early in the war, thomas scott, the vice president of the pennsylvania railroad, got invited to come to washington, d.c. and get the railroad situation in order. this guy knows how to run a railroad. trust me. he has the expertise. and he has the authority. assistant secretary of war. now, he didn't stay there too long. but he did some very important things. he got some stuff up and running that his successors prospered from, and he is the one who negotiated the rates with those civilian railroads. he went out to the guys he knew in civilian life and said, listen, jack. here's the way it is. if you cooperate with the war department whenever we want you to do something, you can make a fair amount of coin. if you don't cooperate, we're going to take you over. your call. and because he was one of them, they believed him and they listened to him. and for the rest the of the war the cooperation between the civilian railroads and the union war effort was really quite remarkable. now you need somebody to run this new u.s. military railroad thing that you stood up to operate trains behind th

thomas scott who had returned to civilian life came down from pennsylvania, and he administered the move as far as bridgeport, alabama. the most remarkable thing about this is that the movement began two days after it was first suggested. ask some of our military colleagues in the room how long it would take to plan the .ovement of 12,000 troops today it is a little longer than two days. these are clearly people who have the authority and the expertise to make things happen. the situation on the confederate side was significantly different. there was a man in charge of in the quartermaster office of the confederate war department. have been the president of the railroad, but he was more of a businessman than railroad operator. his expertise was ok. he held the rank of major, which is not going to carry a lot of clout in the war department. he had no staff. he really wasn't able to do a great deal. watley --sor, william this is the best shut the confederacy ever had, this guy. he was born in new hampshire. .e was a georgian by choice he had railroaded all over the country. when the war be

and it was the worst day of my life. >> you can see scott pelley's entire interview with thomas duncan's nurses online at cbsnews.com. >>> one of the teenagers wounded in friday's high school shooting north of seattle died overnight. she was one of four students wounded when a fellow student jaylen fryberg opened fire. another girl was killed and fryberg took his own life. she was 14 years other. two others remain in critical condition. one showed improvement. yesterday students and parents at marysville pilchuck high school gathered to remember the victims and a teacher ran toward the gunman and grabbed his arm. >> it happened within seconds. >> two of fryberg's victims were his cousins. his motive remains unknown. >>> prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the captain who let his ship capsize. the prosecution rested his case against the 68-year-old captain today. prosecutors are also seeking life sentences for three other crew members. >>> and the motive of the gunman who opened fire at the canadian parliament may be somewhat clearer this morning. michael zehaf-bibeau made a vid

scott, thomas, logan, mcpherson. what am i missing? you know, just one after the other, these were civil war generals. dupont. civil war generals -- seward was secretary of state. this all came about in the second half of the 19th century. finally, there was some money, and there was the commitment to washington of the capital to populate these circles and make them a thing of beauty. most of them are still a thing of beauty today. if you need a little bit of an upgrade. -- a few need a little bit of an upgrade. it was really in the 20th century that washington became the city that we know and love and appreciate today. there were several things that happened in the 20th century. probably all aware that george washington, when he left office, and again, we celebrate the fact that he left after two terms and declined the opportunity to turn his presidency into a new american monarchy, but he gave some good advice. he said, "no foreign entanglements. stay out of it. focus on business at home." by a large, most of the 19th century, that's

scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. thomas eric duncan died today in aitalas hospital, the first death from ebola in the united states. duncan, who was 42, was visiting from west africa where he caught the disease and where 3900 people have died of it. late today, a dallas county sheriff's deputy who had been in the apartment where duncan had stayed was admitted to a hospital. he has flu-like symptoms, could be anything, but ebola tests are being done. we have a team of correspondents covering this developing story. first we'll go to manuel bojorquez in dallas. >> reporter: this ambulance rushed the deputy to texas health presbyterian hospital this afternoon. he was brought here after seeking treatment at an urgent care center in the dallas suburb of frisco, where mark piland is the fire chief. >> this patient had reported that they initially had been in the apartment in the initial ebola patient in dallas and had some contact with family members. >> reporter: piland says the unidentified deputy is being evaluated out of an ab

