troops, to monrovia, liberia. at that point, the ebola rep demic in liberia was raging out of control, and there were predictioned by the c.d.c., that by now in january, there would be at least half a million people infected by ebola if if continued at the rate it was on at that point. what i saw when i visited was our troops all over the country have made a dramatic difference. they have built high-quality labs and testing facilities. they've provided the logistics and support to reinforce and reassure volunteer doctors and nurses and missionaries from around the world, and the rate of new infections in liberia has dropped dramatically. there's also been real changes in social practices. every place i went, folkes were being checked for their temperature, washing their hands in a bleach solution. nobody was shake hands and most importantly, both safe and dignified burial practices were being put in place around the country. so i'm optimistic about the impact that we've been able to make in liberia and eager to ta

home safe in new jersey after five months in ebola-ravaged liberia. >> i'm happy that i'm alive. i feel really grateful. >> reporter: do you feel like you're home? >> there's a piece of home here. but i also feel really at home with my kids. >> i love you. >> i love you! >> reporter: her other home is a slum in liberia's capital where she ran ebola response teams. >> make sure they're taken care of. >> reporter: she saved so many, but not all. aware of the risk to her daughter, back in bernardsville, joanne prays. >> i believe you're safer wherever god wants you to be. >> reporter: how would you describe your daughter? >> a bubble of love. >> reporter: "time" magazine named her one of its persons of the year calling her a tornado of energy. so proud joanne stops strangers in the airport. >> one of my best friends was like let me put this in perspective for you. obama was the "time" person of the year. >> reporter: landing in new york she says she was pulled aside for more than two hours of questioning even though she'd spent nearly three weeks outside of liberia and had no sympto

but second, the money we are spending in liberia i'm saying we could spend more wisely. we could change our strategy and direction and i'll letter to the secretary of defense and briefing memo to the president both tomorrow to call for this change in strategy. we can spend this money more wisely and make sure we bet the job done. >> schieffer: you went at some risk, did you go through quarantine process? >> yes, i was -- i am being tested twice a day, i'm self monitoring, i'm checking my own temperature as long as you have no symptoms and no temperature you can't infect others i'm comfortable i'm fully complying with the cdc protocols. i also had very safe itinerary i didn't go in to any hospitals where there were ebola patients or wasn't directly in touch with any ebola patients. the real heroes are men and women, missionaries volunteers, our troops who have gone in and who have spent a lot of time caring for and supporting those who care for ebola victims. >> schieffer: thank you very much. i think americans appreciate what you have done here and we want to wish you th

. >>> next we go to liberia. at the height of the epidemic of ebola liberia was seeing 300 cases a week. the recent ebola outbreak sicken bed 21,000 people mostly in liberia, sierra leone and guinea killing over 8600. >>> we end in the guarantee state where new jersey governor chris christie took a giant leap in announcing his campaign for president. christ's pac came a month after jeb bush created his. no decision on christ running is expected until the spring. that's some of what's happening around the world. time to see what's trend on the webb. hermella. >> while india celebrates republic day in pakistan a war of words online. india's accusation in 1950, three years after independence from britain but the holiday is being overshadowed by the #rape day. india claims to be the largest democracy but failed to deal with the issue of sexual assault against women. #rape public day. indian women and want modi government to take action. cv says we trend #india with pakistan in turn pakistan trends rape public day on

nima elbagir has more on the crisis in liberia. >> reporter: some family fun in liberia. ♪ in spite ofear 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 family. families have been dying from ebola. for now i'm the only father for them. the sisters or the children, i'm the father for them now. >> reporter: father to little benneta and 22 other children of dead relatives all squeezed in here in abraham's one-bed home. he used to be a driver. every day he makes calls hoping to find work. but no one is hiring. finding food for himself and the children now in his care is a daily struggle. emos salbo is the head of a local aid organization. cnn followed him on one of his daily rounds. an orphan himself, he knows better than most what life is like for these children. >> we have no form of support. we have no international support but what we gather from our friends and our peers, we talk to some of them who have been able to give us hundred liberian dollars and some gave us 6 u.s. doll

