The International Response to the disease has been a failure. Blunt words and they were just getting warmed up. Many people are not cooperating with efforts to contain the disease. The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, calling an emergency recess hearing on the Ebola Outbreak. There was little action to take to get out in front of this problem. And now were seeing the consequences. The largest Ebola Outbreak in history. More and more countries involved. When i travelled to these remote villages, i knew the numbers were going to be almost impossible to determine. But officially, nearly 1,000 people dead and twice that number infected. Including two americans who were brought back to the United States. Not an easy decision for the chief Infectious Disease doctor for the country. Whats so concerning about ebola is that the stakes are so high. A single lapse in standard Infection Control could be fatal. I want to show you just how quickly an infection can spread. Heres a real world examp
Aircraft are in action in the skies over iraq. The white house has released a photo of the president in the situation room with his National Security staff. While the last of the u. S. Combat troops pulled out over two years ago now, the concern is this violent isis movement the rebels who have been sweeping across the country with very little resistance in their path. They have been rooting out Iraqi Christians and other religious minorities. 40,000 of whom are said to be on the run and in great danger. Less than a decade ago, of course, the u. S. Had 145,000 troops in iraq. The u. S. Spent 2 trillion on the invasion of that country. And the sustained combat that followed. The problem tonight is twofold. Theres a humanitarian crisis, and theres a u. S. Consulate in the city of irbil. Thats why aircraft are back in action. We have two reports tonight. Richard engel in the middle east, and Jim Miklaszewski on duty at the pentagon for us. Well start there tonight. Jim, good evening. Good
Here is everything you need to know right now. Developing this hour in about 30 minutes were going to get our first look at the tentative deal between the house and the senate to reform the department of veterans affairs. The va system, of course, has been dogged by allegations of long wait times. Sometimes even patient deaths. Senate va chair Bernie Sanders spoke with Andrea Mitchell about getting this deal sealed before the august recess. We are up against the wall right here. As we speak, my staff and congressman millers staff are trying to dot the is and cross the ts. Ooum confident well have a bill before we get out of here. We owe that to the veterans of this country, and thats what were going to do. The deal aims to address shortterm and longterm structural problems at the va. And across this country, destructive summer storms impacting millions. The northeast and south are both in for more Severe Weather offer the course of this day. Were already getting reports of potential to
Example of getting ebola, and how to keep your family safe. But first, a quick look at how this deadly outbreak got so out of control. The International Response to the disease has been a failure. Blunt words and they were just getting warmed up. Many people are not cooperating with efforts to contain the disease. The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, calling an emergency recess hearing on the Ebola Outbreak. There was little action to take to get out in front of this problem. And now were seeing the consequences. The largest Ebola Outbreak in history. More and more countries involved. When i travelled to these remote villages, i knew the numbers were going to be almost impossible to determine. But officially, nearly 1,000 people dead and twice that number infected. Including two americans who were brought back to the United States. Not an easy decision for the chief Infectious Disease doctor for the country. Whats so concerning about ebola is that the stakes are so high. A single la
Explosions taking place. Weve also seen from our Vantage Point light flares being dropped from the skies above, an indication that some type of military operation has been taking place for some time. This followed earlier in the day very chaotic and emotional scenes at gazas shiffa hospital, where according to palestinian medical sources, at least ten palestinians were killed as a result of an israeli air strike on a refugee camp north of where we are. Thats according to palestinian sources who say as a result of that strike, there were at least 40 palestinians injured, 10 killed brought to the hospital. And just at around the same time, at about 5 00 p. M. Local time, we also saw the explosion that happened at the hospital grounds. According to palestinian sources there, they were saying that also was a result of an israeli strike on the ground. There were no fatalities in that specific incident, but nonetheless, the two happened at the same time. Now, the Israeli Military is counteri