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Isolation in nebraska med igal center. He arrived for treatment just today. President obama said he considered ebola a Top National Security priority and an issue of safety. He says the chances of an epidemic in the United States are extraordinarily low if everyone does what theyre supposed to do. This is an extraordinarily virulent disease when you dont follow the protocols. The key here is to make sure that each step along the way, whether its a hospital admissions desk, whether it is the doctors, the nurses, Public Health officials, that everybody has the right information if they have the right information and theyre following those protocols, then this is something that were going to be able to make sure is not have, you know, the kind of impact on the United States that a lot of people are worried about. If youve been following the case of Thomas Duncan, youre likely aware theres been a serious breakdowns in communications along the way. The hospital that originally blamed a glitch in their Electronic Health record for the reason they failed to admit him even though he was showing symptoms and had traveled from liberia, that hospital finally admitted over the weekend all the records were available and they should have admitted him immediately when he first came to the hospital. That was one of a series of missteps that has left people wondering whether this country can handle even the bigger outbreak. I spoke with cdc director Thomas Frieden just a short time ago. First, can you tell us how Thomas Eric Duncan is doing . Is he still in Critical Condition . Im afraid the patient in dallas is critically ill. Were really hoping for his recovery. Thats very much on our minds these days. A federal official confirmed that cnn that duncan is receiving an experimental drug and duncans nephew who is also getting regular updates from the hospital identified it as a drug called brincidofovir. That information is really up to the patients family and the hospital to release. The medicines is that have been used before were not used here. There are other medicines like brincidofovir that have shown some promise in a test tube. Whether they would help or not, we dont know. But certainly wed want everybody possible to try to ensure his recovery. The med since before that you referenced zmap, which was used on the two missionaries, just to confirm, is there no more of that currently available . Thats my understanding, theres no more zmapp and the other may not be safe to use. On thursday i spoke to the woman louise, who is the woman whose apartment Thomas Duncan was staying at and also took him to the hospital. I also spoke to her earlier as well. Were playing some of that in our broadcast tonight. As you may know, she says that the towels that he used were still in the apartment when i talked to her last week, the sheets were still on the bed. And no one had really told her exactly what to do with it. The fact that they were left there days after it had been announced that he had ebola, why wasnt that more of a priority to try to clean up that apartment . I think there are things that were learning from this case. We know that the hospital didnt identify ebola the first time he went in. It took far too long to get all the things together, to clean up the apartment and ultimately get the family out as that was the decision that was made locally. These are things that well look at for future responses, but i think you have to look at the bottom line here. Of how we stop ebola from spreading. That bottom line is to find every person who was exposed to the index patient, make sure theyre tracked for 21 days after exposure and the moment they develop fever and other symptoms get them promptly isolated so they dont spread it. Thats how you break the chain of transmission. Thats the bottom line. The most important thing to focus on. The folks in texas have identified ten likely and 38 possible contacts and every single one of them is without fever, without symptoms and is being checked daily. Thats how weve stopped every Ebola Outbreak now and how were trying to ramp up in africa as well to bring that under control and make us all safer. You say the folks in texas did a terrific job. Youre not including the hospital that turned mr. Duncan away twice after they were told that he had come from liberia. No, were looking at hospitals and Emergency Departments and doctors and nurses to take a travel history. And anyone who has a travel history of travel to liberia, guinea or seierra leone, if the have fever or other symptoms, isolate that person and contact us at the cdc. But having the sheets that this man sweated on, that he used and the utensils he used, towels that he used, having this woman louise be the one to bag them up and live with them for several days, didnt that expose, continue to expose her potentially to the virus . Once things are bagged, theyre not going to get out of that bag, but it is concerning, and we need to ensure that we take maximum care of those around the patient so theyre monitored for signs is and symptoms of ebola and promptly treated if that develops. Theres video of hazmat crews that are Power Washing the apartment. Theres mist traveling through the care, kids are close by. Reporters on the ground say others in the complex havent been told anybody about Health Officials what to do. Do you believe anybody else in the complex is in danger . No, weve done detailed interviews and retraced the steps between the 24th and the 28th between the time he first had symptoms and the time he was isolated and weve identified anyone who even potentially had contact with him. Has any more i know the white house today. Has any more decision been made about greater screening of people coming from ebolastricken countries . Were looking at all the options. Nothing is off the table. The key is to make sure what improve the safety of the american people. Thats the goal of the whole u. S. Government and at cdc our number one priority is keeping americans safe. Do you know when a decision will be made, though . Isnt a clock ticking on this . Well look at thing closely over the next few days. Youll see things in the next few days. But we want to make sure that what we implement works is workable, you have to understand that if the bottom line is that as long as this is spreading in africa, whatever we do, there will be some risk here. We cant get that risk to zero until we have it controlled in west africa. So we have to make sure that whatever we do doesnt undermine the efforts there. Thats dr. Thomas frieden, director of the cdc. 360 one on one with duncans apartment louise, she was upset, frustrated, confused. Duncan was staying with her when he first became sick. She took him to the hospital. Took him home when doctors mistakenly discharged him. She and two nephews were quarantined in the apartment. She bagged up the sheets and towels but then they sat there for days. The bags are finally gone, the apartment is being cleaned but there are more troubling developments on that front. Louise, and the three young men, still in quarantine, now moved to an undisclosed location but the fear remains. Heres part of the conversation i had with her. What are you hearing about thomas condition. From critical to worse. And thats why i really want to go on the air to ask the American Government to please help me. I want him to be saved, for them to save his life. I understand you learned that his condition had worsen from a reporter . Yes. When was the last time you had talked to him . Two days ago. Two days ago. They put a tube in his mouth, he could hardly speak. He said, ill call you back later. Ive not heard from him any more. You must be very worried. I am worried. I am sad. You dont know how frustrated i am. Im just asking god. Im asking the American Government, the same medicine they gave to the people that came from liberia, the ebola people that came, the people with ebola that came, please help save his life. Hes too young to die. They finally came to clean the apartment where you were in. Were you still there when they came . Yes. I was there when they came. How did that go . What happened . They said they were