why liberia's ban on burial victims has backfired. >>> in sports we look at how kenya is cracking down on illegal drug use among its athletes. >>> we have our news now. it's a tragic start to 2015 in china. at least 36 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede during new year's celebrations in shanghai. florence liu reports. >> reporter: a knife night of revelry turned kaychaotic. this is the scene. the injured lie on the ground run down in a stampede in the waterfront district in shanghai. it started just before midnight. police are still investigating the cause. >> translator: we were downstairs wanting to move up and those who were upstairs wanted to move down. so we were pushing down by the people coming from above. all those tries trying to move up fell down on the stairs. >> reporter: witnesses reported seeing coupons thrown into the crowd and looked like dollar bills. the pictures of the coupons appeared on social media. they have restored old buildings and narrow streets. a new year's eve laser display was planned here. the one in 2013 attracted 300,000 people. a

special envoy is just back from liberia, one of the hottest hit countries.e says there are now more beds and treatment facilities available to help the sick. >> the result is we are seeing the beginnings of the outbreaks slowing down. >> reporter: in total last year during the worst days of the epidemic u.n. health officials say there were 60 to 80 new ebola cases every day. as of january 12th in liberia, just ten confirmed cases in the entire country, according to the deputy health minister there. guinea and sierra leone saw the fewest cases since august. >> it's an incredible drop. >> reporter: the virus claimed more than 8400 lives and infected 21,000 people since it was first detected last march making it the worst ebola epidemic on record. now he says a possible end to the epidemic is within reach. >> we will gradually see the number of cases reach zero stay at zero and then the outbreak will be finished. >> reporter: when will that be? he won't make a prediction. liberia says the country could be free of the virus by the end of february. linda kincaid,

ist my research mostly focussed on liberia. as much as they tried to follow the outbrable, the quantity of information was so scattered and difficult to stay on top of. it was important to concentrate efforts in the place that we could. >> go ahead, i'm sorry. >> we want to be as helpful as possible. at the time we started we saw the greatest risk transmission was in liberia. we concentrated there and hope to move to understanding what happened in the other countries as well. >> when you talk about understanding, going forward, what are the takeaways that the international community can learn from this? >> so one take away is we need to monitor emerging infectious diseases. we need to improve systems for communicating what we have learnt. it's important with infectious diseases and the emerging outbreaks that we respond as rapidly as possible. in an epidemic the problem gets bigger faster than interventions can be ramped up. it's like the sooner you respond, the smaller the outbreak will be in the long run. >> that seems like a

but liberia infection rate has in fact slowed in recent weeks. schools there are due to open in february six months after they were closed to stop the pred of the spread of ebola. more people have died in this outbreak than all of the others combined. >>> russia's scientific prowess has declined, but now it's attempting to create its own silicon valley on the outskirts of moscow. rory challenge reports. >> has international clients too. their innovation says the technical director is that their drones can almost fly themselves. >> our drones have much smarter algorithms which give the drone more stability to understand how to struggle with the high winds or to fly between the mountains or trees. >> said says being based at skullkovik has many advantages. the whole point of skullkovo it's about building an ideas based economy here, taking russian innovation and selling it. the dream is for a sprawling sloven-style ecosystem of profitable tech firms startups and institutes. russia's entrepreneurial future. >> this is the benefit of russian governme

trish henwood left for liberia. when she came home in late november, she had to undergo a 21-day monitoring period just to confirm that she did not have symptoms of the virus, which she did not. >>> u.s. senator chris coons of delaware said the ebola situation is improving in liberia. he just returned from a trip to west africa at the end of december. senator coons said the u.s. troops dispatched to that region have made great improvements. he's now calling for a new strategy to help liberians take over the work started by those u.s. troops. >>> north korea is slamming the u.s. for imposing sanctions against several government officials in the wake of the sony cyber attack. a statement from north korea's foreign ministry accused of u.s. of stirring up hostility toward pyongyang. the u.s. imposed the sanctions on friday calling it an opening move in response to the hacking. north korea continues to deny any involvement. >>> it is 5:15. after a two-week vacation president obama is back in washington this morning and g

