united states and around the world. our top stories ahead this hour, the first ebola patient confirmed in the u.s. may have had contact with 100 people. the friend who thomas duncan was staying with described exactly what happened to him and what life is like under quarantine. and the coalition against isis continues to grow. we'll tell you what combat role australia will play in fighting the militants in iraq.

>> a cameraman with dr. nancy snyderman has contracted ebola. the cameraman will be flown back to the united states for treatment. >> a liberian official meantime says this man thomas duncan, the first person diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. answered no on an airport questionnaire asking if he had cared for a patient with the virus. witnesses say duncan had been helping ebola patients in liber liberia before traveling to the u.s. health officials say they're reaching out to as many as 100 people who may have had contact with him. that includes family members,

people at the apartment where he stayed and the hospital where he was taken to the emergency room. also united airlines says it's voluntarily contacting passengers who were onboard the same flights as duncan from brussels to washington, washington to dallas. health officials have repeatedly said there was no chance of duncan spreading the virus during those flights sin since he was not showing symptoms of the disease, but they are con kt thatting people on those flights. >> the liberian president said it's unpardonable duncan left liberia, even though he knew he had been exposed to ebola. she said she'll consult with attorneys to decide what to do with duncan once he returns to liberia. >> with the u.s. doing so much to help us fight ebola and, again, one of our compatriots didn't take care, so he's gone

there and in a way put some americans in the state of fear and put them at some risk. i feel very saddened by that and very angry with him, to tell you the truth. >> there are many moving pieces surrounding this ebola scare. what else do we know about thomas duncan. here's alexander field. >> thomas eric duncan is the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states. but in his native country liberia, community leaders say duncan was sharing a house with a woman killed by the disease. duncan rented this room in her family's home in liberia's capital city monrovia. he came in contact with the infected wait a moment who was seven months pregnant and too sick to walk as recently as september 15 when he carried her to a taxi, according to the new york times. >> in liberia, it's a country

where we help one another. this pregnant woman was walking and couldn't walk so he helped her. he planned the trip for two weeks and didn't even know he was sick according to his family. an airport official says the 42-year-old was screened three times before leaving liberia and was permitted to board the plane, showing no signs of the virus. but liberian authorities now say duncan was asked on a health questionnaire if he had cared for an ebola patient and if he had stuched the body of someone who had died in an area where there's ebola. he answered no. >> but the fact that he knew and he left the country is unpardonable quite frankly. >> i just hope that nobody else get infected. >> duncan traveled 8,000 miles from monrovia to brussels to

washington, d.c., a three-hour layover, and on to dallas to visit his son and his son's mother. he was greeted with a large cookout according to "the washington post." four days later, he turned up at this hospital and was sent home, even after telling them he had just traveled from africa. the hospital admits this information was not fully communicated to the full medical team. he later returned when his condition worsened. duncan has family across the country from arizona to north carolina. his condition is so serious they can't talk to him. >> i just want to let you know that just like you we're feeling the pain, too. >> again, alexander field reporting there. earlier, anderson cooper spoke with duncan's close friend who asked to be identified only by her first name. she mb quarantined with several members of her family in that apartment and she talked about some of the final moments duncan had with her family before he

received treatment for ebola. >> she came in contact with thomas when he was sick, correct? she was helping care for him too when they called the ambulance. >> she fixed him tea to drink. she saw him and called an ambulance. >> there was a report that maybe thomas got sick outside the apartment. did you see that or hear about that? >> no. >> when you were caring for him, did you get in contact with any fluids? >> not i know of. >> did the cdc recommend that you clean your apartment? >> we spread clorox on the mattresses on my bed.

>> so the sheets that thomas used and the towels that he used, what have you done with those? >> they are in a plastic bag. >> in your apartment? >> uh-huh. so you took them off the bed and put them into a plastic bag? >> only the towels. the bed sheets and everything is on the bed. >> so the sheets he used that he slept on is still on the bed? >> yeah. >> did the cdc talk to you about that at all? >> we said we are not going to use this stuff anymore. we are not going to use any of

those things. >> so is anybody sleeping in that bed right now? >> no. we sleep in the living room. >> you're sleeping in the living room? >> so those were the sheets you were using, too? that's the bed you were using. when did you stop using that bed? >> two days. >> how are you coping with this? i'm just hanging in there depending on god to save our lives. people are telling lies. >> you feel that people are not informed about getting ebola. you have to come into contact with the bodily noouds fluids of someone who is not only infected but sick with ebola. and at this point, even if you

had ebola, you're not showing any signs so you would not be able to infect anybody else. and you want to get that message across? >> yes. believe me, leave my kids alone. >> how often are you checking yourself for a fever? >> every hour. >> again, anderson cooper speaking with a close friend of the ebola patient, thomas gun tan. demonstrators raise the stakes in their demands for what they call true democracy and the immediate resignation of the chief's executive cy leung. protesters have moved to block vehicles going to leung's office as he refuses to step down. let's get the latest on the scene there. another afternoon, a warm afternoon there.

