Combat boots on the ground in iraq. He also wants to talk about the International Coalition that hes building, im told by white house officials. In the meantime, as you said, carol, the president will be hearing from u. S. Central command leaders first, theyre the ones coordinating the fight against isis and as he arrived in florida, the white house was busy clarifying surprising statements from joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey on whether there would be u. S. Combat troops fighting against isis in iraq. Dempsey told the Senate Hearing yesterday that its not the plan at the moment but he added if i found that circumstance evolving i would change my recommendation. Asked about that at the white house, the white house said general dempsey was engaged in hypotheticals and that the president s pledge of no combat boots is no changing but as one official put it, its the president who has the final say and aboard air force one yesterday white house secretary josh ernest told reporters hes confident that general dempsey is on the same page as the commanderinchief. Youre monitor this hearing thats going on, Homeland Security secretary jay johnson is going to speak. What might he say . Well hear from three leaders, carol. This is an annual hearing held by the Homeland Security committee with leaders in the Law Enforcement and Intel Community but this year is especially significant with all the focus on isis. So well hear from fbi director james comey, National Counter terrorism sector jim olson as well as Homeland Security secretary jay johnson. Theyll testify on the kind of threats isis poses to the homeland. Theres questions about that and well as threats to u. S. Interests overseas. Carol, i think we can expect to hear about homegrown violent extremists. People live manager the u. S. Right now who might sympathize with isis and want to launch a simple sophisticated attack in the homeland and we can expect officials to talk about what theyre doing to combat this problem. So far, the fbi has arrested more than half a dozen people who wanted to travel from the u. S. To sire ya who wanted to join the fight including one from rochester. And theres tracking if individuals who want to travel from turkey and returned to the u. S. Theres open cases and an emphasis on Community Relations between Law Enforcement and leaders in communities where there have been foreign fighter recruits. Youll probably hear about that. Not only isis, carol, but the threat that al qaeda and specifically aqap poses to the us. Right now isis is focused on establishing an islamic caliphate but al qaeda and its afail i cant tells are trying to target the west, specifically aviation. Theyve tried to conceal explosive devices to destroy aircraft and thats a major concern to u. S. Officials and thiss why weve seen increased Aviation Security overseas and particular in response to that, carol. Thank you, pam. Im a little distracted. I was watching Homeland Security secretary jay johnson shake hands with code pink antiwar protesters. It should be another interesting hearing. Pamela brown, jim acosta, thanks to both of you. In the meantime, the fight against isis shifts to american soil. You heard pamela brownout line. A grand jury has indicted this man, yemen born mufid elfgi. Federal Officials Say to 2t 30yearold tried to join the extremist fight and Authorities Say he was planning to gun down troops who served in iraq. Will its talk about this with cnns justice reporter evan perez. Apparently the fbi has been looking at this guy for a couple month months. He got the tweets where he says al qaeda said it loud and clear, we are fighting the American Invasion and their hegemony over the earth and the people. This is the kind of thing that gets the attention of Law Enforcement and they decided to introduce him to a couple informants to see how far he might go with the support of isis and after a few months it turns out the fbi decided that there were charges to be brought against him for supporting isis and not only that but also plotting to attack american soldiers on u. S. Soil and shia muslims in the rochester area. Up to 20 shootings is what he was planning to do, carol. So hes a shop owner trying to talk people into joining isis. Was he ever successful . Well, you know, the two people he was talking to were very fortunately fbi informants and thor person was a person in ynl who he also encouraged, sent money to, and encouraged to travel to syria to join isis. Now we dont know if that person ever made it over there. We know, obviously, that the two fbi informants did not travel and instead were recording all his conversations which are now a part of this case that prosecutors are bringing against him. Evan perez reporting live from washington this morning. Just days after president obama vowed to degrade and ultimately destroy isis, the terrorist group is sending a chilling warning to the United States with this new hollywoodstyle propaganda video called flames of war. The video shows u. S. Tanks under attack and we understand a grim message. Fighting has just begun. Come coming soon. The video was released just hours after the nations top military advisor the u. S. Has