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here now is wolf blitzer tracing his roots to auschwitz. , see this is information about the rachel blitzer. >> that's my aunt. do you remember, by any chance, a family named blitzer? before we leave poland, we visit the only jewish cemetery still left in the town of auschwitz and i see a tombstone that says blitzer. i don't know if this woman was related to me. but i do what my father would have wanted. i say the special prayer for the dead, the kadish. [ speaking hebrew ] >> wolf blitzer joins me now and it's answer credible story and we will watch it in its entirety, of course tonight. we will get back to the moment in the cemetery for a moment. first, back up. cnn came to you, in the thick of covering a war overseas and they say to you, we want to trace your roots go back to where your parents or grand parents were from. initially, you were reluctant? >> reluck at that time. i'm an old school kind of journalist, i don't want to report on myself watchment to report on other people. when i got my first job at the rueters, they said, rememb

. >>> wolf blitzer is joining us.er king is going to talk about the khorasan threat even though there was an air strike. >> 47 tomahawk cruise missiles were launched at the leadership of the khorasan group and the leadership survived. each one of those tomahawk cruise missiles cost taxpayers $500,000. i'm trying to figure out what did the u.s. get for the $25 million? >> it's a great question but i'm guessing that peter king doesn't care about the expense of it. >> he cares about the expense. you've got some payout for it. apparently there wasn't much payout for that. >> once it hit them. wolf blitzer, that's in less than ten minutes. >>> in case you have not noticed, gas prices are really, really low. people out there wonder if this is all part of some big conspiracy, is this an attempt to stop isis? is president obama trying to sway the election? what is it? that's next. thlook what i got.p. oh my froot loops! [sniffs] let's do this? get up! get up! get up! get up! loop me! bring back the awesome... yeah! yeah! yeah

i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is cnn breaking news. a series of embarrassing incidents has now resigned after shocking security breaches that occurred on her own watch. julia pierson is out just days after an armed intruder made it deep inside the white house and after word that a man with a gun recently stood in an elevator right next to the president of the united states. we're also following the latest breaking news on ebola. the name of the patient diagnosed here in the united states has just been revealed. our correspondents, our analysts and newsmakers are all standing by with the very latest information. let's begin, though, with our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> julia pierson submitted her resignation to department of homeland security jay johnson earlier this afternoon and president obama called pierson to thank her for her many years of service and now the white house begins the process of finding a successor

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." please stay with cnn throughout the night for the late-breaking news on isis, on ebola and a whole lot more. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" tonight, breaking news, the dallas nurse with ebola, a friend telling me she wore a full hazmat suit while treating thomas eric duncan so how did she contact ebola? the cdc still doesn't know. >>> and plus officials say as million as 76 healthcare workers came into contact with duncan. and from my family's farm in maryland to a scottish island, in search of my roots. let's go "outfront," tonight. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. 76 more health care workers in dallas are being monitored for ebola. the cdc said that is the stunning number of people who may have come into contact with ebola patient thomas eric duncan. we are learning new details about the dallas nurse

i'm wolf blitzer in washington.once again want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. isis has released a new propaganda video, the militant terror group uses the british hostage john cantlie to talk about the battle for the city of kobani. kobani is a key city on the syrian-turkish border that has been a strike point between kurdish fighters and isis militants. it's also the city expecting the arrival of more kurdish peshmerga troops. nick paton walsh is there for us. >> reporter: after a week of bickering about how many peshmerga will come, we've seen media pictures showing this substantial convoy of hardware pulling out of erbil and moving towards the turkish border. if they go at a reasonable pace, they just might make it to the border at kobani about dawn tomorrow. that will be a very volatile time for them. isis has had plenty of opportunity to prepare for their crossing. this is surprisingly public, frankly, this mission. some of the peshmerga may fly in separately and perhaps join

i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. a nurse who was quarantined against her will is vowing to fight the latest attempt to isolate her. kaci hickox returned to maine on monday after being held in new jersey. but she says she won't comply with maine's efforts to try to quarantine her. this is what she said on abc's "good morning america." >> i remain really concerned by these mandatory quarantine policies from aid workers. i think we're just only adding to a stigmatization that's not based on science. if these restrictions are not removed from me, from the state of maine by tomorrow morning, thursday morning, i will go to court to obtain my freedom. >> representative tim murphy is the chairman of the house oversight and investigations committee. mr. chairman, thanks very much for joining us. what do you think of this nurse's refusal to comply with that quarantine order in the state of maine? >> i know there's a lot of different, confusing things coming out from governors, from the military, from the cdc and others about j

