good morning. i'm richard louis in for tamron hall. doctors try to track down everyone who had contact with the first patient to be diagnosed with ebola inside the united states. right now, the patient is being held in isolation at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas. officials are not releasing his name or the country he's from. they'll only say he arrived from liberia last week to visit relatives in the united states. the patient was adds mitted to the hospital sunday after becoming sick four days earlier. the ambulance that took him is now in quarantine. cdc director told the "today" show he's certain ebola will be stopped and describe d how healh officials will do that. >> identifying everyone who might have come into contact with him when he might have been infectious and monitoring them for 21 days. if they become ill have

symptoms, have fever. isolate them, track their contact and stop it. >> charles hadlock joining me now. what do we know when the man came to u.s., when he came to dallas, and when he developed symptoms. >> he's at the hospital being treated for ebola. here is what we know about the man his time line. he left liberia september 19th. he arrived in the u.s. on september 20th. ended up in dallas. and last wednesday began showing symptoms. on the 26th, last friday, he came here to the hospital for treatment. doctors saw him, they prescribed some antibiotics and sent him back to his family here in dallas. and on sunday paramedics were called to the family's home about 10 minutes from the hospital. when paramedics arrived on sunday they immediately recognize that the patient has

all the symptoms of ebola. he traveled to africa. they put two and two together and launched their protocol to handle the patient of the time. they brought him back to the hospital on sunday. tests were done and came back positive yesterday from the cdc in atlanta. the question is how many people did he come in contact with in the states and dallas. the dallas county health director estimates between 12 and 18 people may have come in contact with this man during the time he was presented with symptoms here in dallas. >> charles, as we look texas health presbyterian how well is it equipped to handle an ebola patient? >> everyone from the texas health department to the cdc says confidencely the ebola outbreak can be stopped here at the hospital. in fact, a couple of weeks ago during the ebola outbreak in africa and the patients that were brought to the u.s., this hospital went through a scenario

of what to do in case an ebola patient showed up here. in fact, it has happened. the protocols are in place, and the patient is being treated here at the hospital. there are no plans at the moment to move him. >> charles, as we look at this one patient that traveled to liberia and the united states. the question has to be asked what the protocols are. you have international visitors coming to the u.s. from other areas to help identify if they do or do not have e boll perhaps we might remember during the cz sars outbreak you have infrared detecters. >> the disease has a long incubation period about 21 days. a person can leave liberia showing no symptoms and arrive here. before you board a plane you're given a physical, basically. you're given temperature is

taken and other vital signs are taken. you're asked about your medical history before you get on the plane. a lot of people here are asking shouldn't they be doing more than just taking someone's temperature before they get on a plane? those are some of the questions u.s. authorities will probably be looking at if this case -- if there are more cases like this showing up in the u.s. >> thank you so much for the very latest for us in dallas. i would like to bring in dr. alexander, an infectious disease expert a expert. thank you for being here. charles is finishing about some of the protocols used leaving liberia. perhaps other countries. is that enough to detect potential ebola patients? i think charles made good points. it's basically impossible to stop someone with ebola come together u.s. we can't screen for it. we can't test for it. even if we stop all the flights from west africa, they can go elsewhere, come from other

regions and spread it to other people. the only way of stopping it is stopping the ebola epidemic in west africa. we've been slow to do. >> there are no symptoms to be detected that could be in terms of equipment at various airports around the world? >> no. i think it would be fair to saying or not remotely practical for getting people on a plane. nor necessary. it's hugely time consumer. it diverts attention being done in west africa. >> talk about the diagnoses. it was the 26th the patient had gone in for medical care. they didn't find ebola. didn't diagnose it at that moment. now we're being aware that he did have ebola. how can they work about it? how did it happen? >> i'm a physician and i'm sympathetic to the demands for busy teaching hospital. they dropped the ball. you have someone who is contagious circulates in the

general community with four days with ebola. that's unacceptable, to me. the place i look is the cdc. for an individual doctor to make the call one guy with a temperature that looks pretty well should a room to himself for thousands of dollars. we have know idea if she's insured. all the pre the cdc needs to make it clear anyone from west africa has a temperature gets isolated. >> 12 to 18 individuals may have had contact with the patient. does that sound sflnl. >> yeah. i think it's a hard virus to catch. you need direct contact with body fluids meaning blood, diarrhea, vomit, is a vooif ya, into wound or into mouth or eyes. it's not happening routinely in dallas. they have to reach out to absolutely everyone. i'm not saying they're going to be isolating everyone who remotely possibly in contact with the bodily fluids. >> let's talk about how to fight

