Service. He might have been. You never know. Thanks. Thats it for this special report. Greta goes on the record right now. This is a fox news alert. Right now, gunfire explosions and thick black smoke coming from a key town in syria. Isis is advancing. Greg joins us from the border. Greg . Greta, they said today the Kurdish Militia had the town under control. The view from the ground was different. Take a look at what we saw. This is a look at the kobani battlefield isis in control. The center, quiet. Maybe isis in control. To the west of center, a lot of
smoke, a lot of noise. Kurd defenders fighting isis. To the western side, we are seeing a lot of smoke. We have seen u. S. Coalition air strikes there in the past. We are hearing jets overhead. To the far right, turkish tanks, poised, ready, doing nothing. Just in front of us on the western side of the city, we saw multiple blasts. Huge fire balls, smoke rising in the air and, in fact, in the last couple of minutes, they confirmed in the past two days, there have been 14 u. S. Coalition air strikes in and around that town. Hitting isis tanks, guns, units, a Training Camp vehicle. It appears in the eyes of the u. S. Strategists, kobani could be gaining in importance. Meanwhile, on this side of the border, inside turkey, fighting of a different kind continues. Clashes for a third night in a
row between ethnic kurds. Theres 30 dead in the violent protests. The kurds are angry with turkey for not doing more to stop the fighting inside kobani. The role of turkey, no doubt, will be a topic of discussion when general john allen, who heads up the u. S. Led campaign meets with turkish officials here again. A lot to talk about. Greta . Its a huge change in 24 hours. Now theres fighting inside turkey between the kurds and the turks. It is going beyond syria and iraq. Reporter absolutely. Its become a regional problem, greta. The ethnic kurd population makes up 20 of the turkish population. Very upset about what the turkish government is doing or not doing inside kobani. There are real fears there could be a destabilization of this country, a very important nato ally for the United States. Greta . Greg, thank you. Pentagon is warning kobani will most likely get isis. John kerry saying that is not the main goal of the u. S. Led coalition. As horrific as it is to watch in realtime, whats happening in kobani, its important to remember, you have to step back and understand the strategic objective and where we have begun over the course of the last weeks. Today, senator john mccain tweeting, secretary kerry trying to down play impact of impending in kobani. He joins us. Good evening, sir. Good evening, greta. Seems like they are giving up on kobani. It soundings like this is just spreading and getting worse. Well, the curds, obviously, are very unhappy. This is kind of demonstrations within turkey that are serious but they are not warfare. But, for john kerry to dismiss the deaths of thousands of people and then our pentagon touting 14 strikes, 14 strikes, in the kobani or the outskirts because since we have no one ton ground, there is no way of really identifying targets. The brave kurds i mean the peshmerga are brave fighters. They dont have the military capability, the arms and equipment that the isis has because isis has ours and we refuse to send weapons directly to the kurds and the peshmerga
so they can fight better. I mean, im beginning to believe if it wasnt so tragic, this would almost be farce. It seems to me, something bizarre about the fact the secretary of state is making it his mission, kobani is falling. Thats not our goal. Its not our goal. Meanwhile, we are doing 14 air strikes. If they dont work, maybe we have the wrong strategy. Its getting worse. Let me point out, too, i have strong disagreements with one on a number of issues, including israel. Hes right in this respect. He is demanding there be a buffer inside syria on the turkish bodier and a no fly zone for Bashar Al Assad. What we are doing is immoral. We are allowing him to destroy the free syrian army. Every time we bomb isis, Bashar Al Assad moves in and attacks
with more intensity. By the way, these are the same ones, we are training 5,000 of them. We are going to send them into syria to be bombed by Bashar Al Assad. This is really as con va luted and immoral as i have seen the United States do. What do you think about what biden said about turkey, the border between turkey and syria where fighters have been going back and forth with Vice President biden right about turkey . I think that our Border Control issues with turkey and, as i say, some areas we are in disagreement. Bashar al assad is right, we have two enemies, isis and, excuse me, he is right. We have two enemies, Bashar Al Assad and isis. We cannot do it sequentially. We have to do it together. If we are going to help the free syrian army, lets help them and
not play this game where 14 air strikes is supposed to have some kind of impact on what look, i was in the vietnam war, a place called kasan surrounded by north vietnamese. There was round the clock bombing day and night by b52s. Vice President Biden seemed to step up the pressure on turkey and had to apologize. Im trying to figure out where turkey is in this. With Vice President biden, was he right to speak out about this . I dont think so. I think it could be done in other ways. What he did was alienate both the Uae Saudi Arabia and the turks. He had a trifecta there. We have been unhappy with a lot of things that the turks have been doing and theres been rich
