unless you vote. have a great weekend, everybody. right now, president obama speaking out today on ebola, defending his response to the crisis and refusing to consider a travel ban from affected countries. despite withering criticism. >> we have been reassured, obviously falsely, quite often, that we were assured by the head of the cdc and other

region. plus, talk with colonel oliver north. and the supreme court makes a major decision impacting over 600,000 voters on november 4g9th. we've got all the details. hello, everybody, i'm uma pemmaraju. at this hour, four people are in a fight for their lives here in this country, working to overcome ebola at hospitals in georgia, maryland and nebraska. all this, against a backdrop of anger that's growing against the government's response to the health crisis. we begin our extensive coverage with alicea cuna, live in dallas, the epicenter of ebola. >> reporter: the center for disease control is expected to come out with new guidelines on

the personal protective equipment that nurses are supposed to wear when dealing with an infected ebola patient. this, after the cdc heard from health care workers how inconsistent the specifics were when nurse nina pham and her colleague vinson worked to care for duncan. pham is now being treated at the bio containment unit at the national institutes of health in maryland. at least report, she was in fair condition. vinson is at the unit at emory university hospital. the cdc says vinson may have been symptomatic for ebola when she flew on commercial flights to and from cleveland before checking herself into the hospital. the patient who she contracted the virus from died ed week and half ago, leaving behind a fiance and her three children. they are expected to be released from quarantine tomorrow. she says an executive from the hospital recently called her. in a statement, she says the

purpose of this call was to apologies to me for the death of my fiance thomas eric duncan and to express regret that the hospital was not able to save his life. this official said the hospital was deeply sorry for the way this tragedy played out. now, the ripple effect from duncan's death does continue. a technician who handled some of his lab work is on a carnival cruise ship. he is not showing signs of symptoms but has quarantined himself to his cabin according to the company and the ship is not welcome in any port so it is returning to galveston, texas, tomorrow. according to a report in the dallas morning news today, the hospital here, texas presbyterian, is having some issues with retaining patients at this point. the hospital has admitted that since the ebola situation has broken out here, they have had a number of patients cancel procedures and patients decide to leave because they are concerned about what occurred here at the hospital. >> thank you so much for that

update. this is what makes me so upset, right here. her neck is hanging out. her neck is exposed. that's what makes me upset. is knowing that she did, and then they want to blame her for getting sick. it's uncalled for. they should be ashamed. >> that from an earlier interview this week with a dallas nurse who worked alongside nina pham as we've been reporting, remains hospitalized at this hour. allegations about confusion and changing protocols at the dallas hospital that treated its first ebola patient thomas eric duncan who later died from the disease. health care workers around the country saying not enough is being done to prepare hospitals for ebola patients. joining us now, katie romer, who's been a registered nurse for nearly 20 years and serves on the board for national nurses united. welcome. great to have you here today. >> thank you, good to be here. >> nurses quite angry this week

when cdc director tom frieden attempted to pass blame on the folks who are on the front lines caring for thomas eric duncan and the cdc didn't have concrete protocols in place. are you confident you will see some major improvements going forward? >> i don't know. we just had the ebola czar appointed. really what we believe is, while we welcome that appointment, we believe that position needs to have the authority to mandate or president obama needs to use his executive authority to mandate the highest level of standards in the united states. we are really asking for hazmat suits, respiratory protection so nurses can be safe. we actually have a petition at national nushs nurses united.or people can go on and ask president obama to do the right thing so nurse, patients and our communities can stay safe. >> i want to get more of your reaction to the news that we now have an ebola czar.

who does not have a medical background but is a trusted adviser of the white house who is going to lead the nation's response on ebola and deal with the current concerns those being monitored for the disease in the u.s. do you think he can really make a difference? >> here's our concern. our concern is this not be a position that's just about communication and spin. but that they actually put in place the preparations that registered nurses have been asking for for months, that highest optimal level of personal protection equipment and the training to doff and don that equipment in a safe way so patients and communities can be as safe as we possibly can. nurses need a tremendous amount of practice. there's no room for any error. while we take care of patients on a regular basis that has communicable diseases this is different. this is a very lethal disease and we need to have the highest

