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WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Turkey has been an important ally to the United States for years, but,

recently, different views on how to fight ISIS in Syria, on human rights, and on a number

of other issues have driven a wedge into that relationship.

Judy Woodruff is in New York.

And, late today, she spoke with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- Judy.

JUDY WOODRUFF: William, yes, I'm in New York.

And I just finished moments ago a lengthy interview with President Erdogan on a number

of subjects.

But what I think is -- may be of greatest interest is, when I asked him about the report

today -- again, this is a moment of tension in a season of tension between the U.S. and

Turkey -- a report today that the Trump administration has decided it will not go forward with selling

guns and other weapons to President Erdogan's presidential guards, in a surprising twist,

President Erdogan said this didn't make sense, because he claimed that the U.S. has been

giving weapons to terrorists in Syria.

And by that, he was referring to the anti-ISIS -- Kurdish anti-ISIS groups.

Let's listen.

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President (through translator): We need to fight these terrorists

with the United States.

And when we are not able to acquire those weapons from the United States, why are you

giving those weapons to terrorists?

It's a question that we ask our friends in the United States.

And when these questions are not answered, we're feeling sorry, as the strategic partners

to the U.S.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Those were some pretty tough words about U.S. foreign policy.

I know there was also a recent announcement last week that the Turks had purchased surface-to-air

missiles from the Russians, Turkey being a NATO member, Russia being a pretty strong

enemy of NATO.

Did you ask the president about that?

And what did he say?

JUDY WOODRUFF: I did, William.

This has raised the hackles, as you can imagine, of other NATO members in Europe and in the

United States, questions about, where does Turkey's loyalty really lie, if it's cutting

this $2.5 billion deal to buy these surface-to-air missiles?

President Erdogan's response is that it was a logical thing to do.

He said, over time, we have been asking other NATO countries for weapons.

They haven't been willing to sell them to us.

He said, the United States won't even sell us drones.

He said, we have had that request in for a number of years.

So, he said, it was only natural that we would turn to the Russians.

And I tried to pin him down, if you will, a little bit about where his loyalty really

lies.

Is it with NATO and the West, or is it with Russia?

And his answer was essentially neither one -- both -- both and neither, that we have

to do what's best for Turkey.

As I said, we covered a lot in this interview, and we're going to be bringing our "NewsHour"

viewers much more of it tomorrow night.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: All right, Judy Woodruff from New York, thank you so much.

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High-Level Event on "Reforming the United Nations: Management, Security, and Development" - Duration: 13:22.

AMBASSADOR HALEY: Good morning, and welcome to everyone.

Thank you, and welcome to an event that shows it truly is a new day at the United Nations.

I thank you very much for being here.

You should know that we had to get a bigger room to accommodate everyone here today, and

that's a good problem.

And that is one of the greatest signs of hope for the United Nations that we've seen since

I've been here.

The Declaration of Support for United Nations Reform began as a way to give momentum to

Secretary-General Guterres' efforts to bring greater efficiency, accountability, and transparency

to the UN.

We thought that having Member States put their names on a document would help ensure that

these goals don't remain just words but become a part of the culture of the UN.

The response that we've had has been nothing short of fantastic; 128 nations have signed

onto the declaration as of this morning, and we're still counting.

That is a supermajority.

I thank our co-hosts today, our friends from Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan,

Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay.

Most of all, I thank all of you.

The fact that so many are committed to seeing the United Nations succeed is gratifying.

It is a sign, not only that change is desperately needed, but that it will be achieved.

You are the reason change is coming to the UN.

It is now my honor to introduce someone who is no stranger to change.

Donald Trump has a businessman's eye for seeing potential, and he sees great potential,

not just in this reform movement, but in the United Nations itself.

He shares your commitment to creating a more effective advocate for peace, security,

and human rights.

We are deeply grateful he has taken the time to be with us today.

Ladies and gentlemen, President Donald J. Trump.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much.

Thank you.