saudis, not the government of saudi arabia that funneled money into isis and al qaeda and others. The same thing with uae and qatar. We cant afford to alienate them. The Vice President of the United States shouldnt say it publicly. Bashar al assad will join excuse me, the turks will join the fight if we will set up the buffer zone and a nofly zone. Then aim our objectives at isis and Bashar Al Assad. He massacred 200,000 people. Is secretary kerry on board for that, or not . You know, we keep hearing theres a great debate in the white house. I have heard that for so many years. It grows tiresome. They tell me they are working on it. It never gets done. Im getting cynical. Senator, thank you, sir. Thank you. Isis is now successfully, yes, successfully use zing missiles to shoot down in iraq and syria. They shot down an iraqi helicopter from the sky. Doug is at the pentagon with the latest. Doug . Reporter they have confirmed isis fighters downed an iraqi helicopter yesterday 130 miles north of baghdad. Despite of that, the countrys largest oil refinery. Isis released still photographs that show the shootdown. The missile used to strike it wauz soviet designed portable air defense system. It is widely known that isis fighters obtained many man pads when they took over a Syrian Air Base last august. The latest version is vietnam era. The most advanced can shoot down aircraft at an altitude of
20,000 feet posing a threat to coalition aircraft. U. S. Manned apache helicopters are on station in iraq. It wont say how many. They are primarily to attack in the baghdad area. They have flown in support of Iraqi Army Operations against isis. In addition, isis posted on the internet video, this web page on how to shoot down an p apache helicopter. The pentagon is well aware of the threat and all u. S. Aircraft operating there do have effective counter measures. A final note, it is a finnicy weapon i should say. It is battery operated. When in stores, it can last several days. When activated, it runs out in a matter of seconds. Without the battery, it is a useless weapon. Back to you. Doug, thank you. Fox news alert, the test
results are just in and show a texas sheriffs deputy does not have ebola. Moments ago, he was released from the hospital. Casey is live in dallas with the latest. Casey . Reporter good evening. Frightening moments for the sheriffs deputy. More than 24 hours of not knowing whether or not he had the ebola virus. Just as you mentioned, not long ago, the official test results in. The test results are negative. He is okay. It happened to be a coincidence. He got sick after working inside the apartment where Liberian NationalThomas Duncan had fallen ill where he was staying with his family then died yesterday from ebola. Health Officials Say the body of mr. Duncan will be cremated, one of the safest ways to dispose of the body since it can transmit the virus after the victim has died. Tonight, duncans four family
members are still under quarantine orders. Orders that will not be lifts until october 19th. That marks the end of the virus long, 21day incubation period. They could still, theoretically have it and not develop symptoms up to ten days from now. Health officials on the ground say they are still not showing any signs of fever, one of the very early indications of ebola. That is something that is being monitored continuously, in fact, multiple times a day, we are told. Greta . Thank you. Many americans are terrified about the possible spread of ebola. A Dallas County judge was in the apartment where Thomas Duncan was staying. He was not wearing protective gear, why did he do that . He joins us. Good evening, sir. Good evening, greta, glad to be here. Nice to have you. Can you explain why you were in
the apartment . Well, i was in the apartment the night before i moved them to let them know that they needed Better Living conditions, that i wanted to get that apartment cleaned and get them to a location where i would be comfortable having my family if louise were in charge and i was in the apartment. The next day, i was there to move the family. Why is it your job to do that . Well, the county judge is the highest elected official in the county, overseeing emergency management. Its not really a judge at all. Im basically the county executive. Do you have any fear at all having gone in there with no protective gear . Greta, i have zero fear because the top doctors at the cdc and the Texas Department of health told me theres zero risk of me contracting the ebola
virus from asymptomatic contact with mr. Duncan. I wanted the three young men to see me as a person, because i saw them as a person. I didnt need to go talk to people who were already in a difficult situation dressed in a space suit when the cdc says theres no reason to do so. How was louise. How do you describe how shes doing and the boys are doing . The quarantine is tough and mr. Duncan has died. Its tough. They are good people. They are people of faith. Her minister and i went to break the news to her and the three young men yesterday. Its the sort of emotions you would expect. Then we read verses from the bible, prayed together. The young men had some questions. I tried my best to answer the young mens questions. Then i left there to go and talk to luis and eric duncans 19yearold son who was in town and who is the next of kin about how we would need to be handling the body. It was a difficult day for their family and a difficult day for dallas but im proud of the people of the county and the city and the state and the federal government. Does louise think they did a good job yesterday. Does louise think mr. Duncan got treated the same way as other ebola patients in this country, just as good medical care . Well, the best person to ask that would be louise. Shes hurting now, i understand that. What i have done in handling this response that i took over on thursday morning, i have torn