level of protection and training to be able to manage it correctly. >> let me ask you, do you think prior to treating thomas eric duncan it was simply overconfidence by the cdc and its ability to prepare hospitals for the ebola threat and play down the likelihood that someone could get ebola in the u.s.? >> any answer to that is pure speculation on my part. the reality is, no one is listening to us. we're saying put this in place now. we need the training before the patient walks into the hospital. we need to have the protocols in place and, in the case of dallas, they didn't have any protocols. the first response was to try to blame the nurses in both cases, both for nina and amber, when they did the right thing. they wanted to have those protocols in place. they didn't have the training prior to taking care of these patients. they clearly did not have personal protective equipment that was to the highest standards. and that's what we want to be, to have done. based on that then, do you think

from the beginning the two nurses being treated for ebola should have been sent to one of the four medical facilities specifically designed to take on ebola patients instead of waiting days to to do? >> i think what we would have done is put the preparation in place so each hospital -- any patient can report to any emergency room, clinic or even labor and delivery room or hospital with symptoms of ebola. our capacity at the centers is not a huge capacity. those centers are saying they can take care of three or four patients. we want every hospital and every nurse and clinic and intake area where a patient can walk in to have the training and protection so they can assess these patients, no what to do with these patients, isolate then, get the equipment put on quickly and be able to use that equipment so they can be safe. >> texas health presbyterian hospital issued a statement as a

reaction to criticism it's received from nurses unions. saying third parties who don't know our hospitals, our emplo e employees, are seeking to exploit a national crisis by inserting themselves into an already challenging situation. are you exploiting a national crisis? >> really? so the registered nurses in the united states of america are exploiting the crisis? we are putting our lives on the line in order to take care of patients and what we're asking for is the highest level of equipment and training and that's exploitative? i think that's ridiculous. we've been saying for months now what we wanted in terms of protection. we've been proven right each time in terms of, you know, what has happened in this country. it's time that this country start listening to the registered nurses and values our lives. >> well, we thank you very much for joining us with your insights today. i know this is an ongoing concern for you and all the other nurses who are on the front lines and you do great work and you are dedicated in your profession. we all know that. certainly, we have a ways to go

when it comes to dealing with protocols in place for ebola right now. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> in the unlikely event that someone with ebola does reach our shores, we've taken new measures so that we're prepared here at home. obviously, right now, the news is dominated by ebola and, you know, we've got an all hands on deck approach across government to make sure that we are keeping the american people safe. >> well, as you can see there, shifting statements from the president on ebola over the dramatic events unfolding over the past month. from downplaying the virus back in september to now tapping an ebola czar this week. and despite a growing chorus of critics calling for a travel ban on west african nations dealing with widespread ebola outbreaks, the president refuses to back down, urging americans to resist what he calls ebola hysteria. but that's not how many americans feel about the concerns over ebola spreading here in the u.s.

according to a new fox news poll, 60% of americans believe we need a travel ban now. joining us on what's becoming a challenge for the white house, pat buchanan, former senior adviser for presidents nixon, ford and reagan. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> interesting how the dramatic turn of events have happened and how the white house is having to deal with it. tapping an ebola czar just yesterday. how to you feel? >> the president's clearly following the crisis. he's not leading at all. he indicated we got everything in good shape here. it's not likely this disease is going to come to the united states. soon thereafter, it came to the united states and started to spread. he name, quote, a czar, mr. klain, but mr. klain is not a czar at all. he's a coordinator. he's a political operative. i don't think -- some of us were looking for someone like general patton to be in charge of this. you've got american troops in africa. apparently you've got the national guard going there. someone who can issue orders and report directly to the

president. so i think it's a disappointment. the president continues to be behind the curve here. >> well, when you take a look at the ebola czar now, he has no medical or public health background. do you think that is a missed opportunity for the white house at a time right before the elections, everything else going on, that it's going to insight further criticism from people who are really concerned about having real leadership? >> of course it is. he's simply a staff man. what you want, i think, is someone like a general in charge, who if he's not a medical man himself, he's got a deputy who's familiar with these things, give orders, give directi directives. again, let's talk about the travel ban to the united states. the key thing here in the united states is find a cure, work as hard as you can on it. isolate people who have caught it. prevent its spread. also, i think we've got to quarantine to a degree west africa. you don't want people who are infected with this disease bringing it into the united states.

