♪ >> anthony: in bahia, you find yourself in the heart of the heart of brazil. where the magic comes from. if you wanna get there, just follow the sound of the drums. this is salvador de bahia. city of three million people. first capital of brazil. the wellspring for everything african and spicy. where things seem to just sway and move constantly. it's a place where everybody is sexy. where even the ugly people are hot. unsurprisingly, this is where artists come from. african spiritualism, occult magic, candomblé, capoeira. caipirinha? and caipirinhas. did i mention caipirinhas? they do those here too. i like them. i like them a lot. what's magical about this cocktail is the first taste. it's like, i don't know man. it's a little too something. and then like that second sip, it's like, aw, that's kinda good. then the third sip, it's -- where are my pants? fortunately food in these parts tends to be, shall we say, hearty. for instance, a delightful meal of fried meat with plenty of absorbent starch product, like farofa. the perfect accompaniment to many, many caipirinhas. oh, excellent. o

, are fully integrated, including clinical geneticists who are traveling to brazil and colombia to assist with assessment and plans. we need to learn more about what the spectrum is in this case. as noted, we may see a broad spectrum of some more severe, some less severe and this is something we want to provide all of the expert assistance we can to support women, families, and communities who are dealing with this challenging situation. dr. pablos-mendez: one of our is the american pediatric association, so we are already working with them. >> i appreciate that. i would like to yield to the distinguished chairman. a lot of folks will be traveling to brazil this summer. steps are being taken in brazil that you can tell us about? for calls toheard cancel the olympics as people are concerned. what are the brazilians doing and why are you doing to help and what do we need to know? dr. fauci: brazil has taken this very seriously. they consider it a top national priority. they had deployed hundreds of thousands of people in the response. there are working to reduce mosquito populations.

geneticists who are traveling to brazil and colombia to assist with assessment and plans. we need to learn more about what the spectrum is in this case. as noted, we may see a broad spectrum of some more severe, some less severe and this is something we want to provide all of the expert assistance we can to support women, families, and communities who are dealing with this challenging situation. dr. pablos-mendez: one of our is the american pediatric association, so we are already working with them. >> i appreciate that. i would like to yield to the distinguished chairman. a lot of folks will be traveling to brazil this summer. steps are being taken in brazil that you can tell us about? for calls toheard cancel the olympics as people are concerned. what are the brazilians doing and why are you doing to help and what do we need to know? dr. fauci: brazil has taken this very seriously. they consider it a top national priority. they had deployed hundreds of thousands of people in the response. there are working to reduce mosquito populations. they are trying new forms of mosquito contro

. seconds. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. the mysterious disease causing we're in brazil, ground zero of the zika outbre, with disisse detectives trying to stop the contagion from spreading. the world health organization declaring a global health emergency. here in the u.s. with at least 50 cases now confirmed there is mounting concern. here's abc's chief medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: 3-month-old ann beatrice, who's like any normal baby -- but anna was born with microcephaly, an extremely small head, due to abnormal brain development. a devastating neurological condition that doctors suspect is linked to zika virus infection during pregnancy. in brazil the barbosa family is one of thousands of families dealing with the virus. roughly 150 cases of microcephaly occurred in brazil in 2014. last year, there were more than anna's mother bruna tells us her zika infection happened when she was 12 months pregnant. the last in her family to get it but they were all sick. fever, headache, rash. nobody imagined it could affect her baby. >> when during y yr pregnanc

wouldn't go to brazil if the olympics were being held right now. meanwhile, the u.s. government shipping zika virus tests for pregnant women to health departments around the country but warning that there could be temporary shortages. abc's chief health and medical editor dr. richard besser joins us to talk about the campaign to battle the mosquito-born virus. i'm bill ritter. a wild start to the presidential primary season and a wild start to the mosquito season in latin, central, and south america and the caribbean. we're gonna begin this morning by talking to u.s. senator charles schumer of new york on a wide range of issues -- why hillary clinton is having a tough challenge for the democratic presidential nomination, to the angry electorate. but i started by asking the senator about the zika virus. he is now calling for a zika czar. so how is the government doing in trying to stop this virus? >> well, the good news is we have a window of about three, four months before these mosquitoes that bear zika come here, but we have to move quickly. and there are two things we have to

