a group of those women sat together face-to-face. >> five of them talked on monday night with cnn's don lemon and alisyn camerota. listen to how they felt when the comedian's face showed up on the studio monitors. >> i sort of expected that you would have the reaction that you did when we put the pictures of him up. and that was? >> revulsion, really. >> you try never to see bill cosby's pictures? >> right. i sort of go like this. i shut down my peripheral vision. >> you can't look at him, can you, barbara? >> well, we were -- we were comparing which pictures sparked that scratchy awful feeling. >> and which one does? >> for me? >> yeah. >> that one. >> why? >> because that was