i saw a figure the other day where it said by december 10,000 people a week are going to come down with this disease. already thousands are dead. why in heaven's name would you not have some clear -- i mean, clearance process to keep any and all of these folks who have this disease out of the united states, beginning with a ban on commercial planes? >> do you think, though, that the pressure's going to be on the white house where it's going to change its mind frankly before the election? a lot of people are predicting the travel ban will be impressed because a number of democrats who are in close elections are now changing their minds and are now saying they do support a travel ban where they once didn't. politics has really taken over this thing. >> it's not going to be politics, it's going to be medicine. i think, you know, one, two or three more people bringing this disease into the united states from west africa and you'll have a clamor on the part of the entire american people to act and do something about it. i mean what we have to do is use common sense. when i was a kid, our home was quarantined repeatedly.

measles, chicken pox. they shut it off. fdr shut down the boy scout chann jamboree because there was a polio outbreak. common sense is needed. if you've got a situation over there where it's very serious, it's infectious and you're going to have 10,000 a week by december. you say, look, isolate ourselves from this disease to the degree possible. >> the president today saying the public should not play into the hysteria about fears over ebola. >> i think the president of the united states, by his lackadaisical attitude and being behind the curve and everything's okay is responsible if there is any hysteria, but there is justified alarm on the part of the american people when you see what's happened to these three or four people and the enormous amount of attention that's given to them in order to prevent this from spreading. so i think the president thus far has been more of the problem than he has been of the

solution. >> how did you feel watching the events unfold this week, when we had difference statements coming from the cdc, some in conflict with one another, and then you had other people from texas saying it was the cdc giving us direction. one side blaming the other side. even though the world health organization issued global alerts about ebola all the way back to march. >> when you see -- look, some of these gentlemen down there at cdc and others, i'm sure they're brilliant in their fields. when they start talking, well, we can't have a ban on flights there, that would affect the economies. they don't know anything about that. they seem to me basically to be speaking out of an ideology, not out of common sense on what we ought to do and what ought not to be done. so let me say, uma, you take the cdc, a disaster now. the secret service. the group down there at katrina

that couldn't handle that. they couldn't handle the rollout from obamacare. we are in a situation increasingly where i think the american people say the institutions of government are failing us. what is going on? unfortunately, president obama leads the party of government. and under him, there have been consistent failures of government and predictions have gone wrong. i think it's a real problem for the administration but it's a problem for the american people and the country as well. >> i want you to listen to something john mccain said, c e critique of what is happening with this ebola czar. >> ronald reagan would have been on national television, looking at the camera, saying, my fellow americans, we're facing a crisis here and here's what i'm doing because i'm in charge and here are the people that you can look to. there's ways of addressing crises and it requires, first of all, presidential leadership. that's been missing throughout the last six years. >> i think there's a great deal

of truth in what john mccain is saying. >> you worked for ronald reagan, you know. >> he was a great president. talk about tee s decisiveness. you had his friends, the air controllers, strike. he said, stop striking. they continued to strike. they were fired on the spot. a decisive strong leader who would do things that weren't terribly popular. john mccain is correct. why is the president, instead of meandering around, why was he not out there earlier, saying, look, we don't think this can come to the united states in any big way but we're taking the following precautions and we're putting so-and-so in charge and we're going to report back to you and stay right on top of it. i don't think even his best friends would say barack obama as president has handled this well. >> you're fired up about this. >> i think, look, it may be contained. the key thing is, contain, control, confine it here. find a cure for it over there. and i'm not sure that we are out

in front of this the way we ought to be even yet. >> thank you for joining us. now it's time for you to weigh in. what do you think about president obama's pick for ebola czar? do we need someone with a medical background? send me your tweet tweets @umapemmaraju or @anhqdc and we'll read them later in the show. reaction and impact on midterms of the supreme court decision allowing texas to enforce its controversial voter i.d. law. plus, updates on hurricane goal gonzalo as it's ripped through bermuda. fighters headed to baghdad to keep terrorists from ept effont the city. we'll have a live report from

the reporter near the boarder with the latest action on the ground in the fight against isis. also straight ahead, colonel oliver north will join us. hear what he has to say about the u.s.' role in fighting isis terrorists. stay with us.