this. our own dr. nancy in liberia. she spoke with doctors with the outbreak. one doctor telling her it's like flighting a virus. >> it's a disease that is beyond boundaries. it's a disease that is irrespective of who you are. it is a disease that comes to -- >> now you have been in international locations having to deal with such issues. how would your reflection can happens prepare for this abroad and domestically? >> yeah, i mean, there are two aspects to preparedness. one is can a hospital cope with a individual? the answer is absolutely. and liberia is absolutely not. it's being damaged more by the day. the u.s. is straightforward to contain. the cdc set goal gloves and apron is a story. >> 20 day incubation period. that could be the most.

8 to 21 i think it reports. the number of people that could come in contact with here. primarily, secondarily. what is your thought about how far it could have gone or might go? >> there are ways of looking at different diseases to see how many cases a single case is likely to create. ebola in the u.s. it's a small number. it's usually one or two. it shouldn't be hard to contain. it would be unacceptable to have any further transmission of the disease within u.s. borders. >> can they identify everybody that came in contact with the different layers? that's the objective now. >> i think in america this is why there's not going to be an ebola epidemic. people have cell phones, watch the news. read tv and e-mail. you can reach out to people. we have do all that contact tracing so much more easily. the odds of containing it and not being an epidemic are very high. still, the cdc has to be absolutely all over it. it can be time consuming and

difficult to do. >> dr. alexander, thank you so much for stopping by and giving us a lot of great information there. another story we're following for this hour. the suspect accused of jumping the white house fence and making it inside the executive mansion due in court this afternoon. we learn another embarrassing security lapse. a secret service official confirming agents allowed into armed security contract we are a criminal history to ride an elevator with president obama. happened during the visit to the cdc headquarters in atlanta on 16th of september september. it cams hours after julia piereson testified before the house oversight committee. both sides of the aisle were unhappy. today on morning joe, elijah cummings said piereson's testimony left his concerned. >> i was extremely upset. i'm being frank with you, it was very difficult for me to sleep last night. i've come to the conclusion that my confidence and my trust in

this director piereson has eroded. i do not feel comfortable with her in that position. >> meanwhile, the head of his court hearing today omar go gonzalez was indicted yesterday on federal and local charges. kristen well care joker joins u >> good morning. the latest breach was discovered on the 16th. armed security contractor was acting strangely while in the elevator. he started taking pictures with him which is prohibited in the context. the agents thought it was odd. they brought it to the attention of the contractor supervisors. they discovered the gun. there were reports that the president wasn't immediately informed but neither the secret service nor the white house will confirm that part of the story. there seems to be a broader issue with transparency here. for example, yesterday secret service director julia piereson testified at the congressional

hearing and never mentioned the atlanta incident. it was only hours after the hearing wrapped up that we learned that the atlanta incident had happened. and of course, that follows the agency initially said omar gonzalez was arrested almost immediately after he entered the white house. that's not true. he got deep into the inside executive mansion. law make verse a lot of questions about transparency and how the internal investigation is actually being handled. yesterday a number of lawmakers called for an independent investigation. so we're trying to see if that's going to happen. >> you mentioned director julia piereson facing criticism for both sides of the aisle. i want to play what white house communication director had to say on the daily run down this morning. you pressed her how the president feels about the leadership feels. >> it's a very complicated and considerable process to protect the president. so there is a lot that even the -- they protect him and his

family. he has an extraordinary amount of experience in dealing with them. their professionalism, their level of skill. i think he has, you know, perspective maybe different from that of congress who, you know, legitimately has real concerns about what they have seen happen here. but, you know, given the breadth of the experience that the president has in dealing with secret service he maintains confidence in them. >> confidence. how might it be possible given that they were furious about the 2011 incident when shots were fired. you remember outside the residence and they weren't told until days later in that situation. >> that's right. based on my conversations with white house officials they're less concerned right now. the president is less concerned about piling on piereson and more concerned about making sure that the immediate problems are fixed. making sure that the type of security breach that happened when gonzalez got into the white house on september 19th never happens again. but there's no doubt there's also deep concern with the white

