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CNNW CNNI Simulcast October 26, 2014

Carolina. And welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im Natalie Allen. And we begin with that grim milestone in the battle against ebola. While there are isolated cases in the u. S. And europe, the disease continues to flourish in its epicenter in west africa, and there is no end in sight. The World Health Organization now counts more than 10,000 cases, most in liberia, sierra leone and guinea. And the w. Hvlgts o. Says nearly half of the cases have been fatal. Nearly 50 people are quarantined over ebola fears in mali. Most are in one town where a 2yearold girl died on friday. She was the countrys first confirmed case. Mauritania has closed its boarder with mali. They had already banned travel from its ebolainfected neighbors. Samantha power is traveling to the epicenter, guinea, sierra leone. And the army has taken over the u. S. Mission to fight ebola in liberia. It will build field hospitals and test laboratories. Well, in the u. S. There is heated debate over how to handle the ebola threat. New york and new jersey now require a 21day quarantine for Health Workers returning from the ebola hot zone. Illinois has a similar plan for Health Care Workers, anyone whos had contact with an ebola patient. Critics say it is going too far. Others say it is necessary. We do not have a vaccine. We do not have a cure. We only have treatment. And one thing i understand. A virus constantly trying to mutate and find a new host to live on, quarantine is the only thing that breaks the link. Thats the only way right now of stopping it except for treatments and hoping that those survive. For those who had direct contact with persons with ebola. Other lawmakers disagree and say the real priority should be stopping the disease at its source in west africa. We need to realize, ebola is not transmitted by air like the flu or something else. So if south korea doesnt have a temperature or other symptoms theyre not contagious. Theyre not going to make other people sick. People will leave these three countries, go other places and make their way to the United States. We dont have any nonstop flights from these three countries to the United States. Everybody who leaves them flies through someplace else. And so, so youre not going to be able we shouldnt delude ourselves to think were going to be safe if we say were having a travel ban. Well, a nurse just back from treating ebola patients . Sierra leone is speaking out. This is her, tracy hickcox. And shes now under a quarantine. An initial test for the disease came back negative. She wrote about her experience in the Dallas Morning News and we quote, i am scared about how Health Care Workers will be treated at airport when is they dough claire that they have been fighting ebola in west africa. Im scared that, like me, they will arrive and see a frenzy of disorganization, fear, and most frightening, quarantine. Meantime, dr. Craig spencer is receiving treatment in new york. Nancy writebol, you might remember her. Shes an ebola survivor. Gave him some of her plasma. She became ill while working with a chair. The u. S. Cdc is trying to track down anyone who may have had contact with him. Nick valencia shows us how Contact Tracing is done. Reporter it is a race against the clock to find out who may have had some kind of contact with Craig Spencer. It starts with patient zero, in this case, spencer. And through interviews, they will be able to find out where hes been and who he may have had contact with. They either isolate and quarantine that contact or monitor that contact over the 21day incubation period. They check their temperature, make sure they dont have a fever. In this case, with spencer, we know at least three people had direct contact with him, including his fiance and two friends. County Health Officials say they are under quarantine and are being monitored for the ebola virus but so far are doing well. For an embattled city in syria, where isis is trying to take over, help is on the way. Kurdish Peshmerga Forces are expected soon there. And many of these forces have female fighters. Well take a look at this story coming up next here. Also ahead, theyve taken up arms to protect people from isis. More about it coming up. We have this story just in to cnn. A report of deadly syrian air strikes in homs province. Government planes have killed at least 18 people, including ten children. The observatory for human rights says 16 of the 18 were from the same family. They expect the casualty figure to go up. There were a number of injuries. And some people may be buried in the rubble. Well, iraqi forces battling to keep isis in check are battling near baghdad. Meantime, allied commanders say u. S. Led forces conducted more than 20 air strikes against isis friday and saturday. They say u. S. War planes destroyed an isis artillery site near kobani. They hope to see peshmerga reenforcement across the border from turkey soon. That hope for reenforcements comes after turkey gave Kurdish Peshmerga troops permission to cross turkish territory to reach kobani. Nick payton walsh is watching development from turkey, here he is. Reporter as we overlook the city today, you can still hear the sound of fierce clashes to the far east and south of the city. That is where isis in the past had tried to come in to gain territory. The question for the kurds, when do they see these iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga arrive to assist them. 120, maybe 200 fighters would arrive. What they really want is the weapons they bring with them, antitank, antiarmor the weapons. The suggestions were hearing from fighters inside the ground as those peshmerga may move into the city through turkish territory from northern iraq, kurdistan. They may move in tonight saturday night or according to kurdish media maybe sunday. And then theres the ministry who says the