sawyer died in the hospital. had he been let out into the vast crowded city lagos, the consequences could have been catastrophic. four of the hospital staff died trying to treat mr. sawyer, including the heroic doctor who made the initial diagnosis. it was nigeria's first case of ebola. her only child. >> it really helped nigeria to prepare and get ready and trace everybody. i think that's probably the difference between us and our west african neighbors guinea, liberia, and sierra leone. >> reporter: nigeria had to act fast. health workers and volunteers went knocking on the doors of almost 900 people who may have come into contact with the virus. their temperatures had to be taken for three weeks. it was difficult work and at times they had to convince scared medical staff to comply. >> you're a health worker, i'm a health worker. we understand this thing. let's just do our job. she said, all right, so how many days will you come and check up on me? i said 21 days. when we are done, she said, you need to take m

harry sawyer, a naturalized german american citizen.awyer visited germany in 1939, where he was approached by the gestapo who urged him to return to the united states as a spy. before leaving germany, he sent word to us. a spy trap was set. sawyer was working for the fbi. >> next, the fbi got siebold an office in times square where he could meet with enemy agents. ken crosby was one of the fbi agents who helped shoot these undercover films. >> we set up his office. we set it up with a double mirror where we could photograph through the mirror everything that went on in the office. >> and every time somebody came into siebold's office and handed over blueprints, somebody was running a movie camera. >> the first time that i covered that particular role of the camera, i'll never forget, fritz walks into the office to give his report to siebold. very suspicious. he stops and he looks all around the room very carefully. and he looks right at that mirror. i think he's looking right at me. i thought uh-oh, something's gone wrong. i haven't wor

commissioner sawyer says working smoke alarms and practicing a home escape plan are the best protection in the event of a fire. >>> septa is reminding everyone this morning to stay off the tracks. why? because in the past five days, four people walking near septa tracks have been injured. two of those died. since 2013, 19 people have been killed by trains in pennsylvania. that ranks sixth among all states. to remind people of that danger, septa partnered with operation life center. the goal is to reduce the number of deaths and injuries around tracks. >>> live view of beach avenue which is dry this morning. it's likely to get rain as we head into the weekend. right now here at nbc 10, it's 60 degrees as we come up on 4:27. good morning, jillian. >> good morning, bill. a live look in chester county 202 near route 29. it's cleared. 15 minutes ago we had active construction here so that road work has already wrapped up. coming up in just a few minutes, i'll tell you where else we're dealing with construction. >>> this philadelphia firefighter is accused of impersonating a police officer an

de conte, was the first to sawyer was the first american to die of the disease. this must have . >> it took me back to the day patrick died and the fear of what could have happened. to me and the girls. >> right, the fear -- the. >> had he come. >> the fear of him coming back from liberia and had been infected there. he died before he could reach home in nigeria. >> yes. >> you know when we hear about this there was also a concern when the news broke that this patients had come from liberia, after all there were people that suggested your husband was at fault for bringing the disease from liberia to nigeria. do you think there's a potential concern in dallas as well? >> do i. because i got blamed by a lot of you know good people, fearful people in nigeria, who were afraid that the virus was going to spread in nigeria. and when patrick died there, you know, that fear turned into anger. and they needed a target, someone to blame and and i got blamed. my children got blamed for taking ebola the nigeria. i'm afraid that the same may happen to the family members and e

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al jazeera's katherine sawyer. >> making their way carefully into baraway, a somali army secures the roads. firing warning shots as they take control of the city. most of al shabaab's fighters and senior command left longing longago. >> the resistance hasn't been as heavy as it was in mazawi, we continued moving. the shots kept reducing, reducing and they're actually retreating back to the ocean, the coastline and saw them jump into the boats. >> this is the town square in baraway, the same square al shabaab used for executions, as recently as a few weeks ago. now, a few people who live here, there is still a lot of anxiety, these people haven't seen any government presence since the collapse of somalia in 1991. and this is their governor who they have not seen since 2008. here he keeps his promise to publicly cut off his hair, if this day ever came. >> really, it is a great day because it was you know, the center,. >> this man gives us a glimpse of what life was like under al shabaab. >> translator: they used to kill people by shooting them. even now you'll still find some blod at t

