Wellland and Larry Pressler to fill the seat vacated by tim johnson. Montana, steve dayne easily defeating Amanda Curtis there. After john welsh withdrew over revelations that he had plagiarized much of his speeches. In argo, tom cotton defeated mark pryor. Pryor had tried to run away from president obama whose Approval Rating was 34 . History made iowa, Republican Senate joni ernst picking up the seat vacated by tom harkin. Ernst was the first in iowa. The candidate spent an estimated 80 million in campaign ads. And of course had the support of the clintons and Michelle Obama as well. In colorado, a surprisingly easy wane for republican cory gardner unseeding mark udall. This was supposed to be neck and neck. The udall, the first incumbent senator to be voted out of office in 36 years. Thom tillis defeated kay hagan finally giving the gop the control. And in kansas, republican senator pat roberts won relegislation tweeting selffunded independent challenger greg orman. And in virginia,
Called zmapp. And the other thing he was given to try to cure him of ebola, to help his body in fighting off the ebola infection is he was given a transfusion of the blood of one of his patients. He was given a transfusion of blood from one of the patients who he cured in africa, in liberia. A liberian boy who contracted ebola who dr. Brantly treated and who survived. Dr. Brantly received a transfusion of that boys blood when he first got sick. Dr. Brantly and a woman named nancy writebol, they both received initial treatment in high beer ya and then were brought back to the United States for Supportive Care at Emory University in atlanta. Both of those americans survived their bouts with ebola. And it felt like a miracle when it happened, but they both survived. Today is a miraculous day. Im thrilled to be alive, to be well and to be reunited with my family. Dr. Kent brantly was the First American to be treated for ebola in this country, but, of course, he was not the last. After he s
And clear. Meantime, one week left. Democrats chances to hold on to control of the senate may stand or fall in the south where several incumbents are in trouble. One namesake gives new hope. Plus, trouble in paradise. A serious lava league in hawaii. Folks are working to keep themselves out of harms way. Scary stuff there. Good morning from washington. Im luke russert. Just eight days until the midterm vote. Its monday, october 27th. This is the daily rundown. New developments this morning on the controversial quarantine policies for Health Care Workers returning from west africa. Last night, governors andrew cuomo and Chris Christie clarified their states mandatory 21 day quarantine policies. Both governors now say residents can be quarantined at home rather than a hospital. The debate over happens is playing out in real time as a nurse from maine became the first person isolated under new jerseys new protocols. Hickox ariled on friday and has been held in mandatory quarantine ever si
Organizers of the campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the South Dakota state constitution announced Friday that Democratic former lawmaker, former magistrate judge and Watertown lawyer Nancy Turbak Berry will lead a new group supporting the effort.