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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> we're following the progress of the 39th marine corps marathon. what you're looking at people that make this day worth it the runners right here near mile 12 around hanes point. you can see the beautiful water there above on your screen. really a big shot also to the 2,000 marines, sailors, the civilians who work year round to make this event possible without them they wouldn't be able to carry on the tradition. the spirit of the founders who put together this race back in 1975. >> we're told we're getting close to the first marathon runner crossing the finish line so we'll check in with jim handly who is down there at the finish line when that happens. >>> ebola survivor nancy wright boll is donating her blood to help another doctor battling ebola. she contracted it while working as a missionary. she's donating plasma to dr. greg spencer. >>> dr. greg spencer's fiancee is back this morning after testing negative for ebola. >> doctors say s
i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> we're following the progress of the 39th marine corps marathon. what you're looking at people that make this day worth it the runners right here near mile 12 around hanes point. you can see the beautiful water there above on your screen. really a big shot also to the 2,000 marines, sailors, the civilians who work year round to make this event possible without them they wouldn't be...
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> an inauguration sized crowd is expected to gather on the mall this veterans day. many big names will perform at the concert for valor. metro is planning on clangs to accommodate the big crowd. >> the tunnel over the potomac can only handle so many trains so extra silver and orange lines running this veterans day will put the blue line on hold. >> performers including eminem, carrie underwood. >> the ad on youtube reveals why a crowd estimated at up to 800,000 is expected on the mall. there's going to be a music star for every taste. >> sounds like a fun time. we have to go check it out. >> but what about the people for whom veterans day is just another work day, especially those who rely on the blue line? they'll have to use the yellow line. >> anybody commuting from farther away is going to have a miserable travel. >> it's about the greater good and providing the maximum capacity crowd that will be larger than the fourth of july and on par
i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> an inauguration sized crowd is expected to gather on the mall this veterans day. many big names will perform at the concert for valor. metro is planning on clangs to accommodate the big crowd. >> the tunnel over the potomac can only handle so many trains so extra silver and orange lines running this veterans day will put the blue line on hold. >> performers including...
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >>> welcome to "world news tonight." on the move right now. where that american nurse held in a tent for days is now headed. did authorities go too far? atnd 5-year-old rushed to the hospital. what we know about the young patient. >>> the breaking news. the stunning new images from isis. have they put a hostage on a roof right there in the city, being targeted by u.s.-led air strikes? martha raddatz standing by. >> racing out. the lava moving in tonight. the new pictures. >>> without a trace. the nfl mystery. the father and son at the game. the boy uses the bathroom. the father suddenly missing in the stands. >>> and, the star mangled banner at the world series. you heard the bad notes before. ♪ what so proudly we was >> so, what did he forget last
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(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> tomorrow sounds great. wonderful, the warmest day we will see for probably the next three months. upper 70's, near 80. we cool down wednesday with the cold front. halloween, showers. colder saturday. jacqui jeras will be here in the morning with these forecast. >> have a good night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- melissa mccarthy. from "kingdom," frank grillo. jimmy pitches to "shark tank." and music from billy idol. with cleto and the cletones. and now, guess what? here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, cleto. hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thank you for watching. thank all of you here for coming. well, that's very kind.
(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> tomorrow sounds great. wonderful, the warmest day we will see for probably the next three months. upper 70's, near 80. we cool down wednesday with the cold front. halloween, showers. colder saturday. jacqui jeras will be here in the morning with these forecast. >> have a good night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight --...
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(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> well, the day after beating the red-hot cowboys in dallas, jay grudeeb says the redskins have a pulse and that this team has a lot throast play for. ith that in mind, he started his game plan for the matchup in minnesota. last night is a starter. last night against a very talented dallas cowboys. that gets extra cret. jay gruden said today rg3 is close to returning and left no doubt who's his starter. >> robert's our starter. i haven't varied or waived off that in my mind, you know, so robert, when he's arrived ready bheel here to go. >> that decision is not my decision. i'm a team player and i'm going to do whatever they ask me to do. >> the wizards nope miami tomorrow night. everybody knows that the heat have been in four straight nba titles with back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013. this is not the same team without lebron. the wizards lost to the pacers in the eastern conference finals. >> doing what we did coming down the stretch, it g
(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> well, the day after beating the red-hot cowboys in dallas, jay grudeeb says the redskins have a pulse and that this team has a lot throast play for. ith that in mind, he started his game plan for the matchup in minnesota. last night is a starter. last night against a very talented dallas cowboys. that gets extra cret. jay gruden said today rg3 is close to returning and...