actually allowed in, they were coming in and clean up the room and so they came in there and they started cleaning up. And just changing that and took out of there. And the towels you put in a plastic bag, they took all of that . Yes, sir. The president of liberia, hes made a statement saying shes very angry at thomas. Im so, so angry at her. This president does not care. She does not care. Youre saying shes not doing enough to combat ebola. Shes not doing anything i have my three boys over there they better not go after them. They better not go after my family when thomas came, there are people in liberia who are saying that he was a driver, that he drove, helped his sisterinlaw who was pregnant try to go to a hospital after she tested positive for ebola and that maybe thats how he got in contact with it. Is that true . Did you know did he have a sisterinlaw . I dont know. I dont know anything about that. When you found out that he was positive, did he say anything to you about how he might have come in contact with ebola . There was no discussion because he started to lose his voice and every time he goes to talk, you know, he would be getting short of breath. So he and i had not discussed anything about it. I just want him to be well. More of my conversation in the next hour of 360. Joining me dr. Sanjay gupta and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and author of many books including the upcoming ebola, the deadly virus. This new treatment that duncan is getting, how it is different than zmapp. Brincidofovir, an antibiotics which help treat bacteria infections, this is an antiviral. There are only a few antivirals. This is one of them. It basically prevents a virus from duplicating itself. The reason people get sick is the virus starts to replicate and get into bodily tissues and people get sick. Like most of these medications this hasnt been tested in humans. So this is something that theyre basing it on laboratory studies. Zmapp works kind of the same way except prevents the virus from getting into new cells. Thats an injection. Doctor, obviously, louise is talking about zmapp, why didnt Thomas Duncan get it when the u. S. Missionaries did. The u. S. Government says theres no more of it. Who decides . When theres an extremely limited amount of things that do exist, hands are tied at every level. But this new antiviral agent is the manufacturer would go to the cdc, i think we have something that might work. It would be worth a try, then cdc and the government would authorize this drug even though its experimental and authorize it to be used in a clinical setting, like in dallas with this guy. You made the statement before that we think the cdc is doing this in texas but really the cdc is a federal organization and its local and state Health Officials on the ground in texas. Its important for people to understand that. We have a tremendously potent, brilliant competent centers for disease control, under the direction of dr. Frieden, from cleaning up the apartment, to making sure the infection doesnt spread, to make sure procedures go as they should in hospital, thats the local infrastructure. The cdc makes recommendations but its really state and local limitations. Thats where it hits the road. There are a lot of people, politicians, people in the media calling for the u. S. To close the border, to suspend flights from infected countries. Not only arent there many direct flights from infected countries but you believe that would be counterproductive. How so . I agree with dr. Frieden on that. He said several times in the last few days that the notion of closing airports entirely, closing borders entirely, closing off countries would probably, first of all, be impractical. It wouldnt succeed. And secondly it would be counterproductive because it would allow the epidemic to continue to grow in west africa. As he has said, no one is safe in america, no one is safe anywhere else, until that outbreak in west africa is gotten under control and stopped. Screening people as they come in is a different question. Yeah, and that clearly seems like something the u. S. Is going to be trying to do more of, at least whether its actual physical testing but most likely just trying to screen as best they can, right . Thats right. It seems as though there are big improvements that need to be made and can be made and how that is done, how rigorous the screening is coming into the u. S. , coming back to the u. S. If youre a u. S. Citizen. Your reports from Elizabeth Cohen have made that really vivid about the fact that u. S. Customs and Border Protection probably needs to be a little bit more well informed and vigorous about training people on the way back in. You agree with that . I agree. An interesting thing we saw in newark. A plane lands and a guy got sick came from a west africaen country, suspected of being an ebola patient. What we saw there was a tremendous amount of confusion and delay and who is in charge of that kind of thing. We have the principals down pat that we need to get them tested but the actual processes that have to be deployed by the airlines, by the local Health Officials, thats where were still stumbling around trying to figure out what do we need to do at any given scenario. Elizabeth cohen was on the air last week and talked about when she got back from reporting on ebola, customs in the u. S. Basically really didnt know how to deal with her. The guy was like, i think i received a memo about something im supposed to ask you, but there wasnt more rigger os testing. Make sure you set your dvr so you can watch 360 any time you want. How do you clean an apartment that an ebola patient lived in . That happened all weekend in dallas. 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The father of the freelance journalist who got ebola said he thinks his son may have got infected on the spray that came back when he was disinfecting a car. Gary tuchman is in dallas. Reporter what you are looking at is the first time in American History a hazmat team has worked an ebola cleanup scene. Men dressed like astronauts who work for a Texas Company destroying everything in the apartment Thomas Eric Duncan was staying in that could still have the living ebola virus. Brad smith is the Vice President of the company. Anyone who gives advice, weve taken it and gone a step further in our own training and taken care of it. Reporter this is kind of a surreal spectacle. You see the workers going in in the hazmat suits while parents and children Wander Around on nearby balance cones. Look closely, you see mist from whatever is being sprayed in the apartment. For much of the time the door of the home is open while the spraying is taking place. Look right next door, a child on the balcony who cant be more than 40 feet away. The apartments on both sides were occupied the entire time the apartment was being cleaned. People from all over the world live in this area, very Little English is spoken. This woman has seven children and lives in the complex next door where she can watch whats going on. She has no idea if its safe for her or her family to be there. No official has told us anything. She tells me, i am scared of whats happening. Its bad because we dont know anything. We dont know if its going to spread. I keep my kids inside the apartment. Joseph thomas lives even closer. Hes been told nothing either. But is resign to fate. Im trusting my god. He will protect me. If he dont want me, i am ready to die. Reporter the neighbors here, your people are going in with hazmat suits and theyre wandering around 30 feet away. Is that safe for them . I dont want to comment on that. Thats not my expertise. Reporter thats not your job to tell people maybe they should leave this apartment complex. Absolutely not. I cant say id leave my family here. Ebola does not spread through the environment. But even if its just to play it safe, its not clear which local officials would be responsible for giving the residents information and or temporarily moving them out. A spokeswoman for the Dallas County health and Human Services department says, we perform Contact Tracing, investigations and Public Health followup. We will not comment on something that is not in our purview. The spokeswoman said get in such with the spokeswoman for Dallas County. But she hasnt responded to us as of yet. The work has taken over three days and now the job is finished. The hazmat trucks start driving off to an undisclosed location. Weve totally cleaned the apartment, from the ceilings to the floors, removed everything out of the apartment, carpet, drapes, blinds and then obviously put a final decon on everything to make sure nothing is living in there. Its all been removed. Reporter the hazmat team is now gone but it appears that most of the neighbors never left. Gary tuchman, cnn, dallas. Joining me is the mayor of dallas. Thanks very much for being with us. I know you heard garys report there. He had a tough time trying to get an answer on who should be keeping neighbors in that apartment complex informed. Whats the answer to that . Is there an answer . Well, were in charge of keeping them informed and weve been doing that. We have gone door to door, talked to everyone, we have had reverse 911 calls. Weve handed out brochures. Weve had apartment meetings and talked to people. So while i really understand how scared these individuals are i think its natural. I believe the job of communication has been done and done well. But, you know, people are going to remember what they remember. I talked to louise a couple times now. Yeah. The person who lives in that apartment. When i first spoke to her thursday, its surprised that duncan had slept there, the towels were there, the other items were still in the apartment. You said dealing with five major jurisdictions has slowed down the process of deali ining with and her family. Im wondering how so. And is it clear to you who is in charge of dealing with all the people duncan came in contact with . Well, yes, on the last question. I think we have 40some people. Weve got a couple of dozen individuals that are all assigned to people and were meeting with them every day. Were taking their temperature twice a day. So i think weve got that worked out. It is difficult. And frankly, i would like to have moved a little faster when duncan was we were told he had ebola on tuesday. The team got on the ground on wednesday. We moved her on friday. I wish we had had it 24 hours earlier. But were dealing with the safety of dallas. Weve got to make sure that every step is thought about and the procedure is cracked. We got it to a safe spot. In the long run well see if that 24 hours made a difference or not. Knock on wood right now she has not shown any symptoms. We just had her pastor out to meet with her today. Shes in good spirits and hopefully shell stay that way. Mr. Duncans stepdaughter who came in close contact with him, she called 911. Called the ambulance when he was taken to the hospital for the last time. She told the Washington Post the cdc told her she no longer has to isolate herself and her family. Do you know if thats true and if it is, why that is . Because she was there giving duncan tea and called the ambulance. We categorized people in high risk and low risk. I dont know exactly folks know exactly where she is on that list. Not Everybody Needs to be isolated. They need to check and monitor this. Theres zero chance of you being able to get this disease unless you are in contact with an individual that is showing symptoms. And none of these people are showing symptoms. So they cannot give the disease out. So were not keeping everybody in a lockdown situation. But we are making sure that theyre safe and secure, but its interesting. I mean, you literally are at least five you got the feds, you got the state, you got the county, you got the city and you got a privately run hospital. And were all trying to coordinate. I think were working well together. I like to have got it done 24 hours earlier. I guess the positive thing on this, if anything, is that at least its kind of a trial run for something other you know, inevitably this will happen somewhere else down the road. Hopefully lessons is are being learned each time and this gets better and better. I think its an amazing thing that we have the mathematical chaos theory working here in the unite and we have to be prepared for it because you never know where this will strike. Ill be happy to give anybody the learning i know. I want to repeat what you said which weve been repeating every time we report on this, that unless somebody is actually showing symptoms they cant pass the virus along. Even if youre on a plane with somebody, as long as that person is not showing symptoms and takes as much as 21 days, that person cannot pass it along. You can find out more on this story cnn. Com. They have not stopped isis from gaining even more territory. Is the war on isis making any difference at all . Has the u. S. Military crossed the line into direct combat with iraq . U know. I got this. [thinking] is it that time . The son picks up the check . [thinking] im still working. Hes retired. I hope hes saving. I hope he saved enough. Who matters most to you says the most about you. 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The iraqi army is trying to hold back isis fighters. Isis has gained control of more iraqi cities since the air strikes began. In anbar theyve begun using attack helicopters against isis targets. To some people that sounds a lot like combat, something president obama has ruled out in syria and iraq. Jim sciutto joins me now. Whats the latest . Reporter kobani is a city fighting for its life now. The Syrian Kurdish fighters there lock in street battles with isis fighters as isis has moved in. Isis holds the high ground above the city. Its been shelling with artillery and tanks. A handful of u. S. Air strikes around kobani but that hasnt changed the calculus on the ground. Many say that the real key there would be turkish intervention because thats along the border with turkey here. The air strikes, have they been having some effect . It certainly doesnt seem like it with kobani. Nowhere do you see an obvious effect. This is iraq before the start of the u. S. Led campaign. At the time isis controlled 13 cities. So heres 59 days ahead today. After 59 days of u. S. Air strikes they now control 14 cities. They added hit here just to the west of baghdad. Theyre also now contesting for ramadi. If you look at syria, you dont even need a before and after photo because before the u. S. Air campaign started isis controlled ten cities, now 14 days into that campaign, they still control ten cities and, in fact, theyre getting closer to taking control of kobani. Looking at this map here on the ground you cant see any measurable effect. Lets talk about the u. S. Apache helicopters engaging in combat. Even admiral john kirby acknowledges thats a form of combat. A lot of commanders were saying that even about the highflying aircraft when the air campaign started, jets, bombers, theyre in danger. Theyre flying combat missions. But when you get down close to the ground with an apache, much slower flying at a much lower altitude which makes it more vulnerable to ground fire. That puts those pilots in danger. Theyre not ground troops, per se, but theyre closer to the firefights at this point than any u. S. Forces have been in this campaign. Ill talk to admiral kirby in the next hour, but what happens if one of those apaches goes down . Who rescues that crew . Is that u. S. Personnel or do we rely on iraqi personnel . Jim skut sciutto has been talk commanders in the area. And admiral kirby. Lets talk about kobani. The fact that its close to being captured by isis, what does that say about the effectiveness of air strikes . I dont think it says much because were talking about two different types of targets. Youre talking about precision targets which is what the aircraft have done. Theyre looking at main targets they can hit. What youre talking about in kobani is an infantry force, a group of individuals on the ground. You are not going to fly over those forces and drop precision weapons on top of one individual after another. So we knew from the very beginning, i believe, that air strikes in syria were not going to countermovement except movement in vehicles. And what weve got right now is housetohouse fighting, streettostreet fighting in kobani and air