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welcome to "weekends with alex witt." i am in for alex. a community in mourning coming together for a vigil hours after a 15-year-old high school student open fire on his classmates. the spree ended yesterday morning when he turned the gun on himself, but not before killing one of his classmates and critically wounding several others, and now there are reports he is related to some of the classmates he targeted. >> there's a possible shooting. >> moments before students sprinted out of the high school, austin taylor was in the cafeteria with a classmate. >> all of a sudden i saw him stand up and pull something out of his pocket, and at first i thought it was somebody making a really loud noise like with a bag, and then four more, and then i saw kids falling like they were dead. >> tweets, don't go towards the cafeteria. three dozen teens huddled in a room with their math teacher. >> the principal came on and said this is not a fire drill, we are in lockdown. >> ambulances took the injured to a nearby hospital where 25 doctors responded to

. >>> welcome to "weekends with alex witt." new alarm today.fter a second patient has been positive in texas. the new patient is a health care worker who helped treat thomas eric duncan, the ebola patient who died last week. procedures weren't followed. >> clearly, there was a breach in protocol. we have the ability to prevent the spread of ebola by carrying safety for patients. >> in dallas, texas, of course, with more on this breaking story. tell us exactly what we know about this health care worker who got infected, and who is it? >> reporter: well, alex, we've learned this health care worker is a woman who in treating duncan had repeated close contact with him. now, so far, she's not been able to identify specifically when this breach in protocol occur d occurred. she was 1 of 19 health care workers being asked to self-monitor signs or symptoms of possible exposure. she reported a fever on friday. within 90 minutes, she was inside the hospital, in isolation and being tested. those test results came back in, the preliminary test results last

yes on 46. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt."emotional plea from a desperate mother and father, the parents of peter kassig, the kidnapped american aid worker threatened in the latest isis propaganda video, have released a video statement today asking for mercy for their son. >> our son is abdul raqman, formerly known as peter. we implore his captors to use their power to let our son go. >> dear son, we hope you will see this message from me and your father. we are so very proud of you and the work you have done to bring humanitarian aid to the syrian people. >> joining me now, nbc's kelly c cobiella in london. we only hope those holding him are listening. >> reporter: the same for the family of alan henning, who was latest shown on the isis video being murdered yesterday, that video being released yesterday. the henning family is grief-stricken today, numb. friends, family, aid volunteers all speaking out about this today, as well as imams in this country all condemning the killing. henning's wife said in a statement that she an

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." here's what's happening.our, the canadian government says it will ship 800 vials of its experimental ebola vaccine to the world health organization switzerland so the vaccine can be made available as an international resource. that first shipment scheduled for monday. then here at home, a new message from president obama today on ebola. he says the nation needs to keep the current crisis in perspective and not give into hysteria. >> we know how to fight this disease. we know the protocols. and we know that when they're followed, they work. >> the first nurse to test positive for ebola at a dallas hospital, nina pham, is now in fair condition at a maryland hospital. she was in good condition before being transferred from dallas to the national institutes of health clinical center. meantime, the other dallas nurse who tested positive for ebola, amber vinson, is being treated in atlanta. before she was diagnosed with the virus, she traveled on flights from dallas to cleveland. now today health officials in ohio

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." a new line of defense is in place to prevent the spread of the deadly ebola virus. jfk airport here in new york began enhanced screening procedures for passengers arriving from west africa. jfk is the first of five major u.s. airports to screen passengers flying in from ebola hot zones. screenings begin next week at dulles, o'hare, hartsfield-jackson and newark. nbc's kristen dahlgren is live at jfk where we just got an update from officials. how's it going so far? >> reporter: 43% of passengers from these ebola-affected countries come through jfk here. that's why this is first -- there was a flight that got in from guinea earlier today, originated there. so this is the first test of those enhanced screening procedures. they said what they're doing is they're separating all the passengers that come from those nations and they're doing a few things, taking their temperatures, the coast guard is doing that, to determine whether or not they have elevated temperatures. they're also asking