he became infected last august while delivering babies in liberia. he beat ebola in part because of plasma donated by another patient who survived through the use of an experimental drug. he and his wife have spent 20 years volunteering as missionaries in liberia. developing news from belgium were the army has been ordered into the streets as part of an air t -- antiterrorism sweep. the authorities say they broke up a plot to kill police officers. two terror suspects were killed in that raid. belgium authorities say that extreme is are using social media to recruit terrace. an airplane is under investigation after flying to new york with a gun in his carry on luggage. he accessed a secure area of the airport and bypassed tsa screening with is badge. that program has since been suspended. the rest comes a month after a gun smuggling scheme involving current and former airline employees. and a first look at spacex failed attempt at landing a rocket. it land out of hydraulic fluid moments after landing causing it to come up just short of lag barge platf

in liberia, burying the dead is considered a sacred tradition. body will be buried and not cremated. >> it's making it easier for us to collect bodies because the cremation was creating a tension between us -- when i say us the red cross and the communities because cremation is against our tradition, against our culture. >> the world health organization says the number of people infected by ebola in liberia, sierra leone and guinea has passed 20,000. the lie beer an government banned the burial of ebola victims to stop the spread of the virus. many families hid the bodies of their relatives and formed secret burials to avoid cremation. >> they go to pick up bodies and they know we will cremate their loved one and then, they began top expose themselves to the body because they want to have the red annuals practiced and with that the possibility of getting the disease were very possible. >> liberia has opened a national cemetery for victims of the ebola outbreak. burial rituals are banned. officials say the site in mon rove i can't will enable dign

rick sacra became infected while delivering babies in liberia. he spent 20 days at nebraska medical center in omaha before returning home ebola free to massachusetts. he spent less than five months in the u.s. before he began planning his return to the ebola infected country. he's going back to relieve his colleagues who have been working around the clock. he and his wife have spent two decades volunteering in liberia. "7 on your side" tonight to get answers of what a virginia woman calls an outrageous plumbing deal. she was charged hundreds of dollars for a repair that should have cost half as much. horace holmes is slushing out the facts. >> this was right before thanksgiving? >> this 79-year-old knew she had a mess on her hands when her basement toilet began to overflow. >> then he said what's leaking. >> down there at the bottom. >> i said are you crazy? >> she thought it was an emergency so she went to the yellow pages to look for a plummer and found plumbing and bath plus of fairfax. the plummer came and she says he told her he would charge

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and today liberia reports only five confirmed cases. the w.h.o.s the current number of infected across the region in the hundreds. >> the big question everyone is asking is this: have these people by affected countries and international community turned the tide? the data tells us we have bent the kufb and avoided the worse-case scenario. >> how, what made sa difference? one thing that helped, sphere. -- fear. >> when i arrived there was a panic. it led to health-seeking changes of behaviour. care. >> reporter: people began to let the health workers help, bury their own dead carefully. differently. >> in liberia, i have been here since august, and have not shaken a hand since i got here. >> reporter: outside help was welcomed. the u.s. pledged many millions for state of the art ebola facilities. they are now empty. the u.s. forces tasked to set home. >> even one or two cases can spark a rebound of an outbreak. i don't think it was wasted money at all to put a lot of effort there for preparedness and to be able to respond. >> the national newts of

the majority of cases have been in liberia and guinea, with a handful of infections elsewhere. the worst affected has been sierra leone, there were over 700 cases in one week. now the latest figures show 117 cases reported. that is a big drop, but it is high compared to liberia, which has only eight cases in seven days. hundreds of millions of pounds have been poured into dealing with this outbreak. dozens of treatment centers, like this facility, have helped save many lives. but he is community understanding the virus better. we visited one event last year where people were told how to identify ebola and how to stop it spreading. >> if people get comfortable or complacent, it risks to play back up again. that is entirely possible. we are in an charted territory. it is not the time to draw up. >> schools reopening guinea with health checks in place. it is a small but significant step on the road to recovery. >> ebola was one of the many topics i dressed in a discussion with bill and melinda gates. their foundation has released a letter saying the lives of poor people around the

predicated on the fact that nothing was done and that we were at the state we were especially in liberiaknow, several, several months ago. so now i think what we've seen is because of the strength and the speed of the response, you know and the big push that occurred, i think that we hopefully have turned a corner and passed the worst and now really kneed to focus on finishing the job there. >> brown: there were stories in "the washington post" about the u.s. treatment centers built by the u.s. that are mostly empty. is it too late and they did their job and things have turned the corner? >> i think they did their job. to address this outbreak, we need to hit it hard and fast and that's what we did. international medical corporation was one of the actsies and we responded as quickly and aggressively as we can and stemmed the tide of the outbreak. >> brown: what about in liberia itself, the foft, the uponlation, to the extent things are better do we know why? did they respond well and learn what was happening? >> definitely. i think the community and local involvement is key to addressing

