High noon here in the east, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. A new line of defense is in place to prevent the spread of the deadly ebola virus. Jfk airport here in new york began enhanced screening procedures for passengers arriving from west africa. Jfk is the first of five major u. S. Airports to screen passengers flying in from ebola hot zones. Screenings Begin Next Week at dulles, ohare, hartsfieldjackson and newark. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is live at jfk where we just got an update from officials. Hows it going so far . Reporter 43 of passengers from these ebolaaffected countries come through jfk here. Thats why this is first there was a flight that got in from guinea earlier today, originated there. So this is the first test of those enhanced screening procedures. They said what theyre doing is theyre separating all the passengers that come from those nations and theyre doing a few things, taking their temperatures, the coast guard is doing that, to determin
While Fianna Fáil managed to retain their dominance in Offaly County Council, Sinn Féin were the comeback kids of the local election here in the Faithful County.
A disappointed Barbara Daly has not completely ruled out making another bid to secure a seat on Offaly County Council after she was eliminated on the 10th count at the local election count in Mucklagh Community Centre this evening.