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malaysia. some of that debris may not burn up, and it would land somewhere near that spot that space command just predicted. only one person was that jackpot winner, and now we wait to see who that person actually is. >> im hoping to hit the jackpot. im pamela brown in washington. youre in the "cnn newsroom." and we begin tonight with two developing stories this hour. the new york city health officials say they are declaring a public health emergency due to monkeypox. it makes new ...

Mom. i was never told about this virus and what a threat it was to my babies. i mean, what was your reaction? >> we were -- my husband and i were both very taken back by it because we had never heard of it before. and especially the way it was presented to us was this is a virus that had been going around in australia. and we were like, well, how did our son get that? and especially because he had minimal outside contact. i mean, most of his contact was with people within the hospital. at home, ...

Its actually dangerous right now. >> and on this former navy bombing range turned sleepy paradise, where glow-in-the-dark plankton -- >> three, two, one. >> reporter: draws tourists from around the world. >> so beautiful, man. >> reporter: -- we found that near 200-mile-an-hour winds had turned just about everything upside down. planes, boats -- >> were out of food. were running out of food and water. >> reporter: and thousands of human lives. >> we decided the most important thing was to establ...

Planes, boats -- >> were out of food. were running out of food and water. >> -- and thousands of human lives. >> we decided the most important thing was to establish communications. >> until another angel named robert becker brought in a bag of satellite phones, the island went six days without outside contact. >> oh, my god. >> it crushes your soul to watch that and this is the line. this is a two-hour line of folks waiting to give proof of life to a wife or a husband or a father. its rough. >>...

But i was at the previous one down in southern illinois. i actually worked there for a little while in st. louis, and it went from alcatraz to southern illinois to florence. >> and merion. >> and tell us what it is like. if he is going to be going there for the rest of his life, what kind of conditions would he have to endure? >> he is locked up completely by himself 23 hours a day, and he has his own little facility they let him out of the jail, but he is caged by himself. no human contact at a...

Day by day what happened to him. >> martin, still, it will be three weeks tomorrow, this transfer youre looking at on your screen happened. and still no contact with his family, three weeks? >> naturally as a parent we all sit there and feel that our hearts go out and wonder why this is happening. there could be a number reasons. the military stated last week this was at the request of sergeant bergdahl himself. i havent had the chance to talk to him so i cant verify that. it could be the milita...

Member or friend who can field calls and make sure everyone is okay and they have heard from everybody. you can print a small can tact card for members of the family. i printed it out here. its easy to see. fill in everyones contact numbers, school numbers, worknu need, along with your outside contact who youll reach out to outside of the area. have this. it can make a difference so if somethings happening you at least know you can get together, contact each other and be safe. >> that is worth s...