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dependence the functional racism in their state. the director of the centers for disease control and prevention says we should brace ourselves for more cases of the ebola virus in the united states. dozens being monitored in dallas where officials say a breach of protocol is responsible for a health care worker catching the ebola virus from thomas eric duncan. >> particularly among the health care workers who cared for the index patient when he was so ill. that's when this health care worker became infected, we're concerned and unfortunately would not be surprised if we did

see additional cases in the health care workers who also provided care to the index patient. >> and robert ray is outside the cdc headquarters in atlanta. robert good to see you. yesterday many thought the cdc was actually blaming the dallas hospital for the infection of that hearing woul health care wt today there was some backtracking. tell us about that. >> yes, tony, indeed. dr. thomas freeden, yesterday when he mentioned the breach of protocol, i don't think he actually, used the word awful, meaning he felt awful, for the health care worker who became infected with the ebola virus. >> i spoke about a breach in protocol and that's what we speak about in public health when we talk about what needs to happen and our focus needs to say would this protocol have

prevented the infection and we believe it would have. but some interpreted that as finding fault with the hospital or the health care worker and i'm sorry if that was the impression given. that was certainly not my intention. >> so you know dr. thomas freeden has been giving these briefings daily for the last couple of weeks, and talking to the press and the world for the last couple of months, because he should be given some slack, a lot of moog moving parts between what's going on in texas, west africa and atlanta tony. >> something happened and that needs to be addressed and maybe it was in fact a breach of parole protocol but there are questions roberts about whether u.s. hospitals are even equipped to handle the virus. how did the cdc respond to that >> well, exactly. something did happen. they are investigating it. the cdc has 150 investigators on the ground in dallas.

trying to figure out. they've debriefed this health care worker, they've asked her potentially what occurred, if you can tick down the time line. she can't come down with anything. they're trying to figure out exactly where this breach of protocol happened. let's listen to a little bit more of what dr. freeden had to say earlier. >> we'll work with hospitals throughout the country to think ebola. and someone with a fever or other symptoms who has had travel, to any of the three affected countries in the previous 21 days. we will double down on training, outreach, education, and assistance, throughout the health care system so that we can increase the awareness of ebola and increase the ability to respond rapidly. >> reporter: so clearly this is a game changer. the new patient in dallas, you heard dr. freeden say they're going to double down. in fact tomorrow tuesday they're going obe doing a streaming

conference and teleconference to about 500 hospitals nationwide and they're going to go through training procedures. one of the biggest things they suspect are considering out there, health care workers is the taking off of the garb, the head duress and the eyes. it is a tedious process, any sort of bodily fluid that gets onto the person that is treating the infected they could come down with the virus. tony. >> robert ray thank you. it is still not clear how the dallas health care worker contracted the disease. investigation is pinpointing the breach of protocol that led to the infection. heidi zhou-castro is outside texas presbyterian health care center and heidi tell us the latest. >> sure. we just had an update from

dallas county judge clay jenkins and we know that the health care worker remains stable and in fact she has been communicating with her family using her phone on facetime. the cdc says she has also been very helpful to investigators naming the one contact that she had while she was symptomatic, that person is also being monitored. what this worker though does not know what everyone is trying to figure out is exactly how she became exposed when she was treating thomas eric duncan less than a week ago. of course the cdc is investigating that, working on the procedures, and in particular i want to emphasize again they are looking at this procedure of removing the person protective equipment which the cdc has identified as possibly the weakest point of its protocol tony. >> and heidi what about her apartment, what is happening there? >> it's a short distance from here, less than four miles from the hospital, the apartment has

been cordoned off. since the information was made public. sheriffs deputies are guarding the whole block. the apartment has been evacuated, the health care worker's dog which presents a unique second set of problems for the authorities and the dallas county judge who says he's taking a personal interest in making sure this animal is well cared for and in fact they have contracted with texas a&m university to make accommodations for this dog in quarantine at another location where this dog will stay until authorities really decide what to do with it. because again if this dog, it is unknown whether or not it has ebola but studies have shown that canines can carry it and sometimes they don't even show symptoms tony. >> heidi, one more thing, has anything been done to ease concern in the presence of this virus?