case of ebola, there are some changes just this week for first responders, fire commissioner derek sawyer says that some 911 operators ask some critical new questions before transporting a new patient. >> calls that traveled to the affected west african countries or having been in contact with anybody that traveled there. >> if answered yes, those responding must suit up with protective gear and they say all will have the training by the end of dade day tomorrow. they said that philadelphia international airport is secure, one of the 18 airports that has a quarantine room, operated by the cdc and passengers are scened for any signs of illness. >> the current guidance is provided to us by the cdc, to observe all international travelers in the united states. for sickness or overt signs of illness, for their recent travel. >> hospital officials testifying that they are ready to handle any infectious disease that includes ebola except for childrens hospital that is december natded as a primary care center for pediatric cases, no singer hospital will act as a hub instead all emergency rooms an

prick sawyer was the firspatric. nurse writebol and another doctor went home after a few treatments. brantley said we can't underestimate the microscopic virus. >> it's a terrible disease for those that have it. >>reporter:we don't know much about another american doctor treated at emery. he did aid work in sierra leone. dr. rick sacra went after brantley and writebol got sick. early september he was flown in the isolation unit at the university of the nebraska. he received an experimental drug and a blood transfusion from brantley. sacra's stay was less than three weeks. and a cameraman is receiving treatment. he improved and returning to twitter today. >> this is one of his first tweets out today. "now that i had my firsthand experience with the scourge of this disease i am more pained how little sick west africans are receiving." we have two patients that were or are being treated in texas. not as a specialized center. the experts say how vital it is to train the health workers. >>> this is an outbreak that affect

. >> patrick sawyer is the cheap data scientist for the online travel company hopper."taking stock." i am pimm fox. good night. ♪ >> live from pier 3 in san francisco, welcome to "bloomberg west," where we cover innovation, technology, and the future of business. i'm emily chang. here is a check of your bloomberg top headlines. the company was dealt a blow after the new iphones did not ,se the sapphire screen although two versions of the apple watch will have them. verebay has started a

the sundays against school mentality in the way tom sawyer imposes what he reads in books on the reality of their lives. , they eachout it is show how conformity can be violent. >> how do you think america can regain a love of literature? believer in the constitution of this country and the first words, we the people. i think every great movement, including the revolution in the civil rights movement, the women's movement, the minority and gay rights movement, all of them were glass -- grassroots. it went from the bottom and came to the leaders to listen. what i am hoping is that people startll backgrounds will a national discussion. how do we want to be defined? if we don't define ourselves, corporate minds will define us. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. are counting they down to sunday when voters cast their ballots in the country's presidential runoff. haveemaining candidates been crisscrossing the country in search of last-minute support. reportsil correspondent . >> so close is the race for brazil's presidency that rival reporters face off across the street.

katherine sawyer are joining us. for the latest, and more on the advancement of the african gunnion forces to that town. >> yes, we are at the edge. it's quiet now. the joint forces don't expect much of a release. they encountered a lot of resistance. it's a place about 6km away, where there's heavy resistance from al-shabab, who are launching rocket propelled grenades. there were iud. vehicles have been destroyed. several somalia national armed forces were killed. several soldiers were injured as well. through the night there was proibing from the al-shabab fighters. there was running. some had been left. that's a con certain, that they could carry out attacks. we spoke to the somali deputy chief of defense force in charge for the somalia government, and he told us that they don't expect much distance itself. there's nothing much stopping them getting in there. they want to make sure there's no major casualties, but everything is still fluid and we'll have to wait and see what happens in the coming hours. >> we'll d

a guideline sawyer mystery that baffled for 50 years has now been solved. victoria explained. >> when scientists unearthed the bones of two large dinosaurs they thought they discovered a powerful creature with with killer claws. similar to a t rex, now they have found the rest of the body, and it looks nothing like they imagined. measure 11 meters long and weighed six tons. and a large ceylonites back. >> it means terrible hand, and it means looking peculiar so it means terrible hand hands t look peculiar. the break through came when scientists discovered two complete skeletons. scientists had assumed because of it's clause that it is a meat eater but the contents of it's stomach suggests it lives on plants and fish. >> it had a large lower jaw and a strong tongue. it could suck up fish from shallow waters or pick up dead fish near the lake. >> it roamed the earth 17 million years ago, and researchers say it is one of the strangest

