press briefing and bring you news as soon as it happens. as many as 100 people may have come into contact with this infected patient, thomas eric duncan. they are asking the people to come for the. his family is speaking out, saying the hospital didn't take this threat seriously. sending duncan home even after he travelled to dallas for liberia. families said they had to take the ininitiative and call the cdc themselves. >> i called to get action taken because i was concerned for his life and he wasn't getting the appropriate care. i feared that people might also get infected if he was not taken care of. >> in hawaii, a medical central isolated another patient evaluating that patient for possible ebola symptoms. they don't believe it's consistent with ebola and they

don't have plans for testing. we will keep an eye on that. we are joined boy charles hadlock who is following the patient in dallas. what can you tell us about what authorities are doing there? >> the hospital issued a statement in the last hour or so saying that the patient remains in serious condition here. he is being treated in isolation and full measures are taken to protect not only the patients here, but the visitor who is come to the hospital. the state department of health said as many as 100 people may have come in contact with this patient since he arrived in dallas more than a week ago. that number could dwindle as they learn what type of contact this man had. because they were in the same room doesn't mean they were exposed. his family is being isolated. four members of his family have been told by the state to remain in their house and to is self

monitor and take their temperature frequently and report changes this that. they admonished the family for allowing visitors to come into the home even after this incident began last sunday when he was admitted to the hospital after being taken away by paramedics. a lot of new information is coming out today. but again, no other patients have presented with any type of symptoms here in dallas even though officials say it's possible that people who were around and exposed to this man could develop symptoms. they are downplaying that, saying the chances are remote and they hope to stop it with one patient. >> officials really stressing not to panic. that's an important message. thank you for that update. once again, we will be monitoring the teleconference as it happens and bringing you the latest. we will talk with a u.s. congresswoman who represents the dallas area in a couple of minutes. stay with us for that. first, i want to go to the big

story making waves. the secret service now under new management. that new interim director is joseph clancy, the retired head of the presidential protection division and corporate security at comcast, our parent company here. he was appointed to the post following the resignation of julia pierson. response from the hill? don't let the door hit you on the way out. >> i am pleased that she stepped down. the secret service needs to be looked at from the top to bottom. if people need to go and i believe there others, they need to go. >> it was the right decision. it's in the best interest of the secret service. >> one thing is for sure. clancy and whoever this permanent successor to come will have tough challenges ahead. >> ralph knows those challenges as the former director of of the secret service and testified

alongside pierson tuesday. what should the first order of business be for joseph clancy? >> i think the first order of business needs to be that he needs to continue to look into the events. the one on september 19th with the fence jumper. then equally at the situation at the cdc. to delve into why the failures were made and immediately make whatever correction that is the secret service has the ability to do unilaterally and move on that. then i think joe sort of has the wind at his back and he needed to take advantage of that. even the congresswoman norton during the hearing said we need to take a look at the fence. maybe there things and

adjustments will make it more difficult. also at the same time the thing that troubled me over this last couple of weeks is the fact that certain members of the agency have not wanted to come forward or at least that's the reporting. and report these incidents. >> it seems like there is a lack of candor. >> it's unacceptable. i know, joe, and i know him very well. the first thing he is going to do is communicate to the staff, uniform division and everyone at the agency that it is their responsibility to report these. will support them and report it to the supervisor and whatever you have to do. it's too critical of an issue to have these lapses. if those lapses are due to a lack of communication that has to be clear. >> there is so much at stake in this job. you know that well and you stressed the september 19th

incident and you called it a catastrophic failure. let's look at what went wrong. i would love to get your take on what julia pierson did wrong that day. >> obviously the director is responsible. she has to take that responsibility. what went wrong that day first of all, what was wrong is that what separates the general public from the front door of the white house is like a picket fence and nearly 80 yards of turf. the fact that the service tried for many years to make adjustments there and in the past it just has been politically difficult. funding was not there and now maybe with these events it's highlighted and perhaps they can get through those issues. i'm not sure that i can say that julie directly had involvement

in that particular event. she is held responsible and accountable and recognized that the light and the focus was being turned on her versus on what we need to do to fix this. i think she took one for the team and she realized that she had to step aside to get the service focused on where they needed to go. it was a terrible day for the organization. they need to figure out what happened and make proper adjustments. >> it's important not to lose in the conversation the fact that these are brave individuals risking their lives to protect our leaders, but something needs to change and her exit is part of that. what's the biggest challenge of this job on a day to day basis? you lived it out. >> the biggest challenge is how do you strike the balance between providing security to the president and his family and other people that you protect?

at the same time, allowing the president to go about the people's business. that can be a very difficult balancing act to strike. i think over the years, the secret service has done a magnificent job. if i put the president in a bunker and provided air and water to him, he would have been safe, but obviously that is not the society we live in. i think that balance still has to be struck by the men and women of the secret service even though they are doing a magnificent job. they need help in order to do that. the political debate back and forth is not helping. >> that's an important point. this is a more delicate driver's license than turning the people's house into a bunker. thank you for explaining that to us. >> thank you. >> what exactly is this now

beleaguered secret service up against? let's take a moment for an assessment. during the clinton administration, the cia doesn't deal with threats inside, but it does track global security threats, including those against the president at times. thank you. >> good to be with you. >> thank you. >> that was the year when a man crashed a small plane on the lawn of the white house by white house windows. we remember the images from then. smoking on the lawn and quite dramatic. how does the response you are seeing now compare to how robust the response was then? >> the response to the event was i think principally something handled by the faa

