Was home. Deep in the amazon is the real treasures. [ inaudible ] audio difficulties ] welcome to america tonight. The ebola crisis has reached texas. Here is what we know [ audio difficulties ] next day arriving in the United States showing no symptoms. Four days later Health Officials say the patient showed signs of illness. The patient was admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital and placed in isolation. The patient is not american, but came to the u. S. Anyone the patient may have come in contact with is being tracked. The director has concerns about the virus and its spread. The bottom line here, theres no doubt that we will control this case of ebola so that it does not spread widely in the country. It is certainly possible that some contact with this individual, or other individual, known. There is no doubt in mind that we will stop it here. Infectious disease doctor joins us. You have helped us so many times understand ebola and the spread. It appears the worst Case Scenario is happening now, with the discovery in dallas. [ inaudible ] hospitals have been getting prepared with these patients. With patient that may have ebola, and identified as having ebola. We out to be able to take care of them. The timeline in the case of this patient, clearly they had travelled by aircraft to the United States. We dont know what the timeline is between the admittance to the hospital. There are a lot of other people that could be exposed here. Actually, you get exposed when you become sick. During that socalled incubation period before, the patient throws that risk to others. Its important that patient as soon as they are ill come to a hospital and let the workers know so the hospital can take the appropriate precautions. Presumably you may not realise what you have got is that serious. All kinds of people may be exposed in the family, at the community at large. It has to be followed up on here, right. Absolutely. Thats why the hospital is working closely with the Public Health authorities, who find out who the contacts are, and put under surveillance, and give them good advice. And what other advice do you have for us. Do you expect to see more cases like this, more travel . I think as this epidemic goes on. We should not be surprised that here and there well have someone who is from west africa, having been exposed, knowingly or not, and develop illness the United States. And the illness, the ebola could be malaria. Other illnesses that are common in west africa. We are ready to make the diagnosis. We appreciate your insight. Infectious disease expert. Also well ask you to stand by. Theres another issue of interest to American Parents that wed like to talk to you about in a few minutes. That. Close watch on the ebola story. Secret service under fire days after iraq war veterans scaled the fence and made his way to tackled. Its clear that our secure plan was not properly executed. I take fuel responsibility full responsibility and will again. Reporter head of the secret service over a Security Breach allowing a knifewielding house. The house is supposed to be one of americas most secure buildings, and one of the worlds most secure facilities. How on earth did it happen . They wanted answers. Tremendous restraint is not what we are looking for. Overwhelming. Reporter cell phone video shows Omar Gonzalez with a knife in his pocket sprint to the white house, and all the way in to the east room, used for press conferences and award stopped. The intruder got to the house. That is unacceptable. Commonsense tells us that there were a series of security failures, not an instance. Reporter once instead he pushed past the guard at the white house door, where an alarm box near the entrance was apparently on mute. Gonzalez ran past the staircase leading to the first familys living quarters, all the way to the press room before being taken down by an agent. Have you heard of these guys. This is its not costly. That can be installed. Its a simple device. Reporter secret service is reviewing the incident, and director pearson says the agency necessary. Dont let somebody get close to the president. Dont let them get in the white house ever. If they have to take action that back. I hate to imagine what could have happened had he been knife. President obama appointed pearson, a secret Service Veteran in march 2013. She is the first female director in the 148 year history. The president articulated his concern about the incident that occurred 10 days ago, at the same time the president retains service. Pearson told the Committee People jumped the white house fence, this latest incident is another black mark for the Agency Charged being in charge of the president. In 2000, a gunman fired at the white house. It took days to reveal the building was hit. Im asking where a housekeeper who doesnt spend 14 weeks in training. Who doesnt have 18 weeks of training thereafter found glass, and your agents did not. Officers found 800 round of ammunition, a machete. He is due in court on wednesday. Security has been increased. A Second Security barrier has been erected around the white house. Former secret Service Deputy assistant director john tomly son joins us here. Im struck by the back and forth going on in the hearing and the implication that the budget was limited, but congress felt she had a big budget. This . I cant speak to the budget. 