Terror threats forcing the department of Homeland Security to sound the alert. Well tell you what were learning. About that threat and how specific it is. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Its wednesday, october 29th, its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We do have breaking news from ferguson. Theres word that the police chief there could soon step down. Officials tell cnn that chief Thomas Jacksons departure would be part of efforts to reform the Ferguson Police department, that, of course,le following the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Darren Wilson. Chief jackson and the mayor both flatly deny the reports. There are reports to having chief jackson step down. No. Are there i mean, to step down, we stood by him this entire time. Nothing theres no change on that. There is growing concern in ferguson this morning about what might happen if officer wilson is not indicted in the Michael Brown shooting. School officials in st. Louis county hav
They had closed schools and blocked road as well. Frein is accused of firstdegree murder of a state trooper and attempted murder of another officer. Prosecutors say they will go for the Death Penalty. Rick leventhal has been following story as he has all along from pocono township, pennsylvania, where there was a press conference a an hour ago. What do we know now. Reporter were half a mile from where frein was nabbed near an empty airport hangar. They were doing a routine grid search as birchwood pocono resort. One of hundreds of abandoned properties littered the pocono mountains offering the selftaught survivalist over the last 48 days. People shouted at train on his way to his court appearancellin. He was accused of killing corporate ral brian dixon outside of his bar racks on september 12th and they said frein did it put up a fight. They saw an individual they thought was eric frein and ordered him to surrender and get down on his knees and raise his hands which he did. Once he was
Terror threats forcing the department of Homeland Security to sound the alert. Well tell you what were learning. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im john berman. And im christine romans. Its wednesday, october 29th, its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin with breaking news from ferguson, missouri. There is word the police chief there could soon step down. Officials tell cnn that chief Thomas Jacksons departure would be part of efforts to reform the Ferguson Police department, following the shooting of an unarmed teenager Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson. Chief jackson and the mayor of ferguson deny those reports. Theres been word to have jackson step down. Yeah. We stood by him this entire time so theres nothing theres no change on that. Theres growing concern in ferguson about what might happen if officer wilson is not indicted in the Michael Brown shooting. School officials in st. Louis county writing to prosecutor Bob Mccullough asking whether wilson will be indicted on n
Defying kaci hickox left her home in maine to go for a bike ride. You see them leaving the home. That despite a threat from maine Health Officials who are seeking an order to have her detained if she violates her quarantine. Last night, the nurse that treated ebola patients in west africa says she is not backing down in the fight for her freedom to leave her home. It is not my intention to put anyone at risk in this community. But we have to make decisions on science and i am completely healthy. You know, you could hug me, you could shake my hand. There is no way i would give you ebola. Let me bring in dr. Nancy, medical adviser for the state of new jersey. Good to see you. Good morning, jose. Good morning. This controversy, this quarantine controversy began in the garden state. Cdc put out revised guidelines to clarify things. Several other states unveiled their own protocols. California, the latest. Should the federal government put out some rules for all states . I think it would he
Maine to determine what their policy is. Whether or not they will enforce any kind of quarantine for her when she arrives back there. As long as she is in this strait, Health Officials say she will still be kept quarantined. Carol . The private ambulance that will transport her, is it equipped to deal with ebola patients . Well, look, the senior state officials in new york and new jersey have said repeatedly that their states were prepared to deal dw w any threat or possibly of ebola and these patients who are suspected cases are only take on the facilities are that are, were told, prefired handle these things so you have to believe at this point that every proper procedure would be follow followed. This hospital says that theyve been working closely with cdc officials to monitor casey hickox. So, yes, it seems she will be taken, kept quarantined and brought back to maine where decisions will have to remain about her treatment. This is a woman who said she felt her rights were being vi