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Travelers from west africa for the virus. The stepped up measures begin this weekend. Lets go live to dallas and sarah. Good morning. Reporter good morning, jose. We are learning more about this deputy who is being treated inside. We are told he is one that served a quarantine order at the apartment where duncan was staying. Duncan was not there, authorities dont believe he had direct contact with him. However, they say he went to an urgent care clinic yesterday and was exhibiting enough signs of the illness that the decision was made to transport him here to the hospital and treat him out of abundance of caution. Now, it is important to note that some of the symptoms in the beginning of ebola, things like fever and vomiting are consistent with a number of other illnesses, malaria, dengue fever and the flu. Keeping a close eye on him now. He was not one of 48 known to have some type of contact with duncan, including ten that had direct contact. Theyre still being monitored closely, includes twice daily temperature checks to look for fever. One of the first possible signs of ebola. But as i said, also a sign of other illnesses right now. For this deputy, it takes 48 hours for tests to come back for ebola. Right now, just caution, waiting, keeping an eye on him and the other 48 people. A Memorial Service was held yesterday for duncan, a prayer service. The fiance he had come to america to marry not able to attend, they watched by Video Conference to give them some peace and comfort in the hour of their grief. And the other health concern, handling the body of mr. Duncan. What are Health Officials saying about that. There are district protocols from the cdc as to handling of someones remains who died from ebola, that includes no embalming, anyone that handles the body must wear personal protective equipment and you cant do traditional burial. You have to use a sealed cough in or cremation. They opted for cremation. Sarah, thank you for that live report. I want to bring in New York University rheumatologist dr. Natalie czar. Duncans girlfriend and others are raising flags asking would he have a better chance of surviving had he been treated and not sent home at first . We cant completely speculate would he have survived had he been treated earlier. Knowing in the majority of cases we are not giving antivirals to masses being infected, one of the earliest interventions to do to save peoples lives is to do that Supportive Care early, replace election troe lights lost to support renal function. The earlier the intervention, the better chance for survival. I would never go so far to say this patient would have absolutely survived had he been admitted when he first presented to the hospital. American dr. Ken brantly who was successfully treated for ebola reportedly told the dallas hospital he was willing to donate if his blood type was a match, but never heard back from the hospital. And assumed his blood type wasnt a match. How might this play a role fighting ebola . We know that the case in nebraska is going to be receiving the same antiviral therapy that mr. Duncan got. He was beginning transfusions from a patient who survived the ebola illness, and therefore has made antibodies to it. We certainly think that giving an infusion of somebody elses blood who has the antibodies could help in the recovery effort of that particular person, but you know, i need to point out again that we dont have human trials to this nature. This is all experimental. But certainly we would try to do everything we can to save a life of a person who was infected, and those two interventions could make a difference, one being an antiviral therapy and one being blood transfusion from a person who survived. And so lets talk about these antiviral transfusions. We dont know if they played a part in saving the people that were safe, right . We dont even know that. I know, in mr. Duncans case he received the experimental drug, it is used in trials, phase three trials in two vierlt infections. It is not specific to ebola at all. It is simply an antiviral. There was some in the test tube, there was evidence it could be effective against ebola, so it was completely experimental. Another drug given to a few patients, it is different. It contains viral protein specific to ebola, so it is a mortar getted therapy. And the two original patients from liberia also got one with specific antibodies to ebola. What i like is that we are able to get fast track and expanded access for potential therapies, but certainly as we see, and i should point out, too, there are other examples of instituting antiviral therapy too late, for example. With influenza, like to treat in 48 hours, shingles, before lesions crust over. Theres opportunity to give them antivirals where it could make a difference. Stay with me, doctor. I want to bring in another doctor currently in liberia. Dr. Timothy flanagan with brown university. He is volunteering to train Health Care Workers to function safely in the ebola epidemic. Thank you for being with me. Youre sharing pictures on your website of your time in liberia. Talk about what youre seeing there, describe the situation. Well, im not working directly in ebola treatment units, but im working with some really extraordinary clinics that are staying open in the middle of the epidemic. At sister barbara ann and agnes clinics, working with Health Care