not ruled out boots on the ground. As questions grow about boots on the ground in the middle east, some 3,000 u. S. Troops are enroute to west africa to help fight the ebola outbreak. A recent cnn orc poll showing 27 of americans are concerned someone in their family will be a victim of ebola. And at least one senator says the United States better take this threat seriously. We must take the dangerous, deadly threat of ebola as seriously as we take isis. The spread of this disease deserves a more urgent response from our country and other countries around the world than its now getting. This is one of the most explosive, deadly epidemics in modern time. If we do not do what we know how to do to control it. My next guest has seen the de station up close. He treated three ebola patient s in sierra leone and says its the worst outbreak hes seen for years. Dr. Lucy, good morning. Corm, carol, thank you for having me on the show. Thanks for being here. Tell us about your experience in sierra leone and why the outbreak is deadly. I worked there for three weeks in august and ill go to liberia at the end of this month for six weeks in doctors without borders. During the time, i was fortunate to work with patients who have ebola and also to train doctors and nurses in sierra leone through the minute city of health on how to put on and safely take off protective equipment. Its a very rapidly fatal severe very grim and contagious infectious disease. Thats the primary reason i said i think its worse than any other disease ive seen in the 35 years since i started seeing patients. Why should americans be so concerned . Because what happens in west africa with ebola could affect the whole world, including the United States. How so . Well, the devastation regionally, its not just one country now, of course, but in the region. Impacted countries, five countries in west africa with one or more patients can have cascading ripple effects throughout africa and the world economy. In addition in my opinion its actually quite likely that in part because of the long incubation period, the time between exposure and development of symptoms for ebola virus disease, up to 21 days, someone will get on a plane and travel to another continuefully another continent outside of africa, whether its United States or to the middle east or asia or europe or central or south america and theyll have active ebola virus infection and theyll be contagious and unless the Health Care Workers are prepared in terms of personal protective equipment training, active coordinated training, then theyll infect Health Care Workers and other people that they come into direct contact with. Some americans might be confused as to why the United States is sending troops to west africa. Why are these troops necessary . I should say i defer to president obama on the issue of troops. But certainly trained, highly disciplined professionals from the United States are necessary and the evidence far is monrovia. The evidence far is freetown. The evidence far is the transnational regional outbreak of ebola and the help thats been given so far is very, very inadequate. What more needs to be done . Much more needs to be done. A very comprehensive, very integrated, very international manner. To the point where i propose that there is an International Coalition against a common enemy, that is the ebola virus, akin to the International Coalition against smallpox from the 1960s and 1970s. So i think that the United States needs to work with china and russia and cuba and south africa and the uk and france and denmark and multiple other partners, japan, qatar, other countries from around the world need to integrate comprehensive response across all countries impacted in west africa, not focusing primarily on liberia or sierra leone or guinea. We need an expert whos helped to coordinate other Global Health responses to contagious infectious diseases, for example, sars in 2003. So someone like dr. David hammond comes to mind who who coordinated the who response against sars in 2003 and worked against ebola and multiple diseases in africa. Dr. Daniel lucey, thank you so much for your insight. I appreciate it. Thank you. Still to come, disturbing new details into the investigation into how joan rivers died. A source telling cnn about what her personal physician allegedly did while she was under. Susan candiotti is following developments for us. Hi, carol, joan rivers own doctor apparently took a selfie while she was under anesthesia. Thats what staffers are telling investigators. Ill have a live report coming up. Create things that help people. Design safer cars. Faster computers. Smarter grids and smarter phones. Think up new ways to produce energy. Be an engineer. Solve problems the world needs solved. 