(Applause.)

I actually saw great potential right across the street, to be honest with you,

and it was only for the reason that the United Nations was here that

that turned out to be such a successful project.

So I want to thank you, Ambassador Haley,

for your introduction and for your steadfast advocacy for American interests

on the world stage.

On behalf of the co-host countries, I would like to also thank Secretary General Guterres for --

and you have been fantastic -- for joining us, and we affirm our commitment

to the United Nations reform.

And reform is what we're talking about.

I applaud the Secretary General for laying out a vision to reform the United Nations

so that it better serves the people we all represent.

We support your efforts to look across the entire system and to find ways

the United Nations can better, and be better at development, management, peace, and security.

The United Nations was founded on truly noble goals.

These include affirming the dignity and worth of the human person and striving

for international peace.

The United Nations has helped advance toward these goals in so many ways:

feeding the hungry, providing disaster relief, and empowering women and girls

in many societies all across the world.

Yet in recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential

because of bureaucracy and mismanagement.

While the United Nations on a regular budget has increased by 140 percent, and its staff

has more than doubled since 2000, we are not seeing the results in line with this investment.

But I know that under the Secretary General, that's changing and it's changing fast.

And we've seen it.

That's why we commend the Secretary General and his call for the United Nations

to focus more on people and less on bureaucracy.

We seek a United Nations that regains the trust of the people around the world.

In order to achieve this, the United Nations must hold every level of management accountable,

protect whistle-blowers and focus on results rather than on process.

To honor the people of our nations, we must ensure that no one and no member state shoulders

a disproportionate share of the burden, and that's militarily or financially.

We also ask that every peacekeeping mission have clearly defined goals and metrics

for evaluating success.

They deserve to see the value in the United Nations, and it is our job to show it to them.

We encourage the Secretary General to fully use his authority to cut through the bureaucracy,

reform outdated systems, and make firm decisions to advance the U.N.'s core mission.

Further, we encourage all member states to look at ways to take bold stands at the

United Nations with an eye toward changing business as usual and not being beholden

to ways of the past which were not working.

Mr. Secretary General, the United States and the member states present today

support this great reform vision.

We pledge to be partners in your work, and I am confident that if we work together and

champion truly bold reforms, the United Nations will emerge as a stronger, more effective,

more just, and greater force for peace and harmony in the world.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary General.

And I look forward to advancing these shared goals in the years to come,

and it is a great honor to be with you today.

Thank you.

(Applause.)

AMBASSADOR HALEY: I came to the United Nations about the same time as the Secretary-General.

He and I share a mission to find value in the UN.

We share the goal of a better United Nations.

Not a cheaper UN or a more expensive UN.

Not a smaller one or a bigger one.

A better United Nations.

An organization with the trust and the capability to deliver on its mandate to promote peace,

security and human rights.

over the past eight months, he has been a partner and become a friend.

His leadership brings us together today.

Ladies and gentlemen, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

(Applause)

SECRETARY-GENERAL GUTERRES: Mr. President, thank you very much for your engagement

and your support.

I also thank Ambassador Haley for her leadership, her partnership and her commitment.

And I am very grateful to all the leaders here today.

Someone recently asked what keeps me up at night.

My answer was simple:  bureaucracy.

Fragmented structures.

Byzantine procedures.

Endless red tape.

Someone out to undermine the UN could not have come up with a better way to do it than

by imposing some of the rules we have created ourselves.

I even sometimes ask myself whether there was a conspiracy to make our rules exactly

what they need to be for us not to be effective.

Above all, let us never forget that we are here to serve.

To serve the people.

People suffering in poverty or exclusion …

people victimized by conflict …

people whose rights and dignity are being denied …

but also people with ideas and dreams who need a helping hand.

Reform is for them.

Reform is for the hardworking taxpayers who underwrite all the crucial work we do.

And reform is for everyone serving under the UN flag, all of whom deserve

the conditions to do their vital job.

