Ebola in western africa have been discharged from Emory University hospital and declared diseasefree. Just moments ago, dr. Kent brantly hugged and thanked all those who cared for him while in isolation for three weeks. He spoke about his friend missionary Nancy Writebol who was released as well from the hospital on tuesday. My dear friend Nancy Writebol, upon her release from the hospital, wanted me to share her gratitude for all of the prayers on her behalf. As she walked out of her isolation room, all she could say was, to god be the glory. Nancy and david are now spending some muchneeded time together. Joining me from cleveland is dr. Frank esper, an Infectious Disease specialist at University Hospitals case medical center. Doctor, this is one of those Great American stories about our medical ability here in this country. People come from all over the world to be treated here. Whether they like us or not, were the best. What does this is a about the ability to deal, doctor, with this terrible disease, this frightening disease . Yeah, i think one of the Great Stories about this is that we also, we went and retrieved these individuals, these americans and brought them to our country, even with the angst and with some of the concern about the possibility of spreading the disease here within the United States, as low a possibility as that was. We were up to the challenge. And that we went over there and said we can help these individuals. Not only that, by bringing them to the United States, we had, especially over at emory and at the centers for disease control, the ability to truly monitor and get a lot of data that you are just not able to get in the fields over in eastern africa. We can look at their immune response. Look at the virus response and that way we can understand the virus a lot more and dedicate a lot more effort into specific medications to help these patients. How do you project this ability to deal with a couple of cases americans brought home here in very special circumstances with the Public Health question over in west africa. Over there, there are People Holding people in a quarantine situation which looks pretty tough. And i wonder how the help that youve been able to do here in america, weve been able to do in america will translate to how they deal with a much more of a Public Health situation in west africa. Well, they are there are several different ways we have to attack ebola and viruses like ebola. There are certain ways that are just on the ground that are unique to the situation in eastern africa. The way to control the population. The way to educate the people who have very limited resources from the government and from the local population that we are very fortunate to have much more rigorous infrastructure and medical support. So what were going to get by helping these patients here, were going to have a much better understanding at some of the much more detailed science, at some of the more detailed immune responses so that we can help with making vaccines and help with making medications that then we can send over there. But a lot of the support that they need are not just medical support, but they need infrastructure support and they need the willingness to go over there and to help those people, to control them and to control the fear. And the fear sometimes is actually even worse than the disease itself. Whats the infrastructure thats required here . I think its, you know, the biggest infrastructure is in education. To help the population to understand what it where this virus comes from, how this virus is transmitted, how to help people from getting infected themselves. A lot of the patients who become infected are because they are caring for individuals who are sick themselves. And so to how to prevent, how to get them to understand what it takes, what is contaminated or what can be contaminated, what can be infectuous and what isnt infectious. Also to give them some sort of support from a standpoint of gowns, gloves, for clean water, for washing hands and things like that. Those are things we can provide. Well, the cdc, the centers for disease control, has released now a statement on those discharged ebola patients. Cdc has advised Emory University hospital that there is no Public Health concern with the release of these patients. They no longer have ebola virus in their blood and, therefore, pose no risk to household contacts or the public generally. There are no restrictions to the patients activities of daily living here in this country. Thank you for joining us, dr. Esper, on Andrea Mitchell. Were learning more about journalist james foleys time in captivity before his gruesome murder at the hands of isis militants. This is new details emerging about an unsuccessful attempt by u. S. Special forces this year to rescue the journalist who was brutally murdered by isis. Helicopter teams engaged with isis militants in a gun battle pulling out of the area after determining the hostages were not at that location. In the big concern now for our government is steven sotlov, the other journalist being held right now by isis. Richard engel is nearby in turkey on the trkey syria border. Before we discuss jim foley, what can you tell us about the latest round of u. S. Strikes, air strikes, against