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aide has tested positive for the ebola virus. they say she developed symptoms shortly after treating two infected patients who returned to spain for care but later died. >> meantime, the numbers back in west africa are disturbing, with more than 7,000 confirmed or suspected cases of ebola. that's according to the world health organization. about half of them have died. we do want to turn to our al goodman, who joins us now from spain with more on the case there. and al, it has -- i mean, i have to ask you this. if all proper procedures were followed as spanish authorities insist they were, how do they explain how the nurse's aide contracted the ebola virus, and what does this mean for other health workers there in spain? >> reporter: well, the tension is very high here, rosemary, because in addition to this nurse's assistant who has contracted the virus, here the

first person out of west africa to do so as she was taking care of two other ebola patients, spanish missionaries who had come from africa to madrid, they later died, one in august, one in september. but with the health officials, and we were at this tense press conference at the ministry last night saying that all the proper procedures and protocols were followed, but clearly unions are not buying that, and they're saying they had been warning for some time there was not the proper equipment, not the high-grade equipment that was needed for these kinds of operations. now, the nurse's assistant has been transferred from a hospital in southern madrid to the hospital where he should worked. but everyone is watching now because the authorities say at least 30 other members of the medical team are under observation. unions say that number could be higher. and that number could be extended. the worst fear is it might not be just one ebola patient, it could be more than one in the coming days if things turn out the wrong way. rosemary? >> ands that that is a real

concern. another one is that the nurse's aide was on vacation when she developed ebola symptoms. so she was potentially infectious at that time. and perhaps other people contracted this. we don't know at this point. but explain to us why spanish authorities are refusing to say where she went on vacation and perhaps issue warnings to people to keep a lookout for possible symptoms. >> reporter: there are some differences of opinion. some of the government experts last night said that although she reported that she was feeling ill three days into her vacation and this is just a few days after the second spanish missionary died, she was on the team trying to take care of that man, that her temperature was not that high. it was a low temperature and it didn't ring the alarm bells to isolate her. and officials say that until you're fully infectious with ebola it's hard to get somebody else infected. so that's what they're saying is

that crucial week from september 30th to october 6th was she infectious or not? that's what's going to be determined hopefully today or very soon so they can then decide if they have to further isolate or further observe other people who may have been in contact with her. spaniards of course, madrid people when they get a vacation, they try to go to the beach even if it's september. we don't know if she did that. we don't know where she was. presumably authorities do because her husband is talking with the authorities and trying to help them, but they haven't made that public yet. rosemary? >> big concern for people there in spain. al goodman reporting there from madrid. many thanks to you. errol. all right. let's get you the latest information out of texas. that's the first u.s. state to have a patient diagnosed with ebola. thomas duncan told a hospital there he had been in liberia. and yet still he was released. ed lavandera takes a closer look at the mistakes and the state's response. >> reporter: it took just one ebola patient to show the

vulnerabilities of screening for the deadly virus. >> we have learned some lessons 2 in terms of what happened in dallas. we don't have a lot of margin for error. the procedures and protocols that are put in place must be followed. >> reporter: at times the response has seemed chaotic. keeping track of nearly 50 people who made contact with ebola patient thomas eric duncan has had its issues. >> we just need to locate this individual, and we could use your help in letting them know they're not in trouble. we want to move them to a comfortable and compassionate place and care for their every need while we monitor them. >> reporter: but the biggest confusion still swirls around duncan's first visit to texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas on the night of september 25th and why he was sent home, possibly infecting others, only to be admitted into the hospital three days later. last week the hospital said a flaw in the electronic health record led to his release despite duncan admitting he had

just been in west africa. the next day the hospital sent out what it called a clarification. there was no flaw in the electronic health record in the way the physician and nursing portions interacted relating to this event. we asked hospital officials several times to clarify what went wrong but did not get a response to our questions. but we were able to ask the head of the texas department of health. >> the hospital originally said that they blamed the electronic health record and then changed that on friday. but haven't really given an explanation as to what happened. have you learned any more about why he wasn't kept there originally when he first visited? >> i don't have the full information yet. i can understand how people could be frustrated with that mixed message that you got. i think we will need to look at that. >> reporter: health experts acknowledge that the first case of ebola to be diagnosed in the united states has uncovered flaws and unanticipated issues. >> there were mistakes made. there will probably be mistakes made in the future as we go forward. but the fact is i stand by the