house, richard. the president is, of course, commander in chief but also a father of two girls. he has a family who lives in the white house with him. on that very personal level, there is worry. several lawmakers say the breaches are a threat to national security. what we're seeing today is more and more lawmakers calling for julia piereson to step down. elijah cummings to step down. it could put pressure on president obama and the white house. it hasn't happened yet. >> what about omar gonzalez before a judge today. what do we expect? >> he's going to appear in federal government this afternoon. it's a detention hearing. he was indicted yesterday. charged with a number of things including unlawfully entering a restricted area with a deadly weapon. for unlawfully possessing ammunition. we know he's an iraq war veteran and his family members say he was suffering from ptsd. so far in his court appearance he didn't request a hearing to determine his mental health. it's possible that ptsd, his

service with the war could factor into whatever defense. again, he'll be in court later this afternoon. we'll be monitoring all of it and bring it to you, richard. >> kristen welker thank you so much. i want to bring in democratic congresswoman sheila jackson-lee from texas. a senior member of the house land security committee. she questioned julia piereson. thank you for being here. i want to start with this. you asked julia piereson why omar gonzalez was able to make it as far as he did and the fact that agents interviewed him in relation to two prior incidents. i want to share a little bit in part of her response. >> we're looking into why mr. gone zzales was not stopped whee came over the fence. i stated it publicly and i'll continue to work with my work force to understand why he was allowed to make access to the mansion and why he wasn't detained earlier as soon as he

jumped the fence. i need to understand why he was not recognized earlier in the day and further surveillance put on him and further analysis why he was there and returned to the white house. i cannot explain those questions today. >> so, congresswoman, what did you take from her response to your question, director piereson's response there? >> richard, let me start by saying i am outraged as to where we find ourselves here today on the status of security of the president whether it is at the white house or in other areas. obviously many know i was in colombia when the debacle occurred. it was not under director piereson's watch. it shows an undermining of the culture of the secret service that started in 1865. i think what happened is that the director came and indicated that a lot of this was an ongoing investigation.

i do want to have an independent investigation. her answer was we're working to find it out. i think here are the issues. the issues are that director piereson cannot be everywhere. the question has to be why secret service on august 25th, in the backdrop of a virginia police stop that showed that he had a sawed off shotgun, a rifle, that he had other forms of weapons that they didn't immediately take him into custody. i think the point was made that someone who had a diagnoses of mental illness with ptsd is that kind of diagnoses cannot be allowed to have guns. they had reason to do so. everything can't point to the director when you have a complete collapse of middle management and online agents. i'm calling for not blaming those online -- when i say online those agents that are on the ground. those uniform agents, but as far

as i'm concerned, richard, let's start with eliminating from the white house every single person that was on duty in the secret service that day. they were incompetent. they didn't do their job. the team that was outside did not do its job. because it allowed him to go over the fence. then six uniform officers could not catch him. then another officer stepped away from the door and didn't attempt to stop him. >> that's where you would like to start in terms of the first steps in the process? >> that is correct. and then i think an independent investigation, richard, is imperative. i think it's imperative. >> you heard white house spokesman josh earnest told my colleague that the president has full confidence at the moment in the secret service and the leadership. do you?

i'm outraged. i read into the record a statement that the president made right after the incident and he indicated he thanks them for their sacrifice and service and the protection of his family. i think the president recognizes that he has some dedicated secret service agents that put their lives on the line for his wife, mother-in-law, his children, and other family members, and of course, the president. and so it's a very personal statement, i think. we have an responsibility of oversight. i want to give the director, at this time, a challenge with the confidence that i think of the american people. i want to encourage her that this is no time to take a bureaucratic approach. this is a time to get in the middle of the circle and clear it out. this is a time to let the american people know that people who just not up to the task maybe through no fault of their own. you know, i mentioned the fitness question because i'm aghast at six agents running after the individual and not

one, not one could tackle him on the ground. and so it's not a nonserious issue. and the supervisory leadership on that day was looapse. doors open. officers stepping away from the doors when they could have put their body in front of the door and could have blocked him from entering if they noted he had no weapons. dogs being not yutilized for fer they would bite the wrong person. i would make the argument. what do you have to tell the american people that you can clean it up and clear it out so that we can answer the question is the president and his family in danger? no. is the family of the president and the president of the united states safe in yes. i would like to see that being given an opportunity because after an 18th month tenure so

