brantley and fellow missionary nancy writebol. infected with the virus while working to contain the ebola outbreak in west africa. >>> thomas eric duncan died at texas presbyterian hospital. for ten days he fought the ebola virus here. he arrived in the u.s. from liberia and within a few days got sick. >>> shots rang out at marysville pilchuck high school just before 11:00 a.m. >> we are confirming two deceased at this time, one is the shooter. >> at least four others have been taken to hospitals. >>> republican leaders are celebrating. incumbent senate democrats mark horner and jeanne shaheen hung on but mark udall, mark pryor and kay hagan lost their seats. republicans joni ernst, shelley moore capito, mike rounds and steve daines took what had been democratic senate seats. >>> almost in an instant it went from fall to frigid. arctic temperatures mixed with howling winds unleashed an unprecedented snowfall in buffalo. >>> and liftoff at dawn. >> orion pushed away from pad 37 and into history. >> the dawn of orion and a new era o

kent brantley. liberia, treating ebola patients, good samaritan first, and then contracted ebola himself. >> three of the five are survivors, two are doctors, one a nurse, one an ambulance driver, one a health care worker. they represent hundreds and hundreds of other whose also ran into the fire, as they say, and really did this to protect their communities and to protect everyone else from this spreading even further. >> with dr. brantley, after he recovered from the virus, he donated his plasma to help other ebola paeshs get better. he found out about this news just a day or so ago. i'm happy to say that dr. kent brantley joins us on the phone now. dr. brantley, it's a huge honor. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> how do you feel about it? >> matt, this is a huge honor. it's an incredible honor to be part of the group that's being recognized as "time" magazine's person of the year. i think it's fitting that most ebola fighters and those who paid the highest price for their service are, them

kent brantley. brantley was honored tuesday for his medical missionary work.the ferguson protesters, vladimir putin and taylor swift. >>> this morning the faa announced it is clearing four more companies for commercial drone use. the agencies announcement on drones come amid mounting safety concerns, concerns highlight bid the faa's own report on near collisions between drones and passenger planes. rene marsh has more. >> reporter: it could be the closest a drone has ever come to crashing into a commercial jet filled with passengers. that's according to a report due this week from british safety investigators. the incident happened as the airbus a-320 was approaching london's heathrow airport. at 700 feet in the air, a high risk near collision. a model helicopter or drone flew over the plane's left wing, missing by about 20 feet. >> well, that's exceptionally close. that is exceptionally close in an airport. >> reporter: it's a disturbing trend. an faa report last month detailed dangerous close calls at some of the nation's busiest airports. in just one day, t

kent brantley were the first americans to contract the disease while, windowing for samaritans purseing care of sick people before they had been isolated. it's a scary time. we have healthcare workers getting sick and that scares healthcare workers who might otherwise want to respond. >> reporter: that fear then spread to the u.s. >> the first case of the deadly disease diagnosed on u.s. soil a major american city on high alert. >> reporter: thomas eric duncan's diagnosis was at first missed and it sent a city into panic. his family put into quarantine. after his death, two nurses who treated him became the next patients. >> at some point there was a breach in protocol and that broach in protocol resulted in this infection. >> reporter: texas presbyterian nurses became patients in the same isolation rooms where they had worked and were transferred to facilities better equipped to deal with infectious disease, both surviving, perhaps in part thanks to the plasma donated by dr. brantley. >> the care that i've received from so many people. >> we didn't get into this profession to be saf

kent brantley arriving for treatment for that potentially deadly disease.a disease that would keep u.s. health officials and the rest of the country for months to come. but, thankfully, it's kind of been quiet on that front and at least as it relates to the united states. >> i think there's a lot of lessons here for people to learn. first of all, a huge problem an. liberia coordination of services with the help of the u.s. military, with the help of doctors without borders and the volunteer organizations we've talked about. they're stamping it out decreasing dramatically. sierra sierra 7,000 deaths. it's affecting other diseases there like malaria and heart disease, cancer, people are not getting their childhood vaccines. pregnant women are not getting taken care of. over here, i think the big problem was that we couldn't believe what our public officials were telling us. we saw one case and the next thing we knew two more nurses had it and people naturally, as they always do with emerging diseases, especially infectious ones said, i could be next. how do i

brantley arriving in august for treatment of that deadly disease, a disease that would keep the rest of the country on alert for months to come. there were a few cases after the doctor, but it's been thankfully kind of quiet on that front. >> first of all, it was a huge problem and remains so in west africa. liberia, there's some corner that has been turned with coordination of services, with the help of the u.s. military, with the help of doctors without borders and other volunteer organizations. they're stamping it out or it's decreasing dramatically. sierra leone, not yet. it's still abug problem. you put up at the beginning, 7,000 deaths. plus, it's also affecting other diseases like malaria, like heart disease, cancer. pregnant women are not getting taken care of. over here, i think the big problem was we couldn't believe what our public officials were telling us. we saw one case, and the next thing we knew, two more nurses had it, and people naturally, as they always do with emerging diseases, especially infectious ones, said, i could be next. how do i know i won't be next? we

