he traveled to dallas, texas, to visit his girlfriend. "the new york times" says a few days before leaving monrovia he did have direct contact with a pregnant woman who was then suffering from ebola. that's just part of the ebola story unfolding right now. let's bring back our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. he's over at the cdc in atlanta. also our cnn money correspondent christina alesh she, more in new york, on more of the supply of what could be a promising ebola drug. the cdc is holding what's being described as a teleconference with reporters on this ebola case. what are you learninging so far? >> well, they're addressing some of these issues and making clear precisely what it means in terms of these hundred people who are being -- they want to find 100 people they think may have had some direct contact with mr. duncan. they're not saying that those people have had direct contact with mr. duncan for sure. only 12 people have actually been confirmed as having direct contact and those people are being monitored. but the

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, texas. our to the are with this health care worker. she is now being cared for and we understand she is clinically stable. please consider her care and the hospital that she is being cared for, so only information she and her family want released is released. the existence of the first case of ebola spread within the u.s.

, texas. we have spoken to passengers in the metropolitan washington airports authority today. passengers are understandably the newseven before was confirmed, that this passenger had come through here. ofing to stop any more cases ebola from coming here to the u.s., cdc officials are working with airports and hospitals nationwide, trying to ensure proper screening methods.

from dallas, texas, robbie is on the line, a republican. >> good morning. i was questioning the amenity wheelchair, if he got in trouble -- men in the wheelchair, if he got in trouble, i think he is running for governor or something. house down there

and ebola patient in dallas texas is under a new experimental drug. live in the newsroom with more, greta. confirmed that nurses assistant does have ebola. her early that her only symptom was -- her only symptom was a fever. >> freelance cameraman -- is back from liberia. in omaha nebraska and is now in a hospital. he may have contracted ebola while hoping to clear a car. >> we saw him from a distance. >> he is enormously relieved. it is still quite frightening. >> quite a contrast to the thomas duncan in dallas texas. they are increasingly frustrated by his worsening condition. officials got emergency fda approval and started treating duncan with an experimental drug, the third such drug to treat a bullet. >> hopefully his body will be able to fight this out. >> duncan is now in critical but unconscioustion, and on dialysis. nine family members are in quarantine. ebola at obama called national top security priority. dallas officials also announced they had finished cleaning his apartment. was an outcry of soiled sheets that was left on his bed for da

he died this morning from the ebola virus at the texas presbyterian hospital in dallas, texas. more on this story throughout the day. >>> the dreams of some deserving children, they were unveiled last night in delaware county. they were given cameras and asked to capture their dreams. now these photos that they took, they have been greeting cards as part of a pictures of hope program. money raised from the sale of the cards will benefit the druding center that helps the homeless. >>> this week's wednesday's child is a teen with a passion for sports. he is looking for a forever t family to make his dreams come true. jacqueline london introduced us to nasser. >> he loves boxing. we headed to the boxing gym to meet the champ. >> nice to meet you. how are you doing? everything good? >> yes, it is. >> he was a natural in the gym. >> he's a natural right here. take it to the next level. >> he picked up moves, got a tour of the facility and learned life lessons. >> you have to live a clean light. you have to work hard. you have to be disciplined. >> he is a funny teenager who loves pl

a patient in dallas, texas, remains then person diagnosissed with the virus here in the u.s. officials say he has taken a turn for the worse, fighting to stay alive, to quote them. we're get something of the first details on how ebola is ravaging his body. his eyes have turned blood red. the virus rioting blood vessels and tissues. he is too weak to sit up and can barely move his hand to visitors, and this just coming in. he is now getting an experimental drug. more on that coming up. a photojournalist freelancing for nbc news arrived at a hospital in nebraska for treatment. he came down with ebola while covering the epidemic. >> i begged him, please don't go, but there was nothing to do. he was determined. >> meantime, we have brand new video that you're seeing here from inside the epicenter of the crisis in west africa. this is the scene in library -- liberia right now. medical teams are faced with going door to door collecting corpses contagious with the vie rumps officials say the outbreak has killed nearly 500 people. far more sickened. cdc warns the total number of case

