i'm errol barnett, with you for the next two hours. a big welcome to those of you just joining us here in the u.s. and all around the world. coming up this hour, a texas nurse with ebola was in full hazmat gear as she was transported just a few hours ago to a high-tech treatment center. we'll have a closer look at the track record of the hospital where she worked and caught the virus. plus, in hong kong, police there are out in force, trying to clear the roads of makeshift camps set up by protesters. we're going get you live where things go from here. and later, what could be the final day of testimony oscar pi sentencing face as the prosecution wraps up its face. but first at this moment, it's 2:00 a.m. in bethesda, maryland. that's where a nurse infected with ebola is essentially settling into her new surrounding. nina pham arrived at the national institutes of health a

few hours ago. she is now one of two nurses from dallas who contracted ebola while taking care of thomas eric duncan who later died from the disease. now the nih is one of four specially equipped biocontainment hospitals in the u.s., and pham will be treated first, really, she'll be the first ebola patient treated at this location. her doctor recorded some video of her just before she left dallas. take a look at this. >> thanks for -- thanks for being part to take care of our first patient. it means a lot. this has been a huge effort by all of you guys. we're really proud of you. all right. okay. okay.

>> nina pham looking in high spirits there. she did walk off of the plane when she went to the hospital in maryland. it's eerie to watch that, the doctor's sound seemed to be muffled through his protective suit. you see the other doctor in the full kit there. but we are hearing now new details about how ebola patient thomas eric duncan was cared for when he was there in dallas. one nurse described the situation as uncontrolled and chaotic. our ed lavandera has more. >> reporter: texas health presbyterian hospital has operated in dallas for nearly 50 years. it's a fixture in the medical community. but inside the hospital it's a more dire scene. the hospital has almost 900 beds, and only 300 are filled. a cdc doctor who has been inside the hospital this week tells cnn people are scared to go there. they're having a rough time. i hope they make it through this. this comes as one of the hospital's own nurses is now criticizing the way health care workers were prepared to treat ebola patient thomas eric

duncan. >> what explanation can you give me or anyone about why we would be in the second week of an ebola crisis in our hospital and we don't even have the same equipment or protection that is given to sanitation workers that have no contact with patients at all? and they said we know, we've ordered it. we've ordered it. i mean, i talked to charge nurses. i talk to supervisors. i talked to house supervisors. i talked to the cdc about it. i talked to infectious disease about it. i raised a stink with anyone and everyone, and i said there is no explanation why we don't have it. >> reporter: texas health presbyterian officials are pushing back on allegations that it didn't properly protect its health care workers. the officials say cdc guidelines were followed, and when updates were issued, the hospital says it made the necessary changes. but that hospital executive also offered an apology about the way it handled the first ebola patient's diagnosis. >> we made mistakes.

we did not correctly diagnosis his symptoms as those of ebola, and we are deeply sorry. >> reporter: u.s. news and world report publishes a yearly ranking of hospitals across the country. presby, as it's often called in dallas, ranks 15. in a patient satisfaction survey, 79% of the patients here said they would recommend this hospital to family and friends. that's 8 points higher than the national average there is still great concern for the other health care workers who treated thomas eric duncan. the head of the cdc now says at least 50 hospital workers may have been exposed to the deadly virus. and nina pham and amber vincent are now being treated at other hospitals. >> since two individuals did become infected, others may. that makes it quite challenging to operate, and hospital and we felt it would be more prudent to focus on caring for any patients who come in. >> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn,

dallas. >> now you saw there some sound from the hearing on capitol hill. at that same hearing, several lawmakers actually called for a travel ban to and from west africa. but experts argue that won't solve the problem. rene marsh has more. >> reporter: six of the frontier airlines crewmembers who shared a flight with amber vincent are now home and self-monitoring for symptoms for 21 days. out of what the airline calls an abundance of caution, frontier is replacing seat covers and environmental filters on the plane. it's also contacting passengers. >> our fundamental mission is to protect americans. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, cdc director tom frieden was on the hot seat about the response to ebola cases in the u.s. >> was it a breakdown in the protocol? was it a breakdown in the training of the protocol? do we know whether or not the protocol works? >> the investigation is ongoing.

