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. >> abc's elizabeth herr is live in dallas. >> reporter: monica and rick, the opinion here in dallas has been on this test drug sinceand we learn that he is finally starting to show signs of improvement. doctors say remember it is still early and he is still in critical condition. >> calling it their best option available. officials in nebraska announced the journalist will be treated with an experimental drug, the same drug they are using to treat thomas eric duncan in dallas, this drug has never been tested on humans until now. >> what we learned about ebola is to get the patient's basic care right, so we are creating their fluid and electrolytes right. >> mobilizing thousands of troops and aid workers and they will be fighting the deadly virus at its source in west africa. >> some of them will have the ebola virus. >> back in texas, governor rick perry visits a lab working to produce more ebola fighting drugs. and they are meeting with duncan's family and a community gripped in fear. >> they explain he came from liberia, and had all the symptoms that he might have had ebola and th

elizabeth herr has more. >> reporter: ashoka mukpo is a freelance cameraman and writer hired as part of a team reporting on ebola in liberia. on wednesday, he had a slight fever, suffering fatigue and aches. 12 hours later, he tested positive for the disease. originally from rhode island, mukpo's family says his passion for human rights drew him to liberia. >> his symptoms are mild, so we're optimistic it will be done in a timely manner, although of course it's extremely nerve-racking. >> reporter: he had been working in liberia for three years and last month he wrote on face bike his time showed him how unpredictable and fraught with danger life can be. >> it's not impossible that other people will come back from fr having been exposed and develop ebola here. >> reporter: head of the cdc is confident the situation is under control. this morning the dallas apartment where another ebola patient, thomas eric duncan, was visit being family be cleaned for the first time. overnight the hospital treating duncan said in a statement they have identified a flaw in the way his medical records

in dallas, i'm elizabeth herr for abc 7 news. >>> police are searching for whoever shot and killed a man in san francisco's bay view district today. it happened around 2:30 this afternoon on harbor road near engels street. he was found with a gunshot wound to his upper body. police say he's in his 20s. anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact police. >>> a fight led to gun fire in oakland leaving one man dead and two others injured. it happened outside a nightclub around 1:30 this morning. oakland police tell abc 7 news their officer saw a large group fighting at the intersection of 14th and franklin street. then they heard the gunshots. all of the victims are men in their 30s. all three know each other. >>> family and is police are looking for a suspect to led them on a chase and rammed his car into a patrol car. they tried to stop him outside the trailer haven mobile home park. the driver didn't stop and led the officer on the high speed chase for two miles. it ended in the cul-de-sac near woodland avenue. >> somehow it made a u turn and faced head on with the

elizabeth herr, abc news, dallas. >>> and a policy ebola case in hawaii. the patient is in isolation, but not tested for the virus just yet. the patient is being tweeted in honolulu. >>> and this morning's new york times said they are stepping up the production of z-map. it's now claimed 3,338 lives. >>> and now to the other virus in the country, hitting children hard. enterovirus 68. it's linked to the death of a 10-year-old girl from rhode island. and there are three others. >> reporter: she was just 10 years old. emily otrando is identified as one of four deaths associated with enterovirus 68. her parents rushing her to a rhode island hospital with shortness of breath and coldlike symptoms. her condition deteriorated, and things became dire. in addition to enterovirus 68, she had staph sepsis. very rare, and it was deadly. >> it's a tragedy when it happens. it's a perfect storm. but it's not necessarily a preventable tragedy. at least at our current state of science. >> reporter: and concern, like the virus itself, is spreading. in five states now, doct

elizabeth herr has the latest. >> reporter: well, reena and t.j., as you mentioned, police say this morning they believe they know who was responsible. but they don't know why this 32-year-old committed what the prime minister is calling a terrorist act. a day of mayhem and fear in the halls of canada's parliament and on the streets of ottawa. it all began shortly before 10:00 a.m. at canada's national war memorial. a man with a rifle shot and killed corporal nathan cirillo who was guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier. >> the victim was a member of the canadian armed forces. it was fatal. >> reporter: and they were looking for the shooter. >> one soldier has been hit. >> reporter: but just two minutes after the shooting, another attack inside the packed parliament building steps away from the memorial. lawmakers scrambled before cover with dozens of shots echoing through the halls. canadian prime minister steven harper rushed from the scene. and finally ended when kevin vickers shot and killed the gunman. the attacks raised the speck or of terrorism. >> i would not be surprised if there