we're going to continue to monitor this news conference in dallas, texas. but we did get some pretty startling information from dr. mark lester who just told us that a nurse did ask this ebola patient if he had traveled recently. and the ebola patient did volunteer he just flew into texas from west africa, specifically from liberia. but unfortunately, unfortunately that information was not passed on to the others -- the other medical professionals who were dealing with this patient who determined he just had a low-grade fever and released him and let him go out there for two days. dr. sanjay gupta is with us. this sounds like there was a basic, major problem in communication between the nurse and others who were treating this specific patient. >> yeah, wolf, i don't know any other better way to put that. somebody messed up here. i will tell you that typically emergency rooms are very busy. you've heard that a lot over the last day or so in terms of what was going on there. but there is somebody usually in charge, somebody usually signs off on the final deci

es la informaciÓn que tengo desde dallas, texas. >> gracias, por la informaciÓn. tenemos mÁs noticias que nos llegan sobre el Ébola un paciente estÁ bajo observaciÓn en washington d.c. ante la posibilidad de que haya contraÍdo el virus fue admitida en el hospital howard de inmediato quedÓ aislada. un portavoz del centro mÉdico dijo que por privacidad aÚn no se revelarÁ el nombre del paciente. inventan un robot en texas que podÍa evitar la expansiÓn del Ébola y otras enfermedades virales cuenta con luces ultravioletas 25 ml veces mÁs potentes que la luz del sol. los diseÑadores del robo dicen que es capaz de de centrar el virus en menos de 5 minutos el equipo no se ha probado aÚn sobre el Ébola pero ha dado resultados para combatir otras enfermedades similares a ese virus vamos a informaciÓn de mÉxico. el ex-presidente del paÍs vicente fox pidiÓ que se respeten los derechos humanos del supuesto narcotraficante beltrÁn leiva detenido guanajuato. fox dijo que el capturado debe ser juzgado respetando los derechos humanos debido proceso jurÍdico a

desde dallas, texas, cÓmo han reaccionado los vecinos de duncan al hecho de que vayas personas hayan estado expuestas al virus. >> la angustia y el pÁnico se apodera en de la comunidad donde viviÓ temporalmente duncan convertido en el primer caso de bola de los ee.uu. vecinos se quejÓ de la falta de informaciÓn del tema dijo que encontrÓ un papel en la puerta de su apartamento pero no entendÍa lo que pasaba. >> yo me preguntÉ de qué se trate este papel vi muchas personas paradas es el primer boletÍn que recibirÁn los residentes del lugar donde se alojÓ duncan donde tuvo contacto con cinco niÑos que estÁn bajo estricta vigilancia segÚn indicÓ la administradora del complejo. >> nadie puede entrar al apartamento estÁn adentro y no pueden salir ni al portal un medio hermano de duncan dijo que tiene un hijo en el departamento custodiado. defendiÓ su pariente infectado del joven o de liberia que presentarÁ cargos por negar que tuvo contacto con personas infectadas de Ébola antes de salir del paÍs. >> Él fue examinado por médicos y se vino a los ee.uu. entre tanto auto

aÑade este mÉdico pediatra. >> es uno de diez casos registrados este aÑo en dallas, texas. >> seguir el instinto de madre, eso me hizo llevar mi hijo inmediatamente. >> brian estuvo internado por dos meses. pero hoy despuÉs de la entrevista con su mamÁ fue transportado a otro hospital que inicie terapia fÍsica. se espera que se recupere y vuelva a caminar en poco mÁs de un aÑo. >> la familia en el auto y la policÍa tienen versiones diferentes. sobre lo que se ve en este video. ♪ ♪ saldo trÁgico en la capital de venezuela. y se hizo la lez para tres cientÍficos que se llevaron el ♪ (gritos) >> ok, esto es lo que pasÓ una familia demandÓ a la policÍa de hammond en indiana por exceso de violencia acabamos de ver el video con alguien dentro del auto cuando un agente rompe escribiÓ con una pistola taser contra un pasajero. la policÍa dice que detuvo el auto porque no usaban el cinturÓn de seguridad y que el hombre se negÓ a salir del vehÍculo, los agentes dicen que el hombre muriÓ las manos y temieron por sus vidas. >> hoy balacera entre policÍas milicianos en vene

