or talking to people from who world health organization what they're saying is that the spread of ebola seems to be a little more rampant right now because a lot of people have suspicious they're suspicious of the west essentially. there's even cases where people think that westerners brought the bola to west africa of course that's not the case but that is what a lot of the villagers actually think and because we are talking about a poorer more third world nation. those types of regions tend to be a little more superstitious as you can probably imagine so with that superstition you know there it prevents education from coming in which is i think primarily the problem there the superstition is preventing people from even mentioning the word a ball of the they say they believe that if you even bring up the word that it brings the disease which we know that's not how diseases right and then you know i had been discussing earlier as well before this segment. about some of the other customs including you know in west africa some of the more rural villages they'll dig shallow graves that add

or talking to people from who world health organization what they're saying is that the spread of ebola seems to be a little more rampant right now because a lot of people have suspicious they're suspicious of the west essentially. there's even cases where people think that westerners brought the bola to west africa of course that's not the case but that is what a lot of the villagers actually think and because we are talking about a poorer more third world nation. those types of regions tend to be a little more superstitious as you can probably imagine so with that superstition you know there it prevents education from coming in which is i think primarily the problem there the superstition is preventing people from even mentioning the word a bowl of the base they believe that if you even bring up the word that it brings the disease which we know that's not how the disease of right and then you know i had been discussing earlier as well before this segment. about some of the other customs including you know in west africa some of the more rural villages they'll dig shallow graves that a

5:31, we want to get to breaking news this morning because while you were sleeping the who world health organizationthe world health organization declared the ebola outbreak a public emergency. >> it is the longest and the largest in history and the who says the world needs to take urgent action to stop the spread. they issued similar advisories for the swine flu in 2009 and polio in may. >> john gonzalez outside the u.s. supreme court this morning with details on a decision that could affect the entire country. >> that's right, ladies. good morning and the question on capitol hill this morning, will the 14th amendment finally take center stage. virginia will formally ask the country's highest court to finally review its marriage equality case. we understand attorney general mark herring will finally file a petition to finalize the constitutional issues with this law. it will be the first in the nation following outlast week -- utah last week. a judge ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitution. it appears virginia's case is complex. legal questions such as whether a state can pr

who are infected. >> the world health organization has approved the use of experimental drugs and must africa and they will be holding a meeting to ramp up production. knuth eight is out to show the disease does continue to spread. >> edges we just heard, containing the virus is proving to be a huge bash as we just heard, containing the virus is turning out to be a huge problem. >> the government sealed off the slum as part of the efforts to stop the spread. residents said they were being cut off from food su pplies. >> the disease has spread to nigeria, africa's most populous nation. >> africa's biggest city. if ebola got a foothold in the city, it could spread quickly and on a scale never seen before. 12 weeks ago, a sick man brought the ebola virus here. since then, this is the number one topic on the streets of town. also at the various meeting points. are you scared of the ebola disease? >> yes, i am very scared. >> are you scared? >> even if there is a way out, when god says i will escape, i will escape. >> most people know the situation is much worse in sierra leone. people know that the fight

. >> certainly promising news especially when today the who, the world health organization, is announcing virus is spreading, kind of like wildfire. startling numbers about how many new cases there are. >> it is. what's really so sad about all of this, too, is that there's so much effort, i mean the world health organization, the cdc, so many people are trying to fight this and take a look at what the results have been so far. if you look at it there's been more than 1500 deaths, 3,000 people have gotten sick with this virus and this is the part that's really so awful. 40% of these cases have occurred in the last three weeks. so in other words, this is not getting better. in fact, it appears to be getting worse. >> it shows the difficulty, though, you know, sometimes you have in fighting an outbreak like this. everyone now knows this is going on. everyone now knows where it's going on. yet it can't be stopped in its tracks, elizabeth? >> that's a great way to put it. awareness is not the issue. but we all know this now and so one of the issues is fear. i was talking to a cdc workers who w

