>> reporter: good morning, allison. they needed good news on this ebola outbreak lasting more than a year now, more than 1800 people killed. these two drugs which were part of a randomized trial, allison, that was started in november last year were put in place in treatment centers all over the northeast congo. they're showing extraordinary results compared to the existing ebola treatments that have been around for a few years. in one case, for people coming in early for treatment with a very low viral load, they showed a 90% recovery rate. that's compared to a 70% death rate for people who don't get this kind of treatment. because of those extraordinary numbers, they just halted that trial and they're going to roll out two experimental drugs, one by a new york based pharmaceutical, another by a branch of u.s. nih, and they're going to hopefully give hope to the people who have been
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