To serve the people we support and the people who support us,

we must be nimble and effective, flexible and efficient.

And we must do so keenly aware of our obligation to live up to the values

of the United Nations Charter.

Together, we are making progress on a broad and bold reform agenda

to strengthen the United Nations.

We have launched a game-changing strategy to end sexual exploitation and abuse.

We have embarked on plans to achieve gender parity in the UN;

protect whistle-blowers; and strengthen counter-terrorism structures.

We are reforming our peace and security architecture – to ensure we are stronger in prevention,

more agile in mediation, and more effective and cost-effective in peacekeeping operations.

We are reforming our development system to become much more field-focused, well-coordinated

and accountable to better assist countries through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

– our contribution to a fair globalization.

And to underpin all these efforts we are pursuing sweeping management reform –

to simplify procedures and decentralize decisions,

with greater transparency, efficiency and accountability.

These efforts reinforce each other – and they are all grounded in overarching principles.

We are a global organization.

Ninety per cent of our personnel serve in the field.

We need to bring decision-making closer to the people we serve; trust and empower managers;

reform cumbersome and costly budgetary procedures; and eliminate duplicative structures.

Mr. President, you often have said, and you repeat it today,

that the UN has tremendous potential.

All of us have a responsibility to make sure we live up to it.

Our shared objective is a 21st century UN focused more on people and less on process,

and as you rightly said, more on delivery and less on bureaucracy.

We know that the true test of reform will not be measured in words in New York

or world capitals.

It will be measured through tangible results in the lives of the people we serve –

and the trust of those who support our work through their hard-earned resources.

Value for money while advancing shared values – that is our common goal.

I thank you very much for your support for these vital efforts.

Mr. President, many thanks.

(Applause)

AMBASSADOR HALEY: Thank you, Mr. President and Mr. Secretary-General.

Today is a great day, but it's the beginning of a process, not the end.

There are 193 members of the United Nations.

That means there are about 70 Member States out there that have not yet signed

the Declaration of Support for United Nations Reform.

Our mission leaving here today is to not be satisfied with less than a complete consensus

on this reform agenda.

We are always stronger when we speak with one voice, and the future of this institution

is worth the extra mile.

Our goal is to convince the delegations that have not yet signed the declaration

to join the effort for a more efficient, accountable, and transparent UN.

The United States believes we can make history by coming together as a true global community

for reform.

In the coming weeks and months, we will be considering

the Secretary-General's broader vision.

This is an opportunity for all of us to seize this moment and ensure

that the United Nations remains relevant.

We must challenge traditional mindsets, inertia, and resistance to change.

We will do this together.

I hope we can count on your help.

Thank you again, and let's make it a new day at the United Nations.

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U.S. sends warnings to North Korea ahead of UN General Assembly - Duration: 1:50.

Ahead of the UN General Assembly,... the U.S. officials are warning North Korea that a military

strike will soon be the only option.

Washington's envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley, is also telling Pyongyang that the United

States has plenty of ways to strike the regime if it should need to.

Kim Hyo-sun reports.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has stressed that a military response will be

the only option left to deal with North Korea's nuclear issue once diplomatic efforts fail.

During an interview with CBS on Sunday,... Tillerson said the Trump administration's

strategy on Pyongyang involves a (quote) "peaceful pressure campaign,"... which is aimed at bringing

the regime back to the table for constructive and productive dialogue.

Also on Sunday,... the U.S. Ambassador to the UN warned the North that there are a lot

of military options on the table.

Nikki Haley told CNN that the UN Security Council has run out of options to rein in

North Korea.

Her comments,... ahead of the annual UN General Assembly, indicate that Washington will not

back down from its military option,... especially as the regime conducted yet another ballistic

missile test on Friday.

U.S. National Security Advisor,... H.R. McMaster,... also warned the Kim Jong-un regime to give

up its nuclear weapons as President Trump will not tolerate nuclear threats to the U.S.

homeland.

