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biggest musicians come together and sing for a good cause. ♪ i'll make you so -- all right. let's first begin with the latest developments on the ongoing ebola outbreak and we can report on the death of the first patient diagnosed with ebola in the united states. thomas eric duncan died wednesday in the dallas hospital where he was being treated. later wednesday, a texas health official said a sheriff's deputy hospitalized with ebola-like symptoms is at no risk of the virus. meantime, over in spain, six people there are now under observation in a ma did hospital including a nurse's assistant who is the first person to contract ebola outside the african continent. and there's anger over health officials' decisions to euthanize that woman's dog excaliber. you've heard about this in the past day. some 400,000 people signed an on

line petition asking to spare the dog's life. it was eventually euthanized. now thomas duncan came to the u.s. from liberia to be with his partner. his diagnosis and subsequent death are among the main reasons new screening measures will start this weekend at some u.s. airports. our even yore medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has more. >> reporter: tonight five u.s. airports are their orders for new screening measures for travelers arriving from west african countries hardest hit by ebola. the new measures include taking passengers' temperatures and administering questionnaires and conducting visual assessments regarding the passenger's health. new york's jfk airport will be the first beginning saturday to enact the new procedures followed by newark, chicago o'hare, washington dulles and atlanta. the new airport screenings come on the same day the man with ebola who traveled from liberia to the united states died at a dallas hospital. thomas eric duncan came here to visit his girlfriend louise.

reacting to his death she said "i trust a thorough examination will take place regarding all aspects of his care. "the cdc says none of those he came in contact with including louise troh have showed any signs of it. >> we are not out of the 221-da waiting period so it's a time when we're anxious and carefully assessing. >> reporter: over the weekend doctors had given duncan an experimental drug. but zmapp, the drug that may have saved the lives two americans was not available. texas health officials said in a statement this past week has been an enormous test of our health system. the details of duncan's case from his entry into the united states to the mishandling of pertinent travel history information to the timing and availability of treatment medication have led to criticism, evaluation and now reform. >> the bottom line here is that we're stepping up our efforts to

protect americans. that we will always look at what works, we'll continuously evaluate. >> all right, that was elizabeth cohen reporting there. i want to bring you new information now coming to us from australia. a nurse in that country has just been put in medical isolation. this is amidst fears she too could have ebola. the latest information we have on this for you. officials say the 57-year-old woman from the city of cairns recently returned from treating ebola patients in sierra leone. she became concerned after developing a low grade fever. test results to see what she may have contracted are expected back friday morning. so we'll closely watch this. one individual in australia who possibly has contracted ebola. we're still waiting to hear the results from that individual. we want to show you this right next to me. this is the hospital in madrid where a nurse's assistant infected with ebola lay in the emergency room for eight hours

as dozens of patients and hospital staff passed by much like the thomas duncan case in the u.s. state of texas. a lot of big questions here now about how long it took before this individual was diagnosed. now, for the latest live to madrid, al goodman is standing by. al, what do we about this nurse's condition and other people also being isolated as we wait for the results to come back to see if they have or do not have ebola. >> reporter: hi, errol. well, all of these people who are on the watch for the ebola cases here in spain, there's only one confirmed case as you say, the nurse's assistant. she's in the referenced hospital at the hospital behind me where she worked treating two other ebola patients who had come back from africa. spanish missionaries who later died here. she was on the team that treated them. there was approximately five -- the numbers are changing but

five others who are under watch, so far they have not turned up positive on their first ebola test. but they do two so they're under there as part of extreme caution but clearly a lot of concern here and even though authorities from the first day said that all the proper procedures were followed in parliament yesterday the spanish health minister said they're going to look at revising the protocols and in a european union meeting in brussels yesterday with a crisis committee of health experts from the 28 countries a note came out of that, an official note said spain says one of the hypotheses is maybe they relaxed their procedures in handling the body of one of the deceased patients and waste from that care. >> al, all of this goes to show the dangers that many health workers face. i mean all of the people we've seen contract ebola outside of west africa have been people trying to help those in west africa including the nurse's assistant who is there in spain.