you to raise the question. is she dealing with the kind of bureaucracy that proceeded her leadership? >> right. >> it is a decision of the president. i am outraged. i do believe heads need to roll. i would like to see them start rolling today. when someone says you need to get the top person's head needs to roll. let's see if there's a fix to this. that's what i said. is there a fox this? i'm ready to have head roll and the top head roll if there's no fix under this leadership. but, richard, you have to ask the question would all the agents, s.w.a.t. teams, all of those agents on staff at that moment when mr. gonzales went over along with the 2011 debacle where shooting occurred and somebody said it was a gang fight at the white house. in my whole life that i've been in washington serving this nation and my constituents, i have never heard of a gang fight around the white house. i just never heard of it. so i think what we have to do is

ask whether the staffing needs a change of scene i are, needs to be replaced, or needs to be retired or fired. i think that's the question we have to ask. >> congresswoman sheila jackson-lee. thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you, richard. as a breast cancer survivor. i want to say to all women it's important this is breast cancer awareness month. >> yes. i second that. thank you so much. have a good one. >> thank you. up next a deadly dispute police say the mayor of an l.a. suburb was shot and killed by his own right-of-wwife. they released her without charges leaving family members stunned. >> why did she do it? why couldn't she tell me something or, you know? >> a report from california is next. how lo hong kong's leader heckled. vowed to step up demonstrations if the leader doesn't step down

to make way for free and fair elections. the massive protests continue this hour as a national holiday comes to an end. local time 11: 20 p.m. in hong kong. how the fcc might make it illegal for broadcasters to use the controversial name of washington's nfl team. it's our news nation gut check. join our conversation online. you can find the team on twitter @news nation. (male announcer) it's happening. today, more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®, an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. and levemir® helps lower your a1c. levemir® is now available in flextouch® - the only prefilled insulin pen with no push-button extension. levemir® lasts 42 days without refrigeration.

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when the department holds a news conference. we'll get it to you. to another developing story. authorities saying a mayor of a los angeles suburb was shot by his wife. after questioning, the wife of california mayor was released. latest now from nbc miguel alma gar in los angeles. >> detectives say the mayor was fatally shot by his wife. she hasn't been arrested and no charges are been filed. >> the shooting took place inside the mayor's home. detectives say 45-year-old daniel kris pa was dgun downed y his wife after an argument. >> their 19-year-old son tried intervene and we know that the father, daniel sr. became physical with his son shortly after the wife used the firearm

and shot the mayor multiple times. >> he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. his high school sweet heart was taken into custody but later released. mayor's brother in disbelief. >> why did she kill my brother? why did she do it? why couldn't she tall me something or let me know something? >> an l.a. county probation officer for 15 years, he was elected to the city council in 2001. became mayor of bell gardens last year. his family a fixture in the small tight knit community. >> i'm shocked it happened. i can't believe that. and right in front of my house. >> a shooting that claimed the mayor's life and for now left his wife free of any charges. prosecutors are reviewing this case more charge could come. the investigation this morning continues.

richard? >> thank you so much for that. up next a dangerous discovery. police in pennsylvania find disturbing new clues in the man who allegedly killed the state trooper. a live report next. so you personally profited? >> drop it. you are not telling the truth. >> texas democrat wendy davis and republican greg abbott clashing in the final debate in the race for governor. here is a look what is happening today, wednesday, october 1st. the jury in the michael dunn retrial is deciding his fate. did he shoot and kill unarmed jordan davis with intent or in defense. law enforcement and political leaders from st. louis are gathering to discuss the region's law enforcement agencies to become more diaverse in the wake of the michael brown shooting.

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troubling new developments in the ongoing manhunt for eric frein. suspected of ambushing and state trooper three weeks ago. they found two pipes in the wooded area. officials say the boms were fully functional but not deployed to explode. yesterday police made a personal appeal to frein to turn himself in. take a listen. >> i am calling on you, eric, to surrender. you're clearly stressed, you're making significant mistakes. we continue to take your supplies and your weapon stockpiles. but you no doubt weakening. our trooper's resolve is very strong. we're not going anywhere. >> ron allen is in pennsylvania. been following the story for us. ron, thank you for being here. tell us more about the pipe bombs and what else is