we've identified some possible causes. >> reporter: cnn has learned the cdc is now considering expanding what's called a do not board list that prevents people with a known infectious disease from flying. the list could soon also include people being monitored for exposure to ebola. today the calls for banning travel altogether to and from west africa are getting louder. >> why are we still allowing folks to come over here? >> we should not be allowing these folks in, period. >> reporter: but the head of the faa today said a travel ban will not solve the problem. >> we're all working together in assessing this on a day by day basis. cdc's determination is that a travel ban in and of itself does not address the challenges that we have here. >> reporter: so where is the u.s. president in all of this? well, barack obama says he is not philosophically opposed to a travel ban from countries hardest hit by ebola, but he says that would be less

effective than screening measures currently being used at u.s. airports. >> history shows that there is a likelihood of increased avoidance. people do not readily disclose their information. they may engage in something called broken travel, essentially break up their trip so that they can hide the fact that they have been to one of these countries where there is a disease in place. and as a result, we may end up getting less information about who has the disease. they're less likely to get treated properly, screened properly, quarantined properly, and as a consequence, we could end up having more cases rather than less. >> now, mr. obama also says he is considering appointing what he calls an ebola czar. it would essentially be a single person to head up the u.s. response to the crisis. barack obama open to that. now let's give you the latest information out of spain.

three more people have been hospitalized with possible ebola symptoms in this country. one was a passenger who developed a fever and started shaking during a flight from nigeria. another is a spanish priest who recently visited liberia. he is from the same order in fact as two other priests who died in madrid after contracting ebola during trips to west africa. all three have been taken to carlos iii hospital where nurse assistant teresa romero is being treated. the world health organization may soon declare senegal and nigeria ebola-free. some positive possible developments here we can report to you. these two nations have 42 days with no new cases to be considered cleared. so friday would be that day. or i should say next week on monday would be that day. and senegal, that would be today. and in nigeria, actually, that would be monday, declare that for you. today in senegal. monday in nigeria. while those countries have been

successful in containing ebola, they still are very close to liberia, sierra leone and guinea which have been the hardest hit areas. so there is still a risk in this part of the world. still to come on cnn, we'll get you a lave report from hong kong. police have made good on their promise to clear out a protest area. we'll show you how the activists are now responding. plus, 1.4 million syrian refugees, and the country forced to take them in now says it's facing severe economic hardship. what the queen of jordan told cnn, next. [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, we're not just insuring our lives... we're helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow.

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welcome back. demonstrators in one of the hong kong protest areas are vowing to stay put, and this is despite an early morning police operation that cleared out encampments there in the district. the pro-democracy activists were taken by surprise. in fact, some were sleeping when the officers moved in. anna koryn joins us now from hong kong, not too far from where that sweep took place. i know it's hard to see how much longer these protests will be able to stay in the streets. he still wants dialogue with the hong kong federation of students. so with all that happening, though, has it changed the sentiment of the mood on the ground at all? . >> well, he wants dialogue, but he is also ordering his police to move the protesters off the street. that was something that he made

perfectly clear yesterday. so that is what we saw early this morning just after 5:00 a.m. the police moved in. five to 600 police moved in and cleared out the protesters, opening up the major intersection, a major traffic area over on the kowloon side of hong kong, and allowed traffic to finally start flowing. there remains perhaps a few dozen protesters in that area. and we just got word that there are calls for backup. they don't want to lose their territory, if you like. but according to the police, they are there in huge numbers. rather intimidating force, which is why the protesters fled. they knew that they couldn't stand up against the police. as they moved in, removed those barricades, the structures, using wire cutter, chain sauce, heavy machinery to open up this very important area.