strikes are not effective in that kind of an operation. It takes Ground Forces to dont youer counter Ground Forces. Jim sciutto mentioned artillery being fired into the city. Is that significant in this battle . And if so, i would assume those could be targeted. Those are certainly targets. I think what admiral kirby will likely tell you is that theyre searching for those kind of targets to counter the heavy equipment, the artillery pieces, the very limited number of tanks that isis has. Once you get inside the city where we see the handtohand fighting going on. Ben, youre in baghdad, youve been talking to Iraqi Military officers about their readiness. What are you hearing and seeing in terms of how well they can actually protect baghdad itself . Well, anderson, just today we were at the western perimeter of baghdads defenses with iraqi soldiers and officers, and what we saw was they seem to be holding the line, but the situation they described was one of basically that isis is taking pot shots with snipers on their positions. Theyve tried a few hit and run raids, but it appears that theyre not really focusing on that area at the moment. Theyre really focusing on ramadi and hit which they were able to take over a few days ago. So its really a question of concentration. The area we were in to the west of baghdad about to mi20 miles t far from Baghdad International airport. So thats fairly highly protected. But the area itself of abu ghraib is a sunni area. One person told me, yes, the army controls this area by day, controls the roads by day, but at night they pull back to their bases and isis takes over. So the hold on the capital is tenuous at best but of course you need to keep in mind that isis until now has been most successful in taking over, controlling areas where theres a sunni majority. Baghdad does not have a sunni majority. Its a shia majority. But there are areas around the capital and in the capital with sunni populations some of whom are sympathetic to isis. So when you speak to Iraqi Military and security officials, they say their real worry at the moment is the possibility of more car bombs, more bombs within the city in addition to sort of this looming threat on the western side and the Southern Side of this city. So its a very complicated security picture and many people wonder if the iraqi army is up to the task. General hertling, how close would they have to get to be able to strike the airport . Do they have equipment, isis, do they have artillery that can actually shoot a plane out of the sky . Im not sure they have equipment that can take down an aircraft, but they certainly do have the potential to launch artillery into the baghdad airport. Two towns close by that have been sunni strongholds. Iscanderia. And as men pointed out, its not so much that thats worrisome to the Iraqi Security forces. Its actually the guerrilla warfare into the city. You will see an up tick in car bombs. The thing i saw last time i was there when isis was starting to make advances. Just ahead a 4yearold new jersey boy who died in his sleep in his bed is the firm confirmed fatality in the enterovirus. His parents say there were no signs that he had the virus. Big day . Ah, the usual. Moved some new cars. Hauled a bunch of steel. Kept the supermarket shelves stocked. Made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. Whats up for the next shift . Ah, nothing much. Just keeping the lights on. laugh nice. 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The death of eli waller has raised a new terrifying prosp t prospect, what if the virus can kill with no warning . Reporter his parns call eli waller, the youngest in the set of triplets, little buggy, comparing him to a shy puppy who loved to make people happy. Always told his dad, do i make you proud . And the father always would say, yes, you do. He just was precious. Reporter apparently without warning, 4yearold eli went to bed 12 days ago and never woke up. A victim, the cdc says, of the enterovirus. Did he have any underlying conditions that might have caused this . None whatsoever. He was asymptomatic when he was put to bed that night. Reporter thats what makes elis death so mysterious. Theres no explanation for how he got sick. None. And thats stunning. Its hard to believe, if you think about it. But it is the nature of that virus. Reporter while he usually attended prek with his sisters in hamilton township, new jersey, elis mom kept him moem that day because of a slight case of pink eye. Went to sleep and when she went to wake him up in the morning, he had passed. Reporter that quickly . That quickly. Reporter his sisters are not sick. Of nearly 600 confirmed cases in 43 states, the cdc says elis death appears to be the only one of four fatalities blamed entirely on theenterovirus. Is there anything that elis parents could have done, could have foreseen to prevent this . Absolutely not. Reporter before the cdc confirmed eli died of the enterovirus, as a precaution, the school scrubbed down the prek classroom where the children have all their activities. The students are having to do a lot more hand washing than theyre used to in the day. And i come on and say do the hand wash chacha. Reporter elis school honoring him with blue ribbons and his name on a sign for everyone to see. When you see photos of little eli, his personality leapt off the page. Reporter his parents setting up a foundation to support special education, offering a statement reading in part, he was a beautiful mix of eagerness and hesitancy, need and striving, caution and surprise, all of which were grounded in a pure, unconditional love. From a 4yearold who loved soccer, dancing and making his family proud. Susan candiotti, cnn, hamilton township, new jersey. So hard to believe. Understandably many parents across the country are extremely worried about this virus. Joining us again, dr. Sanjay gupta. So he wasnt exhibiting symptoms when he went to bed. What happened . How does that happen . Well, you know, we dont know for sure. I mean, this is a virus that can cause very rapid illness. I mean thats one thing we know about enterovirus 68. There are several different strains but this is the most dangerous form. Typically kids who had breathing problems in the past will be most susceptible. Ive read the reports that this is really unfortunate sad death was caused by enterovirus. They found it in the fluid surrounding his brain and spinal cord. So it is just really sad. It moved really fast in him. I understand this is actually a pretty common virus. Whats making this strain so dangerous particularly for kids right now . For kids theres lots of different enteroviruses out there. We get exposed throughout our lives. Most times it doesnt cause much illness if any at all, but it does build up a little immunity in us each time we get exposed. Kids, just because theyre younger, they havent been on the planet as long and they dont have as much protection. When it starts circulating again like now kids end up being the most vulnerable. Why do some kids get paralysis or him weakness . Theres been 11 children in colorado and 4 in boston that may have similar type symptoms. The enterovirus may be getting into the fluid again surrounding their spinal cord. 