Correspondent who is near the turkey border. Reporter on that border watching a big deadly fight in kobani, which is having an even bigger impact on a broader war against isis terrorists. Youre looking at what appears to be a massive isis car bomb blowing up in the syrian town of kobani. The terrorists said to be targeting a compound are the Kurdish Militia defending the city. A huge cloud of smoke reaching high up in the sky. In its latest release, it is claimed the kurds control most of the city. The view from the ground looks very different. There was some skirmishing east of the city, but that area was mostly quiet today. Thats because thats where isis black flags of terror already fly. The group is said to control much of that ground. We are seeing a lot of smoke and a lot of action to the west of the center, and that is where perhaps were seeing isis and kurdish defenders clashing. There was streettostreet, blocktoblock close quarter combat there, including small arms fire, machine guns, more bomb blasts. And where was the u. S. . There were five more Coalition Air strikes targeting isis units, a training ground, and a support center, but outside the city. While those strikes might help disrupt supply lines to the terrorists, they did little to slow down the battle. And neither did the turkish military. For another day, its tanks and armor stood at the border doing nothing except holding back the locals. We are kurdish, this man says. We are here to the death. Turkey should give us permission to cross. They are angry. Ethnic Group Protesters clashed for a third night with police. The nationwide death toll is now 26. Turkeys role in the terror fight is also the subject of meeting with the head of the u. S. Led antiisis campaign, general john allen, and turkish officials in ankara. Just a few minutes ago, we got a new word of nine more air strikes to the north and the south of kobani, some of them sounding considerably closer to the action that we were witnessing. Perhaps kobani is gaining in strategic importance. Greg, thank you. Lets get more on the u. S. Strategy and what needs to be done differently perhaps from someone who knows the area intimately. Retired Lieutenant General michael borbaro is a career infantry officer who served more than 46 months in iraq over three separate tours of duty. Hes now selfemployed, consulting for various companies doing business in the region. Hes just returned from the front lines with an assessment of the problems there. Welcome, general. Thanks, bret, great to be here. First of all, give us an assessment of the front lines there. The kurds have a thousandkilometer border with isis, and at any one time theyre fighting in six to eight different areas. And theyre holding and they push back a little, but to sum it up, theyre outgunned and overmatched by isis. The kurds weve had a number of officials on this program say they are not getting the equipment, the heavy equipment from the u. S. And frankly, theyre frustrated. For weeks theyve been requesting written lists of equipment, heavy weapons. Theyre up against suicide bombers, artillery tanks, and they have a few mortars from us and a lot of a. K. 47s and bullets, but not what they feel they need. The heavy weapons that it really takes to fight isis. I read a stat that only 5 of the peshmerga soldiers have helmets. Right. And thats ive seen that same report. I think its accurate from what ive seen. They are going around europe to different capitals asking, begging for help. What do you think the problem is with the u. S. . I think its largely a policy problem. We have this one baghdad one iraq policy where everything goes through baghdad. And were very sensitive to baghdads feelings about arming and empowering the kurds. And frankly, i think were held hostage also by turkey. Turkey has a different agenda, different interest and their fear of an empowered kurdish population i think is playing into this also. And when you go through baghdad, there are internal Political Considerations that baghdad has because they dont want to empower the kurds too much because the kurds want sovereignty to break away from baghdad. They want greater autonomy. Theres friction in certain areas to include kirkuk, that baghdad has been concerned about, that we put ourselves in the midst of that to reduce these frictions. But as far as fighters go, the peshmerga, the kurds are committed to this fight against isis. Obviously theyre taking heavy loss. What is the disparity between what theyre facing . They said they start off with suicide bombers, theyre followed by artillery, and then followed up by tanks. And they have very few to no antiarmor systems to defeat these tanks. And they have no really indirect fire weapons to counteract this artillery. So theyll fight. They have fought. They are fighting. They will fight. They just need the means to do this. And the president said we are going to help and equip those who will fight on the ground against isis, and here we are. I mean, all the flights going in go through baghdad . All the military aid that we have sent goes through baghdad. Baghdad has insisted upon it. It lands there to be inspected and is delayed, and the kurds ask, why are you letting your Foreign Policy be hijacked by baghdad . And lets be honest, the big picture here, iran has a huge influence. Iran has a huge influence in baghdad, theyre present, theyre active. Yeah, they do. Whats your assessment of the air strikes and how effective or ineffective theyve been . You cant air strike your way out of this. And were seeing diminishing returns on the air strikes. The kurds and others are frustrated with the numbers and the effectiveness because isis is smart. Theyve adapted. They move at night. Theyve dispersed. They go into villages. Five air strikes a day around kobani is