but that's only one protest side, errol. where we are here, outside the hong kong government headquarters, this is the major protest site. and there are hundreds of tents here. many protesters. but come nighttime, that is when you see thousands flock here. it's going to be extremely difficult for authorities to move protesters on without violence and ugly clashes erupting. and that of course is the concern. something that the hong kong police definitely want to minimize, particularly after that heavy-handed response to one of the protesters in particular. we saw this protester being beaten by police, seven police officers since suspended. that's something that happened earlier this week. but as far as the protests go, they were peaceful. they were cooperative. let's have a listen to what senior superintendent barry smith told us earlier today. >> we came here early this morning, there was no resistance

there was no complaints. we negotiated with the crowd first, and we made sure they still had a protest area over there. we haven't cleared the whole area, just allowed the draft and left them with protest area on the street over there. >> now errol, it's really important to stress that where we are standing, now behind us is normally just bustling with traffic. this is one of the major roads, major arteries here in hong kong. but now it is just filled with hundreds of tents, hundreds of structures. people are sleeping here every single night. it almost has a bit of a festival carnival feel to it. and then over here, you will see this wool, the linen wall being set up with picture, paintings, artwork. the protesters wanting to have their voice heard. they dent want beijing controlling their future. they want to elect their leader, not have beijing handpick the candidates for the 2017

election, which is of course when hong kong will be granted universal suffrage. as far as the protesters are concerned, they are willing to stay here. they want to stay here until their demands are met. but as we've heard from the hong kong chief executive, there is no way that beijing is going to repeal on its decision. >> so we come back to square one, don't we, anna. the protesters are digging in as resolute as they've been for the past three weeks. meantime, the government hasn't really budged. we could be in for another eventful weekend in hong kong. anna coren joining us live just past 2:15 in the afternoon. anna, thanks very much. now for months isis militants and kurdish forces have been battling for control of the syrian city of kobani. but now the tide appears to be turning. sources in the city say increased u.s. air strikes on isis are helping the kurds push the militants out of some parts of the city. at least 14 new strikes have hit since wednesday. and our jim sciutto asked the

pentagon press secretary what is driving this focused effort on kobani. >> what are the strategic targets then in iraq and syria? and why isn't the u.s.-led coalition striking them more, particularly as you're focussing so much air power now on what has been repeatedly described as not essential to victory? >> it matters to us because it matters to them. and they want it. >> it's not just about, you know, why kobani. it's why not more elsewhere. because it gets to are you running out of targets? >> your question gets at what we would consider what we call strategic patience. that's what needs to happen here. but i can assure you that kobani is not the end here. there will be more strikes in more places against more targets. >> meantime, civilians running from the violence are spilling into refugee camps by the thousands. some 6,000 arrive from kobani in this camp in northern iraq within the last few days. and officials estimate at least

50,000 more are on their way. listen here as one 14-year-old girl tells us about how reaching her temporary new home was anything but easy. >> translator: we walked here and faced many difficulties along the way. it was difficult for me to reach here. we fled by foot. i swear to god, it was not our decision to leave. three days walking, we faced many difficulties and are very tired. >> it's hard to listen to that. the country of jordan has now opened its doors to an even more astounding number of syrian refugees. 1.4 million according to the u.n. refugee agency. queen of jordan spoke with cnn about how that is putting a heavy strain on the economy. >> the economic impact has been huge. you know, we see it's had an

effect on our trade deficit, our public finances, our infrastructure, resources. we've seen that rents have gone up because so many syrians are looking for places to live. commodity prices have gone up. at the same time wages have gone down because syrians and jordanians are competing for jobs. we are having to take in so many huge numbers in our hospitals, in our schools. we have 120,000 syrian students that were unaccounted for that now are attending our schools. so more than half our schools are now doing double shifts. they're overcrowded. the teachers are really struggling to cope. and a lot of the children that are coming in have psychological needs and social needs that need to be addressed. so both the syrian and the jordanian children are suffering as a result of this. and that's a real shame. because i believe that education is the first line of defense, not just against poverty and employment, but against

extremism and instability. >> you've talked about justice. >> for those of you watching cnn international, you can see the full interview with queen rania sunday with becky anderson starting at 4:00 p.m. if you're watching in london, 7:00 p.m. if you're in abu dhabi. coming up next, hurricane gonzalo is sweeping north through the atlantic ocean and heading near bermuda. a look at the storm and its potential impact. stay with us.