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> let's get right to the breaking news. gun fire echoes in the halls of parliament and a national war memorial. a soldier and gunman are now dead. lawmakers are in lockdown. schools and businesses have been closed in downtown ottawa until police can rule out the possibility of other assailants, all of this an hour's drive from the united states where the fbi has put out its field offerses, all of them on alert. our cresses, our analysts and newsmakers are standing by with complete coverage. let's begin with our chief national correspondent jim sciutto. he has the latest. >> tonight ottawa police say there are still other suspects they are looking for and police are going door to door on parliament hill to make sure the area, the equivalent of the u.s. capitol hill is safe. here's where the shootings took place. the first one here at the cenotaph memori

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn, breaking news. four people quarantined, up to 100 others being contacted by health officials right now as concern grows over the first case of ebola diagnosed in the united states. some dallas schools are being disinfected by people in haz-mat gear after it was revealed that thomas eric duncan came into contact with at least five children. and there are new allegations that duncan may have lied about his contact with ebola victims as he left liberia for the united states. we're covering all angles of the breaking news with our kron correspondents and our guests. martin savidge is at the hospital where duncan is being treated. what's the latest there, martin? >> reporter: authorities are indicating that there is no indication that the ebola disease has spread beyond the one patient being treated here and that's thomas duncan. they've expanded the number of people that they are talking to to about 100 and they are merely trying to see if t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, just days after the catastrophic launch failure of an unmanned rocket, virgin galactic's spaceshiptwo has crashed in a california desert, killing one, injuring another. it's the same spaceship that's supposed to take paying customers on brief rides into space. the former astronaut mark kelly is standing by with our correspondents, our analysts, our newsmakers and others. let's begin with cnn's tom foreman who has the latest. >> reporter: the ntsb and faa are investigating what happened at here and the catastrophic failure far up in the air. something went wrong in-flight. and that is a very big deal right now. ground control lost contact with the experimental spacecraft around 10:00 pacific time. the $500 million rocket-powered craft could seat six passengers. but during this test flight, only two pilots were on board. the spaceship is carried into flight beneath an airplane. that launch vehicle returned to the ground safely, but not

my colleague wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington, 8:00 p.m. in baghdad and wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we begin with breaking news on the ebola front. dallas nurse nina pham is now free of the virus. she's scheduled to meet with president obama at the white house at this hour. she spoke out a while ago at the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland. she spoke right after being discharged from the hospital. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. i feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today. i would first and foremost like to thank god, my family and friends. throughout this ordeal, i have put my trust in god and my medical team. i am on my way back to recovery even as i reflect on how many others have not been so fortunate. of course, i am so incredibly thankful for everyone involved in my care from the moment i became ill and was admitted to texas he texas hept presbyterian hospital texas and up to today, my discharge from nih. i'd like to personally

wolf blitzer. wolf i. blitzer. student council, secondary representative. club. humanities club. cantorial. advertising staff. marching band. national honor society. football jv. that was me. ♪ >> reporter: so after months of following my family tree, i'm right back where i started, my hometown. >> we watch you every day. >> reporter: it's a place where i grew up, where i went to college, where i met my wife lynn and where, well, i also learned a lot about eating good food. >> how can we not have -- we've got to have anderson's frozen custard. we're here, right? >> wolf, where are we going right now? >> ted's. enough said. >> what do you want on it? mustard, relish, ketchup, pickles. the cool people say everything you've got. >> would you like french fries? >> yes, we would. we'd like all of the above. >> it's amazing my parents, after all they went through, the losses that they went through, i never sensed the vindictiveness. you know, they wanted to move on. my dad when he died in 2009, he was 82 years old, he was always upbeat. whenever he would see me o

