Up Close: NYC Preparedness for Ebola
NEW YORK (WABC) -- This week, a look at the Ebola outbreak and how our area is preparing.
Enhanced Ebola screening is underway at JFK and Newark Airports, and hospitals are on high alert, some of them employing actors in simulation runs to make sure doctors and nurses are taking the proper precautions.
There is no confirmed case of Ebola anywhere in the Tri-state area, but concerns run high because we are a hub for international travel.
Joining us is Deputy Commissioner for Disease Control with the New York City Department of Health, Dr. Jay Varma.
Also, a grand jury is now hearing the case of Eric Garner, the 43-year old father who died when police tried to arrest him on Staten Island.
That arrest and what was later deemed a chokehold by the M.E., was all caught on camera.
And it reopened the floodgates for anyone with a cell phone camera to capture everything from routine police arrests to full blown acts of misconduct, in some cases misconduct that is quite shocking.
A national organization is now upping the number of people on the streets watching police.
It's called Cop Watch, and here in New YOrk City the organization says it exists to help New Yorkers document and expose unprofessional police behavior and hold the police accountable.
With us is Djibril Toure from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, who is a cop watcher, and Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, one of the founding fathers of Cop Watch.
Finally, it's that time of year again when Manhattan's Fifth Avenue turns green, white and red for the annual Columbus Day Parade, celebrating the proud Italian heritage.
35,000 marchers and nearly a million spectators will be lining the parade route.
The parade is presented by the Columbus Citizens Foundation, and once again, Channel 7 will cover it live.
With us is the foundation's president, Angelo Vivolo and this year's parade grand marshal, Frank Bisignano, chairman and chief executive officer of First Data Corporation.