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The pope is rejecting extra security and will travel in an opentopped vehicle. A stunning reversal for the nfls Adrian Peterson. The vikings announcing this morning the running back will not play until legal issues brought on by felony child abuse charges are resolved. Then theres this. Castor motor oil severed endorsement ties with peterson. The vikings course change comes after Radisson Hotel suspended its sponsorship with several other sponsors threatening to do the same. Plus arrest him now arrest him now protesters at a st. Louis Council Meeting calling for arrest of Ferguson Police officer darren wilson. Wilson killed unarmed africanamerican teenager Michael Brown on august 9. The shooting prompted days of violent protest and calls for the ouster of the county prosecutor who is now investigating the case. New shocking and bizarre details coming out in the investigation into joan rivers death. A source tells cnn rivers personal doctor snapped a selfie while rivers was under anesthesia. Cnn National CorrespondentSusan Candiotti uncovered this. She joins me now. This is insane. Carol, its not the kind of behavior you would expect of any doctor to do with any patient. And a source is telling us, in fact, that staffers at a clinic are telling investigators that joan rivers personal ear, nose, and throat doctor in fact took a selfie while she was sedated. Its one of many new details emerging now. A source tells cnn investigators are learning this an unauthorized procedure, a biopsy on rivers ivo cal chords was begun on the comedienne while she was sedated. Staffers said they found no consent form from rivers. If so, ethicist doctor Arthur Kaplan says thats a red flag. Knowing exactly whats going to happen to you is crucial to any interaction. The morning began like this our source says rivers was undergoing a scheduled endoscopy by dr. Lawrence cohen, insert ago tiny camera down her throat looking for possible digestive issues when staffers say cohen saw something. While rivers was still under anesthesia, staffers told authorities rivers personal ear, nose and throat specialist examined rivers ivo cal chords and began a biopsy. And in addition to the fact the procedure was unauthorized, our source says the ent doctor was not certified to operate there. Even though you are a licensed physician, you still should have, if you will, the checks and balances to get you approval to practice in a particular place. And theres more. In a statement, the clinic flatly says a biopsy of the vocal chords has never been performed at the clinic. While technically true, it doesnt appear to be the whole story. The e, nt doctor may not have completed the biopsy but our source says it was started. Our source says as the unauthorized biopsy got under way, rivers vocal chords began to swell, cutting off her oxygen, putting her into cardiac arrest. Doctor, if there were oxygen deprivation to the brain, what particular impact might that have is f someone is elderly . This this case 81 years old. The effect of having no oxygen on the brain is damage to the nerve cells which can precipitate as coma, paralysis. But in the elderly you have less reserve, you have less of a window to correct it. When rivers heart stops beating, seconds count. Its 40 a. M. The clinic calls 911. The call gets the highest code. Five minutes later, new york fire rescue arrives, cpr is under way. A d a defibrillator is attached, a breathing tube inserted, fire rescue takes over cpr. 9 47, a mt. Sinai Ambulance Team arrives and joins the efforts. By 9 50 a. M. , 10 Emergency Personnel are on the scene. One week later, joan rivers is dead. As new yorks medical examiner and the States Health department continue to investigate, the clinic announcing a shakeup. In a statement saying dr. Cohen is not currently performing procedures nor is he currently serving as medical director. At this time, a source says neither dr. Cohen nor the ent is being accused of wrongdoing. Citing federal privacy laws, the clinic declines comment on whether rivers personal doctor was there and performed a biopsy. Susan, is there any indication why joan rivers stopped breathing . Well, because her vocal chords began to swell and that cut off the oxygen supply. Was that caused by the biopsy procedure . Well, very technical language here. As they were beginning the biopsy thats when her vocal cords began to swell. Thats what our source is telling us. The clinic on the other hand, is not acknowledging joan rivers was even there, citing privacy rules, wont discuss any of this. So we have to wait now to see what the state Health Department investigation turns up as well as the autopsy information. So are authorities investigating dr. Cohen . Well, its a broadranging investigation. Theyre not commenting on the specifics of it but certain ly they must be looking at what happened and were told he was part of it. So which dr. Took the selfie . Thats the ear, nose, and throat doctor, joan rivers personal physician that was there that our source tells us investigators are learning was not authorized to be there. Was not certified to work at the clinic and the procedure itself, staffers telling investigators that they could not find a consent form signed by rivers for a biopsy. Susan candiotti, thanks so much. Still to come in the newsroom, sonys smart phone troubles. The once dominant Electronics Company is bleeding cash and losing ground. Well tell you how sony plans to fight back. When it comes to good nutrition. Im no expert. That would be my daughter hi dad. 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