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Are in the cia in a newsroom. Hi everyone. Im Jessica Dean In Washington and tonight, breaking news, the white house saying President Biden held a phone call with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier today that call coming just days after the president signed in aid package that includes 26 for israel. And as biden faces increased pressure to end the war four, amid massive protests at College Campuses across the country. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is joining us now from the white house with more details on this. Priscilla, you have new reporting on what this call really focused on. Yo...

Birmingham, england there was a lab accident resulting in a small p smaum pox death that resulted. you can count on one finger how often it happens. in another city there was an intentional manipulation by -- the laboratory worker to may this virus more likely to be able to replicate in people which has this evil scientific genius kind of lex lueth are marvel comics appeal. i think the chances of that are about zero. when we look closely we are finding out what we novrl do. which is it's a bat virus that normally introduced itself into the human population. the flu is a bird virus that mutated...

Is the fear that comes from worrying about things like this when you hear some super name, eee. you think oh, oh, that, can get me. or another we've in florida, that can get me. these are not going to get you. they're very, very rare. four to six cases a year. but it's a wake-up call for protecting yourself against mosquitoes. >> okay. so they're very, very rare. but at the same time, you've got west nile virus out there, which a lot of people actually do contract. but it all comes back to the how do you protect yourself against the mosquito, 'cause there is a possibility it could be west nile...

This. this h7n9 virus is called the bird virus but having trouble finding it in a lot of birds. that's worrisome. worrisome. when i talk to people at the cdc they see changes in this virus that put it on the path of going person-to-person. that's what you worry about for a strain that has pandemic potential. i'm glad the cdc is working on vaccines and diagnostic kits because you never know at this point which virus will make the turn and become dangerous and which one is going to go away. >> the things can be lethal. they can kill people easily, transmissable is the other thing where they spre...