an experimental medicine and transported back to the united states for treatment. we're also expecting to learn more about a third american aid worker who has been diagnosed with ebola in liberia. the unidentity doctor worked for the same north carolina-based mission group as writebol and worked in the same hospital as the other american who was infected and survived. dr. kent brantly. brantly has been living in seclusion with his family. an exclusive interview with nbc matt lauer. brantly is talking about his near death experience with the virus, according to the world health organization, has killed more than half the people infected during the outbreak. >> my experience with ebola, you know, i was looking at it than a different lens because i had taken care of so many patients

and watched their progression. i don't think they ever said, kent, i think you're about to die. but i felt like i was about to die. >> start this morning with nbc gabe goout year residence. what do we know about the third american aid worker who has been diagnosed with ebola? >> hi. good morning. we know the latest american missionary to be diagnosed with ebola is in an isolation unit in lee beer ya. we understand he was treating pregnant women in a separate facility. he's said to be doing well and is in good spirits. but we expect to learn more in the next few minutes as representatives from sim, the organization he works for are

expected to speak to reporters in charlotte in the next few minutes. >> amy, this new patient, a doctor not treating ebola patients was in fact treating pregnant women in a separate facility. what did tuesday tell you about how the virus is spreading now. >> it's a little too early to know. while he wasn't treating any known ebola patient, it is possible maybe he was treating somebody that didn't know they had ebola. maybe somebody who had minor symptoms or no symptoms at all. we don't currently know the full range of ebola symptoms. maybe it's possible one of them had mild ebola. it's possible he had contact with the other physician who contracted ebola or that he had contact maybe with somebody in an emergency room setting. until we know information, until we have more information it's hard to know what it means that the point. >> gabe, do we know at this

point whether we can expect the new patient, the third patient, will be flown back here to the united states like the other two americans who have now recovered? >> we don't know that information yet, craig. what we're waiting for is for nancy writebol and her husband david to come out and speak to reporters. it's been a wonderful story. the couple that have been married more than 40 years and been through so much. nancy writebol and her husband david will come out here and speak to reporters. they're not expected to take any questions. right after that, officials will be out here to take questions. so we're expecting that to happen any moment now. we understand they're coming out right now. let's listen in. >> looks like they're wayi in-- waiting for your cue. let's listen in. >> good morning, everybody.

i'm media relations coordinator for sim usa. i would like to welcome everybody to the press conference. it could be a subsequent press conference of this afternoon at 2:30. we have originally planned to do this one but we had new news yesterday, which we were compelled to have a secondary press conference to talk about that as well. but this is, first and foremost about the writebols, about nancy writebol. we want to do justice to -- this is the first time the world has, you know, seen her outside of emery and heard her. we want to make this a special time for them. what we're going to do is this portion of the press conference we're going to db it's going to be all about them. bruce johnson, the president of sim will have a statement, and

david writebol will follow with a statement and we'll hear from nancy herself. there will not be any questions or answers during the period. there will be no one on one interviews with the writebols after this press conference unless they've been previously arranged. again, the second press conference -- excuse me, after the writebols have spoken, we're going to talk to you a little bit more about the secondary issues and the missionary who has come down with e boll lap. we'll address those after the writebols have left and we'll give them -- bruce, i'll let you take over now. >> great, thank you. >> it is a special day to be able to introduce you to nancy and david writebol. you had met david before, but nancy slipped out of the hospital. and so this is kind of her coming out party in that way. two months ago, our worlds were turned upside down.