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(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc. (v learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> welcome back. no one has a crystal ball when it comes to the economymy. we are bringing you the next best thing, the last economic indicators and what ey mean for you. our expert is here w with five indicators you need to know. thanks for joining us. this is alwaways gooood for peoe to get beyond the basic numbers and understand what is really important in lookiking at these numbers. l's start with interest rates. you say you arere trying to look at what is ahead for the markets and the economy. it is the concept of inverting the yield curve that is important in interest rates. explain that to us. the feral when reserve decides to increase short-term interest rates higher than long-term interest rates. e reason this indicator is important is if you look b backn history, every siningle recessin we have e had over the past 50 years in this country has burned preceded by the fed inverng the yield curve. it is an incredibly important indicar. rig
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(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> do you know anyone who is not quite sure what to do about their future? pays well and offers some stability. >> if so, you are not alone. andrea mccarren shows us where the jobs are. >> let me go ahead and rotate this. >> like a lot of high school students. she had no idea what she wanted to do after graduation. >> i tried all these different experiences, job experiences like retail, customer service, call center, hostess, waitress, you can name it, i did a lot. >> then she bec
(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially...
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc.vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> pelley: today saw a major milestone as the war in afghanistan lies down. the last u.s. marines flew out of their major base called camp leatherneck in helmand province. helmand has been a taliban stronghold the site of many of the fiercest battles in the 13-year war. cbs news producer erin lyall covered the story. >> reporter: a short ceremony marked the beginning of the end of america's longest war. as the stars and stripes were folded up for its final journey home, u.s. marines handed over the sprawling helmand base to the afghan army who will now take up the fight against the taliban. the local troops taking over here will inherit more than $200 million of u.s. equip and infrastructure. sergeant david pike hopes it will help. >> we've left some water resources. we've talked to them a lot. we've trained them a lot. >> reporter: after weeks of packing and waiting, first thing this morning the marines were on the airfield and on the way. but
i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc.vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> pelley: today saw a major milestone as the war in afghanistan lies down. the last u.s. marines flew out of their major base called camp leatherneck in helmand province. helmand has been a taliban stronghold the site of many of the fiercest battles in the 13-year war. cbs news producer erin lyall covered the story. >> reporter: a short ceremony marked the beginning of the end...
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >>> it is now 6:15. developing right now, a scary situation is unfolding on the big island of hawaii. boiling lava is flowing faster to homes in a hawaii community. officials say the flow is unpredictable and it could shift directions or speed without warn hundreds are on notice to evacuate. >> based on the likely path of the flow. >> it's real. it's now or never. you pack and you've got to get out. >> residents in one home say they can see the lava flow from their balcony. at last check it is less than a mile away from one neighborhood and its rate is increasing. >>> this morning we're learning a possible motive in the shooting at the canadian capital. >>> this of course is the video inside parliament in ottawa at the time of wednesday's attack. police say the gunman created a video before the shooting. it shows michael zehaf bibeau was driven by ideological and political motives. he shot a soldier and then entered parliament before he was sh
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc.n more at rethinkconcussions.com >>> welcome back at 6:45. "news4 today" is working to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. >> we'll start with megan mcgrath in montgomery county looking at a request the school board is looking at. >> reporter: they are going to be requesting money from the state to hand tell overcrowding situation. there's been an influx of kids into montgomery county's public school system the last couple years and it's causing issues with crowding. 16,000 children have entered the school system since 2007 and they expect to grow by another 11,000 students overjuction the next six years. classroom trailers are a common sight here. a lot of the crowding is happening in the elementary school. what is happening is those kids are growing up and moving through the school system. so now we are starting to see the crunch in the middle schools and behind schools as well. later today the neighborhood will look to reduce the crowding in the schools they are seeing. t