this after world health organization declared the ebola outbreak is an international emergency. imagine that. to betsy mckoy who says all of this is coming too little too late. why? >> it is too little too late because this outbreak began way back in december of 2013, and had the world health organization stepped in and marshaled not only more resources but also the kind of guidance these heads of state need in liberia, in guinea, in nigeria now, all the affected countries. they could have saved many lives, particularly the lives of healthcare workers. now you have the situation that was spelled out in this announcement today, where a large number of infected people are crossing national borders, a very high personal of healthcare workers in the affected countries have been felt by this disease, and hospitals and other healthcare facilities are literally abandoned or decimated or out of supplies. why wait until this critical point when they could have successfully -- >> that is water under the bridge here. >> but you asked and it is too late. >> a little attitude here. when you jump the border, and you want to

he is a senegalese scientist to works -- who works for the world health organization. doctors are withholding the man's name, age, and precise condition, but the lead doctor provided details of the treatment the man would receive. >> the basics are to regulate his fluids, give him some pain therapy, and use electrolytes to bring down his fever. we believe that simple measures like these can significantly reduce the fatality rate of ebola. >> the university clinic specializes in the treatment of infectious diseases and receives patients from around the world. some 1500 people, including about 158 workers, have died from a bullet this year, most -- from ebola this year, most of them in west africa. >> we will take a short break. when we come back, we will be looking at the lack of water in many parts of the world. >> a problem for both emerging and industrial nations. stay tuned. >> welcome back. for some of us, access to clean water is as simple as turning on the tap, but it is not as easy for 750 million people around the world. >> the worldwide fund for nature says wa

death toll from the epidemic now stands at over a thousand according to the world health organization including a spanish priest who became the first european to die in the worst outbreak of the disease ever the world is bracing for a larger scale outbreak and pressure is mounting on president obama and u.s. drug makers to help mitigate further impact of this deadly disease now no proven vaccine or cure really exists yet there is one drug made in san diego california that many hope could help the map a previously untested drug was first tried out on the two americans affected with ebola dr kent brantly and nancy right now that prompted the four countries hit with the outbreak sierra leone liberia guinea and nigeria to ask why their countries haven't received the experimental drug now in those countries six hundred people are currently suffering with ebola and according to the doctors that testified last week a bully hearing on capitol hill they suspect there may be several hundred more going undetected now liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf contacted president obama and asked for u.s. intervention to help sav

the world health organization, who, is providing the coordination. >> reporter: imagine having to work with this rubber suit with this isolation helmet in high temperatures in africa being around infected patients. it's not an easy task for the workers of the cdc. there needs to be more aid and more bodies on the drowned. they are also stressing that there is no health risk here in the united states, and it's goal for the infected countries after the spread is halted to leave lined a strong infrastructure. >> so they can be peter prepared the next time to detect unusual situation and respond quickly so there does not get to be the outer control situation that we are experiencing. >> that will take a lot of money. a lot of health professionals and a lot of scientists on the ground, right? >> as part of the president's budget there is money that has been asked for specifically what we call global health security. we see this as an investment in other countries so they are prepared. >> the "world health organization" is calling a panel of medical emphasis to meet next week and discuss an

sen it egales health officials are trying to track people who have come into contact with him. the world health organization reports over 3,000 confirmed or expected cases in guinea, liberia, nigeria and sierra leone. neighboring countries are on high alert. senega closed its border last week. >>> indian prime minister narendra modi begins a visit to japan on saturday. he spoke to japanese reporters before he set off. modi stressed that stronger relations with japan will benefit all asian countries. patchari raksawong in bangkok is following the story. >> prime minister modi wants to focus on economic and security ties during his visit to japan. modi led his rightist bharatiya janata party to the landslide victory in the may parliamentary election. it was the first change of power in a decade. a meeting between modi and japanese prime minister shinzo abe is scheduled for monday. abe also plans to host a private dinner for modi in kyoto before the summit. modi is keen to revitalize the indian economy after its worst growth in a decade. >> modi views japan as a key business partner for his country. he express