>> right, you can imagine that people are concerned and very fearful, local authorities are doing their best to be visible in this community and yes there are many unanswered questions here and they are promising that these afternoons will be forthcoming once an investigation wraps up. and in the words of dallas county judge clay jenkins he is looking forwards not backwards and the hospital is making improvements. >> this is a good hospital. we've brought in the subject matter experts to make it that much better at handling this and we'll get ebola stopped here in dallas. >> reporter: so of course to do that they continue with this contact tracing which we've heard about and the cdc is inside the building doubling its efforts to monitor each and every one of its procedures. and each of its patients. the infection of the hearing worker in dallas raises the question whether or not

authorities are equipped to safely handle ebola. while most facilities can isolate patients there are only four hospitals in the country with high containment units to quarantine individuals with dangerous infectious diseases. they are the national institutes of health in bethesda, emory hospital in atlanta and misoula, montana. in spain government officials say they will increase training for health care workers, a nurse who contracted the disease from a patient remains in a madrid hospital in serious condition. she reportedly made small signs of improvement over the weekend. hospitals are well equipped to fight the virus. thousands of health workers in liberia are threatening to walk off the job. they are demanding more money

for treating the patients. they have received very little for risk they are taking. jonah hull has the report. >> reporter: although some nurses were said to be defying the strike call proper health care is beyond the reach of many. in the country worst hit by ebola, liberia. private care is unaffordable. >> translator: there were no doctors there. the whole place was closed. so we brought her back to the benson clinic. when we got there they wouldn't even let us in. they said we have to pay the money. i said how much should we pay? they said $450. i said i beg you, we don't have that money. >> health care workers are on the front line. almost 100 have died in liberia alone after treating infected patients. monthly salaries are as low as $250 here. they are demanding danger pay to go back to work.

that's not only economic factor in what the u.n. has described as the most severe emergency in modern times. in parts of west africa it's planting season and with many planters stricken there are concerns about health supply. the world health organization has warned of the cost of global panic. >> staffers are very well aware that fear of infection has spread sarnd th around the worlh faster than the virus. as the latest data from the world bank show, 90% of the economic costs of any outbreak come from the irrational and disorganized efforts of the public to avoid infection. >> jonah hull, al jazeera. >> several hundred people took part in a march and rally in ferguson missouri today to call for justice of the august shooting of michael brown.

the demonstration capped off several days of protests. ash-har quraishi is reporting for us. ash-har, what's happening? >> tony we see a line of police officers who are standing guard outside the ferguson police department. but several hundred protesters who marched down towards the police department chanting sing holding hands activists protesters, clergymen, amongst them dr. cornell west, here to be part of this movement and to also engage in civil disobedience. this is what they were out here to do today, this called moral monday, the culmination of four days of protesting over the weekend. they said they were coming to the police department to continue their protests and that's what happened as protesters gang to stand off, still peacefully.

they asked to see the police chief and to enter a public building and set a meeting with the police chief. when that did not happen they broke the line and then arrests began happening. we spoke with one of the protesters who came from connecticut to be here about why he intended to be out here and be arrested. >> i'm here because now i have an 18-year-old son. who is in college. he has a lot like me. he looks like his daddy and i don't want him in his skateboard minding his business going to class, having to suffer what some of our other sons have hadto deal with. i'm here for them. >> reporter: and tony, the marches and protests this weekend were very organized. much more organized thane than we've seen in the past. -- organized than we have seen in the past and some of the friction between the younger protesters and the older

protesters, the younger wanting more spontaneous protests and wanting to voice their opinion and maybe even feeling that the older protesters weren't allowing them to do that the way they wanted to. still very peaceful, still a lot of people out here and a lot of arrests made heers toda here to. >> several arrested after a march and rally, a culmination of several days of protests in the st. louis area. what more do organizers plan to do to get their message across. >> reporter: we understand there are protests continuing throughout the day today, the weather has not been cooperating for them, it has been wet, rainy. the umbrellas came out. the police i don't know if you can see behind me. there is bright fluorescent rain gear, riot gear as well, they want to keep them sort of surprising so as to add the element of surprise for that