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there is not enough of this to warrant an arrest. this from a user with a history of tweeting support for brown's killer. officer darren wilson. the tweet and the user's account have been deleted. the choice to bring a grand jury already a point of controversy. raising more tough questions. joining me now is lisa bloom. it's good to have you back, lisa. >> thanks. >> if this is verified and a member of talking to a darren wilson supporter, is that misconduct? >> it is absolutely. that's the easiest part of this matter. the grand jury is sworn to keep everything secret even from their closest friends and family members. if this juror did talk about the case, he or she should be removed immediately. they can proceed with the 11 remaining grand jurors or the entire panel can be dismissed and the whole thing can start

over again. >> prosecutors can file charges without a grand jury. they said it's slightly more than 50% of criminal cases in the grand juries. many in the audience was wondering why there was a grand jury chosen in the first place. what is the legal basis? >> i have been critical from the beginning. i think when you have sixness withins who say mike brown was shot with his hands up and people did not know either man, that is sufficient for the prosecutor to file charges himself and proceed boy way of a preliminary hearing which is generally a one-day affair. even when matters go to a grand jury, they don't go for months and months as this case is. this case is being handled differently. the prosecutor is putting all the evidence in front and let them sort it out and figure out which charges if any apply. that suggests to the jury that this is a complicated case. this is a difficult case. any decision that they make is

okay. that's a different way of proceeding. i think it only seems to apply in this break brown matter. >> a lot of questions about whether this got off on the wrong foot and a lot of calls for the prosecutor to resign over it. thank you for helping us sort this out. >> thank you. >> up next, breast cancer awareness month now that it is october and the battle against breast cancer is once again getting controversial. we have a personal take from one of our favorite people here in our family, the lovely hoda kotb.

>> breast cancer awareness month is kicking off. we have pink behind me. a renewed debate about the preventive options like the preventive mastectomy undertaken

by angelina jolie. some say it's too much. like singer melissa ethridge who like her carries the gene linked to the disease. at the time ethridge said she wouldn't call her move heroic. last night she said she stands by that characterization. >> it didn't mean that comment meanly. i want to clear that up. i thought calling it brave was not something i would do. to cut healthy tissue off is fearful. you are fearful of getting something. brave to me would be different. that's all. people can do whatever they want. it's their bodies and their health. >> someone who knows the decisions this illness brings is hoda kotb. you have been outspoken and heroic yourself if i may say with your story and candor about it. >> thank you. >> for women with the gene, is it helpful when celebrities say it's an option to get a

mastectomy? >> i think so. everyone has to make their own choice. when i was diagnosed, i needed a mastectomy. i said to the doctor right, way should i go ahead and do a double mast me and her advice was don't do it. you have healthy tissue, it's not worth it. if i'm angelina jolie, i have so many children, i lot of my mother of ovarian cancer and other complications, you have to think what works for you. i could put my head on the pillow knowing that i made the decision that was right for you and melissa ith ridge made the decision that was right for her and angelina jolie made the one this was right for her and her family. if you go to bet scared, it's bad for your family. >> about how said an individual decision and everywhere should exercise caution. this is an emotional call for anybody. >> it's hard to make the decision to have surgery and

it's so extensive when they do it. the idea of electing to do more. at the end of the day, if you can sleep like a baby, you are doing the right thing. >> the other thing is mammography. is it the right thing to emphasize during a month like this. so many say get screened, but literature said the screening is not effective. >> i jew interviewed joan lunden and they found nothing. she thought i'm good. one said go for an ultrasound in addition. things don't get picked up. all these young people are surviving breast cancer because they are finding it early. my boss said to me, hoda, i know a lot of people with breast cancer and they have one thing in common. i said what's that. he said they are still here. anything that allows you to find it early, i'm an advocate for. >> that are must have been an important thing to hear. >> i cried like a baby.

>> you were so public with the most emotional moments. we are have footage of you do you meaning your journey. take a listen. >> in exactly week from today at this exact moment, i will be laid out. i will have my surgery. my mastectomy. >> you are watching a video diary. hoda kotb never imagined she would make. >> today was not a good day. >> not in her wildest dreams. >> it is the weakness in all of us. we are invincible. until we realize we are not. >> i assumed i'm pretty healthy. i have my act together. it's not going to be me. >> seven years now, cancer-free. >> it feels weird looking at that. i have to tell you. that interview i did so many years ago. you don't realize how deep in the weeds you are at a certain point and how far you have come

until you look back and see things like that. i feel healthier now than ever. i feel happier than ever. when i look at the girl who was sad, it's hard to believe that was me. the lesson is you make it through. >> you helped others get through about that. a lot of people were helped to understand. while we have time, i want to touch on another initiative. you have been an advocate for pediatric cancer. >> i have. what's a good way to shine a lot on that? i asked cindy lauper, two awesome singers to matchup the true colors songs. they met and said i'm cindy and i'm sarah and they came up with this. >> do we have a clip of that? ♪ i want to see you be brief ♪