elizabeth herr, abc news, dallas. >>> the u.s.stepping up air strikes on isis targets in iraq and syria now adding apache helicopters. >> those attacks are only adding to the concerns of the parents of an american aide worker held hostage by isis. they are begging isis to show mercy. here now abc's brian ross. >> reporter: the isis rain of terror marched on. despite new u.s. air strikes. and for the first time, the u.s. sent in apache helicopters to attack isis positions outside baghdad. a clear escalation of the risk to u.s. personnel. >> when you start using helicopters you're closer to the ground, closer to the threat. the level of risk to u.s. air crews has gone up exponentially in the use of helicopters. >> reporter: there was no word about the fate of american hostage peter kassig of indiana, threatened with execution late friday. over the weekend his parents ed and paula pleaded for mercy, revealing their son had willingly converted to islam during his captivity. >> our son is abdul rahman, formerly known as peter. >> repor

abc's elizabeth herr has more. >> reporter: ash comukpo is back home flown overnight in liberia landing in nebraska this morning. mukpo, transferred to an isolation ward in this center where he will begin treatment for ebola. his family expressing relief. quite a contrast to the family of thomas eric duncan in dplas whose fear and frustration are growing as they question the care and treatment he's received as his condition deteriorates. >> the medicine that they gave the other americans that came from africa two days ago, that is the same medicine that the americans, they are doing a lot -- >> reporter: the cdc says they are out of the experimental drug and testing it with duncan could make him sicker. >> the drug pipeline is going to be slow, i'm afraid. the most promising drug out there, there's no more of it and it's hard to make. >> reporter: duncan is now in critical condition on a ve ventilator and on a dialysis machine. they call him high risk after having had direct contact with him. >> i want him to know that i'm doing just find in health but i'm worried. i want eric to be tak

i'm elizabeth herr channel 6 "action news." >> the michael j.ation is suing a new jersey institute. he says that the lab there killed 26,000 samples to treat parkinson'ss disease. they have contracts with the lab and they have not commented on the suit. >>> legendry philadelphia broadcaster, bill campbell died yesterday at the age of 91. he called games for the eagles, sixers and warriors. wilt chamberlain's 100 point game was called. and merril reece called him the greatest in the history of philadelphia broadcasting, he will be laid to rest on saturday. a new poll suggests that republican governor tom corbett is improving slightly in the polls against his challenger, tom wolf. the quinnipiac poll found corbett leading by 37 percentage points, wolf 55% and corbett 38, according to a september survey, showing wolf over corbett by a 24 point margin. election day is november 4th. he debate between wolf and corbett is tomorrow night in pittsburgh, can you see it live on 6.2, or 6abc.com. that one hour debate begins at 7:00 p.m. >>> turning to the f

elizabeth herr is in ottawa tonight. >> reporter: this chaotic sen unfolding on wednesday morning.of gunfire. doze of shots echoing through the will thats. >> we heard gunshot come up from there and ducking my head down te hall we could smell it almost instantly. >> members of parliament huddled behind doors ad the prime minister rushed to saty. the rampage finally ending when the sergeant at arms shot and killed the gunman. identified as 32-year-old canadian michael beboff. >>e will learn more about the terrorists and any accomplices he may have had. >> w may have multiple patients. one soldier has been hit. >> ottawa's violence began earlier in the day less than a mile away at the national war memorial. nay van saw riel -- nathan sirillo shot at point blank range by a man carrying a rifle dressed in black. >> third shot and fourth shot and took off. >> we don't have all of the informatn about whether this what partof a broader network orplan or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions. >> the fbi just days ago learned about a recen

elizabeth herr, abc news, dallas. >>> developing news. a north korean capital, pyongyang, is under lockdown as reports swirl about an attempted military coup against kim jong-un, according to sources quoted in the british newspaper, the telegram. a conflicting report says the reason un has been missing from the public eye is that he fractured both ankles and had surgery. un became leader of north korea after his father, kim jong-il, died in 2011. >>> an attorney for the family of ja hai mcmath says tests show the teen is not brain-dead. she went into cardiac arrest following surgery at children's hospital oakland. the alameda county coroner issued a death certificate for her ten months ago. her family then moved the 13-year-old to a new jersey facility where she has been kept on life support. they claim tests detected brain activity last week. >> what comes next is to prove to everybody that she is alive so that she can get help. because nobody wants to help anybody that's dead. >> her family does admit the teenager suffered severe brain