. >> fire commissioner, derek sawyer told the committees that they have all the necessary protective year that they need but only a third are trained and the rest will be trained by the end of day tomorrow then will suit up, if a patient answers yes to questions being asked by 911 operators. >> if she have travelled to west african countries or in can't with anyone that traveled there. >> they assured counsel that they are ready to coordinate any response necessary for a possible ebola outbreak. it was prompted by public anxiety over tlapses that allow two nurses to be affected in dallas. >> ebola has people frightened but health officials reminded us that the two nurses got infected 1200 miles away in dallas and you can only catch ebola if you are indirect contact with bodily fluids from a patient. >> thank you david. >>> "action news" crews are on the move to bring you new information on the ebola crisis in america. dann cuellar is flying to dallas and ali gorman is flying to atlantic where several patients have been treated. look for their live reports starting tonight on "action

and nbc 10 was in northern liberties as fire commissioner derek sawyer announced the proclamation.students from several local schools attended today's ceremony. fire prevention is taught in all philadelphia schools. commissioner sawyer says working smoke alarms and practicing a home escape plan are the best protection in the event of a fire. >>> dozens of firefighters worked for hours in several buildings in atlantic city burned. most of them knew they would be there for the long haul. >> the clock is ticking. i kept looking at my watch saying, wow, i got to stop. you know? i got to stop doing what i love. >> why two of the city's bravest had to walk away from this blasz. >>> and they got a healthy, happy baby but this little girl isn't what they planned for. the reason they're suing a clinic. >>> tonight, here's what's coming up on "nbc 10 news at 6." >> today, coming up at 6:00, as the manhunt continues for this man accused of shooting a pennsylvania state trooper, we're looking into how the police activity and search will impact your trip to the mountains this fall. >> i believe

commissioner sawyer says working smoke detectors and practicing your home escape plan are the best protection in the event of a fire. >>> here's a move to make students safer at a delaware county school. nbc 10 was there when officials got a firsthand look at the new system put in place following the deadly 2012 school shooting in newtown, connecticut. included it a silent alarm that alerts law enforcement to any threats. >> an all county bulletin that the button has been pushed in a school and there's no need for a secretary, principal or anyone to do any talking. the police are on their way. >> delaware county received close to $190,000 from the state to buy alarms for every k through 12 school. so far 200 alarms have been installed. >>> a new study shows two colleges in our area gives students the best education for particular career paths. according to rankings from linkedin, the university of pennsylvania is best for careers in finance or marketing. villanova is the place to study if you want to be an accountant. it based rankings on how many alumni work at top companies. >>> one of penn

she lost her husband patrick sawyer, an american, back in july.merican to die in this outbreak, he died at a nigerian hospital after traveling from liberia. his wife has since started a foundation to support families of ebola victims. she's working hard to fight against misconceptions and fear about the disease. i spoke to her earlier about the ebola patient and his family in dallas. >> my concern about the situation in dallas is that people may panic and there's no need to panic, i don't believe, because thank god we live in america, the u.s., that has the best health care system in the world. and so we're able to identify, contain, and treat with compassion folks who are diagnosed with ebola. and so this there's no need to panic. we're not going to have an outbreak like we do in west africa. so that's the food news. the thing is, this is a wakeup call that ebola can come here at any time if nothing is done to eradicate it in the west african region. >> so it's a two-part thing. so let's continue talking about the vein here. i want to ask you wha