civil disobedience. so it's not planned today. we're seeing niece protests pop up more spontaneously throughout the day. that's what they plan to do for the rest of today tony. >> one more thing ash-har. what about the grand jury? >> they are still looking at evidence. for residents and protesters has been a source of frustration. they've called for the indictment, the arrest of darren wilson but the grand jury hasn't come back with a decision yet. >> ash-har appreciate it. islamic fighters of islamic state of iraq and the levant, or i.s.i.l, could soon take control of iraq's largest province anbar province. comes after iraqi forces withdrew from a base in the town of hit. zena hoder has the report.

>> reporter: the iraqi army is calling it a tactical withdrawal but yet another setback in the iraqi province. iraqi officials appealing for help, military assistance as well as ground forces foreign ground forces to help them hold anbar. anbar is a strategic province which borders baghdad, open corridor between its forces in syria and iraq. the iraqi army calling this aa contact cal withdrawal. it raises question on theirs capabilities. they haven't been able to recapture territory and can't even hold ground. it asks the question as sto whether coalition air strikes have been helping the government in its strikes against i.s.i.l. they have been targeting the haditha dam, areas around the

haditha dam to ensure i.s.i.l. doesn't take over this dam in anbar but other places have there been small progresses. right now, sunnies have little appetite in fighting i.s.i.l. for them they want the government to give them guarantees first before they do that. one of those guarantees is setting up a national guard, a local force, the people of the area protecting their area because what they have been saying is once we get rid of i.s.i.l. they're just replaced by shia militia men. >> talks about the syrian border town of kobani. the u.s. is trying to get turkey to do more to help. this comes as a senior kurdish official is urging the international community to do more to save kobani. u.s. said it carried out more air strikes in the area. al jazeera's jamal al shael has

the story. >> reporter: turkey's foreign minister actually in the united states is at present issued a statement where he said there was some sort of agreement reached between washington and ankara and that agreement is with regards to finding more holistic solution to the problem. the confrontation with i.s.i.l. shouldn't be one dimensional must include a solution for the wider problem in syria and farce turkey is concerned that means getting rid of bashar al-assad. the agreement coming out from the foreign ministry here is thathey've agreed they will proe training for moderate syrian opposition groups. whether that actually entails whether they will actually arm them, we'll have to find out the details. but it seems that turkey's insistence to properly enter the fight, must include a strategy with syria paying off based on

what is come out from the foreign ministry so far. dozens dead or wounded in bombings from iraq, 22 people were killed and 41 people injured at a car bomb in security checkpoint in aden square. two explosions in sadr city. the bombings come as shia flocked to the streets in celebration of a major holiday. coming up on al jazeera america, a sign of life in the auto industry, we will get the details from detroit. officials decide what to do next as high school hazing scandal leads to arrest and the end of high school football season.

>> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. >> well, british lawmakers are debating a motion that would urge the government to recognize the state of palestine. the british house much commons, the debate continues right now. prime minister david cameron and his party wit participate in the

vote, which is not binding. the debate in london comes as countries and international organizations pledge more than $5 billion to rebuild gaza after the summer's war with israel. the report now. >> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon no doubt very pleased at that 5.4 billion figure that amount that was raised at that one day donor conference in cairo on sunday. we understand half that money will go towards the reconstruction of gaza and the other will go towards humanitarian needs, to support this unity government in control of the gaza strip. now as well as that, we also had some fairly strong comments from mr. ban where he said the endless mindless suffering of the people of gaza needed to end, and he wanted to see an end

to what's been described as the cycle of violence here in gaza. since 2007, since hamas seized control of the gaza strip there have been three conflicts with israel. this last conflict which lasted seven weeks resulted in the deaths of over 22 or rather around 2200 palestinians. nobody wants to see that kind of violence start again. and that is perhaps why we saw such a strong comment from mr. ban. however he did go on to say that he hoped that both sides, both the israelis and the palestinians didn't lose hope as he described it in the negotiations that have been taking place over the past 20 years since the oslo accord, since the only way forward the only way to peace is through talks. whatever the case, the palestinian president mahmoud abbas seems to be determined to go ahead with his plan to