your way next tonight, the the missed red flags what thomas duncan's medical records revealed about his first er visit. here now from new york is scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight, as the ebola death toll reaches a new milestone, there are new questions about the treatment thomas eric duncan got before he died in dallas. did the hospital miss a red flag? reports from manuel bojorquez and dr. jon lapook. vanita nair talks to the father of a child who died of enterovirus. >> reporter: did he show you any signs of illness? >> pelley: norah o'donnell on the young girl who won the nobel peace prize for standing up to the taliban. karma comes back to bite the c.e.o. of microsoft. anthony mason on the uproar over his comments on women and pay. and steve hartman "on the road" with marissa plank, just 24 and living in a retirement home. so what are you doing here? captioning sponsored by cbs

scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, i am jeff glor, the family of thomas eric duncan is about to leave quarantine. the family of amber vincent a nurse who got ebola from duncan just released their first extensive comments on what happened after she cared for him. vicente arenas is in dallas. >> reporter: there had been lots of mistakes made in treating thomas eric duncan at texas health presbyterian hospital, but nurse amber vinson says they weren't made by her. >> in a statement today her family said she has to fly back to dallas from cleveland a day early after hearing cleej had been diagnosed with ebola, officials told her that her concerns were unfounded, vincent reported her temperature three times before boarding her flight last sunday and was cleared to fly each time. the following day, vincent admitted herself to the hospital, vincent who is now being treated at emory university hospital in atlanta has hired prominent washington attorney billy martin. the cdc is monitoring about 400 people for ebola symptoms nationwide, they include duncan's fiance luis troll and her family, the last time

scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight, the first ebola death in the united states. the disease claims thomasric duncan. manuel bojorquez is in dallas. jeff pegues reports the u.s. will take the temperature of air travelers arriving from west africa. perspective on the fast-breaking ebola developments from dr. jon lapook. clarissa ward is inside syria with an american who has joined rebels linked to al qaeda. >> reporter: would you support a terrorist attack on the united states? >> pelley: and as the nfl owners' meeting tackles domestic violence today, elaine quijano talks to abusers who have been through court-ordered intervention. >> reporter: can an abuser be rehabilitated? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

thomas eric duncan before he died last week. now everyone that nurse came in contact with is at risk. scott feldman is in the abc 7 newsroom with the very latest on the investigation into how this could have happened. scott? >> yeah, that's what they're trying to figure out right now. in fact, the c.d.c. has a top team of people on the ground in dallas trying to figure out how this nurse was exposed while wearing all the protective gear, and, of course, what they need to do in the future to make sure that it does not continue to spread via those methods. that was the fail-safe system. it was, if you were protected, if you took precaution, there wouldn't be a spread. that's the big question. we are awaiting a presser right now from a doctor from the c.d.c. to explain where we are in that investigation and how to prevent any further spread. keep in mind, while they're calling this a breach of protocol, it sounds like there are a lot of question marks out there. some studies show one in 20 ebola patients are healthcare workers who are exposed trying to treat those. so that's going to be the bi

tell 60 minutes how they held the hand of the dying ebola patient thomas duncan because his family could not. here's a preview of scott pelley a's piece you'lle tonight on cbs-3. >> you said that before you put your protective gear on you gathered yourself together, what were you telling your self. >> i was very frightened, i was, and i just dried my tears, rolled down my sleeves so to speak and went on about my night. >> eric duncan came in the hospital september the 25th with the low grade fever and was sent home, but three days later he was back with the temperature of 103. nurse john mulligan treated duncan in his final hours, in intensive care. >> by the time, i saw him on october 1st, his nausea and vomiting had pretty much subsided that aspect of it was over. he had a rectal tube in place, he was so weak he could not get up to go anymore. that was to help contain all of tis very vicious body fluid that is we were dealing with. on the first day he didn't say much. you could look in his eyes and tell he just couldn't feel g we of him words of encourage. we let him know that we're here. whatever you need, let us k

scott. dozens of people may have been exposed. thises is thomas duncan's family members are ordered to stay home. that hospital, texas health presbyterian is in dallas. duncan came to the hospital last week and according to reports he told nurses he returned from west after from can't. they let him go with those antibiotics. we're watching a second scare in hawaii. that where another patient they say is isolated. according to a message in hospital staff, is showing symptoms they say are consistent with ebola. john roberts has been watching developments from atlanta where he joins us now. >> reporter: good morning to you. let me pick up on the hawaii patient for a second. out of abundance of caution, like some other patients that one has been isolated of the my contacts at centers for disease control don't believe that case will turn out to be the like the one in dallas. now to the dallas case, the dallas public health authorities are looking for as many as 100 people, 100 people who may have come in some sort of contact with thomas eric duncan fro