Speaking with ABC on Sunday,...McMaster highlighted that Washington will find a fundamentally

different approach to deal with the North as past sanctions have clearly failed.

He also told Fox News that Washington needs to move fast as Pyongyang continues to conduct

nuclear and missile tests.

McMaster stressed that a sense of urgency is key whether through sanctions, diplomacy

or even military options.

Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.

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Iran warns US about scrapping nuclear deal (Amanpour exclusive) - Duration: 8:52.

mr. president welcome back to the program tell you much I kill him thank

you very much good to see you things seem quite different than they

did last year in the year before what will happen do you think if President

Trump pulls the United States out of the nuclear deal jcpoa jcpoa a multilateral

agreement ratified by the United Nations Security Council exiting such an

agreement would have very high cost for the United States of America and I do

not believe that Americans would be willing to pay such a high cost for

something that will be useless for them it will yield no results for the United

States but at the same time it will generally decrease and cut away and chip

away at international trust placed in the United States of America what would

you do what would Iran do options at our disposal visibly this issue if the

United States pulls out of the jcpoa

there has been a great deal of thought given to this possible scenario

regarding our reaction and if such a thing were to happen quite swiftly the

world will see Iran's steps and reactions this action will take place in

a matter of a few days however given that mr. Drumm reactions and actions and

policies are somewhat unpredictable we have had long thought and discussions

about our reactions can I ask you because I've talked to other Iranian

government officials I've spoken to officials from around the world what do

you think of President Trump's Twitter diplomacy do you see a strategy do you

see policy do see chaos what what do you see do you

well in any way it is a method that Mister footage trump has started he

knows better than anyone he wishes perhaps to enter into certain

announcements actively and the head of the media I don't see it as a problem

specifically however what he reads at certain points doesn't seem to be in

accordance and in line with other statements from other American officials

and this by its nature causes a certain deal of chaos you see what's happening

between Burma Myanmar and Bangladesh Rakhine State the RO hinder minority the

Moslems being being thrown out of Myanmar

what is Iran's position on this and how dangerous is it in terms of it being yet

another cause yet another Muslim cause for the terrorists to use as an excuse

to create more terrorism around the world you read kam Sagara recent

developments are fairly unprecedented under which 400,000 people have been run

from their home and their house is set oblate by the Myanmar security forces so

it is a human tragedy and it is a genocide that is taking place and I

believe that not only Muslims but all countries from throughout the world must

visa vide the Myanmar government and then Myanmar Armed Forces stand

steadfast against their current actions and render great deal of support and aid

to the refugees currently entering Bangladesh is it a magnet to recruit

terrorists hami chingu naked Ahmad these actions oppression against people

running them from their homes genocides always lay the grounds for extremism and

violence and it is possible for terrorists to wish to use such an

atmosphere and such a foundation but it is up to us to

not allow them to use these four to use these as tools to draw people as a

magnet and certainly once their defeat is ultimately achieved and driven from

seed the Syrian and Iraqi battlefield they would certainly focus elsewhere and

it is of great danger not only for us but the rest of the world as well as

Europe of course what is your reaction to the leader of North Korea Kim jong-un

with his sixth nuclear test with his ICBM missile test with sending missiles

over Japan threatening American territory what is your reaction to

what's happening there right now and he has nuclear weapons

Massimo Phoolan Raja Basilicata our position has been very clear and remains

clear visa vie nuclear weapons we are against any type of weapons of mass

destruction as well as nuclear weapons and we believe that they must be

destroyed throughout the world so our opinion our positions are clear

arms races are not acceptable to us in any region and we see that as extremely

dangerous however from the other side the positions and the actions of the

United States as well as other nations against the North Korean countries has

not been very positive and I don't think there is a military solution to this

only diplomacy is the tool that will resolve this problem permanently a

security adviser to the president of South Korea told me that if the Obama

administration had spent one fifth of the time it spent with you and Iran on

North Korea's nuclear program it may have had some success

