Transcripts For ALJAZAM News 20141009 : comparemela.com

Transcripts For ALJAZAM News 20141009

Plus, in search of kim jung ung. North koreas leader hasnt been seen in weeks. The world is wondering where he is. We begin tonight with ebola. The first person diagnosed with the virus in america died today in a texas hospital after being treated with experimental drug. Same drug is being given to a journalist who is being treated in nebraska. Tonight, another patient is in a texas hospital with ebolalike symptoms. Heidi jo castro is in dallas with more on all of this. Heidi . Reporter hey, john. So the death of Thomas Eric Duncan has certainly shook the community here in dallas. There was a Memorial Service for him this evening at a church with his fiance. Although his death in no way augments the Public Health crisis, Public Health perspective, it does feed into the psychological fear in this fight against ebola. Thomas duncan passed away wednesday morning at 7 51. The liberian man was hospitalized for 10 days before becoming the first person to die from ebola in the United States. Though doctors have said duncan had a 50 50 chance of pulling through, news of his death shook the dallas community. First of all, i would like to express my personal condolences to Thomas Eric Duncans family on his loss, especially to our dear member, louise tro, and to those boys that are still in quarantine. The pastor where duncans fiance attends church says the family is still in quarter ante but healthy is seeking privacy . It was a painful and difficult time for her. She reacted as almost anyone would. The Public Health response now shifts to the proper handling of duncans body which can still transmit ebola. The coroner said there will be no autopsy. Those who transport the body will wear protective gear. The floods, the blood and, actually, those things are contagion and we have seen situations occurring where people are getting infected from being in contact with the body. So we know from experience in west africa that this is a significant risk. The familys pastor said duncan will be cremated. Just hours after duncans death, another man reporting ebola like symptoms was admitted to the same hospital. The patient is a Dallas County sheriffs Deputy Deputy who had served the quarantine order to the apartment where duncan had lived. The deputy felt fatigued and nauseated wednesday and an ambulance then too many hick to the hospital. He exhibited enough to trigger the preliminary screening. I think the important thing to note is once you get more in depth and you talk to the patient and they get more information, i think then they are able to rule out some of the risk. The sheriffs Deputy Deputy is now being monitored. Doctors say he is low risk for ebola but are taking all precautions. Low risk, now, that is very important to emphasize and Public Health authorities are saying they very highly doubt this man carries the virus. But of course, they are monitoring him just to be sure and its important to point out that this sheriffs Deputy Deputy is not among the 48 people at the cdc that the cdc has identified as possibly being exposed. How many days are left before this quarantine period is over . Well, this virus takes up to 21 days. So count can backwards, we are about halfway through that period. The quarantine order on the four family members who had actually shared a roof with duncan, that expires on october 19th. So from now until then, of course, people will still be watching this. Its still the critical period when symptoms may develop. Heidi, thanks very much. The president and the cdc were quick to respond to duncans death. The government announced medical screening will begin this weekend at five major u. S. Air ports. More from randall pinkston. Reporter 3,742 patients in west africa have been documented to have died from the disease. The five airports are dulles near washington, d. C. , kennedy in new york, ohare in chicago, hartsfieldjackson in atlanta and new york liberty in new jersey. Border protection acts will homeland security. They will answer targeted questions about whether they have had contact with ebola patients. We will collect additional u. S. Based contact information. Should cdc need to contact them. And finally, we will take their temperature with a noncontact thermometer which can be a key indicator of potential infection. The focus will be on travelers come from guinea, liberia and sierra leone. The customs and Border Protection agents will give each traveler a packet of information about ebola, observe them for symptoms of ebola. If the traveler has a fever, the c bp agent will refer them for evaluation. Also today in a Conference Call with state and local officials, president obama said that the dallas patient was proof there was no time to waste. The president said as we saw in dallas, we dont have a lot of margin for error. If we dont follow protocols and procedures in place, then we are putting folks in our communities at risk. Dr. Thomas frieden for the centers for Disease Control says the new rules will apply to approximately 150 passengers a day. But he continues to resist calls for a west Africa Travel ban. It makes it extremely difficult to respond to the o outbre outbreak. It makes it hard to get Health Workers in because they cant get out. Screening begins at jfk on saturday. The other airlines will implement the new guidelines next week. Randall pinkston, al jazeera. Now, there are some other questions about whether airport screening can play a major floel stopping an Ebola Outbreak in this country. One of them is Infectious Disease