nigeria reported two new cases of ebola yesterday, affecting health workers who had cared for an american there. the world health organization says there are more than 2,600 confirmed or suspected cases and 1,427 deaths so far. all of the cases have originated in west africa. on staten island today, thousands marched to seek justice in the death of an unarmed black man who was killed by a white police officer. on july 17, new york city police used a chokehold to subdue 43- year-old eric garner after detaining him for selling cigarettes illegally. the asthmatic father of six died as a result. many marchers carried "hands-up, don't shoot" signs, a reference to the events in ferguson, missouri, where police recently killed another unarmed black man. the reverend al sharpton asked attendees to remain nonviolent, and garner's widow asked the crowd to "get justice" for her late husband. sharpton has repeatedly called the death of garner and events in ferguson a "defining moment" for policing in the united states. california has become the seventh state to address backlogged rape kits. lawmakers passed a bill yesterday which will r

it is now considered a public health emergency according to the world health organization. whos urging nations to donate money and resources to stop the spread of that disease. the latest ebola outbreak in west africa is the largest and longest on record with death rate near 50%. at least 961 people died from the virus in that part of the world. >> hawaii is cleaning up from its first tropical storm in 22 years. iselle brought down trees and power lines and flooding. residents are keeping a close eye on hurricane julio. meteorologist kathy orr, what's the latest track? >> this is what it look like in oahu right now. rainy foggy conditions. and, yes, julio is going to ride to the north of the high want islands that's the good news much eighths category two storm. it will head north of the islands by sunday afternoon as a category one storm bringing some waves and also some strong winds but that's just about it locally our big concern and our big question for the weather is will high pressure to the north keep all these clouds at bay for the weekend? we'll have that answer coming

health care systems already stretched. it becomes increasingly difficult to trace down contacts of people who have been affected. >> when the world health organizationit needs $500 million to bring this outbreak under control over a period of six to nine months, is that doable. would you agree with that? >> i haven't seen the break down of figures. it looks like something that's going to be months, weeks to control. as well as the ebola cases in hospitals, a lot of countries have a big burden. not just ebola patients suffering at the moment. anyone in need of health care in these cities will be affected. it's creating a lot of damage in some of these areas. >> dr. adam from the london school of hygiene and medicine. thank you for being with us. >>> stay with us on bbc world news. still plenty to come. is there still gold in them hills? we meet the 20th century gold miners in california. 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets.

the world health organization has got to consider how to prioritize treatment, who should be given ithat's another big one they're going to tackle as well. >> is there any precedence to this? >> this is an unusual situation. the fact they have not been tested in humans before, only in happ animals. it's unlikely this would be used in any other situation. this is one of the first times indeed this has happened. >> is it unfair in a way to look at this industry and look at drugs for being a solution to this when it's a good old fashioned control in ways that's needed? >> the world health organization is all about infection control. we know how to treat the virus. if you isolate people who are infected it shouldn't spread. we're in a difficult situation now. one of the reasons is there's mistrust in countries and communities where ebola is? . >> that's the case in northern nigeria right? >> there was an outbreak of a virus and there were deaths and disability in children. many parents felt it was the drug that caused this. this couldn't be be proved, but the drug company did have to pay

they have been meeting the world health organization chief who makes in appeal to the international community must support the extraordinary measures by providing experts, laboratory tory capacity, protective clothing, and other resources, including financial resources. >> reporter: this is the largest out break cincy bol since -y g s identified in 1996. two aid workers in liberia are being flown to atlanta for treatment. the first time an infected victim is entering the united states. >> they have become infected through medical care, and we feel that we have the environment and expertise to safely care for these patients and offer them the maximum opportunity for recovery from these infections. >> reporter: ebola is highly contagious and spreads through direct contact. yet out breaks have largely been restricted to africa. >> it's really only a threat to countries that have sort of weak health systems that might not have the sort of infection control practices and materials and the sort of disease surveillance systems that can lock an out breakdown. >> reporter: ebola is the one of the most

