monrovia what i did, every single day, day and night, was work with patients. 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 inter-reliance on oil energy. europe needed the gas. with brussels freezing the decided, vladimir putin he was out and did a new deal to pump the gas through turkey. >> the attitude of the european union towards the pipeline is negative. it did not help in any way to make this project happen. instead, they blocked i

there are cases in monrovia of not enough beds.ded at the moment is a very flexible and agile -- to adapt to the evolving nature of the evolving nature of the outbreak. >> jon: what i hear from you is you need more beds. >> we need a few more beds. what we have learned from the crisis it's not just one element of the response making a difference. it's the full package. you need isolation units and contract tracing, surveillance, education, insite burial. it's all of this. >> jon: you seem to learn any issue at any part of the world in a way we use to feel like oceans isolate us or western improvements isolate us, they don't. if we don't deal with the problems in areas they will rise up and cause issues all around the world. >> that's for sure. virus knows no boarders. >> jon: viruses and doctors, neither one. >> exactly. jon: very interesting. which one mutates faster, that's my question. [laughing] >> jon: what do you think about, we had some doctors here and nurses who -- i think courageously went to these areas with ebola to wor

they ran a medical clinic in monrovia. she is a nurse who counsels ebola patients and is a survivor herself so she is able to go into treatment centers and essentially give patients hope. she says, i got it i survived , it, you can survive it to, and the possibility of hope has enormous power. this is ella watson-stryker, a health educator who was on the ground from the very beginning in guinea and elsewhere, trying to educate the community as to how ebola spreads and get the word out, because you have to be able to keep people from infecting each other. this is an ambulance driver, he runs an ambulance team in monrovia. also a survivor he contracted it , in trying to save a little boy. he says he would give his blood to save other people, which he does because it confers a benefit. and finally, kent brantley, a doctor at the same hospital as jerry brown. he, too, contracted the disease and came to emory. >> thank you. back in a moment. stay with us. >> tonight a conversation with , walmart ceo doug mcmillon. walmart is th

. >> with the cost of food imports rise, business is slow at this market in monrovia.he price of garlic has increased from $5 to $8 u.s. dollars in 2 months. >> we buy it for $17 and sell it for $17.50. >> because of the price hikes, the ebola outbreak. the virus is crippling the economies of liberia guinea, and sierra leone. 42015 it is predicting negative growth for 2 of the west african nations. pre outbreak liberia had a growth rate of 11%, cut to 3% for 2015. sierra 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

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 like niger and cameroon. attacking the base of boko haram into cameroon this is not certain because up

including the capital monrovia, he beat robert surleaf. >>> while it's been one year since the firstvictim of the west african ebola outbreak died in guinea. i byin july nigeria confirmed its first ebola victim. cases were also confirmed in spain as well as senegal. nigeria some spain and senegal are free of ebola, the number are cases are going down but the disease is still spreading in western sierra leone. the worst ever, killing 7500 people worldwide. cala maleen has malone has the story. >> as the outbreak has continued to spread in three west african locations, it's left many children without parents. >> translator: these children have become orphans and can you see how poor they are. what i can do now is to help to the best of my abilities. >> reporter: part of the problem is the stigma attached to ebola. some of these children have relatives who could look after them but fear the disease even though the kids are healthy. this outbreak has been traced to a two-year-old in the guinane village. it has been traced to bats which many people eat here. >> people bereft, hungry, angr

while there is really intensive population numbers and people living side by side, f e freeton and monrovia where you have weak health care infrastructure, weak sanitation, you have shantytowns, very disorganized residential areas and it's just spread like wildfire and liberia was somewhere where people had been seeing quite encouraging signs. with the missing of this deadline and reports of outbreaks in the remote southeast people are starting to worry again, natalie. >> right, and even though, you know, the world responds as you say it's getting to the front lines that's what really matters here. meantime, though, there have been some promises with the search for a vaccinevaccine. what's the latest? >> reporter: this is good news. the first human trials have been with the new england journal of medicine called an unqualified success. so that is really a cause for optimism but, again, just to put that into con ticket for people would be looking at a vaccine online and glaxosmithkline said at the end of 2015 so we are still having to rely on the tried and tested measures which are the isola