fact that the process is working. we don't have an outbreak. we have one event that is being handled properly. >> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. well, it is an experimental drug already credited with helping save the lives of two americans. so why aren't other ebola patients like thomas duncan receiving the same treatment? coming up in our next half hour, we will look at the reasons why supply of the zmapp drug is having trouble keeping up with demand. well, under siege for nearly three weeks, the syrian kurdish city of kobani is on the verge of falling into isis control. the sunni militants raised at least two flags on the city's eastern edge monday. they broke through kurdish defenses battling on the streets. a witness says fighters on both

sides were killed. >> wire services quote kurdish officials who says 2,000 managed to flee into turkey overnight. take a look at this map. because if isis takes kobani it would be significant because it would mean they would control land stretching from their self-declared capital of raqqa to the border with turkey. meantime, in the u.s. a teenager is under arrest on charges of trying to join isis. this comes amid growing concern in washington about the group's advance. our gym skjim sciutto has more. >> reporter: he told his parents he felt an obligation to migrate to isis-controlled land. chicago-area teen mohammed hamzah khan is, say federal prosecutors, the latest of roughly a dozen americans to volunteer for isis. he was arrested at chicago's o'hare airport just as he was about to board what he allegedly said was a one-way journey to syria and to war.

on the ground there isis is advancing even in the face of american air power. today in kobani, northern syria, kurdish fighters are locked in bloody street battles with isis. the militants have already raised their signature black flags not a building and a hilltop overlooking the town. while raining down shell fire from tanks and heavy artillery. quoting one fighter, a reporter for arabic al an tv tweeted "we hoped american planes would help us. instead american tanks in the hands of isis are killing us." u.s. officials call the effort against isis there ongoing. >> this is something where we've long said from the beginning that this would take some time. we're working, you know, closely to do everything we can to help push back isil in this part of the country. >> reporter: in iraq where u.s. officials hope the combination of coalition air power and iraqi army units would turn the tide,

isis is still advancing as well. capturing the city of hit and closing in on ramadi. with iraqi forces faltering the u.s. deployed apache attack helicopters, originally intended to protect the u.s. embassy in baghdad, to come to the rescue of overwhelmed iraqi soldiers. >> the strategy of aerial bombardment is not going to work to destroy isil, but we've got a series of half measures with isil that are going to draw this conflict out and will not lead to the isis destruction, which makes it much more dangerous. >> reporter: looking at the map, you can see how difficult it has been to gain back territory from isis. this is iraq before the u.s.-led air campaign started. at the time there were 13 cities under isis control. and this is today. 59 days into the air campaign, now 14 cities under isis control. they added hit and now ramadi being contested as well. looking at syria, there's no reason for before and after because before the air campaign

started there were ten cities under isil control. today still ten cities and in fact isis contesting for kobani right along the turkish border as well. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. while isis has made a slight gain in territory since u.s.-led strikes began, washington is building up a hefty bill for its air campaign. the defense department says air strikes in iraq and syria have cost more than $62 million so far. well, isis is also spending considerable money to carry out its war, but it has no problem raising funds, of course. one u.s. official told cnn that the islamist group probably raises about $1 million every single day. drew griffin shows us how isis gets its money. >> reporter: this is the southernmost edge of turkey, just across those hills is the border with syria.

the area where extremist islamic rebels known as isis are fighting to create an islamic caliphate, or islamic state. it is also an area in villages like this where isis can make money to finance its wars. small oil smuggling operations, some estimate adding up to millions of barrels in the last few months, have been uncovered. the oil comes from refineries isis has taken inside iraq and syria. up until just last week it was easy to smuggle into this part of turkey. why? smuggled cheap oil is a much prized commodity here and it doesn't matter who's selling it. even if it's your enemy. >> buy gas at any station just across the border here in turkey and you'll see why it's so easy to overlook who is selling what. gas here in hatai costs roughly $7.50 a gallon. u.s. coalition forces just in the past week have destroyed, attacked, and bombed isis oil