la segunda enfermera en contraer el virus del Ébola en un hospital de dallas, texas fue trasladada esta noche a la ciudad de atlanta para continuar con su tratamiento en una instituciÓn especializada. la joven de 29 aÑos alertÓ a los centros para el control y prevenciÓn de enfermedades cuando presentÓ sÍntomas. no obstante, asegura que la autorizaron a abordar un vuelo comercial al no registrar fiebre por encima de los 100.3 grados. blanca rosa vilches permanece fuera del hospital, blanco de las crÍticas por la falta de preparaciÓn para enfrentar la emergencia. >> ese segundo caso de infecciÓn por Ébola en dallas. amber estuvo en contacto directo con thomas duncan, el primer paciente que fue tratado en el hospital de dallas hasta su muerte la semana pasada. la enfermera de 26 aÑos, como el resto del equipo que lo atendiÓ, se tomaba la temperatura dos veces al dÍa y era monitoreada pero no estaba en cuarentena porque no presentaba ningÚn sÍntoma de haber contraÍdo el virus. por eso, se le permitiÓ viajar. segÚn la tripulaciÓn, no presentÓ sÍntomas de la enfermedad du

dallas, ft. worth texas, 4:00 p.m. thursday. this is the scene uprooting trees and roofs being torn off buildings downing power lines, no wonder that 140,000 electricity customers are still in the dark across the greater dallas/ft. worth area. even a state fair was halted temporarily on thursday afternoon as that squall line moved through and, again, like i already talked about temperatures dropped very quickly behind this front and dallas, texas, was not the only area feeling the effects. we had rainfall totals almost double what you would normally see in a month in only a period of 48 hours. take a look at kansas city and columbia, missouri. we have had upwards of 100 to 147 millimeters of rainfall so significant stuff. major cold front moving through and still have the possibility of severe weather tonight again dallas, texas, feeling the effects of that storm system, this is really starting to edge quickly away from memphis so going to start to retreat this chance of severe weather but look out for large hail and strong wind

en dallas, texas, blanca rosa bilches. >> los errores en el manejo del Ébola desde que liberiano duncan trajo el virus de África llevÓ a muchos preguntarse si el paÍs estÁ preparado para evitar una epidemia. el congreso pidiÓ explicaciones a expertos por las fallas de seguridad. hubo fuertes crÍticas republicanas. sin embargo los especialistas interrogados insisten que estados unidos tiene la receta para frenar la letal enfermedad. lourdes tiene el informe. >> bajo juramento bajo un comite los altos funcionarios de salud aseguran a la naciÓn que pueden controlar una epidemia a pesar de errores cometidos hasta ahora. (inglÉs) >> pero dijeron que no hay atajos para controlar, no es fÁcil. la primera enfermera contaminada desconocen cÓmo se contaminaron que cuidadon a duncan que muriÓ de Ébola. confirmÓ que en efecto consultó con el cdc antes de abordar a un avionÓ con fiebre. (inglÉs) >> la credibilidad del gobierno estÁ desapareciendo a la vez que el pÚblico puarde confianza cada dÍÁ por los errores de esta estrategia. insistieron en la respuesta de restringir los vue

congress is accustomed to doing that. >> i am a congressman from dallas, texas, of the united states of america. i'm here to speak for americans. >> jon: that sounds callous. [beep] y'all. [laughing] >> jon: again congressman, perhaps you were not listening. it was said that wouldn't protect americans. it would increase the raging epidemic in africa and make it harder to track them it would make it worst. oh, my god. you know what this worst? congress man is dealing with a fear that has gone airborne. perhaps he's right are there other regions suffering from medical out breaks? >> texas has the most number of uninsured americans in the country. more than 32,000 parents opted out of at least one vaccine. >> texas refused the medicare expansion. >> flu out break in texas. >> mays he will out break in texas. >> it thousand people in texas had whooping could of. >> it's a epidemic in texas. [laughing] >> jon: thr-rt, texas, here is the deal. we can build the border fence you have always wanted. we're just going to do it a little tparlgter hmm. trade in your old iphone and get a new iphon

