response to the recent yoeb outbreak in west africa. the heritage foundation hosted a discussion about why the military was used. the talk focused on the mostly behind-the-scenes work on four agencies in the department of defense. the discussion is about 1:20. >> it's quiet in here again. good afternoon welcome to the heritage foundation. we, of course, welcome those who join us on all of these occasions on our heritage.org web site. i would ask everyone here in house if you'll be so kind to make that last courtesy check that your cell phones have been turned off. it's always appreciated. we will host the program on the heritage home page following today's presentation for everyone's future reference. our internet viewers are welcome to send questions or comments, simply e-mailing speaker speaker @heritage dr. organize. we have cully stimson, he's manager of our national security law program and a senior legal felon at the institute for national security and foreign policy. he's a nationally recognized expert on national security homela

we were actually in west africa or had been in west africa since 2006 helping nations develop diagnostic capabilities for fever, fever viruses, a channel toward ebola as early as march in sierra leone and april in liberia to combat the current outbreak. we also put to know the capabilities on the ground in liberia. the attempt for that was to be able to monitor the virus and to be able to track any genetic changes in the virus because it was genetically mutate during the outbreak while the vaccine and therapeutics might not work so we wanted to be able to track that. trading education on a number of standard publications were used as reference materials for training forces, but i want to highlight other operation. this is where usamriid personal stood up to the challenge at additional training to stop heart of the core elements. they provided and trained over 4000 deployed personnel on how to don protective equipment and invested thousands of man-hours to do that. they also consulted with various agencies on dead body management and patient transports to minimize the spread of ebola infe

it predicted that if nothing was done, ebola would spread way beyond west africa. >> and you will seeby february already, you get africa that is in a very bad situation but then, you start to have places which have serious outbreaks in various places in europe. >> reporter: paris london and new york would have all been coping with serious ebola outbreaks. >> this is something that would be really a worst case scenario. so that would be something that you don't even want to think about it. >> reporter: wow! that's many millions of people afflicted, right? >> that would be obviously something that is unthinkable. >> reporter: but the c.d.c. makes no apology for sharing the worst-case scenario.n't think of terms of scaring or not scaring people. i look at the numbers. i look at them and say, "is this a fair representation we know at that time?" >> reporter: the trickier part was how to respond. the models made it frighteningly clear, there was no earthly way to build ebola treatment centers fast enough to answer the crushing need for isolation care. so the only way to stop the epidemic w

unfortunately, the alex was west africa. it was his father. it was liberia. that's what created the sort of environment and opportunities for him to become what he became became. >> i'm sorry, i don't know if charles taylor's early life. could you fill us in on how an african dictator into with an american son in orlando? >> sure. charles taylor was come he started his career as a schoolteacher in liberia and the eventually became a junior sort of bureaucrat, travel to the states to pursue his graduate degree and became involved with sort of activist community, in the states. he met a trinidadian american woman. chucky was a product of that relationship. taylor didn't stick around. he went back to liberia and sort of got a front row seat for a to. this would change the entire complexion of society -- coup. the elite's became hunted and sort of punished for what was 120 odd years of rule. taylor fell out of grace of that regime, came back to the states. i think one of my favorite moments reporting book with finding the guy who broke them out of jail in massach

out of libya, whether it is terrorism coming out of somalia, whether it is drugs coming out of west africa, these other problems of failing states and failing governments. that is where our budget can make a real difference to our national security. if you take a country like somalia you've got a problem of drugs, of terrorism, of migration, and at the heart of that is making sure you have a somali government that represents all the people. i would argue that is our national interest and not an alternative to our defense budget. it is part of the whole approach to keep this country and all of our people safe. >> today's c-span's coverage of >> tomorrow, the brookings institution that will host the chief of staff. to show how that organization is adapting. see it live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. on friday, house democrats derailed a trade bill. democrats spoke against the president's wishes. the bill passed to 19-211. -- 219-211. it cannot advance unless both parts are agreeing to. we spoke to a reporter about what is next. >> it was fascinating to watch. we have seen increasing numbers of democr

