here's cnn's jason carroll. >> reporter: the apartment is sealed off limits to all except health department who sent in experts to decontaminate his unit and its content. all this as so-called medical detectives piece together spencer's whereabouts prior to being diagnosed with ebola. >> we've been tracking down and seeking to account for every minute since 7:00 a.m. on october 21st. >> reporter: spencer returned to the united states on october 17th after treating ebola patients in guinea. feeling fine. he was checking his temperature twice a day. on tuesday october 21st, 7:00 a.m., again, no fever. but spencer tells investigators that morning he was feeling fatigue and exhaustion. still around 3:00 p.m. tuesday spencer stopped here in the greenwich village at the meatball shop. it's a popular chain here in new york city. as of thursday afternoon the meatball shop was closed but there's a sign on the front door that says by tonight they will be back open. 4:30 p.m. tuesday he heads to the high line a popular elevated walkway on manhattan's west side. he stops here at the blue bottle coffee

cnn's jason carroll is in st.the city and the reaction. >> reporter: the vigil taking place in the same neighborhood where the shooting took place on wednesday night. vaughn myers' uncle says you can wash away the blood, but not what happened. according to police, it started when you myers went to the sandwich shop with his friends. shortly after, they ran into an off-duty st. louis police officer. there was an altercation. police say myers fired at the officer first. firing three times. the officer then fired 17 shots. the medical examiner saying myers was hit seven, possibly eight teams. people are drawing comparisons to michael brown. the cases are very, very different. michael brown was unarmed and police, once again say, myers was armed. a .9 millimeter gun was reported at the scene. demonstrators will gather at a number of spots on friday and saturday and sunday drawing attention to the michael brown case calling for justice for michael brown. as for the myers case, that investigation is now underway. jason

cnn's jason carroll is in st. louis with more on the reaction to this issue. >> reporter: the vigil taking place in the same neighborhood on the same corner where the shooting took place on wednesday night. vaughn myers' uncle said you can wash away the blood, but not what happened out here. it started when myers went to the sandwich shop with his friends. shortly after, they ran into a st. louis police officer. there was some sort of an altercation. police say myers fired at the officer first. firing three times. the officer then fired 17 shots. the medical examiner saying that myers was hit seven or possibly eight times. people are drawing comparisons to what happened with michael brown. the cases are very, very different. michael brown, as you know by all accounts was unarmed and police say myers was armed. a 9 millimeter gun was recovered from the scene. this comes on the heels as a weekend of resistance is planned for the city of st. louis and ferguson. demonstrators will gather at a number of spots on friday

he told our jason carroll that he is staying put.despite continued unrest after the michael brown shooting. the chief lashed out at attorney general eric holder saying he is uninformed about the situation in ferguson. >> is there anger toward the attorney general? >> i'm confused and frustrated that he came in town and did not meet with anybody from the city. nobody from the police department or city or neighborhood associations and he drew conclusions. he said he has an investigation going on right now so he doesn't want to comment on the investigation, however, he has drawn a conclusion that wholesale change needs to be made. when you say wholesale, do we get rid of the neighborhood associations or take the police out of the schools or quit teaching d.a.r.e.? we have a lot of good stuff going on. he needs to be more specific. >> separate front, prosecutors in the area say there is no evidence that supports the claims that the grand jury has been leaking what's going on in the proceedings about whether they will or will not decide t

cnn's jason carroll at the rally. jason were, what is going on? >> reporter: the justice for all rally is under way here in front of the park in front of the old courthouse. you have speakers that are addressing the crowds of several hundred people that gathered at the park. it's a multicultural crowd. people are here to talk about justice and race. they've come from all over, deborah. they've come from texas. they've come from california. they've come from noge. one of the residents from california joining me right now. why don't you step in here. 10 years old. you decided to come here. tell me what you expected to hear. tell me, why did you decide to come. >> hi. i think i came out here because this has been going on since 2003. and it's been fizzling out for way too long. and as a 10-year-old black child i know that my generation can be completely wiped out by those who say they can protect and serve us and i'm not saying that all police officers are known as brutal people, but when this is an ongoing thing it certainly looks that way. >> repor