. >> emory doctors released brantley and nancy writebol. they became infect with the virus while working to contain the ebola outbreak in west africa. >> thomas eric duncan died. for ten days he fought the ebola virus here. he arrived in the u.s. from liberia and got sick within a few short days. >> we are confirming two deceased at this time. one is the shooter. >> at least four others have been taken to hospitals. >> republican leaders are celebrating. incumbent senate democrats mark warner and jeanne shaheen hung on but udall, prior and hagan lost their seats. ernst, rounds and danes took what had been democratic senate seats. >> almost in an instant it went from fall to frigid. arctic temperatures mixed with howling winds unleashed an unprecedented snowfall in buffalo. >> and liftoff at dawn. >> orion pushed away from pad 37 and into history. >> the dawn of orion and a new era of american space exploration. >> today a staten island grand jury rendered its decision, no indictment for the new york city police officer whose officially bann

brantley says he makes a case as one of american theaters classic embattled male losers, and man who finds his masculinity, vitality, his very existence under siege. >> does that resonate with you at all? >> sounds good. [laughter] it's a measure of great pride to have a play that has not had a major production or any revival for 42 years. we are trained in drama and things. you look at death of a salesman, long days journey into night and these great plays, we agree it's one of those quality of plays for the american drama and the 1970's, one of the most important family dramas there is. getting that review is important for just reinstating the play am -- play. wouldn't you say? >> yeah, yeah. totally agree. >> you get the feeling it is important that this is being said now at this time. >> i think david rabe is one of the great american playwrights so to be a part of this and feel the resonance of the words in the kind of landscape that stretches out before us every night, stories from beginning to end, it's very impactful, very special. i feel privileged to be part of this play. t

kent brantley who became infected in west africa. the city of detroit is ready to close its book on bankruptcy. the nation's biggest municipal bankruptcy will end at midnight. emergency manager kevin orr resigned saying it's time to return the city to regular order. >>> pakistani teenager malala yousafzai, received the nobel prize. she is the youngest person ever to win a nobel prize. she shared her award with the indian kate kilash saarti. >>> now they're telling their stories. hoping to capture the momentum, protests sweeping the country since grand juries declined to indict officers in two high profile deaths, most recently the choke hold death of eric garner. maintain's sarah hoye has the story. >> we are not going to take it anymore. we are going to stand for what is right. >> women forever bound joined together through loss. they are the mothers of young black and latino men killed by police who traveled to the nation's capital calling for change. >> my only son, clinton allen, was shot and killed by dallas police officer on ma

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and brantley don's mother knew he was not developing like other children. >> i noticed his speech ork of it. words would come out jumbled mixed up. i thought when he was two and a half it would be good for me to put him in preschool or nursery school. when i did that, the teacher said, he won't play with anybody. he just plays on the side by himself and he does one thing over and over and over again. >> reporter: by the time brandon was 9 he was having seizures, the diagnosis, epilepsy, back then the doctor urged his mother to keep it secret. but brandon continued to struggle in school, socially he was a target, for bullies. >> he would play basketball but his eye-hand coordination was so poor that he had very slow movement and therefore couldn't make a basket, couldn't catch the ball. and the kids were smart. they knew that he couldn't catch the ball so they would just throw it at his face and he couldn't stop it in time. they had broken his nose several times. >> reporter: eventually brandon was diagnosed with autism. >> can't make friend, communication difficulty. >> had all the a

kent brantley who worked with samaritans purse.dent praised "time's" decision. >> ebola is not over with. people are dying as we speak. so i'm just grateful that "time" magazine put the spotlight on it. because it needs to be there. ebola fighters are heros. they really are. they put their life on the line. the army of young men and women that have been fighting to save lives. >> and we do need to look at where the numbers stand right now. the world health organization counts nearly 18,000 confirmed or suspected cases of ebola in west africa. more than 6300 have been fatal. the vast majority are in liberia, guinea and sierra leone leone. a two-day meeting in geneva on thursday. the goal of the talks is to find ways to strengthen west africa's wealth health care system. coming up next here on cnn, a top bomb maker for al qaeda thought to be dead may actually still be alive. plus the trial of oscar miss tor -- brings attention to the jail system. your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that re