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, u.s. air strikes are slowly slowing down the brutal isis onslaught in kobani but now guess what? a major new development on the ground. reinforcements are finally on the way to the besieged border town. kurdish troops from iraq are bringing heavy weapons to their fellow kurds who battled for weeks to hold on against the terrorists. there are signs that isis may have a deadly new weapon of its own. poison gas. our correspondents and analysts and guests are standing by. let's begin with our chief national correspondent jim sciutto. >> there have been four alleged uses of chlorine gas by isis militants in the last several weeks. twice in iraq and twice in syria. the u.s. has not confirmed those reports but u.s. officials including secretary of state john kerry say this is an issue they take extremely seriously. these are victims of what may be another frightening weapon in isis' arsenal. iraqi troops rushed to the hospital after suffering what their commanders claim was a chlorine gas attack.

that's me, wolf blitzer. wolf i. udent council, secondary representative, concert band, debate club, german club, humanities club, advertising staff, marching band, football jv, that was me. so after months of following my family tree, i'm right back where i started, my hometown. it's a place where i grew up. where i went to college. where i met my life, lynn. and where, well, i also learned a lot about eating good food. we've got to have anderson's frozen custard. >> where are we going right now? >> ted's. what do you want on it? the cool people say, everything you got. >> would you like french fries? >> yes, we would like all of the above. you know, it's amazing, my parents, after all they went through, the losses that they went through, i never sensed a vindictiveness. they wanted to move on. my dad, when he died in 2002, he was 82 years old. he was always upbeat. whenever he would see me on television, they would always say the same thing, this is the revenge. this is the revenge to hiltltle and the nazis. i'm ver

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> amid new fears that jihadists are bringing troops back to their own country, fbi is asking that you help identify this man who is speaking english with a north american accent. >>> we're getting news about a u.s. teenager charged with trying to join isis overseas. a source saying an islamist terrorist plot may have been foiled in its earliest stages. that's as isis is on the move in the middle east and may be on the brink of a huge victory on the syrian/turkish border. our analysts and guests are standing by for full coverage. let's go to nic robertson. nic? >> they are acting in a more intereventionist way. they are interestingly and significantly armed police were involved in some of the arrest operations here in london and the center of london and west of london in the early hours of the morning. police continue to investigate premise and vehicles involved in those arrest operations. it is not normal for the british police to use armed officers wh

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's begin with the ebola epidemic that is spreading. so is the fear. as the white house convenes an urgent meeting on the deadly virus, an american cameraman who contracted the disease in liberia arrives in nebraska for treatment. federal authorities approve an experimental drug for the first patient to be diagnosed in this country, now in critical condition in a dallas hospital and fighting for his life. and we're also learning that a nursing assistant in spain is now the first person known to have contracted the disease outside of west africa during the current outbreak. anderson cooper has an interview with a quarantined partner of the dallas patient. our correspondents, analysts and newsmakers are all standing by. first to dallas, cnn's martin savidge has the very latest. martin? >> reporter: good evening, wolf. hospital officials a short while ago updated us on the condition of thomas duncan. he is described in critical condition. he had take

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> a chicago area teenager appearing in court today. mohammed hamzah kahn is accused of providing material support to a terrorist organization could get up to 15 years in prison. we're covering the latest developments in the ebola crisis. at this hour, we have our correspondents and our guests. let's begin with cnn's ted rowlands in chicago with the very latest. what happened in court? >> reporter: well, wolf, this was to be a detention hearing to find out if the 19-year-old would be free on bail if his trial proceeded. kahn will be held for ten days without bail and then will be back in court. his parents were in court standing behind him. his lawyer argues that this is all just political, that isis is not a threat and kahn has done nothing wrong. >> in my opinion's isis is not a threat to the united states. in a manner of weeks, isis has become the most dangerous group on the face of the earth because they beheaded a few people and very cleverly with

