please stay tuned. 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 thank dr. kent brantly for donating his plasma to me. as a nurse, i have a special appreciation for the care i've received from so many people, not just doctors and nurses but the entire support team. i believe in the power of prayer because i know so many people all over the world had been

praying for me. i do not know how i can ever thank you, everyone enough for their prayers and expressions of concern, hope and love. i join you in prayer now for the recovery of others, including my colleague and friend, amber vinson and dr. craig spencer. i hope people understand that this illness has been very stressful and challenging for me and my family. although i no longer have ebola, i know it will be a while before i have my strength back. so with gratitude and respect for everyone's concern, i ask for my privacy and for my family's privacy to be respected as a return to texas and try to get back to a normal life and reunite with my dog bentley. thank you, everyone. [ applause ] >> such a nice moment. i wanted to update you on the

condition of amber vinson, the other nurse. she's making good progress, according to doctors there. the latest tests show no virus in her blood but she's still in the hospital. no discharge date yet. dr. craig spencer is the other ebola patient. new york is dealing with it now, its first case of ebola. the cdc, centers for disease and control confirming that dr. spencer has the deadly virus, a test in new york confirmed it but a second test at the cdc reconfirmed it. right now dr. spencer is isolated at bellevue hospital center in manhattan in stable condition. it's one of eight hospitals, by the way, in the state of new york designated as part of the ebola-preparedness plan. dr. spencer works with the organization, doctors without borders. he had just returned to new york last week after spending time in guinea, in west africa, treating ebola patients. the new york city mayor told residents a while ago there was

no cause for concern, saying the city had been preparing for this. >> we have the finest public health system not only in this country but in the world. it's been developed over decades. it's ready for extraordinary challenges and it is proving it as we speak. we are fully prepared to handle ebola. >> the new york city mayor bill de blasio. there is deep concern in new york right now as the city copies with this, its first diagnosed case of ebola. the remarkable news that the dallas nurse nina pham has been cured of the deadly virus and is out of the hospital at this hour. she's she's been invited to meet with president obama in the oval office. let's bring in our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joining us on the phone from san francisco. also joining from new york, an

enf infectious disease specialist. sanjay, let me get your reaction to nina pham. you saw her there with dr. anthony fauci at nih. a very happy young lady thanking god, the doctors, the nurses for their help. she's headed over to the oval office. the president, sanjay, has invited her to come over. the president must be pretty convinced it's over for this young nurse. >> that's a good point, wolf. a woman who just recovered from ebola shaking hands with the president of the united states is a very important moment and i think it's going to serve as a reminder that she's not going to spra transmit the virus. this teaches us important things. what we've heard about ebola in the past is that, you know, nine out of ten people have died in previous outbreaks in central and west africa but now we know here in the united states, you know, people who are getting --

diagnosed early, getting even just supportive care, meaning fluids, blood transfusions if necessary, experimental medications, it's a very good track record. dr. brantly, nancy writebol, ashoko mukpo, it's going to be important in going forward. and i think the idea that there was no secondary infections, you know, these are the contacts of mr. duncan outside of the hospital did not get infected. we're starting to get a better picture of what ebola may look like in the united states and frankly, wolf, i think people should be comforted by what they are seeing and hearing here. >> doctor, there's a confirmed case of dr. craig spencer. he's in new york at bellevue hospital not far from where you are right now and confident that

they can treat him excellently there. does it make sense to move him to nih in bethesda, maryland, as nina pham was transferred to bethesda? >> this hospital requires isolation for the last 100-plus years. they have a tuberculosis unit, which is an airborne disease. they have a tremendous amount of experience with and with the s.w.a.t. team that's going to be arriving, i think they are more than well-equipped to manage dr. spencer. >> you agree, sanjay? >> i think so. and i think the idea that something we've talked about before, wolf, patients have been cared for in remote forested areas of africa by doctors without borders for decades and other organizations in the past. it goes to show, this can be

done, even with limited resource. so the idea of a hospital of any sort, resources like any other hospitals in the united states have, should be able to do this and it's true. dallas did not inspire a lot of confidence in that regard and i don't think that every hospital should be sort of painted with that same brush. now i think most hospitals can both contain and offer the treatment that we know can possibly work for ebola. >> well, we know that treatment at nih is excellent and it's one of the selected places in the country as emory university, nebraska, a hospital in montana. let's hope that bellevue can get the job done in new york. those are the four specifically designed treatment centers around the united states geographically in various parts of the country. dr. gounder, a simple question. dr. craig spencer came back from guinea, from west africa. he was feeling fine, no symptoms. he was beginning to feel a little sluggish, we're told, but took a subway and went bowling.