. >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." i'm frances rivera while alex takes some time off.ebola epidemic, good news out of new jersey a nurse with a fever does not have ebola. her tests coming back negative but she was put in quarantine friday after flying back from sierra leone. doctors are deciding if more tests are needed. >>> joining me now is maggie fox, senior health care for nbcnews.com. thank you for being with us this afternoon for a little bit of hysteria control, i think it's safe to call that here in new york city with some of us on the edge here. let's zero in here on the bottom line. it's unlikely that an ebola epidemic will happen here and you say there are four main reasons why, so we want to you run them down starting with the first one here, reason number one ebola spreads via bodily fluids. >> that's right frances. it spreads via bodily fluids. you're not going to catch ebola from having sat next to somebody who has it or traveled on the same subway as they have. you can get nasty and graphic if you want but you've got to think warm, wet droplets. you hav

. >>> welcome back to ñr"weekends with alex witt."ave been authorities say most of the remaining survivors have already been rescued. the disaster marks nepal's worsr hiking tragedyhtt( ever. >>> and riot+ crews were out after an afternoon party gotÑi>> health officials in ohio say they are now monitoring more "1 signs of ebola, but none of those being monitored stick. this moveq comes after dallw n]$ve amber vincent flew to cleveland beforekoçó testing positive for ebola last week. they were monitoring 16!reople, but the sharp increaseçó now includes airline passengers one vincent'st( flights and people p also visited a dress shop where vincent's bridesmaids tried on dresses. vincent is currently being treated at an atlanta hospital.% >>> new reaction today from the director of the national institutes of health to the criticism overok the ebola protocols in this country.Ñi >

welcome to weekends with alex witt. a couple of minutes past the hour.ust a short time ago saying there is no doubt debow la can be stopped here in the u.s. >> our top priority at dcd is to protect americans from threats. we work 24/7 to do that. in this case, we're doing that by many different ways. one of them is working to stop the outbreak at its source in africa. because as long as cases continue there, there's a possibility that someone would travel, infect someone else, come into this country or another country and possibly have another case of ebola. >> the doctor says screenings at airports in the western african countries experiencing ebola outbreaks led to 77 people being denied boarding planes, preventing them from leaving those countries. meantime, the cdc also says a man who fell ill on a united airlines flight from brussels to newark on saturday does not have ebola. we're learning new details today from dallas about the first patient diagnosed we bow ith eb the u.s. what are the doctors saying about thomas eric duncan's condition? >> well,

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good morning to those of you in the morning time zones and welcome to "weekends with alex witt." news. at any moment, the center for disease control will hold a news conference with the very latest on the case of ebola here in the united states. 42-year-old eric duncan is in a dallas area hospital after being treated and testing positive for the virus a bit earlier this week. as we await that news conference, here are the latest ebola headlines for you. officials at a nebraska hospital are working through the weekend to accept a new ebola patient. that is where nbc cameraman ashoka mukpo will be treated once he returns from liberia. new questions after hospital officials in texas admit nurses and doctors knew about mr. duncan's travel history when he first went to the emergency room. they initially said a computer glitch prevented doctors from seeing his travel history.

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"weekends with alex witt" starts now. >>> changing his story, a live report is next. and then a live report from dr. nancy snyderman, and they are heading back to the u.s. good news on the jobs front. for the first time in years the unemployment rate dips below one big threshold but there is more to the good news picture. >>> alarm on the harvard campus. why will there be increased police presence today? could it all be a big hoax? >>> good morning, everyone. new at the hospital, officials now say nurses and doctors there knew he had just come from liberia, and originally they said nobody knew that fact because of a computer glitch. after his first visit the patient was released. >>> two other significant moves in the case. health officials clean the apartment where he stayed with his girlfriend and three others, and officials have said ten people in texas are now considered most at risk of contracting the virus. in washington, top white house officials from the health department suppressed the national response to ebola is under control. >> there were things that did

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up next, "weekends with alex witt." >>> screening starts at one u.s. airport for the disease. what exactly are officials looking for, and can they really stop it from coming to america? >>> high school football bombshell. new charges after allegations of hazing and sex assault by players in one new jersey town. >> the president is on the ballot as much as mitch mcconnell might want him to be. it's my name. >> mid-term madness. a fight to the finish in key senate races including kentucky. >>> this could be the best time to start thinking about the holidays, at least in one way. we'll explain. good morning. welcome. here is what is happening out there. the u.s. state department issued a new worldwide alert warning of kidnaps by isis. joining me now with the details is nbc news white house correspondent, i know the state department often issues travel warnings but this takes it to a new level. >> reporter: this warning replaces one that was put in place in april. the difference here is that it really emphasizes the increased risk of potential kidnappings of westerners and america

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