it hasn't spent any time very little time has been spent trying to make a

deal with North Korea all over our whole creation anyways North Korea was on

tract of talks and dialogue and those roads were blocked and both sides chose

non dialogue actions and I think what the Iranian experience shows is a good

experience that can be replicated elsewhere and executed elsewhere but

keep in mind please that if the United States wishes to withdraw from the Joye

jcpoa why would the North Koreans waste their time in order to sit around the

table of dialogue with the United States because they will think that perhaps

after years of talks and a potential agreement the next US administration

could step over a pool out of the agreement achieved so the Trump

administration such action or such potential action but the Trump

administration will block such potential roads to success in resolution of

regional problems around the world President Trump will make his first

address to the United Nations tomorrow on on Tuesday

he's expected to talk a lot about Iran as well as North Korea and other issues

but a lot about Iran what do you expect to hear and if you were to meet

President Trump what would you say to him we can talk the way in which

currently in which does for the US administration has chosen to stand

against Iran and the jcpoa has been the wrong one and the proof has been

experienced by previous administrations in the United States and the conclusion

is natural to reach that what the Obama administration is in order to achieve

success in this engagement visa vita jcpoa and iran drew upon the

unsuccessful unsuccessful experiences of previous administrations however the

path undertaken today by this US administration is a return to the past

to a distant past that goes all the way back to President Bush number one as

well as President Bush the son number two

so these have already been traveled upon they

have been unsuccessful and soon that mr. Trump will see that this was the wrong

path that he had chosen on that note mr. president thank you very much indeed for

joining us man how much richer I'm also thankful grateful for being here thank

you

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'Expect more missile launches' US veteran warns North Korea military action is OFF table - Duration: 3:18.

'Expect more missile launches' US veteran warns North Korea military action is OFF table

Decorated soldier Lt Col Daniel Davis said he was "concerned" US President will not back down as he warned taking on the rogue nation would have "virtually no chance of success".

He said military options should unequivocally be taken off the table, as the US "cannot wipe out all of their ability to fire weapons of mass destruction fast enough to prevent a counterattack from Pyongyang.

And he urged against any proposals for all-out war with , saying: "That time has passed." Lt Col Davis told CNBC: All you can do is to make him [North Korean leader Kim Jong-un] believe with a military strike that we are coming after him, and now he has incentive to use these weapons.".

The decorated veteran retired from the US Army after 21 years service, and is now a senior fellow and military expert at Defense Priorities.

He warned Pyongyangs objective was to have a reliable ballistic missile capability so it can defend itself from what leaders view as the threat of a US attack.

Lt Col Davis added: "We can expect more missile launches." He also condemned war-mongering talk from the US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who said the United Nations Security Council had run out of options on containing North Korea.

Lt Col Davis said: We want to give him no incentive to use the weapons, and thats why deterrence is such a critical thing at this point in time.

"We cant think that sanctions are going to stop him from what hes doing.  "We have to find other levers, and I dont even think were looking for those right now..

His comments come after North Korea launched another missile over Japan into the Pacific Ocean last week, amid tough new UN sanctions on crude oil and textiles.

Lt Col Davis added: Its not as if they decided to launch a test missile after the UN sanctions last Monday.

Whats going on is part of a broader process. They need to launch a good four to five additional missiles over the next 12 months, with three to four months between each one of them, so they can validate the effectiveness of their missile fleet.".

For more infomation >> 'Expect more missile launches' US veteran warns North Korea military action is OFF table - Duration: 3:18.

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U.S. sends warnings to North Korea ahead of UN General Assembly - Duration: 1:48.

Top U.S. officials are warning North Korea... a military strike will soon be the only option

left on the table.

Going one step further, Washington clarified there are plenty of ways to hit the regime

where it hurts should it all boils down to such measures.

Kim Hyo-sun shares with us their remarks.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has stressed that a military response will be

the only option left to deal with North Korea's nuclear issue once diplomatic efforts fail.