la tensiÓn de gran parte del paÍs estÁ puesta sobre dallas, texas, en estos momentos. la primera victima detectada con el virus de Ébola estÁ luchando por su vida en la ciudad. la pregunta es cÓmo llegó el Ébola a los estados unidos. esto sabemos por el momento. el en hombre sale de liberia el 19 de septiembre despuÉs de hacer escalas aterrizÓ en dallas. el 20 de septiembre aparentemente ya infectado, pero sin padecer sintomas. lo que significa es que no fue contagioso para el resto de los pasajeros. bueno, los sintomas no se presentaron hasta el dÍa 24 con el riesgo de propagaciÓn del virus. el dÍa 26 el hombre llegÓ al hospital de texas, pero fue dado de alta porque mÉdicos pensaron que sus sintomas no eran inusuales. el martes 28 de septiembre retorna al centro mÉdico. y esta vez si es diagnosticado con el virus. pedro rojas con lo Último del primer caso de Ébola en los estados unidos. >> 5 niÑos y 7 adultos tuvieron contacto con el hombre convertido en el primer caso confirmado de Ébola en los estados unidos. >> fue hecha por el gobernador de texas

aÑade este mÉdico pediatra. >> es uno de diez casos registrados este aÑo en dallas, texas. >> seguir el instinto de madre, eso me hizo llevar mi hijo inmediatamente. >> brian estuvo internado por dos meses. pero hoy despuÉs de la entrevista con su mamÁ fue transportado a otro hospital que inicie terapia fÍsica. se espera que se recupere y vuelva a caminar en poco mÁs de un aÑo. >> la familia en el auto y la policÍa tienen versiones diferentes. sobre lo que se ve en este video. ♪ ♪ saldo trÁgico en la capital de venezuela. y se hizo la lez para tres cientÍficos que se llevaron el premio nobel de fÍsica. ♪ verde, verde, verde ♪ es tu hogar ♪ es tu ambiente ♪ la prueba de radón ♪ la salud la protege ♪ hazlo verde, verde, verde el vivir verde es asegurarse que el aire en su hogar es saludable para su familia. asegúrese de hacer una prueba de radón en su hogar. es fácil, para saber más, llame al... proteja la salud y el bienestar de su familia. haga la prueba de radón en su hogar. eso es vivir de manera saludable y verde. ♪ la prueba de radón ♪ la salud

. >> there's been one confirmed case, an ebola patient, as you know, in dallas, texas, here in the united states. and as you also know, there have been several major blunders by authorities in dallas that obviously have caused a lot of concern out there and there's a lot of questioning about whether or not the u.s. government knows what it is doing right now. here's the question, congressman. do you have confidence that local, state, and federal authorities are up to the job? >> well, i have confidence. that doesn't mean that -- it doesn't mean any kind of monitoring. it does. and it doesn't mean that mistakes aren't going to be made because invariably they will. yesterday i was on the phone with the usaid chief, rod chaw, and i think things are under control. i think these are things that are fluid, that we have to continue to monitor it each and every day and each and every hour and make sure that we are doing the right things because as we see with this patient in texas, he lied and there were other missteps as well. it's got to be monitored constantly each and every day and each and o

first, to dann cuellar in dallas, texas ground zero for the ebola investigation. dann? >> monica, it is certainly contrary to what federal health officials are advising, but it got a lot of attention here today. texas governor rick perry calling for a ban on air travellers from country with ebola except for the aide workers fighting the disease. >> based on recent and ongoing developments, i believe it is the right policy to ban air travel from countries that have been hit hardest by the ebola outbreak. >> texas governor rick perry concedes that mistakes were made after ebola was first discovered in his state. specifically pointing to the air travel of the dallas nurse, amber vinson. he says from the c.d.c. to the hospital it was indefensible that she flew from ohio to dallas after she said she had a low-great fever. and a carnival cruise with a health care worker on board who cared for duncan in isolation. they same the worker was put in isolation after contacted by the c.d.c. officials. and ordering health care workers treating thomas duncan before he died were told t