whole thing is a secret and theyre not going to talk about it. We feel, having been moved away from the hills, we normally stand on from the city, something is being prepared and maybe in the hours ahead they move in. That is the fighting still reasonably intense to the east and the south. Lot of talk about will there be Syrian Rebels coming to the assistance of the syrian kurds . Theres a lot of noise made about that. Little evidence, it seems, to back up whether or not they can get together the thousand or so fighters that are being advertised as available to come to the assistance of kobani. The syrian kurds looking to peshmerga and the weapons they bring with them. And still the sound of clashes pretty intense over kobani today. So Kurdish Forces are providing the air force. And they include a strong contingent of females. Reporter meet americas new de facto de facto a lillieallies. These are Kurdish Forces from the ypg. Within the last week, the u. S. Began dropping assistance to ypg fighters defending the syrian town, the border town of kobani against isis militants. And the u. S. Air power has also been striking isis militants that have been laying siege to that town to support this faction. Now the ypg, if you look at their iconography, if you look at their sem bolls, they seem very similar to another kurdish faction here in the middle east known as the pkk. And heres where it gets complicated. The pkk is considered a terrorist organization by americas nato ally, turkey, because its been fighting a guerilla war for some 30 years. And less than five years ago, the u. S. Was helping turkey bomb pkk fighters in the mountains of northern iraq. But now the enemy of an enemy makes this group the u. S. s friend in its battle against isis. Now these militants have gathered here in northern syria, in one of three mini kurdish statelets that have grown up in this region since the civil war began in syria. And theyre commemorating some of the people, some of the fighters whove been killed in the battle against isis, which has been going on for quite some time. If you look over here, these, many of these women, have lost sons, or husbands in this war. [ chanting ] and, as you can see, theyre chanting long live apo. Thats the name of abdullah ojilan. Hes the leader of the pkk in prison in turkey, and thats part of why americas decision to ally itself with these fighters is to controversial with this nato ally, turkey. Cnn, reporting from northern syria. Well, reports say three turkish soldiers have been shot and killed in southeastern turkey. They were reportedly in civilian clothing when they were gunned down. A Police Operation is under way to catch the killers. Southeastern turkey is an area where forces have battled Security Forces since the 1980s. Military forces battled islamic gunman. At least six lebanese soldiers were killed. 13 soldiers injured. Both sides used heavy rockets and devastated parts of this popular tourist location. The gun men are sunnis, believed to support isis. I suspect that some of them certainly share some of isiss goals or maybe its just an alliance of convenience. Its very difficult to say. One of the side effects of whats happening in syria with isiss fight against the Syrian Government there, one of the side effects is roiling affairs here in lebanon and creating, exacerbating tensions between different communities. So right now, you have people fighting probably because they feel like their community, the Sunni Community in lebanon is being marginalized, has been set aside in favor of the shiite community, and specifically hezbollah. They accuse the army of doing hezbollahs bidding. Every time they the target the army and the army reacts, it continues this cycle, a vicious cycle. The fighting started friday when lebanons Army Launched a security operation targeting the militants in tripoli. Seven years ago in iraq, a car bomb ripped through one of baghdads most colorful Street Markets. Despite the threat of more attacks every day in baghdad, the books, artwork and lively debate havent stopped. Heres ben wedeman on how the street of hope thrives amid the violence. Reporter when youre looking for a book in baghdad, any book, youll find it here on this street any friday. Whether its farewell to arms or animal farm or something more recent, youll find it here. Cairo writes, baghdad reads. This man has catered to baghdads voracious readreaderst its not just about the books. Keeps baghdad alive. Reporter some tried but failed to kill that spirit. Ac the show must go on. And this is our life. We must enjoy our life. Reporter and despite everything, somehow they do. Whats amazing about bags dad is that despite the often grim headlines one reads coming out of here, the people have managed to maintain the ability to function to try to find a way to function in a normal manner. In the park just off the street, an artist will draw your girlfriends picture. You can listen to music. Or join lively debates on any subject under the sun. We talk about a variety of topics, economics, politics or literature, says this man, an agent. Sometimes it gets a bit heated. But in the end, were all friends. This teacher is a regular participant. There is a future, she says. Like it or not, even if theres only one iraqi left, we have a future, and im thinking of the future. This is just a tiny corner of baghdad, of iraq. But here, in addition to books and banter, you can find hope. Ben wedeman, cnn, baghdad. Very nice look at that Street Market there in baghdad. Well, the small u. S. City of marysville, washington is mourning after a deadly shooting at a high school. Coming up here, well take you back to the school to see how the teenagers are coping with this tragedy. Also heavy storms soaking, look at these floodwaters. Thats a street. Is there more to come . Ivan cabrera will have that for you. For a snack that isnt lame but this. Takes my breath away welcome back. In the