taliban denying that. a problem of the afghan government is they don t know who exactly is in charge of the taliban right now and believed mullah omar is in next door in pakistan and realize the fighting unit isn t working in a strict structure and may not follow the orders of exile leaders across the border. thank you very much for your coverage. we ll talk to you tomorrow. the future of being connected. i want to talk to you about something entirely different and all about video and the big i. here s a question to ponder. what country has the highest percentage of wired citizens? is it sland, japan, the united states or canada? take a hard guess at that.
wasn t something that she kind of went against his advice. so this is still somewhat of a developing story, of course, ali, but she is facing an ethics trial that could play out this fall. the second one we have been reporting on in the past few weeks. brianna, we ll check in with you. brianna keilar on capitol hill on the maxine waters story. one of the things we always talk about here, the big i. we talk about big ideas, sometimes small ideas, that can solve problems and make things better for all of us. listen, we ve got a great one right now. do you know how many people die when they are hospitalized, how many people die of infections they didn t go into the hospital with? i m always fascinated. i always hear this number and am fascinated by it. and one of the things we learn from you, and you enjoy from this show, is when elizabeth cohen is on this show, she breaks these things down for us, she s got a brand-new book out. and it is called empowered patient, because this is w
discussion we re having today is you can arm people with information. so if all of a sudden i have to go into the hospital for something unexpected, i just know some things to look out for to try and keep myself from dying or healthier. exactly. i m going to give you two examples. and we talk about the big i. there is this incredible innovate tore who we re going to meet, peter provost. and he came up with a simple checklist. for example, when someone is on a ventilator in a hospital, if they re lying down flat like this, they re at an incredible risk for getting a pneumonia. however, if it you just elevate their head that s all you have to do. elevate their head actually, there you go. just elevate the head, and you can actually get those infection rates down. they tried it on just elevating the head, got pneumonia rates down by 66%. that s it. it doesn t get any lower tech than elevating the head. and there are so many of these simple, low-tech explanations. this one fasc
ecuador/columbia border. one person in custody. and a heatwave of historic proportions may strike some northeastern states. actually, it already is. temperatures reaching triple digits could trigger a dangerous situation, according to weather officials. tuesday s supposed to be the hottest, so be careful. drink plenty of liquids and stay in if you can. the big i. talk about a big idea. an amateur scientist has built a fusion reactor in brooklyn. he s hoping to develop a cheap source of energy. cnn s carol costello has the story. reporter: a warehouse in brooklyn. inside a dream that if realized could change everything. you can hear it sounds like a jet engine. this is mark suppes, a web designer for gucci by day, an amateur signs junky or fusionist, by night. you can hear it kind of getting higher and higher. and anticipation is building. are you excited? i m excited!
the big i. just before the break, carol costello introduced us to mark supp suppes, who has put together a nuclear reactor at a warehouse in brooklyn. he joins us now live from our studios in new york. and you know, mark, first things first. you design websites for gucci? that s correct. so, you know, where do you cross paths with nuclear fusion? how did you get into this? i ve been an entrepreneur for almost ten years now. and i ve done a lot of web start-ups and a lot of technology. and very comfortable looking at a problem and identifying an opportunity. and so you re sitting around, looking at a problem like how can i put together a nuclear reactor in this warehouse? and solve the energy crisis. i would say it was more like i was between start-ups and i saw this video that busar gave and i was so inspired and it looked like such a winning solution to the energy problem.