Newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. We begin with breaking news. The fifth american infected with ebola now on american soil in omaha, nebraska for treatment. The plane carrying freelance camera man mukpo arrived moments ago. He was diagnosed in liberia while working with chief correspondent nancy schneiderman. Hes in good spirits and eating and drinking on his own. As for that first person diagnosed with ebola in the United States, cdc Officials Say Thomas Duncan is not treated with an experimental se rum. The Liberian National is in Critical Condition this a dallas hospital after his condition took a turn for the worse over the weekend. The cdc chief will head to the white house to brief president obama on all thats going on here at home. Lets bring in elizabeth cohen. Good morning. Good morning carol. As Thomas Eric Duncan struggles to survive inside this texas hospital, his girlfriend and her family members are in quarantine being watched to see
Hit isis targets yesterday and again today both around kobani as well as inside iraq but still were cold that isis keeps advancing. Ben wedeman our Senior International correspondent is gathering the latest baghdad. Ben, what can you tell us . Reporter fresh isis recruits train to retrieve the wounded from the battlefield. In a newly released propaganda video from the group entitled blood of jihad, its clear that isis doesnt lack for fresh recruits. The training includes religious instruction, mostly about the importance of fighting, killing and martyrdom. Men like these could soon be part of the ongoing effort by isis to take all of iraqs vast Anbar Province which extends to the outskirts of baghdad. Officials in anbar tell cnn they believe as many as 10,000 isis fighters have been sent from syria and Northern Iraq to anbar to join the offensive. Two months of Coalition Air strikes in anbar have targeted isis but havent halted its advances. Another video released by isis purports to s
Thats the first thing. Marriage will shortly be legal. It is now in a sense but soon go into effect in the five state the subject of the lawsuit, but the u. S. This is federal court. The u. S. Has broken up into smaller subdivisions known as Circuit Courts. For example, we had a case from utah thats in the tenth circuit. That ruling from the Appeals Court upholding a ruling that said utahs ban was unconstitution signal, that rules was put on hold by the Supreme Court until it acted on the case. Its now acted. The hold is gone. That means a three other states in that circuit, the tenth Circuit Court of appeals now marriage will be legal. Wyoming, colorado, and kansas. Same thing with the Fourth Circuit north and South Carolina and west virginia. My guess is what will happen in all the other states there is a lawsuit theyll go to the judge and say look, judge, youre bound by the court of appeals ruling which has been let out of the cage by the Supreme Court. Give us a default give us a s
Lets head straight to there to ed lavandera with the latest on Darren Wilsons status and how are people reacting to wilsons resignation last night . Reporter a lot of people who have been against Darren Wilson since the august shooting of Michael Brown say that it has taken too long to get to this point, but in many ways not a lot of people around here, whether you supported wilson or not, never really imagined any possible way Darren Wilson could continue on the police force. Last night his attorneys released a statement on his behalf saying from Darren Wilson it was my hope to continue in policework, but the safety of other Police Officers and the community are of paramount importance to me. So Darren Wilson after more than three months being on paid administrative leave is now officially gone from the Ferguson Police department. Brian . Ed, thanks. Appreciate it. I know people have strong feelings about the medias treatment about this ongoing story. I want to go back to monday when
Hospital and city Officials Say they are doing everything they can to monitor staff at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. They have a contingency plan in place. This is a stark contrast to d. C. Director tom friedens stunning revelation that his agency did not respond fast enough. I have thought often about it. I wish we would have put a team like this on the ground the day the first patient was diagnosed. It might have prevented the infection. Well do it from today on ward with any case anywhere in the u. S. On the today show this Morning Health and Human Services director was pressed on the cdcs response. The cdc sent a full team in place and a team of apodemologists as well as Infection Control people. The oversight of the implementation of the protocols could have been better. Do you have confidence in the cdc and dr. Frieden . I do have confidence. Mark potter joining me from dallas with more. The hospital hasnt confirmed it was a nurse. They wont say what role she played in mr.