abc 7 news reporter elizabeth herr with new details on both cases. >> reporter: the parents of ashoka mokpo are grateful. >> enormously relieved to be here. of course, it's still quite frightening but he's hanging in and sounds very strong. >> reporter: after contracting the ebola virus while working in liberia possibly while helping to clean an infected car, their 33-year-old son is now back on u.s. soil. he is now receiving care at the same nebraska facility that successfully treated dr. richard last month after he became infected in liberia. >> each one of these patients, therapy needs to be individualized. we certainly are considering all treatment options. >> reporter: treatment options. in the meantime, the focus of frustration in dallas where the family of the first patient diagnosed with the virus in the u.s., thomas eric duncan. >> they are good enough. >> reporter: duncan's girlfriend is worried with his condition worsening. the cdc explains they ran out of the experimental drug zmapp but duncan is now receiving another test drug just approved on an emergency basis by the fd

abc news reporter elizabeth herr is in dallas. >> more controversy is coming to light over the airline passenger from west africa, thomas eric duncun who brought ebola to texas. duncun was sent home from this dallas hospital on september 25th, even though he had symptoms similar to an ebola infection and told a nurse he had come from ebola-ravaged west africa. >> if you get that kind of information you have to act on it. >> officials did not act until after duncun was admitted to the same hospital on september 28th. now everybody who came in contact with him is under close observation leaving some of his neighbors in this dallas apartment complex nervous. >> i don't even know what are the symptoms you have to have or nothing like that. >> health investigators are now monitoring more than 18 people including five who are children potentially exposed to the virus. >> following people for 21 days is how you prevent infection. >> and dallas schools are sending this message to concerned parents. >> it is important to know that individuals are not contagious until symptoms appear. >> these k

elizabeth herr has the story from dallas. >> reporter: health officials on high alert after the first case of ebola was diagnosed in texas. the man who traveled to u.s. from liberia is now in isolation at this dallas hospital. officials now focusing on about a dozen people he came in contact with, including several children. governor rick perry and state health officials spoke this afternoon. >> some school-age children have been identified as having had contact with the patient, and are now being monitored at home. >> reporter: authorities have now identified the apartment complex where the ebola patient was staying. some residents there now worried about their health. >> fear is spreading. though it's one person, i mean, that affects so many people. >> reporter: the man left liberia september 19th, already infected but top health officials say he was not contagious. >> that was four or five days before he had his first symptoms. with ebola, you are not infectious until you have symptoms. >> reporter: he landed in dallas september 20th and began showing symptoms on the 24th. two days

abc news reporter elizabeth herr is in dallas. >> more controversy is coming to light over the airline passenger from west africa, thomas eric duncun who brought ebola to texas. duncun was sent home from this dallas hospital on september 25th, even though he had symptoms similar to an ebola infection and told a nurse he had come from ebola-ravaged west africa. >> if you get that kind of information you have to act on it. >> officials did not act until after duncun was admitted to the same hospital on september 28th. now everybody who came in contact with him is under close observation leaving some of his neighbors in this dallas apartment complex nervous. >> i don't even know what are the symptoms you have to have or nothing like that. >> health investigators are now monitoring more than 18 people including five who are children potentially exposed to the virus. >> following people for 21 days is how you prevent infection. >> and dallas schools are sending this message to concerned parents. >> it is important to know that individuals are not contagious until symptoms appear. >> these k

elizabeth herr is in ottawa tonight. >> reporter: this chaotic sen unfolding on wednesday morning. and a hail of gunfire. dozens of shots echoing through the will thats. >> we heard gunshot come up from there and ducking my head down the hall. we could smell it almost instantly. >> members of parliament huddled behind doors and the prime minister rushed to safety. the rampage finally ending when the sergeant at arms shot and killed the gunman. identified as 32-year-old canadian michael beboff. >> we will learn more about the terrorists and any accomplices he may have had. >> we may have multiple patients. one soldier has been hit. >> ottawa's violence began earlier in the day less than a mile away at the national war memorial. nay van saw riel -- nathan sirillo shot at point blank range by a man carrying a rifle dressed in black. >> third shot and fourth shot and took off. >> we don't have all of the information about whether this what part of a broader network or plan or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions. >> the fbi just days

