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people have it or are suspected of having it. in nigeria one nurse has died who treated an american patient, and a priest that treated a patient has it. spain sent a plane to bring him home and a man on a business trip to sierra leone has died. two remain in the u.s. hospital, nancy writebol and dr. kent brantly are being treated in atlanta. >> what we are doing, how congress can be more helpful, if
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that is necessary, and a law that needs to be changed or updated. while in washington, president obama offers african leaders more u.s. help, they are working to get six students home from liberia, they got stuck there when their flight back was canceled. >> meantime, a local woman working with an ambassador, is among employees that have evacuated from that country. lisa thomas-laury is here with the story, that documents the panic and confusion surrounding this ebola crisis. >> the woman you are about to meet returned from the remote regions of liberia, and has seen how fear and uncertainty making the ebola outbreak a near impossible situation. monica has been working with the communities outside ni robe yeah with women's campaign inter nation, a campaign that helps
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rural women outside of liberia strengthen their skills to prepare for emergencies like the ebola crisis, today the situation is very dire. >> it's very sad right now, people on my staff have compare tropical disturbance to wartime. a lot of services have shut down and markets are going slower and you condition get access to any kind of health care not just ebola health care. >> the ministry of health is trying to reduce the exposure to ebola, but the people don't always understand the recommendations and it spreads to women because of the test they perform. >> more women are affected than men because it passes from patient to care giver and passes to the people that traditionally clean bodies for burial. >> the long-term work for womens international has enabled them to form a trust with the rural community.
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but ironically one hindrance is the -- the communities harbor. >> people come in, the health care workers, and people that want to help, those people that are liberians think that the people are spreading disease. >> the medical workers, the residents fear that the medical workers are spreading ebola, womens campaign interests national has liberian staff in the country and are working to establish the grass root campaign, for those affected by ebola and do not have the necessarily information or skills to stop the spread of the disease. a bad situation there. >> thank you lisa. in the meantime, new developments in the downing of malaysia flight 17, the dutch president suspended the search for the remains of the victims
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at the crash site. it's simply too dangerous to recover the remaining victims. they killed all 298 people on board and 228 coffins are returned to the netherlands. in iraq a series of car bombs in shiite neighbors in baghdad, have killed 51 people, the attacks happened in a shopping area and streets around sodder city and 40 people were attacked. and nobody claimed responsibility for the bombings but it's a target for sunni militants. diane sawyer has more on the tensions in the middle east as well as the ebola ep dimmic. >> philadelphia detectives are looking for armed robbers, the
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suspect walks in and show a knife and demands money but the clerk refused and the man walked out and 30 minutes later, that same man walked into a wawa in the 3900 block of state road and did the same thing, this time he did get money from the clerk and took off. several people are out of their home tonight because of this fast moving fire in north philadelphia, the scene at 1:00 a.m. on north 17th street, the flames started on the second g.r, luckily residentthle ie b c fgitivnunf e doman c thehehe asolictia sec same b d a inor2 isatn.stly hsr
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releasing $265 million for the philadelphia schools but they say it's not a solution. a woman whose dog was poisoned is reminded of her cruel loss. that story next at 6:00. i'm rick williams, have a nice day dreaming again? oh yeah. about your dream car? yeah. red convertible with racing stripes. cool! [curiously] how'd you know? you've been staring at that new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yep. "muscle car money." i could win up to $100,000, or a ford mustang gt. (announcer) wanna see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning today. fuzzy dice. nice. [announcer] the pennsylvania lottery. bring your dreams to life.
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. wednesday night, atlantic city casino workers rallied to save their jobs and a delaware
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state trooper is shot serving a search warrant, but the big story is a search for the person that killed the pennypack jogger, and an autopsy confirmed that connie murray's body was strangled. her body was found near the crispin recreation center. chad pradelli is live now, do police have any leads at all here? >> police say they have several leads but at that point, no suspects, the autopsy was completed and a press conference wrapped up and they say that connie murray was strangled but not sexually assaulted. >> we did not see much of a struggle, some minor bruising. but not enough for blunt force trauma. >> she went jogging on monday like she often did.
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when she didn't return home her husband and daughter went looking for her. and they didn't find her. a neighbor walking her dog found the mother of two in some brush. the
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