scott we're also learning that both the texas hospital and the family of the nurse who was infected there are talking tonight. the dallas hospital that treated thomas eric duncan for ebola apologized this morning that hospital issuing a letter saying that they made mistakes in duncan's case. now have just learned in the past few minutes that the family of amber vinson the nurse who was infected in dallas has just put out a statement saying "to be clear, in no way was amber careless prior to or after her exposure to mr. thomas eric duncan. she has not and would not knowingly expose herself or anyone else." we are expecting to see changes as soon as tomorrow. federal health officials say new protocols for health care workers treating ebola will include protective gear with no skin showing. that's important because there has been talk out there about the healthcare workers being venerable because part of their skin was showing. so that along with the defense department preparing a 30-person military quick strike team that includes 20 nurses and five infectious disease specialists. so we are expecting a lot of changes. a man is in the hospital tonight.

scott. that's right. we just got word from the hospital that thomas eric duncan, the patient from liberia diagnosed here in the united states last tuesday passed away this morning at 7:51 a.m. that is the message from the texas hospital where he was being treated. a lot of questions are arising about his treatment and about any delays in care he received. we have a timeline of when me arrived here in the youth and received care. he flew from liberia september 19th, arriving on september 209 in the u.s. he didn't have symptoms when he was flying. about four or five days later he started to feel ill and sought care at the hospital in dallas. it wasn't until sunday he was admitted and started to receive care for ebola. and then tuesday he was diagnosed. it wasn't until then the following saturday he began receiving treatment with an experimental drug brincidofovir made by chimerix so o lot of questions were raised why initially the delay. and why he was sent away with antibiotics at that time. and a lot of questions are raised whether the experimental drug was administered soon enough or would have helped at

scott. >> and i am heather childers in for jenna lee. the nurse became infected treating thomas eric duncan who died last week after traveling from liberia to visit family in texas. the hasmat crew cleaning outside of the apartment building of the nurse in dallas. the cvc director apologized for giving the impression that the nurse was to blame despite wearing protective gear. >> how is she doing today? >> hi, eric. the last report is that she is in stable condition. we received an update from the cvc director tom freeden said she is closely monitor in isolation. she was exposed to thomas eric duncan who died of ebola. and while the nurse wore the protective clear dr. frieden said it was a breach of protocol that caused the transmission and addressed that today. >> people on the front lines are protecting all of us. people on the front lines are fighting ebola. the enemy here is a virus. ebola. it is not a person or a country or place or hospital, it is a virus. it is a virus that is tough to fight. doctors say that it is the removal of the protective gear when workers can be mo

scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight, as the ebola death toll reaches a new milestone, there are new questions about the treatment thomas eric duncan got before he died in dallas. did the hospital miss a red flag? reports from manuel bojorquez and dr. jon lapook. vanita nair talks to the father of a child who died of enterovirus. >> reporter: did he show you any signs of illness? >> pelley: norah o'donnell on the young girl who won the nobel peace prize for standing up to the taliban. karma comes back to bite the c.e.o. of microsoft. anthony mason on the uproar over his comments on women and pay. and steve hartman "on the road" with marissa plank, just 24 and living in a retirement home. so what are you doing here? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the toll in the biggest outbreak of ebola that the world has ever known hit a new milestone today. the world health organization told us that more than 4,000 people have guyed in four west african nations, and one in the united states, thomas eric duncan, wednesday, in dallas. tonight, new documents raise st

scott. heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. national nurses union said that thomas duncan was left in an open area in the emergency room for hours and hours as other patients waited as well. this happened in texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. they said this, caregivers worked without enough protective gear and whole laundry list of other things. even the cdc said their actions were not aggressive enough and they will have a response team. nurse nina pham has been upgraded to good condition. she is the first health care worker diagnosed with ebola after treating thomas duncan. jon: ebola is high on the agenda at the white house. president obama conducting a videoconference with leaders around the world to discuss the response to ebola and also isis. the president leaves for campaign events in new jersey and connecticut. casey stiegel is on the top story. outside the hospital in dallas. casey? >> reporter: jon, let's walk you through all of this. when thomas eric duncan was first diagnosed with ebola here in texas in september the cdc got right out there an

scott. dozens of people may have been exposed. thises is thomasn's family members are ordered to stay home. that hospital, texas health presbyterian is in dallas. duncan came to the hospital last week and according to reports he told nurses he returned from west after from can't. they let him go with those antibiotics. we're watching a