elizabeth herr, abc news, ott a ottawa, canada. >> live in ottawa. thank you so much. >>> u.s. officials are looking at the allegations of chemical warfare by isis fighters near baghdad. islamic state militants reportedly used chlorine gas last month. it was yellow smoke in the air. nearly a dozen officers were sickened. they all survived. >>> a fast-moving lava flow is threatening 10,000 on the big island of hawaii. they are monitoring the lava that's advanced five football fields in the last few days. it traveled 425 yards from wednesday morning to thursday morning, devouring 130 acres of terrain. >>> a mile of terrain in washington state, a powerful tornado. meteorologists measured the funnel cloud as an ef-1 with winds up to 110 miles per hour. it carved a path of destruction 50 yards wide and a mile long. uprooted trees, damaged homes, no injuries. >>>, however, on the east coast, a nor'easter slammed new england. hurricane-strength winds generated winds up to 18 feet high. >> that's blowing out to sea. lingering rain showers, the pacific northwest will see heavy rain alon

elizabeth herr, abc news, dallas. >>> the cyberattack on jpmorgan chase customers was much bigger than show 76 million household accounts were hacked along with 7 million small business accounts. previously the bank estimated only 1 million accounts were hit in june and july. investigators call it the largest corporate hack ever discovered. >>> one of the best gauges of the american economy is being updated this morning. we'll get the latest unemployment report. they predict the labor department will announce 215,000 new hires in september. that's up from 142,000 in august. despite this optimism, analysts predict little change in the unemploy rate which should remain around 6.1%. >>> president obama is keeping his focus on jobs and the economy today as he talks his message to steel workers in indiana. the president delivered a speech at northwestern university near chicago yesterday touting improvements in the economy. he said even though he's not on the ballot next month his economic policies are. and he renewed his call for raising the minimum wage, equal pay for women and paid famil

elizabeth herr, abc news, dallas. reena and t.j.? >>> it was another down day on wall street.he dow jones industrial average lost almost 273 points. the worst one-day decline in months and the fourth biggest of the year. the other major market indexes were off as well. investors worried about europe's economy. >>> a candid conversation on the joys of sex and it comes from an unlikely place. the vatican. pope francis sat with bishops from around the world to hear a catholic couple talk about marriage and oh, boy did they. they shared how sex has helped to keep them maerried for 57 years and how long they've been intimate. come on. you know that made the priest blush. >> they are in front of a room of celibate guys talking about how great sex is and how sex has helped to keep them together all these years. it's fantastic. a lot of people trying to find ways to make the vatican, make the church more accessible to young people. you have to speak their language. >> a lot of people are crediting pope francis for doing that. bringing the church into the next generation. >> good for t

elizabeth herr is in ottawa tonight. >> reporter: this chaotic sen unfolding on wednesday morning. and a hail of gunfire. dozens of shots echoing through the will thats. >> we heard gunshot come up from there and ducking my head down the hall. we could smell it almost instantly. >> members of parliament huddled behind doors and the prime minister rushed to safety. the rampage finally ending when the sergeant at arms shot and killed the gunman. identified as 32-year-old canadian michael beboff. >> we will learn more about the terrorists and any accomplices he may have had. >> we may have multiple patients. one soldier has been hit. >> ottawa's violence began the away at the national wara memorial. nay van saw riel -- nathan sirillo shot at point blank range by a man carrying a rifle dressed in black. >> third shot and fourth shot and took off. >> we don't have all of the information about whether this what part of a broader network or plan or whether this was an individual or series of individuals who decided to take these actions. >> the fbi just days ago learned about a recent isi

investigate the initial treatment of the ebola patient in texas.ws reporter abc news reporter elizabeth herrin dallas. >> more c to coming to light over the airline passenger from west africa, thomas eric duncun who brought ebola to texas. duncun was sent home from this dallas hospital on september 25th, even though he had symptoms similar to an ebola infection and told a nurse he had come from ebola-ravaged west africa. >> if you get that kind of information you have to act on it. >> officials did not act until after duncun was admitted to the same hospital on september 28th. now everybody who came in contact with him is under close observation leaving some of his neighbors in this dallas apartment complex nervous. >> i don't even know what are the symptoms you have to have or nothing like that. >> health investigators are now monitoring more than 18 people including five who are children potentially exposed to the virus. >> following people for 21 days is how you prevent infection. >> and dallas schools are sending this message to concerned parents. >> it is important to know that individu

in dallas, elizabeth herr, for abc 7 news. >> an ebola scare today involving a united airlines flightbrussels to new jersey. officials met the flight of a taker person on board showed possible signs of ebola. cdc staff in full hazmat gear removed the 35-year-old man and his daughter from the flirt. they we deligh they were tested and found not to have stichl tomorrhave sympt. >>> our hearts and i can for you to be granted your freedom so we can hug you again and set you free to continue the life you have chosen. >> peter kassig is an american adrianza worker affecting by the sif civil war in syria. isis militants threatened he would be next. muslims held a memorial service for alan henning where they com demming any terror acts. >> it was a criminal act of brutality. in fact an ensuggest to the islamic faith. >> today the united states led air strikes against isis, targeting armored personnel care years used both manned and drone aircraft. >>> today marks a week since protestors began an occupation of streets in hong kong. ♪ thousands gathers peacefully today joining together in song.