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A nurses assistant that returned to spain who treated patients who have since died. There are new developments tonight for ebola patients in texas and now nebraska where a freelance cameraman arrived for treatment today. In dallas Thomas Eric Duncan is in Critical Condition. Several sources tell us hes being treated with an experimental drug, not zmapp the drug that helped two american missionaries because theres no more of that. But another drug. I asked cdc director Thomas Frieden if thats true. Heres what he said. The actual treatment of the patient thats really up to the patient, the patients family and the hospital to release. I will say that we know that the medicines that have been used before have not been used here. There are other medicines is like brincidofovir that have shown some promise in a test tube. Whether they would help or not, we dont know. But certainly wed want Everything Possible done to try to ensure his recovery. Whatevers being done to help duncan, the mother of one of his children says its not enough. Shes the woman that duncan traveled from liberia to stay with. He stayed with her when he became ill and now she and her two sons are in quarantine. Were identifying her only as louise. Heres more of the conversation i had with her earlier. When was the last time you spoke to him . Two days ago. You must be very worried . I am worried. I am sad. Im asking the American Government, the same medicine they gave to the people that came from liberia, the ebola people that came, the people with ebola that came, please help save his life. Hes too young to die. You are saying you want thomas to receive the same treatment that the two american missionaries received that were working in liberia and were flown back here. They received the serum zzmapp, that they dont have more of that. And it will take several more months. The person that returned from liberia. Youre talking about the nbc cameraman. But im not sure if hes being given zmapp. According to the government theres no more of that serum left. But they do everything in the power to save his life. They want to give it to the camera guy, then give it to him, too, so he can be saved. We just want him to live. Do you think hes not getting the same kind of treatment as if he was american. I dont believe so because he went to the hospital last sunday, last sunday. And they got poor communication with us. He took my name down there on the paper. Whether were married or not married. I received was in my house, so why dont they communicate with me . He knew he had been in contact with ebola and thats why he came to the United States. Why do you think he came to the United States . My son gave him, gave me the paper to put in for thomas. My son was graduating and he wanted his dad to come. And he sent him an invitation and he got his visa july 25th. So he was not diagnosed with ebola. He wanted to come for his sons graduation. And his interview was delayed. And after that, they gave him, they grant him the visa to come. It is not for ebola. People just say lies. When he got the visa at the end of july, i think you said july 25th, why did he not come then . Why did he wait . Because we dont have pay his plane ticket ready. We dont have money to purchase his plane ticket. Thats why. Thats the gods troou. When you hear people say thing about thomas that he came here that maybe he knew he might be sick and wanted to be in a place where he can go to an american hospital, when you hear that, what do you think . People just say things that they want to say. He never knew that he had a sickness, for he had his visa. I just want the public to know that theyre putting on facebook and saying things calling the media and talking all kinds of stuff, they need to shut up and listen to their own person, Pay Attention to themselves and leave my family and i alone. What do you want people to know . Please, please, please, please help me save his life. Let him save lsh let him be saved, let him help. Talk to the doctors. Theyll find means to get a med sib to cure him. Police help save his life. Louise, thank you for talking to us. Stay strong. Louise who is still in quarantine. We heard from sources that Thomas Duncan is being treated with an experimental drug, not the same drug ha was being given to to missionaries. That drug called zmapp and doctors described its effect on kent brantly miraculous. Nancy writebol got it. Why isnt Thomas Duncan getting . Short answer is there isnt any left. More complicated than that. Making more takes time and money. Randi kaye has that story. Reporter theres no federally approved treatment and no vaccine for ebola. So the world is pinning its hopes on a drug cocktail named zmapp, it had been only been tested on monkeys before being used to save the lives of two doctors this summer. Heres how zmapp is made. A genetically induced virus is injected into a tobacco plant. Unlike earlier attempts in mice, the tobacco plant can produce enough antibodies for dozens of doe doses. The zmapp was made from tobacco leaves at a facility. As the plant turns yellow because it will die from the viral infection, once you see that the plant has gotten to that point, the guys in kentucky harvest the leaf material. Reporter cloned antihumanized antibodies are purified and turned into doses. In a patient those antibodies attach themselves to ebola ps a harmful cells and destroy the virus trouble is the whole process takes time, as much as six months per deeose. Theres another reason why its run dry. Lack of funding. Last year the cdc lost 13 million in bio Defense Budget cuts and the budget for the National Institute of health was reduced by 5 . Theyre right now manufacturing additional lots. It wouldnt be ready for a month to two months. Help is on the way now. Just this year the u. S. Department of health and Human Services provided nearly 25 million in funding to zmapps manufacture. But for those who need it now, theres fear it will be too little too late. Randi kaye, cnn, new york. With me again is chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta, the director fof the center for Disaster Preparedness and doctor, its fastcinatinfas. The pub lib spending for Disaster Preparedness, for an outbreak like this has dropped dramatically. After 9 11 it skyrocketed, now has gone down, down, down, nobody really paid any attention to it. Its been under the radar. People think we can get away on the cheap for preparing the country for this kind of event. In some ways were lucky that it was only ebola and not the avian flu or sars which would have been a catastrophe for the country. The low hanging fruit here has been to cut back on Disaster Preparedness funding, but the money that we had in 2003, 2004, about 500 million a year for hospital preparedness has now dropped to 215 million a year, a disastrous cut in costs and expenses that we actually need to have to make our hospital stay. Sanjay, nobody notices this kind of cut until theres a situation like this or god forbid something even worse, an airborne virus. Absolutely right. Hospitals want to work near full capacity. Were talking about having a lot of Surge Capacity in case theres a lot more patients and thats just not the way the system is set up right now. To the Doctors Point not just the United States. If you look at west africa and how many cuts occurred at the World Health Organization level, there have been significant cuts. Many countries that made commitments to fund Disaster Preparedness did not make good on those commitments. So theyve in effect been cut as well. It affects the whole world. All these officials are saying, look, weve learned from this, were learning what works, were learning how to do things better, but bottom line if their budgets have been drastically reduced, they just dont have the capabilities. Again, if its not this, it will be Something Else down the road. We also know theres growing antibiotic resistance. We know that theres a lot of other viruses out there which could ease lie make the leap over here. Weve heard from good reporting that w. H. O. Has had its budget drastically cut, too. Then i think theres a jurisdictional question, too, anderson, amid all this confusion and fear in dallas, people are asking and im wondering, too, who is in charge . The county health and Human Services department . Dallas county . The state Health Department . Is it the cdc . I think one of the things we need to learn and probably will learn from this outbreak is those jurisdictional issues maybe need to be sorted out. Ebola is a level 4 agent, the most untreatable of all agent. Maybe there should be a question about when a bsl4 agent breaks out, possibly the jurisdiction al responsibilities should be categorically different. What about that . To davids point, its not just the hospitals that ary being short changed all the Public Health agency, local and state in particular. The people that have to go in there and prevent the disease and do the Contact Tracing and prepare for new events that might happen in the future, those funds have also been drastically cut. So weve been short changed on the Public Health side as well as the health and hospital side. And weve been asking for this kind of trouble that were seeing right now. And we need to get this we need to fix this. This is really a job for the congress and administration to restore that funding thats vitally needed. But this is exactly the kind of thing that until theres some sort of massive disaster, and, god forbid when that happens, everyone is going to be screaming, how come our Public Health system is this way . Why didnt anyone notice these budget cuts . The fact that this has been sort of allowed to every year just kind of drip, drip, drip lower and lower is very alarming. Its very alarming. However, we still have a chance to fix this. Its not immutable. Is it just a question of money . But jurisdictional . Its money, jurisdictional things, a whole series of things that need to be done. They will need the money to do this and they need the money in the Health Department. Weve lost 50,000 Public Health jobs in the last five years. 