UN Ambassador Samantha Power Says Ebola Crisis is Worst in History on CBS

United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power called the EBOLA epidemic "the worst we've seen in history," prompting the UN to hold its first emergency meeting on a public health crisis ever, in an interview that was broadcast live today, Sept. 18, 2014 on CBS THIS MORNING (7:00-9:00 AM).

Power told CBS that this "should be a wakeup call for the international community" in terms of dealing with the virus, and that "the resources the international community has put toward this to this point are woefully insufficient." Power added that officials needed to respond to the problem with urgency.

"We have to bend the curve," Power told CBS THIS MORNING. "We don't have an option of not bending the curve, and we will."

Power also discussed the threat of ISIS and the newly formed international coalition of about 50 countries which have all pledged resources to help take on the terror organization, telling CBS THIS MORNING, "I think right now what you're seeing is that ISIL is obviously a movement that will not stop unless the international community mobilizes together to stop it."

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Chris Licht is the Vice President of Programming, CBS News, and Executive Producer of CBS THIS MORNING.

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