Pelley good evening. Thomas eric duncan died today in aitalas hospital, the first death from ebola in the United States. Duncan, who was 42, was visiting from west africa where he caught the disease and where 3900 people have died of it. Late today, a Dallas County sheriffs deputy who had been in the apartment where duncan had stayed was admitted to a hospital. He has flulike symptoms, could be anything, but ebola tests are being done. We have a team of correspondents covering this developing story. First well go to Manuel Bojorquez in dallas. Reporter this ambulance rushed the deputy to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital this afternoon. He was brought here after seeking treatment at an Urgent Care Center in the dallas suburb of frisco, where mark piland is the fire chief. This patient had reported that they initially had been in the apartment in the initial ebola patient in dallas and had some contact with family members. Reporter piland says the unidentified deputy is being evaluated
Pelley good evening. Thomas eric duncan died today in aitalas hospital, the first death from ebola in the United States. Duncan, who was 42 was visiting from west africa where he caught the disease and where 3900 people have died of it. Late today a Dallas County sheriffs deputy who had been in the apartment where duncan had stayed was admitted to a hospital. He has flulike symptoms, could be anything, but ebola tests are being done. We have a team of correspondents covering this developing story. First well go to Manuel Bojorquez in dallas. Reporter this ambulance rushed the deputy to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital this afternoon. He was brought here after seeking treatment at an Urgent Care Center in the dallas suburb of frisco, where mark piland is the fire chief. This patient had reported that they initially had been in the apartment in the initial ebola patient in dallas and had some contact with family members. Reporter piland says the unidentified deputy is being evaluated o
Dilemma hurting the highlands in malaysia so supporters of the pakistani politician imran khan are blocking supply routes into afghanistan for a second day. They say theyll stop nato trucks passing through northwest tabbing stan until the u. S. Stops its drone strikes. As we said in the openers, small but effective these protests. Indeed, very effective. Just to tell you, in the last few minutes the members of the provincial assembly from the Islamist Army have gone to the u. S. Consulate where they loged a protest alert against the continuation of the drone strikes. As you can see the Party Workers are on the roadblock. Just to give you a little bit of an explainer, they are blocking the points two critical entry points into the province. What you see behind me is a large checkpoint manneded by the Islamist Army. What they are doing is making sure that none of those container trucks that are passing through the last point before they enter into pakistans tribal areas on the way to the
Down on the former Prime Ministers colourful career. Japan is backing the United States after it challenged the chinas selfdeclared defense zone in the East China Sea, flying two b 52 bombers over a disputed area claimed by both beijing and tokyo. The expanded zone was announced by china on saturday. It said it monitored the aircraft as it flew over. Here is the latest reaction from japan, starting with the u. S. Ambassador in tokyo. Unilateral actions like those taken by china with the announcement of an East China Sea defense zone undermines security, constituting an attempt to change the status quo in the East China Sea, serving to increase tensions in the region. Japan has shown great restraint. We urge them to continue to do so. Translation the publication of chinas air Defense Identification Zone was unilateral, and the backlash from the international community, including south korea and taiwan is strong. Wed like it retracted. We cant accept it. I believe the u. S. Is working fr
California facing the driest winter on record. The States Government asking people to do their part. H1n1 is one of the strains that doesnt take much contact for it to be transmitted from one person to the other. Why more young people will be hit hard this season. Good morning to you and welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford coming to you live from new york city. Voting in thailands election has ended. It could take weeks before results come out. Antigovernment protesters making good on their promise to disrupt the voting. Many polling centres have reported problems. So far it seems the election has little to resolve some of that viaed spread anger over the Prime Ministers government. Scott heidler reports from bangkok. In her north bangkok neighbourhood Prime Minister vin arrived as the yin arrived Yingluck Shinawatra arrived as the polls opened. Setting an example. Translation as thais its our duty to exercise a vote. Doesnt matter who you vote for. In other parts of the c