facilities precisely to cut off the group's funding. but if you think just knocking out isis's oil will stop this radical islamic army, you don't understand just how many ways isis funds itself. >> we've described this as the best-financed group we've ever seen. >> reporter: matthew levitt is a student of terror financing, working previously for the u.s. treasury department, the fbi, and now with the washington institute for near east policy. isis, he says, is different than any other traditional terrorist group and is funded like no other. yes, there is oil. yes, there are charitable donations from wealthy sympathizers in countries including qatar and kuwait. but isis funds itself mostly from within. born among the crooks and thugs of iraq, it is at its root, says levitt, a criminal enterprise. >> they were always primarily financed through domestic criminal activity within the borders of iraq. >> it's massive organized crime

run amok with no cops. >> exactly. >> want to do business in isis controlled territory you? pay a tax. want to move a truck down a highway? you pay a toll. villagers in isis territory pay for just about everything. >> there are reports that people in mosul who want to take money out of their own bank accounts need to make a voluntary not so voluntary donation to the islamic state, to isis. >> they're taxing the people. that's a huge revenue. >> moaz mustafa is the executive director of the syrian emergency task force in washington, d.c. he says isis literally formed in the void made by the pullout of u.s. troops and the retreating iraqi army. that kind of self-financing mob, he says, can't be destroyed from air strikes. you need to take back the territory and restore order. fighters willing to do that are frustrated that the u.s. so far won't help them. >> it's a white house decision. >> it is a whout decision. and it also has been. and i think the white house is

slowly moving in the right direction. i can tell you that the policy that the white house has right now, if it had this policy three years ago there would have never been an isis republic. we would have gotten rid of assad. >> reporter: u.s. coalition air strikes have now begun targeting isis locations, attacking the oil facilities and even grain silos. but as long as isis controls any ground where civilians can be taxed, extorted and robbed, isis will remain self-financing. drew griffin, cnn. >> now, we will have much more on the fight against isis later this hour, including our interview with a 17-year-old girl who has joined the fight against the islamic militants. listen to this. >> when you were a fighter, when you were fighting, do you believe you killed members of isis? >> translator: alone i killed maybe nine that i saw. >> and she is not alone. how other kurdish women are

earning a reputation for bravery on the battlefield. but first, it's not just chinese leaders who are fed up with hong kong's democracy protests. business owners are also quickly losing patience. >> away from the main street there's a warren of small alleyways just like this one just off the main protest site. and the people here don't want to be interviewed on camera, but they will tell you that business is hurting.

we show you what's happening now. the crowds have thinned considerably. we're showing you live pictures now coming to us from hong kong, and there are nearly as many activists on the street. let's connect live with andrew stevens at one of the main protest sites to see what's happening here. andrew, something has been accomplished behind the scenes. there is now discussions set to take place between representatives of the protesters and the government. how has that had an impact on what's happening where you are on the streets? >> reporter: i think some people have decided that now there is a clear negotiation planned for perhaps a resolution here. and i use the word perhaps here, errol, because at this stage

neither side is at least publicly giving any indication they are prepared to compromise in any way. but even the mere fact there are now official negotiations about to start, we think that will start sometime later this week, it's enough to have taken some of the people off the streets here. definitely there are fewer people here. it is a quiet time of the day, sort of the middle of the afternoon here in hong kong. the crowds tend to swell at night, but even then we're not seeing the same sort of numbers we've seen before. i think there's also a bit of fatigue. we are in our second week here. and there's also a sense of anger certainly. it is bubbling up. this is one of three protest sites here in hong kong. the others are in residential shopping areas. a big, big commercial parts of hong kong. here where we are it's much more the financial hub with the big international banks and big international labels here. but in places like monkok where i've been the last couple days

it's a more hardscrabble place and people are feeling the effect of the occupy movement there perhaps more than people here are. on the working-class streets of monkok virginia lao is losing patience. business is down 30% and getting worse. after 45 years selling newspapers out of this stall she now struggles to make ends meet. "it's never been this bad," she tells me. "at first i support them but then i started to think they're being selfish because they blocked the roads, and that's wrong." virginia is one of the many feeling the squeeze in monkok as the protest movement heads to its second week, camped on an intersection in one of the busiest districts of hong kong. businesses big and small are being affected. from the chain stores and banks on nathan road that runs through the heart of the district to the smallest of stalls tucked away. there's not much business going on. away from the main street there's a warren of small alleyways like this one, just