During an interview with CBS on Sunday,... Tillerson said the Trump administration's

strategy on Pyongyang involves a (quote) "peaceful pressure campaign,"... which is aimed at bringing

the regime back to the table for constructive and productive dialogue.

Also on Sunday,... the U.S. Ambassador to the UN warned the North that there are a lot

of military options on the table.

Nikki Haley told CNN that the UN Security Council has run out of options to rein in

North Korea.

Her comments,... ahead of the annual UN General Assembly, indicate that Washington will not

back down from its military option,... especially as the regime conducted yet another ballistic

missile test on Friday.

U.S. National Security Advisor,... H.R. McMaster,... also warned the Kim Jong-un regime to give

up its nuclear weapons as President Trump will not tolerate nuclear threats to the U.S.

homeland.

Speaking with ABC on Sunday,...McMaster highlighted that Washington will find a fundamentally

different approach to deal with the North as past sanctions have clearly failed.

He also told Fox News that Washington needs to move fast as Pyongyang continues to conduct

nuclear and missile tests.

McMaster stressed that a sense of urgency is key whether through sanctions, diplomacy

or even military options.

Kim Hyo-sun, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. sends warnings to North Korea ahead of UN General Assembly - Duration: 1:48.

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Top North Korean diplomat on U.S. meets Russian envoy in Pyongyang - Duration: 0:38.

North Korea's director general for North American Affairs has met with Russia's ambassador to

Pyongyang... to discuss the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

The Russian embassy in the North Korean capital says Choi Sun-hee shared candid views on the

current situation with Alexander Matzegora ... and vowed to enhance mutual understanding

between the two countries.

They also agreed to hold further talks at a later date.

Watchers say the meeting is significant as it could show Russia is taking a proactive

stance in trying to resolve the nuclear standoff between Pyongyang and Washington.

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CNN Student News - September 19, 2017 | U.S. Officials Prepare for Flu Season - Duration: 10:01.

Thank you for taking 10 for CNN 10. I`m Carl Azuz at the CNN Center.

Tuesday night, the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean took another hit from an

Atlantic Hurricane. This one is named Maria and it`s powerful.

And the 24 hours before it started lashing the islands of Martinique and Dominica, this

hurricane had doubled in strength.

Forecasters expected Maria to be a category four storm with wind speeds of at least 135

miles per hour when it made its first landfall. But there was

some uncertainty about that because Maria was expected to keep growing.

Several Caribbean islands were devastated by hurricane Irma, less than two weeks ago.

Communication lines are still down in the British Virgin

Islands and they could now get hit by Maria.

As of last night, the storm was spinning northwest toward the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The governor there declared a state of

emergency to free up government funds to help with disaster recovery. If Maria makes landfall

there, that`s likely to happen on Wednesday.

And if it does so as a category four hurricane, it would be the first one that strong to hit

Puerto Rico in 85 years.

The National Hurricane Center predicted rainfall of six to 12 inches on the island, with some

areas possibly getting more than two feet of rain. That

could lead to flooding and mudslides.

Ten-second trivia:

Which of the following pathogens is a virus?

Salmonella, typhoid, E. coli or influenza?

All of these options are bacteria, except for influenza -- otherwise known as the flu

virus.

Anyone can catch the flu at anytime. But there is a flu season in the U.S. when epidemics

are more likely to happen. It often starts in

October, hits its peak in midwinter and can stick around as late as May.

Scientists don`t know exactly why the flu flourishes and fall on winter months. But

they think because people spend more time in doors in groups,

because they get less vitamin D from the sun, which improves the immune system and because

the air is colder and drier in the winter, these factors

could all help the virus spread from one person to another.

Most people survive most flue strains, getting sick for a week or two when they catch the

flu. But because the disease can be deadly, and because it

infects so many people, it`s closely tracked by health officials every year.

