Epidemic in africa, made even scarier for americans now with the first case diagnosed in this country. And now the effort to find out who came into contact with the man who is now a patient in isolation in the hospital in dallas, texas. On top of that, there is the unbelievable challenge of trying to track a virl vir virulent illness from overseas in the jet age. And there are questions about whether the dallas patient, Thomas Duncan, told the truth about his exposure to ebola before embarking on International Air travel to the u. S. Were on top of all of it tonight, starting with nbcs ron mott at the hospital where the patients being treated in dallas. Ron, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening to you. As this man continues fighting for his life tonight at this hospital, nbc news learned that before he traveled to the United States, he checked no on a health form asking whether he had any contact with any people infected with ebola. Now that contradicts what some of his neighbors
We have coverage tonight. Bernard goldberg is here, political analyst brit hume is here as well. But we begin tonight with Trace Gallagher on the breaking news. Trace . Megyn, in the memo debra turner said brian misrepresented events which occurred while he was covering the iraq war in 2003. It then became clear that on other occasions, brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. Of course, williams first claimed he saw a chopper in front of him get hit by a rocketpropelled grenade and later claimed his chopper got hit. Both are untrue. The nbc president went on to say, we have concerns about comments that occurred outside nbc news while brian was talking about his experiences in the field. As managing editor and anchor of nightly news, brian has a responsibility to be truthful and to uphold the high standards of the News Division at all times. Adding, quote, this was a very hard decision. We believe this suspension is the appropriate and proportionate action. The
His the daily show. And a statement a moment ago, we have decided to suspend Brian Williams the anchorman and editing manager for six months without pay. We will have more on that shortly. And it is really just six months or will it lead to him being terminated . But we begin with more news on the breaking news of Kayla Mueller and the courage and the serenity she displayed many in the year of isis captivity. President obama spoke to buzz feeds penn smith. She was confirmed dead today and i wondered if you had any reaction to her murder and whether, really how you tell a family not going to do this again . Not doing all we can in this situation . First of all, my Immediate Reaction is heartbreak. You know, ive been in touch with kaylas family. She was an Outstanding Young woman and a great spirit. And i think that spirit will live on. I think the more people learn about her, the more they appreciate what she stood for and how it stands in contrast with the barbaric organization that he
We have coverage tonight. Bernard goldberg is here, political analyst brit hume is here as well. But we begin tonight with Trace Gallagher on the breaking news. Trace . Megyn, in the memo debra turner said brian misrepresented events which occurred while he was covering the iraq war in 2003. It then became clear that on other occasions, brian had done the same while telling that story in other venues. Of course, williams first claimed he saw a chopper in front of him get hit by a rocketpropelled grenade and later claimed his chopper got hit. Both are untrue. The nbc president went on to say, we have concerns about comments that occurred outside nbc news while brian was talking about his experiences in the field. As managing editor and anchor of nightly news, brian has a responsibility to be truthful and to uphold the high standards of the News Division at all times. Adding, quote, this was a very hard decision. We believe this suspension is the appropriate and proportionate action. The
Were hearing again. That is our nick paton. Well bring you a live report from him in just a moment. First i want to show you this. Just today, force unleashed two dozen air strikes on isis and syria but apparently not enough to push isis out of iraqs second largest city. There may be a recommendation to send ground force into mosul to help in the target there. Joining me Lieutenant Colonel james reece. Thanks for joining me. When we talk about isis in iraq its a bit more of Success Story for the u. S. And Coalition Force than isis in syria. What is your assessment whether we need u. S. Ground troops not for fighting on the ground but better locating the targets. Do we need to see that . Poppy, you know the attack on to or assault on mosul, when that is planned and will kick off is based on the timeline between iraqis and u. S. Advisors that are there. Because it is such a difficult fight, mosul being a city the second largest city in iraq it will probably behoove us to put air controll