Fact there has never been a time when humans were not affected during his time as a selfdescribed disease detective he has had his own brushes with viruses and wnfectious disease in contagion in 1995 he worked in zaire for the first a bola after 9 11 he was called to washington to prevent the spread of anthrax and in 2003 called to hong kong to help quarantines ours. These are some of the stories he chronicles in the next pandemic as a disease hunter and has been trying to prepare the public for Health Emergencies and he has seen it all. Telling us microbes will always be a problem he also writes that in all all epidemics and pandemics are inevitable in fact most can be mitigated if not prevented. But how do we have enough resources . To help a separate the hype from the facts what poses the greatest risk of what we need to do please join me on a Public Health journey by welcoming doctor kohn to the Carnegie Council this morning. [applause] thank you very much. Good morning everybody.
Im alex witt. Moments ago, president obama wrapped up a press conference in seoul with park. Lets get right to nbc White House Correspondent Peter Alexander who is traveling with the president. Good morning. What is the latest in seoul . Reporter alex, good day to you. President obama just wrapped up a wide ranging News Conference in seoul alongside the south korean president , President Park. President obama said that the palestinian israeli peace talks are at an impasse and he said he sees no signs of progress in the foreseeable future. On the topic of ukraine, president obama again insisted that diplomacy is the way to go, but he said Vladimir Putin is not, in his words, a stupid man, saying that the sanctions in place are already having an impact. On the topic of north korea, president obama said north korea is not just a threat to this region, but a threat to the u. S. As well. This, of course, is a country still reeling from the loss of so many lives in the wake of that ferry dis
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