Thanks for joining us. We begin this morning with the worsening ebola crisis in africa. More than 700 people have died and the u. S. Now warning against travel to three countries, liberia, guinea and sierra leone. And now two american missionaries battling the disease are flown home for treatment. Abcs preeti arla has been following developments overnight. Reporter the death toll from the largest Ebola Outbreak in history continues to rise. Two americans infected with the virus will be brought back to the u. S. One of them to Emory University in atlanta for treatment in a special isolation unit. The ebola virus in terms of mortality rate right now is at about 64 , and so thats thats good news for us. We feel like thats mom has a chance. Reporter the efforts to control the spread of the virus are ramping up. U. S. Immigration officers and pilots are looking for passengers showing signs of illness. The centers for Disease Control issued its highest alert for travel to the affected countr
And this morning you dont have. The blockbuster superstar performing for us in central park, people lined up all night, ready to hear their hero, the one and only enrique, here live on gma. Now im hearing that you been running around and happy friday, everyone. A lot of news to get to. This morning, also, a lot of excitement for enrique. Such a big crowd already. Check it out. Central park is rocking this morning. It could be the Biggest Party in our summer series and were getting out there and looking forward to seeing enrique. Wow. Sing all of his hits. That is coming up but right to that ebola outbreak. Americans infected with the deadly virus will be on u. S. Soil for the first time ever. Those infected aid workers heading home and dr. Richard besser is at emory hospital in atlanta where the patients will be treated. Good morning, rich. Good morning, george. This is Emory University hospital. And this is where that first patient with ebola from africa is going to be flown. Many in
Prepping for the arrival of the first ebola patient to be treated in the u. S. The ceasefire was shattered. Gaza says dozens were killed when an israeli air strike pulverized this residential area. Suicide bomber blew himself up, killing two soldiers and they abducted one of our boys. Yesterday the markets had their worst oneday drop since february. The dow plunged, erasing all of the gains for the year. Tropical storm bertha its moving toward the caribbean. Storm watches in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. Former president bill clinton before the september 11th attacks admitting he had passed up a chance to kill Osama Bin Laden. I could have killed him, but i would have had to have destroyed a little town. In chicago, chaos erupts in a highrise Office Building when a disgruntled employee shoots his boss and kills himself. It doesnt seem real. A series of gas explosions ripped through the southern taiwanese city. At least 24 people were killed. Ray rice spoke out for the First
Thicker in some areas where visibility is down to zero. This morning we have a mix of clouds and son. A few scattered gun and storms are possible as chance between midday and into the afternoon. We will have some dry hours today coolingoff smile with a morning shower. 75 degrees on wednesday. Heres a look at the monday morning commute. So far so good just a few spots of over the construction especially in bound kennedy from chicago avenue to ohio. The two left lanes are a until 5 00 a. M. Otherwise the roads look good. No major issues or problems. Israel is holding its fire for a seven hour humanitarian truce this morning. But hamas has not agreed to honor the cease fire. The onesided truce comes after israel was widely condemned for a bombing that killed 10 palestinians at a school that was sheltering refugees. More than 100 rockets were fired from gaza into isreal yesterday. Medical Officials Say more than 18hundred palestinians have been killed since israel invaded gaza on july 8th.
60s mainly clear. Maybe a few sprinkles to the south and west. We wont see much until later this afternoon. Even then it will be spotty. Much of the day is dry. Do have the chance of those showers and storms. Many dry saturday but a few isolated showers and storms. The seven days forecast includes warmer weather will bring that in a bit. Good to have some overnight run work were watching in bound kennedy expressly ends will be blocked off until 5 00 a. M. The ongoing work of the bishop ford. Heading south bound you can expect some closures as the do that overnight roadwork. That will be picked up around 5 00 a. M. An enormous fire burned for over an hour in the Little Village neighborhood. This was at a Pallet Company, on the 25hundred block of 25th street. Flames and smoke could be seen from miles away as fire burned three buildings, hundreds of pallets, and at least six semi trailers. No injuries have been reported. The citys Water Department we did have an issue with water. When the