approach the u.n. security council to put through a resolution which set a timetable on the end of israel's now nearly half century long occupation of palestinian territories. >> another bad day on wall street as a dramatic late day selloff hit the market and hard. the dow falling as you could see here 223 points. ththe s&p 500 fell, as well as e nasdaq. snap chat image sharing company confirms a leak but insists its servers are secure. instead it says unscrupulous companies which report to sell snaps stole passwords and photos. some 700 million self descruks destructindestructing images arn snap chat each and every day.

new aluminum pickup truck in detroit, facing difficult financial times. bisi onile-ere has more from detroit on the turn around. >> reporter: ford will be adding 850 new employees at a plant located just outside of detroit. these workers will help make the auto maker's much talked about aluminum f-150 pickup truck. ford's president said today these will help meet the anticipated customer demand. take a listen. >> today's great news, weeede of creating 12,000 uab jobs in the united states by 2015. since 2011 we've now created over 14,000 good paying middle class jobs right here in the heart of america. >> reporter: it's been a big year of hires for ford which has added jobs at a plant near

kansas city, louisville, chicago in the past few months. combining the number of hourly jobs with the additional salaried workers. and 23,000 yoas in the last three years. some auto analysts i've talked to said ford's hiring blitz shows that the auto industry continues to thrive, are propelling the michigan auto industry. setbacks this year, the auto maker's admission to scandal has been linked to dozens of deaths. as for ford when it comes down to the bottom line these new hires will help reduce labor costs because these new hires won't make nearly as much as veteran workers. right now the f-150 is america's top selling vehicle.

it's also a major money maker for ford. bisi onile-ere. al jazeera, detroit. >> u.s. health care workers are being asked to fight ebola but some of them have not been trained to deal with the disease. up next. the candidates on both sides are already using the issue in campaign ads. campaign ads.

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is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. primetime news. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> stories that impact the world, affect the nation and touch your life. >> i'm back. i'm not going anywhere this time. >> only on al jazeera america. >> okay back to our top story now. the ebola outbreak. the director of the centers for disease control says it wouldn't be surprising if more health care workers are diagnosed with the virus. gone public with concerns about training to care for ebola patients. joining me now is dr. andee

sparrow, doctor it's good to see you thank you for your time. >> pleasure. >> couple of things i want to drill down with you. dr. anthony fauci, the director of the centers for disease control, he says it is, requiring that ebola patients be sent to special containment hospitals. what do you think about that? >> that is one measure to deal with this serious and radical threat. it is one thing to be able to do that with patients that already have ebola. the other issue is of course what to do with the patients that are coming in that are currently terrifying emergency staff, paramedics, other patients because of the spread of disease, from thomas eric duncan and the health care workers.

>> because of their concerns and their fears right? >> of course. it is clearly terrifying, clearly we haven't stopped the disease in its tracks. now we have another 21 days while we pursue all of the contacts of this nurse he's now infected. >> what do we need to do at this point, what do we need to rethink when it comes to protecting health workers who are taking on this outbreak in the country? >> well, we need to rethink how we deal with infek thu infectio. we didn't think ebola could come to america, clearly it has and it's gone to europe. we need to think how to deal with infectious disease. ebola presents, so does polio, so does m measles.

mount sinai and other hospitals, don't do well with measles, remembering that most patients who come in from west africa with a fever are much more likely to have malaria than ebola. really go back to basics. there is very clear infection control and protocols that has to be -- >> let's talk about that. let's go ground zero on this thing. there's going to be a conference call tomorrow the cdc is going to lead to talk about these protocols. you're in the room say you're even on the panel. what are some of the basics you want to convey to health care providers, in the wake of what's happened in the dun can case? what do you want to say to them? >> first of all, we do need to show that we have very specific procedures in place.

