Page 196 - Thomas Eric News Today

Response initially by local and federal Health Officials to this ebola crisis, and under intense pressure to do something, the president today appointed an ebola czar. Official title, Ebola Response coordinator, his name is ron klain. Hes a lawyer, Democratic Party veteran, former chief of staff to al gore and joe biden. Hes got his work cut out for him as the government makes a push to restore calm. We begin our reporting once again tonight with our national correspondent, kate snow, in dallas....

House. Okay, may, 1988. The book was called for the record. The author of the book had been chief of staff to thenpresident reagan. Astrology in the white house. President reagan and nancy reagan were not just believers, but astrological forecasting was used to determine the daily schedu schedule of Ronald Reagan when he was president. Former white house chief of staff writes in his forthcoming book that president and mrs. Reagan sometimes consult astrologers when making difficult decisions. Chr...

Recovering at specially equipped hospitals. Fears of an outbreak in the u. S. Has led president obama to appoint an ebola czar. Ron klain will lead the response by the countrys Government Agencies to the ebola outbreak. The monitoring period for 48 people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan before he was hospitalized, that ends tomorrow. Hes the liberia ebola patient who died last week. For the first time were hearing from a doctor who was instrumental in treating him and to other nurse who ...

We are tracking major developments this hour. 35 new air strikes hammer isis targets across a vast front. And on the ground, iraqi troops drive isis out of a key city. Is the tide finally turning in the war against this terror group . And stunning, new images as prorussian rebels battle Government Troops in eastern ukraine. Is russia ready to bring more heavy weapons into the fighting . Congresswoman tulsey gabbert, an iraq war veteran, is standing by, along with our correspondents, analysts and...

Middle of a congressional hearing. It comes a day after the directors for the centers for Disease Control said something about ebola that made anyone paying atex to whats going on right now sort of stop dead in their tracks. The head of the cdc. This is the foremost medical expert in america had this to say. In the 30 years ive been working the only thing thats been like this is aids. This is not the worlds next aids. We have to work now so that this is not the worlds next aids. That was yesterd...

Thomas duncan, the man who died of ebola, is now being treated in atlanta. At this hour, director of the cdc getting ready to Face Congress and face new questions about whether his agency was ready for this disease, did enough to get hospitals ready and is even now handling the situation in the right way. Earlier today a nurse at the dallas hospital that diagnosed the first ebola case described a facility in turmoil. He was put into an area where there are up to seven other patients. We took pro...

The life of an american held hostage by isis in the balance. Peter known now as abdul after his recent conversion to islam appeared in the beheading video. The threat that unless the United States stopped bombing isis, he will be next to die. Soon after his mother, paula, pleaded with his camdenors for her sons life. We implore those who are holding you to show mercy and use their power to let you go. This as isis fighters continue to gain ground across the region. The militants raising their bl...

The mortality rate has jumped from 50 to 70 now. They hope to reduce the rate of infection by isolating 70 of the patients and having most of the victims buried safely. All of this they hope by december. But officials warn the number of cases is soaring to startling levels. Its impossible to say were going to have this many or that many. But we anticipate the number is going to be somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 a week. It could be higher, it could be lower. But its gong to be somewhere in th...

Indiana believe they may be deal ing with a serial killer. Its the most uninsured metropolitan area in the country and i couldnt open up another hospital for ebola because we are seeing almost no one go. And bound to out of five flagship hospitals. Others have stepped up and we are working on is setting up another building where we can handle up to ten patients if need be. Its easy for all of us to judge this from the outside. You are in an extraordinarily difficult situation and you know you ar...

21damon to21day monitoring period is coming to an end by the end of this weekend, is that correct . That is correct, sir. Do we know how many are being monitored right now . Yes. In total or of the 48 . Yes. So, of the 48 it will be over on sunday. And then theres another 77, so 135 in total. And that number goes up and down can go up and down as we do more disease detective work. Its 135 today. I know earlier this week you indicated there was very much a real possibility we might see some more ...