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're tracking several major developments in the ebola crisis. a nurse quarantined in new jersey after returning from west africa has now left the hospital. kaci hickox is free to go home to maine. but officials say she'll face further isolation there. ebola tests are due any time now on a 5-year-old hospitalized with a fever in new york city. he, too, had recently been in west africa. as several states act to monitor or isolate certain travelers from the so-called ebola hot zone, federal officials issue new ebola guidelines. our correspondents, analysts and newsmakers are standing by. let's begin with cnn's alexandra field who has the very latest. >> reporter: kaci hickox says her basic human rights were violated. she insists she never had signs of the ebola virus but was made to stay in isolation here at university hospital. then she threatened legal action and now is on her way home to maine. until hours ago, kaci hickox was under quarantine in l

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the powerful cruise missile attack that kicked off the u.s. campaign in syria did not, repeat, did not achieve its objective. new concerns that leaders of an al qaeda all-star group are continuing with plans to attack u.s. targets. meantime, u.s. air strikes and new reinforcements on the ground are causing big problems for isis in the syrian town of kobani. but the terrorist group is unleashing more atrocities in iraq. congressman peter king is standing by. let's begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara? >> wolf, a terrorist group that the u.s. says is an imminent threat and the problem right now, nobody knows where these terrorists are. >> reporter: these u.s. attacks apparently did not work. the first missile strikes in syria last month were supposed to stop one of the most deadly al qaeda affiliates, the khorasan group. al qaeda operatives the u.s. says are a direct threat. >> the intelligence reports indicate that the khorasan gr

>>> wolf blitzer is in new york but still "the situation room." wolf? >> isis showing off weapons it says it was air dropped. will they now be used against those they were meant to help. >>> he was held in north korea five months after leaving a bible in his hotel room. what whand about the fate of two other americans still being held in north korea? >>> missing student mystery, new details of what investigators looking for as they test remains found in the hannah graham search. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> following several fast-moving stories, video shows the terror group seized pallets of u.s. weapons and supplies air dropped into a town. and a jet lands in the north korean capital, picks up an american suddenly leased after months of detention much new ebola travel restrictions go into effect in a move to limit the spread of the deadly disease in this country and new details on how virginia investigators are testing remains found in the search for happnnah graham. let's begin with isis and our pentagon correspondent, barbara

i'm jake tapper and i turn you over to wolf blitzer. he is next door in "the situation room" approximate." wolf? >>> are russian hackers attacking the white house? i'll ask the state department spokeswoman marie harth. she was freed from isolation in new jersey, can she now get out of quarantine in her home in maine? >>> as prosecutors build their cases against jesse matthew, we'll hear from a former high school classmate and what went wrong? investigators looking into the rocket launch that ended in a shocking explosion. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> u.s. airstrikes have kept isis from overrunning a syrian border town. now the hard-pressed defenders are getting some help on the ground. a convoy of british fighters from iraq armed with heavy weapons are poised to enter kobani from turkey and dozens of syrian rebels have arrived bringing mortars and machine guns, but in iraq, isis is committing more atrocities and the terrorists are boasting of the slaughter of 45 iraqis after

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get to the breaking news. a dallas nurse has become the first person to contract the deadly ebola virus in the united states. she had what's being described as extensive contact with the liberian man who died of ebola last week in dallas. she became ill despite the fact that she was wearing protective gear. there's an urgent effort under way right now to try to find out what happened. president obama is under pressure to name a so-called ebola czar, has just huddled to top administration officials. and we're monitoring a situation at boston's logan airport where medical teams in hazmat gear have boarded on airliner which arrived from the middle east. dr. anthony fauci is standing by along with our correspondents, our analysts and our newsmakers. let's begin with cnn's victor blackwell who has the latest from dallas. >> reporter: cnn affiliate wfaa identifies this nurse as nina pham, 26 years old. hospital officials say she followed the protect