off the Rearview Mirror for things that happened before. We are going to look at them exhaustively when its over. For now, my focus is on keeping the people of Dallas County safe. Every 15 minutes, i want to move closer to making sure this is over and this ebola virus stops here in dallas. Thank you, sir. Thank you. News about the ebola prevention plan at the nations airports. A live report next. Plus, as the race for control gets hotter. The midterms are descending upon us. Something that could be huge happened in Mitch Mcconnells race in kentucky. It was caught on tape. Thats coming up. Well see it. Oker. He helps looks after all our money. Kid do you pay him . Dad of course. Kid how much . Dad i dont know exactly. Kid what if youre not happy . Does he have to pay you back . Dad nope. Kid why not . Dad it doesnt work that way. Kid why not . Vo are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is managed . Wealth management at Charles Schwab in life there are things you want to touch and some you just dont. Introducing the Kohler Touchless toilet. I have 40,ney do you have in your pocket right now . 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Its a fresh approach on education superintendent of public instruction Tom Torlaksons blueprint for great schools. Torlaksons blueprint outlines how investing in our schools will reduce class sizes, bring back music and art, and provide a wellrounded education. And torlaksons plan calls for more parental involvement. Spending decisions about our education dollars should be made by parents and teachers, not by politicians. Tell Tom Torlakson to keep fighting for a plan that invests in our public schools. You or someone you know could be screened for the deadly ebola virus. Which airports and which flights . Dulles is one of the first. Leland is there. When does this start . Reporter early next week here at washington dulles, greta and saturday at new yorks jfk. Five airports have the bulk of the folks coming in from the hot zone in africa. About 150 people a day go through a combination of chicago ohare, newarks jfk and here at dulles. When they come in, they face additional screening from customs and border protection. First off, their temperature taken with a no contact thermometer. It gets their temperature. If they have a fever, they go to a quarantine room set up at each
airport for a health interview, discussions with members of the cdc and Health Officials who make a game time decision about whether they are put in quarantine or monitored. The real issue is, is it going to work . Keep this in mind, thomas eric duncan, the guy who died after coming through washington dulles. Officials dont think he had a fever when he came through. He would have been allowed to pass and obviously, he died shortly there after from ebola. One of the reasons for that, ebola has a 21 day incubation period. Up to 21 days, people can appear to be fine, but be carrying the deadly disease and come into the United States. Its something that is scaring the cdc and other Health Officials making it difficult to keep them out of the country. Theres no plan b for those who dont present themselves with a fever, but are carrying the virus . We are out of luck with those . Reporter it certainly seems
like we are out of luck from getting them at the borders. The cdc says they dont want to shut down anybody and have a travel ban from people coming from the hot zone to the United States. One thing that is interesting, the Associated Press is reporting hospitals in the new york area are having actors come into the emergency room saying they have symptoms of ebola to see how well the staff reacts. That comes from Lessons Learned from mr. Duncan, allowed to come home after being sent home with the symptoms. Thank you. Remember dr. Brantly . He was infected with ebola, rushed to the United States and he survived. At the very minute, his blood is being pumped into another ebola patients body. Theres no more. Doctors are hoping his blood
will help cure an nbc camera man who caught ebola. How does that work . Research institute joinses us. Good evening. Can you tell us how that works . Sure. Antibodies against the body can work one of two ways. They can lock the virus together to prevent it from preventing more cells or swag the virus or infected cell by your own immune system. Dr. Brantlys blood probably has both antibodies in it. What are the odds . You are not going to give me a number tonight like what are the odds it will work . More than 50 or less than 50 that it will work . How big is it . Its impossible to tell. Also, its variable. Some people make a good immune response and some dont. Its impossible to know what you
get. We are trying to make the purified antibodies in the lab. We had new ones online that are exciting. Is the virus changing at all . The ebola virus, is it something we might find today that is successful today and a month from now does it change that fast . We have another problem . Right. This is exactly whats happening. The virus is mutating away in thousands of people in west africa. My lab is making the images to understand how it works. If you can show the blue and white protein movie, this is the structure of the surface protein of ebola. See the white piece . Its like thread wrapped around the blue spool. It will go into a human cell. Thats how it infects. Because we have these images we know how it works. What we are doing now is using
the images and the structures we have as a road map. We know that that blue and white molecule is like a wolf in sheeps clothing. Its wrapped in a cloak of human sugar on its way into the cell. It hijacks human enzymes to shed and expose the site it needs to drive into the cell. Working with a Company Called zebra and working with a professor we have been able to target antibodies against the sites. The reason we know what they are is the structural work