To close guantgaubt. The prison at guantanamo remains open. Beuantanamo. The prison at guantanamo remains open. Be this is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. I am randall pinkston. The deadly Ebola Outbreak in west africa has claimed more than 4500 lives. There have been three confirmed cases including one death here in the u. S. And healthcare officials are still assessing how to handle potential ebola patients. The centers for Disease Control says it will issue new guidelines as early as today to help hospitals dealing with ebola patients. The American Nurses association has urged the cdc to adopt a single consistent policy for all Healthcare Workers. Meanwhile, Health Officials in canada announce they will send experimental ebola vaccine to west africa. They plan to send 800 vials of the drug to the World Health Organization on monday. A Memorial Service was held today for Thomas Eric Duncan who died in dallas from the ebola virus. The service was a small gathering of frien
The sphere has been one of focus and engangment. We have had the band playing all day. We have seen people of all nationalities come up and ask plenty of questions so very definite engangment. Some figures we have been hearing. Unprecedented numbers. On both sides of the campaign have been turning out in the millions. Now, what i can tell you is in one polling station, in a place calls helens they told us earlier they had seen 70 of their voters turn out. In other places they are saying there is potential for other 90 of their voters to have turned up that is quite extraordinary, an older gentlemen, 65 years old that wanted to vote no the referendum, and he had never previously voted before, it is that sort of engangment, and determination that we have been seeing and hearing about. Got lands capitol, ghostly and almost hitten from view, as the nation decides. A gray day with a clear purpose in the passionate mood heading to vote, millions of beef are turning out to decide the future o
Victims of a bar barrick procedure given to them while they were in labor. This is Al Jazeera America, live from new york city. I am erica pitzi. Health officials are 2350i9ing ebola on two fronts working to stop the virus from spreading and also trying to head off a public panic. According to the World Health Organization, this outbreak has claimed 4,555 lives, nearly all of them in west africa. To date, only two people have contracted the disease in this country. Both are nurses who cared for ebola victim thomas eric duncan. Fear is contagion. Today, president obama used his weekly address to urge people to resist the hysteria. Melissa chan is in dallas, a city thats become the focal point of the u. S. Response to ebola. Melissa, this cdc is going to issue new guidelines for hospitals dealing with ebola. Do we know what those changes will be or when they will be announced . Well, erica, the cdc said it would like to issue those guidelines as soon as possible. Possibly today and we ha
In the suburbs of damascus rebels keep up the fight. Reporter this is a meeting about the World Economy but it turned into something quite different. The opposition grows more vocal and more dug out. After days, they were face to face. Both putin greeting president obama outside st. Petersburgs constantine palace. The two men disagree over syria, an issue that consumed the summit. I also look forward to having an extent conversation about the situation in syria and i think our joint recognition that the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy but also a violation of International Law that must be addressed. Reporter u. N. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon here with his secretary envoy to syria is lobbying leaders for more time. There is no military solution. There is only political solutions, which can bring people and end this right now. On putins side in the dispute leaders of emerges economies and china joining russia in blocking action at the u. N. While not quite going it
egypt s new president is in office but is he in power? it was the military that brought morsi.very d we have been looking at reaction rom cairo. in the cradle of the revolution festivities continue. the square crowds believe the overthrow ofer gym s first ever democratically elected president has put the revolution back on track. when the muslim brotherhood came to power a year ago, they divided us. even in the same home, they divided us. we feel that egypt has come back to us now. they insist the military stepped into avert disaster defering to the will of the people rather than enabe ling it. it was an authoritarian relationship to a free country. building a democracy is at best. and there will be ups and downs and we will stumble and get up again and correct. we re going through that process. the displays above the square adly out the day and as nsour was forced seemed to display that power was elsewhere. on the other side of town where they say that moha