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Lead medical care and are you prepared for that? in storms like dorian we know its not a week long response. its going to take months and year. after health care maria, harvey, florence as well as, were ready to stay there as long as needed. neil: thank you for all youre doing there. vice chair for the emergency program for people who need it. we want to take you to madagascar. the pope is saying mass in that country, a big catholic presence there that extends to the dioces, with a host of afric...

Second world war western nations prepared themselves for the bombing of civilians. the city after city started analyzing its vulnerability in new york it was calculated the two squadrons of bombers alone could paralyze the city. in london with its eight million inhabitants the government launched an emergency program to build shelters. in a place thats not an issue that has been the company. but how much protection could thin corrugated shelters offer against a barrel of steel. on september firs...

Millions of gas masks were distributed. but the big. threat would not come from poison gas in the two years preceding the second world war western nations prepared themselves for the bombing of civilians. city after city started analyzing its vulnerability in new york it was calculated the two squadrons of bombers alone could paralyze the city. in london with its eight million inhabitants the government launched an emergency program to build shelters. in a biscuit that i think that has been the ...

Standard of american foreign assistance was the marshal plan. lets face it. that was an enormously significant event for this country and for the world. now the presidents emergency program for aids relief has also done a great deal to help the human condition and there are other initiatives that provide food security and health secure. its not just our government. the gates foundation and others who do great work every single day. were here to talk about this. were trying to help the human cond...

Immigrants and the children who are already here. but unless we stop it, its going to get worse. >> and steve, i want to get you in on this with this question too. and how much responsibility should or can the u.s. bear? the white house announced this week, its setting up emergency fund -- emergency program, with funds for about 300 lawyers to deal with this situation. thats still not enough. >> yeah. look, i think theres a number of things that have to happen here, right? the bottom line is, pe...

Wage, and infrastructure spending. those are three things that in the past, republicans -- even republicans in congress had been onboard with. whats changed? why not now? >> well, thanks for having me, craig. a couple of things. you and i and your viewers know how important it is for someone to have a job. in terms of their ego, their human dignity, the way they view themselves, self-worth. so i think its very important. and the idea of unemployment benefits for those first 26 weeks, if someones...

About $300 a week for three months to families who had their benefits cut off last month. >> that would give immediate relief to these families and remove the fear that i think now many of them face, not knowing if and when theyll ever get those benefits back. and it would allow for time for further discussions about how to move forward for the rest of 2014. >> jay carneys beard almost overshadowing the substance of the story. some republicans say democrats are trying to force through the bill w...

People cant really get back in the labor market if they are out for so long, more than six months. this is the problem the white house has. the economy is getting better. we could get a strong jobs report on friday. on the other hand, for people out of work for a long time, those people im showing you on your screen, nothing has changed for them. the white house wants to make sure they have a little more time. ill make one final point. no one i talk to thinks this program is going to last much l...

Months of checks. these checks on average about 300 bucks a week. more than 1.3 million people lost those benefits just before new years, when an existing program expired. an emergency program that some republicans have said the emergencys over, we need to pay for it if were going to extend th this. the senate today is also poised to approve janet yellen to become the next leader of the federal reserve. the vote is all but assured and yellen is set to become the first female chair of the natio...

The brutality of kims regime. pope francis celebrated the epiphany at the vatican marking the wise mens visitation of jesus. he announced sunday he will be traveling to the holy land in may. as congress returns to work, the white house is calling on lawmakers to extend emergency unemployment benefits for thousands of americans. extending benefits comes with a cost. cnns chief business correspondent, christine romans, is live with that side of the story. >> good morning. >> the cost is about $26 ...