>> thank you. for all us of here at nbc 10, i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> the news continues with "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. have a great evening. on our broadcast tonight, rescue mission. another american with ebola back in the u.s. tonight and there are new questions about this country's emergency response as we get late word new screening measures are on the way. the surprise move at the supreme court that just cleared the way for gay marriage in a lot more states, and weddings are already under way. >> american isis. a teenager grabbed by the feds at o'hare in chicago minutes before they say he was to board a flight overseas to fight for the enemy. and opening day, on the playground our making a difference report about bringing smiles to a lot of kids and parents because we could all use one right about now. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this

is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening. as the latest american ebola victim has arrived in this country for treatment, a young mab who happens to be an extended member of our nbc news family, late today the president said the u.s. is considering adding additional screening measures at some u.s. airports, major ports of entry for travelers arriving from western africa. nbc news has learned those efforts would likely include cdc personnel at newark, jfk, chicago and washington dulles airports asking passengers about their travel history and taking temperatures. first tonight and out of immediate concern the latest american to arrive, the second ebola patient now taken to nebraska for treatment. tonight, our national correspondent kate snow is there to start us off. kate, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. ashuka mukpo was working with

nancy snyderman. his symptoms seem to have gotten worse but seem to be in the early stages of this dangerous disease. the plane touched down in nebraska at dawn, a more than 16-hour journey on a especially equipped jet. ashoka mukpo got off on a gurney. paramedics and hazmat rode nearby to the nebraska medical center. how is he feeling? >> i think he's doing pretty good. i think he was thinking about something he might like to eat for lunch. >> reporter: real food? >> real food. >> reporter: his parents and girlfriend of four years were thrilled to see ashoka through a video chat, but they can't get close. >> heart wrenching. i mean, when you have a loved one who is as sick as he is, you want to curl up next to them and tell them you're going to be okay and be close to them and obviously you can't do that.

it is a little bit hard. >> reporter: helen lived with him in liberia for two years. he returned this fall to do human rights work and journalism. his parents begged him not to return. >> he said, mom, i'm going tomorrow. >> reporter: what did he say? >> i said i'm so worried you're going to get ebola. >> reporter: given what he witnessed in liberia, his family says he's afraid. >> he knows how bad it can get, which is making him very scared i think. >> do you think he's scared he might die? >> yes, he is. he's seen many, many people die from this. his mind goes there. >> reporter: his father says sahoka will receive an experimental treatment. thomas eric duncan announced today he's already receiving an experimental drug. duncan remains in critical condition. of the 48 people the cdc is watching in dallas, none have exhibited symptoms. >> we take temperatures two times every day and we've got

zero symptoms out there. okay. zero. and that is a good sign. >> reporter: meantime, dr. nancy snyderman and her team are also monitoring themselves. and they so far are feeling fine. plans are underway for their return to the u.s. brian. >> kate snow starting us off from omaha tonight. kate, thanks. all of this concern about ebola has served as a wakeup call to hospitals, health departments across this country determined not to repeat any of the mistakes we saw made in dallas. we get that end of the story now from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: on the front lines of the nation's emergency medical system from ambulances to hospitals, clinics to laboratories, ebola has suddenly taken on added urgency. in new york 911 dispatchers are now asking if they've been to west africa. >> this will allow us to get a heads up if someone possibly has been exposed to the ebola virus rt in metro chicago, cook county

health and hospitals have sent this notice to ers, emts and labs on evaluating patients for ebola. for months the cdc has been sending ebola symptom flowcharts to 5,000 hospitals nationwide. now with the dallas case in the news, ebola is suddenly very real. >> we are hearing from, for example, different clinical groups this week that they don't really feel prepared. they have more questions. they have concerns. >> reporter: there is confusion at newark airport this weekend as passengers on a united flight from brussels were kept on board for two hours as the cdc responded to a man with ebola-like symptoms. >> they clearly were frankly made it up as they went along. >> reporter: were you concerned at any point this was something more serious? >> no. just thought it was incompetent. >> reporter: the cdc is watching several cities with large west african populations. los angeles, dallas, minneapolis, washington, philly, new york. including a patient at howard university hospital last week who was quickly assessed and