now, they worry about ebola and the relatives left in liberia. here, abraham can fulfill the great family hope. >> in order proper and succeed- -prosper and succeed, and be somebody this life, you have to be educated. >> reporter: at head royce, he is a peer counselor, helping the freshman here adjust. >> they hear hipps story and like your heart brakes. but when you--breaks--hear his story, and like your heart brakes. >> i could have been dead or whatever, but i didn't. there are a lot of positives and i think that is the drive in me to see the good in life. >> well he wants to help people, maybe neuro science but he will need support to get through college. to help students like abraham, go to www.kpix.com. >>> we will be right back. >>> welcome back. it is just about 7:30 a.m. on this saturday morning. good morning. i am mark kell. >> and i am anne--i am mark kelly. >> and i am anne. i hope you saturday is off to a nice start. >>> yes, now a live shot of the golden gate bridge this morning, it is mostly cloudy. we do have some morning fog out

organization says cases in new guinea and liberia are at the lowest levelce august. the death rate for hospitalized patients in african countries is right about 60%. and american health care worker who was exposed to ebola in sierra leone has been released from a hospital in nebraska. doctors say the health worker was monitored for three weeks and did not develop the disease, the hospital has not identified the patient at the patient's request. now, we're not going to have this kind of weather here, are we? >> no. what's coming tomorrow is primarily rain. some mix of snow and sleet and if there's any accumulation of a couple inches it will be north and west of the metro area and a little higher elevations. monday morning, a little different story. a little clipper could bring snow to everywhere in the area here. >> wet because it's going to get white. >> that's the way it works. let's look at the army-navy country club in fairfax. look this morning, foggy with snow on the fairways. clear the skies a bit and let the sunshine even when it's cold. most areas have lost t

once of the worst affected countries is liberia, where the government has decided to allow safe burialsp cremations. more than a million children remain at of school. and their parents are worried. >> reporter: these men dig dozens of graves each day. their work has increased sinces the liberian government ended the policy of cremation for victims of ebola. it was unpopular among christians and muslims who prefer to bury their dead. >>> health workers say unsafe burials continue to be a significant source of infection, but people have resorted to secretly burying the dead. the increase in number of new infections slowed down but with over 20,000 reported cases, people are still dying. the world health organization latest statstistics show more than 8,000 people have died since the outbreak. in liberia, which has been one of the worst-affected countries, more than 3,000 people have been killed. and it's not just the dead and sick. every other aspect of life in the liberian capitol is affected. educators are warning that being out of school will impact children's learning, self-esteem and

he was delivering babies in liberia and isn't sure how he was affected.is now relieving colleagues working around the clock. >> we all thought this thing would be calmed down pretty quickly and it lasted a lot longer. we lost a lot more doctors, nurses you know friends, so in some ways it's a little heavier, actually than when i went in august. >> reporter: his family will be left worried while waiting at home. >> now he is immune and his risks are much less. so i think there is more of a confidence that he can help and there is work for him to do with a little less concern. >> reporter: as for why he's going back. >> he was already thinking about getting back when he was barely feeling better barely feeling better. it's where his heart has been i think the whole time. >> i just feel as though god, that god has opened a door for me to make a difference and i want to continue to do that. >> reporter: elizabeth coen cnn reporting. now, the ebola does appear to be slowing down. that's according to eun statistic u.n. statistics. doctors say the fight is not o

trish henwood left for liberia. when she came home this late november, she underwent a 21-damon or thing period to confirm that she did not have any symptoms of the virus. came to my house, we did direct active monitoring where i would check my temperature twice a day with them. >> dr. henwood has been spending time with her family before flying out this week. she will return home after she is in liberia in february. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> good sunday morning. fog is still all across the area. we're still dealing with a little bit of rain in spots, but everyone is seeing mild temperatures. we're going to be mild later on this afternoon as well, into the 60s in some spots. fog this morning. we've had it over the past few hours. mild today, into the low 60s and cold. we're talking temperatures in the 20s. here is a look at visibility down to a quarter mile in atlantic city. down to a mile in allentown. there it is the fog is out there this morning. take it slow on the roadways. we also have some we