so a lot of people in new york and elsewhere are wondering, is there any danger at the bowling alley, any danger of catching ebola from the bowling ball or from the subway? give us your analysis. >> just to be clear, there's no risk from going to the bowling alley, from holding the same bowling ball, from sitting in the same seat on the subway. ebola, again, is transmitted through direct contact with a sick person with ebola or with their body fluids and the sluggishness, he could have been jet lagged. maybe it wasn't really a sign of ebola. the other thing we know -- and this is actually why patients who have been exposed to ebola need to remain in quarantine for 21 days is the virus does not show up immediately. if you were to test somebody early on, you can't find the virus. and so even in the very early stages of having symptoms, as did dr. spencer in the last couple of days, the amount of

virus in his body is very minimal and you would really need a blood exposure that early on to be contagious. >> the white house press secretary josh earnest is speaking about nina pham. let's listen in. >> what can you tell us about the federal government's response to the diagnosis of an ebola patient in new york city? >> i can tell you a couple things about that. we certainly are pleased that so much of the planning that has been done in recent days has proved to be very useful. as you know, there are -- as earlier this week, medical professionals conducted a training for health care workers at the jabbet center in new york to make sure they had all of the training they needed to understand what was necessary to treat an ebola patient in a way that was safe for them and for

the broader community. that certainly looks like prudent planning in hindsight. the other thing that has been under way, the president designated five airports where individuals who were traveling from west africa could enter the country and we were able to use the appropriate resources to apply an additional layer of screening for those individuals who traveled recently in west africa. state and local officials identified hospitals in the same region of each of these airports where patients who are sick could be directed. so bellevue hospital in new york was the hospital identified as hospitals who or were passengers detected with a higher fever or otherwise sick would be sent as they are coming off the airplane. so bellevue is a place where

significant planning had already been done to ensure that protocols were in place to treat ebola patients. i understand that bellevue had been designated both by the state and the city as one of eight medical facilities in the state of new york to treat ebola patients. so a lot of training and planning went into that. in fact, i also understand that when dr. spencer was admitted to bellevue hospital yesterday, there happened to be a team of cdc experts already at the hospital evaluating that hospital and making sure that they were up to the needed standards to treat an ebola patient. consistent with the order that the president gave last week for cdc to organize a s.w.a.t. team of cdc experts to rapidly deploy to a hospital where an ebola patient had identified. i'm told that this s.w.a.t. team arrived last night, the same evening that this individual was a confirmed ebola patient. we had experts on the ground in new york working side-by-side

with hospital administrators and health care professionals to ensure that the protocols were in place so that this individual could get a high-quality treatment and that that treatment could bed a m adminis to properly. >> you talk about bellevue being one of these designated hospitals to treat ebola. would you like every state to designate hospitals, particularly to treat ebola? >> well, this, i think, is an indication of the solid preparation put in place by state and local officials. governor cuomo and mayor de blasio deserves a lot of credit to ensure that new york is prepared to deal with a situation like this. we value the working relationship between federal officials and medical experts in the federal government and state and local officials across the country. that, working relationship has been important and it will

continue to be important as we deal with the situation. so far, what we have worked with state officials to do is to ensure, as i mentioned earlier, that hospitals are in the region, in the same region as the airports where individuals traveling from west africa are arriving from this country, that those hospitals are prepared and have the training and information and equipment that they need to receive patients that may test positive for ebola. so that is the kind of detailed planning that's been done. what you've also seen is the cdc offer up strength and guidance to public health officials all across the country to give them guidance about what they should do to treat an ebola patient. that all said, we continue to believe to this day that -- and when i say "we," -- our medical experts believe that a

widespread ebola outbreak continues to be exceedingly low. >> there he is, the white house press secretary josh earnest. once again ending that little statement with an upbeat analysis that the chances of a widespread ebola outbreak in the united states, exceedingly low. a quick question to you, dr. gupta, before i let you go. that 21-day period, lately i've been hearing all sorts of conflicting reports, that 21-day period during which you either get ebola or you don't get ebola, some are saying there's a certain percentage of people with ebola that showed the symptoms, got ebola after 21 days. i assume you've heard some of those reports? >> i've read the study, wolf. it came out of drexler university. i've asked some of the experts about this as well. first of all, you know, up until this year, there have been a very small number of people who have even been studying this, just a couple thousand people in central and west africa.

some of the 21-day science is based on some of the earlier outbreaks. so i think that's where it was thrown into question. but when we ask people, are we comfortable with the 21-day period, the answer i'm getting back is yes, we're comfortable with that. people may be told to continue to monitor their temperature for a period of time afterwards but they are not considered to be at risk and most people went on to say if they are going to develop symptoms, develop it within 8 to 10 or 12 days and that's what we've seen as well with the vast majority. you cast a wide net. you never say anything is 100% but they seem to be standing by the 21 days of being a good barometer of catching anybody who will develop symptoms. >> dr. sanjay gupta and celine gounder, thanks to you as well. still ahead, a hatchet attack in new york prompting warnings. plus, she's firing up the

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in the week but officials tell cnn there are now no known links between the attacker and jihadist. our alexandra field is monitoring the situation. what are you learning? >> look, wolf, authorities have spent the last day trying to determine whether or not this could be a lone wolf type of attack. when you look at isis, which has called for people, sympathizers in the west to attack men and women in uniform, it's a question worth asking but right now authorities are saying, look, they have gone through this person's history, they don't see any links to radical islamic groups and don't believe any radical groups motivated this attack. what possessed zale thompson to take this action and attack four police officers. authorities have been looking at his online profiles and it's tough to say what motivates this kind of attack. we know that authorities are

being looking into his history and he has a criminal record in california. he was discharged from the navy and authorities are talking to people who know zale thompson to understand why he unleashed this kind of attack. when you see those images, just a brutal and horrific kind of attack. >> they saw passage from the koran, a profile picture of someone carrying a mask and rifle and some material that led them to believe that they needed to investigate that there were radical ties. they are saying that they don't believe what motivated these attacks but when you see this material online, when you realize the context of the attacks, it's something that authorities do look at. we're talking about four rookie police officers who were standing together. they simply posed for a photograph. it's very clear that the officers did not provoke an

attack in any way which is why it's unnecessary to find the answer to what provoked this kind of attack. >> if i want to be precise on this, they don't see any direct link with jihadists but are they ruling out the notion that he might have been inspired by some of these radical websites? >> they are not telling us that they believe that there's a direct correlation but i don't think you can rule it out at this point. nobody is saying, you know, authoritatively that you can rule out what was in this man's motivation. if he had seen other attacks or whether it was an anti-white sentiment or the police trying to pinpoint the two officers who were not struck by the acts were able to use the service weapons, fire on the suspect and kill him. they cannot talk to the suspect directly. what they can do is talk to people who know him and trying

to understand if it's something that articulated in any way why he would plan something like this. in the meantime, law enforcement officers are being told to be on alert and be aware of the possibility of lone wolf attacks and people acting of their own accord. >> i suspect we're going to learn something a lot more in the coming days. i think this investigation is only just beginning. when we get more information, let us know. thanks very, very much. up next, the ebola response, a new case in new york city is putting more importance on a congressional hearing here in washington. i'll speak to one of the committee members to get her take on what is being done. carol maloney is standing by live. ♪ music

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this one in new york city. the hearing focused on the response in west africa, the so-called hot zone. joining me is carol maloney. congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us. are hospitals around the united states prepared or is there more work that needs to be done? >> there's always work that can be done. in new york when we got the first ebola patient, our professional teams responded. they didn't make any mistakes. they did everything right, based on what we know. we learned from dallas, he came into the country ten days ago, he was immediately picked up by cdc and the minute his temperature he temperature escalated, he was picked up by specially trained people. he was taken to bellevue, which

was degr was a designated hospital as ready to treat ebola. >> so you're confident they got the job done at bellevue? >> i'm very proud of the medical team at bellevue. >> what did you learn today that still raises concerns for you? >> first and foremost, how do we protect the american people? that's what everyone is looking at. there is a feeling of a professional, let's keep it in africa and not spread to other nations. >> how do you do that? >> that's one of the reasons we have 3,000 military personnel leaving for the region to work in that area. but the general testified that they are making people wait ten days before they come back to america. >> these are not just liberians or -- africans but americans working there? >> exactly. right. and the questioning was, why not have monitoring in those areas

before they come back -- >> for 21 days? >> for the 21 days. and he testified that it was impossible to have a quarantine in an infected area. would it be possible? i think there needs to be answers in that direction, how we can prevent it from coming into our country. a ban the professionals believe would be very bad. >> because there are plenty of colleagues who say, just have a travel ban for the time being and don't let anyone come back to the united states who have been in the three west african countries. >> the medical experts believe that would cause more danger as they figure out how to go to other places, figure out how to lie and get in. they want to be able to monitor absolutely everyone who comes from these danger zones into america. but the question is, why can't you quarantine over there before coming back to america? do you have to quarantine in america? i think we have the best medical team in the world. they are looking at these questions and i look forward to

seeing what the experts have to say. >> do you think someone -- let's say they are not going to quarantine people for 21 days before they leave for liberia, for example, and they can fly to new york's kennedy airport if they want to. when they get to the united states, should there be a 21-day period where they are either self-quarantined or deliberately quarantined by state or local or federal authorities? >> well, right now they are self-quarantined. >> not this doctor in brooklyn. >> well, he was supposed to be self-quarantining. they will monitor everyone who comes into america for 21 days. it will begin on monday when everyone who has been in the danger zone will be monitored for 21 days. >> are you confident that this is going to be resolved, worked out or are there going to be more and more cases of ebola in the united states? >> i feel that no one knows what is going to happen. we need to be prepared and we were prepared in new york and as it evolves we will react to what

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welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. let's get a quick check of some of the top stories we're monitoring right now. doctors have declared the dallas nurse nina pham clear of the ebola virus. she's getting a hug of anthony fauci of nih. she was released from the hospital and is getting ready to meet at this hour with president obama at the oval office. he's invited her to come on over. the cdc has confirmed that new york doctor craig spencer does, in fact, have ebola. the first ebola case in new york returned from guinea a week ago. he was there treating ebola patients. right now dr. spencer is isolated at bellevue hospital center in manhattan and in stable condition. also in new york, there's no known link between a hatchet-wielding attacker and

isis. zale thompson hit with the hatchet two officers. one is in critical but stable condition. in canada, we're seeing new video of the attack in ottawa. you can see the gunman michael zehaf-bibeau. they are looking at links with islamic radicalists here in the united states. and this is a live picture of the procession honoring nathan cirillo. the highway of heroes, you can see the name on the road. ottawa put border agents on alert. the indiana republican senator dan coates is joining us. thank you for joining us. what do we need to know? the lessons learned from what happened this week in canada that could impact the united states? >> well, i think we need to

really look at the border security that we have. one is terrorists crossing the border to harm americans or kill americans and the other is ebola which can come across the border as we have just seen here. border security becomes ever more important and we need to assess what we do now in light of the two new threats that escalat escalated. the isis recruitment threat as well as the health care threat. >> is there a connection, based on what you heard, between what happened in canada, somebody uses their car and drives over two canadian soldiers, kills one of them and then on wednesday another guy kills a soldier at the war memorial in ottawa, both of them apparently were inspired, at the minimum, by islamic radicals? >> no direct connection that we know of so far. we're still investigating and looking into that. on the other hand, there seems to be just an explosion here of

attacks. whether they are self-motivated, people angry and frustrated, against authorities, whatever it is, isis is, of course, is motivating this through internet and social media. the recruiting and motivating people to take these attacks. and i think it's sort of building here in terms of somebody in their dorm room or a basement saying, i'm going to go out and do this because i get all of this notoriety or i'm so angry i could die for this cause or whatever. i think it's something that we have to take very seriously. >> have you gotten any word on this guy with a hatchet in new york who went over four police officers at a subway in queens and obviously severely injured two of them? >> not yet. another lone wolf attack and they are also part of a threat that americans face, very

difficult to track down and anticipate. we have good ways and means of trying to identify terrorists' planned attacks but coming out of nowhere, no one knows about this, one-on-one, it may be motivated by the social media, may be motivated by youtube pictures of beheadings and so forth but it's a threat to americans as much as terrorists. >> and you see these incidents out there and other crazy people, for whatever reason, may think they have to do this as well. i assume that the enforcement is just as aware. >> we're a free country and we don't need to hide in our homes and not get up and go to work and go to school and the ball games and so forth and so on. i think we take a lesson from

this. we're all in this together. it shouldn't be politicized. these are two major threats to america and to the world and we all need to work together. >> i know you want to tighten border security, especially in the south along the u.s./mexican border. but what do you want to do about canada? >> a great partner. we've worked together on so many things. i think we sit down together now and say, what more can we do? cooperation is essential with our countries around the world in terms of the visa waiver program. >> not just canada, 20 or 30 countries. >> that's 20 or 30 countries and that has major negative consequences for business and travel and so forth. but we're facing a real threat here. two real major threats and i think we have to look at alternatives and snuff this out before it gets away from us. >> right now, i think these 20

or 30 countries in europe, you don't need a visa to could. to the united states. what you're saying is maybe the u.s. should require and go to the embassy to get a visa from france or britain or netherlands or something like that? >> getting someone in front of a counselor officer where they can ask more questions rather than giving somebody a free pass has major negative economic consequences. but it may be needed, at least may need to look at how we can tighten this and how we direct it towards counterterrorism and counter ebola. >> do you think it's time for that? >> we're nearing that, yes. >> u.s. travelers who want to go over there and go to their embassy and consulates as well. >> we have to go over this very, very aggressively and snuff it out before it gets out of control. still to come, islamic state militant ts m militants may be wrapping up

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john kerry could not confirm the reports today but said that the u.s. is closely looking into those reports. >> but i can tell you that we take these allegations very, very seriously. and particularly, the most recent allegations about the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon. chlorine by itself is not on the chemical weapons' list, therefore, was not among those things removed under the agreement we reached with the russians and the syrian regime. but when mixed in certain ways and used in certain ways, it can become a chemical weapon that is prohibited under the chemical weapons' agreement. >> let's bring in ben wedeman. he's joining us from baghdad. ben, what are you learning about these allegations? >> reporter: well, we understand this incident took place 50 miles north of baghdad.

it took place last month. this is an area where sunni tribesmen have been fighting against isis pretty much since early in the summer. now, according to these reports, 11 soldiers were taken to a nearby hospital showing signs of inhalation of chlorine. they were released the following morning so they weren't severely injured in this attack but we understand that right before the attack took place, just a few days before the attack took place, isis fighters took over a local water purification plant where, of course, chlorine is used. it's used in swimming pools, water purification plants and elsewhere. and that may be the source of the chlorine in this incident. chlorine, wolf, is sort of the poor man's chemical weapon. it's very easy to rig an ied and just sort of around it, cover it

with chlorine and it explodes and can cover a fairly wide area. it's not necessarily quite as effective as, for instance, mustard gas which iraq used in the iran/iraq war. but it's something that is easily put together, easily rigged and there have been other anecdotal accounts of similar bombs being used by isis and going back to the time when the americans were here in iraq, that some of the insurgents used them as well. wolf? >> as you well know, the allegations are that the syrian regime of president bashar al assad, his troops, even though they had given up supposedly their chemical weapons stockpiles, they were still using chlorine gas against their rebel opponents. is that right? >> reporter: not necessarily chlorine gas but chlorine in the way that it's being used here. it's very easy to obtain and

chlorine in and of itself is not on the list of prohibited chemical weapons. it's not considered in and of itself a chemical weapon. but, yes, it's been used before and it's something that isis certainly wouldn't hesitate to use in the syrian regime given its track record wouldn't hesitate either. and as the secretary said, it's not part of that list of much more dangerous, highly developed chemical weapons that have been used here in iraq and allegedly in syria as well. wolf? >> let's not forget in syria, 200,000 people have been killed in this civil war that's been going on. 200,000 people killed and many, many -- hundreds of thousands, maybe millions refugees in jordan, turkey and elsewhere in the region. ben wedeman reporting live from baghdad. less than two weeks to go

