since march, the world health ocean has confirmed that 670 people have died in liberia, sierra leon and guinea. there have been 400 reported cases, including two americans working if those countries. now a cause for concern. patrick sawyer died of ebola after flying on more than one plane. while sick, he got on a flight in liberia, and then it's believed he had a stop over in ghana. he changed planes in towingo before ending his trip in liberia. now his case is sending health officials scrambling. >> they are sending teams to nigeria and towingo to find tracing, people that he may have been in touch with during his flight. >> we're expecting the virus. >> it's a disease that starts with flu-like simms, fluid leaking from eyes and ears, and the world health association said that once someone gets ebb ol a. the death rate can be as high as 90%. >> before the epidemic started, people didn't know what ebola was. now the situation is difficult, it's a crisis. >> ebola is not airborne, and it can only be caught through bodily fluids like saliva, sweat and blood. those diagnosed with it are im

that happens to some extent in races like sierra leone. they go out and commit some horrible hand-to-hand battles, and they are directly tying that to regimes that require evidence, which i think is there. but as we see with the caesar photos, this government and the security service and those involved in the complex structure of political power in that century don't really hide their tracks. it gives us a lot more to work with. the idea that somehow this is all going to be swept under the rug, that these kind of horrors are going to be forgotten is impossible in our world. is abuzz that have worked in this field, that are part of governments around the world, will fight until the day of justice arrives. >> and on that day, whose call is ultimately -- you hear learned discussions about accountability, reconciliation, justice, all of this. what is the role of syrian people? what is the role of the international community? how will he come to the decision being made to move forward on the basis of this enormous volume of documentation that h

sierra leone is sending in its army. the president declared a public health emergency and cancelled his upcoming trip to washington. there are fears infected people travelling out of africa may spread the virus to other parts of the wortd. in hong kong the health ministry stepped up surveillance. a person from kenya tested negative. hospitals in the u.k. in isolation units and airline crews are trained to watch out for signs of infections. the u.s. should be on alert, although the chances of an outbreak there are low. let's talk to amanda mclelland, an emergency health officer for the red cross, joining me on the line from free town in sierra leone. nice to have you with us. the reality of the disease transferred from continent to continent - is it a myth, could it happen, should we be worried? >> obviously with air travel we have cases in three capital cities, so the chances of air travel and people who have had contact with ebola or in incubation moving between continents is real. the preparedness that some countries a

it's horrible. >> in sierra leone, the country's leading ebola specialist died on tuesday. the virus has killed three nurses from his you want. unit. we go east of the out break, health officials say they're doing what they can to keep the disease out. they're watching the hospital reports, examining people crossing the border and warning the people against eating the meat of i would animals. the "world health organization" call forgive $100 million to respond to the problem saying there is an urgent need for doctors, nurses and others to help deal with the crisis. >>> two u.s. citizens are among those stricken with ebola in west africa. there are reports that efforts are under way to the doctor an and a missionary back from liberia. another is a three-day meeting of african leaders that is scheduled to begin in washington on monday. yesterday, they say the summit is still on despite fears of ebola still spreading, but they have canceled their trips to help deal with the health crisis in their country. the cdc issuing a travel warning for three west african nations dealing

and at least 220 in sierra leone. concern is growing since the virus spread to lagos killing an american man on friday. patrick sawyer's widow has spoken about how he contracted the disease. >> i know how now he got it from his sister, who also died from ebola weeks earlier without them knowing she had ebola. because it has symptoms of other illnesses like malaria. and so he helped to care for his sister and that's how he contracted it. and didn't know that she had it, not until after she died. and her body was tested positive for ebola. >> his widow. the bbc health correspondent has been to southeast guinea where the outbreak started in march and spoke to a 41-year-old who had ebola and survived. >> translator: when i was sick and given the rumors that were flying about that ebola had no cure, i was terribly afraid. i was asking myself all the time, am i going to survive this? am i going to come out of this alive? i went on my own accord to the treatment center. i went to the center where i was well received, and i w

