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Joining us. We begin with breaking news. The sad news out of dallas, texas, today that Thomas Eric Duncan has lost his battle with ebola. The 42yearold liberian man died this morning ten days after being diagnosed with the disease. Were also learning about new significant changes to u. S. Policy on flights coming out of the socalled ebola hot zones in africa. Our correspondents are covering all angles of this very important story. Elizabeth cohen is in dallas outside the hospital where duncan wa...

He reportedly did not have a temperature until this morning, but then he did. They are saying it was 103 degrees when he contacted Doctors Without Borders to tell them about his fever. They then contacted the Health Department. The help department contacted local Emergency Services in new york city. Emergency services in new york city dispatched one of the 36 teams in the they have been set up by the new York City Fire department to handle first medical response and also Medical Transport for In...

For treatment. Dr. Nancy schneiderman and her team arriving in the usa they were checked by Health Official upon arrival all feeling well and in good risk. Theyll stay home and monitor their temperature for the remain of the 21day recommended by health authorities. Lets head to tom costello live in washington. Tom, what would the airport screenings look like . I think its going to look pretty much like it does already. They want to put more cdc personnel on the ground at the four critical airpor...

This is our western edition. Thomas eric duncan died today in a dallas hospital, the first death from ebola in the United States. Duncan, who was 42, was visiting from west africa where he caught the disease and where 3,900 people have died of it. Late today, a Dallas County sheriffs deputy, who had been in the apartment where duncan had stayed, was admitted to a hospital. He has flulike symptoms, could be anything, but ebola tests are being done. We have a team of correspondents covering this d...

Weve got some big news coming from apple and facebook, but its not what you might be thinking. Its actually about a perk the tech giants are now offering their female employees. The companies are covering the cost of freezing their eggs. Its starting a debate. Is this generosity or encouragement to put off motherhood. Heres abcs mara schiavocampo. Reporter a new perk for working women. Tech giant facebook and apple confirming they will pick up the tab for female employees who freeze their eggs, ...

Centers for terrorists. But first, the World Health Organization calls the ebola crisis quote, unquestionably the most severe acute Public Health emergency in modern times. And growing concerns in the u. S. Reflect that assessment. Safety procedures are under review after a nurse identified as nina pham became infected. An Aid Organization says she has received a transfusion from ebola survivor kent brantley. But pham wore protective gear while treating Thomas Eric Duncan before he died last wed...

That has to do it. Its a crisis that seems to have no end weve been talking about it for some time the number of ebola cases in west africa begins to climb as we begin to hear of cases outside of the hot zone here in the United States and spain. My colleague and friend senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is in dallas where that first case was diagnosed on u. S. Soil. Ill tell you, its left a lot of questions about whether or not this country is ready. Reporter this weekend the United St...

Speed is the most important variable here. This is controllable and this was preventable. Former president jimmy carter is criticizing president obama today. This time over his isis strategy. He told the star telegram this. First of all, we waited too long. We let the Islamic State build up its money, capability and strength and weapons while still in syria. He calls president obamas shifting policies. He has taken criticism on drones and the Affordable Care act. Also in the United States, a sub...

Cabrera in for carol costello. Cnn learning from a source that there were inconsistencies in protocol that may have something to do with why a dallas nurse has now chiropractontracted ebo. The cdc has specific guidelines for Health Care Workers for how they put on and remove protective gear when it comes to dealing with patients with hi highly Infectious Diseases like ebola. The effected nurse cared for thomas duncan, the man who died from ebola last week. Now the case has thousands of Health Ca...

And a sheriffs deputy who reportedly entered the texas apartment where an ebola victim lived while he was ill now sick. And a prowler on the loose. A car pounding Mountain Lion has a community on edge. I am concerned about the littler dogs. It is all happening now. And the first the top story, battling the Islamic Radical terrorist in syria. Isis capturing a large part of kaboni, a key town on the syrian Turkish Border. American and allied war planes pounding isis camps and buildings and vehicle...