this is a system failure, quite sure she feels bad enough without a breach in protocol. let's face it, these systems are designed to fame in many ways and viruses are extremely good at getting through them, that's why we have this problem. we need more than the cdc precautions the w.h.o. protocol which involves at least two sets of gloved, the fluid impermeable body gown, the goggles, tend to be better because you can imagine, intensive care pediatrician, it's very hot, trying to actually push the mask away you get itchy and it's very, very difficult, and the more you try to be careful, you have to balance you know how many precautions you are going to put in place against the actual reality. now health care workers are very much on the front line and at

risk. you're far more likely to get it if you're a doctor or a nurse than a household member. the protocol is you wash your gloved hands every time you take your gloves off. >> that's the issue in many hospitals generally, the ideas of simply washing your hands has been difficult for hospitals to put in place and for health care providers to follow on a regular basis. so dr. sparrow, we've been watching the video of the putting on of the suit and the taking off of the suit. obviously both areas are critical. but how meticulous do you need to be in removing this suit? >> removing the suit is the hardest part. that is the piece where people really get infected. that's what happened in spain, that's what happened here, that's what happened in sars. you have to wash your point at every point.

wash them desanitize them. imagine when you are taking your glove off and you sort of splat the glove and that's when fluid can fly off and land up in your mouth your eyes your nose. that's the reality. you have to be supercareful. we're rub ir rubbish at hand-wa. we have to focus on these very basic issues and assure people, ebola is not airborne, is not going to mutate into airborne virus. takes about 15 minutes before we get into a room. and even with intensive care patients. as doctors we tend to focus on our patient needs rather than locating ourselves. it's really very hard to remember to protect ourselves every day. >> dr. annie sparrow is a physician and assistant professor at mount sinai school

of medicine. doctor thank you. >> you're welcome. >> really concerned about the ebola outbreak. democrats are hammering republicans for government health care budget cuts. david schuster is here. >> senatorial mitch mcconnell and others calling for cuts to government programs and it's juxtaposed with americans saying, the ability to fight outbreaks like ebola has been hurt. >> there are outbreaks that we're not able to recognize stop or prevent as effectively as we should be able to. >> cut, cut, cut, cut, cut,. >> make a cut.

>> reporter: republicans have noted that nih budgets are massive. in south dakota the senate race there is now shaping up as a key battle to determine whether republicans gain control of the chamber in washington. this is a three way race, first democratic senate race rick wyland and independent larry pressler, who has pledged not ocaucus with republicans or democrats in washington. and even with mike rounds, the republican governor who was supposed to cruise in this race but rounds is having trouble and democrats just dumped $1 million into this race to hammer rounds over an investment scandal. >> after using a beef packing plant, rounds gave special tax breaks to a shady offshore corporation to keep the scheme

afloat. mike rounds, schemes, special favors, investigations. >> reporter: if rounds loses that race and republicans don't pick up a south dakota senate race their path to the majority in the senate becomes much more difficult. another key senate race is the battle in iowa. democrat bruce braley is trying to win the seat held by tom harkin. this weekend the democrats held a contentious debate. >> congressman braley has voted 97% of the time supporting nancy pelosi and the democratic agenda. >> that's when braley pounced. >> you are saying that you don't want anybody making sure the air we breathe is clean and the water we drink is pure. >> campaign regarding be

advertising and spending. in the texas governor race the key issue there involves the judgment of wendy davis and her claims that republican greg abbott is a hypocrite. abbott uses a wheelchair and davis has used that as imagery. >> a tree fell on greg abbott. he sued and got millions. since then he used his career working against other victims. not disabled because she had an artificial limb. he ruled against a victim, he sided with a hospital that failed to stop a dangerous surgeon who paralyzed patients. greg abbott, he's not for you. >> republicans are calling the ad and the imagery despicable. davis is standing by the ad saying it is truthful.