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thomas eric duncan died after he was admitted to texas health presbyterian hospital. scotthat many of those nurses and their families were ostracized for simply doing their job. are any of you, all of you still self-monitoring for signs of infection? >> i am. >> you are? >> yes. >> you're still within the 21 day window? >> for mr. duncan, i'm past my 21-day period, but for nina p m pham. i'm still asymptomatic and my temperature has been rock solid. >> they're not ineffected until they actually become sick. member os testify medical staff must take their temperature twice a day and show the reading to a state health official. >> you know, i wonder after being through this prolonged traumatic event how has it affected you? >> my dentist wouldn't see me because i'm an e.r. nurse here and he said, well, i will see you if you can tell me you haven't had contact with any ebola patients. i said, you know where i work. that's all i can tell you. he said, maybe we need to reschedule for december. >> i had a pleasant but 15-minute long conversation with the medical services for my c

first eric shawn in today for jon scott for what is coming up in the second hour of "happening now." >> how are you, harris. as we reported today, thomasan has died. he was infected with ebola bringing it to dallas from liberia. several people he came into contact with remain under quarantine. question ares growing how easy to could be to transmit ebola. we'll have a live report from dallas and talk to an infectious disease doctor about this. control of the u.s. senate comes down to a few midterm races. iowa, north carolina and colorado. when it comes to voters what is really motivating them? plus we'll have the latest on the desperate fight for the syrian town of kobani. it intensifies today as isis tariffs close in. turkey's president predicts it will fall but what is turkey's role? really? violent kurdish protests leave at least 14 dead. all that at the top of the hour. >> eric, we'll see you then. thank you. >> it is one of the most iconic images of world war ii, the black and white photo of an american sailor kissing a nurse in times square. sexy and june lant but they were celebrating the end of the war as the entire nation and t

scott. heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. national nurses union said that thomast in an open area in the emergency room for hours and hours as other patients waited as well. this happened in texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. they said this, caregivers worked without enough

scott thuman is live with the latest developments >>. says it has its top team on the ground in dallas to monitor all the hospital workers that cared for the first patient, thomasuncan, who died wednesday. the concerns have been amped up because the nurse who has now ebola was wearg protective gear. >> we need to consider the possibility that there could be additional cases. nurse nina26 rolled pham, despite taking precautions, become infected? what she properly suited up? do health care workers the better equipment? topics today as president obama was briefed on efforts to stop the spread. worries amplified since it is no longer just about keeping it out of the u.s.. it is now here. onif you have a cut your skin, it can get indirectly. otherwise if it is on your skin, and you touch your eyes or mouth, it could get in. canvassing the neighborhood of the infected nurse. while they were monitoring 48 duncan context, there is a new chain, one close relation to pham and her dog as

scott. they are inside the dallas apartment after ignoring requests by authorities to stay home. they're monitoring them for any sign of the ebola virus. they're trying to determine how to handle thomas duncan's clothes and bedding safely. his sweaty towels and dirty sheets are still in the apartment where he stayed after he arrived from liberia. duncan is in isolation at texas health presbyterian hospital. he faces prosecution back home in liberia for allegedly lying about his exposure to ebola when he filled out those forms at the airport. new developments on this developing story. casey stiegel live at the hospital right now. hey, casey. >> reporter: hey, eric, good to see you. the regarding the cleaning, sanitizing of that apartment you were just speaking of, a couple of hiccups. first of all what to do with the family members who are quarantined inside of that tiny unit while it is scrubbed down properly. also the company that has been hired for the job apparently did not have the proper permits to transport the bio hazardous waste material like the patient's belongings. they're working to secure the permits as we speak. meantime the hospital now saying a computer software glitc