americas at an alarming rate. the outbreak began in brazil. it's a condition where babies are born with abnormally small heads. it's suspected of being linked to the virus. health inspectors are advising women there and other countries not to get pregnant. the virus spread across brazil and is found in 20 counties in the americas. >> i am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephali and other neurological abnormalities reported in latin america, following a cluster of french polynesia in 2014 constitutes an international health emergency. as a cautionary measure, and because of the association, a coordinated international response is needed to improve surveillance the detection of infections and neurological complications. to intense the control of mosquito populations and to expedite the development of diagnostic defendants, and vaccines to protect people at risk >>> al jazeera's latin america editor lucia newman joins us from rio de janeiro. the w.h.o.'s declaration will come as little surprise to many people where you are, i imagine. tell us more about what the government ha

ground zero of the outbreak in brazil. >> reporter: here in brazil, donated blood is not yet tested for zika virus. instead donors are asked if they've recently been ill, but virus have no symptom, infections. in brazil the virus is predominantly spread through mosquitoes, but in the united states, nearly all the reported cases are imported from travelers. that's why the major blood banks say people should not donate blood if they have traveled in the last 28 days to mexico, the caribbean, south or central america. the director of transfusion medicine at u.p.m.c. >> if the deferral will take care of the great majority of the risk, so i think by far the benefits of transfusion would outweigh the very small risks of an infected unit. >> reporter: there is a test called p.c.r. that can detect zika virus in the blood, but it's not government approved in brazil or in the united states where about 21 million units are transfused each year. >> we keep the virus here frozen. >> reporter: researchers rafael franka has been studying in brazil. >> we have the machines and the technology to do.

is responsible for. brazil officials scramble to develop a vaccine for the zika virus. and they don't have much time before millions head to rio for the summer olympic games. and, do you have your plans set for super bowl sunday? you don't have to sit at home with parties going on all over the city. so what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week? we will have a closer look at our forecast...and what you can expect in the days to come...right after the break. for news while you're on the go, listen to our newscast partner, news-talk 780, koh. west coast through the weather will be dry, with cold nights and a slow warming trend in the afternoons. the weekend will be mostly sunny, with valley highs back in the low 50s. with snow still on the ground and light wind, patchy freezing fog is possible overnight through the morning hours. -jeff tonight: patchy freezing fog after 10 pm. partly cloudy, with a low around 22. east wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight. friday: patchy freezing fog before 10 am. partly sunny, with a high near 44. south wind ar

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. declares a global emergency other the sdwlik virus but brazil says the olympics will go head - zika. syria talks begin in geneva. >> reporter: i'm in south africa. the land appropriation bill is concerning to farmers >>> in the u.s. where the race for the white house have begun in iowa at the caucus to choose their candidates. ted cruz has won ahead of donald trump. the democratic votes are still being counted by hillary clinton and bernie sanders are neck and neck. already, though, martin o'malley has bowed out after a week result >> i congratulate my esteamed friends and opponents. i wish governor o'malley the very best. he has served our country and i am excited about really getting into the debate with senator sanders about the best way forward to fight for us and america. >> i want to take this opportunity to congratulations secretary clinton and her organization for waging a very vigorous campaign and i want to thank governor o'malley >>> let's get the latest from our correspondent who is in des moines in iowa. this is the second time around that iowa has not given clinton the