Canadian Capital of ottawa, they mourned the soldiers killed this week in terror attacks sa rill lcirillo attacked as he stood guard at this memorial. A High School Student shot his cousin in the school cafeteria. Jaylen fryberg wounded four students, killed a girl and himself. The small city is reeling from the attack. Reporter hundreds gather at a Washington State Church Seeking comfort just hours after a nearby school shooting. Reporter it was around 10 30 a. M. Pacific time when students were gathered. Jaylen fryberg opened fire with a handgun, apparently targeting a specific table. The table he went up to, he came up from behind and had a gun in his hand. And fired about six bullets into the backs of them. And at the were his friends. So it wasnt just random. Reporter students scattered. Many in the rest of the building thought a fire drill was under way, and many ran outside. Sitting side me. I heard the shots and i ran. Reporter in the hallways, teachers started herding others into classrooms and ordering a lockdown. Someone placed a 911 call. And by 10 40 police were swarming the building. The west side of the gymnasium. Reporter going room to room, placing tape over the rooms they had already secured so they knew what had been checked. And in the process, they discovered the gunman, by noon, saying he was dead, apparently having shot himself. A female student was killed in the attack and four students are hospitalized. The grandfather of one of the su vie survivors says they were related. Theyre cousins. Reporter the freshman athlete was recently elected homecoming prince. But his social media accounts paint different pictures. One shows his active engagement with the tualip tribe. He says it breaks me. I know it seems like im sweating it off, but im not, and i never will be able to. And he sent this. It wont last. It will never last. For students who lived through the attack, its a day they will never forget. I heard the guns, and turned around, and hes pulling and shooting at everyone. Theres blood everywhere, and some got on other girls faces and stuff. Hmm, what a horrible or. And well learn more about why he did this. Take a look at a bright spot. A local photographer took a picture of a rainbow over the school after a very rainy day there. Well, yesterday our meteorologist ivan cabrera showed us pictures of piles of cars in athens. We werent quite sure how they got there. But we have the video. Incredible amount of rain coming down. Backed up. They were stacked up. And i have those pictures for you in a second here. But there we go. 90 millimeters of rainfall. That is a lot of rain when you get it in two hours. Can you imagine that . Their Monthly Average is about 52 millimeters. So were talking, my goodness, almost twice the Monthly Average in two hours. And that, of course, resulted in the dramatic pictures that natalie and i were just watching yesterday coming in. Just all these cars piled on top of each other. This was the end result of what began as a river coming down through the streets of athens in greece. Take a look at this. Weve been showing this. These images just in dramatic fashion here as the water came down so quickly. Can you imagine waking up, sure, its cloudy, a few showers coming. And then all of a sudden this deluge hiere, and you dont hav much time to get out of the way. And thankfully people did. And no reports of significant injuries. Not only in greece, but turkey has been getting rain as well. 72 hour loop here, the low slowly moves to the east. And this is where we get in trouble with these upper lows. They get cut off from the steering currents here until they get left behind. You get all the weather moving west to east. And more to come. More rain on the way for the same areas here. So were going to continue here with the possibility of localized flooding. On the western flank of this low were moving the air from north to south. And that means were cooling things off. With a little bit of moisture coming in from the med and aegean sea, sofia may get in on some snow. Look at bucharest right now at 2. And kiev sitting at 0. A little bit milder to the west, but not all that much. We are certainly well into fall. Lets update you on Tropical Cyclone here in the arabian sea. Heres oman. It will peak over water. So that is the good news. The bad news is that it will eventually land across karachi here about friday morning. The winds will not be 140 by then. It will continue to weaken as far as the winds, but it is going to be a big rainmaker for pakistan. And theyve had a lot recently. The race is on to find a vaccine for ebola. Just ahead, well talk about the race and how soon we might see a vaccine. Also, is the war against isis creating a new threat at home for western nations . What experts are saying about these recent attacks we saw this week. Youre watching cnn live. Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im Natalie Allen. Our top stories this hour. Massive explosions rocking the embattled syrian city of kobani. Kurdish forces clashed again with isis militants with the help of at least one u. S. Air strike, they have been able to hold them back. Kurdish defenders hope to see reenforcements arrive soon from peshmerga fighters crossing the border from turkey for muchneeded ground support. New york doctor Craig Spencer is now getting help from Nancy Writebol the in the form of plasma. Spencer recently returned from treating ebola patients in guinea. The World Health Organization says the number of cases has topped 10,000 of ebola. There are two new tests that can detect ebola in humans. This comes against the backdrop of a heat up in the race to develop a vaccine. There are hopes to have 12 million doses ready for the First Quarter of next year. Michael holmes has more. Reporter its a process that usually takes years. But in the race to beat the ebola epidemic, doctors an

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