safe. >> as a precaution one of the biggest airlines in the region has stopped flights to sierra leone and liberia. but this historic outbreak will be extremely hard to control. al jazeera. >> i want to bring in the head of the humanitarian response at the charity action aid. we thank you for your time. doctors without borders say it's out of control. it could be used to cover a lot. do you think this is genuine, this is not controllable now? >> it's looking very much that way. i think what we've seen with ebola cases in the past in the past two months or so when a disease fades out, this one has been lasting five months and still growing growing from district to district. >> you hear about flights being canceled in and out of liberia and sierra leone, i wonder is that too big of a picture at moment? it has to be hit on the ground a lot harder first? >> well, i think that's very much the case. i can understand why airlines might want to take precautions and why the u.k. government does, but i think the concern is that the real issue is between the communities of sierra leone, ginea and

in sierra leone, we managed to do it in country in a mixed court with 60% of our employees sierra leoneans had people who knew every culture and i left -- and dialec t, who could tell us whether a witness was asking for benefits or telling the truth. you benefit from being as close as possible to the scene of the crime. the other thing in sierra leone was an outreach program where everyone in the country, even a country without television or newspapers that could print more than 500 issues, a time when more than 90% of the people knew what the court was doing. we could not have done that if we had been 1,000 miles away. when we moved taylor to the hague, which is what the regional leaders wanted, we tried to make up for it by having outreach meetings. we made up for it to a point, but better to be there and better to involve and seek the leadership of people within th at country. rt, itsnia follow-on cou was kind of a model. nothing is perfect in this area, but with national judges trying their cases in sarajevo, representing each of their communities, and with internationals there for per

this proves that ebola must be touching everybody in sierra leone right now. >> yes, it is. touching everyone. just a few days ago as well we had the death of sierra leone's leading ebola doctor in liberia, one of the leading doctors also has been infected and cases of american doctors being infected. it is no respect of class or economic status or what have you. >> are people scared? >> people are terrified. people are absolutely terrified. the medical staff are terrified. the locals are tare fide. speaking to my brother in one of the epicenter of disease in sierra leone, one of the main treatment centers and he told me a mob went atacked the hospital trying to take all patients from the town. >> and the level of misunderstanding, what are people thinking? >> there is misunderstanding. in these parts of the world, people, a, don't trust central government, b, tend to put a lot of faith in traditional and local medicine. up with of the key issue one os people refuse to take their family to hospital because they fear that they're going to be infected in the hospital. so there

in sierra leone, liberia, and guinea. has declared a state of emergency, and ordered in the army to try to enforce a quarantine. >> reporter: these are the stringent protective measures that medics in liberia have to undertake before they can treat ebola patients. they are particularly at risk of infection, but now the fear of ebola spreading to the wider community has forced the government to institute its own measures. the president ordered the closure of all schools. a thorough cleaning process for all public buildings on friday, and one month compulsory for all nonessential staff. she emphasized how important it is for people to actress ponsableably. >> protect yourself. listen to the health workers. abide by the rules. believe it is real. go out and air the message to wherever you are. >> reporter: ebola is transmitted through infected bodily fluids. >> the most efficient way it's transmitted, people who are infected and they get directly in contact to bodily fluids, vomit, blood, diarrhea, and fec feces. and that's

at least 224 people have died in sierra leone. guinea 394 people are dead. jake ward joins us from san francisco. tell us about ebola and why it is prevalent in in this area of west africa? >> the notion of it restricted to part of west africa, it originates in fruit bats, according to scientists. ebola hemorrhagic fever, causes you to rearrange the fluids within your body to sort of achieve stat stasis and in doint your organs fail. substandard medical care is very much true in guinea, sierra leone, and liberia where we've seen 600 deaths so far. >> the passenger who died was very sick on the flight. what is the chance other passengers actually contracted it from him? >> that is one of the most sort of alarming reports. he was experiencing diarrhea on the flight according to reports. and the problem is, you are in very cramped conditions. with ebola you have to be in direct contact with bodily fluids. that is the most important to understand. it doesn't pass by breathing next to somebody. you have to touch bodily fluid and get it into your own mucous membra