more than 500,000 times more than any other ad in the 2014 election cycle. for a lighter note, a hawaii governor's race. aan endorsement from manny paciaou. >> beloved around the world particularly in the philippines where he's from and as you know tony he was a member of the parliament there. there is a large filipino community in hawaii. so pretty smart move to get his endorsement. that's in the news. >> republicans taking control of the senate in november, here is a look at the predictions by the numbers. the new york upshot blog is that

new, saying republicans have the a 68% chance of gaining majority. republicans 58% chance of seizing the senate, washington lab says the republicans have a 94% chance of taking over the senate. al jazeera america is traveling osome of the key battle ground states in this year's mid term elections. this week we visit alaska the first report in our series five days in alaska will focus on why health care is so expensive. you could watch it tonight at 8:30 and 11:30. ines is here. >> a settlement against the catholic church. lawyers, accuses the archdiocese, bit not warning parishioners against an abusive

priest. two little new hampshire new hampshire boys injured one critically when a bounce house they were playing in went airborne. a dwuft of wind lifted it off-- a gust of wind lifted it off the ground and carried it away. >> we saw the bouncy house come off the ground and slam back down, then it takes at least 60 to 70 feet in the air and travels maybe 50 to 150 feet away and slams both of our children into the ground. >> reporter: the owner says the bouncy house was set up to avoid recent rains but a farm volunteer led him to believe it was open. police have found prosthetic leg stolen from a man who was a fixture, sonny is often found outside of the phillies games, but foria said a young woman made off with his leg.

>> i didn't even pay it no attention but you know when you're at an eagles game when you are tailgating and having fun. and it just happened. you know it happened so quick. she was young and you know, when you are down there at a game partying she was probably inebriated but somebody need to talk to her. she don't need to go to jail. >> the leg was found on a subway train. the police are looking for thief. that is just plain mean. >> it was mean but you like his spirit, just talk to her. don't send her to jail, don't wreck her life like that about ines, thank you. the city of sayre new jersey, meanwhile the town is trying to heal. john henry smith with more. >> i know we all have opinions and are passionate about them.

let's not forget why we are here tonight. >> hundreds of sayersville new jersey residents, turned out for a vigil sunday evening. this in response to the scandal that's rocked their community. seven members of their beloved high school football team facing a host of charges following reports of sexual misconduct against younger teammates in a hazing ritual. charges so serious that the high school superintendent has cancelled the rest of the season after just three games. while there will be focus on those players accused of victimizing. >> do i want the young men to know this is their community. we care, we support you, we stand with you. praise the young men who did speak up. it takes a lot of guts and

courage. [applause] >> antibullying sentiment was everywhere in the park across from the now notorious high school as the town attempts to grow from this painful episode. >> all our children need us to get them through this. so look around. these are our neighbors, our friends, our relatives, and most importantly, our children. let's focus on them. let's help them. let's start the healing tonight. >> john henry smith, al jazeera. >> coming up a controversy in the catholic church as the vatican signalize a possible change in how it treats gays and lesbians and a big milestone.

>> the vatican signaled a big change in tone for gay people, quoting now, gifts and qualities to offer the christian community. roxana saberi is here with more, roxana. >> summed up in a document that uses more compassionate language than vatican statements have typically shown in the past. gay rights groups saying it is a

turning point but church conservatives say it betrays family values. >> we must respect the dignity of every person and the fact to be homosexual doesn't mean that this dignity has been not recognized and promoted. >> reporter: homosexuality is an issue the church must understand. are we capable of welcoming these people guaranteeing them a space in our communities. a church that offers them a welcoming home. gay rights spokesmen say it is welcome. >> that gay rights people have

needs that are welcomed. is different than what we are used to hearing. >> gay rights groups say some have been denied communion or fired from church for coming out or getting married. pope francis has signaled a new tone towards homosexuality, once commenting, who am i to judge? but church dignitaries, said those who are controlling the senate have betrayed catholic parents worldwide. the bishops will issue a final report next week. setting a tone and could lead to changes in catholicism around the world. thoughts about this report over the next year then more bishops will meet again at the second senate next year, regarding his conclusions. tony while this did signal a

change, family issues, for example, it calls on pastors to treat divorced catholics who remarry with respect. >> roxana, appreciate it, thank you. >> you're welcome. judge strikes down a ban on same sex marriages in alaska. back in 1998, alaska became the first state in the nation to legally ban gay marriage. this month the supreme court opened same sex marriage in five other states. oldest gay newspaper, washington blade, gay lesbian bisexual and transgender issues. how far gay rights have come. lisa stark has the story. >> the latest issue of the washington blade is rolling off the presses. the paper hasn't missed a week since it began publishing in october of 1969.

