you with us. >> i'm missing my bow tie. >> you're sound good, look good. "politicsnation" starts right now. happy birthday, rev. >> you're a day early. >> we start early. >> thanks to you, and thanks to you for tuning in. lots of news to get to tonight. we have breaking news on the ebola patient in dallas. why did the hospital let him go when he first came in with symptoms? also, a major development in the ferguson, missouri, grand jury. looking into the shooting of michael brown. some are now saying it could derail the entire investigation. and secret service fail. a stunning report that an agent spilled secrets about president obama to the romney campaign

back in 2012. wow. but we start tonight with president obama, throwing down the gauntlet to republicans for the mid term election. he got out of washington today and in a speech near his hometown of chicago, the president offered a reality check to right-wingers who have trashed his policies. >> here are the facts. when i took offices, businesses were laying off 800,000 americans a month. today our businesses are hiring 200,000 americans a month. [ applause ] the unemployment rate has come down from a high of 10% in 2009, to 6.1% today. [ applause [ applause ] over the past four and a half years, our businesses have created ten million new jobs. this is the longest uninterrupted stretch of private job sector creation in our history.

think about that. and you don't have to applaud because i'm going to be giving you a lot of good statistics. [ laughter ] >> a whole lot of good statistics. showing this economy is in better shape, thanks to the president's policies, and one area where that's particularly true is health care. >> in the decade before the affordable care act, aka, obamacare -- [ laughter and applause ] in the decade before the affordable care act, double-digit premium increases were common. ceos called them one of the biggest challenges to their competitiveness. and if you're employer didn't drop your coverage to avoid these costs, they might pass them on to you and take them out of your wages. today we have seen a dramatic slowdown in the rising cost of

health care. if your family gets your health care through your employer, premiums are raising at a rate tied for the lowest on record. what this means for the economy is staggering. >> the law that all the critics thought would drive up costs is actually slowing down the growth of premiums, and it's not just premiums. gallup says the rate of americans without insurance has fallen to 13.4%, that's the lowest level since gallup started keeping track. this law is working and it's leaving republicans with nothing to say. >> there's a reason fewer republicans, you hear them running around about obamacare, because while good, affordable health care might seem like a threat to the american people on fox news, it turns out it's working pretty well in the real world. >> the health care law is

working. the economy is growing, and those are the facts for voters to think about when we head into the mid term elections. joining me now is former massachusetts congressman bonnie franks. mr. chairman, thank you for being here. >> thank you, al. >> how important is it that the president is addressing the gops misinformation about health care and the economy head on? >> well, it's important, first of all, because we have an election coming up. and in fact, our economy has been not only improving, but improving at a better rate than any comparable country. you know, there are realities that affect everybody and we're in an international world. when there's a slowdown in europe, when china's not growing as fast, that affects the american economy because we do business with them. but if you look at the economy of developed nations, by far the best performance is the american

performance. but the point is this. had the republicans, who were trying to take over the senate, as obviously is their right, had their way entirely, the economy would be worse. and if on the other hand, we continue to have a democratic house, the economy would have been better. that is precisely the important issues between the parties in the economic area. one where is they have been wrong and we have been right. the cutback in federal and state and local jobs came at the wrong time. all economists agree, overwhelmingly economists agree the economic stimulus program the president put forward was helpful, but too small. the federal reserve policy of stimulating the economy with making mour money available. the president was right on that. financial reform. i'm proud that the bill i co-sponsored today -- >> dodd-frank.

>> -- announced a man was indicted on the grounds of manipulating the markets. i don't know if he did or didn't do it -- he's absolutelied to the presumption of innocence -- >> let me stop you there. your bill, dodd-frank, the president referred to that today. >> finally, we put in place financial reform to protect consumers. new rules for our financial system to protect consumers and prevent the kinds of crises that we endured from happening again. >> republicans have been relentless against that bill, even up until now. how do you deal with the fact, you are the author of this bill, how do you deal with their desperation trying to roll back what you achieved with dodd-frank? >> first of all, we point to the important things about it that have been beneficial. for instance, the independent

consumer bureau that we made a law. the record is clear, that has saved billions and billions of dollars for consumers. secondly, and this is my favorite. we've been through this. we try to protect some group, we try to do some reform and the right-wing predicts terrible disaster. if you have same-sex marriage, the families will dissolve. if you prevent manipulation in the mortgage market, the economy will cost. remember we have to point out what they said and point out how untrue it was. because they do it time and again. you made that point with regard to the health care bill. they made one set of predictions and the reality was the other. much of what i do is to say, you told me this would be a terrible bill. the best four years in the history of the stock market have been the four years since that bill was signed in 2010. >> how do we get that down to voters? clearly democrats are hoping that the economic issues will be what drives voters to the polls.