trish henwood left for liberia. when she came home in late november, she had to be monitored for the required 21 days. she tells us witnessing the victims' will to survive during her first trip inspired her to return for this second mission. dr. henwood grew up in bala cynwyd wood and lives in melbourne and will be in west africa until early february. >>> u.s. senator chris coons of delaware said the ebola situation is improving in liberia. he just returned from a trip to west africa at the end of december. senator coons said the u.s. troops dispatched to the region have made great improvements. he is calling for a new strategy to help liberians take over the work started by u.s. troops. >>> well the holiday shopping sales are over but experts say you can still find some great bargains in january, if you have any patience and will left to shop. the study shows many electronics stores are getting their new products in soon. that means they need to sell off the old ones. also, "consumer reports" say january is a great

needs to make sure it stays under control in liberia.e's asked the president to help liberians take control of the infrastructure that the u.s. troops helped build there. >> still to come on "action news" tonight we're learning more about the young girl who was the only survivor of a plane crash with her familiar. her amazing story of survival coming up. >> ♪♪ hey, i lost my debit card. do you guys do instant replacement? (snap!) what just happened? check your wallet. no. ...no way. your debit card should arrive in 7-10 business days. it's time to bank human again. get debit cards on the spot, and no monthly fee checking with just a $100 minimum balance at td bank. america's most convenient bank. >> ♪♪ >> it is the first full week of the new year and u.s. automakers are celebrating a successful end to 2014. both gm and fiat chrysler saw double digit sales increases last month while ford saw a slight increase. experts say lower gas prices a stronger economy and easier access to car loans are bringing people back to show rooms. analysts pr

. >> in march of 2014, west africans in sierra leone, guinea, and liberia put on high alert.n to the workers. this disease is real. go out and carry the message. >> researchers believe the origin of this outbreak came from an infected fruit bat which some people in west africa consume. according to the world health organization, there is no specific treatment or vaccine. and the fatality rate can be up to 90%. >> it varies from patient to patient, but kit be quite severe the virus itself attacks the cells of the immune system, and disrupts the ability to work, as well as overall creating so much inflammation, that the immune system breaks down. >> the word's response was slow. calling for funding and especially medical staff increased. >> ebola is a difficult disease to catch. >> president obama called the epidemic a potential threat to global security. >> it is challenging the health systems are weak. because the outbreak is increasing so quickly the quicker we surge in a response, the quicker we blunt the number of cases the the risk to other parts of the world including th

trish henwood left for liberia. when she came home in late november, henwood underwent a 21-damon or thing period to confirm she did not have any symptoms of the virus. >> came back, i coordinated with the public health department in philadelphia, so they were aware of when i was returning, came to my house, and we did direct active monitoring where i would check my temperature twice a day with them. >> dr. henwood has been spending time with her family before flying out this week. she will return home in february. >>> next this little girl who lost both her legs offers an inspiring tale that you can do anything you put your mind to. >>> you might need the umbrella this morning. we are looking at rain falling across the area. also foggy. so just take it a little slower as you head out this morning. here's a live look outside. you can see the fog overlooking the buildings. we're going to talk more about the fog, the mild air, and a big cooldown for your workweek. that's all straight ahead. we thought our cable intern

rick sacra will leave for liberia on thursday. he says he wants to help his overworked colleagues. >> we must not rest until there are zero cases of ebola and we must not rest until the health system in liberia and west africa is strong enough to contain the next outbreak. >> dr. sacra is now immune to ebola, but he doesn't plan to work directly with patients while he's in liberia. >>> look at this. elephant on a rampage. this is video from thailand. an elephant started attacking a person's car while the driver was still inside. the elephant also climbed on top of the car and crushed the front hood. officials say the aggressive behavior could be because of stress from mating season. >> i'm going to let that one go and transition to the next story. >>> more bad news now for the new york clinic where joan rivers went into cardiac arrest. today the feds announced they're pulling the accreditation of yorkville endoscopy. that means they will no longer receive medicare or medicaid funding. last year rivers went into the clinic for a ro

