how do you prevent the pandemic from occurring? it seems to happen so quickly or could happen so quickly. >> yeah. no. and it just depends on the nature of the pandemic. yes, it is all about early detection and thinking about early detection it is like compounding interest. sort of the earlier you detect something, the more lives you save in the long run. just in the same way that compounding interest, you start saving early, you get more money at the end and this is basically -- this is what we're all about and whether it's sort of digital surveillance with digital tools, monitoring the movement of these viruses from animals to humans in 20 or some sites we work with around the world. our job is to catch these. we are obviously linked very closely with organizations like partners at cdc, usid and w.h.o. where we participate so the idea to try to trigger these but historically we have been very good or tried really hard at responding. the real question is can we move towards prediction like heart disease? that's where we're trying

how do you prevent the pandemic from occurring?ause it all seems to happen so quickly -- or could happen so quickly. >> yeah. no. and it just depends on the nature of the pandemic. so yes, it's all about early detection and so if you think about early detection, it is sort of like compounding interest. there's sort of the earlier you detect something, the more lives you save at -- in the long run. just in the same way that compounding interest you start saving early, you get more money at the end. this is basically -- this is what we're all about. and whether it is sort of digital surveillance using digital tools, whether it's monitoring the movement of these viruses from animals to humans in 20 or some sites we work with collaborators around the world, our job is to catch these. we're obviously linked very closely with organizations like our partners at cdc, usaid, organizations like the w.h.o. where we participate in the global outbreak alert and response network. so the idea is to try to trigger these. but historically we've bee

is there a problem in terms of pandemics or disease with eefting pork pine? >> we're not reallyconsumption. >> reporter: it's not eating it, but handling it? >> getting a bite, contact you have with raw animal meat. >> reporter: in this village, as one family was finishing a meat hooked up with lthis local hunter. he may find new viruses in addition to meat. you have to set a lot of traps to get a hit? >> in general, yes. >> reporter: junior lays traps throughout the forest. >> he steps on that stick -- >> that's right. >> reporter: it's grueling work. we've been walking for about an hour and a half. lots of traps, but so far, not one animal. and while this place may feel remote, wolfe is quick to point out that is not the case. when you see a logging road, what do you think about? >> i think about the potential for both animals, as well as humans with new viruses, to get to cities, cities where you have planes, boats. >> reporter: so things that happen in central africa don't stay here? >> you got it. >> reporter: whoa. junior finds only empty traps on this

pandemic or large scale attack?>> exactly. >> well, i think the point you make, the anthrax attacks of 2001 were in a comparative sense relatively small. it caused enormous dislocation. >> absolutely. >> and, of course, psychological fear throughout the country, and that's quite different from the kind of metro, in terms of subways, modeling that you've done. dr. lurie, what do you think of what the bipartisan senator said? >> well, one area is -- sorry, one area in which they recognize progress is in the area of communications. >> but -- >> i want to highlight that because bringing the public along and having them have confidence in what the government is doing to help mitigate the effects of such an attack is absolutely critical. >> how about communications during a crisis? >> communications during crisis, i think, has gotten orders of magnitude better. >> yeah. >> we have a lot of planning, preprepared work -- >> right. >> and mechanisms -- >> that's important. that's one of the things the committee learned most

in these boxes could be the viruses that start the next pandemic.arge that the money shouldn't be spent on diseases that might happen. with all of the viruses around the world, hiv, malaria, how can we possibly afford to look for a virus that never causes a disease? >> i think i would flip that question on its head. how can we not to? how would the world be different if we caught hiv a couple years earlier? and responded to it before it spread. >> the most concerning thing to me is less than 24 hours when i was in the jungles of cameroon, looking for the next big pandemic virus, i was in a baseball stadium in cooperstown, new york, watching my son play little league. and if i was infected with the next contagion, i could have spread it to 5,000 people from 22 states. >> and it goes quickly over the world. >> it tells us how connected we are and why it matters what's going on there. >> rich, thanks very much. you can see the whole report tonight on "nightline." >>> now, back outside to sam and the weather. >> hey, guys. we have everybody ready to be