i want to get your reaction to this. listen. >> let's agree that nobody who works full time in america should ever have to raise a family in poverty. let's give america a raise. it will make the economy stronger. let's catch up to 2014. pass a fair pay law, make our economy stronger. american economic greatness has never trickled down from the top. it goes from a thriving middle class, and opportunity for working people. that's what makes us different. >> will voters turn out on these issues? >> there's a problem. first of all, thanks to this right-wing supreme court, the most partisan activist court in american history, there's a flood of money coming from people who don't want to pay decent wages. who want to keep destroying unions, who have a vested interest in preventing this money to be shared.

while we have done well economically it's been unfairly shared. the republicans succeed in putting through measures that prevent from diminishing the inequality. particularly their war on unions which has done terrible damage to the notion of a fairness in the society. and then they benefit from that because they get people to be discouraged. we just have to come back at it -- >> come back at it. i mean, the president made a very spirited speech. how do you fight these attacks? they're vociferous in these attacks. on the economy and on health care. >> the minimum wage is a very good example, where people on the whole, and what we have to make clear, it's a complicated issue, it's not easy to deal with 30-second spots. that's why i'm so grateful to you for shows like this where we can try to give people that information. if the republicans were not in control of the house, we would

have adopted some measures that would have done a better job making things more equal, more support for higher public education, have some protection for people who want to bargain collectively and get a fair share of of the wealth they're creating. it's frustrating the republicans have been able to block that and then they benefit from people's unhappiness. we have to make that clear and it's tough, but you got to keep going. >> former congressman barney frank, always a pleasure to have you on. thank you for your time. >> thank you, al. straight ahead, breaking news tonight on the ebola scare in america and what the patient new before returning home. 100 people may have had contact with the patient, and fears from patients and parents in dallas are growing. plus, is the grand jury in the michael brown investigation tainted? the grand jury is now under

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i know someone sitting on the grand jury. there isn't enough at this point to warrant an arrest. the user has since deleted the twitter account. grand jurorors are reminded the proceedings are secret and not to discuss them with anyone. st. louis prosecuting attorney bob mccullough has been under fire since taking this case and recently said the grand jury is almost finished hearing all the evidence. but tonight, new questions about the process and whether it's time for federal authorities to step in and take over. former u.s. attorney kendall coffey and joy reed. thank you both for being here. kendall, i want to get to the implications of a juror saying there's not enough evidence in this case in a moment. but first, what could a

potential leak in the grand jury really mean? >> well, it means, first of all, that somebody's acting illeg illegally, if it's happening, and that is the kind of thing, if investigated, is going to add more delay. mouch longer is an investigate like this going to take, and nskt, an investigation of the investigation. and if you have to remove the grand juror, a conflict about whether you replace the grand juror even though all the evidence has been presented. it is time for the feds to step in, look at this grand jury, that was never heading to prosecution to begin with, and make their own decisions about whether there's enough evidence to bring federal charges. >> let me push you on this investigation of the grand jury potential leak. how are they investigating it? how do you investigate something like that? >> the first thing a judge would typically do is bring in every one of them and ask them the

question, did you have anything to do with putting information out? have you spoken to anybody about the grand jury process? that's going to happen. assuming they all say no, the next part is going to involve going through some of the forensics and trying to retrace whatever happens with the twitter account. because no one is running forward to confess that they did something that would be clearly illegal. how much time could that add to an already difficult and frustrating frois for the family and friends of michael brown. >> could it lead to a new grand jury? >> absolutely, it could. and that's something that many county attorneys in this position might consider. i don't expect this county attorney to do anything like that. i don't expect him to start anew with a fresh grand jury. at most, he'll replace this grand jury and get to the inevitable result that this is aiming toward, which is non-prosecution by the st. louis county attorney office.