next month she will reopen the girls academy in liberia. the academy aims to get dirl girls off the streets and into schools. >>> the time is 6:27. it is not a good day to be stuck outside in the bitter cold like our matt delucia. hey, matt sorry you pulled the short end of the straw. what's going on out there? >> reporter: i did, rosemary. it is dangerous and it certainly can be, if you stay outside for long periods of time. we'll tell you how we're trying to keep people safe this morning. >>> and a good idea to follow matt, the hat, gloves, heavy coat. you're going the need that this morning, especially if you're going to be outside for an extended period of time. it is cold and windy. there's that wind blowing that flag around. we're seeing winds anywhere from 20 miles per hour gusting up to 25 25. that's all straight ahead. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. stop living with

a woman praying in a church in liberia.oment of faith and perhaps a turning point, that country is raviged by ebola and sees just a handful of cases left and the government is asking the public to stay vigilant until the disease is completely wiped out. that's our broadcast, we thank you for watching i'm john "america tonight" is coming up next and we will see you back at 11:00 eastern. ♪ on "america tonight," who is watching you and why? with cameras on every corner of our lives "america tonight" we ask are they really there to make us safer or just targets for a government drag net. >> i would not think of another surveillance technology that had the potential to be as invasive. >> reporter: russians on the run. what's behind a surge of russian immigrants to the country and some americans believe they are exaggerating. >> having your head

liberia says schools will reopen there next month. more than a year health officials have struggled against the spread of the virus which infected more than 21,000 people and has killed more than 8400. the outbreak remains con sustain in three west african countries are yous being sierra leone liberia and guinea. containing the outbreak in west africa involved a coordinated effort and from help from the u.s. john is from the university of georgia i spoke tonight earlier today and asked him how this outbreak compared to others. >> so first is the coordination and organization of all the different ngos and governments and foreign governments and local governments. second the efforts of the people of west africa. the people of these countries have really pulled towing, taken ownership of managing the epidemic in their countries. that means people have been willing to seek treatment. they have been willing to allow for the bodies of their loved ones, which can be infectious if the person died from bowl, a they have allowed for them to hav

. >> reporter: the virus has shattered the economies of liberia, sierra leone and the governments plan in march to rebuild the economy. >> a lot of dollars will be needed roxanne appreciate it thank you. katie is with us the founder of more than me it's a charity that helps disadvantage advance of school children and four cases confirmed in liberia last week when you left the country a few weeks ago was there a real sense of hope that the country had actually turned the corner on the outbreak? >> yes, when i left we had just got the announcement that schools and the president announced that schools would be reopening and, yeah the numbers were significantly dropping and definitely people were hopeful. >> are you concerned about complacency? >> yeah i think that ebola started with one person. so obviously 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 fi

rick sacra announced he is returning to liberia.e caring for patients. he plan to spend nearly a month outside the camden of monrovia. >> my doctor has now cleared me for a full return to work and has said i'm well enough to return to liberia. the experts tell me i'm immune. i don't plan to test that. >> dr. sacra contracted ebola while treating patients for ebola last september. >>> u.s. stocks declient again today sentencing the two-week slide with the unabated drop in oil prices is driving investors' concerns. the price of oil dropped another 5% today to $46 a barrel. the slump means lower profits for energy companies and investors are worried the drop in oil will hurt fourth quarter earnings. the dow jones was down 96 points. that's about a half percent drop. >>> medical experts are pushing for more attempts to be vaccinated against the roto virus. and what's the difference between a.m. and p.m. cold medicine any way? today's health and wellness report. >> vaccination is less than 10% at some doctor's offices and the virus resul

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the outbreak remains contained in sierra leone, liberia and guinea and the end may be in sight. >> ido really anticipate that in much of the region we'll be there in a very short distance in the future. that's why the number of cases is coming down and will continue to come down. and we will before long see an end to this outbreak. >> the key statistic is the number of new infections reported every week. that number has dropped drastically from the height of the outbreak. liberia has seen ten confirmed cases so far this month. >>> pope francis spent his first full day in the philippines speaking out against poverty and inequality. his five-day visit will include the largest gathering of catholics ever. >> reporter: pope francis spent no time attacking politics during his visit in the philippines. he said that the country's leaders need to get serious about poverty and what he called scandalous inequality. >> the philippine president has waged an anti-corruption charge. away from the politics the popular devotion. thousands crammed around the cathedral to await the first mass of pope

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