Ground. Wolf blitzer is off. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. City leaders in ferguson, missouri, issue an urgent plea for quiet and reconciliation follow another night of violence, gunshots, firebombs and clouds of tear gas. Hear the latest developments. The city of ferguson is urging people to stay home tonight and allow peace to settle in and let the justice process run its course. 78 people were arrested last night and jail records show many of them came from out of state. Authorities and protest organizers are blaming the violence on a small number of agitator. Theres also been another Police Shooting near ferguson. St. Louis Authorities Say officers shot and killed a young africanamerican man who allegedly advanced on them with a knife. The police are now moving the media out of our broadcast location there in ferguson. But our correspondents are analysts and guests are standing by with complete coverage. We start with cnn National Correspondent jaso
Theyre expected to endorse the most aggressive response yet to rush whys invasion of ukraine establishing a Rapid Response force of 4,000 troops to deploy quickly to europe countries. And that needs to be very important, thats a very important point, that strengthening nato is not going to directly help the ukrainian cause. Ukrainian president pore schenn coe will attend the summit to discuss way that is nato can help ukraine. An american misation doctor tested positive for the ebola virus. The doctor was treating patients in monrovia and not treating ebola patients. He is said to be doing well and to be in good spirits. Meanwhile, the head of the cdc is raising the alarm about the Ebola Outbreak in west africa. More than 1,500 people died in the outbreak so far and new numbers suggest up to 20,000 may contract ebola in six months. The director of the cdc just returned from west africa and says the outbreak is completely out of control. The situation is bad and looks like its going to
So is the fear. As the white house convenes an urgent meeting on the deadly virus, an american cameraman who contracted the disease in liberia arrives in nebraska for treatment. Federal authorities approve an experimental drug for the first patient to be diagnosed in this country, now in Critical Condition in a dallas hospital and fighting for his life. And were also learning that a nursing assistant in spain is now the first person known to have contracted the disease outside of west africa during the current outbreak. Anderson cooper has an interview with a quarantined partner of the dallas patient. Our correspondents, analysts and newsmakers are all standing by. First to dallas, cnns Martin Savidge has the very latest. Martin . Reporter good evening, wolf. Hospital officials a short while ago updated us on the condition of Thomas Duncan. He is described in Critical Condition. He had taken a turn for the worse over the weekend going from serious to critical. But he is stable. He has
Before the u. S. Led air strikes started this week, the Iraq Energy Institute estimated isis produced about 30,000 barrels a day in iraq and 50,000 more each day in syria. At about 40 a barrel on the black market, that would fetch up to 3 million in profit each day. Tonight, the u. S. Government says it hopes it can take out isis ability and sell all that oil, crippling a key Profit Center for this terror corporation. The president of turkey made it clear today that his country is on a Serious Mission to fight isis saying theyre closing the boarders, but Administration Officials say theyre looking for turkey and other countries to clamp down on these black market routes and shadowy networks to keep from fueling the network. It is such big money and its one of their huge advantages. Elise, great report. Thank you. Lets talk more about this with the Deputy Assistant secretary of state for iraq and iran. And i want to talk to you about the oil money first, because i know that you have jus
Joins the cnn team and hell share his insight into how president obama is handling this extraordinarily tough decision. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com just four hours from now, president obama will make it clear to the American People that the United States once again is going to war on this, the eve of the 9 11 anniversary and hell outline a strategy to destroy isis, the terror group thats brutally seized vast stretches of territory in iraq and syria and slaughtering thousands of people and beheading two americans 13 years after al qaeda struck devastating blows on u. S. Soil. The president is likely to make the case that isis poses a greater threat, its bigger, better armed and more savage than many hundreds of foreign fighters that can rush to this country on their own passports. Well give you a full preview of what he intends to do. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with our white house corr