what's going on? >> if you can see behind me, a pretty quiet afternoon as well. this is the quietest time of the d day going into the evening. since the chief executive did offer negotiations between the students and the number two. there is at least the push towards negotiations. certainly most here at the protest site and most analysts would say don't expect any break through. the students don't prepare at this stage to be prepared to

compromise either. that's the situation at the moment. beyond the tree where the chief executive's office is, there's small groups of protesters out there. it was a scene of tensions last night. there's still a heavy police presence protecting the chief executive's office. but there's no confrontation, nothing to suggest to there's likely to be a confrontation until the negotiations wrap up. >> about that meeting, some of the protesters were hoping it would be open and they could listen in on the meeting. >> this was put forth by another hong kong legislature. there's no expectation the meetings will be open. they're held between the student leaders, the hong kong

federation of student, which represent the university students who do make up the bulk of the protesters. that's where it is at moment. this is not one hi moj nous protest movement. there are streams of protesters who share a common cause, but what they're prepared to accept may be slightly different. there's a group called occupy central, central hong kong, that is, which is a political democratic movement. it has nothing to do with economics, it's nothing to do, but the occupy leaders say they're being coprepared to rea an agreement if cy leung step down. students say no, we want to see full democratic change as well. the leader here, cy, has said repeatedly he will not stand down. and there's a very strong editorial in the newspaper in beijing, which is the mouthpiece

of the communist party which gave its full throated support. so no suggestion there that beijing is losing confidence. cy could become a sacrificial lamb in this standoff as a way of trying to resolve it. but china indicating the last 12 hours or so, it has -- it fifs the full support to the hong kong leadership. >> thank you so much. andrew stevens live for us there. turkey decides to join the fight for isis as the group draws too close for comfort to believe turkish border. we'll tell you how turkey plans to join the fight. also young muslim voices, taking a stand against ice sies. we'll share with you their strong message to the thousands joining the isis ranks. that's coming up.

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>> the prime minister has given the go ahead for australian fighter jets to begin air strike against isis in iraq. tony abbott also announced his government will send about 200 special forces advisers there. the plaem says those australian forces will help local forces on the ground. >> yes, we are engaged in combat operations. but these are combat operations

against an insurgency in support of the legitimate government of iraq. so we are not in combat against another country. we are in combat operation against an insurgency in support of a legitimate government in iraq. >> u.s. and coalition aircraft have stepped up their air campaign against isis this week. british royal air force tornado fighter jets are conducting more operations in support of kurdish ground forces in northwestern iraq. and the uk has announced that two more tornadoes will be deployed to iraq. in syria, isis fighters are advancing on and nearly surrounding the strategic kurdish city of kobani. residents are evacuating the city which is near syria's border with turkey. also from syria come reports that isis has now surrounded the

tomb of the grandfather of the ottoman empire's founder. as isis militants in syria approach the turkish voter, they've voted for military action. it's a big shift for turkey which until now had offered only tacit support to the u.s.-led coalition of 40 nations. meantime, the humanitarian cris crisis increases. syrian s flee to turkey. >> translator: you see what we're going through. they attack us, behead our children and abduct our women. they set our houses ablaze. what can i say? they play dirty games on kurds. >> meantime, tens of thousands have left their home countries to fight alongside isis. and many of them are young british muslims. what drives them to leave the uk

for combat with militants? we spoke with three muslims urging others to take a stand against isis. >> something like this was coming. it was bound to happen. >> it's something that came very slowly and then all of a sudden escalated very dramatically. >> i would say to any muslims thinking of joining isis, isis is not islamic. they're actually harming muslims. their biggest victims are muslims. they're killing muslims all over. >> these young british muslims tell us isis does not represent them or their religion. according to the uk government, an estimated 500 young muslims from the uk are believed to be fighting alongside the terror group in syria and in iraq. >> i think a lot of these people who see isis as a savior, they

are pushed by political grievances. they see what's happening in their countries back home and they blame the west for their failed poll spips. >> this is the land of jihad. >> the main thing is a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. >> there's not much you can really do when you're sitting here and you see images in iraq and syria. a lot of people might go there to help in a medical way, for example. other people think the best thing to do is to go and fight. i can't imagine what would drive them to do that. >> we see things like the air strikes now. and i think it appeals to them because they see them as a way of getting revenge or their anger out. >> i definitely do think that strikes will do damage. i think they will break an