. >>> a doctor helping to fight the ebola virus in sierra leone has died. he's the latest victim of the outbreak. the virus has a mortality rate of nearly 90%. liberia is essentially in a state of lockdown, the president has shut its borders aside from a few highly monitored checkpoints. public gatherings have been banned. the president's football tournament is now postponed. and a major nigerian carrier has cancelled all flights to liberia and sierra leone. >> this is a scary situation for so many people. according to the world health organization, there have been 672 deaths from ebola. we're seeing that number creep up each week. more than 1200 cases attributed to the virus since the outbreak began in march. most are in guinea where the disease has killed 319 people. in sierra leone, the death toll is 224. in liberia, the virus has killed 129 people. liberia has closed most of its land borders and is stepping up medical screenings at airports. a u.s. citizen that died in nigeria is a victim of the disease. that sparked concern this disease could spread to

on thursday sierra leone declared a state of mental as the virus -- state of emergency as it claimed more victories. it is the largest recorded ebola outbreak in history. since the first cases were reported earlier this year more than 1,300 have been infected and at least 700 died in guinea, sierra leone, liberia and nigeria. this is the first time i treated an ebola epidemic of this size. there have been hundreds of deaths. it is getting out of control. we can not get a handle on it. with the few resources we have. >> health workers in guinea warn locals of the deadly virus and americans to -- measures to take. but some villageers seeing loved ones die blame the health workers themselves. the red cross and world health organization are trying to set the record straight. and ensure locals seek treatment. >> we are counting on you. we understand your concerns and we need you to help us continue our work in and around the village without any further resistance. >> on wednesday the liberian president announced a decision to close schools and quarantine a number of communities across the

hailed as a national hero in sierra leone, he's just one of dozens of health workers in west africa whohave died on the front lines, fighting the deadly disease. globally concern over ebola is spreading even faster than the virus itself. >> well, obviously, this is a threat which we need to take seriously. >> this week, in england, a suspected case of ebola tested negative. top british officials held an emergency meeting to talk about how to prepare for any potential cases. >> by meeting to look at the issues, to evaluate the evidence, we are acting early, to make sure that we put in place, any necessary precautionary measures to keep the uk safe. >> reporter: hong kong, which has been hit before by outbreaks of the sars virus and bird flu is on high alert for ebola. >> we are very concerned about ebola virus disease in three west african countries. >> reporter: earlier this week a welcome became ill but tested negative for the virus. hong kong has not imposed any travel restrictions, but has put early detection measures in place to contain any cases. the virus has killed one american,

now the man in charge to stop it in sierra leone now has succumbed to it. he was praised for his national efforts to contain ebola but on tuesday it killed him. he was being treated in a hospital. the doctors and nurses there are the forefront of the battle against ebola. it's a battle they think they're losing. >> this is the first time i've treated an ebola epidemic of this size. there are hundreds of deaths. we just can't control the epidemic. it's going in all directions, and we have few resources. >> reporter: what makes the problem worse in places is that some people fear wrongly that if they seek medical help they might not survive the treatment. >> they're frightened to say that they're ill. they're frightened to consult medical facilities to treat ebola or recognize ebola, it's one of the big challenges we're facing in responding to this outbreak. >> another growing concern for health experts and governments across west africa is a combination of a highly infectious, highly lethal virus, insufficient resources. already one of the biggest airlines i

making a proper diagnosis and getting reports from all over sierra leone, from all over guinea peoplened away from hospitals for routine care simply because they have a fever or simply because they seem dizzy and a little out of it which of course would be a symptom of malaria and as a result we have widespread fear and rage building in the population against the healthcare systems, because the system is afraid to take the contaminated patients into the facilities. >> and all of that is clearly making it harder for healthcare workers to do anything? >> well, it is making it hard for everybody, even the red cross is now abandoned parts of guinea because the workers are getting physically attacked on the frontier or doctor office the world have also been brought under violent attack and even the health workers from the given countries have been brought under attack. partly it is a general fearfulness from the population, widespread crazy rumors, such as the doctors are infecting people or the other side, meaning the old wounds of the civil war, your opponents from those days, the people

a hospital. >> the outbreak in sierra leone has spread to nigeria. a man who died after collapsing on arrival in lagos airport has tested positive for ebola, the first registered fatality from the virus in africa's most populous nation. >> lagos, one of the world's biggest cities, with a population of 20 million. now there is a worry that one of the world's deadliest diseases could spread here. authorities say all people who had contact with the ibo lot victim -- ebola victim have been quarantined, but some are already sounding the alarm. >> our society in nigeria has been characterized by uncleanliness. so many areas are unclean, which is an open door for this ebola virus to be spread all over. >> humans transmit ebola through bodily fluids, including sweat. there is no known cure, and it is often fatal. some nigerians question whether their country is prepared for an outbreak. >> doctors are on strike, so if this happened, i wonder how the effects would be on the people. >> more than 600 people have died across west africa since the beginning of th