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news. new restrictions for health care workers who treated thomas eric duncan, the liberian man with the first case of ebola diagnosed here in the united states. state officials are asking dozens of staff at texas health presbyterian hospital to sign an agreement stating they'll avoid commercial travel and public gatherings for 21 days, that's the maximum incubation period of the ebola virus. and a top dallas health official who was at duncan's bedside is now being monitored himself for symptoms of ebola. we're covering all angles of the breaking news with our correspondents, our guests, including congressman peter king, a member of the house homeland security committee. let's begin with our aviation correspondent rene marsh. she has much more on the growing fear about possible exposure to the ebola virus. what's the latest? >> wolf, the cdc and frontier airlines are working the phones notifying hundreds of passengers on vin

i'm wolf blitzer.ation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> let's get right to the breaking news. a possible new case of ebola in texas. a sheriff's deputy, who was inside the apartment of the man first diagnosed in the united states. that deputy now showing signs and symptoms of ebola. the homeland security secretary jeh johnson is standing by. we'll speak with him live. he just met with president obama and other top officials. we'll get the latest from him. we have complete breaking news coverage with our correspondents and guests this hour. but first, let's go to elizabeth cohen, monitoring all the late breaking developments in dallas. elizabeth, what are you seeing and hearing? >> reporter: what we're hearing is that this concern about this sheriff's deputy who we're told was in the apartment when the orders were given for the family not to go anywhere. it's not clear if he had any contact with duncan. the state department of health said he didn't. so without direct contact, it's unclear how he

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're following the breaking news. a second texas nurse infected with ebola being moved from the dallas hospital that's background zero for the virus in the united states. we're awaiting the transfer of 26-year-old nina pham. she'll be flown by air ambulance to the isolation unit at the national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, right outside of washington, d.c., this comes a day after another infected nurse was transferred to atlanta's emory hospital. this is after health officials were grilled by lawmakers and admitted mistakes were made. we're covering the news from our key locations with our correspondents and guests, including house majority whip steve scalise who was part of the intense hearings. let's begin with cnn's ed lavandera. what is the latest there? >> reporter: we were waiting to see nina pham, who is going through the preparations of being transferred to maryland where she will continue her treatment there. officials in dallas

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i'm going to turn the mike over to wolf blitzer who starts right now. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington and 6:00 p.m. in london and midnight in hanoi. wherever you're watching from the around the world, thanks for joining us. we begin with the latest on the ebola crisis. earlier today, cnn's jake tapper broke the news that president obama will name an ebola czar. the white house insider ron klain will coordinate the entire federal response to the threat. the white house will hold a press conference this hour and we'll bring it to you live. >>> meanwhile, the fight against ebola needs to be an international fight, says secretary of state kerry. >> meeting this crisis is going to require that we draw on each other's collective experience. and our collective capacities. no one country, no individual group of nations is going to resolve this problem by themselves. this is going to take a collective global response, all hands on deck. that's the only way to get it done. >> all people who came into contact with the latest ebola patient amber vinson have been

wolf blitzer starts right after this. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer reporting. it's 1:00 p.m.ington and 9:00 p.m. in monrovia. wherever you're watching from, thanks for joining us. we just learned in the past hour or so that a person with possible, possible ebola-like symptoms has been emitted to a washington, d.c., area hospital. howard university hospital says the patient traveled to nigeria. since returning, the person has exhibited symptoms of ebola. the risk of ebola in this patient is considered very, very low but they are monitoring the situation. this patient is under quarantine, at least for the time being, under an abundance of caution. we received

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington and 5:00 p.m. in monrovia. wherever you're watching, thanks for joining us. let's begin with breaking news. the arrest of an american citizen for allegedly attempting to join isis. the 19-year-old from the chicago, illinois, area was arrested over the weekend and appeared in court this morning. let's get details and analysis. our justice reporter evan perez is here as well as our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. they've released a lot of information about this 19-year-old. his name is mohammed hamzah kahn. tw what do we know about him? >> the fbi showed up at his house, conducted a search and was able to get some documents, handwritten documents they say they believe was written by him or someone else in his -- in this conspiracy. >> documents in his apartment? >> in his apartment. in his parents' house. he lived with his parents, apparently. according to these documents, he was planning to join isil. he left a letter for his parents. it says, "my dear parents, there are a number of reasons i will be going