a deadly epidemic spread across west africa and monstrous terrorist groups seized territory across theiddle east and north africa committing unspeakable atrocities. these are the kinds of threats that the united nations exists to prevent and address, yet it is precisely at the moment that we need the u.n. most that we see the flaws in the international system, some of which have been alluded to already. this is true for the conflict in ukraine in which a permanent member of the u.n. security council is violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity that it was entrusted with upholding. it is true of the global health system that despite multiple warnings of a spreading ebola outbreak including those from our own cdc was slow to respond to the epidemic and it is true of u.n. peacekeepers who too often stand down or stand by when civilians they are responsible for protecting come under attack, thus leaving populations vulnerable and sometimes open to radicalization. representing our nation before the united nations, i have to confront these and other short comings every day, yet tho

the world health organization counts more than 27,000 confirmed or suspected cases of ebola in west africahan 11,000 have been fatal. the international criminal court is urging south africa to arrest sudan's president omar al bashir who is present. they accuse him of war crimes and crimes against humanity. >>> meanwhile, south sudan is facing a threat of starvation, amid a surge of violence in the past four weeks. the international committee of the red cross is calling for urgent action to save hundreds of thousands of people. we have this story. >> reporter: villages in south sudan surrounded by vast land used to grow food during sudan's short planting season. but what is not planted cannot grow. fighting in and around a town in central south sudan has sent 100,000 people fleeing for their lives. >> they burn up all the view for the civilians and they takes all the ladies and they even kill the young kids. >> and bring agriculture to a screeching hot. >> we're going into the rainy season. we're going toward a very difficult period for the people here in south sudan. >> the international c

a deadly epidemic spread across west africa and monstrous terrorist groups seized territory across theiddle east and north africa committing unspeakable atrocities. these are the kinds of threats that the united nations exists to prevent and address. yet it is precisely at the moment when we need the u.n. most that we see the flaws in the international system, some of them that have been alluded to already. this is true for the conflict in ukraine in which a permanent member of the un security council is violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity that it was entrusted with upholding. it is true of the global health system that despite multiple warnings of a spreading ebola outbreak including those from our own cdc, was slow to respond to the epidemic. it is true of you and peacekeepers who too often stand down or stand by when civilians they are responsible for protecting come under attack. thus leading populations vulnerable and sometimes open to radicalization. representing our nation before the united nations i have to confront these and other shortcomings every day. though

. >> angela merkel criticized the world's reaction to the ebola crisis in west africa saying it cametoo late and lacked coordination. we have the full interview for you in a couple of minutes. >> let's set the scene of the summit for you at a remote castle. >> the police have set up a high-security zone around the castle. they are gearing up for a series of protest. >> scenes of anti-g-7 demonstrations. it is an unusual site for many of the residents. more than 300 demonstrators marched through the town on friday flanked by dozens of police. >> we watched and gave them a warm welcome. >> it is nothing new for police. demonstrations have been peaceful so far. they are preparing themselves for more. >> we have established there are a large number of activists. >> demonstrators are not against just capitalism, but against war. in the protesters camp, numbers are beginning to grow. with the local municipal government refusing to offer more camping ground, things could get tight. >> gearing up for this summit. the gathering will touch on a number of issues including the conflict in the ea

also ahead, new breakthroughs in ebola vaccines may be west africa's best hope to stave off the virus. but running the trials in one of the world's poorest countries presents a new host of challenges. >> right now, timing and mperature are absolutely critical. and then it happens. >> woodruff: classic action films get big budget reboots and women get the last laugh as leads in