as i mentioned, i am here on the ground in dallas, texas tracking concern over ebola in america. facet of that today, reports from the obama administration that they are ramping up airport screenings and rz in. of the country's major airports. tom costello has that story for us. one thing i want to make clear, administration officials say they are stopping short of blocking flights, correct? >> i don't think that's going to happen. not in the short term. there is some political expediency -- or calls for that, i should say. so far the administration is not going along with that. in part because they want to ensure those flights continue because that's how they get people in and out and they get supplies in and out. you mentioned the cdc element of this and if they can put cdc on the four airports, chicago o'hare, newark, laguardia and l dulles. there may not be enough cdc personnel on the ground to do that. they are stretched already as a government agency. they've had the budget slashed over the last five to ten years. there's a practical issue to see if there's enough people ar

health officials say the man sought treatment at an er in dallas, texas on september 26 a but was not hospitalized or isolat uedil two's -- two days later. in that time, more than a dozen people came in contact with the man. officials are trying to track down every person who came in contact with the patient. >> we trace every step, every contact where he might have had direct physical contact with somebody and for each one of those contacts, we will monitor them for 21 days. >> the patient left the ebola hotspot of liberia on september 19, reportedly stopping in brussels and then arriving in dallas, texas the next day. doctors say he did not feel sick until four days after landing there. rebecca cooper will have more on the ebola scare coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> it was a dreary start to the day. the weather turned out to be pretty nice today. a little bit of sunshine. chief meteorologist doug hill has been watching that for us. >> at this moment, some sunshine. how do i know? i looked out the window. blue skies, a few clouds. 76 degrees. a light northeasterly breeze. rainfal

>>> breaking news now from dallas, texas. you're seeing pictures here from the texas presbyterian hospital where preparations are under way to bring nurse nina pham from dallas, texas, although you see people there holding posters. not sure what that's about. oh, posters telling her to get well soon. nina pham being transported from the hospital there in dallas to the national institutes of health where nefertiti jaquez is standing by live and will bring us that story live tonight at 1 1:00. for all of us at nbc 10, thank you for watching. for glenn "hurricane" schwartz, for all of us, i'm renee chenault-fattah. the news continues now with nbc nightly news with brian williams. president obama's meeting about the nation's bole la response. >>> on our broadcast tonight, on the move. first one nurse, now the other transferred away from the dallas hospital where they contracted ebola, as the head of the cdc answers tough questions about the string of errors that exposed them both. >>> the insider, a woman risking her job revealin

the virus seen in more than 40 states and linked to four deaths. 11 year old brian from dallas, texas was healthy and now can barely speak, unable to lift his right arm. he tested positive for an enterovirus virus. we don't know yet if it is the d68 strain. dr. banwell says we don't know yet if the children will regain their strength. >> i think the long-term outcome for these patients is still very much up in the air. >> prevention is key. >> hand washing, hand hygiene, using hand sanitizers when appropriate. not going to visit people who are sick with respiratory or other infections. the common sense things we want people to do every year. >> the three children here at the children's hospital are tested for enterovirus d68. we don't know when the results will be ready. across the country children with that sudden weakness, some tested positive for enterovirus d68, others did not. so there are still a lot of questions to be answered. reporting live in university service, ali gorman for channel 6 "action news." >> we will follow the enterovirus outbreaks on 6abc.com and alert you to a

. >>> and concern continues to grow over ebola and current focus is in dallas, texas. a nurse that cared for a man that died of ebola is now in the hospital herself with the disease. abc tahman bradley has the latest. >> this morning the first transmission of ebola, a nurse in her 20s who cared for dunkin contracted the disease. the hospital says the nurse was wearing full protective gear. face mask, two layers of gloves and shoe coversch the woman was exposed due to a breach of protocol at the hospital and may not be the only person. >> unfortunately it is possible in the coming days we'll see additional cases of ebola. >> the nurse started showing symptoms friday and drove herself to the hospital. this morning officials are retracing her steps trying to determine who she had contact with. one person as a precaution is placed in isolation. >> definitely it's scary being in dallas. when it's right here. >> those same hazmat crews that decontaminated dunkin's apartment is working on the nurses while officials spread word on person and phone. >> please be advised a healt