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attacking pandemics in southern africa, for example, we ought to be working on that.e're in it for the long term. the 21st century will be the century in which the united states and china try to forge a relationship both economically and with security. that is sustainable. we have a lot of work yet to go. it will require the kind of leadership that understands in intimate detail how the chinese system operates. knows their players. knows their history. and i bring this to the table unlike anyone else in the race. i'm looking forward to using that to help my country. >> if you can control congress. >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >> right down here. >> i like what you said about india. i think it makes a lot of sense. you said looking at their population, but given the strained relationship between our country and pakistan, doesn't that have to provoke pakistan? >> of course it would provoke pakistan, and we have seen what they have done. they make certain diplomatic gestures to china to kind of counteract what we do. i think in the name of security in south asia,

that could have been a little bit larger, we would have gone from disaster, disaster, catastrophe, pandemic, a infrastructure destroyed, we were this close. and we kind of think, it was a little earthquake, it was a little hurricane. but they are out there. and we better have systems that are prepared for major textbooks to go out the window even though the training is important. the pieces of what happens locally is crucial to community resiliency. >> i would say that with an h-p, we feel that we have evolved and have developed this playbook, as i mentioned. disaster relief response playbook and emanuel to the degree that it has become fairly systematic. the roles that we play across the company, whether we are in communications, business, social innovation, i think we know what each of us can work together well. i have to say that where the gap is, if it was palo alto that was down, the rest of the organization would probably not know the play but that well. if you were to take a look at how we as the headquarters have learned to operate, we have got it down. but if we go down, i don't kn

is there something in peanuts increasing like an allergen causing this pandemic? people are allergic to. more people are apparently allergic to this protein. we that i is due to something in the environment, better detection and also the possibility that women, during pregnancy are being exposed to peanuts ever earlier and inç smaller, more -- >> heather: tell us about this discovery from at&t university in north carolina, 60 million dollar peanut industry loan. >> this is a big breakthrough in a -- few years, hopefully we will have an answer to this peanut problem. what they've discovered is an enzyme that can break down that protein, denature it, change it into something the body can handle. their studies show they can destroy 100% of that protein allergic substance. >> gregg: is with talking with a school nurse a few days ago talking to me about her biggest problem it is all the kids who seem to have these nut orç peanut allergies. what percentage of kids have this? >> a few years ago we thought it was 3 or 4%. the latest research has come out shows it is abo

and that can spark a new pandemic.n. testing their blood. sifting for clues. the goal, tstop a pan dick imbefore it can get started. >> reporter: communities are the front lines in his battle. with few food resources, hunters trap wild game, bush meat, to feed their families. part of wolfe's mission is to educate communities about the potential health risk of animal blood. and they're convinced to help him with his quest. they have animal blood for wolfe's teams to study. >> tens of thousands of drops of blood. >> reporter: because the hunters have been exposed to the animal blood, their blood is collected, as well. >> reporter: when you have humans enter act with animals, you have species transmission. where do all those animals end up? here. now, this is a surprise. didn't expect to see something like this in central africa. this looks like the kind of lab i would see at the cdc. housed at a military facility in the heart of cameroon, is one of global viral forecasting's main laboratory. in these boxes could be the n