sawyer died into the hospital. had he been let out later, the consequences could have been catastrophic. diedof the hospital staff trying to treat him. it included the doctor who made the diagnosis. it was nigeria's first case of ebola. his child is morning but full of pride. >> it really helped nigeria to prepare and get ready to treat everybody and i think that is probably the difference between ,s and west africa liberia, sierra leone. >> health workers went with knocking on the doors of almost 900 people who may have come into contact with the virus. their temperatures had to be taken for three weeks. ork.as difficult wpor >> i am a health worker. we understand this thing. let's do our jobs. do you needow long to check on the? 21 days. now that we are free from ebola, we need to celebrate this. the number of ebola deaths was limited to eight. the ward behind me is were confirmed patients were treated. the whole area is silent. the medical staff and facility are on standby. everyone is praying that ebola does no

philadelphia fire commissioner derek sawyer issued the oath today. septa covered the cost of artwork and posters that will appear throughout the the city and throughout the transit system. knowing what to do in an emergency they say makes all of the dip since. >> making a plan, accountability, resist going back in and always having two ways out. >> this partnership dates back 15 years. >>> welshing call it a sign of the times. >> work is underway to remove the word trump, from the now closed trump plaza. still on the way at 6:00, why it is not enough to satisfy donald trump himself, steve. >>> latin is a trek i language and a township here in new jersey, is learning the hard way. we will tell you what a phrase says in the library and what it should say and what the township is planning on do go to fix it. >>> a mild wind will surge across the delaware valley tomorrow but we have our eye on some rain and even some thunderstorms, we will take a look at that roller coaster ride mountain seven day forecast. hi, beasley. >>> too often special teams are th

sawyer. >> little time left. what else does the international community have to do, the united states have to do? i understand vital resources and supplies are getting there as we speak. >> starting to get there. i think we need to be supporting more on that i'm worried because sierra leone and liberia have made so many great strides in fighting against childhood diseases. that's going to be out of it now because all the attention is on ebola. liberia and seer sierra leone were one and two in term of gdp expenditures for health care, in the world, number one and two. all of that -- unfortunately they're going to have to start all over. coming out of the civil wars they were in, blood diamond wars. great strides. ebola kills it. the world has to stand by and i'm hoping the world will be patient, put money in, even as the ebola crisis is over we have to help these countries help themselves. >> thank you for giving us a new look at this quest. let's go to howard with more on today's yellow alert. >>> andrea, we're s

as a grown-up with kids -- his another child -- i'm a sawyer man.dealt with the subject we were all dealing with. it didn't seem that -- not bravery at all. these are the -- this is the life we were living, you know. four or five years into the shows, i taught fthought for th first time, wait a second, they don't want me delivering a message. if you got a message, that's -- i thought for the first time, wait a minute, we had "beverly hillbilly" and "green acres," and they were fine. the biggest problem anybody had in those shows was some being the boss coming to dinner and the roast is ruined. they were saying america doesn't have racial problems. america doesn't have economic problems. there's no such thing as cancer or abortion or any of the subjects we dealt with. of that not a message? wall to wall, floor to ceiling. what i we -- what we did i thought of as dealing with problems. this of a giant collaboration. i did none of this alone. >> sure, sure. >> we all brought our problems to the table. >> sometimes, norman lear, i love your modesty. som

somali trips and links to kenya and mogadishu and it connects with government-held towns and catherine sawyer been traveling with au troops. >> reporter: al-shabab has been retreating and has been making a major success taking this particularly by taking this port along the coast which is the main offensive operation in the indian ocean aimed to cutoff al-shabab supply from the ocean and things have been going well and al-shabab are saying people say it's not time to celebrate just yet and al-shabab still has the capacity to improve and come back. and because they adapted this warfare and the bomb barrel in the population it could cause frustration to the uganda troops who have taken this and say that is not phasing them. they have the technical capacity to separate the fighters from the civilian population but it's still a big concern. >> reporter: syrian kurds pushed back fighters from islamic state in iraq from a hill in kabali and turkey and this shows advancing to the town and they fled after weeks of fighting between isil and kurdish forces and turkey is closely monitoring the developme

