What are the things we can do right now . We are now on a war footing. It took us there. My sense of hopelessness was that we couldnt do anything in these countries. Thats why we want to put these financial mechanisms in place. When the finance ministers begin to understand the downside global risks to my economy are huge, then they will have conversations. Now, thats my job. Part of my job instead of conversations with ministers of finance. And i think we can put together mechanisms that could protect us from outbreak in the future. This has been fascinating. Thank you for doing this. Thank you. Thank you. So one of the things the nigerian finance minister said that was important to was not just gs addressing fear i dont mean to hold you up, but is there not something that can be done in the in terms of a mobile phone drop or teaching about the practice of dead burials . The u. S. And the u. K. Are putting into place extenders for the cell phone networks. There wasnt a huge amount of
Sa sara dallof is outside the hospital. Officials say dr. Spencer entered a new phase regarding the symptoms of having ebola. Thats correct. He entered the next phase of the illness which is marked by gastrointestinal symptoms. He remains in serious but stable condition. Doctors say he looked a little bit better on sunday than saturday. Hes in serious but stable condition. Hes still awake and talking. He tolerated a plasma transfusion very well. That donation coming from surviving ebola patient Nancy Writebol who said she was happy to give it and that she is praying for his recovery. His fiance was released from the hospital over the weekend. Shes returned to her apartment in harlem where shes going to wait out the rest of the quarantine period. Neither she nor the two other people that came into contact with dr. Spencer has shown any signs of the illness. Lets go back to new jersey and the nurse kaci hickox who has become the face of the pushback against the mandatory quarantine polic
battle. you heard some democrats saying that this was also a problem with the trump administration, and their policies. you heard from senate shaheen pointing to mike pompeo, ignoring her questions about getting women at the table. the negotiating table with the tal taliban. she was clearly frustrated about what the trump administration did to get the biden administration where they are. she spoke about the need to work together to get the rest of the afghans out of the country. and secretary blinken also answered direct questions about the relationship, the taliban, and al qaeda saying that relationship is not yet severed. so nic, on the ground for us in kabul. plus your years of perspective covering this issue. let s start with the blinken point that another five years or ten years, there s not going to make any difference. that s an argument you could probably sell given the history of corruption. the history of incompetence in zbarn. there are some who said when you came into off