By CNN's Tracey Webb
Get your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, October 22, 2014.
1. Canada shootings. Canadian police are investigating three shootings that occurred across Ottawa. The first took place at the National War Memorial, where the gunman killed a soldier. The other shootings occurred near the Rideau Centre and inside the Canadian Parliament building, which is on lockdown. The gunman who opened fire in Parliament was shot dead by the legislature's Sergeant-at-Arms, Kevin Vickers. Assistant Police Commissioner Gilles Michaud described the incidents as a "dynamic and unfolding situation" and urged Canadians to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to police. Today's attacks come just three days after a man who Canadian authorities say was "radicalized" was shot to death in Quebec after hitting two Canadian soldiers with his car, killing one of them.
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, October 16, 2014.
1. Ebola hearing on the Hill. The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was grilled by members of Congress about the response to Ebola cases in the United States. Many lawmakers expressed concern about how the CDC is handling a limited outbreak of the virus. Amber Vinson, the second Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse to contract Ebola, said she was cleared by someone at the CDC to board a flight from Cleveland to Dallas earlier this week after she called to report that she had a fever and had previous contact with an Ebola patient. "I have not reviewed exactly what was said but she did contact our agency and she did board the plane," Dr. Thomas Frieden told the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Frieden has said that Vinson should not have been allowed to take a commercial flight. Vinson is being treated at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital.
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, October 15, 2014.
1. Ebola in the U.S. A second nurse at Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has contracted Ebola. Amber Vinson, who helped care for Ebola patient Thomas Duncan when he was most infectious, also took a flight from Cleveland to Dallas one day before she was diagnosed as having the virus. Vinson is being transferred to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital, which has successfully treated two other Ebola patients. Meanwhile the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking speak with all passengers who were on Vinson's flight, Frontier Airlines Flight 1143. The first nurse who contracted Ebola has been identified as Nina Pham. She also cared for Duncan and is in improving condition, according to Texas Health Presbyterian.
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, October 10, 2014.
1. Ebola. The World Health Organization says 4,033 deaths can now be attributed to the virus. The WHO says 233 of the victims are health workers. Starting this weekend, five major U.S. airports will begin screening passengers arriving from three West African nations that are the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak.
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Get your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, October 9, 2014.
1. Ebola. The United States is stepping up efforts to prevent an outbreak of the virus in America. The Obama administration announced five U.S. airports will begin screening passengers arriving from Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Ebola has taken a severe toll on all four West African countries. The new screenings will be conducted at New York's JFK and LaGuardia airports, Chicago's O'Hare, Washington, D.C.'s Dulles and Atlanta's Hartsfield airports. Great Britain says it is also beefing up its screening of passengers arriving at London's two airports. Meanwhile, the family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola at a Dallas hospital Wednesday, is questioning his treatment. They want to know why he was not immediately administered an experimental drug that has shown promise in fighting the virus.
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Get your daily scoop of what we're watching October 8, 2014
1. Ebola in America. The first person diagnosed with the virus in the U.S. has died. Thomas Eric Duncan arrived in America from Liberia in mid-September. Although some members of his family are now isolated and being monitored, they so far have shown now symptoms of Ebola. In announcing Duncan's death, the Dallas hospital where he is being treated, said in a statement "Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease Ebola. He fought courageously in this battle. Our professionals, the doctors and nurses in this unit, as well as the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital community are grieving his passing. We have offered family our condolences and support at this difficult time.
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Get your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, October 1, 2014
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Get your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, September 25, 2014
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, September 4, 2014.
1. NATO Summit. A two-day meeting of the alliance is underway in Wales. On the agenda: the ISIS threat, the crisis in Ukraine and dealing with a post-war Afghanistan. President Obama is under intense pressure domestically for a strong U.S. response to ISIS. In a joint op-ed in the Times of London, Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to fight the terrorist group. "If terrorist think we will weaken in the face of their treats they could not be more wrong. Countries like Britain and America will not be cowed by barbaric killers," the two men wrote.
By CNN's Tracey Webb
Your daily scoop of what State of the Union is watching today, September 3, 2014.
1. ISIS. U.S. intelligence officials are examining the terrorist group's latest execution video. They are trying to determine where and when it was shot and whether the man seen beheading American Steven Sotloff is the same person who murdered U.S. photojournalist James Foley. ISIS says the executions of Sotloff and Foley were in retaliation for the ongoing U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. President Obama said Wednesday the United States would not be intimidated by the jihadist group, while Vice President Biden vowed that the U.S. would pursue ISIS "to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice."