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i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm john vause. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this hour, ebola's spread and the first woman in spain to be infected outside of africa. and isis plants its flag on a town outside the turkish border. also ahead, a prisoner who spent three years at guantanamo bay. his message for western governments after terror charges against him were dropped. thanks for joining us, everyone. president obama is making a call to action as two ebola patients received treatment in the u.s. >> and for the first time, a patient has contracted the virus outside of west africa. >> here are some key developments we are following right now. after meeting with health and kurt aids, president obama is urging other countries to step up to fight ebola. and he says more airline

protocols are being used to keep the virus from spreading. >> now in spain, a nurse's assistant now has the virus after helping to treat two ebola patients. we are live in spain. this nurse was on vacation when she developed symptoms, which means she was potentially infectious. why won't authorities say where she was, at least issue some kind of warning? >> reporter: hi, john. well, they have not given that information. we were in a very crowded, you could call it tense, news conference with the health minister last night, hours ago, where they confirmed the case of this nurse's assistant. she was part of the medical team that had treated the medical missionaries who came back and later died, one in august, one on september 26. she went on vacation september 27, and three days later informed authorities that she was not feeling well, but her fever it was not high, according to the officials righlast night.

and that's why they didn't take extraordinary measures at that time. the latest is that she has been transferred from a hospital in the southern suburb to the reference hospital where she worked overnight under police escort in isolation, transparent isolation chamber, according to photographs in a spanish newspaper. >> no one has been able to explain what went wrong here. so is that raising concerns now about the safety procedures, the health workers when they're dealing with ebola patients? >> reporter: indeed there are concerns. and those questions were leveled at the press conference last night. officials trying to say that they followed all the proper procedures and protocols. they don't know what went wrong. but some health care workers' unions are saying that the equipment, the suits, gloves were not of the highest standard, with as much isolation

for the workers as say, you're finding, they say, in the united states. so that is one thing that certainly will be looked at. and here on the street, we certainly found some concern among people that we talked to. let's have a listen. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> translator: yes, we see it inside our own country, inside the peninsula it has started. those from outside can spread it, so we worry. >> translator: if we get nervous, we won't get anywhere, but that's harder, but we need to be calm. there is nothing else we can do. >> reporter: so at this point, john, a lot more questions than answers. >> and just very quickly, al, were there concerns raised about spain's ability to deal with ebola back in august? >> reporter: indeed there were. and you had, again, some of the unions there present the health care workers, remember many of

the research teaching hospitals here are public hospitals. so they're heavily unionized. and there were concerns raised. and they brought that up this last night saying look, we told you about this, saying to the officials. so that is something there is a lot of finger pointing going on right now. and clearly they don't want their to spread. there are other health care workers who are now under close observation who would have been in contact with this nurse's assistance in addition to the people who may have been in contact with her while she was on vacation for those several days. >> we appreciate it, thank you, al. the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. is now getting an experimental anti-virus drug. thomas duncan remains in critical condition in texas. >> and his partner has spoken with anderson cooper and louise has asked for us not to use her full name.

she's pleading for any help to save duncan. >>. >> caller: i am worried. i am sad. you don't know how frus tated i am. i'm just asking god, and the americans, the same medicine they're giving people that came, the people with ebola that came, please help him save his life. he is too young to die. >> and he is one of two ebola patients currently getting treatment in the united states. >> reporter: family members of thomas eric duncan say he is now being given an experimental drug. it's the best treatment available due to the shortage of z map. meantime, as the home where duncan last stayed was cleaned, his partner, louise, and her family, remain under quarantine,

removed to another home reportedly provided by a member of her church. health workers say they have tracked down the homeless man who they say rode later in the same ambulance which took duncan to the hospital. so far he has had no signs of the disease. across dallas, special fever measurement kits are being delivered to schools. the devices measure a student's temperature without a thermometer, without touching a person. as they ask people to be vigilant. >> there have been discussions from people in congress, from the public, from the media. we'll look at those and see what works to protect americans and make sure that whatever we do doesn't unintentionally actually increase our risk. >> reporter: tonight, ashoko mukpo is also being treated in omaha. >> he's enormously relieved to

be here. he's hanging in and is very strong. >> reporter: he was on assignment when he was exposed to the deadly virus. >> with each one of these patients, therapy needs to be individualized. so we really are considering all treatment options and obviously will need to be discussed with him. because obviously, if there are experimental therapies involved, he will have to understand the risks and benefits of those. >> reporter: martin savage, dallas. there have been more than 7,000 confirmed or suspected cases of ebola in west africa. 3400 of them have been fatal. it's feared the real numbers could be much higher than that. the vast majority of those cases and deaths are in liberia where more than 2,000 people have died. still to come here on cnn, a lot more on the other big story of the day. black isis flags are being

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>> the islamist militants clashed in the streets with kurdish forces monday, battling to control the strategic border town. many kurdish and isis fighters were killed. the militants are marking their territory as they advance. >> reporter: throughout the day, we watched the artillery barrage grow more intense. really focused it seems on kobani. in the morning isis had planted its flag on the top of one of the buildings located to the southeast of the city. and it is there where they have managed to establish something of a stronghold. but as the day wore on towards mid afternoon, isis gaining control of a strategic hilltop to the east. those who are fighting inside, the kurdish fighting force reiterating their desperate calls for additional assistance. they say isis has weaponry at their disposal, but the kurds

quite simply cannot match. it is by sheer determination at this stage that they're managing to keep isis at bay, but this is not something they can do indefinitely. and there is a lot of anger, because people we've been speaking to feel as if the u.s.-led coalition had a responsibility to prevent this situation from deteriorating to this degree. they say there were targets of opportunity, for example, when isis was fighting on hilltops, completely exposed, or as they were moving their weaponry, their armor towards kobani. they say those were chances for the u.s.-led coalition to launch strikes against them. now kobani's strategic for isis, because if they do gain control of it, they would have a logistical hold from rauk a to turkey. upyards of 200,000 refugees have

fled to turkey. this time, men at the border trying to flee the fighting. amongst them, some of the fighters, the kurdish fighters trying to get into turkey. they were blocked by the turkish security forces. people are saying that they feel at this stage that the international community has abandoned them once again. >> and that report was from the turkey/syria border. 2,000 people were able to flee into turkey overnight. governments throughout the world are trying to stop young men and women from joining isis as well as other militant groups. >> karl penhaul spoke with a father from the united kingdom who has already lost one son and is pleading with his other sons to abandon their fight. >> we're happy that he died a good death, if you will, as a

muslim, a martyr goes to paradise. at the same time, we feel sad for the loss. he was so young. so much in front of him. >> reporter: one son already dead, two more still on syria's front lines. he desperately wants them home. >> on this issue, as a father, i'm very selfish. i think about my sons first. i want them out of danger. that is the bottom line. >> reporter: british born and bred, he was first to leave, he was 19. i took up arms with an al qaeda-linked faction designated a terrorist group by the u.s. now in northwest syria, i asked what led him from his english seaside home to the battlefield? >> to me, it doesn't make sense that more people are being, sitting at home and not doing

anything. why is it seen as extreme to go and rescue your religion or rescue your people and do your duty? why is it seen as extreme? has it reached to a point that the morals of life is to only care for yourself? >> reporter: at the start of this year, his younger brothers joined him on jihad. his father had been to syria himself doing aid work and he tried unsuccessfully to persuade his sons to focus own the humanitarian effort. in april, the news this father had been dreading. one ofi sons was killed. >> he advanced into the territory of the syrian army. and then a sniper shot him in his chest, i think. and he fell on his back to the sky and died. that's how his brother described it. >> reporter: and since the launch of u.s. air strikes in syria, he knows the danger is

growing for his two surviving sons. the u.s. contends it's primarily targeting isis, not al nusra, but he told cnn units close to his were bombed last week. they may cut a deal with one time rivals, isis, to confront the u.s.-led offensive. >> the scholar of islam have joined together to work as it's more beneficial in facing this coalition. but still, we have our islamic differences. >> reporter: on the home front, his father wants a different kind of deal, a british government amnesty that would allow foreign jihadis like his sons to come home. >> if you tell people, you're already a terrorist. you are going to be imprisoned if you come back. you're going to be punished.