you understand why, you know, some of these nurses and doctors have been protesting about their conditions and their safety. but there was also, you know, these protests over the nurse's assista assistant's dog being euthanized. what was all that about? how do you explain that, al? >> reporter: well, the nurse's assistant of all of the medical people who are on observation, the otherly -- may be a medical person is her husband. from the hospital here, a couple of days ago he started a campaign in spanish media and social media to try to save their dog after authorities said they were going to euthanize the dog whose name was excaliber. and an outcry arose. hundreds of thousands of people joined up on a social media campaign to try to save the animal and some experts say it would be better because ebola has manifested in chimpen see,

porcupines but there is no evidence in dogs so some experts said why not isolate the dog and see what happens that could be good for research but the authorities here said the best is to euthanize the dog so that was a key concern. another thing that we're finding out, errol, in terms of what may have happened is that doctors have come out and said, that the nurse's assistant says that intaking off her protective gear she may have touched her face with a glove or another part of the gear so you see just what you are saying, very careful procedures but one little mistake can cause a huge problem, errol. >> yeah, because we were all wondering how these health care workers who take so many precautions can possibly contract ebola and if it is something as simple as that taking off the protective uniform and accidentally touching your face, that's quite a wake-up call, al goodman live for us in madrid, thanks very much. as we've been reporting there is a lot of confusion, there's fear out there, even some anger at how the spanish nurse contracted

ebola but you can find some of the more common questions and most importantly some of the key answers on our website, cnn.com and compiled that information there for you. now, u.s. secretary of state john kerry wants other nations to step up their response to this ebola outbreak. he says more cash and resources are needed now. >> i'm here this morning to make an urgent plea to countries in the world to step up even further while we are making progress, we are not where we can say that we need to be. >> and that help is desperately needed as the outbreak continues to grow in west africa. the world health organization counts more than 8,000 confirmed or suspected cases of ebola in west africa and more than 3800 have been fatal. the scariest thing, though, what

you don't see, these numbers could be much higher. the vast majority are liberia, guinea, sierra leone, one death reported wednesday here in the u.s. now, the world bank says ebola could cost african economies up to $32 billion over the next two years. so far liberia has been hit hardest as we just showed you on that map where an already struggling health care system has been overwhelmed by this epidemic. now we have a firsthand look from the point of view of a nurse as many others are doing right now, trying to care for the sick and dying. our report here from nima al barger in monrovia. >> reporter: blood spattered and limp, too weak to hold up his head. a nurse struggles under the weight of a desperately ill patient. the thursday agreeing to wear a camera to give us a glimpse of

the bleak reality he witnesses daily. here at this government-run treatment center. today the nurse managed to get this patient to drink water. it's a small victory. for the last two months the doctor and his team have worn their protective suits in unbearable heat. walking the high risk wards to tend to the patients in their care. >> life is rough and then you die. what else can we do if we don't do it, who will do it for us? so we have to take the risk and care for the patients or else our country will be wiped away. working in a-risk zone is dangerous and so many patients in agony. some patients are dying. some patients need help. some patients cannot move any longer and you see some patients you cannot do anything for them. they are guying. all you do is watch them die. sometimes you pray for them and do the little, you do and just hope that something miraculous

happens. >> reporter: dr. moses got one day's training before going into these wards and says that's typical here n a health care system struggling to cope you do what you need here to survive. the nurse forgets the camera for a moment and begins to hum a hymm to himself. a comfort amidst the grimness. an ambulance has arrived bringing more patients. it begins again. there is no room so the stretcher goes on the floor for now. next to a mattress where another critical patient lies. here there are two patients for every bed. more patients. it is unimaginably unrelenting. but there are the success stories.

and that's what sustains the staff. around the back of the ebola ward patients spot the camera and begin to wave. they're recovering, maybe even going home soon. but for the staff, there is no end in sight. what happens when you go home at the end of the day? >> i get prepared for another day. >> reporter: and another day and another day until their prayers are finally answered. cnn, monrovia. >> and we can't say it enough but the health care workers trying so hard at this hour to limit this outbreak of those suffering and also at risk. we want to return, in fact, to breaking news just in to cnn of the nurse in australia who right now is in medical isolation and being tested for ebola.

