An apparent joke lead for frightening jokes for passenger. A man on board reportedly said i have ebola after she sneezed. Hazmat crews checked and eventually cleared the aircraft. Witnesses say the man who made the comment later said he was joking. No word whether hell be charged. In texas a sheriff deputy who displayed ebolalike symptoms tested negative for the virus. Hes been discharged from the hospital. Michael had got into the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan was staying and duncan became ill. The first person to die of ebola in the u. S. He scummed to the virus wednesday in dallas. Lets go live to dallas and sara day lot of. Good morning. Theres a lot of questions about the care mr. Duncan received. Whether his life could have been extended or received if he would have been diagnosed earlier. What is the hospital saying . Good morning, jose. The hospital speaking out to this high level of scrutiny theyre undergoing right now as to the care of mr. Duncan. They released a statement yesterday saying that, quote, our care Team Provided mr. Duncan with the same highlevel of attention and care that would have been given to any patient regardless of nationality or ability to pay for care. End quote. Youll remember duncan initially came here to the emergency room on september 26th. He had a fever, abdominal pain and told the nurse he had been to africa. They choose to discharge him with antibiotics. He went home but came back in an ambulance two days later. His condition deteriorated from there. A lot of what ifs going on. What if the hospital admitted and performed the ebola test. Would have the outcome been different . The hospital says as to those questions that at the time on the 26th, his condition did not warrant admission and, quote, he was not exhibiting signs specific to ebola. In their statements yesterday they explained a little bit more as to why duncan didnt receive a blood serum from a surviving ebola patient. Specifically were talking about dr. Kent brantly who has given blood twice to treat the ebola patients flown back here to the u. S. It contains antibodies thought to help somebody fight the virus. They say dr. Sacra tells us he was asked if he would be willing to give blood to duncan. He said of course, however the hospital said in the statement yesterday unfortunately the two men were not a match and it was not possible to make that transfusion. Back to you, jose. Sara, thank you so much for that live report this morning from texas. Let me bring in democratic congressman adam schiff of california. What a pleasure to see you. Lets talk about the extra screenings at five extra u. S. Airports. Is it enough . Its a prudent step. I think we have to have some humility about what we know about the virus, when it gets to this point. We havent an had outbreak quite like this before. I think the steps make a lot of sense. I fly through one of the airports all the time. Im glad theyre taking the step. I think its very sensible. The house approved 750 million to bolster Ebola Response efforts. Its not being held up in the Senate Armed Services committee, james inhofe withholding approval of funds in his chamber. How critical are the funds . Theyre essential. It were going to take the steps we need take, if were going assist in containing the outbreak in africa. Thats the not only for africa but best for the United States and the rest of the world. If it really leaves that continent in a big way or leaves west africa, then weve got a fullscale problem on our hands. Its the humanitarian thing to do. Its the right thing to do. I think americans should be proud of our response were sending our troops there to help in times of need. We have a capacity and a logistical capability that no other nation does. Im proud of what were doing. I want to talk about the isis issue. Theres some kind of a side story going on that i want your thoughts on. Your republican colleague from california here congressman Duncan Hunter he learned isis fighters had been trying to had been caught trying to enter the u. S. From mexico. Homeland security secretary jay johnson said its not true. Listen to this. We have no credible specific intelligence to that effect. Lets not unduly create fear and anxiety in the American Public by passing on speculation and rumor. Congressman, what are you hearing about this . How real is it the threat . I think secretary johnson is right. Members of congress, all the administration, we need to be careful to present the facts to the american people. Not high besh lee. Theres enough concern about isis and ebola without hyping the threat. Theres been no evidence that there have been attempted infiltrations. The arrests are not of isis people. Thats right. Thats right. And, you know, both in terms of not overstating the threat from isis and the threat is real but its a measured threat. Were responding to it, i think, in a forceful way. Not overstating the considerable challenge of ebola. I think its important to make sure we have a prudent response, a passionate response. A strong. Lets talk about kobani maybe 40 of the city has fallen to isis fighters. It could fall to isis. What does it mean and what are the impact it is would have . It would be devastating, obviously, to all the people that live in kobani. Many which have fled and others that have remained behind. You could have a humanitarian catastrophe there if theres a significant number of civilians. I think most of the people are probably fighters and some people reluctant to leave home. And others cant because Turkey Closed the border. What is turkey doing or letting happen . Were talking about possibly ethnic cleansing in a city. Its excruciatingly frustrating and terrible catastrophe. If turkey wont intervene, and it hasnt, it ought to allow civilians to leave, allow kurdish fighters to enter the area. I find inexplicable. There are obviously political reasons visavis turkeys relationship with the kurds and the pkk. I understand that. But that has to be set aside at a time of crisis like this. Thank you for being with us. After being shot in the head by the taliban two years ago, yesterday for advocating education for girls, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Sharing the prize with at the forefront of the Global Movement to end child slavery. The award will only give her more courage to keep fighting for girls education. She spoke at the u. N. At age 16. Now travels the world for her cause. Appropriately shes expected to speak next hour from a school in birmingham, england. Coming up the mystery deepens in north korea over the whereabouts of the young dictator. What king jong unhas many talking about today. Well have more on the battle against isis with a live report with Richard Engel. Are american air strikes doing enough to keep the terror group from taking a keep border town . 