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FOXNEWSW On The Record With Greta Van Susteren October 21, 2014

Simultaneous attacks. Keeping up pressure near baghdad. The u. S. Military is now air dropping weapons to kurdish fighters inside syria in the town of kobani. Tracking thee developments. Tell me first whats going on in baghdad where you are and whats going on in kobani. Baghdad targeting predominantly she a areas. Targeting the city of can caballa. Car bombs went off, targeting multiple areas in that province multiple casualties. Baghdad, areas under severe for the week to 10 days. This is a form of isis retaliating against whats happening to them iraqi forces on the ground in anbar, closer to finally allowed Iraqi Kurdish fighters only the iraqis across the border from kobani. No turkish. And while that dropped drop off ammunition and other supplies to battle isis. Saud, thank you. Because of these new developments we spoke to admiral a short time ago. Nice to see you, sir. Good good to he see you, greta. I understand we are dropping some small arms or some arms at least to help the kurds in kobani. Is that correct . Thats correct. Last night we conducted an air drop of some 28 bundles of arms, weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to the Kurdish Forces that are fighting inside kobani. How did we do that . I mean, you know, was it just one single drop or multiple drops . What kind of aircraft . Was there any dangers to our pilots. Multiple air drops c 130 transport aircraft. They split the load between the three of them and it was in one mission. One sortee as we would call it, you know, together mission they took off enemy the time they got back. We did do an assessment this morning and able to assess but one of the bundles got into the right handle. The other bundle missed the target, but you may have seen in Central Commands press release today, we actually destroyed that bundle with a bomb so the isil terrorists couldnt get to it successful mission. Done under cover of darkness last night over kobani. I take it that we did that because the Kurdish Forces in that city are not doing particularly well against isis or isil as you say. I take it had they been on a roll so to speak winning, we wouldnt need to do that. Actually, greta, its kind of the opposite. They have been doing very well against isil. We he that they are in control. Kurdish forces are in control of the bulk of the city. Doesnt mean its not skill out of. They were running desperately low on arms, ammunition and medical supplies and needed it to continue it the fight. We have made kobani a priority because the enemy has made it priority. They are presenting themselves in much greater numbers there making themselves vulnerable, reviewing targets that we can take advantage of. We are taking add advantage of it that from the air. They have been fighting quite hard. Let me talk about some of the simultaneous attacks they almost seem synchronized by isis including the area of the mosul dam i read earlier today. That of course, was something that the iraqi forces had taken back from isis before. Have there been attacks in the last 24, 36 hours that put that dam at risk . There have been constant attacks through the iraq, greta. Nothing that we deem that puts the mosul dam facility at any kind of imminent threat. Again, doesnt mean that this enemy doesnt want that dam back, they do. And they continue to threaten other positions held by Iraqi Security forces and Kurdish Forces but nothing that we see right now that would tell us that the dam complex is in some kind of imminent threat of being retaken. I have also learned that turkey seems to be allowing kurdish fighters to cross over border; is that correct . Is turkey now sort of stepping up a little bit more and participating more and helping more . I dont have anything on that particular report. I have seen those reports. Again, i would kind of leaf it to the turks to describe what they are doing. But, look, turkey is a key nato ally and partner in this. They are on the border with iraq and syria. They have got more than a million refugees they are trying it deal with and doing quite well with that foreign fighter flow all by themselves a problem with that as well. They are in this coalition, they have said they are going to distribute. We know that they will, we have had had a great discussion with them just last week. Three days european command and a Central Command team on the ground. Turkey will step up. They continue to tribute. And, again, the specific ways they will do that thats really for the turks announce. How about saudi arabia . A lot of my viewers arent happy that saudi arabia doesnt seem to be ponying up a lot in this. They have a lot of money. They could at least be footing a lot of this bill. What are they doing or not doing . They are involved in Coalition Air operations for one. And for number two, they have agreed to host the train and equip program that we want to get started. We to have a partner in the region so we can actually conduct this training. They have signed up for that. We have a team thats been working with saudi authorities to check out othe facility to build the regimen and curriculum and what is going to look like. The saudis have been a partner in this. Out of syria, he has been so quiet in this. I have seen nothing. At least frat military perspective the way we would