>> quote, i didn't care for it because i just don't get the whole twitter thing. and saying, it had to have been hacked. i promise you, i did not do any of this. >> the good old anthony weiner defense, my account was hacked. it doesn't work that way. why would somebody choose her of all the people in the world to go into her twitter account and make this kind of a claim. i don't think that passes the laugh test. >> the first question is, does she know anyone in the grand jury? and if she does, how would a hacker know she knows someone. it's all secret. the identities of the people on the grand jury are secret. it doesn't stand the credibility test. for someone to figure out that she knew somebody on the grand jury. but she knows there's something criminal at work here. you're not supposed to do what was done. this person was probably

boasting and would now love to take it back. >> the prosecutor has been under fire from the beginning. many have said the federal government should handle it. this even raises more suspicion and doubt, particularly by residents of that county and the family of michael brown. >> and then you get to the really important point, because, rev, you interviewed the family. i spoke today with one of their attorneys, benjamin crump, who we know very well. he said, listen, the family does not trust the process, nor do they have faith in mcculloch and normally in a case like this, the attorney talks to the family, communicate to the people yes, they represent the people of st. louis county, but usually prosecutors present themselves as advocates for the victim's family. mcculloch has not communicated extensively with this family. he doesn't appear to be somebody who believes this should be prosecuted. it does appear that he's driving toward the result of not prosecuting darren wilson. >> and the unusual thing of not

even outlining what charges he wants the grand jury to consider. >> exactly. >> he said i want to give them the evidence and let them decide, which is unheard of. >> it's unheard of. and we don't know what he's saying in the grand jury proceeding. he could be in there phoning it in. the family and the community would need to have faith that the case being presented and being presented with fashion and whole-hearted belief in the case. when a prosecutor doesn't believe in their case, it shows in the way they try it and present it. many people in the community and certainly the family don't believe this prosecutor believes there's a case. >> some positive news comes out of the tragedy, voter registration has soared in ferguson since the death of michael brown. usa today is reporting that, quote, more than 3,000 people have registered to vote in ferguson, missouri, since the death of michael brown. >> there's a county position that's up for election, it's the only one up in november.

but on the same ballot after that county executive position, and mr. mcculloch pushed against the african american for county executive. mcculloch is up for re-election, unopposed. an african american woman ran against him that lost in a landslide. he'll be in that position until further notice. >> where do you see this going, kendall? >> i see this going absolutely nowhere. because a grand jury without direction, as joy described, is a grand jury without prosecution. he ought to either, in the view of this mess and the gorgeouran, step up to the place and make a decision, so this part is over. or let it play out however it wants to. but the feds now need to look at this state process, it's not reliable enough. they shouldn't hold back. especially while eric holder is still the attorney general and still cares a lot about this

situation. the feds need to more forward with whatever decision they're going to make. >> i agree. thank you both for your time. and make sure you catch the reid report right here at 2:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. coming up, new details on what the ebola patient told authorities. the question tonight, was he telling the whole truth? plus, was a secret service agent spilling secrets to a female romney aide? n and will and kate tell the paparazzi to stop harassing their son. conversation nation is ahead. his vs. whitening trays. these trays feel a little loose. paparazzi to stop harassing their son. conversation nation is ahead. > paparazzi to stop harassing their son. conversation nation is ahead. > paparazzi to stop harassing their son. conversation nation is ahead. > paparazzi to stop harassing their son. conversation nation is ahead.

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now to breaking news on the first case of ebola diagnosed on american soil. health officials are monitoring 100 people who may have had contact with thomas eric duncan and his children, since he arrived in the u.s. september 20th. and four close family members are quarantined in their home today. legally forbidden from leaving. officials say they're concerned about sheets and towels that duncan used. and that are still in the home. >> last night we placed orders on the family.

we did that after balancing many things. we have some hygiene issues that we are addressing in that apartment. this is a fluid situation. we have a contractor. there are protocols that have to be followed to clean and to take care of the things that need to be taken care of. >> officials also said students at five dallas schools may have had contact with duncan. the kids haven't shown symptoms, and schools remain open. but some parents did keep their kids home. and last night, custodians in hazmat suits were seen cleaning the halls. right now duncan himself is in serious but stable condition at the same dallas hospital that initially sent him home last week. duncan's nephew said he had to call the centers for disease control himself because the hospital failed to act.