isis today . The u. S. Military tap has been turned on. It still could be turned off but were now seeing regular missions against isis targets in Northern Iraq around mosul, around erbil. These are not just limited strikes, with each one having to be authorized at high levels. Were now seeing a rolling military campaign. Most of it being carried out by special operations forces, not necessarily by big army, big air force, but by groups that are led quite intelligence division. And this campaign is why we believe why the militant group said that it killed american journalist james foley. By the way, u. S. Military officials also believe that was likely the reason that once those strikes began, that isis started feeling the pain of those strikes. It took out one of the americans in its captivity and beheaded him in a gruesome fashion. Are we going for the kill . Can you tell if were going to eliminate isis as a reality . How far are we going in this . No. This is these are pinpricks. They are painful, but isis is a big group. Probably 12,000 foreign fighters. It controls huge amounts of territory, not only in syria but Northern Iraq. It is not the kind of thing that is going to be defeated by a few air strikes, even a few dozen air strikes a day or every couple of days. It would probably take a Major Military offensive. Not necessarily led by u. S. Boots an the ground, but somebodys boots on the ground. So, no, what were doing right now could contain the group. Perhaps is causing pain to the group but is not going to eliminate them. Any evidence right now that the people who might join us in this fight against isis are taking to the field . Well, the real question is, who could join us in this fight . And the irony if you will is that our ally in this, our biggest ally is Bashar Al Assad. We have effectively reconciled with Bashar Al Assad because his forces are bombing isis militants. Our forces are bombing isis militants. Our forces are conducting raids against isis militants. The unsuccessful raid in july that tried to rescue foley and other hostages. So we and the government of Bashar Al Assad are now on the same side in this. The rebels who we were initially supporting, the moderate rebels that john mccain and others wanted us to support, they have been pretty much brushed aside. They were given many promises that aid would come, that weapons would come and that never materialized. You spoke to the belgian father of one of the recruited isis fighters. Dmitri crossed from syria into turkey today. He knows a lot about foreign fighters. His own son was one of them. Dmitri says he was lured in, believing hed be helping muslims. You know, inside, step by step, they change the minds. Reporter radicalizing them. So dmitri, an exsoldier did something. You decided to go in and find him yourself . I dont have another solution. I couldnt stay at home. Reporter dmitri went to syria, found his son and brought him out. Now other parents have asked dmitri to help recover their children. Richard, how many of these people who have joined isis from around the world dont have islamic or middle eastern backgrounds . How many of them are like western people who just like the politics of isis and joined it from across ethnic lines . Probably around 3,000 or 4,000. Moistly european. Has a heavy european flavor. And the vast majority of the people who are joining up with isis. Isis doesnt even need right now to recruit people. Its having people just showing up and offering their services. There are probably 3,000 or 4,000 europeans primarily, but there are many more iraqis. Iraq now has an open border. Isis controls territory in iraq. It controls territory in syria. And many iraqis who dont like their shiite government, dont like whats happening in their country are just crossing over, fight with isis hoping that they can take over syria and then come back and take over iraq. So it has become a one hand washes the other situation. Tell us what youve been able to learn that you can report about the captivity of the person just released. What was he like as a person . Well, he was a very brave journalist. He was known for taking risks. He was taken hostage one time before. Captured by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in libya. Then went into syria. Was taken hostage there. We were told captivity was quite brutal. That he suffered a lot. He tried we were just told a short time ago to convert to islam. This was most likely a forced conversion. So much so his captors didnt believe that it was true. Weve been told that all of the hostages that are taken by isis are forcibly converted to islam that part of the program is a monthlong Training Session where they are put in a room. They are showed videos. They are taught the isis interpretation of islam. And after they go through that, they are treated a little better. They are treated more like human beings but that before that treatment, they are treated like animals. But even that, even after he went through this training this forced confession, it clearly wasnt enough for his captives because they beheaded him. It seems to be forced conversion is an ox oxymoron. It may do something for the captors but not for the captive. Thank you. By the way, thank you, Richard Engel in the turkish syria border. Family, friends and colleagues describe james foley as passionate, courageous and selfless in his drive to shed light on some of the darkest corners of the world. Before he was captured in syria he was doing just that. Courtesy of global post, this is foleys exclusive footage as he reported an the assad army and their assault on a town in northwest syria. In this report on the youngest casualties of the brutal civil war. The regime has bombed hospitals, homes, even people standing in line for bread. Today a lot of children. Our location in aleppo, this is james foley for global post. Save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. 