launched just months after the stone wall riots in new york city, where patrons of a gay bar tired of police harassment fought back. it marked the beginning of the gay rights movement. >> at that same time like so many people, so many gay people, i was sort of coming out to myself. >> lou chivarro has written for the blade nearly as long as the paper has been around. when he began as a freelance reporter most gays kept their identities hidden. he wrote under an assumed name. >> that was an era where one never knew what could happen. not the situation where we are today. >> his byline read, lou romano. >> turned out none of their families knew they were gay and they didn't learn it until they met their demise sadly in this fire. and i was of course covering

that story and i said, i think it's probably time for me to start writing under my own name. there's no real reason why i shouldn't. >> reporter: just as its reporters have evolved so too has the paper. that first issue a simple one-page handout. this week a 72-page edition, featuring that original front page. then called the gay blade, the free newspaper was designed to help the community find resources and find each other. >> just picking up a copy of the paper and knowing as a teenager or high school student or whatever, there was a paper that was waiting for you when you were ready to come out was very reassuring. >> first writing in december of 1981 about a strange new cancer killing gay men it would overwhelm the community and the blade. >> the number of owe bi obituare

had to write, in the anguish of the dying of so many good people but the apparent inertia. >> today's stories would have been once unimaginable. from the end of the ban on openly gay service members to the legalization of same sex marriage. chris johnson has chronicled much of it. >> the laws of gay people, falling away almost as fast as we can write about. >> reporter: and continuing to write they will, fascinated about what the next 45 years may bring. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> th today is not columbus day, it's indigenous people's day. the backlash, next.

>> i'm ray suarez, we know how to keep ebola virus from spreading, the cdc head said. now that a health care worker has the disease, new questions are raised about hospital protocols around the country. what's the best way to treat doctors and nurses on the front line? join us at the top of the hour.

columbus day has been a federal holiday for over 40 years now but some feel it's offensive, leading some to rethink their holiday plans. seattle has given the holiday a new name, indigenous people's day. allen schauffler joins us. what has happened to columbus day in seattle? >> it's just gone. the mayor is going to sign a bill in city hall in downtown

seattle in just a couple of hours. native americans were on hand when the city council passed it and tribal members were expected to be there in big numbers. columbus day not officially recognized as a holiday in seattle and this one won't be either but this one will be encouraged to turn out and celebrate. in just a couple of hours the mayor will be celebratin celebrd columbus day good-bye. >> should we think different about how the holiday is overall? >> not really. maybe the city council should be working on budgetary matters and filling potholes and whatnot but some locals are fighting back, they have launched a website, a facebook page, save seattle columbus day. they are deeply offended. that's not necessarily unanimous. others in the italian-american

community have shrugged it off. this indigenous peoples day is in addition to native american heritage day, statewide, signed by the governor into law. >> is this new? >> not entirely new. the city of minneapolis minnesota passed a law earlier this year and berkeley california has been doing this since 1992. seattle falling in its footsteps. >> it is berkeley after all. allen schauffler, good to have you with us. ines. back with that. >> indigenous peoples day and abolish columbus day, one of the more widely distributed images is a map of the united states with american indian tribes on it. >> yeah, yeah. >> people are at the university of new mexico, doing banner

rolls, they are posting these eviction notices to all occupiers to make their point. native americans have to do with discrimination their culture appropriated and seeing their murder celebrated. #columbus day. >> very complicated. >> humor, let's talk into someone's home and say we live there, columbus day, in new york city you have a huge par 8th aid, governor quomo tweeting out, and happy columbus day, if you want to let us know what you think, just tweet medium -- tweet me. >> it gets really complicated and you have to unbundle a lot of issues. >> certainly.

>> what do you teach children. all right ines appreciate it. that is all of our time. i'm tony harris in new york city. inside story is next on al jazeera america. >> the medical authorities say ebola is hard to catch, and unlikely to spread in the united states. while both may be true people have caught it, and it has spread. no what? that's inside story.