. >> a question from former state senator from monrovia. >> is that montreux will for there?> it used to be. pat, i'm really concerned about the country and i'm concerned basically about the invasion from the south. my question is this. kind of off the subject but do you know of any other leader of any country that ever plotted planned and encouraged the invasion of their own country? [applause] >> i do believe one of the first responsibilities of any president of the united states is to secure the borders of individual states of the union. i regret to say that congress and both parties for the last 25 years failed to do that on our southern border. we have a hellish problem and that long-term peril i think to the unity and cohesion of our nation. 12 million or more people in the united states and i think unless we get control we are in peril of losing the country we all grew up in. this is not an issue as you know since i first launched my own political career that wasn't all that successful. but i'm very apprehensive about that and i think we have got to understand why beco

he'll spend four weeks outside monrovia where he's served for two decades.tractsed ebola back in august. doctors say he's immuned to the virus. dr. sacra is a faculty member at the university of massachusetts medical school. >>> we're getting a look at spectacular time lapsed video of a meteor shower over china. >> it lit up the sky over northeast china late sunday night. they were visible for an hour and a half about 10:00 sunday evening. at its peak, there were 120 meteors per hour. the meteor shower can usually be seen from december 4th to the 17th. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, we still have rain showers around the area right now. a little too mild for anything but rain. still tracking showers as we go through the rest of your evening, clearing overnight tonight. temperatures get colder to end out the week, not so much tomorrow afternoon but thursday and friday you'll notice a difference in those temperatures. then going into the weekend we're watching the chance for snow. this would be saturday night

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he'll spend a month at a clinic outside monrovia.wn home to the u.s., spent several weeks recovering in a nebraska hospital. he says he's immune to ebola which now has no vaccine. >> can employers refuse to hire somebody because he or she chooses to smoke? that's the question for debate in arizona county, pima county is paying $13 million a year to cover health care expenses of employees who smoke in response, leaders putting an end to anybody who uses nicotine, using tobacco products and vapes. those who use it could see insurance jump 30%. >>> next, happening now, dozens lining up hoping for help this holiday season. live to san francisco to show you. >>> enjoy that brief time of no rain while it's here. but it's coming back again. more rain brings more damage. trees toppling. hillsides crumbling now. a lot of concern on that front. two more storms headed this way. >>> it can make a tough commute. live look outside. this is the rain covering our own lens at golden gate bridge. mike's got a look at the commute. christina keeping tab

he returned the weekend after thanksgiving from a village three days' travel outside monrovia, liberia, where he trained local personnel on how to prevent the spread of the disease and also how to put on and take off protective gear properly. he's said he only had one contact with an ebola patient and his quarantine period for that is now over. he was asked to monitor for 21 days upon his return by the health department and he is doing that at his bay area home, where he feels he is of no risk to his wife and 2-year-old little girl anna. >> i can't deny that i hug my daughter, but i've also made sure to check my temperature many more than two times a day and had absolutely no symptoms, not even a runny nose, since i've been back at all. so i feel pretty good. >> he says that because he recognizes the difference between the actual medical risks, the scientific part, and what is the public perception of the risk, he says he will remain out of public spaces, like the train or movie theaters, until his monitoring period is completely over. luckily for him that ends december 19th, in time t

. >> reporter: outside in bustling monrovia, a poorly conceived attempt at quarantine. >> they've beenven days? >> yeah. >> 8 days. >> reporter: with fences bashed wire, even string. >> this is the line and the idea is that the germs will stay on that side of the line? >> yeah. >> there's no cure for ebola. the disease spreads through touching body fluids. care givers like family members, medical workers and those who bury the bodies are most at risk. >> i have to say that there are few things that i've done in medicine that are as nerve racking as going into this place. >> reporter: at the epicenter of the outbreak liberia, guinea, and sierra leone, heros have stepped in putting their own lives at risk to save others. >> you are first going to enter the suspect section and i will show you a few patients that are suspect. >> reporter: dr. jerry brown, a liberiaen surgeon took me inside where more than 60 patients were being treated. >> it's one of the most hopeful things i've seen here in liberia is the type of care and the way he dealt with the paeshlts. there's one patient in there w

