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Obama: U.S. funding to fight Zika is rapidly running out

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President Barack Obama says funding to fight Zika is running out and calls on Congress to approve additional funds to combat the spread of the Zika virus.Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Added on the 05/08/2016 02:03:33 - Copyright : Reuters EN

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