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political powerhouses have been on the campaign trail with midterm elections less than two weeks away. the former secretary of state, hillary clinton, just appeared at an event in boston to back up the democratic gubernatorial candidate martha coakley. also there, another democrat who's been firing up the base,

massachusetts senator elizabeth warren has emerged as a party star with a very populist message. our chief political analyst gohr ya borger looks at what warren brings to the table. >> reporter: she's a democrat in demand on the campaign trail. >> bid about making sure nobody steals your purse on main street or your pension on wall street. that's what we believe. >> reporter: rallying the party base in states where the president and his dismal approval rating are not welcome. as in colorado with endangered senator mark udall. >> you, mark, me, all of us, that's how we're going to build the future. we do this together. >> reporter: senator warren is an unusual washington phenom. a combination of loyal soldier and inside agitator. a party star who takes on her own party. >> what the democrats have to do is be willing to stand up and

fight. >> have they not been? >> i just think we could use a little more of that. i think we could use a little more of standing up and saying this is what bid about. and i'm willing to do it. >> reporter: she's willing, all right, and always has been. complicating her relationship with president obama whom she manages to praise just before slinging arrows his way. >> if president barack obama had not been in the white house we would haven't a consumer protection bureau today. this is an agency that has forced the biggest banks in this country to return more than $4 billion directly to people they cheated. and that's been in just three years. >> but i hear a "but" coming. >> of course there's a "but" coming because there's another half to this. he also chose an economic team and when the going got tough, the economic team chose wall street. they protected wall street over american families.

and that's just something that i think is fundamentally wrong. >> you've also said in the past that hillary clinton is somebody who has like wise protected wall street. do you think she's still too close to wall street? >> i have said i worry about everyone who is close too close to wall street. when i describe what this race is about -- and bid about who does government work for, i worry everywhere. >> reporter: on the road, she comes across loud and clear. >> when conservatives talk about opportunity, they mean opportunity for the rich to get richer and the powerful to get more power. >> reporter: she's become the liberals' anti-hillary and the republicans' poster child for big government run amuck.

>> barack obama squared his shoulders and stood firm. >> reporter: there are some who say you energize republicans just as much as you energize democrats because you're left wing liberal populist. >> whoa, wait, wait, because believe we should have higher wage and women should access birth control and this the united states government shouldn't be making tens of billions in profits off the backs of our kids on student loans? because i believe social security shouldn't be privatized? that's what i believe in, that's what i'm throughout fighting for i. >> reporter: does that have an appeal in a red state? >> you bet. it has an appeal anywhere there are working people. >> reporter: she says that's the winning democratic agenda for this year and beyond. >> and you think if hillary clinton's the nominee she can make that case? >> what i care about right now what we're focused on in 2014. >> that's not a yes. >> this is the key election,

2014. it's right in front of us and we shouldn't take our eye off the ball. >> reporter: but i didn't get a yes or no to that. >> i just want to be clear, this is about the 2014 race. >> reporter: she is determined not to look beyond and while her supporters want the 2016 door open, warren just wants everyone to stop talking about it. really. stop. so why not think about running? >> i'm not running for president. i am not running for president. i am not running for president. >> reporter: but if hillary didn't run you might give it a shot? >> i am not running for president. >> reporter: but she is on the run -- to her next state, 15 in all -- campaigning for democrats at least for now. gloria borger, cnn, denver, colorado. >> good report, gloria, thanks very much. this important programming note. make sure to tune in later tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern.

cnn will air the debate i hosted between the two u.s. senate candidates from new hampshire, senator jean shaheen, former senator scott brown. a very, very feisty debate on ebola, on isis, on all sorts of important issues. it's a close race in new hampshire. it could shift the balance of power in the united states senate. the debate airs tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. before i go, i want to recognize some four legged heroes, the secret service is raised for stopping the white house fence jumper. there's jordan and hurricane jordan -- hurricane is the tan you can do, jordan is the black dog. both were treated for bruises after the wednesday night incident at the white house. i want to thank jordan and hurricane for doing an excellent job protecting the white house, protecting the american people. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'll be back later today, 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation

room. lots of news going on. we'll have the latest on what's going on in new york city, that confirmed case of ebola, also that hatchet attack on that subway station in queens. until then, thanks for watching. newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. great to be with you on this friday, i'm brooke baldwin. another health worker in america has tested positive for ebola, another is declared free of this virus entirely here. just moments ago, one of the dallas nurses who was infected hugged the president and we have the photo to show it. here they are. nice little embrace in what appears to be the oval office here. of course, nina pham, she was in that hospital in maryland just a week after being transported from the hospital in dallas. we are getting these new photos