the remarkable young survivor that sat down with diane sawyer. her bravery inspiring the world. and diane is here tonight. >>> and our person of the week. so many people talking about "how to get away with murder." viola davis, what she reveals. and the big surprise right here tonight. >>> good evening, great to have you with us. we begin with fast-moving developments in the ebola outbreak. the global death toll, more than 4,000. here at home, anxious moments. this image from an airport in las vegas. and this plane detained, later surrounded by ambulances with fears that one passenger may be infected. coming after another scare. the chaotic images from this flight. a passenger sneezing, saying he had ebola. an emergency team storming the plane. >> i need your attention. it's going to look worse than it is. >> and new images of u.s. marines arriving in west africa. health care workers taking their temperature before they even start. >>> and what we never knew about eric thomas duncan. sent home the first time he went to the hospital even with a fever of 103. tom llamas tonight. >

one of the most severely ill patients, patrick sawyer, flew from monrovia, sick as could be he was sok he could barely get on the plane, to legos, nigeria, where he thought he had to go to a meeting and insisted on going. and the nigerian government actually did contact tracing and found all the ones they could of the other passengers on the plane. i think they found 56 other passengers, and not a single one had become infected. so it's-- unless you're really getting very close, like the health care workers who are taking care of the patients, it's just not that easy to catch. >> sreenivasan: so there was a lot of concern in new york when initially that first night we heard this patient had a 103 temperature, and then it was clarified that it was 100.3. what's the temperature that we should be concerned about? >> well, this depends, of course, what your normal body temperature is because some people may have a little bit low, or a little bit high from the textbook. but 103 is certainly, as in the duncan case, 103 would be certainly something i would be very concerned about. 100.3 i th

the remarkable young survivor that sat down with diane sawyer. her bravery inspiring the world.nd diane is here tonight. >>> and our person of the week. so many people talking about "how to get away with murder." viola davis, what she reveals. and the big surprise right here tonight.

. >> reporter: by tonight, jonathan sawyer's greenhouse tavern will be filled. >> a ton more people fromcountry will see our restaurant, will talk about the restaurant and have the opportunity to dine in our restaurant. it's us against the world here. when you have somebody like, that you know, that influential leave your city and then return as the prodigal son, i mean, i'm getting goosebumps just talking about it. >> reporter: there's a lot of that going on around here now. dean reynolds, cbs news, cleveland. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> there is big news breaking right now the manhunt is over, "eyewitness news" has learned the accused killer of a pennsylvania state trooper, eric frein, is in police custody at this hour. we're told us marshals arrested frein as he tried to enter a building in the poconos, sources say he was taken into custody without any resistance. frein of course is accused of shooting and kill

. >> reporter: by tonight, jonathan sawyer's greenhouse tavern will be filled. >> a ton more people fromuntry will see our restaurant, will talk about the restaurant and have the opportunity to dine in our restaurant. it's us against the world here. when you have somebody like, that you know, that influential leave your city and then return as the prodigal son, i mean, i'm getting goosebumps just talking about it. >> reporter: there's a lot of that going on around here now. dean reynolds, cbs news, cleveland. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> two prince county george's officers indicted for excessive force. coming up, one officer here accused of beating a student for no good reason. >>> democrats are bringing out the big guns in hopes of beating out the republicans in the get out to vote game. hillary clinton campaigns for gubernatorial candidate anthony brown here at the university of maryland. >> it's a go. you can h

. >> reporter: by tonight, jonathan sawyer's greenhouse tavern will be filled. >> a ton more people fromwill see our restaurant, will talk about the thstaurant and have the opportunity to dine in our restaurant. it's us against the world here. when you have somebody like, that, you know, that influential leave your city and then return as the prodigal son, i mean, i'm getting goosebumps just talking about it. >> reporter: there's a lot of that going on around here now. dean reynolds, cbs news, cleveland. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> the world series champion giants back home. and now fans are getting ready to party. tonight, the bay area is preparing for its third championship parade in five years. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. a live look at where our world series champions will be standing tomorrow. this is san francisco civic center plaza now a