. >> reporter: from the staging point a perilous journey begins for many migrants from west africa. this is close to the border between nigeria and libya moving forward means risking his life. >> the road we have to admit is risky, it is not tarmacked. it is the sahara. our truck is 4 by 4 but it would take more than four people. if you are not seated in a good position you risk falling, if you fall you risk being killed. >> used to be a tourist destination now it's notorious for human smuggling and crime. people are charged $500 to dross sahara. hundreds die every year making the dangerous route. their stories of thirst hunger and accidents are rarely heard. the bodies of 92 migrants have been found in the sahara dessert, desert believed to have died of thirts. people from senegal gambia, guinea ivory coast ghana ma'ami niger and cameroon. many don't make it. >> the migrants die on the way but the traffickers don't care and in libya there are a loot of problems. there's everyone for himself. >> translator: somehow it appears in either libya or nigeria. fragments of cuts in their bo

. >> there was a good survivor rate when people are identified early and treated early >>> in west africa, getting a diagnosis is not fast. samples need to be sent to a specialised lap, often hundreds of miles away. days. >> what we settled on is a technology where basically what we do is take a silicon chip, and we can put capture agents that will bind to the ebola virus. and if the virus is present, the antibodies will capture the virus, and we can shine l.e.d. light on to the chip. this is the type of result you get back where you can say on the positive tests here, you can see there's a strong signal. >> results are available in an hour. devices are portable and can be operated at the point of care. >> can it be used to diagnose other infectious diseases. >> yes, you can imagine, dividing it into parr asites and others, to a small chip will give you a good powerful asset that is such and sensitive. >> reporter: what is coming up next. what will be like ebola, but we haven't seen it yet? >> i don't know that we need to go looking for the next ebola as an unknown. the next outbreak is l

in that, they use the logo, the islamic state in west africa for the first time. has been a month of violent unrest against the president's bid for a third term. police fired live rounds and tear gas to break up groups of demonstrators in the capital. >> and has been a return to: here in the capital. what you have been seeing is the increasing trend of the past few days. the process starts early and they are quickly dispersed by police who waste no time in firing tear gas canisters and live rounds over the heads of the majority. although opposition leaders have been calling for supporters of the opposition parties and also those who believe the president shouldn't stand for third term in calling the people to keep them coming out onto the streets. protests here are losing the intensity that we have seen over the past four weeks. this could be down to that it is difficult to keep governments going. they don't feel safe out in the moment. we are seeing an increase in not from security and police containing these processes. they are wasting no time arresting people t

we've been rolling that out through a series of workshops in west africa. i'll tell you more about it but it's available to anyone online. >> ambassador, final comments, thoughts? >> brief comments on education? >> yes. >> we talk about women advancing without education. once again, it's intentional to put women -- there was a huge gap between women and men education in the past. so initially for us to be able to put them on the table we had to create programs to almost like call affirmative action so women can be there and compete. now that we've also opened the doors or the push for women to be in all sectors of education, including science, technology, so on and so forth, as we speak, we have many women who are in the military. you have to open the doors of inclusiveness whenever we are talking about education. education is actually the foundation for whatever we are talking about. we can't separate advancement without education. the second thing i wanted to maybe say the ambassador talked about was about maybe using women from african traditions, quite

also ahead, new breakthroughs in ebola vaccines may be west africa's best hope to stave off the virus. but running the trials in one of the world's poorest countries presents a new host of challenges. >> right now, timing and mperature are absolutely critical. and then it happens. >> woodruff: classic action films get big budget reboots and women get the last laugh as leads in comedies. a look at some of the trends behind the blockbuster movies sweeping the summer. and it's friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze a full week of news. those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the p newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. ♪ >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> w

and the operational leader of an organization in north-west africa. >> reporter: although the united states suspected him of being a leading jihadist, pinning anything on him proved to be a tall order. in early 2013 belmokhtar was blamed for leading an attack on a plant in algeria. three americans were killed. 700 algerian workers and 100 hostages killed. after the attack, belmokhtar claimed responsibility saying they did it for al-qaeda. by july, the u.s. had a $5 million price tag on mokhtar's head, charging him federal court with terrorism. the question remains, is he dead. belmokhtar killed so often. the french military coined a nickname, the untouched table. the united states with no boots on the ground in libya is attempting to work out who else might have been killed when the f-15 attacked >>> as we go into the overnight hours, there's no word from libya on progress of the identification process. a senior defense official telling a.j.a.m. that they are looking for more than d.n.a. confirmation. no group has come forward to say that he is alive. a correction. the planes, f-15s,