cnn's jason carroll has the story. >> reporter: dressing women from the red carpet to the white houser nearly 50 years. legendary fashion designer oscar de la renta has died. cause unclear. >> you are fascinating in your dress. >> de la renta style is spanning generations from taylor swift to oprah winfrey, draping themselves in his couture. hbo's hit series "sex and the city" centered an entire episode around one of his stunning creations. >> oscar de la renta. now that is beautiful. >> the fashion icon's final masterpiece, dubbed the celebrity wedding of the year. >> oscar de la renta was the ultimate diplomat for fashion. designers and post war america who really came out from the back rooms and put their own names on the label. >> original from the dominican republic, moved to new york in 1965 launching his own label and stitching his way into america's history forever. >> i am an unbelievable lucky man. i live in the best country any human being can live. >> reporter: though he had a reputation of dressing socialites, he also dressed every first lady since jacqueline kennedy. hil

cnn's jason carroll learned more about him after his campaign. >> frank noonan describes him as a manith a mean streak who has a love for guns and a hatred of law enforcement. >> his head is shaved very closely on the sides and long hair on top. it's wider than a mohawk. he was last seen with no facial hair and was wearing a brown and gold windbreaker, khaki shorts and windbreakers. >> they also have determined frein belongs to a military simulation group known as an air soft gun team. they re-enacted roles of eastern european soldiers during the korld war in simulated combat. in. >> frein now appears to have assumed that role in real life. >> f >> investigators also said he was socially withdrawn and made angry statements about police to people he knew. >> the suspects watter telling investigators that two reps are missing from the house, an ak-47 and a rifle. >> investigators found a book in frein's bedroom titled sniper training and employment. his father, an army veteran told police, he trained his son to shoot and he does not miss. these pictures from frein's high school yearbook

and jason carroll has more on retracing the steps. jason joins me from outside bellevue hospital. so jason, what is the process on this? >> reporter: well, basically what is happening the medical experts have retraced dr. spencer's steps, basically going to the locations he went to, whether it is the meatball restaurant here in new york city, the highlighted populated area on the west side of manhattan. he visited that one. also going to another place called the blue bottle coffee shop on the high line, finally ending up at a bowling alley, a place called "the gutter" in williamsburg. and this is what health officials have to do, retrace all of his steps based on what he is telling them. also based on his credit card and things like his metro card, and basically going over all the places and trying to find out exactly where he was before he got sick, before he started showing the symptoms. remember, he didn't exhibit a fever, that 103 point fever until yesterday at 10:15 a.m. and immediately after that he contacted doctors without borders and contacted health officials. where he t

i want you to see this eye-opening report from cnn's jason carroll back on september 17th. >> reporter: frank noonan describes him as a love for guns and hatred of law enforcement. his head is shaved very closely on the sides and with long hair on top. it's wider than a mohawk. he was last seen with no facial hair and was wearing khaki shorts and sneakers carrying a dark green backpack. >> reporter: they have determined that he belongs do a military simulation group and during the cold war simulating combat. >> in his current frame of mind, frein seems to have assumed that role in real life. >> reporter: investigators say that frein was socially withdrawn and had made angry statements about police to people he knew. the suspect lived here with his parents. the suspect's father telling investigators that two weapons are missing from the house, an ak-47 and a rifle. >> reporter: investigators found a book in frein's bedroom titled "sniper training and employment." his father said he trained his son to shoot and he does not miss. these pictures from his senior year in high school shows hi

jason carroll, thank you very much. and pastor willy kilpatrick is the spokesman for the teen killed by an offduty officer wednesday in st. louis. good to see you, sifr. i appreciate you taking time. this is important for the family and what they believe happened here. i want to start with sharing the police side of the story and giving you a chance to say what you think happened. so police say he shot first, shot three time. the officer returned fire with 17 shots. police say they found a .9 millimeter gun at the scene. they believe that was vond ric's gun. do you believe that's true. >>? absolutely not. i want to thank you for having me on the show on behalf of the family. we are grateful for this opportunity to talk about their son and what occurred on that terrible day last wednesday. it is very difficult for us to accept the ending of the story when the beginning and the middle of the story is very inconsistent and factually not true of what the police have said about their son. what we know is that on several occa

