Thanks for joining us. We begin this morning with the worsening ebola crisis in africa. More than 700 people have died and the u. S. Now warning against travel to three countries, liberia, guinea and sierra leone. And now two american missionaries battling the disease are flown home for treatment. Abcs preeti arla has been following developments overnight. Reporter the death toll from the largest Ebola Outbreak in history continues to rise. Two americans infected with the virus will be brought back to the u. S. One of them to Emory University in atlanta for treatment in a special isolation unit. The ebola virus in terms of mortality rate right now is at about 64 , and so thats thats good news for us. We feel like thats mom has a chance. Reporter the efforts to control the spread of the virus are ramping up. U. S. Immigration officers and pilots are looking for passengers showing signs of illness. The centers for Disease Control issued its highest alert for travel to the affected countr
Sease alo i vnr er t. He t latce. Igrationff a en onoltsst art ngt infrastructure to handle the response and moreover, they dont have any experience with these kind of outbreaks in the past. Reporter the cdc is sending 50 more specialists to africa. Some of these experts will work at airports to screen passengers before they Board International flights and prevent the virus from spreading to other countries including the u. S. The World Health Organization plans to spend 100 million to help keep the outbreak under control. I would not be surprised if we see isolated cases arrive here because you can be have no symptoms for three weeks after youve been infected but those cases would not spread it around the current. We have good hospitals and good infection control. Reporter the cdc says it could take up to six months to get this outbroke under control. One official calling the fight a marathon, not a sprint. Reena and devin. Okay, preeti arla live in washington, thank you. Frj in break
Spreading across west africa and fueling fears around the world. Being called a Major Public Health emergency. This morning, the peace corps is evacuating volunteers from three countries with a number of patients is growing. Abcs preeti arla has the latest. Reporter the largest Ebola Outbreak in history is creating concern in the u. S. Two american missionaries are now in isolated in liberia. They are said to be showing slight improvement. They are firm in their resolve about their decision to go to liberia and their decision to stay in liberia and to care for those who are there. Reporter the u. S. Peace corps announcing its pulling hundreds of volunteers from liberia, syria leone and guinea. The state Department Says there are no plans at this point to issue travel restrictions to any of those countries. Ebola is different from other viruses like the flu. It spreads only through close contact with bodily fluid. At airports in liberia, they are using handheld thermometers to check pas
Affair. He is fbi veteran agent frederick humphries. Notorious for sending shirtless photos of himself to another key player in the scandal. He says it was just a lighthearted joke. Well see. That woman would be jill kelly, seen on the right, which claims she was threatened by petraeus lover. She has been stripped of her special access to Macdill Air Force base in tampa. And petraeus mistress, paula broadwell, is under investigation for storing military documents, on her computer. And for the first time president obama has weighed in on this mess. Abcs preeti arla has the latest. Reporter president obama walked into the east room of the white house for his first postelection news conference, tackling the major issues his administration will face in the weeks ahead. Im open to compromise. And im open to new ideas. Reporter the president meets with congressional leaders tomorrow. Both sides are expected to stake out their positions on the looming fiscal cliff, which would see automatic t
Arrived in midland, hours after a Freight Train slammed into a parade float that was carrying wounded veterans. Abcs larry jacobs reports. The trailer got hit by a train. We need as many units as you can. Reporter a parade float carrying wounded veterans to a banquet in their honor, was broadsided by a Freight Train. It happened at this Railroad Crossing in midland, texas. Two 18wheelers with flatbed trailers were carrying dozens of Wounded Warriors and their families. The first truck crossed the Railroad Tracks safely. But the second took the full force of the collision. Saw the truck crossing the track. About halfway across, the gate started coming down. The truck tried to blow his horn to get the other people in front of him out of the way. The gate actually hit the first people on the trailer. Some people were able to jump off. And some, they were sitting on the wheelchair on top of that. And they couldnt do nothing about it. Reporter sirens from the police cars in the parade may h