gonzalez. ,ur guest are adia benton laurie garrett, and professor lawrence gostin who also works with the world health organizationessor, you wanted to respond to laurie garrett. cordone,t against the but i talk to the cdc and the who and i think there's wide agreement needs to be smarter. have a health crisis turning to a human rights crisis. you have to provide food. you have to provide medical care. you have to provide psychosocial support. and you need to provide secure, but also save and sterile isolation equipment with personal protection equipment. smartat is with the senator is. i don't see it on the ground in those three countries. >> i want to ask about another question that has come up, the ahical issue of administering drug that has really not been fully tested now and administering it to the populations there in africa as the united states is trying to rapidly manufacture this drug. what are some of the ethical questions that it raises for you? >> well, so we don't actually know the efficacy of the drugs. that is the first thing. but we also are not sure how much there is in how the system is going to

the world health organization has ruled ebola sufferers can be given experimental drugs to beat the fatal virus. people infected in liberia are first in line to be treated. a spanish priest whois being treated with the same drug in madrid has died. >> the world health organization has taken a drastic decision authorizing the use of experimental drugs in the fight against ebola without following the usual pathway. >> there was an agreement among the experts that in the special circumstances of the outbreak, it is ethical to offer unregistered intervention as potential treatment or prevention. >> usually a drug must go through a long process before getting on the market. first, it is tested on animals and then on a smaller group of humans for safety and then testing moves to a larger group of people to confirm its effectiveness and monitor side effects. that is the path this drug was on at first. it was given to two american patients that are believed to be recovering from the virus. in the face of the current outbreak, the w.h.o. chose to skip those steps. >> if this treatment can save lives, should we not use them to save lives? on the other hand, they have not been tested o

officials at the world health organization say three patients who received an experimental drug have shown marked improvement. two doctors and a nurse were among the hundreds of people in liberia who contracted the virus. they were given a drug called zmapp. an american company developed the medication, but it hasn't been tested. two americans infected in liberia were flown back to the u.s. they were also given the drug and they just left hospital. the disease has killed 1,350 people across west africa. researchers have not been able to develop a vaccine. w.h.o. officials will meet next month to discuss potential treatments. they say it's ethical to use experimental med since under certain conditions but there are limited supplies of the drugs and they'll have to figure out how to determine which patients will be given priority. people caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine could soon be getting the supplies they desperately need. trucks from russia carrying humanitarian aid are rumbling across the border with ukraine after a delay of nearly two weeks. officials with the intern

who have lost loved once. >> the world health organization said there have been more than 100 cases this week alone. a nigerian nurse infected with ebola has died becoming the country's second confirmed fatality. at special concern, the location, the city of lagos is the country's largest. >> extremely necessary, to assist us in tracking the contacts, among to manage those cases. >> reporter: the nurse had been involved in the treatment of patrick sawyer, a lye we'ran and u.s. citizen who died of ebola last month in lagos. authorities are monitoring the 70 people known have come in contact with patrick sawyer. four of whom have already tested positive for ebola. meanwhile on wednesday a man suspected to have contracted ebola died in saudi arabia. if confirmed, this would be the first ebola related death outside of africa. and this spanish priest who worked in africa and tested positive for ebola is returning to spain for treatment. mt. sinai hospital in new york announced that the male patient with fever and are symptoms tested negative for ebola. world health organization in geneva, to determine wh

who is getting them? >> a world health organization late last week did announce this was a public health emergency. is ethical to use experimental drugs and vaccines not yet approved. there is a very limited supply of what is available. we know that one of the experimental drugs it had been ,sed onto american patients they say their resources are exhausted but they are trying to quickly scale up. while countries are trying to decide who would get experimental drugs if they get access to them, it is unknown how much there will be and how many people will really be able to actually benefit from them. onalexandra sifferlin is twitter @ccsifferlin. becky for joining us. >> and now the discussion with cdc disease detectives. health experts that investigate diseases around the world. this forum took place before the ebola outbreak and runs one hour. >> good evening. my name is robin hogan and i am the vice president of communications for the robert wood johnson foundation. we are very proud to be the .ponsor of spotlight health welcoming you to tonight presentation. everyone likes a good epidemic because