within days the virus spread to liberia and sierra leone. and last week for the first time the virus traveled by plane when a liberian citizen flew into lagos, nigeria. he died five days later. and the world health organization has sent teams to track down anyone who came into contact with him. we start with michael on the front lines in sierra leone. with catholic relief services. >> they're typically underresourced. they work ten, 15, even 20-hour days. in those conditions it is possible for someone to slip up and become infected. >> reporter: dr. william fisher recently returned from guinea and says there's a great distrust of aide workers. >> there's a growing fear that perhaps the physicians from international communities were bringing the virus with them. >> reporter: ebola spreads by bodily fluids and can take up to 21 days for symptoms to appear. the cdc emphasizes that once symptoms subside, people may no longer be contagious. the symptoms can be frustratingly vague, feverent headaches, diarrhea and vomiting, weakness and stomach pa

. >>> and the doctor leading the fight against ebola in sierra leon is now infected himself.e treated more than 100 victims. and now is being treated by doctors without borders. 206 people in sierra leon have died from ebola. >>> a murder trial gets underway today in michigan. why people there are comparing this case to the trayvon martin shooting in florida. >>> and an innovative prison prom. >>> we have just learned that a suspected nazi war criminal facing extradition to germany has died. the lawyer says his client was taken to a hospital in philadelphia over the weekend. reports of his death come the same day a federal judge granted a request for him to be sent back to germany. german prosecutors wanted to try him for the death of thousands of jews. >>> a murder trial is gettingway in michigan. bisi onile-ere reports that there have been protests. >> reporter: second degree murder, manslaughter, and felony use of a firearm, it would sentence this man to prison for life. >> the death of renisha mcbride brought protesters into the streets. wafer told police it was around 4:

sierra leone has the highest number of cases of ebola and more than 200 people have died so far. it has been difficult to get a handle on the outbreak in part because relatives of some patients are refusing to allow medical staff to help the sick. i'm molette green at the live desk. back to you. >>> it is now 4:45. here at home, a maryland family is remembering a relative who recently died after travel to go liberia. nathaniel dennis tested negative for ebola and his family considers his death a mystery. the 24-year-old was visiting family when he suddenly started having seizures. he was in a coma for over a week in liberia, stuck in the quarantine. his family was raising money to bring him back to the u.s. when he died. >> we're all devastated. we tried as hard as we could. we'd like to bring his body back and give him a proper burial. >> last night the family hosted a fund-raiser and raised more than $10,000 to help pay for the funeral. >>> today lawyers will wrap up their case for a metro driver charged with assault while driving a woman to bowie. the woman claims he pulled hi

the president of sierra leone has declared a national emergency. doctors without borders are also warning that the epidemic is spiraling out of control. ar more, let's talk to reporter in liberia. we heard that the liberian government has shut down all of its schools in order to curtail the epidemic. just how bad is the situation there? , it has claimed about -- [indiscernible] it is raging. on wednesday, the government took actions by shutting down all schools in the country could the government is also placed nonessential staff working in the country on a 30-day leave. on friday -- [indiscernible] moved in.kers were several communities have been quarantined. -- recommendations from the ministry of health and social welfare. the government has ordered the cremation of all victims of the deadly ebola virus. >> thank you for that report from liberia. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution to sue president barack obama for allegedly exceeding his constitutional powers. supporters say the president had exceeded his powers when he de

. >> those three countries are liberia, guinea and sierra leone. the deaths topped 700 and the efforts to save two american healthcare workers. >> desperate efforts to save two american missionary healthcare workers in liberia now effected with ebola. an experimental serum has been given to nancy of north carolina. >> it's very serious and she's still fighting, as my dad told me. she's weak but working through it. >> dr. kent brantly of texas has received a blood transfusion from a 14-year-old boy who survived ebola and hopes life saving atlantic bodies were -- antibodies were produced. there's currently no vaccine or treatment for ebola. and they are taking drastic measures to contain the outbreak. liberia's president has closed schools and ordered government workers to stay home. sierra leone authorities going house to house looking for people exposed but whose families fear sending them to isolation centers. and they are evacuating thousands of volunteers from the effected countries. so far no cases in the u.s., however. >> i would not be surpri