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. >>> now in pittsburgh, upmc, presbyterian hospital and allegheny general hospital have been chosen to handle potential ebola patients. senator bob casey as well as doctors and staff talked about the challenge posed by ebola. >> when it comes to a threat that the country is dealing with right now, we want to make sure that we can learn and i say this as a united states senator, to learn everything we can about hospitals be like upmc are preparing. >> first responders in the pittsburgh area are also being trained to screen patients. >>> reporting live from the digital operations center, i'm renee chenault-fattah. back to you. >> local hospitals prepared, government officials easing fears. thank you, renee. >>> tonight, the two nurses who contracted ebola while working at a dallas hospital are being cared for on the east coast. nina pham is said to be very tired but doing well at the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. doctors say she's in fair condition after arriving there last night. the second nurse to contract ebola, amber vinson is being treated at emory univers
. >>> now in pittsburgh, upmc, presbyterian hospital and allegheny general hospital have been chosen to handle potential ebola patients. senator bob casey as well as doctors and staff talked about the challenge posed by ebola. >> when it comes to a threat that the country is dealing with right now, we want to make sure that we can learn and i say this as a united states senator, to learn everything we can about hospitals be like upmc are preparing. >> first responders in...
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >>> dallas nurse amber vinson is cured of ebola now. u.s. hospitals have successfully treated seven americans for the potentially deadly virus now. but still there is growing disagreement about how best to protect the public. jay gray is outside bellevue hospital in new york with that story. jay? >> reporter: hey, doreen. yeah, with amber vinson out of the hospital, as you said, there is only one u.s. patient being treated for ebola right now. it's dr. craig spencer. he's in serious but stable condition here at bellevue. while the plan to take care of those who may be future at-risk patients, not stable at all. after less than two weeks of treatment, nurse amber vinson walked out of the isolation unit at emory university hospital and back into the national spotlight. >> as a nurse and now as someone who has experienced what it's like to be cared for through a life-threatening illness, i am so appreciative and grateful for your exceptional skil
i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >>> dallas nurse amber vinson is cured of ebola now. u.s. hospitals have successfully treated seven americans for the potentially deadly virus now. but still there is growing disagreement about how best to protect the public. jay gray is outside bellevue hospital in new york with that story. jay? >> reporter: hey, doreen. yeah, with amber vinson out of the hospital, as you...
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there is a problem between hi upmc.- highmark and they need to recognize what they are trying to do to solve this problem affects the health and welfare of the people of this region. if they can, the governor has to step in and take action. if they cannot figure out how to serve the needs of these people adequately than the governor is going to -- that is leadership and that is what we have not gotten. >> you mentioned the word competition. characterize this as unfair competition? rex i would not characterize the existence that occurred before the divorce was unfair competition. you did not see other outside insurance companies come into pennsylvania. you do see them now. comes to mindthat quickly and both parties hearing this may not be happy to hear this but there were long investigations as to whether there was an antitrust violation which the department of justice decided there was not. a pushing out of competition, and elimination of competition from outside. that is coming in now but when it comes to leadership, you have to use the tools that you have. you do not make up new tool
there is a problem between hi upmc.- highmark and they need to recognize what they are trying to do to solve this problem affects the health and welfare of the people of this region. if they can, the governor has to step in and take action. if they cannot figure out how to serve the needs of these people adequately than the governor is going to -- that is leadership and that is what we have not gotten. >> you mentioned the word competition. characterize this as unfair competition? rex i...