so what you're saying is not to come back. you know? so i think there should be an exit strategy for those who want. >> reporter: as the skype signal fades, no hint he is looking for an off ramp. he has a message for his family. >> i advise them to be patient, and wish for me to be patient, and wish for me to be steadfast. >> reporter: leaving his father clinging only to snap shots of a summer long gone. karl penhaul, cnn, england. >> and of course this is just one example of so many families across the globe, hundreds of them, dealing with the same problem where young boys are leaving their countries and going to fight for isis. >> a lot of the analysts say they prey on young men. they've also been trying to recruit people with mental disabilities. people who are emotionally

distressed, you know for many of the foreign fighters who get there, they get really low-ranking jobs. they're not the front line troops. they don't have the jobs they thought they would have. getting out of isis is like getting out of the mafia. it is very, very difficult for them. >> they're basically preying on the vulnerable. >> yes. >> we're going to take a short break right now. but ahead, a decision by the supreme court has same-sex advocates cheering. you on the runway. (vo) theraflu starts to get to work in your body in just 5 minutes. (vo) theraflu breaks you free from your worst cold and flu symptoms. (vo) theraflu. serious power.

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right now. i've been shaking all morning. >> reporter: on the first day of its new term, the supreme court on monday decided to stay out of the debate on same-sex marriage by refusing to hear cases from five states. the rulings declared bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. >> i feel like it's something that they didn't even want to entertain it. it's something that they believe that all americans should be treated as equals in the eyes of the law. >> reporter: the appeals had been brought by oklahoma, wisconsin, indiana. >> it is now not only legal but also required that i issue licenses to every couple in indiana in marion county without discrimination. >> all virginians have the constitutional right to be treated fairly and equally, to have loving, committed relationships, recognized and respected. >> reporter: same sex couples in

six other states may also be able to marry soon because they fall under the same circuit appeals courts that struck down bans. if that happens, same sex marriage would be legal in 30 states. let's go to california now where new nasa satellite images are showing just how bad the drought situation is. it's gone from bad to worse to horrendous to downright awful. >> these satellite imageries released on monday afternoon courtesy of nasa, showing you what they're finding out based on the satellites that were put in orbit back in 2002. these measure gravity field variations, and they indicate soil moisture and the rocks themselves. back in june of 2002, pretty healthy. we had an active el nino pattern in the late 1990s.

so you see the color indications in the green. then the color contours quickly change to a little bit of yellow and orange as you head to 2008. and of course in the last couple of years from 2013 to 2014 now we've pushed into the largest drought. right across the san joaquin valley, that's where the major issue lies right now. that area is very vital to the united states, when you take a look at the output that comes out of here. some 250 different types of crops are grown across the central valley. about 25% of the u.s. food supply comes from here and about 40% of the u.s. fruit and nut spray comes from here as well. 75% of california's irrigated land. it's nearly double the size of taiwan. it covers about 20,000 square miles of land. in the u.s., you take the states of massachusetts and new jersey put them together, that's how

much land this covers. so a lot of people are going to be impacted by this of course. the forecast showing you drought intensifying across this region. nasa says over the past three years, about 4 trillion gallons of water a year are taken for agricultural needs. that's about 15 trillion liters. and the state of california uses far less than that in any given year for its 38 million people to spry tupply the water for ci and people. >> such a megadrought. it's been going on forever. >> you talk about the dust bowl, the dirty 30s as they call it. of course there's a lot more people than back in the 1930s. the nobel prize will be announced in just a few short hours. >> british american researcher

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to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i'm john vause. >> i'm rosemary church. a nurse's assistant in spain is now the first person known to have contracted ebola outside of africa. she treated a priest and missionary who got the virus in africa. both of them died after returning to spain. cnn witnessed two isis black flags raised on the eastern city of kobani on monday. full battle has erupted in the streets. many isis targets in kobani are too close to the turkish border for air strikes. south korean and north korean patrol boats have exchanged fire.

