is doing to combat the deadly epidemic, i'm joined by nancy lindborg, assistant administrator at the united states agency for international development which has been heading up the government's response to this growing crisis nancy lindborg, thank you for joining us. again, how typical would you say that scene is that we just watched? >> i think that scene was unfortunately very typical, and what we're seeing is an unprecedented outbreak that is occurring across west africa, but particularly focused in countries that are only recently emerging from decades of civil war. so they had very fragile health systems to begin with. they also have practices that are enhancing the spread. you heard about the burial practices that involved touching the dead. so we are working on strategy across the u.s. government that involves u.s.a.i.d., center for disease control, dod, state department to work with the global community and countries on the ground to help stop the transmission, to expand treatment and to stand up greater capacity at the local level to do exactly what you saw be able to addre