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>> reporter: co-discovered ebowl fla 1976, almost 40 years later doctors still dont know how to prevent it or where it lurks between epidemics. >> it came out of the blue in west africa. >> reporter: one leading theoryish bats are carrying ebola possibly spreading the virus to other animals and then to people. testing the theory is difficult because outbreaks are rare and little market demand for a vaccine. money for research often comes from the government. countries like the u.s. worry it coul...

Halloween. but farmers love them because they feast on some of the insects that destroy crops. the problem now is that a mysterious fungus is killing the bats by the millions. seth doane has our story. >> this is one of the entrances. >> reporter: cory holliday of the nature conservancy took us to a tennessee cave thats the winter home to 160,000 endangered gray bats that could be extinct within a decade from white nose syndrome. >> this is a wildlife disease. its unprecedented in our history. >...

could affect all of us, including our own mail delivery. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." jtsdzer. it all begins in iowa. right now many of the republican presidential candidates are in that state, a state that holds the lead-off contest in 2012. theyre working the crowds at the state fair before tomorrows pivotal iowa straw poll. and theyre taking direct aim at president obamas handling of the debt crisis and the u.s. economy. listen to some of the republican hopefuls...

shopping sprees, but are still out there spending and thats good. the dow fell to the lowest level in 30 years, but we are not seeing the wild swings we saw all week. the dow closed down 600 on monday and up 400 on tuesday and down 500 points on wednesday and up 400 yesterday, and it was the first time in the dows history we have seen closing numbers like this. drew? >> you could probably measure the heartbeat of traders the same way, up and down. tell us what happened in europe? they ...

They could outrun a world champion human runner. and this apparently the vampire bat on the treadmill. >> im sorry, but that is hilarious. >> i just dont get it. >> who filmed this and why, i dont get. >> and where are his wings, by the way? >> that is an ugly bat. if you get chased by one, you are out of luck. >> all right. now heres a good one. an artist makes a crunchy tribute to rachael ray. there is an artist by the name of -- what is his name? i forget. i forget his name. he makes portrait...

Sun. you will still need to wear a sun block. jane: thank you. gregg: you did a bunch? çjane: all the time, maybe thre times a week. we did it through high school, probably through college. what can i do now? gregg: in the state of indiana is dealing with one of the largest baath populations in the u.s. now company recently got rid of 150 batsç in one house alone. the owner of the home woke up with one on his face. the bat tested positive for rabies, of course, a potentially deadly disease. ...