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. -- combating global pandemic, and combating piracy on the high seas. we must also strengthen our relationship with india, a country that shares our values, religious tolerance, respect for human rights, and a commitment to democracy. we must begin with negotiations to reach a trade agreement, creating hundreds of millions of additional consumers for american products. a relationship with india needs to go beyond simply economics. the ark of countries that lie along the indian ocean border some of the most important energy and trading lanes in the entire world. those lands are critical for the free flow of commerce and remain vulnerable to threats large and small. to that end, i welcome the indian navy's transformation to a blue water navy. as president, i will increase our military and diplomatic con -- cooperation with india, with the expectation they share responsibility in maintaining peace and security in this vital region. -- india's in the's emerging role, i will support their bid to become a member of the u.n. security council as a country repre

that's where we're trying to get with these pandemics.d googal and search engines can monitor what people are googling about, for example. the kind of symptoms they're having and what is popping up. we globalization has let us get information but also have things spread faster. >> in addition to sort of putting on the boots and getting out to where these viruses are jumping from animals to humans, we've got these software engineers in our office with their hoodies following hundreds of thousands of sites to see exactly where these outbreaks are so we can investigate them quickly. >> you know, it's interesting my grandparents talked about hearing stories when they were growing up bout 1819 which was more deadly than the black plague, which was a bacteria, but it was very deadly and that was spread by the movement of troops around the world. you think about how people are moving even more rapidly and quickly around the world. is it a more dangerous situation? >> yeah, what it just means is that historically these viruses would sort of poke

that's the number of pages in "preparedness 101, zombie pandemic."graphic novella published by the cdc. not that sexy. the story is a new disease turning people into zombies. preparing for an emergency while combatting viruses. it was written after "zombie apocalypse" went viral in may. >>> all right. now today's big idea. the world and america needs a stronger american economy right now and bold ideas to build a greater america. today, two senators have a creative plan for housing. democratic senator charles schumer and republican senator mike leigh today proposed giving foreign buyers a residence visa if they pay in cash at least $250,000 on a primary residence and half a million total on property in the united states of america. currently, the biggest investors in the american residential market hail from canada, retirement and then, yes, china, mexico and uk also on the list. and the top destinations are, with a couple of exception, troubled real estate markets, including california and florida and arizona. senator charles schumer is one of the s

that's the number of pages in "preparedness 101, zombie pandemic."published by the cdc. not that sexy. the story is a new disease turning people into zombies. preparing for an emergency while combatting viruses. it was written after "zombie apocalypse" went viral in may. >>> all right. now today's big idea. the world and america needs a stronger american economy right now and bold ideas to build a greater america. today, two senators have a creative plan for housing. democratic senator charles schumer and republican senator mike leigh today proposed giving foreign buyers a residence visa if they pay in cash at least $250,000 on a primary residence and half a million total on property in the united states of america. currently, the biggest investors in the american residential market hail from canada, retirement and then, yes, china, mexico and uk also on the list. and the top destinations are, with a couple of exception, troubled real estate markets, including california and florida and arizona. senator charles schumer is one of the sponsors of the m

the anti-christian pandemic. in the middle east and everything. frightening but this is what is happening to the world it is all breaking down. even in europe it's more peaceful. scotland wants out. cat lone i can't wants out of spain. northern italy wants out of italy. cypress is split in half. kurds want out of turkey these are the battles of the future. this is the future of mankind. that's what makes me so concerned in the next segment about what's happening in our own country. >> what i predict will probably be the most controversial and you had to know this going in. you have the chapter called the end of white america. white americans are endangered species you write. >> right. >> sean: get with that more with pat buchanan. will america survive to 2025. sean penn unleashes on tea party movement. >> at the end of the day, there is a big bubble coming out of their head saying, you know, can we just lynch him? >> sean: violent anti-america and anti-sem met stick street from anti-wall street movement. one of the protesters we interviewed. ♪ ♪ [

cut my lawn when illegals -- i'm sorry, undocumented workers cutting people's lawns is endemic, pandemic in this country in terms of people doing that kind of outdoor work. your thoughts. i thought it was ridiculous they talked about this stuff. >> this is a great debate if you're in the political news publishing business because it is like professional wrestling. going back to what howard said, i think it's even more real than professional wrestling because these guys clearly don't like each other which isn't always the case with the wrestlers. you know, it is kind of weird, i mean. you've got making physical contact and these snide remarks at each other. you had michele bachmann making this comment about -- about president obama's relatives and stuff. it was really kind of a train wreck. i do think though that, you know, politics is always zero sum, and i do think rick perry did help himself partly because he got under mitt romney's skin and he was able -- >> you think so? how do you know that? how do you know he got under his skin? i thought he was rather controlled country club. he s