specialist dr. Ames amesh adolgi, senior associate at the center for Health Security at pittsburgh handwriting medical center. The screen something one of a series of tools you can use. We have seen it used as part of the exit screening strategy. This is the first time we are seeing it used as an entry screen. He bowl a has an incubation period of 21 days. People may not exhibit fever but have ebola like mr. Duncan. What ends up happen something you get a false sense of execute thinking this will stop cases. Cases may get through. The only time you have zero risk is if we cut the head of the hydra off and gol after it where its occurring in west africa. Should the United States spend money, resources on this . Its definitely true there is a lot of political pressure and the general public has a lot of panic over this disease. May be whats behind some of the calls for this enhanced screening. However, i worry it may divert resources from other activities that are going to be more beneficial like getting hospitals prepared to take care of imported cases, to not have what happened with mr. Duncan happen again because we need to make sure that hospitals are asking travel history, that they are promptly isolating patients and that our cases that are identi coordin are identified. You say they can get past this screening if they take tylenol or ibuprofen . Right. A fever is a general symptom. It could be due to anything. We often prescribe fever, fever reducing medications to people with fever like tylenol, that can subvert the temperature screen. Do you think it would be useful if the u. S. Refused entry to people traveling from the ebolastricken countries . I dont think a travel restriction is the right answer here as dr. Frieden stated, it does make response much harder because you cant get people out of there that go in there to help. We need to actually enhance whats going on at the site of the outbreak in order to prevent imported cases from happening. When you do a travel restriction, not only thattiously but it damages the economy of these places. It ice lates them, puts them on the precipice and form events distrust. They are being isolated and left to become almost like a dead sta state. So if someone gets off of a flight on u. S. Soil and has a fever, are the airports prepared to take care of them . The five airports that are being targeted with this enhanced screening all are places where the cdc has quar r quarterentine stations. If someone triggers that alert because they have a fever or symptoms that are consistent with ebola, they are taken to the quarantine station where they are evaluated and further testing is done. Doctor, go see you. Thanks for the information. We appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Fighters with isil are in a back and forth battle tonight for control of the syrian city of kobane, on the border of turkey. Taking kobane would mean isil could control al big section of the border. They slaufrnli21 people were ki riots in neighboring turkey where kurds are upset with the turkish government. Mike vick array has more on the fight against isil. Reporter president obama went over plans with Top Commander as officials warned that the situation in syria could get worse before it gets bett better. President obama traveled to the pentagon sitting down with top officials and military brass, even as isil forces threaten today gain more ground in syria. It remains a Difficult Mission as indicated from the start. This is not something that is going to be solved overnight. This as isil forces lay siege to kobane. Wednesday, Coalition Warplanes hit with 8 more airstrikes. A pentagon spokesmans said the town may well be lost. Airstrikes alone not going to do it, not going to fix this, not going to save the town of kobane. Saving it, the white house says may not be possible. Our strategy is reliant upon something that is not yet in place, and that is a syrian opinion Something Else that can take the fight to isil on the ground in syria. Thats still in the planning stage. Opposition forces have not yet been vetted to begin training. They havent even been recruited. Kobane lies just inside syria. A clear view of journalists on the turkish side of the border. Unlike other battles, this has a been televised, spur worldwide calls to do something to save it. U. S. Officials are pressing turkey to do more. Turkey has been slow to respond and has renewed calls for a nofly zone near its border. Wednesday, secretary of state john kerry left the door top that idea . Its worth looking at. American officials fear that would be forces into the fight against the Bashar Alassad regime who unlike isil has an air force. Officials spent the day walking back his comments. This is not a new issue. This desire by turkey for a buffer zone, a socalled buffer zone, as they refer to it, it is now not on the table as military option that we are considering. And john, the manponpon tapped to be his em sassy to the coalition in the region, general john allen travels to ankara with key tops to top turkish officials thank you. Back here in the United States, there was some confusion today over samesex marriages in nevada. Earlier today, the Supreme Court justice temporarily blocked gay unions. Idaho asked for the delay but nevada did not. Justis kennedy said samesex marriages can begin in nevada. Legal angel wrongslings may tie up samesex weddings in North Carolina t state law requires all couples to waited 24 hours after applying to get their marriage license. The states attorney general asked the Supreme Court to block it and asked them to do it within the 24hour window before listens could be granted. The justices gave no indication when they might rule. In the upcoming Midterm Elections, a few states could tilt the balance of pour in congress. One state is kentucky. Its senate race is on target to be the most expensive in u. S. History. Outside money is flowing in to the state as the senates most powerful republican fights for his political life. Libby casey reports. Am. These are serious times. Reporter everywhere you go in kentucky, political ads blast the airwaves. On t. V. Alone, kentuckians have sat through almost 500 hours of political commercials. 