. >> jason carroll, cnn, blooming grove, pennsylvania. >>> fascinating stuff. u.s. marshals caught up to eric frein in a part of pennsylvania that even most people there may be hard pressed to find on a map, surrounding it, hundreds of thousands of acres in which to hide and keep from being kept from authorities. if you're just joining us, that is the first picture, we believe of eric frein, after being apprehended an injury to his nose. more on surviving on the run. we're joined on the phone by a former navy s.e.a.l. also with us, former analyst and fbi director tom fuente. and also, the founder of the mountain survival school. it is really interesting to me, i don't think a lot of people realize this. because of the danger of law enforcement personnel in searching for this guy they were really only doing daylight searches, right? >> yeah, that is what i understand. and look, let's face it. if this guy knows that area and six weeks ago the average temperature was 65 degrees, plenty of food and water, yeah, of course, bunker down during the day and move at night. an

our national correspondent jason carroll is joining us from ferguson. to speak with the police chief. tell our viewers what he told you. >> reporter: well, he's under a lot of stress and pressure. he said he's been relying on friends and families, supporters, such as the mayor and the city manager. all of them supporting him. he's saying at least for now, he wants to stay on the job. >> no, i'm going to say and see this through. >> reporter: yeah, very quickly saying he wants to stay and see this through. i also asked him about attorney general eric holder's comments. as you know, attorney general eric holder coming out saying there is a need for wholesale change in terms of leadership here in ferguson. i could tell when i asked him about this, he was irritated and chose his words very carefully. listen to what he had to say. >> i'm just confused. a little frustration that he did come into town. he didn't meet with anybody from the city or the police department and he drew conclusions. we have a lot of stuff going on, so he needs to be a little more spe

. >> jason carroll, thank you very much. n see a lot more of jason interview with chief jackson tonight with don lemon. also on ac 360. i want to bring in cnn legal ann list and our political commentator. mark, o'mara, you still have faith in the system. you have an op ed coming out on cnn.com that you shared with me. i wanted to read a line from it. you take a stand here. you say i reject the notion that the system isn't capable of dispensing justice in cases where young, unarmed black men and are killed. that's a statement so many people passionately think you are dead wrong on. >> i agree. but we look back over the past couple of years and i look at many of the cases that have shown that we will show justice, not just generally, but to young black males. we can look at the murder that occurred and that conviction. we can look at michael dunn. jonathan ferrell, when he was shot 11 times by a police officer. that officer is facing second-degree murder charges. i know frustrations exist in the cases like mike brown. i cannot

. >> jason carroll, cnn, new york. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> and here we go. we begin with breaking news. thank you so much for being with me. up first this hour, american jeffrey foel is free of the clutches of north korea's communists. the 56-year-old tourist detained since may has, in fact, landed in guam aboard a u.s. government airplane. north korea freed him in the dark of night without really saying why. as they still hold two americans convicted there of crimes. he had been awaiting charges for leaving a bible, which is forbidden in north korea in a nightclub. but the timing here of this release, the timing here is certainly curious, and we'll talk about that in a moment. but first, here is confirmation about the release from the white house. >> in a position to confirm that jeffrey has been allowed to depart the dprk and is on his way home to rejoin his family. we certainly welcome the decision from the dprk to release him. this is a positive decision by the dprk, we remain focused on the continued detention of kenneth bay and matthew miller. and agai

here's what thomas jackson told cnn's jason carroll in an exclusive interview. >> where does it stande you going to resign? >> no, i'm going to stay and see this through. >> straightforward there. >> that's an excerpt of that interview. emotions still running high in ferguson nearly three months after a white police officer fatally shot unarmed african-american teen michael brown. >> there's still tension and anger there along with signs of change. >> reporter: if ever there was a sign that racial tensions are simmering to a boil in missouri, this is it. an uncensored, racially charged front page of the missouri state university newspaper, where the n word and f word are spelled out. the editor in chief explained why he did not sensor the words hurled at students protesting for ferguson. >> i wanted people to say, look at this. i wanted people to look at those words and look below where it says these things were said by students and other attendees. i wanted them to read that article and see what black students and students of other races have to go through on missouri state's campus

jason carroll is in st. louis, missouri for us. he joins us live via phone. we're hearing that this police officer fired 17 shots at this fleeing suspect. how does the police department there justify 17 shots? >> reporter: well, first of all they justify it in the following manner. they say what happened was wednesday night when the shooting took place with this 18-year-old, that meyers they say, fired at the officer first. that they say, that meyers actually fired three shots at the officer and the officer was then forced to return fire. and so that is why they say the shooting was justified. of course, an investigation will take place to find out exactly what happened there. in the meantime, what has happened this evening is what we've seen is a candlelight vigil for meyers. that happen earlier this evening. and that then turned into protests demonstrations that we've been seeing going on through the evening. i'm standing in front of one right now. there are a number of st. louis police who are out here in riot gear as a protective measure. a number of prot