while the epidemic was unprecedented, ebola, as it turns out was not a new visitor to west africa. researchers recently took a fresh look at old blood samples from patients here with previously unknown diseases, and they found ebola antibodies. >> it looks like this is not the first introduction of ebola into sierra leone and into this region and it's not going to be the last. >> reporter: at the government hospital where lina is based they are getting ready for the next time, building a u.s. pentagon funded research facility and isolation ward. beside it is the grave of one of sierra leone's leading epidemiologists who died here last year treating ebola patients. >> it was pretty awful actually, there were people who really scared. what they call i.p.c., infection prevention and control was not in place to any measure that would protect people and lots of people got sick. >> reporter: friends? how many did you lose? >> the people that i worked with for several years, we lost nine of our staff and most of them are very good and personal friends of mine. >> reporter: in freetown, th

most of the asylum-seekers house here are from west africa.any are orphans seeking safety and security here in italy. pasquale: unfortunately, we can do little to help. the employees and government offices are simply overwhelmed. these young people often have to wait six months or a year for their refugee status to be clarified. so we ask young people to be patient and advise them to at least learn some italian in the meantime. reporter: in italy, there's increasing discussion about housing these young refugees in private homes. supporters say that would alleviate overcrowding in the reception centers. but the reality looks very different. underage refugees have a right to legal guardian to help them when applying for asylum, but abdul from ginny and mamadou from senegal must share reputation with 50 other youths. there's no one to give them a sense of warmth and security. >> i've suffered enough. if i can find a new family here, a new father, mother, brothers and sisters, that would make me really happy. reporter: this lawyer says that would

most of the asylum-seekers house here are from west africa.any are orphans seeking safety and security here in italy. pasquale: unfortunately, we can do little to help. the employees and government offices are simply overwhelmed. these young people often have to wait six months or a year for their refugee status to be clarified. so we ask young people to be patient and advise them to at least learn some italian in the meantime. reporter: in italy there's increasing discussion about housing these young refugees in private homes. supporters say that would alleviate overcrowding in the reception centers. but the reality looks very different. underage refugees have a right to legal guardian to help them when applying for asylum but abdul from ginny and mamadou from senegal must share reputation with 50 other youths. there's no one to give them a sense of warmth and security. >> i've suffered enough. if i can find a new family here, a new father, mother, brothers and sisters, that would make me really happy. reporter: this lawyer says that would sa

they are native to west africa. >> >>> zoo keepers are looking after two white tiger cubs. >> can't openpers aren't sure why the mother turned her back on the cubs. they are cute for now. at some point, the tiger cubs change cuteness into something scary. >> the pygmy hippo. >> how can you beat that? they have their eyes closed. little cute. cute animal stories on a monday. >>> we have a couple famous faces celebrating birthdays. kanye west turns 38. gabby giffords is 45. and former first lady barbara bush is 98 -- 90 years young. >>> coming up on "today," jenna bush hager will sit down with her grandmother to talk about her extraordinary life. and another bush running for president. >>> keep it right here for more news, weather and sports, i'm >>> breaking news flames break out at a san francisco jewelry store, threatening a popular sports bar. the latest this a live report. >>> and the warriors shooting not as fiery as pans would have hoped as the dubs hit the road for cleveland after an agonizing overtime loss at or axle. >>> plus it played out like a scene from a oel wood movie, two

those who are economic migrants, people from west africa, nigeria nigeria, gambia sierra leone, they'll have to be sent back home. those who are asylum seekers people from eretrea they may try to get back to libya through the desert and make another attempt of that perilous journey to italy. >> the philippines wants to show it's expertise of how to look avalanches. they have a long tradition of looking after asylum seekers. >> the father returned to the central philippines three years ago after decades away. not that it's home. father john said that he's been without a home since his family fled vietnam on a small boat 40 years ago in the midst of the war. the philippines was their first stop towards asylum to the u.s. >> my thought is to do something for the filipinos as part of repayment, form of repayment to their kindness. >> some 400,000 people from vietnam, laos, cambodia came through here. it was a temporary settlement toward permanent relocation elsewhere. it closed down in 1996. the refugees who were still here were moved to a smaller village but the philippine tradition offeri