fire commissioner derek sawyer will stand in for the mayor at today's announcement in northern liberty. this year's theme will be freedom from fire, be safe and smart through community risk reduction. >>> now to the investigation into the deaths of cooper hospital ceo john chsheridan an his wife. sheridan was a prominent figure in new jersey's health care industry. the fire started early sunday morning at the couple's home in somerset county. yesterday prosecutors announced the fire was intentionally set, but they did not say who they believe set the fire or if the fire caused the couple's death. they're still waiting for autopsy results. >>> an update now on the breaking news we brought you yesterday morning at this time. four buildings in atlantic city containing stores and apartments will be demolished today after they were damaged in yesterday morning's fire. the fire on atlantic avenue forced more than a dozen people to leave their homes. the red cross is helping those people. investigators say they're still looking for the cause of the fire. they say it started inside a consignme

today the eye tall yap resident rap chains will raise money at all of his bay area kids, they are now sawyer ing since glasses -- classes began last month. they have patrols around petaluma and casa grande high schools and they have many schools all along petaluma to be alert. >> we have one person with repeat events or a couple of different people who are out there looking for targets. we don't want any targets. >> they have one possible suspect in this stalking case and they are looking for a man who is wanted and was bailed out of jail before the latest inn den -- incident. it alleges anything general charges and slapped the boy after he mid-a miss take. he was returned to the classroom despite several protests from parents. >>> they are now looking into annual child abuse training it was signed into law by governor jerry brown monday. they are looking into training making it mandatory for the first six weeks of every school year. the new school year there will be no punishment where they will be open to increase lie and the they are trying to help children are are having vie lense interv

i think we also ought to a knowledge the passing of patrick sawyer at the end of july. mr. sawyer was an individual who worked in liberia, commuted there from his home in minneapolis. after attending his ill sister ,n liberia, he flew on to lagos and before he could board the plane back to minneapolis, he .ied he could have been patient 02 months before we had the experience there. two monthszero before we had the experience here. did you do any studies about th at? >> i am not aware of that. >> the reason i ask the question , and they put it very clearly. you had a situation in presbyterian, they did not take an evaluation. and some travel history has given that perhaps provided an important clue that was subsequently lost in the activities involved with treating the individual. from the cdc standpoint, are you concerned at all with the issives andand m action alerts you're been putting out for months, somehow they were not getting to the front line of the triage desk? it is really, there was only one response -- i am here for a fever and stomachache, i traveled from afric

. >> it was back in july that liberian diplomat patrick sawyer entererd country and arrived at hospital after falling ill. junior doctor miss diagnosed him as having malaria and she suspected ebola. >> he denied having any contact with anybody who had ebola and wanted to be discharged because had came to nigeria to attend the conference. >> he failed to say he was with his sister before he died from ebola and does he manneded to be released. >> the patient and liberian government put my sister under tremendous pressure to discharge him and they said they would sue her because she was violating his human sgliingts she refused isolating patient and protect are her and save as best they could. two days later blood tests confirmed he had ebola and by the end of the week he was dead. less than a month later dr. dr. adevedo and eight others died from the dreaded disease. >> i'm upset that you know unfortunately the country was not ready for this outbreak. she paid the price. >> today her staff is credited for keeping nigeria ebola free. she's seen by many there was a national hero and non-pro

childrens hospital is designated as a regional center for pediatric patients and david sawyer will be at the briefing, he testified that the city's first responders are given the necessary safety gear and they are trained to handle ebola patients by the end of the day today and they have heard from first responders and nurses who say they don't feel like they have the proper training and proper equipment. we'll talk to officials at the briefing here today and we'll keep you updated on what they have to say. david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> governor corbett announced this morning that three pennsylvanians were among the frontier passengers that were exposed to the nurse that tested positive to ebola. the three on the flight from cleveland to dallas are not identified and have not developed symptoms, they are being monitored in texas and are not quarantined. dann cuellar is in dallas and ali gorman is in atlanta where the cdc is based and where several patients are treated. look for their live reports later today on "action news" beginning at 4:00. we'll hold anot