describe the sir yam regime as passive. Certainly passive vocally as have you pointed out but also passive from interference perspective there has been no interference from Syrian Military forces at all in any of the activity that we have been doing inside that country. Admiral, always nice to he see you. Thank you, sir. Thanks, greta. Always great to be with you. Earlier this month john kerry insisted saving coban was not key to u. S. Strategy. Whats up . Does the air drop of weapons show a change it in u. S. Strategy. Lt. Colonel oliver north joins us. Its a change in u. S. Strategy in part because president of turkey who is adamantly opposed to an independent kurdistan, he has long seen kurds in kobani fighting desperately to save their city as part of the problem. Because they are all affiliate with the pkk the kurdistan workers party. He is allowing them to come through because he sees those as different kurds. Kobani has been a side show a diversion ever since it started. Al baghdadi the head of isis wanted something is to focus our attention while he went to the main fight Anbar Province inside iraq. What you have got going on in iraq is dangerous. 15 simultaneous attacks today. Iraq being attacked every day as saud did during your interview with him from baghdad. Every sing day suicide bombers are probing and penetrating and rehearsing for attack on baghdad. The isis forces are ultimately commanded by ago bad dagy who sees himself as a kay live. He is going to protect himself from the hegemon of shiites. Why they are getting in baghdad. Exactly. He is describing as as affiliated with the shiites. What i will tell what you it will make its would. If we do a deal with the ayatollahs in iran, nuclear weapons, we will validate what his propaganda has been saying now for month. If you look at the leadership of isis inside iraq, they are nearly all former Republican Guards senior officers. They know baghdad they lived in baghdad. They are the ones preparing operations for attack. Most people and there is a report on it right now from people on the ground. These are boots on the ground. They are predicting that there is going to be a major attack in baghdad against the largest u. S. Embassy on the planet. They are the gates of baghdad. They are coming for us. All right. Isis is growing. Every day. Stronger . Meanwhile while there is attention on doe bane and what is happening there that isis is exploding in growth and power and moving in on baghdad . Indeed they are. Invested now in three sides. On bar province which is the Euphrates River valley going all the way from one side of iraq all the way out to the Syrian Border is now in the hands, except for ha haditha dam they will not blow up. They want to control that third of electrical power going into baghdad. What do you think president obama is thinking . I dont think he gives a dam. I think he is hoping that he can hold the lid on this until after this election so it wont be just another disaster for this administration. Lets say thats true. Move into december and january, isis has shown no indication its shrinking or getting weaker. If it is getting stronger and stronger and growing in numbers, what happens . Unless we can build a relationship with the sunnies we abandon in on garr. Is there still hopeless. There may be time to get him over the election. Force all this attack on the American Embassy in baghdad, obama can take a deep breath and it really doesnt matter to him as long as he gets election. How good is the information . Is this just supposition that our Baghdad Embassy is going to get hit . I think there is a lot of americans out there deeply concerned about it. Deeply concerned or any sort of evidence, i mean beyond deeply concerned. Im concerned every single day that i walk out im not going to get hit by a bus . Whats the deeply concerned level. Probably more likely baghdad gets attacked and you get hit by a bus. We got that one. Thank you sir. In a fox news alert. The cdc calling the first two nurses who got sick with protocol a breach in protocol. No one seems to be able to answer. The cdc is announcing new guidelines for the gear work by Healthcare Workers treating ebola patient. John roberts live in atlanta with the latest. John . Greta, good evening to you. We will get to that in just a second. First of all, though, some good news on ebola from here in atlanta just down the street at Emory University hospital after being hospitalized and treated for some 40 days patient x is released today. Doctor infected treating patients in sierra leone. He has chosen to remain anonymous. We understand in the days to come he will make some public statements. Meantime in class today, more questions about nurse amber vinson who was infected with ebola and is currently at Emory University hospital and how she got on that flight from cleveland to dallas a week ago. Officials in dallas politely today throwing the centers for Disease Control under the bus saying cdc scientists did not check with policymakers in dallas before giving vinson the green light to travel. Judge clay jenkins one of those policymakers said that was an sleuth mistake on behalf of everyone this morning apologized that it ever happened. Now, to the new protocol guidelines for the centers for Disease Control putting out for Healthcare Workers, its going on right now. The press conference, tele briefing actually. They are saying