50,000. These are people that could have been in the dallas Health Department helping to work, helping to make sure the family was taken care of, et cetera. That 50,000 puts us at bare bones for our ability to function on the Public Health level. We see it in a very microscopic way when theres nobody to clean louises apartment and the sheets are on the bed and the towel is there endangering her and the other people for those days that theyre potentially living with this active virus. If there were more people that could have been taken up quicker. Yeah, i think so. Ands that one of those things where i think given that this was the first case, this was something that was actually on the list, the idea of how to dispose of waste, it was something they were actually working toward. Before mr. Duncan arrived in the United States to figure out how this would be handled at the local level. But youre right, it could have been probably done faster but this is slowed down because of the budget cuts. You talked to folks at the cdc and dr. Frieden, the big issue, where is the patient going to fwreeted, talking about vaccine trials, obviously very high on the list. What to do with the waste, lower down on the list and they probably wish they could have gotten to all those details before mr. Duncan arrived. I dont know if you have ive taken chem bio Warfare Training and i have a tyvek suit in my office soic continue to report in the midst of one. Until it actually happens, i have no idea if im even going to remember how to put my tyvek suit on and go out to report in a gas cloud. This is what the cdc folks have been saying. Weve been educating people on this. Weve been putting out memos, talking to local hospitals when i was there visiting them and they were doing a big allcall with primary care docs all over the country but then theres basic questions that still get asked. Until it actually happens, people really arent paying that close attention whether its your suit in your office or all the things that happened with mr. Dungeon after he arrived in dallas. 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Mercy doesnt know this yet, but after we leave, one of the neighbors is going to take her aside and explain that her mother is never coming back home. Were joined live from liberia. You visited the home where Thomas Duncan was allegedly renting a room, spoke to some of his neighbors. What did you find there . We found a community really reeling, anderson. The whole compound has been quarantined. The room that we were told duncan was renting is locked up exactly as he left it. Even the Ebola Task Force volunteers are refusing to go in there. Theyre just too afraid. Authorities tell us theyve pinpointed over 100 people including duncan that they believe came into contact with williams and they wleev are now at great risk. There have been conflicting reports about how mr. Duncan contracted ebola. Some say he helped a pregnant woman who later died from ebola who was his sisterinlaw. His nephew gave a different account. I want to play a little of what he said to erin burnett. I asked him did you have any contact with anyone that you know had ebola or do you know where you got it . He said, no, i dont know where i got it. Could have been i was hanging out with a bunch of people before i left. He didnt know where he got it. I asked him about the rumors. He said he didnt know where he got it. And the incident thats described in the newspapers and on the radio, that he didnt touch that woman, that he wasnt even living in that area when that happened. What are you hearing from the people there . What did they tell you actually happened . We spoke to williams sister and she said she was with duncan when williams collapsed and they both rush to her side amongst a whole group of neighbors and friends and family. Mainly because they didnt believe she had ebola. This was a pregnant teenager who just fell before their very eyes. They thought it was complications due to the pregnancy. Even after she died the positive test results hadnt come back in time to catch Thomas Eric Duncan before he got back on that plane to the states. Its absolutely conceivable when he filled in the form and got on the plane, he genuinely didnt believe he had contact with someone who had ebola. That exacerbated the problem here because so many other people came to williams aid also not believing she had ebola. And you do what you do when someone collapses in front of us. So this is actually a very important point. I just want to reiterate. And if you can just repeat it. The name of this woman who died and what relationship she is to Thomas Duncan, if you can explain that at all, the positive test result for her did not come back until Thomas Duncan had already left for the United States . Yes. She had passed away before he had flown away, but because of just the absolute burdening of the Health Care System here, it isnt as quick as it needs to be. Marceline williams when you go into the compound, its quite together. Her family own that compound and her room was facing Thomas Eric Duncans room and it was her sister that told us she was there and she saw her collapse and she and duncan and others rushed to her aid. It was the story we heard from the Ebola Task Force coordinator. And they have no reason to lie. They themselves through their honesty have been quarantined for 21 days. Weve been speaking with the protocols and the screening that people want to bring into effect into the u. S. , thats all well and good, but what can you do when people dont know theyve been exposed . These are really the huge gaps in the system. Do we have other people and you might have said this, but other people that helped out that people, have any of them become positive with ebola . Yes, sadly. The little girl in the piece you played just before we started speaking, her mother also was with duncan when they went to help williams. She died quite recently. Williams parents who were in contact with duncan because they were his landlords, both are in a treatment unit. Her halfbrother died, her best friend who helped prepare the body for burial. This has ricocheted throughout the community. Its almost an outbreak within an outbreak. Was she hospitalized and she died in the hospital, you said they were preparing her body, did she die at home and they actually buried her body . Well, duncan and the others took her to a Treatment Center to try and find out whether the baby could be saved or what was happening to her. When they got to the center there just was no room for her. This wasnt an ebola Treatment Center, this was just a normal clinic. They came back and she died at home. She deteriorated rapidly but it didnt seem she was presenting those symptoms that people associate with ebola. Nobody said she was bleeding from her eyes. Thats whats dangerous here it happened so, so quickly. Again, this the value of frontline reporting, actually going to the sources, talking to the people who were there and again, the crucial information i think on that and very interesting is that, according to the people in that community and according to the workers, the Health Workers shes talked to, Thomas Eric Duncan did not know the positive test result that bottwoman had. Maybe he suspected it, but he did not know she tested positive for ebola before he got on the airplane. You can find out more on this story and others on cnn. Com. Authorities say a man was on his way to turkey to join up with isis. You got a Little Something on the back of your shoe there. A price tag danger price tag alert oh. Hey, guys. Price tag alert is this normal . Well, progressive is a price tag free zone. We let you tell us what you want to pay, and we help you find options to fit your budget. Where are they taking him . I dont know. This seems excessive decontamination in progress. 