take a listen to what he told our jason carroll in an exclusive interview. >> where does it stand? are you going to resign? >> no, i'm going to stay and see this through. >> pretty straightforward there. thomas jackson's department has faced angry protests and intense scrutiny since a white police shot unarmed african-american teenager michael brown in august. the u.s. justice department is investigating this, and the attorney general eric holder has called for what he said as wholesale change in the police department. but the chief says he isn't sure what holder wants. >> is there anger towards the attorney generalso sogeneral? >> no. frustration that he came into town and met with nobody with the police or the city and he drew conclusions. he says he has an investigation going on right now, so he doesn't want to comment. however, he's drawn a conclusion that wholesale change needs to be made. so when you say wholesale, do we get rid of our neighborhood associations, do we stop our s.o.r. program, do we take the police out of schools, quit teaching d.a.r.e., quit sending police of

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. >> reporter: jason carroll, cnn, st.uri. >> clearly still a very tense situation there. >>> this week's flood of u.s. states where same-sex marriage is now legal rolls on. the latest is north carolina, at least temporarily. same-sex marriages started taking place there friday, minutes after a federal judge overturned a state ban on such unions. state officials have vowed to fight the ruling. if the decision is upheld, north carolina would join 27 other state that is allow same-sex marriages. idaho made that list friday when the u.s. supreme court refused a state request to delay same-sex marriages there. still to come, alicia keys uses her star power and captivating voice to start a humanitarian movement. she speaks with us about her new initiative called "we are here." in a race, it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. so he talked to me

. >> evan, inside this interview with jason carroll, which was a fascinating interview, he was also veryrney general eric holder. i'm wondering if you have been in touch with the attorney general's office? >> they're not saying a lot. the feds from their perspective, they want reform of the police department and you heard the attorney general in his comments a couple days ago call for wholesale change of the police department. so i think that's pretty much all they're going to say about that. they are leaving it to the local officials, the state officials to handle this but the message is clear, that part of the reform of the department will be without tom jackson at the leadership. >> well, as chief jackson says, he wants that community to heal, some are going to believe that they can only start healing without him there. evan perez, thanks so much for your reporting, we appreciate it. >>> ahead for us at this hour, people dressed up as clowns carrying weapons, assaulting people. this is no joke, folks, this is really happening. happy halloween. >> well, that's a nice thought. did someo

he talked to our very own jason carroll earlier. >> i am just trying to stay focused on the job at hand on the job at least for now. ferguson's embattled police chief tom jackson says he wants to stay. >> i am going to stay and see this through. i know there is a lot of politics going on behind the scenes. and it's. >> what do you mean by that, politics going on behind -- are you talking pressure coming from the federal government? what are we talking about here? >> it's not pressure coming my way. i report to the city manager, period. as long as he and the council support me, then i tend to say. >> there are a number of people in the community who say "it's time for a change. it times for you to step down." why stay? >> i do have a lot of support in the community. as i said, this is my job. this happened -- on my watch. i intend to see it through. >> one of those know behind chief jackson, is airi ieric ho after seeing weeks of unrest, said a wholesale change is needed. it sound like there is not a lot of confidence there. i am wondering how does that sit with you? that's got to make y

jackson is insisting tonight he won't step douvent i want-up to listen to what he told our very own jason carroll today. >> this is my job. this happened on my watch. and i intend to see it through. i think i am very capable of doing that. >> joining me now is chief john belmer of saint louis county police and captain ron johnson of the missouri state highway patrol. thank you for joining us. we heard so much about protesters being on the streets. still unrest. we saw some of it, but it doesn't appear to be -- you know as advertised am i right or wrong here? >> i think you are right. i think we have noticinged the last couple weeks that, that the police have been able to build a little bit of rapport with the protesters. we talk about expectations. they talk about their goals. and in some ways, it's turned into, a tail gate. we actually talked, shake hand. go back across the street. and typically a peaceful night. >> deweyo you agree? better? >> i agree. there have been meetings to make our community belter. that's playing a big rolen this also. >> i have to ask you now that we have that out of t

here's what chief jackson had to say to cnn's jason carroll, listen for yourself. >> i'm going do stayrough. i know there's a lot of politics going on behind the scenes and it's, it's -- d zbl >> what do you mean, pressure coming from the federal government? what are we talking about here? >> it's not pressure coming my way. i report to the city manager, period. and as long as he and the council support me, then i intend to stay. >> there are a number of people in the community who say it's time for a change, it's time for to you step down. why stay? >> i do have a lot of support in the community. as i said, this is my job. this happened. on my watch and i intend to see it through. >> people don't seem to be talking to each other. >> i think a lot of progress is being made. maybe just not out there in the general public. but here locally, it is. >> that's one of the first times i can say i've heard from an official out here that progress something made. you really feel as though progress is being made? >> yes, i do. yes, i do. i think the progress though is it's being overshadowed by t