brooke wiley joins us from sky news with some developments on this. brooke, what do we know about what this woman was doing in sierra leone and her condition now that prompted her to be placed in isolation? >> reporter: errol, the 57-year-old nurse was volunteering with the red cross in sierra leone. she returned from west africa on the weekend to australia and then went to her home in cairns where she put herself in precautionary isolation. that is the standard procedure for our health workers returning from west africa who have been treating ebola patients. now, her condition is actually quite stable. she has only reported a low grade fever at this stage but as a precaution she has gone directly to cairns emergency hospital where she has been put in isolation. her blood tests have been taken from her. they're being flown to brisbane, a bigger city in the state of queensland where they'll be tested. those results are expected to

take around four hours to come through so we are expecting to have a bit more information later tonight or early tomorrow morning australian time but certainly our chief health officer in queens of land stressed there was very little risk of contamination to anybody who may have come into contact with this woman. it's quite common for our health records to put themselves into voluntary isolation in the home and, of course, as we know, the way the virus spreads, it is extremely difficult to pass that on to general members of the public. >> yeah, you're absolutely right, because we don't want people in australia or any part of the world becoming too fearful and frightened. certainly to be alert and aware this is happening. we know we've watched similar cases now in the u.s., in spain where health care workers will return to those countries and, you know, be tested in some cases, we've just see an individual die in the u.s. who was helping someone in liberia.

what procedures are already in place in australia as it relates to these health care workers coming back? you said it's kind of standard procedure for a lot of these health care workers to test themselves, their temperatures regularly and isolate themselves. what's the standard right now? >> exactly right. just as you've described. so when health workers return to australia, they give themselves two tests of temperature per day and they record those tests. if their temperature spikes in any way, as happens with this woman, they report that to authorities immediately and as i mentioned, they do put themselves in home isolation and this woman does have a flat mate but our chief health officer was stressing the point there was no risk of her housemate even being infected with this, as well. it that does turn out to be the case. >> all right, brooke there on the line with us from sky news

updating us on the news here this nurse volunteering with the red cross in sierra leone is now stable, there is no risk to other people in cairns, australia, but this is certainly something we will watch on cnn. thanks very much for skrojoinin, brooke wylie. u.s. air strikes hit targets in kobani. why the pentagon says it is prepared to let the kurdish stronghold fall to the militants. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ susan ] my promotion allowed me to start investing for my retirement. transamerica made it easy. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. transamerica. sea captain: there's a narratorstorm cominhe storm narrator: that whipped through the turbine which poured... surplus energy into the plant which generously lowered its price and tipped off the house

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the mother of the latest american threatened by isis is reaching out to the militant group via twitter. abdul rahman who went by peter kassig, his mother tweeted isis leader directly saying in part i'm an old woman and abdul rahman is my only child. we're on our own with no help from the government and asks how she can get in contact with al baghdadi. they attend ed an alma mater event. the u.s. says it launched eight air strikes against the

extremist group near kobani and said it destroyed armed vehicles, a supply depot and command and control compound. but the pentagon says air strikes alone won't save the town from falling to isis. our chief u.s. security correspondent jim sciutto has more. >> reporter: a u.s. b-1 bomber in disguise over kobani. the rescue that kurdish fighters batting isis there have been desperately hoping for. military commanders say coalition air strikes have helped push isis back. today pentagon spokesman admiral john kirby bluntly warned that the u.s.-led air campaign will not save kobani or for that matter any number of other syrian towns under isis assault. >> preparing the public in effect for the fact that not just kobani but other syrian towns may fall over the long haul of this air campaign until

you have those competent forces on the ground. >> i think we all should be stealing ourselves for that eventuality, yes. >> how do you deny isil the safe haven without taking back that territory. >> we recognize that, it's going to be competent ground forces that can retake territory from them. we've been nothing if brutally honest as to what military power can do here. >> reporter: without those competent ground forces the goal says u.s. officials in unison is not taking back territory, but destroying isis command and control, heavy weapons and oil depots. targets that secretary of state john kerry said take press dense over protecting a besieged population. >> we're trying to deprive isil of the overall ability to wage this, not just in kobani, but throughout syria and into iraq. >> reporter: in iraq where the u.s. has partners on the ground in the iraqi and kurdish security force, u.s. officials