officials say a north korean boat crossed a demarcation line. the south korean vessel feared warni -- fired warning shots. no injuries are reported. back now to the ebola outbreak. and the u.s. president says health and security officials are working on new procedures to try and put the brakes on this deadly virus both inside and outside the united states. >> barack obama says the odds of an epidemic in america are extremely low, and he intends to keep it that way. listen. >> as i've said from the start of this outbreak, i consider this a top national security priority. meanwhile, at the federal level, we're constantly reviewing and evaluating the measures that we already have in place to see whether there are additional improvements. we continue to look at additional steps that can be taken to make sure that the american people are safe, which is our highest priority. >> also speaking out, the governor of texas.

he not only calls for enhanced screening but also quarantines at the border. >> his state is the first to have a patient diagnosed with the disease in the u.s. thomas duncan is receiving an x experimental drug. he was screened, but that wasn't enough to stop him from getting onto a plane. so could those who also have ebola bring this in? >> it's possible, but there are safety measures in place to keep that from happening. >> we keep talking about ebola as a west african phenomenon. but the big concern of course beyond for this area is how it might spread somewhere else technically through the atec particularly through the air and how that might be accomplished. one of these areas is belgium, they're still servicing this area. otherwise how do you get doctors and supplies to areas that need

he them. if you look at the pattern of global flights, all the different ways that one person could be carrying it, fly out through brussels and spread through the world. it goes into the millions of possibilities of how that might happen. so there are safety measures under way right now. if you look at the measures being conducted by the belgians right now, taking the temperature of every passenger and crew member getting onto the plane. food and drinks being handled with gloves. if anybody does appear to be sick, ebola kits are on board which allow them to isolate that person better, take their temperature, try to contain everything so it doesn't infect other passengers there. still, the question remains, if you were seated next to somebody on a plane and they started getting sick, meaning they

became contagious, this virus does not appear to live long at all on any kind of surface and getting infected that way is very difficult to do. fever, headaches, nausea, vomiting, bleeding. if they got past all the safeguards and those bodily fluids came in contact with people around them, then yes, those people possibly could be infected with ebola. >> we will continue to follow the story on ebola. but we do want to move to another top story. a teenager from chicago is under arrest, accused of trying to travel to syria and join isis. >> mohammed hamza khan is not the first to try to join isis, but it is a surprise to his friends and neighbors.

>> reporter: today in federal court shall the 19-year-old illinois man stood silently as he was accused of wanting to travel to join isis. according to this criminal complaint, mohammed hamza khan had a ticket to istanbul and cash for a hotel along with what police say was a map with arrow pointing across the turkey/syrian border. >> what they were waiting for here was the last minute, because the more deeply he gets into this criminal conspiracy, the more likely they have a case in federal court. >> reporter: according to this criminal complaint obtained by cnn, police also discovered notebooks with the isis flag and a letter with the words come to jihad. one says come to stay.

the lions of war. my nation, the dawn has emerged. >> he is offering himself as a soldier for isil. in ord in other words, he's going to provide services. >> reporter: they also found a letter written to his parents and asking that they please not tell the authorities about his plans to migrate to the islamic state. today cnn spoke with one of his neighbors near his suburban chicago home. >> the kid was polite. i didn't expect that in the least bit. >> reporter: he is one of a dozen americans who have traveled to syria to fight. >> another man who once faced terrorism-related charges is now criticizing western government policies that he says criminalize muslims just for going to syria.

>> a former guantanamo bay detainee. prosecutors drop the charges. after looking at the material they decided they could not get a conviction and decided to dismiss the case. >> reporter: you have said that you wanted to have your day in court. what would you have said? >> the government has accused me of being involved in terrorism in syria. and what i would have replied, i have first of all on my side the moral argument. the moral argument is to assist the people who have been brutalized and killed almost in a genocidical way. the allied nations were supporting the free syrian army which fought alongside jihadi groups and were giving them non-lethal aid, including

