Now Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news deck. Good wednesday afternoon to you. First from the fox news deck at 3 00 in new york, the parents of the murdered american journalist james foley say he was a hero and that he represented the goodness of america. The mother and father spoke just a short time ago. Were very proud of jim. You know, he was a courageous, fearless journalist, very compassionate american. I mean, the best of america. And he always hoped that this he would come home. That was his hope. Jim foleys parents also say their son would never want them to be bitter or hate anybody. They say he dedicated his life to exposing the suffering of people all around the world. You know from the videos that his last words were i wish i could see my family. As the parents were speaking, just before, at least, president obama delivered a statement on jim foleys beheading. The president said he spoke to the mother and father, and no just god would stand for the killing. The p
He must have answered, no, because now officials are vowing to prosecute him alleging e ini lied on the health forms. Theres also a legal order keeping duncans family at home. It was learned that the family had allowed guests to come into the house even after this crisis began. And another potential scare in hawaii is over. The cdc says the patient does not fit the ebola profile. We are awaiting an update from dallas. And the pentagon and state department are also about to lead a Panel Discussion on combatting the outbreak in west africa. We start, though, in washington with nbcs tom costello. And tom, you are the airlines expert. Passengers are now being told to be cautious. But theres no hard restrictions in place as of now. No, i think its important to note that theyre not really being told to be cautious about an existing threat. And United Airlines is reaching out to everybody who is on those two flights that united operates, one from brussels to washingtondulles and dulles over t
2011 to become president of case holdings. Thats the Holding Company for former aol chairman steve case. So let me bring in elaine. Welcome. Thank you very much for having me. So you worked very closely with him under Vice President gore and im sure hes an Excellent Communications person and political operative but doesnt the nation need a medical expert at the helm at this time. Ron has not been appointed to treat the disease. Hes appointed him to coordinate the governmental response. The governmental response runs from transportation, from the faa, what do we do when a flight coming into the United States has someone on it who appears to be sick with ebola . Tsa. Checking passengers who come into the country. Education. What about schools . What if something happens in a school . Military. How about all of those men and women over there trying to help in the crisis in africa and what about when they come back . What do we do with them . Our aid to africa trying to help this. In other
8 00 p. M. Eastern right here on cnn, president obama will lay out what he is prepared to do on immigration. But what republicans already know about his plan has them threatening to sue, or worse. And the pop culture lead. He gave us mrs. Robinson and turned Dustin Hoffmans screaming into onscreen magic. We remember mike nickels. He won just about every award there is. Heres to you, mr. Nickels. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the national lead. We may be hours away from a decision that has Law Enforcement officials anxious and on guard. A ferguson, grand jury, could decide as early as tomorrow whether to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. If officer Darren Wilson is not charged, we could see violent protests, perhaps ones worse than after browns death. Lets go live to cnns ed lavandera. What are police doing to prepare . Reporter they say theyve had three months to prepare fo
They are saying the military went after us and our families and we are going after you and your families. We want you to feel our pain. What they have said is they are in contact with the attackers inside the school. This is a hostage situation. Now they also put in their statement and we have yet to clarify and crosscheck this with Pakistani Military, this is what Pakistani Taliban put in their statement. They said they effectively took out, they took weapons away from the special services military who entered the school trying to resolve the situation. There was a military operation going on. We dont know what has happened to the special services forces that went in. The individuals that went in. Their weapons were taken away by the pakistani militants. I need to point out that the attackers in the school are wearing suicide vests. This was made clear by Pakistani Taliban. They said they would target children. Children who seem to be reaching around the age of puberty and up. We know