developing today >>well, the police surprised to find the pipe bomb. they knew that frein had been experimenting with explosives. they also know that he's heavily armed. they don't know what other weapons had he may have. he has an sniper rifle. they found an ak 47 and believe he may have set bobby traps. they believe his anger is directed at law enforcement. the good news is we don't believe he's taken a shot at any of them. they're leery of that. it's press on now for almost three weeks. 19 days now. and they keep saying there are sightings of him. there was a sighting a couple of days ago. an area behind a school. they say they came within 75 to 100 yards of them. every time they apparently get close he's able to elude them and escape into the wood. it's happening in a five square mile area not far from frein's

home. an area he knows very well. if you look at the woods behind me you get a sense how rugged it is. but this is just the beginning of it. there are caves, there are bear dens, ravines, ledges, swamps, creeks all kinds of water ways which is causing the dogs and others to lose frein's scent. it's an incredibly large operation. a thousand officers they get sightings and try to surround it and bring helicopter in and try to pin him down and find him. they haven't been able to do. it the other good news he's not taken a shot or try to harmony members of the public. >> ron allen, thank you so much. the latest in the hunt going on over there. developing now at the white house president obama and israeli prime minister are meeting for the first time since israel's war with hamas. the latest in a live report is coming up next. plus, students rallying and demand the university of

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among the main topics israeli peace talks. the battle against isis and iran's nuclear ambitions. all of which prime minister netanyahu lumped together at the fiery speech at the u.n. on monday. >> hamas shares the global ambitions of the fellow militant. hamas is isis and the isis is hamas. the question before is whether militant islam have the power to realize the unbridled ambitions. there is one place where that could soon happen. the islamic state of iran. >> joining me live now nbc news senior political editor mark murray. thank you ver being here.

the u.n. speaks highlighting the two leaders don't see eye to eye on two key issues here. first off, we have iran, which was just said, as well as middle east peace. what is the expected outcome today and the two separate tracks, if you will, the two leaders might be taking. >> i think it's going to be another part of the complicated relationship president obama and netanyahu have. they talk about the unbreakable bond between the two countries. that's true. it's almost like the awkward dinner you often have from time to time with a family member you not necessarily see eye to eye with. there's a lot of love. you're going have the person's support but you aren't on the same page. i think that explains the relationship between the two men. but when it comes to middle east peace, certainly the middle east peace negotiations were not successful at all. of course, they ended up getting overshadowed greatly by israel's war with hamas in which secretary of state john kerry ended up getting criticized for parts of the israeli government.

it has been complicated relationship, but on more issues than not they're on the same page. and particularly give how volatile the crisis in the middle east is right now. this is something and a conversation they have to go over a host of problems be set in the middle east. >> we'll see what the outcome might be. thank you so much, mark murray, for that. up next a live report from hong kong. protesters say they'll step up the stand off with the government unless the governor resigns. >> should pot smokers be fired for what they do off the clock? that's one of the things we thought you should know. arm and. that's hilarious. i'm sorry. you shoulda taken it to midas. get some of that midas touch. they'll tell you what stuff needs fixing, and what stuff can wait. all right. next time i'm going to midas. high-five! arg! did not see that coming. [ male announcer ] get the midas touch maintenance package including an oil change for only $24.99. and here's a deal, use your midas credit card and get a rebate of $25.

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upcoming elections. the source goes back to a hand over agreement when the city came over china's rule in 1997. china is supposed to allow free elections in hong kong in 2017. last month they switched gears saying all candidates need to be approved by beijing. today was the deadline from protesters to reverse the move. otherwise they threatened they would occupy government buildings. joining me now ian williams in hong kong. a slight delay in the communications. it's d day beijing is not backing down. are protesters doing as they threatened? >> well, it's pretty lively here tonight, richard. as you can probably see. it's getting on toward midnight and tens of thousands of people on the street here in the heart of hong kong's business district. now they've been in a festive mood today. very lively and very confident demanding that the leader of this former british colony

resign. and also, china allow free and proper elections. a proper choice for the vote upon that position. now today is china national day, this is a message to beijing on that day. marking the occasion the hong kong elite, the chief executive here clinked champagne glasses in a venue a mile away from here. raised the national flag, and hardly mentioned the all the events taking place down here. he's yet to meet the protest leaders. he's demanded simply they go home. now that's not about to happen. they want him to go and are treatening to step up the protests unless it happens. >> the tone on the ground there. you said festive. is it increasing in anger in terms of the concern that things might gate little bit more heated as the day and for that matter, as the days come on. >> in many ways it's almost a