not going to make an impression. Perspectivewise, that is really minimal. It is minimal. It is. These are air strikes, this is not an air campaign. So what changes the dynamic . Changes the dynamics to be decisive, you will need a ground force to dislodge isis. There are no good options here, but at the end of the day, its got to be the kurds, theyre empowered, armed and equipped to be able to do this, but also finally Iraqi Security forces. Its going to be hard, its going to require advising, assisting by us. Theres all this talk about training the kurdish forces. Has that materialized . No. No, it hasnt. There was some small training. Theres a country thats given them some antitank weapons that came with training, but the kurds are used to fighting in the mountains or being on check points and static security. Theyre not used to this. Theyre fighting, but they need our help to help train them for this enemy. Very capable enemy. Is the situation dire there . In kobani, its dire. Along the rest of their thousandkilometer border, its secure. But id say its very tenuous. General, thank you very much for your time. Very interesting. Thank you, bret. Officials in yemen say nearly 70 people were killed in two suicide bombings today. One targeted a gathering of shiite rebels in sanaa. The bombings underscore the countrys volatile situation following last months takeover of the capital by shiite rebels. Very few things get the collective journalistic juices flowing here in washington more than allegations of a coverup. And we appear to have another one tonight. It involves a white house advance man who may have had a prostitute in his hotel room ahead of the president s trip to colomb colombia. Why is that important now . Chief White House Correspondent ed henry has details. Reporter explosive new allegations that aides to president obama slowwalked an investigation into whether a white house volunteer was also involved in the prostitution scandal that rocked the secret Service Two Years ago on the eve of a summit in colombia. A totally different standard and perhaps a misdirection in some coverup to make sure that story never saw the light of day before the 2012 election. Reporter white house officials deny a coverup, noting the allegation of a white house connection was reviewed by a Bipartisan Senate panel and ruled inconclusive. But whats new is the Washington Post reports white house officials were given Hotel Records suggesting a member of the White House Advance Team, jonathan dock, had a prostitute as an overnight guest in his room. Even though the spokesman at the time jay carney repeatedly denied a white house tie to the scandal. There have been no specific credible allegations of misconduct by anyone on the White House Advance Team or the white house staff. Reporter an attorney told the allegations are completely false, adding, the post bases its allegations almost exclusively on a hotel log with the name of a prostitute andoom. Yet neither Jonathan Dachs name nor his signature appears on the hotel log. And as the post reported, another instance of a mistaken hotel log wrongly implicated a secret Service Agent as well. Except some were used to damage the careers of ten secret Service Agents who lost their jobs. All the exposure landed on the laps of those who put their lives at risk, while others whose parents may have some kind of connection to the white house were somehow spared from both the public humiliation. Dachs father leslie is a Democratic Campaign donor and a former lobbyist for walmart, who partnered with first Lady Michelle obamas lets move campaign and now works at the department of health and human services, while Jonathan Dach is now at the state department, working on global womens issues. Meanwhile, thenwhite House Counsel katherine rumler, who is now on the short list to replace eric holder, conducted her own probe two years ago and concluded there was no wrong doing. Did the white House Counsel check the Hotel Records in colombia to see if any white house advance or white house staff im not going to get into the specifics. Reporter thats why republican Jason Chaffetz has demanded all the documents be turned over, which could be a big issue if theres conf confirmatico confirmation hearings. More on this with the panel. What do you think . Was there a coverup . Use bretbaier. Up next, a live update on the ebola situation from dallas. Heres what some of our fox affiliates are covering. Fox 6 in birmingham, alabama. A john doe buried in 1981 could be a former state Department Diplomat who killed his family five years earlier, then disappeared. He was placed on the fbis most wanted list in april of this year. Forensic tests are now being conducted. Fox 9 in the twin cities with more trouble for vikings running back adrian peterson. Court records indicate he admitted smoking weed in violation of his bond on the child abuse charge. A prosecutor in texas has asked for an arrest warrant. Peterson has not played since the first game of the season. This is a live look at boston from our affiliate there fox 25. One of their big stories, the discovery of a small red book in a time capsule from 1901. It was recovered from a statue of a lion atop a boston building. The book has not been taken out of that box because its in fragile condition. So no one knows whats in it. What good is that . Thats tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. So i can reach ally bank 24 7, but there are no branches . 