already broken country. but i think leaving isis unchecked is a bigger threat. >> i think the air strikes might get rid of isis in a way, but i think because of the destruction it will cause, something else will take its place. >> but degrading and destroying isis won't be easy. it's believed to be the most well funded terrorist organization in modern history. and part of its fundings from selling oil on the black market. an estimated $3 million a day. money that can help attract even more fighters willing to die for their cause. >> the establishment of a caliphate would be the worst case scenario. i think more and more people are starting to see that this is not a good idea. >> i deally, what would happen is the iraqi government would stabilize itself and ideally in

syria what would happen is different coalitions will form together. i worries what happens when they grow up because i don't think they can undo the damage that they've done there. when you're raised with that view from 5 years old, what's going to happen generations from now? you're going to continue that. >> three of britain's young muslim against isis. well, david cameron pays a call to the world's newest head of state. coming up here, the british prime minister's unannounced visit to afghanistan. we'll tell you about that.

>> britain's prime minister has arrived in afghanistan. it comes just days after afghanistan swore in its new president. mr. cameron is now the first world leader to hold talks in kabul with the newly inauguratinged president. the british prime minister is also meeting with afghanistan's new chief executive officer who was the recent election rival. autumn is on its way to the united states for much of the united states, finally. eric van dam joins us with more. >> it's important we talk about the ongoing severe weather

threat that's possible overnight. we have a very strong line of thunderstorms also known as a squall line that continues to advance eastward across the mid mississippi valley and the river valley. the latest watches and warnings. you can clearly see the line of thunderstorms stretching from houston all the way just east of memphis. tornado watch boxes across mississippi and parts of tennessee, we have severe thunderstorms near louisiana and the southeastern sections of texas. you want to watch out for this particular line of storms as it continues to move through. now, we've had reports of several severe weather events across parts of the middle united states. this is from thursday. also key reports of tornadoes near the greater memphis area. but look at all the strong wind reports. especially coming out of dallas, texas. we actually have some footage showing impressive storm damage. in fact, this is the storm moving through, uprooting trees,

taking roofs off of buildings, toppling signs and even downing power lines. no wonder 140,000 electrify colors are still in the dark. by the way, a state fair was also halted temporarily as the squall lines moved through and people took cover. i think the most interesting part about this is the fact that temperatures dropped 20 degrees fahrenheit in a matter of 30 minutes. that is quite dramatic. let's take a look at these graphics once more. rain was also a concern. these storms continue to move eastward. just updated this map. chance of severe weather, basically from texas to louisiana, all the way to indiana. that's all from the world weather center for now. >> i just drove back from memphis, yesterday. clear skies and hot. still to come here, as the

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his father says doctors are optimistic about his son's progress. >> isis fighters are advancing on and nearly surrounding the strategic kurdish city of kobani. residents are evacuating this city. it's near syria's border with turkey. a new sign of compromise in hong kong. chief executive cy leung says he has no intention of stepping down. his second in command will meet with pro democracy protest leaders. demonstrators welcome this first ever dialogue but say their protests will continue. let's see what kind of reaction the protests are raising now in beijing. dave mckenzie joins us there live. many people wondering how involved might beijing be with this. we certainly know now they have a front-page commentary published in the people's daily. what does it indicate about china's thoughts or intentions?

>> that's the third day in a row the people's daily which is, in fact, the communist party's official mouthpiece, you know, china is a little unusual in that often their leaders don't say much at all, but if it comes out in the people's daily, you can be sure it representing their thinking to a 100% degree. ney say these protests are illegal, they're damaging to hong kong and beijing won't budge and the won't change its mind on the system in place in 2017. all three days have indicated on these editorials and that really from beijing's point of view there's no chance on them buckling or bending on the issue of these protests. but it is interesting the hong kong government has indicated it will open a crack in the door at least to negotiate or discus with these protesters the way forward. so it does appear maybe on some level there's an avenue out of

this impasse. natalie? >> that meeting is expected to take place tomorrow. there have been some similarities with what happened many years ago. that was an embarrassment to china then. how would you couch the protest in hong kong, as far as whether they're an embarrassment to beijing? >> well, tiananmen is obviously much more than an embarrassment. china took a very long time to recover. its image around the world. certainly these are embarrassing to the leadership. how embarrassing, it's actually impossible for me to speculate. but the fact that hong kong, a jewel of china is seeing the civil disturbance, very peaceful civil disturbance at this point, it is something these leaders will be worried about. they're not going to listen to criticism from the world and frankly that criticism has been very muted from the uk, u.s. and