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so impacted with a storm. sustain winds twurk 25 miles an hour. here is the forecast projected path going forward into this weekend. we do have some good news. we do speck some light weakening before it makes landfall with the island of bermuda. that will drop it down to a small category 3. we're talking about the heavy rain leading to localized flooding. strong winds and massive power outages, a possibility. definitely not the holiday destination people are used to. we're expecting winds to become their strongest. 151 kilometers per hour. significant near hamilton, the capital of bermuda. you can see our computer models showing a direct hit with the eye wall of this hurricane which will bring in the strongest winds, and the heaviest of rain.

we're not only watching gonzalo. we're watching tropical storm ana in the pacific ocean. this particular storm, well, it has its eye set on oahu and kauai. it should dodge the main island of hawaii which is good news. yesterday at this time, it was a different story. nonetheless, the rain maker for this area, more of a nuisance than anything but something to keep an eye on. and one wore as well. pipeline, 15 foot swells possible. maybe we'll meet you there. >> just delay the trips for a week. >> now to this, a final autopsy report says joan rivers' doctors were not to blame for her death. a new york city medical examiner rule thursday, the comedian died of brain damage due to lack of oxygen while under the drug propofol. rivers was undergoing a routine procedure to diagnose issues with her voice and also acid reflux when complications arose.

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virgs says some of the reports about her have been wrong. he tries to set the record straight. plus, a live report from pretoria, south africa, as today could be key in the sentencing hearing for oscar pistorius. sir, we're going to need 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.

a nurse who contracted ebola while caring for a patient in dallas, texas srgs now in the hospital. a doctor recorded this video of nina pham thursday before she left texas. the hospital says they don't

have enough qualified people on hand to care for pham. a few dozen protesters continue to hold out in hong kong's district. this after hundreds of police move to clear out the area. one of three protest zones. it had been occupied by activists for nearly three weeks. spain beat out turkey in a run off vote for a non-permanent seat on the u.n. security council. it will join venezuela, new zealand, mongolia for a two-year term. they are slamming the vote to include venezuela because of its human rights record. more on our top story. the ebola scare which is really hitting the united states. official say they're looking into the possibility that this woman, amber vinson, may have shown symptoms of the virus as many as four days earlier than previously reported. that means she could have been

contagious when she flew from dallas to cleveland last week as well as on the return flight. meanwhile, vinson's uncle is disputing reports that she call the cdc directly about her elevated temperature before she got on the flight from cleveland to dallas. he says vinson only ever spoke with health officials in texas listen closely to what he told our don lemon. >> when someone followed up with her monday, just when she was getting toward fly, she reported what her temperature was. and that she was on a return flight that afternoon and so someone in texas said, wait, let me check. >> at no point to your knowledge did she ever contact the cdc. a health worker in dallas contacted the cdc for her. >> absolutely. to my knowledge, yeah, at no point did she directly contact

the cdc. >> so all of this kind of being pieced together. she was planning her wedding in ohio shelf visited a bridal shop on saturday with her bridesmaids. there are conflicting reports over how she was feeling but the bridal shop owner would noted why she had traveled knowing she had taken care of an ebola patient. >> she bought it off the rack and took it home. >> a typical busy saturday for the bridal shop owner. her shop crowded with customers including amber vinson. watching her bridesmaids getting fitted for a may wedding. the youngest, only 10. >> she was probably here, probably about three hours maybe. and we measured her party, we showed her color charts. everything went well and i had no idea that anything was wrong with her. >> to her, she didn't look sick at all.