scott mcgrew. >> i'm kris sanchez. the second nurse had close contact with the ebola patient who died last week when he was most contagious. 75 other health care workers who had contact with thomas eric duncan are being monitored for symptoms and clearly, the urgency is growing. nbc's jay gray is live in dallas with the latest, and a lot of questions and a lot of shock, jay, that this woman got on a plane knowing that she had been exposed. >> reporter: hey, kris, scott, yeah, a lot of questions unanswered. you're right, a lot of people frustrated, shocked she would get on the plane, including officials with the cdc. a lot unfolding in this story. let's touch on what's happening right now. the second patient is in isolation here in dallas right now, but will travel at some point, we believe, today to emory university hospital in atlanta for treatment. that, of course, is where the first two americans diagnosed with the virus in west africa traveled to and were successfully treated. there is a third patient who's been unnamed that's still being treated at emory and now this patient is on the way, as well, so that's important to point out. secondly, as you guys have talked about, s

scott pelley." as we look back at the week that was, have a great enweekd. >> take it easy. >> ebola is a top national security priority. >> thomasod man and his death is raising questions whether more could have been done to prevent it. >> the only thing like it is aids. we have to work now sot tha this is not the world's next aids. >> before the passengers leave those countries, they'll get a second round of screening. >> the town of kobani has been under siege by isis for three weeks. >> if they seize that border town it could give isis greater access to smuggled weapons. >> only on cbs news we're learning from an amenrica and european now fighting. >> they're my brothers and sisters. who am i not to fight. >> will you fight back? >> of course i'll fight back. >> d-68. most victims are kids. >> it's turned to sadness and death. >> the investigators have learned more about the 31-year-old and his alleged plot. >> i can only describe his ti acons as pure ee vial. >> hong kong has asked the protesters to clear the sts.reet>> the study does say, the more we have to focus on talking to the car, the less we're focused on the road.>>

scott brown. and remember, follow us online, on facebook and on twitter. and ronan farrow with "ronan farrow daily." >>> starting with sad, breaking news. i was at the hospital in dallas just before thomashe first u.s. diagnosis of ebola died. i sat down with his family and they told me something interesting here they felt their uncle was being discriminated against. ♪ "here i am. rock you like a hurricane." ♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. less-expensive optionf than a traditional lawyer? at legalzoom you get personalized services for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzoom.com today for personalized, affordable legal protection. >>> it is 1:00 p.m. on the east coast, 10:00 a.m. on the west. a lot of news. here's what you need to know right now. first up, president obama heading over to the pentagon in just a couple of hours for a high stakes meeting on isis. all at the same time, a militant group is drawing one step closer to overtaking a key syrian border town. we'll have more on that in a couple of minutes. >>> first, thomas eric duncan, the first person ever diagnosed with ebola in the united states has died from the vir

scott, what he said? no? all right. we're going to get that. that's just -- thomas, ways tha the deal? editor and chief of "glamour," cindy levy. the new issue is on the women to watch in this year's election. i would actually add the women's issues to watch. because i'm beginning to think they're picking up steam. first of all, midterm elections, are they going to be a big year for women? >> there's not a record number of women running. this is not one of those great year of the women, which is a bit of a shame because we are stuck at 19 percent of congress being female and only 10% of this country's governors are female. the number of women who run has not increased. that's the bad news. the good news is we're seeing more young woman run. if you're going to be in congress, it takes a lot of time to assuccumulate the seniority be able to run committees so the earlier women can get in, the more leadership they're going to be able to accumulate. >> that's a great point. the rise of the poll cay the ca daughters. >> if you look at the kennedys, there's been a kennedy in congress every ye

scott. they are inside the dallas apartment after ignoring requests by authorities to stay home. they're monitoring them for any sign of the ebola virus. they're trying to determine how to handle thomasthes and bedding safely. his sweaty towels and dirty sh

scott. heather: i'm heather nauert, in for jenna lee. the cdc director thomas frieden will face a lot of tough questions in a house and energy commerce hearing. it begins about an hour from now. the hospital in dallas comes under more heavy criticism about its actions and nurses. after two of its nurses contracted ebola, nina pham and amber vinson they treated thomas duncan befor lastdecide week. we're learning that the city of dallas is ho emergency meeting later this afternoon to consider additional restrictions on health care workers who have treated ebola patients. this is major. >> duncan had just flown in from liberia. fy u.s. airports are screening passengers who come from west africa for fevers. those airports include new york's jfk, newark, washington dulles, chicago o'hare and atlanta. while fears are mounting, according to a "fox news poll," more than 2/3 of respondents are very or somewhat concerned about all of this. we have live team fox coverage. shannon bream at dulles international airport which began screening today. first to jonathan serrie a