off the main protest site, 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. though there is support here for the protesters, many others, including polly lao, who's lived in monkok all her life, 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 against that. >> reporter: but there's no plan yet to break up this camp. students we spoke to said they're staying put. >> i won't leave. >> why not? >> because if they ask me to live in these camps i won't live

in this situation. >> reporter: and they've apparently come up with a new strategy of reacting in the face of criticism, with a simple song. ♪ happy birthday to you [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and that song, errol, just illustrates just how the protesters are trying to keep the peace in this protest. but there's no denying the fact that they have irritated a lot of people, particularly in monkok. what i should point out too, though, is throughout this whole protest movement there's been in no way the sense that hong kong has been closed down by this commercially at least. yes, it's been disrupted but the commerce here goes on. it is a normal working day here. the stock exchange is open. it's been open all the time. the banks are functioning. a few branches are closed but that's about it.

the shots are open all around where i am. the offices are open. people are back at work. indeed hong kong is functioning. but there is this sense that -- so the students coming from many hong kongers now, you have achieved a lot, you have made your point, now can we just get back to how things used to be, please. >> andrew stevens has been guiding us through every twist and turn of these demonstrations, joining us live from hong kong this afternoon where it's roughly 3:24 in the afternoon. andrew, thanks. rosemary, back to you. >> all right. thanks, errol. still to come on cnn, one day after being hit by a powerful typhoon, we're learning that japan is already facing another threat. details of this latest tropical storm straight ahead.

look at these incredible images. japan is dealing with the aftermath of typhoon phan phuong. the storm has disrupted travel and laet behind the threat of very severe mudslides. >> and if this isn't enough we are learning about another typhoon with its sights set on japan. we'll turn to our meteorologist pedram javaheri. it's not following the same path, is it? >> it's following an identical path. just checking into what the wave heights would be in the open waters based on the wind speeds

of this storm system, estimates put the measurements around 42-foot wave heights associated with this storm system. that is 13 meters. that is how powerful and massive this feature is. currently equivalent to a category 3 hurricane if it were in the atlantic ocean. potentially getting up to a category 5 in the next couple of days. and you take a look, the track takes a northerly track over the next 24 hours and eventually threatens okinawa, kagoshima, and portions of southern japan. and again, at this time next week, tuesday into wednesday we could be talking about this threatening tokyo yet again. this is the phanfone track. vongfong meets up with the phanfone track and eventually the forecast models do bring it parallel to the japanese coastline. so it's a very threatening eerie scenario i should say shaping up for portions of japan that has the potential to have winds as high as 150 miles per hour in the next couple of days. so we'll follow that of course as the week progresses. but i want to draw your attention toward portions of northern colombia because over the past 24 hours some strong

thunderstorms, an isolated region of colombia. sharing with you some images because we know deadly lightning strikes across this region have taken place. one in particular here taking 11 lives with it. this remote region, again, a local newspaper telling us that the members of an indigenous tribe were gathered in a hut for an early morning ritual when it was hit by lightning and caught fire, and military officials saying helicopters airlifted some 13 people for treatment across this region. something worth noting, i don't know if you recall this, but back in october of 1998 in the democratic republic of the congo, rosemary and errol, there was a lightning strike that killed 11 people also of a football or soccer team, however you prefer, at the same time. it struck the field. so it kind of shows you these mass events where people are gathered, lightning strike occurs. it's not too unusual to see mass fatalities associated with lightning strikes if they happen in the wrong place essentially at the wrong time there. >> you've got to be careful you're not near any kind of electrical poles or high trees

or any of those kinds of hazards. >> and try not to be outdoors at those times. sure. >> thanks very much. there are louder calls for more aggressive screenings to keep ebola out of the u.s. coming up, we'll explain what measures are being considered. plus, more on the fight against isis. we will show you how iraq's army is trying to fend off the militants on the western outskirts of baghdad. we're back in a moment. [ aniston ] when people ask me what i'm wearing, i tell them aveeno®.