>> they said, we waiting on test results. i'm like, if somebody travel to west africa, liberia, a country that's infested with ebola and he comes back and he's symptom attic with ebola, and you're telling me you're waiting on test results. >> also liberian officials say he will be prosecuted when he returns home for lie on his airport screening questionnaire about whether he had cared for an ebola patient. the main question, preventing more infections, health officials say if anyone did contract ebola from duncan, symptoms could start emerging as soon as today. joining me now is congresswoman bernice johnson who represents the dallas area and dr. sema

yasmin, staff writer for the dallas morning news. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> congresswoman, let me go to you first. a lot of people down there seem pretty scared. do they have the right to be given how the hospital handled this initially? >> well, i think they have been given the facts of what happened. clearly, if the person had just checked what was available, which were the protocols, this would not have happened. he would not have been sent home. that's a human error that we can't retrieve. so we have to work with that having happened. >> but, dr. yasmin, duncan's nephew said he called the cdc twice and was getting more and more worried. listen. >> i called cdc to get some actions taken because i was concerned for his life. and he wasn't getting the appropriate care, and i was fearing other people might also

get infected. >> i mean, should the hospital have acted sooner? it would have been avoided, the possibility of more people being exposed? >> yes, absolutely. the cdc guidelines do say we should be asking people with history of fever about the travel history and the hospital tells us that when he went to the hospital last thursday evening after 10:00, he did say he's been to liberia, and this crucial piece of information was not relayed to the rest of the health care team. one nurse had that information, she did not share it with others. had she shared it at the time, he could have been admitted and isolated a lot quicker. >> congresswoman, today the "wall street journal" has details about an ebola victim in liberia identified as miss williams who duncan brought to an ebola ward. he lifted her by her legs from the taxi. hours later, miss williams died.

blood trickled from both sides of her mouth as one of the her neighbors carried away her body, protected only by a pair of gloves. yet duncan allegedly said he had no contact with anyone infected with ebola. doesn't it show how hard it is to screen people 100% of the time, congresswoman? >> well, it doesn't show how hard it is to screen. what it does show is people not always willing to be honest. if he had just told the truth, none of this would have happened that's going on now, because he would not have boarded the plane. we can blame a lot of things, but the main thing is getting the truth out of the people. i have no clue why he did not tell the truth. but clearly he violated the law. >> let me go back to you, doctor. we're learning more about duncan's flight path to the united states. it included a seven-hour layover in brussels, and a three-hour

layover in washington, d.c. i mean, could he have exposed people to ebola during those stops? >> he could not, reverend. and it's really important to reassure the public that ebola is only contagious when the person with ebola has symptoms. so fever, headache, diarrhea or vomiting. maybe they have a rash. we crucially know that he did not have any of these symptoms while he was traveling. he landed in dallas, texas, developed those symptoms a few days later right here in dallas. that means that the people who were on the plane with him, or others in the airport were not exposed to the virus. >> so this means that it is very unlikely that anyone in the airport in brussels or washington, d.c. was exposed to ebola as a result of his stopovers? >> that's correct. he had no symptoms at the time. that means he wasn't able to transmit the virus to anybody else. >> congresswoman, here's how

recent budget cuts, about a billion and a half dollars were cut from the national institutes of health. and $13 million were cut from the division in the cdc that focuses on emerging infectious diseases. these cuts directly affect our dealing with situations like this, congresswoman. >> yes, they do. and i'm sorry to say that is a reality. that weave suffered a lot of cuts. there were a number of people like me that did not vote for these cuts, but they still came, because the majority had to vote for them. this should be a lesson to the people that do not want to spend money on prevention. clearly with situations like this. we have the ability to prevent any type of illness of this sort when we have the ability to make sure that the people and the guidelines are in place. the protocols are all over the city.

