If somebody does contract ebola and becomes symptomatic, they will be handled in just like youve seen on the recent ones who came back on an aircraft that was specially designed to bring them back. Theyll go back to one of the centers that is specially designed to handle the ebola. Heres how one of the 4,000 u. S. Troops being sent there describes the mission. Setting up warehouses to make sure that all the stuff that the doctors need gets in country, to build some facilities they need to treat patients and help americans feel a little safer. Were going over there to help the people of liberia deal with this deadly virus so they wont come back over to the states. Now, the pentagon has been very adamant that no u. S. Troops will have direct contact with ebola patients. They will build the facilities that nonmilitary Health Care Workers will staff. But a few dozen military techs will be testing specimen samples from suspected ebola victims. Zoo t the numbers in the lab, between a three a
Busy on the streets of new york city this morning at 5 00 a. M. Out here on the ooets coast. A live look at times square. You are watching Fox Friends First on this friday morning. I am heather childers. I am ainsley earhardt. What a week we have had as a country. Thanks so much for starting your day off with us. An International Manhunt is on for the british jihadist who beheaded james foley. He warns the global threat of isis is greater than we ever imaged. We are joined by molly men berg. The Justice Department will be pursuing, quote,uav vig lousily a criminal investigation of the islamist terrorists who abducted and beheaded james foley. He said theres something those terrorists need to understand. This justi department, this department of defense this nation we have long memories and our reach is very wide. We will not forget what happened and people will be held accountable one way or the other. It will be a challenge for Law Enforcement to pursue those islamist terrorists in wa
Out of that region. Now he has to make a case for going back in. Good afternoon. Today congress, tomorrow the American People. Thats president obamas stepbystep approach for outlining his strategy for confronting isis in iraq and syria. Right now congressional leaders are meeting, taking place one day before the president is scheduled to address the nation in primetime on his isis strategy. Although the answers to many questions on the u. S. Mission are still up in the air, what will our strategy look like . What is the goal . And how long will it take . The question today seems to be what role will Congress Play . House Speaker John Boehner offered little clarity on that frongt this morning. Still there is a strategy. Theres no reason to talk about the specifics because until we know what the strategy is we dont know what will be involved. A handful of the members of congress are calling for a vote to authorize the mission. Many members are skeptical of taking a vote on anything so co
This hug came about that has even more intriguing. Our ed lavandera is in ferguson, missouri, where they are talking about this photo, as well. What are they saying . Reporter suzanne, this picture resonating with so many people, because it captures the power and hope that despite everything going on, so many people you have around here. You have 12yearold devonte hart Walking Around in protests, ferguson protests in portland with a sign that read free hugs. But he was crying and the Portland Police Sergeant Brett barnham who asked why he was crying and the young boy started telling him about Police Brutality and that sort of thing. And they started just talking. And at that point, the photographer or the Police Officer asked the young boy for a hug. And the freelance photographer captured that moment. And that picture has been resonating with people around the country as it has been passed around through social media intensely over the last 24 hours. A powerful moment, and the kind of
Landed wednesday on a comet. But the landing did not go as planned. News of the landing was beamed all the way back to earth. More details about the landing problem and whats coming up. The harpoons are expected to tether philae to the comet. They didnt deploy. How could this affect the mission . Well, they are still working on that. Let me explain what happened. I do have some models with me this morning, john. This is a small model of the comet, the typical rubber ducky form weve gotten to know. The spacecraft landed about right here. Thats pretty much exactly where they wanted to land, which is pretty remarkable considering all of this is happening about 510 million kilometers away from the earth and they had absolutely no way of steering the lander. They just threw it off the spacecraft and it landed in exactly the right place. I have a model of the lander itself. It dropped very, very slowly towards the comet spurs. This thing weighs 100 kilograms on earth but only one gram in spa