Influenza, better known as the flu, is a respiratory infection that typically lives in birds, such

as chickens

and ducks. It`s a very impressive virus that can exchange parts of its genome, which are

like its internal instructions with other influenza

viruses and even take on their traits.

A major outbreak of the flu typically occurs every two to three years. In 1918, the Spanish

flu killed nearly 3 percent of the human population. In

2009, the swine flu reached an international headlines as it circled the globe, infecting

millions.

Today, what would a large scale flu pandemic look like? Well, it could get very bad very

quickly. You could expect basic services to break down

because of people staying home from work. Hospitals to be overwhelmed with sick patients

and other supplies such as food and other items to become

scarce.

International trade and travel could also become disruptive or severely delayed. Basically,

our way of life could grind to a halt.

Here`s the good news. The government has a well-developed pandemic response around the

flu. It`s modeled after what they`re calling a zombie

response. Bio surveillance programs that try to predict which strains of the virus will

become the most prominent during a given flu season run year

around.

Vaccines against the flu also prevent over 5 million cases annually. The flu maybe an

every day threat, but it`s one you can prevent and prefer for.

From the Pop Warner league to the NFL, football season is in full swing in America, so are

concerns about concussions. While football isn`t

the only sport that regularly sees these brain injuries, they often occur in soccer too,

football accounts for the most concussions per year. So, a

lot of research has gone into deciding helmets that better protect the brain.

VICIS is one company doing this. Its Zero1 helmets sell for about $1,500 each. The average

helmet from a college team can go for 400 bucks or less.

By now, you`ve heard the familiar story. Football has a concussion problem.

The head is a weapon on every single play, of every single game, of every single practice.

Today`s football helmets are effective at doing what they were invented to do, prevent

skull fractures and brain bleeds. But they don`t

do much to decrease the force placed on a player`s brain in a collusion.

Have you yourself ever had a concussion?

Yes, ma`am, multiple concussions. There are some that are just a little stingers that

you can

feel a slight headache and then it goes away. There are some that I`ve had that you don`t

recognize where you are.

The product that we have now, it`s the same product we`ve had for, you know, the entirety

of our careers and childhood growing up. So, there`s

not really much available in terms of the innovation for safety. Literally, there`s

not much you can be concerned about because of the fact

that`s either you play or you don`t play.

That`s where VICIS comes in. A startup that`s turning helmet design on its head.

We`ve completely redesigned the helmet from scratch. Linear forces are less likely to

cause a

concussion than rotational forces. When what we wanted to do is trying to address rotational

force and reduce the energy that came to the outside of

the head. Current helmets on the market have two layers -- a hard outer shell and an inner

lining of foam padding.

The VICIS helmet has four layers. The helmet works much like a car bumper, crumpling to

absorb force before it can reach a player`s brain.

We wanted to employ some of those principles that have been used in automotive safety,

the idea of a crumple

zone or bumper, a helmet that yielded and therefore slowed impact forces before they

reach the head and brain. It`s not as soft as you might think

because it has to withstand the impact forces that you see on the football field on Sunday.

Why columns?

The columns are able to buckle when there`s force applied, but they can also move what

we call un-directionally (ph). So, if you get one of

these side impacts or shearing type impacts that columns can actually move back and forth.

And so, by doing that, they can absorb these rotational

type forces that occur.

VICIS won half a million dollars as part of the NFL`s head health challenge, with General

Electric and Under Armour. And the

company has a rooster of current and former players supporting its efforts.

Why invest? Why not just say, oh, wear the helmet?

You got to put your money where your mouth is, right?

We`re dealing with something right now that is threatening the future of our sport, and

the only way that we can attack that and solve the issue is

by making innovative technology available for the athletes that are playing the game.

VICIS is careful to say that no helmet, including its own, can prevent concussions. In fact,

experts don`t fully understand if

there`s any way to prevent concussions, period.

The best treatment for concussion is prevention. Linemen in football who have sub-concussive

blows, they get hit on every play, is it

possible that their brains are being injured, not big injuries once, but multiple injuries

every play.