. >> reporter: from this staging point a perilous journey begins for migrants from west africa. this is close to the border near niger and libya. this person knows that moving forward means risking his life. >> the road we have to admit, is risky, is not tarmaced. it's the sahara the truck is a 4 by four. it takes more than 30 people 27 like that. it is dangerous. if you are not seated in a good position, you risk falling, and you risk being killed. >> it used to be a tourist destination, notorious four human trafficking. people are charged $500 to cross the sahara. hundreds die every year. until people make it to the boats, their stories of thursday hunger and accidents are rarely hurt. two years ago the bodies of 92 were found in the desert. they were abandoned by the smugglers and died of thursday. 60% of migrants that made it to italy are said to have travelled through niger. many that travelled, from niger they enter libya and continue across to the mediterranean. many don't make it. >> translation: the migrants die on the way. the traffickers don't quay. in libya, there's

those, economic migrants people from west africa nigeria, gambia sierra leone, they'll have to be sent home. those who are asylum seekers. eritrea, somali and syria, they can claim asylum in tunisia. they are unlikely to do so as tunisia doesn't have the job resources to look after them. they may attempt to get back to libya through the desert and make an attempt of that perilous journey to italy >>> the retrial of three al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned until 25 june. the defense is yet to finish the closing arguments for mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr. they were charged and convicted of spreading false news belonging to a terrorist organization and operating without a permit. an an appeal the convictions from thrown out and ordered a retrial. the proceedings began in march, but have been dogged by delays and adjournments >>> in south korea, a 10th person has died from the m.e.r.s. virus. 132 affected with the disease, 2400 schools closed as a result of the outbreak. alison is a spokesman for the world health organisation and the south korean joint mission is s

we'll continue to work with our partners in west africa to get ebola cases down to zero, and as partour global health security agenda, i'm pleased that the g-7 made a commitment to help 60 countries to achieve targets to better prevent detect and respond to future outbreaks before they become epidemics. finally i want to commend chancellor americael on expanding educational and economic opportunities for women and girls. the g-7 committed to expanding career training in our own countries and in developing countries that will help all of our nations prosper. again, i want to thank angela and the people of germany for their extraordinary hospitality. i leave you of confident when it comes to the key challenges of our time america and our key allyies stand shoulder to shoulder. with that i will take questions. and i'll start off with jeff mason. >> thank you mr. president after your meeting here you mentioned greece in your opening statement. do you believe the europeans are being too oh tough on greece in these talks and what needs to occur to makes sure there is a deal and there is un

want the economic migrants to go home, as soon as possible so we are talking about people from west africa nigerians or see year leyon, but those from syria or from somalia of course they can't can go home. they will be registered by the u.n., and the difficulty is really what to do with them. there are no resources or jobs here for them. and many them will try to make that perilous journey again, they will try go back to libya through the dessert however they can to try to get back to europe again because they can't make a future for themselves here in tunisia. >> all right live with the latest there, thank you. >> in western sudan. it is a crucial meeting that is is what being described as the peace keeping mission. james bays reports from the united nations. >> the situation in darfur is certainly deteriorating. these are among 150,000 people forced to three their homes since the beginning of this year. the size of the current peace keeping force in place since 2008 is already been reduced just 15,000 troops and police to patrol the territory the size of france. on and security council,