elizabeth herr is live now ahead of the school board meeting. >> we are talking about the same school board that already voted unanimously to cancel the football season this your. you mentioned tonight the same board members are meeting to discuss the suspended status of the coaches. >> the allegations are disturbing and the head of the sayerville school is adamant that the district's response was difficult but necessary. >> there was intimidation and bullying going on and 15 players are fighting various criminal charges including aggravated sexual assault, and conspiracy and criminal restraint. they claim that four members of freshman team were held against their will and sexually assaulted and the allegations was a surprise to former player, matt hammond. >> there was always a consistent respect for those in the locker room, there may have been jokes but everybody was laughing with you. >> a graduate also tells abc news that the coach's office is loektsed quite a distance from the locker room where the alleged hazing would have taken place. the accusations angered parents and studen

abc news reporter, elizabeth herr is live in ottawa. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, authorities tellousand this suspect was a lone wolf, a petty criminal with a drug problem and now investigators believe they know what drove him to attack the parliament building just behind me. the video is frightening and you can see why the crowd is sprinting. the suspect is running from his car carrying a rifle toward the parliament building and then seen stealing this black car and running around the front steps and with the vehicle still moving he jumps out and races inside. an intense gun battle inside of parliament ends with this man, kevin vickers seen here moments after shooting and killing the suspect. hailed as a hero, vickers receive aid standing ovation from particlele on thursday and friday another hero continues to be honored. captain cirillo, who was guarding the war memorial when he was shot by a man angered by not being able to get a passport to syria. >> but even without a passport, abc news learned that he crossed into the u.s. at least four times, officials said he had already be

elizabeth herr is live wtd latest. >> reporter: one here in dallas and one in rhode island, we watch and wait, hoping for the best. the 33-year-old evacuated to the united states, a freelance writer and photographer hired by nbc as part of a team reporting in liberia. he had a fever and aches and 12 hours later, he tested positive for the disease. his family says that his passion for human rights drew him to liberia. >> at this point his symptoms are mild and we are optimistic that it will be done in a timely manner but it's extremely nerve-racking. >> he had been working in liberia for three years and he wrote on facebook that his time in nairobi taught him how up predibble life with be. >> it's possible that people come back having developed ebola. >> they are confident that the situation is under control. this morning the taps apartment where another ebola patient, thomas eric duncan was visiting family being cleaned for the first time. overnight the hospital treating duncan says in a statement, they identify aid flaw in the way his medical records were handled. and that their int

abc news reporter elizabeth herr has the latest. >> reporter: not taking any chances, the message fromp health officials in texas, power washing the office complex where duncan was visiting families. and local schools scrubbed down with parents on alert. >> trying to see what kind of safety precautions they're taking at the schools. whether or not, you know, my child is going to be able to be fine. >> reporter: this as officials now reveal four people, including children duncan was visiting, have been quarantined, explaining they violated the request not to leave the premises. >> there's food being delivered to them right now. groceries being delivered. we're arranging for the -- that apartment to be cleaned. >> reporter: we're told for the next 21 days, they need to be checked for fever, and other ebola symptoms as disease detectives work to track down some 100 people who may have had contact with duncan. duncan's nephew says the father and former chauffeur from liberia remains in serious condition at this dallas hospital. the public remains on edge, and vows the system is working. >>

abc's elizabeth herr has details. >> reporter: the school board debated and decided the suspension ofayreville's long time head football coach george najjar and his four assistant coaches was warranted. >> this evening, we took another wrenching. yet important and necessary step. >> reporter: the decision is hitting a town already split over the earlier cancellation of the storied sayreville football team's entire season. >> i feel very sad for the situation that all these kids are going through right now. >> the obligations of hazing, if they are true, i sincerely feel for the victims and their families. >> reporter: the allegations are disturbing and the head of the sayreville schools is adamant the district's response was difficult but necessary. >> there were pervasive widespread and generally accepted and tolerated acts of harassment, intimidation and bullying going on within that program. >> reporter: seven players, 15 to 17-year-olds are now fighting various criminal charges, including aggravated sexual assault, conspiracy and criminal restraint. prosecutors allege that in sept

