. >> i am speaking with ken isaacs, vice president of international programs at samaritan's purse. mr. isaacs, how do you a lady he pulls fears and prevent a panic yat could -- how do you allay and prevent ars panic that could prevent you from doing good? >> we understand there are ways the disease has spread and ways to protect ourselves. quite honestly one of the easiest ways to protect yourselves is hygiene. wash your hands, wash your clothes. here.very normal, simple in africa, it is much more relevant. messages do health not change depending on where you're located. >> you testified back in august that the world did not pay series attention to the ebola virus until two americans became infected. dr. kent brantly was working with samaritan's purse at the time. your organization has other members on the frontlines of this disease. what are they telling you? >> they are telling me the situation in liberia is bad. it is chaotic. we expect the disease is going , as you hear the projections. 1.i do want to make that i think will be encouraging to everybody make ipoint i do want to th

ken isaacs, vice president of samaritans first, one of its medical missionaries, dr. kent brantley, was among the first americans to come down with ebola in west africa. of course, he has since recovered and donated his blood to help other ebola patients. mr. isaacs, it's great to have you on the show. you are concerned because you believe that the standards and the safety procedures being done in west africa when we see all that video, the people in the big suits, that's being done better there than it is here. why? >> well, when we look at the procedures and the protocols for the safety of the personal protective equipment, how they put the equipment on, how they take it off, i can just tell you that the standards that we used in liberia were much higher the way that we would do disinfection with chlorinated water, and the p.p.e. that we would put on, the multiple layers, and we see these people in texas that are sick, and my personal belief is not that there was a breach in procedure, but that there were vastly inadequate procedures and protocols for the protective

. >> ken isaacs from samaritan's purse, we appreciate you being here and your insight? >> thank you. >> from a global medical university to a military won on syria's border with turkey, kurdish fighters backed by a u.s. led air assault are holding the town of kobane. nine u.s. air strikes against isil target ins kobane aimed at combat vehicles and control centers. high level talks, though action between turkish, american and nato officials haven't persuaded turkey to join the fight. 3 were killed in pro-turkish protests. the death toll stands at 26. more on the rise in diplomatic and military tension returning to americ mcviccer. >> this is the only thing keeping isil's i am famous black flag from flying all over the center of this strategic town. slowly coalition airstrikes are helping motivated but out-gunned kurdish militia in the streets, push back the well armed fighters of the islamic state in iraq and the lavant. isil fighters seized a third of kobane. kurds have retaken parts of it. the fighting is fierce. to the north, just a few miles away, across a flat plain