allies had just mounted operation torch which was at the invasion of west africa. and what the prime minister did was to appeal to stafford cripps his patriotism. he told them it would be unpatriotic to resign and perhaps force the crisis in the middle of so important in operation. cripps agreed quite naÏvely. he promised to hold off resigning for the time being. please think that one over. if operation torch went badly, and everybody in the government might be resigning. if it went well the government would be popular and cripps would resign alone. churchill outmaneuvered his opponent into accepting the following proposition. heads you lose tails everybody loses. and then the coin came up heads. cripps resigned after operation torch succeeded and nobody even noticed. they were too busy celebrating. there was no crisis. churchill reshuffle his cabinet and work rabbinate -- war cabinet yet again and he appointed cripps to become minister of aircraft production which is probably what he wanted in the entire time, thus out of the war cabinet. cripps served out the war

those who are economic migrants, people from west africa, from nigeria, gambia, sierra leone they willve to be sent back home. those who are asylum seekers people from air try eritrea so mom i can't and syria. can complain asylum here, they are unlikely to do so. tunisia doesn't have the jobs or resource to his look after them. so they may well try to attempt to get back to libya through the desert and try to make another attempt of that perilous journey to italy. >>> in eastern ukraine there is reports of fighting around donetsk airport. monitors from the organization for security and cooperation in europe say there has been an increase in the use of heavy weapons in rebel strong holds. ukrainian army and pro-russian separatists accuse each other from breaking the ceasefire signed in minsk in february. >>> also in ukraine, at least five people have died in a fire burning since monday at a fuel depot south of kiev. firefighters have been trying to stop it from spreading to another field depo and a nearby military base, three people are still missing. residents living close to the facil

africans who were brought to the americas, at least 12 million between 1500 and 1850 were from west africa. this is from east africa around cape hope being brought to the americas. many were brought from mozambique around the coast of cape town. >> i gather it's a difficult area to access. >> yes it went down in rough seas and it's difficult to dive. they can only dive it a few weeks a year. the ship is broken up, so they have found ballasts, i was learning earlier that slave ships needed ballasts to weight down the ship because people do not weigh as much as cargo. so ballasts were brought there have been pieces of found of the 18th century ship. >> what have you been able to learn about the ship and the slaves on board. do we know much about them? >> well, we're very fortunate that this is one of six ships that left mozambique. and on the mozambiqueen side we know the ethnicities of the people. we know where they came from within the region of mozambique. and on the other end on the ships that made it in 1794 we know what plantations they went to due to the research from the brazilian hi

a deadly epidemic spread across west africa and monstrous terrorist groups seized territory across the middle east and north africa committing unspeakable atrocities. these are the kinds of threats that the united nations exists to prevent and address. yet it is precisely at the moment when we need the u.n. most that we see the flaws in the international system. some of which have been alluded to already. this is true for the conflict in ukraine in which a permanent member of the u.n. security council is violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity that it was entrusted with upholding. it is true of the global health system that despite multiple warnings of a spreading ebola outbreak including those from our own cdc, was slow to respond to the epidemic. and it is true of u.n. peacekeepers who too often stand down or standby when civilians they are responsible for protecting come under attack. thus leaving populations vulnerable and sometimes open to radicalization. representing our nation before the united nations i have to confront these and other shortcomings every day. yet th

last september as people were dying outside hospitals in west africa hospitals that had no beds leftto treat the exploding number of ebola patients, the united states chaired the first-ever emergency meeting of the u.n. security council dedicated to a global health issue. we pressed countries to deploy doctors and nurses, to build clinics and testing labs and to fill other gaps that ultimately helped bend the outbreaks exponentially rising curve. america did not just rally others to step up. we led by example. thanks also very much to the support of this congress deploying more than 3500 u.s. government civilian and military personnel to liberia which has been ebola-free since early may. second, we are reforming u.n. peace keeping to help address the threats to international peace and security that exists in the 21st century. there were more than 100,000 uniformed police and soldiers deployed in the u.n.'s 16 peace-keeping missions around the world. that is a higher number than in any time in history. with more complex responsibilities also than ever before. the united states has an