they say that will obviously be a huge problem in the face of a dangerous pandemic still the currentaccine is the best weapon that we have for now. [music] >>jacqueline: here is a look at your highs for today. we still have a threat of fire concerns to the north bay and down through the east bay. the wind is up to 20 mi. per hour, wind gusts up to 25 mi. per hour. again, it is very dry the combination of these two things. this makes for a high fire danger in the hills. as we head into tomorrow it will be quite cold out there. temperatures this morning were chilly in the '30's and '40's. it is getting even colder tomorrow morning. we could feed temperatures hit the freezing mark in the valleys here just very briefly, places like sonoma and navato also in the '30's. it will be very chilly to start the day, but mild conditions for the afternoon. >>jacqueline: here is a look at your extended forecast. a chilly start to the day tomorrow with temperatures been mouth in the afternoon. your halloween forecast on monday is looking great. stay with us, i will be back after this. [yksww >>repor

take attacking pandemics in sub sarahaharan africa. the 21st century will be this century in which the united states and china tried to forge a relationship economically, politically, from a military standpoint that is sustainable. we have a lot of work to go. and it will require the kind of leadership that understands in intimate detail how the tiny system operates. knows their players. -- in intimate detail how the chinese system operates. i am looking forward to using the experience to help my country. >> i hope you can control congress. [laughter] >> thank you. [applause] right down here. yes, ma'am. >> i like what you said about india. i think it makes a lot of sense. moving higher up with the un, and given the size of the population, but given the strained relationship with our country and pakistan, does that not provoke pakistan? >> of course it would provoke pakistan, and we have seen what they have done. they make certain diplomatic gestures to china to cut counteract what it is we do. but i think in the name of security in so

how well prepared are we for a flu pandemic? let's bring in health and medical editor, dr.ichard besser to talk about this. you and other doctors have been saying, get your vaccine, get your flu shot. now we're hearing this. what should we do? >> we have. this is a big study. it comes from a top group at the university of minnesota. what they did was combine all of the flu studies that have been done over the past 44 years to say how well does this vaccine work? i think people will be surprised because it doesn't work as well as we'd like. the flu shot is only 59% effective in adults 18 to 65. the flu mist vaccine, the one we give to a lot of children, does better. 83% effective in children 7 and under. but in the elderly, the group we're most concerned about, the data isn't good enough to say how well it works. >> what about the flu mist if you're over the age of 70. >> they didn't have the data. but you can get it up to the age 49. >> why isn't the vaccine more effective? >> there's a couple reasons. one reason, every season, the flu strain that comes through the communit

for disease control and prevention even got in on the fun releasing an online comic called zombie pandemiclready has more than 3 million views. >> the idea was to leverage that popularity or that zombie trend to get our message in helping people prepare and helping families make kits and be better prepared for all hazards. >> reporter: so whether political, prime time, or even popeye, zombies have never looked better. ♪ >> it's fun. >> i like it. >> so vampires are undead and zombies are dead/dead? >> they are really dead. who would you want to go out on a date with? >> neither. >> vampires. >> edward. >> oh, no. >> i never -- >> i'm sorry. >> that's okay. that means we will not fight over him so it's all fine. >> two of them? >> there is a werewolf and then a vampire. >> is the werewolf dead? they are very much alive? >> he is warm blooded. ready to go. >> thrilling dead. >> i'm learning so much this morning that i don't know what to say. >> i find out everything when you send me out on a story. >> the walking dead. >> yes, you do. nothing but the best assignments for you, my friend. happ