cleared. the chief medical officer says she's more worried about flu season than ebola. >> there are thousands of patients who die every year of influen influenza. but we don't have the same kind of concerns about the influenza that we have about ebola. >> reporter: since july 14th hospitals nationwide have reported 135 instances to the cdc of people thought to be potential ebola patients because of their symptoms and their travel histories. 40 of those in just the last week. but so far only the dallas case has proven to be the real thing, brian. >> tom costello from our d.c. newsroom tonight. tom, thanks. now to another big story we're covering, the surprise decision at the supreme court where the justices declined to hear any of the challenges before them regarding individual state bans on same-sex marriage. this paves the way for same-sex marriage in a lot more states while the court refused to settle the issue for the entire country once and for all.

we get our report tonight from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> dearly beloved, we have gathered together to join this woman and this woman -- >> reporter: less than four hours after word came from the supreme court, gay couples were getting marriage licenses in virginia. >> you may kiss your bride. >> came up crying and said i think we can get married today. >> a new day has dawned. and the rights guaranteed by our constitution are shining through. >> reporter: similar scenes in four other states where federal courts had struck down bans on same-sex marriage. those rulings had been on hold until the supreme court said today it would not rule on those lawsuits. >> it's almost shocking. everyone expected given the importance of the issues that the justices would step in and hear these cases now. >> reporter: same-sex marriage was already legal in 19 states. today's supreme court action lifts the holds on lower court rulings that had struck down gay marriage bans in the five states that appealed.

those same appeals court rulings were also binding on six other states in the affected federal circuits, colorado, kansas, wyoming, north and south carolina and west virginia. so now same-sex marriage is or very soon will be legal in 30 states. opponents of same-sex marriage were disappointed and said they hope the justices will eventually take up the issue. >> the supreme court should continue to respect the right of the people and the right of the states to affirm marriage as they so choose. >> reporter: but gay rights advocates say as more states permit same-sex marriages, it becomes harder for the court to later put a stop to them. >> i don't think this supreme court -- any supreme court is willing to say to people who are married, sorry, you're not married anymore. just kidding. >> reporter: the issue could come back here if a federal appeals court rules that states can ban same-sex marriage. but that would push the issue off for at least another year while in the meantime the supreme court lets those marriages continue. brian. >> pete williams at the supreme

court for us tonight. pete, thanks. we turn now to the battle against isis overseas. an american citizen is under arrest tonight here accused of wanting to travel to syria to join isis. this just days after isis threatened to kill an american hostage. authorities stopped this young man, a teenager, in chicago as he prepared to board a plane to istanbul. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is there tonight and has our report. >> reporter: he's the latest american accused of trying to join isis. 19-year-old mohamed kaan from suburban chicago in federal court today. he was arrested saturday at o'hare about to board a flight to istanbul. according to a federal criminal complaint his residence was searched after his arrest and authorities found documents that express support for isil and disgust at western society describing it as filth. also found, a three-page letter

to his parents saying he was on his way to syria to join isis. first and foremost, please make sure to not tell the authorities, he wrote, according to the complaint. already in syria now is another american, a hostage isis is threatening to kill. peter kassig, a former soldier who went to syria to help victims of war, converted to islam and changed his name. his parents offered a desperate plea for his relief. >> we implore those who are holding you to show mercy and use their power to let you go. >> reporter: but isis is showing no mercy. they want to escalate this conflict and draw in other nations, especially turkey. after days of fighting, isis militants stormed into the syrian city of kobani. so close to the turkish border that when they wave their black

flag, turkish troops could see it. today, turkey sent more tanks and troops to reinforce the border. so far the turkey troops have not crossed into syria. isis wants to widen this war, hoping it will become a quagmire that will swallow its enemies. and late word, brian, that kobani is falling to isis. this is a big gain for isis. and it's an enormous problem for this country because already tonight clashes and riots have broken out with protesters saying turkey didn't do enough to save kobani. brian. >> richard engel watching it all from turkey tonight. richard, thanks. in this country the u.s. secret service has a new boss, at least for now. joe clancy was sworn-in today as interim director five days after julia pierson stepped down as the head of the agency after a series of security lapses. this is a return engagement for clancy who was a ubiquitous presence at the president's side as head of the presidential