say that territory does matter. and they claim victories in retaking the mosul dam, the haditha dam and protecting irbil from further advances. still the map of isis controlled territory looks. the same today, 61 days into the air campaign as it did before the bombing started. president obama came to the pentagon wednesday to meet with his commanders to discuss the strategy against isis. it's a rare visit and the last three years he only came for 9/11 commemoration ceremonies and for a personal health checkup. echoing a point his advisers have been making the fight against isis will not be won overnight. jim sciutto, cnn, the pentagon. >> more news still to come for you. pennsylvania police make a new discovery in the search for a man suspected of shooting two police officers. coming up, the latest clues left behind by survivalist eric

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welcome back to those watching in the states and all around the world we appreciate you staying with us here on cnn. i'm errol barnett. here are our headlines right now. the u.s. says kurdish militants still control most of the syrian town of kobani and are holding back isis militants. but officials warn u.s.-led air strikes are not going to save this town. kurdish officials say air strikes wednesday helped push some isis fighters back to the edges of kobani. now the latest on the fight against ebola. a nurse in australia has been put in medical isolation amidst fears she could have it. officials say the a7-year-old woman from the city of cairns recently returned from treating ebola patients in sierra leone. she became concerned after developing a low grade fever. test results are expected back friday.

meantime, the spanish nurses assistant infected with ebola was diagnosed almost a week after first seeking medical attention. five others are now in the same madrid hospital as theresa romero ramos for possible ebola. after initial hesitation the u.s. government will now start screening travelers from west africa arriving at several major airports but the key question really is will this new strategy prevent ebola from entering the u.s.? our aviation correspondent renee marsh takes a look. >> reporter: in just days ramped up screening of passengers will begin at new york's jfk airport and expanding to atlanta, newark, chicago and here at washington dulles. >> these five airports represent about 94%, 95% of all of the 100 travelers per day who arrive from these countries. >> reporter: anyone traveling from ebola hot spots, guinea,

liberia and sierra leone will have their temperature checked with a laser thermometer, no touching necessary just held close to the forehead. a new cdc questionnaire must also be filled out upon landing. >> there's a 21-day incue base period. people may not have a fever when passing through and when a case comes through people are going to ask, we had this temperature screening set up. why did this happen? i'm telling people it's completely predictle it will happen. this is not a foolproof way to prevent it from coming in. >> reporter: similar screening in place in west africa but the goal of these new u.s. checks identify passengers airport officials missed or who develop estimates while travels. >> this is an additional layer of screening that can be targeted to that small population. in a way that will enhance security but also minimize disruption to the broader traveling public. >> reporter: the ramped up procedures will not begin until saturday. the reason for the delay, one official saying they have to get the staff in place and customs

officers have to be briefed and trained on the new procedures. renee marsh, cnn, dulles international airport. >> and now to china where the country's battling to contain a rapidly spreading outbreak of its own. dengue fever is sweeping through guangdong province. it's a potentially deadly illness spread by mosquitoes. as david mckenzie shows us china is attacking them where they live. >> reporter: southern china is sou suffering from the worst dengue fever outbreak in two decades. hundreds of patients stream in complaining of dengue-like symptoms. i feel hot on the skin but cold inside my body and i've got a headache. dengue is a potentially fatal disease carried by mosquitoes. chinese authorities say recent

hot and wet weather fueled the outbreak with mosquito numbers increasing fivefold. and it's been made worse by a week of inactivity during a national holiday. now they're scrambling to fumigate mosquito breeding sites like sewers, green belts and standing water. and volunteers are mobilizing to clean up city streets to get the outbreak under control. state media says that last week there were more than a thousand patients coming in every day in guangdong province alone, the e epicenter of the outbreak but say if they can control the mosquito numbers they can control the outbreak in the coming days. david mckenzie, cnn, beijing. >> now to hong kong and questions over undisclosed cash and possible misconduct. the territory's chief executive received millions over an australian company over the past two years but they only came to

