Joining us. We begin with breaking news. The sad news out of dallas, texas, today that Thomas Eric Duncan has lost his battle with ebola. The 42yearold liberian man died this morning ten days after being diagnosed with the disease. Were also learning about new significant changes to u. S. Policy on flights coming out of the socalled ebola hot zones in africa. Our correspondents are covering all angles of this very important story. Elizabeth cohen is in dallas outside the hospital where duncan was being treated. Rene marsh is at washingtons Dulles International airport. Elizabeth, what are doctors saying about duncans death . What are the details what are they telling us . Reporter wolf, all theyve told us is whats contained in a press release. They have not told us anything else. I want to read that press release. It is very heartfelt. It is with sadness that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan at 7 51 a. M. He fought courageously in this battle. Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in the unit, as well as the entire hospital are also grieving his passing. We have offered the family our support and condolences at this difficult time. So we really dont know what his final hours were like. We do know that just yesterday, the reverend Jesse Jackson and a Family Member were here and said they saw small reasons to be hopeful. His temperature was normal, his Blood Pressure was going up, which in this case was a good thing. But i know they had a lot of questions, why was he sent home when he said he traveled to liberia and had signs of the disease . Why did it take almost a week to get an experimental medication when other patients in the u. S. , it happened much faster . Why didnt he get blood donated from an ebola survivor as many other ebola patients have in this country . Duncans family, i know theyre all pretty upset about what they thought was not necessarily the best treatment he was receiving. What are you learning about this . Reporter they had all those questions. When i spoke with the Family Members, they wanted to know, what happened . We showed up september 25th. He said hed been traveling to liberia. He had a fever. He had abdominal pain, both signs of ebola. Why wasnt he then admitted . He was admitted september 28th. For ebola, thats quite a bit of time because it moves so quickly. They also want to know they said they had to pressure the hospital into giving him an experimental medication. They didnt give it to him until he had been in the hospital for almost a week. Thats much slower than other hospitals have done when theyve had ebola patients. And finally i was talking with his nephew just today. And he said, i dont know why hes not getting a blood transfusion. The patient in nebraska, as we speak, is getting blood donated from kent brantly. When we asked for the same thing, we were told that wasnt proven and effective so they werent doing it. But certainly with ebola, hospitals are doing everything they can even if its not proven and effective. The family wants to know why he didnt get that treatment. Elizabeth, stand by. I want to go to rene marsh outside washington, d. C. At Dulles International airport. A big announcement about new screenings at major u. S. Airports. Tell us what youve learned, rene. Reporter we now know from the white house, wolf, that these enhanced screenings will begin this weekend at jfk airport in new york. Now, a source two sources telling me, in addition to looking for temperatures or screening passengers coming from west africa, screening them for what their temperature is, they will also be receiving a cdc questionnaire once they deplane, very Detailed Health questionnaires. Going back to temperaturetaking, sources are telling me they will be using they meaning c. B. P. , customs and border protection, they will be using Something Like this. This is a laser thermometer. No need to touch the passenger. You simply put it up to the individuals forehead and you will be able to tell what their temperature is once they arrive here on u. S. Soil. Again, we know these rampedup measures starting this weekend at jfk. It will then eventually expand to other Major International airports. Talking about five Major International airports. Also from sources, theyre telling me that the coast guard corpsmen will be deployed to help over the next couple of weeks. They want to ensure and coordinate with transit countries that those questionnaires are being given out on both ends. Thats the big announcement here. We will begin as soon as this weekend to see those rampedup measures at u. S. Airports. I assume at washington Dulles Airport where you are as well. Were staying on top of this story. I want to quickly get to the war on isis. Sitting on the brink of falling, the border town of kobe noi, right next to turkey. If it were to fall, isis would control a huge swath of land from raqqa in syria all the way to the turkish border, more than 100 kilometers, about 62 miles. As this battle for kobani rages, president obama is getting ready to head over to the pentagon later on this afternoon to meet with top u. S. Military leaders. Hell be briefed on efforts to try to defeat isis. The u. S. Wants turkey to do more to take on isis as well. Turkey has deployed tanks along the syrian border. But its forces have yet to join the fight. Our elise labott asked secretary of state john kerry about that just a little while ago. The secretary says thats a priority for the coalition coordinator, general john allen. General allen is literally only on his first trip right now in the region. He will be going to turkey tomorrow. He is going to have long meetings through tomorrow and friday, which we hope to determine exactly how turkey will now enter this having resolved their hostage crisis. Clearly on their border, this is of enormous concern to turkey and they recognize that. Reporter but where are they . These things have to be done in a thoughtful and careful way so everybody understands who is doing what. Senior Administration Officials concede kobani is likely to fall soon. But they say its not necessarily a major concern for the United States. They say the strategy is to defeat isis in iraq. The u. S. Coalition stepped up air strikes against isis targets in and around kobani. The u. S. Militarys Central Command says at least six strikes overnight took out vehicles, artillery pieces and an armored personnel carrier. An isis truck bomb targeting turkish fighters in kobani exploded today. But they say the truck detonated before it could reach its target. In the meantime, the latest Coalition Air strikes have allowed fighters in kobani to push back against isis. Our Senior International correspondent arwa damon has been tracking the latest developments along the turkey syria border. Reporter right before the sun went down, there were two fighter jets clearly visible flying above kobani. Weve been hearing fighter jets pretty much throughout the day and we saw at least three Coalition Air strikes. We believe they were air strikes because of the sheer size, intensity and sound of the explosions, distinctively different than the usual