The next pandemic. Hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. You might think that the Natural History museum is not the best place to have a meeting like this. I would suggest that the Natural History museum is the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 million objects. I say that objects whatever but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last 300 years and preserving those objects in museums and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth so the records have collect and over the expansion of humans. In any given year, 400 phd is working behind the scenes. Last year, over 400 new species were described. At the same time, we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next year is a different 6 million so in a decade you might get as many as 50 Million People in this building. We live in Interesting Times with human population is growing. There are so many thi
We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Meteorologist Melissa Magee will have much more on where harvey is headed next but first to abcs Elizabeth Hur. Shes live in new york with the national outpouring of support for the victims of this flooding catastrophe. Elizabeth. Reporter well, rick and sharrie, the heartbreaking images and the stories coming out of texas have so many people asking how can we help and many of them are turning to social media to mobilize. From missouri to florida, new york and california, volunteers from coast to coast. Be safe out there. Reporter answering the call for help. We need citizens to be involved. This is a landmark event. Reporter fema officials stressing that help isnt just welcomed but necessary. They are veterans of the world trade center, katrina, rita. Reporter and these trained First Responders rescuers and nurses not the only ones signing up. The order that you called in earlier decided to donate the entire. Are you serious. Yes. Reporter businesse
And vote on this bill after things getting and popularity to combine their version with house version and hopes to get it to President Trump for christmas. Next up will take you alive to a forum on preparations for the next health pandemic, scientists and doctors are reviewing current influence the dangers and future challenges. Hosted by the Johns Hopkins school of Public Health it live coverage around hes been to. It is a combination of protection in their age group that has seen the related strain of [inaudible] but [inaudible] also now look at historical tenements from 1890 to 1918 to 1,962,009 and theyre all different. They share pictures and come at odd times and come in the summer and the effect more of the younger population but they are quite different and that means for the future we need to have systems to have Technology Information and what it looks like. David, in 1918 there were no pharmaceutical interventions available to help expand the pandemic. We now both antivirals
The next pandemic. Hope early hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. I would suggest that the Natural History museum is the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 objects. I say that objects whatever but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last frontiers in preserving preserving those objects in museums and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth so the records have collect and over the years brizard by research scientists. Last year over 400 were described by scientists working the building. At the same time we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next years a different 6 million so wanted to 80 may get as many as 60 people in the building. We live in Interesting Times when human population is growing. There are so many things happening on the planet where humans and her face in the Natural World and where it seems like pandemics can emerge.
Natural museum and has 145 objects. I say that objects whatever but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last frontiers in preserving preserving those objects in museums and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth so the records have collect and over the years brizard by research scientists. Last year over 400 were described by scientists working the building. At the same time we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next years a different 6 million so wanted to 80 may get as many as 60 people in the building. We live in Interesting Times when human population is growing. There are so many things happening on the planet where humans and her face in the Natural World and where it seems like pandemics can emerge. Just a couple of examples. If we were to go to the other side the building into the sixth or you would walk into a collection that is 640,000 birds skins collected over the last years all around the