this is october 10, monroe via -- monrovia, a woman has died of ebola. her sister is mourneing her.disease got into the city, they did not know how to contain it. >> is is still out of control? >> it is. it has dropped out of the headlines, but the total death toll according to the cdc is 7300 people. that horror is not over. number one photo, october 28. virginia. rocket that antaris exploded at 6:22. 15 seconds after liftoff. tom, this broke your heart. >> no, it was just a really interesting year for her not ask. the r ryan was a big success. this sobered everybody up. then you had the tragedy sir richard faced with the test pilots. it was a sporting year for anding men and women in air also unmanned vehicles as well. coming up, neil dutta will join us as the guest host. the american economy. all of a sudden, janet yellen has no slack to worry. this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ twittermorning, our question of the day -- there is no charge. ouroff today, the answer to twitter question. here is brendan greeley. >> trench power company admitting to making bribes and will pay 772 m

he is going back next month to monrovia. he said he feels great and is immune to the virus.e spent 20 years as a medical missionary working out of africa. >> parts of the northwest will deal with stormy weather in the coming days. nicole mitchell has more on that. >> we've had a very active pattern in the west coast recently, not the big storms like weaver seen, but you can see the next start to go approach. we currently have rain. that's one band. then another starts to push in, already some rain, pretty spotty for a lot of california, southern california getting the heavier stuff and more moved interior. the next one already approaching, so this time line is farther to the north, more washington oregon, northern california and also looking at probably tomorrow night into the day friday with all that moisture coming in. any little bit, the snow pack in the eera really over the last week has expanded dramatically, so these little bits of helping especially nor next years agriculture season. >> whatever helps, nicole mitchell, thank you. >> extending the bush dynasty, another

monrovia, it-- in was not under control. there were those who were pleading for international help and for help from the who and raising the told not to get too alarmist. legacy,ccept that as a we have to look at whether the who is fit for purpose. it is a real question here. why was the world not faster in responding to ebola? becauseg about it is it's not airborne. it is passed by touch. if you get hold of the cooker, you should be able to snuff out -- get hold of it more quickly, you should be able to snuff out the spread. to learnk we need lessons. what we need is a standing team of epidemiologist, if that's the right word, an expert to be flown into the country to assess how bad a problem is. chandler does a great job, but it does have some challenges. --is a regional organization how can i put it? is not the fastest moving. it does not function very well. we could spend the rest of our lives trying to fix the to berate show and not get very far. i think the answer is to figure who andrying to fix the not get very far.

. >> a question from former state senator from monrovia. >> is that montreux will for there? >> it used to be. pat, i'm really concerned about the country and i'm concerned basically about the invasion from the south. my question is this. kind of off the subject but do you know of any other leader of any country that ever plotted planned and encouraged the invasion of their own country? [applause] >> i do believe one of the first responsibilities of any president of the united states is to secure the borders of individual states of the union. i regret to say that congress and both parties for the last 25 years failed to do that on our southern border. we have a hellish problem and that long-term peril i think to the unity and cohesion of our nation. 12 million or more people in the united states and i think unless we get control we are in peril of losing the country we all grew up in. this is not an issue as you know since i first launched my own political career that wasn't all that successful. but i'm very apprehensive about that and i think we have got to understand why be

resume working as a medical missionary there and plans to spend four weeks at clinic out side of monrovia where he contracted ebola. he says he feels great and that doctors said he is now enecktively immune to ebola. amazing what he is doing. >> neighbors say it sounded like an explosion when part of a building came crashing down in portland. take a look because the surveillance camera captured it all from across the street. that massive portion of a wall crumbled during a wind storm last week. firefighters, though, say the rest of the building remains structurally sound. fortunately no one hurt there. >> and when two siblings fight who better to step in and break it all up than mom. that's what happened to two political pundits brad and dallas woodhouse arguing during a guest appearance on cspan when they get a call in from north carolina. >> you're right i'm from down south. >> god, it's mom. >> i'm your mother and i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving >> is there really your moth center >> it's my mom. >> i'm hoping you

he plans to spend four weeks at a clinic outside monrovia where he contracted ebb outside of august. sake rah says he feels great and that doctors have said he is now effectively into ebb. just incredible. >>> neighbors say it sounded like an explosion when part of a building came crashing down in portland, oregon. take a look at this surveillance camera captured all of this happening across the street from it. a massive portion of a parapet wall crumbled during a wind storm last week. firefighters say the building remains structurally sound. no one was hurt. >>> and when two siblings are fighting, who better to step in and break it up than mom? well that is actually what happened to two political pundits, brad and dallas woodhouse, who were arguing during a guest appearance on c-span when they got a call in from north carolinaful take a listen. >> you're right i'm from down south. >> oh, god, it's mom. >> and i'm your mother and i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. >> is this really your mother? >> it is my mom. >>