A former slave trader, rolled it down the street and threw it in the harbor. And the stig by protests here in the u. S. , they dont fully capture the scope of what is happening. Because in small, rural towns across the country, that are primarily white, they are also hold progress tests. Places like garden city, kansas in the middle of the country. Or granite falls, washington, north of seattle. Or rugby, north zk d. Dakota, whs not even two whole square miles. Just to give you a sense of how widespread this is, how this is literally happening everywhere, i want to tell you about a town in eastern texas, which has long been known as a strong hold of White Supremacy in america. Back in 1992, a town ordered that towns housing projects to be integrated and this was the reaction. 11,000 people live here. According to the 1990 census, none of them are black. This is a white town, a white race. Thats the way we want to keep it. Reporter he was attending a Klu Klux Klan rally, protesting a fe
Countries or screening at point of entry. The United States is assessing and reassessing the procedures in place to safeguard the traveling public around the globe, but also the American Public here at home. A travel ban is not something were currently considering. There already is a multilayered screening protocol in place in our transportation system. There are guidelines and guidance and training that has been given to flight crews to ensure that they are aware of what the symptoms of ebola are and president obama will receive an update at any moment now on the crisis. Homeland Security Committee will hold a rare field hearing at the dallas ft. Worth airport. A dozen cases of possible ebola across the nation have all tested negative in the past two months. A positive sign that the cdcs process is working. 41 of the folks in this country have little to no confidence the American Government can prevent a major Ebola Outbreak here in the states. John yang is in omaha, sarah is in dalla
Artillery. All kpoints of interest. 79 air strikes total in syria and 235 in iraq. That all amounts to 314 across both countries involved in this campaign. The cost of all of it, now estimated at more than 1 billion. And back at the white house, president obama just concluded a high stakes meeting with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Calling an end to palestinian civilian deaths and netanyahu this all comes at a tense and critical moment in u. S. israeli relations. Were going to unpack everything you need to know about that meeting with our own Andrea Mitchell before she herself sits down with netanyahu. But first, lets drill down on that u. S. Ebola patient, diagnosed, of course, in dallas. Because of the location of that diagnosis, we are now waiting any minute now for an address from Texas Governor rick perry. His first statements on this matter. Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital are working around the clock to retrace every step this patient took. And deter
Fatalities number in the thousands. As u. S. Troops are headed there to help. We will hear from the Associated Presss chief photographer in africa about the sights he saw in recent days. Just 18 days to go now. The campaigner in chief Takes Center Stage in new hampshire. Where senator Jeanne Shaheen is trying to hang on and where Hillary Clinton might be hanging out a lot more in the months to come. Im craig melvin. It is friday, october 17th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. A lot of new developments in the fight against ebola. Both infected texas nurses are waking up at specialized hospitals far from home. Emory University Hospital in atlanta and the National Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. Is a warm sendoff for that first nurse to catch ebola from human to human contact in the United States. Before pham arrived, one of her dallas doctors took video inside her isolation room. Thanks for taking care of the first patience. It means a lot. This has been a huge effort by all