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you are watching he cnn. we certainly appreciate you staying with us. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm rosemary church. let's check the headlines for you this hour. after a week and a half of pro-democracy protests the hong kong government and activists have agreed to hold talks. that's a big step forward. but there's no sign either side is willing to compromise on key demands. protesters are still occupying several parts of the city. but their numbers are dwindling. new information into cnn here. two journalists on the ground in kobani, syria say at least one air strike has targeted isis locations in eastern parts of the city. that's where isis raised at least two of their black flags on monday. cnn cannot independently confirm the strike. a nurse's assistant in spain is now the first person in the current outbreak known to have

contracted ebola outside of africa. she was part of a medical team that treated a spanish missionary and a priest. they both got the virus in west africa and died after returning to spain. well, the first patient to be diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. remains in critical condition. >> yeah. we're speaking of thomas eric duncan. he's being treated now with an experimental anti-viral drug originally intended for viruses like smallpox. it's not the same drug that was used for dr. ken brantly or nancy writebol. >> louise doesn't want her full name used. take a listen. >> so louise, what are you hearing about thomas's condition? >> it's from critical to worse. that's why i really want to go to ask the american government to please help me. i want him to be safe, for them to save his life.

>> you must be very worried. >> i am worried and sad. i'm just asking god and asking the american government the same that it's giving the people that come from liberia, the people with ebola that came, please help him change his life. he is too young to die. let them save his life. >> you may remember the experimental drug used to treat dr. brantly and nancy writebol was called zmapp. it had never been used on humans before. but it is credited with helping to save their lives. the supply of zmapp is all used up for now. our randi kaye explains why it will be a while before it's available again. >> reporter: there is no federally approved treatment and no vaccine for ebola. so the world is pinning its hopes on a drug cocktail called zmapp. zmapp had only been tested successfully on monkeys.

before being used to save the lives of two american missionaries this summer. the experimental treatment is the result of a collaboration between san diego-based mapp biopharmaceutical and two other companies. here's how zman is made. first a genetically engineered virus is injected into a tobacco plant. the plant then produces antibodies. unlike earlier attempts in mice, the tobacco plant can produce enough antibodies for dozens of doses. the zmapp given to the missionaries in august was apparently made from tobacco leaves at a facility in kentucky. >> as the plant starts turning yellow because it's going to die from the viral infection, once you see that the plant has gotten to that point the guys in kentucky harvest the leaf material. >> reporter: cloned humanized antibodies are separated from the plant, purified and turned into doses. in a patient those antibodies attach themselves to ebola's harmful cells and destroy the

virus. trouble is the whole process takes time. as long as six months per dose. and there's another reason the supply of zmapp has already run dry. lack of funding for government agencies focused on biodefense. last year the cdc lost $13 million in biodefense budget cuts. and the budget for the national institute of health was reduced by 5%. >> they're right now manufacturing additional lots. it probably won't be ready now until maybe a month and a half to two months. >> help is on the way now. just this year the u.s. department of health and human services provided nearly $25 million in funding to zmapp's manufacturer. but for those who need it now there's fear it will be too little too late. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> well, u.s. president barack obama is urging foreign leaders to do more to fight the ebola outbreak. after meeting with health and national security aides, mr.

obama said the white house is developing new airport screening systems both inside and outside the u.s., and he sought to ease fears about ebola spreading in the u.s. take a listen. >> it is important for americans to know the facts. and that is that because of the measures that we've put in place as well as our world-class health system and the nature of the ebola virus itself, which is difficult to transmit, the chances of an ebola outbreak in the united states is extremely low. >> now, the odds may be low, but calls for stricter screenings are growing louder. renee marsh tells us about some of the measures currently under consideration. >> reporter: at newark airport cdc quarantine officers surround a sick passenger on united flight 998 from brussels. it was determined the passenger did not have ebola. the scare coming as the calls get louder for more aggressive

screening for the deadly disease at u.s. airports. >> these are reminders that the threat is out there. >> reporter: new york senator chuck schumer pushing for more aggressive screening of passengers arriving in the u.s. from ebola hot spots. >> including a temperature check for travelers returning from liberia, guinea, sierra leone, and nigeria, either directly or indirectly through another airport. >> passengers' temperatures are already taken when they leave west african countries, and they must fill out a detailed health questionnaire. but schumer says those procedures need to happen in the u.s. too. >> if you ask them a whole lot of specific questions, and cdc is very good at coming up with these questions in doing it, you may well find answers that you wouldn't have found in a cursory type of question. >> reporter: there are only two nonstop flights to the u.s. from countries most impacted by ebola. so most passengers connect