welcome back. now to the fight against isis. we'll talk with colonel oliver north in just a few moments about the big picture battle. first, the coalition efforts so far to save the syrian border town of kobani. air strikes pounding forces all night long. may have sent many extremists into retreat. standing by near the turkish/syrian border with more. >> they battle in the syrian border town of kobani. ending up being a major test for all sides involved. i'm sis terrorists, local kurds and the united states. perhaps a good reason why the fight there is still going on. our contacts say today there were more clashes between isis terrorists and the kurds right in the center of the town where some had claimed the terrorists had been driven out. sorpss, in fact. sources, in fact, are telling us at least 20% of the place being held by terrorists. mounting casualties on the

terrorists side. they're getting word they're getting more reinforcements. kurdish officials say they need more heavy weapons. more u.s. air strikes today, our contact telling us they were targeting isis right in the center of town, right where the two sides are fighting. yet another sign of coordination between the united states and kurds on the ground. today's strikes should make at least 70, just since monday. that is big. perhaps the game changer in this battle. reports, too, of isis shells land on the turkey side of the border today, not far from the positions we have seen all week, turkish tanks and armor. there are reports the turkish military did nothing, again. this country staying clear of this battle. finally, uma, comments yesterday from the centcom boss shows how far kobani has shifted in the view of washington from strategically unimportant to a priority. while isis looms on many fronts in this region. back to you.

>> all right, greg, thank you so much for that update. stay safen the ground. >> we must maintain strategic patience going forward. the campaign to destroy isil will take time. there will be occasional setbacks along the way, particularly in these early stages of the campaign as we coach and mentor a force that is actively working to regenerate capability after years of neglect and poor leadership. >> that, from the general of u.s. central command saying it will take time to destroy isis and americans need patience. our next guest disagrees. lieutenant colonel oliver north writes, news flash, mr. obama, the barbarians are at the gates of baghdad. they are coming for us. colonel north is joining us now. welcome, great to have you here. >> thank you. >> i know you're very concerned about what's happening out there. and you are issuing this warning right now saying that it's just a matter of time. >> well, it's just a matter of

time because what we just saw in kobani and greg's been right there, covering it, that is the diversion, the distraction, a military term would be diversion, from the main fight from isis, which is anbar province and preparations to attack the american embassy inside baghdad, largest embassy on the planet. what you see happening is the commitment isis made to the kobani fight to distract us. they knew the press would come. they have. they're all lined up. quietly, u.s. contractors and perhaps even some active duty service men, members of the armed force, are using lae inin targeted designators on the turkish side because it's so close. great assessments on the effectiveness of what's happening with the air strikes in kobani. we're not seeing anything like that. in anbar province, which is the euphrates river valley, and the

daily attacks by suicide s vehicular ieds, improvised explosive devices, inside baghdad, inside shia neighborhoods. that, to me, one, shows the short number of americans on the ground inside iraq. particularly in anbar in the sunni neighborhoods. and it shows we're missing the big picture. because kobani is not the big picture. >> and yet the administration continues to focus on kobani, citing it as a success to a degree because of the fight that they have isis fighters in somewhat of a retreat. >> well, you got to remember, this was the distraction. the main effort is anbar province and the three approaches around baghdad. isis fighters have already invested, literally, surrounding three sides of baghdad and running those suicide ieds. they're rehearsals. they're practicing. they want to get the routes

down, the techniques down, for how to get these enormous bombs into the city. if one of those goes off right next to the wall of the american embassy, you're going to have isis fighters following up in a complex attack, getting inside the green zone. >> what do we know about the protection for the embassy in that area? >> there's a significant increase in the number of u.s. marines guarding the embassy. we've got special operators inside to call in air strikes. you've got aircraft parked out at baghdad international airport. and a whole host of them just outside the region. so the expectation is the big propaganda victory for isis is not going to be kobani, it will be the attack on the american embassy. >> that's very sobering. when we look at kobani, a lot of folks continue to say, why aren't the turks helping, why are they on the sidelines there? >> great question. look, the ppk, primarily the turkish entity holding kobani, has been in a 30-year war with various turkish governments.

erdogan, the current president is not about to help further the cause of kurdish independence. he's going to stand on the sidelines. whatever the outcome is in kobani, he's not going to get involved. after kobani, and it could be over in a few days, a matter of weeks, you're going to see erdogan do more to help nato because he does not want us to pull out of the region, does not want us to leave isis in control in syria. his goals are to make sure that the government in damascus, the al assad dynasty, ultimately perishes. isis is showing us to be friends of the ayatollahs of tehran, friend, of al assad and friends of the government in baghdad and hezbollah in lebanon. that's how they've portrayed as part of their propaganda. it's working because it gathers sunni adherence to the cause, the radicals, and it makes them want to see us, and it's being effective, because they're gaining about 3,000 a week

