bid to become director of the cia. the paths to confirmation seems to be clearing days before she offered to withdraw her nomination. she s expecting to face questions about her role in harsh tactic like water boarding in the aftermath of 9/11. she said, having served in that tumultuous time, i can offer my personal commitment clearly and without reservation that under my leadership the cia will not restart such a detention and interrogation program. most democrats oppose haspel s nomination even these show comes highly recommended by colleagues including leon panetta and senior intelligence officials from the obama administration. the republic of congo, lab results confirming zika in the rural northwest. over the past five weeks, there have been nearly two dozen
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and a tragic update to the search for a missing cdc scientist. the body of 35-year-old timothy cunningham was found on the bank of the chattahoochee river in atlanta. the medical examiner said there were no signs of foul play. the preliminary cause of death is drowning. cunningham, a commander in the public health service, who worked on the ebola and zika viruses, disappeared on february 12th after leaving work sick. a high speed police pursuit crossing state lines. the chase starting in indiana, when the suspect takes off in a stolen jeep. speeds hitting 120 miles an hour, crossing into michigan. fire visible in the jeep s undercarriage when authorities execute a pit maneuver. you saw it there, that s when they veer into the suspect s car. police ordering the suspect out of the burning vehicle. and when we come back, the firefighter on the tee box. first, a practice round with tiger woods. today, the real thing. dreams really come true. stay with us.
the obama administration tackled this in a crisis mode and it feels similar to how they handled the gulf spill clean-up. it looked messy at the time. but the result is a result. it was a successful clean-up. one of the things i think the obama administration realized they didn t approach this with the urgency and president obama was never a high drama person. no drama obama. so without that, they left the vacuum open for the fear monger that you talk about. and they fix that in the evidence responsibility to zooezooe zika. and they were tackingling the problem even though it has a mortality rate not even comparable to ebola. reid wilson. good for you for digging into this. because these are the type of contexts that we don t everybody said you don t do this. yes, we do as journalists, just go read it. and it is a good news story
good one. it s just happening way too slow. there s lack of specifics on there. naloxone for example. i come back to zika or ebola. if you showed these symptoms, it could reverse this death, it would be mailed to every single home within two weeks. the president is going to speak in new hampshire today. maybe he is going to super charge this, speed it up and maybe he has the political will. gary is going to stick around. you ll see him later today at 3:00 with my colleague ali velshi to get reaction to the president s comments. coming u, a troubling new development in austin, texas, where police are investigating a fourth explosion in less than a month. but first, you know we re keeping track, gun violence in this country. at least 11,542 incidents of gun violence in the united states this year alone. are you ready for this number? 482 of them took place over this past weekend.