liberia, guinea and sierra leone. know they are locking at how can west african countries come together to present the outbreak spreading. more than 400 people have died, there's a public health concern. you must remember that the west african border are porous. the way it spread is a concern. >> how much support are they receiving from international organizations. >> international organizations are here as well. different donors are present at the meeting. what the regional world health organization is calling for is a mobilization of resources because to tackle this they need to look at getting money in to prevent this thing from spreading. he's calling an african government and international governments to commit resources. because we don't know too much about the virus, research is key. what we need is more research on this virus, on the issues surrounding it to see what we can do in future to prevent this happening again. >> thank you for speaking with us. >>> the syrian government agreed last year to get rid of

workers have been told to stay home for 30 days and a public health awareness has been set for sierra leone. as dr. jon lapook reports, two peace corps workers are being closely watched. >> reporter: the peace corps said the two volunteers had contact with a person who later died from ebola. they have no symptoms and are currently isolated and under observation. 340 peace corps volunteers are being removed from sierra leone and new guinea out of an abun dance of caution. the outbreak has affected nearly 1,200 and killed nearly 700. >> almost certainly the numbers will increase in the coming days and they probably represent an underestimate of a true number of cases because there's a complete unreporting of most of the cases in most of the districts. >> it has an incubation period of up to 21 days so a person can become infected, feel perfectly fine, travel elsewhere, and then become sick and contagious. theoretically could the virus come over here to the united states? >> theoretically the virus could arrive in the united states. and one of the things we have done is remind our health care

. >>> at least one airline has suspended all of its flights to sierra leon and liberia. >> reporter:ife lost to ebola in west africa. it is already the worst-ever outbreak of the virus, even the fan -- man at the forefront to stop it has succumbed. he was hailed a hero for his work fighting ebola. on tuesday it killed him. experts where he worked fear they are losing the battle. >> translator: this is first time i have treated an ebola epidemic of this size. there are hundreds of deaths. we just can't control the epidemic, it's going in all directions, and we have few resources. >> highly infectious, and more often than not fatal, it is difficult to treat and there is no vaccine. it travels easily. since march there have been more than 1200 cases resulting in nearly 700 deaths. with extensive travel links between west africa and the world, there are fears as far afield as the united kingdom. a person incubating the virus may look well enough to get on a plane. >> the message i want to send out is by meeting to evaluate the evidence, we are acting early to make sure we put in place an

sierra leone declares emergency. >>> we'll get the top secret spot for the new movie as the crew arrives. >>> it seems this is a real problem jamie. >> only a couple of years ago it was the biggest maker of smart phones in the world. the latest results show it's lost magic and fifth of its pro profit. it's losing to apple on the cheap end too. >>> it's midday in london, 7:00 a.m. washington, 2:00 p.m. gaza where israel is pressing ahead with the military offensive despite condemnation from the united states of the rising number of civilian deaths n. the last few hours, benjamin netanyahu said israel is determined to complete the mission of destroying hamas border tunnels with or without a cease fire. today israel called up a further 16,000 reservist troops. air strikes and shelling continued overnight. this morning as well. the chief of israeli forces in gaza says they need a few more days to destroy the tunnels. so far 58 israelis have been killed. more than 1300 palestinians. yesterday 16 were killed in the shelling of a u.n. school where 3,000 had sought shelter. >> this school was su

she's been adopting a child from sierra leone.as been preparing for a potentially dangerous trip that se says is worth the risk. >> reporter: hoping for the best, but preparing for what will likely be a difficult journey. >> hand sanitizers. >> reporter: frightened that ebola may cause delays. natalie is traveling to free town, to be reunited with the 14-year-old boy she adopted months ago. she tells me during her first trip to sierra leone, she met him. >> do you get itchy, when you get built with a mosquito? >> reporter: she will likely need to travel to kenema, the boy's hometown. >> all of the source documents will come from kenema. >> but that's the epicenter of the outbreak. >> i feared they would delay it. >> reporter: the new mom has an appointment with officials thursday in sierra leone, she hopes to convince them to expedite the process. eager to be a family here in the bay area. >> anxious to get him here and have him start high school and get adjusted to life here. >> reporter: she received help from nancy pelosi, and