i think we also ought to acknowledge the passing of patrick sawyer at the end of july. mr. sawyer was an individual who .orked in liberia after attending his sister in flew before he could board the plane back to minneapolis and could have been patient zero two months before we had the experience here. i'm sure there will be expert reports on the case that occurred here in dallas. studying of what happened to patient zero on july 30? >> i am not aware of that. i will have to get back to you. apparently some travel history is given that perhaps provided a really important clue that was subsequently lost among all of the activities involved with treating individuals. from the cdc standpoint, are you concerned at all with the directives and mrs. you have been putting out for months? somehow they weren't getting through to the frontline. really there was only one response, i am here for a fever and a stomach ache. i traveled here from africa. that door where the two men in blue suits will lock you into an isolation unit. that is the only response, is that not correct? >> i agre

i think we also ought to acknowledge the passing of patrick sawyer at the end of july. mr. sawyer was a -- was an individual who worked in liberia, commuted to there from his home in minneapolis. and after attending his ill sister in liberia, flew on to lagos and before he could board the plane back to minneapolis died of ebola and could have been patient zero two months before we had the experience here. so, dr. merlin, i guess my question is i'm sure they'll be expert reports on the case that occurred here in dallas. did you do any study what might have happened had patient zero arrived in minneapolis on july 30? >> congressman, i'm not aware of that. and i'll have to get back to you on that. i don't know. >> the reason i ask the question, it was put pretty clearly, you had a situation at presbyterian. a nurse does an intake evaluation, and apparently some travel history is given that perhaps provided a really important clue that then was subsequently lost in all of the activities involved with treating the individual. from the c.d.c. standpoint, are you concerned at all

. >> how bad could this cross-contamination possibly get in take a look at the case of patrick sawyer, an american liberian who went from monrovia to lagos, nigeria, he died a couple days after he arrived from ebola. 19 other people were infected before they finally got a lid on that. nigeria has pretty strict protocols but not as strict in the united states. that has public health officials here including those at the cdc believing they can quickly control this and if there are any other cases of ebola, and they say there could well be, they will limit those the best of their ability. >> boy, oh, boy, john, thank you. >>> first, coming up on "hannity." >> the way he's air strikes are being conducted reminds me of a war a >>> we posted our interview with the vicar of baghdad on facebook.com/the kelly file. he'll join us again tomorrow night. twitter is going nuts about mumia as commencement speaker. what's next, charles manson? let me know what you think. tomorrow is a very special day. my nanna turns 99. happy birthday, >> it is wednesday october 1st. a fox news alert. the first case

diane sawyer knew who i was. >> jimmy: of course! it makes sense.e, you know, a show about the set of "scandal." you guys would watch that, too, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: it makes a lot of sense. [ laughter ] and the room where the press secretary -- >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: does the press conferences, on television, seems like a big room, but it's tiny. >> you've seen it. it's kind of shabby, too. >> jimmy: it is shabby. the whole white house is smaller and shabbier than -- >> no, no. >> jimmy: yes! [ laughter ] >> okay! did you see the bowling alley? >> jimmy: no. >> you didn't? >> jimmy: is it real? the bowling alley? >> it's understood ground. >> jimmy: why didn't i see the bowling alley? i got to look at plates. i got to look at everyone's china, which i didn't want to see. >> i saw -- i have a higher level of clearance than you. >> jimmy: did you bowl? >> no, you know what i did -- well, i didn't have time. because i had to see the oval office, but i held a bowling ball and i stood next to the photograph of obama, who had a bowling ball and i di

commissioner sawyer says working smoke detectors and practicing your home escape plan are the best protection in case of a fire. >>> here's a move to make students safer at a delaware county school. nbc 10 was there when officials got a look at a new safety system put in place after the deadly 2012 massacre in newtown, connecticut. the new alarm system includes a silent alarm that alerts law enforcement to any threat. >> an all county bulletin that the button has been pushed in the school and police are -- there's no need for a secretary, the principal or anyone to do any talking. the police are on their way. >> delaware county got close to $190,000 from the state to buy alarms for every k through 12 school and so far 200 alarms have been installed. >>> clouds over cape may this morning. that's a live view of the lighthouse. cape may will see sunshine and we're starting to see the clouds thin out in center city. a little glimmer of light. you can see it in the distance. clouds are starting things off holding temperatures right now in philadelphia at 61 degrees. the wind is light and humidity