nearly two months ago. the world of david and nancy writebol and their family was turned upside down. sim, our world was turned upside down, and really, i think the world that is being affected by ebola has been turned upside down and the world that isn't being affected by ebola has been turned upside down because of ebola. god has been gracious through all of this. you know, all of us are doing much better except the people in west africa and liberia, where actually things are getting much, much worse for them. our overwhelming joy of seeing nancy standing here with me and the joy that we have in s. i.m. is tremendous. it's only lessened just a little bit and moderated by her come passion for the people of liberia and west africa that are

suffering through ebola. you know, and as we've had overwhelming joy, we've also had overwhelming joy in s.i.m. because on monday, when our other doctor tested positive, we also had 12 patients walk out of our ebola unit in liberia. we're great to feel see that happen along with nancy walking out of emery university hospital. david and nancy, thank you for taking the time out of your private time that you've been having over these last few days and in the coming days to spend time with family, your two sons, your grandchildren, who you're looking forward to hugging as well as family, their parents. so thank you for taking this time. you know, for sim, as they walked into our offices here, the smiles, the cheers, the amens of our staff here to be

able, as well, see david and nancy. i think, really, for the united states and the world. so let me turn it over to you to just share a few of your thoughts. david? >> before i begin, i just need to kind of make a reference to a little bit of a story. during the time that nancy and i were in liberia, nancy was laying in bed struggling with ebola. one of the things we did was read scripture, one particular case, or one particular time i read the entire letter of flip begans. i had been studying and been thinking about it, and it's a story of paul's letter to a church. he was in prison, and people were saying that paul's mission had failed and that things were going to stop. and as i read that letter and

read it to nancy, it became kind of a marker for our journey in that people were thinking, well, this is the end. the mission has failed. and yet as i read the letter, it's a joyful and celebration of paul's ministry. one of the things that he said, of many verses that are in any begans. he said what happened to me or to us has served to advance the gospel. he goes on from there to explain and talk about that. that's what happened. we didn't ask for this assignment. we didn't choose it. it was given to us and so we recognize and saw god in it and saw how god was moving and has given us this wonderful

platform. it's been a challenge, but we are humbled that god would choose us to tell the story. we're humbled that god would return nancy to health when so many are dying. and that he would use us to tell that story. and so we want to do it well. we want to give god all the credit and all the glory for what has happened. we are so very thankful. i'm so very thankful this beautiful woman is still with me. she is the best part of my life. and i told her so many times and continue to tell her. she's the most beautiful woman i know and i love her with all my heart. i'm so thankful that she is with me still for her recovery. i'm thankful for the prayers and the thoughts from others. we've heard from around the world, literally, prayers of

support and cards and letters and so many ways that people have said they're praying for nancy and we are so thankful for the doctors and the staff at emery as they received her and gave her such excellent care and compassionate care. you know, i was afraid -- i wasn't afraid, but i told people, you know, two or three days after she's there, nancy is going to be running the place. and i think it happened. but they just love her as i do. and i appreciate their work and compassion on her behalf. i appreciate the leadership of sim and samaritan's purse. they were thrust into a situation where difficult decisions were needed to be made, and we had so many that are involved in making decisions and caring for us and seeing that things would happen so

nancy could return to the u.s. we want -- we also want to express thanks for our friends there in liberias, doctors and nurses who selflessly and tirelessly not only care for ebola patients in the isolation units, working with nancy and nancy working with them, but in caring for nancy and also for doctor brantly, when he was there. we're a team, we're a family, we're colleagues, and it's the way that the body of christ works together and loves each other and reaches out to the world. and so that was on display on an hourly basis and continues even today in liberia and other places. and i would like to highlight or mention that there continues to

be a need for concern on the part of people for west africa. there continues to be a need for action that help in this crisis. it's still growing. it's still threatening and there needs to be people who will be able to care for those who are dying. there needs to be those who express concern and provide for containing the spread of this disease. it is a global threat, and this is what -- this is response is what we do as christians. that's what we've been given to do. our lord and savior went about doing good, therefore, we also should go about doing good. this is how we demonstrate the love of god to the world. and so we pray that resources would be brought to bear. we pray that this response would

bring about the containment of the disease and the healing and the health of many, many people there. nancy and i are going to continue to enjoy a season of rest and recuperation, and we want to see our children and our grandchildren. we're looking forward to what god has for us in our next mission, and it is not a failure of mission but a simply another chapter in the unfolding story and the unfolding grace that god is showing to the world. so we ask god to guide us. we pray -- we ask for your prayers that god would lead us and guide us. again, we thank you. we thank god. i'm going give it to my beautiful wife and let you hear her voice. thank you.

