democrats would hardly complain about merritt garland. how could they say anything bad about him and the fbi director? >> melissa: all right, chris. as entertaining as always, thank you. we are still awaiting the press briefing. leading experts desperately try to limit the damage with new reports of it spreading into asia. benjamin hall joins us live now with more from london. what has the global response been? >> global response from what is a global problem. governments across the world reaching out talking to their intelligence teams to try to stop this virus and the damage that it has been causing. what this malware does, it freezes computers. it offers to return access if the users pay $300 in bit coin. up to 200,000 computers in 150 countries have been affected in all continents targeting major institutions, banks, including rail way services and national health services. in britain, countless hospitals were hit by the malware, some forced to cancel or delay treatment to sick patients leaving many doctors unable to access file, pres