500 hours of mudslinging. Selfpromoting and skeet shooting for just one race. The tight battle between Republican Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell and Alison Grimes. How much did an ad like that cost . Well, on the current buy, last week, we spent about a Million Dollars for a weeks buy and this week, its about 1. 1 million. Running all of those ads requires massive sums of money, and and more than half of it comes from groups outside kwent no connection to the campaigns. In fact, its impossible to even trace millions of those dollars. Louisville political operative Scott Jennings agreed to pull back the curtain a bit. He worked for two outside groups, laser folks us odd keeping senator mcconnell in . The volume of advertising we have been able to do, i think, has really made a difference in alter the political and Public Affairs discourse over the last several months. We have all kind of different donors from all over the place. Of course, both campaigns do. The two groups very many sunk 10 million and counting into kentucky. Wuvenl has donors like a Texas Oil Company and big Money Private equity firms in connecticut and new york. They are betting the probe business mcconnell will have more influence if he rises to majority leader. But the other group is funded with whats known as dark money. It doesnt have to say who gave it the cash. So even people in kentucky are literally in the dark about who is trying to influence their votes and why. It goes to show you just how important the race really is. We are fighting a race here in kentucky that has national implications. If Mitch Mcconnell wings, he is most likely going to be the majority leader. If Alison Grimes wins, democrats will topple the senates most powerful republican. What if politicians started gambling with benefits by risking Social Security in the stockmarket . Well, thats exactly what Mitch Mcconnell voted to do. Listen to the commercials and it sort of confuses you, you know. Angela few gaits vote determine which Party Controls the senate affecting policies for years to come. So outside groups have spent more than 2 4 million in kentucky. Dark money, alone, has topped 10 million, and most of the dark money pouring in, 82 , has been used against Alison Grimes. Do the math, and outside groups have spent 16 on each voter. Grimes embraced alabaobamas platform. These are about tying Alison Grimes to president obama. Absolutely because she is tied to president obama. Journalism professor al cross hassed covered kentucky politics for 40 years and says that barrage put the Grimes Campaign on defense. A Campaign Team allowed their candidate to gets defined by the other side before she defined herself. Its hard to out shout millions of dollars in ads, fighting back, outside groups supporting grimes, waging their own ditch mitch campaign. 30 years of Mitch Mcconnell. I dont think we can take any more. Cross says there is so much money and noise that kentuckians arent hearing much real debate. People say they get most of their information from television. They are getting a lot of miss information when it comes to politics. But candidates are happy to let outsiders and their money in to kentucky if it gives them an edge. Libby casey, al jazeera, louisville, kement. This quick report, fed up in kentucky airs friday, 8 30. 11 30 eastern time. Let me bring in al jazeera Michael Schur to talk about the election. Michael, first of all, with money coming in on both sides yeah. Does that make it a level Playing Field . You have heard what libby said in her story, 82 of the money is coming in, going against Alison Grimes. So, its not a level Playing Field. You know, the whole idea of money, join, means that it isnt a level Playing Field at all anyway because this dark money, these 501 c4s that are developed so that they can take money from people without even having to divulge who those people are means that it is by its nature. A lot of it is being spent on t. V. Ads. Is that what you need to spend it on in a state like kentucky . Well, thats a great question k a lot of it has to do with getting on t. V. And getting theses messages as al cross in that piece just said, the political reporter there in kentucky. A lot of it has to do with defining your candidate. I would take issue with the fact that grimes was defined because from the very getgo, she said that, you know, coal keeps the light on. I am with yoal. But going to your question, its about organizing, too. In these rules states, its very important for these campaigns to organize, get out the vote. Mcconnell may be getting money from outside. Apparently she is ahead in the latest poll anyway. So what does this level of spending tell you whats going on in the mid terms . They are saying right now, john, this is the most expensive election in United States history including president ial elections with the exception of obama versus romney in 2012. Think about that. Thats a

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