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it's a virus raising concern throughout the nation, but it's not ebola. it may in fact pose an even larger threat in the u.s. it's called enterovirus d-68 and has put hundreds of children in the hospital. it's effects are mysterious, but it has not proven deadly until now. we get the details tonight from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: 4-year-old eli waller was adorable. his father described him as a little boy full of unconditional love. he missed a day of school in hamilton township, new jersey, two weeks ago for pink eye but died suddenly in his sleep that night. his cause of death, enterovirus d-68. the virus has affected more than

500 patients in 43 states and d.c. since august. several clusters of children have been hospitalized with symptoms of the virus that cause respiratory difficulties. today in colorado authorities reported a 12th patient with symptoms that include partial paralysis. doctors don't know if it's temporary or permanent. in eli's hometown concern is growing. tabitha is worried about her 4-year-old son, tested for the enterovir enterovirus, he's been out of school for three week. >> we're working on getting better. still on rounds of steroids. >> i've seen him sanitized. we were at both meetings and i'm confident that everybody's going to be okay. >> reporter: while there's novak seen against the virus, health officials urge families to get the flu shot to prevent the ris sglk having two viruses at the same time may be cause for concern. sometimes it makes it hard in terms of diagnostics in

identifying what is actually causing the symptoms. >> reporter: this hamilton pediatrics office has been flooded with calls from parents who are being extra cautious. >> in the area now. before it was, you know, a little further away. but now it's a reality. >> reporter: experts say a top concern is trying to figure out what's making these children sick. and doctors point out we're in the middle of flu season, so it's important to thoroughly wash your hands often. and if your children appear sick, keep them home. brian. >> a sad story to be covering. rehema ellis in suburban, new jersey tonight. thanks. we're back in a moment with the amazing thing a police officer did after pulling over a woman and her child as opposed to writing them a ticket. ase is, but i've managed. except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease.

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as of this past weekend there are now 26 new playgrounds in this part of the country, each one built in the memory of each of the 26 victims of the sandy hook elementary school shootings in newtown, connecticut. we previewed the newest one here on friday night. and tonight's making a difference report is about opening day and charity that was done for fun. on a startlingly beautiful summer day, happy children swarmed all over the brand new playground in connecticut donated to the principal who died trying to protect her students at sandy hook elementary school nearly two years ago now. after the ceremony and the flyover and the honor guard, there was raw emotion. a reading from a book that dawn loved to read to the children, it was read by one of her

daughters. the young children don't understand why this playground was built, but their faces remind us what it's meant for. >> it is amazing. she would be so, so happy. >> all 26 of the memorial sandy hook playgrounds are now happy places. they're all scattered around the new york area in towns that also suffered from hurricane sandy. and at each one the family members pitched in. >> put my hand in the sand. >> what is your favorite job to watch and favorite job to do yourself? >> my favorite job to do myself is probably the sidewalk. and my favorite job to watch is probably the panels that they put on the actual gate. >> for the other family who is lost someone at sandy hook, this project has held so much meaning. >> we became a family with all the firefighters. >> our little daniel loved to go to playgrounds.

it's a beautiful tribute. >> they are angels looking down at us like, wow, this final one it's beautiful. >> the group behind this is a foundation called where angels play. they plan to keep doing this across the country in places where there's been tragedy, like boston, aurora, colorado and moore, oklahoma. bill laven is the builder of this concept. he's a retired new jersey firefighters who told me on the job last week it doesn't get more personal for him. if you close your eyes, can you see all 26? do they have all a special meaning for you? >> every single one has a miracle that has happened. think of the moms and dads who have inspired this group here who will work from dawn to dusk and then thank me for allowing them to do all that. you know? they'll thank us, but quite frankly this is our blessing and privilege. >> some very good people have done a very good thing. that is our broadcast on a

monday night as we start off a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. theresa and joe breaker that silence about going to prison. >> i'm shocked. >> in new york city right now on extra. today holding hands fighting

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