5 Things to Know This Morning
5 Things to Know This Morning
— -- Your look at the five biggest and most buzz-worthy stories of the morning.
1. Passenger Arriving at Newark Evaluated for Possible Ebola
A passenger who arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport from Brussels on United flight 998 Tuesday was being evaluated for possible symptoms of Ebola, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The passenger was taken by ambulance to University Hospital in Newark, N.J., which was designated as the facility for any passengers flagged by health screeners at the airport, the CDC said.
"During the enhanced screening process for individuals arriving to the United States from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, an individual was identified as reporting symptoms or having a potential exposure to Ebola," the CDC said in a statement Tuesday night. "The passenger is being transported to a local hospital for further evaluation."
2. Journalist Who Contracted Ebola Now Disease-Free
The freelance cameraman who contracted Ebola while working with NBC in Liberia is now disease free, he tweeted.
Ashoka Mukpo was transported from Liberia to the Nebraska Medical Center's biocontainment center on Oct. 6.
The medical center announced that he was free of the disease and would be released from the hospital on Wednesday.
3. Ben Bradlee, Top Washington Post Editor During Watergate, Dies at 93
Ben Bradlee, the legendary executive editor of the Washington Post during the Watergate era, has died, the newspaper reported on its website. He was 93 and died of natural causes.
A native of Boston, Bradlee began his career at the age of 20 in a grand fashion. He graduated from Harvard, got married to his first wife, Jean Saltonstall, and joined the U.S. Navy, serving in the South Pacific.
He went on to work for Newsweek, first in postwar Paris and then in Washington D.C., where he counted then-Senator John F. Kennedy as a friend. Bradlee was promoted to managing editor of the Washington Post in 1965 and rose through the ranks to become executive editor in 1968. It was a post Bradlee held until his retirement in 1991.
4. Bristol Palin Describes Moments That Led to Drunken Brawl
Bristol Palin said the drunken brawl involving her family at a house party last month was started when she was defending her younger sister, newly released audio reveals.
The eldest daughter of Sarah Palin is heard on the audio obtained by ABC News from the Anchorage Police Department sounding extremely upset as she describes the fight, and telling police that her “5-year-old [is] in the car!”
She can be heard telling an officer that her sister Willow, 20, came up to her while she was waiting in the family’s rented limo and told her an “old lady” came up to her and “pushed” her.
Bristol Palin told the police she responded, “Oh f****** hell no, no one is going to touch my sister.”
5. Meet Marlins Man, the 'Where’s Waldo?' of the Sports World
The fans in the front row, directly behind home plate at Tuesday’s World Series game wore blue in support of the Kansas City Royals. Blue caps and jackets. Royals T-shirts.
Mixed amid the blue was a fan wearing an orange Miami Marlins jersey and visor.
Another major sporting event, and another appearance by “Marlins Man,” Laurence Leavy.