>> good morning. it is wonderful to be with you. it is a great privilege to be with you. i say gm to liberia, too. to our dear brothers and sisters in africa. our prayers are for you, our prayers are with you in west africa, and i would just like to say thank you to some people that have been so part of our story. it's not our story, it's god's story. i want to express my appreciation to the lord for his grace, for his mercy, and for saving of my life. there were many mornings that i woke up and thought i'm alive. and there were times where i thought i don't think i'm going

to make it anymore. i would like to thank sim and our leadership for the way that they have cared for us during this, for the evacuation. i would like to thank sp samaritan's purse, and all of our colleagues at samaritan's purse for the way they were involved. and, you know, i'm not sure people really understand that we work on the same campus together. we're a partner, and partners help each other. so when one partner hurts, the other partner helps, and so we're thankful for the partnership and to be able to help in a time of need. i am thankful and very grateful to the doctors in liberia. the doctors who are still there serving, the doctors who attended to dr. brantly and myself during this very

difficult time. i thank you and i thank god for you. it is amazing to be able to be a part of a mission hospital. sim has been in lib beliberia sr over 60 years. there's a radio station that broadcasted all over the world, a school, and also, the mission hospital. it was of great privilege to be a part of the hospital during the difficult time of ebola. to be able to help patients and to be able to help dress doctors and nurses as they got ready to go into the ebola unit. to make sure they were safe. and then to be able to -- when they came out, to decontaminate them and make sure the suits

were coming off properly and doctors and nurses were kept safe. i would like to thank the doctors and nursing staff at emery. what a great, great nursing staff and what great doctors! i don't know that i have ever known five doctors who have cared so much and for the 21 nurses that served dr. brantly and myself. thank you. they were amazing people, and just a lot of fun to be around, too. if you have to be in the hospital. i don't want to forget the people who prayed for us. we thank you for your prayers during this time. prayers from all the over the world. to god be the glory for what he's doing. and two last -- well, actually

four. four last people that i would actually like to thank is our amazing sons and our daughters-in-law. oh, my goodness! never in my life would i imagine they would be the first faces i knew when i arrived in atlanta. they were there the whole time. i thank -- am so thankful for them an the way they have helped us in this difficult time and for their wives who have been supportive. i can't wait to put my arms around all of our children and all of our grandchildren. and we hope that will be soon. some of you may be wondering why in the world did you go to liberia? and the answer is, of course, it

was god's call. why did we go? that was where we sensed that the lord was leading confirmed in that by our leadership, and i have to tell you that it was a joy to be there, and there was no a fear there. every single day was new. we never knew what was going to happen every day, and so it was a wonderful place to be able to work and serve. so i thank the lord for our team in liberia. i thank the lord for the opportunity to be able to go and to serve. i'm going to ask our dear friend bruce. >> yeah. as i've been talking with david and nancy, i want to ask them a couple of questions and share.

nancy and david, explain when you found out how you found out and your thoughts and feelings when you were told you had ebola >>well, believe it or not, on july 22nd, which was about five weeks ago, since weeks ago, i had gone over to the center to work and wasn't feeling really great that day, but went on over and another one of our team came over to relieve me early, and as i went home i thought, you know, i really feel like i have malaria. i've had malaria one time since being in liberia. i knew what it felt like. it just seemed like malaria. so i went home, called our doctor, and i said, you know, i think i have malaria. she said why don't you come back up to the hospital. come to the doctor's office. she said there's nobody there.

i'll meet you and we'll see. so i went back up to the hospital and they did a malaria smear and it was positive, and so i went home and took malaria medication and with malaria you're really tired and so for the next few days just really, really rested. then on saturday, after the malaria medication had been completed, i was still not feeling really great and running a fever and the doctor came in and she said, you know, nancy, we know you don't have ebola. you have no other symptoms except this fever. and she said, but we're going to take the ebola test just to make sure and to set everybody's mind at ease. so i said, fine. so the ebola test was done and

later that evening we were sitting at the dinner table and the same doctor was with us and she and david had a meeting to go to, and so they went to the meeting and i went back in and laid back down. pretty soon david was back home and i heard other people at the front door. david cam in to our room said, nancy, i need to tell you a few things. i said, okay. and he said, nancy, he said doctor brantly, he said kent has ebola. and i have to tell you my heart sank. kent is not only a colleague of ours, he's a dear friend. his family, their family is a dear, dear friends of ours, and

my heart sank. kent an i had worked a lot together at the ebola unit, and then he said -- david said, nancy, i need to tell you that you have ebola. and i got up out of bed and as i got up out of bed, david came toward me to give me a hug and to put his arms around me. i knew how dangerous that was and so i said no. just no. and i said, david, it's going to be okay. it's really going to be okay. and i said, you know, there are people at the front door, i think we need to go to the front door. so i went to the front door and our doctors were standing there and their comments were, nancy, we're so sorry. we're so sorry.

and my same word to david came out of my mouth again. it's going to be okay. it's going to be okay. i had no clue what was going to happen. of course, i knew what the outcome could be. and yet there was no fear. there was just this sense of lord's peace and fence with us, and i thought, whether i live or whether i die, it's going to be okay. it's going to be okay. so at that point, i went back in and laid back down. that's how i received the news. >> and there were some dark days. you know, our faith doesn't mean we don't go through hardships. one of the dark days you mentioned was when you were transported to the airport in

liberia, and put on the airplane to evacuate you and david. you said goodbye to your wife. tell us about that. >> first of all, i want to tell you something funny about it before i talk about the rest of it. when we got to the airport, i really was very, very sick, and pretty much in and out of it. but the only way they could get me on the airplane was to put me on the baggage conveyer belt. so they laid the stretcher on the conveyer belt and i could sense the movement of what was happening, and one of the doctors that was on that flight came up to me and in his personal protective gear, everyone who was with me was dressed in personal protective gear, i was in personal

protective gear, and that doctor came up to me and he put his hands around my face and he said, nancy, you're going home. and he said, we'll take really good care of you. and that's about one of the only things i remember. i do remember as i was put on the airplane, i don't even know if i'm going to make it to the u.s. i don't even know if i'm going see my dear husband again. and as we said goodbye, i won r wondered -- i wondered what the next hours would hold. and it was as the lord came near and said, am i enough, nancy? am i enough? and my response to the lord was, yes, lord, you are enough. you are enough.

whatever this outcome. and so you are right. there were some very, very, very dark days, and the dark days are not just what i experienced. i know, it's what our brothers and sisters who have ebola in isolation units experience. i watched as people were by themselves not able to have a family member near them. not able to feel the touch of another person near them because they're isolated. only to be able to pray and to ask the lord to give us all strength to make it through those difficult, difficult days. >> and then there was a moment in the hospital at emery hospital where you had some resolve, and do you remember

that moment that you shared? go ahead and share that moment of kind of resolve of, okay, i'm going push through this. >> yeah. one morning while i was in the hospital. i had been there probably five or six, maybe seven days, and maybe longer -- i really don't know. the first few days were just totally -- i just totally wasn't in there. but one morning unbeknownst to me, the doctors had told david and our boys that because of the pain i was having in my legs and in my feet, and i had not been able to walk, they didn't know if i was going to be able to walk. they were telling david and the boys that i was probably going to have to be -- go from emery to to a place of therapy to be

able to regain my ability to walk. and one morning, i walk up and, you know, it's one of those mornings when you're so tired of laying in bed, you apt shower. you're tired of the bed baths, and i just decided -- i sensed the lord -- get up. today is the day you're going to get up. and i sat up on the side of the bed and decided i was going to go take a shower. one of the nurses saw me through the glass, and one of the nurses poked her head in and said wait, nancy. just wait. we're going help you. one of them in came in and she helped me walk. that shower was wonderful. i said how long can i stay in the shower?