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i dichoose upmc.ore at rethinkconcussions.com >>> my heart is racing. fluttering. my stomach is in my chest. wingsuit b.a.s.e. jumpers in china gathering for their version of a downhill ski race. good morning, america. and we are -- i don't think any of us here are adrenaline junkies. >> don't they ever watch the news? that doesn't always work out well. >> doesn't always. >> my weekly danger is sitting between paula faris and sara haines. >> because you never know what's going to happen. >> heart races through the whole thing. >> that's enough adrenaline for me. >> that's wild. >> it is wild. none of us will ever do something like that. let me tell you what else is coming up on the show this morning. the hollywood stuntmen approaching the business in a whole new way. our rachel smith getting right there, getting in with them to see if she can -- >> that's her with a beard, right? >> that's not her with a beard. you're going -- prepared to be impressed by what she can do that's not her either. i promis
i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i dichoose upmc.ore at rethinkconcussions.com >>> my heart is racing. fluttering. my stomach is in my chest. wingsuit b.a.s.e. jumpers in china gathering for their version of a downhill ski race. good morning, america. and we are -- i don't think any of us here are adrenaline junkies. >> don't they ever watch the news? that doesn't always work out well. >> doesn't always. >> my weekly danger is sitting between paula faris...
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i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >>> frightening new video of an assault inside a d.c. grocery store. richard jordan has more from our live desk. richard? >> doreen, you've got to look at this. some wrestling moves inside that safeway on 4th and m in southwest. see that man in the green/teal hat? he just flipped a woman over his shoulder, body-slammed her to the ground. apparently the two in some kind of argument before this escalated to this point. you see it again there. so this is the safeway at 4th and m in southwest washington. this happened about two weeks ago on friday, october 10th. then just five days after this incident, surveillance cameras also caught two men shoplifting from the store. they have not been found either. so now police looking for three different men here. all causing trouble at the same store. doreen and jim? >> thanks, richard. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, an investigation under way into an accident during a practice run with a snowplow last friday. th
i didn't choose to get those concussions, but i did choose upmc. (vo) learn more at rethinkconcussions.com >>> frightening new video of an assault inside a d.c. grocery store. richard jordan has more from our live desk. richard? >> doreen, you've got to look at this. some wrestling moves inside that safeway on 4th and m in southwest. see that man in the green/teal hat? he just flipped a woman over his shoulder, body-slammed her to the ground. apparently the two in some kind of...
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(dale) i didn't choose to be in a -car pile up, but i did choose upmc.learn more at rethinkconcussions.com in a 22-year-old sort of way. it happens. >> and on that note, we're back with the roundtable, and i want to go back to president obama and something, governor richardson, that the wmur reporter said, which was basically that president obama is weighing like an anchor on a candidate in new hampshire, jeanne shaheen, but in other key races and republicans are clearly using that, as well. should they be? >> well, i'm disappointed in my party in democrats the way they have been defensive about the president. i'd be talking positive. voters want to hear positive messages that democratic candidates are strong. i'd be talking about unemployment going down, the health care plan working. i'd be talking about the war on isis where we've got a strategy of 60 countries supporting us. you know, i -- >> but that doesn't seem to be working, talking about that, does it? does it, congressman? >> you look at 2006. obviously, you know, with the president -- president
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hidalgia, senior associate for upmc center for health security and we have our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, with us as well. i want to start with you, elizabeth. the questions that we were asking and waiting for, this health professional had contact with mr. duncan during the second visit and was in this full cdc-recommended gear, the impermane impermeable gown, face mask, gloves, and still contracted the virus. >> i was devastated to hear that. i was hoping in some way this was the first visit when they didn't know duncan had ebola that, would easily explain it. but why would a health care worker at a good hospital, they knew they were dealing with an ebola patient, how could this health care worker get ebola. there's so many questions that need answering. so many, hundreds of health care workers have gotten ebola and mostly in west africa and i think a lot of people thought, well, they just maybe didn't do it quite right. well, this is a u.s. hospital that should know how to do it right. they said they were following all the cdc guidelines. how in the world did this happ
hidalgia, senior associate for upmc center for health security and we have our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, with us as well. i want to start with you, elizabeth. the questions that we were asking and waiting for, this health professional had contact with mr. duncan during the second visit and was in this full cdc-recommended gear, the impermane impermeable gown, face mask, gloves, and still contracted the virus. >> i was devastated to hear that. i was hoping in some way...