24 7 its just im a little reluctant to try new things. Whats wrong with trying new things . Feel that in your muscles . Yeah. I do. Try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. Because i make the best chicken noodle soup because i make the best chicken noodle soup because i make the best chicken noodle soup for every way you make chicken noodle soup, make it delicious with swanson® red lobsters endless shrimp is now the years largest variety of shrimp flavors like new woodgrilled sriracha shrimp or parmesan crusted shrimp scampi. As much as you like, any way you like hurry in and sea food differently. The American Military effort in west africa is intensifying tonight in the battle against the ebola virus. Six planes brought equipment and 100 more marines to liberia. Also today, we learned another doctor in liberia has died after becoming infected. Here at home, concern still centers on dallas where one patient has died. But tonight, some good news about a deputy feared to have the virus. Casey steigel is in dallas again tonight. Reporter in the same texas hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan died from ebola, a Dallas County sheriffs deputys long wait is over. Hes in the clear after fears he had contracted it himself. Hes one of the First Responders there. He was in the apartment for maybe half an hour at that. We were told by him and other officials that he didnt come in contact with duncan at all. Michael monig was one of five deputies who went with local Health Officials to meet with thomas duncans family last week. He started feeling sick yesterday and was brought to Texas Health Presbyterian hospital by balance where he was tested for ebola. His blood test results just came back negative. Hes doing better. Meantime, the United States government will soon begin additional screening for passengers at the five busiest u. S. Airports with traffic coming in from west africa. Jfk, newark, dulles, chicago, and atlanta. This will include using special equipment to check the body temperature of fliers as they deplane. Ebola fears caused some people to temporarily walk off the job at new Yorks Laguardia airport today. Aircraft cabin cleaners say they are not adequately protected against potential exposure to the deadly virus. These workers have been exposed to blood, to urine, to feces. Reporter Health Officials are scrambling to contain the outbreak across the globe. A nurse in spain came down with ebola after treating infected missionaries who had been in west africa. Her condition is said to be deteriorating, as two doctors who treated her are now under observation. The numbers are going to increase before we can get to a leveling off point. But right now, what is most important is that every day, those on the ground efforts, that there is urgency. Reporter back out here live tonight. Many have called for a complete travel ban to the affected areas of west africa, but dr. Tom freeden, the head of the cdc, tells fox news he does not support that at all and he doesnt believe it would work for a number of reasons. He says he thinks that it would isolate that part of the world, home to some 22 million people. He thinks it would drive patients with ebola actually underground, and he also believes that it would cut off medical supplies and badlyneeded assistance that needs to be flowing directly into that region. Bret . Casey steigel live in dallas. Thank you. More trouble tonight in st. Louis after another Fatal Police Shooting of an africanamerican man. Crowds took to the streets after word that an off Duty Police Officer killed the 18yearold. A Police Official says myers ran from the officer and fired shots at him before being killed. The official says a gun was recovered. Family members insist myers had a sandwich in his hand, not a gun. Authorities in pennsylvania say a journal left by a suspected cop killer provides a coldblooded and absolutely chilling account of his ambush of a Pennsylvania State barracks. Hundreds are searching the northeastern pennsylvania woods for eric frein. The journal was found in a bag of trash at a wooded campsite authorities believe was used by frein. Still ahead, big money and big interest in two Crucial Senate races. Well have complete coverage. First, why less water for california could mean higher prices for you. This is a fox news alert. Stocks plunged today. Its been a roller coaster all week, but the dow suffered its biggest point loss of the year, dropping 335 today. The s p 500 fell 41. The nasdaq was off 90. Lets find out what happened. Liz clayman is in new york tonight with some answers. So, liz, how about it . Well, a heck of a pendulum swing, back and forth. But today was a little alarming. When you look and see a more than 300point drop in the dow jones industrials, a lot of your viewers are saying what happened, what caused this . You can really look no further than europe. Europe, which at the start of the year started to look like it was recovering, it has started to slow down. Month after month. And that has become very disconcerting to the markets. But today, the head of the European CentralBank Mario Draghi actually articulated it in a speech. There was a report that said that germany, bret, is very close to recession. Germanys been that stalwart economy within the eurozone, so that got people very nervous. Our markets turned tail, boom, we went down. And again, i think its really important to remind people theres been a lot of volatility. This is the third day in a row where weve seep a 200point plusswing in either direction. Up, down, all around. So volatility is back. So which sectors were hit hardest . Oh, by far, energy. Energy got hurt the hardest. Although there was so much red spread across the screen in social media and media and banks, financials. All kinds of areas got hurt. But energy got clobbered, bret. The price of light crude hit its lowest price since 2012, and then you started to see the drillers, the big oil companies, exxon mobil, chevron, apache, everything went down. If you wanted to find some green on the screen, you really could only find it in the precious metals. Gold moved higher, platinum