. microcephaly causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads. so far in brazil, more than 41-hundred suspected cases are reported. doctor margaret chan says while the link is still not scientifically proven, there seems to be a strong relationship. ((doctor margaret chan/director- general world health organization)) all agree on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts to understand this relationship better. (dr. jon lapook, recife, brazil) brazil is getting very aggressive to try to stop the spread of zika. health officials now have access to any home or building to destroy mosquito breeding grounds. kill the aedes aegypti mosquito that is transmitting zika. pregnant woman here are taking extra precautions. (maria fernanda laudisio de lucca) i'm using dt every day even above clothes // i hope to finish my pregnancy well and i hope for a healthy baby world health officials estimate as many as 4 million cases of zika in the americas over the next year. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, recife, brazil. ((patrick walker)) last month, the c-d-c issued an alert... warning pregnant wome

flattens buildings. the outbreak of zika virus dampens carnival celebrations. we're on the ground in brazil. far from the bright lights of super bowl 50, a dark new chapter in "johnny football's" fall from grace. and how a minor spelling error made this american tourist a major celebrity in captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. three days before the first 2016, seven republican candidates are facing off in new hampshire tonight in debate number eight. for front-runner donald trump it is debate number seven. he sat out the last one to protest what he called disrespectful treatment from fox news, the nasdaq that hosted that last debate. trump was then upset by ted cruz in the iowa caucuses. another developing storyline in new hampshire it's rise of marco rubio. makeis in manhattan manchester for us tonight. >> we had to move it to a bigger venue. >> marco rubio showing the same closing momentum that catapulted him to a third-place win in iowa, the biggest crowd of his new hampshire campaign. >> by the way, you if you get a call

brazil says the olympics will go ahead and google over takes apple as the world's most valuable company. ♪ first to the war against i.s.i.l. and u.s. secretary of state john kerry is describing a catastrophe not seen since world war ii. he has spoken at a conference in rome involving 23 nae -- nations and highlighted iraq and libya and had strong words for syria. >> on the ground for the syrian people is unfathomable and have not seen something like this since world war ii and it's unfolding before our eyes and people in madaya eating leaves and grass or animals of one kind or another they managed to capture. people who have not had a resupply for months. 113 requests by the united nation to provide supply and only 13 have been granted by the assad regime. starvation is a tactic of war is against the laws of war and is being used every single day as a tactic by the assad regime so we need to speak out powerfully about the urgent need of geneva to deliver a ceasefire, to deliver humanitarian assistance and to get civilians from stopping being bombed on a daily basis. >> let's go now to

transmitted. while in brazil experts are trying to determine whether the virus could be linked to a rare condition that causes paralysis in adults. nbc's rehema ellis reports from brazil. >> reporter: mosquitos are the primary way the zika virus is transmitted, but today the cdc confirmed the first case acquired by sexual contact in texas. as a result, the cdc tells nbc news it will now issue a new advisory this week. back, gets sick with zika and then has sexual intercourse with a woman who is pregnant or may be pregnant, there is the theoretical risk that that woman could then become infected with zika. >> reporter: as health officials study transmission, the cdc is also investigating other serious illnesses seca may cause beyond microcephaly in babies. in brazil, 27-year-old dave gomez is recovering from sudden paralysis he woke up a month ago after having zika zika-like symptoms. he was diagnosed with gulan-barre syndrome, a debill interrogate and often treatable condition with blood cell infusions and physical therapy. >> last year we have 65 cases. >> reporter: this neurologist say

deeply catholic brazil. >>> and seven day straight filibuster in south korea. >> hello again a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. mast doamacedonian police have d tear gas against refugees at the border with greece. >>> syria's opposition telling u.n. further breaches in the ceasefire would make further talks unattainable. >>> syrian capital trying to reach 154 syrians in five days with humanitarian aid. >>> the outbreak of the zika virus has reopened the abortion debate in brazil. hundreds of mothers are said to be traumatized worrying about birth defects. the option to terminate terminae pregnancy. marga ortigas reports. >> lourdes has just been told her baby has microcephaly. she was born with an unusually spall head and her brain might not develop. it's a condition that's afflicting many newborns in northeastern brazil where the zika virus is widespread. >> translator: it is very hard to take care of a child like this. my other children were both perfect. they weren't born with any problems. >> reporter: even if it had been known earlier women such as lourdes, the major

villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. under way in brazil, which is a huge draw, with at least one million tourists expected there to celebrate. and now a huge concern in the nation hit hardest by the zika virus. dr. jon lapook is in brazil. jon, a million tourists have come to brazil. a million will go home. so what does all this mean for the potential spread of the virus? >> reporter: well, jim, it's a great concern. because one theory about the way that zika actually came to brazil in the first place is that it was brought here in 2014 with the world cup soccer matches by someone who was infected with zika virus elsewhere, came to brazil, and then an uninfected mosquito here bit that person and got infected with the virus. now we're thinking perhaps it could happen in reverse-- infected people here could then travel elsewhere and you would have local transmission in those countries. >> axelrod: scary scenario. so, jon, we learned a lot more about how zika is transmitted in terms of bodily fluids this week. what do we know now that we didn't before? remarkable, jim. in just one week, we'

the homeland. according to dr. luiz alberto machado, ambassador of brazil to the united states, the brazilian government has deployed 220,000 troops and 300,000 health agents to fight the vector of the infection by visiting communities to educate the population and help eliminate all mosquito breeding grounds. experts cite possible links with the zia infection of pregnant mothers and the dangers of their unborn children. no definitive proof of such a linkage according to brazil's ambassador and i quote him in part, microcephaly in newborn babies can also be caused by a number of other diseases. health experts are dealing with something new. the link is unprecedented, he says, in scientific literature and requires in depth studies and analyses. as a matter of fact an a.p. story just out, the president of colombia said in all the cases there's not one of microcephaly. a supplemental some of $1.8 billion in order to combat zika virus there, quote, may be a link. dr. marcos, director of the communicable said there's a broad spectrum of impacts from mild to severe. a fact sheet on microc

. >>> money, brazil, fun, take stuff to europe. let's do it. i'm now packed up with a ton of cocaine. this is a ghetto. the slums in brazil are vicious. i was now in the worst place in south america. if it means killing somebody, then that's the attitude you have to have. i thought of my dad. how in god's name am i going to tell him? >>> when i was 23, my life was pretty much a party. it was that care-free, who cares, nothing makes a difference, what is happening right now is what we are going to worry about, which was the parties and having fun. work wasn't that much of the equation. the club promoters of those times would notice the go-getters. and the guys that would hustle. we hustled it so well that we ended up running the vip rooms for some of the, one of the best clubs, actually, in hollywood. loved it. we were running with the in-crowd. had all these celebrities always around. it was very exciting. feel like a king. it was the a-list of hollywood. there were drugs around in the club scene. cocaine was the drug of choice. i never took cocaine or used it because of the effect that it ha

more from ground zero in the zika fight. >> brazil hardest hit by the zika virus. it may have arrived in 2014 in the u.s. soccer tournament since then exploded infecting 1.5 million people here in brazil alone. the fear is it could spread to another 4 million people across the america's in the next 12 months. scene. health officials spraying insecticide in the hopes of killing this. the mosquito responsible for the zika virus sweeping through latin america and the caribbean. the virus suspected of causing increase in microcephaly. children born with unusually small heads often with brain damage. more than 4,100 suspected cases of microcephaly have been reported so far in in brazil. pregnant women fear other side effects from the virus. >> the public doesn't know everything about the disease. we don't know, exactly the consequence of it only microcephaly. >> reporter: tourism will likely suffer despite officials downplaying risks to visitors. rio's carnival begins, february 5th. health workers here took to the streets armed with instruments and information. and brazil set to host the e

defects an international public health emergency. the outbreak started in brazil and our dr. jon lapook is there tonight. jon. >> reporter: scott, i spent the day at the hospital in recite which has seen the most number of cases of microcephaly in all of brazil. the couple i spoke to was anguished as they try to figure out what the condition means for their baby. alice bezerra depaz had a healthy first baby, but two joao heitor was born with microcephaly, a birth defect linked to the zika outbreak. babies with microcephaly had a unusually small head and developmental delays. we never expected to have an infant like this, she said. but we will care for him the same way. today, the parents came to the hospital in recite where doctors have seen 300 infants with microcephaly since september. before that this region only saw an average of nine cases a year. dr. angela rocha heads up the effort to understand and manage the crisis. in her four decades as a pediatric infectious disease expert she has never seen anything like it. this is different she said. it is a generation of babies wi