there was a real mistake for this lady -- the nurse to make. however, if she had been exposed to the protocol beforehand as she should have been, this would not have happened. so prevention is the answer. >> all right, congresswoman eddie bernice johnson, and dr. sema yasmin, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. coming up, did a secret service agent tell members of the mitt romney campaign, secrets about president obama's travel back in 2012? it's a hot story today. a mother sues a sperm bank after getting pregnant with sperm from a black donor. and will and kate warn the paparazzi to stay away from prince george. are they harassing, or doing their jobs? our panel is ready. conversation nation is next. turn the trips you have to take,

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the hash tag #pn talk. your response might get on the air. we start with another bombshell report about the secret service. it's been reported a secret service agent assigned to mitt romney's 2012 campaign was making advances to female romney staffer, and divulged confidential details about president obama's schedule to her staffers and other staffers. quote, the merit agent had a number of drinks and unprompted in an apparent attempt to imimpressive romney staffers began providing details of president obama's schedule. the information included times and location of the president's events in the final days of the election. now, abbey, this is a very disturbing report. is it just a bad week for the secret service, or is it

something about the secret service having problems with women? let's not forget they had an issue in colombia. >> there's something in common with all of these incidents. the secret service is out to protect the president. and sometimes they miss something, that they can't control, necessarily. in all of these cases, though, this is bad judgment. this is human error. these are things that these agents are doing that they shouldn't be doing. and i think it speaks to a deep-rooted cultural problem that exists within the secret service agency. if you're the president of the united states or michelle obama, how can you sleep well at night, knowing that these things have gone on? to think how many more things happened that we don't know about. who knows who the staffers told beyond just the campaign? luckily nothing has happened up to this point, but it's frightening to think about. >> it's a safety issue. >> it is a safety issue. >> i think we said romney's agent, but i think he was assigned to the president --

>> talking to a romney staffer. >> he was assigned to president obama. >> the teleprompter is wrong. >> but the fact of the matter is, i think the president, as far as safety, he might be better off just having a neighborhood watch look after him. >> they might lock the door for him. >> exactly. the secret service is not doing their job. i really think these guys have a drinking problem. when you look at everything they have done, these are all the classic signs of somebody who needs an intervention, you know. and it really comes down to that. every single issue seems to somehow involve drinking. >> right, i would say this is the worst pickup line i've ever heard of. >> welcome to campaign life. >> i'm in the secret service. >> i also wonder whether romney, or romney's staff reported this security violation to the white house. surely they were very interested to know.

>> by the way, the prompter just hit me back, he was assigned to romney and i should mind my business. [ laughter ] >> the basic problem is secret service inconfidentiality. >> absolutely. and it would have been on the romney staffers who were aware of the security breach and say, your staff, this is an executive branch staffer who is violating the president's safety. >> it's sad for those who are doing it for the right reasons, because this defines the secret service. so now we think about them in this light, and it's quite tragic. >> and that they would be so loose with what could be serious safety issues for the president, because they have access to the information and want to impress somebody, so they can try to talk to them. now let's go to a bizarre court case in ohio. a woman there suing a sperm bank because she became pregnant with sperm from a black donor. three years ago, jennifer and

her same-sex partner, went to the midwest sperm bank to find a donor to have a child. while she was pregnant, she learned she was inseminated with an african american man's sperm. a worker misread which donor she wants. she said she loves her daughter dearly, but that her community won't accept peyton because of her race. >> you cannot just say oops, sorry, be happy you got a child. >> it wasn't like she was calling and ordering a pizza. she was ordering donor sperm. >> she's suing for wrongful birth and breach of warranty, citing emotional and economic losses she suffered because of the mix-up. chuck, does she have a case here? >> absolutely. first time i found out i was black, i tried to sue both my

parents too. [ laughter ] i'm just saying, you know what's funny, first of all, she's got the makings for an awesome sitcom. instead of suing someone, this should be a great sitcom. >> or reality show. >> yes. they did a study and found out how much money would it cost for you to be black? it came out to $1.2 million. that's what people felt. so this is a testament to the fact that there is an awareness that there is a true cost to being black, and that it carries with it some very serious challenges, we shall say. >> that still exist to this day. i have two adopted sisters and i have to say, if you are lucky enough to get a healthy child, you should be thankful every day of your life. what's sad about this story, this baby is 2 years old and