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Hes facing one count of providing support to a terrific organization. They said he wanted to join isis and was on his way to turkey when he was apprehended. What do you know about this guy . Were learning the fbi arrested 19yearold Mohammed Khan this past saturday. He was traveling overseas to join isis. According to the criminal complaint authorities discovered several notebooks at his suburban chicago home detailing his travel plans, a 4,000 ticket to istanbul and cash for a hotel and a list of people he should contact. And flags including one with an armed fighter saying come to jihad. And khan had allegedly wrote to his parents in which he asked please make sure not to tell the authority about his plans to, quote, migrate to the islamic state. Is it known how he got 4,000 for the flight . Officials will want to follow the money trail and theyre not saying how he was able to get that money. As far as how he was trapped authorities have a number of ways of tracking individuals. Hes one of about a dozen americans that wanted to travel to syria to fight. One of the ways they come on to authorities radar are these online forums. He was involved in activity online. It could be authorities were aware of him that way. And human sources that tipped him off. Thanks very much. Every gain that isis makes in iraq and syria becomes recruitment material for the extremist group. Today theyre closer to capturing kobani, a city near turkey. Isis fighters a s are making ito iraq. Theyre using helicopters defense isis targets which to a lot of people sounds like combat. Earlier i spoke to rear admiral john kirby about all of this. Admiral kirby, first of all, the chicago area teen who has been arrested for attempting to go overseas support isis, how concerned are you that there are others like him inside the u. S. . Were very concerned. Thats something that secretary hagel has talked about, about this foreign fighter threat this idea that people could get radicalized either here or over there an then learn skills, terrorist capabilities and bring them back home. Not just something secretary hagel or the United States government is concerned about, foreign governments are worried about, particularly in europe. When we talk about the immediacy that isil poses, thats a big component of it. The fact that were seeing u. S. Apache attack helicopters engage isis in iraq, thats significant. Its not combat boots on the ground, but certainly u. S. Military personnel flying at lower altitude at greater risk. The forces operating those helicopters they are directly engaging in combat. Absolutely theyre engaged in combat just as the Fighter Aircraft and bomber aircraft that are manned are also engaged in combat. Were at war with isil just as were at war with al qaeda. The apache helicopters that were talking about, though, they are largely doing support missions for Iraqi Security forces in anbar province. You have tracked us. Youve been reporting on the developments in and around fallujah. It was in that area that the helicopters have been most useful. If one of those goes down, who goes to rescue the crew . Well, we have procedures in place and assets in place. I cant go into too much detail on this, but rest assured. And this would have been the same for any Fighter Aircraft. We have procedures in place. For american personnel, youre not relying on iraqi forces . That is correct. Theres obviously major concern that isis could soon capture if it hasnt already this city kobani which is near turkey. Despite air strikes by the u. S. And allies over the weekend, what does that say about the effectiveness of air strikes themselves . Well, i think its important when we talk about air strikes particularly in syria that we talk about the nature and the function, the purpose of these strikes. In syria its really going after this groups ability to sustain itself and resource itself. Now, yes, we have been doing what we call dynamic targeting which is where we go after mobile targets, trucks, vehicles, check points, but largely were trying to degrade their capability to sustain themselves. It reinforces what weve been saying in the pentagon for a while now that air strikes alone are not going to be enough, neither is military power going to be enough to eliminate the threat that isil poses but you got to have Good Governance on both sides of the border, good partners on the ground, thats why were working so hard to get this Training Program up and going so they can go back into syria and eliminate isil as a threat there. Youre still talking 12 to 18 months for training Syrian Forces as many as 5,000. Does that mean that its very possible that the United States will see and coalition is going to be more isis advances throughout syria . Are there not effective forces on the ground that can stand up to them . A couple of things. The Training Program is meant to go more than 5,000 troops. In first year we suspect that that number will go up and well have to advance those numbers. Chairman of the joint chiefs said that 15,000 trained moderate opposition is probably the right number to really make an impact on isil. It does mean that we can expect to see isil continue to try to make advances and gain territory. Weve been very honest about the threat that they still pose and the fact theyre still very capable. The air strikes are not meant to completely eliminate the threat. Theres no way you can do that from the air. We are trying to slow them down, remove their capabilities to sustain themselves. We have to be prepared that the threat they pose, the territory they grab, the infrastructure they try to seize will continue. In iraq, do you believe baghdad itself could fall . Its very well defended. The forces around the capital have stiffened their defenses, keep the capital largely safe. There have been sporadic attacks nearby, weve been helping a little bit from the air. We believe that Iraqi Security forces understand the threat to the capital city and theyre prepare to defend it. General kirby, thanks for your time. 4yearold new jersey boy died in his sloeep in his own bed. Hes the first confirmed fatality of the enterovirus. I got this. [thinking] is it that time . The son picks up the check . [thinking] im still working. Hes retired. I hope hes saving. I hope he saved enough. Who matters most to you says the most about you. At massmutual were owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. 