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(dale) i didn't choose to be in a 25-car pile up, but i did choose upmc.rn more at rethinkconcussions.com >> the loose women, sometimes things just work out right. >> osgood: garrett morris gets plenty of laughs on cbs comedy? two broke girls" his latest stop in a long sometimes troubled career. rita braver tracked him down for some questions and answers. ♪ par ♪ i'm the hoochie koochie man, everybody knows i'm here. >> is this hoochie koochie man looks awfully familiar you may remember garrett morris as one of the original cast members of "saturday night live." >> garrett morris! >> our top story tonight -- . >> his current gig -- >> mr. garrett morris! >> he's now beginning his fourth season playing earl, the wise cracking cashier on the cbs comedy series "two broke girls." >> he jokes that he's in it for the free food. but at 77, twice divorced he clearly loves being the grand old man on the set. >> something about an ipad. >> what the heck is an ipad? >> i think i have the best job on tv. i'm not a septauagenarian. i'm a sexygenarian. because at my age
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there is a problem between hi upmc.- highmark and they need to recognize what they are trying to do to solve this problem affects the health and welfare of the people of this region. if they can, the governor has to step in and take action. if they cannot figure out how to serve the needs of these people adequately than the governor is going to -- that is leadership and that is what we have not gotten. >> you mentioned the word competition. characterize this as unfair competition? rex i would not characterize the existence that occurred before the divorce was unfair competition. you did not see other outside insurance companies come into pennsylvania. you do see them now. comes to mindthat quickly and both parties hearing this may not be happy to hear this but there were long investigations as to whether there was an antitrust violation which the department of justice decided there was not. a pushing out of competition, and elimination of competition from outside. that is coming in now but when it comes to leadership, you have to use the tools that you have. you do not make up new tool
there is a problem between hi upmc.- highmark and they need to recognize what they are trying to do to solve this problem affects the health and welfare of the people of this region. if they can, the governor has to step in and take action. if they cannot figure out how to serve the needs of these people adequately than the governor is going to -- that is leadership and that is what we have not gotten. >> you mentioned the word competition. characterize this as unfair competition? rex i...
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for more i want to bring in a senior associate at the upmc center for health security in pittsburgh. good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> america is hearing about the infectious diseases. many are simply nervous. what should be the level of concern? >> infectious disease has been a threat to humankind throughout the history, whether it's ebola, s.a.r.s., avian flu, there's a disease that is emerging, infecting disease. we live in a world populated by microbes. it's not surprising to see new diseases on the horizon, it's something that americans should be concerned about because they are a major threat to health. >> are we prepared for a national medical crisis. >> there's a lot of steps to prepare the country for a major epidemic or pandemic. as you mentioned earlier, anthrax spurred a lot of investments in terms of vaccines, antivirals, c.d.c. funding, hospital preparedness, all of that flowing in the 2001 attacks, making the country more prepared than it has been. there are some erosions in the games that we made. there's always going to be a wishlist of things
for more i want to bring in a senior associate at the upmc center for health security in pittsburgh. good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> america is hearing about the infectious diseases. many are simply nervous. what should be the level of concern? >> infectious disease has been a threat to humankind throughout the history, whether it's ebola, s.a.r.s., avian flu, there's a disease that is emerging, infecting disease. we live in a world populated by...
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of the upmc irector center for health security. >> we are an ngo that studies rights roblems and analyses and advises when we useful. the we are so called czar is important in that there is a lot of complexity in the government, terms of managing this response. there are questions of international diplomacy, there's the work of the cdc and in hospitals around the country. and no one agency has for all those so there is s. sense to having somebody coordinating all those responses. we just had a liberian 15 to 20 minutes ago. showed how contagious diseases. then you have people about creating a cure. to say you can for a pandemic like this? >> one of the important things you mentioned that comment was cure tance of getting a for this outbreak. i think unanimous opinion across the scientific community that a vaccine would change his response to this drastically, and may in fact be needed to epidemic in west africa. i think there's a lot of work going on in the united states now in africa and in europe around vaccine is still nt. but it i certainly share the idea that the vaccine for this out
of the upmc irector center for health security. >> we are an ngo that studies rights roblems and analyses and advises when we useful. the we are so called czar is important in that there is a lot of complexity in the government, terms of managing this response. there are questions of international diplomacy, there's the work of the cdc and in hospitals around the country. and no one agency has for all those so there is s. sense to having somebody coordinating all those responses. we just...