at the bridal shop, it was just another day. until news broke wednesday that her customer tested positive for ebola after helping care for a victim who died in dallas. >> what did you think when you heard about that? >> actually, i was a little surprised that it came this close to home. but yet, i feel like my stat was a little more concerned. >> she talk about being a nurse but there was no mention of her work with an ebola patient. >> do you think she should have? >> i can see why she didn't. a very intelligent lady. great conversation, nice bridal party. all her friends were nice. it is kind of like you would not, how did you not think this through? >> yonker call the summit county health department right away. she said they were understanding but didn't sound ready to give her the advice she needed. she was the one who suggested closing her store as a

precaution. >> i said what kind ever kind of sign do i put on my door? i don't want to cause panic either but how do i let my customers know that i'm closing just in case we get a little more information. >> what did they say? >> they said, oh, okay. sure, that would be a good idea. >> officials asked her, and a co-worker to quarantine themselves. stay home. but that it was okay to come in this day to see if afew customers, and let in two health department workers. >> i feel like they should have instantly given us like, okay, your staff needs to go home of everybody under quarantine. come one something right away. instead, they made us feel like, okay, we'll take your name down. business as usual. >> a few hours later, yonkers says the health department called again. now promising to bring her a thermometer for taking her temperature twice a day for 21 days. >> i'm just confused, if this is a serious as it is, why is this

being handled in a nonserious way? >> back in vinson's home, police stand watch. the home taped off for their privacy. neighbors taking it all in. >> i can't imagine. my heart goes out to them. i don't, i can't get my mind wrapped around this. they're right there. i can't even offer them a bowl of soup. >> susan candiotti, cnn, akron ohio. to some other stories we're following. we are at this moment less than an hour away from what could be the final day of the oscar pistorius sentencing hearing before he learns his fate. the sprinter, known as the blade runner was found guilty last month of culpable homicide in the death of his girl, reeva steenkamp. meanwhile there was emotional testimony as kim martin urged the judge to send pistorius to

prison. >> i can say honestly to the court that i feel that he needs to pay for what he's done. for taking reeva's life, all he's done to my uncle and my aunt, what he's done to my family and also to his family. everybody has suffered here. and i think we need to send a mental to society that you cannot do this and get away with it. i don't feel the suggest punishment would fit the crime. >> let's connect live now. once again she is outside the courtroom there in pretoria, south africa. what a week it's been as far as, you know, still new information that we've learned about what is really happen between the pistorius and steenkamp families since the tragic event. we are approaching, i understand, closing arguments today. take us back to thursday. give as you bit of a recap.

what did we learn yesterday? what points were made then? >>. >> reporter: well, i think what was very interesting about kim martin's testimony, when the attorney cross examined her, he just had a few questions. the last one was do you believe that conditions for disabled prisoners inside prisons are humane? if you would like see the pistorius to go prison. and she said yes. and he said what if they are not? she said, well, i would not wish that on anyone. that was the theme for the next witness as well who was brought up by the state. he was the acting commissioner for the correctional services in this country. his argument was, we have the facilities to look after disabled people and pistorius would go into a hospital unl of a normal prison if he was going to be in there. it has a bath, facilities. and the attorney basically took

special care to point out that the practice of what goes on even in hospital facilities, in term of the care for disabled patients is very different from what the letter of the law dictates. that that, the argument that just because he is disabled doesn't mean he shouldn't to go prison. it is unlikely to sway thing with the judge. one more point. you said at the top that you expect this to be the last day of the hearings. i hate to disappoint you but i don't think it will. we have one more witness who will be brought up. then we'll their closing arguments and then judge will reconsider her argument. so we heard from the clerk yesterday that they think that we'll have a sentence on tuesday first. >> so at least an indication shows that we're getting close to a decision in the final phase