she said you can stay as long as you want. but every day from that point, i was able -- sometimes with help and sometimes with not to be able to get up and to be able to walk. and to be able to shower. every day there were just small, small signs of progression. >> we often find ourselves in situations in life we never planned on, and yet here you were and here you are. the courage the two of you have showed, your faith in our god that you've showed. . the realism of facing a deadly disease and you're sharing with us this morning is just a testament to you but it's a testament to our heavenly father. this is rather rare, but i'm going to pray right now. heavenly father, thank you for

restoring nancy. amen. thank you for touching her body. we know that whether in life or death your name is to be praised. and so we praise you now with nancy standing before us. thank you for these words that you shared with us this morning. that encourages our hearts and pray would encourage other people's hearts that are going through difficult times and will find you. in jesus' name i pray. amen. >> i amen. >> thank you for spending this time with us. >> can i answer one more thing? >> yes, please. >> you know, one question i have been asked by many people -- i want to answer it for you. because most of you know that i took an experimental drug called zmapp. but the question is -- the question is usually asked what do you think saved you? was it the zmapp drug?

was it the supportive care? was it the liberian and our u.s. help -- our u.s. medical people? it was those doctors and nurses that helped to save you or was it your faith? and my answer to that question is all the above. i want to say, first of all, to god be the glory, again. because he is the one who gives us life. he is the one in his word who says he numbers our days. he knows how many days we each have. but god uses means. god uses doctors, and i can tell you, again, amazing doctors. and god uses experimental drugs. we don't know whether or not the zmapp worked or helped. we have no idea for sure. and the doctors will tell you

that. we don't know whether it was the supportive care, but i'm telling you the supportive care was very, very necessary. and we are seeing wonderful results even from just supportive care in africa. and so i would say that all of those things played a part in saving our lives, and again, i say to god be the glory. and thank you for allowing me to have this time to share with yoyou our story which is really god's sto story. to god be the glory. >> thank you, nancy. >> thank you, david. thank you so much. isn't it wonderful to see that kind of energy. thinking just two weeks ago she was walking out of the hospital having probably one of the most deadly viruss in the world.

well, let me take a deep breath and switch here a little bit. i'm going ask will to join me. sim liberia country director, and i have just some opening statements. as you know, the joy of seeing nancy is dampened a bit, you know, with having one of our own medical doctors test positive. i did want to say that with will joining me here, it will become evident that will is british as he begins to speak, and, actually, with will and myself sim, is american workers, british workers, and actually people from over 50 countries

around the world that make up sim serving in five continents. so it's a privilege for me to be able to stand here with one of my colleagues. well, as we learned yesterday, one of our sim seminary missionary doctors in liberia tested positive to ebola. that doctor is dr. rick sacra. dr. sacra is 51 years old. rick is a veteran doctor with sim, he and his wife debby joined sim in the late '80s. they served in liberia. rick, at one point, i was our liberia country director. he's been our medical director of our sim hospital, and most recently he's establishing a residency program in family medicine at our hospital for

liberia doctors. this is part of our initiative with sim to help in the rebuilding the medical infrastructure of liberia, which has been decimated over these years because of civil war. rick and his family are currently living in the boston area in the u.s. rick travels back and forth to liberia and he volunteered just a month ago when dr. brantly and nancy were tested positive to ebola. rick called and said i'm ready to go. we waited just a few days, and then rick returned to liberia to serve in our hospital. rick was not caring for patients in our ebola care center. he was serving patients in the

obstetrics ward. he was caring for pregnant women, delivering babies by c section and natural birth. interesting here is a doctor bringing new life into liberia as death is surrounding us. let me say in the midst of learning of this disheartening news about dr. sacra. i also learned some heartening news that on monday, 12 ebola patients walked out of our ebola care center having beaten that disease and having survived ebola. the ebola care center, on our 138-acre campus, there in liberia, is actually the largest ebola care centers in liberia. we have a 50-bed unit being run by our liberian medical professionals and staff, and there's 100-bed unit that is being run by msf or better known

as doctors without borders. we have no conformation at this time about the exact contact point that dr. sacra had with ebola or contracted it. they check patients at our hospital before admittance for ebola symptoms and there's a strong possibility that the ebola symptoms were masked and not presenting themselves with a particular patient who was admitted and cared for and possibly this was how dr. sacra contracted it. again, there's no conformation on that. we are cooperating with the cdc. they have personnel on the ground in liberia. we have been and continue to cooperate with them. we actually would like conformation on the contact point for dr. sacra because it