jason carroll is here with a look back at the life of a man recognized as a trail blazer in the fashion world. in a world where so many pretend, this is an authentically good man. >> he was the real deal. those who were close to him, close to the designer knew he was gravely ill. but news of his death still came as a shock. os kwcar de la renta was born i the dominican republic. but he will always be remembered as one of america's best designers. dressing women from the red carpet to the white house for nearly 50 years. legendary fashion designer oscar de la renta has died. cause currently unclear. >> are you stunning and in your oscar de la renta dress. >> his style spanning generations. hollywood's elite from taylor swift to oprah winfrey, draping themselves in his haute couture. hbo's hit series, "sex and the city" centered an entire episode around one of his stunning cree ass. >> oscar de la renta, sleeveless silk voile. and amal clooney's gown for what was dubbed the celebrity wedding of the year. >> oscar de la renta was among the designers in post-war america who came out from th

cnn's jason carroll is at the rally and jason, you were there on the ground in the early days of thes far away as the west coast, how are these different? what are you feeling? what are you sensing? >> reporter: well, still sensing the same anger that we saw out here weeks ago. this justice for all rally is about to get underway in this park here that you see. i'm going to do a bit of a pivot here. if you turn around, you can see they're just now starting to file into the park here as things get underway. these are some of the demonstrators, several hundred of them, that started several blocks up this way. they're now making their way into the park here, where they're going to be holding this rally. the rally going to be taking place for several hours. the protests so far this morning have been peaceful. the protesters, you can see, carrying all sorts of signs, chanting, "no justice, no peace." peaceful protest this morning. we saw some demonstrations last night in front of the ferguson police department. that was peaceful as well. they're out here in support of michael brown, but al

first to jason carroll who's joining us live from ferguson. jason? >> reporter: wolf, more demonstrations, another controversial shooting, all this as the city prepares for what is to come this weekend. alarming yet familiar scenes in ferguson. street slashes caused by a fatal shooting, another african-american teenager dead at the hands of a white police officer. police used pepper spray on the crowd and in turn protesters smashed the windows of police cars. >> it just shows how the emotions and how quickly this situation can turn. >> reporter: this knife thrown at police. >> we've had dialogue and communication with them. we've asked them to go home and disperse. just as we were doing that, what i describe as a large knife came flying out of the crowd, hit an officer on the shoulder and landed on the ground. >> reporter: a reaction to the second shooting of an african-american teenager by a white officer, the 18-year-old was shot and killed after what police call a physical altercation with an off-duty st. louis police officer working a security jo

police chief, thomas jackson, he says he may be beginning to rethink his comments he made to cnn's jason carroll leaving, only yesterday. cnn's evan perez, as you know, broke the news on tuesday that there was a plan in the works for the chief to resign. what do you think is going on here? >> well, this is nothing unusual when it comes to his actions and the ferguson police department's actions. they appear to be very disorganized in terms of their messaging. many people in the community, as i have spoken with protesters and community leaders today, feel as though when he made those statements yesterday in your interview, there's a good possibility he was in denial regarding the future of the police department, regarding his future with the ferguson police department. but many people in the community feel as though his resignation or departure is coming very soon, and that's simply what the word is on the street within st. louis right now. >> it's interesting, tom, because the st. louis county police chief said they had considered contingency plans for the city of ferguson as a result of all the

the family of vonderrit myers did speak with our jason carroll, and the mother, obviously, grieving. what she had to say. >> i'll never get to see him again. talk to him. see his big smile. get his big tight hugs. i'll never get to feel him again. >> reporter: now, the family and their attorney say that they do not believe that vonderrit myers was armed. the police are saying that he was armed, in fact, that he seemed to be doing something suspicious, they allege. the police do. and that's why the police officer took pursuit after him. but all of this just goes to show that there's a fragile relationship between the community here and the police officers. and this is what a lot of people are keeping their eyes on. a lot of people calling for the arrest of darren wilson, the officer that shot and killed mike brown in early august. that's the reason for a lot of these protests. and where i'm standing right now, there say protest scheduled to start here at 10:00 a.m. local time. and head down towards the st. louis arch. the gateway to the west there, not far from here. more protests tod