light this week. andrew stevens joins us live from hong kong with details. good to see you again. so c.y. leung received this $6.4 million payment and his office said there's nothing untoward here so what was this payment and i guess more importantly, how is it being interpreted where you are? >> reporter: well, i think it depends on who you ask on how it's being interpreted. errol, obviously the protesters, people demanding his resignation for 12 days see this as just more fuel to their fire and another good reason for the chief executive to stand down so what happened is that he was the chairman of a company which was bought by another company and under the terms of that deal, he received $6.4 million as a noncompete. it is a pretty standard business practice. he did not have to disclose it and the noncompete was that he return for him not running and

starting up another company at a rival. the timing is what this is all about. he did that deal just a few days after he announced that he was going to be standing, running for the chief executive's position and at that time, errol, he wasn't kerred to be a favorite whatsoever. he was something of an outsider and on top of that the actual payments were made to him when he was the chief executive. there were two payments made to him. the last one was in december of last year and he did not disclose those payments. now, the government says his office will say he didn't have to disclose those payments. he has done nothing wrong and at this stage it doesn't look like he's done anything wrong legally but certainly the optics of this, the pr around this is not good for him given that he has struggled to obviously quell this protest. he's failed to quell it and he certainly is a divisive character and remains divisive here in hong kong. indeed, the essential -- one of the essential ten apartments of

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welcome back. u.s. central command believes kurdish militia still control the syrian town of kobani and are holding out against isis militants. but officials are also delivering a stark warning about the town's fate. s on wednesday the pentagon said u.s.-led air strikes are not going to save kobani from isis. and they added everyone should, quote, be steeled for that ready -- for that reality, i should say. isis has been fighting weeks to seize the town near the turkish border. kurdish officials say a new wave of air strikes force the jihadists to go the edges of kobani but the pentagon is trying to lower expectations. >> air strikes alone are not going to do this. not going to fix this. not going to save the town of kobani. we know that and we've been

saying that over and over again yet we continue to get questions of, well, why aren't you doing more and how come they aren't more effective? we've been very honest about the limits of air power here. the ground forces that matter the most are indigenous ground forces and don't have a willing capable, effective partner on the ground inside syria. >> their primary goal is to beat back isis in iraq, then go after its leadership and resources in syria. australia conducted its first air strikes against isis in iraq. ben wedeman explains why the success of the coalition mission could well depend on another set of crucial allies. >> reporter: if the isis tide in iraq is to be turned it's men like these sunni tribal fighters in anbar province that will be key.

they're members of the sunni awakening. they played a critical role during the american surge to crush the insurgency, paid and armed by the united states, they fought and temporarily subdued al qaeda in iraq. but when the americans left in late 2011, support from the baghdad government dried up an many have since gone over to isis. this sheikh is the leader of what's left of the sunni awakening. [ speaking a foreign language ] "we were at our height during the american presence," he recalls "but when the americans left responsibility for this sunni awakening passed to the iraqi army. we had 103,000 men but that number evaporated to just 34,000."

[ speaking a foreign language ] he has escaped repeated attempts on his life by his many opponents and concedes in his native anbar province active isis opponents are now in the minority. [ speaking a foreign language ] "most of the tribes have move add way from the sunni awakening," he says. "they're afraid to confront isis. if they say they're with us, they and their homes will be targeted. most of the tribes are sitting on the fence." "or have sided with isis, which was quick to post pictures on the internet of tribal leaders in anbar swearing allegiance to the islamic state. isis now controls most of anbar." sunni awakening members are caught between a rock and a very hard place. underscored by this chilling

video in which isis militants dressed as iraqi soldiers break into the home of a local leader. they're forced to dig their graves but not before he gives this statement under obvious duress. [ speaking a foreign language ] "i advise anyone in the sunni awakening," he says "to give themselves up and their work". their work, however, could make the difference between success and catastrophe in iraq. ben wedeman, cnn, baghdad. >> and now to this, millions of people across southern japan are on high alert as our planet's strongest storm of the year moves in their direction. meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us now with more on this. you've been tracking this storm. it looks ominous. the hope, though, this will weaken substantially.