2013. Sequestration. With the sequestration, impacted a range of government agencies, the secret service among them. In that same hearing one of the congress men laid out the end of the training, for the employees uniform and agent division. It had a Significant Impact on highend training. You know, it just to the casual observer, you would see that there was significant cutback. Do you think the director delivered that message well, made the case well for the limitation, what is happening with the service right now . She was doing her best with what the administration and the Congress Approved for the secret service, just as they have done with every federal agency, secret service among them. The notion of people make mistakes, that didnt seem to be a particularly convincing defense for the congressman. No, i agree. Secret service has zero tolerance, zero tolerance for events that take place against any of the protectees, the president s first family among them. Has there been an expansion of the mandate, maybe the service is active more than it used to be, more protectees. Maybe theres more demands with the same limitations on budget . Thats a fair question. I would suggest to you that a lot of what is done with personnel is done now with technology. While clearly [ inaudible ] men and women that raise the right hand and carry the badge, there are other ways to win to to speak, to prevail. At the same time the amount of travel that recent president s and protectees have done really impound the ability of the up. And in locations. No question. Appreciate you are inside the former secret Service Deputy assistant director john tomly son, thanks. Ahead after the break. Protesters flood the streets. The standoff between beijing and hong kongers, and why it may be impossible for the leaders to stand down. Ahead, young patients and a frightening paralysis. While a virus that started out as an ordinary cold has started raising the alert. I dont really know whats going to happen to me. Of oscar winner alex gibneys hard hitting series. Edge of eighteen im never going to appoligize for the type of person that i am facing tough challenges. We do feel cheeted, by the American University process taking a stand. Its gonna be on my terms, on how i want it to be boldly pursuing their dreams what did i do . The lives of american teenagers. On the edge of eighteen only on Al Jazeera America [ music ] neither Stormy Weather nor strong warnings turned back tens of thousands protesting in hong kong in the socalled umbrella revolution. The umbrellas taken up to protect them from tear gas. Occupy central is in the Business District for a sixth day as activists demand beijing protect their democratic rights. No side shows signs of backing down. Udio difficulties ] beijing has blocked News Coverage and images. An australia Security Force has spies on apple devices which it believes is targetting protesters in hong kong. Craig liaison has been talking to demonstrators in hong kong. Transportation has been closed and come to a halt, and embassies issued travel warnings as tens of thousands of people occupied hong kongs urban area, like the Financial Hub in the center of hong kong island. This is dubbed the umbrella matter not because of the storm, but the use of umbrellas by protesters to protect themselves from pepper spray police. As you see, the protesters are here to stay. I need to make the people know what happened in hong kong right now. Because this is my home, yes. I love my home. Reporter the group of protesters who had the most to lose from the demonstration are, of course, the students who started the protest about seven days ago the students union. When you started the protest, it was a small peaceful protest, what happened . It was a class boycott. When things turned on friday, students tried to enter the square, but the police tried to stop them. It made a lot of people angry, because most of the people think that this civic square and the police is a common area. Can you tell me, what does your sign say . We fight small and universe am. Reporter you fight the universal suffrage in peace. What is at stake is hong kongs future. For 150 years it was ruled as a colony by the british. Under the joint declaration in 1984 it was promised back to china in 1997, but with a bill of right for the basic law. Under the basic law certain rites were enshrined, such as the rites to protest. The maintenance of the English Common law system, and universal suffrage. Since the election, one person, one vote in the 2017 election. China is ruled by an ideao log, xi jinping, and he wants to bring hong kong to heel, bringing him in confrontation with hundreds of thousands of hong kong citizens. Im from hong kong. This is important to me. Reporter why is that . It shows me that people care here. Its amazing how everyone has manner. And now is a different age, different era. You look at the young people. They have been educated about political rights, but our government is very cooersive. They are listening to the people. How can a government like this govern prays, its an international city. We have a ripe civil society, open media. How can a government without sufficient mandate continue to govern this way. Reporter the violence used by police against protesters sunday night has not been witnessed in hong kong since the communists challenged british rule. Protesters are determined to have the voice heard, so that places the president of china, xi jinping, between a rock and a hard place. He fears that the challenge to his authority could turn a ripple into a wave of dissent to mainland china, and that is the kind of tragedy witnessed at tina men square in 1989. The discussion between ukraine and russia theres an uneasy truce. When Ukrainian Government forces took back control of parts of Eastern Ukraine from prorussian separatists, they found evidence of a rein of terrorist. Separatists arbitrarily detained hundreds of civilians, subjecting them to torture, degrading treatment and some were used as hostages, and there was evidence of summary execution the. Sheila macvicar went to slovyansk to investigate. Reporter on the morning expressed Eastern Ukraine, this man is haunted by tough mem rees. Hes a 34yearold theatre director on his way back to slovyansk, where he was hold hostage for two months. Slovyansk . Well, im a bit scared. Reporter slovyansk is under the control of the ukranian government. Five months ago when pablo travelled there, it