generators, body armor, night vision equipment and so forth. the british government was. >> reporter: what kind of an impact would it have, does it have on other legal cases of those who have returned from syria or who want to come back from syria? >> i was imprisoned with numerous young, kids, 19, 20 and upwards who had gone to syria for completely noble reasons. the important thing is that they came back. and the reason why they came back is they didn't want to be part of what's taking place there now. but what do we decide to do? criminalize them. put them in prison. for example in denmark and germany they're not doing that, they're trying to reintegrate them back into society, saying, okay, we'll show you another way. there is a point that people can take out of this, they can have a learning experience. they come back and teach and educate. they're now experienced. but what we want to do is say no. because they're muslims, they must by definition, by default

have programming inside them that makes them a threat to our existence. and that sort of rubbish is the kind of thing that we're going to introduce in court against me. >> reporter: what kind of an impact does it have now on your life and your work? >> what impact does it have on anyone? the imprisonment was extremely difficult. i can say i've been there, done that. even now the court has found me not guilty. even though they've said i am an innocent man, even then, i'm still on this terrorist asset freeze, which means i can't buy my kids for eid. it means they cannot buy me one. if they do it could constitute a criminal offense. and this is the type of situation i'm still in. >> reporter: is the government policy now driving people the other way? >> the government as far as they're concerned, anything that you may do that constitutes their wide scope of terrorism will have you put in prison.

so they will not talk to them. they will not approach these so-called prevent programs. it's the foreign policy that's pushing people to the extreme. it's now the internal policy that's alienating people. i was in prison with numerous people on terrorism charges. and most of these guys were not politicized before they went to syria. they really went to help the syrians. now they're politicized. now they hate the government. >> reporter: that interview f. m the charges dropped would raise many questions but police would not reveal any information that led to the decision. >> now that the case is no longer heading to trial it would be unfair and inappropriate to discuss it. >> we will take a short break. but coming up on cnn in hong kong. demonstrators and the government

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welcome back, everyone. well, in hong kong, fewer protesters are hitting the streets, and the government and

demonstrators have agreed to hold talks, but are they any closer to ending the stalemate? they've least their momentum somewhat, these protest, haven't they? but now we're hearing about the government and the protesters getting together talking about solutions perhaps? what are they going to talk about exactly? >> reporter: yeah, i think you have to say, the loss of momentum is partly at least due to the fact that there are these talks going on. so what you're seeing is people coming off the streets, because they believe there is a negotiation process in place, so they don't need to be out here. having said that, there still is very much a presence here. it's still very much a campsite. this is just one of three here in hong kong. as far as what sort of outcome we can expect, very difficult to say at this stage. the key is that they are at least talking. they both want to, they want to

come to an agreement. but we don't know yet what sort of compromise either side is prepared to give. i mean, beijing is unlikely to move much beyond its position, to be honest, and the students have continued to maintain this line that they want beijing to back away from their plans of nominating the chief executive. it is still a long ways apart. we are in the second week of this protest. it is continuing, but the numbers are starting to fall, and the frustrations are also starting to grow, particularly in the working class area of hong kong, it's a retail area of hong kong. a lot of people down there live pretty hard, and the occupy movement they say is hurting their business and they are starting to get fed up with the situation. on the working class streets, they are losing patience,

business is down and getting worse. this woman now struggles to make ends meet. it's never been this bad, she tells me. at first i supported them. but then i started to think, they're being selfish, because they block the roads, and that's wrong. virginia is one of the many feeling the squeeze as the protest heads to the second week. businesses big and small are being affected. from the chain stores and banks on nathan road, to the smallest of stalls tucked away in a lane. there's not much business going on. away from the main street, there's a worm of small alley ways just like this one. and the people here don't want to be interviewed on camera, but they will tell you that business is hurting. it was scenes like this last friday night that have spooked shoppers and tourists alike. violent confrontation between

pro and anti-occupy protesters and reports that organized crime was fueling the unrest. so there is support for the protesters. many including polly say enough is enough. >> i'm very angry, because this movement is disrupting my life. i think there will be a rebellion, actually a rebellion of the other 7 million people in hong kong. >> reporter: there's no plan yet to break up this camp. students we spoke to say thiey'e staying put. >> i won't leave. >> reporter: why not? >> if they ask me to leave in these camps, it doesn't get anything. anwon't be in this situation. >> reporter: and they've apparently come up with a new strategy of rye actieacting to criticism, with a simple song.

♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: they're taking the tension out of those confrontations by singing "happy birthday." every day this protest continues, more and more hong kongers become disgruntled with the fact that their life is being disrupted, and they feel the students have made their point and it's time for them to clear the streets and let hong kong get back to work. >> really, that's exactly what china and hong kong authorities were hoping would be the outcome, wasn't it? there was very much this sit back and wait for this to play out. th that seems to have happened. the momentum is gone, but the students have made their point. >> reporter: yes, they have made a point, but they haven't achieved anything yet. they still want to see democratic -- they're not doing this because they're flexing their muscles, there is a

heartfelt feelings among the students here that we are hong kongers. we are different than china. we want a different political system. we've seen what's happening on the mainland. we don't want that. we want full democracy, and we want it now. it's all in the process of full democracy, and by full democracy, the students say they want the right to choose the candidates who they will then elect for the next leader of this city. beijing, on the other hand, says that there is a process in place, and it is going to take time. there is widespread feeling here that beijing still has the power to approve the nominations for the next leader. that is the sticking point. hong kongers don't want that. and the students are passionate about this and they are committed to getting change. so certainly, as far as the arguments and the consensus is concerned, it's still a long way away. it's whether they're prepared to take this on by other means or stay here until the bitter end.

that's still hanging in the balance. >> yeah. it will certainly be interesting to see what comes of these talks between protesters and government authorities. thank you for joining us from the streets of hong kong. in south africa, testimony began in the trial of a british millionaire accused of hiring hit men to kill his wife on their honeymoon. that testimony contained some very revealing details. >> reporter: surprising revelations on day one of the trial in cape town. having pleaded not guilty on the five charges against him including murder, the first thing he said, and this was in testimony read out by his defense attorney was, i am bisexual. that he had relations with men and with women, including a male prostitute. only after that did he go on to detail his relationship with annie, how their relationship

was stormy but that they loved one another, that she'd accused him of being controlling and had tried to break off their relationship a few times. but that they did want to have a family and a future together. and then, in this testimony which was extremely long on this first day of the trial, he explained what had happened in those 30 fateful hours they spent together in cape town on their honeymoon which ended up, he said, in a situation where their car was hijacked and he was forced out at gun point begging not to be left without his wife. the courtroom then saw shocking video evidence of annie's bloody body lying in the car and then heard from the pathologist about the postmortem, how she'd been shot in the neck, killed with a sickle bu single bullet. now this trial has been due to start for four years. he has been fighting extradition from the u.k. the killing happened in 2010,

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in recent months. not much of the storm left at this point. probably 45 miles per hour. very weak storm system, but it does have plenty of moisture associated with it and a lot of swells associated as well. some 9 million people under high surf advisories through tuesday evening. upwards of 8 feet across portions of southern california. rip currents a major threat across this region. the storm makes landfall again inside the next 24 hours, weakens significantly as it moves in towards areas of the state of arizona. east of palm springs, 1 to 2 inches of rainfall is possible as this storm system fizzles out. the rainfall they will take, but certainly not in areas they need it, across western california

where they need it most. i want to take you to asia, because we do have multiple typhoons we have seen this season so far. 16 of them have made landfall. two over taiwan. and most recently, our friends in japan dealing with multiple tropical storms and typhoons, four of them in total since the first of january. you look back out towards the western pacific, a menacing storm system, equivalent to a category 3. that would be a major storm system sitting out there just west of guam. the track right now of the next three or four days, it takes it northward, eventually close to 150 miles per hour, close to a category 5 and threatening portions of japan in the next six to seven days. something worth noting as we've already had one storm make landfall. and lastly, wanting to leave you with some images. i don't know if we have the images -- doesn't look like we

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hello, everyone, and a big welcome to those of you watching here in the u.s. and around the world, i'm errol barnett with you for the next two hours. coming up, we can report on a new twist in the ebola outbreak. a nurse in spain becomes the first person to contract ebola outside of west africa. also, more screenings, president barack obama says the u.s. will increase its vij lens for ebola at american airports. >> i consider this a top national security priority. >> also coming up for you, as