Speed is the most important variable here. This is controllable and this was preventable. Former president jimmy carter is criticizing president obama today. This time over his isis strategy. He told the star telegram this. First of all, we waited too long. We let the Islamic State build up its money, capability and strength and weapons while still in syria. He calls president obamas shifting policies. He has taken criticism on drones and the Affordable Care act. Also in the United States, a suburban chicago teen accused of trying to join isis is in court. Mohamed hamza khan. He was on his way to vienna and then istanbul to fight for isis. He is charged with attempting to provide support to a Foreign Terrorist Group drilling down on the fight against isis. They are stepping up around the besieged city of cobanny. Air strikes are not enough, they said. According to the pentagon in the last 36 hours, forces launched 23 separate air strikes against isis. Outside this turkish Syrian Border town. The local act vivs say they continue to make gains in the case of those offensives, preparing a huge flag to fly over the city once they capture it. Secretary Michael Chertoff said cobanny could be a game changer. We better do it. As i watch kobani and if they cake it and we havent put an effort in, we may have to start to look at whether at least some ground elements have to go into the theater. The chief Foreign Correspondent is following this from turkey. Thank you, richard. First of all, can cobanny be saved without Ground Troops . It creates a host of problem. One of the issues are the kurdish fighters in kobani. These fighters are violently against a turkish intervention. The turkish troops are a few hadnt yards away. These and the kurdish troops see themselves as enemies. These turkish troops have been fighting a long, long war within turkey against the kurdish fighters who are linked to the pkk and a syrian version. Turkish troops would be problematic. American troops would be incredibly problematic. American boots on the ground in syria which is a conflict that i think the u. S. Doesnt fully understand that has many competing factions. We talk about isis as if it exists in a vacuum. Isis doesnt exist in a vacuum. There a host of other militant groups in the area. Of other different kurdish issues. Sunni issues. Shia issues. Putting american boots on the ground would be stepping into an absolute hornets nest. Lets look at what the u. S. Is doing. They are striking around kobani, but not in it. Why is that . The u. S. Doesnt have close relations with this group of kurdish fighters who are in kobani. The u. S. Deals with other kurds in iraq. It deals with some sunni moderate groups, rebel groups, but it doesnt deal with this kurdish group. If the u. S. Were to start bombing inside kobani, its possible it could hit kurdish fighters and isis. They are not coordinating for Close Air Support with anyone on the ground. If they started bombing in the city, they could be lots of unexpected consequences. Thank you for following that. Appreciate getting your updates. Tough questions about the nation that as richard mentioned, kobani touches turkey. They were unable to convince them otherwise. U. S. Ambassador to the un can help us make sense of. Take a listen. It is not in the best interest to emerge on their doof step. Is the u. S. Having any involvement on turkeys crisis . What i sense is turkey obviously trying to get leverage and always have been that way. I am optimistic, but the fact that they are not creating buffer zones and not giving assistance and not participating with some on the ground force and not assisting the moderate groups and the sunnis and that is disturbing. They pushed them in and what is one of the lone voices trying to get them in. We trade a lot with them. Their leader, he is a very strong, feisty, fundamentalalist and he wants world attention and he is playing hard to get. Effectually they will come through, but we will need them fast. Right now air strikes alone are not going to be sufficient. You mentioned the problems with a controversial figure. His human rights track record is far from sterling and the fundamental objectives they have are not always the u. S. Objectives in play. Al assad and his role in syria. Do they consider them an ally under the best of circumstances . They are a good ally. On a number of fronts. Sure, right now they are being difficult, but i think the end result, the pressure that the u. S. Is bringing and the European Community and the kurdish elements and i think turkeys role in the world. They want to be Major Players within nato and the region. They have to participate. They cant just do it the way they are doing it. Not even halfway. I think they want something in return. They want us to assist the moderates in syria that are against assad. Perhaps thats a trade off, but in the end turkey is an american friend. Its a european friend. I think it veers more towards europe than some of the fundamental streak that is it espouses. He is a realist and he has been playing hard nose politics. I believe effectually he will move in the right direction. Everybody seems to be talking about jimmy carters comments saying president obama waited too long. One interesting facet is he cites secretaries panetta and gates. Take a look at this. President obama has to figure out what his policy is. It changes from time to time. I noticed that both of the secretaries of defense after they got out of office have been critical of the lack of positive action on the part of the president. He has been delayed and draws red lines on the sand in the committees and he doesnt go through with it. Is that contention that the United States simply waited too long to enter this conflict an emerging consensus with World Leaders . He wanted the air strikes to work and wanted a military strategy. Im disappointed secretary panetta is a friend. He was a very good defense secretary, but right now he is on a book tour and perhaps thats motivating. I think those expressions of concern should have been raised while the president was making a decision. Apart from that, i think that there is going to have to be some patience here. This is going to be a strong struggle. I think the president has to have his ducks in a row. They are entering coalition it is getting the turks on board and the sunnis on the sidelines with us. Its being effective in how we deal with the kurds. Its having a strong effort that really works in terms of the military air strikes. Take a look at something our partners have brought us. They have been talking to the members of the army who said u. S. And allied air strikes are hitting buildings occupied by the Free Syrian Army forces, exactly the opposite of what is intended. These are the key Syrian Rebels that the u. S. Is trying to help. Take a listen to this. Last night we took strikes by 18ed al qaeda operatives in syrian war known as the khorazan group. Ambassador, do you think thats just a normal level of collateral and do you think these strikes could have the unintended consequence of helping isis . Look, i feel for those people and they are suffering, but you know, the president could not disclose those strikes against khorazan because this was a National Security matter that might have attacked the u. S. On the other hand other there is concern that the air strikes help assad. You really cant win when you have a military air strike, but this is why you have to target it. This is very unfortunate. At the same time i do think that the air strikes are having a