Workers to ensure they had adequate equipment in order for them to stay safe. And theyre anxious like american Health Care Workers. But theyre doing an extraordinary job taking care of the patients in their community. Ebola has done more it is a helpful thing youre doing. Ebola killed more than 3800 in west africa. The virus infected more than 8,000 others. What resources are needed to fight this fight there. You know, liberia, we all know it is quite poor. We have to realize it went through 13 years of civil war. The two clinics i was at today were both named after two killed in the civil war in the early 90s. So the country is still recovering. The infrastructure, the Health Care System is quite exceptionally weak. When ebola broke out, no one realized this viral hemorrhagic fever was here. At this point, i can say resources now are coming in. They are. Listen, dr. Flanagan, thank you so much for being with us directly from liberia. Theres some delay in communication, but we are where we are in this. I really appreciate your time. Natalie azar, also thank you for being with me. Important conversation we are having. Thanks. Now to a developing story at home. The white house is dealing with another headache surrounding the secret service. New report from the Washington Post today says the 2012 prostitution scandal in colombia went to the house, linking a per diem staffer to the controversy. Kristin welker joins us from the white house. Good morning to you. The white house is pushing back hard on this new report. They are. There are new details from the Washington Post about the 2012 prostitution scandal in colombia that you mentioned. That led to ousting of Ten Secret Service agents and officers. Heres what the post is reporting. According to the post, citing documents and interviews, senior white house aides were given information at the time, suggesting that a prostitute was an overnight guest in the hotel room of jonathan dock, that was then a 25yearold white house volunteer who was paid per diem. The white house reports they were alerted, but that investigation was never thoroughly investigated. At the time, jay carney strongly denied involvement. I reached out by phone, he wouldnt comment. His attorney strongly denies the allegations to the Washington Post, calling them, quote, utterly and completely false. Overnight, a white house spokesman said in a statement as was reported more than two years ago, the white house conducted internal review that did not identify any inappropriate behavior on part of the white house advance team. The report suggests there was attempt to cover up the fact, citing a lead Homeland Security investigation that told staffers we were directed at the time to delay report of the investigation until after the 2012 election. Here is where that gets complicated. The white house points out a Bipartisan Senate subcommittee later questioned that account, saying there was no corroboration. Prostitution scandal as you recall was really the first in what became a series of high profile mishaps. Julia pierson was brought in as director to overhaul the agency after the colombia incident. She resigned after the fence jumper made it deep inside the white house. One more point. The post reports that staffers that raised questions about a white house role were put on administrative leave as punishment, but Administration Officials say thats not the reason they were put on leave. As that investigation continues, joe clancy takes over reigns as interim director at secret service. It is his fourth day in his new position. This is clearly sounds like a whole lot different than just prostitution in colombia, where if youre an adult, it is legal. Thats right. Kristin welker, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Coming up, new developments in the war against isis, calls coming in at this moment after the fbi asked for help identifying this man, perhaps of american or canadian descent. We learn about a possible terror plot in canada. In chicago later this morning, a detention hearing for 19yearold arrested at Ohare Airport in chicago for trying to travel to the region to join the terrorists. And the faith of coban ee, the consequences of it falling, massive. 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Im bob pack, and im fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i dont want anyone else to lose theirs. The three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. Save money and save lives. Yes on 46. Trying to fight for kobani, and new information about isis inspired attacks in canada. Kobani, a city under siege. Isis controls more than a third of the town on the border with turkey. On morning joe, former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chernoff is raising the stakes, and says if kobani falls, the u. S. Should reexamine its strategy. Now that we said we are going to degrade and destroy them, we better do it. As i watch kobani. If they take kobani and we havent really put an effort in, we may have to start to look again at whether some ground elements have to go into the theater. Back in this country, the fbi says it is sorting through dozens of responses to its request for help in identifying this man, seen in an isis propaganda video, he is believed to be from the u. S. Or canada. The fbi has used Voice Recognition software to try to uncover his identity. And our neighbor to the north is beefing up security