robert mcbride reports from beijing. >> reporter: back to work and back to the smog.a scene that is depressivingly familiar. the first badly polluted day of autumn, with only a winter of more pollution to look forward. preparations are well underway at the conference which will host the apex summit. normally a chance for the host nation to show off the best it has to offer, china is hoping it won't be remembered for its smog. it includes a convention center, hotel, and vip villas. it is being constructed to the highest green standards, ironically. but on a day like today you can't see much of it through the haze. officials are working are local industries to cut down on pollution ahead of the gathering, but only offers a brief respite. for people like this woman, a little too little too late. she made the decision to leave after worsening conditions for nine years. for her son checking the pollution level had become too much of a habit. >> he wakes up and the first thing he does is check the app on pollution to see if he has to stay inside. and i can't stand it anymor

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robert mcbride, ming sha chinese. >> a look at the amish community like you've never seen it before and the crimes committed. this is al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler. coming up, the cdc issues new guidelines with how states should handle travelers from ebola-infected countries. it is not as strict as three states now. plus my conversation with put pulitzer prize winning author nicholas kristof and his wife. and did they rip off stairway to heaven? >>> the cdc updated its guidelines today on how to monitor health care workers coming back from africa. people at the highest risk of contracting ebola after the u.s. will have to stay in voluntary quarantine. libby casey in washington. >> john, guidelines of how people should be treated they range from high risk to no risk. high risk people are those who have had direct contact with the bodily fluids of someone with ebola. they are supposed to restrict their travel and restrict the public activities. they are people deemed to have some risk and that's the majorities of health care workers going over to west africa. they were people

mcbride. bill? [ applause ] from the european parliament office, the director antoine ripole. there you are. [ applause ] and from the australian embassy congressional liaison officer tim roberts. tim? welcome. [ applause ] also we have a number of staffers here and as you all know, we would not be here today without their great help, and so let me go through them and please hold your applause until the end or we'll be here until 9:00. tyler stevens with senator saxby chambliss, chris cogar with tim scott. di arn renaldo with mike rogers. david stern with andy barr. jesse walls with steve stivers. bobby fredrick with rodney davis. grant gardner formerly with speaker boehner and now with the republican national committee. susan fehlen also with mike rogers. eric landis with andy barr. audra hill with mr. chambliss. derian flowers at homeland security and with rob portman. martha scott poindexter with the senate select committee on intelligence and tim butler with mike kelly. welcome. [ applause ] i'd like to call your attention to a number of events that we have coming up. next wednesday we will be hosting a breakfast with ed goes who is a great pollster who will be discussing