minimum. there's now over 40,000 isis fighters in syria and an equal number in iraq. >> that's unbelievable. so if kobani is a distraction and isis is really looking to take on baghdad, do you see baghdad falling? >> i don't see it falling. it's a city of 7 million. i do see there's an attack aimed straight at us. that's why i said they're at the gates of baghdad. and we are the target. they're coming for us. >> it's strictly a target usa. let me ask you quickly, we've been hearing reports of isis having deaths now that they've taken in iraq and that former iraqi pilots are training these people on the ground there to take on these planes and to use them against us. >> if they're trained iraq pilots and practiced on syrian jets that have been captured, they've overrun a bunch of air

bases, that's a serious problem. training them and flying them. the good news is they might have to start from scratch training somebody to fly. it will be months before they can deliver ordnance. we know they've got lots of propaganda stuff on the net showing them attacking helicopters. helicopters would be particularly vulnerable to fixed wing attacks. if they are iraqi pilots who defected, that's a serious problem. next time, by the way, war stories on fox business net are 8:00 p.m., starts tonight and tomorrow night. >> definitely worth watching, thank you very much. don't miss oli on our sister network, fox business news. war stories. if you're not sure where to find fox business network, log on to

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welcome back. the supreme court makes a major decision today that will affect the more than 600,000 registered voters in texas. with 17 days to go before the midterms. it has to do with a controversial new voter identification law. now, the latest on this developing story. >> the naacp calls this ruling an affront to our democracy. supporters say it's necessary to prevent voter fraud. courts around the country are mixed on this issue, causing a lot of confusion. specifically in texas. their voter i.d. law received heavy criticism for its restrictions including the much mocked rule that made concealed handgun licenses acceptable i.d. but not college i.d.s. enforcement of the law could go ahead, just as ruth bader

ginsburg wrote a scathing dissent saying in part, the greatest threat to public confidence in the elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands. >> the irony is we've already had two elections where voter i.d. was the law of the land and there wasn't any change in minority turnout. so the claim that this law is to dampen minority turnout, just has no basis in reality. >> in texas, isn't the only state involved in this year's fight. arkansas supreme court just overturned that state's law. north carolina and ohio have also been in court over their voter access laws. earlier this month, the u.s. supreme court blocked wisconsin's voter i.d. law. one research product showed about 300,000 voters are eligible voters, roughly 9% of

the electorate, did not have an i.d., certainly more than enough in a state where polls show the governor's race is virtually tied. those voters could make a difference, uma. >> well, lots to look forward to. thank you very much, lee laland. bermuda residents are surveying the damage thismornin a powerful storm. meteorologist janice dean is following the storm from the fox weather center. janice what can you tell us? >> this is the second major storm that has hit bermuda is less than a week, which is almost unheard of. a category 2 when it made landfall last night across bermuda. it is quickly pulling away. we saw wind gusts in excess of 120 miles per hour. the storm is moving away from land. look at those wind gusts. over 127 miles per hour for commissioner's point. bermuda airport, 96 miles per hour. the battering waves. we'll see strong rip currents along the east coast.

it's going to continue to pull north and eastward. new fundland needs to watch this, a strong extra tropical storm. 70 mile winds. it's going to make a beeline towards europe. there's ireland. not done with it yet. watching hurricane ana. the good news is, it is south of the island chain of hawaii. it's going to continue to move northward. this area almost took a direct hit as of a couple of days ago. we're going to continue to see gusty winds and certainly some rain. worst of the storm is going to remain off shore, which is great news. back to you, uma. >> great news, janice, thank you very much. coming up, we have new reaction from the president facing down critics who say the handling of the ebola crisis has been wrong. we will go live to the white house. ebola's toll on man's best friend. the fate of this adorable king charles spaniel now in quarantine. poor little guy. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ]

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welcome back, everybody. president obama doubling down on his word. there will be no travel ban from west africa. this, as concerns about ebola sweep the nation. and many lawmakers are now calling for a travel ban to and from that part of the world. peter ducey joining us now from the white house with more on how the administration says it plans to fight the deadly virus. peter. >> it's interesting, behind the scenes here at the white house, we're finding out now that president obama is apparently very upset with the way his administration has been dealing with this ebola crisis. some of his top aides talked to "the new york times" and they described the meeting recently where president obama very angrily talked about the government's response like this. he said, quote, it's not tight. well, now a very familiar face here on the white house grounds, ron klain, has been brought in as the government's ebola response coordinator.