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the unidentified man is critical and is in isolation, at a hospital in dallas texas. cdc says the patient flew to the u.s. from the west african nation of liberia september 19th and began to have symptoms four or five days later. on september 20th he was an ad mythed to the hospital and now tested positive for the deadly disease. officials are tracking down those who were closest to him but do not believe anyone on the flight was sickened becausee bowl ace not contagious until the patient shows symptoms. >> bottom line here is that i have no doubt that we will control this importation or this case of ebola so it does not spread widely in this country. >> reporter: cdc is not sure how the patient contracted the disease. there is no cure for ebola only a experimental vaccine. so far ebola epidemic in west africa has killed more than 3,000 people. >>> happening today, philadelphia's new cigarette taxis now in effect. the $2 per pack taxis in addition to the state tax but only in philadelphia. the 45 million-dollar generate by the taxis already incorporated in the school

the ebola survivor, amber vinson, a nurse from dallas, texas, she is now out of the hospital. she was smiling. she gave a very emotional, beautiful statement with members of her family, including her grandparents there. dr. ribner surrounded by other physicians. lots of nurses, fellow nurses who were extremely happy at this relatively speedy recovery. there she is, amber vinson, our own chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, is on the phone. sanjay, you know emory university hospital well. i assume you know dr. ribner as well. what i learned -- he seemed to be indicating, sanjay, a new detail for me. i don't know if it's new for you. that aggressive treatment, including dialysis, ventilation, lung ventilation, if you will, that that could really make a huge difference in these patients. >> reporter: a very important point, wolf. i picked up on that same thing. you'll remember, wolf, not that long ago, dr. frieden sort of raised the concern that should patients who are sick with ebola have some of these aggressive procedures done at all. he was sort of wondering if they

and so we continue to watch those individuals very carefully. >> and that's the dallas, texas. that's a lot of people. talking points despises panic and irrational fear. but, thinking ahead, and taking precautions is simply responsible policy. time and again, the obama administration has failed to do that right now, former secretary of defense and cia chief leon panetta saying the president could have mitigated isis if he had only thought ahead and left some troops in iraq. we will be speaking with mr. panetta this coming tuesday. don't miss that that will be a very big interview. now, the ebola virus will eventually be controlled. i believe that but right now action is needed to make sure americans are protected. so let's get on it mr. president. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction, joining us from washington dr. mary schmidt who specializes in infectious diseases and a medical doctor who teaches at john hop medical university. where am i going wrong here dr. kerry. >> i think it sounds logical but in the context of other infections and threats, more p

visit angieslist.com today. >> the family of the ebola patient that died yesterday in a dallas, texas, hospital is raising important questions about how he was treated. the 42-year-old liberia man, wa misdiagnosed when he went to the hospital with ebola-like symptoms. joining us on the phone to talk about all of this is mr. duncan's half brother, willfred spa smallwood. what are you being told now about your brother's death. >> thank you so much. [ inaudible ] >> we're having trouble hearing you and understanding what you're saying. stand by for a moment. we'll continue this conversation and try to fix that audio as you and all of our viewers know liberia certainly has been very, very hard hit with the ebola epidemic in west africa. more than 2,000 people have died in that country alone. here's a special report now from the scene. >> reporter: blood spattered and limp, too weak to hold up his head. a nurse struggles under the weight of a desperately ill patient. the nurse agreeing to wear a camera of the bleak reality witnessed daily here at this government run stretreatment ce. today

and then, in the dallas texas case, unfortunately the person did have ebola but there have been a number of these real out ebola situations in various communities. and i think that it is... he was saying, that it is very important for us to think through how we will respond and are ready for that if we do have a patient in whom ebola is suspected or confirmed. so, the first thing that i am going to talk with all of you about is communication. and this really is i think of it as kind of aa three part strategy and what you see here on the slide is an accounting of what has happened so far. from our departments, so, cdc and also, the state department of public health have been pushing out increasing by detailed and comprehensive guidance about how to handle a potential ebola case and how to prepare and we have been sharing those as they become available. with medical providers and hospitals. we sent out a couple of health advisories to medical providers here in san francisco. one was sent out in early august and the other one was sent out at the end of last week. we are also in dialogue wit

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