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Were standing by for a News Conference on the enhanced ebola screenings beginning today at Jfk International airport here in new york. Were going to bring that to you live when it begins. This morning less than 20 miles away from where im sitting, the busiest hub for International Travel in the United States is beginning to implement a new rigorous screening process in order to determine if if passengers entering the United States from certain west african countries have contracted the deadly ebola virus. These will be in place at four u. S. Airports. And u. S. Citizens who refused to be scree...

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