through other countries before stepping foot in the u.s. >> the problem is when they get here they're not coming from one of those countries. they're coming from another gateway airport. they're coming from a flight where you may not know that they've been maybe in liberia or other countries. >> some u.s. lawmakers are calling for a halt on flights to the united states from ebola hot spots. >> what is correct is that we treat this in the circumstance where we stop travel to the united states not just from there but also understanding that the african travel goes to europe and other places. >> reporter: but the cdc director says those flights are crucial. >> if we can't get assistance in, if we can't keep the airlines flying, it'll be harder to stop the the outbreaks there. >> reporter: renee marsh, cnn, dulles international airport. let's take a very short break. but still to come, cnn speaks with a teenage kurdish girl who has got against isis in syria.

how she says she killed some of the militants.

we return now to iraq, where isis continues to make gains. especially in the western part of the country. >> yeah, the islamist fighters

control key parts of the vast anbar province including areas uncomfortably near iraq's capital. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman shows us how iraq's army's trying to keep isis out of baghdad. >> reporter: riding to the front lines west of baghdad, you quickly get an idea of what's gun owing on here over the last few months. it's hard to make out through the humvee's thick cracked dust-encrusted bulletproof windows, but all the homes here have been abandoned as the iraqi army battled isis for control of this area. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: and where is isis? that's dash right over there, thinks brigadier general ali abdul hussein kazin, using isis's arabic ak roh-name nim. but it's no man's land. wk hit them with our mortars and artillery. the general is a 24-year veteran

of the iraqi army. under saddam hussein he fought the americans twice, then fought on the side of the americans against an enemy now called isis. but for occasional sniper fire it's been quiet here on the front lines for several weeks. this outgoing fire more for the benefit of our camera than intended to repel advancing militants. this area the iraqi army has managed to hold and they say they've even pushed isis back. but there are other areas just up the euphrates, for instance, in the town of heet where they've lost ground and they seem to be losing ground on a daily basis. in the last few days isis took over that strategic town and is putting pressure on ramadi. only one major city, haditha, remains under government control in iraq's vast anbar province. at another location we can see more abandoned homes from an

iraqi machine gun position. the houses, says general ali-r all booby trapped. snipers fire every day, the soldiers told me, at 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. but during our visit they were silent. once again, however, our hosts insisted on opening fire. for now a handful of isis fighters harass the army, but at least here they haven't overrun their positions. "they just want to prove they're here," says the general. "they can't come closer, though they've tried several times. the real danger to the iraqi capital," says brigadier general muhammad al askari, "is from isis sympathizers in the city. they're a gang," he says. "they deploy among civilians. they disappear into the civilian population and camouflage

themselves." the enemy inside the gates, the enemy outside the gates. where there's an uneasy quiet for now on baghdad's western front. ben wedeman, cnn, in eastern anbar province. >> now, one thing to consider is that while people in iraq have a military to protect them, many living in syria are fighting isis on their own. >> yeah. kurdish fighters in the besieged town of kobani are doing all they can to try to stop the militants' advance. as cnn's phil black reports, a good number of them are women. and we want to warn you, some of the images in his report are disturbing. >> reporter: tiroz is soft-spoken, a shy, awkward 17-year-old girl raised in a small village. but she tells me proudly she has killed and she wants to kill again. when you were a fighter, when you were fighting, do you

believe you killed members of isis? >> translator: alone i killed maybe nine that i saw. when i killed one, i felt proud and happy and i told everybody. >> reporter: tiroz is from the kurdish region around kobani, the city in northern syria now being overrun by isis. it's where local fighters have desperately resisted the islamic advance. they are outgunned, outnumbered. they are men and women. in kurdish society there is special glory and pride for the female warriors who share the burden of holding the front line. piroz used to be one of them. >> translator: when i was a baby, i was thinking about fighting. before isis i was thinking about fighting for the kurdish people. >> reporter: she shows me where a kalashnikov bullet ripped through her side during an isis attack on her checkpoint earlier this year. she's still recovering. do you wish you were still in