others. because their calculation is in general those governments look to promote democracy movements around the world. but when dealing with china, there's all sorts of other things that plague, including their business relation shup and just their relationship in all other spheres that might trump their concerns about what's going on in hong kong. so at this stage, the protesters, at least, aren't going to necessarily get any lending -- the helping hands from elsewhere. it's up to them. and when it comes to the chinese leaders, they certainly aren't going to be flexible at all. >> david mckenzie from the perspective from beijing. thank you. now we turn again to hong kong for a view from a group formed just a few days ago to oppose the tactics of the pro democracy demonstrators. thank you for being with us. >> let's talk about what do you oppose? the tactics or the demands of these protesters?

>> well, we are aiming for a national dialogue. we are in support of the student movement for democracy in hong kong. on the other hand, we need to emphasize that the issue is also as important. so therefore we are urging and appealing to the group of the youngster and the students who are behind all this campaign to also take into consideration other people's interest. blocking the roads is voubsly lethal and very fatal. nevertheless, it will skauz more damages than the benefits. and that's what we're urging. >> so you're worried about what this is doing for business in hong kong. you support what they stand for and it's about the economy there and businesses? >> yes. the economy and also the

businesses. every day, we are losing money. of course, for the past few days, today is the sixth day of the occupations going on. i don't think it will be causing anyone interest or advantage if this campaign is to prolong. so therefore, we have launched yet another movement called the green raven movement. not only that we are for love, peace, but also we are opposing the rule of law and also the livelihood. so we urge that, you know, okay, since the government is willing to talk. now take this golden opportunity to air the view and also move from the roads, which is a dangerous area, into the park. making use of the hyde park corner. that is more a reasonable and democratic way to make the case known to everyone.

>> do you think once they meet that might help then? that might move this somewhere else, depending on what comes out of it? >> i am quite hopeful. they're not unreasonable, this group of young lads. i've seen them, i nemt on the first of october. so i can say that 70% of all those attending the occasion on that day were born after the '90 of last century. so they were all below the age of 25. they're very well educated, reasonable, sensible. but what they need is the opportunity to have the dialogue. now give them the opportunity and the opportunity is there. i urge everyone to grab that opportunity without letting it go. don't drain it, don't trash it. >> we'll wait to see what happens next. thank you so much. >> if i may say one thing, take our shoes back home.

take our children back home. thank you. >> you crane's government supporting heavy fighting now for control of the dontesk airport in the east. we're getting video in the area appearing to show a fire at the facility thursday, which is held by government forces. ukraine's national security council says fighting continues in other towns as well despite a cease-fire. it says one ukrainian soldier has been killed, 18 others wounded in the last day and the red cross confirms that one of its workers was killed when a shell landed near its offices. in china, surveillance video shows a man knocked off his bicycle and run over by a car. the man is hit as he attempted to make a turn in front of a car at an intersection. incredibly, the car's driver doesn't stop right away after hitting the bicyclist but keeps

rolling over him. after the man finally gets out, they help lift the car off the man. what caused that right there is under investigation. >> thank goodness those people came to the rescue. >> north korea's ambassador to the united nations says his government is ready to continue talks on the nuclear program. rueters was granted a rare sbrier on thursday with the ambassador. he says north korea is ready to resume six-party talks on its controversial nuclear program. hour, the ambassador added their nation must stay vigilant. >> well, there was little love lost between north and south korea this week as the two countries battled it out on the football pitch. both teams going for gold in the asian gapes final. but the winner received a unique

prize of their own. when two countries that are technically at war meet to fight for a gold medal, there is inevitab inevitably to be a lot at stake. north and south korea haven't met in the finals since 1978. last time it was a draw. but this time south korea one, also though not without some controversy. almost the last kick of overtime, south korea scored a scrappy goal. north korea complained a handball should have stopped play. as you can see, the south korean team was ecstatic, winning its first football gold in 28 years. an added sweetener for the younger players on the team. they'll be exempted from their two years of compulsory military service. you have to appreciate the irony that they escaped military service by beating the country that makes military service necessary.

a better result for north korea when their women's football team beat japan to win gold. and a better atmosphere. north and south korean players took photos together and the crowd was cheering for the north. some of them were wearing t-shirts calling for harmony on the peninsula and others were chanting "we are one." >> prosecutors are investigating allegations of misconduct by a grand jury in a racially troubled u.s. town. and the woman at the center of the investigation is talking with cnn. we'll have her interview next. plus, jpmorgan reporting a large online security breach involving millions of customers. why the financial giant says it could have been worse. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee financial noise financial noise