has it shown weakening. >> it is starting to do that. good question, you take a look at the front and northern fringe of the system, you see that convective thunderstorms will weaken. bad news, the top left, 270 kpr equates to 170 miles per hour which would be a strong category 5 equivalent storm. menacing certainly with 50-foot wave heights ahead of it 15 meters as it moves into the north and bastiwhat's most concerning, 9 kilometer per hour, five-mile-per-hour prognosis and it will produce tremendous damage and slow mover. a number you can see intercepti interceptionally run in that one-hour period. run past the storm system, very slow moving storm system so with ideal conditions, low wapdz shear it has developed to be in the strongest storm of 2014 but as errol referenced we will begin to see weakening take shape in the next 24 and eventually the 48-hour period once it approaches this

prefecture right here, 13 million live here and will be an issue with a category 1 equivalent when it approaches land this weekend into early next week. notice okinawa and other islands in the path of it and you take a look this. is a region that was very hard hit in just the past couple of days. phanfone came in and made landfall and now we have this typhoon coming in crossing that path and one area with okinawa being in the direct path will still be a super typhoon, potentially category 4 when it approaches okinawa, 1.4 million live across this island and three u.s. airmen lost their lives from that previous typhoon we just touched on, in fact, about half of the approximately 50,000 u.s. troops stationed in japan live right here, so this storm system certainly going to be one that will do significant

damage as it approaches okinawa sometime in the next two days friday night into saturday before it approaches the main island of japan there eventually sunday into monday, errol. >> but does look like a direct hit even if it does weaken. it will still be serious. pedram, thanks very much. now rumors are circling over what tesla's big announcement will be later today. i certainly am curious and pedram is too. a bun of us here in the newsroom are. it's d-day for the electric carmaker. we'll explain after this. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number

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a now model and all the excite has come about by way of a single tweet. maggie lake has more. >> reporter: tesla's all electric vehicles are sleek, super fast and turning heads in new york city. this car has been on display here at the time warner center for weeks and still attracts attention. what is next for tesla and founder elon musk. it won't be long before we find out. he tweeted out this photo promising to make a product announcement thursday. he said, quote, about time to unveil the "d" and something else. then this photo appeared online. fueling new speculation about the car. >> i think it's going to be a higher performance four-wheel drive car kind of a sports car, either a two-door or four-door. >> reporter: reports say he could report driver leless car features. must secret a rock star in silicon valley.

when he's not building cars he's racing. there are reasons for caution, "a," affordability. a starting price for one is $70,000. this year the company is on track to deliver 35,000 of them but that is tiny compared to other carmakers. to reach market tesla will have to get that price tag down, way down. "b," batteries. more cars means more battery, tesla is building a huge battery factory to help it meet demapped and bring sticker prices down but it won't be online for years. "c." tesla needs to build many more stations closer together to entice buyers across the country. tesla has more than 120 of them in the u.s. already. with more coming online soon. and that gets us to "d," musk needs to deliver the goods and execute his vision flawlessly. what does he have to deliver on? >> rounding out the vehicle line and increasing production capacity. >> reporter: those are the big must dos. >> yes. >> reporter: a tall order

indeed. some on wall street and fear tesla's stock is grossly overvalued. shares up 70% since january. in a recent interview with cnn musk himself addressed the interview. >> market cap was ten times what our revenue was last year so clearly the market cap is driven by future expectations. >> reporter: investors hope the "d" will delight but musk is driving through unchartered territory. maggie lake, cnn, new york. a radio station in houston, texas is dumping its all day every day news programming and instead will only air beyonce songs. news the 2 hopes the new format will bring high ratings and more profits. the new playlist includes everything from beyonce to beyonce from the tracks when she was with destiny's child with duets with jay z, her husband. the station says the market hasn't shown what it called a sustainable appetite for news so they laid off their newsroom

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