this morning on worlds this morning on world news now ebola investigation. tough questions about the patient in dallas. how a hospital initially turned him away, and the family members and neighbors potentially exposed. i don t even know what symptoms you have to have or nothing like that. the growing public health concerns. security scandal. the head of the secret service stepping down in embarrassment. i believe that you have done a disservice to the president of the united states. as the white house fence jumper faces justice. later, safety lessons on the bus. a videotape showing the dangers of public transportation and the big question, why are there no seat belts on transit buses? it s thursday, october 2nd.
pakistan and got attention as she pushed for education rights for girls. she has a reason to celebrate in her new home. paula faris behind the wheel, learning firsthand about driving distracted when her kids are demanding her attention from the back seat. the safety lessons she learned that could happy any parent. first the historic visit by president obama to israel. the first time mr. obama visited the jewish state in his presidency. he will be greeted in tel aviv by top israeli leaders and then whisked to high-level meetings. the trip is expected to be rich in symbolism, and a speech by the president to israeli people to pledge friendship and security. with the mideast in turmoil and because of so much uncertainty in the region the trip is a high profile one. alex marquardt is in jerusalem. where the president meets with prime minister netanyahu today. alex, good morning, the trip we hear so much about symbolism is that code for not a lot of substance. break it down for us
major concerns over long-term damage from head injuries. this has been a big topic in the news the last few months. coaches there will limit contact to no more than a third of practice time. on top of that, full-speed, head-on blocking or tackling drills in which players line up more than three yards apart, they will now be banned. that is actually video from our story on nightline and world news, we interviewed dr. julian bales, the medical director for pop warner and leading the charge on cte and brain injuries coming out. he says you got to take the head out of the game. going to begin in youth level, which 70% of all nfl players started in pop warner. talking maybe 500,000 youth nationwide play pop warner each year. safety lessons, precautions take a hold at a young age they will carry over throughout their career, high school, college, pros as well. it sets the stage for safety being a priority. hopefully, you know, again it s a culture change in sports which is this is
back home are telling harrowing tales of survival. megan and robert mauri were on their honeymoon. at first they were told it was just a power problem. it was one just terrible situation. it was just it was just a mess. it was just nothing but just pure chaos. the crew didn t seem like they knew what they were doing. he was actually helping people out of the lifeboat. you could not see any coast guard, crew members, nobody. there was nobody to be found. the search goes on for as many as 29 passengers who are still missing including a retired couple from minnesota. there are italian media reports this morning that a seventh victim has been pulled from the ship. but that couple from minnesota the only americans that are missing at this point. such a tragedy story. nearly 10 million americans will take a cruise in fact this year. so what safety lessons can we learn from this italian disaster? here s abc s lisa stark. reporter: if you board a cruise ship, you can expect that
that next 20 years. what we found in the last month is that water is now corroding the concrete at the plant where it protects safety features. should we give them another 20 years right now, even though there s 19 more years to go on the license? should we wait, learn all the lessons where safety might be compromised, mandate that they have to build in those safety measures as a precondition to getting the extra 20 years. the nuclear regulatory commission believe it or not, since fukushima has given five new 20-year extensions to these already old nuclear power plants without mandating the implementation of any of the safety lessons from fukushima, that s what s scary. that s what makes you believe that the less sons haven t been learned, that the industry unfortunately still looks at the nrc as a lap dog and not a watchdog and as a result, i think that we should all be