reverse. we saw tense weekend in which the authorities made a botched effort to clear the protesters using tear gas, use iing baton charges. it seemed to backfire and brought more people out on the street. as the week has gone on and we have the two-day holiday now. people have grown in confidence and the atmosphere down here is pretty festive. people are sing, they're laughing, they're chanting. occasionally this will turn into a sea of light as people hold their cell phones high in the air with their lights on. now in many ways, as i said, the atmosphere has become lighter. it's become more festive. it's well organized. very well provisioned. very dignified protests. yes, there is that threat of a crack down. but i think at the moment the authorities have a dilemma. the world's eyes on hong kong. it's not like over parts of china. it would be difficult for the

authorities here to use violence without a backlash. at the same time, china will find it difficult to give concussico concessions because they may encourage democratic demands in mainland china, of course, which is the last thing they want, richard. >> as we can hear ian williams alive and wake the crowd is behind you. hong kong a 24-hour city. they're in the streets today showing their energy. thank you so much for your time. developing now the faa releasing a statement in the wake of the first person being diagnosed with the ebola in the united states. the finishes aa saying the health and welfare of flight crews, airline public is priority. travelers can head to the cdc website to check out the latest health notices on that. moving to tracy morgan responding to walmart. that tops our look at stories around the news nation. tracy morgan is responding to walmart's claim that he's partly to blame for the injuries he

suffered when his limo van was hit by one of walmart's trucks. because morgan and the others in the vehicle were not wearing seat belts. in a statement yesterday he said -- an estimated 1,000 students and their supporters rallied at the university of michigan to call for the firing of athletic director dave brandon. over his handling of quarterback shane morris' apparent concussion. the coach allowed brady to stay in the game after taking a devastating hit. brandon put out a statement confirming morris had suffered a probably mild concussion. there are also calls for coach to be fired. in his first interview since retiring derek jeter talking to matt lauer about life after baseball. >> i went from an old man in

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there's a lot going on this morning. and here are some of the things we thought you should know. and a case watched around the country. colorado supreme court considers whether employees can be fired

for using medical marijuana when they're offduty. a quadriplegic was fired after failing a drug test back in 2010. he then challenged that under a state law protecting people from being fired for legal activities off the clock. the company says since pot is still illegal at the federal level, he has no case. the justices are expected to take several weeks to giver an opinion on that. there are reports out today that north korean leader kim jong-un is in the hospital. several outlets reporting his ankles buckled under the weight of heavy drinking, eating swiss cheese and his habit of wearing heels to boost his height. those are the things we just thought you should know. all right. time now for the news nation gut check. after the fcc moved to repeal the blackout rule for the nfl yesterday, now we're learning the commission may soon weigh in on another controversial issue clouding the league. in a conference call with

reporters, fcc chairman tom wheeler said the agency is considering whether to punish broadcasters for saying the name of the washington redskins. the agency recently received a petition from a law professor seeking to have a local radio station stripped of the license for using the name. calling the word racist, derogatory. if the fcc does, indeed, deem the use of the team name to be indecent, it would essentially impose a de facto ban on saying it over the air on television and radio. at least one football commentator, cbs's phil simms avoided using the name while calling last week's game between washington and the new york giants. what does your gut tell you on that? should the fcc ban broadcast networks from using the name of the washington nfl franchise? go to newsnation.msnbc.com to vote on that. that does it for this edition of "news nation."

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right now on andrea mitchell reports. inside the hot zone. a dallas hospital where the first patient diagnosed we bow la ebola in the united states is being treated. >> we will stop this in its tracks. we will stop it from spreading in the u.s. >> and dr. nancy snyderman in liberia with a firsthand look at one of the countries devastated by the outbreak. on the firing line as more shocking details emerge. how long can julia pearson keep her job as director of secret service. come to the conclusion that my confidence and my trust in this has eroded. and i do not feel comfortable with her in that position. >> we'll ask senator john mccain if he thinks it's time for a major shake-up in the agency charged with protecting the president and his family.

the students in the streets are threatening to ramp up their demonstrations. >> no one needs this movement. and no one organizes because it was just hong kong now. we want to save our home. our freedom. our democracy. >> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. the cdc is descending on dallas where the first patient diagnosed we bith ebola in the . is hospitalized. the big question now, why is man who had flown from liberia before he was symptomatic was initially sent home from that hospital when he started feeling ill putting unfold numbers of

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