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Tonight was a very good night in ferguson. There were no molotov cocktails tonight, no fires, no shootings. We did not see the single handgun. There were no confrontations. Last night, at 2 00 a. M. , the number of reearrests were 47. Tonight, the number was 6. Thats way down. Joining me with the latest from ferguson is msnbcs craig melvin and usa todays yamish alcinder. Craig, i dont know when you sleep. I watched you all day today and all night last night. You are the man with the thumb on the pulse out there. What do you hear . What do you feel . I tell you, chris. We were just talking about the fact that right now there is not a single protester along this main drag here. And every day this week, even in the middle of the day, at least a couple dozen. So far today, not one protester and also, i have seen maybe two or three Police Officers making their way up and down this street. So you get the sense, you get the feel that perhaps the tide has turned here in ferguson, although, of course, with the funeral being monday morning it remains to be seen whether the emotions, that thats likely to conjure up, whether that changes the dynamic on the ground. As you can see, the streets are pretty empty. And last night, i mean, half dozen arrests. Keep in mind monday night into tuesday, more than 70, tuesday night into wednesday, more than 50. And then last night, a half dozen. I talked to Law Enforcement official. All six of those arrests were failure to disperse. Like they were not violent arrests. If you can tell me what people are saying to you as a reporter. Id love to hear what you havent said an the air. They see you are a reporter and see you with a notebook and a mike. What are they saying about us being there, about reporters, about the way this is being played out nationally and internationally. I think people here for the most part of grateful that there are so many reporters here. I think the people in this community are so used to feeling ignoredor like nobody is listening to them. You see people almost having mini press conferences about their personal experiences. I talked to a man who said, ive been telling people for years and years and years the police in ferguson have been bothering me and no one cared. No one listened to me. Now the media is here to do this. I think people are grateful for the coverage they are getting. Sometimes people walked up to me when they see me with my notebook and say thank you. So i think for the most part its been positive. A couple people have said you are feeding into this. We need you to go. What really, i must admit i think those people are from outside. I havent seen somebody who is from ferguson tell me, i dont want you to be here. Let me ask you ethnically. Are the africanAmerican People the ones were glad were showing attention and the white people saying, get away. Can i break it don that neatly . No. Its a diverse crowd of people. And so the africanAmerican People and the people that are white have both walked up to me and said thank you. Ive had people and interviewed people just yesterday when there were reports the police had come to a church. I talked to a white man who said please put this on twitter. Put this on social media because i want you to tell people that i was here and that these Police Officers violated what we considered to be a safe haven. I dont think it can be broken down by race. Thats good news for america what you just said. Thank you. Craig me craig melvin and yamiche, thank you for joining us. 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So lets do it. Lets simplify healthcare. Lets close the gap between people and care. This Justice Department, this department of defense, this nation, we have long memorying and our reach is very wide. We will not forget what happened and people will be held accountable. One way or the other. Jim is a journalist. And he made tough choices to do the kinds of things that make our society great. Information. Information gathering. Giving us a view of the world in very dangerous circumstances. And i think that in part thats what led to his death. He was a jourmi ijournalist andl of what is right about the United States. The United States government refused to pay isis for their release of foley. What does that mean for steven sotloff. Thank you congressman for joining us. First of all, the way this administration addresses these issues like criminal matters. These are geopolitical enemies. How do you find the person who put the knife to the guys throat or the individual when they are part of a zealous, fanatical group.