there s a lot of alternatives. we haven t made up our mind yet. the white house evaluating how to respond as some key global economic forecasts have gotten gloomier. so what do all these forces mean for you at home and your wallet? let s discuss with cnn s matt egan. he s at the new york stock exchange. and cnn s kaitlan collins is with us from the white house. so matt, lay it out for us. is there a direct cause and effect between this production cut and prices at our local gas station? ana, the simple answer is yes. we re already seeing an impact. just ten days ago recession fears drove world oil prices down to eight-month lows but they have since raced back to life in large part because of rumors of this opec supply cut and now the actual official confirmation. and prices at the gas pump are responding swiftly. a gallon of regular now fetches $3.87 nationally. that is up from $3.83 just a day ago. up nine cents over the past week. prices are still lower, of course, than
outbreak in uganda is the sudan species, and this is one where we don t have a vaccine and we don t have approved treatments. but i will tell you that a representative with the world health organization just said earlier today that he s positive we can get this outbreak under control. more and more assets, systems being inpu and i m positive that we could control this in reasonably good time. so we heard there, ana, that is reassuring to hear. and what i will tell you about ebola virus, when someone has ebola disease the symptoms include fever, sore throat. but the key symptom is unexplained bleeding. and that s a key sign of ebola. so i can tell you, ana, this is something the cdc is monitoring very closely. and again, just to emphasize, no cases of ebola in the u.s.