addressing the heightened risk of further contagion it's a point that was made by world health organization director margaret chan who spoke at a press conference earlier today. moving files. then we can control it and. that again spect to multiple factors one of awareness and it's no secret some of those governments themselves accept that that was. ok and if you don't accept ebola is real is very difficult to mobilize the aesthetics of the anti of government to bring the . under control. now i think it's very important that the information we share about it not to spread fear but rather awareness that a much larger pandemic can be avoided following a house hearing on the ample what crisis breaking us that caught up with can isaacs of samaritan's purse an organization that's been treating a bullet case in west africa for over thirty years isaac believes the containment of the virus will be much harder than many believe and warns that without a concerted international effort the death toll will only continue to grow. the really threatening and scary aspect of it is that it has manifested itself in cities of with popul

the world health organization, who, is providing the overall coordination. >> imagine having to workn this rubber suit with this isolation helmet in high temperatures in west africa, being around ebola-in feathed patients. it's not an easy task for the workers of the cdc. there needs to be more aid according to them, and more bodies on the ground. >> they are also stressing that there is no health risk here in the united states and its goal for the infected countries after the spread is halted is to leave behind a strong infrastructure. >> so they could be better prepared the next time to both detect the unusual situation and to respond to it more quickly so it doesn't get to be the out of control situation that we are experiencing today. >> going to take a lot of money and a lot of health professionals, amount of scientists on the ground. right? >> so it's part of the president's budget. there is some money that's been asked for, specifically for what we call global health security and we see this as an investment globally in developing this capacity in other countries so that they

of assistance from various groups around the world, including, it has to be said, the world health organization, who're going to raise a great deal of money, but at this stage, is it too little, too late, where now you have cases in nigeria. this has spread through major countries in west africa, and the fear is, it could spread further. >> david mckenzie in sierra leone, thank you. as we talk about the spread, almost unprecedent in nature, not only ebola and what it's doing and helping others. let me be fair, there is no cure or vaccine for ebola just yet. but some bodies can fight it off, if their basic functions get enough support to keep up the battle to stay strong. that's exactly what emory university hospital hopes to offer to these two american patients, to brantley and writebol. one of the questions everyone is asking in addition to how are they fairing medically speaking, who is footing the bill? who is paying for this pair of american aide workers to get back home to the united states for that much-needed treatment. cnn's alison kosik is here to talk about the money factor. who is picking

they've been meeting with the "world health organization" chief who make this appeal to the international community. >> this is the laterallest outbreak since ebola identified in 1976, and some medical staff treating victims have themselves become infected. two sickened aid workers in liberia are bean flown in for treatment. the first time that an infected person has entered the united states. >> they've become infected through medical care, and we feel that we have the environment and expertise to safely care for these patients and offer them maximum opportunity for recovery of these infections. >> reporter: ebola is highly contagious, and yet outbreaks have largely been restricted to africa. >> reporter: it's only a threat to countries that might not have the same infection control practices and materials and disease surveillance systems. >> reporter: ebola is life-threatening to humans and attacks every cell in the body. right now there are no vaccines for ebola and one that they say needs to be addressed. >> rocket fire from fighting has set war overnight. in bengahzi the republican g

addressing the heightened risk of further contagion it's a point that was made by world health organization director margaret chan who spoke at a press conference earlier today. he is moving faster than we can control it and . that again spec to multiple factors one of awareness and it's no secret some of those governments themselves accept that that was. ok and if you don't accept ebola is real is very difficult to mobilize the s.s. of the entire government to bring. under control. now i think it's very important that the information we share about it not to spread fear but rather awareness that a much larger pandemic can be avoided following a house hearing on the ample a crisis breaking aside caught up with can isaacs of samaritan's purse an organization that's been treating in all the cases in west africa for over thirty years isaac believes the containment of the virus will be much harder than many believe and warns that without a concerted international effort the death toll will only continue to grow. the really threatening and scary aspect of it is that it has manifested itself in cities of with populations o