will help us and others to prevent it from happening in the future. rick told me in an e-mail that he was following all protocols and precautions. and while this news was disheartening for the sake of rick and his family for us and sim, when we received it on monday, it does not dampen our resolve and our commitment in sim to serve the people of liberia and to attack the ebola epidemic in liberia. our faith compels us. our trust in god is not blind to the hardships which we face. and we are learning in a much deeper way that our faith and our god gets us through these difficult times, as you just heard from nancy writebol. right now, actually, one of our doctors is on his way back to liberia to come alongside our

liberian medical staff and to care for rick and to continue running our ebola hospital. rick is being cared for in our ebola ii ebola care center. and actually, many of those who are caring for rick are those that he has taught and mentored in medical practice. so you can imagine they love and admire dr. rick and are taking well good care of him. so will and i would be glad now. you have an update on the third, again, this third missionary worker who has become infected with ebola. we found out through that news conference that his name is dr. rick sacra. 51 years old. lives in boston. was traveling back and fire fighters to liberia. also in the process of establishing a family medical practice there as well.

but the lion's share of the news conference, of course, devoted to nancy writebol. hearing from her for the first time, smiling, laughing, full of thanks. and she looks good, too. i want to bring in amy edwards. amy, let's start there. what do you make of what we heard from nancy and what do you make of the update as well that we got on the third missionary worker who has now become -- contracted ebola. >> as you said, she looks quite healthy. i was pleased to see how well recovered she looks given the severity of the disease that she had to deal with. so it was -- i'm sure it was gratifying for the doctors at m emory to know how well she's doing after the care they've given her. i find the update about the dr. sacra to be concerning, particularly in that he was not in direct contact with a known

ebola patient. i think we are going to have to wait to see who is, you know, where the contact was. who the contact person might be until we can interpret it more. >> dr. amy edwards infectious disease specialist. thank you, doctor amy, for sticking around. coming up the other big developing story we're following on "newsnation." president obama vowing justice will be served after the second murder of an american journalist by islamic militants. will the president's strategy now include air strikes in syria in we'll talk about that next. also, developing right now. theodore wafer received his sentence for killing renisha mcbride. what he said to mcbride's family in court. details on that straight ahead.

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estonia. where he thanked them for the nato service. let's listen to that. you know, i don't think that ri. we'll try to get to you on the other side of the break. a man who shot and killed an unarmed woman on his pomprch wa just sentenced. we'll cover that next. take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side.

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let's listen to president obama's comments. >> nato and the united states will defend estonia, lithuania, all of our nato allies. americans are proud to be at your side as you won your independence a century ago, we'll be by your side to protect that independence for the centuries to come. thank you, mr. prime minister, for being such a strong partner, and thanks to all of you for stepping forward, for putting on

a uniform, for serving in this mission, which is so vital to the security of our nation's. you make us proud. we can never thank you enough. god bless. >> meanwhile, back here in the last hour, detroit judge sentenced theodore wafer to a minimum of 17 years for shooting renisha mcbride. 17 years was the recommendation made by prosecutors, including two years of an unlawful use of a gun. he was convicted last month rejecting his claim that he acted in self-defense. during the sentencing this morning, which included a maximum of 30 years, the judge said that she believed wafer acted out of anger and panic when he shot mcbride as she looked for help after a car accident. ahead of the sentencing, wafer was given a chance to address the court. >> to my parents, family, and

friends of renisha mcbride, i apologize from the bottom of my heart and i am truly sorry for your loss. i can only hope that somehow you can forgive me. >> before wafer spoke, mcbride's father and sister also spoke with mcbride's sister revealing prior to today the family never received an apology from wafer. >> throughout the trial, mr. wafer stated how this tragedy has affected his life and how he often cried. mr. wafer also stated that killing my sister was an accident. i was taught to apologize when i made a mistake or an accident. never once have i heard mr.

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