of all this. it is impossible to know which way the judge will go. maybe you can give as you sense of the perception from south africa from the experts we talk to. which way is she likely to lean? is that just impossible to know? >> reporter: she is such a closed book. the only time she's shown any emotions, when she was wished a happy birthday yesterday. and she smiled. it is impossible to tell which way she will go. and public opinion is very divided in this country. those who think he should serve a lengthy jail sentence and those who don't. >> the probation officer and someone from correctional services where they said, he should have three years correctional supervision. house arrest and community service. many, many people here in this

country feel that that is too lenient. that is about how the judge assesses the degree of negligence that he was found guilty of. i think most people feel that some jail time would be appropriate. >> you and experts will have to sit, wait and watch as we approach the last few days of this hearing. 8:14 in the morning in south africa. we'll connect with you then. we do expect oscar pistorius to arrive soon. still to come for you on cnn, we'll do something we don't do every day. we'll take you live to a town on china's border that smuggles goods into north kree.

if you've been watching all week, this may sound familiar. new pictures of what they say is another public appearance by the country's notably missing leader, kim jong-un. there he is smiling. they say he is seen here observing housing units at a university in pyongyang. cnn cannot say when these images were actually taken. we move next door to china. it has always been a kind of life line for north koreans. we want to explore the reality

of smuggling along the chinese north korean border. joining us live near the border is david mckenzie. the links between north korea and china go back for centuries. they're undeniable. talk to us about how people smuggle goods in. >> it is a good question. behind me what you can see is a tourist destination. this is china. right on the border of north korea. you're talking about the history of these two countries. that bridge behind me is translated into the broken bridge. it was bound by the americans in 1950 toward the beginning of the war. behind me is the her mit kingdom. it is quite extraordinary. the thriving city of china and often what we've seen in the last few days, the work team working the field in north

korea. people have tried to come over. but china is the life line as you describe it for north korea. the biggest training partner, 70% of the trade comes through here and it is both legal and illegal trade. this is the one you're not supposed to see. an elderly woman skafageing for food. a man saving what little he can. it is just across the barbed wire fence from china. if anyone is caught trying to escape, they'll be shot. a far cry from the propaganda image of north korea, total devotion to supreme leader kim jong-un and a dedicated and elite fighting force. what is the reality? to find out, we set up a meeting with the chinese smuggler in a hole overlooking the border.

he asked us not to show his face because this place, he says, is crawling with north korean spies. in china we don't lack food. we don't lack things, he says. people can eat and have clothes on their backs. but not over there. even the north korean soldiers have nothing. to trade with the soldiers, he takes great risks. the smugglers get the call in the middle of the night from across the border. they come here with their boats. they go across the border to north korea which is just over there and they do their illegal trade. more than anything, says chen, they are desperate for food, bread and rice. they have no money to trade so they give back scrap metals, old pots, even ginseng. he says if the soldiers aren't happy, they show it. the north korean open fire when a deal goes sour, he says. every year smugglers like me are fired upon.

he says he must boring in the shadows. but often trade in border cities is out in the open. whole neighborhoods are used by senior officials to move merchandise. critics say it help prop up the regime. all chen knows, he can never do business with the desperate civilians across the river. the soldiers won't allow it. i hope north korea will reform and open up like china so we can buy and sell things and come and go as we please. that bridge will be delivering goods all day including brand new trucks. there is a new bridge being built by the chinese. hundreds of millions of dollars. it will be open soon. it will really boost the trade. this is just a strange place. one of the thing on these, they are they say, forth korean

currency from next door with kim jong-un, no, this is not just a gimmick. critics say it is propping up the regime of kim jong-un. this trade with north korea. china says they have to keep the trade going other. wise the people of north korea will suffer. >> really giving us some insight into what you describe there as a vital link for many in north korea. thanks very much. we appreciate that. still to come for you, the u.k. stepping up its commitment to fight ebola. coming up, we'll speak live to the commander of this british naval ship set to depart to sierra leone within the next few hours. ow fastgoing?ere about 55. where you headed at such an appropriate speed? across the country to enhance the nation's most reliable 4g lte network. how's it working for ya? better than ever. how'd you do it? added cell sites. increased capacity. and your point is... so you can download music,