after intelligence officials picked up chatter discussing potential isis inspired knife and gun attacks against the u. S. And canadian targets inside canada. Bring in former editor for the daily beast, back from turkey, joins us from paris, and sophia jones, middle east correspondent for the post. The military launched some 23 air strikes against isis targets near kobani, more than a third of that city is under isis control. Whats the significance if this city kwauls to isis. Does the former Homeland Security Security Officer have a point saying the u. S. Has to reconsider if it falls . Well, theres a game being played with turkey about who goes in on the ground. The turks have as many as 650,000 troops in their army. And theyre sitting on the border, and theyre not moving. The game theyre playing is that the americans should go in first, the americans should go in on the ground. I dont think thats going to happen. I dont think obama is willing to do that and i dont think American People want to do that. If somebody doesnt do it, it will be hard to hold onto kobani. Right now, the american air strikes are hitting as much as they can. Theyre rocking and rolling, according to our correspondent on the scene now. But thats not enough, once those isis troops go into the city, you cant level the city. It is house to house fighting. And sophia, theres been rioting in the streets of turkey, with some turks calling for the government to take military action against isis. Christopher was saying, turkey isnt doing anything yet. Could that change . Do we think theres a possibility the turkish government can change . As of right now, doesnt look like there will be much Turkish Military intervention. Kobani is a simple for kurds. They have taken to the streets and rioted, left at least 21 people dead. Theyre furious. They say turkey isnt doing anything, in many cases say theyre hurting kurds by not letting fighters from turkey cross into kobani to help. Yeah. And christopher, so the situation is that turkey, a nato member, has an American Air Force base about 100 miles from the border with syria is not even letting americans do anything with that military base. What if going to take for turkey to do anything when theres possibly ethnic cleansing to occur miles from its border if this town falls . Well, it is a very difficult situation, but youve got to understand that the priorities of turkey are about the reverse of the priorities of the united states. The priorities of erdogan, he wants to keep the kurds in line, thirdly wants to do something about isis. It is the reverse for the americans. First priority is isis, last priority is getting rid of assad. What he is saying is you have to make a deal with us about getting rid of assad if you want us to help you with isis. In the meantime, a lot of people are dying. And sophia, cant forget about the growing humanitarian crisis involving Syrian Refugees, you have been following that. Tell us about the desperate situation faced by so many people trying to escape this violence. Over 180,000 people have crossed into turkey in the past few weeks with kobani under siege. Thats in addition to a million Syrian Refugees already here. It is incredibly desperate. Many are homeless, have nowhere to go. On the streets, on the border, civilians from kobani are sitting there with belongings, and dont know what to do next. What a tragedy. Think about it, friends. More than a Million People having to leave their places of birth where theyve known no other city many times. And people having to flee from destruction of a city, thinking if this falls, were dead. What a tragic situation. Thank you both for being with me this morning. Appreciate your time. Thank you so much. Coming up, 60 day vigil to mark the death of michael brown, scheduled for tonight in ferguson, missouri. But it is an officer involved shooting on the south side of the city of st. Louis that has protesters again and police squaring off. Tell you what happened next. And to the unrest a half world away in hong kong, government leaders called off a meeting with students at the helm of a prodemocracy movement, now the protesters are calling for people to continue the occupation of the city, thousands, thousands took to the streets last night, and all last week, to call for free elections in 2017 without interference of the regime. We will follow up on that in seconds. 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Thats when the officer returned 17 shots. Relatives of the 18yearold say he was unarmed. Once word spread on social media. 300 protesters filled the streets. Gunshots were fired randomly, no one was hurt. Several police cars were, however, damaged. 16 days ago, a Police Officer shot and killed michael brown. A vigil will be held there tonight. Activists call for a weekend of resistance in ferguson and across the country. Coming up, a frightening headline, millions of americans wake up to this morning. Federal officials order screening for possible ebola at five u. S. Airports. What we want to do is put an additional, more active screening at points of arrival as well, and we are having good discussions with the airlines about contributing to this. A new nbc news survey shows they may not go far enough for the majority of americans. A live report from one of the airports straight ahead. And later, theres no place like home. 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