we look at tekmura, and z-mapp, that's raising questions about who should get these drugs, the world health organization has actually convened a meeting of ethicists to try to figure out how do you dispense these and to whom, lou do you give consent and make sure they work? there are a lot of questions swirling. then the question of vaccines as well. glaxo smith-kline is working on one, johnson & johnson, there is a prospectus bioscience is working in it. however, what experts say is the way to contain this outbreak, which is the longest and largest we've seen is through isolation, identifying the patients, finding out who they've come into contact with, better communication in the communities dealing with this. there is a lot of issues there. they don't have running water or electricity. it's not necessarily going to be drugs. they're not getting to market fast enough. there is a lot of questions ability experimental use. >> when they develop a drug like this how big do they have to think market is to spend the time the energy to do this. i can see a vaccine would be a much bigger market? >> that's wha

. >> world health organization is also meeting in geneva to consider declaring an international health emergency. >>> the stowaway who snuck aboard a flight in san jose said she wouldn't dare try it again. kpix 5's kiet do reports, marilyn hartman pled no contest in los angeles and is now talking about why she did it. >> homeless, i mean, i really -- i had been in some pretty awful situations and so i took desperate measures. and ironically, i'm a student of the '60s at sit-ins and i deem myself more as a sit-in at the airport to make a point that got out of control. >> reporter: so the whole point was you were trying to demonstrate something? >> well, draw attention to another issue and it was not the appropriate way to go about it. >> reporter: hartman says she has no family and has run into problems staying in homeless shelters. >> my debit card was stolen on friday, august 1, when i would have gotten a check for social security and was in a shelter where a girl was filming me as i went to the locker as i was undressing. so that's an issue to be addressed because that film can now be the on the internet. >> report

. >> the "world health organization" said the number of people who have died in the west africa ebola outbreak has risen to 887. in nigeria a doctor has become a second confirmed case in the country. the doctor patrick sawyer died after arriving from monrovia. nigeria is the fourth country to be infected. in china 391 people are confirmed dead after sunday's earthquake. many remain buried in the republic. as adrian brown reports thousands of rescuers are on their way to the remote location. >> reporter: relief and rescue workers are doing what they can. but their efforts are being hampered by aftershocks and poor weather. communications and electricity are also down. some search teams, though, have been able to reach the edges of the quake zone. it had already collapsed when we arrived. there were dead bodies everywhere. there are lots of injured people. >> reporter: the epicenter is the town where rescuers may have to reach on foot. many survivings spend the night in makeshift shelters. the liberation army is in involved and on their way to reinforce those already in the disaster zon

the world health organization says the overall confirmed probable and suspected death toll in western africa is now 932. concerns over the spread of ebola are, of course, escalating after a saudi man who had traveled to sierra leone reportedly died from ebola. >> and the world health organization is set to hold a two-day meeting on the virus. they could announce a public health emergency on friday. so we'll be certainly watching that closely. >> yeah. and concern is growing in nigeria as well after that country's second confirmed ebola death. >> yeah. the lagos state health commissioner, he's now appealing for outside help. he, too, trying to avert a possible epidemic. take a listen. >> we need volunteers now. they are extremely necessary to assist us in tracking contacts to manage those cases. so we need doctors. we need nurses. and mental health workers. >> now, nigerian officials are also stepping up screening measures. >> yeah. will it be enough, though, to keep the virus from spreading? jonathan mann looks at the growing fear in nigeria's largest city, lagos. >> reporter: worry on the streets of lagos, nigeria. in this mega city of 21 million people, fears of an ebola epidemic ar