remember patrick sawyer, the guy who flew to nigeria and then when he got to nigeria in the airport terminal, he collapsed, subsequently died of ebola. no one on those plane rides that he was on ever got sick. important point to remember. >> absolutely. dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> the new so-called ebola czar announced hours ago. he's already under attack. can he overcome the rancor and partisanship to lead the country out of the ebola crisis? >>> and lawmakers calling for the white house to ban travel to the u.s. from the countries hardest hit by the ebola virus. president obama saying it will only make the problem worse. who's right? the answer when we come back. ♪searching with devotion ♪for a snack that isn't lame ♪but this... ♪takes my breath away i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401

sawyer, came into the country, where we were not really preparing for ebola, we had a certain readinessrms of infrastructure on the ground. then you take health communications. the nigerian psyche we love education and we love information. and even -- >> your excellency, that is a perfect jumping off point to talk about the contrast that people are drawing. on that front, take a look at this from "the ant lantic" magazine in the u.s. nigeria was able to beat ebola, just as you were, but not boko haram in the same way. faced with the two enormous crises, how has nigeria handled one so well and the other so poorly. what is your reaction to that? >> i believe that the solution to both would probably lie in information. we had a lot of health information. the situation with boko haram and the girls remains very murky. we do not have very viable information. as a mother, i worry about the girls. we don't know where they are. we hear rumors, we get our hopes up that they're going to be released. we hope that the talks are going to result in not just the release of the girls, but also readines

katherine sawyer is travelling from the troops fighting the forces. >> we are at the edge of barrawang. african union forces and somalia troops are preparing to get in. al-shabab has been retreating, they are running, going in boats. i'm joined by a brigadier general, leading the uganda forces. we hear reports that your troops are in control. >> this is definitely the authority over this mission. i like to assure you, that barr ou weigh is sure to be taken. >> do you expect resistance? >> we do so. this is an economic center for al-shabab, the tactical command quarters. we know there'll bell resistance, especially from the foreign fighters. >> we are told that al-shabab fighters are taking boats, going into sea. we are told that others are melting into the civilian population. how concerning is this to you. since the offensive, al-shabab has been fighting us, through and up through the areas, and this ridge overlacking barawe -- overlooking barawe, we have severe fire power, and the families, and most of the key leadership fled through the waters. the other way around, the al-shabab wh

. >> fire commissioner derrick sawyer wants to remind everyone to make a plan, resist re-entry and find ways out. >> a nurse in spain is the latest victim suffering from the ebola virus and as fears grow globally, people in our area doing our part to battle that disease. how charity workers of delaware county are pitching in to keep people thousands of miles away safe. >>> check this out. the women and men in pink. police choose a unique-looking ride to show their support for the fight against breast cancer. why this is more than simply a new paint job. >>> the american video journalist who contracted ebola while working in liberia is back in the states tonight. a specialized medevac jet carrying 33-year-old ashoka mukpo landed in an omaha, nebraska this morning. he's now being treated at the nebraska medical center. in the meantime, a liberian national, the first to be diagnosed with the disease, on american soil, is fighting for his life in the isolation unit of a dallas hospital. nbc's jay gray has the latest developments on the outbreak. >> reporter: an intense struggle continues in

. >> de conte sawyer, we apologize for your loss and the sorrow you must have in these weeks and appreciate your bravery in speaking up on this issue. >> thank you. >> later this hour. major league dreams and otragic ending. the ball player whose death raises more questions for the mlb. with a reminder it's not just those football players who take those hard hits. right after the break, the suspect was armed but was he dangerous? >> he didn't point bee bee gun to anyone in the store. no one was in imminent danger. >> police gunned down the walmart shopper. "america tonight's" christof putzel, what happened in the beaver creek store. another wave of protests against the police. police. police. >> following. >> following up on an important story we have been following on "america tonight." it was an arguments over loud music. michael dunn, the shooter feared for his life when he shot and killed young jordan davis in 2012. he thought davis had a gun but davis didn't. last february the jury deadlocked but a different verdict comes from a new jury. "americ"america tonight"'s sarae reports. >> we