wonder why didn't my mothers want me? what it sounds like, this baby is going to make them realize, they need to love this child and this town. >> i think she has a right to procreate with who she chooses to and the sperm bank messed up, but the cause of distress to her family by pulling them into the public this way, and implying, even if she does love her daughter, implying that her daughter's life is worth less because it's not the father she wanted is really damaging. >> and it speaks about her community, according to how she describes it. let's jump across the pond to london where prince william and his wife kate are warning the paparazzi to stop taking photographs of prince george. today they launched a case against one photographer who harassed and followed prince george and his nanny in a central london park. >> spokesperson for the royal family said they understand the public road that one day george

will inherit, but no parent would tolerate the suspicion of someone pursuing and harassing their child while going about their daily activities. the photographer's lawyer responded by saying, he had not acted unlawfully in any way. he was not harassed or intimidated prince george's nanny or any other person, nor would he wish to. you remember prince william's mother, diana, was perpetual hounded by paparazzi who were ultimately responsible for the car crash that killed her in 1997. is the paparazzi harassing or just doing their job? >> i think prince charles -- i'm sorry. the royal family has known they have a public role here and they've made their family available to photographs in a controlled setting, they have made public appearances. i don't think there's any excuse for following around a small child, whether he's going to be the king of england or not.

i think stalking is stalking. and even prince george is entitled to some privacy. >> and haven't they heard of telephoto bushes, you can hide in the bushes a while away. why do you have to be with the people harassing their child? we are also to blame. the public is somewhat to blame because there's an appetite for consumption. when you see babies of stars on a magazine cover, you should not buy it. >> unless they posed for the picture. >> negligent they posed for the picture. >> when diana was growing up, there was this agreement, her boys, that the press would stay away. this guy seems to have broken this agreement. >> i think the paparazzi has gotten out of trouble. >> even here. >> we're not talking about the kardashians where they're asking the paparazzi to follow them

everywhere. they were born into this. they didn't ask for it. there's something in going to the park and swinging without being stalked. we need to respect that, especially the media and the paparazzi. >> thanks all three of you for your time tonight. catch abby on "the cycle" weekdays at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. coming up, a baseball handshake that was a home run for are the civil rights fight. but first, america, congressman jim mcdermott, we are going to try to explain what is going on here.

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joe crawley responded with his favorite prince song "raspberry beret." they were rocking. of course there was this bizarre video of speaker boehner mowing his lawn. >> i love green grass. >> now there's a new one, from congressman jim mcdermott. he's a friend of the show. and he posted a great video this week. >> hold on, hold on. we've got to see that again. can we slow that down? wow! congressman mcdermott has some serious moves.

he's totally channeling bruce lee. as it turns out, he's a huge fan. although, it does look like he could be going for the uma thurman "kill bill" look. so what. the congressman is all decked out for a new bruce lee exhibit opening at seattle museum. proving once again that members of congress are just like us. oh, and next time you're on the show, we'll have a block of wood for you to chop. >> that's tonight's edition of "politicians doing mildly i musing things on video." go anyw? or if light could seek out the dark? what would happen if that happens?

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after breaking the color barrier at a minor league game in 1946. it's the first time that a white player shook the hand of a black player on the field. it was a huge moment for baseball, and an even bigger one for the country. in breaking the color barrier, robinson had to withstand racial animosity from fans, opposing teams and even some of his own teammates. but not from shooper. he said quote, i couldn't care less if jackie was technicolor. as far as i was concerned, he was a great baseball player, our best. shooper hung a photo of the handshake in his living room. it was the only memento he kept from his playing days. he would carry the photo with him when he traveled to schools to talk about racial tolerance. george shoorp passed away on monday. he was 89 years old.

he'll always be remembered for how he took the fight against racial injustice into his own hands, with a handshake. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. fear factor. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in new york. people only truly believe what they discover for themselves. they believe what they see, what becomes obvious to them. right now, it's obvious that ebola is not being kept from this country. it's here despite the promises we keep getting. how did that man get onto the plane? and why was he sent away from the hospital in dallas when he said he was here from west africa, where wree know there's an emdemmic