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i'm wolf blitzer.ion room." >>> escalating concern about ebola in the united states with a second texas nurse now diagnosed with the virus and the troubling revelation that she was on a commercial flight only hours before she was hospitalized in dallas. there are now growing concerns about texas health presbyterian hospital where the two nurses contracted ebola after caring for the liberian patient who died last week. the centers for disease control now saying the newly diagn

hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington, 2:00 a.m. saturday in pyongyang, north korea. wherever you are watching from around the recalled would, thank you for joining us. >>> this just coming in. we begin with new information in the battle against isis militants in iraq and we're getting word of a new pentagon plan to potentially send american military advisers into a very, very volatile region, the anbar province. leaders have been pleading for help to stop the relentless march of isis. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is with us and he's working his sources. what's going on? >> wolf, this would take them beyond the safe area of baghdad ander bi ander erbil to one of the most fierce fighting, including recently 400 sunni tribesmen challenging isis were killed in just two days this week. this would expand the train and assist mission beyond baghdad and and erbil of which isis controls now some 80%. the plan would still require the president's approval. senior u.s. military official tells me, quote, this will bette

. >> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we're monitoring this news conference in indiana where potentially there could be a serial killer right now apprehended by local police. at least one person suspected. maybe six others, seven other women. i want to listen in briefly. ashleigh banfield is standing by. let's listen in to the police chief answering some reporters' questions. >> mr. van is cooperating with us and that is all we have at the moment. it was just pointed out that only one of the victims had a is missing report out. >> does the state of indiana have an obligation to keep track of him? >> specifically -- he's not a h hammond resident. >> was he a resident of indiana? >> he was a gary resident. >> was he registered under the state of indiana? >> state of texas. >> did he have an obligation to be registered under the state of indiana? >> we have to work with the county on that. he doesn't live in hammond so my officers would not have been following him. >> can you tell us about his whereabouts? was he originally

i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we're expecting a news conference any moment now to update us on the breaking news in downtown ottawa. we can now confirm one gunman has been killed. one or more may still be on the loose. we also just learned that a canadian soldier has been killed. right now parliament hill in ottawa on lockdown as are other major areas including a major nearby shopping mall. ottawa university people are told to lock doors and turn out lights and draw blinds. an emergency situation on the steps of the war memorial in ottawa as well after a canadian soldier was shot by what a witness describes as a high powered rifle. we now know that soldier unfortunately has died. listen to what this witness saw. >> we have an honor guard of troops that stand guard at the memorial. i heard four shots. i turn around and ran and i saw one of those soldiers laying on the ground. >> how do you know this person was a soldier? >> there is a ceremon

i now turn you over to wolf blitzer. next door in "the situation room". >>> happening now, breaking news. [ shots fired ] >> chaos in canada. parliament on lockdown. the prime minister evacuated, after a soldier is killed while standing guard nearby. >>> city under siege, fear grips canada's capital after the shootings. offices, businesses and bridges sealed off and people ordered to should thor in place for at least one other possible shooter and the fbi now on alert. calls by isis for attacks on american targets lead to stepped up security on this side of the border. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> up next, breaking news. major questions about the man at the center of america's ebola scare. it is said he lied to board a plane. >> and i man who quit his job two weeks before coming to the u.s. what else do we know about thomas duncan. >> and his brother on how he is doing and the question of his arrival in america. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news on ebola in america. a massive system failure. thomas eric duncan, the first person with a confirmed case of ebola in the united states, answered no when filling out this passenger screening format the liberia airport. he had to answer a crucial question right here on the document. have you taken care of an ebola patient? mr. duncan checked no. the associated press has seen the very questionnaire he filled out before leaving liberia. they say he checked no. that answer is not true. cnn learned that he helped an ebola patient days before

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington and 5:00 p.m. in monrovia.g, thanks for joining us. let's begin with breaking news. the arrest of an american citizen for allegedly attempting to join isis. the 19-year-old from the chicago, illinois, area was arrested over the weekend and appeared in court this morning. let's get details and analysis. our justice reporter evan perez is here as well as our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. they've released aot

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i'm going to turn the mike over to wolf blitzer who starts right now. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer.ington and 6:00 p.m. in london and midnight in hanoi. wherever you're watching from the around the world, thanks for joining us. we begin with the latest on the ebola crisis. earlier today, cnn's jake tapper broke the news that president obama will name an ebola czar. the white house insider ron klain will coordinate the entire federal response to the threat. the white house will hold a

