Perhaps you cant see that some of the symptoms are fever or and muscle pains. The bleeding comes very late. The red eyes and extreme weakness. It comes very late in the disease. Early on its problem to differentiate ebola from other more common infectious and sometimes nonInfectious Diseases. This is also a sign you see everywhere not only in sierra leone but other parts of west africa where the viruses. The statement is ebola is real, its not political. Lets fight against ebola. This is the jewelers organization. You see them hospitals and clinics and buildings on the streets in airport so theres initially a perception that ebola is not real and sometimes its not a virus that causes a contagious Infectious Disease and rapid death. From yesterdays w. H. O. World Health Organization update on the number of people with common to think this is a minimum estimate people at ebola. What i want to emphasize is that the top liberia summer than 3000 in guinea this more than 1000. In seminole th
The hearing is just under three hours. Committee on health, education, labor and pensions, and the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, human services, appropriations will come to order. In march of this year, Public Health officials reported an outbreak of ebola virus in guinea. Unlike past Ebola Outbreaks that it have been efficiently and effect if there stopped, this outbreak has spread in ways that are potentially catastrophic for the world. Due to the gravity of the situation, the danger poses not only to the affected region but also to our country, i have taken the unusual step of calling together this joint hearing of both the authorizing committee i chair and the appropriations subcommittee which funds it, which i also chair. We have come togetherred to to learn what can so we can Work Together over the coming weeks to stop this daysly plague. The extent of this epidemic is tragic and grows more serious with each passing day. The death toll is already far greater than
Ebola. And a battle over the secrets of surveillance twitter sues the u. S. Government. At least 12 people are dead after Turkish Police used rubber bullets and tear gas against kurds protesting. They want turkish to help the Kurdish Forces trying to keep kobane taken over by the Islamic State of iraq and levant. Fighting continues in the town of kobane. We have this report. Reporter from across the border in turkey, its clear the battle for kobane is more intense than it has ever been. Fighters from Islamic State of iraq and levant have been battling to capture the town for days. They have managed to enter kobane, it is under the control of kurdish fighters. That may not be for long. Many warn that i. S. I. L. Will overpower kurds unless they are given support. Its the refusal of turkey to help militarily that upset many kurds in turkey. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding ankara send in the army to stop kobane falling to i. S. I. L. The protest turned deadly with sev
Helping tourists at the eiffel tower to see paris in a completely different way. Fighters from Islamic State of iraq are shelling the center of a town of kobane as fighting intensifies and there is air strikes on isil positions on forces and we are on the turkish side of the border near kobane is on the phone right now. What more can you tell us about the Coalition Air strikes and what more have you been seeing on the ground . Reporter air strikes are started and so far we have four air strikes entering in kobane and especially targeting in the past they were targeting east point of kobane but this morning we have seen they are mostly targeting northwest of kobane. And kobane by isil forces three parts, the north part of kobane is Turkish Border and we came from Turkish Border after air strikes we see the black smoke on turkish side. And so far after especially after air strikes we also seeing isil forces shelling mortar inside the city center and they are targeting there is one in the
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. Tonight is the last night of. Barack obamas Summer Vacation and tomorrow when we returns to the white house hell be dealing with a threat his defense secretary says is, beyond anything weve seen, a threat thats been on vivid display while the president has been away. The threat chuck hagels referring to is the Islamic State in iraq and syria, isis. In the two weeks since mr. Obama started his vacation, u. S. Drones and fighter jets have conducted at least 94 air strikes in northern iraq. And this week, of course, isis claimed responsibility for the beheading of American Photo journalist james foley and promised that other westerners theyre holding captive are next. We have two reports tonight beginning with Major Garrett who is with the president in marthas vineyard. Major, lets talk strategy. The president has both a warweary public and reluctant congress to deal with. How that will shape hi