Now, will improved technology partially prevent? One can only hope so. But that`s necessary

but not sufficient.

How do we know that your helmet will actually be effective?

Currently, helmets are accessed based on their ability to reduce impact forces. Our job is

to create a helmet that mitigates those impact

forces more effectively than others. How that translates to concussion risk? We don`t know.

Right now, we can demonstrate and prove that we can

reduce impact forces, that we can do that better than any helmet on the market.

There`s the White House and the little White House and then there`s the Snow White house.

Yes, it`s real, for real people to really live in

and it`s on the market. It`s 2,800 square feet, sits on five acres in Washington state.

It has four bedrooms, five baths, seven dwarfs -- OK,

not them. But it is a relatively faithful replica of the Disney cartoon house. Just

don`t trust any neighbors who offer you an apple.

Now, if you`re thinking, I`m wishing I could have that, you`ll need more than a smile and

a song. Magic mirror on the wall says it goes for

$775,000, which even some Disney fans would say it`s too high hoo!

But the owner is not bashful about putting a price on a fairy tale.

I`m Carl Azuz and CNN 10 hopes you live happily ever after.

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North Korea 'bluffing' nuclear threat to intimidate USA, top US military chief says

Steve Ganyard, a former deputy assistant secretary of state and Marine Corps colonel, has claimed North Korea is bluffing over its nuclear capabilities.

Despite the rogue states recent hydrogen bomb test launch, Mr Ganyard believes North Koreas nuclear capability still requires more development and testing.

He said: "There are at least two critical parts of a credible nuclear capability that have not been demonstrated – a warhead that can survive the intense heat of reentry, and the ability to accurately target.

"Without demonstrating these capabilities, Kim's nuclear threat is based on a bluff.".

He argues that the best way to deal with North Korea is a strategy of "active containment" by creating a protective perimeter around its peninsula, so that any missile launched can be intercepted.

The former colonel added: "Using existing military capabilities, by forming a missile defence perimeter in international waters surrounding North Korea that would knock down every missile launched.

"This approach could quickly address a difficult problem in a restrained and efficient way, and would prevent Kim from continuing to develop the means to deliver nuclear weapons, without which he is unable to threaten the world.".

He also said that the idea is feasible using current naval technology and the US, South Korean and Japanese navies all have interoperable, state-of-the-art Aegis radar systems that can intercept most North Korean missiles.

Although unclassified Navy data shows that only two US, Japanese, or Korean destroyers in international waters off North Korea could form this missile defence perimeter.

But the former top military official admitted, it would not be without some risk as tensions continue to escalate with North Korea. He continued: "No missile has a perfect record, particularly new ones – giving Kim a propaganda coup.

But the price of temporary embarrassment would yield data points that would enable the US to quickly perfect its technical capabilities so that the next one wouldn't miss." North Korea has recently tested a missile that was launched over Japan, demonstrating it has the ability to hit US territory.

It also tested a nuclear missile that is twenty times stronger than that used on Hiroshima and it has shown credible evidence of miniaturising a nuclear weapon to fit on an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mr Ganyard said that while President Trump could use more diplomacy, more economic sanctions, or preventive military attacks on North Korean nuclear and missile facilities, these choices range from dangerous to demonstrably futile.

He said: "North Korea has no incentive to negotiate, and has made it clear that de-nuclearisation is off the table. The US has nothing new to offer, and no pressure to impose.

"Traditionally, where diplomacy and sanctions fail military force begins. But because there is so little good intelligence, any preventive attack on North Korean nuclear sites would undoubtedly miss critical elements of the program.

"More worryingly, a direct attack would risk igniting a devastating war on the Korean peninsula that might include the exchange of thermonuclear weapons, even Kim firing a salvo of nuclear weapons at the continental U.S.

"Yet doing nothing, allowing Kim to threaten the world, and proliferate nuclear weapon technology to dangerous regimes such as Iran, is unacceptable.".