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 6:00 p.m. in rome. thanks for joining us. the white house today responding to lots of ebola questions and taking direct aim at mandatory quarantine orders in new york, new jersey and illinois. our white house correspondent michelle kosinski is standing by. i know there's a briefing about to begin, the white house press secretary will be answer reporter's questions. set the scene for us. tell us what's going on. >> reporter: it's going to be front and center in the briefing. this is going to be what everybody wants to ask about since there's been so much change in the last 24 hours. the white house has not weighed in again on what these six states are doing above and beyond what the cdc is doing in response to health care workers coming back and dealing with this situation at home now. the white house has said, they sort of said a lot in just a few words as happens sometimes. they'll letting the governors know that the white house has concerns, as the

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get to the breaking news.s become the first person to contract the deadly ebola virus

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> a canadian gunman shoots and kills a shoulder in ottawa. parliament is on lockdown still. the prime minister will speak live in the next hour. was this an act of isis. >>> plus the u.s. police and military on high alert after the attack. are americans also targets? a newly released autopsy result appear to black us police officer darren wilson's sorry about the ferguson shooting f. there is no indictment, will violence erupt? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. we know the game of the gunman. the likely shoot ser a canadian. michael zehaf-bibeau. born in 1982, 32 years old. he was a convert to islam. they are searching for additional suspects and at this moment parliament is still on lockdown in canada. the gunman walked up to a soldier shooting and killing him, standing guard at a war memorial in the center of the canada capital. there is dramatic video inside of the building as h

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, the dow with the biggest drop in more than a year after a roller coaster week on wall street. >>> and the family of the ebola patient thomas eric duncan speaks to "outfront" and tonight they are asking why a black patient died and white americans lived. >>> and more information on the virginia student hannah graham tonight. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" we are following two breaking news story. stocks plunge in the biggest selloff in a year and the family of ebola patience thomas eric duncan family says it is suspicious to us that all the white patients survived and this one black patient passed away. he wasn't given a chance. >>> but first the markets. the dow fell 3 # 35 points. paul hicky is the co-founder of the spoke investment group he's "outfront." you have been following this. this is reminiscent of the days on the new york stock ex change where you saw hu

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. 8:00 p.m.1:00 a.m. in hong kong. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we begin with a possible terror plot now disrupted

you can follow us on twitter, tweet me at wolf blitzer or tweet the show at cnn sit room. and join us tomorrow right here at the situation room or dvr the show so you don't miss a moment. thank you very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room," erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> ebola, how the system failed. why was the patient sent home after he h was feverish and just flown in from west africa. and plus he had direct contact with at least five children. what is their threat to them and their classmates. and the ebola patient co-workers, they talked just before he left for dallas. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront," the first ebola diagnosis in america. but perhaps most disturbing, new details about a texas hospital mistakes exposed the public to the deadly virus. the patient identified late today as the man you see here, thomas eric duncan is a 42-year-old man from liberia. he went to texas health presbyterian hospital on tuesday and he told hospital workers he had just arrived from liberia, the center of the

. >>> wolf blitzer is in new york but still "the situation room." wolf?s showing off weapons it says it was air dropped. will they now be used against those they were meant to help. >>> he was held in north korea five months after leaving a bible in his hotel room. what whand about the fate of two other americans still being held in north korea? >>> missing student mystery, new details of what investigators looking for as they test remains found in the hannah graham search. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. get you up to speed on ebola, the efforts to keep it from spreading here in the united states, indeed, around the world. a hazardous materials' team is in dallas, texas, and a company is now waiting to get the necessary permits to transport hazardous materials. four people have come into contact with the ebola patient and remain quarantined inside that apartment. in liberia, a freelance american cameraman working for nchl bc news has tested positive for ebola. ashoko mukpo is due to fly back to the united states on monday. eric duncan will need to be monitored for possible ebola symptoms, those words from the commissioner department of state health services. he says they are going to monitor 50 people to make sure they don't. the response of dallas health care officials should set off huge alarm bells around the world. workers at texas health presbyterian hospital gave them antibiotics and actually sent him home despite the symptoms. doctors were not aware that he travelled to liberia