Center in omaha. The hospital says he was extremely critical when he arrived for treatment on saturday. Salia was a legal permanent resident of the United States who contracted ebola in west africa. Cnns senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins with us more. Good morning. Good morning, carol. We received this sad news this morning. I want to show you two tweets from the nebraska medical center. They said dr. Salia was extremely critical when he arrived here and unfortunately despite our best effort wes werent able to save him. On saturday dr. Squal received a dose of convalesce sal plasma and zmapp therapy. We used every treatment available. So i want to talk about the two things mentioned. Convalescent plasma is another word from a blood transfusion from an ebola survivor. We dont know which survivor donated his or her blood and zmapp, thats very interesting. Zmapp is the drug that was used to great attention with the first two patients, dr. Brantly and Nancy Writebol and we
You hate when that happens. No problem. Well tell you about a company that says it can save your phone if the unthinkable happens. Thats coming up. Theres a lot to get to at this hour, but we begin with that grim confirmation from the white house that isis has beheaded a fifth western hostage. Peter kassig was in the middle east first as a u. S. Soldier, but he returned later as an aid worker. He began delivering food and medical supplies to refugee camps in lebanon. President barack obama called kassigs murder an act of pure evil. His family says he was detained in Eastern Syria and held hostage for more than a year. He converted to islam while in captivity, going by the name abdul rahman. Once again a figure dressed all in black and speaking with what sounds like an english accent appears in sundays video. But this video was longer and even more graphic. It showed the beheadings of other men the militants claim were pilots for the syrian government. Unlike previous videos, this one d
Odonnell plus the president changes his story for why he independence day, the queen calls a family meeting after harry and meghan say they want out of their royal duties. Tonight the rare statement from the queen herself and the deadline she just gave her killdson. Rein children this year . What parents need to know about this seasons deadly strain of the virus. Theyre t. Major League Baseball hands out a stunning punishment after accusations the Houston Astros cheated during their championship season. Tonight the growing scandal. And wild card, how a sevenyear old forced the National Hockey league to reshuffle its deck. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. The Justice Department is kicking 21 saudi military cadets out of the country this after the f. B. I. Found they were posting jihadist and antiamerican material online or looking at child pornography. Now, saudi arabias a key ally, an
Cadets out of the country this after the f. B. I. Found they were posting jihadist and antiamerican material online or looking at child pornography. Now, saudi arabias a key ally, and the saudis were here for Aviation Training on military bases, but the f. B. I. Says it only found out what the saudis were doing while investigating last months shooting at a florida air base. A saudi pilot killed three sailors and injured eight others at the Pensacola Naval air station. Tonight the attorney general is calling the shooting an act of terror. Hes asking apple to help the f. B. I. Unlock the killers iphone. Catherine herridge leads us off tonighth t new d. This was an act of terrorism. Reporter attorney general william barr said today Mohammed Saeed alshamrani was motivated by jihadist ideology. The shooter posted a message on september 11th of this year stating, the countdown has begun. Reporter the f. B. I. Investigation indicates that the shooter acted alone, however, 21 saudi nationals w