that there has to be three things that happen before Healthcare Worker is allowed to get near ebola patient. They have to be repeatedly trained on healthcare equipment. Putting it on taking it off. No skin imposed in all of their moments in an ebola ward have it be super advised by a trained person who can watch for any little mistakes that theyre making. They have to be clad head to tow toe in one of those impermable suits head on and face shield as well and double gloves where necessary to make sure to minimize the chance of contamination. We also understand and hope to ask this question in a moment here of the cdc director. Thought being given, greta of not a travel ban per se but on restricting travel in some way, shape or form, maybe restricting visas or the type of voice saturdays issued travelers from west africa here from here to the United States. Hope to bring you more on that a little bit later. Greta. John, the doctor released today, an american getting care in the United States or is that someone from another nation . It is an american doctor. Dont forget that all at patients contracted ebola from west africa and brought here to the United States are american citizens. Thank you, john. And in a few minutes, i will try on a hazmat suit myself. Anyway, john, thank you. Today in texas, it must have felt a lit like getting a monopoly get out of jail card. The quarantine springing dozens of people who had contact with thomas did you know duncan. They are no longer at risk of getting the disease or spreading the disease that includes his fiancee and their family. Will carr live in dallas. Will . Good evening greta now that 48 people have been cleared or will be cleared very shortly. These people had had initial contact with thomas eric done can when he came to this hospital and mistakenly sent home it includes his fiancee and several of his family members. They have been living in seclusion in a gated neighborhood in dallas in a home provided by the logical catholic church. There are still 120 other people who had some kind of contact with duncan or his specimen when he came back here to texas health presbyterian. All of those people are continuing to be monitored. This afternoon about 50 nurses held a press conference to express their confidence in texas health presbyterian. They say its a safe environment. But then refused to answer any question. This, of course, comes on the heals of duncan dying and two of their own getting ebola. Tonight nina pham is in stable condition at the National Institutes of health, her boyfriend, three of her family members and even dog bentley have all been quarantined. The second nurse to have ebola amber vinson is in stable condition in atlanta at emory hospital tonight. The cdc is monitoring more than 1440 people who she had contact in ohio two weekends ago. They also contacted everyone on her flight from dallas to cleveland and then back to dallas. Overall tonight, greta, local leaders tell us they are cautiously optimistic but still monitoring a lot of people. Back to you. Thank you. Vacation pastors are not very happy calling the cruise ship a floating petri dish. Dallas hospital lab worker who handled bacteriological samples. That cruise ship after being refused to dock. The lab worker and husband were quarantine ited during the cruise. Thousands of passengers streaming on to the dock expressing relief to get off that ship. Griff jenkins spoke to some of them. This has been the most horrifying experience ever. Back in port, passengers on board the carnival magic finally home, days after learning that someone on board handled samples of the ebola virus. The whole hospital shouldnt be able to take trips right now, basically. I mean until they know for sure people arent contagious. But not all passengers nearly as concerned. Seriously . Heart disease is the number one killer in america and, yet, nobody was pushing themselves away from the so, obviously we were okay. We really felt at no danger. It was fine. October 12th, the at risk passenger faces no travel restrictions and boards the cruise. Days later on wednesday the cdc contacts carnival and the woman voluntarily selfquarantines on board the ship. I think we have you had have been at least aware of it. I think it was a problem with the cdc approving her to travel. The cdc probably should have stopped her from traveling, period. And saturday, the coast guard arriving, transporting Health Workers to administer a blood test, a site that instilled little confidence in the passengers on board. Im glad everyone is okay and able to get off the ship. Health officials confirm the lab worker has tested negative for ebola. And after leaving the ship, she and her husband drove home on their own a few hours before the other passengers. And straight ahead, the cdc as it announces new guidelines for safety gear, we wanted to see how difficult it really is for Healthcare Workers to get in and out of those hazmat suits. Were going to show you my experience firsthand. Putting the suits on or maybe testing me. Thats next. Also developing news in the case of Hannah Graham. Will the remains found over the weekend turn out to be the missing uva coed . Does her body hold a clue to who murdered her . Plus the suspect in the graham case just now indicted another rain rape and attempted murder in the washington, d. C. Area. 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