the chief doctor dealing with the outbreak said the west africa nation will be clear in a matter of weeks but he warned that stopping the disease in neighboring guinea will take more time. the u.n. says people there do not follow guidelines for burring victims. 11,000 people have died from ebola in west africa since last year. >> in today's digit albeit, a chinese artist is in jail for posting this image on his instagram account. a photo shopped picture of the chinese president with a mustache and his face scrunched up. the peels is a part of images on the media account with similar facial expresses. he is accused of creating a disturbance. human rights watch is asking for his release. >> people do express criticism of the government either in written form or in images in china, even though they often are deleted by the internet companies practicing self censorship or by the police. rarely do these kind of humorous way of criticizing the government which receive more than just a deletion of the post, his detection is quite unusual and i think reflects a general worsening of the human righ

many of our vaccines and drugs for ebola were transitioned in the clinical trials in west africa. further the dod developed the anthrax vaccine which is currently part of the strategic national stockpile and available to civilians and military in the case of an anthrax bioterrorism attack. in order to achieve these goals the dod and other government agencies regularly ship live than dead biological materials for countermeasure development by academia and other federal laboratories. we have been shipping deactivated anthrax as part of our program for 10 years. what i would like to do is walk you through the process of inactivation of anthrax and the testing that is completed to determine if the agent is killed or they believe we have a slide that may be projected. first we start with bacterial samples in a petri dish like you might find in the hospital and i want to make the point that as was mentioned earlier there are over 300 laboratories in the united states that are authorized to use the organism anthrax in research and development processes. the dod only has nine of those lab

. >>> around this time last year west africa was facing one of the most complex and serious outbreaks of ebola. first reported in december of 2013 but it wasn't until august of 2014 that the world health organization declared the outbreak of international concern. most of them from guinea, sierra leone and liberia countries around the world donated $150 billion to solve the problem. doctors without borders samaritan's purse and save the children. more than 11,000 had died from the disease. beginning tonight miles o'brien will host a four part discussion about the disease. miles, good to speak to you. patients treated with ebola still are doing well, you spent some time there is that a fair representation of what you saw? >> it is but it's a bumpy ride to zero, antonio. as you know, liberia declared itself ebola-free not too long ago, but the borders are very porous and everybody continues to hold their breath as we get down to very small numbers. what's troubling in the public health realm is there are cases that are not related to other cases that are cropping up and that is of some

on the threat from ebola which has killed over 11,000 in west africa the group pledged to eradicate the virus. by all accounts, this was a picturesque and busy meeting. dominic kane. >> the group was joined by the leaders of eight outreach countries. the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant was at the forefront of the talks. speaking after a meeting with the iraqi prime abd rabbu mansour prime minister prime minister hadi. gls. >> then it doesn't serve the problem in the long run. >> one of the situations was climate change. both germany and france have pushed for tougher targets. angela merkel said she believed real progress had been made. >> the g7 had clearly stated that we need binding rules the world doesn't have binding rules that is why this has to be the aim of the u.n. meeting in paris, so the global average temperature remains under a rise of 2° celsius. >> the situation in ukraine had dominated the first day of talks and it returned as the summit drew to a close. the french president called on the russians to implement the minsk ceasefire agreement in full. >> t

and others who are seen as west africa xanes, they will have to make a decision, they will either havego back home or they can try to make a life here, in tunisia if they can and, most of them will spend months scraping a living here, and they will be fed and given shelter, and again their journey will be, would have been stopped, and they'll have to make a decision, whether they want to try again to attempt that dangerous crossing many. >>> thank you. >>> still to come, in the news-hour, a u.s. court the prisoner held in solitary confine men for more than 40 years and, living in peace and strolling for a living. >>> fifa corruption scandal details later in the program. >>> in the state of texas a white policeman who was forcing a black 14 year old girl to the ground he has resigned. >>> it led to protests against the police and allegations of racism and he was seen pointing his gun at other black teens and they were not obeying his orders, and the police chief said his actions were out of control. >>> our citizens called us to a fight in progress, and general disturbance at the commun