♪ true colors, true colors ♪ beautiful . >> the best. what can people at home do? >> crowd rise. people are giving 10 or $20. we would love to hit $1 million. we will beat the drum until we do. i'm really, really happy for cindy and sarah. the kids were the stars of the video. >> we will be keeping tabs on that. >> my first time on your show. it was fun. >> a gentlemen and a scholar. >> that's what i heard about you. >> no, you. >> you can watch every day on the "today" show. sometimes there is wine. >> yes, there is. >> we return to the urgent fight against the ebola outbreak. we address the question of whether governs are doing enough to stem the tide of this outbreak. don't go away.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is responding to new criticism from the u.s. in an exclusive one-on-one interview with our own andrea mitchell. late yesterday, the state department condemned the expansion of israeli settlements in palestinian neighborhoods in east jerusalem. that came just after netanyahu's high stakes meeting with president obama at the white house. . andrea asked the prime minister about the new construction. >> first of all, these are not settlements, these are neighborhoods of jerusalem. we have arab neighborhoods and jewish neighborhoods. the criticism was level one at a new neighborhood that was mixed. it had a substantial part of the apartments parcelled out to arabs. to palestinians alongside jews. why not have them live together? the second part of the criticism was actually baffling to me.

because it criticized individual jus who bought apartments in an arab neighborhood. now jews buy apartments, private property in arab neighborhoods. arabs buy apartments in jewish neighborhoods. and i find that's the right thing to do. >> some incredibly controversial claims there. thank you to andrea for giving us that sneak peek. more of that interview tonight on "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. i'll be tuning in. you guys should, too. back to our top story now. the battle against ebola. a lot of new developments in this. especially in the u.s. and international response. on the u.s. side, 175 million now committed to fighting the spread of this disease. secretary of state john kerry praising other players including china for contributing to this cost. take a listen. >> i take note that china is stepping up and contributing to this challenge of ebola.

and we are appreciative for china's willingness to put both equipment and personnel on the line in order to help deal with this. >> world governments rallying around this fight to contain the disease and charities doubling down, too. today, a flight with more than 100 tons of medical supplies due in liberia. there are questions about how effective these interventions are. michael eliot knows the pros and cons of these interventions well. he's the president and chief executive officer with the global advocacy group one. thank you for being here, michael. >> good to be with you. >> let's look at the government response. is it working? especially this military response from the u.s.? >> it's a lot better than it was. there's no question about that. there's no question in the last two weeks the international response led in particular by the u.s. announcement two weeks ago has really done an enormous amount. but it is outrageous.

it is absolutely outrageous that we had to wait so long for really significant response. you had the international community saying after you, no, after you, as if they were in an episode of downtown abbey, rather than responding to an absolutely terrifying transnational crisis. >> that's the comparison, very british of you. michael, money's pouring into these charities working on this on the ground, groups like samaritan's purse. is that work helping? >> the key thing really is personnel, ronan. everyone who has really studied this outbreak and this disease recognizes that, of course, supplies and material are necessary. the hazmat suits everyone has seen and so on and so forth. but what this outbreak of a deadly disease really needs is more and more and more skill personnel who can deal with patients and help them recover as they can, incidentally, and generally treat the disease.

it's skilled personnel that is so short in the affected areas. >> and it's important that you mentioned skilled personnel. one point of controversy. some of these groups have had staffers infected and have actually been vectors for this illness. could these interventions however well intentioned be harming more than they help? >> i certainly wouldn't want to criticize any of the brave people on the ground for this. i think the key thing is to get support, skilled personnel, supplies in as much as possible and some of the ngos on the ground have been doing a phenomenal job. >> michael eliot, you and your group are also at the heart of advocating for some of those important steps that need to be taking, thank you for the work you're doing. >> and thank you for your support for our advocacy, ronan. >> well, everybody at home, there's a way to do it, thank you, again, to one president and ceo michael eliot. here's what you can do at home. you can sign the one campaign's act to end ebola petition emphasizing some of those points he just made and share it using the hashtag endebola.

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northwestern university where in a short time he'll deliver a speech on the economy because, well, we could all use some good news. but we start with the latest developments in texas. where a confirmed case of ebola has health officials scrambling to tamp down public fear and keep misinformation from spreading. here's what we know right now. today, health officials are working to quickly narrow down a list of 100 people that 42-year-old thomas eric duncan and his children may have potentially come in contact with since he arrived in the u.s. on september 20th. right now, law enforcement is stationed outside duncan's home. where at least four of his family members are quarantined until at least october 19th. meanwhile, duncan is in serious condition at the same dallas hospital that sent him home last week. even after he told an e.r. nurse he had just been in west africa. nbc's charles hadlock joins me live outside the hospital in dallas. and ch