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The hospital. Mukpo tested positive, two days after being hired to work with nbcs chief medical editor dr. Nancy snyderman. He contracted the virus before he began working with our nbc news team in liberia. Walking on to the plane with some assistance, the plane made a refueling stop in bangor, maine, before arriving in omaha moments ago. Mukpos father says his son is eating and drinking on his own, which at this stage are some really good signs. I am so relieved that he is coming back to an environment where he can get the simplicity of medical care, which is intravenous fluids that really is...

Baseball. We want to begin in nebraska where in just a few hours the freelance nbc news cameraman who tested positive for ebola will arrive. Dozens of specialists who treat ashoka mukpo in omaha. He is the fifth american to be diagnosed with that deadly virus. Well, this hospital is going to be specially equipped and ready for him, and there is the specially equipped plane carrying him. It left liberia last night. His parents say he is walking. Hes eating. Hes drinking on his own. Mukpos parents and his girlfriend are going to be there in nebraska to accept him the moment he arrives. Every tim...

Treated for that illness. We will also hear from the governor tapped by rick perry to lead the task force on ebola. Plus, still making headlines back home in arkansas. Eric holder at his president ial library this morning to talk about Community Policing concerns in the wake of what happened in ferguson, missouri. Good morning to you from washington. Im peter alexander. It is wednesday, october 8th, 2014. The u. S. Led coalition is launching new air strikes to try and keep isis from taking over the syrian city of cobanny but its appearing it may be too little, too late. Later today, obama head...

Christie says the same policy is in that state. They face growing criticism and white house pressure for requiring 21day quarantined from those returning from west africa if they had contact with ebola patients. Governor christie is defending the plan and denies he was contacted by the white house. I dont believe, when youre dealing with something as serious as this, that we can count on a voluntary system. This is governments job. If anything else, protect the safety and health of our citizens. So we have take en this action. I have no second thoughts about it. I believe it will be a National...

Reporter the deadly fight is on for the syrian town of cobany including stepped up u. S. Involvement. It might be too late. We had a chance to see the black terror flaption of isis. It is a sign that isis has certainly arrived. Also we have been hearing a lot of small arms fire across the city, the sign of a deadly street fight between the armed isis and the poorly armed kurds. We have heard u. S. Coalition jets overhead. We believe we have witnessed a few airstrike as well. But we are waiting on centcom for confirmation. The fight is mainly inside the city. Its hard to hit isis inside the cit...