elizabeth herr, abc news, dallas. t.j. and reena?call a miracle baby thanks to a pioneering medical procedure. the first baby to be delivered by a mother who was born without a uterus. last year she received a transplant from a 61-year-old donor who was a family friend. doctors hope this procedure will some day help thousands of women who suffer from infertility for the same reason. and i had no idea the numbers are kind of staggering. about 75,000 born without a womb essentially and this has huge implications don the road. >> it's fascinating. it's not really leading. the u.s. isn't leading the development of womb transplant because pregnancy surrogacy is legal here but it is pretty much booming in some places like europe and arab countries where pregnancy surrogates isn't such a big thing. >> doing well. >> came out at 31 weeks but other than that, did just fine. born premature but they did pretty well. cute little baby. >>> midterm elections are a month away. a former "american idol" contestant is taking center stage. clay aiken i

elizabeth herr, abc news, dallas. >>> we've learned about a possible case of ebola in hawaii.n but has not been tested for the virus yet. the patient is being treated at queens medical center in honolulu. the hospital is following cdc guidelines for patients who have recently traveled to west africa and had certain symptoms. >>> there's another virus out there that's in the news but hitting children especially hard, enterovirus 68. it's now possibly deadly. 10-year-old emily otrando was a healthy fifth grader from rhode island when she came down with cold-like symptoms and breathing problems last week. she was taken to the hospital and it's there where her condition rapidly deteriorated. doctors say she died from a staph infection associated with the enterovirus. >> the take-home message, if there is one, is make sure your kids are washing their hands five or six times a day. make sure anybody with asthma has their asthma under good control. >> some of the basics can prevent this. four deaths are now possibly linked to the enterovirus. the cdc is also investigating whether the

abc 7 news reporter elizabeth herr is in dallas with the latest. >> reporter: calling it their best optionilable, officials in nebraska announce american journalist ashoka mokpu will be treated with an experimental drug, the same one doctors are using in dallas to treat thomas eric duncan. this new drug they are receiving has never been tested on humans until now. >> what we have learned about ebola is now important it is to get the patient's basic care right. so that we are creating their fluid and electrolyte balance well. that's critically important. >> reporter: the pentagon laying out its plan to protect americans, mobilizing thousands of troops and aid workers who will provide assistance in fighting the deadly virus at its source in west africa. >> mobile labs are interetestin people and some of them will have ebola virus. >> reporter: back in texas, governor rick perry visits a lab working to produce more ebola-fighting drugs. civil rights leader jesse jackson also in the state meeting with duncan's family and doctors to try to calm a community gripped with fear. >> he came to expla

abc's elizabeth herr has morfrom dallas. >> reporter: more controversy is coming to light over the airline from west africa, thomas eric duncan, who brought ebola to texas. duncan was sent home from this dallas hospital on september 25th, even though he had symptoms similar to an ebola infection. n told a nurse that he had come from ebola-ravaged west africa. >> if you get that kin of information, you have to act on it. >> reporter: officials did not act until after duncan was admitted to the same hospital on september 28th. now everybody who came in contact with him is under close observation, leaving some of his neighbors in this dallas apartment complex nervous. >> i don't even know what are the symptoms you have to have or nothing like that. >> reporter: health investigators are now monitoring more than 18 people, including five schoolchildren, potentially exposed to the virus. >> following people for 21 days is how you prevent inn fectsion. >> reporter: and dallas schools sending this message to concerned parents. >> it is important to know that individuals are not contagious until sy

herr. elizabeth, in the hours after the shooting, how is security in ottawa now?a and t.j., as you noted earlier, knowing what the investigators know at this point and that, according to the police chief here, that the suspect police believe acted alone, the security here has been scaled back quite a bit. investigators know now. ours ahead, what di thi >> you mentioned the investigation and what investigators know now. in the hours ahead, what direction does this investigation go and, specifically, what are they focusing on? >> reporter: as you can imagine, they have quite a few questions they need to answer. chief among them, the motive behind this rampage. why did this happen? and, of course, who the suspect that they've identified as this 32-year-old canadian national, why would he do this? of course, they need to also find out as much as they can about this individual. at this point, we don't know much, but we should and i want to note what we've learned at this point, his criminal background, not much. charged with robbery in 2011 but then convicted on a less