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prosecutors in st. louis county, missouri, are claiming misconduct in the grand jury that's hearing the michael brown case. one juror is reported to have told details to a friend who then posted it on twitter. >> this is the tweet that's prompted an investigation into the grand jury deciding whether or not to indict ferguson police officer darren wilson. who shot and killed unarmed teenager michael brown. the stweet was setweet was sent.

louis account. i know someone sitting on the grand jury and there isn't enough at this point to warrant an arrest. the proceedings are supposed to be secret until a decision is made. the prosecuting attorney's office wouldn't give details of the investigation, but we found the owner of that twitter account. she is denying to cnn she sent the tweet and doesn't want to be identified. >> was that your account the tweet was sent from? >> right. it was my account but i haven't used it. i'm not sure if someone hacked into it. it had been hacked before. but, you know, sending out a bunch of spam mails or whatever they call it. i haven't used it. >> did you know someone on the grand jury? >> no, i didn't. >> have you talked to the prosecuting attorneys office? >> well, i left a message with

his assistant. i'm not sure what the name is. when i called, i got voice mail. have they contacted you and said anything to you and told you how important this is? >> no. they haven't. >> both the tweet and the twitter account were deleted by wednesday night. the st. louis county court administrator told cnn in a statement concerning the tweet the matter has been refer referred to the prosecuting attorney for investigation. the court will hear the matter and take appropriate action if the prosecutor finds cause to believe misconduct has occurred. >> but the tweet itself has already done some damage. inflaming suspicions over whether the justice system will be fair and impartial in a case that's inspired protests which continue nearly two months since the shooting of michael brown. >> police shot this boy outside my apartment. >> banking giant jpmorgan says

hackers got information on more than 80 million of its account holders. it's all part of a bigger infiltration that came to light in august when it was revealed the online system of seven large u.s. banks had been breached. jpmorgan says hackers were able to gain access to information such as client name, phone numbers and e-mail addresses but not actual account numbers or user ids. the company also said it has not seen any unusual customer activity related to the breach. a typhoon is on track to hit japan by the end of the weekend. derek? >> that's right, all eyes are on japan and all eye, including the eye of typhoon penfone, you can see it on our satellite loop. it is teeters on a category

three or four on the sapphire simpson scale. 205 kilometres per hour sustained wind gust. higher winds near center of this storm as it continues to move at quite a clip in a northwesterly direction. the path actually does take it into japan within the next 48 to 72 hours. and as natalie mentioned a moment ago, there's plenty going on across this area including the japanese grand prix taking place on sunday afternoon. we are expecting some intensification over the next 24 mourps could become a category four, but we do have something working for us. it is october, by the way, water temperatures across this area are starting to cool down. we should see this storm slowly start to weaken before it impacts the western and central parts of japan. even our computer models here at the cnn world weather center are indicating this storm should start to impact the prefectures in the western half of japan.

that is the recent volcanic eruption. we've been talking about it the last several days. >> the thunderstorms in the area not affiliated with this particular typhoon. sunday, that's when the rain and the wind starts to pick up. and timing sefrg with this particular storm. you can see the differences in our computer models. this is the location of the grand prix on sunday. rain and wind will overspread by the time event starts to take place at 3:00 p.m. local time. the ore computer model indicates it's not even making land fall just yet. we have another tropical depression starting to develop across the central pacific. you can see it's going to take a very similar path to the

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hajj pilgrims are taking selfies. some scholars say it goes against the spirit of modesty and devotion. but it seems you can't fight technology as more and more people document their lives online even during a solemn moment like the hajj. in new mexico, there's a highway capable of entertaining motorists in a way most other roads cannot. making music where the rubber meets the road. >> when you think of root 66, music comes to mind. ♪ get your kicks on route 66

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hello and welcome to our viewers. i'm errol barnett. liberia says the first person to bring ebola to the u.s. didn't tell airport officials he was exposed to the virus. new details about how he contracted the virus and what

his family is facing under quarantine. plus, intense moments between police and protesters in hong kong. why the crowds refused to leave even though the chief executive is sending his tough top deputy to talks. australia becomes the latest nation to green light air strikes in iraq. we'll show you what's happening on the front lines in this ongoing battle against isis. in the fight against ebola liberia says it may prosecute thomas eric duncan, that's the first person to test positive for ebola in the u.s. the chairman of liberia's airport authority says duncan lied on an airport questionnaire asking if he cared for a patient with a deadly virus. witnesses said he had been helping ebola patients before he traveled to the u.s. liberia's president says it is unpardonable that duncan decided to fly knowing