was the military strong held of the prorussian separatist, donetsk peoples republic. Nightmare. Reporter why did you want to go . Charge. Primary reason is im from that area and mum is living in that region, and i was interested in because there was a they claimed it was a peoples movement, and i wanted to check if people are really into it. I dont believe russian propaganda. Reporter propaganda like a rousing anthem for the separatist cause, vilifying the kiev government and supporters like pablo. The reason for capturing us was that i was at maydan. And we were, basically, yes. But, i mean. Reporter he returned to the streets where he was taken captive. We came to slovyansk. We went down down. Normal. Yes, quite peaceful. Reporter deceptively peaceful until pablo and his friend got into a heated argument. Then they were accosted. They come from behind, yelling at you. Yes, we heard some yelling. We turned around and there were two guys, one from here, one from here with a gun. And just kind of pointing at us, and get down on your knees. And we are like okay, we are getting down. Reporter they were taken to slovyansks secret police building, in the control of prorussian separatists. The building was booby trapped and damaged by the separatists when they left. Its a building that gives off a bad feeling. It is, it looks like a place where you can torture people. Reporter conflicting loyalties erupt on the streets still. Reporter pablo and his inside. I was hit in the nose. Nose. Yes, it shocked me. In denniss ipad yes found picture and videos from maydan. They got angry about that and were hitting us. Did you scream glory to ukraine . No, and they hit us. At the same time there was a knife to my ear. The other was spilling petrol on body. Reporter kievs union rights attorney represents pablo and a dozen other former prisoners. Some that are believed to have been held by the donetsk peoples republic. Some were executed. Translation they used stalin era law like the death penalty. Imitating stalin. They used torture. This regime tries to make it impossible to think differently. Even speaking ukranian could get you in trouble. Translation i went for a walk with my life. Some woman overheard us speaking, running to the separatists, denouncing us. Thats how they terrorize you. Reporter victor was arrested for challenging a separatistss account of a bombing. They stuck machineguns to my back and took me to the russian guest appo, i was laying on a concrete floor getting reeducated. Reporter it was a cell where pablo was, forced in distress positions, beaten and given little to eat. They tortured and killed people. I was there when 14 corpses were dug out next to a childrens hospital. I saw it with my own eyes. How can it happen that people who dream and have plans of a family were shot. It was fashionism coming from the soviet union. Past. After two days of pleading. His daughter got him released. Meanwhile pablos friend mounted a Public Campaign to set him and dennis free. Pablo said it got the rebels attention, and they were moved after the bruises were healed. This is the gaol you were held basement. Yes, after two weeks, we were mochb from the basement moved from the basement to the police station. They told us we were going to the hotel. Compared to the basement, it is a hotel. We called it hotel california. Reporter do you remember. Of course i remember. I can tell you about everything. So we used to walk from this side and you go one and then you go two and then you go three, and for that its about 300, 300 kilometre. You would walk in the cell 68km a day. Yes, and i counted how many kilometres with the matches, so i would go 1km, 2km. Reporter what does it bring back being here . Its not like this, its the monastery, i think. We used to, like, in the next cell this would be new testament and i was laying on this side, reading till the end of the light. Reporter you put the cross on the wall. Yes, and its love, love, love, love. They left it. The separatists left in a hurry on 4 july when the Ukranian Army encircled slovyansk. In the end trying to enlist pablo in their cause. Because we like you we want you to come with us, well take the machinegunning, the kalashnikovs and come with us. No. Reporter basically you freed yourself, you walked out. Basically we walked out, yes. Reporter unlike slovyansk, the area is under rebel control. Pablos mother fled and is staying with her kids in kiev. Translation its not the government there, its a foreign power. I dont want it. Reporter pablo is using the rhetoric of the separatists as material for a new play. A lot of your family is russian. Yes. You looked at what the guys have to say. Theres one huge nationality and there should be a big slavic world for everybody, saving the earth from eagle, from the demon america and European Union and stuff like that. Our answer to that is simple russian world and russia. Reporter like many in kiev pablo looks to the west for inspiration, a kbds formed when he is connection formed when he was an Exchange Student in North Carolina. I remember thinking we are not worse than americans. And i thought why cant we leave the way people in america leave. Im not im not idea liesing the United States. There are troubles there. We can try our own way, you know, of creating our own democracy, ukranian democracy, and thats basically what this story is about now. We are faced with that challenge, we have to take it. After the break, what seems like a simple cold and why its raising concerns for young patients suffering a mysterious paralysis. Later in the programme, in the heart of the amazon, a community at risk. Why the world that lies beneath them could be a threat to their way of life. On techknow. Were heading to cutting edge cal tech campus heres a look at just a few of the students shaping the future of science see the latest research, discoveries and breakthroughs inside some of the worlds most