in liberia have been exposed to the disease, now blamed for 672 deaths there, and in guinea and sierra leone. the peace corps said it is pulling more than 300 volunteers out of those countries temporarily. dr. jon lapook has more on the worst ebola outbreak on record. >> reporter: the peace corps said the two volunteers had contact with a person who later died from ebola. they have no symptoms and are currently isolated and under observation. 340 peace corps volunteers are being removed from liberia, sierra leone, and guinea out of an abundance of caution. the outbreak has infected at least 1200 people and killed nearly 700. dr. stephen monroe of the cdc: >> almost certainly those numbers will increase in the coming days, and they probably represent an underestimate of the true number of cases because there's incomplete reporting of cases in most districts. >> reporter: the virus is spread through direct contact and has an incubation period of up to 21 days so a person could become infected, feel perfectly fine, travel elsewhere, then become sick and contagious. theoretically, could the viru

it then spread down into sierra leone, where it has killed 99 people.nd liberia has also seen 65 deaths. now, this makes it the biggest geographic spread for an ebola outbreak. there's no known cure, and up to 90% of people who contract it will die. the latest now from the conference in ghana. >> reporter: the main thing that needs to come out of this conference is getting together a strategic, coordinated, regional response to this crisis because up until now the country has affected sierra leone, liberia and guinea deal with this on a country-by-country basis and this is an attempt to bring together the region in africa to find ways to tackle this and preventing it from spreading further. it's precisely because it affects a number of countries. that's what makes this outbreak so unique, and the fact it's not just in the rural areas but also in the urban areas, too. of course, the close proximity of people in urban areas is a big concern the way that cities are densely populated and for fear it will make the virus spread further. in addition to that co

sierra leone has chaired a state of emergency. it is out of control. >> reporter: these are the measures that medics in liberia have to undertake before treating ebola patients. as ones must get close up, they are at risk of infection. now the fear of ebola spreading to the wider community forced the government to institute its own measures to protect the country. the president ordered the closure of all schools. a thorough cleaning process for all public buildings on friday, and one month compulsory leave for nonessential public staff. speaking at a briefing by the world health organisation last week, she emphasise how important it is for people to act responsibly. >> protect yourself. listen to the workers. abide which the rules. it is real. go out and carry the message to wherever you are. >> ebola is transmitted through infected bodily fluids if a person comes in close contact, they are at risk. >> the most efficient way it's transmitted is when people are taking care of people who are infected and are exposed to bodily fluids

khan from sierra leon fell ill least week. also claimed its first american life.ick sawyer became infected in liberia where he worked for the government, before traveling to nigeria, where he died. his journey further complicates the attempt to keep the virus spr spreading around the world. >> collapsed shortly after arriving at the airport in lay goes last week. the died on friday. now authorities are scrambling to identify other passengers who may have come in contact with him directly or indirectly. they say it is a long list. >> we are actually looking at contacts over 30,000 people. because any and everybody that's contacted this person is going to be treat as a suspect. >> on monday authorities shut down and quarantined the hospital where sawyer died. some staff have been put in isolation. algeria also put all ports of entry on red alert. >> states and federal government are up in arms to ensure the virus does not escape and no nigerian is infected with the virus. >> homes to some 21 million people are nervous and fears the virus could spread are growing. >>

in sierra leone we managed to do it in country in a mixed court with 60% of employees see air lyre -- sierra leonians. i mean, i think that you benefit by being as close as possible to the scene of the crime. the other thing we were able to do was an outreach program where every community in the country, even a country without television, without newspapers that print more than 500 issues, at the time it was done more than 90% of the people knew what the court was doing and thought it had been a force for peace and stability. we couldn't have done that if we'd been 1,000 miles away. now, when we moved taylor to the hague, we still tried to make up for it by having the outreach meetings, by showing the videos and we made up for it to a point, but better to be there and better to involve and seek the leadership of people within that country. the bosnia follow on court, the state court war crimes chamber i use as a model. nothing is perfect but with nation judges in sar yea hoe. it delivered judgments for genocide at 1/20 the cost of the judgments in the hague. of course, that kind of mo