those who are economic migrants, pool from west africa, nigeria gambia sierra leone, they will probablye to be sent back home. now others can claim asylum here in tunisia but tunisia does not have the jobs and resources to help them. so they may try to make that perilous journey to italy. >>> security has improvinged but people are still struggling with the lack of basic infrastructure. we traveled on one of the few modern roads to the area known as the place of shining light. >> there were no paved roads in all of bamyan until three years ago when this one was built. now it connects dozens of poor villages to the capital. unfortunately it ends here. 14 years ago the taliban destroy destroyed the town's market and killed 300 people in one day. now it's peaceful. because those who live here are shia shiite muslims they do not support the taliban. but there are no jobs. >> there is no work or business for shop shop keepers. the government helps others but in bamyan they don't do much. i don't know why we're peaceful peaceful. >> there is only enough electricity to turn on the lights for a

ebola obviously had devastating consequences in west africa.nk there will be fallout, economic and otherwise, from this in korea and china. if the korean government quarantine people, will this burnout on its own? guest: this should burnout on its own, but it could emerge and reemerge. this one has an animal reservoir and it percolates up to the human population and then goes human to human. scarlet: thank you for your time today. we have some breaking news -- josh earnest, the white house spokesman says the white house resume ithould shortly. the briefing room was evacuated earlier on some kind of suspicious incident. we don't have all the details but the briefing should resume shortly, which means everything appears to be clear. we will have more details later on and bring them to you as we get them. coming up, he's a man he made history at the belmont's. victor espinoza guided american pharaoh to the triple crown. we will speak with him next. ♪ scarlet: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. healthy and happy cows and other spot inspectio

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for cocoa, the main growing areas in west africa are looking at dryer weather, so it's going to be the winter wheat in the u.s.. out a noteup sent about one hour ago talking about a 9% decline in prices, saying they are at the peak. the new crop could actually see a surplus which would change the dynamic. scarlet: what about coffee? alix: we are going to talk about it tomorrow. the usda is going to come out with their world supply estimates. the key area will come out of roseville -- a weaker currency, so the ideas they will export a lot so demand for their goods is going to be very high and that's going to disrupt the global coffee market. i never got into coffee. it hurts my stomach. .8%. crude up by about in terms of how that is affecting the s&p 500 energy shares, they are higher, but not by much. the smallest gain in the index group. let's move on to some top stories crossing the bloomberg terminal at this hour. leaks regarding the hush money case against former house speaker dennis hastert are unconscionable and may ask the court to investigate. prosecutors appeared today for a s

plus leaders from west africa meet to discuss setting off joint military force.spouter, these players are carries the expectations of the nation, the start is just hours away. saudi sources have told al jazeera that two of it's soldiers have been killed. near the yemen border. there have been reports of a number of clashes across the boardner the past 24 hours. meanwhile, fighting in the yemen city has left 27 houthis fighters dead. seven fighters loyal to the president have also been killed. fierce fighting is taken place at a military air force in syria the violence unfolded syrian state t. v. said a coalition has now been pushed back by forces stationed inside the airport. a strategically important launch pad for syrian military shelling into nearby. hundreds of refugees have crossed the border. in iraq, at least 100 people are dead after air strikes on suspected positions. the iraqi war planes hit four targets in the district southwest of the province. witnesses say the planes attacked a crowded market, where isil is believed to have a security compound. >> a

we will continue to work with our partners in west africa to get ebola cases down to zero.s part of our global health agenda, i'm pleased that the g-7 meeting major commitment to help 60 countries over the next five years achieve specific targets to better prevent, detect, and respond to future outbreaks before they become epidemics. finally, i want to commend chancellor merkel to make sure the summit included a segment on expanding educational and economic caps on -- opportunities for young women and girls. increased technical and vocational training in developing countries, which will help all of our nations prosper. angela andhank the people of germany. allies and our closest stand shoulder to shoulder. i will take some questions, starting off with jeff mason of reuters. here, youour meetings mentioned greece in your opening statement. do you believe the europeans are being too tough on greece in these talks, and what else needs to be done to ensure there is a deal and there is not undue harm to financial markets? frenchparate topic, the told reporters today that you sai