. >> today's "new york times" critic is brantley and he he said pull i am make's case as one of theater'sssic male losers. he finds his vitality and existence under siege. does that resonate with you at all? >> sounds good! well, you know, i think it's a measure of great pride for the cast in this production for the play that has not had a major play in new york or any revival for 42 years and for us, when we're trained in trauma and things and you look at death of a salesman and long day's journey into night and these great plays and i feel and i think we all agree it's one of those kind of quality plays for american drama in the 70s, one of the most important family dramas that there is so i feel like getting that review is just important for reinstating the play. wouldn't you say? >> yeah. i totally agree. >> do you feel a sense that this this is important that this is being said now think? >> well i think david rabe is one of the great american play writes so to be part of this and to feel the resonance of the words and the landscape that stretches out before us every night as we tell

and finally, kent brantley, a doctor at the same hospital as jerry brown. he, too, contracted the disease and came to emory. >> thank you. back in a moment. stay with us. >> tonight a conversation with , walmart ceo doug mcmillon. walmart is the world's largest retailer but its dominance is under threat. consumers can find low prices online all the time. walmart is determined to catch up with the transformation in retail and with amazon. they are experimenting with delivery and store formats. since taking over in mcmillon february, has increased investment in e-commerce and he is the youngest ceo since sam walton founded the company. he spent his entire career at walmart and rose quickly through the ranks. he led the international unit. we spoke with him at a busy walmart in washington, d.c. last week. here is that conversation. >> we just went through one part of the holiday season. what did we learn? >> one of the things that we learned from this black friday and thanksgiving is just how retail is changing so quickly. some of the themes i have talked abou

kent brantley and nancy writebol were medevacked back to the united states from liberia. they survived, followed by others, thanks in part to the work of health care workers who literally put their own lives on the line. as 2014 come to a close, the world health organization tallied more than 6,000 deaths. the outbreak in west africa is far from over. but early stage vaccine trials are under way. and they do look promising. >>> catch the top ten of 2014 special on cnn hosted by brooke baldwin tomorrow night at 6:30 eastern. ♪ >> this family has shown us so much in these last days and has given us so much hope even amidst the pain. [ playing "taps" ] >> i'm sure i speak for the whole nation when i say to you that our hearts ache for you. >> we know who rafael ramos was. he was a father, a son, a brother and a husband. he was a new yorker. he was a new york city police officer. and he was, he is, a hero. >> hello, i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. this was a look at the sights and the sounds from the funeral service for fallen police officer rafael ramos. 25,00

kent brantley the first american who flew to the u.s. for treatment in the current outbreak. than 6,000 people have died of eeb will this year in west africa but time's editor the rest of the world can sleep at night because of brave doctors and nurses on the front line. >>> one guy cruises through the streets in shanghai in a tiny car, the size of a tricycle. he says he built it himself. top speed 12 miles per hour. his car is not street legal so the cops may be after him. news from the future. try skl guy is behind bars. >> people all across america are tired of tossing and turning all night. >>> a teenage girl who burned to death in northern mississippi told firefighters the name of her killer before she took her final breath. that's what the girl's father is saying. >> please come forward, man. you know if it was one of your family members or something, you know, you don't even treat a dog like this. >> the facts of this case are horrifying. the father says first responders first showed up on this rural road in panola county, mississippi, and his 19-year-old daughter was

kent brantley, a physician. he talked about his selection. >> i think it's fitting that we acknowledge that most ebola fighters and certainly those who paid the highest price for their service are themselves west africans. it's an honor for me to be considered part of the group. >> he stared death in the face trying to save people. back in july, the doctor became the patient as he contracted ebola. he was medevaced from liberia to emery university hospital in atlanta and treated with zmapp. he survived. dr. jerry brown, the liberian surgeon turned his chapel into one of the first ebola treatment centers where many of his patients are now caregiverrers. he said working with victims of the virus was challenging, but rewarding. >> coming out of the unit smiling, have the courage to go back. >> two survivors, a caregiver with doctors without borders and an ambulance supervisor along with a volunteer. ebola has taken a steep toll on west africa, claiming more than 6,000 lives. according to the world health organizati

kent brandly w brantley who his own plasma, he was there on a mission in west africa. sometimes places like georgetown, we wonder how they going to and how we reconcile the two things. the ebola crisis shows us that we need both of these things to address all elements of response and the crisis. >> you think you captured a couple of important points. mentioning faith identified the role that communities play and helping to control and controlling the spread, the ark of an illness. in the 1980s, many communities came together to compliment, supplement, support the work that colleagues were doing in the science to create a more immersive context in which to respond to some of the dynamics of the illness. one of the organizations has been doctors without borders. they do seem to borrow some of the efforts of bringing a community into the work. could you say just a little bit more about your own experiences and trying to mobilize the power of communities in support of responding in moments like this. >> the thing i have most experience with is in hiv it was so pervasive. w

kent brantley and nancy writebol were medevacked back to the united states from liberia.orkers who literally put their own lives on the line. as 2014 come to a close, the world health organization tallied more than 6,000 deaths. the outbreak in west africa is far from over. but early stage vaccine trials are under way. and they do look promising. >>> catch the top ten of 2014 special on cnn hosted by brooke baldwin tomorrow night at 6:30 eastern. ♪