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chilly all that weather is headlines across new england this weekend. the meteorologist joins us with a look ahead. what kind of weekend will it be? >> you can look at it two different ways. you either like the cold our don't. the culprit of this cold weather is a cold front that will keep this major hurricane heading toward bermuda off the east coast of the united states. this is a cold front pressing eastward. and it is allowing for an influx of our cold, cold temperatures.

high pressure clears things off. you can see that we have a dip in our jet stream. some very chilly conditions. new york city, boston, and parts of main and even into the nation's capital. here's a look at the chill. chicago, cincinnati. it is really sunday that we start to feel the big cooldown in new york city, boston. we're expecting temperature of virginia degrees fahrenheit. that's not a typo. 11 degrees celsius for our international viewers. very cold. mid to late october standards. we have rainfall with this storm system moving through. two to three inches for much of may. a few lighter showers as i mentioned but chilly nonetheless from buffalo to cleveland. with the recent rainfall, we have quite a bit of residual moisture. this will allow for fog to

develop. especially by friday morning. so if you're watching us in new york or programs philadelphia, you want to double-check your night. we do expect some delays between 1 1/2 to two hours long, new york, laguardia's airport. that is mainly for the morning hours. the national atmospheric oceanic administration has released its winter outlook and the headline for this particular report is that no polar vortexes in sight. we have above average temperatures over the west. not great for the extremely dry west coast of the united states. we have cooler win in the forecast for much of the south. but not really much precipitation to talk about. no major snow events anticipated with this particular report. >> and do you know what?

the weather is never perfect. you'll never have it how you want it. as withal stories that dominate the headlines, the ebola outbreak has worked its way into pop culture. jean casarez takes a look at some of the more unusual cameos. >> everywhere you look it is ebola. from people in protective suits on the news to the deadly virus making cameos on your favorite shows. ebola has been viral. >> we have such a long history of outbreak entertainment in the american culture. people are used to this kind of thing so it has desensitized them a little bit. >> someone put out a pretzel shaped like a virus. and a softer version, too. a stuffed animal. and it has even broken into the music industry. ♪ ebola. >> this artist changing the word

to the hit, lola. with ebola, everybody wants to know if they have it, if so, how to cure it. >> everyone knows it kills. >> even the bjork giants playing the dallas cowboys sunday got a class on ebola 101. but there is a lot of information you can't trust. >> any time people are scared, it often helps to talk about it in some way. >> case in point. watch this spoof on saturday night live. >> i don't have cancer. i have ebola. >> our this south park comparing the ebola scare. >> we've had word of a possible gluten exposure in your home. >> and amp the nurse nina pham was diagnosed, her quarantined

dog has become a household name. those protective suits aren't just for health care workers. these suits might just become the hottest halloween costume this year. this california company expects to sell hundred of these costumes and has no regrets. >> we don't see any controversy. we think it is in good taste. we don't have any blood splattered on it or anything else that is disgraceful. >> other retailers say it is just not right. >> we follow what the cues are in social media. light-hearted and certainly funny. nothing that will cross the line, or poking fun at tragedy. >> but experts say poking fun at tragedy can be a way to cope with a crisis. if the suit fits. >> now to something out of this world.

a comic will fly close to mars about a third of the distance between earth and the moon. not farg either from nasa satellites already in the neighborhood nasa tweeted it last week so they would be behind the red planet during the most risky part of the fly-by. they hope to learn more about materials that existed during the formation of our solar system such as carbon and water. very cool stuff there. you are watching cnn. please do stay with us. natalie allen joins me next. we'll get you live to spain where health official are looking into three new possible cases of ebola. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com from synchrony bank. service. security. savings. synchrony bank engage with us.

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