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Now the ket of eli waller has raiseded a new prospect, what if the virus can kill with no warning . Reporter his parents call eli waller, the youngest in a set of triplets, little buddy. Comparing him to a shy puppy who loved to make people happy. Always told his dad, do i make you proud . And the father always would say, yes, you do. He just was precious. Reporter apparently without warning, 4yearold eli went to bed 12 days ago and never woke up. A victim, the cdc says, of the enterovirus. Did he have any underlying conditions that might have caused this . None whatsoever. He was asymptomatic when he was put to bed that night. Reporter thats what makes elis death so mysterious. Theres no explanation for how he got sick. None. And thats stunning. Its hard to believe, if you think about it. But it is the nature of that virus. Reporter while he usually attended prek with his sisters in hamilton township, new jersey, elis mom kept him home that day because of a slight case of pink eye. Went to sleep and when she went to wake him up in the morning, he had passed. Reporter that quickly . That quickly. Reporter his sisters are not sick. Of nearly 600 confirmed cases in 43 states, the cdc says elis death appears to be the only one of four fatalities blamed entirely on the enterovirus. Is there anything that elis parents could have done, could have foreseen to prevent this . Absolutely not. Reporter before the cdc confirmed eli died of the enterovirus, as a precaution, the school scrubbed down the prek classroom where the children have all their activities. The students are having to do a lot more hand washing than theyre used to in the day. And i come on and say do the hand wash chacha. Reporter elis school honoring him with blue ribbons and his name on a sign for everyone to see. When you see photos of little eli, his personality leapt off the page. Reporter his parents setting up a foundation to support special education, offering a statement reading in part, he was a beautiful mix of eagerness and hesitancy, need and striving, caution and surprise, all of which were grounded in a pure, unconditional love. From a 4yearold who loved soccer, dancing and making his family proud. Susan candiotti, cnn, hamilton township, new jersey. So hard to believe. Understandably many parents across the country are extremely worried about this virus. Joining us again, dr. Sanjay gupta. So he wasnt exhibiting symptoms when he went to bed. What happened . How does that happen . Well, you know, we dont know for sure. I mean, this is a virus that can cause very rapid illness. I mean thats one thing we know about enterovirus 68. There are several different strains of enterenterovirus, bus is the most dangerous form. Typically kids who had breathing problems in the past will be most susceptible. They know for sure. Ive read the reports that this is really unfortunate sad death was caused by enterovirus. They found it in the fluid surrounding his brain and spinal cord. So it is just really sad. It moved really fast in him. I understand this is actually a pretty common virus. Whats making this strain so dangerous particularly for kids right now . For kids theres lots of different enteroviruses out there. We get exposed throughout our lives. Most times it doesnt cause much illness if any at all, but it does build up a little immunity in us each time we get exposed. Kids, just because theyre younger, they havent been on the planet as long and they dont have as much exposure and therefore they dont have as much protection. When it starts circulating again it circulated before, but when it begins circulating like now, kids end up being most vulnerable. Why do some kids get paralysis or limb weakness . Theres been 11 children in colorado and 4 in boston that may have similar type symptoms. 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This time it was september 7th, 2003, at Christopher Newport university in newport news. Paul tribunble is the universits president. A complaint was filed by a student. It was thoroughly investigated by our campus police. Reporter the school cant say much, citing student privacy laws, but tribble tells us the alleged Sexual Assault took place somewhere on campus. He shared this new information too. The alleged victim was a student, and she decided not to press charges. Still, he says, she did take part in campus disciplinary hearings. Testifying against matthew. The school couldnt divulge the result of those hearings, but Jesse Matthew was gone soon after. A spokesman for Christopher Newport University Says Jesse Matthew played football here for the cnu captains from mid august to mid september 2003. He left the university about a month later. The school also says students dont usually leave the second month in the semester or leave the Football Team so quickly. The university would not say if matthew departed on his own or was expelled. For president tribble this is personal. His wife was raped back in 1973. Her attacker was never identified. Matthew had enrolled at Christopher Newport university in january 2003. Shortly after leaving Liberty University in lynchburg, virginia where he was questioned after a woman reported being raped while he was there in 2002. Investigators determined there wasnt enough evidence to charge him. It seems Christopher Newport university was unaware of that case. Unless a student is in academic Good Standing and disciplinary Good Standing, we would never accept them. Reporter and now matthews behavior is raising eyebrows off campus. At the Newport News Police department. The time line, the proximity of when he was occupied here, is about the only link we have. Reporter chief Richard Myers is reviewing all missing persons cases that occurred while matthew was attending college here, including the disappearance of 24yearold autumn day. She was last seen shopping at this Food Lion Grocery store on july 24th 2003. Her car was later discovered in the parking lot. Less than two months later this woman, 31yearold sophia rivera, also disappeared. Rivera went missing after leaving her home in this neighborhood about seven miles from the campus of Christopher Newport university, just five days after she vanished, september 12th, 2003, Jesse Matthew left the Football Team at the university. A month later he was gone from the school. Chief myers has been fully briefed on both womens cases. At this point there isnt anything weve uncovered that in any way links to him. Reporter but he isnt ready to stop looking yet, either. Randi kaye joins us now. Were you able to find out ever if liberty informed the next university . Not exactly, anderson. Theres a lot of finger pointing going on here. But what we know is that the ncaa requires that the school where the student is transferring from, the student athlete, they have to send what they call a tracer form to the new university and say whether or not this student was in good academic standing and good disciplinary standing. And you heard the president of the new school, cnu, say i would never accept anybody who wasnt in Good Standing. So we went back to Liberty University and we said we would like to see the letter, the tracer form that you sent to cnu. They said they dont have it anymore, that the ncaa doesnt require them to keep it after ten years. But they also couldnt tell us whether or not they sent it directly, if it was ever sent, or if Jesse Matthew sent it. And then we dont know if it was complete, whoever sent it, were they forthcoming, did they give an honest assessment of his time at Liberty University and if not who had a hand in that since we dont know if the letter was ever sent or by whom. Randi, thanks very much. Appreciate the reporting. More breaking news. The president today saying ebola is a Top National Security priority. Coming up. Ah come on lets hide in the attic. No. In the basement. Why cant we just get in the running car . Are you crazy . Lets hide behind the chainsaws. Smart. Yeah. Ok. If youre in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. Its what you do. This was a good idea. Shhhh. Be quiet. Im being quiet. Youre breathing on me if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Head for the cemetery faster than dcon. What will we do with all of these dead mice . Tomcat presents dead mouse theatre. Hey, ulfrik hey, agnar whats up with you . Funny you ask. 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Hes reportedly being treated with an experimental drug and weve learned another detail from duncans hometown in liberia, that the pregnant woman duncan helped died of ebola but the ebola diagnosis was not confirmed until after duncan had left for the United States. That does it for us. That does it for us. Cnn tonight starts now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com this is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Tonight, ebola in america. At this moment two patients in hospitals hundreds of miles apart. One freelance cameraman, ashoka muck pr mukpro Strong Enough to walk off an airplane. The other receiving an experimental drug. Im going to talk with his drug. And president barack obama called ebola a Top National Security priority. Youve been sending us your questions and were going to get answers from our team of experts. Plus are there some things you just cant say when it comes to islam . And who decides . Ben affleck