biggest defeat of the year so far, plus china warning the u.s. is playing with fire after this remark from president biden. are you willing to get involved military to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. that s a commitment we made. and the number of potential monkey pox cases in the u.s. growing, now suspected cases in two more u.s. states, bwhat the biden administration is warning tonight.
i resigned in protest because chesa boudin interfered in every single case and failed to do his job. the office is absolutely in disarray right now. chesa dissolved my unit prosecuting car break-ins. now criminals flock to san francisco because there are no consequences. we can t wait. recall chesa boudin now. tonight, monkey pox cases now confirmed in 15 countries. that s up from 12 in about 24
strong with some key asian allies. now i just want to quickly make a pivot to one important domestic issue for the president. yesterday as he was leaving south korea, my colleague kaitlan collins asked him object the monkey pox cases we are seeing at home. this is what he told her. it is something everybody should be concerned about. we are working on it hard to figure out what we do and what vaccine, if any, may be available for us. it is a concern in the sense that if it were to spread, it is consequential. the remarks were notable because just a couple of days ago, the cdc had actually said the public should not be very concerned. so right now, it s not really clear whether the president there was talking off the cuff or whether there was additional guidance that he was reflecting. but no question that once he returns home, this is going to be one of the many domestic issues that he keeps his eyes
The meeting s agenda is believed to be the ways of the virus transmission, its high prevalence in gays and bisexual men, as well as the situation with vaccines.
it s a serious one we should investigate. we have to make sure we understand if and how it s spreading. at this point, we don t want people to worry. the numbers are small. we want them to be aware of the symptoms and if they have any concerns, reach out to their doctor. since the comments from the surgeon general, canada announced it has 17 suspected monkey pox cases. joining us now is a professor in the division of infectious diseases at vand vanderbilt university medical center. first, what is monkey pox, and how serious could this be for somebody infected? well, monkey pox is part of the family of viruses to which smallpox belongs. we ve eradicated smallpox from the world, but it s similar. this virus lives in africa. we think principally in rodents, but occasionally it can get into