per year. i have to talk about the report and africa s struggle against preventable diseases i m happy to join the story here now by gayle smith s you know one of n.-g. o. working in this area good morning welcome to the show thank you for having me is africa on the right track in tackling preventable diseases like aids malaria tuberculosis i actually i think africa is on the right track but we re not there yet if you look at where we ve come from ten fifteen twenty years ago the progress has been significant and i think that s been the work of african civil society governments donors and the international community that said if you think about h hiv and aids despite the progress around the world we re still seeing a million deaths we re still seeing increases in infections of two million and two thirds of that is still in africa ok talking about significant progress but still statistics are showing donor fatigue or africa since two thousand and fourteen is
syria iran but also particular russia to come to the negotiating table to allow syrian forces participate in the un let peace talks in geneva so a big attention to actor vive vitalize the political process in solving the seven conflicts but this conference you ll get is billed as a donor conference is a two day event will it meet the targets that you know people want at all is there some kind of doing a fifteen setting in. with long term conflicts like the syrian one you always have the problem of donor fatigue because it is always the same stories you have to bring across terrible conditions for similarly and children dying we ve heard of this for years now so clearly it is a topic on the table however de mistura said he came back from this conference that s been ongoing since this morning with two hundred n.g.o.s in place who also
at this point a severe drought, it appears, a severe drought in north korea. the sun tree s seeking humanitarian aid from iran. how dire are things there? yeah it is bad. but it s not the 100-year drought that the regime says. because they re trying to portray it as worse than it actually is because they want aid from the u.n. and the international community. and there is what is called donor fatigue after all these years. people are starting to think that it s really the regime s fault, it s not just some sort of natural disaster. all right, very interesting insight. gordon thank you so much. christian as well thank you. coming up security stepped up for the july fourth holiday amid concern that lone wolf terrorists may launch attacks while americans are gathered in crowds. donald trump mashup. the billionaire takes more heat after his latest outrageous comments describing mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists. you ll be hearing the presidential candidate in his own word
then he was living on the street when he was found. one last thing here and this is important because you all and other agencies are trying to do this work. you just told me before we started here, you don t have the funding you need. you all are so short, i would assume many other agencies are short as well. why is there a gap, a void in getting the dollars you need to do your work on the ground? i wish i had a great answer for that. the american people are usually extremely generous and we re hoping they will be again because only about 8% of the funding has been raised. we re going to continue to work. unicef is going to be there on the ground. millions of kids have been vaccinated. hundreds of thousands are getting supported through this trauma by unicef. but significant dollars are needed. is it too far? are we too disconnected from the conflict? has it been going on so long that there s a fatigue? like you said, you don t really know. i m sure some of it is donor fatigue.
characterized as a litmus test for the presidential election. mitt romney right after the verdict came in released a statement, praising the governor and saying tonight s results will echo beyond the borders of wisconsin. now, we re waiting to hear from the governor, governor walker will be speaking any moment. we ll bring it to you live. as you can see, a lot of people getting ready in the badger state for him to make his appearance. john king is with me now. john avlon, reihan salam, gloria borger. let me ask you something, john avlon, the whole litmus test for the election. and mark theissen talked about how the vote would go. 56% for walker, 43%, barrett. that means there s significant number of independents in wisconsin who support scott walker and barack obama. what does that mean for november? this is going to have far-reaching implications and it will probably be overstated over the next 72 hours or so. but here s one thing that s clear. debbie wasserman schultz wis