today the world health organization said the ebola death toll in liberia, guinea, sierra leone and nigeria has hit 729. debora patta it in johannesburg. and tpeers part of the problem is the fear and misinformation surrounding ebola. >> reporter: we are talking about a region with conflicts. it is more terrifying than war. many parties won't go for treatment and refuse to go into isolation wards believing that is where people go to die. in some instances families have broken into treatment centers to free their relatives. there have been reports of health workers being attacked accused of bringing ebola into the country rather than trying to treat it. and, of course, it doesn't help that aid workers often wear full protective gear, which only adds to the fear. >> brown: and, debora, what are the governments of these countries doing? >> reporter: in sera leone security forces are going door to door looking for infected people and encouraging them to go for treatment. in liberia, ebola survivors are doing much the same thing trying to get the message across that going into an isolation ward

it is now, rather than just a liberian problem or a sierra leone problem, it is an international problem need all of the international help and assistance we can get. and the diagnosis is that it will get worse before it gets better. >> liberia's information minister added his government is considering quarantines in some areas and cremating bodies. >>> the ebola outbreak is centered in west africa. but authorities around the world are watching the epidemic very closely. >> reporter: this doctor saved more than 100 patients from ebola. but he became another victim of the virus on tuesday. hailed as a national hero in sierra leone, he is one of a number of health workers who died on the front line with the disease. concern over ebola is spreading even faster than the virus itself. >> obviously, this is a threat which we need to take seriously. >> reporter: this week, in england, a suspected case of ebola tested negative. but top british officials held an emergency meeting to talk about how to prepare for any potential cases. >> by meeting to look at the issues, to evaluate the evidence, w

neither is showing symptoms but they are withdrawing volunteers from liberia and sierra leone are pulling out. >> he told me that he wants everyone to understand that he knew when he went to liberia, that there were many diseases for which there are no cures. >> an american that died of ebola while working in liberia, he contracted it while caring for his sister there. >>> world news with diane sawyer will have more on ebola, and what officials are doing to keep it from spreading to the u.s. >>> a patient thief targeted a woman having dinner with friends in a kensington restaurant and it was all caught on tape. this is surveillance video from the tap bar and grill on north 2nd street, it was on july 19th when the suspect walked in and cased the area and chose a victim and then the man carefully grabbed her purse from the back of the chair and then waited another few minutes and stuffed the bag under his shirt and walked off. residents are warned to keep an eye out after a kitten tested positive for rabies, it was found at 70 and east mill road, 13 people and three cats an i dog are expose

kai smart was born in sierra leone. u.s.fficials will have to travel to authenticate the adoption. natalie says the trip may be a threat to our health but it's worth the risk. >>> a woman swims into the ocean to free a baby shark. >> how am i going to do that without him beating me. >> why she risk her life. >>> a billion dollars industry making money at your expense. companies are cramming charges on your phone bill that you didn't sign up for. >>> live pictures from los angeles where a pipe has burst sends thousands and thousands of gallons of water on the campus of ucla, new information on the pipe that broke. >>> ranging the heat and the humidity and the fog as we go into your bay area wednesday. if you're so tough, crack this thick slice of medium cheddar with your bare hand. i didn't say tough, i said hungry. if you're so hungry, eat this thick slice of medium cheddar with your bare mouth. tillamook cheese slices, tastes better because it's made better. at ikea, we don't just we design good mornings. little experiments

joining us from sierra leone is a spokesman for the world health organization. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> tarik, let me begin with you, what is the mood of the medical community in western africa relative to this outbreak? is there optimism about the ability to stem this? >> thank you very much for having me on your program. as you put in your introduction, we are seeing medical personnel being infected and just to put things in perspective since the beginning of the outbreak, we had about 100 medical personnel being infected in three countries and half of them died. so, this just shows how vulnerable health workers are and how much we need to train them properly and we need to have enough of them so they can do reasonable shifts and they can take care of infection and prevention and control measures. we are really working around the clock with the edministries of health and providing their expertise. you just mentioned, but others like doctors without borders and the red cross. we work really around the clo

evacuate 49 nonessential people out of liberria and peace corps trying to evacuate some out of sierra leon and new guiny. the peace corps said volunteers with no direct exposure with ebola do not need to be screened. we are advising returned volunteers to monitor their health for any potential symptoms. it is a matter for people who are not sick to get a flight out. for people who are sick, where would the mediva c allow to refuel. and where would they be treated once they return to the united states. apparently those arrangements are made but kept under wraps for now. to the best of my knowledge if dr. brantly and the nurse nancy come back to the united states, they would be the first human beings with ebola in the united states and so it is a sensitive issue. >> john roberts, absolutely. thank you. >> and a judge, president obama considered for the supreme court saying you have no second amendment rights beyond your own doorstep even for self defense. plus, there is this. a concerned citizen, prompting this city council to beef up security. and we'll tell you what he was complaining abou