positive military effect. The key is get the turks, get the sunnis. Get the various factions and supportive of our efforts against isis. These are difficult decisions and when to strike and how much to disclose ahead of strikes. None of it easy and almost no winning in such a complex battlefield. While you are here, i want to ask you about something far field of this. You were at one point a representative in talks with north korea, another big news almost, kim jung un hasnt been seen in months. Unwho normally revels in the oddities of his profession has not seen in 37 days and the internet is about to explode, but nothing ccompared to what wn if he is a no show on friday. You know this country and the leadership there. Whats your gut on whats going on over there . My gut on whats going on is that he is ill. There is some kind of medical problem, but its not enough to step aside or any other change in the regime. Those that wish for a regime change because he hasnt been seen, its wishful thinking. This is a government that is not just kim jung un. Its military and political and his family. There various levers of power. He is the main power. If he doesnt show up at the big celebration on saturday, you know it could be that the illness is a little bit beyond something minor, but i dont see a coop or serious instability. A lot of questions about whether the succession chain would sustain stable leadership, possibly young relatives in the mix. Always great getting your insights. Thank you. Up next, the urgent steps being taken to guard against ebola coming to america. I know. This third shift is rough. Its just a few more weeks max what are you doing up . Its late. I just wanted to have breakast wih you. Thats a good thing, but it doesnt cover everything. Only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So consider an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. 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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. Concerns about ebola are on the rise. A sheriffs deputy in dallas hospitalized with ebolalike symptoms. This is not a confirmed case of ebola. About 200 Airline Cabin cleaners walked off the job overnight partly over the risk of diseases. They discussed the outbreak in africa. The director of the cdc addressed immediate action to prevent ebola. Major u. S. Airports across the country are screening for ebola this weekend. 150 passengers arrived every day from three african countries. Sierra leon and guinea. 95 traveled through jfk, newark, washington dulles and chgs a hair where the screenings will take place. Heres what jay johnson had to say. We anticipate they will be effective. From my point of view what is important is that there is screening at multiple points. The measures we are putting in place now are more active. They involve both a declaration from the traveler as well as taking the temperature of those who are coming from the three affected countries. Meantime, 58 of all americans support banning flights to the United States from those countries experiencing an ebola outbreak. A lot of questions about this, joining me now to sort it out, always a pleasure to have you following the story. Help us make sense of this. What is involved . How this will change the travel experience. The the bottom line is the gun at your forehead and if its 101. 5 and there other symptoms that are similar or in synch with any sign of ebola, that would warrant you to probably be pulled aside at further evaluation. In addition the questionnaires that you have to answer about where have you been. Have you been exposed to anybody with ebola and that kind of thing. Nobody is under any expectation this is going to be the panacea and solve the problem completely. It may not have made a difference in the last case that turned out to be the first fatality. Thomas duncan did not present any symptoms at the airport. What if he had developed a fever while on that plane . Might they have caught it . Maybe. Maybe it didnt materialize until an hour after he left. That said, you will see customs and border patrol. Coast guard personnel would help out along with the cdc. They said listen, we cant handle this big of a job. We dont have the people. A lot of hospitals are dealing with this. Thank you so much. You bet. For more now, a professor of microbiology at the texas medical branch. Thank you, doctor. I know you cant speak to thomas eric duncans case, but his body will be cremated at the request of the family. Does that eliminate the risks associated with the remains . The cremation process, does that eliminate the ranks and there new risks involved in cremating the body . Its a process by which the virus is completely killed. After he died yesterday, a big economic stocks. The company that made the experimental drug plummeted. Can you tell us about that research . Yes. The research we work on, we are working at treatments that we think are the most promising. We have three different approaches that all have protection against. Two are drugs that have been used during the outbreaks. Is tkm ebola and the other is a Company Called map. We were not involved in the development and we are using that technology as another treatment. One of the things we are doing with the work here is to combine these treatments. If you are familiar with hiv and when the successes were made, it was when they started combining drugs. For example, one of the things we want to do is combine them with tkm ebola. Thats one of the strategies here. How do you think this outbreak in west africa will end and we will see a stop to these cases. Are any the that will turn into a widespread treatment in. I think right now the best way for the outbreak to be contained is honestly good Old Fashioned epidemiology and outbreak control. One of the positive steps was when the president got the military involved. The army is very good at this. Bringing the mobile labs over to that part of africa. I worked for the army for 23 years. They bring the hospitals over and its the infrastructure that contributed. By having the resources by being able to identify cases and diagnose them and quarantine and monitor the people. Thats the best way to contain this outbreak. There has been a lot of progress and experimental vaccines made to protect animals against ebola. Several will be in phase one trials this year. Its uncertain whether they would be available to and we will be following that closely. Thank you for your time. Just ahead, a growing number of troubling incidents involving police and after can americans in the news today. That includes a shooding in st. 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A note on this, it was exactly two months ago to the hour that Michael Brown was shot and killed by ferguson Police Officer darren wilson. Next up, in North Carolina earlier this week, Police Pepper sprayed a teen mistook as a home invad invader. That teen was walking into his foster parentss side door when a neighbor called the cops and handcuffing and pep spraying him. The police explained their position and said at no time was race a factor. Pagely an nypd Police Officer took a stack of more than 1,000 in cash from a mans pocket on coney island last month. The video is surfacing and it speaks for itself. Look. You see this . Do you see this . Give me my money, man. He got his money. The reported victim joy had been walking with friends when police stop and pepper sprayed one of them. He questioned the officer and at that point the cop allegedly took his money, pepper spra