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Still more questions than answers this morning on what is going on with north Koreas Kim Jong un. For the first time in three years kim did not appear at the anniversary celebration for the founding of the ruling workers party. In fact, the dictator hasnt been seen in public in more than a month. Hes been seen walking with a limp and overweight. Sparking rumors about his health. North korean government isnt saying anything publicly about the dictators absence. Those massive protests on the streets of hong kong are far from over. Take a look at this huge crowds today gathered after government cancelled talks that had been scheduled for today. A number of protesters dwindled in the last couple of days but student leaders vowing to stay until the government responds to their demands in greater say in choosing the citys leaders. To the fight against isis. There are new reports isis is gaining more ground in syria in the strategic town of kobani. One Human Rights Group said isis controls at least 40 of kobani. Up from about a third just yesterday. Nbc chief Foreign CorrespondentRichard Engel joins live in turkey near the board we are syria. Good morning, richard. We got information from the pentagon correspondent that things have ground to a stand still in kobani. What can you tell us about that . Reporter its unclear how long the fight is going last. The defenders of kobani think they can hold on for a few more days, a few more weeks, but the and they have been given some more breathing room by intensified u. S. Air strikes. There have been several dozen air strikes conducted b eed by u. S. Military around the edges of kobani. Its more difficult to isis to bring in the heavy weapons, artillery, weapons, and tanks and bring in more fighters. There are already some fighters from isis inside kobani. There havent been any Coalition Air strikes inside kobani because the u. S. Doesnt have the kind of cooperation and communications with the kurdish fighters in the city to provide that kind of close air support. The u. S. Wouldnt know who it would be attacking if it started to attack in the built up urban part of kobani itself. Thats where the fighting is most intense right now. And were hearing reports as well that the isis militants are advancing within the city. So yes, the air strikes have been helping. Theyve been helping around the edges of the city but not helping with the fighters who are inside kobani. And i heard you talking earlier to a guest. Its unclear how many civilians are still inside kobani. But the vast majority of civilians are weve been told, have left kobani. Its mostly fighters in the city. Several hundred fighters, perhaps a few thousand fighters according to turkish officials. U. S. Officials are saying they are confident it will not escalate into a cross border fight with turkey. Is there any sign turkey will do anything . Turkey has not intervened militarily to the great frustration of many kurds in this country. Turkey, about 25 of turkeys population is kurdish or people of kurdish nationality. Kobani is a kurdish city. Kurds here are watching their brothers across the border in syria being attacked and theyre watching the turkish army not reacting. Not doing anything with its tanks and troops. In some cases just a few hundred yards away. Its causing a lot of anger here, street protests, clashes more than 20 people dead in clashes over the last several days. Nbc Richard Engel in turkey, thank you so much for your time. Lets bring in Washington Post correspondent. Thank you for being with me. Secretary john kerry was asked about the deer or teriorating situation in kobani. Kobani is a tragedy. It represents the evil of isis. It is not the definition either of the strategy or of the full measure of what is happening with respect to isil. It is one town and there will be others where there will be conflicts with isil over the course of the next few months. What is he saying, ann . Hes saying that kobani may be sacrificed in essence. Im sure he would never put it in those terms. But the turks have not allowed the rest of the civilians to flee and the u. N. Estimates now there may be 500 or more civilians trapped in that kurdish down inside syria, but it is not what kerry was saying there. Its not a part of the strategic overall strategy for defeating isis. Of course, everyone would like to save civilians and would like to see the prevention of a militant take over of kobani, but what reading between the lines. What hes saying and what u. S. Officials are saying privately this isnt going to be the end, anything close to it, and the focus on kobani is not actually really giving a voice to the larger fight. Ann, u. N. Envoy said thousand of people will remain effected by this. Could be massacred the town falls. What happens if kobani falls . If kobani fall it is will be a major Public Relations victory for the Islamic State, and it really sets off an uncertain chain of events with regards to kurds and kurdish nationalism. You were talking with Richard Engel earlier about turkeys refusal to allow more civilians to flee or dissent its tanks or Ground Forces in. Its a short distance across the border, they could do so fairly easily as a technical matter. A they wont. They would like for the u. S. To agree to go after syrian president Bashar Al Assad who turkey detests. And the turkish president has said hes not going to do anything until he has the assuran assurance. That isnt only the Islamic State that u. S. War planes will target. But beneath that is the sub text if hes worried about an explosion of kurdish nationalism on his border. There are kurds inside his country and inside many others. He doesnt want this to become another kurdish uprising, which would be a problem for him. Yeah, ann, i want your reaction to the fact that isis is getting dangerously close to baghdad. It doesnt seem to be retreating pretty much anywhere. No. The Washington Post has a piece today about how the whole province is at risk. Its a gateway to baghdad and certainly a place that americans remember well from the iraq war. It would be another huge Public Relations victory for the Islamic State if it were to gain functional control of anbar. Thank you for being with me. I appreciate your comments and thoughts every day. Appreciate it. Thank you. New protests in the st. Louis area in the wake of the Police Shooting. The protest. This gears up as a weekend of resistance over the death of Michael Brown. Well go there live in minutes. Im only in my 60s. Ive got a nice long life ahead. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. Then i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. 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Police say 18yearold meyers fired first at the officers. Meyers parents say he was unarmed. The racial flair up comes two months after the national june heavily caused by the fie tal Police Shooting of unarmed Police ShootingMichael Brown in nearby ferguson. Thousands of people are expected this weekend in what is being called a weekend of resistance. Msnbc amanda is live in clayton, missouri. Good morning, amanda. Good morning. Before we get to this weeks protests. What is going on right now in st. Louis . Some are calling for the Justice Department to get involved . Yes, the Justice Department already has an investigation into the Ferguson Police departments policing practice and separate probe into Michael Browns shooting.