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sheik humarr khan risked his life to tree dozens in sierra leone. ebola kills 60% of those who contract the virus and there is no vaccine. nearly 700 have died in four african nations during this rout break. the u.s. military is investigating a strange incident overseas. the body of a young stowe away was found sunday in a compartment near wheel well of an air force cargo plane. david martin is look into this. >> reporter: the body was found during a postflight inspection of a c-130 transport after returning to germanyrom africa. a young black male had lodged himself above the landing gear where he could not be seen during normal pre- and postflight checks. the grim discovery prompted this question of pentagon spokesman admiral john kirby. aren't these aircraft supposed to be guarded at all time? >> certainly that will all be part of the investigation, looking at security implications here for how a young man could get inside the wheel well of an air force aircraft. >> reporter: the flight originated in the african nation of senegal, flew east, stop

i mean, numbers now greater than in the former yugoslavia and in sierra leone. and in terms of the conduct of the government, of the assad government, a war against its own people beginning with shooting peaceful demonstrators today to the dropping of barrel bombs on civilian neighborhoods and over time to the torture and murder of thousands of people in state custody. of course, it's not just they that are doing the crimes there. they started that activity, and the vast majority are their responsibility. now we have other groups in the armed opposition committing other horrors. beheadings and hangings of the innocent in public view by groups like isis that have now spread their poison into iraq. so the challenge in my office, the challenge for all of us that believe in justice is, how do we take the lessons we've learned at these international tribunals, how do we fulfill the expectations of the victims and the survivors of what's happened in syria? there are different ways to do that, ways that we already are, ways that we already can affect the situation. the

this week, the brave physician treated more than 100 patients in sierra leone.ntined. fear has affected communities and some people believing that the epidemic say punishment for past sins while others have expressed fears that the white people were conducting on them. >> people are isolated they're afraid, they're scared. they're thinking that outsiders are bringing ebola to them instead of trying to help them bet rid of ebola. i think the key is community leaders and religious leaders and we're working very hard to convince them that they should collaborate with us. >> reporter: doctors without borders in guinea was attacked forcing the group to ban its mission. and the clinic had to be closed after those brandishing knives threatened to kilt worgs. after a man hospitalized died according to news agencies, he had collapsed shortly after arriving from liberia, doctors confirmed he tested positive for ebola. ebola is a fright things disease because it kills up to 90% of the people it affects. there is no vaccine. it transfers from humans from bodily fluids of th

. >> sierra leone's lead ebola physician has died. sierra leone is one of three nations in west africa along with liberia where hundreds of people have died from ebola. two americans in liberia have also tested positive for the disease. take we spoke with a doctor, the director for the division of global migration and guarantee at the cdc. he said not enough is being done to control the epidemic. >> this epidemic is not under control. the international community is fully engaged. who is assisting coordination with many non-governmental organizations and partners as well as cdc deploy teams. more needs to be done to get the epidemic under control. identifying cases early and make sure that contacts are on fever watch and not move and cross borders is a very critical aspect of the control of this epidemic. >> more than 700 people have died since the outbreak began. >>> coming you up on al jazeera america, we look at how bad the numbers are. and there is the latest photo op. so we're all set? yyyup. with xfinity internet your family can

a man died in nigeria, the first ebola death - guinea, liberia and sierra leone. >> he had travelled from liberia to lagos. two more americans, one a doctor, fell ill. they have deteriorated and the prognosis is poor. also tuesday, the leading doctor fighting the outbreak of sierra leone died from the virus after falling ill last week. >>> in washington d.c., house speaker john boehner ruled out a possibility of a house attempt to impeach president obama. >> we have no plans to impeach the president. no future plans. >> listen. it's all a scam started by democrats at the white house. >> the speaker says that talk of impeachment comes from democrats trying to raise money. reportedly raising $2 million after using impeachment as a fundraising tool. to be fair, former republican vice presidential candidate called for the president's impeachment. that is some of what is happening around the world. >>> coming up, child migrants make their case to congress in person. house. >> more than 1,000 nominated to terrorist watch lifts. jeremy on what you post could get you in trouble. >> and harme