it is not sitting well with some lawmakers on capitol hill. >> the appointment of klain, who has no experience whatsoever on this or any other medical issue, is a lobbyist and a democrat, frankly, does not fill the bill for a czar and the capabilities. because he has no experience or knowledge or background in medicine. >> the white house says they know ron klain doesn't know everything about the science behind ebola and that's okay with them because they say that's not what this new job requires. >> what we're looking for is not an ebola expert but really an implementation expert. that's what ron klain is. has extensive experience in the federal government. he's somebody who has extensive management experience when it comes to the private sector. >> earnest also says ron klain will be on the job very soon but he hasn't started yet and we know that because yesterday the

president had a big meeting with some of his advisers and aides about the ebola outbreak. the white house gave us a list of everybody at that meeting, 21 people, ron klain, not one of them. >> thank you of so, live from the white house today. well, this is a story we've been following very closely. the dog one of the infected nurses, nina pham, getting some much needed love and attention while he remains in kwaquaranti. this is bentley. he will be monitored to make sure he did not contract the deadly virus. officials are not sure whether pets carry or can control ebola but are following the same protocols the cdc is suggesting for humans. we promise to keep you posted. coming up, a comet is speeding towards mars. what nasa is doing to get a front row seat. and a weight loss transformation that is inspiring lots of folks to do the same. hi, i'm henry winkler

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we are back with news from outer space, nasa is telling a spacecraft near mars to duck and cover, the comet will blow by so close tomorrow that the space agency is protectively moving its orbiters to avoid residual comet dust.

the comet called siding spring at a distance one third that of the moon from the earth. the rare opportunity will give scientists a chance to study the impact of a comet on mars' atmosphere. turning to a story afteren incredible weight loss journey. brian fleming, once weighing 625 pounds found the will to shed the weight he knew was killing him. it took 18 months and now he's nearly 400 pounds lighter. giving him the motivation to inspire others to join him on his quest for healthy living. brian, nice to have you on the program. >> hi, thanks for having me on. >> weight wasn't obviously your own problem two years ago. you also had to overcome your alcohol addiction. what was the turning point for you to make this change? >> well, i was depressed and bit of a shut-in and eating fast

food all day long. i basically my depression hit an all-time low and played a video game called draw something and met a woman from london 'she kicked my butt and got me to eat healthy and start exercising and 18 months later i lost 390 pounds. >> i know you credit much of your turnaround to this special friend who helped you stay focused, but why did that matter? lots of folks have people close to them trying to motivate them to lose weight or to drop their addictions? >> it was more of a tough love situation. i think a lot of friends and family had reached out to me but i think the kind of motivation she gave me was exactly what i needed to hear. and to use less colorful words than what she told me, she told me i was throwing my life away and didn't pay pity on me.

that was what i needed to hear on october 13th, 2012 i quit drinking cold turkey and never looked back. >> the good news is also you're going to now run in a marathon in detroit tomorrow, joining 16,000 other marathoners in a 13-mile stretch. did you imagine you would be running a marathon where you would be celebrating your sobriety and healthier you? >> i never would have imagined in a million year i would run a marathon. i could never run when i was a young kid. i had to wait until i was 31 years to start running but i guess better late than never. >> what's your message to folks out there having trouble with finding ways to quit their addictions and to try to find a way to lose weight. it's not an easy journey for lots of folks and people might find inspiration from your message. >> i would say my message would be to not give up and you never know where inspiration is going to come from. in my case it came from 3800 miles away on the other side of

the ocean and came at the best possible time. and i think a lot of people feel they want to give up and in my case, i was right about to give up when this amazing inspiration came into my life. now we're trying to reach out to other people out there as well. we have a facebook group and they are all over the world and trying to find out people to help motivate them to live a healthy lifestyle, it's been great. >> great message and we're very happy for you. and i know you're looking forward to the next chapter in your life. we wish you all the best. >> thank you very much, i appreciate it. >> good luck with the race tomorrow. find out what prompted the first lady to pay for the presidential dinner tab. and trick or treat, it's not just for the youngsters, we'll tell you why halloween is creating fun for cute little critters on the lookout, you guessed it, for treats. i love having a free

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we're so glad you spent part of your day with us. i hope wherever you are, you make this day count. see you next time. hello, welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's news headquarters". >> topping the news, president obama says we can't wall ourselves off from west africa as calls get louder to cut off travel from countries stricken by ebola. >> and terrorist lose smg ground in kobani as friends and family remember two innocent victims. like something out of a james bond flick, we have a landing of the space shuttle o