syria fighting? >> we have to follow our leaders. if it were up to us, we would go among isis and blow ourselves up. we would do anything just to kill these people. >> reporter: that's just what this kurdish woman did on sunday. arin mirkin blew herself up, killing isis members who were trying to take kobani. kurdish women have earned the reputation for being brave, fierce, and very capable. they know isis will show them no mercy. this photo, which cnn can't confirm the authenticity of, appears to show an extremist fighter proudly lifting the severed head of a kurdish female fighter. piroz was once free to kill and risk death for her people, and her family was proud. but she could only speak to us with her father's permission, and he insisted we hide her

face. >> translator: being a woman in the family is i can looking in jail. when a woman fighter walks in town women say look, she's free, she can do what she wants. kurd i kurdish women fight because they want freedom. >> reporter: only a short distance from where piroz now makes tea for her family, kurdish women and men are fighting for the freedom of their homeland. despite their courage and sacrifice, isis is advancing and kobani is falling. phil black, cnn, on the turkish-syrian border. other important stories coming up for you. the u.s. supreme court makes a surprising decision. ahead, we'll show you what it means for same-sex couples who want to marry in the u.s. stay with us. [ male announcer ] meet jill.

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brought by five states. decisions by lower courts stand for now. those rulings declared bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. >> i feel like it's not even should go they wanted to entertain. it's something they believe that all americans should be treated as equals in the eyes of the law. >> reporter: the appeals have been brought by utah, oklahoma, virginia, wisconsin, and indiana. couples in some of those states have already begun applying for marriage licenses. >> it is now not only legal but also required that i issue licenses to every couple in indiana and 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 might also be able to marry soon because they fall under the same circuit appeal courts that struck down bans. if that happens, today's action

would make same-sex marriage legal in 30 states. in washington i'm karen capha. now, the most decorated olympian ever won't represent the u.s. at next year's world swimming championships. the governing body for swimming in the u.s. has suspended michael phelps for six months following his arrest last week on drunken driving charges. >> a spokesperson for the olympic star's management company says phelps accepts the suspension and has apologized for his actions. his management team also says phelps has ended a six-week inpatient treatment program. just changing now, and we're going to move to the weather. a tropical storm hundreds of miles away is creating some dangerous conditions on the beaches of southern california. >> you can see pedram javaheri standing by. you've got the maps ready to go. what's the situation? >> i think michael phelps one of the only wujz that could be allowed to be close to the waters of coast a.m. california. we've got some six to eight-foot

surf throughout the forecast tuesday evening. and you've quot to keep in mind we've got a full moon in store for us on wednesday. all of that the lunar impact and also this tropical storm which is albeit pretty weak, 45 mile per hour winds or 70 kilometer per-hour winds. 300 miles away, six to eight-foot surf mainly on the south-facing shores of coastal california where 9 million people in santa barbara, ventura, los angeles counties underneath these warnings for high surf again, over the next 24 to 36 hours. and conditions will begin to improve once the storm system moves over the sea of cortez and brings some rainfall into areas of southern california. and the long-range forecast at least the next couple days you see four to six inches over northern portions of baja one to two on the borders of california, even eastern nevada on to southern utah. so plenty of rainfall to go around but that rain really needs to be displaced back out to the west where they need it most to los angeles. but here's the long-range forecast for october through december of this coming autumn

into winter, and you take a look, drought expected to intensify and persist over that region. the southwest could see some additional rainfall, and improving conditions for them. we do have some heavy rainfall across the northeast united states to tell you about. travel could be impacted. a couple of inches around, say, washington, d.c. on into the carolinas could come out of this. want to leave you with some better news. take a look at this, errol and rosemary. how about this? this is an experiment that actually worked out pretty well. pumpkin stine they're calling it. this is near fillmore, california not far from santa barbara. after four years of trial and error the pumpkins that are dwroen here are within molds and they turn out in the shape of frankenstein. they tried it with a watermelon. didn't work out too pl. but they say these are going to be available across southern california and also available online. how about getting rosie and errol's faces? >> it just looks so creepy. >> i think it looks pretty cool. >> when they start to decompose or get really gross they'll

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a race against time. this morning, the ebola patient in dallas going through experimental treatment. a new ebola case discovered in spain that has officials puzzled. what the government may do to contain the virus and fear of the american people. terror in the homeland. an american teen charged with trying to join isis. the details of the plan revealed. also, intense fighting gripping the streets of syria as isis continues its push for control over a key