Artillery Exchange we have been observing taking place between isis and the y. P. G. Fighters. The fighters with the kurds are telling us that the air strikes conducted over the last 48 hours or so around kobani have allowed the Kurdish Fighting force to push isis back to a certain degree. They say the air strikes forcing isis to move forward on foot giving the kurds an advantage because of the familiarity they have with the streets. Isis at this stage, believed to be still on the perimeter of kobani. But the kurds gaining a certain degree of momentum. But were still hearing those calls for additional strikes, those calls for turkey to allow a weapons corridor to be established. Theres a lot of anger and frustration, though, because on the one hand, the kurds believe the coalition should have carried out these air strikes well before isis was even able to gain a foothold into kobani. And a lot of frustration with turkey, too, for not coming to their assistance. Arwa damon on the border between turkey and syria. Arwa, well get back to you. Still ahead, a bombshell claim by a California Republican congressman. Were going to tell you what hes saying about isis fighters and his allegation that theyre actually trying to come into the United States through mexico. And what happened to the thousands of civilians still in kobani . Were going to discuss fears of a massacre there, very real fears, if that city were to fall to isis. And for many, its a struggle to keep your a1c down. 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Joining us now to discuss, retired Army Lieutenant general Michael Barbaro and jeffrey goldberg, correspondent for the atlantic here in washington. Let me start first with a statement that the pentagon just made as the pentagon spokesman, the admiral john kirby listen to this. Air strikes alone are not going to do this, not going to fix this, not going to save the town of kobani. We know that and weve been saying that over and over again. And yet we continue to get questions of, why arent you doing more and how come they arent more effective . Weve been honest about the limits of airpower here. The Ground Forces that matter the most are indigenous Ground Forces. We dont have a willing, capable, effective partner on the ground inside syria right now. Its just a fact. Lets talk about that. General barbaro, what do you think . Theres nothing the United States can do to save these people in kobe noe . I was in erbil last week thats in northern iraq. Northern iraq. And theyre convinced there will be a massacre in kobani and theyre frustrated with the United States because of the diminishing effects of the air strikes, too few, too late. The minister of peshmerga, the Kurdish Forces, has written to secretary hagel with a list of requirements and what they need. Heavy weapons to fight isis. Theyll fight isis but theyre outgunned. And theyre largely kurdish. Yes. And they talk openly about their fears of a massacre there. You wrote about this, an article that was powerful. Legitimate fear that these kurds, theyre syrians but theyre kurds, that they could be massacred if isis took control of the town . Its not just kurds. Its christians, airmen. What makes this so horrible for the people who are worried about kobani is that this is a town that sits right on the turkish border, which means it sits on the border of nato. The Turkish Military is watching this happen and thats something that admiral kirby did not allude to. There is another force right there that could stop an isis massacre. Thats called the turkish army. Theyre not interested. They have the Largest Military force in the hundreds of thousands of troops. They have tanks along that border with syria. If they made a decision to send in forces to rescue these people in kobani, they could do it relatively quickly. They could. Two points, wolf. First, the kurds went to turkey first when they were first attacked by isis and asked for assistance and the turks said no. Why . Different agenda, different interests that erdogan has erdogan is the president. This united kurdish effort. The second point, the turks conducted military operations in iraq in 2008 to go after the kurdish faction that was fighting them. So it is bewildering and very angering to the kurds that the turks have ignored their requests. And turkeys a nato ally but theyre staying out of it for now because theres no great love between the turks, the turkish government of president erdogan, and the kurds, the kurds in turkey, in syria or in iraq. And not only that, erdogan wants assad gone. This is a 3d chess problem you have. Hes focused on getting rid of bashar al assad, the enemy of isis. And so from a certain perspective, the turks are looking at isis as maybe not the worst thing in the world because theyre opposed to assad. Meanwhile, this town is in danger of a massacre. And weve seen what happens when isis goes into towns. This is predictable. Youre a military guy. You understand the role of airpower. There are air strikes and there are air strikes. If there are five or six air strikeses and they destroy a few vehicles and armored personnel carrier and a tank, thats a limited air strike. But if there are hundreds of air strikes in a day, that could make a big difference. But the u. S. Is reluctant to do so out of fear there could be civilian casualties. That and there are air strikes and theres an air campaign. And were half in, half out. The admiral at the pentagon said it. There are limits to air strikes especially when you broadcast what youre not going to do, what youre going to do and if you have a smart adversary like isis thats going to change that you go into this death spiral of diminishing returns. And you know theres no appetite in the United States for the u. S. To get involved militarily, even if a humanitarian massacre is about to take place. Id like to speak to that a little bit. If the pictures that come out of a place like kobani are truly awful, peoples heartstrings get tugged. By the way, were already involved. Weve already ramped up. We are bombing them. And we do have troops on the ground, obviously in iraq, working this problem already. The problem with air strikes, without having ground spotting going on, without having special operation, people in there to tell the planes where to drop the bombs, where the missiles should go is its very ineffective. Its an intelligence problem. Were going to speak later with the deputy minister of kurdistan later on. Thank you both for coming in. Well take a closer look into a claim by a United States congressman that isis fighters have been caught trying to sneak across the u. S. Border from mexico. Also, how u. S. Troops are helping in the fight against ebola. One country hit hardest by the deadly virus, well go live to liberia. People with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. If you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. Its a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. Along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. With one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. 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